The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-19

IN the knee, and he has been very lame
ever since.
Miss May, daughter of w. b. Musscv
of Rutland. and Edward Mussey of the
same place have been visiting at DR..
Russel's this week.
Mrs. Simeon Tlolton's night-boomng
cereus had blossom 10 inches across
Sunday night and two more equally fine
ones Monday night.
Ira 5. Doty of Bridport started for
Western Iowa. Wednesday. His bust
ness is to sell p 900 pounds of maple
sugar which Il Bristol firm has shipped
there.
1t was the Hon. Samuel f. Pingree,
the present governor of Vermont. and
not eX-Gov. Farnham as II slip of the
pen made us say, who was in town last
week.
Miss Annie Dashiell's kindergarten
closed a very successful year last Friday
with interesting exercises. Miss Dash
iell does not expect to return to Middle
bury next year.
Louis st. Mary was quite severely cut
about the head and bruised Wednesday.
lie was standing on ladder trimming
the hedge on the sidehill at Mr.Tupper's,
when he lost his balance and fell.
Prof. Scely conducted the services at
the Methodist church Sunday, Rev. Mr..
Noe having been called away to attend a
funeral at Whitehall In the evening
there was childrens service.
An event of yesterday was the taking
down of the row of posts in front of the
Congregational church. They had stood
there for ages, and countless generations
of Middlebury boys had jumped them.
The Amateur polo club of this place
won a match game from the Scarlets at
Bristol Saturday night, and have been
challenged by the latter club to play an
other for s. or $40 Saturday evening, the
9th.
a subscription is being raised to defray
the expense of putting down an arte-
sian well on the side of Chapman hill.
The projectors think "A supply of water
for the village can be procured from this
source.
Large numbers of friends from this
and other towns about attended the fune-
raj of Rollin Orchard last Friday at the
house. Rev. Mr.. lIOughton OBLIGATED.
assisted by Rev. Mr.. Speare. The re-
mains were taken to Shoreham for later
ment.
Prof, b. Kellogg and Mrs. Kellogg of
Brooklyn, with their son and daughter.
arrived in town Wednesday evening, and
are at the Addison House. Mr.. Kellogg
comes on his annual mission-to train the
graduating class and the Parkeran and
Merrill prize speakers.
The billiard room in the Dyer block
was closed Wednesday by the select
men, a petition. signed by number of
citizens, asking such action having been
presented to them, The establishment
was recently bought of A. b. Colby by
W. II. Smell. who came here from Orwell.
The examinations at the graded school
close today. and this evening there will
| be exercises at the schoo-house hall.
They will begin at : 80 o'clock. The
younger scholars will occupy the first
half hour and then will come the eXer-
cises of the graduating class, which num-
| bers nine.
The Hawthorne club held their last
meeting of the season at Prof Brainerd's
Tuesday evening, when the libretto of
'Lohengrin" was read and portions of the
music rendered. y number not members
were present. The club is to have an
excursion from Vergennes on the Ga
Zelle, the 9th.
|
ans eligible to membership that wish to 90
to Portland on the 22d inst. to attend the
national encampment can obtain certifi-
Gates emitting them to the reduced rail
road rates by applying to II. D.Maynard,
aid-de-camp. The special train will leave
Middlebury at 40 am.
Geo. W. IIibbard and wife of Montreal
were visiting at Milton a. Brooks the
latter part of last week. Mr.. Hlbbard
recently resigned the Office of assistant
general passenger agent of the Canadian
Pacific railway and talks of going to
Australia. He was formerly connected
with the Central Vermont.
Rev. Theodore A. Hopkins of Burliny-
ton is to preach at st. Stephens on Sun
day next, the 10th inst. He will speak
on two of the three following subjects .
"Noah's Deluge not Universal" "'rhe
State of the Departed" and Gods Nisi-
tation and manifestation of the Sins of
the Fathers on the Children"
Rev. Messrs. NJ. c. Stebbins of Corn
wall and j. j. Noe of this place were the
examining committee for this week at
the college; but Mr.. Noe could not act,
and Rev. Mr.. Palmer was appointed in
his place. Next week the committee
will be Principal Shaw of the Nergennes
graded school and Rev. Mr.. Fisher, the
Congregational pastor at Ludlow.
II, f. Smith of BrattlebOro and gang
of men under his direction began We'd
nesday to lay the concrete walks on
Pleasant and Main streets. Good pro-
grcss has already been made. \ walk of
this material will be put in front of the
postollice and ii. W. Brewster's block
Mr.. Brewster has raised the steps and
hatchways of his building in order that
the grade of the walk can be raised.
A large iron pipe is being placed in the
ditch with the sewer that Messrs. Rider
and Wainwright are laying from Pleas
ant street into the creek. The iron pipe
will be carried across the creek to the
pump house at the bakery, and tie other
end of it will be at the large cstern south
of the Addison House. The object of
putting down the pipe is to provide
means for keeping the cistern filled with
water in case of fire in that part of the