Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-12

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who will continue the business.
Merritt o. Eddy of Townsend, a stu
dent in the medical department Of the
University of Vermont, spent Sunday
with his cousin, DR.. Stanton S. Eddy.
II. j. Kelliher, the master mason, and
men have completed their labors on the
new Science building, and Mr.. Kelliher
returned to Ware, Mass, Wednesday.
The Catholic society went to Brandon
Wednesday night and gave the drama
by Force of Impulse" for the benefit of
Phil Sheridan court, Catholic Order of
Foresters.
George Danyew has been spending the
week with his parents In Ferrisburg. He
will go from there to visit his brother IN
Granville, n. Y, before going to Brat
tleboro to live.
The Rebekahs will hold maple sugar
party at Odd Fellows Hall, Tuesday
evening, April l6. You can have all the
sugar you can eat, for ten cents, and all
are cordially invited.
The summer train service on the Bris-
tol railway will commence April 20. The
train from Bristol will connect with the
"fyer" gong north and also the train
which leaves Burlington at :35 p. m.
Miss Fanny Williamson was called to
Salisbury last Saturday, from Salem,
Mass, where she has a position as
teacher in the city schools, by the crit
ical Illness of her grandmother, Mrs.
Lucius Champion.
Prof. Sanford was present as the
delegate of Mlddebury college at a
commission of New England colleges
held in Boston on Tuesday, to consider
the question of entrance requirements of
, New England colleges.
p. w. Landon has a flock of 100
fowls at his hennery on Court street, and
with those 10 the process of Matching will
in the course OF few weeks have some
200O. He uses no patent ncubators or
breeders, preferring the old-fashioned
"hen mother"
. The friends Of w. l.. Cady gathered at
his home on Seymour street Monday
e night to help the family celebrate Mr..
Cady's 6lst birthday. A Jolly time was
had with games and refreshments. The
party left handsome rocking chair as
memento of their esteem.
The committee on the water works ex-
tension have erected building on Chip
9 man hill near the spot where the reser-
3 voir is TO be located for the storing of
tools and other supplies. and as soon as
! the frost is out they will commence the
digging and laying of the pipe.
Our local weather watcher takes note
of the fact that from March q we have
: had straight streak of north winds
sixteen days in succession. IL Mr..
Moore of Washington wants to popular
, ize his administration of the weather
bureau, he will pull out different stop.
Rev. S. B. Blunt, formerly of this vii
lage, has been elected rector of the
Church of the Intercesson, Stephen
Point, Fon du Lac, Wis. He is now
curate of st. Stephens, Providence, r. L.,
and the papers of that city think he will
not accept, as he did not seek the APP
pOintment.
Rev. f. j. Guernsey and wife are at
tending the annual session of the Troy
conference at Saratoga this week. They
will visit in Troy and Schenectady be
fore returning here. 1t is hoped and ex'
pected that the conference will return
Mr.. Guernsey as pastor of the Methodist
church for the coming year. "
r Mrs. Mary Drake died at her late home
Just over the pulp mill bridge in Wey'
bridge Friday, after a long illness. Hell
age was IS years. Mrs. Drake Is sur.
vived by sister, Mrs. Jewett, whose
home is In the west. The funeral wa:
held Monday afternoon, Rev. S. H. Bar
mum of Cornwall officiating. The buria
was In Maple Grove cemetary at the
Monument
The Mddlebury college baseball team
returned from Boston on Wednesday
I On account of continued rain the game
: with Harvard University could not bt
played. The boys, however, took ad
0 vantage of the Harvard baseball cage
4 and put 10 some good practice. All the
members of the team report very gOOC
l.. time, but are sorry that they could moi
play the game.
John M. Bosley, who last fall sold out
, his live stock and other farm property
, with the intention of removing across
the lake and going into business there
has reconsidered the matter and decided
to remain in Mlddlebury. He has already
purchased some 30 head of fine cattle,
among them being an especially valuable
three year-old Holstein-Jersey helfer
from j. H. Sargent of the Hotel Logan.
Items like the one printed last week
under the head of "Vermonts Oldest
Mason" are continually appearing until
the word coolest" becomes almost bug
bear in the eyes of the craft. However,
for the benefit of the curious, we would
say that Caleb Morton of Middlebury was
raised in Union lodge, No. 2 May l,
lS49, and was present at the communica-
ton of the lodge last week Monday night.
Calvin Foote, also resident of this
town, Joined the order in 1855.
The newspapers are telling of plan