Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-06-14
MIDDLEBURY

TO the house by Illness,
Mrs, Kate Warren Of Springfield,
Mass, is visiting Mrs. Wilber Hamilton,
Mrs, Mary Bartlett Of Philadelphia
is visiting her daughter, Mrs, Gushing
Hill,
Mrs. julius Pitts has returned to
Burlington after visiting several days
IN town
Miss Ella NJ, Ballou Of Rutland Is
in town where she Is acting as court
stenographer,
Mrs. a, s, Hartman has returned
from Springfield VI, where she visited
her daughter, Alice.
Charles A, Munroe has returned
10 his home in Chicago ILL.,, ats, visit
ing his mother Mrs. IL = Munroe,
Miss Pauline Sanford and Rather
inc Branerd spent the week end at the
Sanford cottage at Lake Dunmore,
Prof Everett Skillings delivered the
graduation address at the Enosburg
Falls High School Wednesday night
Mr. and Mrs, Harold Abbott of
Messina, n, Y, are guests Of her Sis
ter, Mrs, Benjamin Gates Of Montpelier
Miss Stella and Ida Turner left
Tuesday for Shelburne where they will
spend the summer with Mrs A, J,
Hurlburt
Prof Frank W. Cady went to Wal
lingiord today to deliver the Com.
mencement address at the Wallngiord
High School.
Miss Mary Shea who has taught
the past year in Steamboat Rock, Ia,
is at the home Of her mother Mrs, Es-
ther Shea for the summer vacation
Mr., and Mrs, Joel M, A, Ashton,
who have been in town for a month,
have gone to Auburn, N, Y, for few
weeks stay, previous TO their return to
Lacona, N, H.
The call which Governor Graham
received this week for 10 laborers from
Vermont includes quota OF two from
Addison County. These men are Ed
son f. Harrington and Llewellyn Boyn-
ton, both Of Ripton They will be sent
June 2lst to Vancouver Barracks, Van
couver Wash
William II, Brewster, William II.
Kingsley, Archie S, Hartman and Ram
son X, O'Bryan were in Burlington
Wednesday and Thursday to attend
the annual meeting OF the Grand Ma
sonic lodge, Prof, Hartman was re-
elected Grand Senior Warden
Phillip Aines accompanied by his
mother and nurse arrived Saturday
from New Haven, Conn, where he has
been confined in the New Haven Hos
pital for the past three weeks for in
juries received in an automobile acct
dent Mr. Aines is slowly recovering.
An appeal has been made to the To-
cal chapter of the Red Cross for a
double quota of socks for the boys who
are fighting the Huns, and it is hoped
that all those who know how to knit
will avail themselves of this opportun-
ity to help, The yarn may be had at
the rooms of the local Red Cross chap
ter in the library building,
News was received this week of the
death Of Franklin II. Graham, who was
a graduate of the College in the class of
1871, a classmate of 4. Barton Hepburn.
Mr. Graham was lawyer in Salem, n.
Y, and Cambridge, Mass, for many
years after graduation, and in 1894 he
moved to Tacoma, Wash, where he be-
came a civil service commissioner and
police judge,
Mrs Charles Westall, ST, who for
two months has been at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Baker, i'll
fol inn of hg aV'c
family during various and prolonged
illness, was at her home here recently
for a short visit Her daughter, Mrs.
Baker, is still in the Mary Fletcher
Hospital under treatment for an alb
scesS of the ear
States Attorney Allan r. Sturtevant
received news this week that the Uni
ted States Supreme Court has affirmed
the judgment of the Supreme court of
Vermont in the case of the Boston &
Maine Railroad and L. G, Piper the
well-known local cattle buyer Mr..
Sturtevant as attorney for Piper re-
Gently submitted to the federal bench a
brief in the case, and he is being con-
graduated by his associates upon hav-
ing won the affirmation of the Supreme
Court. Justice Day delivered the opin-
ion of the Court The suit was original
ly brought by Piper against the Boston
& Maine to recover damages for loss
occasioned by delay in delivering cattle
as a result of the Company's negligence
The plaintiff recovered damages, and
the judgment was affirmed by the SUI
preme Court of Vermont. The railroad
claimed an error in the State Courts
decision, which Attorney Sturtevant
combated i'll a comprehensive brief