Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-21

tomb at Pine Hill cemetery to await burial
In the spring Mr.. Bruce was in his 10Th
year, having been born in Sharon May u,
lS42, the son of Otis and Lois Bruce.
August Q. 1862. he enlisted in the Civil
War and was assigned ~ Company II, nth
vermont regiment. On June %, 1894, he
was taken prisoner at the Battle Of
weldon road and sent to Libby prison.
Richmond. Va, and later was transferred
to Andersonville prison, South Carolina.
He served some five months as q prisoner
OF war and then was paroled. He was re-
moved from the prison on a stretcher, SO
weak and emaciated had he become. A
comrade prisoner at the same time was
Hlcnard l.. Mosher. who died in Sharon
rev years ago and he likewise was taken
IRON the prison on a stretcher. Mr.. Bruce
was mustered out in 1865 following the
end OF the war. Returning to the parental
nome he remained until his restoration
TO health when he married and removed to
west Hartford, which remained his home
until death. He became active in the VIII
lase church work and in all that aided the
community welfare and was ever esteemed
Tor his all-round worth by the towns
people and @. A. r. comrades. He Is sur
vived by his wife, who was Miss Isabel
joyce, then Of Sharon. They had been
married AZ years. Two sons also survive,
CHARLES, now Identified with the Mt. Her.
mon school, Northfield. Mass, and Herbert
OF Brooklyn. N. Y. A sister still living Is
Mrs. Emma Aldrich Of Pomfret and a
brother Is Hiram Bruce now of Milford,
N. H. Both the sons, the sister and
brother were at the funeral
A social event of an extended con
munity interest was the marriage on
Monday evening at nine o'clock Of Mer-
tie Maria Seymour Bean and Lewis Por-
ter Graft. The ceremony was in tho
spacious parlors Of the Junction House
and was performed by Judge A. j.
Darrah, a long time friend of the couple
and former municipal Judge of the local
district. Many townspeople and friends
Of the couple were present and close by
the couple were Nathaniel Wheeler. aged
81 years, Mrs Wheeler aged "a. and Mrs.
Florence Cummings of Island Pond, aged
76 years. The ceremony was performed
beneath a bower Of red. white and blue
silks, with a wedding bell in the center.
The bride wore white satin. with shadow
lace, and pearl diamond trimmings. She
wore solid gold necklace set with
pearls and amethysts and solid gold
wrist watch, the Jewels being the gift
Of the groom elect, and she wore a coro-
net wreath Of orange blossoms and she
carried white carnations. The best man
was Drew A. Gordon and the bridesmaid
Miss Rachel Wheeler. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. N. p. Wheeler. Her costume
was rainbow crepe trimmed with light
green silk and she carried yellow carna-
tons and trumpet major narcissi. The
usher was Albert Ranney of the Hart
ford high school and the ribbon girls
were Mrs. Leon Bennett and Miss Lottie
Pecore. Mrs. Bennett wore blue silk,
with shawl collar, while the gown Of Miss
Pecore was charmeuse satin trimmed
with white crepe de chene. The music
was by Mrs. F. Jemenez Of Island Pond,
pianist. and Leon Bennett, violinist. In
cluded among the gifts of the bride to
the bridegroom was a solid gold watch
chain To the best man they gave solid
gold cuff links, and to the bridesmaid a
brooch pin, with pearl center. The bride
Is from North Hatey, P. G., and the
bridegroom is connected with the passen-
ger train service of the Passumpsic d.
vision of the Boston & Maine railroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crafts left Monday night
on an extended wedding tour. which will
include visits to Portland. Me-, Boston
make White River Junction their perma-
nent home. Among the many gifts was
leather upholstered rocker. the gift Of
all the employees Of the Junction House.
The warrant for the annual town mee-
ing. which will open at nine o'clock in
Gates Opera house Tuesday morning,
March s. contains 10 articles. This years
retiring selectman is Fred L. Davis and
the general opinion is that he will be
given a observation-disclosures L. lie Bour-
veau, cashier of the First National bank,
Is on business trip to Boston, accom-
panied by Mrs. LIE Bourveau - Local
thermometers registered around 20 below
Monday morning. while the registration
Tuesday morning was 20 above-Robert
Reed. formerly Of the Junction House
office force, now night clerk in a Green
field, Mass, hotel was in town Monday.
Lawrence A. Bourlette. a recent grad
uate Of the dental school of Harvard
University has enlisted and been made
an inferno in the dental corps of the
army.-The total enlistments at the re.
cruiting office the last two weeks is 81
Lawrence Mann, a student in the theo-
logical seminary at Montreal. has been
at the home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Mann