Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-10-20
LOCAL. NEWS IN BRIEF.

MIS-. NJ. y. MunrOe is Visiting relatives
in New York city.
Fred Langworthy, who now is employ
ed in Lancaster, n. H., visiting his par
ents in the village during the week.
A. j. Blackmer and bride reached here
Monday from a short honeymoon and
have taken house on Seminary street.
John A. Banning, who has been visit
ing at Chas. Bruya's for two weeks, has
returned to his home in Hartford, Conn.
The Fortnightly club will meet Mon
day, Oct. %, at o'clock with Miss Daisy
Cushman. Composers, List aud Jensen.
Letters addressed to John S. Cramp-
ton, Mr.. Charles Jolicoeur and Thomas
McMann are at the postoffice unclaimed.
The next meeting of the Century club
will be held with Mrs. J. G.. Gooding on
Wednesday evening, Oct. %, at o'clock.
| President Brainerd attended the inaug-
uration of President Faunce of Brown
! University and President Hadley of Yale
during the W eek.
Mrs. Asa Willmarth. who has been
visiting her niece, Mrs. |. VI. Taylor, for
the past tw weeks, has returned to her
home in Addison.
Geo. d. Murray has sold his laundry
/ business in the village and has gone to
New York city. where he has position
in brokers' office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse II. Campbell were
in the village during the week, called up
from Boston by the death of Mr.. Camp
BELLS grandmother, Mrs. Cotton.
Another change has taken place in the
depot force at this point. Mr.. Atwood
has resigned and gone to Boston and a
Mr.. Ramsdell of Rutland takes his place.
A special meeting of the Labaree So
ciety will be held Tuesday afternoon,
Oct. n, at 3 o'clock, Important matters
are to be discussed and full attendance
! is desired.
George King, one of the operatives in
the steam bakery, got his hand under a
cracker cutter Wednesday, with the re-
suit that the little finger of his left hand
was amputated.
Fred Beatty, erstwhile operator of the
Western Union Telegraph company at
this place, has returned here from Loon
Lake, n. y, where he has been employed
during the summer.
The dance given last Friday evening
at the town hall by the senior class of
the high school was largely attended and
very much enjoyed. A supper was serv-
ed during the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Jackson and Master
| Dane rode their bicycles over the noun
tains to Montpelier last week Wednesday,
and after witnessing the Dewey celeb. a.
ton returned on Saturday.
A late thunder shower on the morning
of Wednesday, the 18th, was the only
diversion IN week of ideal autumn
weather. A year ago on the 10th Ripton
experienced "a six inch snow fall.
Professor Bryant and j. E. Buttolph
were engaged last Saturday in surveying
the line for the new sewer on Seymour
street west of the railway tracks, and
work on laying the pipes was begun on
Monday of this week.
B. B. Hope has on exhibition at C. F
Rich's store a patented gasoline ilumi
mating lamp, with the famous Welsbach
incandescent burners, which produce an
intense white light. 1t is worth seeing
and examining.
The fourth annual meeting of the Yer
mont Federation of WOmen's clubs was
held at Lyndonvlle this week. Miss
Susan Archibald of Middlebury made the
report of the educational committee OF
the federation.
George F. Hasetine is among the APP
plicants for admission to the bar of the
state at the annual meeting of the bar
association next Tuesday at Montpelier
f. III. Button is a member of the board
of examiners which will examine the 23
applicants forming this years class.
The rivalry between the schoolboys OF
the east and west sides of the liver i:
quite as intense in football as In base
ball. Their respective elevens came to-
gether In hard fought game last Satur
day; and when the smoke of battle clear
ed away, 1t revealed a score of 4 to fol
the east siders. But the end is not yet.
Frederick B. Deberville, the attor
ney whose card appears in this issue
, is young gentleman highly spoken OF
in his profession. He is graduate of the
University of Vermont, and read law un
der the tuition of Hon. d. j. Foster and
w. ii. Bliss, with the latter of whom he
was for some time associated In the Law
business at Burlington under the firm
name of Bliss & Deberville.
Mabel E. McKerryher died suddenly al
Varpennes last Friday Her parents In