Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-17

Balm at Hope, Ark.
The annual meeting of the Labaree So
ciety will be held IN the vestry of the
Congregational church on this (Friday)
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Edward w. Burke, with DR.. Daley of
Bennington, spent Monday in Brandon
in the interests of the Middebury coun-
Gil of the knights of Columbus.
The snow OF Saturday night and Sun
day has left the roads In fine shedding
condition, and loggers are making the
most of it In hauling logs to town.
Miss Harriet Wheeler, formerly oper-
ator for the Addison County telephone
office in town, went with her sister to
Washington Thursday night for six
weeks visit.
A.. j. Piper has moved his stock Of
groceries from the Cobb block, where he
has been for several years, to the mar
ket which he recently bought in the
Dyer block.
The installation of officers of VIM. p.
Russell Post, No. SO, will be held in their
hall Wednesday evening, the Goth. All
comrades are invited. A banquet will
follow Cne exercises.
The Gentlemen's Driving club of Port
Henry has arranged to give three days
of trotting races on the ice, Feb. 4, 5 and
6. Purses amounting to 1925 are offered
covering seven races.
Lyman p. Howe's Moving Picture
show is billed for this town Jan. 81, I'M
der the auspices of the Epworth League
of the Methodist church. The company
is well known here and good house is
assured.
At the annual meeting of the Albany
City Homeopathic Hospital and Dispens-
airy last week, Or. B. E. Marshall, son of
Geo. E. Marshall of Middlebury, was ap.
pointed an attending physician on the
hospital corps.
Former Gov. John w. Stewart and the
Misses Elga and Jessica Stewart went to
New York last Thursday night, where
they will spend the. remainder of the
, winter. Gov. Stewart came back to at.
tend the village meeting.
: The many friends of Hon. David N
Burke, former resident of this town and
T brother of Joseph M. Burke and Edward
w. Burke, will be interested to know
: that he has accepted the chair of elocu-
, ton and Spanish in Fordham college
New York.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
postoflice unclaimed: Mrs. Addie Braer
4 Miss Lizzie Brown, Charles F. Ehle, S
' r. Ford, f. w. Forrest, Danger Gou
y lette, Oscar r. Mills, Mr.. f. A. Richard
! F. F. Scofield, Mr.. f. d. Wells, Mr.. A
w. Wright.
l Misses Eula and Gertrude Hill enter
! tanned about 20 of their friends last Fri
' day evening in novel and pleasing man
i ner. The occasion was poverty party
t all those present being obliged to wea
u poverty costumes. Refreshments wer,
served on poverty dishes.
: A match race has been arranged be
tween the black mare owned by Franl
TrudO and Trains Little George" TIT
? "milerace will take place on the river a
, for half mile and will be the best three
in five. Purse, 80 bushels Of oats.
n A Middlebury man who. keeps auto
graphs, having duplicates of William Cul
, len Bryant, sent one to sale in Boston
: where it brought $24 at auction. 1t wa
l. attached to poem of one page on " Tn
n Last Judgment" written, signed ant
dated, and giving Bryant's age as twelv
years.
The Sons of Vermont in Hartford will
Il hold their annual banquet in that cit,
this friday evening. Ths club is
J. large one, among itS members bein,
/ Willis |. Twitchell and L. H. Munroe
Gov. w. w. Stickney and Congressma
n d. j. Foster promised to attend and ar
IS scheduled to speak.
AT the annual meeting of the Middle
o bury Cooperative Creamery associato
l. held Saturday evening, the followin
officers were elected President, Ere
IS Hammond treasurer, j. K. Weeks; secrt
e tary, Fred Hammond; directors, B. M
Wright, G. Phillips, John O'Connol
e John Hammond and Fred Hammond.
Il Mrs. F. ii. Ruff did not return to he
home in st. Louis as stated in last We elk
q REGISTER. She joined Mr.. Ruff in NeN
y York city and they sailed on Jan. o
the Prinzesen Victoria Louise for Cub
d andthe West Indies. They stopped q
Y San Juan, Porto Rico, and st. Thoma
during the week. Their trip will las
1t two months.
J. The Lynn (Mass.) Daily Item of Jar
l mentions that patients in the small
t pox hospital there are all out of danger
t. Among them was James O. Howartf
sOn-in-law of Otis Abbey of South stree
e and head pIessman on the Item. II
r, was taken down with the disease tn
latter part of December. No member @
,r his family was affected.
N Last Sunday morning at an early hou
some one entered Battell Hall, the colleg