Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-18

pairs on the flume and the change of
wheels having been completed. The
pulp mill did not get agoing till Tuesday
morning.
Rev. DR.. Archibald will preach at the
Baptist church next Sunday. The two
Sundays following Rev. +. G.. Lyon of
Nobleboro, Me-, will conduct the services.
The hour of evening service has been
changed from 80 to o'clock.
The very best butter brought 20 cents
in this market on Monday and lower
grades II to 10. Eggs are worth Is
cents. SO far this season butter has
averaged about five cents a pound higher
than for the same period year ago.
Additional out-of-town scholars began
their studies on Monday at the graded
school, making the total number of such
60. About half of these are in the gram
mer school and the rest in the high
school and in Miss O'Learys room,
No. D.
The funeral of an infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Lavonche, Jr., was at
tended on Wednesday. He died on
Tuesday, of cholera infantum, after a
brief illness. His age was Ii months.
Rev. FIR. Lane conducted the burial ser
vice.
The creditors of Mr.. Ira ID. Fletcher,
the Bridport merchant who went into
insolvency recently, had lively meeting
at the probate office on Tuesday, the con
troversy being over the choice of al
assignee. Mr.. *. w. Merritt of Shore
ham was finally chosen.
Two gangs of men employed on the
waterworks have been working the pas
week-one on the mains, which are now
being laid through the college ground;
out toward Col. Chapman's, and the Other
creek on DIR. Mellen's property.
Letters addressed as follows have re
manned at the post-otfice one month un
claimed; Barney Duiley, \. y. Lyke
ID. \. Rowe, ID. ). Twitchell, Free
Morse. Mrs. Villa Carpenter, Mrs. G
Holton, Miss Alice Whitcomb, Mrs
Margaret Mckye, Mrs. W. II. Walker.
Two lots of Merluo rams have beef
shipped hence to the West this week
One. of % head, bound for Montana. wa,
taken by Mr.. l.. c. Sturtevant of Wey
bridge; and the other, ll2 head. belonged
to Mr.. l.. j, Wright of Weybridge anC
went out in charge of his son-in-law, Mr.
| Cowles.
There was large attendance at the
Congregational chuch on Sunday last
when Rev. DR.. Weber, the pastor
preached for the first time since his va
cation. Mrs. Miner, the organist, whom
illness had kept from her post for tn,
better part of year, was on hand, too.
\ dearth of fruit jars causes no end o
veXaton to dealers and housekeepers
Few are to be had at any price either a
the stores here or from the city whole
salers, and as fruit is plentiful and suga
cheap everybody wants them. The fac
that such is the case all over the countr,
accounts for the scarcity of Jars.
The Epworth League had very en-
ioyable socable and gathering at til
home of Prof. Seely on Wednesday even
ing. The freshman class We're all invite
oil anf1n
peaches, pears, plums and grapes wer
served in bountiful quantities. Music
singing and a general good time for al
characterized the occasion.
w. ID. Dewey of Leicester is in tn
county Jail for safe-keeping. He ha
been decidedly queer for number o
years, and now is unquestionably insane
lie has recently tried to drown himsel
several times, the last attempt bein!
made on Sunday morning at the home O
his uncle, Homer Dewey, in the east par
of this town. He will probably be sen
to the State asylum at Waterbury.
Local sportsmen are trying to captur
game, but do not meet with startling SUE
cess. \ few partridge and woodc ocl
have been shot, but the former are nc
so plentiful as was supposed early in tn
season. OF squirrels there is grea
scarcity. Walnut, butternut and beecl
trees are all loaded with nuts, and thOs
wise in such matters predict that mex
year the woods will be full OF game.