The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-01-02

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In "honest goods"
"A telegraph line has been put n
for about half mile In the village
and will be extended to over q mile
Quite a'large number are putting In In
struments to connect with the line
The object Is supposed to be fun, an
the improvement of moral character.
"A large number OF friends and rel
atives, including several from out o
town, assembled at the house of Prof
Higley, Christmas eve., TO participate
In the usual Christmas fcstivitie
which were very beautifully observed
A tree was among the attractions, ant
many beautiful and costly present
were plucked therefrom, one Of whicl
was an elegant diamond ring to Mrs
Higley. 1t was very pleasant eve
ning's entertainment.
The young people of the st. Stepb
ems society propose holding "mum,
sociable in the new chapel, next Fn
day evening. The ladies have full
privilege to talk to tue gentlemen, bu
for every time that the gentlemen speal
they are obliged to pay a forfeit of five
cents. Refreshments will be served
during the evening. The person who
goes without speaking during the even
ing will be entitled to free supper. A
very enjoyable time may be expected
Abundance free. Be sure to 60.
The New Years ball at the Pierce
house last night, was success in every
particular. About thirty couple were
present, quite q number being from
other towns. MIR. Pierce was In the
best of spirits, doing everything to
make the occasion enjoyable. Landon's
orchestra was present and furnished
some fine music to the satisfaction OF
all. This orchestra seems to have a
large patronage, playing in Lincoln
Wednesday night, here last night and
In East Middlebury tonight, besides
having quite q number other applica-
tons to play for New Year balls.
The Barnes Hose Co., of Burling-
ton, purpose to give two hours go-as-
match in Academy hall very
soon. They will offer purse of $50,
open to any one. Quite number of
contestants are expected to take part,
among them are Geo. Irvine of Ottawa,
Canada; r. III. Nichols, Port Henry, N.
Y; Sam Richards and two of the
Barnes Hose Co. This race it Is hoped
will be square and not in any respect
like the other matches that we have
had here. These races will be under
the personal supervision of Mr.. J. j.
Shea, the foreman of the said company.
Further particulars next week.
Tho Munger street school house
was we'll filed last Tuesday night, and
the debate very interesting. The dec
lamations were listened to with much
pleasure, and every thing passed off
The programme for
next week is as follows: declarations,
Albert Phelps, Oscar Hurlburt, Jr.,
Junie Mead, Homer Balm, Geo. Sum-
ner, John Doody, Charles Balm. Cues
ton for debate; Resolved, That the
late civil war retarded the progress of
Disputants: affirmative, D..
P. Moor, e. Ii. Balm; negative, Carlos
Sumner, Fred Hammond. Paper to be
read by Ira Taylor and Elida Spencer;
on music, Mrs. Z. G. Seeley
and Mrs. A. Z. Grow.
We announced some time ago that
the village trustees voted to close the
Park House, kept by John Ring. II
seems that afterward the administrator
of the estate of the late DIR. Harris, to
which the house belongs, induced the
trustees not to put their vote into &C.
ton, evidently thinking Mr.. Ring
would conclude to confine himself to a
legitimate business. But the other day
Mrs. Chauncy Clark disclosed upon
him for selling liquor, and investigation
resulted in showing that her husband
had been to Salisbury and brought from
thence a seven-gallon key of whiskey
for Mr.. Ring, which he was selling con-
trary to law. Another pereon CON-
plined of Ring, but when wanted to
testify, he had gone out of town. Ring
has been notified to close his establish
ment, and the probabilities are that he
will.
In another column correspondent
makes some structures upon the road
of the past year, referring
particularly to the width of the track
We believe ii is admitted by the select
ment that in their desire to extend the
improvements rs far as possible the
width in some cases was "scrimped,"
but our correspondent can hardly mean
that in any place they have left the
track so narrow as to make 1t impOssi
BILE or dangerous for teams to pass eacf
other. The defect is easily remediable
If the town SHOULD vote to bond, OIL
in some other way complete the i'm
provements within two or three years
the proper wild tn sh ould:of course, b.
given to the roads everywhere. We d.
not understand our correspondent t.
criticise the opinion that immediate i'm
provement of all our roads Is desirable
even at the cost of bonding, or heavy
taxation for few years. :
Last Sunday evening Della Harri
gan made q friendly call upon hel
neighbor, Mrs. baldwin, down lin tn,
"Holler," as the lowlands of Mill stree
are called. When she left, Mrs. Kat,
Little, q gentle Amazon of the sam,
locality who had been waiting for her
suddenly rushed out and evilly entreat
ed her, throwing her down, tearing he
clothes, and pulling her hair, and other
wise putting her in dismal plight. Ii
fact, Mrs. Little acted almost as if she
ultdppTotcu VI MISS IhITlSuus ON
was soon invited to visit justice of tn,
peace, and accepted the honor. tn,
great man told her that her style o
greeting was too warm, being know
to the law as assault and battery, an,
[ipvited her to lend the state few dol
lars, which he facetiously called q fin
and costs. 1t Is to be hoped that Mrs
Little's friendship for Miss Harrigal
will display itself less obtrusively here
after.
Among the Christmas festivities Q
last week, we notice neigborhood tire
held at the residence of Mr.. VIM. Bel
Between sixty and seventy persons pal
ticipated. The exercises commence,
by the reading of tina first eleven verse
Of tho second chapter of Matthew, whic
was followed by the old Christmas cd
in good style by Master Ransom Bens
dict. The tree was then picked, and
great many valuable as we'll as usefr
presents were taken of. The tree wa
postponed from Christmas eve to Frida
eve. ON account of the death of Mi
Flanagan, which was noticed In our la,
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