Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03

has been purchased of the administrators
of the estate. DIR. Howard of Shoreham
and MIR. [. b. Rich of Richvile,
by Mr.. +. E. Bond. The consideration
is not stated. MIR. Bond, who went to
Hartman, Tenn, last fall, will shortly
return to Middlrbury and resume charge
of the store of Bond. Bros.
The temperance drama, Past Re-
demption", is to be given at the town
hall week from tonight by the Young
Peoples society of Christian EndeavUr
of the Baptist church. The play is in
four acts and 10 actors appear in it..
The Middlebury orchestra is to provide
the music. The tickets will go on sale
at Stems Monday morning at . O'Clock.
Five double sleigh loads of young peo-
pie, 20 couples. from this village, with an
equal number from New Haven. were en-
tertained at the home of MIR. and Mrs. z.
lIalpine in New Haven last Friday night.
The hUuseswas given over to the merry
makers, who spent the TING in social talk
aud dancing. A bountiful supper was
served. The fun was kept up until an
early hour Saturday morning.
The shelving and counters for DIR.
Sheldon's block came yesterday from
Burlington, where they were made,
and are being set in place. The block is
divided in the center by hall and stair
way into two stores, each 81 by 30 feet
The rooms have hardwood floors and
steel ceilings and are finished in natural
woods. One of them will be used for
groceries and the other for drugs.
Rev. DR.. Seaver of Rutland will con-
duet services at the Congregational
church next Sunday and the Sunday fol-
lowing. Then Rev. Mr.. Dickens. now of
Tlconderoga, will enter upon his duties
as pastor. \ portion of Mr.. Dickens
goods came over on Wednesday. He and
his family will board at the Addison
House till April /, when they will take
up their residence at the parsonage.
Edlev Ashline, an Orwell youth OF 20
years, is recent addition 70 the occu-
pants of the Jail. He is charged with
having broken into the railroad station
at North Orwell about two weeks ago and
with stealing thprefrOm S25 in money.
Deputy Sheriff II. G.. Hubbard arrested
him and brought him here. The hear
ing was before Justice Button, who
held, him in $500 bonds to await the
action of the grand jury. He could not
find sureties ana was Jailed.
The new Methodist church is approach
ing completion. The interior is now in
the hands of Mr.. George w. Bennett of
Manchester, who is decorating the walls
and ceiling. Rev. Mr.. HeaXt, the pastor,
bought a fine pipe organ in Boston last
week. The builders agree to have it here
and set up by March |. Stained-gass
windows have been procured for the
openings intended for them, and hey will
be along presently. 1t is the hope of
those having the erection of the church
in charge that it will be ready to dedi-
cate by April l.
There was a thaw and a rain on Sun
day which relieved in a slight degree the
water famine, though neither the thaw
nor the rain lasted long enough to dc
much good IN that direction. 1t was
warm again on Wednesday, but yester-
day morning the wind was blowing
strong from the north and the lhermOme-
ter had again fallen. From Dec. 20 to
Jan. 81 there were 26 days when the mer-
curry stood at or below zero, and only
two days, Jan. 2 and 20, when it got
above the freezing-pOint. From Jan. II
to Is it registered from 26 below zero up
to zero every day.
a village correspondent suggests the
calling of caucus of the voters of the
town at the town hall to nominate can
didates for school directors and for town
officers. We shall be pleased to print
such call if any number of voters want
IA caucus. The notion of our correspon-
dent, however, seems to be that the
chief end to be gained by the caucus
would be a wise choice of school direc-
tors. But the graded district is not to
be run by the directors, districts, like it,
having special charters being excepted
from the provisions of the new school
law. The residents of the town outside
the graded district are therefore the ones
to move in this matter, and not us of
the graded district, who have no per-
sonal concern in the director question.
There is every prospect of the estab-
hshment in Middlebury at an early day
of new industry, a shirt factory.
Superintendent Wells of the electric
llighting station learned of prosperous
c0ncern doing business at Sandy Hill or
Glens Falls, n. y, that wished TO in
crease its output, but couldn't with