Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-01-29

Mrs. William Baldwin who has been
seriously ill is able to be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Huestis are re-
ioicing over the arrival of boy baby at
their home Friday night.
Asa Heminway has gone to Bridport
for weeks visit before joining Mrs
Hemenway in Philadelphia.
Street commissioner Foote had the
walks about town sanded which was a
great comfort to pedestrians.
Pres. Ezra Brainerd spent a few days
of last week in Burlington, where he
attended the State Botanical meeting.
Miss Alice Cushman has gone to New
York city, where she will remain several
weeks the guest of Mrs Joseph Peck.
A meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society will be held with
Mrs. f. C. Bryant, Tuesday, Feb. 2, at
3 p m.
The members of the Delta Epsilon
fraternity gave an informal dance in
their rooms in the Battell block Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Silas Kendall and Miss Molie
Kendall entertained the young ladies of
Thursday evening.
Dugald E. Labounty, who has been to
| North Scituate, r. l., for few months
past has now entered the employ of Ives
q Shambo Of this town.
B. B. Hope who has been seriously i'll
and most of the time confined to the
bed is recovering and is now able to be
up and about the house.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep breeders association was
held in the parlors at the Addison House
Wednesday at II o'clock.
Mrs. Albert w. Dickens has returned
from seven weeks stay in Argyle,
N. Y, where she was called by the ILL
ness and subsequent death of her
mother.
Miss Elsie Drew operator at the New
England telephone office was obliged to
return to her home in Cornwall Saturday
on account of illness and her place is
being filled by Miss Mamie Thrall of
Cornwall.
A. Calhoun & Son have commenced to
move their hardware stock from the
Battell book into their new store in the
Dyer block. They expect to be in their
new quarters and ready for business by
the first of February.
Mr.. Strong, of the firm of G. n At
wood & Co., has received his discharge
papers from the sanitarium at Water
bury, where he has been for the past
three months, and will resume business
at the branch store at Northfield.
Pres. Ezra Brainerd has gone to New
York, where he will attend the Middle
bury Alumni dinner held on Friday
night. He will remain over Sunday
and occupy the pulpit Of Rev. John
Thomas at East Orange on Sunday.
Royal Boardman and wife and sister
Mabel. with Royce and Agnes Board
man, were guests at the home OF Henry
James in Cornwall on Thursday Of last
week. They also attended the Grange
meeting at that place in the evening.
Prof. Howard of Middlebury college
gave lecture, THE True Glory of
Nation" in the Congregational church
in Weybridge Wednesday evening, after
which a supper was held in the vestry,
the proceeds are for the benefit of the
church society.
William Cross, who was arrested
Thursday night by officer Willis for
intoxication and breach of the peace,
was arraigned before Justice Foote Fri
day morning and pleaded guilty and was
fined IS and the costs or 1910. He
paid and was discharged.
William II. Nichols formerly of this
town but for the past few years of Troy,
N. Y, went through here Saturday
evening to Bristol where he will take
possession of the Bristol newspaper
which he recently purchased. His many
| friends here wish him the best of success
in his new venture.
James Mitchell, Jr., young boy Of Is
years, came near meeting with a serious
accident while roaming around the Eddy
lot back of Beckwith & Co.'S. store Satur-
day, in some way he lost his footing and
fell down the embankment distance of
some 40 feet but he was fortunate
and escaped without injury.
The first Episcopal services in town
are said to have been held in 1904 by
Rev. Bethuel Chittenden, of Shelburne,
brother of Thomas Chittenden, the
first governor of Vermont. 1t is sup
posed they were held in a large upper
room in the Markham tavern, which
stood near the present Dyer block.
Constable C. j. Seeley went to East
Middlebury Friday afternoon and with
the assistance Of Constable Edward Day
arrested Fred Murray, Fred Scotia, W.
Reed and G. Cove for intoxication.
They were brought here and taken be-
fore Justice Dickens. Nurray's case was
mol pressed. The other three plead
guilty to the charge and they were fined
IS and costs amounting to S1l90 which
they paid.