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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
To Sell Camp Grounds

After holding camp meetings at the
old grounds at Spring Grove for sew
eral generations, the Spring Grove
Camp Meeting Association held a
meeting Wednesday morning and voted
to sell the Association grounds, deem
ing it inadvisable and impracticable to
continue the meetings there any longer.
About fifteen stockholders were pres
ent and votes representing the two
thirds of stock in the Association, as
by the constitution, were cast
in favor of the sale, the matter OF sell
ing the property being left to a COM
mittee composed of Frank. c. Dyer,
Charles Cady and R. c. Boardman.
The camp grounds are located few
miles north of the village just above
Beldens On the grounds are found
number of private owned cottages and
the buildings owned by the Spring
Grove Camp Meeting Association,
which include the auditorium, board
ing house and other public buildings.
For a good many years oldfashioned
camp meetings have been held on the
grounds and at one time the place was
one of the most important gathering
places in the county.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15

Government Food Sale Here
The sale of surplus army food
through the postofices will begin in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15

some Of the older ones
who have got the nerve,
are planning to take
trips with him in Mid
dlebury. The small pic
ture shows the type OF
plane he uses, equipped
with a l50-horse power
Hispano Suiza Engine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
The Wool Market

Stowell Witherell, Shoreham, Presi-
dent of Addison County Sheep Grow
ers' Association is in receipt of a letter
from wool frm-John Z. McMurtry &
Company, New York to whom the as
sociation consigned their wool early in
June, stating that the county wool
will be put on the market within a
week. In this letter it states that there
is no need for the members of the asso-
citation to be anxious and wool prices
are growing stronger every day. Wool
at the present time is selling as follows
1a blood &c, rs blood 73c to 75c,
Il blood pproximately 70c.
Members can depend that their wool
will net them approximately &c per ID.
less than price at which wool will be
sold in New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
JOHN HIGGINS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
FROM HOTEL CAREER AFTER AZ YEARS

John Higgins, veteran of Al years of
hotel service, half of which has been
the successful management of The Ad-
olson House in Middlebury, announces
that this fall he will retire to private
life making his home with his son, Ed
ward Higgins at the latters house on
Court street.
This is news which has been quietly
known for some time among some of
Mr. Higgins closest friends, but it has
been withheld from general circulation
in the hope that Mr.. Higgins might
reconsider his decision. He told the
Register yesterday, however, that he
had definitely decided to retire, owing
to his health, and he would relinquish
just as soon as his sue
cessor could take hold.
The owners of the hotel, Messrs. Al
Ian Calhoun and James R. Cartmell,
when asked by The Register what ar
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
NEXT YEARS HAY
CROP THREATENED

