Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-30

Brainerd, Miss Matte Daunis, Miss
Wheeler, prcceptress of the High school,
and Principal Bullock.
Mr.. F. ID. Boynton, recently of Mid
debury and now of Webster, Monroe
Co., n. Y, has sent his friend, Rev. Mr..
Heaxt, a barrel of apples to show him
what that region can produce. One of
them, and not the biggest of the lot, has
been left at this office. 1t weighs 164
ounces and girths 133 inches.
Henry Merritt, who formerly lived in
the village and is now employed in
Leicester or vicinity, was up before Hon.
L. d. Eldredge, justice of the peace,
on Friday on complaint of Grand Juror
Slade, who charged him with furnishing
iptoxicants. He pleaded guilty and
paid the fine of So and the costs.
The railroad company has decided to
make use of the village water for supply
ing its engines and tariff of $500 year
has been agreed upon by representatives
of the company and the water commits
sioners. The road is now erecting the
necessary tank near the new passenger
station. 1t will be supplied by a two
inch pipe from the main.
Rev. S. w. Bidwell of East Middle
bury, who is 81 years of age and has
been in the ministry of the Methodist
church Just half a century, will speak
at the Methodist church in this village
on Sunday morning next at the usual
hour of morning service. In the course
of his sermon he will give "reminiscences
of his experiences as Clergyman.
States Attorney w. II. Bliss has re-
signed. the resignation to take effect on
the lst of next month. Judge Slade has
been talked of as his successor, but he
is understood not to care for the office.
and the indications are that it will go to
F. L. Fish, Esq, of Nergennes. The
power to fill the vacancy lies with the
assistant judges of the county court.
a village correspondent writes: \
pleasant party was that at Mr.. and Mrs
c. y. Lyman's last Monday evening, it
being the tenth anniversary of their
marriage. About thirty of their neigh
bors and friends were present and pre-
sented them with a very nice chair, be-
sides other articles of usefulness, which
they received with the best wishes of
their friends for their future happiness
and prosperity.
Little Roadway has been made on the
water works during the past ten days.
The pipes in the streets are all down, the
pumpirg-station building is substantially
completed and one of the water wheels is
in place. The smaller water wheel and
the pumps are not yet here and nothing
further of any consequence can be ac-
complished till they do put in an appear
ance. When they will be here does not
seem to be clear to any one connected
with the job.
A hearing was begun at the court
house on Monday, before Mayor Hasel-
ton of Burlington, special master, in the
case of Joel Randall's admr. vs.. Milo b.
Randall and others, a chancery case that
has been on the docket for some time.
Messrs. Stewart & Wids are the attor-
neys for the administrator, Judge Hay
ward of Weybridge, and Messrs. Bliss &
Royce for the defendants. The hearing
was suspended Tuesday night, re-
sumed yesterday morning and finished
last night.
Several residents on the north side of
the school-house park have had a sewer
put down this week by Mr.. Allan Cal
houn. It's 166 feet long and emptes
into the big sewer which runs through
the hollow in front of the High-school
building. The tile is four-inch. The
old sewer long used by the jewellers in
that locality ran behind the houses,
crossed Weybridge street near the Cath
Ollie church and emptied under the side
walk near Mr.. Eldredges. 1t gave out
this summer and something had to be
done before winter set in. The village
I
charter and bylaws of the corporation
they have no right to build sewers, so
those interested had to take hold on their
own responsibility.
How story grows and gets twisted
out of true has been forcibly illustrated
here within week. Last Thursday the
story was current on the street that a
! team of horses used by Col. I. NJ. Chap
man in his logging operations on the
mountains TO the eastward had fallen in
coming down "A steep hill and broken
their necks. Investigation failed ia
bring out any foundation for the tale
and so it was not printed The origin
of it was this: The team did break the
forward axle of the wagon in descend
ing from the mountain; some one who
knew the fact tried to tell another per-
son, but called the axle an 'eX'', a com
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