Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-08-01

Joliet, ILL.,, are in town for a week. They
are going through Vermont on>a locomo.
bile.
Charles E. Plnney, cashier of the
National Bank returned from pleasant
outing at knights Island the first of the
week.
Mr.. Ellsworth Lawrence, former stu
dent here, Is spending a few days in
town, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Bristol
Letters addressed as follows are at
the postoflce unclaimed: Mrs. f. II.
Barrows, Lena Ring, Jas. Duryea, David
Jacobs.
Mrs. Frank Farnsworth and Mrs.
Elizabeth Wilcox have gone to Thomp
sons Point as the guests of Mrs. B. S.
Beckwitn.
ii. w. Quimby of Troy, N. Y, who
has been spending his vacation of some
two weeks at the Addison, returned home
Yesterday.
Mrs. F. w. Mosher and her sister, Miss
Davis, of New Bedford, Mass. are guests
of the family of G. f. Marshall on North
Pleasant st.
DR.. Sheldon has just received his first
invoice of Christmas China. He says he
has to order it a year ahead TO make sure
of getting it.
Mrs. Theodore Henckels gave tea
from four to six Thursday afternoon in
honor of her guests Mrs. Verbeck and
Mrs. Quimby.
Mrs. II. C. Langworthy, Mrs. Nellie
TAYLOR and daughter and Mrs f. f.
Leroy, of this place. will spend a short
vacation at Long Point.
Mrs. Phelps Nash and nephew. George
w. SWEET, have gone abroad. They
sailed July from Boston on the Sax
onia and will be away until Oct. l.
The Rutland grading gang have been
removing the surplus dirt from the ditch
es between the twin bridges on Mer-
chants Row and Main st. this week.
Invitations have been issued for tea
to be given this afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Ezra Brainerd, by Mrs. Brainerd.
Miss Rockwell and Mrs. Chas. Adams.
| Edward n. Tewksbury, one of the
leading merchants of Randolph. was in
town Wednesday, driving over from that
town Tuesday and spending the night at
Bread Loaf Inn.
II. II. Bryant lost two fingers of his
right hand in the Brooksville Mill We'd
nesday afternoon. He reached down
under the table to pick up a shaving and
his hand struck the saw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Manchester, Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Fletcher and Mr.. and
Mrs. j, Allen Warner are taking car
riage drive through the hills of Ripton,
Hancock and Granville this week.
MIR. and Mrs. +. w. Bird and sons.
Ernest W. and Harold, who have been
spending the past ten DAYS at Aliens
cottage near Basin Harbor, returned TO
their home in Mlddlebury Monday.
There were only five days in July that
were fair; there were 13 DAYS that It
rained; - days that the wind was north !:
B days the thermometer registered 80
degrees above; 4 days below 80; % was
the highest and IS the lowest.
There will be meeting at the G. A. r .
hall. Middlebury on Wednesday morning,
August at 10 o'clock of the executive
committee of the Reunion Society of
Company's b. and F. of the Vermont
Volunteers in the war of the Rebellion.
a full attendance is desired.
Two tramps held up c. A. Adams, a
farmer, near Chester. July IS and de-
manded his money or MS life. He told
them he had no money with him and
was promptly shot and wounded.
Iramps are getting to be very bold along
the line of the Rutland railroad.
A sister of Mrs. Mary Bovau, Mrs.
Catherine McGoldrick of Rutland. died
Monday after long and painful illness.
The funeral was from St, Peters church
Wednesday. She was horn in Lewis. n
=, and had lived in Rutland 81 years.
She was confined to her bed for 10 weeks.
The premium list of the Addison county
fair is being distributed this week by
Secretary G. III. Dana of New Haven.
Send for copy and get ready to take
several first premiums. The fair is Sept.
8, ! and D, and promises to be the most
successful in the history of the associa-
ton.
George Il. Merriam, an Addison boy,
now In the service of the government at
Washington, ID. c.. will spend his yaca-
ton OF GO days with his parents. MIR. and
Mrs. c. X. Merriman at San Jose, Cal.
The latter at one time lived in this place
and are well known to many of the older
residents.
Charles Newell Fowler of Elizabeth,
congressman from the Sth district, New
Jersey, with his son, G.. n. Newell. Jr.,
X. Raymond of New York and Geo. C.
Underhill of the Florence Marble Co.,
were in town over Tuesday night, the
guests of the Addison. The party were
taking trip through this part of the
state on the finest automobile vet seen in
these parts.
Nelson Signor, ST., died at his home on
Weybridge St Wednesday morning, of
gangrene. Mr.. Signor was well-known
resident and was about IS years old. He
leaves family of : sons l3 daughters be-
Isides his third wife to mourn his decease
no I'm l,Al-I
lThursday morning where the interment
lliwill take place.
Mrs. 5. b. Aines of South Street, gave
a five O'Clock tea TO a few young lady
( friends at her pleasant cottage Thursday
afternoon. Among the guests were Miss