The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-27

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The farmers and gardeners had been COM
planning of drouth.
Several young men are canvassing the
county for the STORY of the Bible" We
bespeak for them cordial reception.
for the book has great merit and is sold
at a reasonable price.
Rev. S. f. Calhoun of Orwell. Rev. C. c.
Mclntire of Pittsford and w. II. Shaw of
Wallingford were the examining com
mttee at the college last week and this.
The seniors finished their examinations
last week and the remainder of the class
es will get through today.
George Huntington died early last Fri
day morning, after long illness. His
age was - years. He was native of
Middlebury and had always lived here.
The funeral was attended from the house
on Sunday, Rev. j. j. Noe, pastor of the
Methodist church, officiating.
In the competition for the Parlicrian
prizes next Tuesday evening, the fresh
men who will take part are Messrs. Clark,
Howe, Winchester and Xelie. For the
Merrill prizes, the following Sophomores
will compete the same evening: Messrs.
Bailey, Dana, Ellsworth, Ross and Var
ney.
We find the following in an exchange:
Rev. DR.. j. f. Rankin. for fifteen years
pastor of the Congregational church in
Washington, ID. c., has resigned and ac-
cepted Il call to the Congregational
church in Orange Valley, n. j., at a sal
airy of $1,000. He was formerly pastor
of the Congregational church in st. AL
bans.
Lieutenant Stephen NJ. Foote, L. S. A.,
arrived in town on Friday last, having
been graduated on the Saturday previous
from the West Point Military academy.
He stood tenth in class of IS. OF about
$50 members the class had at different
times. only the number stated survived
the examinations to graduate. Mr.. Foote
has Il furlough till October /. He will
visit friends in the West part of the
summer. In the fall he will go to New
port. Il. L., which post he chose out of
several others offered. lie is in the artil-
lery branch of the service.
AT an early hour yesterday morning
people began to arrive in town to see the
circus. They came from all parts of the
county, in all sorts of conveyances and
by train, filling the streets and public
houses. The circus gave two performan-
ces. afternoon and evening. to large au-
diences. In the morning the street par
AIDE took place. The show of horses was
fair, but the rest of it did not amount to
much. The best thing about the circus
is the ring performance, which is excel
lent. However, we believe those who
attended were generally satisfied that
they had received their moneys worth.i
ON Wednesday evening there occurred
at the Congregational church the most
brilliant and elegant wedding which ever
took place in Middlcbury, that of Miss
Gertrude Fletcher of this place and Mr..
Perez Stewart of New York city. At s
p. M, after the assembling of the guests,
as the organ gave forth the Bridal
March from "Lohengrin.' the two
younger sisters of the groom came up
the left aisle and took their stand at
either side of the pulpit. Then followed
the bridesmaids, Miss Hattie Chapman,
dressed in pink. Miss Clara Marshall. also
in pink. both of Middlebury. and the fol-
lowing school friends of the bride: Miss
Carruth. in blue; Miss Day in gray; Miss
Buck, in canary, and Miss Trail, in light
blue. Immediately upon their arrival at
the pulpit the ushers. Mcssrs. Phil b.
Stewart. Perry X. Fletcher, George NJ.
Fletcher and Champ Buck, came up the
best man. Mr.. Grant of Boston. Then.
following the maids upon the arm of her
brother. Mr.. Il. W. Fletcher, came the
bride. dressed in white ottoman silk
trimmed with Duchesse lace. Rev. Mr..
Speare performed the ceremony. The
organist played softly throughout. af-
ter the beDediction striking with full or
gan the wedding march of Mendelssohn.
Mr.. Samuel Sheldon presided at the or
gan. The floral decorations at the church
were very fine and artistic. An arch of
roses reached from aisle to aisle, from
the top of which was suspended we'd
ding bell of roses. The pulpit, with
background of green brakes. was also
trimmed with roses, and upon either side
were placed the initials of the bride and
groom constructed of daisies. After the
ceremony the bridal party and invited
guests repaired to the residence of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Judson A.
Wright, where reception was given.
The presents were numerous and elegant.
The newly-married couple went south
upon the New York express. N
An adjourned term of the Addison
county court opened here on Wednes-
day morning, Hon. Wheelock G. Yea
zey of Rutland presiding. The trial of
Mrs. Catlin of Goshen, for which the adj
iournment from the regular June term
was taken, was postponed and will not
take place till the December term. There
were a number of attornieS present from
out of town. including Hon. +. Il. Hard
and W. l.. Burnap of Burlington, Hon.
+. j. OrmSbee and Walter II. Wheeler of
Brandon, Frank Plumley of Mortified
and Hon. f. f. Woodbridge and Hon.
q. W. Grandey of Ncrgennes. Among
the expert witnesses in attendance were
\. ii. Sabin, professor of chemistry in
the University of Vermont, and Dir. A. =.
Grinnell, dean of the medical faculty of
the same institution. When the case
against Mrs. Catlin was called, Mr..
Ormsbee of counsel for the State made
application for pOstponement. 1t
seems Dr.. Woodward of Brandon. who
made the post-mortem examination, sent a
portion of the ileum of the deceased to
New York for microscOpical examination
by an expert The defense. it was I'M
dCrstoOd, would claim that Mr., Catlin