The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22

Mr.. w. Ill. Chapman of this place for
commutator for electric apparatus, and
to Mr.. Chapman and Mr.. G.. G.. Peck for
an electric motor.
The 10Th of June there were received
and dispatched from the Middlebury
postoflice 1,120 pieces of mail matter,
about 600 pieces of this number going to
the States of Ohio and Michigan.
Quite extensive repairs and alterations
are in progress at the Pierce House.
The old ballroom has been made into
smaller rooms; aud the house is being
pointed and papered throughout. A
number of summer boarders are expected
to arrive shortly.
The Sheldon museum has procured
from many sources bound volumes of
the Middlebury Register from 1897 to
the present time. except for the year
1862. That volume is no doubt loaned
to some one in the village. who will con-
fer favor by returning it to the muse
UNI.
Principal Mead of the Graded school
returned. Wednesday evening, from Cas-
Teton. where lie had been attending to
his duties as Normal-school examiner.
There were seven graduates in the first
course and three in the second. Mr.
Mead will shortly go to his farm at Al
burg for the summer
The Senior class of the college had
their final examinations on Monday and
Tuesday of this week, and are now en-
ioying Il two weeks vacation before COM
mencement. The examining committee
were Rev. Messrs. ID. f. Estes, the Bap-
fist pastor at Vergcnnes, and S. Lewis
b. Speare of this place, Next week
Tuesday the examinations of the other
classes begin.
The sabbath schools of our village will
unite in an excursion to Burlington and
Lake Champlain.I on Friday, the 10Th inst.
The train leaves Middlebury at S a. m.
On arriving at Burlington they will take
the new steamer Reindeer for Il sail
among the islands. touching at some
convenient point for those who prefer to
lunch on shore. Returning. the train
will leave Burlington at 1. 30 p. IN. Tick
ets-children. 80 cents ; adults, 30 cents.
Henry G. Brown of Salisbury, son of
Gould Brown, while riding on the top Of
the freight train from the south due here
about one o'clock yesterday afternoon
was struck by the three-mile or OX-bow
bridge. and killed, He is supposed to
have gotten on the train at Salisbury ;
but ne was not seen till the train reached
here, when he was found on top of one
of the cars. dead. He leaves wife and
one child. His age was about 30 years.
The remains were taken to Pinncy's I'M
taking rooms to await the arrival of his
family.
The village trustees held meeting on
Wednesday evening. 1t was decided to
remove tile hitching-posts in front of
the Park House to some other locality
not yet determined upon. Action was
taken toward securing supply of
water for Il public watering-trough and
also for the school building, where it is
much needed; but the means by which
such supply can be secured were not de-
| cided. A new lamp-post is to be put up
in Freight street near Lorenzo Stearns' =;
alsotwO on Pleasant street one near the
town hall and the other in front of j. f..
Negus.
Thomas Tenncy and Mary Ahearn,
who came from New York recently to
work at the Addison House, were dis
charged Monday morning and proceeded
to celebrate by getting drunk. After
travelling about town most of the day
they were arrested on Court street by
Jailer Cobb. On Wednesday they were
arraigned before Justice Stapleton. 1t
appeared the woman had money enough
to take her back to New York; and she
was set at liberty on promising to leave
the State. She couldn't say where she
bought her rum when called upon to dis
close. Tenney declared he wasn't DRUM,
at all. The justice thought the testi,
| ch hn hn. al,
to Jail, where he now is. Grand Juror
Slade conducted the case for the State
Recently the Douglas Hay-L Loading
Machine company was organized for the
propose of making and selling the ma
chine invented several years since by Mr.
Nelson b. Douglas of Cornwall. The
members of the corporation are Smith &
Allen. ii. b. Dodge, A. j. Marshall and
Cherbino q Williamson. 1t is intended
to manufacture the machines in sufficient
quantity to supply the demand, which
will without question be large as soon IA
its merits are known. This machine anC
the Foust loader were given trial, Mon
day afternoon, at the fair grounds. While
there were no judges appointed and con
sequently no official report was made, il
seems to be the opinion of unprecedented
Witnesses that the Douglas loader i,
the more efficient machine. 1t is pur
posed to have another trial soon.
About thirty ladies and gentlemen
members and friends of the W. {. II. l..
assembled at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
O. L. Lee, Wednesday afternoon ant
evening. There were present ladie'
from Weybridge. including representa-
tivcs from the Young Ladies' union form
ed there during the session of the county
institute, held last week The meeting
was opened by devotional exercises
The business of the union then occupied
the remainder of the afternoon until past
the supper hour. After singing Praise
God from whom all blessings flow." re
freshments were bountifully served ther
bible verses were repeated, after which
the remainder of the evening was spen
in listening to reports of the county in
stitute and in general social way. Tn,
ladies desire to thank the gentlemen fol
their presence and words of cheer. Al
executive committee meeting of the W
c. Il. IT,, will be held at Mr.. Clinton
Smiths, next Monday afternoon at tire,
Io'clock All members are invited