Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-04

. PRESS AND TINES: THUKSD
local gardener was Of his own raising
and It is claimed that the yield will be
q good 25 per cent. larger than that Of
the best seed he could buy elsewhere in
the country or even in the Canadian
Province of Ontario.-Mrs. West Free
man and daughter, Hazel, came from
Springfield, Mass, Saturday and plan to
remain until winter comes again.-James
Handley, now living in Claremont, NJ H.,
is at the home of the late Mrs. Handley's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ladd, of
the Day district.-Mrs. Abbie l.. Leighton
and daughter, Miss Ethel. have returned
to the family home and farm after pass
Ing the winter In their former home, |
Haverhill, Mass. Walter Leighton, u !
son, now living In Windsor passed the |
Weekend with his mother and sister,
Mrs. Clarence l.. Brewster and son, |
Donald, Of West Lebanon, N. H. are |
at the home Of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. |
Charles McDonald.-A local resident has |
by request of the national department of |
agriculture inspected various apple Or
chards and trees for the purpose of
ascertaining what measure of blossoms
are promised at this date. He reports
that there is promise Of large and very
general blossoming of trees of every
variety common to this section of Yer
mont, and each passing day shows that
the blossom buds lost but little vitality
from the extremely cold days of the en-
tire winter.
BETHEL.
Lewis II. Abbott, aged rs years, most
of his life resident of this town, died
Monday at the home Of his son, Thomas
]. Abbott, in Colebrook, n. H., where he
passed the winter. The funeral will be
held in the Union Church at East Bethel
Thursday at ten o'clock with interment
In the village cemetery. Mr.. Abbott was
born in Kingfleld, Me-, September 25, 1912.
He came to Vermont and settled in Rox-
bury, moving to Randolph and was grad
uated from the Normal school at Ran
dolph Center in 1863. He went West in 1872
and was employed several years as
teacher in Illinois, Michigan, and Kansas,
returning to Vermont in 1881. He mar
ried Louisa Jones Of Tunbridge and they
settled in Bethel. Their two sons are
John B. Abbott Of Bellows Falls and
Thomas j. Abbott. both graduates Of the
University Of Vermont. Mrs. Abbott died
II
in town and about Is yeors ago sold to
+. B. Ellis of Mortified the farm which
furnished granite for the earliest extern
sive operations which since that time have
made this town famous. The granite for
| the Union station at Washington, u. c.,
| and many other massive buildings was
| quarried from the Abbott farm. Mr..
| Abbott always took deep interest in the
schools and was a school director several
years.
The funeral of .. B. Hinckley was held
at his home in South Randolph Sunday
| afternoon, the Rev. ]. Wesley Miller Of
| fciating. The impressive ritual of the
| Grand Army was read by Commander
| F. H. Ketchum, Senior Vice-Commander
E. N. Rising and Officer Of the Day John
Nancy Of U. s. Grant Post, who also
offlciated as bearers, with Simeon T..
Jones, Charles d. Peake and Edmund j.
Prince. ]. H. Buck directed the funeral
A solo, Home of the Soul" was sung
| by Mrs. Carl Pierce. Mr. Hinckley was in
the 96th New York Volunteers through
| out the Civil War.-Miss Madeline Hal
ford Middlebury College senior, was
an Easter guest at the Rev. Frederick r
Dixon's.-Miss Nina Cox, matron of the
Randolph sanitarium, was at home Mon.
day.-Miss Kate Billiard, who had cared
a month for Mrs. Frances Sewall in
| Royalton, has come to serve as nurse fol
Or. o. D. Greene, exchanging places with
Miss Sullivan.-Mrs. Henry c. Rice, aged
II years, whose home had been in this
village Al years, died Saturday morning
after long illness. She was born in Mid
dlebury In January. 1871, her parents
being Kneeland and Anna QIeath) Ohm
| stead She W. m rred In 1854 and FOR,
children were born to her. of whom thre,
survive. Mrs. Ida Davis of Bethel, Mrs
John Foley of Rochester and II. Earl Ric,
Of Stoneham, Mass. Mr.. Rice. who was
Civil War veteran, died in 1909. Mrs Ric
leaves four sisters, Mrs. Henry Farr ant
Mrs. Albert Wainwright of Randolph
Mrs. Elva Fits Of Fitchburg, Mass, an,
Mrs. Ella Pike. The funeral was hell
Monday afternoon, the Rev. w. c
Harvey officiating. assisted by the Rev
> ]. Wesley Miller.-Mrs. Wesley Gilman O
Bedford. Que. is here to visit her mother
Mrs. Martha w. Arnold.-Miss There's
Davis has returned to her home 4
3 Andover. N. H.. after two months vs
to her sister. Mrs. G. f. Kimball.-Mrs
8 C. f. Noble and her niece. Mrs. Newe
4 rockefeller. Of Wickliffe. Ohio. are visit
n =; at e. p. Billiards. in Springfield
d Mass.-F. w. Quimby returned Monda
y to Springfield after a few days stay q
Y home.-Miss Ethel Cample of Mooer
Forks, N. Y. is a guest at Roy l.. Pei
I sons's.-Mrs. Mark Savage and her chi
o dren have Joined Mr.. Savage at Keen,
Y N. H.. where he is employed at tn
y granite trade.-Samuel j. Jebb is movin
y to the Waterman farm in Royalton whic
!. he is to operate the coming season.-Jess
Moody. who has been working in barbe
o shop at Rochester, has rented the Layer
q shop in this village. where he worke
l. nearly eight years.
q o. B. Hinckley, aged "A years, die
j. Thursday at the home Of his sister, Mr.
10 e. McMatthews, in Hartford, Conn
70 where his last four weeks were passe
l. following a period Of treatment at Il
Randolph sanitarium. The funeral wa
o held Sunday at two o'clock at the far
1t in South Randolph which had been h
" home since his marriage. He was DO,
II at Lewis, N. Y, and was in the Civ
rs War four years as a member of the 76,
70 New York Infantry. He is survived by
ID daughter. Mrs. I. Allen Rogers; a so
z, Louis Hinckley, and three sisters, Mr.
ct j. o. Spring of Bellows Falls Mrs D.
Id Cook of Ticonderoga. N. Y, and Mr.
lie Matthews.-A son. Allen Herbert, W,
n born March 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Grow
IN Bowen.--Mrs. F. A. Preston, aged
e. years, died Thursday morning at h
20 home here after a five days illness wi