Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-14

ed to come on for hearing at the June term
of the county court.
The college base ball club intended go
ing to Bristol, Saturday, to play the
Starksboro club, but the rain prevented.
On Friday the freshman club played "A
game with the younger of the town boys,
the latter winning by a score of p to 2l.
Lieut.-Gov. Ormsbee, Judge Lane and
Mr.. II. 5. Jackman of Waltham, the COM
m%issioners in the Ripton highway case,
where, as at New Haven, State aid is ask
ed for the repair of the road, met here Oh
Tuesday and went up to Ripton to look
the ground over.
The house and lot on North Pleasant
street belonging to the estate of the late
Dolly jackson were sold at auction, Tues
day, by Constable Munroe, and were bid
in by Mr.. Whitney, Mr.. Jackson's son-in-
law, at SIG. The object of the sale was
to clear up the title to the property.
\ Mortified dispatch of Monday said
that Howard. the three-year-old son of
Fred W. button, was to-day found
drowned in a water barrel" Mrs. Dut-
ton. the mother of the child, was former
" Miss Orpha Williamson of this town.
and is a sister of Mrs. j. =. Kingsley and
A.bram Williamson.
Mr.. Atwood has his creamery, near
the freight depot, well under way. The
buildings is up and slated; and, if moth
ing happens, the institution will be
ready for operation by the first of June.
The proprietor elsewhere in these col
umns makes certain propositions to pat
rons, which seem fair for all parties con-
cerned.
w. f. Dewey was misrepresented in
the item of last week, according to the
story of his friends, who say that Dwyer
hired the horse; that Mr.. Dewey simply
drove for him, as he (Dwyer) was to re-
main at Randolph; that the horse was
driven no farther than Mr.. Dewey sup
posed it was to go under the contract be-
tween Dwyer and its owner, and that the
horse died from natural causes. not from
over-driving.
Monday was an exceedingly busy day
in town. The receipts of butter were
large, the prices paid ranging from Is
cents down. But what made the most
stir was the wool trade. About 25,00C
pounds were taken in, the buyers being
Messrs. j. l.. Buttolph. L. ID. Twitchell,
j. \. Wright and G.. ID. Miner. The
prices paid for fine were - to 1912 cents
and for coarse Is cents. Many farmer.
doubt whether they can realize more lat
er and so sell at once.
y current item about the Congrega
tional church at West Rutland. which
Smith II Allen built last summer. say
that lin beauty of architecture, situation
and durability of workmanship, it is sale
to be second to no other church in TIT
State of the same seating capacity. Thu
church in its full capacity will seat abou
600 people. 1t is finished in hard wood
and frescoed and painted by the hand
of the best decorators" 1t will be dedi
Gated next week Wednesday.
The house which Frank Lucia is hav
ing built is two stories high, the mai
part 30X23 feet in dimensions and the el
! 24X23. An excellent barn, 23X23 feet i
l size, is also going up. The buildings ar
l situated on the western slope of ChiI
mans hill, on a lot which Mr.. Luci
. bought last spring of j. G.. Wellington
t Esq. On the premises is a first-claS
e spring, sufficiently high up on the hi
+. so that the water will go to the uppc
| floor of the house. The location is on
t of the ~pleasantest in town.
. \ fair-sized audience heard Rev. NJ
e Speare's lecture on The Power of Or;
tory, AT the Congregational lecture-roon
: Wednesday evening. 1t was an interes
ing and able discussion of "A subject {
l. popular concern and should have bee
heard by as many as the room woul
hold. The speaker mentioned the occi
q sion of Oratory and some instances whel
a u nav AiiSt AHt W " IN'l'
r and then proceeded to detail the qualiti,
= which go to make up the successful or
tor, closing with a statement of the par
of an Grafton and their relations to eaC
. other. All the points were illustrated |
references to the personal characteristic
of those who have been famous as publ
speakers and with extracts from the
orations.
L. At the Y. NJ. c. \. rooms Sunday afte
stnoon there was a well-attended song Sc
vice, at which five young men took PAL
The regular Bible meeting was held Mo
day evening, at the close of which Il
~ several committees met and organize
st They are: Devotional-F. A. Boz
Il (chairman), B. L. Brown, j. b. Nolan
&c Virgil Benedict; memberships. '
III Bird chairman, l.. F. Farnsworth, Cha
A. Piper, NJ. f. Damon, c. p. LangwC
Il, thy; entertainment-W. III. Sheld'