Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-10

Mrs. A. H. Piper returned Wednes-
day from Shirley, Mass, where she
spent the winter.
The condition of George Abbey, who
was operated upon at the Fanny Allen
hospital a week ago, continues to i'm
prove.
Frank Lasher, who was hurt while
skidding logs at his home in Happy
Valley a few days ago, has recovered.
Roy Douglas, who has been employed
on the college dormitory, had the mis-
fortune to fall while at work there and
break two ribs.
Miss Della Douglas has gone to Spring
field, Mass, where she will visit friends
for the next two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal S%turtevant have
gone to Seymour, Conn, where they
will visit their daughter and family for
the mex few weeks.
Levi Leno, after having been confined
to the house for nearly two months with
blood poisoning, is able to be out again,
but his right arm is greatly swollen up
and utterly useless.
Mrs. William Pinney and daughter,
Eva, were called to Burlington Satur-
day through the death of Miss Mary
Moylan, who died in St. Mary's Cathe-
dral in that city Thursday afternoon.
The cause of death was heart trouble.
The funeral was held Sunday after
noon.
The local board of water commits
siopers have notified the plumbing shops
in this section that they intend to enforce
the laws relative to putting plumbing
work into residences. Any person who is
known to have meddled with the village
pipes without a permit from the water
commissioners will be fined.
The Philathea society of the Me-
mortal Baptist church held a Japanese
social in the vestry of the church Tues
day evening. The social was well at
tended. A fine program was rendered
during the evening and a good time
was had by all. Refreshments were
served after the entertainment.
During the past week the water in
the reservoir was very low and on Fri
day was about empty. The water sup
ply during these few days coming direct
from the mountain at Little Notch.
On investigation it was found that
there was a very bad leak at the Rut-
land railroad station where the engines
take their water supply and another leak
was found at n of the street hydrants.
These leaks were repaired Saturday
afternoon and the reservoir began to
fill rapidly and is again at its normal
heighth. The commissioners also found
that some of the air valves of the water
pipe leading into the reservoir were out
of order and therefore the water be-
came air bound. Fire Chief Warren
had the fire engine gotten into shape
in case of Emergency.
About 40 young people, members of
Memorial Baptist church, went to Bris-
tol on Friday evening to attend a socia-
BILE given by the Baptist society of that
town. While they We're returning to
this village a sleigh carrying nine peo-
pie struck a snow drift about a mile
north of this village, the vehicle was
tipped oven and the occupants thrown
into the snow banks. Some of the men
in the party assisted in preventing the
animals from running away. William
Simonds was thrown under a sleigh and
had his right leg and arm badly injured.
He was Immediately taken to his home
on Seymour street, where DR.. P. l..
Dorey found his arm and leg badly
bruised, but no bones were broken.
John X. Dyer had his right arm bruised.
The other members of the party escaped
with a bad shaking up, and a few minor
bruises.