The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
Local News

The snow has again taken leave, and
the outlook is for II green Christmas.
The post office will be open today from
7 80 to 10 80 a. M. and from 30 to 7 80
p. m.
Miss May Sayre of Proctor is spending
the holidays at her grandfather's L. Il.
Sayre.
The graded school closed last night for
the holiday recess. 1t will open again on
Monday, January 1.
Miss Cora Porter is sick with typhoid
fever. She has been confined to the
house about week.
Will II. Bond has been quite sick with
typhoid fever at his home in Burlington.
He is now convalescent.
Geo. A. Mcdonald. whose presence in
town was noted last week, has returned
to his home, New York city.
Prof. and Mrs. Wright went Tuesday
night to Boston, where they will remain
with friends through the hovidays.
Miss Hortense Drake is recovering and
hopes to be able to resume her school
work at the close of the holiday recess.
Despite the bad roads. the merchants of
the village have had plenty of business
the past week attending to holiday custo-
mers.
Hon. John w. Stewart arrived home
from Washington Sunday morning.
Congress has adjourned to the 9TH of
January.
Miss Dora Moore started Tuesday after
noon for jackson, Mich. where she will
spend some time with friends. She went
| by way of Montreal.
r. w. Pitts has been quite i'll for the
past week and confined to the house
part of the time. He was more COM
Portable yesterday.
The butter market was a little better
Monday, the prices ranging from 20
cents down. Only few lots, however,
sold at 20 cents.
Frank B. Hyde arrived home from New
York Yesterday and will remain through
the holiday vacation of the theological
seminary which he is attending.
The children of the Congregational
Sabbath school had their annual Christ
mas supper, prepared by the ladies of the
church. Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 6
o'clock.
Chas. p. Chapman came to town on
Friday last. His headquarters have late
w been in Minneapolis. but a good deal of
his time has been spent in the mining re-
gions of the Far West.
DR.. Blanchard has taken down the
portable cottage that has stood for three
years near the exposition building and
shipped it to Troy, where it will be set
up and used.
An adjourned meeting of those inter
ested in the establishment of a creamery
a.; Of . xtri1l 1Nn hal Of
the room in the basement of the town hall
on the evening of Wednesday next.
The place of business of S. f. Meeiin
the popular barber and hair-dres ser. i,
over Alden's variety store. not Union
block. as enormously stated in the bus
mess directory recently printed at this
office.
Tho fall term of the college ended
Tuesday. Most of the students have
gone to their homes, and II majority o
the faculty are also out of town. The
winter term will open on the eth OF
, January.
: The local lodge of knights of Honor
holds its installation of officers on til,
evening of the second Friday in January
when it is expected one or more prOmi
nent members of the order from abroad
will be present.
The Sunday-school concert at the Con
gregationa church on Sunday evenin!
e was largely attended and interesting. !
pleasant feature was the reading by Mis-
f Barrows, who lately returned from mis-
i slonary work in Japan, of letter from
a Japanese who has received aid from tn
school. Rev. DR., Tarbox also mad
= interesting remarks.
Il The horse which was the cause of tn
trouble between j. G.. StapletOn and b
! B. Hope was on Tuesday taken fror
- William Farnham of Cornwall by Deput
v Sheriff Rider on writ of replevin. Tn
suit is brought by Mr.. Hope. Farnhar
bought the horse of Chas. A. Chapman
= acting as Stapleton's agent. There prom
q ises to be quite war and several law
n suits before this thing is finally settled up
John S. Zclic. formerly a student her
q and now member Of the junior class &
# Williams college. and Clarence G.. Lea,
% enworth, in the employ of the Producers
II Marble company of Rutland at their To
edo CO.. branch, were in town the earl
Ie part of the week. Mr.. Zelie has gone t
y spend the holidays with his sister, Mr.:
e Sargent. at New Haven. and Mr.. Lea,
u enworth to his fathers in Castleton.
r A. j. Marshall has just completed
commOdiOus barn on the old Copelan
lot. so-called, in the northern part of II
Of village. The main part is 24X36 feet
to dimensions. with ell 20X26 and basemen
$, The interior is arranged to accommoda
u ten horses, and is provided with carrlag
" and harness rooms and other features
q! first-class building Geo. Langworth,
Va Jr.. superintendent the work.
ce Superintendent Burdette is credited
ne a published interview with saying abol
g. the highway bridges in this village al
H. the towns action: The railroad WI
built more than 30 years ago. before Il
streets were even laid out, and if v
~ should lower the track it would be ne
al essary to relay it for half a mile and
e put it so low chat water would always
g. standing along it. expected they wOu
ill serve an Injunction on US. They sa
Ty they would fix matters up, but as tn,
+, did nothing, we went to work yesterdi
is until the Injunction was served.
nj court will sustain such action as tn,
,et have taken" We doubt very mu,
m whether he made the last statement
he tributed to him. Neither he nor any o