Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-02-20
VERGENNEs.

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Loyal Kent of Panton is seriously i'll
with kidney trouble.
The backbone of winter is broken.
and spring is coming.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur kellogg died on Wednesday last.
Miss Mary johnson went to Castleton
on Monday to attend the Normal school.
Charles LaBpuff has the contract for
building large barn for G. w. Ward
of New Haven.
Eta, daughter of Josie Gage, aged 10.
died at the Reform school of pneumonia
on Thursday last.
Mrs. Ezra Booth accidentally fell
downstairs on Thursday last and was
quite seriously injured.
At st. Paul's Episcopal and st. Peters
roman Catholic churches the regular
Lenten services will be held.
John II. Booth of Mooers, N. Y.
made his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Booth, a visit on Saturday last.
Herrick Stevens and daughter, Jennie
D. nave returned from Chicago, where
they have been visiting relatives.
The Catholic society are to dedicate
their new church organ and entertain
the public with concert the 9th inst.
The Bohemian glass blowers have
possession of City hall this week, Ethan
Allen post, G. A. r., dividing the gains.
Miss Ella Bradbury, who resides with
her mother, Mrs. C. Bradbury, on FL
DOW street, is confined to the house by
illness.
u. H. Sprigg & Co. shipped 22O lambs
ana a car OF cattle, and DO. Noonan
a car of new-mlch cows to the Boston
market on Monday.
Ii. T. Fisher is busily engaged put
tihg the necessary saw-mill machinery
into the Keller tannery building which
he lately purchased.
The fiftieth anniversary of the we'd
ding of John L. Liberty and wife will be
celebrated on Thursday by the many
relatives of the family.
The "Star of Hope" temperance or
gahlzation of Hinesburgh visited the
Nergennes society on Wednesday and
were entertained at their society rooms.
c. II. Colson of Port Henry and w.
Il. Peake of Bristol were registered at
the Stevens House Tuesday. The for
mer will manage the American House
here after April l..
The Wallace Hopper Comedy COM
pany entertained the theatre-going pub
lie at School-house hall on Tuesday
evening. The company is good one
and deserve the patronage of the pub
lie.
John w. Martin of Middlebury. Car
los {. Martin of Ferrisburgh and Thomas
FISH OF this city will start for Slough
ton, WIS, on Saturday next to attend
the golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Fish.
Saturday, market day, eggs took
tumble, going at 20 cents; butter was
about the same, potatoes are lower and
will undoubtedly continue to fall in
price on account of the large stock held
back by the farmers.
IL. B. Wright of Waltham, with his
trotting mare Headlight, and Arthur
Tappan of Panton, with his PAGER, had
race of two heats on Saturday,
Headlight winning the first two heats
and the race no time was given.
DIR. j. B. Mahana of Benson, presi-
dent of the proposed saddle-back rail-
road through the lake towns from
Whitehall to Vergennes, was here on
Friday evening and explained the scheme
and exhibited models of cars, tracks,
etc. The plan looks feasible, and if
this or any other system of commune
cation through these lake-shore towns
could be put in operation, it would add
greatly to the profits of farming and
increase the value of lands. Vergepnes
people have not come to any conclusion,
but will investigate the business before
investing. \ meeting is called for Fri
day evening.