Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-11-26
BRANDON.

Most of the stores closed on Monday
night on account of the lecture by
Thomas E. Green at the tow hall for the
benefit of the Brandon Public library.
At meeting Saturday of the basket
ball team John Dram was elected cap
tain for the year 1916.
The marriage of Clifford Shore and
Miss Ruth Bashaw. both of this town,
took place or Thanksgiving day.
Frank Chandler, ST., has closed his
house at Silver lake and has moved his
family to Brandon. He will live in the
Flint house on Seminary hill.
Henry Waters and family have been
visiting MIR. and Mrs. A. w. Powers of
Troy, N. Y.
Mrs. Edna Cross of Franklin street
will close her house for the winter and
will 20 to Rutland to live for a year..
Miss Marion Hendee of Burlington is
visiting Miss Alice Briggs of Park street.
Mrs. Percy Bearse gave a number of
her friends a reception and dinner at
the Brandon Inn recently.
The Power company which is setting
poles from Lake Hortonio to Brandon is
delayed in crossing the Rutland railroad.
Carlos Gipson and F. H. Osborn are
hunting in Rochester this week.
All the stores and both banks were
closed on Thanksgiving day.
Miss Hazel Kidder has retured to her
hospital work in the Albany hospital.
The selectmen of Brandon have levied
on assessment of S15.S5 against each
abutter of the High street sewer, and
this assessment must be paid to the
town treasurer within thirty days.
Arthur Hendry, Arthur June and
Philip WEIGH have returned FRI m Roch-
ester and each brought home a deer.
Walter Grover has bought a new
Hupmobile.
Mrs. Maria Capen and Miss Ford Capen
have gone to P%ittsburg. Pa, to SEE Miss
Amy Capen, a daughter of Mrs. Ford
Capen, who is a teacher in a domestic
science school.
Fred Spooner has been confined to the
house by illness.
Charles Nicklaw from the Charlemont
hotel at Portsmouth,, n. H., has been
visiting friends in Forestdale.
Herbert D. Crooks is clerking in Fred
%Spooner's drug store.
There will be no more schools in town
after Wednesday until December 6,
when the winter term begins.
Thad Newton of Albany, N. Y, is
at home in Forestdale for a few days
hunting.
The parents of DIR. and Rev. Father
Cray were in town Monday.
Only two nonresident licenses have
been issued by the town clerk up 10 the
present time. Last year there had been
six issued. Over two hundred more Ii
censes have been issued this year than
were issued up to this time last year.
The Kings Daughters held a business
meeting at the Grange hall OF Wednes-
day afternoon at $50 p. m.
Miss Katherine Blackwell is in New
Hampshire visiting her sister, Mrs. p. FL.
Washburn.
DIN Ketcham of this town has a posi-
ton as shipper in the Vermont Marble
Co.'s works in West Rutland.
Mrs. ]. P. Sheppard, who has been
visiting her parents, DIR. o. G. Baker and
wife, has returned to her home in Fair
haven.
Lewis Sisco of the village has accepted
a position in the invoice department of
the Vermont Marble Co. at Proctor.
Brandon had her first nov storm on
Monday and the mountains were white
with snow.
Brandon farmers are complaining sore
ly in regard to the drought. Wells are
dry that have not peer dry-in twenty
five years.
Scott Hammond had the misfortune
to break his arm Sunday in cranking his
auto.