Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-07-25

OndIlts Ntsldll. oI', ItiuTutu W JULIUS
vile Wednesday after two weeks visit
with his parents, MIR. and Mrs. Charles
Westall.
Arthur Penfield was called to Ben
nington Sunday by the death of his |
father, Nathan Penfield, a veteran of the |
civil war.
DR.. and Mrs. D. c. Noble are the
guests of Mrs. B. S. Beckwith at
Cedar. Crest, Thompson's Point for
a few days.
When you are trading with any adver-
tiser In the Register you will do him and |
us favor If you tell him you read his |
ad. in the Register.
Miss Florence NJ. Hemenway returned
to Brattleboro Wednesday, after an ex-
tended visit at the homes of j. E. Crane
and Mrs. Wilmarth.
Ivar c. Gingras of Turner's Falls,
Mass, who has been visiting at his
grandmother's, Mrs. Louisa Bowler,
returned home Friday last.
One of the oldest if not the oldest liv-
| ing sons of Middlebury is William Nose
| ley Bass, of Boston, who was born Oct.
20, 1910, and therefore is in his % year.
The bills for the Democratic county
convention read Tuesday, July 30. Some
printer Numbered as the almanac says
Tuesday is the 10Th. The convention
will be held Wednesday afternoon.
The North Ferrisburgh correspondent
speaks very pleasantly of the musicale
given by Mrs. Henry Hammond last
Thursday afternoon, in her correspond
ence, and gives the program in full.
George Ii. Foster stenographer for
the Deane Steam Pump Co., Holyoke,
Mass, is on a Camera tour through the
Green Mountains. He is now the guest
of his cousins Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Kelley.
DR.. and Mrs. C. f. Prentiss and their
sister, Miss Flora NJ. Crane, have returned
from short carriage drive over the
Green Mountains, visiting their cousins,
Chandler A. Prentiss and family in
Waitsfied.
Mrs. Charles Rowe of Manchester, and
her sister Mrs. Jennie Hamilton and
daughter from Chicago, visited at Harris
Phillips last week, on their way back
from their brothers camp at Wilsboro
n. Y. where they had been spending a
week.
: Miss Flora NJ. Crane, who has been in
!, Germany and Italy the past year with
her nephew, DR.. G. w. Prentiss of Har-
ward University, returned home by way
of Gibraltar and the Azores the last of
June, and is spending the summer in
Middlebury with her sister, Mrs. G. f..
Prentiss.
The item in last weeks issue stating
that Dr. j. G.. Wellington, who is So
years old, is the oldest living person
born in town was incorrect. Mrs.
Katherine Olmsted Earl, wife of C. d.
Earl Is in her SSth year and celebrated
the 50th anniversary of her marriage 10
years ago
The item copied from the Washington
Post last week concerning the notable
lawsuit was incorrect in some particulars
as items from daily papers frequently are.
The land in question contained IA square
miles. and the name of the distinguished
counsel who has the claim in charge is
Mcleod, not McLoud.
A valuable five year old horse, belong
ing to Arthur Delphia, wandered on to
the railroad track between the iron
bridge and Merchants Row shortly after
six o'clock Tuesday night and was
struck by the engine of a freight train
and almost instantly killed. There is
no fence along this section of the rail.
e road.
Thomas II. Mcleod who has been il
: Washington, ID. c., for several week:
visiting relatives and presenting to the
2 State Department through Col. W. w
Dudley, the claims of the heirs of Samue
-, Clarke against the Dominion of Canad;
for grant of IA square miles Of land a
the head of Grand River The grant wa
y made at the close of the 18th century
E Mr.. Mcleod Is one of the benellciarie:
r and seems certain of the success of thu
claim.