Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-11
Lam0ille County
STOWE

had to spare last fall and could havc
SOFA loo cords more. He is having calls
lor WOOD almost every day. He thinks
there is no dry wood for saic in town
ana but little green. Everybody is log
ging and no one Is getting out wood
TIE dealer expects carload OF coal
soon.-Silas a. Stebbins of the Cash Mar
ket is confined to his home by Illness
me village water supply is low. tho
RESERVOIR being only about half full.
consumers arc warned to be saving In
the use of .hc water.-The funeral of
George S. Thompson OF Montreal was rolt,
ut the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry T..
Jenney of Maple street Thursday after
noon. the Rev. NJ. j.. Bacon conduc,in-
the service. The burial was in tho
Thompson family lot In the River Bank
cemetery The body arrived here from
Montreal Thursday and was accompanied
ny Mr.. Thompsol's daughter Mrs Mabel
| Irdtt OF Pueblo Colo. and her aunt, Mrs.
kidder Of Barre. Mr.. Thompson's only
surviving relative in Stowe Mrs. Sarah
Judson, was unable to attend the funeral
on account of i'll health. Mrs. Pratt
accompanied her aunt Friday to Barre
on her way to Montreal.-Paul A. Raw
mona went Thursday to Winooski. ex-
pect'hg to accompany Mrs. RAYMOND
nome Friday from the Fanny Allen hos
pitai' Mrs. Raymond is making a recov-
cry aiter serious operation.-The agri-
! cultural class in Stowe high school dis
| cuSSed the question. Resolved That
liolsteins are more profitable than Jer-
seJs as far as profitable production ia
concerned in Vermont" Friday morning.
Clifton Stafford, Harlan Slayton and
| walter Gibbs speaking on the affirmative
ana John Recor. Floyd Sears and LyIe
, Spaulding on the negative. The debate
| was close one. but was awarded to the
negative side by the judges, school direc
tor. f. i. Stafford. and the Rev. NJ F..
! Bacon. Superintendent c. D. Howe was
! present.
BY order of the board of health ali pub
TIC gatherings are forbidden until further
notice. There are u large number III with
!hc grip IN many cases several in a fam
ny. Inc first mail to arrive here since
FRIDAY reached here about 1880 Mondav
forenoon. coming through from Water
burY by team. outward going mail was
taken on the return trip Business Ia at
standstll here. Tho electric road is out
or commission.-Mr and Mrs T. G. Scrib-
ner and one of three sons are i'll with the
erlp.-MrS. y. II. Straw remains quite
l'l'-A son was born Sunday to Mr.. and
MRS. Ovia Van Ness on Maple Hill farm
Miss Florence Ayers bookkeepor at the
Gold Brook creamery is i'll with the grin
at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
, W. w. Ayers. at Mountain View farm
AIR. and Mrs. SlaS a. Stebbins are iii
with the grip. Others who are III are Mr.
ana Mrs. Orvill NJ. Edison at the ,ower
village Miss Ruby D. Shaw, Miss Ruth
Collins. +. c. Bashaw. Mr. and Mrs s.
II. Nutting. II. II. Downer-N1r and Mrs
Harry Slayton of Moscow are parents OF
a daughter, Mil.icent Lorctte born March
5.-Mrs. Gracia Tominson who has been
III Ill health all winter and who now has
the grip is being cared for at the home of
her sister. Mrs. Mary Sma,ley-Walter
NJ. Adams is quite i'll at his home on the
| west Branch road.-Mr and Mrs. Frank
Demeritt returned from st. Adams Fri
day and are at the home of Mr.. Demer-
ritt's father, W. l.. Demertt for the pres
ent.-Elton B. Forbes is i'll at the home of
Mrs. Forbes mother. Mrs. z. r. Gale
Harry Warren is i'll at the home of Mrs
/ Lydia Sargcnt.-Ncl,ie Ellsworth Is III
! at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Steb-
bins.
Men shovellinG all day Monday on tho
Mt. Mansfield Electric railway have hard
| ~ made a beginning. !. is not proba BILE
that cars will run this week. The Stowe
Worthwhile stage is making one round
trip day. Mail tc and from waterbur,
and neEiohable freight are being convey
ed by teams.-A large flock of the rare
and beautiful evening grosbeaks was seen
/ recently on Bridge street.-Among those
who are III are Fred Mccarthy and son.
Lester. on Shaw Hill near Moscow, who
have been II week. Owing to tho snow
! t,ockade, no physician could be had I'M
! til Monday. Mr. Mccarthy was unable to
care for his stock which suffered in con-
sequence until neighbors came to his as
sistance.--Mr. and Mrs. NJ T. Burt and
daughters. who have been i'll with the
grip. are recovering.-There We're no
church services here Sunday.-The Relief
Corps meeting for Saturday evening was
Cancelled The public library will be clos
ed unit, further notice and the usual
meeting of Sickle Chapter, o. E. S. on
! Wednesday evening was omitted
Mrs. Ear, Sulham, WHO has been i'll with
the grip. is now seriously III. Mr.. Sulham
has been ill., bat Is nov recoverinc.-S. II.
| Warren is Mt home from Waterbury on
account of il'ness.-Mrs =. f.. Smith and
| son, Waite, are q-itc ~ It heir home
Mt Mos ow. --tlo, I'd =. .;hav Miss Enby
Shaw and i,rt-e Howard :. r.. are III at
the shaw hone on Fark street.-The con-
dition of Walter =. rcn-pH n the Green
Mountain Inn remains aao2. the same
NY. anu MY, -. &c y! ANON ana .h 1855
/ Margaret Ntcfc at tro inn are recov-
crIg.--Cha' les T. Ssr-ent and son. Leo,
arc II AT tneir horne on Noai riill.--Mr.
and Mrs. Neil y. "sepin were called -
LyndouVil,c last Nooh hr tie death OF
Mrs. Cha: ms SISTER Airs, Florence s..
Pierre.
Ono II H., c.gl'cst arrivals in stoTc
a.'."r thc rcocn; nov b.ockodc VAS tnat
Of man from Spr0.i. ld, who came, IL
is said, in rcspoasc to 4 matrimonial aG-
vert: rnlont from q stowe damsel. TIE
man, who was accompanied by his f-ur-
ycar-oid daughter and who Appeared 90
be mildicagcd rawc Saturday rs far a.'
Waterbury Center, whore The freight
motor was hung up by tho snow. lie
found Judgement AZ a place NJ tho Center
for himself aud little daughter until Mon
| day when he hired man to bring him
to stowe. The girl in the case is 70 aud
| lives with her parents here in the VII
lagc No wedding announcement has yet
been lnadc.-Thc condition Of Miss Jessie
Wade at II. ". Downcrs Is very low.
/ Miss Wade's niece. Mrs. Thomas Smith
OF MorriSNilc, was called here Welncs-
day tN her illness.-CIifton stafford il
! recovering from few days illness. --
Harry Il. Pike is ill-Mrs. Alice Boozan
is i'll At the home of Walter Clnri,. There
are cases Of Illness IN the families OF
II. W. Jones, l., W. Carter. o. $. Styglcs
and Max Coan on the hill road to Norris
ville.-Mrs. r. A. Tatro was called We'd
ncsday 10 the homo of her brother, Pcrley
G.. Adams, on Miller Brook where Mrs
Adams and several children are IN. Mr..
Il. I....