Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-12-13

lrunn'nS-aWay OI u1e horse aIuacIleu 10
it. No one was hurt.
The Graded school suspended business
Wednesday night for the week, in order
that the teachers might attend the in
stitute at Vergennes.
Rev. John Keller of Arlington, n. j.,
preached at st. Stephens church last
Sunday, morning and evening. He re-
turned home on Tuesday.
Out-of-town people coming here by
rail are firm in the belief that the plat
form covering at the station strikingly
resembles a sheep-shed.
Mr.. Calhoun is putting one of his patent
boilers into the basement of Mr.. Bonds
Pine Hall for heating purposes. The old
one gave out during the cold weather of
last week.
The vestry of st. Stephens church
voted, at meeting held yesterday after
noon, to extend call to Rev. John Kel-
Ter of Arlington, n. j., to the rectorship
of the church.
No definite result has yet been reached
in the electric light problem. The Thomp-
son-Houston people still have men on the
ground aad are apparently not disposed
to give it up.
At last accounts the little Knowles
boy, whose death has been expected at
any time during the last three weeks,
was better, and the doctor thought there
was "A chance for his recovery.
Half the population of the village was
out on the ice above the railroad bridge
Saturday afternoon, enjoying the skating
The ice was none to good, but, being
the first of the season, was used for all
it is was worth and little more.
: Mondays trade in town was rather
dull, owing to the difficulty in getting
about. There is little butter offered for
sale these days, and the most that is
, brought in is of inferior quality. No
, change in prices has occurred
Those interested will no doubt bear in
mind the reception to be given Mrs. f..
w. Poet by the local w. C. 7. L. at Mrs.
, NJ. \. Monroe's this (Friday) evening {;
business session at 4, tea served at 80
: o'clock. y cordial invitation is extended
to all.
AS has already been announced, there
will be declarations at School-house
+ hall on the evening of Thursday next,
the 10Th inst, by pupils of rooms Nos.
d, ), 6 and of the Graded school. The
exercises will begin promptly at s
o'clock.
'charity" balls will be given at the town
hall on Wednesday evening next. The
Howard Opera House orchestra of Bur-
c lington is to provide the music. Specta-
p tors are invited to pay % cents for
Y seats in the gallery.
y The bridge in Cornwall over the
Lemon Fair was taken up on Monday
}. The stage goes out to Bridport by way
t. of the north road past Mr.. Chester
II Pratt's. That route is never any toe
u good, and Mr.. Cole, the stage driver
has had no bonanza this week.
Those who attended the entertainment
IS at the town hall on Friday evening came
II away with vivid notion of the hor-
:, rors of the Johnstown flood. A large
IT number of views were shown. and the
&c exhibition of them was accompanied by
g an e&celent descriptive lecture.
Mr.. G.. w. Fassett is receiving con
CALCULATIONS. He was married on Tues.
day at Granville to Miss May f. Burk,
. of that town. They came to Middlebury
: on Wednesday and have gone to house
keeping in Mr.. Roses house on the
south side of school-house park.
- The exercises in celebration of the an
] niversary of the landing of the Pilgrims
are elsewhere announced. Rev. DR.
Rankin's subject will be, "rhe Pride o
Nationality" DR.. Rankin is the gentle
man who gave the eloquent memorial adj
dress on Rev. DR.. Henry \. Hudson a
the college commencement of 1887.
The predictions of the local weathe
sharps did not prove accurate, and n,
snow has fallen. Instead, there ha
Y been any quantity of rain. That tn
mud is deep and the travelling execrabl
IN all this region it is unnecessary t,
state. Wednesday night the skies clear
ed, the mud froze up and yesterda,
,, was bright and clear.
Mr.. c. +. Cardele of Rutland was il
= town on Friday. He is one of the gen
tlemen interested in the black marbl
~ quarry on the farm of Mr.. Broughton
, in Bridport, and says that boring
are soon to be made there with view
to ascertaining just what the nature o
the rock is. The quarry is In the ledg
north of Mr.. Broughton's house.
U. ID. Twtchell & Son have purchase
= of n. Willis of Pittsford large pile O