Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
LOCAL NEWS.

brought out crowd too large for the
chowder.
The Abe Lincoln Republican club will
hold meeting at the town room in the
basement of the town hall at 80 o'clock
this evening.
The State educational commission, of
which President Brainerd is member,
held meeting at Rutland last Saturday
and will meet in Burlington tomorrow.
Thirty-eight couples attended the
dancing party at the town hall last Fri
day evening. Orchards orchestra fur
nished the music and the ladies the sup
per, and all present had first-rate time.
Theodore Beaudry, the youth arrested
and jailed two weeks ago for stealing a
cap from Mr.. Bingham at Mr.. Bonds
store, has been bailed out. The Jail is
now empty, for the first time in long
while.
In our report of the strengthening
association meeting, last week, Mr.. ii. 4.
Taylor of West Cornwall was put down
as one of the directors. The gentleman
elected was Mr.. Ii. E. Sanford of the
same place.
The committee of the graded school
ask us to call the attention of parents to
the sixth and seventh sections of the
regulations of the State board of health.
All these regulations were printed in the
REGISTER of last week.
Letters addressed as follows have re-
NAMED at the post-office one month I'M
called-for: Gloucester Albums, Juan De
Collains, Edward Fruway, S. P. Gay,
Luther Harrington, Miss Jennie Stewart,
VIM. S. Wright, II. c. Nye, Edward
Fruway.
The selectmen have gotten out and
posted notices forbidding the use of
brakes on sleds between the forge at
East Middlebury and the pulp mill and
saying they will prosecute those who do
use them. The object is to prevent the
cutting-up of the roads.
The funeral of Walter S. Langworthy
will be attended at 10 o'clock this morn
ing from the home of his brother, II. C.
Langworthy, High street. He died of
paralysis on Wednesday at Burlington,
where he had lived for eight or ten years
past. His age was "a years.
The strong wind of Monday and Mon
day night filled up the crossroads in the
country around so that it was difficult
getting through them Tuesday. Indeed,
the travelling in Bridport, Cornwall and
Weybridge was the worst that day that
it has been this winter. The roads are
still bad.
Cassius p. Pierce died on Friday last
at the home of his son-in-law, John
BoSley, in the Seely district. His age
was IS years. The funeral was attended
from the house on Monday, Rev. Mr.
Carpenter officiating. The remains were
taken to Keeseville, n. Y, his former
home, for interInent.
Rev. Theodore A. Hopkins of Burlng.
ton has kindly offered to lecture here fol
; the benefit of the Ladies' Library asso-
citation and will do so at the library
rooms, over the bank, on Saturday even.
ing of next week, the 18th inst, at &c
o'clock. The subject will be Egypt
r Mr.. Hopkins is an interesting speaker
and ought to have full house. The
price of tickets will be % cents.
Next Wednesday, Feb %, Washington
birthday, is a holiday at the college, and
in the afternoon the senior class will hold
memorial exercises i'm the chapel, the in.
vitations for which are out. Mr.. Lane is
f president of the day. The college quar-
tette will sing, Mr.. Coolidge will have &
poem and there will be three orations
Mr.. Edgerton speaking of Washington AZ
'first in war;" Mr.. Howe as 'first il
peace" and Mr.. Klock as "frst in the
g hearts of his countrymen."
The concert given at the town hall OF
. Monday evening by the college QUARTET.
and orchestral club, assisted by Mrs
r Pitts and Mrs. Miner, for the benefit Of
2 the college athletic association, was at
tended by fair audience. The pro
gramme as published last week was fully
carried out. 1t goes without saying tina
the performances of the ladies were high
ly enjoyable. The boys sang well, ant
: their playing is good considering the fac
. that they have been in training but {
e short time. All the numbers were en-
a Enthusiastically encored, in consequence o
which Is selections were rendered in
stead of the II on the programme.
: The officers of the Spring Grove Camp
meeting association held a meeting at TIN
Methodist church here yesterday. Anon.
those present were President j. S. Stat
ford of Brandon, Vice-President G.. c
Thrall of Rutland, Secretary NJ. F. Allel
: of North Ferrisburph Auditor l. w