The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

luSIrateu lecture IN Unc aSSOclaUtOn course,
at Academy hall, Monday evening, on
"The Yellowstone Park"
Mr. Ira w. Clark, the Weybridge law
yer. who has been insane but had par
TALLY recovered, was on Thursday taken
back to the asylum at Brattleboro.
A distemper. resembling influenza, has
prevailed in this community for some
weeks. Nearly half the students have
suffered with it and many of the towns
people.
VIM. Mulchahey of New York city
was in town over Sunday. He is man
ager and general agent of large soap
manufacturing company, with head
quarters in New York.
Mr.. Z. NJ. Meldon of Rutland, a gradu-
ate of the college in 1880, was in town
over Sunday. He has been admitted to
the Rutland county bar and will prac-
tice in Rutland.
The office of Albert Chapman, Sec
rotary of the Vermont Merino Sheep
Breeders association, has been removed
from Buttolph's block to the rooms late
ly occupied by DR.. Ialsey, in VAIN
wright's block, Court street.
1t is nothing but luck that has prevent
ed mishaps to the boys who skate on the
the creek above the bridge. Not content
with using the sound ice, they skate to
the very edge of the open spaces, where
a misstep would surely send them over
the falls.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep-Shearing association is to
h..h hall ,f I,n ~ oil In
next, beginning at 10 o'clock n. IN.
John J.. Buttolph of Mddlebury Is presi-
dent of the organization and Ii. F. Dean
of Cornwall, secretary.
The adjourned town meeting to further
consider the matter of town hall will
be held on Tuesday next at 80 p. m.
The committee appointed at the previous
meeting have been hard at work attend
ing to their duties. They are to meet
again on Saturday for consultation.
The sheep trade is lively in this vicinity
and in other parts of the county. Among
the buyers who have lately been here
were Samuel Jewett of Independence.
Mo-, a member of the firm Of X. II. No
Culley & Bro, Lees Summit, Mo-, and
i. G. Nelson of Michigan. Mr.. Jewett
shipped some $50 sheep this week, and
Mr.. McCulley also made II shipment.
The Lenten season began on Wednes-
day of this week, that day being Ash
Wednesday. Services were held in the
Catholic and Episcopal churches. Last
year Lent began February % and closed
April .. This year it commences Febru-
airy and ends with the old-time festival
of Easter Sunday, March %.
Among those who have been register
ed at the Addison House the past week
were: lion. G. II. Stevens. G.. F. o.
Kimball and ID. III. Lewis of Vergennes,
Sheriff Dunshee and DR.. +. NJ. Kent of
Bristol, Jed. L. Clark and Hon. G. w.
Writers of Milton, G. l.. Hammond of
Crown Point, ii. S. Brookins of Shore
ham, j. G. Moore of Grainfield, Kansas.
Thomas NJ. Smith and Mrs. Maggie
MorOney were married by Rev. Father
Maloney at the Catholic church on Mon
day morning. George Houston and Miss
Maggie CarmOdy were also married by
Father Maloney ut the Catholic church,
Tuesday morning. On Sunday. at Bris-
toll, Michael Needham and Miss Mary
Butler were married. at the Catholic
church by Rev. Father Maloney. All
these parties are residents of this town.
George f. Plumbe, who graduated from
Middlebury college in the class Of 1861,
is in town on Il short business visit. Mr..
Plumbe married Clara Russell. daugh-
ter of the late VIM. p. RUSSELL and has
made his home in Chicago since leaving
here. He was for seven years connected
with the Chicago Inter-Ocean, and for
the past two or three years has been on
the staff of the Chicago Daily News, and
has the reputation of being journalist
of ability.
Mr.. Frank A. Bond was called upon at
his residence Wednesday evening and
presented with a handsome gold-hesded
ebony cane, bearing this Inscription
Frank A. Bond, From the Boys. Feb. :,
1881 The donors were Messrs. j. w.
Pitts, c. $. Wicker, r. f. Benedict and
Jerry Haley, employees of Mr.. Bond,
and Mr.. Thomas Mcclure, formerly a
clerk in Mr.. Bonds establishment. and
now travelling for Boston house. The
presentation speech was made by Mr.. III.
G. Langworthy, and Mr.. Bond respond
ed. Refreshments and general good
time followed. Art x
2 Rev. Frank f. Woodruff of Athens and
Miss Ellen Eliza Hamilton of Brandon
were united in marriage at Athens,
Greece, January IL. The bride is the
only daughter of the late DR.. Hamilton
of Brandon, and sister of DR.. Fremont
Hamilton of Cornwall. She fitted for
college under Prof. Ci.ley of Brandon.
and for portion of her freshman year
was in this college. Leaving here she
went to Burlington, graduating from the
university in the class of 1873. Mr..
Woodruff is a native of Underhill, a
graduate of the university in the same
class as his wife, and of the Union Theo-
logical seminary, New York. During
the past two years he has been studying
modern Greek in Germany and Greece
Last fall Mr.. Woodruff accepted a pro-
fessorship in the Andover Mass Theo-
logical seminary. -
y. The fortnightly meeting of the Musical
club, Tuesday evening, at Chapman's
Music rooms, drew together an audience
of some sixty persons. The following
programme was well carried out, Afford
ing delightful evenings entertainment |: