The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-11-25
Local News.

Hope Your thanksgiving dinner
"sot" well.
They complain good deal about
the rough roads nowadays.
Tho winter term OF the graded
school begins one week from next
Monday.
j. M. Warner and family of Albany
are in town, having come to spend
Thanksgiving.
Eggs thirty cents Il dozen and
going up. Hens proud thercat Con-
sumers depressed.
Mrs. Royal Wheeler and daughter,
of Buffalo, New York, who have been
visiting here, returned home this week.
L. l.. Wright has Il thousand BUSH
els, more or less, of onions stored in the
basement under Garlick 81 Williamson's
market.
There is great scarcity of dry
hard wood i'll town; none to be had, 10
fact. 1t is a good time for owners OF
woodpiles to speculate.
Mr.. George Williamson and wife,
of Leadville, Col, are visiting friends
in town. MIR. Williamson is brother
of Mr.. Abraham Williamson.
The wooden mill has been shut
down for this week on account of alter
ations made to burn coal inst cad of
wood in the boiler fireplace.
The late Mrs. John A. Conant, of
Brandon, left $500 to st. Stephens
Episcopal church of this place, and
$4,000 TO the Brandon Episcopal
church.
We have received the November
number of the College Undergraduate.
1t shows good editorial work and its
"Personals" and "Town and Campus"
noles are unusually ncwsy.
Mr.. E. Butler, of Coffin Summit,
Duchess County, New York, returned
home on Wednesday, taking with him
twenty merino sheep, purchased of III.
ID. Wright and Fred NJ. Foote.
Mr. d. c. Norton, of Huron Comfy,
Ohio, who has been here in company
with II. ID. Sly, purchased a lot of me-
rinos Of l.. L. Clark, of Addison.
They returned home on Wednesday.
There were union services at the
Congregational church yesterday, at
which Rev. Mr.. Speare preached, Rev.
Mr.. Mead assisting. There were also
services at the Episcopal church.
Both services were well attended.
TEMPERANCE RALLY.-There will
be temperance meeting at the vestry
of the Methodist church, Tuesday eve
ming next, November 20, at seven
O'Clock. All interested in temperance
work are earnestly requested TO be
present.
The announcement that the whole
amount needed for the new house Of
worship of the Baptist society has beer
secured in good subscriptions is very
gratifying. We are assured that the
new church is to be handsome edifice
such as the society ought to have, and
that 1t is to be completed next year.
TIE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR.-Sunday
closed the ecclesiastical year in thC
Roman Catholic and Episcopal churche.
Next Sunday will be the first Sunday
of Advent. Monday was the feast o.
the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, and Tuesday was st. Cecilia'i
day, the patroness of church choirs ant
of religious musical associations, man,
of which bear the name of st. Cecilii
and commemorate her feast.day.
The graded school exhibition
Wednesday, was attended by a crowd
ed house, every seat being taken NJ
and many had to stand. The exhibition
was chiefly juvenile affair. but tn,
young performers acquitted themselve
very nicely. The ''fan brigade" consist
ed of eight young misses, from coupll
of wee toddlers up to girls of fourteen o
fifteen. dressed in long trains and will
queer headgear of white tarletol. The,
went through the drill with much pre-
cision and spirit. The audience wer
not satisfied with one performance an'
they were called back to repeat IL. Tn
piano solos by Miss Powers and Prof
Higley and duet by Misses Sutton am
Dashlell were great addition TO th
entertainment.