Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-12-12

very good, and business of all sorts has
frightened up. The weather, as will be
seen by the report at the head of the
page, has been exceptionally cold some
of the time. Wednesday it moderated
and thaw was threatened yesterday.
1t has been found necessary, in order
to comply with the bylaws, to hold the
final meeting of the village trustees on
the evening of the goth inst. 1t will be
at the office of Mr.. II. l.. Sheldon, the
clerk, and all who have bills are request
ed to bring them in then, as it will be
the last chance to get them paid by this
board. N
A telegram was received here on Tues
day announcing the death at Potsdam,
N. Y, of Frank F. Douglas, only son of
the late Hon. F. d. Douglas of Whiting
No further information has come except
a telegram saying that the remains will
be brought on this afternoons train from
the north. The funeral was held at Pots
dam yesterday. Where the burial is to
be no one here knows, nor is the cause of
death known. Mr.. Douglas graduated
from the college in the class of 80 and had
been of late engaged in the study of law
at Potsdam.
>>The New England Farmer of Dec. II,
1927, has this item, headed "Gas-light for
Factories: "There is ii cotton factory
at Middebury, VT, which has recently
been lighted up with gas, the only exper-
imeDt of the kind ever made in the Unit
ed States. 1t is found that the expense
of the gas is about the same as that of
oil, but the former has great advantages,
giving steady light by which the hands
can work as well as in the day; is entire
ly free from smoke, by which the neat
ness of the factory is greatly promoted,
and moreover occasions but little expos
ure to fire.
The annual meeting and election of Of
ficers of Russell Post, G. A. R., was held
Wednesday night. The officers chosen
are: Commander (re-elected), DR.. E. p.
Russell; S. V. c., w. II. Bingham; j.
V. c., James F. Tracy; o. of D., w. w.
Martin; o. of G., G. E. Norton; @. NJ,
G. w. Pinney; surgeon, Geo. McCue
chaplain, b. l.. Fleming; delegates to
State encampment, w. II. Bingham, p.
S. Severance; alternates, B. w. Crane,
Otis Abbey. The post has gained con-
siderably in membership during the past
year and now, for the first time in its his
tory, is entitled to two delegates to the
State encampment.
The ladies of ST. Stephens parish had
a very successful fair at the town hall on
Wednesday afternoon and evening, the
gross proceeds from admissions and
goods sold being over $500. All kinds of
articles of use and ornament, as well as
the best of eatables in great variety,
were offered for sale. The people OF all
the churches turned out in force. The
great feature was the play, "Place aux
DANES, which was presented both in the
afternoon and in the evening Mrs. H.
G. Royce had charge of it and the char
acters, every one of whom did exceeding
ly well, were: Macbeth Mrs. Z. f. Chap
man; Juliet, Miss Anna Slade; Ophelia,
Miss Sophie Wainwright; Portia, Miss
Lottie Russell. There was also excellent
music.
The Western Vermont Congregational
club held an interesting meeting with the
church here on Tuesday, the president,
Rev. G. f. Carter of Burlington, presid-
ing. The first paper, by Rev. A. w.
Wild of Elizabethtown, n. Y, dealt with
the first hundred years of Congregations
alism in the Champlain valley. He gave
valuable statistics, saying, among other
things, that out of $50 ministers who
were college graduates that had served
in the valley in the past 100 years, 1876
were from Middlebury college. The
longest pastorate was that of Rev. DIR.
Merrill in Middlebury-50 years. Other
speakers on this topic were Prest. Brain
erd, Rev. M. l.. Severance and Hon. H..
G. Root of Bennington and Judge Smith
of Vergennes. A discussion of '"The
present problems of Congregationalism",
, opened by Rev. c. Ii. Merrill of the YER
mont Domestic Missionary society, was
continued by Rev. DR.. Weber. At the
afternoon session Rev. DR.. Seaver of
t Rutland read paper on Cardinal New
man; Rev. Dr. Smart of Brandon made
remarks on the same subject; resolutions
, on the death of Rev. DR.. +. p. Wild of
? Manchester were adopted, and COM
mittce to nominate officers to the annual
! IL.
land in January, was appointed, consist
ing of Hon. g. G. Benedict, Prof wager
and Rey. DIR. n. Seaver.
Ask your butcher about "No rosn."
LASTS thrice as long"