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


from a several weeks visit in New York.
Mrs. F. A. Farnsworth is in Beldens
called by the serious illness of his
mother.
Mrs. Emma Beckwith is recovering
slowly from recent injury to one OF
her knees.
Mrs. James Duff who has been
seriously i'll for the past six months is
slowly improving.
A. E. Brown who has the contract for
building Frank Loomis' new house COM
menced work Thursday.
Miss Belle Moore has gone to Spring
field, Mass, for visit with friends.
She will visit Boston before returning
Mrs. Moss who has spent the winter
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Earle has re-
turned to her home in Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. G. j. Wellington and Miss Roscoe
have gone to Springfield, Mass, where
they will visit for the next few weeks.
l. Lavonche who has the contract for
the erection of several new buildings on
the Fair Grounds has to of them well
under way.
DR., G. T. Smart of Newton Highlands,
has been recent guest of Prof. {. b.
Wright and family.
Leon Dean who has been the guest of
NJ. 7. Butterfeld and family for the past
week has returned to his home in
Bristol.
William Hope arrived in town Monday
night and today moves his family to
Averill Park n. Y, where they will
make their future home.
Last week Miss Agnes Boardman fell
| Prom, a cl, in al, CHI ctan1iptr
and received several painful bruises but
fortunately not serious in iuries.
Quite a few of our townspeople at
tended the Holy-Cross base ball game in
Burlington with the University team on
Tuesday. For the first time in 10 years
Vermont was the victor, the score being
8 to s.
Fish and game warden j. G.. Chandler,
of Ripton, arrested Walter and Frank
Jerome of Panton, on Thursday, charg
ing them with violation of the game laws
by using set line- They were brought
before Judge F. NJ. Foote who, finding
them guilty, sentenced each to 30 days
at the house of correction.
G. NJ. Carpenter of Brandon who
recently bought the Mulcahey place on
Main street has been moving his house
hold goods from Brandon this week. Dr.
Carpenter is making very extensive al
terations upon the interior of his new
| home as well as repairs and improve
ments upon the exterior, All modern
conveniences will be installed
At the Communion service of the
Congregational church next Sunday
morning the following persons will be
admitted to church membership: BY
letter, Mr.. and Mrs c. G. Seeley, and
Mrs. Oscar Bicknel: on confession of
faith, Miss Prudence Stickney, Miss
Grace Buttolph, Miss Maude Avery,
Lucius Buttolph, Benjamin Stewart.
Herbert Simms and John Avery.
Mrs. Mary Cornelia (F'lanagan) Lewis,
Of Watervile, Wash, is dead at So years
If age. She was the wife of Chauncey
A. Lewis. well known to Middlebury and
Cornwall people Mr.. Lewis was a resi-
dent of West Cornwall half century
ago and Mrs. Lewis was native of Yer
gennes. After leaving Vermont, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis resided for many years
at Sunprairie, Wis. Mrs. Lewis died on
March Goth never wholly recovering from
an accident
The annual meeting of st. Stephens
parish was held on Monday evening
May /. The following were elected
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Mead, b. H. Lane. w. L. Cady, n.
Goss. j. w. Kelley. At subsequent
meeting of the vestry the Parochial
officers were elected Senior warden and
secretary, G.. w. Mead; junior warden,
b. H. Lane; treasurer, NJ. r. Burt.
| During the past year new furnace has
been installed and a new chimney built.
A balance of $3.50 upon this work has
been assumed by the Woman's Aid.
A social hour followed the business pro-
ceedings and refreshments were served.
The department of agriculture at
Washington has been exceptionally
generous this season in the matter of
distributing garden seeds and it is safe
to say that few Middlebury farmers
have been ommitted in the distribution.
Not only garden seeds for the farmer
but flower seeds for the farmers wife
have kept the rural delivery carriers
more or less busy for month past and
and with an ordinary season and an
average crop there ought to be some
glowing accounts returnable to the de-
partment of agriculture the coming fall.
Many parties in this town and vicinity
have already planted portions of their
government seeds and some report
lettuce. radishes, tomatoes and other
vegetables breaking ground. NJ
Miss Mary Alice Bird of this village
was married to George f. Knapp of
Seattle, Wash, at the residence of the
brides mother, on May LIST, the Rev.
Thomas Simms performing the cere-
mony, Mr.. Harold Bird, brother of the
bride, served as best man and Miss Ada
Smith as bridesmaid. Only the near
relatives of the family were in at
tendance. The bride wore a gown of
cream colored crepe de chine. After a
brief wedding trip the groom returns to
the west to prepare the home for his
bride, who accompanied by her mother,
will go to Seattle in June whittier her
many Middlebury friends will follow
her with great interest and the best of
wishes. For several years the bride has
been employed as cashier and book
keeper for Bsckwith q Co. The groom,
former Middlebury man and graduate
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