Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-09


home, Bennington, is spending some
time with old friends in this vicinity.
Misses Mary and Carrie Steele are ex-
pected In town next week They will
pass the summer at Mrs. Brainerd's.
Mrs. Z. E. Proctor and daughter of
Yarmouth, Me, are at Mr.. George Bar
toms, where they will spend several
weeks.
Misses Josie NJ. and Jessie NJ Prentss
of Waitsfield have been guests at DR..
Premises during the commencement
season.
Mr.. w. II. Bond of Boston reached
here Saturday to Join his wife and child,
who have been the guests for some
weeks of F. A. Bond.
Rev. DR.. Cyrus Hamin of Lexington,
Mass, president of the college from
1850 to 1885, arrived in town yesterday
and is at Miss Callender's.
DR.. C. f. Prentiss. assistant librarian
at the college, has gone to Amherst,
Mass, to take the course in library sci
ence of the Amherst summer school.
L. c. Twitchell of Chicago, former
resident of Mddlebury. is visiting his
brother, L. d. Twitchell. He has
reached the advanced age of eighty-five
years.
Fred Nash of Kansas, a son of the
late Fordyce Nash of New Haven, re-
turned home on Wednesday after pass.
ing some time with relatives in the
county.
Dr. Harold Palmer and wife and Prof.
A. Def. Palmer, who have been visiting
at Prof Bryant's the past fortnight,
have returned to their home in ProVi-
dence, X. [.
Mr.. F. a. Bond and family passed
Monday at their cottage OH the shores
of Lake Dunmore. escaping in some
measure the heat which prevailed here
on that day.
Miss BOvce, a teacher in the Clark
school at Northampton, Mass. and one
of the pupils, the young son of native
Syrian missionary, are at Prof. Boyce's
for the summer.
Among those who left Monday for
the summer were Robert Cartmell and
family and Mrs. J. f. Negus They
will spend the heated term at their cot
tage at Thompson's Point.
Miss Flora NJ. Crane, who is teaching
in Pleasant Hill academy. one of the
schools of the American Missionary as
cation with friends in this vicinity
Prof, and Mrs. Eaton went on Satur-
day to Newcastle, n. H., to pass ten
days with friends at the seashore. They
wrote home that it was so cold as to be
decidedly uncomfortable on Sunday.
/Ke many Middlebury friends of Mr..
Merlin c. Morrison of Albany, \. y,
formerly of this town. will be panied to
learn of the death of his wife, which Oc-
Cured in Albany on Tuesday, July 6.
The Citizens band of Middlebury fur
nished the music at the opening of the
observation tower on Grand View noun
tain Monday. The folks out there had
general celebration in honor of the event.
The Rutland railroad company has
announced dividend of one per cent.
This is an encouraging sign when so
many other roads are either passing
dividends or going into the hands of re-
ceivers.
News has been received by friends
here of the safe arrival at LeghOrn.
Italy. of Hon. James A. Smith and fami-
ly. who sailed from New York Nav %
They had an exceptionally pleasant
voyage.
Mrs. L. d Twtchell has returned
from mCnth's visit to friends in New
York city and its vicinity. Her daughter.
Miss Alice, accompanied her and will re-
main at her home here during the rest
of July.
We learn of only one case of prostra-
ton by the heat in this vicinity. Tuesday
afternoon Mrs. Geo. Seymour of South
street succumbed and physicians had to
be called in. She recovered rapidly I'M
der proper care
DR.. l.. E, Mellen Is having his annual
vacation. Last week he visited his par.
ents, whose home is near keene. y. II.
lie and his family are now at Basin
IIarboI, where they have taken a cottage
for the remainder of the month.
Col. Thad NJ. Chapman is rebuilding
his sawmill on the mountain which was
burned about six weeks ago. The new
mill will be better in all respects than
the old, and will be so constructed as to
guard against its destruction by fire.
\ progressive" bicycle tea was given
by Mrs. McGilton. Mrs. p. F. Chapman
and Miss Sophia Wainwright last Satur-
day. The young people who partic-
pated therein-and there were about a
scQre-enjOyed the occasion to the full.
/ /IStanton 5. Eddy, son of DR.. NJ. II.
Eddy. graduated last week from the
medical department of the university of
Vermont at Burlington. standing second
in rank in class of 50. He is now in
Boston, where he has the position of
clinical clerk in the Boston City hos
pital.
At the last annual meeting of the
village an extension of the water-mains
was voted. Work was begun on the
extension and the commissioners are
pushing the main from near II. A.
Pecks house down past the freight
depot.
The hot wave which reached Vermont
+ last Saturday was much more severely
felt in other parts of the country.
Chicago lad many sunstrOkes reported
and the sea-board cities to the south
suffered extremely. Vermont is the
ideal summer-hOme state.
Many of Middlebury's people cele-
brated the Sd at Burlington, quite a
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