Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31
VERGENNES

Frank II. Bascom of Montpelier was in
town Thursday.
DIR. f. E. McGovern has been on the
sick list for few days.
Arthur Norton and Henry Hickok have
been on trip to Boston.
Mrs. A. d. Vittum is visiting relatives
in East Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Herrika Stevens has returned
from her visit to New York.
Rev. E. B. Taylor has returned from
his visit to Ridgefeld, Conn.
l.. F. Trombley has moved his billiard
tables into the Adams block.
w. H. Patten and wife have returned
from their visit to Keene, n. II.
Bishop DeGoesbriand of Burlington
will visit St. Peters church June 2.
A few from Vergennes will attend the
Burlington musical festival this week.
J. B. Hustled, the tailor, has moved up
stairs-over where he has been located.
John Cook has leased the Preston store
for restaurant on the temperance plan.
Eli Noiseaux's house is nearly ready
for the skaters. 1t is substantially built
of brick.
Ethan Allen Post, G. A. R., attended
Memorial services at St. Paul's church.
Sunday.
Chamberlain & Co. will sell the most
of their stock before moving into the
Gaines block.
Growing vegetation has received a set
back in this vicinity on account of the
cold weather.
Hiram Walker Of Burlington was in
town Thursday. He spent the winter on
the Pacific coast.
George r. Thorn takes possession of
the Hickok coal yard June |. He will
put in large stock,
G. II. Sprigg d Co. shipped one car of
stock to the Boston market on Monday
on Thursday, one car of calves.
II. Stone, who last winter made trip
West, has returned and is now in the en-
ploy of his brother, George Stone.
June /, Saturday next, and through the
summer, you can legally catch all kind
of fish, except by seine or other nets.
Charles Labeutf has the contract to
build a boarding house for the Cham
plain Granite company at Barn Rock.
Michael Boylan of Brandon has leased
the City restaurant which has been man.
aged by X. Maldoon for several years.
George Bora has moved with his fami.
ly to Worcester, Mass. He has lately
been in the employ of the nail company.
Letters from San Francisco state that
the family of Ezra Champion are in good
health and well pleased with the cOun-
try.
Jasper Bristol has sold TO d. C.. Bar
row 30 acres of land for S1100. 1t is part
of the late Norman Bristol farm in Pan
ton.
Saturday, market day, butter by the
tub brought ii and Is cents. This is low,
but everything the farmer buys is also
low.
VIM. Greene, son of the late VIM. E.
Greene, is visiting friends in town. lie
is in the employ of New York dry
goods house.
Captain Case arrived from New York
Wednesday with canal boat loaded with
iron for the nail factory and general
merchandise.
DR.. Davis of Worcester, Mass, and
family have been visiting relatives in
PantOn. Mrs. Davis is the daughter of
the late Daniel Adams.
The steamer Water Lily makes trips
occasionally to Westport and Port Hen
ry. The Gazelle has made several trips
on the lake and is ready for business.
S. S. Gaines has gone to Decatur, Ala,
in the interest of the New England In
provement company, considerable stock
of which is held by residents in this vi
entity.
Thursday, Decoration or Memorial day,
will be observed here by the usual pa
rade by the veterans and Sons of Neter-
ans, headed by the Vergennes cornet
band, through the principal streets of the
city. The address will be delivered by
Rev. j. II. Bond of Keesville, y. Y, af-
ter which the graves of soldiers in the
different cemeteries will be decorated
with flowers.