Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-06-28
County 11ems.
BRIDPORT,

b. w. Smith is on the sick list.
II. X. Wright has returned from Canada.
l.. A. Skiff and wife were in town Sun
day.
Our Mddebury scholars are home for
vacation.
j. r. Rice is confined to the house with
rheumatism.
Miss II. A. Huntley is at her brothers,
c. w. Huntley.
A number of the farmers will begin
hayng this week.
Il. Neville and j. Gravel of Vergennes
were in town Sunday.
Mr.. Webster, presiding elder, of Bran
don, was in town Monday.
Miss n. II. Barbour has closed her
school in Benson and is now home.
Martin Garvey had the misfortune to
lose his only COW few days since.
Mrs. C. n. Barnes under the treatment
of DIR. Blaisdell continues to improve.
Rev. c. A. Bradford of Dannemora, n.
Y, was at j. Ii. Witherell's Wednesday.
j. H. Witherell has sold his lake farm,
a part to G. A. Stone and another to
Marvin Wells.
There is no change to note in the but
ter market from last week, the going
price being II cents.
Messrs. f. T. Jewett of Santa Cruz
and Philo Jewett of San Francisco have
recently been visiting cousins here.
Schools in district No. 6, taught by
Miss Lizzie Gibbs, and No. 5, taught by
Miss Gertrude Witherell, closed Saturday.
Harry Howard, the drummer boy of
the Potomac, will give an entertainment
in the town hall Thursday evening of this
week.
Prof. Eaton preached in the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday. 1t is ex-
pected there will be preaching again
next Sunday.
Our new stage driver, Mr.. Jennings,
will make his first trip Monday, July l.,
from Townline, where he has taken up
his abode.
L. NJ. Taylor has the agency for his
tory of the Johnstown floods. The book
contains about 400 pages and is finely il
lustrated.
Mrs. Stone, aged &C, died on Thursday,
June 20, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Goyett. The funeral took
place on Saturday, June %.
Messrs. E. |. Franklin and Mr.. Draper
of North Attleboro, Mass, with their
wives, were at the stock farm Wednesday
and Thursday of this week.
Miss Evelyn Barbour arrived at ther
brothers, ID. c. Barbour, last week from
Williamsport, Pa, one of the cities af-
flicted by the flood of last month.
Miss Luella Phillips, daughter of Alon-
10 Phillips of this town, and Mr.. B. E.
i1add, merchant of Telluride, Colorado,
were married at that place May IS.
C. n. Moseley and wife of Burlington
are at G. l.. Towner's. Mr.. Moseley is
soon to go on the road 40 travelling sales
man for Boston dry goods house.
At the school meeting in district No. 6,
held Tuesday, the following officers were
elected: Prudential committee, w. l..
Wheeler; clerk and treasurer, Il. w.
Fletcher; collector of taxes, j. n. Spaul-
ding. The tax voted was 10 per cent. 1t
was also voted to have bell put in this
season.
NJ. d. Batcheder of st. Louis Joined
his wife here last week for short stay
Mr.. Batchelder is, in company with his
father, extensively engaged in the manu-
facture of the Batchelder patent egg
case. Their headquarters are at st. Louis
with branch offices in various parts of the
West. Mr.. Batchelder is also engaged il
the collection and sale of domestic and
foreign postage stamps, the large CORES
pondence of which is carried on by Mrs
Batchelder.