Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-09-27

1t has been handed down in the family
until the present time.
About half a dozen chimney swallows
seem to have got left when the others
went south at the usual time in August,
az they have been seen about the village
nearly every day since.
Reid l.. Carr goes to New York Sun
day night to enter the New York Law
School with an entrance class of 300.
Mr.. Carr was fortunate enough to secure
one of the three yearly scholarships.
A. f. Aldrich and family of
Brooklyn have returned from their sum-
mer cottage at Edgewater on the St.
Lawrence and have gone with Mrs. j. Z.
Kingsley to visit relatives in Mortified.
Roy Stearns of Bristol spent Sunday in
town with friends. That night he started
for Cambridge, Mass, where,he will enter
the Harvard Medical School. Mr.
Stearns graduated from Middlebury
college last year.
The members of George r. Yale Post,
No. 10, G.. A. r., of Bridport met with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Frost on Friday
last. The annual meeting was held,
followed by the annual dinner. About 20
veterans were present.
Cards have been issued by Col. and
Mrs. A. A. Fletcher to the wedding of
their daughter, Anna NJ, to Theodore d.
Wells. The ceremony will take place at
the Congregational church Wednesday
evening, Oct. 8, at o'clock.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Auxiliary will meet in the vestry of the
Congregational church on Tuesday, Oct.
l, at 3 p. m. An interesting report of
the annual meeting Of the Vermont
Branch will be given. All ladies are
cordially invited.
News is received as we 90 to press of
the death at o'clock Wednesday morn
ing of Hon. William Slade at gainesville,
o. He was i'll only a few days, the
cause of death being gastric fever. The
burial takes place today at Cleveland, O.
Fuller details next week.
Louis LaFrance, engineer on the Rut-
land railroad, was brought before Col.
A. A. Fletcher as justice on Monday,
charged with Obstructng the crossing at
the depot. He pleaded guilty and was
fined 81 and costs of S5.5S. Attorney
F. B. Deberville prosecuted the case.
The drapery used by Antiquarian Shell
don on the Art Museum last week, in
memory of President Mckinley, con-
sisted of flag used by Commodore
McDonough in the battle of Plattsburg,
draped with material used in the post
Office on the occasion of the death of
L. S. Grant.
The old building which has stood
near the Vallett Block for so many years,
has been taken down by Mr.. Battell.
This building was built for corn barn
on the lower corner of the lot by Judd &
Harris about 1880. 1t was moved to its
last position about 1850, and has been
used as dwelling.
a Christian Endeavor society has been
organized in the Congregational church.
1t holds its meetings on Sundays at 6 :45
p. m. in the vestry of the church. Its
officers are Arthur w. Eddy, preside MT;
Miss Alice Brainerd, vice president;
Miss Grace Hammand, secretary William
Tennien, treasurer.
For the French Canadian Congress to
be held at Springfield, Mass, Oct. and ,,
the Rutland railroad will sell special
round trip tickets to Springfield and re-
turn via Bellows Falls at rate of fare one
way for the round trip, tickets good going
Sept. 80, Oct and =, and good returning
TO reach starting point until Oct. 4,
Inclusive.
The ladies of st. Stephens church are
unable to announce this week the date
for their "rummage sale" owing to the
work now being done in the Vallette
block, the ground floor of which they
expect to use, through the kindness of
Mr.. Battell. Persons who wish to make
donations are requested to leave same
with Mrs. E. p. Russell
During the week the water works com.
mittee have made final test under
hydrostatic pressure ranging from 240
to 275 pounds per square inch of two
sections of the pipeline, having a total
length of 6400 feet. The completed por-
ton of the pipe line has now reached a
point on land of G. A. Philips, near the
Muddy Branch, 10000 feet from the
reservoir.
The disgraceful condition Of the south
"dry" bridge over the Rutland railroad
tracks in the village has become unbear-
able, evidently, as Grand Juror Deber-
vile this week gave the selectmen Of
Middlebury formal complaint for the re-
building of the bridge. The flooring has
about fifteen 3-inch plank patches there
on, making driving a source of danger
as we'll as of discomfort.
The choral society resumed rehearsals
Wednesday evening with Harry Engels
of Rutland as conductor. Mr.. Engels
has wide reputation and his engage
ment to lead our chorus the coming
season insures success from the start.
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