The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-10-27
- The Grand Hibernica Comedy
Company next Thursday evening.

Inc Grand Hibernica Comedy
company next Thursday evening.
AS announced in another column
some "monsters of the deep" are TO bt
seen over in Rich Il Buttolph's blocs.
Rev. e. p. Hooker arrived yester
day to attend the funeral seviccs of tho
late Mrs. Luther Baxter. Mrs. Hooker
has been in town for some weeks.
Sam Mcekin, the popular tonsorial
artlst, has made some noticeable re.
arrangements in his shop, and put in
TWO large and handsome new mirrors.
Israel Read, born in Middlebury
IN Is IL, has just died in Paterson, N. j.
lie has for the past forty years been q
successful business man in New York
city.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Luther
Baxter will be attended Saturday after
noon, at two O'Clock, at the residence
OF Mr.. Arson Sumner in East Middle
bury.
"A: p. Upper has sold ont his in.
tcrest in the furniture business, carried
on by w. W. Swiney, to Thad Chan.
man. The business will be removed 70
the Styles block.
Rev. I'm. Mellen, for twcnty-four
years missionary among the Zulus
will speak in the Congregational church
at O'Clock next Sabbath evening
Subject, "Africa'open:to: Civilization and
Christianity" illustrated by q large
map, on which will be pointed ont the
routes of the latest travellers.
We regret to learn that the Illness
of Charles Ipilds is developing into
bad case of fever. Mr.. Wilds has |
for some time been troubled with I'M
promising symptoms, and latterly has
been obliged to forego active attention
10 his legal practice. AT present -v.it
ng 1t IS not certain What course his dis
ease will take
F. X. Haven of Vergcnnes calls
attention to his clothing business this
week, and our readers will do well to
consult his tad" Mr.. IIaven's store is
illed with an immense stock of all
styles of goods in his lines, and the
prices seem remarkably low. Every
me who knows Mr.. Haven knows that
lc is good man to trade with.
"A "harvest sociable" at the Con-
vestry, Wednesday evening
vas very enjoyable affair." The fruits
# this latitude were displayed in
'lonty that would put our county fairs
o blush, and their various applications
n the form OF pics, etc., were numcr-
us. The eating thereof, with songs
rom Mrs. Pitts, Miss Helen Upper
nd others were also pleasant features.
he proceeds went into the Sunday
chool library fund.
Some improvements are noticeable
N Weybridge street. Miss Ada Cal
ender's house looks clean and bright
4 coat of new paint. DIR. Eddy has
AIKEN away his front fence, leveled mn
nc sidewalk and sodded the edge nicely
nd put in a marble coping betw cen
is yard and the walk. An improve.
lent in the Flint premises has been s
ladc by taking away the hedge in its
ont. Clearing up the grounds i
bout Rev. Mr.. Severance's new
ouse, occupied by Prof. Austin has ,
Ilectcd great change for the better ~
! their looks.
An annual "Chicken pie sociable" n
rs Tor some years been one of the req. >
lar autumn festivals of The Methodist d
'cicty. Last Tuesday evening the So b
able REQUIRED, with the chicken pic Is
II out, but with an abundant supply
other desirable substitutes. A Num-
ar of the older members, including
cman, ii. G.. and William Langwor. =
", q. g. Cady, Rev. Mr.. Quinlan and II
hers gave interesting notes of the
story of the church in this place. o
rofcssor Seely acting as master of GER d
@Sn il, acc6Mhrt 81 GamlRo pastors since
C church was founded. IL. G.. Lang l.
orthy gave n history of the Sabbath y
hool connected with the church.
lese with singingand the consump- L
,n of the eatables filled up an interest d
e evening.
Last Friday the pupils of the grad '
school listened to an address by Mr.
fred IIamlin. He discoursed on three II
eat temples of the world, the temple o
Karnak, the Parthcnon at Athens,
I'd the Pantheon at Rome. lie has G.
zen abroad during the past year. and n
,scrjbcd in part his own impressions. II
c showed fine faculty of adapting \,
msclf to the comprehension of his .,
,arers. Whenever he used a term n
hich he thought they might not I'M y
erstand, he would write it on the n
ackboard for them TO see, or would "
Ipidly and skilfully sketch the object Il
it'll the chalk without intermitting the n
'urse of his remarks, thus giving vivid
eas and much interest to what, to
ost young folks, would seem 10 be a 4
ther dry subject. Next week XeY
lall give an abstract Of iLi--iectthe