Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-08-11

on TUESDAY hltefnooh'
The Standard Oil Co. mules have ar.
rived and are a fine lot Of animals
Frank Memoe Of Akron, o., IL at home
for few days vacation, and will return
soon,
Marion Kingsley, who has been in
Buffalo for few weeks, has returned to
her home in Brandon,
Harold Severy, who Ia tutor in Cor
nell, ia home for his usual vacation.
Mollie Barnard has returned from
| Montpelier, where she has been for few
days
Carroll Mathew has sold out his truck
ing business to julius Goodrich, who
will take possession at once.
Thomas Marony, the freight agent, is
improving in his sickness,
DR.. Rossiter of Saratoga is stopping at
the home of j. A. Dow for a few days,
Miss Dorothy Severy is spending few
days at Hyde Park
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Collins and Mr.
and Mrs, A, G, Maynard have returned
from Queen City Park.
Teresa Dram, who is teaching in Port
/ Chester, n, ~, ia visiting her mother,
Mrs, John Dram Of this village,
The opening day of the Chautauqua
entertainment was ushered in by an
auto parade of ~ automobiles handsome.
| ly decorated. IL was the finest auto
parade ever seen in Brandon, The lady
marshals led the parade, and the rear
was brought up by the Old Stage Coach
finely decorated The Brandon Concert
band was IN fine shape and furnished
choice music,
The alarm Of fire rung in at noon on
Friday was called from the creamery at
the depot, which was soon put out. The
fire department responded very promptly,
but was not needed,
Mrs. Cora Preston and Miss Elizabeth
Bridges of Syracuse, n. Y, have been
the guests Of Mrs. George II. Young.
Miss Dorothy Thomas has accepted
a position as nurse in the Hampden hos
ptal at Springfield Mass,
G. F. Petite, w. +. Collins and J. S.
Uno of Proctor assisted the Brandon
band on the opening Chautauqua day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Purcell of Flor.
ence were in town Monday visiting
friends.
George Rofe, who has been i'll for a
long time with rheumatism. is slowly
improving.
S. w. Jones has rented the Alden
place on Grove street to Will I'M Purcell,
who will move here from Florence this
week.
Julius Goodrich is moving to the Kel.
sey house on Pearl street this week.
Mrs Elmer Stone and Mrs. NJ. j. Hull,
who have been visiting at H, S, Williams,
have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hamilton of
Rutland spent Sunday with the parents
of Mrs Hamilton in this village.
Rev. William Berg, a former Congre.
gational pastor is in town on his vacation,
He now has charge of church in
Philadelphia,
The Marsden Electric Light company
of this town has secured the contract to
wire the new dormitory at the State
Farm for Feeble Minded Children.
Reports from Burlington are that
Eugene Woodruff is i'll and Mrs. Wood.
ruff, who was visiting her parents, has
returned home.
H. NJ. House and wife from Kipton, o.,
are visiting Mrs. Houses parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Estes of Forestdale.
Mrs. Hall of Newcomb, ~ Y, and
Mrs, Stone of Port Henry are visiting
Mr. and Mrs H. S. Williams of this vii.
age.
Emulus Hyde of Springfield is visiting
his relatives in town.
Emmett Severv of Barnard has moved
his family to Forestdale, where he has
taken the contract of Howe, Crockett
& Co. to draw their kaoin to Brandon.
James Dobinson was in Rutland Tues
day.
John w. Smalley of Canton, o.,
is visiting friends and relatives in town.
The rain of Tuesday was of great ben
eft to the crops in Brandon, as it was
very dry, and crops were burning up.
Mr. and Mrs. James Meacham of Orwell
have been visiting at S. w, Jones'
The n. and L. Manufacturing Co, have
nearly completed a large army plug
order, but are crowded with other orders,
IL The Rutland railroad are badly in
need of men to work on the overpass at
Harrington crossing. They can work a
dozen or more extra men at the crossing
| for some weeks.
Chautauqua closed Wednesday night
with the " Chimes of Normandy" and it
was witnessed by large and delighted
audience. 1t is conceded by all that
this was the finest entertainment given
in Brandon in long time. The concen-
sus of opinion is that the standard of the
Chautauqua course of entertainments
has been very high this year and also
very satisfactory.
There will be a special meeting of the
voters OF the Graied School district on
Monday evening, August n lat 7 80 p. M
to see if the district will vote an ad iition
al sum af $4,000, the same to be used in
building and equiIing new high school
hui Idinn in addition no Onn