Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-02
CHAPMAN & GO.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Mrs. Frank Trudeau is at home from a
visit in Burlington.
St San Francisco minstrels at the opera
house Monday night.
c. d. Mead has a farm for sale, which
he advertises elsewhere.
c. H. Powers of Bennington is visiting
his sister, Miss May Powers.
Mrs Greenleaf of Milwaukee, Wis, is
the guest of Mrs. H. G. Langworthy.
J. 5. Sheldon of Bristol is the new sta
ton agent of the Rutland company at
this place.
Mrs. Homer Riggs has returned to
Rochelle, y. Y, after visit with friends
in this village.
Gen. Mccullough and wife of Ben
nngton have been guests at Bread Loaf
Inn this week.
c. P. Abernethy will next week re-
move to Bristol, near which village he
has purchased a farm.
The check list of Middlebury, which
has Just been revised, shows loss of l65
names and gain of 81.
DR.. j. W. Abernethy returned to
Brooklyn last night to resume the pres
idency of Berkeley Institute.
Miss Mabel Bond sang in Port Henry,
n Y, Tuesday evening. Mrs. F.
A. Bond accompanied Miss Bond to that
place.
The Misses Osborne have a fine flag
pole which they will shortly raise in the
door yard of their South Main street
home.
Mrs j. II. Chancey of Cleveland, O.,
and Mrs. V. u. BrOughton of Rutland
are visiting their sister, Mrs Florence
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Stewart of New
York, who have been spending a couple
of weeks at Bread Loaf Inn, returned on
Monday.
Prof. Theodore Henckels, who has
been spending the summer vacation in
France and Germany, reached New York
Tuesday.
The old favorte San Francisco min
strels will be at the opera house next
Monday evening, with thirty "all star"
specialists
There were extremes of heat and cold
the past week. The mercury got down
to 10 last Saturday night, and up TO Sc
Wednesday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Button returned from
their wedding trip last Saturday. They
went to Quebec and up the Saguenay
river to Lake ST. Johns.
Postmaster f. H. Thorp is on his
annual duck hunt among the rushes Of
Dead Creek. The north wind has blown
but few feathers this way to date.
A large party of young people from
Bread Loaf Inn drove to the village yes
terday. They attended the fair and in
the afternoon were entertained at tea
by Mrs. Beadell.
a couple of Bristolites were up before
Justice Moore Monday, charged with
being drunk and disorderly. The charge
was not substantiated by evidence, so
the cases were dismissed.
The many friends of Ambrose Goodroe
have made him present of an up to-date
cushion-tired tricycle. to replace the
wooden four-wheeler which has served
its time in assisting him about the
village.
The fame of Admiral Dewey has
reached that stage where he is reproduced
in pink plaster and the result is hawked
about by ltnerant street pedlers. One
of the latter was on our streets during
the fair
F. c. Partridge has returned from
Tangiers, Morocco, where he has acted
as consul of the United States the past
winter. He reached Mhddlebury Thurs
day of last week and left for Proctor
Monday morning.
The Southland quartet from the Fort
Valley (Ga.) Industrial school gave an
entertainment at the Addison House last
night. Their object is to bring this
school prominently before the public and
solicit financial aid.
John Beeman, the Ripton stage man.
had load of seven passengers, four big
trunks, numerous grips, bags, and ex-
press matter on his Monday trip down,
and made 1t in two hours and fifteen
minutes, counting long stops.
The Citizens band boys appeared in
their new caps for the first time during
the fair, and presented fine appearance.
The Bristol Military band also received
many compliments on its appearance
and it played as well as 1t looked.
VIII the customer who on Wednesday
morning took from the REGISTER office
by mistake an umbrella bearing on the
handle silver plate with the initials