Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-24
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

Miss Thirza Carney has returned from
two weeks stay in Boston.
Mrs. J. II. Duba returned to Bristol
Saturday after weeks stay in town.
Mrs. c. w. Page has returned from
weeks visit to her brothers in Boston.
The Brandon Italian Marble company
have added a new barn to its buildings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lauren Redfeld of New
York are visiting at Merrick A. Wourdes.
DR.. f. l.. Walker, of Moriah, n. Y.
is visiting his son, Edgar l.. Walker, Jr.,
Mrs. S. Severy has returned from a
weeks visit in Vergennes and Burling-
ton.
The mail train was very late Monday
night, the express leaving this station
ahead of it.
Charles n. Powers of Bennington was
with his aunt, Miss Lucy Tinney over
Sunday.
Mrs. C. S. Murkland is making i'm
provements on the Huestis Gorham meat
market building.
Mrs. Edward Richardson is making
extensive improvements on her Depot
street property.
Mrs. l.. n. Howard has returned from
ten days's visit to her son, Leroy How
ard, at Barre.
H. f. Vail, of North Clarendon, a for
mer resident was 10 town for few days
stay with friends.
| Mrs. F. f. lockwood left on the Sleep
er Monday night for Boston, where she
has gone on business.
Daniel Bliss, of Bethel, is in town,
called here by the illness of his brother,
Judge w. Ii. Bliss.
j. l.. Jones of Shoreham was in town
Saturday on business and made the Reg
lister office pleasant call.
r. V. Dewitt Walsh, of Albany, is the
guest of the Addison. He is In town
for a weeks hunting
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Youtt and Ezra
E. Turner have gone to Grand Isle for a
few days stay with relatives.
Mrs f. d. Earl suffered a stroke of
paralysis on Sunday. Mrs. Earl is 50
years old and her condition is critical.
George Tower, who has been quite
sick for two weeks, has so far recovered
as TO return to his home in Rutland.
Mrs. William Farwell and Mrs.
Charles A. Severance have returned
from ten days stay in Jersey City, n.
j.
The foot ball game between the Mid
dlebury high school and the Bristol high
school resulted in score of II to S in
favor of Bristol.
II. f. Sanford has recently bought two
handsome registered Spanish Merino
rams in Hemlock. n. L., and will keep
them for stock purposes.
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former resident, was in town recently on
business connected with the estate of the
late Harvey Yale.
Mrs. +. NJ. FoOte and Mrs. !. l.. Bar
ker have returned from ten days outing
at the Fletcher cottage at Chimney Point
on Lake Champlain.
The Standard Oil company is making
preparations TO erect an oil tank Just
north of the freight depot which will
supply this and adjoining towns.
The regular meeting of the Daughters
of the American Revolution was held
Saturday afternoon with Miss Susan
Parker and an interesting paper was
read by Mrs. McGlton.
Several of the friends of Isaac and
Ambrose Goodreau gave them a surprise
party at their home on River street
Thursday evening. y very enjoyable
time was had and fTeshments were
served.
Mrs. w. w. Chapman has two horned
toads, so called. that she secured on the
plains of Texas near Oklahoma last sum
mer. They are really species of lizard,
are slate color and harmless, with the
body of toad and a tail like a lizard.
The G. F. Rich store in the Clay block
is being thoroughly repaired, renovated
and frightened with paint this week.
When the improvements are finished il
will be one of the most attractive stores
in the Union block.
A very hard thunder shower passed
over this section Sunday evening. Sc
far as heard from no damage was done
near this place. In other parts of the
state several buildings were struck by
lightning and burned.
The Register requests all subscribers
to look at the printed label on theiI
papers and see if they are correctly cred
tied. If not, bring or send in your re-
ceipt so that we may promptly credi
you. For this purpose. every sub
scriber, whose subscription, by the book;
of the Company has expired, will find a
blue Y on their paper. If the labe
reads l-02 it signifies that you are paiC
to January first month"; l, 1902, and Sc
on, the first figure indicating the number
of the month and the latter the year, tC
which the books show you have paid
A very large number have called an(
paid up and thanked the Register foi
adopting this idea. as they like to hav,
the label show the date to which they
J have paid. A few mistakes have beer
discovered, investigated and corrected.
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