Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-13

Archie MckinnOn OF Burlington. is
visiting friends in town for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Gorham have
returned from few days visit in Yer
gennes.
Jesse Boalia has bought the John
Spencer house on Seymour street. Price
not given.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Peck have return
short stay in town.
Harry Green has returned to his home
in Burlington after spending the week in
town with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Brown have
returned from 10 days wedding tour in
Boston and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Moore have re.
turned to their home In Shoreham after
a short visit in town.
Mrs. William Bicknel of Bristol is
passing the week in town, the guest of
her son, Oscar Q. Bicknell.
The Mddlebury Steam laundry,
Parker and Harris, have an Office at the
fruit store in the Gee building.
Mrs. w. II. Dornburg, who has been
visiting Mrs. Nellie Taylor has returned
to her home in Ticonderoga, N. Y.
The Fortnightly meeting will be held
with Miss Elizabeth PiDney next We'd
nesday evening instead of Monday after
noon.
President and Mrs. Ezra Brainard
spent Tuesday in Rutland in attendance
at the meeting of the state Congregat-
ional club.
Don't forget the third annual ball of
the Foresters on February 20 next
friday Tickets may be had from the
members of Addison court.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McHugh have
returned from weeks honeymoon to
Boston and Massachusetts. They will
make their home in Weybridge.
Yesterday the ruins were still smoking
and there was a small blaze in what was
the cellar of the Piper market, a week
and three days after the great fire.
The Mfddebury Electric Light Co.
have had big force at work repairing
the gates and fumes to their power sta
ton, that were damaged by the fire, and
in cleaning out the same.
The Register would call special at
tention to the big fire sale advts. of Gee
Sisters and F. A. Bond in this issue
Both will close out every dollars worth
of their slightly damaged stocks regard
less of cost. The former by auction as
well as private sale.
The st. Adams Messenger, Montpelier
correspondent SAYS: 1.-THE total amount
of claims paid by the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Co., Montpelier, in the
recent Middlebury fire will approximate
$4,000. This is the largest amount paid
by the company since the big fire in st.
Adams.
Quite number of the young people
of the village are interested in getting
up a drama for the benefit of the Choral
Union fund. 1t is the famous farce com.
edy Uncle Johns Private Secretary
and will occupy an entire evening,
! Everybody must come and hear it for
the good of the cause and the fun they
will have. 1t will be given month
from now.
Among the many attractive signs that
have adorned Photographer Jackson's
humble office amid the ruins were
Don't think me chicken hearted because
[ live In a hen house," one on top in the
form of a rooster read, "cockle-doode
do, I'm the first rooster up" and on the
chicken door in front the "neXt door
please" 1t was good advertising. lie
is trying to purchase the lot and build
on it in company with G. f. Rich.
The Register was misinformed in
regard to the so per cent co-lnsurance
clause in stock company policies. If the
loss is total, the COMPANIES will pay il
full whether the property is insured vi
to so per cent of its real value or not
If the loss is a partial one and the insur
ance is less than so per cent of the value
they will pay only the proportion tn,
amount of Insurance bears to so PEI
cent. of the valuation of the property
70 illustrate IF you have property
valued at $1,000, the insurance companies
say you must carry $500 Cor pay |
higher rate). If you carry 500 insur
ance and there is a fire and loss of 500
you will only receive 5000 as that Is tn
proportion the insurance bears to so pc
cent of the value of your property. Il
the policy is for 5000 and the loss is $40
you would receive $50. If the loss i
total you would be paid the full amour
of your policy whether it be 5000, Si0
or $500. This clause Is inserted in al
policies issued by stock companies anG
most of the mutual companies and it II
something the local agents have nc
control over or option on. They canno
issue a policy without 1t unless the,
charge higher rate fixed by the N. +
Fire Insurance Exchange. The insur
ance companies have found the term "co
Insurance" a bad one so they have sub
, stituted the words reduced rate" TO
that mat tho cama tho ratlrna a