The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-12

days with friends in New Haven us the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. T.. 5. Dana.
There will he II special concaye of Mt.
Calvary commandery Tuesday. June lG,
at 10 o'clock a. m. work on all degrees.
Hon. John w. Stewart is to make the
address aJ the medical college commence
ment in Burlington, Tuesday evening,
June 30.
E. c. Eells and wife sailed from New
\ ork at noon Wednesday on the steamer
Advance for Buenos Ayres, South
America.
Rev. f. II. Moloney was quite serious
| ly i'll the latter part of last week, but he
had so far recovered Sunday us to be able
to preach.
There was quite a gathering of young
people at f. A. Bonds on Monday even
ing, the occasion being Miss Carries
birthday.
Miss Alice Hamln came home Wednes-
! day from Andover, Mass. where she has
| been for the past year attending the Abb
bolt academy.
Union lodge. No. 2. F. and A. NJ, will
hold Il special communication on We'd
nesday, June IS, at o'clock p. m. Work
on F. C. degree.
Mr.. Smith of Brattleboro has come to
town to lay the concrete walks previous
ly mentioned, and will begin work as
soon as the material arrives.
Hon. j. W. Stewart and Miss Elga
were guests at the silver wedding of Mr..
and Mrs. b. b. Smalley of Burlington,
last week Thursday evening.
Fourteen cents pound was the ruling
price of butter in this market Monday.
A few lots went at slightly higher fig
ures. but that was the average.
At the preachers meeting for the Bur-
lington district. held at Brandon last
week Tuesday, Rev. Mr.. Noe read pa
per on The Necessities of Our District
Work"
The parlor meeting of the w, C. L. L.
for June will be held with Mrs. L. d.
Twitchell the afternoon and evening of
the 18th. All interested are cordially in
vted
Mrs. James Dart, daughter of the
late James Larned, is visiting friends in
town. Her home is in Farmers City,
H.. and she has not been here before for
30 years.
The Amateurs and Star polo clubs
played a game at Mr.. Bonds rink We'd
nesday evening. the former winning in
five straight goals. a large number saw
the game.
Mrs. A. A. NJ. Collins has been serious
ly i'll at New Haven. where she has
been residing for the past year. Her
friends will be glad to hear that she is
convalcscent.
Mrs. Cyrus G, Pringe-formerly of
Charlotte, but now, we believe, resi-
dent of Butfalo-gave a lecture at the
chapel of the Congregational church
Wednesday evening.
Miss A. f. Hammond and her friend
Miss Cook of Rutland are in town for
the summer. Miss Hammond brought
pair of handsome bay horses, which she
drives tandem to a Surrey wagon.
Rev. Mr.. Speare went Tuesday to
Bellows Falls to attend the annual con-
vcntion of Congregational churches.
Charles ID. Lane went to represent the
Cornwall church and Il. III. Holmes as
delegate from Bridport.
Lieut.. Geo. NJ. Fletcher, regimental
inspector National guard of Vermont,
left home Wednesday morning for Bran
don. Rutland, Bennington, ETC., to in
spect the companies at those places.
Sheriff Clark left for Windsor on the
early train Tuesday morning to take
Mcbride to prison. George Gilmore
went to Rutland the same morning.
Deputy Sheriff Cobb accompanying him.
Rev. Mr.. Speare and Mr.. and Mrs. f.
j. Matthews were in Saratoga last week
to attend the meeting of the Home Mis-
sionarv society. Mr.. and Mrs. Matthews
remained in Saratoga till Tuesday of this
week.
Messrs. Beclwith and Marshall have
the ditch for their sewers nearly dug.
Mrs. George Hammond and Mrs. Wright
have laid a sewer from their houses into
the creek. Messrs. Rider and Vain
wright have begun work on theirs.
Mrs. f. G. Greene of st. Adams and
Mrs. Perkins of st. Johnsbury were in
Shoreham and went hence to Rutland to
attend the Rutland county temperance
institute, held on Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Bert, 10 years of age, the oldest son of
Luther G.. Farnsworth, is seriously i'll
with lock- jaw, brought on, the doctors
say, by exposure to the cold on Decora-
ton day. He was taken sick at school
one day last week and had to be carried
home. 1t is feared that he cannot re-
cover.
Rev. and Mrs. Carpenter and Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Chapman went to Mont
pelier, Monday, to attend the diocesan
convention. They drove there. Henry
l.. Sheldon and K. Vallette, chosen lay
delegates from st. Stephens, were unable
to attend the convention.
Rev. G. C. Knapp was in town on
Friday and Saturday. He was graduated
from the college in the class of 1852,
which had among its members Rufus
Wainwright of Chis town and DR.. Ross of
Poutney. Mr.. Knapp was for 2G years
a missionary to Bitts, Turkey, and re-
turned this country but lately.
Examinations are in progress at the
graded school and will continue all next
week. The closing exercises will take
place on Friday evening, June 10, at the
school house hall. The first half hour
will be given to the little folks of Nos. /,
2 and 3. The exercises of the graduate
ing class, consisting of music, declama-
tiOns. ESSAYS and oratiOns, will begin at