Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-06
BRISTOL.
Other Bristol locals on page s.
W. II. Ridley, of Burlington
riendS in town Tuesday.

W. II. Ridley, of Burlington, visited
friends in town Tuesday.
E. W. Smith went to Ferrisburgh
Wednesday for short stay.
A child of Mr. and Mrs. John McCor-
mick is i'll with scarlet fever.
Henry I4evarn, of Granville, N. y, is
in town visiting his brothers.
The Treasure Seekers met with Mrs.
W. A. Kinzie, Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. w. a. Kinzie occupied the pulpit
in the Baptist church at Whiting,
Sunday.
Robert Dunshee has resigned his
position with the Bristol Manufacturing
company.
Mrs. Anna Sturtevant visited friends
in Middlebury the first of the week,
returning Wednesday,
AT their regular meeting Tuesday
evening Onawa Rebekah lodge initiated
three new members.
Libanus Lodge, F. and A. NJ. will
hold their annual meeting Monday
afternoon for election of officers.
Mrs. Henrietta Purinton returned
Wednesday from an extended visit to
her son l.. A. Purinton and family in
Saratoga, N. Y.
The members of the B. II S. Alumni
Association are requested to meet in the
library room Friday evening at 7: 30
Business of importance.
Harrison Lufkin, who recently under
went an operation for appendicitis at
the Mary Fletcher hospital in Burlington
is doing as well as could be expected
Christine, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. &. MulliDgs, was taken sick Wednes-
day with scarlet fever at the home of
her grandmother, Mrs. Hannah Prime.
The Bristol merchants who decided to
close their store three evenings in the
week until March, will now be open
every evening except the regular closing
evening, Wednesday.
Mrs. B. C. Sargent entertained a party
of her lady friends at her home on
Maple street, Saturday evening. A
pleasant evening was enjoyed by the |
ladies in social visit, and dainty re-
freshments formed a pleasing number
for the evenings program.
The annual town meeting of 1908 will
long be remembered by the voters of |
Bristol as one long day of balIoting.
nearly every officer of the town being
no of -,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and at 5. 80
p. m. the business of the meeting was
declared finished.
The voting resulted in the election of
the following officers to serve the town
IN their respective Offices
Moderator w. H. Bosworth; clerk,
w. w. Wilson; selectmen, S. d. Farr,
hrst, Andrew Dillon, second, and II. S.
sumner, third treasurer, w. G. Bing-
ham; overseer, f. j. Avery; constable,
Il. 5. Smith; listers, G.. w. Small. Ira E.
Stuart, Edward Ferguson; auditors. e.
A. Hasseltine, f. b. Palmer. f. C Nor :
ton; trustee, w. w. Wilson; fence view
ers, G. p. Colby, N. j. Hill, w. N. Nc
Zee; agent to deed real estate, w. w.
Rider; town grand jurors, w. L. Cramp-
ton, G. p. Bush, F. N. Hill: sections, r.
Z. Narney, E. A. Wood, George w,
oteauihdHi Inspector OF leather, Ralph
Purinton; inspector of lumber. E. b.
Palmer; pound keepers, Thomas Leon
ard, Ed. Ferguson, c. f Sumner, Frank
Cormier, f. c. st. George, Frank Con- {
ners, Frank Hines; school director for
three years, w. w. Wilson; first road S
l. j. Murray: second {
road commissioner, C. II. Smith: agent
to prosecute and defend suits. W. W. \
Rider; county grand jurors, William II.
.ardell, Frank b. Sumner; petit Jurors.
George w. Steadman, Allen A. HER, I
Lucius o. Chaplin, Garrett ID. Crowley,
Derwood Parmelee, Charles w. Norton: !
lbrary trustee for five years, Mrs. John !
R, Kilbourn. t
The town voted to give Dunton post,
/. A. R., $50, 5000 to the library, $3.50 o
o the cemetery association; voted
AK OF 1881 cents. Article 12 of the E
warming, "Shall licenses be granted for
he sale of Intoxicating liquors in this =
OWN The vote resulted in whole
lumber of votes cast, 412 d
Yes, $50 !,
No, $50. W
Defective, 3. o
clown meeting day" in Bristol, 1908. D
as passed into history with many in a
aresting and unusual occurrences writ :,
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