Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-27
County 1lems.
BRjDPORT.
I From an occasional CORES,

Quite number of our townsmen went
to Burlington to attend the great Repub-
lican rally.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Bingham of
Brattleboro have been visiting friends in
town the past week.
Albert Mayham of Blenheim, n. Y,
has been engaged to teach the fall and
winter terms of school at the village.
The Young Peoples Progressive soci-
ciety will hold lawn party at Charles
Frost's on Tuesday evening, July 81.
All are cordially invited.
D. H. Bennett, administrator of the
johnson estate, has let the contract to
parties in Vergennes to put up new
residence where the old house stands.
Work is already going on which will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
From our regular correspondent
d. F. Doty is improving in health.
Much rain is needed in this vicinity.
Many of our farmers finished haying
last week.
l. W. Kingsland is in Ludlow. at work
for Smith & Allen.
Prof. Orth of Boston was in town
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Wicker and Mr.. and Mrs. Smart
left for their home in Ohio Thursday.
Burr Conn lost valuable work horse
last week. The cause of its death is un-
known.
Mrs. Fred Crane has been in critical
condition the past two weeks, but is at
this writing improving.
Butter brought from 16 to Is cents in
this market on Monday and Tuesday; Is
cents being paid for selections only.
c. P. Crane received by telegram Sat
urday the news of the death of his broth
er Cyrus, a prominent manufacturer at
Housatonic, Mass.
Mr.. Fackrell, who for many years has
been connected with the cemetery in the
village, either as sexton or assistant SEX
ton, recently made a thorough count of
the graves in the cemetery and found the
number to be lips. There are two other
supported cemeteries in town. The pop
lation of 1880 is given as 1l63.
AS the presidential campaign and the
election of 1910 is being much discussed
by reason of the relationship of the Wing
candidate of that year to the present Re-
publican nominee, the vote then cast in
this town may be of interest to such Of
the readers of the REGISTER AS are inter-
ested in Bridport affairs. 1t was: Whole
number of votes, 2S2; Harrison. 233 !:
Van Buren,, 10. There are now living in
town less than 20 who voted in that cleo
ton. This item is especially interesting
when comparison is made of the num-
Der OF voters then an now, showing the
decrease in population of the flake
towns" The average number of votes
cast at the last three presidential cleo
tions is 2l9.
G. S. Wissell was taken violently sick
week ago Sunday. He did not eat
breakfast in the morning and complained
of feeling i'll. After doing his chores he
lay down in his barn on the har, think
ing he would feel better after a little
sleep. He was called for dinner but did
not respond and about p. m. the fam
lily, becoming alarmed at his long-con-
tinued Inconsistencies, called in several
neighbors and physician, when the lat
ter discovered that his condition was
quite serious. Those present succeeded
in conveying him to his dwelling, where
he continued to remain in a comatose
state until the next morning. Upon ex-
animation one lung was found to be con-
gested. The patient is now improving
and will, it is thought, be able to be out