Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23


corsc Of Fresno, cal. and Seth w. Corse,
formerly of Montpelier. now of College
port. Texas. The deceased was a regular
attendant, until her Illness, at Trinity
Methodist church, which sne Joined when
- years old. She was also at one time
member of the New England Order of
Protection and held Offices in that organi-
cation The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at one o'clock at the house. the
Rev. William Shaw officiating. Burial
was i'm Green Mount cemetery.
Articles Of association have been filed
with the secretary of state by the Capital
Poultry association, Inc, of this city. The
organization has no capital stock and
has been organized to conduct poultry
shows The signers are George NJ. Wood,
G. W. Luce, T.. O. Gould, L. A. Kelly
and \. G.. Gilman
\ damage suit against the city of Barre
brought by b. W. Hooker e Co. of that
city as the result of water flooding the
cellar of their store the morning of
January :. 1913. following rain, was
commenced Thursday in Washington
county court after a day OF idleness
caused by attorneys failing to have cases
ready for trial. The plaintiff sought to
prove that the surface drain pines were
not adequate to handle the surface water,
which resulted in the basement being
flooded and stock damaged.
Tho town OF Mortified has brought suit
in county court against Mrs. Louise
Lafrance and others of that town to
compel the defendants to aid In the sup
mort of their father now dependent on
the town. G. ID. Edgerton appears for the
| plaintiff
Funeral services for Thomas ]. Deavitt.
president of the Capital Savings bank and
| prominent mcmber OF the bar, were held
SATURDAY, afternoon at the homo of his
son, Edward II. neavitt, on Elm street,
| with the Rev. Stanley j.. Bloomfield Of
| floating. The services wero attended by
! officials Of the several banks In the city,
all of the Institutions closing at noon and
remaining closed the remainder OF the
c COUNT BAR r association - and a large mum.
Dor OF business men. The bearers were
four sons. Edward H., Henry NJ, George
| T, and William j. Deavitt, and two
ncphews, Henry u. and James H. Holmes
! Burial was in Green Mount cemetery.
The funeral of John L. futile. former
chief of police in Montpelier. and a long
! time resident. whose death occurred Mon
! day in Denver. colo, was held at two
! o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Church
of the Messiah. the Masonic service being
used The Rev. Lewis c. Carson Of
iiciated The body arrived in the city
| Saturday noon accompanied by two sons
! of the deceased Edgar j. futile of Dem
yer and Judge of Probate Frank futile
| of Ncrgonnes. The police and sheriff de-
partmcnts We're represented at the sta
! ton when the train arrived and escorted
| the remains to the Noholm chapel, where
, the body rested until Yesterday. The
, services Yesterday were largely attended,
the Washington County Deputy Sheriffs'
| association attending in a body. Burial
was in Green Mount cemetery.
Nearly fourscore listers and selectmcn
from every town and city in the county
| gathered in the memorial room at the
city hall Saturday afternoon for the an
nual conference and listened to Com
missioner Of Taxes {. \. Plumlev give
valuable instructions for several hours.
! Commissioner Pumley mentioned the
importance of the lister and his neces-
sary qualifications and the big part that
official plays in the general scheme of
taxation. Amos J. Eaton OF South Royal
ton. member Of the State board of
forestry, spoke on forestry Taxation"
and ON the inventory from the Stand
point of Listers OF Long Experience.
Washington county was the third OF the
o., II to he visited by Commissioner Plumley
and his associates.
TWO alarms, one still and the second
a bell alarm. gave the fir" department
IA busy Sunday morning, a telephone call
being received at eleven O'Clock from the
Argus x Patriot building ON Main street
and at twelve O'Clock box IS was rung in,
a blaze having been discovered in room
in the parovhal school on Court street
The damage in both cases was trfling
The contents of five chemical eXtinguish-
crS, u gallons of fluid, were used in
subduing a chimney fire in the Argus
building. The men had scarcely returned
to the station when the general alarm
WAS sounded The fire was discovered in a
room ON tn" top floor of the school build
i'm" and probably started among some
waste paper The damage Will be less
than 50 probably.
Municipal Judge and Mrs. t.. NJ
Harvey left saturday for East Orange
y. j. where the former will spend a
week or more in looking after the in
terests of the Orange Storage Warehouse
company, Of which concern lie is a dircc-
tor, acting for Vermont parties Judge
Harvey received word Saturday forenoon
that the company manas ger. owen NJ. Clinl
had died suddenly. Lewis {. Moody is
acting judge during MI IIarveys absence
Miss Florence Wallace left SATURDAY
for Glcns Falls y. Y, where she will
mako an extended visit with relatives
| The funeral of George l.. Newton whose
death occurred late Sunday evening at
his home on South Main street, n the
age of 50 years was held Tuesday after.
noon from the house at two o'clock, with
burial in Green Mount cemetery. Mr.
Newton had been in III health for several
years. lie was born in Calais October
ii. lS'I, and had been resident Of Mont
pclier ca years. lie was a carpenter and
JOINER b" trade. He was for many wears
employed by the American Express Co
as driver before and after the Civil War.
re was twice married. his second wife
dying three years age.
Montpeler's oldest resident was re-
moved lat" Monday evening when
Mrs. Maronda r. Dodge, IA native of
Bramtrec, died at hnr homo 235 Elm
street at tho age Of o. years AL
though partially blind and deaf FOR
about 1--WE years Mrs. Dodge retained
her faculties to a great degree and
was confined to the he'd but three
weeks before her death. She was born
March Fl, 1919, in Braintree, the daugh-
ter of Hiram and Rcbckah CMcrrick)