Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-04-14

for 10 cents. Maple sugar and syrup are
still rather hard to get. The sugar sells
for 10 to II cents pound and the syrul
at about 81 gallon. One Ripton mat
has sold all the sugar he can make at II
cents pound.
Hon. William p. Dillingham; of Water
bury, governor of Vermont from 1883 to
1890, has been secured by Russell post,
G. A. r., to give the address here on
Decoration day. He is bright man and
an attractive talker, who may be trusted
to give something that will be well
worth hearing
The colored windows for the Metho-
dist church, which arrived last week
from the factory in a damaged condition,
were found when unpacked not to be so
much hurt as appearances indicated. The
most of them can be used, although ii
will be necessary to consume some time
in replacing broken pieces.
A "charity" ball at the town hall on
Wednesday evening was attended by
about GO people, who had an agreeable
night of ii and danced till well toward
morning. The Howard Opera House
orchestra of Burlington PLAYED for the
dancers and the ladies furnished the sup
per. which was served in the lower room
of the hall.
There will be no sermon at the Metho-
dist church services on Sunday next.
owing to the absence of the pastor. All
the other services If the day will be held
as usual. Rev. Mr.. TIeaxt, the pastor,
went on Tuesday to Albany, n. Y. to
attend the annual session of the Troy
conference, which opened on Wednesday
in Trinity church, Bishop Joyce pre\
siding.
The freshman class at college has started
weekly paper, "'rhe Aphrodite', the first
issue of which appeared on Wednesday.
The managers are +. II. Cults. editor-in-
chief; James Moore, college editor: c.
E. Fitzpatrick, literary editor; II. +.
Foster, sporting editor; c. B. Long, city
editor; e. r. Riggs, business manager.
1t is a four-page sheet, well filled with
matter of interest especially to the local
college world.
\ Rev. Mr. Dickens, the Congregational
pastor, preached an excellent sermon,
dealing with some of the problems which
confront the nation, at the union Fast
Il In I'm al, I'll, 10
morning. AS usual, the attendance at
the service was'smal. Rev. Messrs. Lyons
and IIeaXt, pastors of the Baptist and
Methodist churches, assisted in the ex-
were.closed all day.
Last Friday gave an unusual variety
of weather. 1t showed quite hard during
the night and in the forenoon. Friday
night there was a rain and thunder
storm and on Saturday came more thun-
der storms. The weather has since been
fairly springlike, although rather too
cold. 1t has been good week for
maple-sugar makers, cool nights and
bright days causing the best runs of sap
so far afforded this season.
Mrs. Carrie Nichols of Rochester,
Windsor county, was arrested on Tues
day evening by Officers Cushman and
Dickinson and jailed. She was charged
with having assaulted one Mary Brassaw,
resident of Munger street, on Sunday.
At the hearing before Justice Button,
Wednesday morning, it appeared that
both women were somewhat at fault,
and Mrs. Nichols was released. Judge
Slade appeared for the State and Mr..
Stapleton for the respondent.
Mr.. j. j. Durham is back from Chica-
go, where he passed several weeks. lie
has disposed of his interest in the Mid
dlebury Marble and Lime Co. to Mr..
Manchester of Boston and Middlebury,
under whose direction operations will be
carried on vigorously as soon as the
season opens. Mr.. Durham and family
will not leave town, however, he hay ing
another local business scheme under
way. OF this more can be said later.
The Green Mountain Pulp company's
men have placed boom across the river
above the railroad bridge to hold the logs
that are to be sent down the river from
Brandon. A boom has also been strung
at the highway bridge Just above the
falls here to keep the logs from going in
to the raceway and rocks on the south
side of the stream. AS the water is
about as high as it is likely to get this
spring, the drive will be sent down at
once. Forty-five men were at work at
Brandon yesterday getting into the
stream the logs piled on the bank dur
ing the winter. They hoped to have
large as that of last year.