Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-08-12
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.


Miss Minnie Bell of Boston is in town
visiting friends.
"Side-Tracked" at the opera house
Tuesday night.
Mrs. J. H. Stewart is at Bread Loaf
Inn for a few days.
f. n. White of Holyoke, Mass, is a
guest at F. A. Bonds.
Mrs. W. H. Bliss is ill In Rochester and
under the care of the doctor.
Harley Hoag of the Park Drug store is
taking a two weeks vacation.
Mrs. b. 5. Beckwith and son Fred were
at 1hompson's Point for an outing.
Miss Grace Ware is taking a short va
cation at her home in Shelburne Falls,
Mass.
Mrs. Z. p Russell has gone to Boston
to visit her daughter, Mrs. w. O. San.
/ ford.
Miss Hattie Steele of Boston has been
visiting at President Brainerd's during
the week.
Miss Jennie Nash is home from Hart
ford, Conn, for visit with her father,
/ Samuel Nash.
Rev. John Thomas of Orange, y. j.,
will preach at the Congregational church
Sunday next.
Mrs. Homer Riggs and daughters of
New Rochelle. y. y, are guests of Mrs.
Luther Gorham.
Mrs. Z. p. Cushman and Miss Daisy
Cushman are spending few days at
Thompson's Point
f. c. Langworthy of the department
Of agriculture at Washington, is visiting
at c, p. Langworthy's.
Mrs. c. y. aud Miss Heloise Bralnerd
were among the knights Island guests
from Middebury last week
At the regular meeting of the village
board on Wednesday evening only
routine business was transacted.
Rev. VIM. Davenport of Washington,
d. c., is announced to conduct the ser
vices at st. Stephens church Sunday.
Misses Caroline and Mary Steele left
Tuesday for Cape Ann, after pleasant
visit of fortnight at eX-Gov. Stewards.
Mrs. T. NJ. Chapman and Miss Florence
Chapman spent last week in camp at
South Hero. They returned on Monday.
"NIusic and the drama" next week.
"Side-1racked" Tuesday evening, Miss
Bonds song recital Thursday evening.
Tickets at Storms.
Life has been liveable during this
week, so far as atmospheric conditions
go. Cool nights and quiet, pleasant days
have prevailed.
All who desire to see what premiums
are offered for our county fair are invited
to call at or send a card to this Office for
premium list.
Royal Smith of Bristol and Lyndon
their pensions raised to S2l and Sl2
respectively.
Miss Forbes of Hartford, Conn.,,
reached here Saturday and is the guest
of Misses Ella and Mabel Bond at the
Lake DunmOre cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Page, who have
passed several weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
Sargent at the Logan House, returned to
their home in Boston Wednesday.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
postoflice unclaimed; j. Barlow, Miss
Bonner, Miss Hattie Erwin, lander Par
ker, Mrs. Stanley, Miss F. Shackett.
"Side-Tracked" played only in the
larger towns last year. Manager Stone
has secured the company for Middlebury
Encourage him to book more of the same
class.
We are requested to ask that the ladies
who are making bands for the soldiers
kindly send them to Miss Wright Cat
Professor Eaton's) by Saturday, Aug. 20.
Misses Alice Newton and Grace Cowen
of Holyoke, who have spent the past
three weeks with the Misses Bond at the
family cottage at Lake Dunmore, re-
turned to their home Saturday.
Our Bristol correspondent says that
"about 80" teacher attended the summer
school at that place. Over one hundred
were in attendance In Middlebury last
summer. Our esteemed contemporary
of Bristol was saying-but never mind
what.
A Bennington dispatch of the 9th says
ex-Minister to England E. j. Phelps,
who is a guest of Gen. j. G.. Mccullough
at North Bennington, is quite i'll there.
He is under the care of doctors who do
not anticipate any unfavorable result.
Mrs. F. c. Crane and Miss Mildred
Hemenway of Plttsford, Mrs. c. j. Nash
and daughter of st. Adams, r. E. Alex
ander of Boston and Leroy Hemenway
of Washington, d. c., have been visit
ing for two weeks past with Mr.. and
Mrs. Asa Hemingway at their home in
Bridport.