Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-05-03
MlDDLEBURY LOCALS.

Mrs. Noble Dewey is seriously i'll at
her home in the east part of the town
with complication of diseases.
Mrs. E. P. Seymour, who has been
seriously i'll for some time at her home
on Pleasant street. is able to set up a
short while each day.
There has been large increase this
week in the number of men employed at
and around the railroad station in the
preliminary work of moving the station
across the track to the east side and
moving the tracks further to the east
The board of listers for the town of
Middlebury announce that they will
hold meeting at the Office of town
clerk Joseph M. Burke at 10 O'Clock
a. m. on Saturday, May II, for the
purpose of hearing grievances and
making such corrections in the grand
list this year as they may find neces
sary.
Prof. D. McGregor Means, who has
spent the winter in New York, is in
town on a visit to ex-Gov. j. w.
Stewart.
Otto ?. Moore, returned from
Bradentown, Fla, Thursday evening,
where he spent the winter.
County Fish and Game Warden
George H. Chaffee, while on tour
through Franklin county the early
part of the week, seized three very
large nets which were used for illegal
fishing. Two of these were seins 40
yards long, the other was what is called
a pound net, which has wheels on either
side and is about &c feet long, with a
capacity of about 200 barrels.
The water in the reservoir is very low
at present and users are requested to
use water moderately. 1t is under
stood there are several breaks in the
pipes leading from the reservoir.
E. p Cushman, c. C. Wells and N.
A. Seymour went on Tuesday to Albany,
N. Y, as representatives of the bust
ness men and village in the matter of
the transfer of the Rutland road by the
New York Central to the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.
Addison County Secretary of the Y.
M. c. A. ]. Sterling Morgan, was
taken with an attack of appendicitis
while in his office on Seymour street on
Thursday evening. He was taken to
the Mary Fletcher hospital at Burling-
ton on Friday afternoon and an opera
ton was performed on the same even
ing. Reports from the hospital are
very favorable for a speedy recovery.
Daniel Mccormack and family are
moving into the Rose house on Frank
lin street, just vacated by the Misses
Farnsworth, who have removed to the
Langworthy house on the same street.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles r. Cheney and
daughter, Mildred, have returned from
visit to Rutland.
James Westall, a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Westall, ST., has gone to Spring
HeiuJ Mdoo., WHeIe lie has SeCuTeu d
position.
The Misses Genevieve and Flora
Graves of Brooklyn, N. Y, are in town
for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gee of Pleas
ant street are the parents of daugh-
ter, born April 23d.
The rummage sale of the Congrega-
tional church will be held in the base
ment of the town hall May Is. The
collectors wish to have all articles ready
for collection the 18th. Committee in
charge Mrs. Lewis Skiff, Mrs. |. M.
Teylor and Mrs. E. H. Thomas.
The Village Improvement society
asks interested persons to save for il
old rubber of any description: Hot
water bottles, tires, rubbers, etc. If
they will notify Mrs. j. A. Peck, No.
20 Washington street, Mrs. N. J. San
ford will send for the rubber during the
month of May.
The play, "She Stops to Conquer, "
will be presented at the opera house on
Thursday evening, May 9, by the stu
dents of Mddlebury college. The play
is five-act comedy and is under the
direction of Miss Caroline Crawford.
Tickets go on sale today.
The MiddIebury college base ball team
will play st. Lawrence university team
on the college campus on Thursday,
May 9. On Friday, May 10, they will
cross bats with Lafayette college.
Both games promise to be hotly con-
tested as both visiting teams have some
excellent material.
School Notes.
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