Continued dry weather, which is the
most favorable for the destructive
grasshopper, may mean the failure of
next years hay crop as the eliminating
blow OF these agricultural pests against
the Addison County farmers this sum
mer Unchecked to any. extent by the
counter attacks Of the farmers against
their hosts, the grasshoppers due to
their great numbers and the extent of
their attacking battlefront have re-
pulsed all attempts to localze and
destroy them and are now menacing
the pastures newly seeded for hay. If
the weather is dry for some time now
they will no doubt shift their attack
to the young hay shoots and the des-
truction Of these will mean the I'M
doubted failure of Addison County's
famous hay crop next year.
The farmers, however, are still pluck
lily waging war with poisons against
them although they are obtaining only
a fair amount of success. The saw
dust feed is proving successful and
many farmers report having killed
about as many with this ~~aDaration
as with the bran mixture. Altogether
millions of the pests are being destroy
ed weekly, but the farmers are still find
ing it advisable to cut their oats green
to be used for hay
The potato crop of the County does
not present so discouraging an out
look. To date no pests have molested
the potato plants with the exception of
the usual potato bug which has caused
no particular destruction this year.
County Agent l. ~ Bartlett predicts
that, with a continuation of favorable
conditions, the crop this year will be
well up to average although it will
not equal the crops during the last
two years which were unusual due to
war stimulus AT Ripton, Goshen,
Starksboro, Lincoln and Bristol the
potato crop is very encouraging and
from these places practically all of the
potatoes this year will come, for the
valley towns in the western part of
the county were too wet this summer
for the tubers
An unusual development in the pota-
to field recently is the added attention
being given to the raising of seed pota-
toes. The demand for high grade Yer
mont seed potatoes is unlimited and
many growers are concentrating their
efforts solely along this line. The fol-
lowing farmers are now raising seed
D. B. Parmelee, W. n, Laber, Varney
Brothers; Lincoln-A W. Guindon, ].
potatoes: BRISTOL. ~ Fitzsimmons,
NJ Purinton, T K Burnham, Arthur
Hill, Ralph Sargent, John Benton
James Murphy, Mr. Barnard, Frank
Thompson, Clayton Baslow; Starks-
boro-E. P. Emerson.
Present prices for potatoes at the
local markets range between SO and
s. cents per peck. Most of the pota
toes are obtained from the south or
from New York state as the local tu-
oers are not vet of sufficient growth to
pay the merchants to sell them exten-
,ively. With the sale of the local pota-
Toes, however, the prices will soon begin
10 go down
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15

war conditions to contend with, his
health has suffered more than would
otherwise have been the case He is
only 66 years old, but they have been
pretty active years, for Mr. Higgins
has given The Addison House his un-
divided attenton-with the exception
OF the occasional outings which he has
spent at his fishing haunts, particularly
at his own exclusive trout pond in
West Salisbury.
1t is almost a paradox, but it is
true that there is no man in Middle
bury better known than John Higgins,
and yet no one who is seen so little
on the streets of the village. Mr.. Hig-
gins has put in from ten to twenty
hours a day right on his job at the
hotel, and it is only this personal ser
vice that has been the secret of his
success. He has for years been the
chief exponent of Middebury's hos
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
MOST SUCCESSFUL
SESSION CLOSES

This week marks the end of the most
successful season of the Middlebury
College Summer Session. the French
and English Schools closing last Tues
day and the Spanish School to end the
year tomorrow The attendance was
a record breaking one this year, a total
of 300 students being enrolled at the
various schools. The French School
showed the most phenomenal increase
in attendance, the record for the past
four years being as follows: 20, 81, a.,
and l03 for the cuTrent season The
English School also increased in num-
bers, although the Spanish School fell
off slightly. This, however, enabled the
Spanish students who did attend to re-
ceive more individual attention.
The events of the past week included
the French play Friday evening, vo-
cal recital by Miss Minnie Hayden's
music class Saturday evening, a read
ing by Miss Gladys Lott and the Span
ish play on Monday evening and an
organ recital by Professor Hathaway
Tuesday.
Plans are already under way for the
1920 Summer School and the School
next year will probably be better than
it has ever been before. The French
and Spanish Schools have become so
popular that steps will no doubt have
to be taken to limit the number at
tending. SiXty-hve reservations have
already been made. At the next ses-
sion of the School only as many Candi-
dates will be admitted to the foreign
language school as the conversation
tables in the dining rooms will conven-
iently seat This will mean a Spanish
School Of 100 and a French School of
1875 Several new features are also to
be introduced next year, one of which
will be the giving of special diplomas to
students satisfactorily completing for
eign language courses. Qualification for
these diplomas will be based on attain
ment in studies at the session and not
upon graduation from a college or uni
versity In this way teachers of long
experience without bachelor degrees
may receive special recognition of their
ability to teach foreign languages In
addition, if conditions for foreign tra-
vel are favorable in 1920, another i'm
portant innovation will be introduced,
a foreign travel section of the
French School, Members of this sec
ton will take an eight weeks trip
through Europe under the supervision
and tuterage of native instructors The
headquarters of this travel section will
be at Soisy-sous- Etiolles, France, at
Professor H. P. Williamson de Visme's
school, Ecole du Chateau de Sosy.
Another step to link the Summer
School to the language departments OF
Middebury College may also be taken
in the near future, for there seems to
be need of a foreign. language school
in connection with the College where
graduate students may study for the
masters degree. Such schools will
be housed in residential build
ngs on or near the campus where the
students may live in the same foreign
atmosphere as at the Summer Session,
they will attend the foreign
language classes of the college curricu
UNI If such an arrangement is made
he school will be placed under the
of native teachers such as
he college is already acquiring.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
snanish Dinner Served Sunday

