Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-31

quet was served at the Addison House.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid society will
hold their next meeting with Mrs. j. b.
Benedict on Wednesday afternoon. April
8. They are prepared to do all kinds of
plain sewing. A week later they will
have a poverty" social at the parson
age.
A hay barn on Mr.. Joseph Battell's
land north of the freight depot was burn
ed during Wednesday night. 1t is said to
have been set on fire by the burning of
the grass In the field, which was fired
by spark from locomotive. The
loss is not large.
Mr.. Otto p. Moore has bought of Mr..
johnson the meat market in the Mcleod
block and will carry on the business.
He has already taken possession. Mr..
Johnson's health is so poor that he felt
compelled to retire from business, at
least temporarily.
The spring term oil the graded school
Will open on Tuesday morning next.
Out-of-town pupils have found IN diff
ficult to get here in time for the opening
of the school when it is on Monday
morning, so Tuesday has been fixed for
the beginning, in the hope that all pupils
may then be on hand.
Dairy butter sells at % cents a pound,
if of high quality, and creamery at rs
cents. Eggs bring 10 cents dozen
New maple syrup and sugar are seal &c
and high as yet, the weather having been
unfavorable for! the sugar business sc
far this season. Makers say that the
} season will be short at best.
Miss Edith Flint was the victim of g
painful accident on Wednesday after
noon. The kitchen fire got low and she
tried to encourage it with kerosene.
= spark remaining in the ashes caused til,
fluid to ignite suddenly. As it exploded
the flames were blown into Miss Flint
, face, burning her severely. Her in
juries are not dangerous, however, tn
doctor thinks.
/. The water commissioners have bee
i busy since the fire of Friday night thaw
' ing out those of the hydrSnts, some sey
en- or eight in number, that were foun
to be frozen. Most of them yielded
n treatment, but in few cases it was di:
= covered that the severe cold had froze
> the spurs from the mains to then
y There seems to be nothing to do fo
/. these till the frost is out of the ground
s However, they are not so numerous tina
l any one need borrow trouble about then
it viii Larock. who fled from the Stat
It two weeks ago last Sunday, when hi
!, brother George and one COlley were al
;. rested for stealing hens on the premise
Y of the Stevens brothers in Salisbury
} came back last Sunday and gave himsel
;, up to Deputy Sheriff Cobb, who jaile
. him. He was up before Justice M. A
il Brooks on Tuesday, waIved examinatio
5 and was held for trial by the count
l. court. He could not furnish surety an
was committed to Jail.
: w. C. BREASTED, resident of Bridpor
was brought out here on Sunday b
Constable j. Ii. Howe of that town an
placed in Jail. On Monday Jailer Cob
took him to BridpOrt, where he oil
tanned bail. The hearing was held q
Is Tuesday at the office of Eldredge
Slade in this village before Justice c. l
Witherell of Cornwall. 1t was charge
u that the respondent had been guilty {
assault and battery on Harlow Peel
also of Bridport. The row occurred G
Saturday afternoon. 1t appeared in ey
dence that there had been bad blood b
tween the men for some time. Braistt
was held in 5000 bonds for trial by Il
county court. lie furnished bail al
was released. Mr.. Wilds appeared fl
the State and Judge Slade for the r
spondent.