Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-02-17
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

+. III. Button was in Orwell Wednes-
day on business.
Miss Lottie Langworthy is making
short visit in Vergennes.
Miss Sophia Wainwright is visiting
friends in Plttsburg, Penn.
The dates fixed upon for the next Adj
olson County fair are Sept D, 6 and Z.
Miss Harriet Williamson spent Wednes
day and Thursday of this week In Bur-
lington.
John Calvin of Brattleboro came over
for visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Calvin, Wednesday.
The next meeting of the Century club
will be held with Mrs. j. Z. Weeks on
Wednesday evening, Feb. %.
The charity ball this evening will take
place at the opera house. The gallery
seats will be - cents, as usual.
There will be cherry pie social this
evening at the Methodist parsonage I'M
der the auspices of the Epworth League.
james A. Smith of the United States
legation at Leghorn, Italy, is on his way
home. He is expected here next week.
| f. w. Train of Vergennes took posses
sion of the Pierce House on Wednesday.
| He still conducts the Hotel Train at Yer
I gennes.
Letters with these addresses are at the
post Office unclaimed: Mrs. Augusta
Carson (2), Miss Penelope Malone, Geo.
l.. Strong.
Frank Hubbard of Pine Hall now walks
with the assistance of crutches. He
wrenched his ankle the other day which
supplies the cause.
The local college expects to put good
base ball team in the field the coming
spring, and to that end practice has al
ready begun in the gymnasium.
On Wednesday evening, March |, Rev.
Thomas A. Carlson will give an ilustrat-
ed lecture on Hawaii IN the Congrega-
tional church. Further particulars next
week.
Manager Frank Stone of the opera
house has booked for March 3 Reno &
Curtis's Joshua Simpklns" company,
and for March Pat Maloney's drama
speciality company.
Prof. w. f. Howard left on the noon
train yesterday for Buffalo, n. Y, where
he will speak this evening at the annual
banquet of the associatian of Vermonters
resident In that city.
A New Orleans paper notes the fact
that Mr.. and Mrs. w. ii. Button are in
that city, where Mr.. Button is attending
to business for the department of Justice.
They remain over carnival week.
This year the day of prayer for col
/ leges was observed at Middlebury col
lege the second Sunday in February,
instead of the last Thursday in January,
as heretofore. Services were held in the
chapel.
The college glee club, during it's tour
last week, was very successful socially
as well as financially. A number of re-
ceptions were rendered the members at
various towns. They sing at Salisbury
tonight.
just look at this weeks local weather
report at the head of this page. Did you
ever before see anything like it in the
space of one short week? And the pa
pers say it was pretty much the same all
over the country.
Rev. FIR. Gelot, pastor of the Catholic
church, set out yesterday on an excur-
sion to Kingston, Jamaica. He will be
absent about month. The pastor of the
Bristol church will conduct services here
in the meantime.
p. F. Chapman intends to extend the
barns on his residence property out to
Washington street and fit them up for
livery with the Office on the street line
Sanford Bros. will occupy the new place
with tirst-class livery establishment.
The heavy snow storm of Monday
blocked most of the roads leading into
town and delayed or caused abandon.
ment of all the trains. Mondays New
York mall did not get in until Wednesday,
and Boston was almost as late. Local
trains have been late all the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Park Alexander of
Akron, o., parents OF Mrs. Charles W.
Wright, reached Middlebury last Satur-
day for visit with their daughter. Mr..
Alexander stands very high in the coun-
ellis of the Republican party of his state,
and has served in Its assembly and sem
ate.
The Inasmuch Circle of Kings Daugh-
tiers held its eighth annual meeting at
Sunnymede last Friday. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing year !:
Miss Harriet Waldron, president; Miss
Heloise Brainerd, vice president; Miss
Mabel Merrill, secretary; Miss Sadie
Chatfield, treasurer.