Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-06
MlODLEBURY LOCALS.

The Intercollegiate Track Meet be-
tween Middlebury and st. Lawrence
occurs on Friday the 13 from 9 to IL
a. m. on the Athletic Field. st. Law
renee is reported to have a strong agre-
cation in track but the local team
promise them an interesting reception
Frank Lasher, who recently purchas-
ed farm on the east side of Chapman
hill, is making preparations tc open a
wood yard there.
There are letters at the local post Of
flee addressed to the following persons:
Mrs. L. Culver, Mrs. Adlord Cyr, Mrs.
NJ. A. Wilson, Miss Ruth Nye Pearson,
Miss M. Graney, Miss Orpha Norton,
Miss L. Phelps, Minnie Curtis, Burnard
M. Brown, L. L. Murray Charles Sears,
and Richard Smith.
One car of potatoes was loaded here
Wednesday at prices running from 20
to 25 cents per bushel, 25 cents being
paid only in a few cases.
Mrs. Joseph w. Lawrence returned
Tuesday from weeks stay in Cam
bridge, N. Y.
The Philathea society of the Baptist
church will hold date sociable in the
vestry on the evening of May 13.
Kent Demarest has returned to Buoy
rus, Ohio.
Herbert Smith has gone to Albany,
N. Y. where he has position
George Brusseau has gone to Fort
Wayne, Ind.
The Ladies Aid society of the Metho-
dist Church will hold rummage sale in
Grange hall on Friday, May 10.
DIR. and Mrs L. E. Mellon have re-
turned from Florida, where they have
spent the past winter
At the monthly meeting of the pen
sion examiners, Wednesday, five old
soldiers appeared.
In the local markets this week 10
cents per dozen has been paid for eggs
and from rs to 81 cents per pound for
butter
Miss Anna Sullivan returned Wednes-
day from Boston, where she spent sew
eral days with relatives and friends.
The Larabee society will hold rum
mage sale Thursday, May IL, in the
lower town hall, for one day only.
Carl Frost is back on the express de-
livery wagon after a two weeks alb
sence during which time he was making
some repairs to his house.
There will be special communication
of Union Lodge, F. & A. M, Monday,
May 9. There will be work on the F.
c. degree and refreshments.
The base ball game between Middle
bury high school and Vergennes high
school which was scheduled for We'd
nesday afternoon was cancelled on ac-
count of the wet weather.
Miss Agnes Fits, a nurse in the
Massachusetts state hospital, is visit
ing her parents in Ripton and friends in
Middlebury.
Carl McMaster was brought before
Justice Dickens Tuesday on. charge
of truancy and was committed Ito the
Industrial school at Vergennes.
The Woman's Aid of St. Stephens
church will hold its annual spring rum
mage sale Wednesday, May Is, place to
be announced later.
The funeral services of.Mrs. Margar-
ct Watson. wife of William d. Watson,
who died at her home in East Mibblebury
Wednesday morning of last week, were
held in East Middlebury Methodist
Church at one o'clock Friday afternoon,
the Rev. E. w. Hallowell officiating.
The remains were brought to this village
for burial in the West cemetery.
Thursday night several yards of fence
on the retaining wall over the Murkland
property on College street were tipped
over into the hollow, 20 or 25 feet below.
1t is rumored that the job was done by
college boys in the exuberance of their
joy over the victory of Middlebury over
the University of Maine.
George Quinn left for Bellows Falls
Monday where he has position in a
hardware store.