Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-10-13
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

r. Is. Cllft left on tuesday Tor Pnlla-
delphia to resume his medical studies.
The college and public schools were
closed yesterday on account of Dewey
Day.
Mrs. A. j. Piper is spending couple
of weeks in Lowell, Mass, the guest of
I relatives.
Workmen are engaged in enclosing the
south mill of the marble works with
boarding.
Street Commissioner Buttolph has put
in street crossing on Court street near
A. II Bristol's residence.
Last week at Rutland Attorney Ira H.
LaFleur was admitted to practice in the
United States circuit court.
The first meeting of the Hawthorne
club will be held with Mr.. and Mrs.
Thorp Tuesday evening, Oct. IL.
Mrs. G.. D. Miner and Mrs. Elizabeth
Wilcox are spending the week in New
York city, going down Monday.
Last Saturday night the mercury went
down to % degrees, and things which
escaped frost-bite before had to succumb.
The preparations are complete for the
dance at the town hall this evening, to
be given by the senior class of the high
/ school.
Mrs. A. w. Wooley and Miss Woolley
have closed their summer home in the
village and returned to New York city
for the winter.
A large herd of cattle passed through
town on Monday. 1t had been collected
by couple of men from Salem, n. Y,
and was on the way home.
Miss Juliette w. Turner. a native of
this county and now a resident of
indianapolis, Ind, is visiting old friends
in the village for few weeks.
Edward Wooster has gone TO Pitts
ford, VT, where he will take part in a
musical entertainment under the auspices
of the Young Mems Catholic association.
Allan Calhoun has the contract of
putting in private sewer at PrOctors-
vile and was in that village during the
week superintendlng the work of gang
of men.
Miss Twitchell, who was called home
so suddenly by the death of her mother,
returned to New York on Saturday.
u. ID. Twitchell went with her for a stay
of couple of weeks.
The "Duhys jubilee" company had
a very good house OH Tuesday night
and gave thoroughly satisfactory per-
Torrance. Their avowed object is to
amuse, and they succeed In this to the
utmost.
Quite number of the stores about
town were closed yesterday in honor of
Dewey Day and In response to the
governors proclamation making the
day one of thanksgiving and general
celebration.
Arrangements have been made to hold
the eighty-seventh anniversary of the
Vermont Bible society In Rutland, Sun
day evening, Nov. ). Rev. William |.
Haven of New York city, secretary of
the American Bible society, will give
the address.
The October Century Magazine, which
was put on the news stands a couple of
weeks ago, contains a profusely illustrated
article on the Roman chorus given here
by the college year ago. The article
is from the pen of Prof. Sanford of
Middlebury college.
The manager of the football team of
the college has arranged for the follow
ing games: Oct. II, Troy Conference
academy, game to be played at home
Oct. 2l, University of Vermont at Bur-
lingtOn; Oct. n, Vermont academy at
home; Oct. IS, Troy Conference acad-
envy at Poultney.
c. ID. Henry, the six foot four inch
and 29l pound advance agent of the
New Orleans "Uncle Toms Cabin"
company, was in town Tuesday, adver-
Using the show, which appears at the
opera house Tuesday evening, Oct. II,
under the management of Middaugh,
supported by competent company and
an excellent band and orchestra.
Letters with these addresses are at the
post Office unclaimed; Miss Della Bent.
ley, Mrs. f. S. Blanchard, George f.
Borst, Mr.. Frank Fales, Mrs. ii. F.
Grant, Mrs. Fanny lockwood, MIR. Cyrus
Stone, Mrs. Laura Winch, Mrs. Celeste
Cenate, Rev. Frank Nuttall Cockroft,
Mrs. G. Ford, A. E, Kent, NJ. r. Schuy-
Ter, Esq.
Sixty-fve tickets were sold for the
special train of sleepers leaving Middle
bury Wednesday night for Montpelier
and eighty more for yesterday mornings
excursion train. More would have gone
yesterday had not the weather looked
threatening in tho rlu pnnrninn Tho