Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08

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at her home on South Main street.
Additional repairs are to be made on
the county Jail as soon as the work can
be unpertaken this spring.
Bishop Hall preached in st. Stephens
church Wednesday evening.
Walter II. Olmsted of East Middle
bury and John l.. Cook of Ripton, now
inmates Of the Soldiers Home at Ben
nington, are visiting at their former
homes.
E. G. Piper is getting out lumber for
a large horse and cattle barn at his new
premises on Weybridge street.
Fred Nassau recently visited relatives
in Charlotte.
Harold Leech has returned from few
days visit with relatives in Bristol.
William Kenworthy, Jr., of Rutland
is in town for visit.
The Essay Club will meet with Mrs.
John H. Stewart Wednesday afternoon
March 18th, at 3 80 o'clock.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Mrs. Dyer, Friday
afternoon, March 18th, at 3 o'clock. A
full attendance is desired
The Ladies Aid of the Memorial Ban.
fist church will meet with Mrs. Stair on
Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
The next meeting of the Century Club
will be with Mrs A. H. Bristol, Friday
evening, March IS.
The Ladies Association for Home and
Foreign Missions will hold a sale of food,
homemade candies, useful and fancy
bags, aprons and other articles in the
vestry of the Congregational church on
Saturday afternoon, March 23rd. BUSY
housewives will bear this in mind and
give their orders for cakes, rolls, baked
beans, brown bread, or anything that the
fladies can furnish to Miss Mabel Merrill
or Mrs Carrie Bryant
The ladies are invited to attend free
illustrated lecture on health and nv.
giene by Mrs. A NJ. Wiggin from the
Boston office of the Viavi Co., to be
given in the lecture room of the NJ. E.
church Wednesday, March 10 at p. al.
The funeral of Hiram Howard was
held at st. Stephens church Wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock. The Rev w.
1. Forsythe officated and the remains
were taken that night to Providence, r.
l.. to be buried beside his first wife.
The bearers were Commander James NJ.
Tracy and Adjutant w. L. Cady of Will
liam F. Russell Post G. A. R., and f. c.
Brown, George Mead, George Paynne
and c. NJ. Carpenter
Miss Marie Murkland has gone to
Northampton, Mass. to visit Smith oil
lege friends. Before returning home
she will make brief stay in New York
city.
Mrs. Harley Cooke of Brandon has
leased the Frank Trudo house on Court
street. She comes here to educate her
daughter.
The Womans Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church held a
largely attended meeting with Mrs. o.
Fl. Atwood Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. T. Gulley of Concord,
N. H., are in town for visit. For the
past year Mr.. Gulley has been in the EN-.
ploy of the Boston & Maine railroad as
motorman. Mr.. Gulley is building res
idence in Concord. N. H.
The cattle shipment from this section
Monday consisted of five carloads of COWS,
calves and hogs, four (which we're for
the Brighton market and one for New
York city.
Hiram Howard, aged 81 years died
suddenly at the home of E. G. Brown,
where he lived, on Monday morning of
heart ldisease. Mr.. Howard was for
many years a well known business man
in New York and Providence, r. I. He
served through the Civil War as adjutant
of the Second Regiment, heavy artillery,
New York Volunteers, coming out as
lieutenant. He was member of Eureka
Lodge of Masons of New York. A
widow and one son by a former marriage,
Stephen Howard, of New York, survive.
IThe remains were taken to Providence
for burial.
George Dragon was before Justice Fred
NJ. Foote Monday charged with an as
sault on Frank Fits, who drives the
stage to Ripton. The alleged offense
occurred about ten days ago and in the
melee Fits is charged with having
bitten off a portion of Dragons ear
Dragon has broughta civil suit against
Fits for 81 900 damages. The case is
to be heard in Addison county court next
June. Justice Foote found Dragon