Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11

for the round trip. Excursionists must
get to New York by the morning of the
3Oth and must be home by noon of Oct. 6.
The funeral of Miss Julia, youngest
daughter of Mr.. Reuben Liberty of
Brooksvile, was attended from the
Catholic church on Tuesday morning,
Rev. FIR. Lane officiating. Her death
occurred on Sunday evening, after a
brief illness. She was an exceptionally
bright girl and a great favorite with her
nelghbors and friends.
Miss Morris horse and dog show drew
large crowds to the town hall on We'd
nesday and Thursday evenings, and those
who went were well repaid for the money
and time expended. Without going into
details of the performance, it may be
said truthfully that it is one of the very
best of the shows of the sort on the road
and deserves to prosper.
Mr.. II. 6. Wilcox of East Middlebury
has sent to this office stalks of Stowell's
evergreen corn from his garden that are
u feet high, with the ears good seven
feet from the ground. 1t is from seed
bought at DR.. Sheldon's. Mr.. Il. W.
Pitts has some in his garden in this
village that is almost as high and large.
Mr. p. b, Cloyes of the south part of
the town, whose watch was stolen on
Thursday last by tramp. who took it
| hi Ia, I'll tol1 tIo |, ;of
as far as Leicester Corners. There he
lost track of him and hasn't been able to
get any clue to his Whereabouts. Dep.
MY Sheriff Cobb has sent description
officers in the State.
Postmaster Stewart has planned tC
start next week on tour of inspection
of the post offices of the county, in com
pliance with a request from the post
master-general. who has issued a circu
lar to the postmaster at each county
seat in the country asking them to dc
D this work. The object of the inspection
/ is to gather information about the smale
offices with view to seeing what can b,
done to improve the mail service.
The village is threatened with plagu
of worms. They have appeared on man,
shade trees all over the place. Up in st
Adams there has been no end of troubl
with them. One year they come IN mod
crate numbers, as here this year; tn
d next season the leaves were all eaten OF
c the trees, the worms were on everythin
i and on everybody who stirred out o
t doors and it required Il large outlay o
time and money to rid the village of tn
nuisance. Something should be don
here, and that right away.
Thirty freshmen, the largest numbe
in the recent history of the college, pre-
II sented themselves at the opening of tn
Is fall term yesterday. The members c
II the older classes were on hand for til
!, most part. There are two new instruct
(, ors this year, Prof. Merriman, who take
Is physics and astronomy, studies formerl
taught by the president, who this yea
teaches the seniors in place of Pro
Wager. and Prof. James, late principal {
the graded school, who succeeds NJ
Patton as professor of Latin and French
h. The water commissioners, Messrs. !
II j. Marshall, T. NJ. Chapman and II.
* sheldon, have fixed the rates for the u
III of the village water as follows: Fam
u lies of five persons, Sc a year; each a.
ditional family in same house. So; wat,
closet, So; bath tub, 81; Office or stor
= 50; barber shop, So photograph CALLER
Sc; church, So; steam apparatus
IN dwelling house, 50; hose for lawn al
:, street purposes, quarter-inch jet, $
L. hose for garden and for washing window
and carriages, So one horse, 50 eaC
,s additional horse, 81 /; one COW, 81; ca,
Is additional COW, 30; hotels and publ
- buildings, special contract. These rat
are subject to revision.
oil hphopse Chaquette, who was out
re 26Ih>of last month found guilty of mt
nrfder in the second degree in killing Ere
erick Collette of rrisburgh on the 81
of August, 1890, was taken to the Sta
= prison at Windsor on Tuesday by Sher
=, Howard Clark of Lincoln and Depu
Sheriff Oln \. Smith of Addison. /
was not sentenced, it will be remembers
~ pending the hearing by the supreu
~ court of the exceptions taken by /
III counsel. That hearing cannot be HI
oe till February. States Attorney Bill
thought he had better be put where
OF could certainly be found when want
ht1 and accordingly obtained from Gov PA
lis permission to have him kept at WindsC