Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-14
MIDDlEBURY LOCALS.

Hiram Delpha of Bridport was Wis
ltor in town Monday.
Mr. Tobin of Swanton spent Friday in
town with his son.
Prof. c. B. Wright has returned from
few days business trip spent in Boston
and vicinity.
Mrs q. ID. Miner has gone to Brook
line, Mass, for few weeks visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Briggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hawthorne spent
Sunday in Brandon, the guests of Mr..
and Mrs Henry E. Bissell.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Foote were in Rut.
land Monday on business.
Arnold Needham of Whiting was a
business visitor in town last Saturday.
Hermon Poulette has leased the A. D.
Wright farm in the edge of Weybridge.
Ralph Fisher and family intend soon
to go to Wyoming where Mr.. Fisher has
employment.
Dane Jackson who has been attending
the Albany business college is in town
for visit with his parents.
w. H. Morcomb is recovering from a
severe attack of neuralgia of the head
and face.
The 10Th annual Baptist convention of
Addison county will be held in the Mem
orial Baptist church Tuesday and We'd
nesday, June and 8.
The naming and numbering of the
streets in the village has been completed
and we are now ready for the free city
delivery of mail.
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this year on August "a, %, 26 and 81.
Some additions are being made on the
grounds, notable among which is a large
addition to the floral hall which will re-
ieve the congested condition of that
building.
Mrs Phelps Nash left for st. Louis.
Mo-, Wednesday and will make an ex-
tensive tour of the western states before
returning in July.
The Labaree society of the Congrega-
tiOnal church held successful rummaee
sale in the basement of the town hall
Wednesday and Thursday of this week
j. M. Burke has completed repairs on
his tenement house and has begun re-
pairs on the Spyer house on south Main
strest for which he is agent.
A dime social was held in St. Stephens
church Wednesday evening.
AT meeting of the Memorial Baptist
church Wednesday evening the resigna-
ton of Rev. Geo r. Stair was accepted.
Resolutions of regret were adopted at
the resignation which takes effect the
first of October, as stated in the Register
last week, but the people with whom he
has labored for the past five years realize
that he Is to enter wider field of use
fitness and wish him God speed.
The Middlebury band, under the lead
ership of Prof. A. d. Nittum of Yer
gennes, is devotng two evenings week
TO rehearsals and the result will undoubt-
eddy be first class musical organization
and one of which the townspeople will
have even more reason TO be proud than
formerly
F. D. Boynton of Ithaca, n. Y, has
been here for few days. He took part
in the exercises of the Champlain Arbor
Day at the Collage, also gave lecture
in the Methodist church that evening.
Rev. f. f. Campbell of Mortified who
has been negotiating for some time for
the purchase of the old Catholic church
property is said to have succeeded in
buying the same for the use of a religi-
Ouo SCOl hlONIl DIS IIt tIlltCOSldl NdZd-
reens who will hold series of meetings
beginning June 20 and continuing until
July 4.
The report in some of the State papers
that Paul Odell, formerly chief train
dispatcher for the Rutland railroad, had
died as the suit of being sandbagged
at a town in Texas seems to have been
erroneous, as it is now stated that Mr.
Odell is recovering. The victim of the
assault was one of p. w. Clements chief
lieutenants during his first campaign fer
the governorship and is well known in
Middlebury and vicinity.
Judge +. A. Field of Panton, Cyrus
Smith of Bridport and John B. Thomas
of Salisbury, commissioners appointed 10y
the judges of Addison county court,
were in town yesterday and went to
East Middlebury for the purpose of APP
praising some land owned by Michael
Calvin which adjoins Prospect ceme-
terry. The cemetery association wishes
to purchase small piece of land for an
addition to the cemetery, but Mr.. Calvin
refused to SELL The assistance of the
county court was sought and as a conse-
quence the above commission was APP
pointed to look into the matter. Attor-
ney G. |. Button appeared on behalf of
the association.