Sunday noon the Spanish School en-
joyed a typical Spanish dinner consist
ing of foreign dishes imported from
Spain. The dinner was in charge Of
the matron of Hepburn u"rl Mrs.
Maud o. Mason, who was presented
with a beautiful brooch Immediately
following the repast by the members
of the School The menu of the dinner
was as follows: Sopa de caldo, Cocido,
Hueva revielte, Helado, Chocolate la
esDanola.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15

rangements had been made for CON
tinuing the hotel business at The Add
son, said yesterday that no announce
ment could be made at this time, but
that the public could rest assured that
the hotel would continue open without
any interruption and every effort made
to maintain the excellent reputation
which has come to Middlebury as a
hotel town through Mr.. Higgins many
years devotion to the business here.
Mr.. Higgins, unquestionably, is one
of the best-known hotel men in Yer
mont, and he has catered so success
fully to the needs of the travelling men
and tourists that Middlebury has be-
come quite famous as a stop-over place
for many who might otherwise have
jumped on to Rutland or Burlington.
Although not a sick man, and al
though enjoying at present one of the
best seasons in his hotel life, Mr.. Hig-
gins has not for the past year or more
been in his usual good health, and, with
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
Take a Turn on Fair Track

Everyone is invited to make use of
the Addison County Fair Ground track
during the next ten days either to
drive a horse or a car, as use is de-
sired to put the track in the best pos
sible condition. After three years Of
disuse, it was at considerable ex-
pense that the track was reclaimed, a
number of men having been at work
on it for several weeks. Presider+
John E. Weeks says that over Sl25 has
been spent on improving the track and
that with a little use from local driv-
ers it ought to be in splendid shape for
the fair.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
Death of Mrs. Addie searle

Word was received here Friday af-
ternoon of the death of Mrs. Addie
Searle in Desmoines, Iowa. She was
81 years old and is survived by four
sons, Hermon of Middlebury, Herbert
with whom she lived, Frank Searle of
Boston and Clifford of New York. Mrs.
Searle was a former resident OF Corn
wall and Middlebury. The funeral was
held Saturday with burial in Des-
moines.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15

pitality toward her guests from out of
town, and upon his retirement he
leaves a good will which his successor
will be fortunate to possess,
Mr.. Higgins came to Middlebury
over 30 years ago, after hotel expert
ence at Lake Dunmore, Brandon and
other places For eight years he was
manager Of the Pierce House, now the
Sargent House. In 1897 he took the
management of The Addison, which
had for some time been closed after an
unsuccessful management by Darwin
Rider Mr.. Higgins soon put the bus
mess on its feet and built up reputa-
tion for good service which has, as is
we'll known, not only been patronized
by outsiders but Middlebury people
extensively also, many local families
perfering to live with John Higgins
rather than at home.
Many distinguished guests know
John Higgins well, and many will re-
CONTINUED on page four
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15

Addison County next Monday and CON
tinue for three days, Postmaster Allan
Calhoun having received orders from
Washington today to handle this sale
here A list Of the things to be sold
has been posted in the lobby of the
postoffice where thrifty householders
will receive full information as to the
sale.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
Spanish Teacher To Stay Here

