The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-17


Congregational society was held last
Monday afternoon.
Some Of the ladies got up leap
year party which Games off ut Negus'
Hall, Wednesday evening. Some TWEEN
ty couples were present, and the affair
is pronounced n success in every respect,
! and creditable TO the administrative
| capacity of the ladies who engineered il.
The music was furnished by quartette
of some of our local musicions.
FoREFATHER's DAY.--The usual ex-
ercises of this anniversary at Middle
bury, will be held in the Congregational
church, Tuesday evening, Dec. 20, at
, half past six o'clock. The address will
be delivered by Prof. e. ii. Higley of
Middlebury College. The Ladies Social
Party will be given in the lecture room
of the church, attended with refresh
ments, speeches, music, &c Tickets
for the party, fifty cents, to be had at
Alden's bookstore.
All of our stores now present their
holiday array of goods, from which
will be selected the presentswhich will
create pleasure and gladness in so many
hearts when the Merry Christmas and
the New Year come. In their several
lines all our advertising patrons will
be found filled full of goods from which
presents can be chosen. To all our
readers in town we would say, don't |
go out of town for anything you want
for the holidays. Look over our adver-
tisements and business notices and pro-
fit thereby. You can do no better else
where either as to prices, quality or
variety to select from.
The indications are that there will
be large delegation from Middlebury |
to Burlington, Wednesday, to attend
| the Bernhard performance at the |
Howard Opera House. 1t is proposed |
to run special return train after the |
performance, If sufficient number sig
nifty their intention ofgoing, and half
fare tickets will be given on the rail-
road, good on any train Wednesday, to |
return on the special. Those of our
people and those from out of town who
have not already done so, who will go,
are requested to leave their names with
either q. b. F. Palmer or T. M. Chap
man, before Saturday night. Mr.
Palmer has the schedule of the seats
reserved for MIDI lebury and will fur
nish any information required.
1.-THE following from the Buffalo
Express will interest the many friends
of Mr.. E. r. Jewett, who, we believe,
began his journalistic career in Mid
dlebury:
Willow Lawn, the suburban resi-
dence of our esteemed fellow-towns-
man, Mr.. E. r.. Jewett, was OH Tues
day, the 7th instant, the scene of q
delightful reunion of relatives assem-
bledlto celebrate the SEVENTEEN birthday
of the host. There were about thirty of
them, and the youngest among them
did not appear much livelier than did
Mr.. Jewett. Rare and fragrant flow
ers made one almost forget the cold
outside. The table was spread with a
feast of good things, the central object
of attraction being the birthday cake
surrounded by seventy candles and fes-
TONED with smilax. All present re-
joiced in the good health and happiness ,
of their loved and respected relation,
and departed expressing themselves
delighted with their evenings enter i
tain ment. The veteran ex-printer, ex-
publisher, and ex-editor is most fortu-
nate in his circumstances and surround
ings; but few men have better deserv-
ed, by hard and honest work in their
younger days, the ease and comfort
which Mr.. Jewett enjoys in hale and 6
hearty age that is not old"
The Woman's Christian Temper ,
ance Union held its regular meeting
for December, at the residence of Prof
Seeley, Mrs. E. p. Hooker, vice. pre-.
sident in the chair. The meeting OPEN {
ed with singing, scripture reading and {
prayer. The secretary's and treasurer's
reports Iwere read and adopted. Re-
ports from various committees fol-
lowed and were discussed. The So c
ciety has hired room. A committee
of six ladies are engaged in fitting il |
up. Some articles of furniture have S
been contributed. The sewing circle
will be invited to meet there as soon as
it can be got ready to again take up the 9
work of sewing for the poor. When 4
supper was announced, Rev. Mr.. Mead
said grace. The Lucy Hayes supper 8
was good and enjoyed by large COM t
pany. At the clos Of the meal all r
sang the Doxology and each repeated
verse of scripture. A steel engrav-
ing of Mrs. Hayes was placed in con- c
spicuous place, and such facts from her k
history as could be gathered were read t
by the secretary. The society stands
pledged for five dollars to the Hayes
Testimonial. The treasurer announc-
ed that the ten cent fees of the evening
covered the debt with a balance over ,
for the treasury. She then read the I
Hayes advertisement which fully ex-
plains the object of the enterprise. q
Miss Merrill entertained us with a
poem fcharmingly recited, for which
favor the thanks of the society are ten. t
dered, Selections from various papers
illustrating the theme were read by diff ;
ferent ones. All the literary efforts of !
the evening were we'll received. The
subject of conversation for the evening
was the following sentence from Miss b
Wizards address: Gin the supreme G
court of public opinion the greatest
lawsuit of the century is set for trial.
Long quibbled over and frequently
postponed, it has at last come squarely s
to the front; it heads the docket, and !
the clear cut issue is stated in these
words: The Women of the Nation rer-
sus The Liquor Traffic. The remarks E
of Rev. M. l., Severance and Rev. E.
p. Hooker were received with APP
plause. Other gentlemen would have
been called upon fer remarks if time
had allowed, but as it did not, we will
say as the editors sometimes do: For ,
want of space some very important
items are deferred until our next. .
Respectively submitted. Sec.
The reopening exercises of the Me-
thodist church will take place on Tues
day, the 2Sth inst. Rev. Merritt Hui.
burt of Burlington, will preach in the
afternoon, and Rev. l.. S. Walker, for
mer pastor of this church, will preach
in the evening.
The repairs on the church are nearly
completed. They consist in part of re-
pairing the steeple and painting the out
side; newly lathing and plastering the
inside, and frcscoing the ceiling and
walls; cutting ont the space which for
merly existed between the top and lot
tor Windows. thus making one high
window of each two, and putting in
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