The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-21
Local News.
|. next Tuesday.

The annual village meeting is to be
held in the old court house, Wednesday,
Jan. 2. at | 80 p, m.
Hon. John w. Stewart reached home
from Washington, yesterday morning, to
spend the holiday vacation.
The fall term of the college closed on
Tuesday, after the usual examinations.
The next term will begin January3.
The market was rather dull, Monday.
Fall-made butter sold at 2S cents, and
less desirable lots at 20 to % cents.
A Christmas sermon will be preached
by the pastor cf the NJ +. church, Sun
day morning, at the usual hour of SER
vice.
Rev. Kerr G. Anderson of Oshkosh, Wis,
has recently been visiting in town. He
was graduated from this college in the
class of 1872.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Breeders association is to
be held in Acadamy hall in this village,
Wednesday, January9.
In accordance with the recent action of
the prudential committee, the Graded
school is to have holiday recess, begin
ming Monday and ending January 2.
The usual Christmas gathering for the
children of the Congregational Sunday
school is to be held in The lecture-room
tomorrow. Saturday afternoon.
1t is announced that Rev. +. K. Brain
erd. brother of Prof. Branerd, has been
called to the pastorate of the Globe Con-
gregational church, Woonsocket, Il. |.
Tuesday, Christmas day, divine SER
vice, with the Holy Communion, will be
held in st. Stephens church at 10 40 A.
NJ. The musical programme is rich and
varied.
The entertainment given at Academy
hall on Monday evening by the Camilla
UrsO Concert company drew out large
audience. 1t was very generally salts
factory.
Although we have had considerable
stormy weather the past few days, there
is no sleighing yet. Boston rejoices in
| 16 inches of snow, and there is seighing
in Rutland.
Dea. W.T.. Byington. colpOrteur Of
the Vermont Bible society, is beginning
canvass of Middlebury. lie will visit
every family, sell bibles and supply the
destitute.
1t will probable be some weeks before
the new town hall can be used. More
work is being put upon the inside than
was at first contemplated, necessitating
an extension of time.
The Christmas festival OF st. Stephens
Sunday school will be held in the church,
Monday evening at $3.50 o'clock. The
scholars will sing their carols, and a
general good time is expected.
A large number of new books have re-
Gently been added to the college library.
They were bought with money given by
Hon. Mark Skinner and Hon. James III.
Phelps, old graduates of the institution,
each contributing $500.
Trade has been very good with our
merchants during the past week, though
perhaps it has not equalled that of former
years at this season. The cold weather
and the rough roads have doubtless had
something to do with it.
The neighboring town of Cornwall was
organized March, 2, 1884. AS the centen.
NAL will occur on Sunday, the memorial
exercises will be probably be deferred
until Tuesday, the day of the annual
town meeting.
Clinton Smith is opening q stone quar-
lry on Columbus Smiths land. near the
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stone with which to build the foundation
of the house he will erect south of the
town hall, next season.
The December tern of the Addison
county court closed on Friday afternoon
last. A number of divorces were grant
ed and other business transacted The
pressure upon our columns, owing t,
holiday advertising, necessitates the
Ion, . L
port, though few matters of general pub
lie interest were acted upon.
Henry Persons of East Middlebury haC
his collar bone broken and received nu
merous bruises, Tuesday night, while OF
his way to this villrge in company witt
Hervey III. Nichols. A lumber team hat
broken down about mile out, and thu
lumber was left partly in the road. Tn,
horse saw it and SHE'D. oYerturning thu
buggy. Mr.. Nichols escaped unframed
MIR. Persons was attended by DR.. Eddy.
Wednesday afternoon and evening wer,
agreeably and profitably spent in tn,
pleasant home Of Prof. Seely, by tn,
ladies and friends of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union. Mrs. Button
the president, presided, and the business
of the society was speedily dispatched
The reports showed that good work wa,
: being done in all branches. The indus
trial school, which opened last Friday
with G3 names enrolled, promises to bt
of great benefit to those in attendance.
Livery horses are sometimes rathe
thin in flesh, and no wonder, if many O
them receive the usage two of Isaac vii
. liamson's have had. A young man from
Brooksville hired a horse aud carriage
from his stable one Saturday night abou
month since, saying he wished to go t.
Cornwall. He returned, Monday. On
recent Saturday he again hired team
for similar purpose. 1t turns out thu
! Oh both occasions his journeyings extend
, ed to Benson. The first time he drov
the carriage to Orwell, there secured
two-seated wagon and took a load o
, friends to Benson, the single horse driver
from here doing all the work. Mr.. vii
Hanson ascertained the facts in the case
} and had the youth arrested. He was Sc
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