Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-22

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One of the bob-tailed French hens
owned by Mr.. Frank Stone has distin-
guished herself by producing an egg
that measures "a inches one way by 81
the other and weighs a quarter of
pound.
Local spOrtsmen have had some luck
duck-shooting on the Fair in Cornwall.
1t is said that the ducks have now all
been driven away from the stream. The
crop of squirrels and cartridges is ie-
ported to be rather slim in thus region.
Rev. C. F. Noble, the pastor, will
preach at the Methodist church on Sun
day morning and Rev. j. j. Noe, the
presiding elder, Will preach in the even
ing, the service to begin at Z 80 o'clock
The Epworth league will meet at 80
p. m.
The steamer which Nj. Champagne
brought here from Lake Dunmore few
weeks since and placed in the river has
been overhauled and painted and the
machinery repaired. 1t is now IN good
running order, and is moored up above
the boom that has been placed across
the stream above the railroad bridge to
catch refuse and prevent injury to the tenn
porary bridges.
A hearing in the chancery case of
Lorraine A. lockwood VS.. Theron NJ.
Sturtevant has been in progress at the
court house since Wednesday morning
before exGov. w. p. Dillingham; of
Waterbury, to whom it was referred. 1t
was hoped that the hearing might be
finished last night. Mr.. Bliss appears
for lockwood and Messrs. Stewart 81
Wilds for Sturtevant.
Residents up the river have had busy
week of it fighting mosquitoes, and their
ravages have extended even to the vii
brought out fresh and particularly lus-
ty and hungry crop. The north wind of
the last two days has cooled their ardor
somewhat, but on Monday and tuesday,
it was as much as ones life was worth
to venture great way above the village.
Letters with the following addresses
are at the post-office unclaimed: Arthur
Bostwick, Jas. Blase, VIM. L. Swoyer,
Mrs. Ellen Abare, Miss Hattie Brassard,
Miss Hattie Brassor. Miss Hattie Bras
saw, Miss Anna Brislin, Miss Bernice
Drescoll, Miss Jennie Lapham. Miss
Josie McNorton, Miss Florence Morrison,
Miss Lucy L. Severy. Mrs. Minnie Stone,
Miss Fannie Welch, Northwestern Guar
anty LoaE Co.
Later information seems to make it al
most certain that Mrs. Otis Burt of Bird
port, who died on Thursday morning of
last week at the Pierce House, had apo
pleXy, and that her fall in floral hall on
the fair grounds the previous afternoon
was due to sIdden illness. 1t is now said
that she fell over backwards after reach
ing the top step. The funeral was at
tended from the Catholic church here on
Saturday morning. Mrs. Burt was "A wO-
man of many good qualities and was
highly respected where best known.
Engineer Roys of Rutland, who has
charge of the bridges on the Rutland
division of the Central Vermont, was in
town on Tuesday. He says that the
iron railroad bridge which is to replace
the trestle now in use here is nearly
ready for erection. 1t is beng made in
Elmira, n. Y. The bridge gang of the
road are now putting in a bridge at
Proctorsville and when through there
Will come to Middlebury and put up
this one. That will be in the course of
two weeks. The piers here are ready
for the bridge and the woodwork for it
ties and gaurd rails-are also finished
for use.
The water commissioners have had
boxes made to shield the hydrants
from the rigors of the winter. Most of
them froze up last winter, but it is pro-
posed to ascertain if they cannot be
Induced to reform next winter. The
boxes have removable tops. They will
be filled with straw or shavings before
cold weather sets in. In some English
NiAico lhN WdtCl uldluS are 81
that hydrants can be easily and quickly
attached at numerous points, thus doing
away with fixed hydrants. Each fire
company carries its own hydrant and
screws it into the main wherever water
is required Some such scheme might
be useful here.
Oyer 80 relatives and friends had an
enjoyable meeting at Mr.. Henry East
woods, in the Seeley district, last Friday
afternoon, the occasion being the BIRTH
day of Miss Clara Eastwood and Mr.. p.
b. ClOyes. The whole half hundred
guests were entertained at tea, which
was ample and excellent, and passed the
evening very pleasantly together. Both
Miss Eastwood and Mr.. Cloyes received
a number of handsome presents, the
latter especially noteworthy ones from