Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-13

Mr.. Asa Hemenway on Tuesday caught
a observation-disclosures pickerel in the
river Just below the railroad bridge.
There will be a meeting of the w. G. r.
L. in the lecture room of the Congrega-
tional church on Wednesday, July IS. at
3 O'Clock.
Mr.. Abram Williamson Of Monday
shipped to Boston market 40 head of
cattle, 142 calves, IS sheep, 30 hogs and
1000 pounds of poultry.
Further work is being done on the ce-
ment walk in front of the p~ost-office in
order to bring it up to the level of the
stone walk on the hill above.
Mr.. George Beatty on Saturday receiv-
ed the appointment of ticket agent at the
railway station to succeed Mr.. G.. e.
Marshall, whose resignation of the posi-
ton took effect June !.
The camp of Middlebury people and
their friends up in Rirton broke up Mon
day, some of the members of the party
having business engagements which pre-
vented them staying longer.
The new piece of the striking mechan-
Ism of the town clock that had been
ordered from the factory came Saturday
morning. 1t was at once put in place
and the clock once more strikes.
Miss Olive Thompson, a character i'm
p%ersonator of considerable reputation, is
to give an entertainment at the town hall
on the evening of Wednesday, the 18th
inst, under the auspices of the band.
Cool, rainy weather has been the order
of the last week. On four mornings
the thermometer has been below 80.
Farmers have had hard work to make
any progress with their haying, owing
to the frequent showers.
Right Rev. \. G. a. Hall, d. d.,
bishop of Vermont. will make his second
pastoral visitation in Middlebury today,
and there will be a service in St.
Stephens church this evening at s
o'clock, at which the bishop will preach
apd confirm Il small class. \
I The funeral of Fred Signor, the Beldens'
man who was killed by the cars at Rut-
land on the It'll, was attended from the
Catholic church Saturday morning. The
procession was one of the largest that
has been stem in town for a long while.
There is little change to note in the
butter market. The very best sells at 10
cents a pound. with If cents as the ordi-
nary price. Eggs are worth 10 cents Il
dozen for shipment. y year ago butter
was quoted at II and eggs at IL and two
years ago butter sold for 16 cents and
eggs for -.
The druggists of the village are sure
of two things-that the REGISTER is
read and that buffalo bugs are numerous
h%ereabOuts. All of them have had num-
erou inquiries the past week for the
materials called for by the recipe for a
remedy for these pests printed in last
weeks paper.
This town will furnish a goOd-sized
contingent for the State firemen's meet
ing at Bennington next Wednesday and
Thursday. The men plan to 90 down
Wednesday night in W special cars
attached to the ''sleeper" and to come
back in the same ~conyeyances on the
early train Friday morning. The prac-
tice with the hand engine has been kept
up during the past week and the ma
chine may win a prize in the contest.
Contractor Palmer of Bristol and his
men, who set out two weeks ago to raise
the brick Dyer block up to the new level
of Main street, are still engaged in plac-
ing the timbers and screws under il.
Much of the foundation has had to come
out in order to make room for the tim
bers, and all the retaining wall laid by
the village in front Of the building has
been taken up in the process of placing
the timbers under the structure.
Middlebury is not to go all summer
circusless. Ringling Bros greatest"
shows may be seen here on the Sth of
August. 1t is a western organization and
claims to be first-class. A bill board
POO feet long is being erected for the dis
play of the concerns paper near Mr..
G. G. Chapman's residence and another
board 100 feet long will be set up near
the station for the same purpose.