Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-27
County l1eps.


BRlDPORT.
Col. A. A. Fletcher of Middlebury was
IN town on Saturday.
Geo. II. Burwell and mother returned
home from the West on Friday.
There will be II social hop at the Ma
sonic building ON Wednesday evening,
Nov. %.
Thanksgiving services will be held in
the chapel on Thursday morning at IL,
conducted by Rev. W. n Bacon.
Miss II. f. Bralnard returned home on
Sunday from Cornwall, where she had
been for few days with relatives.
A large amount of poultry for the
Thanksgiving trade was shipped to Bos-
ton on Friday by our local buyers.
Alfred smith, 81, died on Tuesday, Nov.
Il. The funeral was attended from his
late residence on Thursday. Nov. 10.
The village school. taught by Miss
Minnie Spauliing, closed on Friday; also
that in district No. |, taught by Miss
Stella Williams.
Miss Lena Henenway has gone to Bos-
ton. where she will enter the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music. Her father
went down to the city with her.
ID. +. Grovenor, first selectnan, has
during the past week placed guide-boards
at various points of the town where
needed to aid the travelling public.
The 'Wheeock lot" advertised for sale
at auction on the 23d by ID. Ii. Bennett,
administrator of the estate of the late
Fannie Sollace, was sold to Gusta Muller
of Cornwall for $3.50 an acre.
About 20 of the relatives and friends
from Bridport, Addison, Cornwall and
Middlebury assembled at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edrick Spaulding of this
town on Tuesday evening, Nov. n, to
witness the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Minnie L.. to Henry l.. Hunt of IL
linois. The ceremony was performed in
very fitting manner by Rev. W. n. Ba-
con. \ large collection of valuable and
useful gifts was given. Bountiful and
choice refreshments were served and en-
ioyed by all. After Il social hour spent
with the company the happy couple left,
amid the usual good wishes. for Middle
bury, where they took the train for points
/ south.
The st. Johnsbury Republican of last
week contains an interesting article on a
former resident of Bridport-Col. Fred
erck Fletcher, whose S7th birthday oc-
Cured on Saturday, November 81. Col.
Fletcher was born in Woodstock. but was
a resident of Addison and Chittenden
counties for many years, having resided
in Bridport, Jericho, Shelburn and Bur-
lingtOn. He was prominent figure in
the militia of Vermont between the years
of lS2G-50, having en- cred the service as
captain, and leaving with the rank of
colonel. He was commissioned colonel
in 1888 in the reorganization of the mil
| ~ Isl nf
nine brigades and twenty-seven regi-
ments, under the administration of Sias
ii. JennisOn. OF the twelve generals and
twenty-seven colonies comprising this
command, Col Fletcher is the sole sur
yivor, with the exception of his vener-
able cOmrade, Gen. ARENAS Cushman of
Rochester, VT. Col. Fletcher was the
first officer i'm Vermont to add a brass
band to his regiment on the occasion of
muster and parade. Upon the organiza-
ton Of the Farmers and Mechanics bank
in Burlington in 1884, Col. Fletcher was
elected director, and later on his re-
moval TO Burlington he became presi-
dent, which position he held for many
years with ability and success. The bank
was later merged into the present Mer-
chants bank of Burlington. About thirty
years ago Col. Fletcher removed to st.
Johnsbury, where his sous were already
established IN business, but IA portion of
each summer he has spent at his magnif.
icent farm in Shelburn, which was once
the property of Congressman Meech'
who was great man in Vermont in early
days. Col. Fletcher was married on the
l4th Of January, 1896. to Mrs. Beulal
Chittenden. the daughter of Hon. Tru-
man Chttendcn of Williston, and grand
daughter of Gov. Thomas Chitteuden
and consequently belongs to one of tho
most illustrious families in Vermont. fol
her grandfather was the first governor
and her father one of the most distin
guished and honored citizens of thi'
State. On the 20th of May next Mrs
Fletcher will he 7G years of age. Col
Fletcher's friends in Bridport ant
vicinity will be glad to know that he is il
good health, and wish many happy re
turns.