Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-16

returned TO Middlebury and is with her
sister, Mrs. A. II. Bristol.
The junior auxiliary of st. Stephens
church will sell ice cream in the park on
Decoration Day, May 30, for the object
of clothing an Indian girl.
Mrs. w. j. Roberts and two children
of Pullman, Wash, are in Weybridge to
spend the summer with Mrs. Roberts's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel James.
The Epworth league gave strawberry
and ice cream social in the Methodist
church parlors Wednesday night. A
good sum was added to the league fund.
At the meeting of the Vermont Home.
opathc Medical society in Montpelier
Wednesday, DR.. ID. G. Noble of Middle
bury was elected president of the society
for the coming year.
An adjourned meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
will, be held at the home of Rev. K. O.
Taylor, North Pleasant street, on We'd
nesday, the DIST, at 3 o'clock.
The latest addition to the splendid
equipment of the Brandon Italian
Marble company is compressed air
machine for cutting marble. Two new
rubbing beds also are being put in.
Mrs. T. w. Darling accompanied her
son, Ralph w. Darling, to Boston Wed
nesday evening. He has position in the
office of the General Electric company
at Lynn. Mrs. Darling will return in
ten days.
Hanley's 1.-THE Actors Holiday" at the
opera house on Monday evening was
witnessed by fair sized audience.
Irish wit was very much in evidence,
and the vaudeville specialties the very
best of their kind.
William II. Botsford, Middlebury col
lege, class of 1898, who has been for four
years principal of the village schools at
Wallingford, has resigned and excepted a
position as principal of graded school
at Alexandria Bay, N. Y.
Mr.. Thompson of Boston, grandson of
d. p. Thompson, author of "Green
Mountain Boys" is expected at Bread
Loaf this week with his family, to re-
main several weeks. Mr.. Thompson is
one of the editors of Youths Companion
Edmund Merritt employed by c. f.
Harris, is suffering an enforced vacation.
In running to stop team of horses, he
overlooked an Intervening barbed wire
fence; with the result that his face,
breast and arms are now swathed in
bandages.
Prof. w. +. Howard will deliver a
lecture on 1.-THE Ideal Man at the opera
house on Wednesday evening, the DIST,
for the benefit of Father Daley council,
X. G. A quartette, and solos by F. w.
Thomas and Charles Voetch will he
part of the program.
Mrs. Edith Gates (NIeem) Prentiss,
wife of Albert y. Prentiss, statistician
of the United States postoflice depart
ment, Washington, d. G., and daughter
in-law of Dr. and Mrs. c. Z. Prentiss of
this place, died at her home In Washing
ton on Saturday, May 10.
The Middlebury Driving Club will
hold their first annual meeting at the
fair grounds on Decoration Day, the
3Oth. There will be two events of ex-
ceptional interest in the trotting line.
with big prizes. Entries are invited
to be sent TO Jos. E. Nash.
The Rev. G. w. Morrow of Burlington
will deliver temperance address at
union meeting in the Congregational
church next Sunday evening at Z 80
o'clock. He expects to answer some of
the statments recently made by Mr..
Clement upon the subject of prohibition.
The following officers of st. Stephens
church were elected on May 81 Vestry-
men, c. j. F. Craft, w. S. Dewey, f. f.
Rich, <. p. RUSSELL E. w. Judd, b. II.
Lane, Geo. Mead and n. Goss. n. S
Dewey was elected Wardman, II. l..
Sheldon, treasurer; Geo. Mead, secre-
tary; delegates to convention, Messrs.
Kraft, Rich and Lane.
The effects of the severe frost of last
Friday morning are apparent on every
hand. Early garden vegetables were
very largely destroyed and many field
flowers, and even the leaves of some
trees, were blighted. Water left on the
street by the sprinkler froze at once in
the shade, and water standing over night
had coating of ice in the morning.
The last meeting of Miss Tilden's
dancing class was held last Saturday
evening, when an informal dance was
given to the class In the hall under the
postoflice. A very pleasant evening re-
suited. The class showed their appre-
citation of theiriteacher's efforts in their
behalf by presenting her with a purse
of Sl2 with which a present is to
be purchased.
The frigid weather of last Friday and
Saturday had reminiscent flavor for
Antiquarian Sheldon, and he looked up