Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-10

proceeds, however, were not sufficient to
leave profit for the high school, under
whose auspices the concert was given.
A parlor meeting of the w. e. r. L.
will be held at Mrs. II. II. Bryant's on
Wednesday evening, November 10, to
which all are cordially invited. Fhe
business meeting Will be held at 3 p. M,
at which all members are earnestly re-
quested to be present promptly at the
hour.
The graded school closed for the week
on Wednesday afternoon in order that
the teach, RS might attend the annual
meeting of the State Teachers assOcia-
ton in Rutland, which began yesterday.
All of them went down on the morning
train yesterday to remain till the close
of the meeting.
DIR. Bernard Bigsby, an English au-
thor, who is travelling in the States,
gave II very interesting talk at the col
lege chapel on Wednesday afternoon
last. taking for his subject the great
English schools of Winchester and
Rugby. a considerable number of
townspeople heard his lecture.
Letters with the following addresses
are at the pOst-Otiice unclaimed: Euer-
son Burns, NOrmandin COrdonnier, o.
C. Dalrymple, win Holden. Alfred Ja-
quette, George j. Miller. ID. j. Ryan,
Judson Stevens, l.. B. Wickwire. Mrs.
Betsy Bengamain, Mrs. NJ. NJ. French.
Mrs. Sorell Taylor, Mrs. Addie Shack
EFT.
The prices of all sorts of produce keep
up we'll. Butter of the best quality
is worth "a cents a pound and fresh eggs
sell for % cents a dozen. Apples, of
which over 5000 barrels have been
handled by MIR. A. X. Carr, the local
buyer, are selling at 81. barrel, and
potatoes are in good demand at - cents
a bushel.
A novel and amusing entertainment
will be given in the town hall on the
evening of Friday, the 18th inst, under
the auspices of the young peoples socie-
ty of the Congregational church. There
will be tableauX of new kind, music.
and last but not least, refreshments. The
admission will be but 30 cents, and this
Will pay for the refreshments for one.
The damages Occasioned to the Chap
man block few weeks since by fire and
water have been partially repaired, so
that Mrs. Campbell was able to resume
possession on Wednesday of her former
rooms in the second story. The repair
of the main floor will be deferred until
January, when Messrs. Chapman & Co.
will have reduced their clothing stock
and can remove it more easily than at
present.
The newly-organized football team of
the college went to Mortified on Satur-
day last to play Its first public game
with the team of Norwich university. 1t
resulted in IA score of 81 to 0 i'm favor of
Mortified. While beaten, the home
team has the satisfaction of knowing
that it played well, it brief practice con-
sidered Prof. James was the referee. A
return game will be played here on the
18th inst.
Camp a. 5. Tracy, Sons of Veterans.
celebrated the anniversary of its organ
iZation by campfire and dance at the
town hall on Tuesday evening. There
was a large attendance on both events
and an enjoyable time was had. Among
those present was Mr.. Frank p. Merrill
of Boston at one time the head OF the
Sons of Veterans in the United States.
The local orchestra provided the music
and the Ladies Aid society the supper.
All the stone ne eded to tinishs up the
stone bridge is on the way here. There
are to be belt lines of marble just above
the arches on each side of the structure,
and the stone battements will be sur
mounted by heavy marble cap-stone,
rock-faced and otherwise finished to cor
respond with the rest of the stone work.
The arches are all done and the work of
filling in for the roadway can be begun
very soon.
Mr.. w. NJ. Chapman en- Saturday
shipped from this station to his home in
Romeo, Mich, II ewes from the flock of
his father the late Albert Chapman; al
so the yearling stallion Twin Gilllg. bred
by his brother. Mr.. c. A. Chapman of
Ferrisburgh. The sheep carry the blood
of the best flocks in Vermont. Twin
Gillig is by Gillig. aud his dam is Main
Branch, by Big Tree. lie is full
brother of Jack Brooks, that last sum
mer won the first futurity stake offered
by the Vermont Horse breeders associ-
alton.
By the will of the late Charles j..
Starr, whose death is elsewhere\ an
nounced, the West Cemetery associatfep
gets legacy of $4,000 The exact terms
of the Request are not stated, but 1t was
probably Mr.. Starts desire that the mon
ey be invested and the income used for
the maintenance of the grounds. 1t is a
private corporation, and it has been in
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many of those buried there have be-
come almost if not quite extinct; in
consequence of this fact it has been of
late years almost impossible for the as
ISOLATION TO collect asses sments upon the
lots sufficient to keep up the grounds, so
that Mr.. Starts legacy is most accept
able. Indeed, unless such provis-
ion had been made by some one, in a
few years more the association would
have had no income at all.
Main street at the south end of the
bridge is in rather mixed shape. Trustee
II. W, Hammond and force of men are
laying walls on either side to retain the
filling material that is to go in for rails
ing the grade of the street. 1t has been
necessary to dig down to the foundations
of the buildings and start these walls
there in order to avoid the danger of
harming the foundations. Mr.. Palmer
has the screws all under Union block
and has made some Roadway in raising
the north end of it, which had fallen
eight inches below the level of the rest
of the structure owing to defective