Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11

There will be special convocation of
Potter Chapter, No. %, this evening at
I 80, for work on the Royal Arch de-
gree The same body will hold similar
meeting on Monday evening. On Tues |
day evening at Z 80 will come the regu-
lar stated convocation of the chapter,
and at 0 o'clock that night will be held
the stated assembly of Middlebury Coun-
ell. All Royal Arch Masons are invit-
ed.
The union Fast-day services of the
Congregational, Baptist and Methodist
churches, held at the Baptist house on
Friday morning, were fairly well at
tended, the very stormy weather consid-
cred. Rev. Mr.. Keith preached an ex-
cellent sermon, which we shall print in
full next week. The prayer was made
by Rev. Mr.. Heaxt, the Methodist pas
tor, and Rev. Mr.. Cambridge, the Bap-
fist pastor, read the scripture lesson and
the hymns.
The annual election of st. Stephens
parish was held on Monday evening,
when these officers were elected and APP
pointed: Senior warden, Albert Chap
mau; junior warden, Harrison White
clerk. Henry L. sheldon; treasurer, Mil
ton y. Brooks collector, w. II. Duncan;
vestrymen, George c. Chapman, Albert
Chapman, Harrison White, +. =. Russell,
f. +. Rich, y. ;. Dewey, J. b. Wheeler;
delegates to diocesan convention, G.. G..
Chapman, Harrison White. j. b. Wheel
er; alternates, Albert Chapman, f. W.
Judd, +. f. Rich; auditors, j. b. Wheel
er and Thad. NJ. Chapman.
The charitable fund of Russell Post, G..
y. r., will profit to the amount of $50 or
so by the ball and banquet given by the
post at the town hall on Wednesday
evening. Nearly one hundred couple
were present. The hall was very hand
somely trimmed with flags and bunting
and presented Il fine appearance. The
| Howard Opera House orchestra of Bur-
! ling provided as excellent music as could
have been wished. The dancing was
| kept up till after three o'clock in the morn
ing The tables were spread in the rooms
below the hall and were loaded with
everything that could have been desired
in the way of eatables, while Mr.. Towne
concocted the best of clam chowder.
Numerous spectators were in the balcony
till late in the evening. As a whole. it
was very pleasant affair, and much
credit is due to the members of the post
who managed it and to the ladies who so
ably seconded their efforts in the prepare
ton of the feast
The condition of the roads in this and
surrounding towns is getting to be seri
Gus. The longcontinued wet weather
has let the bottom drop out of most of
them. Passengers by the stage from
New Haven depot to Bristol tell wonder
full tales of the depth of the mud on that
route. Four horses on the stages can
hardly draw them through. Out toward
Bridport it is fully as bad, and indeed,
with the exception of the highway from
here to East Middebury, there is no pass
able travelling. Probably the worst road
in the immediate vicinity is that from the
freight station to the pulp mill at the
paper mill falls. 1t requires four teams,
each making six trips day, to do the
work that is commonly done by one team
making eight trips. Two tons is the Or
binary load, but half ton is enough
now The mill has been shut down sew
eral days this week because there was no
more room to store the product. The
paper mills are vociferous in their de-
mands for pulp, but the transportation
of it from the mill to the depot is almost