Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-03-18


Union held a meeting this afternoon at
three O'Clock with Mrs. Asa Hemenway.
The remains of Mrs. Odile Prunier,
widow of the late Napoleon Pruner of
Shoreham were brought here on the
, 1880 train Monday from Montreal
where she died last Friday after a five
years residence in that city with her
, son. Her age was 68 years. The re-
mains were taken by team to Shoreham
for interment, the funeral services hav-
ing been held in Montreal on Sunday.
The deceased leaves five sons and one
daughter, Joseph N. Pruner of West
dale, Mass, Fred, William and George
Prunier of Montreal, Frank Prunier of
Lynn, Mass, and Mrs. A. ]. Brown of
Belchertown, Mass.
Fred Blair, arrested Sunday evening
on charge of obstructing the sidewalk
and refusing to move when requested
was up before Judge Fred M. Foote
Tuesday morning. On Grand Juror
Button recommendation the case was
mol pressed by the court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l. Button have
returned from Brandon.
Mrs. Mary Gates and her daughter,
Fanny, have been called to East Fair
field by the illness of d relative.
Toussaint Kidder has returned from
Canada.
Prof Raymond White was called to
his home in New Haven, Conn, by the
serious illness of his mother
Mrs. Chas Hodgeson of Ticonderoga
was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Isaac
Stems, over Sunday.
Miss Sadie Kent spent several days
in Brandon and Rutland the first of the
week.
Miss Ada Smith spent Sunday in Bur-
lington the guest of Miss Maude Ham
mond.
The new pipe organ for St Mary's
church has arrived and will be in place
Easter Sunday. 1t will not be used,
however, until Low Sunday evening,
when it is expected that Father Moran
of New York city will dedicate it.
The Ladies' Missionary Association
of the Congregational church will hold
their regular Easter thank offering
service for home missions in the vestry
Friday afternoon, March 25, at three
O clock.
William Reynolds and Miss Ella
Loiselle were married Tuesday evening
by Rev. A. W. Dickens.
The sale of food and art works by the
Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist
church Wednesday afternoon and even
ing was well attended and successful.
Lunches were served to those who so
desired.
Frank F. Shepard, for many years a
popular clerk at The Addison and for
the past eight years proprietor of the
Hotel Windham at Bellows Falls, will
hereafter conduct the Rockingham
hotel in that place.
Mrs. Nellie Taylor and daughter, for
merly of Middlebury, now connected
with the Collegiate Institute of Fort
Edward, N. Y, had a narrow escape
from losing their wearing apparel and
other personal property in the fire at
the institute early Tuesday morning.
Only last year Mrs. Taylor lost her
house on lake George by fire.
L. o. Allen who has been sick with
typhoid fever for the past two weeks is
getting along as well as can be eX
pected.
Miss Jennie Liberty of Fair Haven is
guest at the home of Thomas F.
Burns.
travellers Night" at Middlebury
Grange proved quite interesting. The
program consisted of talks on Africa,
by DR.. Kingsley, st. Louis, by w. N.
Cady; the South, by Miss Ruth Dow.
Elmer Wright read very interesting
paper on Development of the Fruit
Industry in the last Fifty Years"
Clyde Hulburt was elected steward, to
succeed Dewey Smith, resigned. He
was installed by Past Master Cady.
A semaphore is being constructed at
Beldens station, to take the place of
the old ''order board. 1t is expected
that these will be installed in other
places in the near future.
Miss Bertha Smith of Manchester
was the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
A. B. Smith, over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ T. Butterfield and
son, Darrell, visited in Bristol Sunday.
The Junior Holy Name society bas-
ket ball team defeated the Y. M. c. A.
Monday night by score of 1922.
Messrs. Adams and Trick of the Jar