Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-05-20

will contend for the Merrill prizes, and
Messrs. Wilson, Marshall, Leonard and
Rowley of the freshman class for the
Parker prizes.
With the advent of warm weather,
dusty streets and the probability of dry
gardens and lawns little later, the de-
mand for the village water increases rap
idly and Mr.. Calhoun and his men have
all they can do putting in connections
and fitting up the houses of takers.
The next social event is the dance of
the Battell Hose company at the town
hall on the evening of Wednesday next,
the 25th inst. A large attendance is
looked for. The local orchestra will
play for the dancers and the Ladies' Aid
society will serve the supper in the lower
rooms of the hall.
The new steel rails which the railroad
company is distributing through here
and will lay presently weigh y lbs.
to the yard. Those now in use weigh Sc
lbs. 1t is SAID that when the new rails
road reballasted, the running time of
trains between Burlington and Rutland
will be considerably reduced.
Frank Taylor of New Haven was fined
s. and costs, Saturday. before Justice f.
III. Button, for intoXication. The date
OF the offense was some time last month.
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liquor. Guvette, on the other hand,
slid that Taylor stole 1t out of his wagon,
he having procured it for "A member of
his family who was i'll. Guyette was
released.
The local wool trade is rather dull.
Buyers are Offering about shilling
Vermont, of course-for fine, and they
say that is all the state of the market
will warrant. Sellers are not anxious to
dispose of their clips at this rate and so
the business is not lively. Some pro-
ducers are, however, inclined to think
this is about as well as they can do and
are unloading.
David Lepp of this town was fined
$l3.5l for INVESTIGATION in the Rutland
municipal court on Tuesday. He was
taken off the night train south at that
station Monday night. He said he went
as far as Rutland for the purpose of
taking leave of Il friend who was bound
for New York and that the liquor on
which he became intoxicated was sup
piled by the friend.
Mr. Stone, the Addison House porter,
has invented Il portable sectional bill
board, which he will have patented. 1t
is easily put up and taken down, can be
set at any angle, goes together without
screws or bolts and can be made of any
size. 1t is believed the invention will
prove of value, especially for use in
smaller towns. where the erection of
permanent bill boards is always opposed.
DIR. V. w. Blanchard has had patented
self-opening umbrella. When it is
closed pull on the handle releases the
ends of the ribs and the spring that is
compressed by the pull opens the UNI
brella partially. Another feature of the
invention is "A series of stays, of cord,
inside the covering, one for each rib,
which prevent the wind from turning the
umbrella wrong side out.
Butter brings lG cents. if of trst-class
quality, and eggs If cents. There is
revival of interest in potatoes, large
quantities of which have been shipped
down country during the past two weeks
by Mr. \. X. Carr. He is paying about
% cents a bushel for good stock. Hay
is increasing in value. as high as Sll a
ton being paid at the depot for the best
delivered there impressed. Shipments
of it are being made all the time.
The large force of men and teams en-
plOyed on the Battell block make salts
factory progress, the largeness of the
undertaking considered. The old wood
Ell building which has stood for years
near the railroad in the rear of the site
of the so-caled Slade store, is being
moved south, in order that there may be
room where it now stands for a side
track from the railroad. The building
will be thoroughly repaired and put in
presentable shape and used as a store
house.