Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-19

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Miss E. n. Wilcox has returned here
for the summer, after an absence of
several months.
Mrs. Il. 2. d. Matthews of Cornwall
was in town over Sunday, the guest of
Miss Clara Hosmer.
Mrs. C. S. Burdett is again occupying
her home on Court street. She spent the
winter in Salisbury.
Rev. NJ. G.. Stebbns of Cornwall went
down to Springfield, Mass, on Monday,
expecting to return home today.
News has been received here of the
safe arrival at Buenos Ayres of Mr.. and
Mrs. Darwin Rider of this place.
Letters from Mr.. Frank B. Hyde, who
is at Clifton Springs, n. Y, for treat
ment, say he is rapidly improving in
health.
Mrs. E. G. Seeley, who has been serl-
ously i'll at the home of the family on
Munger street for some time, is slowly
failing.
Rev. w. w. Winchester of Williams
town, Mass, was in town over Sunday,
guest of his brother-in-law, Judge
Knapp.
Miss A. B. IS Calender arrived home
from New York on Saturday. She had
been in the city for three weeks on a
visit to friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Randall Hammond have
been in town and in this vicinity the past
week, but returned on Wednesday to
their home in Portland, Me.
Rev. Y. G. Thompson, for three years
pastor of the Methodist church, went on
Tuesday to Saratoga, where the Troy
conference is in session.
Miss Alice Twitchell is home from
New York and is i'll with a throat trouble.
She is professional nurse and has been
in the city for two or three years past.
Mrs. Preston, wife of DR.. Preston. and
known to many here as Miss Hawley,
formerly of Cornwall, is seriously i'll
with pneumonia at the home of the
family in Brandon.
Mr.. II. E. Smith, formerly in business
here, is in New York city, engaged in
making contracts for furnishing the
hardware which may be required by
builders for structures they baye to
erect.
Mr.. Clinton Smith spent the early part
of the week in Brattleboro. He has the
contract to make extensive repairs on the
Baptist church there. From Sl5,00O to
$4,000 is to be expended on the struc-
ture.
President A. II. Fisher of the Green
Mountain Pulp Co. is in town, having re-
turned from Florida to superntend the
drive of legs now being made. Mrs.
Fisher is still in Florida, but will shortly
come back.
DR.. Edward II. Pease has been spend
ing a short time with his aunts, the Misses
Huntley, here in town and with relatives
in other parts of the county. He gradu-
tistry in March, and will go this week to
Cleveland, o., where he has position.
Principal Wheeler and family have re-
moved to the NJ. c. Foote house from the
Chadwick house. The latter is now va
cant, but Mr.. and Mrs. Chadwick will
come here from Richville, where they
have spent the winter, and occupy it, as
soon as the latter is able to undertake
the journey.
Mr.. A. c. Huntington, whom many of
our older Middlebury readers know, was
made one of the directors of the Clinton
(Mich.) Woolen Manufacturing Co. at
its recent annual meeting. He is the
general superintendent of the company s
mills, which during the past year made
over 900 yards of cloth.
Col. A. A. Fletcher left home on Mon
day for Boston, to go thence on Tuesday
with party to Texas, the objective point
being Dennison. Among the members Of
the party are Col. Fred f. Smith of
Montpelier and DR.. Nichols of Northfield,
the rest being Boston capitalists. They
travel by special train and will be absent
two or three weeks looking the country
over.
Mr.. C. G. Pringle of Charlotte, the
noted botanist, was the guest of President
Brainerd early in the week. He has
spent the most of his time for several
years travelling in the Southwest and in
Mexico, collecting botanical specimens
for the Smithsonian institution, Harvard
university and other institutions in this
country and Europe. He will shortly
return to Mexico and will be accompan-
led by Mr.. b. NJ. Hayward, a son of
Judge Hayward of Weybridge.
Hon. John w. Stewart came up from
Boston on Monday. Yesterday he went