Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-14
County l1ews.



Mr.. and Mrs. o. +. Converse returned
from their wedding tour on Tuesday.
c. p. Elithorp has recently been grant
ed an original pension of SO "a month.
Mrs. n. II. Bennett of New York is
with her aunt. Mrs. L. II. Broughton.
Miss Minnie Hemanway is home after
several weeks absence in New York and
Albany.
Lavoice Bros variety show is billed to
appear I'm the town hall on Wednesday
evening. June 10.
Miss Marion, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. q. Pratt of Padua, ILL.,, is visiting
relatives in town.
Mrs. w. w. Sherman, with her mother,
Mrs. Sherman, returned to their home in
Massachusetts, on Wednesday.
Mrs. p. F. Chapman and Mrs. L. A.
Skiff of Middlebury were calling on
friends in town on Wednesday.
Rev. W. n. Bacon is attending the
Congregational centennial convention
held in Bennington Center this week
Miss Louise Converse, who came up
from SaXton's River to attend the we'd
ding of her brother, returned on Satur-
day.
David j. Smith, v s., of Barre was in
town last week. Mr. Smith formerly
managed the Black Hawk stock farm
here.
Mrs. II. L. Townsend returned home
from Burlington on Tuesday. She came
down by steamer Vermont to Crown
Point.
Mrs. ). j. Bartlett returned to her
home In Armenia, y. Y. on Wednesday.
Her mother, Mrs. ID. +. Hill, accompan-
led her.
NJ. X. Barbour, trustee, has recently
had the cemetery fence newly painted,
which adds greatly to the appearance of
the yard.
The price paid for butter in our
markets was about the same as that of
last week, 10 cents, with the gilt-edge at
little higher figure.
Moses Il. Powers. formerly of Bird
port, and Miss Bertha Clark of Dun
stable, Mass, were united in marriage on
Wednesday, June II, at the home of the
brides parents in Dunstabe.
The young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James II. Fletcher has been quite SER
iously i'll since sunday at the home of
|. i. Eells. father of Mrs. Fletcher. in
Cornwall At this writing the baby Is
reported improving.
The "harde times soshul' was we'll at
tended and was. as far As costume went.
true to name. \ good amount was taken
in as fines from the more prosperous and
on many of of the shabbilv dressed were
found concealed relics of better days.
From an occasional correspondent
An event that has gladdened all in this
section was the wedding of Orin +.
Converse and Miss Gertrude ). With
erell, June ). at , 80 p. m, in the Con-
gregatioral church. The house was
well packed with people from far and
near-New Haven. Middlebury, Corn
wall, Addison and Shoreham being rep.
resented-with relatives from Massachu-
sets. The Bridport ladies and young
people, as often before, arranged and
decorated the church in new and taste.
full order. White flowers were placed
amid banks of ferns all around and in
front of the pulpit and above IN sus
pended baskets. In front, underneath
an evergreen arch, was suspended a bel
of cedar, with beautiful blossom for a
tongue. The ushers were VIM. C. Fin
essy, brother-in-law, and HermOn With
erell, brother of the bride. j. p. WIlcoS
and Ernest Lee; and Miss Georgiana
WItherell. sister of the bride, presided
at the organ. The bride and groom witt
locked arms followed the ushers, who
took their places, two of them on tn,
right and two on the left of the pastor
Rev. W. y. Bacon, who officiated, while
the bridal party stood under the bell
After brief ceremony the happy pal
preceded the ushers and took convey
ance to the express tram north at Mid
= dlebury, amid the best wishes and con
CALCULATIONS of host of friends. Borl
and brought up here and here to reside
they will be warmly welcomed as wOr
thy guests and helpers. Young Con
verse has had fine business education
in an Albany mercantile college and tn
bride fine academic opportunities a
SaXton's River and has been one OF on
model teachers in the village school
Both of high Christian character, the,
will but add their quota on the same lin