Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13


and so are II part of the stores, but the
majority of them follow the plan stated.
There is some probability that Hon.
II. ii. Mcintyre of West Randolph,
chairman of the Vermont Worlds fair
commission, VIII attend the annual meet
ing of the Sheep Breeders association,
which will be held here on the 25th inst.
When kerosene was first brought in
to Middlebury for sale, in 1858, by the
late DR.. Russell, then druggist here, it
retailed at just ten times its present
price, or at $l.25 a gallon. One of the
earliest lamps for burning 1t used here is
in the Sheldon museum.
The senior class of the college has
chosen officers as follows: President,
z. g. Ross; vice-president, Miss Emma
Dorsey; treasurer and secretary, w. j
Douglass; historian, G. E. Cady; orators
j. b. DOnoway; prophet, Miss Susie
Wilder; POSTMASTER, F. B. Wynne.
1t has been pretty definitely decided
that the dates of the four lectures which
Literary Editor Burton of the Hartford
(Conn.) Courant will give at the town
hall, under the auspices of the college.
are to he Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb.
IA and 10, and Tuesday and Wednesday,
Feb 81 and %.
There were 80 deaths in this village
during 1892, 16 of them of persons over
20 years of age and 10 of them of those
over 50. The names of the latter were
Mrs. Eli Parker, Mrs. Charles Tinney,
Mrs. Charlotte Laid, Mrs. E. r. Smith.
Mrs. Sardis Dodge, Mrs. Margaret
Bell, Mrs. Caroline Merriman, l.. r.
Sayre, Manfred Foote and S. L. Bis
sell.
The intense cold and the lack of water
In the river continue to make more or less
I trouble for the users of water-power at
, this point Ice has formed on the brink
) of the falls so as to almost stop the flow
of water over them. Looking at the sit
uation here, one can summon up nearly
enough faith to believe an Associated
press dispatch from Quebec which saws
that the falls of the Montmorencv are
frozen solid.
The Ladies' library entertainment at
Mr.. Beckwith's on Wednesday evening
was pleasant and profitable affair all
around. The chief feature of it, of
course, was Hon. j. w. Stewards talk
on his travels in Europe lact fall, which,
it goes without saying, was interesting
and instructive. Fine refreshments
were served and there was singing by
DR.. Sheldon and the college glee club
Financially the affair was success.
) The snow-storm of Monday brought to
an end the finest skating that Middle
bury folk have had for years. There
was no limit to that which the river
afforded last week. One could go as far
as he chose to the southwark and the
same was true to the northward, except
i that it was necessary to walk around the
several falls and spots of rapid water
between here and Vergennes. The sport
was enjoyed by hundreds of young and
\ old, who were out both day and night.
Mr.. Donald Downie. b. C. L., will
give an illustrated lecture on England,
Ireland and Scotland at the town hall
> on the evening of the 26th inst, week
from next Thursday night. He is
spoken of in terms of the highest praise
e by such papers as the New York Tribune,
Press, Herald and World, which DIES.
cribe his entertainments as of superior
character as regards both what he saws
and the pictures he shows. Further
announcement will be made next week
Middlebury sent ten or more couples to
: the annual dance aud banquet of the
Western Vermont Masonic union at Or
well, Wednesday night. The gathering
was eminently successful both in attend
ance and in the pleasure it afforded the
participants. Fully $50 couples were
there, and it is hardly necessary to add
that Landlord Kimball of the Eagle Inn
entertained them handsomely or that
his efforts in that direction were heartily
seconded by the good people of the
town.
The national bank of Middlebury paid
a semi-annual dividend of per cent. on
the I'd inst. At the annual meeting of
the stockholders on Tuesday the direc-
tors were all reelected, as were
the officers by the directors. Col.
A. A. Fletcher is the president and
Mr.. }, G. Wellington the vice-president.
The directors are these gentlemen, Mr..
G. S. Wainwright, Hon. w. p. Nash and
Mr.. G. NJ. Fletcher. There is no change
in the working force, Mr.. Pinney contin-
ung as cashier, Mr.. G. M. Fletcher as
teller and Mr.. II. Ii. Fletcher as book
keeper.
The journal of Education, a Boston
publication, is soon to issue a memorial
number devoted 10 the interest of