Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-18


station to Burlington Wednesday.
A musicale was given Tuesday eve
ming in the parlors of Hotel Logan.
Miss Mabel Aunchman went to Bread
LOAF Inn Tuesday for the rest of the
season.
Miss Stella Douglas has gone to Platts-
burgh, N. Y, for visit to her cousin,
Miss Burritt.
L. G. Squires of Council Bluffs, Ia, a
graduate in the local college in the class
of 1904 is in town.
Hon. II. M. Lewis and daughter, Mrs.
H. E. Briggs and son, Master RUSSELL of
Madison, Wis, are visiting at H. A.
Peck's.
Four old soldiers were in town Wednes-
day to be examined at the semi-monthly
meeting of the local board of pension
surgeons.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wales, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Rich and Mrs. William Cush-
man have returned from a few days
outing at Long Point.
John j. Deavitt, formerly resident
of Middlebury, but now superintendent
of wooden mill at North Billerica, Mass,
was in town Tuesday and Wednesday on
visit to old-time friends.
The funeral of Mrs. Cornelius Billings
was held from her late home on Munger
street Wednesday afternoon. The Rev.
w. H. Washburne offlciated and the
burial was in the family lot in the Foote
cemetery.
The Middebury band has among its
members composer of promise in I. l..
Ellis. Mr. Els latest production is a
march entitled agricultural 1t has
been dedicated to the Addison County
Agricultural Society and will be given
public rendition at next weeks band
concert.
In Beckwith & Company's advertise
ment of this week 100 rugs were offered
| for sale. The fact that these rugs were
lost in transportation was discovered too
late to have the announcement taken
out of the advertisement. They are
substituting 100 pair of ruffled muslin
curtains at 29c per pair. advt
Miss Winifred Jones, contralto soloist,
for the past twelve years in State
Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Troy, and Jewish synagogue has been
spending the past ten days with her sis
ter, Mrs. Jones of Cross street. She left
Saturday for The Hague, Lake George,
to remain the remainder of her vacation
of six weeks.
On Monday evening August 81, the
Atlanta University Quartet (colored) will
appear at the Congregational church.
These gentlemen, representing their
Alma Mater, will sing plantation melo-
dies and give dialect readings. The work
that the University is doing for the
negro will be explained. While no adj
mission will be charged a collection will
be taken up for the University.
Mrs. Jason Duclaw, who was operated
upon last week Thursday by Dr. Tink-
ham, died at her home on Seymour
street Friday evening. 1t was thought
at the time she would survive but she
failed rapidly until the end. She is sur
vived by husband, father and mother,
Mr.. and Mr.. Frank Doner of Weybridge.
The funeral was held from St. Mary's
Catholic church Sunday and the burial
was in the Catholic cemetery.
A musical evening was enjoyed at the
home of Mrs. John f. Jones on Friday
evening. Those furnishing the program
were Miss Winfred Jones, contrato of
Troy. Arthur Griffith Hughes, baritone
of New York, who also acted as accom-
PIANIST, Alfred Woodland, tenor of Mid
dlebury. Mrs. Frank Thomas as reader
Some % were present. Both Mr.. Hughes
and Miss Jones are relatives of Mrs
Jones and both soloists in New
York city churches. Refreshment were
served.
In the announcement of the school di
rectors of the town of Cavendish relative
to the opening of high school in tha
town appears the following paragraph
This school will be held in the second
story of the present school building
which will be fitted up for this purpose
; and will be under the charge of John P
Halnon, A. B. Your school directors
believe that in securing Mr.. Halnon WI
have one of the best instructors in tn
State and that by reason of small classes
and individual instruction we can offe
to scholars of this and adjoining town
educational advantages second to none.
Mr.. Halnon, who graduated from tn
local college in the class of 1896, has il
, addition to his duties as a teacher il
Cavendish found time to devote himsel
to the study of law. Mr.. Halnon's hom
is in Cornwall.