Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-06-20
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

Harry QUIT for weeks Visit.
r. w. Gould of Island Pond is the new
ticket agent at the Rutland station.
Ex-Governor j. w. Stewart returned
from his extended western trip last week.
Miss Georgiana Gardner gave party
to her classmates last Friday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. W. j. MclIugh of Hol-
yoke, Mass, are guests of Clarence Page.
S. II. Bracy and family have returned
to Chicago after a two weeks visit at
Jacob Speyers.
Hon. Frank Partridge of Proctor was
in town Saturday to see his mother at
East Middlebury.
Miss May Rourke and Miss Anna Null
ligan have gone to Lake Bomoseen to
spend the summer.
Mr.. aud Mrs. George Long of Cam
bridge, Mass, are spending few days
at Rev. 7. w. Darlings.
Mrs. John Thomas and children of
East Orange, n. j., are at Prof Henry
NJ. Seely's for the summer.
Flag day, June II, was not very well
observed in Middlebury this year, only
little bunting being displayed.
"Rairoad Jack" had fair house
evening anu was iuiiy as SoOu
as the average travelling companies.
Sunday was very warm moist day, as
were several of the following days.
Vegetation is growing rapidly.
c, L. Sparks of Boston, the pleasant
field representative of G. j. Peters &
Son, Boston, was in town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowen of Randolph were
in town Saturday, having driven over to
enjoy few days fishing in Ripton.
Hand in any little Items of local news
you may hear of. The REGISTER wants
to print all the home news worth print
ing.
Or. and Mrs. Charles Crysler of Kansas
City, Mo-, are visiting in the county.
They will soon open their summer cottage
at Kellogg's Bay.
George Ulmer, the Quaker range adver-
Using expert and business boomer was
in town last week, If ever there was a
hustler on the road it is Timer.
Mrs. w. w. Chapman and Lyle Barber
with Miss Fanny Barber, went Monday
to Richfeld, Mich, where they will
spend the summer with relatives.
P.V. Hathaway has returned from
two weeks visit at his old home in
some bay driving horse to eX-Gov. +. c.
Smith of st. Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 5. Richmond of North
field were in town last week visiting
their daughter Alice, who is attending
Middlebury college, and were also guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. William jackson.
The Grand Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons, at Burling last week elected DR..
+. II. Martin grand master of the third
veil, Or. Daniel G. Noble was appointed
district deputy grand master for district
No. 2.
The REGISTER book store was opened
to the public Saturday and is evidently
filling long felt want. All the popular
books of the day are kept in stock or
will be furnished promptly at publishers
prices or less.
Earle II. Wells, civil engineer, who
had charge of laying a part of the pipes
for the water works, spent Sunday in
town. He now has charge of II miles
of the West Shore. New York Central
road, and has headquarters at Newburg.
Ernest Bird of Spokane, Wash, is
visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs. f. w.
Bird. Mr.. Bird has been in the west for
three years, spending part of the time
In British Columbia. He is enthusiastic
over the prospects for the north west
country.
Next Sunday afternoon at ) o'clock
will be celebrated the annual flower SER
vice for the children and their friends in
st. Stephens church. The church will
be profusely decorated with flowers, and
all who have flowers are invited to con-
tribute. After being used in this beaut-
full service the flowers will be sent to the
Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington, to
gladen the hearts of the sick ones there.
The usual evening service at st Stephens
church will be omitted.
The June snow storm remind us of
one in the remarkably cold summer of
lSl6. James Winchester wrote in his
diary "there was snow aud ice in every
month in the year. June Il there was
10 inches on the level My uncle had
some sheep mile distance; as he left
home to look for them he said to his
wife, if am not back in an hour call the
neighbors and start after me. He was
found the third day frozen to death.
During June. July and August the north
wind blew fiercely and cold. Farmers
wore heavy overcoats and mittens all the
time. There was but little use of plant
ing anything; nothing grew to speak of.
There wasn't grain enough grown to
seed the next year. Grain sold for So a
bushel.
COLLOQUl IN A MIDDLEBURY BARBER
SHOP. Wife of Barber, CATER reading
boot-black item in last weeks REGIS
TERI "Say, husband, why don't you sci
up boot-back's chair outside? ] think
it would make lots of money"
Barber-"Oh, don't want to bother
with it. There wouldn't be any money
in it,
w. of B.-"No money in it. Why thi;
paper tells of man who made $500, 00(
just by having a chair in Hartford. You
haven't got any gumption or you would
buy one"
Bob pshaw. Women don't know
anything about business. A chair would
cost $50, or so, and il | set up one an(
charged ten cents shine there would b.
fifty boys around with cheap boxes
charging five cents a shine, and they
would get all the business, and couldn'