The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

weeks, which they spent in Whiting.
Miss Lizzie O'Leary, who visited hel
sister at BrattleborO and thence went tc
the ~Adirondacks, came home yesterday.
Winthrop Ward is taking a two-wceks'
vacation at Lake BOmosccn and will &c
thence to Athol, Mass, where his parents
live.
John f. Parker has returned to Wash
ington. He made brief visits in New
York and Philadelphia on his way thith-
er.
Rev. j. j. Noe and family and other
Middlebury people are at Spring Grove,
New Haven, to remain through the camp
meeting.
John w. Martin and daughter, Mrs. Ii.
w. Hammond. are back from the seaside.
Mr.. Martin will 500 start on his annual
trip West.
Mrs. II. +. Slade and Mrs. A. c. Cros-
by are at Ballston and Round Lake, n.
Y. for a few weeks. They left home
Wednesday.
l.. II. and E. l.. Stowe and John Bell
are camping at Long point, Ferrisburgh,
whittier a large party will go in a few
days to Join them.
Photographer Dean took two excellent
pictures at the local Grant memorial eX
ercises-one of the stand and the other
of the procession.
f. w. Bird and family ale camping at
Lake Dunmore. Herbert f. Smith
has just returned from a two-weeks'
stay at that popular resort.
James Powell, who had been making
his usual summer visit to his parents
here, returned Monday to his work in
the Boston custom house.
G. L. Marshall, f. f. Rich and w. d.
Lane, who. with their wives, went to
Hague, on Lake George, to camp,the eth,
returned home Saturday.
Jesse Ellsworth and 4. ID. Howe went
Monday to Bethel. where they will en-
gage in the sale of the patent bag-holdei
made by Parker & Son of Whiting.
A. p. Upper went Wednesday to Sa-
ratoga to attend the annual meeting OF
the American Bar association. Rev. and
Mrs. c. 5. Murkland went with him.
A watering-trough has been set or
Merchants Row opposite Il. kidder's
shop. The water comes from the reser-
voir on the hill near G.. S. Wainwright's
residence.
W. ID. Lane, the florist. will deliver
bouquets about the village every We'd
nesday and Saturday afternoon at from
% cents to 81 each. lie puts up some
very handsome ones.
The butter market was a little
better this week for a first-class article,
10 cents being paid for that grade. Good
butter is in demand, but the poorer quail
tiles are not much sought after.
Mrs. O. NJ. Field and son of Muskcgon.
Mich. are in town. visiting at +. G.
Jackson's. O. NJ. Field is II brother of
Mrs. jackson and also of Misses Sadie
and Elite Field of Middlebury.
jerome holland is suffering from a Sc
we're cut in the cheek. While assisting TO
move a barn the skid with which he was
prying slipped and struck him under the
chin. making a painful wound.
c. c. Peck has rented his grist mill to
w. w. Chapman of East Middlcbury,
who will take possession September |.
Mr.. Chapman has not yet decided wheth-
er he will move his family here.
Mrs. O. a. Bicknell started Monday
evening for a stay of three or four weeks
at Rye Beach, New Hampshire. Her
frail state of health made it necessary
that she should take the journey.
Allen Calhoun has contracted to put
steam-heating apparatus into the graded
school building at Brandon. His men
are now doing a like piece of work at
Burr and Burton seminary, Manchester.
Miss Blossom Palmer, daughter of the
Baptist pastor, fell from "A hammocb
Monday evening, striking on her head,
She was unconscious for several hours.
but is now believed to be out of danger
j. f. Severance started Saturday fol
San Antonio, Texas, with a carload Of
Merino rams. Henry Burns of San An
tonic went home last week, taking will
him a carload of the same kind of stock
Mrs. James Hughes and infant daugh.
ter of keeseville, n. Y, are with friends
here. Mr.. Hughes, whose serious injury
by IA fall from a building at Keesevillt
has been mentioned, is rapidly recover
ing.
Charles n. Pray of this town has beer
nominated by Congressman Stewart fol
the vacant naval cadetship, he passing
the best examination of the four candi
dates who presented themselves las
week.
Among the visitors in town Saturday
were a horseback party from Hyde's
Sudbury, and a number of the student.
of the summer school of languages, Bur
lington, who stopped here on their way
home.
The basket picnic of the members O.
the Baptist Sunday school and its friends
at Lake Dunmore. Friday, was largely
attended Notwithstanding the threaten
ing weather of the morning. Some O.
the party extended their trip to Silver
Lake.
There seems to have been some misun
derstanding about the speaker at tn,
coming county fair. Hon. John w
Stewart is advertised to make the ad
dress, but requests us to say that the an
nOuncement was without his authority.
Rev. W. IL. Davis and wife of Detroit
Mich, were at the Addison House yester
day. Mrs. Davis is well remembered
here as Miss Emma Meacham. Othel
guests at the house are j. b. Bristol, tn,
New York artist, and Judge w. II
Walker of Ludlow.
Flora NJ, daughter of j. w. LOvett
died Wednesday afternoon. after a lone