Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-11-03
Miss Ellen Higgins of Fitchburg.


returned home,
Brandon's military organization is GO
ing to have an armory. They have
secured land near the depot and will
build next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Girard of Stan
stead, p, @ have been visiting here for
few days with their daughter, Mrs.
Joseph E. Dionne.
II. f. Bissell, formerly landlord of the
Hotel Addison in this village, has leased
the Brandon Inn in Brandon and took
possession Nov. /.
o. r. Houghton has bought out L.
Dupont's horseshoeing business on
Court street, and will hereafter conduct
it in his own name.
The new marble mill company has in
stalled an electric lighting plant for light
ing the shops, and the dynamo was start
ed Wednesday night for the first time.
The heavy rains of Wednesday pre-
vented the races of the Driving Club.
The meeting will be held next Wednes
day instead. with program as advertised.
During October there Were only two
days clear all day; II days of rain or
snow; II days of north wind all or part
of the day. About three inches of rain
fell and one of snow.
The elements co-operated with the
police on Halloween to repress the
witches, and we learn of no serious
depredatIons. Nothing like good
soaking rain to lay dust and spooks.
The young ladies of the college have
formed a glee club with Miss Evelyn
Curtis as leader, Miss Rena Bisbee as
business manager and Miss Gertrude
Cornish as accompanlst. Seventeen
voices form the club.
The class of 1902, Middlebury college,
have elected the following officers:
President, A. G. sheldon; vice president,
Miss Elizabeth Williams; secretary, Miss
Ruth Murdoch; treasurer, F. A Hughes;
toast-master. p. Wilds.
w. NJ. Chapman of Romeo, Mich,
who is spending couple of weeks with
c. A. Chapman in Ferrsburg, was in
town Tuesday. He is secretary and
treasurer of the Citizens Mutual fire.
insurance company of Romeo.
Arthur D. Watts, formerly of this
village and Brandon. died at jackson,
Miss of yellow fever on Oct ~. He had
been in the employ of the Illinois Central
railroad company for number of years
as manager of their restaurant at their
depot in Jackson.
The services at st. Stephens church
on Sunday next (Nov. - will be: Z 80
a. m, holy communion; 10 a. M, mathis
and catechizing; 10 40 a. m, choral
holy eucharist; Z p. M, evensong, con-
firmation. Rt. Rev. Dr. Hall, bishop of
Vermont, will preach at both morning
and evening services. All are invited.
Frederick H. Button has completed
arrangements to go to Rutland shortly,
where he will have Offices In the Clement
Block in connection with the offices of
the Rutland railroad and will have the
position of attorney for that road.
William ii. Button will return to Mid
debury and continue the business of the
firm of Button & Button under that
name.
Stefan H'RiscO, well known as "Jeff,"
HRiscO the shoemaker. was fOrmerlya
captain in the Austro. Hungarian army.
When he came to this country, some
years ago, he was put under the ban of
desertion and deprived of rank and pay.
BY arecent decree of the emperor that
sentence has been removed and he is re-
stored to good standing. He will receive
back pay and pension amounting to about
$4,000.
The first lecture of the Century clubs
course will take place on the evening of
Nov. IL. 1t will be the mOnologue,
Across the Atlantic" by Edward II.
Frye, and will be given at the town hall.
The succeeding entertainments will be
the Ottumwas Male Quartette of Chicago,
with Jessie Kleinman, reciter, and later
viii Carleton. Season tickets for the
three entertainments are being sold at
81; single admission tickets will be 80
cents. The Jacksons studio is selling
season tickets or they NAV be had of any
of the Century club members.
A Lincoln correspondent notes that
party consisting of Valentine Varney
and Isaac Rogers of Middlebury and
George VaTney of that town shot a fine
buck Sunday morning, Oct. %. Samuel
Goodman shot another the same day and
Charles Preble and his son each shot
one Monday. Wednesday doe was
found dead near West Lincoln, having
been shot, and local fish warden seized
the carcass. A young man was found
with the doe and prosecution will doubt
less follow therefrom. More violations
of the deer law are being investigated,
and prosecutions may result.
The football game last Saturday be-
tween Middlebury college and Vermont
Academy resulted in another defeat for
the local team by score of 6 to 0. The
teams were well matched in weight, but