Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-15
County 11ems.
BRiDPoRT.
More snow,

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More snow.
l.. f. Benton of Vergennes was in town
Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Fields of IIinesburgh preached
in the Congregational church Sunday.
O. II. Spauldng and wife of Vergen-
mes have been visiting at Harlow Peck's.
Ira 5. Doty returned home Tuesday
from his trip to New York and the South.
A limited amount of butter was brought
in this week and the price was Is cts. to
20 cts.
o. 5. Gibbs has commenced to draw
lumber from Middlebury for his new
house.
Messrs. Franklin & Sherman were in
town last week looking after matters at
their stock farm.
The Ladies' Sewing society meets at
F. A. Williams Thursday afternoon of
this week; sociable in the evening.
There will be donation and oyster
supper in the town hall next week
Wednesday night, Feb 20, for the
benefit of Rev. Mr.. Parker. All are cor
daily invited.
Nearly all of those who went to Montreal
last week returned on Saturday, and all
report generally good time, although
the heavy snow-storm there on Wednes-
day kept them indoors a day or two.
The Reading circle will meet with Miss
Lucy Jewett Friday evening of this
week. The reading will be, "The Lady
of the Lake." the same that was to be at
the' same place two weeks since, but was
Njourned.
Y Mrs. Mary Crane, wife of Joseph r.
Crane, Esq, of whose sickness we have
had occasion to make mention, died at
her home on Wednesday, the 18th inst.
The funeral will take place from her late
residence on Saturday, the 10th inst, az
! l o'clock. =
The Ladies' society will hold fair in
the town hall on Tuesday evening of
next week. The articles for disposal
include what has been made at their
several meetings this winter. Ice cream
cake, cheese, ETC., will also be for sale; so
no one need go away hungry. Let all
come. The date, next Tuesday evening,
the 10Th.
The Congregational society have voted
to erect new vestry the coming sum-
mer, to cost in the vicinity of $500,
which amount is to be raised by sub
scriptiOn. -Four hundred dollars of the
sum will be subscribed by the Ladies'
society. The following have been elected
to act as solicitors, also as building COM
mittee: j. w. Pratt, j. Il. Lamos and f..
q. Blaisdell. The old vestry is to be torn
down and all suitable timber therein
used in constructing the new building.
Hon. Julius J. Crane met with a mis-
fortune last week. As is customary, his
herd of cows and other cattle were turued
loose in yard during the middle of the
day to enable them to drink. etc. Two
valuable COW and a yearling-wcre
found soon after, each with a broken leg.
Strange to say, in each case the same leg
was broken and in identically the same
place. A heavy farm wagon is housed
for the winter in shed accessible to the
cattle and it is supposed in some way the
two unfortunates became entangled in
the wheels. They were both destroyed.
Geo. Brooks, a young man from Hines
burgh, had serious accident here last
week. lie was running a hay press with
Myron Crow, then at A. Phillips; Brooks
was treading the hay in the feed box,
when his foot was caught between the
top of the feed box and the iron punger.
lie called to his fellow-workme to stop
the team, but as the horses at the time
were going without driver they could
not be Immediately stopped, and his foot
was drawn in until the plunger flew back
of its own accord, when his foot was re-
leased. A physician was Immediately
summoned and it was found that his foot
was badly crushed, two bones being
broken. The wound was properly dress
ed and Brooks is now doing as well as
could be expected.