Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15

full attendance Is earnestly desired and
cordial invitation is extended to al
ladies' who are interested in temperate,
work.
Post William p. Russell is going tC
hold public dance on the night of Lin
coins birthday, February u The bal
will take place in the town hall, where
the supper will also be served. All the
members of the post will have tickets fol
sale and no one will be admitted to the
hall who does not buy ticket from a
member of the post. Further arrange.
Dents will be announced later.
Y The annual meeting of the stockhold.
ers of the national bank of Mlddlebury
was held Mt the bank Tuesday afternoon.
No change was made in the management.
The officers are: President, Albert A.
Fletcher; vce-president. j G.. yelling
ton; cashier, G. E. Pinney; assistant
cashier, John \. Fletcher; directors,
Albert A. Fletcher, j. G. Wellington,
G. 5. Wainwright, John A. Fletcher, DI
II. Bennett. =
The executive committee of the Ladies'
Library association wish to inform the
members that in accordance with recent
vote of the association they NAV take
one work of fiction and one book of solid
reading from the library each Saturday
If they so desire. On account of the
yearly subscription being reduced TO 81
the committee have decided that no half
yearly or quarterly subscribers can be
received at less tax than the 81 required
of regular yearly members.
An alarm Ct fire shortly after 8
o'clock Saturday morning brought out
the fire companies and the people of the
village in force. but when the crowd
reached the scene of the alleged con-
flagratlon the fire was out. The trouble
was in the attic of the house on North
Pleasant street. opposite the Methodist
church, occupied by Mr.. Erwin G. Piper
and family. a quantity of clothing
placed too near chimney took fire, but
the members of the family were able to
eXtinguish the flames before much harm
had been done.
The remains of Thomas Roach. who
died IN Schenectady, y. Y, on the 9th
inst, arrived here on the mail train Mon
day afternoon and were inferred in the
Catholic cemetery, Rev. FIR. Gelot con-
Quoting the service. The deceased was
the only son of James Roach, whose
death occurred two weeks ago. The son
was born in Middlebury i'm May, 1885.
His home for the past p years had been
in Schenectady and its vicinity. He
never married. Two sisters, Mrs.
Thomas Buckley and Mrs. NJ. Halpin,
both of Middlebury, survive him.
The lecture at the Baptist church this
Friday evening by Rev. c. b. Atwood
of Whitehall, y. Y, entitled 1.-The sol
der and the citizen, Is highly commend
ed as being full of patriotic fervor and of
especial interest to every one. The last
lecture in the course of five will be Civ
en- January 20 by Rev. L. d. Temple of
Brattieboro. The subject will be "a
boys cheap trip to Europe This will
be followed in the course of a week or
two by an address on 1.-The pension bu-
reau and its functions" by Mr.. Harvey
G. Ellis of Glens Falls, n. Y, who has
been connected with the pension depart
ment for years.
At an adjourned meeting of the Congre-
gational society held Tuesday afternoon
the following persons were elected 10
serve for the ensuing year. Prudential
Prof. w. W. Eaton, Prof. T.
f.. Boyce, DR.. l. K. Mellen. c. w. Mat
thews John a. Fletcher Emusic committee,
John w. Stewart, VI. \. Munroe, DR.. w.
II. Sheldon, n. p. Barbour; ushers,
Theodore Munroe. Ernest Bird. Rufus
Wainwright, Jr., Herman Smith; treas
urer, y. p. Barbour; clerk, j. +. Crane.
These are the officers of last year with
two exceptions. Prof. Boyce and John
A. Fletcher succeed NJ. \ MunrOe and
f. g. Seeley on the prudential committee,
those gentlemen declining to serve longer.
The following officers of Addison en-
No. p, |. O. o. F., were in
stalled on Monday evening by c. d.
Eastman of Rutland, ID. ID. c. p, as
sisted by ii. c. Farrar of Rutland. p. G.
NJ, w. p, Horton of the same city, p.
II. p, and VIM. Latimer, w. O. Sanford
and a. II. Langworthy of Mddlebury
F., DR.. l.. K. Mellen; II. p, r. a. !
Calhoun; 5. W., c. a. Piper; j. W., G. !
r. Ioutt; recording scribe, II. A. Peck |
+. s., w. II. Duncan; treasurer, II. L.
Hunt; outside sentinel, G.. Duncan; in !
II. Langworthy; LIST watch, Joseph Cal !
noun; I'd watch, E. w. Fuller; Sd watch,
:. b. Wood; 18th watch, w. O. Sanford
ent guards, j. ii. Sargent, f. G. Piper. |
The trustees are +. w. Fuller, w. O. |
sanford and Joseph Calhoun.
The Ethan Allen chapter of the |
Daughters of the American Revolution |
'eceived at its last meeting, valuable |
~ AiOhi lltulN ADuCIuOus IDt !
,hapter is grateful for this timely and /
appropriate remembrance. The follow
ng letter, accompanying the relic, will |
explain itself and be of general interest:
In all dellberative bodies, civil and |
perfect order is one of the es-
entials. \ chapter of the Daughters of |
he American Revolution having recently |
)een organized in this place, it is fitting
hat its presiding officer should be pro-
'ided with an emblem of authority.
jol. John Chapman, an officer in the
var of the Revolution and first pioneer
ettler in town, built the frame of a
Darn in ZIG, and while absent in the
var the Indians tried to cut down and
,urn the same, but were unable to do
ther. The head of the accompanying
,avel is made from timber taken from
hat barn. The handle is made of part
# beam from the house of William,
,randson of Hon. John Alden the Pill.
rim, built in Boston about 1860 This
.avel is presented TO the Ethan Allen
hapter of the Daughters of the Ameri-
an Revolution by member of Chip
nan pbanfpr No Sopc Of rho