Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-05-29
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

There was pretty wedding at st.
Mary's Roman Catholic church Wednes-
| dav morning, when Miss Philis Bou-
dreau, daughter of John Boudreau. was
married to Louis Hanfield, clerk for r.
S. Benedict. Rev. FIR j. D. Shannon
performed the ceremony. Macy DoriOn
was best man. and Miss Stella Boudreau,
sister of the bride. was bridesmaid Mr.
and Mrs Henfied took the train. and
after IA short wedding journey will reside
in town.
On Tuesday evening about thirty of
the young friends of Dugald La Bounty
made him pleasant and complete sur
prise at his home on Court street,
The young people met in the park, and
from there went by twos to the house.
Games too numerous to mention were in
dulged in. Ice cream and all kinds of,
cake were served by Mrs. La Bounty
Miss Murray, and Miss Peary The sur
prised host and his parents showed them
selves capable of entertaining such a
merry crowd. All expressed that they
had a delightful time and departed for
their homes at - o'clock.
f. c. Keith of Durham, n. II. purchas-
ing agent for the n. II. Agricultural
college was arrested May 26. charged
with embezzlement of the funds of the
college. He resigned May IS soon after
the resignation of President c. H.
Murkland. An expert from Manchester
made an examination of the books,
finishing the work at midnight. He
reported Il deficit, it is said, Of $500.
Complaint was entered at Dover as early
as possible and a warrant was issued for
the arrest of Keith. Keith came to
Durham in 1898 to become private
secretary to President Murkland and
purchasing agent. position he held
until May. Is, when he resigned.
The forest fires ON the Green Mountains
east have presented a handsome sight
these nights. They covered territory
nearly - miles in length. extending from
a point about live miles north of Bristol
Pond to within a half mile of Sheriff
Chapman steam saw mill at the South.
\ large force of men were fighting the
flames day and night Thousands OF
acres of timbered land have been burned
over. The standing timber mostly
spruce, hpmlock and pine that will be
cut 1000 feet of lumber to the tree has
not been materially hurt but the young
growth and underbrush is ruined. The
owners of sugar orchards at the base of
the mountain are making hard fight tc
save their trees and sugar houses. The
rain yesterday put them out.
How to live to be a hundred and en-
Joy it. what most lives need is more
sunshine. The census now completed
shows that the United States with a
population of 100000 has 1896 cen
tenarians, and the leading nations of
Europe have less than half as many with
nearly twice the population. There are
1889 men and 2241 women in the
United States of a hundred years and
over In collecting the census, clerks
were instructed that when they found
a person of "A hundred years or over, tC
interview them and ascertain as t.
what they especially attributed theil
great age. In every case the answer
was freedom from worry, careful living
fresh air, "A cheerful, laughing DISPOSE
ton, and liberal indulgence i'm that
great health-giving, life-preserving prac-
tice, pleasure and plenty of it, never
losing an opportunity to enjoy a gOot
hearty laugh, knowing that the human
mind requires pure and wholesome
stimulent and rest from physical anC
mental cares, and that amusement tC
; the human system is what sunshine i
to flowers. And little spent in tha
direction will do more for us than dol
lars of doctoring when it is too late
Statistics show that laughter is tn,
agent of longevity. If so, the Grea
Pauline is not only public entertainer
but public benefactor, and master o.
the noblest art of man, that of making
others happy. So don't miss the Grea
Pauline excursions. Take the Limited
mail of merriment to Laughland Trains
leave opera house, Middebury, every
night next week at S:15. Tickets fol
the round trip 20 and 30 cents, children
10 cents. You will find more laughs en-
route than there are telegraph poles be
tween New York and Chicago. AnC
Charles Morse will be singing just t
make matters merrier.
Stops the Cough and works off the Cold
. no ,lafa a al.