Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-03
MlDDLEBURY LOCALS.


Robert Counter, who was taken sud-
denly i'll last Monday afternoon, was
taken to the Mary Fletcher hospital
Wednesday, where he underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis.
Thomas O'Leary, who has been in
town for a week visiting with relatives
and friends, has returned to his home
in Proctor.
Mrs. Mary Harrington has returned
to Bennington after weeks visit with
relatives.
Mrs. Joseph Monta has gone to North
Bennington for a weeks visit with her
sister, Mrs. Edward A. Tobin.
Miss Charlotte Dillon is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Wemitt in Flor
ence.
T. Billings has gone to Rutland for
few days stay on business.
Mrs. Frank LaPan and daughter,
Mrs. Archie LaBrake, have returned
from a carnage drive to Brandon, Flor
ence and Rutland.
Miss Nina Sampson, who has been on
the sick list for the past two weeks, is
slowly recovering.
The Middlebury High school football
eleven went to Rutland today Friday
to play their first game of the season
with the Rutland High school aggre-
cation.
j. M. Dobinson was in town this week
engaged on the work of overhauing the
organ at st. Stephens Episcopal
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wimmett have
returned from Pittsford, where on Mon
day they attended the marriage of their
son, Alfred j. Wimmett, formerly
resident of Middlebury, to Miss Isabella
McDevitt of Pttsford.
Harry w. Burns has gone to Wolcott
for brief visit to his uncle, Thomas F.
Burns.
Mrs. Julia Leavenworth of Cleveland,
Ohio, widow of the late Clarence
Leavenworth of that city, is in town on
business matters. Mrs. Leavenworth
was the daughter of the late Hon.
Loyal D. Eldredge of Middlebury and is
well remembered here by many of her
former friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Kendall have re-
turned to Florence, after having made
a few days visit to their daughter,
Miss Ruth Kendall, who is a student in
Middlebury college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Baker moved
on Tuesday to Richmond with their two
children and expect to make their
future home there.
Miss Irene Burns has returned from
West Rutland after a two weeks visit
with relatives.
George S. Williams of Lancaster, n.
H., is making a couple of weeks visit
to relatives in Middlebury and vicinity.
Apple picking will be begun through
out this section this week. The crop
will be below the average. Five dollars
a barrel is now asked for northern
spies, to be picked late in October or
early November.
E. j. Murphy, who for the past three
years has beeh letterer in the shops
of the Vermont Marble company here,
has gone to Rutland. where he has
similar position with Temple Brothers
Miss Elizabeth De Neil of Boston,
who has been acting as cashier in G.
E. Marshalls store during the absence
of Mortimer Wilcox, has returned to
Boston.
l. H. LaFleur has begun extensive
repairs in the Hughes house on College
street which he recently purchased.
Fred C. Crane of Bridport, who has
been in a Philadelphia hospital for the
last six weeks under treatment for eye
and ear troubles, returned to town
Tuesday forenoon on his way home.
Mr.. Crane expressed the belief that he
had been greatly benefited by his treat
ment in Philadelphia.
Alexander Lavalley, who has been
employed with Gaul & Wilson of Bur
lington arrived Monday in Middlebury
where he shipped a carload of regis
tered Holsteins which are bound for
Cape Town, South Africa. The stock
was selected by Mr.. Cook of Brandon
and Lavaley will be in charge of the
carload. At Montreal four or five
more carloads will join them and with
some blooded sheep the lot will en-
bark This is Lavalley's second trip
20 South Africa with cattle which have
been selected from Vermont stock be-
cause of their excellent qualities.