Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-11-30

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Library association will be held on
Saturday, Dec. l. at o'clock in the
library.
II. G.. Mullings of Bristol, spe cal agent
of the National Life Insurance Company
of Vermont, was in town the past week
on business.
Ferclval Wilds and l.. G. Squier,
students in Middlebury college, attended |
the Yale-Harvard game at New Haven |
last Saturday.
The fire hydrants about town have !
gone into winter quarters. Watch them
and see that they are tested during
freezing weather.
Frank McCaiferty, an aged inmate of
the county poor farm, fell down stairs
one day last week and sustained frac-
tured shoulder bone.
The local live stock market is picking
up. Shipments to the amount of three
carloads went forward Saturday last and
two carloads on Monday.
Mrs b. S. Beckwith and Frederick
Beck with are spending the Thanksgiving
holidays at New Britain, Conn.
w. b. Brown and family have
removed to Derby, Conn, where Mr..
Brown has engaged in business.
Mrs. w. j. Wilcox has gone to West
Bridgewater, Mass to spend the Thanks
giving holidays with her daughter, Paul
Inc, who is attending school there.
The snow coming so soon after the
breaking of long drouth has been I'M
fortunate for the farmers who waited for
rain before doing their fall blowing.
Rev. NJ. l.. Severance and bride
arrived here from Chicago last week and
were the guests of Oliver Severance.
They will make their future home in Bur-
lington.
A pleasant surprise party was given
Miss Emily holland last Friday evening
at her home on North Pleasant street.
About thirty were present to enjoy the
evening.
Mrs G. f Marshall left Tuesday
morning for Washington for a visit of
several weeks with her brother, DR. Corey.
Mr.. Marshall accompanied her as far as
New York.
Mrs Forsythe of the Episcopal rectory
received a message last Sunday, saying
that a nephew on his way across the
Atlantic had been lost at sea, pres rmably
in a wreck.
The executive committee to arrange
for the Old Home week in Vermont was
named last week. The member for Ad-
Olson county is Col. Z. NJ. Chapman of
this village.
This issue of the REGISTER is made
ready on Wednesday,, in order that the
force may observe Thanksgiving. Cor
respondence received too late for insertion
will appear next week
About 10 couples attended the dance
The Indictment weather prevented many
from going, but those who did go were
well repaid for the effort.
Fourteen candidates for teachers GER
tticates took the eXami alton at
Middlebury this week. Teach RS are
wanted in several towns in Addison
county for the winter term.
Owing to the bad weather the meeting
of the Mddlebury chorus was postponed
until next week, Tuesday night, at s
o'clock. The meeting will be held in the
vestry of the Congregational church.
Mrs. John A. Fletcher Is visiting
friends in Albany. Before returning she
will go to Ithaca, n Y, to represent at
the wedding of Miss Mary A. Bott to
Charles Tremen, which takes place on
Dec. 3.
The side Judges, Hon. II. ID. Branch of
Orwell and Hon NJ. Collins of Ferris
burg, will be at the count y clerks Office
on Saturday Dec. |, to make necessary
appointments, and to take recog niZances
of county officers.
The lecture on Morocco and the
Moors," given at the town hall last Fri
day evening by the Hon F. c. Partridge,
was well attended aud very interesting
In addition to his costume, Mr.. Partridge
showed other articles of Moorish origin.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
postofice unclaimed Miss Eva Bras
sard. Miss Mabel Chevalier, Mss H. f.
Cater. Mr.. j. f Schofeld, Mr.. Frank l..
Fuller, Mr.. John Ameseal. Mr.. Charles
Tulley, Robert Webb, VIM. Culver, John
Leary, Esq.
The local chapter of ri Beta Phi gave
a banquet in their rooms in Battell Block
last Saturday evening. Three members
of the Burlington chapter were present,
returning a visit Of four of the Middle
bury chapter, who went up on the pre-
vious Wednesday.
The "cullud brudder' of the South is
not the only lover of unpaid for turkey
flesh. There are whites right here in
Vermont who have no objections TO
''lfting" turkeys, if j. b. Douglas S
experience indicates anything. He re-
ported the loss of ten fine birds last
week.
In spite of the fact that large numbers
of turkeys were raised in this vicini V,
the shipment by the special poultry train
last week was less than 1000 pounds