Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Buttolph went.
yesterday, to Springfield, Mass, where
they are to visit their daughter and hus-
band during the holidays.
The post-oflice will be open tomorrow
from to 10 a. M, and from to 6 80 p.
m. The same office hours will be observ-
ed on New Years day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry r. Fletcher are in
town. They will remain in the East till
March, when they are to go to Mnneso-
ia, where Mr.. Fletcher spent the most of
last year.
Mr.. l.. V. Gauther has sold out the
barber shop at the Addison House to
Saml Lavarne of Vergennes, who has
taken possession. Mr.. Gauther and fam
lily have left town.
Mr.. John w. Martin is slowly recover
ing from an illness that has confined him
to the house for over week. He was
threatened with pneumonia, but was
fortunate enough to escape that.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles Hammond of
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Darwin Rider.
They came East to attend the wedding of
Mrs. IIammond's sister, Miss Stevens of
Nergennes.
NJ Mr.. Allan Calhoun has made arrange
ments with Worcester (Mass.) firm to
manufacture for him the steam-heating
apparatus which he had patented last
summer. He has just put one of them
Ninto Dr. Eddy's house.
The excellent sleighing gives farmers
an opportunity to get their produce to
the depot here very easily, and they are
improving it. Potatoes are now worth
80 to 40 cents bushel, and as high as 20
cents has been offered for onions.
The examinations closing the fall term
of the college were ended Tuesday after
noon, and most of the students have
gone home for the holiday vacation.
The winter term will open on the It'll of
January.
Hon. John w. Stewart arrived home
from Washington Tuesday evening. His
daughters, Misses Elga and Jessie, are
here. The former has been in New York
during the fall, and the latter at Miss
Burnham's school, Northampton, Mass.
Mr.. p. b. Stewart is also spending his
vacation at home.
Hon. and Mrs. II. II. Hale of St. Paul,
Mimi, who visited relatives here in the
in the fall and have since been in New
York city, went thence yesterday to
spend the winter in the South Miss
Hattie Chapman left home Tuesday
evening to join them She will be away
till early summer. Her father accom-
panied her to New York.
Letters addressed "a follows have re-
manned at the pOst-otlice one month I'M
called-for: Mrs. ). NJ. Brown, Mrs. II.
5. Barrows, G.. l.. Bliss. Mrs. Lizzie
Chattield, Miss Eliza Cross. Mrs. Frank
Deal, John Deal, Fred Fuller, j. p. Fem,
ID. y. Perry (2), VIM. Fuller, a. j. Sum
ner, Levi f. Swain, Mrs. Electa Wright.
Mr. Abram Williamson shipped from
this station to the Boston market, Mon
day, - head of cattle and Is calves.
Some of the cows were of a fine quality.
selling as high as SO. 1t was rather Il
hard market for the drovers from this
section. The cattle train ran of an open
switch at PittsfOrd, so that it did not get
to Rutland till four o'clock in the after
noon and was consequently late into Bos-
ton.
The kettledrum, handkerchief sale
and farce, "Ihe Mouse Trap, given at
the town hall on Wednesday evening of
last week by the ladies of st. Stephens
church, Melted $50 in money and lots of
fun for those present, and the house was
well filled. The farce was well put on.
and the sale of handkerchefs stopped
only when the stock was exhausted.
After the entertainment 'chip and
hungry party" was held in the basement.
when dancing was INDUCED in, the
Middlebury orchestra providing music.
There was very pleasant gathering at
the residence of Charles j. Seeley, in the
south part of the town, on Wednesday
evening, Dec, 10, the occasion being the
marriage of Mr. Seeley's eldest daughter,
Mary Alice, to Frank O. Hamilton of
Cornwall. 1t was also the twelfth ami
versary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs.
Seeley. The afternoon was stormy, but
at the hour appointed nearly all of the
invited guests had arrived. The cere-
mony was performed by Presiding Elder
j. w. Bennett, in his easy, graceful man
ner. After the usual congratulations, re-
freshments were served, and the remand
er of the evening was spent in social in
tercourse and the examination of pres
ents, which were very numerous and
beautiful, and included both the useful
and ornamental. At at early hour the
guests took their leave, all agreeing that
the evening had been one of those happy