The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-10-14
Local News.

The regular meeting of the w. c.
Il. U. will be postponed one week.
Charlie Severance has again re-
turned from Texas. He seems to have
done lively sheep trade in a short
time.
Rev. Charles Hubbard, the pastor of
the Baptist chuLch, will be at home
and preach as usual at the Court house
Sunday morning next.
Astronomers predict bright meteo-
rio showers on the 18th, 10Th and goth
instants. The time to observe the phen-
omenon will be between midnight and
moon-rising.
Our singers are rehearsing for the
festival of the Burlington Philharmonic
Society at the Howard Opera House,
Burlington, beginning Oct. IS, next
week, and continuing four days.
Rev. Mr.. Speare gave the weekly
address before the pupils in the high
school, Friday afternoon, on the sub
ject of "The Foundations of Character"
We shall give an abstract by one of the
pupils next week.
Rev. w. j. Tillcy was ordained
priest al ST. Stephens church in this
place on Thursday, October 6, BY Rt.
Rev. w. ii. A. Bissell, Bishop of the
diocese of Vermont, Rev. Walter
Mitchell, rector of Trinity Church, Rut-
land, preaching the sermon and uniting
with Bishop Bissell in the laying on of
hands.
There was a pleasant sociablc at
tho Congregational vestry, Wednes-
day evening, which was largely attend
cd. Prof. Higley and Miss Hattie
Bond treated the company to instru-
mental selections, Miss Lizzie But
tolph gave pleasing song, recitations
Hortie Drake and Hattie Bolton and a
reading by Miss Laura Mead. The re-
ceipts of the affair, S14.70, 20 to swell
the Sunday shcool library fund.
HMr. Joseph Battell's telephone lima
iXhow going forward to completion.
/Phe poles for the wires are being put
in place under the superintendent OF
Mr.. Henry Smith. 1t is the intention
to have the line run from Bread Loaf
Inn TO "Bread Loaf Jr.," in View.
bridge, taking in on the way his farm
east of the village, Mr.. Phillip Bat.
tells house and the Mussey place. This
will enable Mr.. Battell to sit in some
secluded corner of his possessions, and
run things by shouting "hello," with.
out the necessity of exercising his hor-
ses so much for the purpose of main
tanning communications.
Mr.. j. Farr, of East Middlebury,
has shown us bundle of oats as a sam,
pie of the growth which he obtained on
two acres of land. Without straight.
ening up the heads the bundle measur.
ed about five feet and two inches in
height. The straw was stout and The
heads large .and well filed out. Mr.
Farr also left q few peaches of his own
raising, which were very handsome
They were from tree planted about
six years ago, and which this season
has produced four bushels of fruit,
Last year he had one and one-halt
bushels from the same tree. He has
given the tree no protection and no mn.
usual care. This and many similar
facts from different places in inc
county seem to settle the ouesiion
whether peaches can be successfully
raised in Vermont.
The concert given last FRIDAY evep,
Hibbard was one ofthe best we bay.
been favored with in some time. Tho
following was the programme:
Grand Polonaise Brillante, Chopin.
Miss HIBBARD
Theme de Rode.
Mss ADELIsA HIBBARD.
ga. Spinnerlied, Liszt
b. Traumes Wirren, Schuman.
&c. Ballade, Reinecke.
Miss HIBBARD,
"a, Staendchen, Schubert
ID. Aufdem Wasser Zir Singer, Schubert
&c. "Dove Sono," Mozart.
MISS ADRLINA HIBBARD.
Maehrchen, Ran.
Fantastic, \. mol, Chopin.
MISS HBBARD.
The audience though not large wa
select and were very liberal with thei
encores. The whole programme wa
admirably rendered and those VIII,
qua not attend missed a rare musica