Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-15
LOCAL NEWS.

aDle dancing party III Her noile on rrl-
day evening.
The w. C. T. L. will hold business
meeting at Mrs. II. II. Bryant's March
20, at 3 p. IN. a large attendance is de-
sired.
Rev. II. G. Pillsbury of Vergennes |
will occupy the pulpit of the Congrega- !
tonal church next Sunday, in exchange
with the pastor.
The office af the Commercial Union
Telegraph company has been moved
from the Hanaford drug store to the
room in the rear of the post Office.
New steps are to be built in front of
the Congregational church when spring
opens. a considerable quantity of stone,
to be used for this purpose, has been
drawn the past week.
There was a very largely attended
Baptist sOciable at Mrs. Mary Foote'S on
Wednesday evening. The next event of
the kind will he at Mr.. j. L. kingsleys
on Wednesday evening, the 9th inst.
An interesting Sunday-school concert
was held at the Congregational church
last Sunday evening and a large audience
heard the exercises. 1t was conducted
by the superintendent, Prof. Boyce.
The report of Rev. A. Def. Palmer, SUI
perintendent of schools in Middlebury.
will be found in another column. 1t was
prepared for submission to the town
meeting, but the voters didn't care any
thing for schools that day.
Mr. Martin O'Connor has decided to
remove with his family to Chicago, where
Mrs. O'Connor's friends reside. Mr..
John w. Martin has bought the bakery
property and the establishment will be
conducted after about April by his son,
Walter W., and Mr.. Champagne.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. holland has bought the
Ansel Stearns house and lot on North
Pleasant street. The property was first
purchased by Mr.. Frank Lucia and then
sold by him to the present owner, who
will shortly take up his residence there.
Letters addressed as follows have re-
manned at the postoflice one mo1th I'M
called-for: j. A. Allen, Edgar Farr l2),
Miss Libbe A. Howe, Walter ID. Hawley
CD, w. w. Harral, Miss Ada Lavery, +.
NJ. Marshall, c. K. Pennock, Eliza IL.
Plat, II. o. Perkins.
The sleighing is fast disappearing from
the roads most travelled, but there is
enough snow in the fields yet. Heavy
loads are still drawn in here from the
surrounding towns. The bridges and the
worst spots in the village streets were
showed yesterday, so that the teamst tiers
get on fairly well.
The next lecture in the Fortnightly
course, on Tuesday evening of the COM
ing week, will be of especial value to stu
dents, while it will be interesting to all.
The topic is, 'The Value to the Student
of Aims and Methods" This lecture, by
ReY. NJ. c. Stebbins of Cornwall has
been received with great approval by
those who have heard it.
Mr.. A. X. Carr is shortly to send to
Hebron and Prolific potatoes, which he
will sell to farmers hereabouts for seed
He thinks there might be much more
money in the business of raising potatoes
if a new start were obtained by means
of imported seed and if better varieties
than the Burbank, ETC., were grown.
Mr.. II. w. Brewster on Monday re-
ceived telegram conveying intelligence
of the death of his brother, Robert r.
Brewster, at Radcliffe, La. His age was
GO years. The deceased was druggist
by occupation. lie left Middebury
about 1860 and had not been here since
1865. The remains reached here yester.
} day afternoon and were inferred in the
West cemetery.
Mr.. j. Williams Macy, the humorist and
butfo basso, appears at the town hall to-
night under the auspices of the Y. NJ. C.
A., assisted by Miss May Powers as ac
companst. Mr.. Macy is very highly
+ spoken of by the press of the large cite:
and the management of the entertain
ment are certain that those who attend
will be thoroughly satisfied and pleased
! Tickets, costing % and 80 cents, are now
on sale at the Hanaford drug store.
3 Mr.. Geo. Il. Dimmock of West Corn
!. wall arrived here on Saturday afternoon
= from California, bringing with him by
express on the same train FIVE French