Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-22
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Ilhue u report ABOUT Il year dEo III Nii''
he found damages for the orators for some
S10i.00O This amount. it is claimed, was
more than the total value Of the lands
alleged to have been damaged and greatly
in excess of any actual damages The
defendants have long since appealed from
the report of the masters and the case
is still with the court of chancery. At
the last annual meeting of the village
committee of negotiation was appointed
to confer with committee of the orators
to see IL some way could not be devised
for settling the whole matter and thus
get the case out of court and avoid fur
Their COSTS at least so far as the village
Of Mddlebury Is concerned; and 1t Is
to hear and act on the report of this
committee that the special meeting has
been called
Since the recent addition of the two
new mail trains and the change in the
train schedule, the forenoon delivery of
mail here starts out an hour later than
formerly and the carriers go out in the
afternoon after the arrival of the Bos-
ton mail, but at the former hour.-The
committee of five recently appointed to
collect funds to carry out the district
missionary fund idea by the employment
of a district nurse has been energetically
gratifying success in their efforts. The
plan here is to meet all the expenses
by voluntary subscriptions from indivd-
uals, clubs and all kinds of organizations,
and II already looks sure that the scheme
will prove successful. The sub committee
to raise subscriptions is made up of Mrs.
John T.. Weeks. julius o. seeley and
Mrs. Edward Higgins and several applica-
10 of
already have been received.
All the practicing physicians in this
town have agreed upon new schedule
of fees for their future services. in ac-
cordance with which ordinary office calls
will be 81, calls about the village So and
| calls beyond Mddlebury will run from
| 50 to 81 and more, according to distance.
! Peter Larock, IS years old. of Bristol,
died at the home of Emery Wissell here
Thursday night after a six months ILL
ness with complication of diseases. He
leaves four daughters and two sons. as
follows: Mrs. Emma Kimbal and Mrs.
Alma Garvey of Bristol. Mrs. Frank
Japan of Middebury, and Mrs. Jennie
Clapper of Cohocs, n. Y, and Claude
and Leon Larock of Bristol. The funeral
services were held in the Catholic Church
| in Bristol at 10 o'clock Friday forenoon
and the burial was in the Catholic ceme-
| terry in that town.
: Sheriff George S. Farr of Bristol was
in town Thursday and with County
Clerk Rufus Wainwright the follow
ing petit jurors were drawn for the
June term of the Addison county court
Addison. C. H. Marshall, Earl Nuttall
Bridport, James H. Fletcher, Carl A
Wolcott; Bristol, Mark Thompson, w
E. Morgan and Henry Harvey; Corn
wall, r. A. Bingham, George Parkill
Ferrisburg. Herburt II. Booth ant
Charles Kimball; Goshen, w. l.. Dut-
ton; Granville, Samuel +. Riley: Han.
cock, A. l.. Miller; Leicester, Franz
c. Aver; Lincoln, Luther II. Rhodes ant
l. A. Colby; Middlebury, Ransom r
O'Bryan, w. F. Bentley and Walter
l.. Billings; Monkton. r. f. Hurlbur
and b. A. Beers; New Haven, Merrill
W. Clifford Mark c. Peck; Orwell,
L. Coates Thomas Barron Panton, Ir;
f. Barber; Ripton, william Whit
more; Salisbury, Paul S. Fields; Shore
ham, A G.. Dudley, r. NJ Osborne
Starksboro, +. NJ. Walston and C. w
Shattuck; Nergennes, Cyrus w. Bost
ford. Francis II. Foss; Waltham. A. Z
Booth: Weybridge, S. +. James; Whit
ing. Herburt Holmes.
ID. H. Bennett, who has been a di
rector of the National Bank of Middle
bury for % years and for several year
vice president of the institution, ha
resigned his position with the bank
John A. Fletcher. who for number o
; years has been connected with tn
bank as a director, was elected vice
president and Phelps n. SWEET a di
: rector.
Miss Elizabeth Ryder, daughter of Nj
and Mrs. Eben c. Ryder, has been trans
ferred from the civil service positio
she has held in Washington for a yea
to a position in the Philippine Island.
She will spend June at her home an
sail from San Francisco June rs. Mis-
Ryder has been a teacher on Long Is
4 land and in Pleasantville, n. j., sine
4 her graduation from Middlebury Col
u lege in 1911.
The East Middebury chorus will Civ
\ a general home coming to all discharge
men Memorial day in the form Of
\ chicken pie supper at five o'clock,
Good Templars hall, followed by an er
j tertainment to consist of a speaker, re
citations, singing and three piece oil
chestra. Dancing will be enjoyed unit
two o'clock. After the expenses al
paid, the balance will be used for II
chorus.-Monday. market day, egt
brought A to 46 cents, dairy butte
50 to 55 cents and creamery 81 cent
Thomas +, Burns, who recent
i came back from the Fanny ALE
hospital after an operation, was alb
\ to be out for the first time Mo-
day.-Miss Karine Carlson and Mi
Julia Sullivan have returned fro
West Rutland, where they ha'
4 been spending a few days at the hon
of Miss Carlson's parents, the Re
4 and Mrs. j. j. Carlson.-Mr. and MI
S. l.. Taylor and son, Lee Taylor. ha
returned from Pittsford, where tn
have been to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Perl
II. Kendrick,--Miss Anna LeBoe,
who has been officiating as nur
- in town for several months, has go
es to Vergennes for visit with her 81
l. ter, Mrs. William II. Norton.
Walter Calhoun has gone to Orant
r Mass, to bring back a shaft viii
es will be used in the repairing or
tie water wheel at the Middlebury ele
lie trio light plant, which has been @
- of commission for the last 10 days.
account of it breaking MRS Hell
ltathorne, who has been VISIT
- Helen Hathorne, who has been visit
Ks at the home of her granddaught
IT, Mrs. Lawrence Abbey on Weybrid
street for a week, has returned to
home in New Haven.-The miss
Lucy l. Calhoun, Alice Cortiss a