Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-02
VERGENNES.

The evenings and mornings are cool,
but the air is both clear and bracing.
The sunshine and rain of the past two
two weeks have kept vegetation at its
best.
The potato fields are looking well.
Very little is said of that pest, the pota-
to bug.
The Gazelle is doing lively business
in towing She has had five lows since
Friday.
The timber for the new wharf in front
of Thomas Mack's coal yard is on the
ground.
Mrs. H. F. Austin has returned from
Salem. n. II. She left her mother in
very poor health.
Rev. Mr.. Sutton of Starksboro preach
ed very acceptably in the Methodist
church last Sunday.
Summer is here and the busy note of
preparation is heard for the coming
guests from the dusty city.
DR. Arthur is the happy father of a
bright little girl, whose advent on Sun
day made it day of rejoicing.
The receipts from the strawberry party
in the park by the ladies of st. Paul's
church, were about fifty dollars.
Preparatory lecture was delivered in
the Congregational vestry Thursday ev-
ening. Communion Sunday forenoon,
Beehive supplies for this and adjoining
towns and eastern New York keep the
firm of Alden Il Cotey actively employed.
W. X. Bixby, Esq, of Fort Collins,
Colorado, returned home, Monday, after
a brief visit to his many friends in Yer
gennes.
Mrs. Louisa Judd Virgins, daughter
of II. G. Judd, Esq, formerly of this
place, is expected to visit Nergennes this
season.
Early potatoes are announced on every
hand. but IIawley Day of Waltham is
quite sure that his potatoes beat all com
petition, and perhaps they did.
That was superior veal put on sale in
SCOTS market last week, from Addison
Mr.. II. Guley furnished it. The calve,
weighed 25l and PIP lbs. respectively.
Mr.. H. V. Edmond and family are ex-
pected in Nergcnnes early in July. We
understand that they will stop at the
Grand Union, formerly the American
Hotel.
Rev. Mr.. Stebbins of Cornwall anC
Rev. Mr., Robertson of the Congregation
al church exchanged pulpitS last sun
dav. Mr.. Stebbins was listened to witt
much interest
There was Il very pleasant private pic
mic of six couples, from Nergennes t.
Basin Ilarbor last Friday. The Lily
took the party there ana they returned
the same evening.
RumorS. but no real news. thus far. 0
the lost shoemaker, Gustav Hanneman
He was last seen on the railroad tract
near Westport, y. Y. His afflicted wifi
thinks he has been murdered
, Friday, &, II, Sprigg shipped fort.
calves and four COWS to Boston market
also forty cows from New Haven an,
Middlebury stations, to same market
Veal, to l-2 cents, live weight.
Harvey Willard of the Southern Hotel
st. Louis, Mo-, arrived here Monda
, evening. He will be the guest of j. :
= Hickok, Esq, during his short sta
among his old friends in Vergennes.
The new stone sidewalk in front c
= Gaines block will be of North Rive
= stone, delivered at Rondout. y. V. an
o will reach here by boat. When all til
: front improvements are completed it wi
be the tinest-oOlIng block in the place.
The fine drives around NergenneS al
among its enduring attractions. Brsto
n Lincoln. Grand View Mountain and Basi
Harbor, with their fishing, wOnderfv
:, views and boating, on lake and river, al
a permanent source of pleasure to res
dents and visitors during the heatt
!, term
- Nergennes sends her usual quota
the commencement exercises AT Burlin
L ton. Although She has neither son n,
X daughter in the university, still, Sta
pride leads us all to encourage, by pre-
lie ence and sympathy, an institution that
l. doing so much for Vermont and We
mOnterS.
in The late Hon. z. c. Tucker was
+ prominent lawyer in Vergennes. II
son, p. G. Tucker, is prominent lawy
in Galveston, Texas, and his son has ju
:, been admitted to the practice of law
the bar of Galveston. Law practi
seems TO be the ruling trait of charact
in the Tucker family.
" There are many aspirants for pub
favor in the theatre of harvesting II
chnery. Among them, saturday, VT
III the Bradley mowers, and the self-dun
." ing horse-rake; the Eureka, the Buckle