Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-27

will spend the winter with her son. w.
w. Warren.
E. P. Cushman, who has been con-
fined to his home on Court street for
some time through illness, is able to be
at his store part of the time.
Miss Edna Smith, who has been en-
ployed as trimmer at Gee sisters. has
returned to her home in Port Jarvis,
N. Y.
Eli Fortier of Salisbury is visiting
relative and friends in Montreal for a
few days.
James l.. Richmond of Hoboken, N.
j., is spending the holidays with his
mother on Seminary street.
George Moran of Portland, Me-, has
entered tht employ of H. D. Archer as
harness maker.
Charles Swift returns today to his
home in Detroit, Mich, after a short
visit in town.
Miss Elizabeth Condor left today for
North Bennington where she will visit
her aunts, Mrs. f. A. Tobin and Miss
Alice Daniels.
Benjamin Stewart of Washington,
Conn.,, spent Christmas with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Stewart.
Miss Sophia Wilds returned to New
York Wednesday night after visiting
Mrs. j. Walter Sylvester.
Bernard Burns of Holy Cross college
Worcester, Mass, is the guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Burns.
Misses Margaret and Anna Mulligan
of Burlington are visiting their mother,
Mrs. Mary Mulligan during the holidays
Miss Grace O'Connell of New York
city is in town to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
O'Connell, at the Sargent house.
Mrs. Margaret Lyttle, and daughter,
Miss Jennie Meekin, of Brandon who
were called to town by the death of a
relative have returned home.
Frank Fales has gone to Bruston, N.
Y, having been called there by the
serious illness of his wife, who has been
with her parents in that place for the
past few months.
A special motion picture program will
be given at the town hall this friday
evening under the auspices of the Mid
dlebury Improvement society. Vittum's
orchestra will furnish music and there
will be dancing from 10 to l o'clock.
The entertainment will be under the
management of w. F. Bentley
A man giving the name of John Bar
nard was brought here and placed in
the county Jail by Deputy Sheriff Fred
Rowley. Barnard is charged with
stealing some money from a fellow
workmen Sunday evening last. The
alleged offence was committed at New
Haven where both men were employed
A hearing was to be held Thursday.
The men of the M. f. church pre-
scented DR.. Corkran with a purse of
money on Thursday evening. The Sun
day school of the church held their
Christmas exercises on the same even
ing. The members of the Sunday
school class were each given a present
from the Christmas tree
Lake Dunmore lodge, No II, |. O. o.
F., held their regular meeting in the
lodge rooms in the Dyer block on We'd
nesday evening. Officers for the com
ing year were elected as follows Noble
grand, Ernest Reynolds; vice grand, M.
q. Grady; secretary, Ralph Merritt;
treasurer, John b. Selleck. The ap-
pointive officers will be announced later.
The installation will take place some
time in January.
County Fish and Game Warden
George H. Chaffee and Walter Forbes
arrested Abraham Benedict and Milo
Masterson of Ripton for killing doe.
They both were bound over to the
county court in the sum of 5000 each.
Also on complaint of Fish and Game
Warden Chaffee, H. Graves of Sails
bury was taken into Justice E. L.
Kelley's court for hunting without
license. He was fined $l6.57.
President Thomas was one Of the
speakers at the annual Forefathers
banquet of the New England Society of
Pennsylvania held at the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, Monday
evening, December 23d. The president
of the society and presiding officer at
the dinner was Mr.. Alba b. Johnson,
president of the Baldwin Locomotive
works. Over three hundred of the
leading citizens of Philadelphia were
present at the dinner Besides Mr..
johnson and President Thomas, the
speakers were Rev. DR.. Nehemiah
Boynton of Brooklyn, Hon. William E.