Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-20
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

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John Donnelly of Vergennes was in
town Wednesday.
Coal is selling at 81 for stove and Sc
for pea in Rutland.
j. s. Wing of Cornwall was In town on
business last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Palmer spent
Saturday in Bristol.
Wallace Foote was in Vergennes on
business, Thursday.
j. E. Cushman, Esq, of Burlington
was in town Monday.
C. e. Cook of Richville was in town
Saturday on business.
II. Il. Cults spent Saturday and Sun
day at his home in Orwell.
President Ezra Brainard is able to be
out after an attack of grip.
j. V. Thomas of Salisbury was in
town Saturday on business.
F. w. Tuttle. Esq, of Vergennes was
in town Saturday on business.
Thomas Fletcher, of Bridport, spent
Friday and Saturday in town.
Fred brewery of Barre is visiting at
his uncle's, William MOreombe.
NJ. F. Higgins and Robert Bitter were
in Burlington Saturday afternoon.
Thomas Fletcher and daughter, Bretra,
of Bridport were in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Ernest E. Rich spent Friday and
Saturday at her old home in Pittsford.
About two inches of snow fell Sunday
night, not enough to make sleighing.
Glenn w. White returned to Ludlow
last week after short visit with friends
here.
Miss Bessie Merrill of Wallingford
spent a few days in town the first of the
week.
Mrs. Ellen Chaplin attended the fun
eral of the late Miss Eastman, in Bristol
Tuesday.
Eliga Bird attended the funeral service
of the late Miss Eastman in Bristol
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edway Buttolph at
tended the Masonic ball in Bridport
Thursday night.
F. w. Warehouse, treasurer of the
town of Salisbury, was In town Satur-
day on business.
Judge j. E. Weeks was called to Yer
gennes last week on business at the Yer
mont Industrial school.
Edward White, of Holyoke, Mass,
spent Saturday and Sunday the guest of
Mrs. and Mrs. Frank BOud.
Rev. FIR. Salmon of Swanton supplied
the Catholic pulpit on Sunday in the
absence of Rev. FIR. Shannon.
g. f. Harris of Leominister, Mass,
who has been on an extended western
trip was in town the first of the week.
There will be a meeting of the Farm
ingdale cheese factory next Saturday
evening at the Seeley district school
house.
Mrs. j. Z. Crane entertained the ri
Phi and Delta Epsilon freshmen at her
home on Washington street Saturday
evening.
Carl Merrill has returned to Glens
Falls after spending the past few days
with his father, Henry Merrill, on Wey-
bridge street.
Edison A. Preston of Burlington will
assist John Sargent in the management
of Hotel Logan, which he will take the
first of April.
After worshipping in the vestry for
nine weeks the Congregational society
have procured coal and are using their
audience room.
Henry Carrier and family have moved
from the Bicknell house on Seminary
street to the George Barton house on
Seymour street.
The doctors report large number
sick of the grip, etc., outside of the vii
lage. There is very little sickness in
the village limits.
The Delta Epsilon fraternity gave a
dance In their rooms in the Battell block
! to the young ladies of the High school
on Wednesday evening.
George d. Butler of the Register force
has secured "a fine position and left for
Rouses Point Saturday night. His place
is filled by William Jackson.
Miss Mabel Merrill entertained num-
Der of her friends on Thursday evening,
Feb. y, in honor of her guest. Miss
Annie Riddle, of Cleveland, o.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Comstock enter
tanned a few of their friends ST. Valen-
tine evening it being Mrs. Comstock's
birthday refreshments were served.
Don't forget the entertainment and
supper to be given at the Congregational
church by the young men of the Christ
ian Endeavor society. Admission Is
cents.
Abe w. Williamson made a shipment
day. This is the first shipment made in
nearly three months, on account of the
quarantine.
O. S. Nichols of the enterpIising
firm of Nichols q Parker of Essex
Junction was in town Saturday and
appraised the damage on Bond Bros.
storehOuse.
Mrs. f. f. lockwood has so far re-
covered from the grip that she was able
to go to Boston this week for new goods.
She has settled with the insurance COM
panies and received the cash.
Mrs. A. j. Blackmer had a bad fall
Sunday night. She got up to answer a
telephone call and in the dark fell over
something in the sitting room and re-
ceived severe shaking up and a bad
fright.
Tuesday morning found regular
western blizzard raging and the the
mometer registering 2 to below zero.
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