Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-06-17
MlDDLEBURY LOCAL NEWS

Norman S. Foote spent Saturday OF
last week in Rutland.
Rev. E. o. Taylor is spending two
weeks in Massachusetts.
Miss Minnie Burditt has returned from
a visit with friends in Pittsford.
N. F. Thompson has returned from
visit with friends in Burlington.
DR.. WI. White spent several days the
latter part of last week in st. Johns
bury.
NJ. a. Munroe, who has been seriously
i'll for the past few weeks, is again able
to be out.
Stewart NJ. Andrews of Boston, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Bond
and family.
Miss June has returned from her
school in Mortified and will spend the
summer here.
Theodore B. Hapgood of Boston, Mass,
is the guest of his aunt, Mrs. M. A.
Munroe and family.
Mrs. Snyder of Cuttingsville spent Sun
day with her daughter, Mrs. L. S.
Knight, and family.
Mrs. Albert w. Dickens has returned
from three weeks trip to the Worlds
Fair at st. Louis, Mo.
Judge and Mrs. John E. Weeks at
tended the funeral of Judge Baker in
Rutland on Thursday of last week.
Miss Estelle Turner who has been
teaching for the past year in Ferrisburg
is at her home in town for the summer.
Mrs. L. G.. Dyer attended the Rutland
county convention of w. c.. T. U. held
in Brandon, the latter part of last
week.
E. r. Clay, who has been at the Mary
Fletcher hospital for the past two weeks
under treatment has returned much
improved.
Mrs. Charles Brainerd has gone to
Northampton, Mass, to be present at
the graduation of her daughter Heloise,
from Smith college.
The water commissioners have ex-
tended the mains 40 rods on lower Sey
mOur street and report the system in
fine shape throughout.
Mrs. John Thomas and three children
of Orange, y. j., are the guests of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Seely for the summer.
Mr.. Osborne and daughters are at
Thompson's point, where they are super
intending the completion of a cottage
they are building there.
Edwin j. Hadley's moving pictures
were at the town hall Monday and Tues
| EpwOrth League and a good sum was
realized.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Chaffee have
returned to their home in Worcester,
Mass, after a weeks stay with Mrs
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Branerd, and family.
Mrs. f. NJ. Foote and son William are
in Bellows Falls for a short stay; from
there they 90 to Boston, where they will
De the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Foote for several weeks.
Frank W. Thomas, who is with his
parents in Bristol, spent Saturday of last
week with his family in town. His
many friends will be glad to learn of his
greatly improved condition.
Mrs Emma Beckwith and son, Fred,
with party of guests spent Sunday at
the formers cottage at Thompson Point
returning Monday morning in Mr..
Beckwith's new touring car.
Masters L. L. and II. Wright found.
duck egg on the river bank recently and
set it under a hen and now have a pretty
little wild duck, probably the progeny
of the two ducks that spent the winter
below the falls.
L. /. Wright will celebrate his ninety
third birthday anniversary next Satur
day, June 18th. The year he was born
corn stood half knee high in the fields
on the 18th day of June now corn is Just
about coming up.
The annual meeting Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society was held
with Mrs. Henry Seely, Friday after
noon June 10. y very interesting pro-
gramme was prepared by Mrs. Ford,
which was appreciated by the many
ladies present.
Prof Towards horse which was at
the creamery early Monday morning
with milk was frightened at something
and ran away. 1t was finally stopped
near the Congregational church. The
wagon was badly damaged but the horse
and driver We're uninjured.
The Foote Real Estate agency has sold
the Caswell farm one mile west of the
village, in Cornwall, to Leon B. Chapman
of West Rutland and the Campbell lot
on Seymour street to the Middlebury
Grange. The purchasers propose to
erect fine Grange hall thereon in the
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An effort is being made by members OF
the Moosaamoo club to form Mer-
chants Association for mutual protection
against dead beats, and the constitutions
ally tired class, who are unable to ever
pay bill. The members would ex-
change lists once a month and thus
{ know who would and who would not
pay and who were worthy of credit
W. Fred Hammond, accompanied by
his father, George Hammond, left Mon,
day morning on an early train with
three Morgan stations, sold by Joseph
Battell to the federal government fol
expectation to the Philippines, where
they are to be used for breeding pur.
. poses. The horses We're taken from thi:
place to Boston. The price paid was
nearly $4,000 for the three animals.
Mrs. A. E, Turkey of Columbia Cuba.
who is here visiting her sister Mrs A