Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-10
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Mrs. w. f. Cushman is quite i'll.

Eight inches of snow fell on Friday,
April 3.
The grip and kindred affections are
very prevalent.
John Beeman of Brooksvile is moving
to the j. S. Chandler place.
w. S. Huntey is to erect double ten
ement house near A. Larma's.
Enoch Jaques, now of Manchester, has
been visiting his friends hereabouts. sr.,S
George Farr has moved to Shoreham.
He will carry on his fathers farm there.
A full house is expected at the Bread
Loaf Inn this summer. All the rooms
and cottages are engaged.
Washington Cook, an old and respect
ed citizen of the town, died on the 1st
inst, at the advanced age of 81 years.
He was probably the Oldest man in town.
The committees chosen in the different
school districts at their annual meetings
are: No. l. E. G. Gibbs; No. 2, w. S.
Huntley; n. 3, C. E. Brown; No. T.,
Peter Tierney; No. 5, j. e. Pierce; No.
6, A. G.. Chandler; No. Z, G. L. Young.
From another correspondent.
Our band-where is it?
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w. Smith are quite sick. SO
Ed. Leno has taxed the Piper farm and
w. English p. Strack's place.
1t is rumored that Rev. Geo. Sutton
will not preach here the coming year and
that no preaching will be sustained ex-
cept an occasional supply from adjoining
towns.
Our recent snow storm gave us about
10 inches, but did no special damage ex-
cept to fill j. S. Chandler's pond full to
the bottom for 80 OF 60 rods, stopping all
saving,
S. G. Gibbs had narrow escape short
time ago while trying to clear the Good
roe pond of ice. A huge cake several
rods long, 20 or 20 feet wide and two Or
three feet thick had become lodged on
the dam with 20 or more feet project
ing over. He got on the cake and began
to saw the cake in two quite distance
from the dam, in the hope of relieving the
dam from the strain, when, without
warning, it broke apart and he only saved
himself from going over by a hard jump.
Geo. Farr has moved to Shoreham, W.
E. Howard to Lunenburg, H. Wood and
Geo. Dandrow into W. 5. Huntey's old
tub shop, Ii. G.. Damon back to his farm
and Austin Kemp to l.. II. Bakers "Bent-
ley farm" n. E. Gonyea has let his
farm to Austin Kemp. Mr.. Ingalls, of
Brandon, viii Bean and Mr.. Currain
have hired houses of L. H. Baker Leon
ard Balm and Leonard Bowen have moved
to Bethel, and it is rumOred that H. c..
Powers has leased the Methodist parson-
age.
Washington Cook died here on the LIST
inst. at the extreme aye of 81 years, two
months and % days. He was born In
Compton, n. H., Jan. 6, 1900. He was
married in 1924 to Temperance Gray, who
now survives him and who will have
reached the age of 81 years on the Goth of
the present month. They were the long
est married couple in town-67 years
having been rarely reached. They came
to town about 1910 and always resided on
one farm, except a few years in Law
renee, Mass. They were the parents of
three children, two sons and daughter,
of whom John l.. survives and has cared
for them for long time. Mr.. Cook was
buried in the beautiful cemetery near his
late residence. His widow has been very
infirm for many months and is not likely
to survive long. He was member of
the Congregational church during all or
nearly all his residence here, strict tenn
perance man, a good citizen, but owing
to his habit of speaking plainly when he
thought right and wrong was concerned,
not so popular with certain classes as
Others that took different course.