Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-05-19
MlDDLEBURY NOTES.
Matters Concerning the Townspeople in
Particular.

with friends in Bristol
Edward Welch has been a Burlington
visitor during the week.
George A. Goyett and DIR. p. L. Dorey
were Sunday visitors in Burlington.
r. II. Mcleod is able to be on the
street after a several weeks illness.
Mrs. Amelia Barker left Wednesday
for an extended stay in New jersey.
Mrs. b. 5. Beckwith has returned
from ten days stay in New York city.
Miss Ruth Prindell of Brandon was
the guest of friends in town over Sun
day.
NJ. V. Drake of Ticonderoga was the
guest of friends in town the first of the
week
Prof. Ford Langworthy of Washington,
d. c., was in town last week the guest
of relatives.
William Tyrell of Fair Haven has
been in town for visit of few days
during the week.
Mrs. John Murphy has returned from
several weeks visit with her daughters
in Hartford, Conn.
c. NJ. Russell of Burlington was the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. w. j. White
the first of the week.
Mrs. Foster S. Whiting of Shoreham
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. a. j.
Blackmer over Sunday.
Mrs. Ezra Brainerd and daughter,
Dorothy, have returned from several
days stay in New Haven.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Briggs and Mr..
and Mrs. j F. Hatton of Brandon were
in town Friday of last week.
Mrs. Henry Atwood and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles McKerryher of Rutland, former
resident, were Sunday visitors in town.
Past Grand representative c. E. Youtt
and wife were in Burlington this week
attending the meeting of the l. O. o. f.
Middlebury grange met Friday even
ing of last week. The first and second
degrees were conferred on five candi-
dates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Severance have
gone to Burlington for an indefinite stay.
Mr.. Severance is patient at DR.. Primes
Sanatarium.
Prof. H. NJ. Seely went to Rutland
Monday as representative of the M. E.
church at the meeting of the Burlington
stewards of the Methodist church.
L. r. Newton and family who have
occupied rooms in the Battell block for
some time, have moved into Frank
Gilmore's house on Seymour street.
Several more carloads of granite for
the soldiers monument have arrived.
The contractors have their derricks up
and the work of placing the stones in
position is already under way.
William Masters. formerly of Mid
dlebury, and until lately employed by
Josiah Cummings & Son, 81 Kingston
street, Boston. has become conductor
on the Boston Elevated Railway.
The four-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Bullock, formerly of
this town, now of New Haven, fell,
breaking her left arm below the elbow
while playing in the barn on Thursday
of last week.
Mrs. Charles Hooker, on Thursday of
last week went to a nearby meadow
accompanied by her dog which suddenly
sprang at her and bit both her wrists.
John Lucia hearing her cries for help
killed the dog and assisted Mrs. Hooker
to the house.
Rev. George R. Stair pastor of the
Baptist Church was in Cornwall on We'd
nesday attending the Sunday school
conference of the township of Cornwall.
His subject was "The'Place of the Bible
in the Teachers Life"
Dr. L. f. Mellen, w. L. Cady, and
Lewis Rivers have been in Burlington
attending the grand encampment of l..
o. o. F. which has been in session there
this week. They represented Lake
Dunmore Lodge No II, l. O. o. F.
At the regular meeting of the Addison
County Business Mems association held
in the rooms of the Moosalamoo club
Friday evening, John H. Stewart was
elected president to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of l.. P. Thayer.
The remains of Mrs. Mary Bushey
were brought here from West Cornwall
Monday morning and taken to her late
home in Colrain City, Mass. Mrs.
Bushey came here few weeks ago to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Mary Richards,
of Cornwall, and died early Sunday
morning after a short illness. The
remains were accompanied by her
daughter,
Many Addison County farmers say
that at the low price of potatoes, it does
not pay to raise them. The indications
are that the acreage this season will be
much less than in several preceding
years. Farmers are freely Offering pota-
toes at % cents a bushel in Lincoln
and that section of the county
though fifty cents is the ruling price at
the stores in the various towns in this
section. The stocks of potatoes in this
region are large, many farmers refusing
to sell them last fall when prices were
better than at present,