Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-12
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. Geo. 4. walker is again able TO
be out, after an illness of several weeks
duration.
The young people who were home for
the spring vacation have all returned to
their studies.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Sargent of Nashua,
n. H., and their neice, Miss Mamie Nc
Cue, are here for visit.
Miss Lena Smith, who has been at
school in Montpelier all the year, will
continue her studies at home.
Miss Hortense Drake spent last Sun
nay in Burlington, singing with the quar-
tet choir of the Unitarian church.
Miss Mary Phelps has entered the col
lege of music at Ann Arbor, Mich, for
the further study of vocal music.
Mr.. f. r. Clay and his millner, Miss
Eaton, are in New York buying goods
for the spring and summer trade.
DR.. l.. E. Mellen was confined to the
house from Friday to Tuesday by illness,
but is now able to attend to business.
Mr.. Azial C. Hamilton. formerly of
Cornwall, now resident at Shrewsbury,
Mass, has been in this vicinity the past
week.
Mr.. Fletcher Noe of North Ferrisburgh
was in town over sunday, He is the tel
egraph operator in Allen Bros store
there.
Mrs. c.. j. Morton and her daughter.
Miss Frank A. Plaisted, left here on
Wednesday for Rush City, Mimi, where
they will live.
Mr.. David Smith of Ferrisburgh, who
has been quite seriously i'll for month
or more, has been more comfortable the
past few days.
Misses Belle Thomas and Hortense
Drake will give piano and song recital
at the town hall in Brandon on the even
ing of the 26th inst.
Mr.. F. A. Bond was at his place of
business Wednesday, for almost the first
time in number of weeks. He has near
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Mrs Slade went to New York on Mon
day and will return tomorrow. Her
mission was the purchase of goods for
the spring and summer trade.
Mr.. Erastus Campbell of Pittsfied. o.,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. Levi p. Board
man. He came East with the remains of
his father, which he brought to Rutland
for burial
The rooms of Mrs. n. C. Sherman,
dressmaker, have been closed this week,
the proprietor being absent in New York
looking up the fashions. She will come
home Monday.
Mrs. c. B. Wright, who has been i'll
now for nearly two months with some
what serious lung disease, is steadily i'm
proving and her entire recovery seems
| to be but a matter of time.
President Brainerd arrived home from
Boston on Tuesday and Profs. Yager,
Eaton and Patton came up Wednesday
afternoon. Prof. Wager had visited Bos-
ton and his old parish at Townsend,
Mass.
Mr.. B. w. Sherman of the sophomore
class at college is back, after an enforced
absence of term. While at his home in
Chicago for the holiday vacation he was
accidentally shot in the ankle with a
small pistol
Mr.. Otis Briggs of Middleboro, Mass,
and his son, Mr.. c. H. Briggs of Brock
ton, are at the Addison House. They are
here to buy first-class work and driving
horses, a large number of which they
have taken from this region to the Boston
market in years past.
Hon. Walter f. Howard of Fair Haven,
who is for the present doing special work
for the college here, is booked for the
consulship at Toronto, according to the
Burlington Free Press. The same paper
says Hon. Ii. G. Fisk of Morrisville will
have the consulship at st. Johns, p. O.,
and that Lawyer Willard Harrington of
st. Adams will be commercial agent at
Stanstead.
Messrs C. S. and G. 7. Halliday have
been in town and this vicinity for few
days, having been called here by the
death of their mother, which is reported
by our West Cornwall correspondent.
The funeral was held yesterday. Mr.. C. S.
Halliday is the travelling freight agent
of the Chicago e. Northwestern railroad
with headquarters in Boston, and his
brother is the ticket agent of the Con-
necticut River railroad in the same city.
PERSONAL.