The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19


from this station since our last report.
| Next week G. w. Mason of New Haven
will go to Colorado Springs, Col, with a
carload of one and -year-old rams.
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Clifford of New
\ orlS city were in town on Wednesday.
Mr.. Clifford is connected with one of the
prominent legal firms of the metropolis
and Is also an instructor in the Columbia
law school.
Mrs. Aurella Morrison has sold her
place on South street to Phelps Cooihan
consideration, 500. Mrs. Morrison, who
is one of the oldest residents of the vii
lage, will shortly leave town to reside
with relatives.
Hon. John w. Stewart has been i'll this
week, but is now IN fair way to speedy
recover. His physician forbade his GO
ing to Rutland to speak at the county fair
Wednesday. Senators Morrill, and Ed
munds were there and made brief adj
dresses.
II. B. Dodge has nearly completed ne
gotiations for the purchase o. The Eagle
Hotel at West Randolph, ,' ", we be-
lieve, owned by the estate of the late
Harry S. Langdon. Mr.. Dodge is
over the mountain and will probably buy
the property before he returns to Mid
dlebury.
The price of butter in this market,
Monday, ranged from II to 20 cents,
though selections brought21 cents and in
a few instances -. The amount offered
has fallen of considerably during the
past few weeks in consequence of the
continued dry weather.
The game of baseball at the college
grounds, last Saturday afternoon, be-
tween the Red Stockings of East Middle
bury and the local club, was scarcely a
success in any point of view. 1t went
no farther than the last half of the fourth
innings, when the Red Stockings got into
trouble with the umpire and the game
ended.
The second annual meeting of the Yer
mont Amateur Press association was held
in Burlington on the 10th inst. These
officers were chosen: President. NJ. ID.
Batchelder of Middlebury; vice-presi-
dents. Il. G. Underwood and George
Benedict of Burlington; secretary and
treasurer. Z. 5. Varnum of Peacham
official editor, Ii. ID. Willard of Dandy.
The next meeting will be in Middlebury.
There are about twenty-five amateurs in
the State who print or are connected
Will dilldIeuT papers,
G.. w. Bennett of Manchester was in
town on Monday. lie and his men are
engaged in decorating the interior of the
Bristol town hall. The Bristol people
are to have building of which they may
well be proud. The shape, arrangement
and effect of the interior are very similar
to those of our own hall. though the
stage is not so large or so elaborate
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design. The audience room is smaller
than that in the MidGlebury hall and the
walls are "veneered' instead of solid.
Hon. VIM. Slade, who spoke to the
Democrats of Nliddlebury few weeks
since, has evidently been down in Maine.
The Portland Press of a recent date con-
tanned this item "A match between the
Hon. William Slade of Ohio, the Hon.
Alonzo Garcelon of Maine. and cry of
fire, to see which would clear hall the
quickest, ought to be arranged. We
should be inclined to bet on Mr.. Slade.
though we confess to great admiration
for the talents of eX-GOv. Garceon in
this line. As to a cry of fire, we feel
confident that it would stand no chance
whatever of winning"
The AdceniSer gives this timely adj
VIZ. W ohippoio VI "PpiNo' All I1ilS llsu
agricultural paper prints some excellent
advice to American apple growers. In
the first place, it complains of a kind of
two and three-quaaters bushel barrel,
which is extensively used in New York
and advises all who wish to ship fruit to
England to use the old-fashoned three
bushel barrel, with an honest bulge.
Then it aludes politely, but plainly, to
the American habit of sorting the
fruit and slowing the second-rate art-
Gle in the middle of the barrel, while
the red-cheeked, plump apples are
invariably placed in the exposed ends
The apple packers of New England will
do well to ponder on these remarks. for
they are good. Let them check their in
cination to place the pleasant faces of
their apples all on the outside, and rest
assured that if they can get reputation
for honest sorting, their reward will be
substantial" Perhaps not many apples
go from this vicinity to the English mar
ket, but the latter part of the above is
good sense no matter where a market is
found. "