Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

Rev. f. II. Byington of Boston was in
town last week.
The Partch House is well filled with
summer boarders.
Ira Everest and wife have gone into
camp at Basin Harbor.
Miss Mabel Brooks of Swanton is
guest at Hon. ID. w. Nash's.
II. f. Powers, Miss Slmonds and Miss
Giddings are at Basin Harbor.
Mrs. E. II. Clay and Miss Cummings
of Middebury were in town last week
Mrs. Kate (Roscoe) Smith and daugh-
ter Pauline expect to return to Alameda,
Cal, August s.
Word has been received of the safe ar
rival of Mrs. w. p. Nash and two sisters
at London, Eng.
Miss Augusta Chaplin. who has been
quite Ill at Granville n. V, is better
Her mother is with her.
G.. S. Wicker. wife and two chile rem of
Wisconsin and Miss Edith Rogers of Red
Bank, y. j.. are visiting in town.
Charlotte L. Landon, Marion Landon
and Edith Human attended the recent
gathering of the Christian Endeavor
societies at Boston.
Howard Clark of Lincoln has been APP
pointed administrator and f. \. Hassel-
tine, c. p. Bush and F. l.. Fish commiss-
toner's of DIR. f. ID. Halls estate.
Miss Minnie Drake, daughter of Warner
r. Drake, has been engaged to teach IN
Rutland the coming year. She has been
a teacher in the Bristol graded school
the past four years.
II. G. Roscoe and ID. A. Roleau are to
attend the triennial cOnclave of knights
Templar which is to he held in Boston
August 26 to 30. About 20 are expected
to 90 from this county.
TFro.n another correspondent.
Clarence Kingsley is quite i'll with a
fever.
Miss Martha Underwood of Brooklyn,
\. Y, is the guest of Mrs. c. B. S.
Wheeler.
Mrs. Pease, from the south part of the
State, visited her granddaughter. Mabel
y. Russell, last week.
Mrs. John w. Thomas and child of
East Orange, y. j., have been in Pastor
Thomas family few days.
Charles Wicker and family of Oshkosh
Wis. are visiting friends in the East
At present they are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. 5. ID. Doud.
Miss Mollie Mason, youngest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Mason. is in IA
serious condition from hemorrhage of
the lungs. DR.. NJ. d. Smith of Middle
bury is the attending physician.
Mrs. F. \. Richardson and two daugh-
tiers of Randolph and her son from Chi
cago are enjoying a weeks outing at
Spring Grove. The residents of Town
Hill, with few other friends, rendered
them reception on Saturday evening of
last week. The company numbered about
10. The Commodious dining hall of the
boarding house was opened and hand
somely decorated with huge bouquets of
flowers and ferns. A fine literary pro-
granme had been prepared and was well
carried out, adding much to the Zest of
the hour. ;. b. NJ. Cowles announced
the speakers for the evening. Miss Ma
bel Russell was the first on the list. John
\. Caldwell, Jr. repeated his Merrill prize
recitation, 1.-The Old Man and Jim Mrs.
Richardson responded to her name in "A
very pleasing manner. Miss Helen Rich
ardson, recently graduated from the nor
NAL school, read her essay, the class
poem, which was a fine production.
Other selections, we'll rendered. were
given by Mrs. Frank Barrows and Miss
Cole. The gentlemen were called out,
and several responded in pithy sayings.
1t had never been noised abroad that
Constable Caldwell was much on speech
making, but he made the "teling" speech
of the evening, eliciting much merri-
ment. At the conclusion of the feast
of reason and flow of SOUL lce-cream
and cake were served. Mrs Richardson
and her party came here from Thomp-
sons Point. where they had been stop
ping some days. While there, the young
ladies had narrow escape from drown
ing. Through the timely efforts of their
rescuers they were barely saved from a
waterY grave.