Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-16

long, but the enthusiasm prevented any
from dropping out till the final halt was
called.
THE LAMENTATIONS.
We cannot in the limits of our space
make specific mention of the places of
business and the residences that were il
Illuminated. AS was stated at the outset,
the town was pretty much all alight.
The Addison House was brilliant from
the cupola to the ground floor, every
window in the huge structure being
| lighted. Beckwith & Co.'S handsome block
showed off well, as did the store of Chap
man & Co., the Brewster block and the
stores of Benedict & Bird, E. P. Cush-
man, DR.. Sheldon, E. r. Clay, J. E. Ne
gas, Bond Bros, Mr.. Wales, Mrs. Sade,
a. Calhoun and F. a. Bond and the bill
lard room of Mr.. Smell. These were not
by any means the whole of the stores or
offices that displayed lights, but were
perhaps the most conspicuous. On Main
street, the'old Phelps house, Mr.Vallette's,
Mr.. Chapman's, Mr.. Wilds' and Col.
Fletcher's houses were notably fine, and
their neighbors, Prof. Seely and Gasca
Rich, though not of the faith, did almost
as we'll. Other houses worthy of mention
were those of Prof. Parker, John l.. But
tolph, Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Foote on the
ley on the north; the college presiden-
tial house, occupied by Prof. Wager; Mr..
Tupper's, DR.. Sheldon's, Miss Callenders,
DIR. Eddy's, Mrs. Bingham's, Hon. L. d.
Eldredge's, Col. Dodge's and w. c. Lang
worthy's on Weybridge street; the Good
rich house, Academy street, occupied by
Messrs. Severance and Worthington, Mr..
Sayres and the Sheldon museum; Mr..
Philip Battells, Mr.. Beckwith's, Mr.. A.
j. Marshall's, Judge Knapp's, Mr. Farms
worth's and Mrs. Dugald Stewards on
North Pleasant street; Mrs. SHADES, the
the Baptist and Methodist parsonages, E.
E. Bonds, Rufus Wainwright's, F. A.
Bonds (Which went ahead of any pri-
vate display in town, President Brain
erd's and Mr.. Munroe's on Seminary
street; II. c. Langworthy's and A. X.
Carr's on High street; L. F. Farms
worths. Mr.. Brewster's, O. II. Cush-
mans, Mrs. Harry Langworthy's and H.
d. Cushmans on Washington street; Mr..
Wales on the corner; DR.. Wellington's,
DR.. Russel's. the Pierce House, j. NJ
SHADES, Mrs. Potter's, DIR. Sutton's and
E. r. Clay's on Court street; the Con-
gregational parsonage, w, w. Chap
mans, J. E. Negus' and DR.. Smiths on
South Pleasant street, and last, but not
least attractive, G.. S. Wainwright's
prominent residence at the junction OF
Court and South Pleasant streets, which
was lighted on all sides. The lighting
was well-nigh universal, and the houses
we have alluded to are specified not sc
much for the reason that their owners
had more of the spirit of the occasion than
their neighbors who dwell in smaller
houses, but because the larger the house
the better the showing that could be
made.
In c. w. Earl's window was an object
lesson in political economy in the con.
trast afforded by protected Oarge, fat
sheep and an unprotected one "a carcass
of poor one). Henry L. Sheldon told
how he felt by displaying mournful-look-
ing effigies of his party's President, OF
Mrs. Cleveland and of Dan Lamont, with
a scoffin, in room in his block. The
transparency on Artist Jackson's window
showed on one side Harrison dancing on
the historic grandfather's hat and the
query, "What is the matter with the old
bonnet anyway?"; and on the other side
the same hat covering man all but his
boots and the inscription, "See how your
old grandpa's hat fits us Prohibitionists. y
There were also several transparencies
carried. One of them showed Cleveland
pursued by a ram and labeled sRetalia-
ton
IN GENERAL.
The crowd assembled to see the fun
filled the sidewalks of the principal
streets and reminded one of circus day.
Three or four rousing bonfires were
kindled in the center of the village along
toward midnight and burned brilliantly
for long time.
Great credit is due Col. Fletcher, chair
man, and Darwin Rider, of the executive
committee, for the excellence of the ar
rangements, especially in view of the
short time they had to work in.
Col. Chapman always runs procession
in first-class shape, and Wednesday night
was not an exception. 1t started on time
and the parade was over before 8 O'Clock,
Notwithstanding the extent of the route.
1t looked one while Thursday as if the
performance must be postponed. Col
Fletcher made arrangements at Burling-
ton Saturday for torches from Montpelier,
but Tuesday morning word came that we
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