Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-25
VERGENNES.

Field strawberries are abundant and
cheap.
The track on the fair ground is in fine
condition.
The roads are dry and dusty again. a
little rain would be welcome.
The ball-players are no longer on our
streets, and bicycles now use the side
walks.
Rev. Mr.. Robertson exchanged pulpits
with Rev. Mr. James of Weybrdge, last
Sunday.
Mr.. c. +. Parker is better of his severe
cold, which has kept him in the house fol
over "A week.
Mrs. +. II. Goodere and son have beel
making pleasant visit of "A week at Mr.
Reuben Bisbee's. Ferrisburgh.
The shortest cut to the early apple
trees is being surveyed and its approaches
defined by the impecunious small boy.
Mrs. j. NJ. Dyer and daughter of West
Salisbury have been spending a week in
Nergennes with her parents and relatives.
Premonitory symptoms of the day We
celebrate already begin to snap in the
shape of tirecrackers and lock-iaw pistols.
Already the lawmakers are abroad. and
the next two weeks the click of the
moving machine will be heard in the
meadows.
Miss Delavan of Weybridge addressed
sunday morning. She is a very ready
and easy speaker.
&. II. Sprigg shipped forty-two veal
calves and sixty sheep to Boston market
Friday last, and forty calves from New
Haven and Middlebury same day.
Summer has really come. The SUI
crossed the line Tuesday, and he did ii
so quietly that no one suspected that ht
had given Miss Spring the mitten.
Bill fish swarm the waters, fishermen
tell Us. one of this class was on eXhib-
ton Saturday. 1t measured three feet
in length. The bill was about six inchCs
long.
The wool market j. Il matter of inte-
est to the farmer just now. c. W, Read
is buying up large quantities of wool. t
varies in price. but sixteen cents is aboIt
the figure for most of it.
The base ballists of Bristol and Pa
- 81. h.. f,,i,. lat
Saturday. The boys played well, BIT
, Bristol came out ahead % to Is, whid
makes the Bristols the winners, bet
two in three.
The rain prevented the strawberry fe-
tival last week in the park by the Lads
of st. Paul's church. 1t came off Tue
day evening and was a success. lie
park looked beautiful with its Chinee
lanterns. The berries and cream wee
faultless. and so were the ladies. Th
, music by the band was welcome.
SCOTS new meat cart is a beauty.
q is a thoroughly made affair. Dubuke
Ray made the running gear and Cap.
Hoffnagle the box and curtains. lattaI
painted it blood-red color. We cannt
= say what it cost, but think one hundrd
and twenty-five dollars at least. 1t :
already getting familiar to patrons frol
= Vergennes to Charlotte, and sam Allu
!. is boss over all.
Rev. Mr.. AuStin'S health appears mul
y better. He stated Sunday that greatly /
= his qualification his enforced inactiOnl
II since his illness had been nobly met ~
IT the earnest working members of OC
church, who had taken from his shOl
e derS IA load of work and from his hear
Is great burden. Their Willingness adj
Self-denial cheered his heart and refreshC
,e hi> soul.
n The Grand Union is wonderfully il
proving under mine host Peck. The "a
4 hedge has been removed, the lawn 1T
i smooth. the house neatly carpetc
- throughout, and fine new furniture giv'
an air of neatnesS quite welcome to :
, patrons. The barn has also undergot
II needed additions, and all is changed u
the better. Summer boarders are alreay
u looking the house over, and are pleas
with its appearance.
: The best work yet done in the no
:. cemetery, since the enclosure has bd
= used for that purpose, is chargeable
s. Mr.. 4. Ross. The grass has been ct
III the trees trimmed, the walks straightend
~ the bitches finished up and lastly, but D
IL the least change, is the painting Il
d, gloomy iron fences light and attract
color. We found Mr.. A. Lahar and t,