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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP
Of LUMBER CONCERN
A. B. Buell. Buys Interest of F. E.
Burgess ir HOratiO HickOk
Company, Manufacturers of
Box, Shocks and Crates
Business to Be ReOrganized

business deal was completed in the
city Monday whereby one of the oldest
FIRMS In Burlington, tho Horatio Hickok
company. passed into the hands Of A.
r. Buell. Of this city. Mr.. Buell. buying out
the interests of his partner in the BUSH
ness. +. T. Burgess, also of Burlington
There will be no interruption of the bus
iness as It has been carried on in the
past, but the company will be reorganized
TN the near future, and It is probable
that several other prominent Rurlng-
tonians will be associated with Mr.. Buell.
In the new company. The capital stock
Of the Horatio Hickok company is $4,000.
Since the Horatio Hickok company was
organized under the name of Mathews d
Iickok in 1875, It has been one of the
largest manufacturers of box shocks and
crates of all descriptions in New Eng
land. The company cuts up annually
from 1sOocooo to 100000. feet of lum-
Der. The buildings and plant of the
company are located on Pine street at
) the foot Of Howard street. Mr.. Buell.. the
man who yesterday took over the bust
ness, has been with the company since
the fall Of 1899.
According to the best information OBJ
tainable at this time. the company which
now goes under the name Of the Horatio
Hickok company grew out of an extern
eive business in the manufacture or
packing boxes and cloth boards carried
on by the firm of Mathews & Davis about
1872. In 1875. the firm Of Mathews & Da-
Wis was succeeded by Mathews & Hickok,
the partners In this company being the
late J. NJ. Mathews and the late Horatio
ITckok.
When Mr.. Mathews died. Mr.. Hickok
formed a corporation which was known
as che Horatio Hickok company. In 1898,
r. e. Burgess and c. d. Ordway bought
the box factory business from the estate
OF Horatio Hickok and continued to lease
tho real estate from Bronsons. Weston.
Durham & company Of Ottawa. Canada.
At that time Mr.. Burgess and Mr.. Ord
way were also partners in the Vermont
Spool & Bobbin business this mill be-
ing located at Essex Junction.
About eight months after purchasing
the Horatio Hickok company, the part
ners divided the business, Mr.. Burgess
taking all of the box factory. and Mr..
Ordway the spool and bobbin business.
Early in 1899, the late A. A. Buell. be-
came half owner Of the Horatio Hickok
company and the capital stock was
doubled. In the fall of that same year,
A. B. Buell., a nephew Of A. A. Buell., be-
came connected with the company.
In April. 1912, A. B. Buell. became a
shareholder and the capital stock was
again increased. In April, 1914. A. A.
Buell. sold his interests in the company
to F. e. Burgess and A. B. Buell., who
have since conducted the business up to
this time.
During the war period, the company
was operating the Champlain shops and
employing about 800 men. Since the close
OF the war, however, the pre-war sched-
ule has been taken up once more and
there are about 175 men in the employ
Of the company at present.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
K. OF P. HAVE DINNER
Thanksgiving Turkey and Trimmings
Feature Spread

The Knights Of Pythias turned out in
force Thursday and enjoyed a Thanks
giving dinner in their nall in the Bar
rows block, after which meeting was
held when the annual nomination of Of
ficers took place.
The dinner, which was served from
six until eight o'clock was prepared I'M
der the direction Of W. p. Hall and 15C
were present The turkey formed the
main item in the bill and the menu in
cluded all of the trimmings. Chancellor
Commander NJ. w. Preston acted as
POSTMASTER and the speakers included
the Rev, j. S. Braker, H. S. Peck and 7.
E. Hopkins.
The dinner and meeting were followed
by a dance in the hall which was decora-
ted for the occasion.
The domination of officers resulted as
follows: Chancellor commander w. w
Aldrich; vice-chancellor L. w. Wheeler
prelate. A. E. Warren; master of work.
w. p. Hall; keeper Of records and seals
Louis Grippe; master of finance, w. A.
Purdon; master Of exchequer, H. L.
Shower; master at arms, X. d. Spear and
A. E. Parks and trustee for three years
NJ. w. Preston.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
CANDY
KITCHEN SOLD
. A. Leddy and F. A. Myrick,
With Much Experience in Ice
Cream Business in Burlington,
The New Owners-Business to
BE Enlarged

