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

d. ALl1ANc
The grocery and meat store OF RYAN *;
:;rown was broken into Sunday morning
'et~een 1880 and II o'clock. 'rhts thief
gained entrance 90 the store either
Trough one Of the rear windows or walk
d in through the front door during tho
inc Mr.. Brown was in the, store between
and 10 o'clock and evidently hid behind
nne of the counters until the proprietor
eft. Mr.. Brown returned 10 tho store
obout noon and noticed that the rear win
low was opened and at once notified
chief of Police J. T.. Mahoney. After AN
nvestigation il was discovered that some
cigars and cookies were missing. Chief
Mahoney happened 30 notice a STABILITY
Jrossed man smoking n cigar walking
,ver Main street. HI recognized this man
rs one whom he had arrested before for
vagrancy and stopped 80 uuest III him.
He could get satisfactory reply and
,rrested him under suspicion of commit
ing the robbery and also Tor vasrancy.
The man gave his name as William Il.
Johnson and was arrested in this city In
February, 1918, OH tie charge of vagranHy.
He was arraigned before Judge Nathan
Y. Post in the city court this afternoon
md pleaded guilty to entering the Ryan
n Brown store. lie was sentenced to
rye ono year In the states prison at
Windsor. After his previous arrest in
tnis city he was charged with being n
hacker, but after being examined by the
giraft board, he was excused from mii-
airy service. He was turned over to tho
'ity authorities, who sentenced him to
serve a term of six months in the house
If correction at Rutland for being a pro-
fessional tramp. On his return to this
city Saturday Chief Mahoncy noticed
him get off the train and told him he mad
hotter leave town before he would he
placed under arrest for vagrancy He
replied that he did not care whether he
was arrested or not.
The funeral of John Edward Patter-
, son. six-months- son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Patterson of st. Adams Bay. who
died Saturday afternoon was held at the
house yesterday afternoon. Burial took
place i'm st. Adams Bay cemetery
Elizabeth Nichols Holmes, 1G-months-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur T.
Holmes, died Monday morning at 10
o'clock after an illness of few days. The
funeral was held at the house We'd
nesday afternoon. the Rev. ID. G.. Guest
officiating. Besides her parents. she is
survived by two sisters.
John II. Lake, aged e. years. died at
the home of his nephew. Fred Lake on
II,
O'Clock. The funeral was held Wednes-
day afternoon with burial at Sheldon.
The ST. Adams & Swanton Traction
company resumed it's schedule Thursday
morning after a 2i-hour suspension fol-
lowing the action taken by business men
in this city to contribute six or seven
hundred dollars necessary to make up the
difference between the offer made by the
traction company and the maximum
compromise which the council decided to
make Before Supt. a. w. Peterson
would give instructions 10 continue the
operation of the cars, it was necessary
for the members Of the council to give
their word they would In due season
,mend the cornpany's franchise in such
way that the company would not be
called upon 10 make any street improve
ment payments until such time as its
. act income should exceed five per cent
On the valuation arrived at by the public
service commission. Furthermore 1t was
necessary for the council to promise TO
assist in an appeal to the public service
commission of Vermont TO obtain a mod
lfication Of the regulations which now
require the company TO assist In safe
guarding the Lake street crossing over
the Central Vermont railway tracks.
Ex-Gov and Mrs. Edward Curtis
Smith have issued invitations for a
reception to be held at their home,
Seven Acres" on Tuesday evening,
December 30, to meet Mr.. and Mrs. Cur
lis Ripley Smith
Walter II. Stevens, son Of c. H. Stevens,
has returned 10 this city after receiving
his discharge from the army at Camp
Dig, N. J. Since his return to this coun-
try from overseas he has been receiving
treatment for rhe umatsn.
Mrs. A. n. Parmelee is receiving treat
nlert at the Sherwood sanitarium.
Howard W. Wallace of Fairfield has
been appointed deputy collector and in
spector of customs and stationed at
North Troy.
Joseph Martell, aged 6s, died suddenly
of heart disease at his home on the
Sheldon road Tuesday morning at 1880
o'clock. The funeral will be held at
Holy Angels Church Friday morning at
nine o'clock and burial will take place
in Mount Calvary cemetery Besides his
wife the deceased is survived by eight
daughters, Mrs, Frank Papineau of Bur-
lington, Mrs. Verus Thomlette of Chicopee
Falls, Mass, Mrs. Edward Suprenant of
HoIyoke, Mass, Mrs. Noa Aubn of
Watervillette. n. y, Mrs Charles Papi-
neau of Graniteville, Mrs. Walter Butler
and Mrs. Fred Lahue of this city and
Mrs. Benjamin Jurd of Saskatchewan:
three sons, John Martel of Swanton,
Joseph of Barre and Louis of this city.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Bailey, December II.
Miss Frances Il. Jones. who resides
ut the Tavern, will leave Thursday
evening for Toronto, Ont, to visit her
brother. G.. G. Jones. She will leave
about December 30 for Detroit. Mich,
where she will meet her cousin. Mrs.
w. r. Jones of Morgantown. w. Va.
and together they will go to Pasadena.
cal. TO spend the winter.
The clerGymen of the five Protestant
churches of this city met at the office
Of the First Congregational Church
Monday afternoon and ministerial or
ganization WAS completed. The Rev. D.
o. Guest, pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copaI Church, was elected chairman and
the Rev. Stanley Cummings, pastor of
the First Congregational Church, was
chosen secretary. Several matters of
common interest were discussed and it
-SS voted that tho churches cooper