Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-25
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LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. Danyew has men at work Oh MS
barber shop putting in additional win
dows and rearranging the interior.
The center store in the Dyer block is
being fitted up for a drug store. 1t will
be managed by Mr.. Norman F. Rider.
If the day is pleasant, many will go
from here on the excursion to Providence
island this morning. The Middlebury
band will provide the music for the trip.
Nineteen teachers attended the eXami-
nation held here on Tuesday and Wednes-
day by Supervisor Hasseltine. They
were from this and neighb ,rng towns.
Rev. G. B. Moody of Usage, Ia, who
preached very acceptably at the Con-
gregational church last Sunday, will
conduct services there again next Sun
day.
Two cars of the freight train north
Tuesday morning jumped the track on
the siding and one of them was quite
badly broken. The car which first got
off the iron was nearly new and it's trucks
did not turn easily.
The vacancy in the first primary room
at the Graded school, caused by the res
ignaton of Miss Bird, has been filled by
the engaging of Miss Lizzie L. Marvin of
Ludlow, a graduate of the Randolph Nor
NAL school and teacher of experience.
Michael Boylan, Jr., who came home
from the Pacific coast a few months ago
in failing health from consumption, died
on Friday morning last, aged "a years
The funeral was attended from the
Catholic church at o'clock Saturday
morning.
There are good many bad penmen in
the country, but it isn't every one of then
who can direct letter to Middlebury
and have it sent to Hnesburg. a letter
for this Office made that trip the Other
day, and the mail clerk wasn't much tC
blame, either.
a camping party consisting of Messrs
Virgil Benedict, Hal and Locke Seely
Stanton Eddy and Hubbard went yester
dav to Balls Point in Ferrisburgh. Mr.
Hibbaid is a son of the Rev. c. Hubbard
formerly pastor of the local Baptis
} church. He is a student at Cornell ant
/, made the journey from Ithaca here on {
bicycle, arriving Monday.
The affairs of the Young Men,
Christian association have at last beef
closed up. Every cent of the debt which
hung over the institution at the time it
active career ended has been paid, ant
everything pertaining to its business ha
been made square. The credit of per
forming this almost hopeless task is du
and should be given to Mr.. r. H. Wells
upon whom the burden of the work fell
Mrs. Lucy H. Washington of the Ma
tional Woman's Christian Temperate
L union will speak in the NJ. Z. church il
this village next Wednesday evening
July 30, at o'clock. She is know
from Maine to Oregon as one of the &C
credited organizers of the n. w. c. I
, L. She is fully conversant with tn
situation of today, and will be sure t
a interest her hearers. \ collection wi
be taken.
There is no change to note in the locs
market. The very best butter brings l
cents and eggs are worth II. The bes
. property in the way of produce just no,
:. is potatoes. The old ones are all gon
and new ones hard to find at any price
T, The bottom has dropped out of tn
o wool market, the buyers say, and yer
few lots of fine command 20 cents,
cents being about the best figure fo
{ that grade.
Il AS heretofore announced, Miss Div
Thompson, reader and character impel
n senator, will give an entertainment 9
Il the town hall on the evening of Monda
s next. The Milford Ohioan saws of he
appearance there: "The School ha
was filled last week to listen to Mis-
II Olive Thompson in her wonderful MOI
IS ologue entertainment. The programm
. was excellent, and rendered in a mos
-. pleasing style, and with brilliant effec
n Her rendering of The Battle of Ivry wa
II charmingly done. One of the imperson
tions which was greatly enjoyed was oil
in which she wore big bonnet an
. glasses and personated an old maid. Mi
- Thompson will be sure of a full hou,
o when she appears here next year, whic