Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-09-28

most of the tender vegetation. 1t was
general throughout New England. The
government weather reports indicate a
continuation of the clear cool weather
now prevailing.
Mr.. Patrick Condor has exchanged
his farm on the Brldport road just west
of the village limits for a farm IN Shore
ham. and will soon remove to the latter
town. His new place. with other land
which he has purchased, will give him
place of ll5 acres.
4 New York excursion by way of the
Bennington and Rutland and Fitchburg
railroads and the Citizens line of steam
ers is advertised for thursday. Oct. I
EXcursiOnists will 90 from Rutland on a
train leaving at 40 p. IN. and will reach
the city the next morning. The tickets
are good for a week. The cost of the
round trip is 81.
The friends here of Henry II. Wicker.
son of Mr.. Cassius NJ. Wicker of New
York city, have given up all hope that
he may have been rescued. The young
mans boat. it will be remembered, was
found bottom up, two weeks ago, of
Swampscott, Mass, where the family
have summer home. Nothing new has
developed during the past week. =
Mr.. +. II. Thomas has exchanged his
place in Salisbury with Mr.. Carey for
the latter's blacksmith business on Court
street and house east of Court street.
He will run the blacksmithing business
in connection with his wheelwright shop
on the west side of the street. He has
already taken possession of the shop.
Mr.. Carey will not remove to Salisbury
till spring.
Miss Mary O. Pollard will represent
the local Baptist Christian Endeavor
society at the State convention to be
held in Newport October , and 3. The
delegates appointed to the county union
of Christian Endeavor to be held in
Bristol, Saturday, the 29th inst. are Mr..
Il. 5. Benedict, Miss Katharine Cum
mings and Messrs. +. j. Fullam and j.
K. Goodman.
The price of butter is the same as for a
number of weeks past 20 cents a pound.
Eggs have gone up two cents to 20 cents
a dozen. The potato trade is lively,
more of them having been shipped from
this station during the past week than
for a similar period in recent years.
They are worth 40 cents a bushel. Fall
apples bring from 81 % to 81 30 a barrel
The price of winter apples has not been
fixed as yet.
Middlebury has another journalistic
enterprise, the Temperance Herald,
official organ of the Good Templars and
sons of Temperance of Vermont and
New Hampshire. 1t was recently pur-
chased by an East Middlebury syndi-
cate. Mr.. w. II. Eldridge of the senior
class of the college is the editor and Mr..
f.. VI. Day of East Middlebury the bust
ness manager. The first issue under the
new management is now being printed
at this office.
The handsome memorial volume which,
Hon. John w. Stewart recently procured
for VIM. II. Russell post of the Grand
Army was presented by him on Wednes-
day evening. BY request of the donor. no
public demonstration was attempted.
Mr.. Stewart made an excellent speech that
will long be remembered by the mem
bers of the organization. Following
the presentation came an informal but
very enjoyably lunch.
The village trustees had meeting on
Friday night to see whether a special
village meeting should be called to con-
slider a proposition for the payment of
damages to Mr.. Mcleod because of the
change in the grade of Main street,
opposite his block. 1t was decided not
to call the meeting, the trustees holding
that inasmuch as the grade of the street
at the pOiut in question had not been
fixed, it was impossible to ascertain how
much, if any, damage Mr. Mcleod might |
be entitled to.
Mr.. w. a. Newcomb exhibited in this
office the other day IA spear of orchard
grass, grown on IA neighbours premises.
that measured seven and half feet IN
length. Mr.. j. b. Foot brought in from
Mr.. G. 5. Walnwright's garden a stalk |
of corn eleven and half feet long and
pea vine growing on it that was still |
longer. Mr.. w. II. Dow, who lives out /
east of the village. contributed to the |
number OF ripe strawberries |
which he picked in his meadow on Mon
day.
The sewer in the north end of the vii |
lage. which empfies into the river on the |
Smith lot west of the station. is compet-
ed up as far as the Slade place on Semi |
nary street. The work thus far has been |
done very rapidly and successfully. al !
though on portions of the route deep |
ditch is required. 1t is understood that |
the sewer committee have decided to
provide an outlet for the Court and Gross
street sewer by continuing it from the /
west end of Cross street down across the |
railroad lands and so into the river.