Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-10
LOCAL NEWS.

Theie will be religious service at Odd
Fellows hall next Sunday at the usual
hours. Rev. B. w. Pennock will preach.
The Hawthorne club held a meeting at
Prof. Yager's ON Tuesday evening.
Gladstone was the subject of the read
ings.
Tickets for the entertainment to be
given by the students at the town hall on
Monday evening are or sale at Hama
fords.
There are numerous cases of illness in
the village. Miss Emma Harvey is re-
covering from an attack of scarlet fever,
which disease afflicts the families of j. w.
Baker and Patrick McMahn; while Abram
Williamson's two sons and Chas. w.
Spencer are down with the measles.
There are three entries for the free-for-
all race to be trotted at the ice meeting
of the Addison County Colt-Trotting as
ISOLATION, which is to be held here week
after next. They are: Thought, entered
by Joseph Battell; Nellie F., by F. Ii.
Winch, and Lady Atwood, by II. NJ.
Perry.
There is to be another dance at the
town hall this evening, given by the
same persons as that of last week.
Orchards orchestra will provide the
music and all who attend are sure to
have a first-class time. Tickets to the
gallery will cost % cents and can be had
at the door.
Next week is to be lively one in town.
Monday evening comes a concert, on
Tuesday there is to be church wedding
and the Prohibitionists of the State will
hold an all-day conference here, on We'd
nesday the county temperance organiza-
tons meet, on Thursday the annual
meeting of the Vermont Atwood MerinO
Sheep club will be held and on Saturday
the town board of civil authority will
convene for the abatement of taxes.
The village trustees have voted to put
fire-alarm hammer on the bell at the
town hall in order that people may be
able to tell when the bell is rung whether
1t is for fire or something else. The
arrangement is completed and at noon
tomorrow there will be trial of it.
so that villagers may understand
what sort of noise it makes. The
trustees have bought a new stove
for the steamer building, the old one be-
ing burned out; besides. it was not of
sufficient capacity to properly heat the
rooms.
local correspondent writes: A COM
pany of invited guests, numbering nearly
50. assembled at the pleasant home of
MIR. {. w. Mathews on Wednesday eve
ming, Feb. l. The weather was fine, and
the sleighng excellent. A hearty well
come awaited the guests, and pleasant
greetings and good cheer reigned through
out the brilliantly lighted rooms. Re-
freshments, rich and abundant. were SER
we'd. Mrs. Cloyes presided at the organ
in her usual happy manner, and several
fine singers accompanied with their
voices, making the hours pass all too
rapidly. Altogether, it was one of the
most social gatherings we have enioyed
this season. The company separated at
seasonable hour, hoping for many more
meetings of the same kind, and leaving
many good wishes for the future pros
perity of our host and hostess. who so
kindly furnished this entertainment, also
some appropriate gifts in anticipation of
anniversary days in the near future.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Ii
brary association was held at the library
room on Saturday, Jan. IA. The presi-
dent, Mrs. A. NJ. Beckwith, called the
meeting to order. After the reading and
acceptance of the report of 1887, Miss
Calender was put in the chair and the
following officers were elected for the
year 1888: President, Mrs. A. NJ. Beck
with; secretary and treasurer, Miss CLAY !;
librarians, Miss Higley, Miss Fuller, Mrs.
o. III. Cushman, Miss Kingsley; execu-
tive committee, Miss Calender, Mrs. r.
Wainwright, Mrs. III. M. Seely. Mrs.
Thorp, Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. A. A. Fletcher,
Mrs. p. r. Bingham, Mrs. E. E. Rich,
Mrs. j. A. Wright, Mrs. G. S. VAIN
wright. An expression of thanks was
voted to the faithful and long tried libra
rian, Miss Higley, and to the others who
have so kindly assisted, none of them re-
ceiving any remuneration. Thanks were
extended by the association to the REG
isTER for publishing various notices.
etc.: also to the friends who have loaned
furniture, pictures and lamps for the
room, and to the young ladies who have
the care of the same. There will be