Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-10-06
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

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j. Fl. Sargent is repairing his Phelps
property on Main street, making over
much of it.
The seniors of M. II. S. will give a
dance In the town hall next Friday even
ing, Oct. ID.
F. A. Bond returned Monday evening
I from Boston. Mrs. Bond remains in
Lewiston, Me.
Mrs. A. II. Bristol has been spending
the past week visiting in Boston. She
returned yesterday.
S. Marshall, representing the Interna-
tional Exploration company, Burlington,
was in town this week on business.
The first meeting of the Essay club
will take place on Monday, Oct. 16, at
3 80 o'clock at Miss Jessie Wainwright's.
j. NJ. Burke has been appointed as a
member of the state reception committee
at the Dewey celebration in Montpelier.
Middlebury's Chinese laundry has
changed quarters, going into the Smith
block opposite the old location in Bakery
lane.
Mrs. Edwin Higley of Groton, Mass,
has rented Professor Towards house on
South street, and will occupy it for the
winter.
| Rev. Mr.. Forsythe last Saturday took
possession of the new cottage on Wash
ington street, just completed by p. F.
Chapman.
Mrs. Emma Pitts, former resident
but now living with Chas. Chapman of
Ferrisburg, was visiting friends in town
this week.
Work has been resumed on the college
library building. The architect, E. p.
York, was in the village during the week
inspecting the work.
The macadam pavement on Main street
was completed this week. 1t extends
from the asphalt pavement to point In
front of the Vallette block.
Mrs. w. w. Ballard and Miss Evans of
Rochester, n. Y, sister and niece re-
spectively of Mrs. John Higgins, are
visiting the latter at the Addison.
w. f. Hough of Brooklyn has been
spending the week visiting at Darwin
Grosvenor's in Bridport and Mrs. Rock
woods in this village. He came up
Saturday.
Professor Burt of Middlebury college
will take his elective class in botany to
Lake Dunmore tomorrow if the weather
permits. The class is an unusually large
one this year.
Cards announcing the forthcoming
marriage of A. j. Blackmer of this vii.
lage and Miss Edna E. Brookins of
Richville are out. The ceremony is to
take place on Wednesday, Oct. IL.
Chas. Mack, one of the employees Of
the marble mill, got his hand caught in
some gearing yesterday morning and had
three fingers badly crushed, the little
finger being broken In two places.
Rev. and Mrs. Kinney, the Sunday
school workers, were up from Salisbury
for few days this week, visiting
friends. They are conducting meetings
in the Fernville district, Leicester.
During September a little over six
inches of rain fell in Middlebury. The
highest point reached by the mercury
was II degrees, on the 18th; the lowest,
% degrees, on the 10th. Rain fell on ten
days.
The Fortnightly club will meet Mon.
day. Oct. 0, with Mrs. John II. Stewart
at o'clock. There will be business
meeting at 4, followed by miscellaneous
program. A full attendance of members
is desired.
The fire at the Hlgley residence on
Monday once more illustrated the need
of an electric fire. alarm system. A
number of members of the hose teams
failed to hear the fire-bell and had to be
called out personally.
The freshman class of Middleburv
college has elected the following officers {:
President, F. II. Ingalsbe; vice. president,
Miss f. G. Thompson; secretary, Miss
l.. F. Dustin; treasurer, A.. S. Richard
son POSTMASTER, l.. c. Squire.
The "oldest inhabitant" had scarcely
recovered from the blow to his reputa-
ton Occssioned by a worse drouth than
he could remember, when along came a
snow storm on Oct. 2. This year has
been peculiar in more ways than one.
A spray of remarkably late black-cap
berries, grown on the "Griswold place"
in Cornwall, has been shown us. The
clusters ripened Sept. 20, and are quite
thick. The bush from which they came
was of the wild, half-climber variety.
Rev. M. l.. Severance, who for four
teen years past has been the pastor of
the old First church of Bennington, re-
Gently resigned the position and has re-