Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

across the street, and Andrew Ruther-
ford, whose home was what is now the
Logan House. The last of these con-
trbutors to pass away was Leonard
Walker, who died about a year ago.
The original cost of the building was
about $4,000. In 1880 it was quite ex.
tensively repaired and redecorated at "A
cost of about $780, 1t was a comforta-
BILE and sufficiently commodious editice,
having, on the floor and in the gallery,
500 sittings.
The first resident Methodist pastor in
Middlebury was Rev. Phneas Peck, who
labored here about 1910. But Methodism
had gained foothold in the town in the
first years of the century, for Rev. Eben-
ezer Washburn, who was on the Yer
gennes circuit as early as 1901, wrote:
AT Mddlebury ! found small and
prosecuted class. Our preaching was at
the house of Lebbeus Harris, and in the
midst of that village our average con-
gregation was from % to 30 The old
"Rookery", which fell victim to the
time used as place for holding services
and later there was a chapel on Seymour
street.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SERVICES.
The services of the church will be held
at the town hall at the usual hours till
further notice. The other churches
kindly offered the privileges of their
houses of worship to the homeless con-
gregation. The present pastor of the
church is Rev. F. G.. IeaXt, who is now
almost at the end of three years of SER
vice here. He is deservedly esteemed by
his people and by the townspeople gen
orally, and under his guidance the
church is certain to triumph over its diff
iicultes and perhaps will be the better for
having to contend with them. These
additional notices are handed in:
Mr.. Barton, superintendent. gives no
tice that the Methodist Sunday school
will meet in the town hall Sunday at II
M. All members of the school are spec
tally INVITED to be present
, The Young people of the Epworth
League will hold their services Sunday
evening at o'clock in the town hall.
The first anniversary of the organization
of the Epworth League of Mddlebury Will
be held in the town hall, Sunday, Feb.
II. Rev. Mr.. HeaXt will give sermon
in the morning in the interest of the
. league and the regular anniversary eXer-
cises will take place in the evening.
THOSE FROZEN MIGRANTS.
1t must be confessed that the water
works did not show TO the best advan-
tage on this occasion. But it must be
remembered that they are not yet com
pleted-at any rate, they have not been
turned over to the vllage-and that
such a system, although comparatively
simple, is not as easy to get in running
order as Il boot jack. Many points about
it have to be learned by experience, and
= mistakes of construction. thus ascertain
ed, corrected That is Just what Mr..
: Davis, the gentleman IN charge of the
construction. is doing. The freezing of
the hydrants arose from one of two
things-ether there was not space
enough at the bottoms of them for the wa
ter which ought to have run out of the
t holes left for drainage, or the caps were
i put on the openings for the attachment
! of hose too soon after closing the ny
e drants. The gate shutting the water
j out of the post of hydrant is at the
e foot OF the post, so that, provided the
;, drainage is all right, it wont freeze VI
5 unless the ground freezes down to the
t leyel of the mains. But when the by.
5 drant is opened, for testing, as these
i have been, or for any other purpose, the
II water rises to the top of the post Oh
e course it wouldn't do to allow it to stay
n there in cold weather after the hydran
e valve is closed, and so a small hole i:
e bored through the post just above tn,
n valve to let it out into the ground
d When the hydrants were set cobbie
Is stones were placed about the foot o
Y each one, in order to make sure of d
h space into which it could drain 1t i
If possible that the abundant rains of tn,
it fall have filled the space so provided
N thus preventing proper drainage. Blu
lie the more probable cause of the troubl
,r is that the caps were put on too soOl
'r after testing, shutting out the air and St
I'd holding the water up in the posts. Tel
)r or dozen of the hydrants were frozen
he They have all been thawed out. and MI
o. DAVIS has drilled holes in all the caps, a
IN he is strongly of the opinion that the Sc,
L. ond cause mentioned is the true one.
at the hydrants do not work now he will
it find out about the other possible Difficult
ne ty and remedy that. The hydrants ha
n, been tested all around every few day
it till last week, when Mr.. Davis and hi
men were fully employed putting in til
smaller water wheel and finishing u
lg work in general at the pump house, s
he that the hydrants were left more |
as themselves. 1t is safe to say that the