The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-05

The Addison County Baptist associa-
ton will meet with the Baptist church of
this village on Wednesday and Thursday
of next week. Rev. j. Freeman. ID. d.,
of Whiting will preach the annual ser
mon on Wednesday morning.
Rev. Mr.. Palmer. pastor of the Baptist
church. has been absent from town this
week attending the Baptist anniversaries
at Saratoga. and the 10Th annual State
Baptist Sunday-School convention at
| Poultney.
Samuel Marshall. Milwaukee (Wis)
banker was in town from Friday till
Monday, and was accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Bessie. They are now
in Montreal. Mr.. Marshalis wife, now
deceased, was sister of Mrs. l.. NJ. Sey-
mour.
, Forty Merino rams went from this sta
ton yesterday to New York, whence
they will be shipped to the Argentine
Republic Geo. Il. Dimmock of West
Cornwall goes with them. +. G. Eells,
whose enterprise this is. will start next
week for South America.
Albert Chapman attended an auction
| sale of wool while in st. Louis and
brought home samples of the lots dis
posed of. These, together with memoran-
da of the prices obtained, are to be seen
at his office and those who have wool to
sell might find tham interesting.
w. c. Prime of New York. traveller
and author, and brother of Editor Prime
| of the New y rk Observer. was at the Ad
olson House over Sunday. He and party
of friends were driving from New DIRK
city to the White Mountains. They had
been at the Bread Loaf Inn for a few
days and were going hence to Bristol.
Samual Sheldon and Messrs. MCGOWAN
Fletcher, Dana and Bailey of the stu
dents went to Rutland on Friday to ac-
company the bicycle club of that town
on their Mcmorial-day run to Fairhaven.
Thirty-one wheelmen went on the trip.
Messrs. Bailey and Fletcher rode from
here to Rutland on their machines, but
came back on the ears.
Rev. DR.. Halves, pastor of the Winoos-
Xxi avenue Congregational church at Bur-
lingtOn, preached two excellent sermons
here on Sunday in exchange with Rev. S.
l.. b. Speare. In President Hamln's
college days. away back in 1880, DR..
Halves father preached near Brunswick,
Me-. and he is still pastor of Il Maine
parish, though So years of age.
Quite an amount of concrete sidewalk
is soon to be laid. One piece will extend
from the postofflce up around in trout of
the Congregational church to the north
line of Judge knapp's premises; another
piece will begin at the west line of the
Baptist church premises and 90 to the
south line of Clinton Smiths lot on the
west side of Pleasant street. The eX-
pense will be borne by the owners of the
abutting property and the village, each
paying half. If there is anything the
village needs it is sidewalks; and we are
| clad to note this action of the trustees.
which is. we hope. only the beginning of
of a better order of things in this respect
Notable improvements have been made
upon the court house since the last term
of court The rail in front of the grand
! jury seats has been removed, rendering
them easier of access and doing away
with deal of noise every time any one
tried to get out of or into them. -Four sub
stantial cherry, cane-seated chairs, that
correspond nicely with the desk, have
been provided for the Judges by Senator
Clark of Orwell. one of the building
committee. The basement has been fin
ished off and plastered overhead. making
| the rooms on the main floor warmer. and
also preyentinga person in the basement
| he airing what is going on in the granG
and petit jury rooms as they could before.
Clinton Smith of the firm of Smith q
Allen of this town has been engaged to
superintend the construction of the State
library building at Montpelier, Two
sets of specifications are to be submitted
| t1A, al, l,,n
who want the contract-one for an all
granite structure and the other for one of
brick with granite trimmings. The plan
was decided upon and adopted at meet
ing held in Montpelier Monday night.
and is for building to be erected at the
northwest corner of the west wing of the
Capitol. There has been sOmethrng;of a
controversy among the commissioners
part of them favoring plan for separ-
ate structure on the green in line with
the Pavilion.
Rev NJ. C.. Stebbins, professor of Lat
in in the college during the winter and
spring terms of 81 and now pastor of
the Cornwall Congregational church, met
with IA painful accident in this village
shortly before noon of Friday last. He
was driving into town from Cornwall ,ac-
companed by Mrs. Stebbins and little
granddaughter two or three years old,
Just after they had turned the corner at
Mrs. Linsley's and gotten upon the road
below the college park, the horse SHE'D
out of the road. What frightened it no
one knows. The carriage wheel dropped
into the ditch and tipped the vehicle suf-
ticiently to throw the occupants out. 1t
righted itself, however, and the horse
walked up to the fence and stopped.