Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-11
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT:
TIE NEWS BY COUNTIES

lage Henry G.. Walker IS n,antns es-
tensive repairs on the Interior Of his rcs-
idence on Weybridge at.eet.-s.ephvr
Roulia. the popular bnrbor in the Pa
tell block. has just added to mis- ccu..-
men an electric hair cutting machine.
the first of lis hind !, town-The reg
uiar meeting OF tic M;ddlebJry G-ansa.
No 315 will be h".d Friday evening The
following program has been arranged
Music. Grange choir; boys and girls
club. Miss Emma Fu!!or, T. K. Church
NJ; paper. Mother Sovete,' Mrs. r. r
Cornwall. vocal SOLO. Mrs. A . Par
ter; TIRE Relation c? the Crnnsea to 'he
Farm bureaus" r. A. Elliott; thres re-
citations by throe little peop'e music,
Bernico Barton: discussion, ''Nortgse-
Iifters: What Farn Crop Does This
Pest7" Adrian Thompson. II. = Hun.
Pen McQuivey; surprise committee. Mrs.
Noble Fem. Mrs. Fred Brookins.-Mes
Clara Wissell has gone to wash'ngtor.
y. c.. called there bv the illness Of her
| ster Maude wisseli.-Prof Williamson
DeVine will give an address in -he Sig
ma Kappa rooms next Tuesday evening
under the auspices of the essay depart
ment of the Women's club.
Julian Clock has returned from wal
! lingford where he has been to visit his
! father, the Rev. f.. !. Clock.-Grover
| Marshfield and Stanton Potter of Phils-
| dephla are in town for few days
Just before the late storm the sugarmalk-
ers in this region were beginning to make
| preparations for tapping the trees in
! their orchards and as soon as they can
get into the woods with advantage they
will take up the work with energy and
all the help that they can find. 1t is
| expected that between the middle of the
month and the Goth a number Of trees.
probably larger than ever before, will ho
tapped The prospects are for n large
/ quantity Of sugar and syrup. While a
. considerable quantity OF enow in the
woods is desirable for sugarmaking. there
| is such a thing as having too much of
it and that is what the sugarmakcrs Mt
present have to face, but there is still
time for some of the snow to disappear
before the tapping of trees is generally
begun.-The usual mid-week prayer will
be held in the vestry of the Congrega-
tonal Church this evening. The TOPIC
to be- considered will be Great Hymns
| of the Church. Hymns of the Lentcn
Season. Tho music department Of tho
Womens club held a wel-attended meet
ing at the home of Mrs. \. W. Dickens
Wednesday afternoon.-N Niddlebury has
pretty we'll recovered from the shock OF
. the big storm, the village roads and sid"
walks are in passablc condition again.
but not of the very best kind, the roads
to the country towns have been finally
tunneled through and daily CommuniCa-
ton has been established to Weybridsc,
Brdport and through Cornwall to Shore
, ham and thence to Orwell The rural
mail delivery mcu are having the worst
time of it, but are now succeeding in
making their daily trips which they were
unable to do for some dsys.-Mr. and Mrs.
| George W. Wendall of Albany, y. y,
are visiting in town for a few weeks
Miss Evelyn Houghton has returned frou,
| Walingford after Il few days at the home
of her parents, the Rev and Mrs Ola L.
Houghto ton.--Niss May Brislin, the district
nurse. has returned from Rutland. where
she had been taking few days vacation
at the home of her brother. Charles Bris-
lin. an assistant nurse being in charge
during her absence-The Women's Mis-
sionary society OF the Conversational
Church held meeting Tuesday aftcr
noon with Mrs. George +. Haynes at her
| home on Court street, and notwthstard-
! ing tho bad weather the meeting was well
| attended-rhe Misses Flora and HATE
, Ruggles of Salem Mass, are in town
| for short visit-Prof Raymond McFar-
land, secretary Of the tnter-Church
| World Movement of Vermont. has gone
| to Rutland to take part in the meeting
there of the Baptist ministers of Rutland
county in the interest Of Inter-Church
work