Senorita Carload Rodriguez, a ma
tive OF Spain and member of the
1919 Summer Session Faculty, has been
secured by President John NJ. Thomas
to teach Spanish next fall at Middle
bury College She viii teach the be-
ginning Spanish for women and will
also offer a course in Spanish Liter
ature for advanced students, The en-
gagement of Senorita Rodriguez is an
other step taken by the College to uni
fy the work of the Summer Session with
that Of the regular college year.
Senorita Rodriguez is graduate Of
the Institute del Cardenal Cisneros, at
which she received the degree of Ba-
chelor of Arts. For several years she
was a teacher in the American College
in Barcelona, Spain, and this summer
was secured by Director E. D. Collins
to teach in the Spanish Sc = In
addition to teaching, Senorita Rodri-
guez conducted the religious services
of the Spanish School during the Ses-
sion Although this year is the first
that the Senorta has visited America
she speaks English fuently, having
learned the language in Spain.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15
LIEUT.. LYNCH AND HIS BArTLE-p1ANE

The accompanying pictures
show Lieut.. John J. Lynch,
Vermont's intrepid army avia-
tor, who will make his first
appearance at any fair in Yer
mont at the Addison County
Fair, with his l50-horse power
Curtiss battle-plane. Lieut..
Lynch was one of the parti-
clpants in the worlds first
flying circus, which was held
at Rockwell Field, San Die
go, California, last February,
when hundreds of aviators
fecked the sky with their
planes and did the most dar-
ing stunts ever attempted in
the air. Lynch himself has an
altitude record of $4,000 feet,
and at the Addison County
Fair he will afford the visi-
tors all of the thrills which he
and his machine are capable
of.
1t is understood that Lynch
while here for the fair will
carry passengers on short
flights, affording Addison
County people their first op-
portunity to fly. A large NUM-
Der of younger people, and
some Of the older ones
,3,lI who have got the nerve,
are planning to take
trips with him in Mid
,NffN II
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-15

The Rev o. H. Hannun of Holy
oke, Mass, will speak at the open air
service in the park Sunday evening at
Z O'Clock. In case of rain the services
viii be held in the Baptist church.
The Washington times., 1919-04-10
By Aline Michaelis


~ H, have you ever been per-
picked with woes and cares
- a score It'll every thought
with grief was vexed and you
could bear no more? Have all your
offspring had the mumps in one
drear, dismal week, and have you
suffered from the dumps when wife
wouldn't speak? Or have you felt,
with Easter near, the maddening
depths OF woe when daughter said:
my hats a dear for twenty. don't
you know?" No matter what your
case may be, however far from
hope, take IL to friends or family;
they'll all give you straight dope.
Aunt Jane, the placid spinster
sweet, will give you poker tips, and
tell just how the game to beat and
where to place the chips. Irene.
who's in eighth grade at school,
will teach Of sun and star and tell
why rulers shouldn't rule. where
Uig and Oban are. Get needed aid
from Billie Moore on how success
to win; he still holds forth at
Jones store, his wife takes wash
ing in. Do not despair howe'sr OBJ
scure and dark your cares may
loom: take them to anyone, tits sure
they'll have. a cure for gloom.
Much has been said and sung, I
know, of how each thing costs
more, how eats and clothes still
higher go and rents and haircUts
soar: yet, in the general skyward
trend, one thing alone is free,
there is no danger Of an end to this
commodity. Some ingrates sing an
The Washington times., 1919-04-10
By Ann Lisle.
CHAPTER CYIII.

