The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-02-27
Local News.

Yesterday winter got ont of the lap
offspring.
Good Tcmplars Union today. Re-
port next week.
The welcome song of the robin is
heard as Il regular thing now.
Yesterday people could hardly re-
member that it was not yet May.
The most remarkable phenomenon
of this remarkable winter is the absence
of "new maple sugar"
The Ladies' Library will hereafter,
until further notice, be open Saturday
afternoon from 2:30 until o'clock.
Darwin Witherell is teaching a
singing school in the school house in
District No. l, which meets every Tacs-
day evening.
Rev. G. f. Hall of Vergenncs, oc-
cupied the pulpit of the Congregational
church last Sabbath, in exchange with
Rev. Mr.. Hooker, and preached an ex-
cellent sermon.
Town meeting next Tuesday.
There seem to be little that is remark
seems to be few "booms' in progress
for the different offices.
The winter term of the graded
school closes next week with examina-
tions in all the grades, and rhetorical
exercises on Friday afternoon. There
will be vacation of two weeks.
For lack of space we are obliged to
defer until next week an interesting re-
port of the meeting of the Champlain
Valley Homeopathic Medical Society,
which took place at the Addison House,
last Tuesday.
Prof. Higley delivered his lecture
upon the "Artful Dodge" in the Win
chester, N. H., High School course Oh
Tuesday evening of last week. Ii was
pronounced entertaining and instruc-
tive, and made an excellent impression
/EThe oldest house now standing IN
fhe village, so far as known, was built
Z by Gamaliel Painter, who with John
Chipran were the first pioneers in
town. IL was built in 1887 where Ma.
dame Wainwright's house now stands,
and in 1902 was moved to the Brigham
lot. 1t is now owned by Gov. Stewart
and adjoins his barn.
The ladies of the Baptist society
met at the residence of Rev. Chas
Hibbard. last Tuesday evening. and
organized missonery circle, with the
following officers: President, Mrs
Hibbard; secretary, Mrs. l.. p. Al
den; treasurer, Mrs. j. b. Benedict.
Miss Ella Earle has accepted sit
nation as soprano in New York churcl
at a salary Of 5000 year. Miss Earl,
has given much pleasure by her voca
performances in Middlebury, and he
many friends will be greatly pleased a
this recognition of her excellence as
singer. Miss Earle evidently has
career before her.
1T is 10 be hoped that the voter
VIII come to the town meeting prepar
ed to take wise action in regard TO Tn
Improvement of our highways. Their
lis no donht that the town can ampl
afford to complete the work within flv
years. 1t would pay much better thai
TO spread II over ten. But whateye
may be thought as TO this point, at leas
much more should be done than las
year toward removing Middlebury'
chief curse.
The Performance of the Bells {
Normandy, by Reeves Opera Compan
last wednesday evening, was largel
attended, and il is not too much to 50
tina IL was worthy of as large hou,
as any entertainment OF the kind W
have ever had In Middlebury. n
voices were mostly excellent, and III
acting quite good. The orchestra W,
line, and The eornet solos were frs
class. A Middlebury audience is u,
usually very open in its manifestation
OF approval, but we hear little bl
praise spoken of the entertainment.