Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-04-01
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

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to yesterday.
DIR. Kingsley, who has had serious
attack of erysipelas, is better.
w. H. Sheldon has returned from
short business trip to Boston.
The rain of Wednesday brought the
new grass to view in the parks.
Fred Beckwith is home from school at
Worcester, Mass, for the Easter hol-
idays.
The local colleges Easter vacation is
under way, as is also that of the graded
school.
Attend the village meeting Tuesday
evening and place yourself on the side
of progress.
Robert Leggett raised in the year 1897
10 grain, consisting of oats, rye and
barley, 1850 bushels.
Miss Anna Pentield of Norwich, Conn,
has been engaged by Gee sisters as a
trimmer for the coming season.
Mrs. c. B. Warner of Port Henry, n.
Y, was called here by the sudden illness
of her father, Oliver Severance.
On Tuesday afternoon Oliver Sever
ance had a shock of paralysis from
which it is feared he will not recover.
Professor Burt left for Boston on the
flyer Tuesday. He is spending the va
cation in botanical work at Harvard
w. o. Huntington of Ludlow who was
called here by the death of Mrs. Lang
worthy. returned to his home on Wed
nesday.
Miss Maude Comstock is spending the
Easter vacation with her parents. She
is an instructor in the st. Johnsbury
schools.
President Brainerd has returned from
New York where he went to attend the
organization banquet of Middlebury col
lege alumni.
Bates T. Farr and his mother, Mrs. C.
y. March, were in town the first of the
week to attend the funeral of Heman
LangwOrthy.
/ John Wright, who has been in the
employ of Il. S Benedict for number of
years, yesterday entered the employ of
| Farnsworth & Co.
The Addison house has new directory
frame surrounding its call.bell board.
The bronze lettering is the work of the
/ REGISTER Job rooms.
Il NJ. Chapman of Middlebury, W. r..
/ Sanford of Orwell and +. y. Bissell of
/ ShOreham have been elected directors of
the State Agricultural society.
There will be a thank offering meeting
at the lecture room of the Congrega-
] oh A ri OF
/ All ladies interested in home missions
are invited to come with their Offering.
Mrs. Nelson Buttolph died on Tuesday
morning at the homestead east of the
village. She had reached the ripe age of
So years. The funeral took place yes
terday afternoon and was conducted by
Rev. Mr.. Dickens.
Messrs. w. l.. holland and Geo. Kid
der have purchased the old bakery of the
John Martin estate and will repair it and
run bottling establishment in connec-
ton with the bakery part.
Chauncey l.. Branch survived his wife
only a few days, dying on sunday morn
ing last His remains We're laid to rest
/ Tuesday afternoon, the funeral taking
place from the residence.
! A call has been sent out for meeting
of companies b and F 9TH Regiment
/ Vermont volunteers to take place at G..
T 4. Il. hall on the 18th inst. We don't
know for certain. but we shouldn't won
der if the new auxiliary volunteer move
ment has something to do with it.
The local district school board held its
annual meeting on Tuesday and voted a
tax of G5 per cent on the grand list for
school purposes. The officers for the
ensuing term will be: School commit
tee, DR.. +. IL. Martin, Charles NJ. Wilds,
DIR. c. +. Mellen, Charles B. Wright and
A. j. Marshall; treasurer, c. f. Plnney /;
auditor, b. S. Beckwith; clerk, Joseph
Burke moderator, Frank A. Bond.
The road-scraper began work this
week. The loose dirt will be heaped in
the middle of the roads and will be
washed back into the cutters by the
spring rains. Vermont has the finest
road-building materials within arms
reach of a large per cent of its thorough
fares, and could have the finest roadways
in the land if Its voters would sit down
and think about it a few minutes and
then act upon their conclusions.
Last Friday afternoon occurred the
death of Heman C.. Langworthy at his
home In this village from an attack of
pneumonia. The funeral was held from
the residence on High street Monday
afternoon at o'clock, the service being
presided over by Rev. j. G. Gooding.
The deceased was 81 years of age and
leaves a widow, two brothers, Myron
and Charles Langworthy and two sisters,
Mrs. March of Rutland and Mrs. Meeker
of Granville Mr.. LangwOrthy was a
veteran of the late war and prominent
member of the local G. A. r. post,