The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-08
Local News.
weather.

Fine weather.
Have you seen the new comet
The Garfield and Arthur flag swings
merrily forth again.
William Langworthy has disposed
of his furniture business to A. p. Tup-
per.
The forests have put on their fall
fashions. They are quite gay this sea-
son.
The stores report the powder and
shot business lively during few days
past.
The college boys have their annual
hunt to-day; some OF them began yester-
day afternoon.
President Hamlin will preach in
the Congregational church next Sab
bath, morning and evening.
Tom Wilson solcmnly AYERS that he
dug ninety potatoes from one hill in
field belonging to A. p. Upper.
Mr.. O'Connor is building small
addition to one side of his baker shop,
to contai II his box-making machinery.
Mr.. w. S. johnson of Milwaukee,
Wis, is in town visiting, but will return
home in few days with his wife, who
has been here for several weeks.
"A fonr days musical convention is
talked of, to be held here the last of Nov
ember, under the direction of Prof. L..
o. Emerson, of Boston.
June Severance returned from Tex
as lasl week. He is still undsmayed
and will soon get together another car
load of sheep, this time for Colorado.
Sam Richards and Joe Larock have
dissolved partner ship in their chicken
business on account of lack of affinity
suddenly manifested. Garlick ~ Will
&C. f. Clark, Esq, of Chicago, a
graduate of our college in 1871, is in
town on visit of few days. His wife,
who has been stopping in town during
the summer, will return with him.
While Junior Miller was out hunt.
ing Yesterday, his gun burst, sadly
frightening the game he was shooting
at, and demoralizing his own faculties
for about three seconds. though fortu'
nately he suffered no physical injury.
The farm advertised in another
column is very fine place, whose at
Persons searching for farm should
not fail to look at Mr.. Wainwright
place.
There are several places on on
streets which would be benefited by
little expenditure of the highway tax
II, rs has been suggested the legal tai
has not vet been laid out in the villag
for this year. it is about time that TIN
repairs should be made.
The first of proposed series o
sociables to be held by the ladies of tn
Congregational society was attended a
Madam " ainwright's. last Tuesday al
ternoon when pleasant time was enjoy
ed. II is said that the masculine elemeI
was not even missed
A change in the railroad time tab
took effect last Monday. The train q
inc south mt 1922 n. m. is discontinue,
The time of the train which heretofol
has left for the south Mt 4:37 p. m.
now at G:55. The train going mort
Mt 9:08 a. IN. has been changed to s 81
The new time table may be found @
our first page.
MIR. Dennis Smead. of Selisburl
has shown as a goose egg laid bv OF
of his enterprising birds last Frida,
which exceeds in dimensions anythin
in that line we have heard of.
measured eleven and one half inch,
around the long way by eight and on
half inches the shortest circumference
and weighed eleven and one-ha
ounces. The bird which perform,
the feat is rs well as could be expects
"A audience listened to an addrt
Nv Pres. IIamlin at the Congregation
church last Sunday evening on the pr
hahc results Of The Turko- Russian WI
The address Is praised in the high,
terms by those compeicnt TO Judge
the speakers knowledge of histori,
facts and grasp of the political prin
pies and moral forces which are woI
ing in the tottering Ottoman empire