The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-06-24
Local News.

People are hoping for thaw.
-Gauvin is taking the photographs
of the graduating class.
The seniors got through the ordeal
of examinations Tuesday.
Fred Footc has taken the job OF
running the street sprinkler.
e. S. Wellington, of the class OF
20 now of Nashville, Tenn, is in
town.
The addition to the rear of the post
Office has been put up and will soon be
completed.
Native strawberries are plentiful
likewise is the pile of coppers it takes
to buy them.
Rev. G. B. Hubert has accepted a
call to the Congregational church at
Lyndonville, Vermont.
The level road beyond George
Hammond's has been turnpiked with
the Little Giant road machine.
We understand that Col. Tracy has
offered the old fire engine to the young
men of the village if they will get up a
company,to run it.
Don't come to Middlebury Mon
day, July 4th, TO trade, as every bust
ness place will be closed. The regular
market day is postponed until Tuesday.
Tuesday was the longest day in the
year. From that time the days shorten
until December 81. 1t is, therefore,
now the proper time to hire men to
work from sunrise to sunset.
Mrs. E. A. Sturtevant addresses
the convention of the Chittenden coun-
ty VIC. T. u, in Winooski, to-day.
On Monday she speaks in Montpelier,
and afterwards goes to Orleans county.
Quite number of winter over
coats were seen on the streets
Wednesday, ard q good many who did
not wear one would have felt better il
they had.
Capt. A. E. Leavenworth, lately OF
of West Randolph, and Rev. Geo. e.
Hall of Vergennes are the examining
committee at the annual College exam
nations next week.
Benton 81 Cady, narketmen, have
failed, their market having been attach.
ed by Peter Donnelly last Monday and
the goods closed out. Garlick 4
Williamson hsve bought the market and
will open business to-day.
The Methodist church had picnic
at Queen City Park, Burlington, Oh
Wednesday last About two hundred
and fifty went, and enjoyed themselves
In the numerous ways which the
place affords. We are glad to learn thai
no one was frozen.
Tho advertisement of the Shoreham
High School will DO found in another
column. Under its present manage
ment this school has given satisfaction
10 its patrons, and those intending Il
send their children to high schoo
the coming fall should not overlook
this institution.
Last Sunday and Monday, while
only slight sprinkles, hardly sufficient tt
lay the dust, were noted in this vicinity
county was visited by frequent and co
weather clerk ought to manifest bette
judgment or less Partially.
There was game of base ball o
the college ground, Wednesday aftei
noon, between the Actives of Vergen
mes and the College nine. The Vergen
mes nine, we are fold, has played YER
little except at street throwing an
catching, and yet, 1t pains us to say
they "walloped" our college boys b
the score of16 tot. That will do.
ENsILAeE.-We have received fror
the publisher, II. r. Stevens, Boston,
handsomely printed and bound littl
book with the above title which tells a
about ensilage and silos, and gives tn
experience of the author and twenty
five other farmers with him. Ever
farmer interested in the matter shout
have copy. Price, 90 cents; by mai
60 cents.
AS large strawberry as we eve
saw was left on our table by Mr.. E. j
Robbins of Cornwall, the other day
On account of its not being of symme
rical shape we cannot give dimension
but 1t was considerable bigger than
piece of chalk, and 1t would take b,
about dozen, more or less, of the siz
sliced up, to fit out arespectablestray
berry festival.
The peanut man mentioned la
week as undergoing Official persecntid
becouse he was selling few peanu
in his endeaver to make living, d
not leave town after all, but has bet
holden forth in front of Benton
Cady's old market stand until a d.
or two ago. We are glad for Il
good name of the village that u
petty effort TO drive him away WAS dl
continued. The Indignation arouse
by 1t among our citizens may be a le
son for the future, M