Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-23

here one day last week aud disappeared,
has been heard from at Brandon.
The mud was cleaned off the stone
bridge very easily and eflectualIv, Fri
day, by the use of hose attached to "a
hydrant.
The Hawthorne clubs meeting on
Tuesday evening next will be at Prof.
Wriyht's. The last half OF liking Henry
Will" will be read.
The chief local social event of ThankS-
giving will be the Middlebury baidE
dance at the town hall in the evening.
A large attendance is looked for.
A horse shed with two stalls has been
erected in the rear of the Battell block.
1t will be used by the delivery teams of
Calhoun q Stewart and Mr.. Benedict.
The leaves have been raked from the
large park in the center of the village
this week and carried Off and the munich
pality is now ready for winter to set in.
Dea. II. j. Wilcox brought into this
Office Yesterday number of vigorous
dandelion blossoms which he picked in
the meadow back of his house on We'd
ncsday.
The Gun club. of which Mr. Cushing
Hill and the Messrs. Manchester are lead
ing members, is doing considerable shoot
ing at clay pigeons and live birds on the
fair ground these days.
The second lecture i'm the college
course is to he given at the chapel this
evening. when President kOons of the
Connecticut Agricultural college viii
describe the Yellowstone national park.
Deputy Sheriff Cobb is building II
house on his farm east of the village
near Mr.. Manleys. lie has The frame
up and covered and the roof on, but
will not try to finish the inside till
warm weather.
Mrs. Pratt and Miss Pickering, women
eVangeliSts who have been in Whiting of
late, are holding series of meetings in
the school house on the Bridport road
south of Dea. James. They will he there
the rest of this week and perhaps longer.
The Farmingdae cheese factory, down
in the Seelpv district. has closed for tie
season. The September dividend has
Just been declared. Patrons were paid
1906 cents a hundred pounds for their
milk for that month. The average for
the season has not been figured out.
The entertainment which was to have
been given at the lecture room of the
Congregational church this evening by
the Iend-a-hand circle of the King :
Daughters has been postponed indefinite
w. The repairs on the lecture room are
not completed and it could not be used.
The town clock, which has been out OF
fix for several months and of late has re-
fused to 90 at all. will at once be put
in shape to do business \ man from
the shops of its makers, the Howard
Clock company of Boston. was expected
to arrive IN town last night to repair the
machine
Rev. Il. Olin Cady will preach at the
Methodist church next Sunday morning
/ In the evening. commencing at O'Clock,
4 the EpWOrth league will hold mission
arv service There will be songs. read
/ ings and an address by Rev. II. Oln Cadv
/ The Junior league will also participate in
the service.
Mr.. 4. j. Markham of Bratteboro, the
well-known campaign singer. and his
niece. Miss Cotton, II whistler, gave an
excellent entertainment at the Baptist
church ON Wednesday evening. There
was "A good house, and the Baptist \. =
: c. f., under whose auspices they came
made far profit.
4 new timetable went into effect on
the railroad at noon Sunday. The
changes are few and not important. The
chief improvement is in the afternoon
Boston mail, which comes n minutes
earlier than formerly. The time of al
passenger trains is shown IN the table AT
+ the head of this page.
Warm weather ON Friday and Saturday
| took of the snow that had Whitencd the
/ fields for week Monday brought 4
/ snow squall aud very cold wave The
! mercury was down to within a few de
grecs of zero Tuesday morning. 1t Ina,
since been warmer, and it looked yester
day a if Indian summer might he at
hand.
Letters addressed As follows are at the
/ post-ollce unclaimed: Mrs. Mary G
! Bingham. Mrs. BUSH, Mrs. Fred Cutting
Miss p. W. Eastman, Mrs. Alice FoSby
| Mrs. Jennie Lcno. Miss Clara William
/ son, Liberal Christian Society, j. \
Fletcher. VIM. Hamilton, Mr.. Twigg
returned from dead letter Office. }. l.
| Edwards.
Tine national commissioner of educa
! ton Is soon to issue from the government
| printing Office AT Washington Il "Drec
tory of American Literary Societies" i
is to he hoped that some one has seen t
it that the local societies. the Hawthorne
and Essay clubs, and the debating cluo,
of adjacent towns have not been omitted
| from the work.
The members of Russell post, G. \. Il.
will debate this question at their meeting
on the evening of the 2Sth inst Re-
Soiccd. that the frateInal part of the order
is of greater benefit to members than the
charitable part" The debate was tC
have come off at the last meeting, but
The absence of "A leading disputant neces'
STATED IA postponement.
Mr.. Damon, the Ripton stage driver
| left his team at the station Tuesday morn
! ing for minute, when it was frightened
and ran up Swift street. The wagon
struck an electric-light pole near Mr.. G
c. Peck's and further progress of the rig
was stopped. The top of the vehicle wa,
torn off and totally wrecked and other
slight damage was done.
The graded school is not in session to-
day. Most of the teachers and "A large