Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-12
Personal MENTION.

Miss Elga Stewart is home from Bos-
ton. where she passed the winter.
Miss Chandler of Akron. o.. is the
guest of Prof. and Mrs. c. b. Wright.
Prof. Wright returned on Monday from
Boston, after an absence of four days.
Col w. B. Wright and Mr.. II. G.. Hib-
bard of Orwell were in town on Tuesday.
Miss Julia Phinney is slowly recover
ing from severe and protracted illness.
DR.. and Mrs. Ernest Perkins of Brock
ton, Mass, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. +.
Negus.
VIM. Sullivan, Esq. of Chicago, ac-
companied by his family, has been visit
inc at his fathers in town.
Mrs. James of St. Paul, Mimi, has
lately been in town on visit to her
son, Principal \. l.. James.
Mr.. Thos. F. Chappell of the Rutland
firm of Chappell Il Burke, civil engineers
and architects, was in town on Monday.
Miss Carrie Bond, who had been in
Boston for some months, engaged in the
study of music, arrived home Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr.. Joseph Battel arrived home on
Saturday from his carriage trip to Can
ada and is now at Bread Loaf. Mr.. T.
kidder went along with him to Canada
as Interpreter.
Mr.. \. I. StrattOn, once secretary of
the local Y. NJ. G. \. and now of Dover,
y. H., has accepted call to the general
secretaryship of the association at Paw
tucket, X. la better field by consider
able than that in which he is at present
working.
John NJ. Stearns, Esq, of Brooklyn
was in town the early part of the week
on visit among old friends. He ran a
Democratic newspaper in Middlebury
way back in the 40's, going hence to New
York. where he long practiced law with
success.
Col. A. A. Fletcher came home on the
early train Monday morning. He had
been in the South for something more
than week. On Thursday he was in
Tennessee, at Lookout Mountain, and
found it rather tropical, the thermometer
standing at lO6 in the shade.
Col. and Mrs. 5. A. Ilsley, who have
been at the Addison House for several
weeks, set out on Wednesday to drive to
Willamstown, Mass, where they intend
to pass portion of the summer. They
expected to reach there some time Sun
day if the weather continues pleasant.
Mr.. C. d. Mead, who has been at the
head of the preparatory department of
Claflin university, Orangeburgh, 5. c.,
for two years past, is at Dea. Barrows'.
He and Mrs. Mead left Orangeburgh
early in May and went to Chicago, where
their son resides. Mrs. Mead will not
come East yet for few weeks.
Rev. j. ID. Kingsbury of Bradford,
Mass, preached at the Congregational
church last Sunday, Rey. DR.. Webber
going to Bradford to give the baccalaur-
cate sermon before the graduating class
of the ladies' seminary there. Mr..
Kingsbury is graduate of the university
at Burlington and is a brother-in-law OF
State Treasurer Henry F. Field of Rut-
land.
Rev. Mr. Keith, late pastor of the Con-
gregational church, arrived home on
Wednesday of last week from California
where he had assed the latter part of the
winter and the spring. His general
health has improved materially, but the
throat affection which necessita-
ted his resignation still causes han more
or less trouble, so that his plans for the
future are not matured. He and his
family will leave here in a few weeks for
Massachusetts.
Prof. Yager made an address on "Uni-
versty extension at the first annual re-
union of the alumni association of Brig
ham academy, Bakersfield, on Friday
evening last. An exchange says: "The
address was highly spoken of by those
who were present and it is to be hoped
that deeper interest in higher and bet
ter education for future generations has
been aroused. Prof. Wager is very