Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-10

in Poultney and vicinity. They
will probably return to town Def. .,o on.
ing to their home at WinteSs rark, Fla
John HaTlnond, Merlin Morrison, Err
hest Wright, viii E, Ellis and Rufus
are at Thompson's Point.
They will return in a few days, having
been there nearly two weeks.
Mr.. c. d. Phelps of New York city is
visiting among acquaintance in this
town and Its vicinity. He is a son of
Mr.. Satterly Phelps of Washington and
is employed in the Merchants Exchange
bank.
Mr.. B. S. Beckwith and family and Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. 5. Goodrich of New
Britain, Conn, left here on Wednesday
for Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard,
where they are to remain for several
weeks.
Manager Linsley of the Baldwin Man
ufacturing Co., Burlington, and his fam
lily are guests at his mothers, Mrs. E. NJ.
Linsley. Mr.. Linsley's health has not
been of the best lately and he is here for
a change and for rest.
Prof. Patton passed though here on
the mail train south, Friday morning.
He was accompanied by his mother and
sister. They had been at Elizabethtown,
n. Y, for several weeks and were going
to their home at Cambridge, Mass.
Hon. John w. Stewart and daughter.
Miss Jessie, went on Tuesday to the
camp at Knights island, off st. Adams,
where President Brainerd and family,
Profs. Kellogg and Higley, Mrs. G. 5.
Wainwright and other Middlebury people
are.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. B~atchelder of St,
Louis, Mo-, are guests at Mr.. o. II. Cush.
mans. Mr.. Batchelder is extensively
engaged in the manufacture of egg case:
and has offices both at st. Louis and Chi
cago. His factory, at Helena, Ark, i:
the largest in the world.
Mr.. E. E. Bond, family and friends
including his brother-in-law, Mr.. w
Wickes of Tarrytown, N. Y, and hi
wife, came home Saturday from Lon.
Point, where they had been in camp
Mr.. F. A. Bond and his family went u
there the same afternoon and are nov
occupying the camp.
Judge Knapp arrived home Wednesda,
night from his trip to the Pacific coast
He went as far as Seattle and Tacom
and visited the most of the larger cite
in that region. Among those known t
our readers whom he net was Mr.. Phil
+ B. Stewart, at Tacoma; Mr.. Lucius Bigt
! low, formerly of the Rutland Herald
, now editor of the Oregonian at Portland
. and Mr.. S. B. Pettengill, also a forme
2 editor of the Herald, and at present edi
; ing the Tacoma News. Judge KNAPP
D had a very pleasant trip.
Mr.. Albert Chapman received the otht
day a large batch (for communication
: so irregular that they come in a hea
when they come at alb of interestin
letters from his son, Rev. John w. Cha
man, who is assisting in the managemel
= of the mission at Anvik, on the YukC
: river. away up in the northern part
Il Alaska. He is prospecting in his work
a greater degree than he had reason
a hope. He says the winters there are 1
more uncomfortable than those of We
t mont. In one of the letters he tells of
e trip of $50 miles which he tool in Il
It middle of the winter on a sledge draw
t by dogs. At nc time during the IA da,
a they were out did the thermometer g
Y lower than "a below zero. The nigh
:, they spent in tents and suffered no sci
Gus discomfort from the cold.