Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-31
LOCAL NEWS.

caucus tomorrow evening.
About forty of the guests at Bread
Loaf Inn attended the Breeders meeting
at Rutland, Wednesday.
The fall term of the college begins
next Thursday, Sept. 6, and of the
Graded school on Monday, the 10Th.
Messrs. Smith & Allen have been
awarded the contract for the erection of
a large school building at West Rutland.
Mr.. F. E. Worthlngton is back from
st. Paul and will shortly reopen his bro
kers' office in rooms over the Rider drug
store.
The Commercial Union company's new
telegraph office has been opened at the
Addison House. Miss Clara Bruya of this
village is in charge of it.
The fare from here to Burlington and
return tomorrow, when the Prohibition
rally, noticed under the State News head
in another column, off, will be 10
cents.
Butter brought the same prices here
this week as last-14 to Il cents, the lat
ter only for exceptionally fine tubs, how
ever. The rally interfered somewhat
with the trade, the offerings being light.
A. P. Upper, Esq, gave a supper to
the members of Paramount Engine COM
pany at the town hall last evening. 1t
was in recognition of their services at
the fire last April. The evening was
very pleasantly spent.
Four new campaign flags have been
swung out within the past week-three
Republican Cat Mr.. F. A. Bonds store,
in front of Mrs. Osborne's residence and
on North Pleasant street, and the Prohi-
b~itionists', which is suspended from poles
set near the town hall.
Henry McMaster wa found in an in
toxicated condition on Seminary street,
Sunday, and Constable Munroe took him
into custody. On Monday. before Judge
Knapp, he pleaded guilty to intoXication
and was released on his good behavior,
after having disclosed on one John
O'Brien of Pittsburgh.
A party of 20 young people from the
village went out to Mr.. Thos. W. Fletch-
er's in Bridport Tuesday evening for a
straw ride and dance. Cobb's orchestra
of Middlebury furnished the music. That
they were royalty entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. Fletcher and had a most enjoy
able night of it goes without saying. 1t
was about ) o'clock IN the morning when
they reached home.
The board of civil authority will hold
still another meeting for the revision of
the check list. 1t will be at the town
clerks office at I o'clock tomorrow (Sat-
urday) evening and will afford positively
the last chance to get ones name on the
list. Only those whose names appear on
the list can be allowed to vote. At the
meeting of the board IN Wednesday
several names were added.
Mr.. Allan Calhoun has lately returned
from Glens Falls, n. Y. The Daily Times
of that place has this item "A. Calhoun,
of Middlebury Vt, who, with his brother,
R. NJ. Calhoun, is putting in steam
apparatus in this village, has arrived
here to make new contracts. Their
business is constantly increasing in this
vicinity, and that proves that their steam
heating apparatus must be first class"
Mr.. Edward B. Perry of Boston, con-
cert pianist, will give a concert at the
Ladies' library rooms on the evening of
Wednesday, the 18th of September. The
press speak in high terms of his playing.
One journal says; "At times one mar
wells at the technical excellence of his
playing, and not for one moment is the
nearer left in doubt as to the rare order
of his spiritual intelligence as a musician,
or of his artistic morale. His interpre-
tations are whole-souled, and the ever-to-
be desired element of conscience is inva-
riably to be experienced from his play
ing" We shall give mex week further
particulars of the entertainment.
At the town hall on Wednesday even-
ing a select audience enjoyed al unusual
treat. Mr.. J.. 5. Burdett of New York,
who has been spending the summer at
Lake Dunmore, gave n of his choice
programmes Of humorous and pathetic
recitals. He was assisted in a banjo trio
by two friends from the Lake Dunmore
House, Mr.. Palmer and Mr.. Adams. Miss
May Powers kindly assisted and played
with exquisite touch a piano solo, and
Miss Hortense Drake, in spite of a cold,
sang a soprano solo, Zone Sweetly, Sol
emn Thought" with a clearness and
richness of voice that deeply impressed
her hearers. Mr.. Burdett convulsed the
house with his inimitable and wonderful
power to touch the fountains of laughter.
The barn and shed on Albert N.
Fishers upper farm, the Stewart place,