Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-06

brought In to the town clerks office on a
recent day three wildcats and one fox in
order to get the State bounty.
The ice harvest on the creek has be-
gun. There are two principal openings,
one near the ice-houses of LavOnche 81
Co. and the other farther up the creek
on the Wright place. The ice is abund-
antly thick and unusually clear and free
from iinperfections.
The annual meeting of the village,
warned for Wednesday afternoon at the
town hall, was adjourned to Friday eve
ming, the 18th inst, at o'clock. Noth-
ing was done on Wednesday, as the re-
ports could not be printed in time for
that meeting, so there was no basis upon
which to act intelligenty.
The Methodist Sunday school has
elected these officers for the current
year: Superintendent, w. j. Douglas {;
assistant uperintendcnts, ii. II. Seely
and Ross II. Wells; secretary, Maud
COmstock; treasurer, II. II. Seely ;choris-
ter, Edwin Thomas organist, Grace See
ly; librarian, Bert Marshall
The winter term of the graded school
began on Tuesday. The teachers are
the same as last term with one exception.
Hiss Maud Comstock succeeds Miss Ina
L. Robinson, resigned, as teacher in the
Second primary. The attendance of
out-of-town pupils is unusually large for
a winter Germ.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
pOst-office, unclaimed: Ned Brasseau,
JIG n Breer, Booth & Walker. Booth &
Co.. Dolbee A. Day, George ID. Jarvis,
Jas. &. Kingsley, Emery Louiselle, A.
Nichols, Horace Norton, F. F. Preston,
Mrs. f. w. Bingham, Miss Minnie
Bissette, Mrs. Mary c. Cook.
The members and friends of the
Ladies' library are cordially invited to
meet at the house of Mrs. b. S. Beck
with on Wednesday evening, January
IL, at half-past seven o'clock. Hon. j..
w. Stewart has kindly consented to
give an informal talk on his visit to
Europe, and music will also be furnished.
charged.
The small boys and many of the older
ones are in their element these days. The
thaw of Sunday and Monday and the
cold weather following produced more
opportunities for sliding and skating
than are often afforded in this region
There is no end of skating on the creek,
and the ice is fine and smooth, too. Mr..
Champagne talks of opening rink near
the bakery, to be lighted by electricity
and kept smooth by flooding. just at
present, however, the moon gives light
enough in the late evening.
The new Columbian postage Stamps
are beginning to be seen on letters COM
ing from the large cities. AS yet Bur-
lingtOn is the only Vermont office which
has them on sale. Postmaster Stewart
has ordered a supply, but as they are
furnished the big offices first, it is I'M
certain when they will be on sale here !;
it may be February before they get
around. The stamps are unlike the
old ones in shape and size. The two
cent bears picture, copied from Gel
ebrated painting, of the landing of
Columbus.
The Baptist church held its annual
business meeting on Friday evening,
Dec, 30, and elected thH following Off
GERS for the ensuing year: Clerk and
treasurer, Mrs. Isaac Storms; pruden-
tial committee, V. NJ. Benedict, Il. Z.
Wells, j. b. Benedict; collector, b. B.
Brown. The listof Sunday school Of
ficers is as follows Superintendent, G.
G. Lamson; assistant, Miss Laura S.
Clark; secretary and treasurer, II. S.
Benedict; librarian, j. X. Dyer. The
report of the church treasurer showed
that the finances of the church were i'm
good condition.
The amt meeting of the Congrega-
tional society was held at the lecture
room on Monday afternoon, and the fol-
lowing named persons were elected Off
GERS for the ensuing year: Prudential
F. A. Bond, NJ. A. Munroe,
DIR. l.. f. Mellen, c. w. Mathews, f. G.
Seeley; cle:k, j. f. Crane treasurer, n.
p. Barbour; music committee, eX-Gov.
Stewart, NJ. A. Munroe, n. p. Barbour,
DIR. w. II. Sheldon; ushers, w. II. But
ton, f. II. Button, Prescott Kimball, Ar
thur Parkhurst. The society voted to
concur with the church in calling Rev.
A. w. Dickens of Ticonderoga to become
its pastor.
w. A. Brown, the Chicago chap who
was jailed he.e two weeks ago for pass
ing forged check on the Middlebury
bank, is still in custody, no bondsman
for him having appeared. He owns up.