Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Smith came to
town on Saturday evening. after a tour
of a week and a half and extending to
Washington.
Butter sold in this market. Monday. at
the same prices that ruled the week be-
fore-lS to - cents for fair to good and
% cents for selections.
The parlor meeting of the W. G. r. L.
will be held with Mrs. VI. A. Monroe
next Wednesday afternoon and evening
gentlemen invited to tea at six o'clock.
Mr.. George Hammond went to Mont
pelier Wednesday morning to stay sever
al days. G.. NJ. Wilds, Esq, went up
Monday and came back Wednesday
night.
Letters addressed to Mrs. Theresa
Fredctte, Joseph Lepp, Mrs. Tilley Riv-
ers, Francis st. Jock and Mrs. Alice Web
Der have remained at the p~ostoffice one
month u~ncalled-for.
Mr.. Darwin Riders mare Clara NJ,
having finished her seasons work on
the track, has been brought home and is
now in the stable of her owner, ENJOYING
"A well-earned rest.
The mock court which was to have
been held at the college chapel last Sat
urday night was postponed to tomorrow
evening on account of the storm that
prevailed at the time set.
Deputy Sheriff Rider went up to Ripton.
Monday night. and arrested Albert Bowen
of that town, who is now in Jail. The
charge against him is adultery. The
hearing will come off in a few days.
Z Invitations are out for the wedding of
Mr.. Perry r.. Fletcher, formerly of
Middlebury. and Miss Mabel A.. daughter
of b. j. Douglass. Esq, of Pittsford. 1t
takes place at the home of the bride on
the oath inst.
The State Senate of 1852 held a re-
union at Montpelier. last week Thursday
evening. which was attended by both the
Addison county members of that body
Col. Fletcher of Middlebury and Hon.
&. W. Read of Addison.
There were recently shipped from this
station to Ellsworth. Kan, 1l2 Merino
rams which o. \. Burton of Burlington
and :. G.. Holyoke of st. Adams had
purchased and were sending to their
ranch near Ellsworth.
Rev. :. +. Calhoun of Orwell was in
town the early part of the week deliver
ing to subscribers their copies of the
work he has lately published. 1t is enti-
tied ''Fifteen Years in the Church of
Rome and is Il record of personal ex-
perience.
When people awoke on Sunday, morn
ing they were surprised to find that six
or eight inches of snow had fallen dur
ing the night. 1t staid till yesterday,
and remnants of it are yet to be seen. a
few of our citizens had their sleighs out
on Monday.
Col. Thad. NJ. Chapman has purchased
the Dea. Porter place neal his residence.
Mr.. Porter, of whose illness in "A New
York hospital mention has been made,
is recovering. His older daughter, Miss
Cora, is with friends in Montpelier, and
the younger with her aunt in Pittsford.
The pulp logs that had been lodged
along the banks of the creek all summer
were placed in the stream last week. and
on Friday and Saturday Il gang of men
were employed in getting them over the
! tall- md ont "a H.. i H.
all of them have been carried down bv
the late high water.
Rev. Joseph Cook has kindly offered
to come to Middlebury and deliver one of
his lectures, free of expense to the So
ciety, the proceeds to go toward the
liquidation of the debt of the Conyrcga-
tional society. 1t is improbable that his
other engagements will permit Mr.. Cook
to be here before Christmas.
Mr.. j. l.. Buttolph on Saturday bought.
at the administrator sale by auction.
the farm in Shoreham belonging to the
estate of the late A. b. Treadway of that
town. 1t contains 372 acres and has
upon it a house that cost, IL few years
ago, $1,000. 1t is understood that Mr..
Buttolph wanted it for his son j. E.,
and that the latter will 60 there to live.
The price paid was Sl9.2O an acre.
Mr.. Henry Hammond's son, John, was
hitching his horse to the railing across
the street from kidder's shop, Wednes-
day morning, when the animal was
frightened in some "unaccountable way
and jumped over the rail. The harness
broke and the wagon did not go over.
The horse ran home. The boy received
a few cuts on the head, but nothing
serious. One of the shafts of the wagon
was broken and the harness pretty well
wrecked.