Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-17

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while on the back are the names of the
givers-al the deputies.
The members of the Baptist Young
Peoples society of Christian Endeavor
very successfully presented the temper
ance drama, "Past Redemption, at the
town hall on Friday evening. The house
was crowded and the financial result of
the entertainment was all that could
have been wished, about $40 net profit
to the society being realized. The actors
all did we'll. The singing by Miss Simp-
son of Burlington and the music by Mr..
Campbell's orchestra were acceptable
additions to the programme.
The prayer and business meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
was held on Wednesday with Mrs. Bacon.
There was good attendance. Mrs. Clark,
the president, was IN the chair. The
subject of scientific temperance in
structiOn was discussed aud Mrs. J. +.
Crane was elected superintendent of
that department. 1t was voted to send
ACi "hN NHNhihtC thO PCtlAiOn W ''OIlu >
fair" and at the March meeting of the
union to use the leaflet of Information
concerning the "WOrld's temperance
work" and the Round the World Mis-
sionaries." Other matters of business
t having been disposed of, the meeting
adjourned to meet with Mrs. Heaxt the
third Wednesday of March. The eve
mng meeting was postponed on account
of the Burton lecture.
. Mr. Ransom S. Benedict began on
Tuesday to remove his stock from the
Vallette block to his new quarters in the
q Battell block. where he is now fairly
. well established, although all his re-
cent purchases of stock have not vet ar
- rived. The main store is commodious,
giving room on one side for the
groceries and on the other for crockery.
Besides these, he has a cellar and sub
basement, each the size of the store, for
storage, and quite large room also in
the second story. reached by Il stairway
III the rear of the store. He depends for
light chiefly upon two arc electric lamps,
though he has plenty of incandescents
as we'll. All in all, it would be hard to
match his place of business in Vermont
in attractveness and convenience.
Yesterday was as fine day as is often
seen in April, and, indeed the whole APP
pearance of things indicated the early
coming of spring. The mild weather of
the past week has taken off most of the
snow. There is some left along the
fences and elsewhere, the remains of
drifts, but the fields are bare for the most
part. Wednesday brought the warmest
weather to date ard the liveliest thaw.
The water in the river is high and a
quantity of ice has come down, though
the bulk of 1t stays firm. The only dam
age it did was to knock out one of the
supports under Mr.. Marshall's store, the
; safety of which was not endangered,
however, as the stills rest upon the bridge
abutment and pier. The surface water
is making no end of trouble for house
holders in low-lying sections of the vii
lage. The ground is so thoroughlyifrozen
that no water soaks into it, so it seeks
outlets by invading cellars.
The first two of the series of four
lectures which Literary Editor Burton
of the Hartford (Conn.) Courant had
been secured by the college people to
!, give were delivered at the town hall on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. They
were heard by good audiences and were
thoroughly enjoyed. Tuesday evening
Mr.. Burton spoke about TennysOn and
Wednesday evening on Browning. Next
Tuesday evening he will lecture on Rus
kin and the following evening on George
Eliot. Mr.. Burton is not an ordinary
talker on literary topics. He does not
deal in rant, or glittering generalities,
r or in technicaites understandable only
5 by the book-learned. Instead, he points
5 out, in language the meaning of which
any one can easily grasp, the beauties
and defects of the writers under cOnsid-
7 Grafton, and gives as he goes along his
: reasons for the faith that is in him.
Moreover, he lays down and applies
principles of literary criticism applica-
BILE TO any writer. In other words. he
z not only makes clear the value of the
special work under discussion, but also
: plainly sets up the standards by which
| his hearers will be able to Judge intelli-
gently of the work of other writers.
} The remaining lectures of the course
should be heard by every one in the
, community who has the slightest inter
est in such matters. We can assure
them that they will be amply repaid for
, the outlay of time and money. Tickets
for the rest of the course will be sold at
80 cents and may be had at Stems
single admissions, 40 cents, at the Of
flee IN the hail.