Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-02-09

Union lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M, held
a largely attended meeting in Masonic
hall Tuesday evening. The Entered
Apprentice degree was conferred on
seven candidates in full form.
Miss Eunice Cady entertained the
girls of Sigma Kappa sorority Friday
night, February 2, by giving them a
sleigh ride out to her home east of the
village. A bountiful supper was served
them at their arrival and was enjoyed
to the greatest extent by all. Mrs.
Lambert chaperoned.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will hold food sale, consisting of plain
and fancy cooking, in w. E. Clements
store next Wednesday afternoon, Feb
ruary Ia, commencing at two o clock.
st. Cecilia's club of st. Marys church
will hold Valentine banquet, with
musical and literary program, Wednes-
day evening, February ID, at $3.50
O'Clock at the Federation hall on Main
street. Everyone invited
Prof Raymond Mcfarland resumed
his classroom duties at the college with
the opening of the second semester this
week. His work of visiting the second
airy schools of the state was completed
the last week in January, after travel
ing twenty-five hundred miles in the
state and inspecting more than ninety
per cent. of the high schools of the first
class. Professor Mcfarland is now
preparing a report of his study of YER
mont secondary education which will be
printed as bulletin of the college.
Professor Walter E. Howard, dean of
Middlebury college, started yesterday
for few weeks stay in Columbia, S.
c., and other southern cities, and Pro-
fessor and Mrs. Charles B. Wright
leave tonight for a sea trip to Central
America and the West Indies. They all
expect to return to Middlebury about
the middle of April.
Monday, market day, prices for but
ter and eggs were as follows: Tub 81
and 80; print, 33 and 81 cents per pound;
eggs, 35 cents per dozen.
Frank Mumblo finished his ice job
Saturday, cutting BOO cakes.
William P. Russell post, No. 80, G. A.
R., and William P Russell circle, No. 5,
Ladies of the G. A. R., and associate
members of the post, will observe the
anniversary of Lincoln's birthday on
Monday evening, February II, with
campfire at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Benedict on Court street. The
ladies will provide repast and there
will be an extended literary and musical
program.
Louis Bruya, night messenger on the
Barre branch, has received the Carne-
gle medal awarded him sometime ago
for bravery displayed near the M. & w.
station in Montpelier few years ago.
The medal is bronze affair bearing the
profile of Andrew Carnegie on one side,
while on the opposite face is a brief
description of the deed which won the
medal.
The little doe fawn taken in charge by
County Warden E. S. Higgins last Sun
day will probably be placed in private
park in Addison county. The fawn is
being kept in a barn on County
street and has already lost much
of its fear of human beings Since its
capture its bill of fare has been much
more extensive and diversified than was
the case while the little animal was at
large and as a result it is in excellent
physical condition. Bennington Banner.
Only one old soldier was examined
Wednesday at the monthly meeting of
the local board of pension examining
surgeons and he was veteran of the
Spanish American war from Salisbury.
There will be a meeting of all those
interested in the propagation of fish and
game in this county in the Grange hall
in this village on Wednesday afternoon,
February %, at o'clock. The object
of the meeting will be to form perma-
nent organization to be known as the
Addison County Fish and Game league.
There are several of these organiza-
tions in Vermont at present and are
proving very successful.
Veteran Preacher Dead.
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