Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-19

Mr.. Whitney of Wolcott, Lamoille cOun-
ty, VT, by the ladies of the Congrega-
tional church for distribution.
The thrifty forests of Lincoln and that
mountainous section have contributed
literally towards filling the lumber
yards connected with the Islands Mills,
this winter.
Rev. Henry IIickok of Orange, n. j.,
arrived in town Monday evening. He is
the guest of Mr.. j. 5. IIickok. He will |
probably occupy Mr.. Robertson's desk
next Sunday.
The remains of the late Hiram Walker
of Ferrisburgh, who died so suddenly |
near the American House, a year ago last !
July, have been removed, by relatives, to
Mooers, n. Y.
Frank McDonough made good job of
the galvanized iron pipe leading from
the furnace to the chimney in the vestry
of the Methodist church. Those round
elbows are well done.
Messrs. Chamberlain Il Co. have taken
an account of stock this week under the
careful eye of the resident member of
the firm, Mr.. w. ii. Patten. Messrs.
Chamberlain and Huntress were also in
town.
There is one office in the gift of the
voters of Nergennes over which there
will be no contest, viz. the office of city
LII. I
too promptly and too well to admit of
criticism.
Trees are budding and the heat of the
sun is fairly deceiving vegetation into
premature development in many places.
Occasionally stray spring bird ventures
out, but one robin will not bring the
real spring-time.
1t was expected that Mr.. \. y. Bessey,
secretary of the Y. NJ. G. a. of Maine.
who resides at Biddeford, would take an
active part in the union revival meetings
Saturday and Sunday last, but he was de-
tanned in Boston.
This is probably the last week of Miss
ings in Nergennes. If she had physical
health equal to her volume of soul-power,
it would difficult to limit the good she
could accomplish.
Little Otter and Mud creeks have been
laboring hard the past eight or ten days
to overflow their banks and turn the
intervale east of the centre into Il lake
and it must be admitted that they have
partially succeeded.
Young Conro while fishing in the bay
near Adams ferry, broke through tn,
7 ice three times the other day where only
short time before some one had gon,
over the same spot in safety on their way
. to cross the lake.
Chilly Bowlegs" was the name of ;
f small, speedy horse, with crooked for,
: legs, owned by Jas. Rounds of Monkton
Y He was of st. Lawrence stock. Jud
Carpenter has $3.50 horse, six year
V old, of this stock, in care of \. Huey.
:. Nergennes has fine cemetery, that is
V its location and surroundings are supe
rior, but there is no receiving vault. Tn
d subject has often been spoken Of bu
r nothing done. viii the voters see t
d this at the next annual meeting: NeI
% gennes needs Il public receiving vault.
Lake fishing pans out rich, so far. \
IS Grosvenor caught one hundred pckere
If Saturday, near the junction of otter an
a Dead creeks. Some of them weighe
the ice. with hook. Many hundreds hav
been caught in the vicinity, this winter
le The rain and warm south wind veal
id ened the ice in many places on creek an
1t lake. Mr.. Jacob Kellogg of West Fee
riSburgh broke through the ice, on Ii
No. his return home from Vergennes, Satu
- day. near Tim Donovan's. Horse an
,f cutter saved; the latter slightly injured
We The slippery condition of the street
and sidewalks Tuesday made it unplea
~ ant and dangerous walking. Mr.. Hem
|, Reed fell down flight of steps at NJ
. c. A. Booths and bruised his right sic
80 and shoulder so seriously that he had
10 be taken home in Il cutter by Mr.. W. V
Booth.
One of the oldest and best located bus
-, ness blocks in this place is the stone
-. Sherman block. We understand tn
-. this property is now in the market. The
~, are eight stores on Main street and a or
Gerry in the basement on Elbow stree
There are several rooms for shops al
II offices on the second floor.
~, Nergennes has no laundry, as such, b
=, the number of families Mrs. Robert NJ
:, Iaughlin does the washing for won
,or Justify the application of that term
!, her residence. The work must certain
-, be well done, or families from adioinil
49, towns would not take the trouble
IN give her their washing to do.
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