Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
PERSONAL MENTION,

F6hoONAL lON.
Mr. B. S. Beckwith arrived home on
Friday from his trip to Boston.
Mr.. Osborne was up from Boston over
Sunday on visit to his family.
Miss Stella T. Cook of Whiting is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. r. w. Pitts.
Mrs. Walter Langworthy of Buring-
ton has been in town the past week.
Mrs. B. f. Wales and daughter are in
Rochester, n. y, on visit to her par
ents.
Prof. Wager preached an excellent SER
mon at the Congregational church on
Sunday last.
Hon. Timothy c. Smith, who has been
in Washington since March, came back
to town the other day.
Mr.. w. a. Tyrel and family were up
from Rutland over Sunday on a visit at
Mr.. Frank o. Severance's.
Mr.. John II. Stewart and family have
taken up their residence in the Severance
house on North Pleasant street.
Mr.. Frank ii. Bascom of Montpelier
was in town yesterday. He is engaged
in booming a Muncie, Ind, enterprise.
Mr.. Frank A. Bond is expected home
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lington, where he has been for week
past.
Rev. Mr. Keith, pastor of the Congre-
gational church, came home on Tuesday
from his two-weeks vacation trip to
Providence and elsewhere.
Hon. Walter E. Howard went on
Wednesday to Northern New York. Last
night he spoke at IA teachers institute in
Madrid. st. Lawrence county.
Mrs. Henry Pearson and daughter, Mrs.
c. +. Sanborn, of Lincoln, Neb., are at
Mr.. l.. +. Farnsworth' S for stay of some
weeks. Mrs. Pearson is Mrs. Farms
worth's mother.
Rev. 5. l.. b. Speare. formerly of this
town, has been called to the pastorate of
the Plymouth Congregational church at
Minneapolis, the pulpit of which he has
been supplying of late.
Mrs. NJ. Abernethy of Brooklyn, n.
y, was recently at Mr.. w. X. Phelps
for brief stay. She had been called to
Vermont by the illness of her son, who
is in business in Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Z. Sprague of
Brandon were in town over Sunday, hay
ing returned from their wedding trip,
during which they visited Boston, Phil
adelphia, Brooklyn and New York.
Mr. Robert Calhoun's family went on
Tuesday to Glens Falls, y. Y, where
they will reside. Mr.. Allan Calhoun has
opened in that town IA branch plumbing,
steam ann gasfitting shop, of which his
brother Robert has charge.
Col. Sardis Dodge. of whose illness
mention has been made, is no better
Mr.. j. W. Whitman of Weybridge has
come to care for him. Mr.. Henry B.
Dodge is still here, but finds it necess ary
to return at once to Chicago.
Mr.. Z. W. Bird, who lately entered the
employ of Walker Bros, Burlington, is
at home every Saturday and Sunday in
order to attend to his duties as assistant
quartermaster-genera of the department
of Vermont, G. A. r., and as treasurer OF
Congregational church.
Col. and Mrs. ). \. Illsley and Mrs
Nj. Osborne of New \ ork are at the Ad-
Olson House for the summer. Mr.. and
Mrs. Illsley think so much of this region
that they spent a month or more here
last January and February, in order to
take in the sleighing, and they got the
benefit of pretty much all the season at
| forded.
Mr.. II. B. Young, an Englishman and
an artist has taken up his residence in
the Mcclure house, South Pleasant street
He makes speciality of animal painting
and has lately completed an excellent
picture of Mr.. Marsellles' typical Nor
gan of the old-fashioned sort, ''Vermont
Boy" 1t is on exhibition in Brewster
Il Co.'S window.
Hon. John w. Cramton of Rutland
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n. +. Dunshee of Bristol were at the Ad
Olson House Tuesday evening. They
had spent the day in Ripton, looking ovel
the main road through the town over the
mountains. The town wants State aid
and the county court appointed these
gentlemen commissioners to see what the
facts were and report.
Druggist Earl left on the first morning
train, Wednesday, with party of non
resident friends for the Mastigouche coun
/ try in Canada, some seventy-tiye miles
from Montreal, where they expect tc
remain two weeks or more, camping anC
fishing. The game fishing in that region
Meeting brooks, is unsurpassed, and thi;
party, being among the very earliest Of
the season, will have good first chance
for splendid and abundant catch.
Numerous relatives and friends and a
delegation of Grand Army men were at
the station Saturday evening to see Gov
Knapp and family of. They took the New
York and Montreal train north and were
to proceed direct to Alaska by way of the
Canadian Pacific. The journey requires
nearly two weeks. The last 900 miles
from Victoria, Vancouver island, to Sit
ka, is by steamer. The fare from Middle.
bury to Sitka is Sl25.50, and this does
not include sleeping-car accommodation:
either. Mrs. f. p. Plumley formed one
of the party. She will remain for con
siderable time at Sitka, il she likes the