Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-09
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBURY.

oliver f. chilsou who has been
confined for few days ny illness,
has So far recovered as to be able to be
o1It acain.-Mr. and Mrs. clayton shores
have gone to BURLINGTON. where they have
secured positions. NJ inteId Penuiman
hats NOV cd his, family to the Powers farm
in Ncw Haven, which he b,s taken for
a year--F. II. Piper has gone TO the
Mary Fletcher hospital suffering with
blood poisoning Of the foot. lie is i'm
pl"vuG and The foot 'ar he saved. which
was not thought possihl" when he went
to the hospitaL-MIs. Timothy DurfcN,
Who recently fractured her wrist has
moved from the cast part ot the town
into The village. where she will make
her home with her son, Wiliam.-A well
attended meeting of the farmers and their
wives was held in tE. Fem district
>chon. house Friday evening. y w.
Eddy and County Agent Cariisan gave
short talks.-Cards have been received
announcing the marriage of Reid l.. Carr,
former resident, hut now prominent
lawyer in New York city. to Miss
Elcanora Ftedercksen on February I.
The annual March meeting began
promptly At ten o'clock Tuesday fore
noon with James +. DouoUay as modera .
tor lie was Immediately elected. as
Was also Joseph NJ. Burke as town clor>.
on the article to cover the appropriation
for Memorial day exercises 500 was voted.
S65 to bc expended hN the post in the
VILLAGE and So at East Middlcbury. The
article TO sec If the town should vote u
suffioicnt tax to maintain the free public
library i'm connection with the Ladies'
Library association was adopted and 4
tax of . IL per cent. was appropr ia ted.
The article to sec if the town would
vote amy money for permanent Highways
to talk, advantage of the state aid law
was adopted and the sum of $l,1D was
appropriated for that purpose. Later the
meeting voted tax of 30 cents on the
dollar ON the town outside the
village district for school purposes,
"A tax of 81 cents ON the dollar to pay for
the repairing of roads out side the village
and % cents for the general town tax.
ElroN Sessions was elected school director
for three years and {. T.. Seelcy lister
for three years. Only two candidates were
nominated for first seectmcn and only
..S votes were cast. or thos" Fred ~
Brookins had ia and Harry l.. Hunt
~. Immediately following. William Jack
SON was rc-cleCtod oNcrsccr of the poor
and his salary was made SEQ as in pre-
NiouS years. Charles i" PinncN Was re-
elected trustee of public money and treas
uI"r. and th. former board Of auditors
consis ing Of George T.. Marshall, oscar
II, Cushman and DR., w. II. Sheldon were
reelected. A. y. Brown was reelected
grand juror, Milo *. Moore first con
stable r.. NJ Day Of East Middlcburl
' second constable, James f. Donowal
. town agent, and also trustee OF th
!, ladies' library. Tho main question Of th
!. forenoon, the gift to the town hequeath
: by the late Joseph Battcll, in all abou
= 200 acres Of land on Chipman Hill In thi
: village and In the east part Of the tow
; for the purposes Of public parks, deYisin
- also nearly $1,000 for the care of sue
d land, was accepted, The other article il
Colonel Battclls will, to the effect tha
the town should have $500 per year i
tion of taxes ON the I}attel block, whc
have aggregated $4,000 per annum fo
the last several years, was voted dow
Q bY large majority, The town vote
n down tho article To install unifolr
n system of public accounting rs recon
+ mcndrd under Act No, l09. Of the Laws G
- 1915 The following petit jurors Ncr
a elected Charles g. Cady, George
I, Sham Alison McQuvcN, Charles /
', Grandy, Frank NJ, Rove and Clinton "
a Tisda'c; grand jurors, Harry l., Hun
II f. i. Cornwall and y. &, FIN, citizen
s committee to act with the Grand Arm
y in the observance of Memorial day Eo
), ward j. Seymour. Phillip Crane AN
Henry +. JoY.-Thc Woman's AuNiiial
:, and Aid societies of ST stephens ChurC
held a well attended meeting at the re,
tory Tuesday aftcrnoon.-Mrs Damu
Champagne of Montreal is in town
visit her parents, Mr, ana Mrs. Edwar
:. Goodro, Mrs. Louise T., Woods, who Wa
D. called here by the illness Of her mot he
'' Mrs H. -, Archer has returned
VI Warrcnshurc. y, Y, her mother bciu
~ much improved
NJ \. II. Grimes, a former resident of Ne
'" Haven, who Tor some little time hf
80 been in different places. was taken I'M
o' custody by Deputy Sheriff George Fa
~ of Bristol in Groton, y. H., charged VIII
~ not supporting his family, at present Il
~ Gated in several places and consisting
81 a wife and four children. He was befo
Judge DunoNay Wednesday morning al
the case VAS continued until a later dal