The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-08-03
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We have three coal yards in full blast.
Coal is selling at $3.50 and $5.75 ton;
hay, SS ii ton.
Horace j. Parker of LennOX, Mass.
is home on short vacation.
Henry V. Edmond of Norwich. Conn,
has been making Il short visit to his old
friends.
Mr.. j. j. Bartlcy, the watchman so
badly burned at the late fire, is able to be
out again.
The three coal yards here are filling up
with large supply of coal for the COM
ing fall trade.
Hon. j. w. Barnes, while handling
lumber, let Il board fall on his foot,
bruising it badly.
Taxpayers are busy now paying their
dues, rs the time for the discount is
drawing to a close.
DR.. c. w. B. Kiddcr is inhaling the
health-giving air of the Adirondacks in
the region of Loon Lake.
Rev. c. j. ketchum has returned from
Il visit to New Brunswick. Mrs. ketch-
um is at her fathers in Portland, Me.
Thos. Mack, whose store was burned at
the late fire, has moved his stock of gro
ceries into the Foster building to close
them out.
Saturday was quite busy day for our
merchants, as it was poor hay weather.
1t was also quite a day for "tangle-foot"
among the boys.
Mr.. Allison has sold number of
copies of the Cyclopedia in this city. 1t
is what everybody should have. and Mr.
A. is furnishing it ut a low price.
G. II. 5. Pierce and family are camping
families are spending few weeks camp
ing at different points on the lake.
Prof. A. B. Clark, principal of our
graded school, has reported for duty.
There will probably be some changes in
the corps of teachers for the fall term.
III. j. Parker. son of Dea. J.W. Parker,
is home from New York, where he is in
practice as dentist lie is looking well
and his many friends will be glad to
greet him.
DR.. =. MaXfield, one of our oldest
physicians, whose general health has
not been very good for Il long time, has
gone to enjoy the Atlantic breezes at
Boar's Head, on the rugged sea coast of
New Hampshire.
A double team, belonging to Steve
Davis of Monkton, got unhitched from
their hitchiLg-place on Saturday last and
started for run through our streets, but
they were caught before they had run
far. They ran into buggy belonging
to Dan Harvey of Waltham, and broke
an axle.
This little port is a distributing point
for large territory. and the shipments
from Nergennes amount, annually, to a
handsome figure. To say nothing of the
transient arrivals and departures, we
have the boat l.. b. Danforth, which has
been put on the line between Vergennes
and Troy, Albany and New York, by j.
). Hickok, for the benefit of shippers of
heavy freight and merchandise at low
rates. More than forty tons of nails have
been shipped by the National Horse Nail
|, Co. of this place to New York during
the present month Last week, 5. X.
Cain of Lincoln shipped six thousand
four hundred bundles of slaves to
Church Il Co., Green Point, n. Y.
, The Vermont Shade Roller Manufac-
turing Co., are busy drawing OIL the rub
! bish preparatory to rebuilding. The be-
lief is general, and the hope Is strong,
that this enterprising company will pro-
ceed without delay to put up new
/ building. The company give employ
ment to nearly forty hands, and the
} money paid their employees stops in Yer
gennes; hence the entire enterprise con-
tributed large factor in our general
| business. The companies in which the
manufactory was Insured were very