The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-05-04
Local News.

admission to the Congregational church
last Sunday.
The new pastor of the Methodist
church, Rev. W. H. Rowsom has arrived
and will preach on Sunday.
The Juvenile c. T.U. have meet
ing at the vestry of the Congregational
church, tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock.
DIR. Frank J. Taylor took possession
of DR.. Turrill's dental rooms, on Tues
day, as we last week stated he would
soon do.
The opera of 'The Doctor of
Alcantara" was given in Brandon last
Monday evening, to an appreciative but
not very large audience.
The NHddlebury Congregational
church was represented i'll the council
at Vergenncs, last Wednesday, by the
pastor and Prof W. II. Parker.
The Webbcr house, formerly owned
b. Hon. E. Fairbanks, of st. Johnsbury,
is now, by Mr.. Fairbanks favor, the
property of the st. Johnsbury Academy
The listers of the town of Middle
bury will hold meeting on Thursday,
May 10, to hear and determine COM
plants as to assessments of property in
the lists.
-Messrs. Cassidy and Hammond
have sold their livery stable to Mr.. OAR
win Rider and it will of course remain
in connection with the Addison House
as before.
Rev. Sandford Washburn preached
his farewell sermon at the Methodist
church last Sunday and left early this
week for his new field of labor in Es-
perance, n. Y.
The W. c. T. L. will hold a public
thodist church, OH Wednesday, May 8,
at three O'Clock p. NJ. An invitation Is
extended to all TO be present.
DR. B. F. Sutton has purchased the
place formerly occupied by the late
Deacon Ira Allen, on Court street, for
the consideration of $4,000. The Doctor
will occupy 1t as a residence.
S. D. Harris, Esq, editor Of the
Ohio Farmer, who died last week, was
native of Middlebury, and he retained
strong affection for his native state af-
ter his removal to the west.
Shipments of manufacturing and
agricultural products from the Middle
bury station for the week ending May
8, include cars live stock cars hay
cars lumber: 5,0l5 pounds butter.
One NIiddlebury gentleman address
ed another in the following unmistaka-
BILE terms, the other day: either your
hax IN Ia l. nj Of
den, or | shall dine on chicken pie"
Rev. W. W. Patton, D. D., who
has recently been elected president OF
Howard University at Washington, is a
son of Rev. DR.. VIM. Patton, who grad
uated from Middlebury college in the
class of 1918.
Mr. Andrews, who has been with
DR.. Plnmlev for some time has returned
to Maine, and his place has been filled
by Mr.. Charles ii. Stafford, of Norris
vile, formerly with Gates Bros, of Sa-
ratoga, n. Y.
Sheriff Trip has new boarder al
the county Jail in the person of George
Perkins, who was brought from Yer
gennes on Friday. He is held on two
warrants, for attempted rape on the per.
son ola little girl but seven years of age.
The four o'clock meetings at the
Jail seem to be as interesting as ever
AT the last meeting, in addition TO the
usual features of interest, Mr.. Thomas
carried in small organ, which added
much to the musical part of the exer.
eises.
Mr.. A. W. Field has taken the
basement rooms of the Allen block fol
his furniture business and paint shop
Mr.. Field will still continue his meat
market business, and have the two
branches of business upon his hands to.
gether.
There will be a meeting of the resi-.
dent Alumni of Middlebury College, al
the office of Stewart 4 Eldredge, on
"Wednesday evening of next week, MAY
9, at seven and half O'Clock, for the
purpose OF making all necessary ar.
rangements for the approaching College
anniversaries.
The opera, which we reported as
having been put upon the stage at Acad.
envy Hall with such success, last week
Wednesday, was repeated before a
6oodly audience, on Friday evening
Those who attended both entertain.
ments think the acting upon the second
evening was better, if possible, than up
on the first,
1t 1t announced that the venerable
BENJAMIN Bosworth Smith, bishop Of
the Protestant Episcopal church In the
diocese Of Kentucky, has preached his
farewell sermon and has retired from
active duty. lie is eighty-three wears
old. Bishop Smith was a half cen.
fury ago rector Of st. Stephens church
in Middlebury, and editor of the Epis.
copal Register of Vermont.-[Ex.