Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-26

Chapman and DIR. Kingsley of this place
attended, DR.. Kingsley being one of the
bearers. Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Hammond
of Orwell were also present
Mr.. G.. W. Bennett. the decorator.
whose headquarters have been here the
past year, was quite seriously injured at
Greenwich, n. VA few days ago. He
was at work in church and stood upon
a high step-ladder, which broke and let
him fall upon the backs of the pews
several feet beneath. Two or three of
his ribs were broken and other minor in
iurics inflicted. lie is at his home in
Manchester.
The recently-organized Cooking club
entertained its friends at Mrs. l.. VI. Sey-
mour :, on Friday evening last. with the
presentation of Howclls's farce. "The
Register" The cast of characters was !:
Z" Miss Ethel Reed" Miss Daisy Edger-
ton: Miss Henrietta Spaulding," Miss
May Bolton: " Mr.. Grnndgc." Mr.. b.
VI. Coolcdgc; " Mr.. Ransom" Mr.. +. D..
Howe. The acting was we'll done and
drew out frequent applause. The audi
cnce included several members of the
college faculty. number of students
aud young lade, of the village.
K/The Springfield Republican of Tuesday
/ has the following: "Middlcbury college
] 4,
| be interested to know that Clarence Ilar-
vey. the colleges one representative ON
| the stage. has been arrested in New \ orl,
| for knock-down fight with Arthur
| Rchan. manager of the company in
which Harvey played last year. and they
will not be surprised TO learn that Harvey
thrashed his opponent. The row is said
by the dramatic papers to have grown
out of IA contest for the smiles of the
leading woman of the company. in which
also Harvey was successful. =
\ sale of fancy articles and refresh
ments for the benefit of the Y. NJ. G.. 4
will be held at the association building
on Wednesday, Dec. s. Many useful anC
beautiful articles are being made by the
ladies of the auxiliary. and there will al
so be a variety of fancy notions procured
out of town which are designed to meet
the demand for tasteful and ineXpensiv,
Christmas gifts. The ladies cordially in
vite all interested to give something fo
the fancy table. All the articles viii
please be sent to Mrs. Dr. sheldon %
Mrs. Smith Bcckwith on or before Satur
day, Dee. /. Further particulars of til,
sale will be given next week.
The boom at the lower mill of tn,
Green Mountain Pulp Co. broke on
Thursday morning last and let a numbc
of logs 90 down the stream. Brush an,
refuse of one sort and another that cam
break. Luckily there were not man
logs in the boom and probably not owe
600 got away. Half of these were caugh
at Quaker Village in Wcybridge and tn
rest were stopped lower down. The loss
if any, comes upon Mr.. OTIS f. Smith q
Brandon, who contracted to deliver tn
: logs at the mill yard. Next spring til
: company will run their own logs dow
: from Brandon. The "drivc" will contai
= probably 100000 feet of logs and pre-
. fessional river-drivers will manage tn
work of getting them down the stream.
,/1Thc Fond du Lac (Wis.) Common
: wealth of the 9th inst. says: "Mr,
Charles Olmstead died at ! o'clock thi
F. morning at G3 First street, the cause {
= death being paralysis. Mrs. OlmsteaC
whose maiden name was Sarah Dorranct
. was born in Salisbury, VT, Jan. 2G, ISL
and was consequently in her seventiet
! year. In 1913 she was married to Charlie
} Olmstead, who survives her, and wit
t her husband came to Wisconsin. settln
in Fond du Lac. and living in this coul
ty ever since. She and her husband al
charter members of the Division stree
;, NJ. +. church, of which it is said there
: but one other charter member living
o this State. Besides her husband 81
leaves "A sister, Mrs. Lydia Rising; an
two sons, Louis II. of Byron and Willial
= ii. of Chicago" The deceased was
sister of Mr.. Henry Dorrance of Califo
mia, who sometimes comes to Middlebur
- to visit his old friend, Mr.. Calvin Hill.
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