Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

father, Hon. F. +. Woodbridge.
These daily sprinkles please the farm
ers If it does put haying back little.
All kinds of grain crops are booming.
Rev. Mr.. Gooding of winooski Off
ciated for Mr.. Austin in the Methodist
church. Sermon from the 18th verse of
the Both Psalm.
The receipts at the ice cream festival
by the young ladies of st. Peters r. G.
church, Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings, were S45.
Mrs. w. G. Sprague is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. A. Lamb of Portland,
Me-, and her son, Walter g., who is in
the employ of Mr.. Lamb.
Brandon sent delegation of five pref
ty lively boys on fishing excursion
Monday to Fort Cassin, via the Lily.
Hope they had a good time.
John Cook has opened restaurant in
the Greene building on Greene street.
The boys should remember John, for he
is deserving and in poor health.
Barnard Bros. lead in harness trim
mings, harnesses, trunks, carpet bags.
whips and in everything such store
ought to keep. They sell way down. too.
n. j. Renaud has moved into his new
house on Greene street. In doing so he
untes his residence and his barber shop.
stationery and news depot all under one
roof
G. II. Spriggs' shipments last week to
Boston market were twenty hogs. forty
lambs, forty veal calves and three cows.
Hogs - to 4c; lambs, l-2c; veals.
to LIE.
F. NJ. Meldon, Esq, of Rutland will
address the Democratic mass convention
to choose county ticket, about the lst
of August. He is highly spoken of as
an orator.
DR.. Bowditch, wife, six children and
two nurses arrived at the Stevens House
Tuesday, and left Wednesday, on their
annual vacation, via Westport, at Keene
Flats, n. Y.
Mr.. a. b. Taber is engaged in finish
ing up some tony rooms in the house of
II. W. SpoOner, Addison. Shellac and
varnish make nice work and Taber
knows how to use them.
II. Weston Spooner of Addison is do
ing thorough job in repairing his dwell
ling. He is finishing off three superior
rooms, and the whole is to be greatly i'm
proved. 1t will not cost him less than
5000.
Mr.. John Lyon has furnished from his
marble yard fine cottage monument for
Mr.. Stephen Burroughs of Waltham. to
he placed in the Ferrisburgh Center GEM
etery. to the memory of his late wife. 1t
cost Sl25.
The repairs on the dwelling of F. II.
Strong at Basin IIarbOr are approaching
completion. b. +. Young has had charge
of the work. and the house when finished
he says. will be one of the most de-
>irable in that part of the town.
The shade trees are looking their best,
the park i, trim. clean and attractive. the
streets are kept in good condition and
NergenneS has an air of neatncsS and
care for which we are greatly indebted
to the village improvement society.
One of those valuable two horse thresh-
ing machines from the st. Adams foun-
dry passed through NergenneS Tues
day to Addison for Read Il Barber, who
intend giving it IA thorough trial on their
farms. These gentlemen are agents for
this thresher.
Rev. Mr.. Robertson preached IA good
practical sermon last Sunday in the Con-
gregational church on the wide disSim-
larity between religion of form and mere
duty, and of real heart piety. of one who
is Jealous of good works. 1t was listen
ed to earnestly by large audience.
The Democratic caucus at town hall
saturday evening chose j. III. Donnelly
chairman and G.. F. o. Kimball, secreta-
ry. John II. Donnelly was chosen first
delegate to State and district convention,
and Henry p. Fisher second; j. Lyons
and j. O'Connor were chosen alternates.
Saturdays matched race on the fair
grounds was not finished. The purse
was $3.50 to first. S25 TO second.
Contestants, +. Il. Trains b. III. Rosa b. /;
{. IL. Smiths b. IN. Gipsey and +. II.
lIallock's b. III. Lottie Lee Rosa b.
took the heat. The trot will be finished
Saturday next.
The lake shore is rapidly building up.
Good sales have been made by farm own
ers of lake fronts, points and headands,
to those who desire temporary home
near Lake Champlain during the hot sea
son. 1t is health-giving change to the
jewellers in town to have few days, or
weeks, it may be, in which to throw of
business and recuperate and rest body