Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-16
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c. J. Watson of Bridport was among our
Sunday callers.
George Bassett has returned here and is
building butter tubs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clark of Hancock
were in town over Sunday.
Sam King has moved to Sudbury and Ralph
Belden has moved into the house thus va
Gated
Cur cheese factory has made one shipment
of their product. but have had no returns from
it as yet.
Deer are getting quite tame and are seen
quite often. One party saw four together,
and another drove with team to within four
or five rods Of one.
G.. J. Hodges has sold his farm to T. NJ.
Chapman of Middlebury, together with crops,
tools and stock. We understand that the con-
sideration was about $500.
Our roads are being rapidly put into shape
by Road Commissioner Stowe. The road to
Hancock on the Hancock side has been ex-
tensvely repaired, and when our people fix
up some half mile of road one can cross the
mountain with pleasure and in comfort.
The Methodist pastor exchanged with the
Rev. r. L. Thompson on Sunday and went to
West Hebron, n. V, while his exchange
preached an instructive discourse from John
viii IL and administered the rite of the
Lords supper. The house was well filed.
On Friday last news came of the sudden
death at East Middlebury of Doctor Norman
d. Ross, who for more than two score years
had been in attendance on our sick to such
an extent that the feeling of this community
towards him was more that of close, valued
friend, than of professional medical adviser.
We were informed on last Friday of the
sudden death Of John Dufany at Salisbury at
an early hour of that day. 1t is understood
| THAT his last sickness was brief. lie for many
years was a resident here. His age was not
known but certainly was about eighty. The
| funeral was held at the NJ. Z. church Sunday
afternoon, the Rev. II. c. Powers officiating
by special request and preached a powerful
sermon from 1--WE must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ" ?
| Mrs Marcella (Cooney), widow of the late
James Murray died at the residence of J. w.
Gee on the 9th inst. She was a native of
IIreland, but came here from Pittsford with
! her husband more than forty years ago. she
was home body rarely going out into THE
neighborhood, but to those that she admitted
70 her confidence she was a firm friend and
will be by them greatly missed. Her age was
not definitely known, but must be placed close
to ninety years Her funeral was held at the
Catholic church in Nlddlebury on the 10th
inst,
On the 9th inst a delegation from y. ;.
Tracy camp, No. IS, Sons of Veterans, con-
sisting of c. F. Rich, +. Taylor X. Maheu,
P Maheu, !. Lowell, J. E. Hodges, II. +.
Smith, 5. d. Hale, 5. d. Damon and II. c.
Powers, IT,, arrived here and proceeded to
institute camp D. w. Stowe, 5. of v, and in
stalled the following officers: Captain c. B.
Guptil; Ist lieutenant, c. Boynton; I'd lieu
tenant, d. w. Waterman list sargent, 5. J.
Gibbs; I'd sargent, L. Z. Stowe; chaplain, +.
Duriey; color sargent, V. Z. Young; camp
counsel, J. Race, w. Smith, II. Hodges;
sargent guard, !. Race. The camp starts of
under favorable auspices with fifteen charter
members, with a good constituency to re-
cruit from. After the exercises the wives,
mothers and daughters of the G. \. r. and
5. OF V. got up a bountiful supper, which of
course was well attended and to which justice
was done, as might be expected.