Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-24

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stations in tins and New York States
for fare one way. They will be good
going on Wednesday and Thursday of
next week, and, returning, till Saturday.
Marshall & Co. are vacating their tenn
pOrary gstOre on the north side of the
river next to the Battell block, the rails
ing of Union block and the practical
completion of the bridge having rendered
their main store once more apprOachabie
by vehicles.
The usual union Thanksgiving service
will be held by the Congregational,
Methodist and Baptist churches on the
morning of Thanksgiving day, b, ginning
at 10 40 o'clock. 1t will be at the
Methodist church, the pastor of which,
Rev. Mr.. Noble, will preach
The stone bridge having been nearly
completed, the tearing down of the
temporary bridge over the river was
begun on Tuesday. The selPctmen sold
it to Mr.. +. b. Palmer of Bristol, the
contractor who Is engaged in raising
Union block. He will use the most of
the material for blocking. 1t is understood
that they got $50 for it.
Light rains and SHOWS have come dur
ing the past week, but not enough of
either to do much good. Farmers who
work clay lands say that it is still too
dry to pillow. That this has not been IA
very rainy fall Is evidenced by the fact
that the men employed upon the stone
bridge have lost but two days from bad
weather since October /.
The workmen engaged on the iron
railroad bridge are making good head
wav. 1t was the expectation of the
superintendent of the bridge force, yes
terday. that he would be ready by Sun
day to lay the floor beams and put in the
track. In order to do this part of the
work traffic will have to be suspended,
and it Is easier to stop business on Sun
day than on weekday.
A new timetable went to effect on the
railroad at noon Sunday The principal
change is the taking-off of the night
sleepers to and from Boston. One who
wishes to 90 to that city must now take
either the forenoon mail or the noon
flyer, or else go to Burlington on the
afternoon flyer and so strike the night
train down over the main line of the
Central. A few changes are made in
time of trains at this station. The after
noon mail north Is 30 minutes later. The
present arrangement of trains and mails
is shown in the table at the head of this
page.
The people of the Catholic parish are
making elaborate preparations for their
fair at the town hall on the evenings of
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday next
Interesting illustrated lectures by Rev.
FIR. Whitaker. with other features, will
form the programmes for Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings. On Thursday
eveniI g will come the closing-up of the
fair, followed by dance under the
auspices of the Young Peoples Fra
ternity club. The Middlebury orchestra
will play for the dancers and supper
will be furnished them In the lower hall
A fire was discovered soon after 5
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon in a closet
over the kitchen part of the Logan
House. The room was used for the
storage of clothing by the young women
employed about the establishment AL
though no bells were rung. the tiremen
quickly gathered and speedily had three
lines of hose in position Only one was
needed, and that but, for a few minutes
No great harm was done except to the
clothing, which was destroyed. The
little harm done to the building by water
is covered by insurance, Its not known
how the fire caught.
President John II. Mead and other
officials of the Vermont MerinO Sheep
Breeders association had a special meet
ing at the association Office here on Mon
day to take action relative to protest re-
gardng the exhibit of MerinOs made at
Chicago by Missouri man who is men,
Der of the association. 1t is alleged that he
so worked the fleeces of his sheep that he
was able to make them appear to better adj
vantage than they otherwise would. Mr..
f. n. BIssell was appointed special COM
mittee to 90 to Missouri and look into
the matter. When he comes back and
reports the officials of the association
will take final action.
The quality of butter has suffered
somewhat from frost, and the price has
dropped trle. The finest selections
only have been worth "a cents this week
the bulk of the offerings going at .
cents. Eggs have advanced to p cents
dozen. Hay is good property, selling
readily at $40 Il ton. The city markets
are said to be full of potatoes, and loca
buyers do not offer over - to AZ cents {
hushel; the price was 30 cents for few
days. Onions are slow of sale down
country. and buyer would need t.
know of market before he could safely
pay even 40 cents bushel for them.
The west side of the stone bridge i
finished with the exception of the marble
cap that is to go on the battlement. Oh
the east side the battlement is partly up
and the stone for the rest of il SHOULD
have been here two days ago. Tn
wooden forms on which the arches wer
built were lowered week ago, and thi
week they have been taken out. TIL
arches did not settle particle, so ia
as could be observed, when the support
were removed. very few DAYS NOR
will finish the structure. The filling is al
IN. The permanent sidewalks, which wi
probably be of stone Tagging, will nc
be laid till another season. Plank walk
will be put down for use during tn
winter.
Contractor +. b. Palmer of Bristol o
WaJnac6o cOmnlntpd his task Of ra