Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-01-08
MlDDLEBURY LOCALS.


day evening, Jan. 18th.
The Eclectic Reading Circle will meet
with Mrs. Leroy Russell on Court street,
Tuesday evening, JAN 10.
Mrs. II. NJ. Hammond has returned
from a visit with relatives at Newton
Highlands, Boston, Mass.
Miss Albina Gossein, of st. Hyacinthe,
p. c., is a guest of the family of her
sister, Mrs. O. G. MERCER.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brunette and children
have returned from a several days visit
with relatives in Whiting.
Mrs. NJ. A. Munroe was called to Bos-
ton by the death of her brother, Theo-
dore b. Hapgood, which occurred Tues
day.
Gordon MacQuivey is spending week
in New York and Stanford, Conn, the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Charles H.
| Leeds.
Mr.. Elliott, who recently resigned his
position as mail carrier on r. F. ID. 4,
is moving back to his old home in Wey-
bridge.
The Congregational Sunday school has
introduced the Blakeslie system of les
sons into the school in place of the In
| ternational.
Mayor and Mrs. Charles H. Leeds of
Stamford, Conn, spent Christmas with
Mrs. Leeds parents, Mr.. andMrs.
MacQuivey.
Mrs. Mary Drury, who spent the holi-
day season with friends in Barre. has
returned to town and is at the college
boarding house.
A. Calhoun & Sons new store in the
Dyer block is nearly completed and they
expect to be in their new quarters about
the first of February.
Ives & Shambo, of Brandon. have
leased the room under the post office
and after some repairs are made will
open up clothing store
The average age of the seven members
of the Congregational church who died
during 1903 is over seventy-seven years,
a good commentary upon our climate.
The annual meeting of the Century
Club will be held Wednesday evening,
Jan -, with Mrs. Isaac Storms, High
street, instead of the place announced at
the last meeting
Every diary in NTiddlebury was sold
before Jan. /. 1904. AS many were dis
appointed in not being able to get one
the Register Store has ordered few
more, that are now on sale.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
post office unclaimed: Miss Lena Benia-
min, Miss Emily Bowman, Miss May
Call, Miss Josephine O'Brien, Mr.. Harold
Burton, Mr.. Will Chayes, A. Perkins.
The extreme cold weather Dec. Both
prevented large gathering at the
special meeting of Middlebury Grange.
Three new members were initiated. The
next meeting is this friday evening at
Forester's Hall when there will be "a
banquet and pleasant programme.
William Duncan an aged resident of
Seymour street arose from his bed very
early Sunday morning, was seized with
dizziness and fell striking his back against
the foot of his bed. He is now confined to
his bed entirely. Mr.. Duncan has been
in very feeble health for the past three
years.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
Congregational church will have a candy
pull in the vestry of the church, next
Wednesday evening, Jan. ID. All are
cordially invited and it might be sug-
gested that each bring an apron. a
small admission will be taken at the
door to defray the expenses.
Peter Bovoy, who was hit by tree
that he was chopping son the Wright
farm in Weybridge and which, when it
fell, struck him on the head and broke
his skull, was taken to the Mary Fletcher
hospital at Burlington, Wednesday morn
ing on the | | o'clock train for treatment,
} DIR. S. S. Eddy accompanied him.
, The annual meeting of the Volunteers
of SO Hose Co, was held in their hall
Tuesday evening and the following Off
GERS were elected: Foreman, {. F. Rich;
first assistant, Joseph Monta second
assistant, Ernest Huestis, clerk, James
Condor; treasurer. f. E. Turner; secre-
tary. Guard Duncan; delegate to state
fremens association, G. F. Rich.
Hon. Henry l.. Sheldon, the owner
and manager of the Sheldon Art museum
of this village, has kept a record of the
weather for years and in his reports he
finds that on Christmas, 1874, the Their
mometer was down to 40 below zero and
it was said by the residents of the town
that it was the coolest ever known in
the history of the town, but this was
beaten on Tuesday morning at the home
of DIR. L. E. Melen. where his thermo-
meter registered AZ below.
Charles Forest who was taken sick less
than a week ago with pneumonia, died
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Daniel Forest on Weybridge street, We'd
nesday morning. He was 80 years OF
age and plumber by trade and for the
the past year he was employed by a.
Calhoun & Son. He is survived by his
parents, four brothers and two sisters
The funeral will be held from the St
Mary's church this morning, Friday, and
the interment will be in the family plot
in the Catholic cemetery.