Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-07-06
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Miss A. F. Hammond is in the village
for the summer, having come up from
Boston last week.
Mrs. Wallace Dewey of Haverhill
Mass, is stopping with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Langworthy.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Button came up
from New York early in the week to
remain over commencement.
Mrs. Fannie E. williamson, a teacher
in the city schools at Beverly, Mass, is
home for the summer vacation.
Mrs. Philip Manchester of New York
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Dugald
Stewart. of North Pleasant street.
Mrs. Mary IIamilin Ladd of Waterbury
VT, daughter of Cyrus Hamlin. is among
the centennial visitors in the village.
A Democratic county convention will
he held at the town hall in Middlebury
on Tuesday, July Il, at ! O'Clock p. IN.
Prof. and Mrs. Samuel Sheldon of
Brooklyn, y. Y, are in the village for
the summer at Mrs. Harmon %Sheldon's.
Rev. Chas. f. Hesselgrave of Madison.
y. j. will prerch at Weybridge Monu-
ment next Sunday.
Professor Charles NJ. Meade of Hart
ford Theological Seminary will preach in
the Congregational church next Sunday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Allen Warner of
Albany are spending the week with Mrs.
Warmers parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c.. s.
Wainwright.
Mrs. Nellie Taylor and daughter Cen
evieve and Miss Geraldine Bond of Ii
conderoga are visiting at Mrs. Heman
Langworthys
Miss Sadie Dunlap left Tuesday morn
ing to visit with relatives in Bellows
Falls and be present at the celebration of
the Fourth in that place.
DR.. B. NJ. Marshall is among the many
visitors IN town this week. He is with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. f. Marshall,
on North Pleasant street.
The local p~ostofice was probably
unique among such institutions on the
Fourth. 1t kept open all day to accom-
modate centennial visitors.
Prof II. B. Cornwall and family of
Princeton, n. j., reached the village
Monday on their way to Bread Loaf for
their annual summer s%oiourn.
Clarence Leavenworth of Cleveland.
o., has Joined Mrs. Leavenworth. who
has been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. ID. Eldredge, the past few weeks.
Rufus Wainwright, Jr., now in the
Grand Trunk offices at Montreal. is with
his parents on High street, having come
down to attend the centennial exercises.
From the number of former residents
of M%iddleburv brought here by the
centennial observance of the college.
that affair has partaken of an "old home
week"
DR.. l.. f. Mellen will close his dental
parlOrs Saturday for a month. He goes
on his annual summer vacation. this
time to Washington, y. H., and Cottage
City, Mass.
Mrs NJ. A. Pitts and Miss E. l.. Pitts
and Miss A. E. Pitts of Leominster,
are registered at the Addison House for
the summer.
The various college fraternities had
their annual excursions last Friday and
Saturday. On the latter date two of the
societies took lake steamers at Vergennes
for trips on ~Champlain.
Charles Dana of Cornwall and Miss
Lizzie Bernard of Middlebury we're
married on Monday morning at st.
Mary's Catholic church, Rev. Father
Shannon performing the cermony.
j.. S. Smith, formerly of this town,
is now employed at the Grand Union
hotel. Saratoga Springs, as assistant to
Mr.. Daniels. superintendent of buildings.
Mr.. Daniels is himself an old Middlebury
boy.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
postoflice unclaimed Miss Lulu Mitch
ell, Miss Grace Nichols, Mrs. Chas.
Winter, Mrs. Margaret Griffin. Charlie
Wilkinson, Geo. II. Cowen, A. l.. Chap
man, II. j. Hubbard.
Saturday evening the Delta Cpsilon
fraternity entertained their alumni and
lady friends at a banquet at the Addison.
About 90 were present. Prof. Howard,
II, was POSTMASTER and toasts were
responded to by a number of alumni.
Frank Shaw's attorney in the Wood
stock trial has raised a question of his
having been legally detained in the iail
when he ''escaped.' He argues thar
there is no record of commitment. The
Middlebury witnesses will go over today
to appear at the trial.
C. l.. Nutting of this village, who for
fifteen years past has been connected
with the Columbia Carriage company of
Hamilton. o., as salesman, has resigned
hho pooiti'h Nv VIII SO ihto DuelHtss III
Boston. opening a branch house of the
Caney Manufacturing company of Lock
land, o.
Readers who are not interested in Md
dlebury colleges centennial will not be
interested in this week. issue of the
REGIsTER-there is little else In it. But
all sorts of extravagancies have been ex-
cused this week by the plea, SITS only
once in a hundred years. and we also
must offer that in eXtenuation.
Everett B. Norton of the rural free
delivery division OF the government
postoffice department, was in the village
last Saturday on business relating to
the proposed new Cornwall lines. He
met a number of interested parties, and
it is hoped that preliminaries 500 will
be settled in a satisfactory manner and
the lines started.
No attempt at a general celebration of
the Fourth took place here; but the in
dividual small boy was not discouraged
nn that appOunt and madn CuAiniapt