Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-01-05

H. A. Bascom of East Shoreham was
in town Wednesday.
w. w. Swiney of Vergennes was in
Middlebury Wednesday
Garments Italians and Ebert Poland, |
second on the Century club list, Jan. Is. |
Thomas Mcleod, who was taken seri- |
ously ill New Years Day, is slowly re-
covering
Asa Hemenway has sold the L. D. |
Twitchell farm north of this village to
Geo. f. Hunt of Rutland.
Mr.. and Mrs P. B. Cloyes have gone
to Providence. r. l.. where they will
spend a month with their son, Fred
Cloyes.
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer V. Drake have
returned from their wedding trip and
are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. H.
Cushman.
Wood Brothers have moved their meat
market from the Brown building ON
Seymour street to the Gee building on
Main street.
Rev George R. stair, pastor of the
Baptist church, was in Ogdensburg and
Rouses Point, n. Y, during the week on
business pertaining TO the new Baptist
church.
/ Lovers Of good music should secure
their tickets for the next number of the
/ Century club course, Jan. 16 The young
Italians which compose the troupe come
highly recommended by musical critics.
Mrs. E. H. Thomas entertained num-
Der of friends last Friday evening at her
home on Court street. Whist was
PLAYED and Mrs. E. p Cushman won the
first prize and Mrs. j. f. Buttolph won
the consolation prize.
The Labaree society of the Congrega
tional church will hold its annual meet
ing next Tuesday afternoon. Jan. 9. at
three o'clock with Mrs. F. A. Farnsworth.
A large attendance Is desired as this is
an important meeting.
A basket party with dancing as the
entertainment feature was given in the
Masonic hall, last week Thursday even
ing, under the direction of George w.
, Rose and Frank Rowe. Cobb, Lovett
and Campbell furnished the music.
! Solomon Jewett, we'll known in this
! section by the older residents, died at
. his home in Bakersfield, Cat, Dec. 81.
Mr.. Jewett was born in Vermont in 1885
and made the trip across the Rockies in
an OK cart in 1859, being one of the
/ pioneers in the development of Kern
county, California.
+ Lovers of dancing are to have an OPP
4 portunity to crafty their taste in thi:
. line on Wednesday evening, Jan. II, al
the opera house, when a party, under
the auspices of the Middlebury band
will be given Dancing from 5 in the
:, evening to o'clock in the morning vii
c permit of good time with ample chance
= to get in sufficient sleep to enable one tC
:, attend to business the next day. Thu
r. music for dancing will be by the band o
:, 20 pieces and the prompter will b.
+ equipped with megaphone. No re
freshments.
e The annual business meeting of tn
n Baptist church of Middebury was hel'
q in the lecture room Friday evening last
,e A large number of the members of tn
church and several members of the con
D. gregation were present The treasurer
2, account showed receipts for the yea
k amounting to $1821.7S and the disburse
IS nents S175S 63, leaving balance OF
hand OF S63 Is, with all bills paid. TIL
* salary of the pastor, Rev. Geo. Il. stain
,r was raised to $1,000 per year, in additio
% to which the parsonage, heated an
v. lighted, is supplied to him free of charge
70 The following officers We're elected t
serve for the ensuing year: Churc
clerk and treasurer, r. ). Benedict; trui
x tees, Col. S. a. Ilsley, j. X. Dyer DR.. /
We l.. Averill; auditor, DIR A D. Barte
: officers of the Bible school: Supt., ID
81 II. L. Averill; asst. supt., j. X Dye
10 treasurer. Mrs. B. b. Brown; secre tar,
Miss Goldia NJ. Monroe; librarian, Re
at l.. Wood asst librarian, Miss Harrl
ac Purington. 1t was decided to obser'
I'M the week Jan ia as a week of praye
he A new system of finance to raise Il
.er current expenses was adopted. by whiC
of each member will be furnished wi
to dated and numbered envelopes for eaC
'es Sunday of the year.