Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28

Slr. Frank Shapleigh succeeds Capt.
Homer Riggs as special examiner of the
pension bureau for this district, which
includes the whole state. Mr.. Shapleigh
is a New Hampshire man, but has been
in the pension office at Washington for
number of years. His headquarters will
be in Middlebury for the present. Capt.
Riggs left town on the night train Tues
day for Washington. He will do Office
work in the pension bureau.
The organ recitals given by DR.. Minor
C. Baldwin at the Methodist church on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings were
we'll attended. Had the concert been
given at any other time than the vacation
season, many more would have been
present. DR.. Baldwin sustained his wide
reputation In every particular, and
should he return here during the winter
he will receive a warm welcome. lie
goes from here to Lttleton, n. II.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Rutland railroad was
called for yesterday afternoon in Rut-
land to elect nine directors and to
determine the question of the road leas-
ing and operating the Ogdensburg 81
Lake Champlain. Rutland-Canadian,
and Rutland & Noyan railroads. The
annual meeting of the Rutland Canadian
railroad Stockholders was called at the
same time and place and for similar
business.
A large crowd gathered at the depot
on Wednesday afternoon, when the
northbound flyer came in with "fresh-
air children" from New York. There
were eighteen of them for Middlebury,
and they were taken by II different
families of the community, to remain
two weeks. A fortnight in the free
country air and the novelty of an I'M
trammeled life so near to nature will do
more for these children than contribu-
ton to hospital in the city.
Lake Dunmore always has needed
stable steam launch to make regular
Harris Of Salisbury have filled the
"long-felt want" The steam yacht
ELISE" has been put on the lake to
make the circuit twice day. The
boat is 32t feet long by 81 feet beam,
and is run by a licensed steamboat
engineer. The boat can carry comforta-
bly, 80 people. Its proprietors should
reap harvest for their enterprise.
The Appalachian Mountain club will
hold its annual meeting at Bread Loaf
Inn. Prof. John Richie of Boston Is
acting as manager of the outing A
special train will bring the club from
Boston to Mlddlebury, where carriages
will meet them and take them out to
Bread Loaf. From there they will go
by carriage to Lake Champlain and
down the east shore to Albany. This
club is the largest organization of the
kind in the country, if not in the world,
and each year visits some point of
special interest in the mountain regions.
Last year they were in the Adlrondacks.
Burlington Free Press: Miss Maude
A. Stevens has gone for a four-weeks
trip to Newport and Boston. Her
winter in Burlington has been most
successful and many prominent singers
have taken advantage of her being in
the city and have studied with her.
This seasons work of the University
Glee club was most satisfactory and due
almost entirely to Miss Stevens train
ing. Both the Glee and Mandolin clubs
have engaged her to conduct them the
coming season and to select the voices
in forming the Glee club. Miss Stevens
returns to the city and her many pupils
in September.
Dr.. d. c. Noble and B. NJ. Marshall
went to Huntington Falls on Tuesday to
attend little three year old girl, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Her, who
had been badly Injured by a moving
machine. Mr.. HER had been moving
grass and left the team standing for a
few moments. During his absence the
child ran in front of the team and they
started up. The little ones legs were
both cut Just below the knees, one about
two-thirds, the other one-third. At
this writing the child is doing as well
as could be expected with such serious
injuries. The accident is not fatal one
and the chlds limbs were not amputat-