Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-15

The Hawthorne club and their friends,
about 20 in all, went out to Mr.. M. b.
Willamson's on Tuesday evening for a
sleigh-ride and social gathering. A
very enjoyable time was had. Mr.. Isaac
Williamson took the party in two of his
large sleighs. They found rather too
much snow for fast driving in the cross
roads.
The Addison House, the Pierce T,ouso
and the Logan House were all Searched
last Friday afternoon by Constable Mum
roe and Deputy Sheriff Cobb. At the
Addison House only was anything found.
There the officers discovered barrel of
beer and little stronger liquor. No pro-
ceedings in the matter have yet been
msde.
T Mrs. Eldredge, wife of Dea. j. L. FL
dredge, and mother of Hon. L. d. FL
dredge, died at the home of the family
here on Saturday, at the age of II years
and IL months. The funeral was atten-
ded on Tuesday from the house. Rev. Mr..
Keith of Middlebury and Rev. Mr.. Hague
of New Haven OBLIGATED. The interment
was at New Haven. Mrs. Eldredge's
maiden name was Polly Cowles. She
was sister of Mr.. Josiah Cowles of New
Haven. I
The logging operations conducted by
the Green Mountain Pulp Co. are gigan-
tic. Fully 100 teams are in their employ
at present, drawing logs to Brandon, to
Bristol and to the mills. The logs taken
to Brandon are piled on the bank of the
creek and will be floated down in the
spring. Those at Bristol will also
be floated. 1t is proposed to try
and send 100000 feet down the
New Haven river from there and see if il
can be done successfully. More than g
million and half feet have been drawn
from Goshen to Brandon.
The Ladies' library is about S22 better
for its benefit at Mr.. B. S. Beckwith's OF
Friday evening last. The best thing, il
goes without saying, was the farce
clearing and Believing" in which Miss
es A. M. Wainwright, S. S. Wainwright
and Nellie Bedell and Messrs. Pease
Harmon and Reilly took part. There wer,
also piano duets by Misses Bond an(
Tilden and Misses Slade and Pinney anC
piano solo by Miss Anna Slade. All die
exceedingly we'll. Then came refresh
ments, and finally dancing by old ant
young. Every one had very pleasan
evening.
A horse owned by DIR. V. w. Blanchard
was drowned in the creek near the rail
road bridge Wednesday afternoon. l
was one of span which, attached to
pair of heavy sleighs, had been driver
upon the frozen surface of the creek il
order to get load of ice. The man il
charge of them, Ed. Trudo, tied the line
to the post at the front of the sleigh plat
form and then took the horses by TIN
head to cramp them. This move tight
ened the reins, and the horses began t,
back, and before any one realized wha
was going on the whole rig went off tn
ice into the big hole, 80 feet or NOR
square, from which ice had been cut
The horse which went over first drowned
The men cut the harness and saved tn
other and the main part of the sleigh
but one horse and the front sled were lief
underneath the ice.
"a Guest" writes: One of the pleas
} ant gatherings in town last week was OF
Friday evening, when the friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Lucius Gorham gathered by in
vitation at their pleasant home in homo
of his birthday. The party was a sur
prise to him. Friends came from Add
son, Weybridge, New Haven, Cornwall
and Middlebury to spend social eve
ming with visiting and vocal and instru
mental music. After the bountiful sup
per, such an one as Mrs. Gorham know
how to prepare (she is one of the first
class cooks of the county, had been en-
joyed, they were presented with hand
some tokens of respect by their man
membered in substantial manner. Tn
evening was one which will long be re
membered by host and hostess and b
: those who enjoyed the occasion wit
: them.
2 The contagious disease which create
; quite panic among the college student
last week is subsiding. 1t was at frs
e supposed to have been contracted by e,
posure to scarlet fever either at Col. |
K. knapp's or Smith Bracey's. FarthC
investigation proves it to have come frol
an entirely different source, and it is pre-
nounced by the doctors to be rubella {
German measles. Authors are not agree
as to the origin and nature of the diseas
Dunglson says it is hybrid of measlt
and scarlatina, not contagious, and {
very favorable prognosis. Quain, on til
contrary, claims the disease to be highl