The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-29

Hon. II. Hale. who recently visited in
town. has gone to Boston. and Mrs. Hale
to Elizabethtown. n. Y, to visit friends.
The forest fires on the mountains in
Ripton. so plainly visible here last week
seem to have been put out by the rains.
Gorton's New Orleans minstrels played
to good house mt the town hall, Tues
day night, and gave an excellent enter
tainmcnt.
The name of Philip b. Stewart of Mid
dlebury appears in the list of Yale col
lege juniors elected to the skull and
Bones society.
DR.. Putnam, the Rutland oculist. has
gone to Canada on fishing excursion
and will not be at the Addison House
again till June Is.
A number of local bicyclists have ac-
cepted an invitation to accompany the
Rutland club on a run from that place to
Fair Haven tomorrow.
Joseph b. Cobb has returned home
from Troy, n. Y, whittier he went some
weeks ago with the intention of remain
ing through the summer.
The clay on Weybridge and Academy
streets has lately shown a tendency to
come to the surface and the authorities
are having the roadway graveled.
Landlord Rider of the Addison House
is replacing the piazza on the front of the
house south of the main entrance with a
new one. the old one being out of re-
pair.
These members of the Sophomore class
will speak for the Merrill prizes at the
coming commencement Messrs. Clark,
Fletcher, Howe, Knapp, Langworthy,
Wales, Winchester and Zelie.
Persons desiring to become members
of the Ladies' library for the remainder
of the year can do so by leaving their
names and one dollar with the librarian
Saturday, June 6.
The pulp logs have nearly all left the
eddy of their own accord. a gang of
men are hard at work up the creek rolling
into the stream the logs that were car
ried out upon the meadows by the high
water.
Rev. DR.. Edward IIawcs. Dr. Bras
| toWs successor as pastor of the WlnoOs-
XII avenue church. Burlington. will
preach here, next Sunday, morning and
evening, in exchange with Rev. Mr..
| Speare.
A new tirm-Benedict q Bird-make
their opening announcement in our col
umns this week. Mr.. Birds partner is
son of Dea. j. b. Benedict. He was in
the employ of E. w. Bird Il Co. for
some months prior to the dissolution of
that firm.
The music for the coming college COM
mencement will be provided by Bais-
dell orchestra of Concord, n IL. the same
that was here last year. The Ruggles
n,fn Of 10 ;al ,I,c
here Il year ago, has been engaged for
| the concert.
There was good deal of rowdyism in |
and about the town hall on Tuesday
evening. The authorities do not propose
to have such performances repeated ma |
ny times, and are likely to to make it |
uncomfortable for the performers on the !
neXC occasion.
The ruling price for butter in this mar
ket, Monday, was IL cents for the best. |
AS low as three cents was paid, and the |
buyers getting into jangle, us high as
Is cents was paid. But they said they
couldn't get more than the latter figure
for it in Boston.
Mosquitoes are more plentiful in por-
tons of the village than the comfort of
residents demands. Older citizens say
sects were so thick that horses, sheep
and other animals were killed in this vi .
cinty by their bites.
Those who have been accustomed to
loaf on the streets Sundays had an I'M
comfortable day last Sunday. Officers
Allan Calhoun and W. IL. Cobb were on
duty and kept the idlers moving. Some
Of them got rather mad, but of course
that did them no good. 1t is understood .
that Col. Chapman, the chief of police, |
will have men out every Sunday until
this nuisance is etlectualy abated.
This item, from the Hartford Conn .
CoHrdm of a recent date. is of local in
terest: The Hartranft prize of $50,
which is given to the Theological semi
nary senior class for the best ESSAY llpon
a historical subject, is awarded this year
to j. l.. Barton. Mr.. Barton is under ap-
pointnent of the American board to the
East Turkey mission. He expects to sail
the last of August"
Chas. c. Peck received his commission
as postmaster last Thursday. 1t is un-
derstood that he will take possession of
the office early next week. Joseph NJ. /
Burke will be the assistant postmaster. /
He is a good man for the place and will /
prove as satisfactory to the public as any
one new to the business possibly could. |
Mr.. Peck has not yet decided who to
make clerk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. II. Madigan of
Boston, who were in town last week to
attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. |
Rourke, have returned home. Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. n. Powers of Bennington
were also here, Mrs. Powers being a sis
ter of the deceased. Mr.. Powers has
gone back to Bennington, but his wife
and children will spend some weeks in
| town.
The marriage of Mrs. Sarah Rich andy
Mr.. John w. Chadwick, of the firm of
Chadwick Bros, occurred on Monday
evening, May %, in the presence of near
relatives and friends. The ceremony
was performed by Rev, Mr.. Parker of
Bethel, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Carpenter,
rector of st. Stephens church. The
handsome presents were accompanied by
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