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tho s,mo line. of candy irclndiny tbat
wade h., tho cor,n,ny i,soIf and other
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04

have been hard to find more cosmopoli-
tan crowd, as the Salvation Army draws
no line as to nationality, creed or scots.
All are forgotten at these times, the
only thought being one of supplying the
need. This was certainly done, as quite
n number OF the little ones would have
been minus a dinner had It not been for
the army's thoughtfuness After the
piles of chicken, bread and butter had
diminished. the walters were told to
bring on the pie and it seemed as IL every
little child had heard the order, as
almost to child they shouted at the
top Of their voices, pic. boys, pie"
please, sir, can I take mine home 20
was the question asked by two little boys
who were sitting at III, end of one of
the tables. Certainly, If you want to,
but what's the reason?'' asked the adju-
tant 81 want II for my mother. as am
having good time and she's not" was
the answer, which showed there was a
good streak in the heart of those two lit
tie fellows. The piece of pie was care
fully wrapped in a napkin and taken
home for mother. In many instances. too.
the little box Of candies that had been
filled and put at every childs place was
taken home for n smaller brother or
sister, who could not come. While the
Ice cream was being served the victrola
was set in motion and music was sup
piled to the little guests. When Zip
perSry' was played business was sus-
penIrd for a minute and the boys Joined
in the chorus, with few of the girls
helping. After the eats were ALL done
Adjutant Abbott gave the children a little
speech and all gave a cheer for the good
people Of Burlington who had dropped
their money in the kettle on the street
or the boxes in the stores. to help the
army give them such good time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
THIS WAS SOME PARTY
Community Service Stages Thanksg1v
Ing Affair That Was n HovvIing Success

Ing Affair That Was n HOvvling Success
Boys, boys, boys; boys with curly
hair, boys with freckled faces,
laughing boys, boys with torn jackets
and boys without jackets at all; 200
boys Of all kinds and descriptions
gathered at the City Hall Thursday night
for Thanksgiving party under the
direction Of Community Service. And
It was some party. 1t is doubtful II c..
F. Ernst and his corps of loyal work.
ers will soon forget that party. and 1t
is certain that the boys themselves
will not soon forget 1t.
The boys were of the knickerbocker
age. No youths in long trousers were
admitted. These present ranged in
age from ten years up to IA or IS.
Their chief ambition in life seemed to
be to make noise, and while they
were kept we'll under the control of
the Community Service committee,
their ambition was given free rein
before the evening was over when
Mr.. Ernst called for three cheers for
Burlington" and then three cheers
for Uncle Sam" Those cheers were a
revelation of the spirit of Young
America, and emulation OF their en-
thusiasm might not do harm to some
of the fathers in the city
Included in the evenings program
were a peanut scramble, in which
hundreds Of the tumble variety were
pounced upon by eager hands and de-
voured by their captors. also horse
and rider relay contest, freight
train race, a few minutes of music in
which the boys exerted their lusty
lungs to the limit, blindfold boxing
match and a real match in which two
youthful champions of the ring were
allowed to get at each other with the
gloves In a one round endeavor.
At the close of the evenings enter
tainment shortly before 10 o'clock, a
grand march. led by the most orderly
of the youngsters, took the boys past
the popular Ice cream stand, where
each received a generous quantity.
When asked by Mr.. Ernst il they
would like to have these parties
oftener, the response was a deafening
affirmative.
Much credit for the success of the
party 10 due to c. A Barber, chair
man Of the committee which had the
affair in charge and to the members
of his committee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
CLUB WORK
Chfttenden County Likely to Have Boys
md Girls Leaders

1t Is quite probable that Chittenden
county will soon have a boys and girls
club leader to work with the county agent
and the home demonstration agent in
promoting agricultural work in the coun-
ty. Two counties in Vermont, Rutland
and Bennington, already have such club
leaders, and Chittenden has as large a
field for this kind of work as either of
these counties
There has been considerable talk about
leader for boys and girls club work,
and the farmers of the county seem to be
generally favorable to the idea, so that
1t seems quite likely that the matter will
be taken up before another season passes.
The boys and girls club work in the
county has been growing rapidly during
the last two years In fact there has
been great development of the work
since it was started five years ago, and
about 1,bO0 or more children were en-
gagged in different phases Of the boys
and girls work this year. This is a good
showing for Chittenden county, there
being about 10000 young people engaged
in this work in the entire State.
Last year was the banner year for this
work, the war stimulating the young poo
pie and their parents to take hold of the
agricultural problem as never before so
that the total enrolment last year was
slightly larger than this year, although
the enrolment has been rising steadily
during every year since tho work was
opened up, and it seems likely that there
will be as many young people at work in
this movement next year as there were
last year, with continually increasing
numbers each year
A canvass Of the county by communi-
ties has recently been made and it is
found that the majority of the commun-
tiles are in favor of making the boys
and girls club work more prominent in
the county than it is at present Stand
ard clubs for boys and girls have already
been organized in many communities,
and others will organize them this next
year.
Poultry pigs, gardening, sewing and
canning-all have their appeal in differ
ent parts Of the county and boys and
girls clubs in all Of them are in opera
ton in the county at present. The coun-
ty farm bureau, through it's officers,
stands back of the boys and girls club
work as a part of the county program,
and 1t is expected that through the CO.
operation of this organization, it will be
possible to put boys and girls county
leader in Chittenden county before the
close of 1920. and possibly before next
spring.
1t is of interest TO note that two sew
ing teams, those from Richmond and
Milton, organized under the boys and
girls club plans, have already distin-
guished themselves and brought the
county to the front. These two teams
showed up so we'll last fall that they
were sent to the State fair at White
River Junction where the Richmond
team took first prize and was sent to the
Eastern States Exposition at Springfield,
Mass. There the Richmond team won
second place. contending will all the sew
ing teams of the East.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04

