Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-12-23
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LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

Miss Emma n. Wilcox has gone to
Boston to spend the winter.
The Century club will meet with Mrs.
J. G.. Gooding Wednesday evening, Dec.
IS, at o'clock.
Professor Wright of the local college
filled the Congregational pulpit at YER
gennes last Sunday.
Letters addressed to Isaac Little, Mr..
f. j. Mosher and Mrs. Clara Page are at
the postoffice unclaimed.
Mrs. NJ. A. Munroe, who has been
making an extended visit in New York
city, is once more at home.
Misses Daisy Cushmanand Jessie Lane
are home from their school in London,
Ont, for the holiday season.
f. B. Cliff, who is now taking a course
in medicine in Philadelphia, reached
home yesterday to spend the holidays.
Mrs. W. W. Wood and daughter are
guests of Professor and Mrs. McGilton
at the Addison House. Mr.. Wood is eX-
pected for Christmas.
Miss Jessie Brainerd reached home
from Smith college last week, and with
her mother will spend Christmas at
Orwell with relatives.
Miss Sadie Kilnball is spending the
holidays with her sister, Mrs. Bristol.
She returned Wednesday from the Home
School, Everett, Mass.
The stores about the village generally
will be closed on Monday next for
Christmas holiday. The postoffice will
be open as usual on that day.
Philip B. Stewart came up from
Boston Wednesday to be present at
Forefather's Day celebration and deliver
the address of the evening.
At the organization meeting of the
state board of normal school commission
ers held at Burlington, Professor How
ard of Middlebury was elected president
of the board.
Charles Lamorder killed a pair of pigs
last week that at eight and one half
months of age tipped the scales at $50
and $50 pounds respectively. Mr.. La
morder wants to know if there are any
heavier twins than these in town.
The unsettled state of the weather
during the past week has had the effect
of placing on the sick list very large
number of people in the village. La
grippe is the prevailing complaint.
The next performance at the opera
house will take place. on the evening of
Jan. 3, when 1.-THE Sleeping City" will
be given by the same company that pre-
scented The Country Merchant" last
spring.
The members of the Baptist church
should bear in mind the annual business
meeting and election of officers. which
will be held in the church next Tuesday
evening, the 9th inst, at half past I
O'Clock. Every member should make it
point to be present at this meeting.
The Blair Comedy company, advertised
to appear here Wednesday night, came
/ to town all right, but didn't show.
Manager Stone sized them up as fakes of
a particularly woody type, and at once
pulled down their paper and declined to
allow them TO pull Oft their show in the
opera house.
Ernest Mitchell, Z. Trombly and An.
tome Rodler were escorted to Windsor
on Monday by Sheriff Chapman and
Deputy Cobb. They were convicted at
the late session of the county court on
charges of larceny. Mitchell gets six
months for money theft, ROdier two
years for apprOpriatlng clothing which
did not belong to him and TrOmbly eight
years for horse-steaing.
The death on Monday evening last of
Isaac Williamson, one of the oldest and
best-known citizens of the village, while
not unexpected, caused much regret.
Mr.. Williamson was so closely identified
with the growth of the village for the
past three. quarters of a century that his
passing away will be like the loss of a
land mark. We hope to publish an ac-
count of his life In a future issue.
The interior finishing OF the new store
in Battell block to be occupied by the
firm of Remick & Dickinson is complete,
and that 1t is the finest in town will be
conceded by all. The wood work is all
in oak, natural finish. Large plate
mirrors occupy the wall space In the
show-windows. Work is going for
ward rapidly on the new postoffice and
it will be ready for occupancy by
Jan. l.
Information received from headquarters
indicates that the Vermont Humane
society would like to hold its annual
meeting in Middlebury the latter part of
January or early in February, if our