TOR long minutes after had
told Mr.. Norreys that I would
= invite my "chum" to join US
at the dinner where we planned 10
discuss his endowment fund for the
canteen, 1 stood Inactive, frozen in
to heIpIessness.
."Who was there for me to ask?
A woman chutn, indeed! hadn't
even a woman friend, much less an
intimate. Envy and Jim's sisters,
the nearest approach to women on
whom ! had some semblance OF q
right 70 count, were busy. 1
couldn't reach them IL tried
Since INV marriage I had drifted
away from the women Of my bus1-
ness life. I%didn't even know II
Kate Cassel, OF Haldane's, was nv-
ing at her old address. I tried 1t.
Yes. Miss Cassel lived there, but
she was out. Wearily I left my
name, knowing the while that IL
probably didn't mean a thing to
Kate CaSsels any more.
What was 1 to do? Mr.. Norreys
had told me ehivalrously and deli
cately, without really putting II
into words, that ne wouldn't dream
of inviting another mans wife to
dine with him alone and unehaper-
oned. He knew the world. He un-
derstood what IL would say on see
ing an employer with the wife OF
one OF the men who worked for
him. 1 myself wouldn't ordinarily
contemplate anything in such bad
taste as dining out with another
man.
But I, had. however, taken tea
The Washington times., 1919-04-10
When a Girl Marries Eari7 4 &sSsss Sts5s & Ii.
Anne Discovers That Bettys in Town and Will Go With
Her and NOrreys, and Also Asks
Herself Some Questions
Herself Some Questions
A Story Of
Early Welded Life

friend~I would "turn TO Betty 3
L heard my own voice repiying
"I'll turn to Betty b. And though
don't deserve It at all. I know
I'll find her there when I call. -
But Betty wasn't In town
The very day after Anthony
NoTreys' dinner she had left fOr au
extended tour. There simply wasn't
anyone I could ask to come with me.
Tears OF rage and mortifieation
stood in my eyes, as picked ND the
receiver to call Anthony NOrreys
and confess to him that I actually
had no woman friend. But when
the operator downstairs said Mum
Der, please" ] found myself giving
q different number from what I had
intended. Not Anthony Norrsys'
country place. but Betty Bryce's
apartment IN town"
AncApDeal 20 Betty.
And as I stood waiting with the
: black cylinder pressed to my ear.
+ realized that couldn't reach Mr..
Norreys now. anyway. I had used
AZ least half an hour In aRitatinz
myself and agohizing over my
frtendlessness. Mr.. NorFeys had
said that he would call FOR me ia,
an hour. II he had spoken frona his
own place-NorotOn. as, indeed, /
had no assurance that he had done
he would still be gone from there
BY now since IL was q full forty
minute drive from NorotOn TO town.
Suddenly over the buzzing wire
came one clear sound-miraculou
joy-giving sound. Betty's voice!
Betty Betty! Oh, how wonder
ful that you should be there j
cried, half sobbing with the RELIEF
OF it-and sure in my soul that no
matter what her own plans, Betty
Bryce wouldn't fail me.
Why, hellO-it's the little lilac
lady-ouF Princess Amer she said.
''Tou sound unhappy and glad al
at once. child. Not In trouble, are
you? I'm home a fortnight ahead
OF schedule-how did you know
what not smother soul In the big
city is aware Off
II guess it's because / need you
So Betty. I called you without
exactly knowing I was going 70
do it."
Maybe It was fate led you said
Betty, and then after an instant's
hesitation. what can do for
your
Betty, there's q funny tcns IN
your voice. Do you think I'm just
using you again-like the time
asked you to have Virginia over for
dinner? Il isn't the same new.
though I do need you tonight. Il
want you to take dinner with An
thony NoFreys and me. Say you
will. Please don't refuse. There
isn't another woman In New York
I can count on. Don't refusel'i
sharp and crisp BettYsg voice
came back over the phone: s-e-
"You sound as IL you did need
me, Anne. But Why7 went Jim
be with us?"
''No-just Anthony Norrsys and,
you and me. You'll eomeF
'Yes. IN take q taxi and cone
straight over to you, Anne"
But as Betty agreed and I hung
up the receiver. two unasked ques-
tions pulsed between US:
From her: where's JIM And
why Is his wife 50 anxious 20 dine
with Anthony Norreys2"
From me: What are you doing
back in the city two weeks ahead
OF schedule, Betty? And why
doesn't Terry know you're here?s
To he COntinued)