The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-14
adjourned two weeks. Mrs. Il. d. Need
ham will entertain them at the next
meeting.
yergennes.

Several of our enterprising farmers
bave purchased hay-loaders.
Ira w. Bakely and wife have returned
from their visit to Kansas.
X. II. Prebe and r. +. Brchard of
Shoreham were in the city last Friday.
Geo. o. Smith has nearly recovered
FROM his sickness and is out every day.
G.. +. O. kimball has Il seven-months-
old Holstein bull calf that weighs 107
pounds.
Mrs. l.. a. Holmes is very much i'm
proved in health. and is able to ride out
every day.
o. II. Spaulding has returned from
Lewis, n. y, where he has been for sew
eral weeks.
5. 5. Gaines is building a new barn in
the rear of his hotel. Chas. LcBTutl is
doing the work.
Geo. kingman is meeting with great
success in taking orders for the memoirs
of Gen. Grant.
Rev. Mr.. Grafton of Boston, Mass,
olliciated at st. Paul's last Sunday. pleas
ing his hearers very much.
Ed. oimonds. postmaster-elect at SOM
crsville, Mass, is, with his wife, visiting
at F. NJ Strong's, Mrs. Simonds, father.
n. G. Norton, proprietor of the Island
mills, is shipping large quantities of grain
and feed across the lake on the steamer
Lily.
Or. O. c. Gage and family are stopping
at the Stevens House for few days.
They contemplate a trip to the Adiron-
dacks.
ID. G. Hicks of Clarendon was in town
last week. He made large purchases of
nursery stock of l.. NJ. McComber of
Ferrisburgh.
Fred Bates had the misfortune to get
his elbow out of Joint. DR.. Woodbridge
replaced it and Bates is around with his
arm in sling.
A. Graveline has purchased a fine
three-years-old colt of Ed. Roburds. and
L. G. Middlebrook has Il new horse
bought in Lincoln.
Buffalo Bill showed at Howard park.
last Thursday, and quite a number of
Nergennes people went to see the show,
which was pronounced good.
The authorities caused the arrest of
several violators of the liquor law and
they were dealt with. Justice Maynard
of East Mddlebury was the court
The street commissioners have been
making necessary Improvements on the
Comfort hill sidewalk, and also the Pot
ash hill road. Elbow street needs their
attention.
Thomas Donavan. an old lrisiI.nan who
had been living ut the poor house for sew
eral years. died last Friday and was bur-
led in the Catholic cemetery last Sunday.
He was coachman in some of our promi-
nent families several years ago.
The body of Mr.. Saul Rogers of Crown
Point, n. Y, was brought here for bur
ial last Monday. The deceased had lived
in this city nearly all his life. y few
years since he took up his residence with
his grandson, l.. Il. Berry of Crown
Point.
One of Panton's most prominent resi-
dents promenaded up to the delivery
window last Saturday, and inquired of
Postmaster Johnson when the "doin's
was goin to Begin referring to the
demonstrations in regard to Gen. Grants
funeral.
Among the places of business in this
city that were drapcd out of respect to
the memory of General Grant, was the
Fermonter office and the postollice-the
former under the supervision of Editor
Crane and very tastefully. indeed; the
latter under the direction of IL. c. John
son, and it was very attractive.
The 7-months-old baby of VIM. Labor
died very suddenly last Sunday morning
with heart disease, and at nearly the
same hour the l4-months-old child of
Chas. j. Clark died with cholera infan-
tum. Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Labor are
sisters and neither one knew the others
child was sick or dead at the time.