Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-15
Lamoille County
STOWE

The funeral OF Charles James shepard
was held Tuesday afternoon at his home,
where ho died Sunday. The Rev. NJ. +,
Bacon conducted the service. The bear
ers were two sons. Leon and Walter
Shepard, and two sons-in-law Charles
Raymo and Jerome Wilkins. The burial
was made in the River Bank cemetery.
The condition of Mrs. Cynthia Stebbins
remains serious. Dr. Lyman Allen of
burlington was called here in consul
tation Monday.-Mr and Mrs. II. r.
Mcmahon, who have passed the winter
at the Green Mountain Inn, have return
ed to their home OH Stowe Hollow road.
e. G. Robinson is doing we'll at the
Mary Fletcher hospital.--Mrs. Melinda
Drugg has sold her house on Maple street
to Mrs. Almira Slayton. who will take
possession May Mrs. Robert Henry OF
San Francisco, Calf. Is guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Foster.
Mrs. Henry was formerly Miss Cassie
Marshall of Stowe.-airs. Mary Shubert,
who recently returned from a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Reuben Brown, in
Brattleboro has been called to Gran
vile, y. Y, by illness in the family of
her son, Ralph S. Shubcrt. Mr.. Shubert
has recently moved from Bennington to
Granville, whore he has charge of a
large farm,--At the meeting of Mansfield
Mountain Grange the lecturers program
included rocltations and readings, roll
cah for women, short cuts in housckeep-
ing; for men, short cuts in farming, and
an address by the Rev. NJ. L. Bacon
upon the effects of 4 we'll conducted COM
munlty church upon the cash value of
the real estate IN township.-AGr. and
Mrs. c. +. Eddy of Hyde Park were
visitors in Stowe Monday.-Mrs. Lucy
b 4
the winter In Watervile, is n visitor at
the home of her brother, y. w. Collins.
--Truckman II. G, Smith motored Tuesday
to Mortified after the household goods
of Nj. and Mrs. Ambrose Lerow. Mr..
Lerow will carry on blacksmithlng at
! II. j Fosters shop on Bridge street.
| Miss Helen Waterman of Johnson visited
Mrs. c. a. Riley Monday.-W. l.. Ben
nett and daughter, who went Tuesday
! to Richmond to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Grant
/ Barker. will bring the little daughter
! Theresa. who has been with Mrs Bar.
/ ker for two months. Before returning
home Mr.. Bennett and children will visit
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lamson in More
town.-Earl Mayo has sold the farm re.
Gently purchased of W. j. Sheean to
Charles f. Wheeler.-The employees Of
the Mt. Mansfield Creamery association
8. Gales on West Branch Monday after.
| noon.
The Rev Mr. Boles of Hardwck was
here Friday meeting the Rev. NJ. E. Ba-
con, A. r, Straw and others in the inter-
ests of the Congregational drive OF the
Inter-Church Movement.-Up to March 81
the creamery end of the Mt Mansfield
Cooperative Creamery business was
1874 per cent above that of last year.
which was the last year of the business.
Fifty-four car loads of grain were handled
by the association in 1919, enough for sew
era trains of cars.-Sidney MCLEAN has
returned to Mt. Vernon. N. Y. after a
short visit with relatives in Stowe.-Mrs.
e. G. Robinson and sister, Miss Sadie
Harlow have returned from Burlington,
leaving Mr.. Robinson doing well after an
operation at the Mary Fletcher hospital
Mrs. w. +. Harris returned Friday from
Keene N. H., where she visited her son.
Dwight w. Harris. and family, meeting
there her son, George S. Harris of Mont
clair, n. j., and daughter Miss Margaret
Harris Of Morristown, n. j., who passed
their vacation there.
Charles James Shepard. one of the old
est residents of Stowe, died at his home
at the lower village at las o'clock Sum
day afternoon after long and painful
illness. Mr.. Shepard was born in Glasgow.
Scotland. in 1881. He moved with his
parents in 1887 to London. where he re-
sided until he entered the British army
in 1854. From London he went to Ireland.
where no helped to put down a Catholic
rebellion, thence to the Island of Malta
and from Malta to India, where he saw
service with the British army during the
Sepoy rebellion which occurred in 1857.
passing with his regiment through the
famous Khybre Pass the next night
after the body of 600 troops We're all killed
there but eight. Later. Mr.. Shepard came
with British trops to Canada, and at one
time went on an expedition up the Red
river after Chieftain Reel, who was at
the head of band of Indians that
massacred band OF English settlers. He
was in service ten years and two months,
attaining the rank Of corporal I'm the
First Battalion, Goth Royal Rifles. While
in Montreal Mr.. Shepard met and mar
ried Miss Jane Gibson and with his fam
lily came to stowe to live about u years