Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17

November 81, at 8 o'clock.
Town Clerk Joseph M. Burke has
issued over 200 hunters licenses this
season.
DIR. and Mrs. L. E. Mellen left Tues
day for Manatee, Fla, where they will
reside. DR.. Philip E. Mellen has as
sumed the practice and will be in charge
of the office during the winter.
Bristol reports several handsome
bucks being brought in early Wednes-
day forenoon. One by Napoleon Little
of Bristol village and one by Frank
Thompson of Lincoln. In this village
the only one reported up to Thursday
noon was got by George Train and
weighed 1926 pounds.
John l.. Slater, proprietor of the
Park Drug Store, has made some very
neat alterations in his store by the in
stallation Of three large "silent sales
men, which gives the place very at
tractive appearance.
early Wednesday morning for the
mountains in search of deer tracks.
Clarence Nassau has moved from the
Bryant house on Elm street to the
Stewart house on High street.
Mr.. and Mrs. john Burns took pos
session of the Hotel Logan on We'd
nesday morning. Mr.. and Mrs. John
II. Sargent have taken rooms on
North Pleasant street for the present.
A. D. Wright has moved into the
o. P. Moore house on South Pleasant
street. He has leased his farm in
Weybridge.
Charles Lyman lost valuable horse
Monday night. The animal had been
sick but few hours.
Frank Goss and Leland Gibson visited
friends in Vergennes over Sunday.
c. N. Atwood & Co., have placed in
their show window a lamb which will
be given away to the person guessing
nearest to the weight. The lamb
will remain on exhibition until No
vember 20 at 9 O'clock when it will
be weighed by William Jackson.
The Essay club will NEST next Wed
nesday afternoon, November 22d, with
Mrs. John Chapman at Prof. Seely's.
The following are the unclaimed
letters at the local postoffice: Mrs.
Elite j. Cross, Mrs. Pearl Powell, Geo.
H. Ash, Val Baul, Leo Corcoran, Alison
Stone (2), Leon E. Sturtevant, John
Tighe, Nap Trudo, Michael Wilcox,
Eugene Wilson.
] DR.. Sheldon'is making several inn
: provements on the interior of his store
on Main street.
Fred Taylor, an employee of the
Green Mountain Pulp Co., narrowly
escaped losing his right ear while at
work at the plant Tuesday. He was
bitten by one of the horses used at the
mill. DR.. P. L. Dorey attended him.
Thomas F. Burns and D. T. Nc
Cormick of Dorset spent Sunday in
town with their families. Mr.. Nc
Cormick expects to move to Dorset in
the near future.
Mrs. Everett Skillings, who has been
in Portland, Me-, for several months
owing to the illness and death of her
father, has returned to her home in
Mddlebury.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will have another food sale in the chapel
Saturday afternoon, November 18th,
beginning at o'clock. Lots of good
things TO eat.
The Ladies Association for Missions
of the Congregational church will hold
their annual Thank-otfering meeting in
the vestry of the church next Tuesday
afternoon at three o'clock.
Clarence Leno of Middlebury and
Mary Bennett of Lincoln were married
Tuesday, November II, by Rev. S. w.
Bidwell of East Middlebury.
The annual sale of surplus stock of
mares, driving horses, or yearling colts
horse farm Weybridge on Tuesday, No
vember 81 at 10 O'Clock a. m.
John Hogan, who was arrested by
Constable Sumner of Salisbury on Sat
urday last on suspicion of being the
assailant of Miss Nellie Meehan, the
Sudbury school teacher, was released
from Jail Monday afternoon on advice
from Rutland officers.
One of the largest bucks ever brought
into Middlebury was got by Norman S.
Foote Thursday south of Lake Dun
more. The animal had II prongs and
weighed $50 pounds.
Officer Jerry Degray arrested William
Thomas of Burlington Wednesday night
for intoxicaton. He was brought be-
fore Judge F. NJ Foote and pleaded
guilty. He was given ten days in jail
Mrs. Whitney Kirby, aged 81 years,
died at her home on Munger street
Wednesday after short illness. She
is survived by her husband and three
children, the youngest two weeks old
The funeral will be held from her late
home on Saturday afternoon at o'clock
and later at the church in East Middle
bury. Burial will be in the cemetery in
the east part of the town.
Russell Circle, No. 5, Ladies of the
G. A. R., will give a banquet in their
hall at o clock Monday evening No
vember 20, to which, besides the Circle,
only members of Russell post are invit-
ed; and those in charge earnestly re-
quest every member of the Circle and
Post to be present. The Circle had an
unusually pleasant meeting Wednesday
evening and admitted one new member,
and other candidates will be admitted
at the next meeting, so that the mem
bership is steadily growing.