Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-03-15

The condition of Mrs. George Fortier,
who is i'll at her home on Cross street,
continues to improve.
Goldia Monroe of Vergennes, for
mer resident of this village, is visiting
relatives here.
Deputy Sheriff Noble Sanford has
returned home from a weeks trip to
| Boston and vicinity.
The ladies of Middlebury are invited
to tea at Pearsons hall Saturday after
noon, March 23d, from 400 to 600
o clock to meet the officers of the newly
formed Middlebury College Alumnae as
ISOLATION.
Regular Convocaton of Potter chap
ter, No. %, R. A. M, will be held in
Masonic hall Tuesday evening, March
10, at o'clock. Work, Royal Arch de-
gree.
Letters addressed as follows are at
the post office unclaimed: Mrs. Horace
Atwood, Miss Maudie Casey, Stevens
Hardy, Volney Newell, w. E. Owen,
w. A. Price, John Santau, C. F.
Warner, Edwin Howard Woods.
All ladies interested in the Ladies'
auxiliary to the Y. M. C. A. are re-
quested to meet at Y. M. C. A. rooms
next Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Miss Wood of Burlington is expected to
be present and speak.
The Century club will hold its next
meeting with Mrs. E. G. Seeley on
Tuesday evening, March 10, the subject
for the evening being the last literary
one in the years course of Composite
America.
A horse left hitohed on Merchants
Row became frightened at a passing
train Tuesday afternoon. The ami
NAL freed itself and jumped over a
horse and sleigh that was hitched near
by, the horse being knocked down in
the mixup. The frightened animal
then made an unsuccessful attempt to
jump over the long hitching rail and
fell to the ground with badly injured
leg. Both the sleighs were somewhat
damaged
At the last meeting of Middlebury
Grange held March large number of
names were presented for membership
The Importance to the farmer of a
course in an agricultural college was
discussed resulting in decision that
| lynnulnAna of coiantifin far
ing was essential at the present
time to keep in touch with the progress
of the day and make agricultural
pursuits success.
State Tax Commissioner J. E. Cush-
man of Burlington was in town Tues
day and held meeting of the listers of
Addison comfy in the town hall. The
meeting was called to order by him at
/ 80 O. clock and q towns out of the %
were represented. The towns of Gran
vile and Hancock were not represented,
as they will attend the meeting at Rut-
land. Mr.. Cushman gave them their
l instructions and he answered various
5 questions as to their duties. The meet
5 ing lasted until about 4:3O when it adj
journed
County Fish and Game Warden
' George Chaffee went to Lake Cham
plain Friday and arrested Fred Cross
t man of Crown Point, N. Y, and Edwin
D Tromey of Bridport on the charge of
fishing with more lines than is allowed
, by law. Crossman, it is claimed, was
using 81 lines and Tromley was using l9
lines, the law allowing the use of lC
lines only. Both men were arraigned
before Justice Walker and each was
fined $40 and costs.
| The ladies of the Middlebury auxil-
t larry of the Woman Foreign Missionary
4 society of the Methodist church have
contributed, above their regular sub
scriptions, one hundred dollars as a
loving tribute to the memory of Mrs.
j. R. Ford, to place her name on the
permanent memorial honor roll of that
society. This money will be used for a
scholarship in a girls school in Harder,
India, which school is under the care OF
Mrs. DR.. Parker, who was Vermont
woman and has for many years been a
| missionary in India.