Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-12-13

They will remain here until Jan. |, when
Mr.. Shepard goes to Bellows Falls to
manage Towns Hotel.
Forty-four degrees above was the best
the murcury could do the past week
Tuesday forenoon. On three mornings |
below zero was registered, as low as 10 |
being reached last Friday by the official
thermometer. Others gave II below.
The next entertainment In the Century
Clubs course takes place Jan. 3, when |
May Parker's Pickaninnies and Concert |
company will appear. Those desiring |
to secure season tickets for the remaining
three entertainments can still get them
at dollar.
The Rutland railways annual Christ |
mas poultry train to Boston and nearby
points will run through Addison county
on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. II,
being train No. ~ of that line. 1t reaches
Boston on the 18th. Train No. AZ on
the Addison branch, same day, will
connect with No. y.
The ladies of the Home Missionary
society of the Congregational church
have received letter of acknowledge
ment and thanks from Rev. j. F. Willis
of Washington state, to whom they sent
$50 box some time ago. The box was
received by Mr.. Willis on Thanksgiving
day.
The ladies of St. Stephens church
will hold a sale Of aprons III the chapel
on Tuesday evening, Dec. II. Refresh
ments will be served The children of
of
sofa pillows. The proposed musical
program has been deferred until social
to be held in January. All are invited.
The friends of Miss Mamie E. Piper,
who formerly was in the employ of
Beckwith e Co. for several years, will be
interested to learn that she has entered
the school Tor trained nurses at the City
Hospital, Worcester, Mass. Her sister,
Miss Florence G. Piper, formerly book
keeper for r. S. Benedict of this place,
has position as bookkeeper with the
Morgan Spring Co., Worcester, Mass.
The ladies of the Congregational church
desire their friends to remember the
Christmas sale of handkerchefs and
aprons to be held this friday afternoon
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at 3 o'clock and continuing through the
evening. y speciality will be the candy
and cake table. Loaves of cake will be
for sale at a reasonable price. Chocolate
and waters will be served. y cordial
invitation is extended to all.
The water from Bristol Notch was
turned into the village mains on Tues
dow and rho commissioners bavp bpnn
flushing the pipes at the hydrants dur
ing the week. Too much care cannot
be exercised in the use of this water at
the present time and until the mains
have been thoroughly washed and the
new water has been running for some
little time. 1t is earnestly advised that
great caution be used until "A further
notice is given in THE REGISTER.
AHbther Tragedy in Jones-Fosburg Case
I/Another tragical feature entered into
1.-THE Jones. Fosburg case this week. Miner
Jones, the father of the young man who
was charged with having caused the
death of Ida Fosburg in Shoreham in
-; March last, died suddenly at The Addi
son on Monday evening at about II
!, o'clock. lie had been called to testify
) before the grand jury on the Thursday
and Friday previous, and the strain APP
pears to have broken him down, though
acute Bright's disease is assigned as the
cause of death. The son, Nelson Jones
was with his father at the last. The re
: mains were taken to ShOreham Tuesday
morning for burial at the old home. Tit
a deceased was about 90 years of age, ant
is survived by a wife and the one sol
:. whose troubles are alleged to hav
brought on the attack which caused tb
\ fathers death II