pound my husband wanted me to try it.
i took it for week and felt little bet
ter. l kept 1t up for three months, and
feel fine and can eat anything now
without distress or nervousness. Mrs.
J; WoRTHLINE, 2S42 North Taylor St.,
Philadelphia'Pa.
The majority Of mothers nowadays
overdo, there are so many demands
upon their time and strength; the result
is invariably weakened, rundown,
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, irritability and depression - and
soon more serious ailments develop.
1t is at such periods in life that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
restore normal healthy condition, as
it did to Mrs. Worthline.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
NEW DRAWBRIDGE
Temporary Structure Replaces One
Which Has Done Duty for Many Years

With the delay Of less than an hour to
one train, the drawbridge in the yard
of the Rutland railroad, which has taken
trains over the cove slip for many years,
was moved out and replaced by tenn
porary structure Sunday The iron
structure was pulled up from its resting
place on the old abutments and taken
down the track by the derrick on the re-
pair train and n crew of railroad men
stood ready with every part of the new
structure to put in place. The entire
operation of tearing out the old and put
ting in the new occupied less than three
hours. when the first train went over.
The old drawbridge has not been large
enough for some time to accommodate
the increased business, and the hew
bridge. which will be put in some time
later. will have two tracks instead Of
one.
The old abutments will be replaced by
cement and will be much wider. A large
amount of other work will be required
about the bridge. which will take a gang
of men a good part Of the winter. 1t is
not expected that the new bridge will
be installed much before the opening of
navigation next year. The temporary
bridge cannot be raised or lowered, but
is merely there to help out during the
other building operations.
The work of putting in the new bridge
occupied only short time. The car
penters had the big timbers cut to the
exact size and the ties ready. Another
gang was ready to lay the rails and the
last spike was driven in two hours and
SO minutes from the time operations
began. At that the men were bothered
some by some freight cars which were
in tho way and if it had not been for
this the change could have been made
without delaying the single train, which
was the northbound milk train.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
TRIBUTE TO EDUCATOR

In circular letter sent to former
pupils of the Bordentown Military In
stitute. Colonel Thomas d. Landon. prin-
cipal and commandant pays high tribute
to the late Sealand w. Landon. head
master of the school, and for IL years
principal Of the Burlington high school
who died in Bordentown September %
last. Colonel Landon says, in part: 1.-The
cardinal notes of his character were
years (since his graduation from the Uni
versity OF Vermont in 1870 he has been
always on duty, and to those who knew
nm he was ever ready to respond TO
every request for help for any kind. His
native state of Vermont his adopted
state or New Jersey 4nd the educational
world have lost IA great educator. His
Impress will be felt long after time has
sonened the present grief"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
AN APT Pupil.

A school superintendent in a southern
California city was inspecting one of the
primary schools and paused for a mo-
ment In an infant class to instill few
of the rudments of politeness into the
childish minds
when some one makes an unpleasant
remark" he said. never call attention
to It. Pass 1t by or change the subject"
Just at that moment the room teacher
spoke up sharply
mabel. did | see you whispering?"
please, teacher said Mabel, do we
get a vacation at EASTER"
mabel, | asked If you were Whispering"
"Am | goin' to get a good-report card?'
persisted the little one
Mabel. why don't you answer my ques-
tion?" demanded the eXasperated teach
er. =
please. ma'am, the superintendent SAID
IL the conversation was unpleasant to
change it,"
FREE PRESS WANT ADS PAY BEST
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
DOGGIE DIDN'T MIND

Isn't he a PETE" exclaimed the gush-
ing lady, fondling her Pekingese. He
really doesn't need a muzzle, you know.
because lie never leaves me. the did
lums-umpsy darling. Why. he even
sleeps In mummy's room"
Her more practical friend, with stern
views on life and duty. eyed her dis
approvingly.
1T isn't healthy to keep a dog in your
ROOM she said.
"Oh, but he's quite used to it now"
answered the gushing one. innocently.-
Boston Post
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
NEW INSTRUCTOR
Charles f. Roche to Assist Professor
Myrick mt University

