Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12

Mrs. T.. r.. Rich and Mrs. o. II. Gus b.
man were guests of Mrs. U. V. Drake in
Ticonderoga for several days recently.
Mrs. j. Fl. Hale, of New York, was
the guest of MIR. and Mrs. f. E. Rich
during the week.
E. G. Gorham has returned from a
ten days stay in New York and Buff
falo.
Roy E. Bullock, wife and little son
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. j. Bullock, on High street.
Mrs. Emma Beckwi.h has returned
from an extended visit to Great Barring
ton and New York city.
MIR. and Mrs. Rocca and family have
moved from the Dumas house on Court
street to River street.
Charles Bingham has gone to Brain
tree, Mass, to visit the family of Rev.
Thomas Simms.
Miss Carrie Damon entertained several
friends ut her home on Academy street
Wednesday evening,
G. S. Wainwright and c. C. Wells
have returned from a carriage drive to
Hancock.
Miss Powers. of Bennington, is the
guest of her sister, Miss Faith Powers,
at Hammond Hail.
The marriage of Miss Ruth Smith, of
Middlebury, with Benjamin Wales, of
Weybridge, will take place next TuesdaN
evening.
Miss Christine Huntley has returned
to her home in Leicester junction after
few days stay 10 town the guest of
Mrs. w. II. Davis.
Theodore Wells, of New York. is
spending few days in town with his
wife at the home of her father, Col.
A. A. Fletcher.
Mrs. o. H. Cushman and Mrs. E. f.
Rich drove to Ticonderoga this week to
visit Mrs. Cushman's daughter, Mrs. M.
V. Drake.
The first meeting of the Fortnightly
club this season will be held on Wednes-
day evening, October II, at the home Of
Miss Jessica Stewart.
The wife of Charles Columbe, who is
at Mary Fletcher hospital and underwent
an operation for appendicitis is not i'm
proving rapidly.
Mrs. j. w. Green, Jr., is spending
couple of weeks with friends at Enosburg
Falls.
The first snow of the season came yss-
terday afternoon but did not last very
long.
Remember that next Monday is the
limit for paying the water tax without
extra cost.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Bessette and
daughter, of Burlington, were recent
guests of Mrs. George Pinney.
Mrs. Jennette Swan sends to the Reg
lister office some ripe, nice looking rasp-
berries, picked on New Haven road
October 10.
Arthur Liberty sustained a crushed
foot at the marble mill by piece of
marble falling upon it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Howard have re.
Gently returned from New Jersey, and
have taken rooms with Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G. Brown, on Seymour street.
Frank R. Stone, president of the State
Chief Engineers association, attended
the recent meeting at Burlington. Mr..
Stone was chosen president without
opposition.
The first meeting of the Fortnightly
club will be held with Miss Jessica Stew
art on Wednesday evening, October 18th
and Will be guest meeting. The bust
ness usually transacted at the first meet.
ing will be postponed until October 31st.
Solicitors are canvassing the town for
money to pay the expenses of the State
Teachers Association meeting here next
week. Every family having a child in
school, especially, should deem it priv
ilege to contribute to this fund.- A small
sum from each will suffice.
The football practice of the college
team is going steadily on. The next
scheduled game comes tomorrow and is
with Williams College. The varsity
squad will leave Middlebury Friday noon
and will probably spend the night in
North Adams, Mass, going to Williams
town the next morning.
The big blow the fore part of the week
denuded shade trees of many dead limbs,
blew down decayed fences and made
wreck of frail umbrellas. Apples in the
outlying districts suffered considerably
and one of John Doody's cows was
choked to death by eating of the stolen
fruit. Two large trees in this village
were Frustrated.