Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-01-06
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

Perry Fletcher of Blue Island, H., is
visiting in town.
f. P. Cushman went to Boston on
business Wednesday.
The Essay club will meet next Mon.
day afternoon with Mrs. w. W. Eaton.
C. Hit left for New York city
yesterday, where he expects to secure
position.
Mrs. NJ. II. Eddy and Mrs. Lucy Tin
ney are home again after a ten days
visit in Boston.
The annual meeting of the Volunteer
Hose company will be held on the 10th
inst. at their hall.
Miss Maud Neville of Vergennes was
called here by the sickness of her sister,
Mrs. James f. Negus
Mrs. II. 5. Dunshee and Mrs. Wills
of Bristol are the guests of Mrs. NJ. L.
Butterfield in this village.
A newspaper and magazine stand has
been opened in the new postoffice. 1t is
conducted by VIII Gorham.
The steel frame work for the new
marble mills has at last arrival and is
being made ready for erection.
The new rector of st. Stephens would
like to meet the Practitioners after the
service this evening at half past seven.
Miss Harriet Mead returned Tuesday
to her school in Salem. y. Y, after
spending the holiday vacation with her
mother.
The odds and ends brought together
at stock-taking time make tempting bar
gain sales. Tell the REGISTER readers
about them.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional church society was adjourned
from Jan. , to Tuesday, Jan. Il, at 2
o'clock p. m.
Harry Williams of Washington. d. c.,
has returned to that city after a couple
of weeks spent with his mother, Mrs. f.
f. Rich, in this village.
There was a horse rattle during the
holidays conducted by j. Burns. The
lucky holders of the winning ticket were
VIM. Beatty and j. Stone.
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Library association will be held at the
llDl VII dlltl NUN
o'clock. \ full attendance is desired.
Miss Sadie Kimball gave pleasant
whist party last evening to number Of
her young friends at the home of her
sister, Mrs. A. II, Bristol, on Court street.
Miss Maud Mellen and Miss Jessie
Brainerd, who are students at Smith
college. have returned to their studies
after spending the holidays at home in
the village.
Miss Katherine Slade. who has been
spending the holidays at her home in
this village, returned to New York yes
terday morning to resume her studies of
vocal music.
John Pinney, formerly with Farms
worth & Co. Of this village, but now
travelling for a Western farm implement
house, spent few days with his parents
here the past week.
F. C. Partridge was in town last
Saturday on his way to East Middlebury
for short visit home before going to
Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks for
the rest of the winter.
The annual meeting of the Century
club will be held with Mrs. E. r. Clay
on Wednesday evening, Jan. II, at I
o'clock. Members are reminded that
the annual fee is due at this time.
Mrs. Jennie |. Cook, formerly of Mid
dlebury, and Daniel Raymond of Bristol,
veteran of the civil war, were married
at Bristol last Thursday, Rev. l.. A.
Bigelow performing the ceremony.
Another of A. Q. Scammon's companies
will give The Real Widow Brown" at
the opera house next Tuesday night, the
10th. Readers of the metropolitan press
will need no Introduction to the play.
Among those from Middlebury who
attended the funeral of Senator Morrill,
at Montpelier on Monday were former
Governor. Stewart, Judge j. M. Slade,
Judge j. f. Weeks and Attorney c. NJ.
! Wilds.
If weather conditions are favorable
Brandon will probably see large dele
cation at the Gath annual meeting of the
Western Vermont Masonic union Jan.
IL. The officers report everything favor.
able for successful gathering.
The famous "Wool Soap Babies" have
appeared In statuette form In soap, and
can now be seen In Bond Bros store
windows. 1t Is said that the originals of
the photograph which has made the
group famous were two little Chicago
tots.