Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-01-03
LOCAL NEWS.

gational society comes next Monday
afternoon.
The annual election of officers of
Fairmont Engine company will be held
next Tuesday night.
The winter term of the Graded school
will open on Monday next, and that of
the college on Tuesday.
The call for the annual meeting of
the Addison County Agricultural So
ciety appears in another column.
Messrs. o. p. Moore and c. c. Sever
ance shipped on Tuesday to Indiana five
Merno rams, IS ewes and two colts.
The w. G. 7. L. will hold sewing
meeting at Mrs. n. F. Riders on High
street this friday afternoon, to which
all ladies are invited.
The unreasonable weather continues.
1t was almost summer-like yesterday,
and unless a change comes soon the
mud will be deep again.
The butter market is dull, as always
at this season of the year, and prices
vary considerably, owing to the diff
ference in quality of the article.
Aside from the village meeting, New
Years was very quiet. Morning SER
vices were held at the Catholic church
The majority of the stores were closed
all day.
Mr.. George n. Ayres had for a Christ
mas present large and valuable Shrop-
shire ram, given him by one of the
Canadian breeders from whom he has
purchased sheep for Col. Il. NJ. Chap
man.
Rev. Chas. A. Morrill, of Haverhill,
Mass, Otficiated last Sunday at st.
Stephens church and also held services
at the mission church in East Middle
bury in the afternoon. Arrangements
for next Sundays services haye not yet
been perfected.
The Congregational Sunday school
elected these officers on Sunday: Super
ntendent, Prof. Thomas f. Boyce {;
assistant superintendent, Charles A.
Piper; secretary and treasurer, Earl
Cushman; librarian, George Rose; Or
ganist, William Bird.
No services were held at the Metho-
dist church on Sunday, Rev. Mr.. Heaxt,
the pastor, being too i'll to speak. He
has partially recovered and is with
friends in Plattsburg. Mrs. Heaxt and
the children have also been down with
the prevailing influenza.
The Congregational and Baptist chur-
ches will hold union services during the
week of prayer, beginning next Monday
evening. On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday evenings the meetings will be at
the first-named church, and on Tuesday
and Thursday evenings at the Baptist.
The grip, or something very much
like it, has a firm hold on many of our
townspeople. Half the inhabitants of
the village have it in more or less ag-
grayated form, and others are attacked
every day. In some cases it has proved
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trating the patient for day or two.
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Library association will be held at the
rooms on Saturday, the 18th inst, at
3 o'clock p. m. All who subscribe are
members, and every one of them is re-
quested to be present and take part in
the deliberations A number of axcel-
lent new books have lately been added
to the collection.
The new marble mill at Belden's Falls
will start up in a few days, the lease
which the company had of the Baker
mill, this side of Center Rutland, hav-
ing expired. A score or more of hands
will be employed at the Falls. The
railroad management intend, 1t is said
to discontinue the station at Brooks
Vile, take the car which serves as q