Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-11
County llews.
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BROPoRT.
Mrs. w. T. Hamilton is visiting friends
in Hinesburgh.
Ed. Parish of Medield, Mass, is visit
ing relatives IN town.
Miss n. X. Barbour arrived home on
Saturday from Glendale, o.
George Evarts of Michigan has visited
his nephew, Rev, G. E. Cady, recently.
Henry Dumas of Worcester, Mass,
with his wife, is at his fathers, Louis
Dumas.
The Masons are soliciting funds and
making other preparations for grand
18th of July celebration in the park.
Mrs. j. l.. Barker, who has been with
friends in Michigan through the winter,
arrived at T. w. Fletcher's recently.
j. II. Witherell, w. NJ. represented
Morning Sun lodge at the meeting of the
grand lodge in Burlington this week.
The ball game on Saturday between
Ripton and Bridport re. ulted in victory
of several points for the visiting team.
The meetings in the Methodist church
! led by Or. Collins of Philadelphia are
! fairly well attended considering the
weather of late.
Frank Brown of Westport. with a
friend. Mr.. Celaud. visited his sisters,
Mrs. Ida Hemenway and Miss Eva
Brown, recently,
G.. f. Sollace went to Massachusetts
on Tuesday, having shipped the day pre-
vious eight Young horses, among them a
fine pair of blacks.
Misses Cora and Lottie Kingsland and
Miss Grace Myrick came home last'week
from Castleton normal school, the two
former with diplomas.
Rev. w. y. Bacon was in Saratoga
three days last week attending the home
missionary convention and this week he
has been in Middlebury attending the
state convention. gs-------sas So s-,-l Ct
Mr.. and Mrs. W j. Merritt, two sons.
daughter and maid of New York city
have secured rooms at Mountain View
| Inn for the season, and Mrs. T. NJ. Stew
art, daughter and maid of New York
will be at the inn through July.
The outlook for the corn crop is very
dubious. the heavy rains having damaged
| it to a considerable extent and necessit-
ated its being replanted in many places.
/ Grows are quite bad in corn field. but
/ too much water is worse. and strychnine
Is of no avail.
While Mrs. j. II. Fletcher was at din.
ner on Monday holding her baby son.
the baby pulled the spread and spilled a
lot of hot coffee over upon and scalded
the little ones face and breast consider
ably. 1t is not, however, as bad AS was
first feared and it is getting along very
well now.
G.. II. Bowers has entered into con-
tract with the st. Regis and Rogers Lum.
Der company to furnish them with 95,-
600 standard of spruce timber. which
contract is to be completed in two years
from March last-l5, 900 standard each
year. He has a number of choppers
now at work in the woods. and as may
be seen elsewhere in this paper, he adj
vertises for 100 men to begin work at
once.
Mrs. d. Z. Rice and Mrs. L. f. VOL
colt had quite serious accident on Tues
day afternoon. They were returning
from Orwell and descending a hill near
the residence of VIM. Moore in Shore
ham. when their horse tt ok fright at a
passing team and ran, capszing the
! carriage and throwing the occupants to
the ground. Mrs. Wolcott was picked
up unconscious with quite cash in the
forehead and several other bruises about
the head. Mrs. Rice was also badly
bruised about the head and face and did
not remember much of what had Oc-
cured. \ doctor was summoned, but
found no broken bones and no very
serious bruises. Both ladies were
brought home the same evening, but on
Wednesday they were reported much the
worse for the accident. The vehicle was
somewhat broken, but, on the whole, as
the carriage top was up at the time. they
are content to think it might have been
much more serious.