Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-12
LOCALS.

MRS. Ellen Hope mas returned from q
two-weeks' visit in Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. p. Cushman have
gone on a ten days business trip to
Boston.
The junior auxiliary of st. Stephens
Episcopal church held a japanese tea
at the rectory Thursday afternoon.
Miss Isabelle Griffith is visiting rela-
tives in Florence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira H. La Fleur have
closed Eagle Inn for the winter and
with their son, Philip, and daughter,
Gertrude, have returned to Middlebury.
Mrs. Bernard Slocum of Medford,
Mass, is visiting at the home of her
father, Judge Fred M. Foote.
Benjamin Hayes has bought the lot
adjoining his property of Charles Balm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip B. Stewart re-
turned Thursday to Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Judge Fred M. Foote, who has been
confined to the house for several days
through illness, is able to be about.
The Federated fair will be held in the
town hall on the 9Th and 9th of Deem
Der. Several new features will be in
troduced. Elaborate preparations are
under way to make this fair the great
est success of any yet undertaken.
The Womans' Auxiliary of the Y. M.
G. A. will meet with Mrs. j. E. Weeks
Monday afternoon, November 10, at
3 o'clock.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist church will meet next Tuesday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock, with Mrs. F. C..
Dyer.
Benjamin Hagar, rural mail carrier
on route No. l, is i'll with lumbago at his
home on High street. This is the first
time in ten years Mr.. Hagar has been
obliged to employ a substitute on ..ac-
count of illness.
A large delegation of the ladies from
the Congregational church attended the
Woman's Board of Missions held at
Burlington this week.
The Add annual meeting of the Yer
mont Branch of the Woman's Board of
Missions was held in Burlington Tues
day afternoon. Mrs. Ira M. Taylor was
elected vice president for Addison
County, and Mrs. H. B. Hagar was
elected a delegate to the 48th meeting
of the Woman's Board of Missions
which opened Wednesday and continued
until today.
The Direct Importing Tea company
will open a branch store in the Cobb
block on Main street Saturday, Novem-
Der 20. w. j. Wood, who conducts a
market OIL Merchants row, will man
age the business in connection with his
market. Workmen are engaged in
getting the store ready for occupancy.
Daniel Bowen went to Rutland We'd
nesday, intending to pass the winter
there and in Manchester.
Mrs. L. C. Bean, who has been spend
ing some months in the west, has re-
turned to Middlebury.
The regular meeting of Middlebury
Grange will be held in their hall this
evening, when the third and fourth de-
grees will be worked on a large class.
A chicken pie supper will be served.
A special train bearing officials of the
Rutland railroad went through Middle
bury Saturday en- route to Burlington
where an inspection of the new station
was made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Huestis were in
Burlington Sunday to see their daugh-
ter, who is i'll at the hospital.
E. o. Murray of Leicester Junction
is employed at the freight Office, while
E. R. Wooster is away on a vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j.. Shackett
were called to Shoreham by the sudden
death of Mrs. %Shackett's mother, Mrs.
Frances Desjadon.
Mrs. Charles |. Grandey is entertain
ing her cousin, Mrs. Mary Fitch, of
Hopkinton, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fortunier of
Arlington, Mass, are in town for a two
weeks visit with friends.
Frank A. Nisun has returned from
Ripton, bringing through to Bridport a
large herd of cattle and a big flock of
sheen. which he has had n%asturinr in