Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-19
VERGENNES.

VthGENNtSs
Miss Jennie b. Stevens arrived home
from her European trip on Thursday
! last.
Mrs. T. Neville was a guest of Mrs
Bradbury and family at Apple Tree cove
this week.
Sunday evening services were resumed
at the Congregational church on Sunday
evening last.
Arthur Taber and George B. White
side returned to the school at Mortified
on Thursday.
Frederick Gordon of Boston, son of
John Gordon of this city, is spending a
few days in town.
Harry Talbot of Lowell, Mass, for
merly resident of Vergennes, was in
town over Sunday.
c. w. Barnes of Winetka, Wis. who
has been visiting his relatives here. start
ed for the West on Tuesday.
John III. Booth of the law firm of Sed-
den u Booth of Mooer's. n. Y, was in
town Saturday, visiting relatives.
The late rains have added greatly to
the volume of water which goes over the
falls. 1t covers the flats in many places.
j. j. Wright and daughter of Burlng-
ton attended the golden wedding of W.
5. Wright and wife of Waltham on Mon
day.
Mrs. Duquette has moved her mil
linery and ladies furnishing goods from
the Hopkins store to the residence on
Main street.
The sodality connected with the Cath
Ole church had an excursion to Basin
Harbor, Wednesday last, by steamer
Water Lily and barge.
George Myers and Mrs. j. j. Myers of
Washington, d. c.. who have been guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Z. Parker for
some days, returned Saturday.
f. j. Wiltse, who for three years has
been manager of the City drug store, has
accepted like position at Buffalo, y. Y.
to which place he goes the 26th.
The trespass case of Antony Pecu vs..
G. Il. F. Buel of Addison was heard be-
fore Justice Roberts on Tuesday: Attor-
ney Fish for plaintiff, Mr.. Stapeton for
defendant.
y special town meeting is called
for the evening of the Goth to see
If the voters will appropriate $500 for
additional improvements for the streets
this season.
Saturday, market day, butter by the
tub brought Is to 20 cents eggs. q cents :
dressed poultry. Il to l6 cents beef and
pork, 81 to $3.50 hundred ; hay IS to 50
a ton; straw, 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Ross departed
for Franklin Furnace. y. J.. Wednesday.
the 10th, to be absent two weeks, visiting
a brother of Mr.. Ross and his family
and W. w. Pierce and family
Miss Lucinda Weatherby of Jackson.
Mich, eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Weatherby of this city. Is danger
ously i'll and is not expected to live. Her
sister, Anna, started for Jackson on
Monday.
Mrs. \. B. Clark and children. who
have been spending the summer at her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Booth.
started for her home at Rosebud Agency
South Dakota. on Monday. her mother.
Mrs. Booth, accompanying her.
DR.. George F. B. willard and his sis
ter. Miss Lucy Willard. started for
/ Whitehall, Ill.,, Monday. They will be
absent for two weeks. Mrs. Willard and
children, who have been visiting rela-
tives there, will return with them.
W. II. Shaw, late principal of the Yer
gennes graded school, now located in
Boston a secretary of a te, chers' agency.
is in town making prepa ,tions for NOV
ing his household goods to Boston.
where he will 90 with his family next
week.
y Boston party of geologists arrived
here Tuesday and proceeded by steamer
Gazelle to the granite quarry at Barn
rock to make geological examination of
the property. The force of men en-
ployed there has been increased lately
and it is proposed to push things.