Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-15

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DR.. Charles Chandler arrived home
Sunday from his service in the medical /
corps of the army. He was a captain .
and spent several months in France.
He brought with him many souvenirs |
which had been taken from the Ger
mans. One of these was a belt which /
he presented to j. NJ Boutwell,. "A close
friend of the family. 1t was snow
white Italian belt upon which had been |
placed some so relics taken from cap
tured Germans, or those who had been
killed in action They include iron |
crosses, iron cross bars. combined bar
and service, with wound bars, and many |
other insignia.
A son was born Sunday to MIR. and
Mrs Claude Fisher.
Several tons of old documents were
dumped from the dome of the State
House to the portico of the building
Tuesday and then sold to l.. Gould as
junk. In the pile were many valuable
documents, that is to say, they would
be valuable for some person for ref
erence. but generally speaking they
are worthless. 1t is the result of by
gone years accumulation for storage
in the dome and will be the Kidding of
a large amount of inflammable ma
terial.
Richard Jerome, who was with the
| 26th Division in France, has resumed
his work as clerk in the Adams store,
the position having been held for him
while he was away. When he returned
all he had to do was rest a few days
and then commence work. Joseph Abair
has resumed his former employment
| for F. r. Seguin in the newspaper and
periodical store.
Enrico Gheringhilli of 149 Berlin
Il to1 hi hon 11
ing following a long illness of tuber-
culosis. He was almost so years Of
| age and had lived in Montpelier for
many years, although a native of Italy.
He is survived by his wife and five
children. These are John, Peter, Harry.
Josephine and Rose. He was a granite
cutter most of his life and had been
employed in the different stone sheds
in the city, including the National
Granite shed, where he last worked
before he was taken i'll. His funeral
will occur Thursday.
| Albert Johonnott, who has been in
poor health since the death of his
wife some weeks ago, has been low for
a few days. He is over 80 years of
Iage and has been prominent citizen
of the city for great many years.
w. A. Lord. who has been suffering
with hard cold and high blood pres
sure, is feeling more comfortable and
able to be about the house.
Thomas Keegan, who has been in
poor health for many months, is very
low!
Lee S. Tillotson, former adjutant- gem
eral, will open law office in Mont
lpelier.
Mrs. Angelina Congo, who is over
100 years of age and the oldest woman
in the city, is very low at the city
farm, where she has resided for years
She has relatives in New Hampshire.
In Montpelier city court Wednesday the
case of the city of Montpelier VS.. the
town of East Montpelier was tried. This
is a suit brought by the overseer of the
city, G. F. Lackey, in which the city
endeavors to collect the sum of 500 for
the care of the family of James Leno
some months ago. The town of East
Montpelier denies any responsibility for
payment. One of the features of the
case will be the establishment of the
residence of the Leno family, which. the
city claims, is and has been in the town
of East Montpelier.
A. II. Richards, who has lived in Berlin
a short distance from Montpelier died
Wednesday morning following four
years illness of heart trouble. He was
a native of Lisgar. p. O., and son Of
Mr. and Mrs. william II. Richards. He
was born August 4, 1866. For l years he
had lived near Montpelier, having been
employed a polisher in the granite
business. He is survived by his wife and
several sisters and brothers. These are:
Mrs Wilbur Carter and Mrs. Gertrude
Brown of Wnltham, Mass, Mrs. John
Moore of Toronto, Can. Mrs. Harry
Morse of Newark. n. j., ana Mrs. Mabel
AT 4T,
brothers, w. p. Richards of Sherbrooke,
p. O., and Arthur Richards of Lisgar,
p. Q. The funeral arrangements are not
: yet completed
: Thomas j. Keegan. a long time resident
of Montpelier and many years employed
in the Cotton manufacturing plant, died
at his home on East State street Wednes-
day morning after long illness which
dates back a few years to a shock that
! he suffered. Death. however, was due
J to the hardening of arteries and other
complications. The deceased was born in
Wexford county. Ireland, but at the age
of 20 years came to this country to live.
He was first employed on the Hoosac
tunnel but for 81 years was employed in
the Cotton plant. He was a member of
the Odd Fellows in Montpelier and at
tended the Methodist Church He is sur
vived by his wife who was Lila f. Bus
we'll and three children, Fred Keegan and
, Miss Laura Keegan of Montpelier and
Harold Keegan Of White River Junction.
The funeral will take place at 2:3O O'Clock
Friday afternoon.
| James Marion, who was many years
in business in Montpelier as a painter,
died Wednesday at hospital in Boston,
where he had been for treatment for Il
year He was native of Whitefield,