Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-12

full. so were some OF the men eXcur-
when they got home. There was
no rain to bother them till they arrived
back, when it was raining hard.
Middlebury now has telephone con-
with Brandon and Rutland. The
line into town from the south was COM
pleted on Wednesday, and it is now
building from here north. 1t goes out of
north by North Pleasant street.
The poles on that thoroughfare look as if
had been set on a line produced by
the footsteps of a man carrying a con-
gressional jag.
The Sunday night mail out of Middle
bury has been discontinued. Under the
arrangement of trains the night
south on Sundays does not stop
here regularly, though it does OCCASION
ally to take water, and, as there was no
certainty of the mail getting on, the
postal authorities thought best to dis
continue the arrangement entirely.
There will be the usual Monday morning
mail from New York, coming by the
early sleeping train.
Hats form the leading feature of cam
paign regalia this year. The Harrison
head-covering is a tall, b~ell-crowned.
drab and hairy affair, with wide, turned
up brim, made in imitation of the histor-
ical ''grandfather's" head-gear. 1t re-
sembles some of the old patterns of half
a century ago to be seen in the Sheldon
1t is made cheap and retails
for 81. The Cleveland hat is a pearl of
modern cut, like those worn by the ex-
President. 1t costs the same as the Re-
publican brand.
The board of civil authority held its
first meeting for the revision of the check
list on Saturday. The attendance was
small. The lists were posted that after
noon-one at the post-office here, an
other at the p~ost-office in East Middle
bury and a third In the town clerks Of
flee. Voters should see to it that their
names are on, and if they do not find
them there, be on hand at the mex meet
ing of the board and have them put on,
provided they ought to go. The boards
next meeting will be on the Goth inst.
The gang of Italian laborers employed
in regarding the Bristol railroad get their
bread at the local bakery, and curious
bread it is. Mr.. Champagne builds it
from a sample brought up from New
York and submitted to him for imitation
by the caterer for the gang. The loaves
resemble in size and shape the body of
a dressed chicken. The compound is
sailed with three times the salt used in
common bread, it is allowed to raise but
little and is baked hard, so that the COM
pleted lOaves are very heavy and solid.
Tuesday night Mr.. {. w. Earl had
quite a collection of fish and reptiles in
the aquarium in his front window. 1t
of a black bass, a perch, a
club, a pickerel, a frog and a mud tur-
tie. Wednesday morning it was badly
used up. During the night the pickerel
ate up all the other fish except the perch
and then Jumped out of the tank upon
the floor, where he lay dead. The turtle
apparently became Disguised with his
company and was found in the back
room of the store. Only the frog and
the perch remained behind.
The weather has been insufferably hot
another week. 1t was at its worst, per-
laps, on Wednesday, when the thermom-
,ter stood at over 80 in the shade and the
iir was heavy and close. Yesterday was
not much of an Improvement, notwith-
standing the rain of Wednesday night.
Many people are more or less used up by
he heat. An unusual feature of the hot
weather this year is the continuation of
he high temperature during the nights.
Ordinarily shutdown brings relief in heat
I'd terms, but it hasn't worked that way
he present season, and so loss of sleep
ldds to the discomfort of humanity.
During the thunder storm on Wednes-
afternoon the lightning struck some
where on the south or east side of Chip
nan hill. There was a binding flash,
by a tremendous clap of thun-
Ter that frightened horses on the street
nto running and nearly deafened people
Who were out of doors. 1t looked from
he vicinity of the bridge as if the bolt
anded near Gov. Stewards residence,
,ut it seems to have come down farther
Up the hill. Just at the m of this
lash a bolt of lightning appeared in the
,itchen of Mr.. c. y. Piper's home, on
he north end of Seymour street, arriv-
ng by way of the chimney and stove
'ipe and departing by way of the open
Ioor. The hired girl, who was in the
DOM, was not hurt, nor was any damage
one.