Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-30

John Stiles was a Burlington visitor
last week.
Ernest w. L'Heureux spent few
days in Burlington last week.
Earl Gorham and Ellsworth Cushman
spent few days in Burlington this
week.
Bernard Burns of Holy Cross college,
Worcester, Mass, is spending the hol-
days with his parents.
Mrs. Mary E Caswell announces the
engagement of her daughter, Elizabeth
to Dane Dutton Jackson.
Mrs. Margaret Gilmour and daughter,
Bertha, are visiting at the home of Mrs.
Manly Winch in Pittsford.
John Halnon, who is practising law
in Worcester Mass, spent Christmas
with his mother, Mrs. John Halnon.
Miss May Calhoun of Converse, N.
Y, is spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr., and Mrs. Allan Calhoun.
William V. Hagar of Washington,
D. c., who has been the guest of his
parents during the past week, has re-
turned to that city.
Miss Chloe Burritt, who has been Wis
iting her aunt, Mrs. Robert Towle, of
College street, has returned to her
home in New York city.
The Methodist and Baptist churches
both had Christmas tree exercises in
their respective churches Monday even
ing for the Sunday schools.
The cattle shipment from this section
this week consisted of two car loads of
cows, calves and hogs for the New
York and Boston market
George Dougherty, clerk at the Ad-
Olson, passed Christmas with relatives
and friends in Granville, N. Y, return
ing to his duties here Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary L. Tyrel, Mrs. Carrie
Severance and son, Tyrel, and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Williams of Brandon visit
ed at the home of w. A. Tyrel Christ
mas.
Henry Hammond acted as street
commissioner Tuesday in place of his
brother, George Hammond, who has
been appointed to a government po-
sition.
Frederick A. Hughes of Rochester,
N. Y, visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Hughes. Mr.. Hughes is
manager of large advertising house in
Rochester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Burke and Mrs.
Mrs. Mary Langworthy have returned
from Brandon where they spent Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Langworthy.
A card party and social hour was
held at the federation building Thurs
day evening. Whist was played at a
number of tables after which refresh
ments were served.
The Womans Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church will meet
with Mrs D. H. Corkran Tuesday after
noon, January 3, at 3 o'clock. Subject
woman s Life in the Orient.
For the first time in a considerable
length of time the Addison county Jail
is without occupants. All the state
prison men and short term men having
been got rid of before Christmas.
Clarence w. Page, after ten days
visit here to relatives at the hotel
Logan, started Wednesday on his return
to Haverhill, Mass, but will make a
few days stay in Boston on the way.
j. C. S. Hamilton of Bridport is in
town making preparations to ship next
week a small number of choice head of
Spanish Merino sheep to party in
South America for whom he has been
selecting them.
Letters addressed as follows remain
at the local postoffice unclaimed: Miss
Dorothy Dumas, Miss Nellie Harring-
ton, Irving Baker, H. F. Dumas, Lam
D. Hale, Edwin Lynch, w. H. Silcott,
j. Edward Tierney.
Forty couple attended the second
dance in the series of Masonic dances at
Masonic hall last evening, despite the
stormy weather Refreshments We're
served during the evening. The dane
ing lasted until 80 o'clock. The next
in the series will be held on Thursday
evening, January II,
Word has been received in town of
the death in st. Luke's hospital in South
Bethlehem, Pa, on December 13, of
Oscar F. Lawrence, at the age of SO
years and one month. Mr.. Lawrence
was native of Middlebury, having
lived here number of years ago, and
was the son of Mrs. Eliza Lawrence
Holden.