Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-30
PERSONAL MENTION.

Col. +. ID. Proctor of Proctor was in
town for Il few hours on Monday.
Mrs. James McMahon is recovering
from an illness of several days duration.
Hon. Z. j. Ormsbee of Brandon was in
town yesterday for few hours on busi-
ness.
M +. p. Cushman has returned from
New York, whittier he went last week
to buy goods.
Mrs. IL. \. Peck has returned from
Brockton, Mass. where she has been
visiting friends.
Mr.. George c. Chapman, who had his
arm broken two weeks ago, is able to be
about the streets.
Mr.. John l.. Buttolph has been quite
seriously i'll the past week, but was bet
ter yesterday
Mr.. b. T. Wales has gotten the better
of the attack of fever which kept him in
the house for two weeks and is back in
his store.
Miss Jennie Murphy is home from
Weathersfield, Conn, where she had
been for some months with her sister,
Mrs. Banning.
Mr.. Megathlin of the college, who was
taken sick with fever three weeks ago
and was well on the road to recovery
last week, had relapse on Friday and is
again quite i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Williamson Of
Cornwall took the train at this station on
Monday morning for the West. He will
90 to his ranch in Texas and she will
visit friends in Wisconsin.
Mr.. Negus, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. n. How
ard and Mrs. Andrews of New York, a
sister of Mr.. Munroe, were among those
who went to Boston on the excursion
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Webber, wife of the Congregations
al pastor, is soon to come up from
Northampton, Mass, the permanent
home of the family, to pass the winter
with her husband.
Mr.. c. G.. Severance reached here on
Saturday from Norfolk, Va. lie had
been at work there on $4,000 stone
church which Mr.. Clinton Smith has the
contract to build.
Rev. Mr.. Lyon, the new pastor of the
Baptist church, and his family have
come from their late home at Noble
bOro, Me-, and he will conduct services
at the church the coming Sunday.
Mr.. Edwin ii. Mcleod of Washington,
ID. c., is the guest of his uncle, L. Ii
Mcleod. Esq. He has long been con-
nected with the treasury department and
is noted in Washington and vicinity as a
trap shot.
Mrs. Clarence G. LeavenwOrth OF
Cleveland, o., who, with her three chill
dren, has been with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. ID. Eldredge, for a number OF
weeks, set out for home on Wednesday
Mr.. Eldredge went with them as far a,
Albany.
cashier Pinney was able to resume his
work at the bank on Saturday. The
attack of rheumatism from which he
suffered severely for few days seems tc
have been occasioned by the dampness OF
the banking room. The steam-heating
apparatus was out of repair and out OF
use pending the arrival of broken part:
that had been ordered. \ stove has been
set up to heat the room temporarily.
Rev. Mr.. Bell and his son went tC
rest and change of air, and are still there
Both have improved rapidly, so much sc
that Mr.. Bell talks of coming down tC
conduct service at St. Stephens on sun.
day, although his friends are urging him
to remain away longer. Mr.. Orlando
Wooster of Rutland read service very
acceptably at the church last Sunday.
Mr.. Charles Il. Witherel of Cornwall
arrived in town on the early train from
New York last Thursday morning, hav,
ing reached that port on Wednesday from
London. He went out to South Africa
in March with about 10 head of MerinC
sheep, the property of Mr.. j. \. Wright
of this village. He sold all but eight OF
ten head, though he had to visit four diff.
ferent portions of Cape Colony to do it,
Those unsold were left behind to be dis
posed of. Mr.. Witherell says the inhabi-
tants of the country know nothing about
Verment sheep and so are slow buyers.
He was not particularly charmed with
the country.