The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-20

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Rev. Mr.. Noe is in Ncrgennes this
week assisting the pastor of the MetiIo-
dist church there in carrying on Il series
of meetings.
j. w. Dorsey returned home Wednes-
| day, after an absence of seven weeks.
He is travelling for the Vermont Farm
! Machine Co. of Bellows Falls.
Five hundred invitations have been
sent out for the dance to be held at the
Star rink on the evening of Thanksgiv-
ing. Relies orchestra of Rutland will
provide the music.
Il. Townsend of Pavilion, n. Y, has
| been at the Addison House for week
past. He is looking around among the
tlocks of the vicinity and may take some
sheep home with him.
j. A. Wright has returned from Ell
| Dorado, Kansas. whittier he and Chas.
Il. Witherell of Cornwall recently went
with a carload each of sheep and Jersey
cattle. Mr.. Witherelli is also back.
The selectmen have laid out continu-
| ii of Depot street from the east side of
the railroad grounds across them and the
tracks to Seymour street. The work of
building the road is now in progress.
| Hon. j. w. Ste wart reached home
Wednesday. He had been in New York
for week. Yesterday he went to Mont
peler to attend the general term of the
Supreme court. which is still in session.
Twenty-one and - cents were the
ruling prices for butter Monday,
though the buyers said there was no
money in it for them at that those figures
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Boston and Providence markets.
Harry Langworthy, one of the best
known of our citizens. has been in failing
health for the past year and a half, and
during the past five or six weeks has
grown worse rapidly. For two weeks he
has been confined to the house, and it has
been feared at times that he could not
| long survive. He was not so well yester-
day.
There was a hearing at the county
clerks Office before Judge Lane. last Fri
day evening, on the matter of the bail of
David Thompson of South Starksboro.
who had been arrested and bound up for
trial at the county court on the charge of
setting fire to Gains stave mill at that
place. Judge Lane thought the bail fixed
by the justice-S500-su and c.
w. Norton of Bristol and Hiram Ham
ner of Lincoln became Thompson's sure
ties in that sum.
Miss Emma McQuivey closed a sue
cessful term of school in district No.
on Friday. the 18th In the evening the
members of the school united with the
temperance society at their regular meet
ingin giving literary entertainment con-
sisting of readings ,recitations, dialogues
tableauX and music. The large audience
that gathered in spite of the rain pro
nounced it a success, and many are in
hopes that more entertainments of the
same sort will follow.
Prof. Commette. for twelve years al
the head of flourishing school at AL
bany, and now resident of Pltsford
has been in town lately forming classe:
in French. He has an excellent reputa
ton as Il teacher of the language, has rt
Gently spent some time in Paris and vii
undoubtedly give satisfaction. He ha,
already gotten several classes and vii
make up Others if those who desire t,
take up the study will make their wishes
known. His daughter also comes her,
to teach music.
The, entertainment to be given by tn,
young ladies of the college, Wednesday
evening, Nov. %, will be in the parlor
of the presidents house. now occupied
by Professor Wright The programm,
includes music by the college quartet ant
Howels farce, 1.-The Register" Tn,
dramatis persona are: Mr.. Oliver Ran
som, Mr.. +. d. Howe; Mr.. Grinnidge
Mr.. Coolidge; Miss Ethel Reed. Mis-
Edgerton; Miss Nettie Spaulding, Mis-
Bolton. Tickets will be found on ant
al ter this morning at Hanaford's dru.
store. All friends of the college are cor
daily invited; tickets. % cents each.
A movement is on foot for starting
public reading-room in this village. ant
subscription papers are in circulation
with view to finding out how mucl
money can be secured for that purpose
The plan is to rent Ncgus' hall, furnish
comfortably, provide the leading paper
and periodicals. hire some one to sta,
there and take care of it and keep it opel
day and evening. such Institutions ar
maintained in other places, and there i
no good reason why one could not b
kept running here. if the people will pro
vide funds. There are many young PEG
pie in town of this size who are at lei
, cure some part of the dab and evening
and if they can 90 into a rcading-roon
they will learn something, and, besides
may be kept out of worse places.
Adirondack Murray will come t,
Middlebury early next month and Civ
two entertainments under the auspices o
Post Russell, q. A. Il. The first evenin!
he will read his story, John Norton
Christmas" He read it at st. Johnsbur,
recently and the local paper says: Il
, Is not an ambitious or elaborate nara
tive, but it is very pleasant and inter
esting one: and strung upon it are gem
r of thought and feeling, passages O
t splendid eloquence, and bits of irresisti
: BILE wit and humOr. Mr.. Murray, as al
the world knows, has fine voice and i
! an excellent reader. His story was lis
tened to with the closest interest, and a
, the close the reader was heartily az
plauded. In every respect the occasio
: was great success" The second ever
a ing Mr.. Murray will give lecture o
: Canada, illustrated by $50 views, show
! with stereoptcon, of historical place.
interesting scenery, etc. The Montrea
9 papers speak very highly of these lee
lures. Dates and other particulars wi
be announced later.