The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
Local News.
good week for sugar.
Farmers are sowing grain,

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Farmers are sowing grain.
The parks have been undergoing
their annual cleaning up.
Mr.. Frank d. Burdett is confined TO
his bed with rheumatism.
Some changes and repairs on dwell
lings in various places are noticeable.
Mrs. L. M. Grovenor has gone on
a visit ofsome weeks, TO Potsdam, N. Y.
The high wind of Wednesday blew
down the large sign Oh Manney's store.
Mr.. Chas. A. Goodnough of South
Bend, Indiana, il visiting his relation
in town.
The Oldest inhabitants say that the
Munger street road was never in q
worse condition than now.
The village trustees have put i'm a
stone drain across Pleasant Street zeal
the Congregational church and are
grading the road and will put on a fresh
coat of gravel. j. L. Buttolph has the
improvents in charge.
FLANK" Morey, who n~avigates the
Addison House coach, has moved into
Pat Condon's house on Washington
Street.
The work of matchmaking the
East Middlebury road is going bravely
OH under the supervision of Mr.. j. w.
Halliday, quite a distance having been
laid with stone. The width is twelve
feet.
The road at the corner of North
Plaoo0pf Qn1 Satntnorr Sfrnafo hoe ham
cut up by a ditch dug to repair the
drain and let a needlessly large supply
of water from Mrs: ID. Stewards cellar.
Pat Condor has rented the farm of
Mr.. Samuel Grovenor, out east, and the
village will know his trucking team no
more at present. Mr.. Grovenor's
daughter, Miss Emma is expected TO
engage in the dressmaking business in
this village.
House will be held every Sunday after
noon at 4:3O O'Clock, instead of 1880 as
heretofore. Preaching next Sabbath
by Rev. l. +. Kellogg, pastor of the
West Cornwall Baptist church. All
are invited.
Remember the concert at Acade-
my Hall, next Tuesday evening, by the
celebrated Swedish Ladies' Quartette.
This being their farewell concert, our
citizens should give them a packed +"
house. The prices are unusually low
at IS and so cents.
In a practice run last week We'd
nesday, Mr.. Frank Buckley made ten
miles in one hour and seven minutes.
He unfortunately stepped on a loose
board, thereby spraining his ankle. If
he had been in good condition he
would probably have won first money
in the race last Wednesday evening.
"A new organ has been put into the
college chapel. II is a splendid instru-
ment of Geo. Wood & Co.'S. make, hay-
ing two banks of keys with pedal bass,
and any number of stops. Ii was pro-
cured of W. w. Thomas, special agent
of the manufacturers, he taking tie old
N in exchange. The price is 1926.
On next Sunday evening Rev. ].
Il. Franklin will preach in continuation
OF his discourse of last Sunday. Sub
lect: "How to use the Bible. The re-
iation of the Bible to the Christian
church and Religion" By unanimous
vote or the whole parish on Easter
Monday last, all the seats in St. Steph-
ems church are free.
"A coarse- wooded sheep belonging
TO Mr.. George Hammond dropped d
lamb the other day which was a decided
freak of nature. II had four ears and
three eyes. One of the eyes, located in
the middle of the forehead was as large
as two common eyes. The lamb could
not bear up under the weight of its
extra possessions, and died.
NV. W. Thomas has purchased the
house and lot Known as the "Dustiu
place'on North Pleasant Street, and will
at once commence thorough repairs,
hitting 1t up as a residence and music
hall for the sale of pianos and organs,
etc. This we are confident from Mr.,
Thomas well-known energy and bust
ness capacity, will be a fine addition to
>eur rapidly improving village. \
NCWhile Napoleon Japan was driy,
ing>a six-horse team loaded with the
new turning lathe for the North Quarry
last Monday when near the Henri,
Hammond place, the king bolt flew out
letting tine end of the cart drop, and Mr.
Japan received a serious injury abou
the ankle. lie was brought TO the vii
lage where DIR. Russell attended him
The limb was so swollen that il wa
difficult to tell whether it was broken
but IT is said that 1t Is now much better
NEThis Friday the ladies of Brandon
havs been requested to meet at the YES
Try OF the congregational church to lis
zen 70 an address on temperance by Mrs
Il. A. %Sturtevant, of Middlcbury. VIII,
has been appointed by the Vermont Wo
mans Christian Temperance Union /,
organize local Unions throughout th,
State. An excellent address will nm
doubtedly be listened 10 by those pros
ent. IL is expected that q local Uniol
will be organized among the ladies O
BRANDON brandon Union, April 8,