Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
Washington County
MONTPELIER


delegates from Vermont to attend the
annual meeting of the American bar
association in Boston September TO .
chief Justice John II. Watson, Associate
! Justices G. NJ Powers, w. w. Miles,
w. NJ. Taylor and l.. p. Slack. The
| convention will he addressed by Robert
Lansing. Robert l.. Batty Of Texas and
. Or. DAVID j. Hin Of New York, as well
AZ other well known speakers
| william Chaplin Of Middlesex. one of
the organizers Of the Republican party
! In Vermont and one Of those who at
! tended the state conventions with the
greatest regularity until the last few
wears, died at his home Thursday morn
! ing AT the advanced age Of az years. He
was four years on the State Board OF
! Agriculture in its early history. He
was member Of the House Of 1880 and
! the Senate In 1884 and 1895. A native Of
! Middlesex. he also had been prominent
| in the affairs OF that town ana had
written a good deal through the news
/ papers on the topics of the day. I'm
1860 he marrieds Catherine Abbott Of
Worcester. Five children were born. of
whom three are living, and with the
| mother survive the deceased. These
are Joseph A. and Hinkley B. Chaplin
OF Middlesex and William A. Chaplin of
Chicago.
Mrs f. A. Harris received a message
| from Melrose. Mass. Thursday forenoon
of the death OF Arthur Anderton. her
, brother. at jefferson, Mass, where he
was spending his vacation, death being
due to drowning. This is the third death
in a few months, Mrs. Harris father
having died last winter and brother in
+! April. No information relative to the &C.
cdent was received. The deceased, besides
his mother. leaves brothers and sisters
Mrs Harris went to Melrose Thursday
night.
! Harry A. Black. secretary of state
has suspended IN eautomobie opera
! tors license of Charles r. Littel Of
| Barre. 1t appears that the licensee was
involved In an accident some weeks ago
and did not make a report Of the matter
to the secretary who Wednesday ascer-
tanned that an accident had occurred
and called MI. Littel to the Office to see
him about the matter.
Lyman z. Mcneil Of Charlotte has made
an interesting report of the accident he
had some days since while driving along
a roadway He sets forth that in his
10000 miles of automobile driving that
this is the first hen that he ever ran
over and then the accident would not
have taken place il the stupid animal
had not changed its mind He said it was
hen of unknown name or address. Mr.
Mcneil is In the poultry business at the
Old Homestead. according to his letter
head.
DR. Julius Dewey returned Friday morn
Ing from France. where he has been in
the medical corps Of the army for sew
ha he ~ ha ba ac
with the s3th Division at Leblanc but
on the way back he was separated from
the organization and for several months
was al Brest He was a battalion surgeon
with the rank of captain at LeMans and
had some 1000 soldiers under his care
Margaret BRdord of Montpelier has
brought suit against Charles I. Brown
of the same city to recover s 900 dam ages
for injuries she alleged she suffered as
the result of an accident that took place
Saturday afternoon some weeks ago
which followed a few days In Browns
losing his operators license. 1t is alleged
that the defendants automob hit the
plaintiff while she was walking along
on the sidewalk in Montpelier. that the
defendant lost control of it's automobile
and that It ran onto the sidewalk.
Two more men will suspend the
operation of their automobile. for .
time at least. These are Rober,
Thompson of Barre and John Pheonis
of Troy whose licenses we're suspended
by Secretary of State Harry A. B,ac.
Friday morning. Both men lost thei,
licenses because of operating while In
toxicated Thompson paid SIS anc
costs in Barre city court Thursda
morning because he did not place hii
automobile In a garage after an Officer
had advised him on Wednesday. The
officer having to give chase in another
machine to oatnh Thompson.
John Wahlen has received the an
nouncement Of the marriage Of Prof
Frank Whalen. his son. to Miss ",
May Treco of Boston. The marria4,
took ulace August l6 at Urbana. H.
where Prof Whalen is doing research
work in the University of Illinois
The will of Mrs. Abbie smith whc
died last week in Montpelier, has beer
presented in probate court It in.
cludes a large number of public be
quests, as we'll as naming many gift.
to distant relatives and the person.
who shall have the residue of tn.
estate. Among the public requests ar,
$4,000 to Christ church for a rectory
$1,000 for the benefit of aged clergy
men. the same for the diocese missions
a heneft of 5000 to the Kings Daugh.
tiers, 5000 to the Altar Guild, $500 &c
the choir, $500 toy. NJ. C. A.. 81. o0i
for fund for aged people. 5000 to tn,
Guild. 5000 to the Womens Relic
corps. $500 to the soldiers home The
will was drawn in 1912
Sereeant-at-A Arms Dwinell has installed
a pair of skylight windows In the recep-
ton room Of the State House with the
result that tho best light that has ever
shown on the oil painting of the Battle
of Cedar Creek has been provided for
Mr.. Dwinell orked out the new lighting
plan.
The contrao,fo construc, two fedora,
aid projects In road building have been
approved and the contracts have been
awarded. These are the Williston work
which will he one on French hill by Pas
cal Rlcc of Rutland and the Irasburg job
in which G. J Gilfllan of st. Johns
bury is to do the construction
The report of an accident in which John
Kent was driving the automobile was
received Monday by the secretary of
state in which MIR, Kent reports that
owing to the narrowness of the road near
Jones brook in Moretown and the fact
that he was working on his automobile
after the lights Went out the machine
slid off the road pnning him under the
car. The machine was standing still at
| the time of the accident according to the
report
Sheriff F. H. Tracy took Edmond Eddy
| OF Woodbury. Monday afternoon to the
state prison. where he will serve an