Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-26
VERGENNES,

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them.
The celebrated case, district No. II,
West Ferrisburgh, is being tried before
Hon. j. f. Roberts and Loyal Kent, Esq.
1t will probably last all of this week.
Woodbridge q Smith are for one faction
and Austin of HIighgate and Gen. Gran
dey for the other side.
From Another Correspondent
Mrs. Hiram Norton of Addison died
Monday, aged % years.
Mr.. J. G.. IIindes made business trip
to New York this week.
There are three stove and tin ware es-
Establishments in Vergennes.
The Congregational church, Vergennes,
was formed Sept. Il, 1913.
The ice harvesters are at work again,
and the ice furnished is good.
Trade in Nergennes has been light the
past week, owing to bad roads.
Coughs, colds and sore throats are
more common than agreeable.
Mrs. n. S. Day of Waltham is recover
ing from her recent indisposition.
There has been open water at the
mouth of Otter Creek for some time.
Who poisoned n. j. McCuen's two fine
greyhounds? That was a dastardly act.
DIR. III. Hickok crossed the lake to Port
Henry, Tuesday, to visit relatives there.
Capt c. G. Case of the canal boat L..
b. Danforth was in town, Tuesday, on
business.
Mr.. John Liberty of Elizabethtown. n.
Y, game warden, has been visiting his
parents here.
Mrs. Mary II. Smith, widow of the late
Jacob Smith, died Tuesday last, aged
about so years.
Hon. j. NJ. Dyer of West Salisbury has
been confined to the house for some time
with severe cold.
The new rector of st. Paul's church.
Rev. f. b. Taylor, is expected next week
from Philadelphia.
Fifty dollars net was realized by the
young ladies of st. Peters church at
their festival last week.
Sociable by the ladies of the Congrega-
tional church, at Mrs. Geo. +. Stones.
Friday evening of this week attend.
The Champlain horse nails, manufac-
tured by the National Horse Nail Co.,
in this place, are gaining national repu-
tatiOn.
Chamberlain & Co. will lay their
claims to the patronage of the ladies be-
fore the readers of the REGISTER next
week.
Rev. Mr.. Sherman of the Baptist church
has been confined to the house by illness.
Mr.. Robertson preached for him Sunday
morning.
From Port Henry, y. Y, to Burling-
ton, distance of twenty-five miles, was
run, last week, in an hour, by Port Hen
ry ice boat.
George, with his little Ratchet, was not
seen in Nergennes, Monday. "Alas" says
Rip Van Wrinkle, show soon are we all
forgotten
Mr.. Geo. Hopkins Of Johannesburg,
n. y, formerly of the firm of Denison
& Hopkins, druggists, spent Sunday with
friends in Vergennes.
An unusually pleasant sociable was
held at Mrs. Charles f. Parker's Wednes-
day evening by the ladies' auxiliary So
ciety, st. Pauls church.
About eight thousand feet of lumber
is now ready for the building of the new
blacksmith shop, by the Water Power
Co., adjoining the nail works.
Two thousand logs are cut on the farm
of Mr.. Benjamin Fisher, New Haven, and
ready for delivery at the steam mill in
Vergennes as soop as snow falls.
Mr.. Louis Fireman., the watch maker,
who has occupied a store on Green street,
for some time, has given up his business,
and returned to his home in Winooski.
\ pile of Lincoln lumber, near the
house of Frank Lashuway, Jr., west side
of the bridge, means that he will make
an addition to his residence, early in the
season.
DIR. Dion has been down with an attack
of typhoid pneumonia. He is improving.
The doctor is one of our rising young
practitioners, and is both skillful and
popular
Some of the finest hardwood lumber
that reaches this market comes from the
town of Addison. A select few of the
old first growth of pine may still be seen
in that town.
The loss of the snow has checked up the
logging business. Thousands of logs are
piled up ready for the mill, all through
the neighboring towns of New Haven,
Bristol, Lincoln, etc.
4 boy by the name of Tatro crossed
over from the Sumner Spaulding place,
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