Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-08-12
Addison County
MIDDLEBURY


gasoline would burn and dropped a match
No sooner had the match landed than
flames arose and set fire to the building
Fortunately several men were on hand
and with the aid of chemicals and water
subdued the flames. The building is
quite badly scorched. Damage will be
about s50.-Mrs. Phillip D. Cloyes has gone
to Salisbury to visit her brother, A. A.
Smead.-Zephyr Boulia has returned from
his vacation and Is again on duty at his
shop in the Battell block.-Charles Will
hanson of Wyburn Sask., Can, arrived
Friday noon for a months visit to his
sisters, Mrs John Hammond and Mrs.
Nelson A. Seymour.-Mrs. Fred Crane has
returned from Philadelphia, Pa, where
she went to attend the wedding of her
niece, Miss Helen Hemingway Campbell
She was accompanied home by her sister
Mrs. c. I. w. Carrigan, who will remain
here for a few weeks.-Mrs Julia Wheeler
and daughter, Marjorie. have returned
from Randolph, where they have spent
two weeks.-Miss Margaret Graham has
gone to Lowell, Mass, to spend three
weeks.-Mrs. Benjamin Stewart and
daughter. Marie. of Chicago, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John u. Stewart.-Mrs.
John Jero and children have gone to Troy,
n. H.. to visit for few days al the home
/
e. Howard and two children and Mr.. and
Mrs. N. A. Brooks and daughter have gone
for few days In the Adirondacks.-Dr.
and Mrs. r. 8. Spire and two children,
Richard and Louisa, and Mr. and Mrs.
| Edward Burkholder of Washington, D.
| c., are guests at the home of Mrs. Eliza
beth Cornell for a few days.-Mrs Mer-
rill Lane of New York city is visiting
her mother. Mrs. Kate Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Brown and daughter.
! Miss Anna Brown, have returned after a
week in Bristol.-Mrs. Lucy Crane is in
| Weybridge to visit her sister, Mrs. John
A. James, and is accompanied by another
sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Scovel of Lewiston.
n. Y.-Mrs. Eugene L. Pierce has gone
to whiting to spend some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Arthur II. Freeguard.
| Four or five weeks ago the farmers
| of this section of Addison county. and
| in fact the whole county, were COM
| planning strongly of too great an
| abundance of rain. Now the complaint
is just the other way. They are COM
! planning of having struck a drought
| Just at a time when It will be likely to
| seriously injure the crops, If it con-
! tinues much longer. Corn and other
| crops are whiting badly and the chances
are they will never mature unless they
the immediate future. Otter Creek is
nearly at low water mark, as are also
the larger streams Of the county
Mrs Jennie NJ. Crosby has returned
after a two weeks visit in Greenfield,
| Springfield and Turner's Falls, Mass.
| and Bellows Falls-Mrs Charles S.
Cummings and Mr.. and Mrs. James Far
| rell and Miss Anna NJ. Battles have
| returned to Rutland after a stay with
| friends in camp at Lake Dunmore.-
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Cavendish have
returned to Reading, Penna.. after 10
| weeks in Middlebury and neighboring
| towns.-The United States Civil service
| commission announces an examination
| to be held in Middlebury and YER
gennes at the postoffices, Satur-
| day, August 2S, to fill the position of
| rural mail carrier from the Vergennes
postoffice and to fill such other posi-
| tions as may later become vacant In
| the county.-Miss Evelyn Houghton
| and Albert A. Houghton have returned
| to Wallingford after a few days here
to their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Walter L. Billings.-Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Bergman have returned to Tor
| onto. Can, after stay of several
| weeks in this section.-The village au-
thorities are having a cement sidewalk
put down on the east side of Main
street In the business section Of the
town.-The Misses Sylvia Cooper and
| Gladys Emerson of Attleboro, Mass.
are in town for a short visit.-Mr. and
Mrs Everts Champlin have returned to
Montreal after a few weeks here and
in neighboring towns.-Carl o. Frost
has gone to Boston for few days
The meeting of the Middlebury
Grange No. 315, will be held Friday
| evening. After the regular business
| session a leap year party will he car
ried out under the direction of the fol-
| lowing committee. Miss Emma Fuller.
Anna Novak Dolphine La Fleur, Gladys
Cartmell. Catherine Hammond a n
Beatrice Dumas-Andrew Ferland of
| Westbrook. Me-, is In town on a visit
to his sister, Mrs. William Farrell Jr.
Mrs. Milo X. Moore and Fred and
Elizabeth Moore are spending 10 days
at the Bingham cottage at Long
| Point, Lake Champlain.-Ira Pond OF
| Burlington is in town to visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Phelps Coolihan.
| There will be baseball game
Thursday afternoon between teams of
| the marble mill and team made up of
| the retail clerks. Gallipeau will pitch
for the marble mill and league
| pitcher will pitch for the clerks. The
game Is staged for the Porter field for
| three o'clock.-Fred Morrison of Bris-
| tol was arrested in that town Monday
| by Sheriff George s. Farr on a warrant
| cha rging him with breach of the peace.
| He was brought to Middlebury Monday
| afternoon and before Judge Albert w.
Dickens pleaded guilty. He was fined
| s25 and costs of s1l.75. amounting to
| s36.75. which he paid and was dis
charged.-Mrs. Charles Crane has re-
turned from Lake Rescue. Ludlow.
wheer she has been for 10 days.--Mrs.
of Mrs. e. T. Dewey.
Frank J. Donahue. who has been
taking a weeks rest at his home here,
went Monday to Richmond for the pur-
pose of making insurance maps of that
town. The work there will require four
| or five weeks, after which his next
| location will be at Berlin, n. H-Miss
Mary F. Higgins of Rutland is In town
| to spend a couple of weeks.-The Rev
| William v. Berg. D. D.. of Philadelphia
conducted the services and preached at
the Congregational Church Sunday in
place of the pastor. the Rev. Henry c.
| Newell, who Is out of town.-Mr. and
| Mrs. Amos Gardner Of Salisbury Conn,
with their three young children are in
| town for month or longer-Mr. and
Mrs. Wilber Fletcher and Miss Dorothy
| Fletcher have returned to Ocean Grove,
| N. j., after several weeks in Middle
bury-A man by the nam @
OF Mumbelo of Burlington met
with an automobile accident Monday