Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
SALISBURY NEWS
(Mrs. c. A. Bump, Correspondent

| (Mrs. C. A. Bump, Correspondent
Randall Conant is sick.
Mrs. Silas Goddard is suffering an
attack of chronic appendicitis.
viii Branch, who has had the grip
is able to be about the house again.
Henry Dickinson of Riverside, VT,
was a weekend guest at c. A. Bumps.
! Mrs, Harold Dyer of Rutland was
recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Z.
Dyer.
Warren Baldwin of Spencer, Mass,
was a weekend guest of his sister Mrs.
Will Whitney.
Roy Fletcher goes this week to Pc
land, Me, where he will be employed by
Coon's Ice Cream Company.
Miss Louise Nelson of Fair Haven
was a guest over Sunday of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nelson.
Fred Cloyes of Lexington, Mass,
who has been visiting his mother, Mrs.
P. B. Cloyes, returned to his home
Monday.
The families of Will Eastwood, Rov
Mayhem, Alvin Wemitt and Lewis
Wemitt Of the north part of the town
are recovering from the grip.
Word comes from Mary Fletcher
hospital that Mrs Karl Noyes who
was operated upon last Thursday is
gaining as rapidly as can be expected
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kingsley cele-
brated their 3Sth wedding anniversary
by being entertained for the day by
their cousins, Mr., and Mrs. Will Stod-
dard.
George Calvin has moved his engine,
boiler and sawmill equipment into the
sawmill sight and is filling the logway,
fast getting in readiness for business in
the near future.
The advanced school at the village
is closed on account of illness of Mrs.
Smith, sister of the teacher Mr.. |
Lovett, who was called to her home to |
assist them during their illness.
Oscar Benson, who has carried on the
Mary White farm for two years, moved |
this week to Middlebury onto the Ar
thur Eddy farm and Edward Benson
of Brandon expects to move onto the
White farm for this year.
Rev. David Reid delivered an ex-
cellent lecture at the Congregational
church Sunday evening on Lincoln.
This was to have been given February
10Th but on account of the severe snow
storm, it was deferred Mr.. Reid left
Monday for a two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Humphrey and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John Dyer and
Ellsworth Irving, Mrs. Ellen Sawyer,
Mrs. Herbert Morgan and children,
WILDER Goodrich's family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith, Milo Denio's family and eleven
in the home of Henry Baker are re-
covering from an attack of the grip.
The Mobile Register of February
9Th gives an account of a reception
given at the home of the Misses Wade
in Mt. Vernon, Ala, in honor of the
18th birthdays of Walter J. Thomas of
Salisbury and Brandon, VT, who with
his daughter, Miss Anna M. Thomas,
are spending the winter in Mt. Vernon,
and Judge B. A. Cannon of Mt Yer
non. The thermometer stood at 70,
and there were 70 invited guests Both
Of these heroes served in the Civil
var, Mr.. Thomas in the Union, and
Judge Cannon in the Confederate
armies. The two young" veterans of
70 Wed with each other in recounting
heir war experiences, in a happy man.
Ter, and together played the old time
'ong, "Tenting Tonight" on their VIC
ms. The table was thing of beauty
being decorated with narcissus and
erns, and other flowers, with Union {
md Confederate flags entwined. The
wo large birthday cakes, each bearing
he inscription l84l-l920, were served in
he evening, Judge Cannon cutting Mr..
Thomas and Mr.. Thomas cutting
Judge Cannon's. Refreshments were /
erved both afternoon and evening by i
he daughters and granddaughter of
Judge Cannon, and the event was t
most memorable one for the two honor
'uests and their friends. {
Common sense in an uncommon de.
rec what the world Co11e