Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-03

The Thanksgiving dance given by
Landlord Tisdale of the Green Mountain
House, East Middlebury, on Thursday
evening of last week, was attended by
about sixty couple.
At the regular meeting of the Middle
bury Grange held in their hall Friday
evening the third and fourth degrees
were conferred ON large class, after
which remarks were made By various
members of the society present from New
Haven, Salisbury, Cornwall and Bird
port and President John NJ. Thomas of
Middebury College. AT the conclusion
of the meeting chicken pie supper was
served and fully 300 sat down to the
tables.
Rev. Clarence S. Sargent, for several
years pastor of the Congregational church
in New Haven, and well known through
out this section of the strife twenty years
ago, recently resigned charge which he
had served for eight years in Wichita,
Kansas, and has been received as can
didate for orders in the Episcopal church.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Smith of Cam
bridge, Mass, were recent visitors in
town.
Mrs. E. P. Carney of Burlington was
the guest of her sister, Mrs f. M. Crosby,
"A few days the first of the week.
Arthur H. Bryant of New York city
spent few days the past week with his
mother, Mrs. H. II. Bryant, returning
Sunday night.
Egbert C. Hadley was in Cambridge
Mass last week to see the Yale-Harvard
football game, going from there to New
York city and returning to MiddIebury
Sunday night.
Rev S. f. Goodheart of Whiting was
visitor in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Manley Winch and son Stanton
returned to their home in Pittsford today
after visiting her mother, Mrs. Margaret
Gilmour.
Cobb Bros. have moved their machine
shop from the l.. o. Allen building on
Washington street to the new Cobb
block on Main street. This firm has had
good business during its comparatively
short existence and the outlook is good
for continuance.
The Middlebury electric company was
obliged to shut down its plant Wednes-
day forenoon on account of trouble with
anchor ice. The company has been
troubled good deal during the past
summer by shortage of water with
which to run the plant and now that
there is plenty of water there are other
troubles. 1t has been necessary much of
the time to run the works by steam
power.
When the Wilson-Root clothing store
was opened about seven o'clock Wed
nesday morning it was found that the
store was flooded with water which came
from one of the upper floors. When the
water was shut off during the prev ious
night faucet in the storerOom of the
telephone company was opened and left
in that condition. When the water was
again turned into the mains it found an
easy outlet from this faucet with con-
sequence that the floors below were sup
piled with more water than was neces-
sary. 1t is not as yet estimated what
the damage will be but much of the
clothing and other goods in the store
were well soaked
The Moosalamoo Club held "smoker"
in their rooms last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Gonyea of Rutland
have been visiting at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. w. j. Wood.
Miss June Nash recently cut her right
hand so severely that the wound required
several stitches.
Henry B. Hayes is spending two weeks
with his daughter in Tunbridge.
Mrs. L. NJ. Morrison went Saturday to
Albany, n. Y, called there by illness in
the family of her son, NJ. c. Morrison.
Mrs. +. p. Hooker who lived for a
number of years in Middlebury when DIR.
Hooker was pastor of the Congregational
church here, was thrown from an cleo
trio car Thanksgiving day while on her
way to take dinner with friend in
Brookline, Mass. The fall resulted in a
fractured hip and bruises, aside from the
shock. 1t is impossible to tell at present
just how severe the injuries may prove
She is now at the New England hospital
Roxbury.
Edison Wisell who conducts a black
smith shop on Seymour street claims the
record in the line of horse shoeing, hav
ing shod twenty horses last Monday in
nine hours and forty-five minutes doing
The work alone