Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-06

notify the postoffice of a change of adj
dress or any additions to their families
to whom mail will be addressed. Mont
pelier is the second pOstotfice in New
England to adopt this card system.
There is no money available to pay the
expense of it which is borne by the post
master.
Charles A. Hagarman, treasurer of
Howes Great London shows, has paid
State Treasurer +. H Deavitt $1,000 for
license fee for this circus which entered
Vermont at Rutland Monday The
license is good for three months. Mr..
Hagarman, who tips the beam at more
than 200 pounds, has filed an application
for membership in the New England Fat
Mems club, and hopes to attend the an
nual meeting at Portland next week.
The members of the colored troops
were welcomed into Burlington by the
local negroes Wednesday evening at a
reception held in Hamlin's hall at the
corner of Lafountaine and Cedar streets.
Refreshments were served and dancing
INDUCED in with music by Ennis or
chestra. The affair was largely attended
and the troopers were apparently much
pleased by their warm reception.
Association papers have been filed at
the secretary of states office from Tiff
fany Brothers Manufacturing company
to be located at Bennington for the pur-
pose of manufacturing knit goods and
machinery. The capital stock is $4,000.
The signers are E. j. Tiffany, Eli Tiffany,
Carrie P. Tiffany, H. E. Tiffany and F.
NJ. Tiffany, all of Bennington.
Fred L. Laird has been engaged by the
directors of the Montpelier board of trade
to make arrangements for the hearing
before the public service commission on
a petition for relief from increased
charges by the Vermont Telephone and
Telegraph company. No date has as yet
been fixed for the hearing, but as soon as
Mr.. Laird has his evidence ready to pre-
sent the chairman of the public service
commission will be communicated with.
Collins, the brilliant young pitcher
who is now astonishing both Boston and
its rivals in the American league, grew
up in Burlington, so that the University
of Vermont can not be charged with inn
porting him. The university at different
times has expelled number of students
for professionalism, and there is not a
college in the country where athletics
are conducted on a cleaner basis than al
the University of Vermont. This does
not prevent it from developing star
pitchers, however, for it has others tc
follow.
BY being in hurry and snatching VI
the wrong baby, Walter G. Turner OF
| Brattleboro, travelling salesman, got
into trouble at the union station, Spring
field, Mass, the other day just after the
train for Boston pulled in. Turner went
; to Sprin gfield to meet his sister, Mrs. G
p. Norcross, and her one year-old twins
and escort her to his home in Bratte
boro. When the train stopped Mrs. Nor
cross appeared on the platform with one
! of the twins, and her brother, who went
into the car to get the other twin, unfor
tunately picked us the first baby il
sight, which happened not to be his lntl'
4 nephew. The mother of the child, mis-
3 taking his intentions, pounced upon him
: scratched him, accused him as a 'crue
= child-stealinR wretch" and then mad'
4 off with her baby, Meanwhile Mrs. Nor
\ cross was attracted to the scene and re
a moved her offspring.
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