Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-08

Invasion and the Battle of Hastings. He
handled it exceedingly well and was
attentively heard by a good-sized audi
ence. Prof. Seely announced that lee
ture on 1.-THE Hero of the Century"
would be given at the same place two
weeks later by Hon. Walter E. Howard.
Jailer Cobb has three guests. The last to
arrive was youth named John Wilson,
who was arrested at New Haven by
Deputy Sheriff Caldwell on the charge of
stealing watch from one Guyette.
Wilson was bound up in the sum of $500
by New Haven justice to await tie
action of the grand jury in June, and not
being able to procure bail, he will prob
ably remain in durance till tl'.en. He
says he is native of Boston. He has
worked on farms in New Haven of late,
f/The funeral of Prof. w. ii. Parker was
attended at o'clock Sunday afternoon
from the home of the family. Rev. Mr.,
Keith, pastor of the Congregational
church, ofiiciated. Feeling and excellent
remarks were made by President Brain
erd. The singing was by quartet COM
posed of Mrs. Miner, Mrs. Hood, DR..
Sheldon and Mr.. Thomas. The bearers
were profs. Eaton and Wright and
Messrs. B. S. Beckwith, A. A. Fletcher,
l.. 4. Knapp and Clarence Phillips. =
The past week has been full of weather
Sunday morning it stormed hard. Mon
day morning it was exceedingly cold, the
recording thermometer at Col. A. A.
Fletcher's showing q below. Tuesday
forenoon came more snow, followed in
the late afternoon by rain. This, how
ever, turned to snow before morning.
Wednesday another cold wave struck us
and yesterday it was cold enough for all
practical purposes. The sleighing is
4 excellent and business of all sorts is
beginning to brighten.
Considerable more business is done at
the local postoflice in the course of year
than any one not familiar with the facts
would suppose. During 1888 1903 money
orders, amounting to Sl4,777.49, were is
sued, and rs, amounting to SS93S, were
paid. The postal notes issued numbered
1910 and aggregated $1749.S5, and those
paid were All in number and $779.O7 in
amount. The total number of money
orders and postal notes issued and paid
was 1905, amounting to S26, 2494. The
registered letters handled were 1901 in
number. The amount of mail taken in
and sent out was between 80 and 80 tons.
An entertainment, of which music
formed prominent feature, was given
on Wednesday evening by the ladies of
st. Stephens parish at the pleasant home
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. f. Pinney. The at
tendance was large, numbering over 60,
and included full representation of the
people of the village regardless of church
affiliations. First on the programme was
piano duet by Misses Anna Slade and
Bessie Pinney, followed by ''The Bee and
the Dove, by the quartet; IA selection by
Mr.. VIM. jackson; a vocal solo by Mrs.
Hood; piano solo by Miss Slade; a trio
by Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Miner and DR.. Shell
don; another selection by Mr.. jackson; a
duet by Mrs. Miner and Mrs. Hood; a
piano solo by Miss Pinney, and, lastly, a
"Spring Song" by the quartet. The
quartet was made up of Mrs. Hood, Mrs.
Miner, DR.. Sheldon and Mr.. Thomas. 1t
goes without saying that they acquitted
themselves admirably, and the same is
true of Misses Slade and Pinney. Mr..
jackson is a whole show by himself. He
manipulates one harmonica to perfection,
but gets more music out of two, playing
one with his nose. Then he puts one of
the instruments into his mouth bodily,
the end only sticking out, and plays it
there without the use of his hands; and,
besides all this, he gives limitations of the
bagpipes, the bass viol, etc. Fine re-
freshments were served. Every one got
his moneys worth of fun, and more, and
the ladies realized over S25 from the en-
tertainment.