Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-01-15
BRISTOL LOCALS

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The quarantine was removed from the
Bristol family Friday
Thrty-four new books have been
added to the Bristol library.
Meetings will be held every evening
this week in the Baptist church.
Miss Bertha Hewitt has resumed her
studies in Goddard seminary.
E. 3. Palmer has gang of men cut
ting ice on his pond at Rocky Dale.
The annual meeting of the Bristol
Aqueduct Co. will occur January 10.
The school in the north district has
not yet opened, a teacher not being
found.
L, J. Chaplin went to Weirs, N. H.,
and Boston Saturday on a weeks bust
ness trip.
The machinery at the novelty works
is all in position and will be in operation
in few days.
Mrs. j. b. Rider will lead the Christian
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next Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. Gibson are receiv-
ing the congratulations of their friends
on the birth of a son.
The first whist social under the aus
pieces of Onawa lodge of Rebekahs was
held Wednesday evening.
John NJ. Myers, former resident of
this town, has been appointed building
inspector of Yonkers, n. Y.
The annual meeting of the Treasure
Seekers was held in the vestry of the
Baptist church this afternoon.
w. |. Murray, formerly of this town,
and Miss Anna Haley of Orange Mass.
We're married in Orange January :.
The annual meeting of Libanus chap
ter, o. f. S., postponed on account of
the quarantine, was held Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs. Brown of Starksboro will teach
district and Miss Hoyt in the Little
North.
The Misses Jennie Sherwn, Evelyn
Geary and Maud Wright went to Lincoln
Monday morning. the schools having
reopened.
Landon Abernethy has returned to his
studies in the medical department of the
U. V. NJ, and Thorp Thomas to Norwich
University.
The Bristol Manufacturing Co. shipped
by express to Keeseville, N. Y, Monday
a casket six feet and six inches long and
thirty inches wide.
N. d. Bssonette, salesman for the
Bristol Manufacturing Co., started
Monday morning on a trip to Montpelier,
Barre and other points.
A warning has been posted for a
special meeting of the fire district to
vote tax on the grand list of 1904 to be
held Friday evening January To-
The wood dealers are busy these days
Dry stove wood sells for $2.25 a cord
and green wood for S1.75 cord. The
mill yards are filling up with logs.
The small pox situation is improving
every day. There are three cases under
quarantine in the village and two out
side. All are having the disease light.
Miss Helen Waller had a narrow
escape from suffocation by gas at her
home on Spring street Friday night.
She was alone in the house, but came to
herself enough to get out into the air.
The Union meetings that have been
held the past week closed Saturday
night. The attendance has not been as
large as hoped for, owing to the pre-
vailing epidemic and the severe cold
weather.
The Addison County Poultry associa-
ton elected these officers Wednesday
evening: DR.. A. NJ. Norton, president;
R. S. Smith, vice-president; w. II.
Cardell, treasurer; G. S. Farr, secretary
j. II. Jacobs, assistant secretary.
The following officers were elected at
the annual meeting of the board of trade
Wednesday evening: President, R. F.
Hatch; vice-president, w. a. Lawrence;
secretary, E. b. Palmer; treasurer, F. r.
Dickerman; directors, w. C. Bingham,
E. j. Bristol F. j. Avery, F. G. Haskins
and w. a. Lawrence.
The Commercial Tribune, of Denver
Col, of December 26, contained a fine
picture of Wilmer H. Tucker, of the
wholesale grocery firm of the Shields,
Morley Co. Mr. Tucker is a native of
Bristol, a son of the late James Tucker
and brother of the late j. 7. Tucker
He left here in the fall of 1881.
SAVED FROM TERRIBLE DEATH.
The family of Mrs. NJ f. Bobbitt ot