Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-09


for a short visit with friends.
Be ready to hear Allon Packard at the
town hall tonight promptly at o clock.
The Century club will meet with Mrs.
H. M. Seely on South street, De-
cember 13.
The Moosalamoo club held a we'll at
tended smoker at their rooms. Wednes-
day evening.
Charles J. Halpin, who has been
visiting his parents, left Tuesday for
Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. Thomas Banning of Hartford,
Conn, is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Murphy on South street.
Frank Stearns yesterday, with one
horse, di ew load of oats from the de-
pot to the Thomas & Weeks feed store
that weighed 1910.
All ladies of Congregational parish
having handkerchiefs to contribute for
the bazaar on December ID, are re-
quested to send early to the committee
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union will meet with Miss Barber,
Friday afternoon, December l6. Topic,
Echoes from the National Conven-
tion."
Benjamin Vincent had the first fin
ger of his right hand cut off with an en-
silage cutter at the farm of Thomas
Billiard. DR.. S. S. Eddy dressed the
hand.
David Corkran, the young son of
Rev. and Mrs. Corkran, who has been
seriously i'll for some time, is improving
and it is hoped will make rapid pro-
gress.
The entertainment by DR.. Burrage
at the handkerchief bazaar at the Con-
gregational vestry, Wednesday even
ing, December ID, will be of such merit
that the price of admission is considered
very small Everyone welcome.
On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
the mercury went below zero for the
first time this fall. Thermometers in
different parts of the town marked
from four to six below.
The Ladies Home Circle Aid society
of the M. E. church will hold their De-
cember meeting with Mrs. D. L. Rob-
inson next Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.
m. A full attendance is desired.
The Y. M. c. A. will hold a public
social in their association rooms on Sey-
mour street on Monday evening. A
musical and literary program has been
prepared, games will be played and
light refreshments will be served.
The mason work on the new women's
dormitory for the college is nearly COM
pleted and the work of putting on the
roof will be begun this week. If this
can be completed this fall much work
will be done on the interior during the
winter months.
Prof. Raymond Mcfarland gave an
address in Manchester Tuesday even
ing and will speak in Danvile this
Friday evening. His talk to the men
of the college, which was to have been
Thursday evening, has been postponed
until next week,
While chopping wood at his home at
Cornwall on Tuesday afternoon last,
Edward Shackett misjudged stroke of
the axe and cut off the first finger of
his left hand. He was taken to the
office of DR.. S. S. Eddy of this village,
where the wound was dressed.
A food sale under the auspices of the
Ladies Aid society of the Methodist
church will be held in the basement of
the town hall Friday, December l6,
afternoon and evening. Coffee, sand
witches and doughnuts will be served,
and table of fancy articles suitable
for Christmas gifts will be for sale.
Town Treasurer C. E. Pinney reports
that about one-half of the taxes have
been paid up to this date. The tax
payers should remember that the 18th
inst. is the last day to avail themselves
of the discount The treasurer's office
will be open on the evenings of the 18th
and 18th inst.
At the annual meeting of the Library
Board on Tuesday, December 6, officers
were elected as follows: President,
Miss Parker; Vice-president and audit
or, Mrs. Fletcher; Treasurer, Mrs. Bur-
rage; Corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Skillings. The present staff of libra
rians was reelected.
The following letters remain at the
postoffice unclaimed: Miss Nellie
Bailey (2), Mrs. Gonley, Mrs. Lennie Y.
Jones, Miss Julia Shea, John H. Bailey,
Charles S. Cabot (2), Ben Carney,
Geo. Deloric, Arthur Duross, w. D.
Earl, E. j. Edmunds, Walter H. Ham