Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-05-15
BRISTOL LOCALS.

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W.. N. Platt, of Shoreham, was in the
village Monday.
A son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
F. w. Blackburn.
q. d. Wilson. of Sutton, P. c., was in
this vicinity last week.
Mrs. w. II. Dean of Ferrisburgh is
visiting Mrs. Lillian Dean.
REV. j. j. McDonough will preach
Sunday at the Baptist church.
Miss Elizabeth OBren is visiting this
week at the O'Neil farm on the north
road.
R. s. Bicknell and family, of Middle
Bicknell.
The Bristol baseball team has arranged
a game for June 6 with the Edmunds
High school
E. w. Smith returned Friday from
short stay at his summer cottage in
Ferrisburgh.
E. w. Fuller, a former editor and
publisher of the Bristol News was in
town over Sunday.
H. L. Averill, recent graduate of
the Baltimore Dental college. has arrived
at his home in town.
Miss Ella Jimmo, who has been i'll
with appendicitis, is recovering and will
be out of doors in a few days,
Miss Frank Goss, of Granville, n. Y,
is in Bristol for an indefinite stay with
her cousin, Miss Eta Hulett.
Mrs. A. E. Grow has returned from
New Haven, where she has been the
guest of sister for several weeks.
Mel. Ross, who is at work on the
Union Signal, the new labor paper, at
Rutland, was at home over Sunday.
Rev. C. n. Thomas left Monday for
Castleton to attend a meeting of the
Western Vermont Congregational club.
The Bristol Manufacturing company
has let a contract to cut 200 cords of
wood to c. H. Preble, the Lincoln bear
hunter.
The graduating class of the Bristol
High school has engaged the Apollo
Male quartette, of Boston, for the annual
commencement concert.
Mrs. Amelia Clapper has moved from
one of the Bristol Manufacturing com
pany's tenements into B. C. Sargent's
tenement on West street.
There was force of men at work
Sunday trying to stop the forest fire
that has been burning on Bristol
mountain. The fire started late Sunday
afternoon and since then has swept the
face Of the mountain for nearly a mile.
Charles Brooks. the hypnotist. re-
turned Saturday night from Hinesburgh
where he had been giving some per-
formancCs. His greatest difficulty, he
said was the timidity of his audiences.
Even during the day when walking on
the street people he met would cross
over to the other side to avoid meeting
the man with the evil eye.
1t will be necessary to start the pump
attached to the water works in a few
days if the dry weather continues.
Bristol is in much better shape than
many Vermont towns on the water
question. When the supply from the
mountain springs begins to run low, as
at present, the big spring in the basin is
always available so that there is never
any danger of water famine.
EThe exceedingly dry weather of the
past month has put the water in the
stream nearer the low water mark than
it has been, at this time, in many years.
The Bristol Manufacturing company
started up its engine Monday morning.
| Usually it has not been necessary to
''steam up until July and last year the
engine was not called upon at all
The band is coming ON nicely and early
in June will be in shape for the evening
concerts. These concerts have always
been source of enjoyment to the
people of the village and to many in the
surrounding country who used to make
it point to always be in town on the
evenings when the band played. Leader
Hasseltine has some good material to
work with and while the band will not
be so large as in previous years it will be
able to produce good music The
subscription paper should be well
signed
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