Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-09


company, while the companys state
ment Is that the physician claims 1t
was due to the breaking of an ulcer
of the stomach
The local navy recruiting office is
trying to find what has become OF the |
papers of Earl Lombard who went into
service three months ago, but for whom
the navy has no record. His family |
had not received the dependents pay, |
which resulted in the investigation.
County Game Warden Il. S. Newcomb
OF waterbury, who was IL the city Mon
day reports that he has made his first
prosecution this year for catching short
trout, In Barre city court, when Napoleon
Bennett or Planfleld was fined $40 and
costs for short trout in his possession.
Harvey Dodge. treasurer of the county
farmers bureau, distributed Monday
among the farmers Of the county some
$50 bushels of seed corn which had been
examined by the Rhode Island county
agent as to its worth.
Mrs. Mary Miller, widow of William
Miller. died Monday, aged 80 years. Her
father, Paul Gravein. died &c years ago
while driving his team from Burlington to
Montpelier before the days of railroads.
He did a teaming business between the
two places. She leaves one daughter, Mrs.
Elmer Pattee
The Winooski Valley Pomona Grange
met Saturday with the Capital City
Grange, there being a large attendance
in spite of the fact that the farmers
are busy getting their crops into the
ground The morning was used In
businss session, during which seven
| candidates were adopted. Congressman
| Porter II. Dale spoke for few minutes
along similar lines to the address he
ere. Nrt1 nx, oil tt,tr a
found conditions in France. In the
afternoon. Lecturer O. l.. Martin and
Judge T.. NJ Harvey spoke upon mat
| ters connected with the grange and
the latter discussing the Lirary Loans
and the support which the farmers can
give the government in the war.
| M. j. Flannery Saturday morning re-
! ceived word of the death of John j. Flan-
merry in a hospital in Montreal. The body
| was brought to Waterbury for burial. the
funeral taking place at ten O'Clock Mon
| day morning. The deceased developed
| tuberculosis at Calgary. where he bad
been conducting restaurant He was 10
years of age and native of Ireland He
| lived in Montpelier about twelve years
He was in a. sanatorium in Canteloope,
| r. c., for time and then was moved to
Montreal. He leaves several brothers. in
Guiding Michael of Montpelier Bernard in
Ireland, Patrick and Thomas in Water
bury, James of New York, Martin of
| Syracuse. Charles of Montpelier; while
his sisters are Mrs. Della BoXx and Mrs.
| Mary Murphy of Montpelier and Kate of
, Ireland.
Under orders from the State highway
| commissioner the persons III charge OF the
river ROAD between Montpelier ana East
Montpelier have used three loads OF hay
to NIL up mud hole, so that now 1t Is
passable. but for few days 1t had
been in bad shape several automobiles
getting set in one day.
The state highway department Monday
morning commenced the construction of
66 rods of road in Moretown from the
highway cemetery to the tale mine turn.
About $4,000 will be expended. one-half
of which will be paid by the federal aid
money, the first Of the kind used in Yer
mont. This has been bad piece of road
all the spring owing to the frost coming
out and heavy teaming over 1t.
Word has been received here of the
marriage of Private Frank Pike of Mont
pelier and Annabel Bresett of Barre at
New York on Friday. Private Pike came
half way to meet his bride to be for the
ceremony, before he left for France
Seventeen young men representing
! washington and Orange counties left
Friday morning for Fort Slocum. OF
these number - are from Washington
county and flee from Orange county
} They had a special car from Montpelier
A. w. Bond Of Thetford was in charge
of the Orange county and Nelson Brown
of the Washington county party. One
Orange county man. H. c. Bard of Fair.
lee, did not appear and Herbert Clark
of Orange took his place. Bard is 6
deserter and will be treated as such
when found. having failed to appear
when drafted.
George Tromblee. aged SO years. ant
the third oldest man in Montpelier
died at Heaton hospital Friday moo,
Of a breaking down due to old age
He was born in KesseviIIe, n. Y, Ma,
25, 1929 a son of Andre and Mar,
: Tromblee When a young man h,
: went to Ohio where he learned a mold
er's trade and which he followed al
his life. He worked in different places
in New York for some years and II
1870 came to Montpelier and had will
. the execution of n few wears been EN-
ployed in the Lane Manufacturing
company foundry until eight year.
ago. he gave IN work. He married fol
9 his first wife Mary Barton of Platts
5 burgh. N. Y. She died in 1887 and II
1892. he married Mrs. Minnie Heath o.
Port Henry. N. ". who survives II,
also leaves four daughters, Miss Nelli,
Tromblee and Mrs. e. H. Deavitt O.
Montpelier, Mrs George T. Lincoln o
West Newton Mass Mrs. Harriet Pix,
of Pike. N. H.. also one granddaugh
!. ter. Mrs. W. V. NJ. Robertson of Birm