Owing to the large number of students
in the department of romance languages
at the university, of which Prof. A. B.
Myrick is the head, 1t has been neces.
sary to secure an additional instructor
Charles Edward Roche has been engage
ed for this purpose and assumed the du-
ties of his position. He received the de-
gree of A. B. from Princeton in 1909, and
NJ. A. from the same institution in 1912
While at Princeton he held the Boudinott
fellowship. He was an instructor In the
University of Maine. 19l3-19l4, and held a
similar one in the University Of Toronto
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
NO MORE BAIT

John Mccormack, the singer was talk
ing at roof garden luncheon in New
York about the broken engagement of
theatrical star and "A popular young So
ciety man.
Poor Blank" said Mr.. Mccormack.
He seemed hard up and terribly blue
over the affair when l saw him at At
lantic City last week"
Cheer up. old man., I said. There are
plenty more fish in the sea.
Yes, I know Blank replied gloomily,
but this last one took all my bait -
Pittsburg Chronicle Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04

bale, and in Northwestern University,
1ol5-16 During 1867 he studied in the
Harvard graduate school. Later. he was
in military service in France, being a
captain in the American Red Cross o.
ganzation.
The growth of the depar tment Of ro-
nance languages has been one of the
notable features of the college year. At
the present time, 6t9 students are regis
tered, as follows:
French. elementary and intermediate
S19; advanced courses 73; Spanish, ele-
mentary, 1856; intermediate AZ; Italian 8.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
QUEER-I.OOKING BREAKFAST
FOOD

An American soldier went into a restau-
rant in France and found another dough
boy" struggling with a bill of fare that
was in English" "H-a-u-t-e m-i-l-l-e."
he was spelling out. "H-a-u-t-e m-i-l-l-e!
What In the dickens is that?"
The first soldier took the card and be-
gan to struggle, too, But not until he
had said the words aloud three times could
he make head or tail of them. Then he
threw back his head and shouted:
why. boy. it's oatmeal, spelled la
franchise. 'H-a-u-t-e m-i-l-l-e,' Dat meal!
Sect
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
DUNLAP.GOULD
Burlington Girl Married to Washing
ton Man In Newton, Mass.

burlington tiiri Married 10 WashinS-
ton Man In Newton, Mass.
Miss Sabra Gould, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. F.. NJ. Gould, and Roderick Buri
Dunlap of Washington, d. c., were mar
ried Wednesday Nov. &c at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Wight. Newton
Center, Mass, the Rev. Ernest Graham
Guthrie performing the ceremony.
The bride. gowned in white georgette
over satin and carrying shower bou-
quet of bride roses and sweet peas, en-
tered the room on the arm of her father.
Little Martha Post Wight was ring
bearer. The families of the bride and
groom and few intimate friends were
present
Mr.. Dunlap was second lieutenant in
the signal corp, u. S. A., and trained In
Burlington. He Is now associated with
the Republic Tire company Of Washing
ton, ID. c., where the young couple will
reside.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
READY SYMPATHY

Now l want you to save me an extra
supply of flowers next week." said Mrs
DE Smyth-Jones to the florist. according
10 the Saturday Journal, my daughter
Alice is coming out, you know
Yes. num-" the proprietor of the stall
replied. "Tll save er the very best poor
thing. Whatever was she put in for?'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT

Mr.. Jones returned home the other eve-
ming in fine spirits my dear" said he
TO his wife, this afternoon / closed the
deal for the new house. l had the title
examined, and found II perfectly clear.
The examination cost me a hundred dol
lars but"
Now isn't that a perfect shame" ex-
claimed the young wife. "All that money
wasted"-Cartoons Magazine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04

sickly most OF the
time. / went to q
doctor and he said
/ had nervous indi-
gestion, which ad-
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most of
the time and he
said if I could not
stop that, l could
not get well. l
heard 30 muchabout
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-04
this WEAK,
NERVOUS Mother
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

Philadelphia, PAT was very weak,
always tired, my back ached, and felt
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FREE PRESS WANT ADS PAY best
The evening world., 1919-10-17

imposed on II either during the war
or at present. Our enemies, with
their improvised organization giving
free play TO persons Of superior abil-
lty, accomplished far mUre than we
could"
Prof. Meyer added that Gcrmany's
collapse Cclipsed all catastrophcs in
history. even the downfall OF Car
thage and Athens.
Prof Meyer has changed his tone.
He was an exchange Professor at
Harvard University several years
ago. Aftcrward he attacked Harvard
in an article in the Vossische Heitung
saving, In part:
Harvard University is taking n
new and leading part in anti-Ger-
man agitation. On the plea of ncu-
tralltv II has withdrawn invitations
TO deliver lectures which were sent
out 90 Germans living In america,
but French professors are welcome
TO u and so are japanese"
Some FIVE years ago Prof Meyer
wrote n book. North America and
Germany" in which he assniled
President Wilson and his policy OF
neutrality and affirmed that Amer
lean women school teachers had
rendered tho race cffcminnte.