The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-23

Geo. f. Bell, formerly with +. M.
Chapman & Co., is with Lyman & Allen
of Burlington; see their advertisement
next week.
Rev. S. A. Parker will preach in the
Odd Fellows hall in Middlebury
next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock; sub
ject. 1.-The Brotherhood of Man"
Middlebury has no more important
Interest than that of its public schools.
No friend of the schools should fail to
be at the school meeting next Tuesday.
Wheeled vehicles were in use to some
extent on Sunday and Monday; but the
heavy storm of Tuesday morning brought
the sleighs out again. II
Night Waterman Dickinson, who was
i'll and off duty the latter part of last
week. has recovered i'm measure and is
on his beat once more.
There were two dances in East Mid
dlebury on Friday evening last-one at
Good Templars' hall and the second the
farewell ball of Mr.. Allen of the Glen
House.
John w. Hull and A. A. Wood, Michi-
gan sheep dealers, have been in town the
past week. The former shipped a car
load to-day, bought of parties in this
vicinity.
st. Patrick's day, last Saturday, pass
ed without special observance here.
Indeed, the parades and exercises which
used to mark the day were almost wholly
omitted throughout the State.
The Junior exhibition Of Middlebury
college will take place on the evening OF
Tuesday nextat Academy hall. An an
nouncement regarding admission tickets
will be found among the local notices.
Messrs. Charles Parliill of Wevbridge
and Stowell Wright of Middlebury left
here on Saturday morning for Montana.
They intend to go into farming in that
Territory.
Germans and other foreignerscontinue
to be brought here and hired to farmers
and others. Up in Chittenden county,
where a number were secured last year,
they have proved very satisfactory help.
Sheep men are anticipating d large ex-
hibition of Merinos at the shearing here
week after next. 1t will probably be the
most interesting gathering of the sort
ever held in Vermont.
Lovers Of dancing in this vicinity will
doubtless bear in mind the Junior Elk.
hop at Academy hall, next Tuesday
night. We are asked to state that the
hall bill will be $500 per couple; re-
! freshments extra.
Rt. Rev. w. Fl. A. Bissell. bishop of
the diocese of Vermont. made his annual
visitation to st. Stephens parish on
Monday evening and administered the
rite of confirmation to two persons Two
other members of the confirmation class
were prevented by illness from being
present.
No one now living has seen Easter on
the 25th of March. 1t was as far back
as 1865, 1874. 1871 and l742 that Easter
came on the Goth of March. This
coincidence is the first of its kind in our
century, and will not take place again
till 1894.
Easter will be observed at the Metho-
dist church. In the morning the pastor
will deliver an Easter sermon and In the
evening the Sabbath-schoOl will give an
Easter concert. The church will be dec
GRATED and the music in keeping with the
day.
Mrs. f. G.. Greene of st. Adams. pres
ident of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. was in town yesterday.
a reception in her honor was held in the
afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Geo.
Walker, Seminary street, at which she
met large number of the ladies of this
village.
Joseph Moore, in the employ of f. w.
Judd, was severely injured, Tuesday
morning. A piece of marble that was
being moved fell on Moore's leg. jam
ming and twisting it. He was taken to
his boarding place-Mrs. Batchelder's.
Park street-and DR.. Porter attended
him.
Mr.. Henry Burns of San Antonio,
Texas, ships a carload of rams today.
They are from the flocks of G.. E. Child
of Weybridge, Mr.. Barker of Leicester.
Geo. Bush of Shoreham, Frank Randall
of Cornwall Byron Smith Of Addison,
c. a. Landers of Bridpert. +. G. Farm
ham of Shoreham. II. f. Taylor of West
Cornwall and Lee Tracy of Shelburn.
The lot numbers 10.
The recent fire at Bellows Falls caused
a slight delay in the starting of the new
pulp mill. pieces of machinery making
in one of the shops burned being some
what injured. The damage, however, is
not material and the mill will soon be
in operation. The mill at Belden's Falls.
owned by the same company, is turning
l cut about five tons of pulp every day.
We learn that a young princess ar
rived in town this week. Her mother is
the 500 Queen eve owned by Chapman
, & Giddings, descended in direct line on
/ the dams side from E. Hammonds old
: Queen eve. We are glad to announce
: that her royal hghness and the young
princess are both doing as well as can
be expected, and that the good reputa-
ton Of the royal family will be sustain
ed and probably achieve greater celeb
rity through this new accession.