The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-18
Whiting.

The patent steamer lad is about town;
| also the force pump man.
The Rev. Mr.. Mayhem preached an in
| teresting discourse to a full house last
Sunday. The audience is still increasing.
T. G. Farr is or has been very sick.
Dr. o. g. Dyer was called by request of
DR.. w. p. Wright, the attending physi-
clan, as council.
Ed. Baker has returned home from
Carbon, Wyoming Territory. where he
has been in business for the past two
years. All are glad to see him.
| A. A. Pond took carload of fat
wethers and few fat steers and cows to
market last week. He reports q dull
market. but still wants another carload
for Monday.
The village school has closed. Miss
Florence Knapp, the teacher, was not
well enough to go through with the
school. The very sudden death of her
father gave her such shock that she
has been nearly sick ever since.
Mrs. Lee the mother of Mrs. Volney
Kelsey, is staying few days with Mrs.
Kelsey. She leaves for Denver. Colorl-
do, soon, to visit her son, who is general
baggage agent at that point 1t is quite
an undertaking for lady of her age.
The Union church ladies' social
gathering was held at Mrs. F. &.
Wright's last week. After the reading
by the secretary of the minutes OF
the preceding meeting and pay
ing their voluntary dues and partaking
of Mrs. Wright's good cheer, the meet
ing was adjourned two weeks, to meet at
Mrs. f. d. Douglas. on the evening of
Il nth
freshments will be served. All are in
vited to attend and assist the ladies in
this enterprise. The funds received
by them are for the purpose of carpeting
the church and replacing the books TAX
en- from the library and not returned.
From another correspondent
Rev. Mr.. Palmer of Middleburv occu-
pied the desk of the Baptist church last
Sunday in exchange with DR.. Freeman.
The house was we'll filled with an appre-
ciative audience. Many young people
were in attendance.
George Walker has for years past been
somewhat troubled to obtain water for
the stock in his large pasture. He has
finally sunk well and succeeded. he
thinks, in finding nice, ,unfailing spring;
if so, it will add much to the value of the
pasture.
The failure of having blacksmith at
Leicester Junction brings to the one in
our village considerable more patronage,
and we think he is we'll worthy of it, as
no steadier or more hard working boy
ever lived in town than Henry Matot. He
came here some six years since, with
pair of willing hands and 500. He has
now nice shop and tools, both black
smith and wheel-wright, snug cottage
house and out-buildings, and is independ-
ent. If that does not speak well for Il
poor boy, then find a better.
The farmers haye for the past two
weeks pushed their haying as rapidly as
the weather would admit. Many of them
have their upland meadows cut and the
hay secured in first-rate condition. Some
report a full average crop, while others
say about One-half is all they will get.
We think the lowland meadows are bet
ter than an average. If the dry weather
should continue throughout the month,
potatoes will be nearly failure. Some
fields of corn are looking very well, but
no corn can grow on the clay without
rain.