Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09
County Uews.
BRIDPoRT.

on Saturday.
Miss Nellie Wheeler of Crown Point is
at w. l.. Wheeler's.
George Sellers is doing the plastering
in the Methodist church.
S. A. Hemenway has been visiting rel
atives in Manchester the past week.
Rob. Landers and John Shackett are
home from Nashua, n. H., for a short
stay.
Cushing Hill, who is stopping at the
Addison House in M~iddlebury, was in
town last week, the guest of j. II. Howe.
/Cards are out announcing the marriage
Lbf VIM. NJ. Grandey to Mrs. Emma
Moore on Tuesday of mex week at 10
o'clock, a. M, in the Congregational
church in Bridport. 4
M. ). Bennett, d. C. Barbour and L.
p. %Broughton have been drawn from this
town to serve as Jurors at a session of
the United States court to be held in
Rutland this month.
George st. John and Miss Dora Moore
were united in marriage on Thursday,
| Sept. "a, at the home of the bride, Rev,
w. n. Bacon performing the ceremony.
The couple enjoyed brief trip, return
Ming home on Saturday.
\The extreme warm weather of last
weak and the fore part of this has been
superseded by a cold wave, which an
nounces the near approach of winter and
makes it necessary to have fires for COM
fort. We had a heavy frost on Wednes-
day night.
--latest
b. w. Crane lost one of his Norman
farm horses last week.
w. f. Elithorp is engaged as clerk in
Mr.. Murdock's boot and shoe store in
Port Henry.
c. L. LeBpuff has completed his work
on the new Masonic hall and Truman
Jones is o decorating the interior.
Il. w. Fletcher has engaged the SER
vices of Miss Gertrude S. Witherell for
another year as private teacher for hi:
children.
Messrs. n. S. Bennett, D.. G. Barbour
and Z. p. Broughton went on Tuesday
to Rutland to enter upon their duties a:
jurymen at the L. S. district court helt
there.
Will Lewis and family of Lowell
Mass, arrived at B. A. Skiffs last week
Mr.. Lewis returned on Monday to Low
ell, where he is employed by the j. C
Aver Co. Mrs. Lewis and children will
remain at Mr.. Skiff's.
The Catholics from town held a meet
ing at the Bridport House on Thursda,
evening of last week to discuss the pro
ject for the building of a Catholic churcl
here. The priest from Shoreham wa
present. No definite conclusion wa
reached and another meeting will be hel(
soon to act further upon the matter.
VIM NJ. Grandey and Mrs. Emm;
Moore were married on Tuesday morn
ing, Oct. 6, in the Congregational churcl
in Bridport. The church was decorated
for the occasion and a large crowd of tn,
relatives and friends were present. Thu
ceremony was performed by Rev. w. y
Bacon. j. \. Spaulding and j. lierber
Howe acted as ushers and Miss kittle f
Nitherell presided at the organ. I'll,
couple started Immediately after the cere
mony for M~iddlebury, where they tool
the vestibule train south for a week
trip.
Silas G.. Tangye of Devon Park estate
Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia, has recent
ly visited several of the most noteC
flocks of Merino sheep in town, and pur
chased all of the ewes of l.. 5. Burwel
that took first premium at our State anC
county fairs this year and also his cele
brated stock ram Champion, No. 27S
Champion is said to be the best stool
ram in the State, and as he will remain
with Mr.. Burwell only the remainder o
the present month, breeders should beai
this in mind, as the purchaser intend
shipping his sheep for Australia abou
Nov. |. Mr.. Tangye also made some pur
chuses from the flocks of ii. C. Burwell
c. l.. Parish and others.