Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-02
MlDDLEBURY LOCALS.

his name.
Miss Elizabeth Farnsworth has re-
turned home after months stay with
relatives at Boston and vicinity.
The iron work for the new national
bank has arrived and been put on the
grounds near the bank. Everything
now points to the completion of the
building within the contract time. The
building when completed will be SO by
65 feet in ground dimensions, and will
be one story high above the sidewalk.
The building will cost about $40, 900.
H. o. Wales and family have moved
here from Weybridge and have taken
the Brooks house on Washington street.
Mrs. Eugene Smith of Rutland visited
relatives in town during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Carney of Bur-
lington were guests at the home of
Mrs. Carney's sister, Mrs. F. M. Cros-
by, over Sunday on their return from
two weeks outing at Lake Bomoseen.
A. D. Wright was a business visitor
in Rutland the first of the week.
There was a slight break in the sup
ply pipe of the water main in front of
the residence of Geo. E. Marshall the
latter part of last week. The break
was repaired by the water department.
The regular meeting of Middlebury
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evening. After the business session
very interesting talk on Agriculture in
China was given by Rev. DIN Cady,
returned missionary.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church will meet
in the church parlors Monday after
noon, Sept. 5, at three o'clock. This
is the annual meeting with thank Offer
ing and mite-box opening.
James Simon, Jr,, of Albany, N. Y,
is in town for weeks vacation.
Miss Nellie Halpin of Bread Loaf
spent Sunday in town.
Robert Hope of Schenectady, N. Y.
spent few days in town the first of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Dean, who have
been passing a good part of the sum-
mer at The Addison, returned to their
home in Boston Monday morning.
Ex-Gov J. W. Stewart and Mrs. j.
w. Sylvester and Miss Sophie Wilds
were guests at Bread Loaf Inn last Sat
urday.
Arthur C. Taber, who has conducted
paint shop and paper hanging estab-
lishment in the Murkland block, has
moved the same to the store in the old
/. Chapman block, formerly occupied by
Milo X. Moore as an auction and sales
room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Eubar and daugh-
ter, Sadie, have gone TO Moriah Center,
N. Y, to visit relatives.
A big band of gypsies struck town
Saturday afternoon and camped on the
f East Middebury road over Sunday.
The outfit consisted of about twenty
teams, something like fifty people and
at least twenty dogs. The outfit left
Monday morning and nobody was sorry
to see them go.
Fire last Friday afternoon in the
Dickinson saw mill on Mill street caused
a loss of about $3.50. The alarm was
rung in at 8. 80 o'clock and the fire COM
panies respond quickly. The new
that being on the scene first and had q
stream on the fire, which originated in
pile of shavings, before the line OF
) hose was laid and when the water was
turned on the blaze was we'll under con-
troll. Z 1t was fortunate escape from a
> disastrous cantlagration and once more
7 demonstrated that the Middlebury fire
department is good one
In the local markets this week Is
cents per dozen was paid for eggs and
2S and 20 cents per pound for butter.
| Miss Lea Corkran has returned from
Poultney. Her brother, Ralph Cork
ran, accompanied her home
! Mrs. l.. M. Morrison and Miss
| Georgia Watson went to St. Adams tc
attend the funeral of Charles H. Morri
son, who died in that city early Sunday
e morning, they being respectively the
g sister-in-law and niece of the deceased
Mr.. Morrison was a native of Middle
bury, born in 1880. For the last 81
Y years he had lived at Burlington and St
r Adams.
Miss Isabelle Sanborn of Proctor is
q visiting in town.
e Miss Bertha Farrell has gone to {
Burlington hospital for an operation.
Miss Isabelle Calhoun, who has beer
: SDendinP the mast few weeks at OswepO