Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-02
PERSONAL MENTION,

verely i'll the past week.
Mrs. John L. Buttolph went yesterday
to Chicopee Falls, Mass, to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Hamilton.
Miss Dora March of New York city
and her friend, Mrs. Tinkham of Boston,
are visiting at n. c. March's.
Col. Thad NJ. Chapman and family
spent nearly all the week with friends in
Orwell, returning home yesterday.
II. c. Royce, Esq, is again in town,
after an absence of something more than
week at his home in St. Adams.
Prof Eaton went on Tuesday to Bos-
ton, intending to spend ten days or two
weeks in that city and at Andover. Mass.
Mr. William II. Allen, late of the firm
of Smith IL Allen. has gone West on a
pleasure trip. He is Low at Waterman,
Illinois.
Miss Louise, daughter of Rev. Frank
Seeley of Delhi, n. y, who has been
visiting friends here, returned on Thurs.
day to her home.
Col. n. F. Dunshee of Bristol and
Jesse Stearns, Esq, Of New York were
in town yesterday. The latter will short.
ly return TO the city.
WProf. Samuel Sheldon contributes tc
/ the current issue of the Popular Science
Monthly an article on the subject Of
Electrical Waves
Mr.. Robert NJ. Collins, a member Of
the last class graduated from the college
is soon to make trip West. He think:
of going into journalism.
DR.. Mellen has returned from his vaca
ton and is again at work. During hi;
absence he visited Philadelphia and alsC
his old home in New Hampshire.
Mr.. Ford Langworthy will accompany
Mr.. L. W. Austin to Europe and take
course in chemistry. They will start fo
the old world within few weeks.
Miss Margaret, daughter of LANDLORD
Higgins of the Addison House, cam,
home Wednesday from Arlington, wher
she had been with friends for tire,
weeks.
Mr.. Wesley W. Phelps of Port Huron
Mich, will 90 September ! to Rugby
Tenn, to reside. He is son of Mr.. W
r. Phelps of this village, and has beef
city engineer of Port Huron for eigh
years past.
DR.. F. w. Halsey of Boston, who ha,
spent two months in Europe while Mrs
Halsey and the children visited relative
here, came up on Monday from Ney
York. where he landed on Sunday. The
are now over the lake with friends for
few days.
Mr.. E. W. Bird and family intend 60
ing today to Thompsons Point, Char
lotte, where they haye leased cottag
for few weeks. Messrs. Harvey G. FL
lis and G.. r. Langworthv are establish
ing camp at the same place and thei
wives will 60 there in day or two.
~ Col. and Mrs. nlsley of New York an
the latter's mother, Mrs. Osborne, VIII
were at the Addison House for severa
weeks, started Wednesday for drive t
the White mountains. They went b.
way of Rochester and Bethel and vii
return through Montpelier and Burling
ton.
By letter received by a friend her
from Gov. Knapp, written July 10, W
learn that he arrived at Stka one day al
ter the government vessel, the Thetis
left for Behring sea, so that his visit t
that portion of his domnions will proba
bly, be postponed for this season. Hi
family were all we'll and enjoying thei
life there very much. The weather ha
been fine and on the arrival of ever
steamer -four each month"; they had tn
excitement of mails, newspapers, visit
ing tourists, etc. Among the latter wer
Coy. Alger and family of Michigan. ex
Senator Plat and wife of New York
Judge Thurston and wife of Nebraska
DR.. Matteson of Chicago, Miss A. F
Hammond and Miss Soper of Middlebury
Vermonters began to call soon after thei
arrival at Sitka, one of them being MI
Samuel Grovenor, formerly of this place
now Of Dakota. Every one was delight
fully cordial and the family find tina
there is no finer society in Vermont tina
the leading families in Sitka. The gov
ernor finds more work and difficulties
than he anticipated because of the crude
ness Of things and the lack of faciltie
for communication and transportation
but aside from this does not find his du
ties UNPLEASANT.