Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-01
& Dickinson
BATTELL BLOCK,
MIDDLEBURY, VT.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.


the postoffice unclaimed
MISS Mary Mills has gone to North
field for a two weeks visit.
Arrange your business to take at least
one day of at the fair next week.
Orwell has fixed upon Thursday, Sept.
81, as the date of the fair at that place.
Mrs. Orrln Smith has spent the week
in Bristol, visiting friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mr.. Ezra j. Warner of Chica-
go are at the Addison House for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Taylor have been
taking carriage trip through the north
the past week.
Miss Maude Smith is spending the
week at Mortified with her friend, Miss
Alice Richmond.
Miss Sadie Kimball has been spending
the past week at Long Point, member
of party of campers.
Mrs. F. w. Halsey and daughters,
Misses Constance and Mary Halsey, are
guests at p. F. Chapman's.
Delmar W. Smith has been spending
his summers vacation in Washington,
D. C, visiting his parents.
DR.. Henry Wells came over from Og-
densburg, n. Y, Tuesday. He has been
engaged in hospital work there.
The Episcopal Sunday school held a
picnic yesterday in Battell's woods,
driving out in big picnic wagon.
Mrs. H. d. Chamberlin and daughters
of Nevada, Ia, who have been visiting
at DR.. Stern's, left Tuesday for Toledo, o.
Postmaster Thorp starts for the north
today to spread devastation and 'destruc-
ton in the ranks of the feathered game
birds.
L. r. Alden of Lynn, Mass. came up
Saturday for short visit at Mrs. L. G.
Remedies. He returned Wednesday
night.
1t is reported that a rural free mail
delivery route will be established
from Vergennes through Addison and
Panton.
Mrs. Mary J. Foote, who has been
spending the past two months at Scituate
and Medford, Mass, reached home
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Cochran started
for their home in York, Penn, this
week, going by way of Lakes chaplain
and George.
Men have been engaged during the
week in strengthening the foundation
walls under Marshall Il Co.'S store and
bracing up the flooring.
The Rutland railway section gang
In,
through the village large number of
worn, out ties with new.
The Hampton Institute quartet gave a
concert at the Congregational church on
Tuesday evening. They sang at Bread
Loaf Inn on Monday evening.
1t is recalled that not before since
1898 has the river been so low that one
could walk dry shod along the flash
boards at the edge of the falls.
Miss Blanche Verder, a graduate of
Middlebury college in the class of '9s,
has received an appointment as instruct
or of English in the Rutland High
school.
The steam yacht "Elise" will stop its
regular trips around Lake Dunmore
after Sept. l, but it will be open to en-
gagement by parties of eight or more
thereafter.
Miss Gertie Smith and Master Joseph
Butler left yesterday for East Douglas,
Mass. Master Joseph goes to his home
in Providence, while Miss Smith will
take up her school duties at East
Douglas.
Next Monday, the 4th inst, is Labor
day, a legal holiday. The bank will be
closed all day. The postoflice will be
open only from to 10 80 a. m. and
from to p. M, the night mail closing
at p. m.
Carl A. Mead, who has been in Chicago
the last year, has position in the law
office of Sherman & Sterling of New
York city. He returned to Chicago
Tuesday evening, and goes from there
direct to New York.
At the last session of the state legis-
lature Fast Day was discontinued as a
holiday. The first Monday in Septem.
Der was in turn made Labor Day and a
legal holiday in the state. Sept. is,
therefore, legal holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruff of st. Louis, who
have been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Cushman for some time, left yes
terday for New York, Washington and
other cities south. Miss Alice Cushman
accompanied them, and will remain
away several months.
We still lack nine copies of old REGIS