Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-06

large and intero sted congregation.
Saturday night was Halloween. Res
idents of the village took precautions !
against the mslaying of property of
movable character by removing it to
places of safety. a wagon was found |
Sunday morning perched on the roof of
the new passenger station.
Letters addressed as follows have re-
manned at post-oflice one month unclaim-
ed: II. j. Arber, John b. Doyle, Mr..
Timan, ii. ii. OBrine, VIM. Henry
Startling, Mrs. X. f. Bentley, Miss Mary
Cousins, Miss Nellie Murdoch, Mrs. A.
j. Taylor, Mrs. w. ID. Watson.
The graded school closed last night for
the week in order that those of the teach
ers who chose might go to the meeting
of the State Teachers association in
Montpelier, and that the fire-box of the
boiler supplying steam for heating might
be refined, a job that will require two
days
1t may be of interest to residents of
liiC WV IL W hIoN lldJ StNtl lltuu VI
hackney horses sold by Dr. Webb of
Shelburn at auction in New York last
week brought $500 each on the average.
They were of the same breed as the stall
lion which DR.. Webb has lately present.
ed to this town.
Much interest was manifested locally
in Tuesday elections. The returns were
taken at the Western Union office by Mr..
BruyG and copies sent to each of the
three hotels, where there were more or
less people to hear them up to , o'clock
in the morning. As usual, the news was
rather unsatisfactory.
Col. a. \. Fletcher and Rufus VAIN
wright, Esq, executors of the estate of
the late Mrs. Charlotte W. Wright, have
sold the house and lot on South Pleasant
street, now occupied by DR.. Smith and
family, to Miss Adella f. Hammond, who
is to have possession April next. The
, price is not made public.
Terence Cunningham, aged 10 years,
died at the town farm on Tuesday of
Bright's disease. He was native of
this village and had been at the town
, blouse since Sept. IL. He spent the
greater portion of his life as IA profes-
siona tramp. The funeral was attended
Yesterday, Rev. Mr.. Bidwell officiating
t 1t is said that the October Just ended
) was the coolest known here for many
years, and November, so far has broken
, the record for that month for the past
i, six years. The ground is frozen and
5 blowing impossible. The streams and
. wells ale low and cisterns need filling.
Unless heavy rains come before winter
2 sets in, there will be mnch trouble from
failure of water supplies.
The best butter sells at % cents a
pound. The heavy frosts have had "A
: preiudicia effect upon the quality of it
and it is not likely that the present price
will be maintained Eggs, which are
worth % cents, come in in great numbers
Merchants complain that some of them
have been kept too long; in one lot
brought into a store on Monday the first
2G tested yielded IL bad ones.
= \ copy in plaster of bust of Rev. DIR.
\ BHamlin, president of the institution from
4 lSS0 to 1883, has been presented to the
college. 1t is considered good likeness
The college is also the recipient of two
silk United States flags from the United
I States consul at Lyons, France. Mr.,
lFairtield the donor, is the son of Rey
) Ncaiah Fairfield, who graduated from
the college in the class of 1909.
At the last annual March meeting the
town voted to purchase a new tow
clock. 1t was placed in the attic of the
Congregational church by the +. How
ard Clock Co. of Boston and warranted
: not to vary over eight minutes in year
1t has now been running six months ant
e it has not failed to beat every secOnC
and strike every hour, and it has gainet
= Just one and half minutes during tina
Y time.
Practically no Roadway has been mad,
q here on the water works during the pas
Y week, though the pumps and other ma
chinery are approaching completion a
the shops of the contractors in Burling
ton. 1t is now predicted that the work
= will be in full operation by the end o
this month at the latest. The pumpin!
station is all ready for the machinery, tn
" walls and ceiling having been decorated
= and shades hung at the windows.
Mr.. Durham has his lime kiln at tn
old Addison County Marble Co. quar-.
, all done and will start it up full blast il
- the course of a few weeks. 1t nigh
: have been doing business now but 70
- the lack of wood. Little of the qualit,
he desired had been cut and none of
y could be probably drawn to the xii
= except upon seds. The samples of lin
&c made are very white and fine and it
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