Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-23
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.


Co. and Miss Sarah E. Wright are at the
postoffice unclaiu ed.
Miss Jessica Stewart, who has been
spending the past year in England, sailed
for home on Thursday.
DR.. w. Sheldon was in Boston on
business the first part of the week. He
returned yesterday morning.
Mrs. +. A. Bond went to Burlington
Monday to be the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Varney. She returned yesterday.
Miss Gee is in New York for her
spring millinery goods. Her trimmer.
Miss Bogart. will probably return with
her.
The O. p. Moore meat market has
changed hands. The new proprietors
will conduct it under the firm name of
Sullivan & Ryan.
Mrs. w. II Sheldon gave very
pleasant whist afternoon last week to
number of her friends at her home on
Main street.
| Mrs. j. Allen Warner returned to her
home in Albany last Saturday. after
short visit in the village with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs G S. Wainwright.
A whist party was given on Wednes-
day afternoon by Mrs. j. ButtOlph.
There were eight tables and all the ex-
element of uncertainty consequent upon
numbers.
The Christian associations of the
college are arranging for a course of
! lectures, the proceeds of which will be
used to defray the expenses of delegatesN
to the various conferences.
The body of Hugh Noble of Ripton, a
private of the 18th regiment, u S. in
fantry, who died last August in Manila
from pneumonia, arrived in Ripton yes
terday. Services will be held Sunday.
Z. w. Fuller has resigned his position
with the Tuttle Printing company in
Rutland and has assumed the foreman
ship of the new weekly paper and job
Office in Bristol. He assumed charge on
Monday of this week \
John Mcneil and Miss Lena Lee we're
married by Justice of the Peace Otto p.
Moore on Wednesday evening last at the
residence of Mrs. Stringham on South
\ Main street Both the contracting par
Nties are residents of Middlebury.
NThe 18th inst. marked the 50th
anniversary of the marriage Of Mr.. and
Mrs. f. j. Mathews of this town.
Owing 10 the illness of Mrs. Mathews,
the event was not celebrated: but many
friends and relatives made the occasion
one for letters of congratuation and
well-wshes.
Owners of dogs should bear in mind
that the time for registering same ex-
pires on April |. They should therefore
tie red string on their finger when they
get ready to come down town, as re.
minder to call at Town Clerk j. NJ.
Burke's Office and negotiate a longer
lease of life for the CANNES.
George Dunlap of seymour street has
a "biddy" for which four feet of snow
and below zero weather have no terrors.
She insisted on pushing the season
several weeks, and came off her nest
March II with a brood of seven fine.
healthy-loOking chicks. The Agricul-
tural society should award her "A ribbon.
A little more warm weather like that
of the early week and the maple sap q i'll
begin to flow. The season might very
well be a good one considering the fail.
uTes of several years past but it is prob
able that aCOther shortage will mark the
year, owing to the care orchard owners
will use as result Of the forest worms
work of the last two years.
The farmer who contemplates having
sale of land and tools must make the
fact known in order to secure a crowd of
bidders Posters are all right in their
place, but he should not overlook the
superior advantages of supplementing
the poster with an advertisement in the
REGISTER. The latter Will be read by a
vastly larger number of people.
Local sportsmen have been son edge"
all the week and the intelligent observer
could see them working their trigger
fingers in a spasmOdic manner as thew
walked over the bridge, All this because
big flock of wild ducks have been
coolly and tantalizingly swimming about
in the open water above the bridge,
seemingly aware of the protection of the
game laws. Y
Miss Mabel ii. Kingsley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Kingsley of this viii
lage, was married in New York city on
March 10 to DIR. George C. Heller,
practlcing physician in that city. The
ceremony was performed at the Church
of the TRANSPORTATION protestant Epis.
copal) on East Goth street. MIR. and
\ Mrs. Kingsley are expecting them in
Middlebury soon.
p. F. Chapman's many friends here
will be interested in the announcement
that he has gone into business in Colum-
bus, o. He is now the U-Bet Gum
COMPANY. and gum.chewers who want