Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-10-23

Miss Samantha Holman. a former resi-
dent of this town, died at the home of
her sister. Mrs Moore of Salisbury on
Friday, Oct. l6. The funeral services
were held Su day, at which DIR. o. NJ.
Bump OBLIGATED.
| FIR. Daley Council 642, Knights of Co.
lumbus, had well-attended smoker
Tuesday ev ming. Six candidates will
take the initiatory degree at the next
meeting. p. f. McAuliffe, G.. X. Bur
lngton Council, was the guest of the
evening.
The Fortnightly club will meet with
Mrs. Stanton S. Eddy on Friday, October
% An important business meeting will
be held promptly at 3 o'clock. A pro-
gramme of unusual interest will begin at
3 80 o'clock
The Woman's Aid of st. Stephens
will hold a rummage sale in the old Bap-
fist church Wednesday. Oct. 2Sth, open
at 8 a. m. Those who have articles to
donate are requested to send them there
Tuesday, the 9th, or notify Mrs Storms
by phone and they will be called for
Tuesday, as the articles have to be mark
ed and arranged before Wednesday morn
ing.
The ground has been smoothed and lev
eled on the site of the new fountain. and
all is now ready for the superstructure.
The location at the present time, even
without the fountBin, is marked i'm
provement in appearance over the tri-
angle of former years
Batavians who completely filled the
Opera House last evening were greatly
pleased with the manner i'll which that
sterling old play "Uncle Dan'l or the
Messenger from Jarvis Section" was put
on the stage by a thoroughly competent
company. Thomas Grimes, who assumes
the title role, leaves nothing to be de-
sired in his Interpretation of the part,
and his support is excellent.-Daily
News.
Do you want good fun: Well, you can
get all you can hold Co-night, at Good
Templars' hall, East Middlebury, where
an uproarious comedy d anna will take up
two and half hours, with fine special
ties between the acts. The price of adj
mission is so low that all can come, and
the proceeds are for most worthy pur-
pose. 1t will be fine way to spend the
evening
Last Saturday Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute team had the freedom of the
city, they having trimmed the Middle
bury college team by score of 80 to O..
One of the features of The day was pa
rade by the Middlebury freshmen of
what some might call Horriblas, though
closer inspection would reveal the fact
that the heroes of history We're represent
ed, from the days of the Roman Empire
to the Crusades; and from that period
down to the twentieth century Carrie
In cd
another what it all meant. "Why
that the Freshies. They have to play
fool like that, or else the big fellers ii
wallop EN-" was the answer
Uncle Dan'l or The Messenger from
Jarvis Section will be the offering at the
town hall, Wednesday, Oct IS This is
the play in which Barney McCauley and
Mrs. Fiske first won such marked popu
lar success for so many years. 1t tells a
simple domestic story of New England
life and has not few genuinely effec-
tive dramatic situations. Several high
class specialties are introduced through
out the piece. Special attention has
been given the scenic and electrical eff
fects. They do not write as good songs
now a. days as the old songs and Uncle
Dan'l is proof that the real good plays of
few years ago were the ''real go DDS"
Next Tuesday, Oct. 2Sth, will be the
50th anniversary of the wedding of Rev.
and Mrs Gemont Graves of Burlington.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Graves trace their
lineage back to the time of William of
Normandy. DIR. Graves was student
at Middlebury College two years, receiv-
ing afterward the degree of NJ. A. He
was ordained in 1854 by Bishop Hopkins,
and was for some time pastor of st.
Stephens church in this town.
A soc. box of Mona tablets will start
the cure of that Indigestion which have
| hnan the hang of Nnnr Life w III Shell.