Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-18

held Wednesday evening the third de
gree was conferred on a class OF candi-
dates after which refreshments were
served and n social hour was enjoyed.
VERGENNES
The jury in the trial of the case of
Florence l.. LeBoeuf vs. the town of
Clarendon at Windsor brought in q YER
dict for the LeBoeuf estate of $1,000 and
costs after n elaboration of over twenty
hours This case has been one Of the
hardest trials in the history of the Uni
ted States court for this district and a
record has been made for the number of
trials of an important case i'm short
period of time three trials having been
granted by the court within a period of
less than seventy days. The case was
tried before Judge II. b. Howe, L. S.
district Judge and although 50 witnesses
were examined. there was no delay in the
conduct of the trial. The cases of
Charles |. LeBoeuf and Carlton l.. Lee
Boeuf against the town Of Clarendon,
arising out of the same accident are still
pending and will be tried at the Janu-
AIRY term of the L. s. court Major r. w.
McCuen and Jones of Rutland are at
torneys for the teBoeuf estate and Law
renee and Stafford for the town Of Clar-
endon.--A Christmas chorus composed of
35 voices from all the Protestant churches
of Nergennes. under the leadership OF
e. w Wilson will have its last rehears-
ais Thursday and Friday evenings.-The
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Bristol
died Saturday.-E. B. Parker of Depot
Harbor. Ont. is a guest for n few days
of pr. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Rogers. Mrs.
Mary Walters slipped on the sidewalk on
Green street, near Mr.. Quintan's store
Monday afternoon, and in falling. frac-
tured a rib on the left side. She was ia
ken into Mrs. Smiths beauty parlors and
DR.. John Nj. Caisse was called and re-
duced the fracture after which she was
taken to her home where she is resting
as comfortably as could he expected
Miss Mildred Morgan. teacher in the
graded school spent the
weekend with her mother, Mrs Josie
Morgan at the home of DR.. and Mrs
Frank NJ Rogers.-Dustin NJ. Barrows
is quite i'll at his home on Main street
William Fl. Horton has returned from
a weeks visit to Windsor.-Seward p.
Smith Is at his inn on Grand View noun
tain for a few weeks stay.--A basket
dance will be held this evening at City
Hall.
Saturday evening while Roy. the H.
year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine
Shorkey Of Ferrisburg was caring for
the horses. no made a miss-step and fell
into a stall by the side of a horse. The
horse became frightened. and stepped on
the lads right thigh, inflicting severe
gash laying the flesh bare to the mus
cles. Surgical aid was given by DR.. V. w.
Waterman. assisted by Miss Ruby Irwin,
the public health nurse. At the present
VIZ! rig the condition of the young lad is
as ,mfortable as could be expected.-A
sor was born recently to Mr.. and Mrs.
J. P. Ryder.-Robert Elithorp
has gone to Watertown. N. Y, to
visit his brother T''ward Elithorp.-Pat-
rick Crepand has red to Mechanics
vile, N. Y, af.. 81. to his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Nitur Crepand.--Arthur
Daniels, who since his discharge from
the United States army two weeks ago
from a two years service overseas. has
been at the home Of his parents. Capt.
and Mrs. NJ. II. Daniels, has gone to WI
nooski to take up his former position as
head electrician at the wooden mills.
Alanson G. Wright has sold his flock
New Haven. This farm has been in the
Wright family since 1920 and this is
the first time in all these years that
sheep have not been kept on the farm
Mr. Wright has closed out this indus
try on account of the scarcity of la
borers and the danger that these ami
mails are subjected to from dogs Last
year Mr.. Wright lost 2S sheep from
dogs and the loss in New Haven to
sheep owners from dogs for the past
several years in that section has been
Anna S. Allen has placed
800 in the perpetual care fund Of the
Prospect Cemetery association for the
care of the Allen lot in Prospect ceme-
Ruby Irwin, the public
health nurse recently engaged by the
Vergennes Waltham Health Nurse asso-
citation, has arrived to take charge OF
the work. Miss Irwin Is n graduate OF
New England Deaconess Hospital Bos-
ton. and has had five months expert
ence with district nursing in that city
Also n years district work in Kings
County, Nova Scotia, going to Halifax
for emergency work following the ex-
plosion a year ago last spring.-Cyrus
Botsford recently had his herd Of 81
cattle given the tuberculosis test and
33 of them were condemned and they
have been shipped to the rendering
plant in Burlington.
Miss Ruby Irwin. public health nurse,
for the present is located AZ the home
OF MI. and Mrs. y. L. Kingsland.-Miss
Ida Maccabee has returned from the
Mary Fletcher hospital. where she re-
Gently underwent an operation.
The venison supper served by Pierpont
Lodge. No, 81, Knights of Pythas Tues
day evening was largely attended and n
very enjoyable occasion. After supper
a social evening was passed with cards
The party of hunters furnishing the ven
ison we're Alderman Levi n. Brown, n.
w. Day. DR.. F. NJ. Rogers. the Rev. w.
f.. Frazier DIR. Charles II. Cole. A. s.
Haven, Leon Hunt, Donald Norton and
W. w. Bristol. The committee having
charge of the supper were II. c. Her
rick, A. s. Haven and George r. Slack.
Edward Eagan has returned from Chazy
n. Y.-Mrs. Harry Branch of Glens Falls
arrived here Tuesday to care for her
mother Mrs. Mary Walters, who is suf.
fering from Il fractured rib. the result OF
a fall. Mrs. Walters condition Is slight.
ly improved. Goodridge of Mont
pelier is visiting his brother, r. d. Good.
ridge.-Mss NJ Hortense McCuen is pass.
ing a few days in Burlington where her
brother George r. McCuen Is at "A SAM
tarium for treatment.-Mrs Jennie Plant
has gone to Lowell Mass. where heI
son, Royal Plant, has employment since
his discharge from overseas service
Mrs. Ralph Newton has returned from
visit to her sister. Mrs. Eugene Brooks
of Burlington.-Arthur w. Norton, who
has been confined to the house for o
week by a severe cold. is somewhat i'm