Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-17
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
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Sunday with the formers parents. Mr..
and Mrs John Ryan and other relatives
In Orwell.--Mrs. L. c. Howe and daugh-
ter Clarissa of ST. Johnsbury, are pass
ing some time here while Mrs. Howe
Is engaged in settling the estate of her
mother. Mrs. Emma Louk es.-Mrs.
Mary Clark of Springfield. Mass, on
her way to visit Mrs. Eli Palmer of
6helburne, passed the week -end with
Miss Laura Taggart.
r. D. Booth of Ferrisburg reports
that while moving recently he dis
covered large numbers of small grass
hoppers and he is of the opinion that
before the season ends these pests VIII
do a good deal of damage unless prompt
action is taken to get rid of them. Last
year they did considerable damage in
certain localities in Addison county and
are again appearing in large numbers
in Cornwall, Panton and West Ferris
burg. Among the farmers in West
Ferrisburg and Panton who report
hoppers are the Conrad. Moon,
Sprague, Hoyt, Richardson, Spaulding,
Gaines and Adams places, These pests
can he kept down to negligible num-
bers in the pastures, where they usu-
ally first appear. and can be destroyed
before they reach the fields of crops,
where their work Is the most destruc-
tive. by the use of poisoned bran mash.
Harold Foote is employed at the
o. E.. Garrow garage.-Mrs. Russell
Gaunya and little daughter have returned
from a visit to relatives in Schenectady
= and Mechanicsville. N. miss Jessie
Fraxier. who is employed at st. Michael
College, is working at the Norton House
during the vacation period.-Mrs r. A..
Foote has gone to Cornwall for an ex-
tended visit to her son, Frank a. Foote.
Victor Renaud. student at Tayola
College. Montreal. Is passing his vacation
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs, Louis
Renaud.-C. II. Hunt passed the weekend
at his home in Rutland.-Miss Bertha
Starbird of Boston is visiting Mrs. w. r.
Warner and Mrs. George w. Stone,-Miss
: Martha Thorn visited her farm in Wal
than Saturday.-Miss Marjorie Phelps, a
p teacher in the high school at Warner,
N. H., is attending the summer school
at the University Of Vermont.-Mrs
go w. r. Bristol is ill.-Mrs. Mary Berry
Scott and Mrs. Nahum have returned from
two weeks visit in Bristol.-Miss Jen-
ME Bristol of Middlebury is at the home
OF her sister, Mrs. II. c. Herrick, called
- here by the illness OF her mother. Mrs
NJ. T. Bristol.-The Rev. L. A. Vezina
is away on two weeks vacation. A
priest from St. Michaels College will
officiate at st. Peters Church during his
absence.-John II. LeBoeuf. who recently
sold his home on Maple street to Lieut.
Howard w. Adams, is to move to the
Richards house on the same street. Mr.
Adams will take possession July 15.-Mrs
Nash and sister. Miss Kelsey. spent Sun
day at their home in Middlebury.- Adolpf
Pilger and son, Frederick, of Newark
N. j., are visiting his father, George Pill
ger.-Joseph Milo has returned to st
Adams after a visit to his sisters, Mis-!
Julia Milo and Mrs. William ]. Better
w. g. Watt, captain of the U. S. med
cal corps, who has lately been demobl
lied, has arrived at his home in this cit,
, after having been in active service 70
over a year. He saw service with tn
British Expeditionary Forces in Franc
and Belgium. being attached to the 56tl
and 63rd divisions taking part in tn
Somme rush of the Fall of 1918. an,
after the armistice he was stationed a
Valenciennes. France, where he passe
=, the winter. Following this he served wit
various hospital units. until April 15, whe
=, he was ordered to Montpelier. France
for a postgraduate course In medicin
at the famous Montpelier University
q There he took UP the study OF dermatolog
under Prof. (Maj) F. Vedel, completin
a, the course about June 15 Mt which tim
he was ordered to port Of embarkatio
for return to the Y. s. He sailed fror
Brest on June 20 on the Levlathan arri,
ling In New York July and was mustere
1t July 0. Just where he will resum
ayats practice Is at present undecide