Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-12-01
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.


a visit with relatives In Boston.
c. L. Nuttng has returned from his
business trip through York state.
Union services were held yesterday
morning at the Congregational church.
The unusual condition for this time of
year Of frostless ground has existed the
past week.
Mrs. Mary Tilden has gone to Brook
Ign, where she will pass the winter with
her daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Bicknell of Burling-
ton were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
S. Benedict on Tuesday.
The pension of w. A. Halen, de.
ceased. has been restored and raised
from Sc to sl2, going to his widow.
A picked foot ball team from Middle
bury played a game at Vergennes on
Thanksgiving day at the old fair grounds.
Mrs. L. S. Edgerton, who has been in
Chicago attending the wedding of her
son, Seymour Edgerton, has returned
home.
G.. l.. Green was In Bristol Tuesday to
settle the claim under policy in his
company held by the late Mrs. Smith
Hatch.
G. S. Wainwright and Miss Vain
wright went to Albany for Thanksgiving
day. Mrs. Wainwright preceded them
last week.
The Boston and New York mail was
delayed six hours Wednesday morning,
owing to breakdown on the New York
Central road.
The Florentne Marble company of Bel
dens, which went into the hands of a re-
ceiver about eight months ago, has paid
all its liabilities in full
G. f. Youtt has been appointed assist
ant inspector for the department of Yer
mont, G. A. r. All posts are inspected
yearly between Sept. and Dec. 20.
The Century club will meet with Mrs.
Jennie S. Pride on Wednesday evening,
Dec 6, at 7 o'clock. Topic for Discus
sion: "The use and abuse of books"
"Emergency boxes" have been placed
in all the stations on the line of the Rut-
land railroad in Addison county by the
w. G. II. L. Let other counties Ego aud
do likewise"
A young mems club was organized on
Tuesday evening, which will be known
as the "Kenwood," The club room is in
members in all.
A Jury trial was held at Salisbury on
the 18th in the case of Mitchell Carter
Va. John Hanon for trespass by cattle.
/. II LaFlPur appeared for the plaintiff
and F. B. Deberville for the defendant.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
postofiice unclaimed: n. ID. Bent,
Gilbert & Parent, Arthur G.. Human,
o. j. Kingsley, Chas. Lowell. Mr..
Arthur Shafer, Waite & Stokes, Mr.. A.
II. Waterhouse.
The postofiice was closed for two
hours last Saturday afte rnoOn in accord
ance with orders from the department
to honor the vice-president, whose
funeral took place during that time
Flags in the village were at half mast.
Rev. Cyrus Prindle was pastor of the
Methodist church here in 1912 and pub.
lished memoir of the Rev. Daniel
Meeker Chandler. IL some of the old
families have a copy, will they kindly
loan or sell it to the Sheldon museum?
C. w. Forbes tells us that we were
misinformed as to his re removing to Gran
vile. He merely was there and in Other
places doing expert work in several Of
the connecting telephone exchanges
His headquarters still are in Middebury
The poultry train last Friday took tC
Boston only about $500 pounds from thi:
place. Most shipments have been by ex
press, about six tons going in that way
A. III. Bristol has made shipments from
here and other points of five or six tons
The Montevdeo [Minn.) Leader o
Nov. 81 gives an account of the marriage
of E. p. Lee, son of o. p. Lee of thi;
place, to Miss Maud S. Anderson o.
Trinidad, Colo. Mr.. Lee is now pro
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video.
st. Mary's Catholic church will hold 1
fair at the town hall beginning Tuesday
Dec. II. A large number of valuable
articles will be offered for sale and to b'
drawn. Merchants and others have re
sponded literally in donations. An or
chestral and dramatic programme will b.
carried out each night.
, Local bee keepers should bear in mine
that the Joint meeting of the Vernon
l Horticultural society and Vermont Bee
Keepers association takes place in Bur
, lingtOn on Tuesday and Wednesday
Dec. II and ID. X. ii. Holmes, G.. w
Fassett, j. Z. Crane. w. G. Larrabee. II
l.. Leonard, C. X. Peck and o. j Louvre,
are among the speakers. Special rate
on railways.
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, the e. A. X. recommends that, in accord
ance with a resolution passed at the 33l
| national encampment, all post flags b,
displayed at half mast on Dec. II, tina
date being the one hundreth anniversary
of the death of George Washington; anC
also that schools and G. \. X. posts hole
commemorative exercises.
| A convention of the Christian and Mis-
sionary Alliance will be held at the
f Methodist church in this village today
Saturday and Sunday. Some of III,
speakers will be- Rev. A. b. Simpson o
New York, the president of the Alliance
Rev. Henry Wilson of New York; Rev
VIM. franklin of Boston, New England
l superintendent of the Alliance, and Mis-
5. NJ. G. Musgrove of Troy.
The walls of the new college library
building are about completed and tho