Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-15
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Mrs. +. Ware is visiting relatives in Essex,
Ny.
Ira Barber of Addison is seriously i'll with
typhoid fever.
Mrs. ?. Lyon is i'll and Miss Mary Palmer
is caring for her
William Hawkins has returned home from
few days fishing at the lake.
Miss Della Ingham is visiting her friend,
Miss Addie Bisbee of Ferrisburg.
Cassius Blair has entered the employ of the
Vermont Shade Roller company
Miss Elsie Bristol has been engaged as
teacher in a school at Bellows Falls.
William d. TAYLOR of Rutland spent Sunday
in town with his sister, Mrs. IL. Is. Slack.
Mrs. John C. Zottman of Southbridge,
Mass, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Casey.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Grandey have returned
from their visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. y. Merrill
of Burlington.
Dr. George 5. Foster of Putney has re-
turned home after visiting his brother, ohm
Foster of Waltham.
Miss Kate Tennen went to her home in
Brandon Monday, after two weeks visit to
her aunt, Mrs. James Simon.
Mr.. White, nurse from Burlington, is
caring for Edward Eagan, who is suffering
with a carbuncle on the neck.
Sheriff Henry. S. Wilson of Arlington and
| Deputy Sheriff Fred Godfrey Of Bennington
committed three boys to the industrial school
Saturday.
Miss Sessions and Miss Goss, teachers at
the industrial school, attending an alumni
reunion of the state normal school at Ran
dolph.
Mr. and Mrs +. O. Story of Johnson have
been visiting their daughter, Miss Maud and
their sister, Mrs. 5. a. Andrews Of the indus
trial school.
Mr. and Mrs. George Everest Of White
Creek, y. V, who formerly resided in this
city, are spending few days at Robert
! Moorby's of West Addison.
The school directors have had the school
yard moved and are identifying the grounds
and making necessary repairs preparatory for
the opening of the fall term of school.
Mrs. T. Neville has gone to spend week
with her sister, Mrs. Robert Cartmell Of Mid
dlebury, at her cottage at Thompson's Point,
where she Is spending the summer.
Prof. Thomas Z. Boyce of Middlebury will
hold a teachers examination in this city Aug.
27 and oS. Entrance examination to the
normal schools will be held at the same time.
Last Thursday while trolling in the lake
near Basin Harbor Mrs. y. w. Norton had
an exciting contest with an eight pound pick
erel, which she succeeded after a hard struggle
in landing. This is reported to be the largest
fish causL- in that vicinity this season.
An examination Of the defendant in the
case of Mrs. Francis lIallett against Frank /.
Fish, receiver Of the Farmers National bank
Of this city, was made by United States Com
missioner George +. Johnson of Burlington at
the Office of +. L. Fish Monday Lieut.. Gov.
NJ. f. Allen of North Ferrsburg and Walter
Scranton, directors of the defunct bank, II.
II. Powers of Morrisville, counsel for Mrs.
Ialett, and Miss Margaret Chestnut Of Bur
lington, who acted as the stenographer, were
present at the examination.
\ local option club was formed in this city
Thursday evening with the following officers
II. l.. lindley, president; Thomas Fox, vice
president; r. w. McCuen, secretary, and g.
+. Young, treasurer. f. w. futile and Rich
ard Muldoon were appointed an executive
committee, who with the president, constitute
the active governing body. The following
resolutions, offered by +. w. Tuttle, were
, adopted Resolved, That the operations OF
this club be devoted to the turtherance of the
cause of local option and the election of high
license senators and representatives; that this
club be wholly non-partisan and that lines sci
by the governorship question be disregarded
that this club take no action whatever in re
, gard to the said canvass for governor.
Mrs. Cordelia Seeger, widow of the late
Carlisle Seeger, died at her home in Addison
, Sunday afternoon after long illness, aged e
years. She leaves three brothers, Mckenzie
Gully OF Canton, n. ", Hector Gully of New
Haven and F. c. Gully of Addison; one son
: luman c. Seeger, and one daughter, Mrs
, olin \. Smith, both of Addison; three grand
sons, DR.. Weston Smith and Harley Smith o
Alameda, Cal, and Charles Seeger of Addi
son; one granddaughter, Miss Elizabeth See
ger Of Addison, and two granddaugh
tiers, Miss Pauline Smith of Alameda, Cal.
and Miss Ruca Seeger Of Addison. Mrs
Seeger had been member of the Baptis
church of Addison since her childhood an'
leaves large circle of friends. The funera
services was held at the house Tuesday after
I noon at O'Clock.