Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-04-07

The spring term of the college opened
yesterday with most of the students
back. Commencement will come this
year on the 18th of June. The spring
term OF the graded school began Tues
day morning. There will be no session
today, as it is legal holiday.
Signs of spring continue to multiply,
although the temperature is hardly up
to the balny notch. On Sunday NOR
ming the thermometer at Bread Loaf Inn
stood at below zero. The ice went out
of the river Monday night and the snow
has almost entirely disappeared.
The large colored windows for the
new Methodist church arrived the other
day, but were so badly smashed on the
way that the building committee re-
fused to accept them. They were made
in Washington, d. c., and had been
nearly Il month on the road. Others will
have to be ordered.
Only about 100 dogs had been regis
tered at the town clerks Office at the
close of business April /, the last day of
the low tariff. Unless dog-owners be-
stir themselves and register their pos
sessions, the town officials charged with
the duty of slaughtering the unregIstcr-
ed will have large job to do.
Makers of maple sugar have had rather
discouraging time of it this spring.
There have been as yet but very few
days when the sap ran well, and it is
now so late that not much sugar weather
can be hoped for. The supply of syrup
and sugar in the local market is small.
though the quality of that offered is
good.
Mr.. VIM. Duncan was painfully hurt
at the freight depot the other day while
engaged in loading pulp into ear. He
undertook to draw himself up into car
by means of the small chain which holds
the hook used for fastening the door,
when the chain broke, letting him fall
over backward. His head struck upon
rail of the side-track.
The poverty" social to be held at the
Baptist parsonage, next Wednesday ev-
ening, promises to be unique and inter-
estlng affair. Prizes will be awarded
to the lady and the gentleman who at
tend showing the most satisfactory ev-
idence of being poverty-stricken so all
are asked to go in ''rags, tags or tattered
gowns, and have good time. There
will be the usual supper, and an admis-
sion fee will be charged. The proceeds
will be for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid
society of the Baptist church.
One would hardly suppose that the re
were within 80 miles of here as many
fur-bearing animals as Mr.. Robert Thon.-
as has caught this winter. He lives a
couple of miles up the river from Middle.
bury and does his trapping in this town
and in Salisbury and Leicester. During
the winter he has taken nine wildcats, %
mink and lot of other animals, such as
foxes, muskrats. etc. The bounties on his
clptives amounted to nearly 5000. the
State paying $40 each on the wildcats
A new Middlebury institution is the
Maplewood club, which was organized
the other evening. 1t has 20 members
already and more residents of the vii.
Ilge and its vicinity are coming INTO 1t
The officers are: President, Philip b
Stewart; secretary, w. H. Button
treasurer, Harry H. Fletcher; business
committee, w. II. Bliss, Philip B. Man
chester, c. NJ. Wilds and DR.. w. H
Sheldon. Rooms for the club have been
secured on the second floor of the Bat
tell block. These will be furnished a
once and the club will soon be in opera
ton.