Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-12

The w. c. +. L. will hold social at
Mrs. II. NJ. Seely's Oct. IL. The bust
ness session will open at 3 o'clock. Re
freshments will he served at & o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to all to
be present.
The first meeting of the Fortnightly
club for the study of music will take
place at o'clock Monday next at
Mrs. McGiltOn's. A miscellaneous pro
gramme from the composers of the first
half of the century will be given. All
former members of the club are desired
to be present and take part and to assist
III considering the work of the season.
The unfinished house that has stood
almost from time immemOrial among the
pines on the southern slope of Chapman
hill has been bought by Mr.. II. G.. Lang
worthy, who is now engaged in removing
it to the vacant lot on the corner of High
and Seminary streets. IL will be finished
when it has been placed on its new site.
Mr.. +. b. Palmer, the Bristol contract
or. "A few days ago finished job he had
been doing at the Congregational church.
The supports of the main floor and of the
large pillars supporting the vaulted roof
of the audience room had become affected
with dry rot and were giving out, ueces-
stating the raising of the sinking por-
tons of the structure and the substitu
ton OF new timbers.
DR.. G. S. Caverly of Rutland, mem
Der of che State board of health, came
here yesterday, presumably at the re-
quest of some one. to examine the sewer
and waierworks systems and to ascer-
tain if the hoard of health had occasion
to act in relation to the arrangements al
ready made or proposed. He met the
trustees in the afternoon and then went
to Burlington The board of health is
to have IA meeting in that city today, and
what they think about matters and things
we shall doubtless hear later.
Monday night brought good rain,
following several clear days, and on
Wednesday there was heavy fall,
enough to fill cisterns and wells and to
soften up the land so that blowing can
be done. Yesterday it was lowery.
Clear and much colder weather prevails
in the West and the cold wave is coming
this way. The storm here on Wednes-
day appears to have been an olishoot
of a hurricane which started week ago
in Florida and has since been raging on
the coast. Much damage was done to
shipping in the vicinity of Boston on
Wednesday.
Stella, the young daughter of Mrs. J.
p. Douglas. Jr., who has been i'll for five
or six weeks with typhoid fever but was
Improving, has had relapse and is in Il
critical condition. a child of Mr.. Victor
Boulia, who lives in the same place, the
Murray block, is down with the disease
Two children of John Fredctte are also
i'll, at least one of them. it is believed.
with typhoid fever. The family lived i'm
Mr.. II. l.. Sheldon's house just west of
the Episcopal rectory till yesterday. when
they removed to one of the houses on the
hill north of the college. 1t was thought
ct noon yesterday that the Douglas child
could tot survive many hours.
The selectmen have arranged with Mr..
+. f. Moore, IA contractor of Bristol, n.
H., to put Il suitable covering on the
stone bridge. lie and his men came on
Saturday and have since been ut work
when the weather permitted. The road
way is to be given Il heavy coating of
asphalt and the sidewalks will be made
OF lighter quality of the same material.
Gun bstones of dark blue marble, to form
the outside edges of the walks. have been
ordered and part of them are on the
ground. The contract price for the
roadway is Sl.25 IA square yard and for
the sidewalks go cents a square yard.
1t is estimated that the entire cost of
the job will be about $3.50.
Butter has gone up cent and sold
this week for II cents a pound. The
price of eggs is unchanged, 20 cents Il
dozen being paid. Potatoes for ship
ment bring IS to 10 cents buShei.
Onions are or in market and buyers
say that 10 cents a bushel is all they can
a =. rl f, I'll
pies has not been fixed either by the
buyers here or by those operating up in
Chittenden county, though many grow
ers would be glad to have them decide
upon something. The crop hereabouts
Is much greater than producers figured
on. Most Ct them supposed they OBJ /
tanned sufficient barrels from local
grocers, but last week they found they
hadn't enough. Mr.. A. X. Carr imported |
5000 from Providence, II. l., to supply |
the demand, and has sold the whole lot. |
The annual average rates for water
placed in the village for the first year. |
1892, would amount to $3.50; the same, !
including 1893 Sl400, and for 1891,
Sl15O. In other words, there were
enough takers in 90 to make the annual |
rentals $3.50; in '93. Sl40O, and in 81, /
Sl100. OF course the rents for '92 did |
not amount to $3.50, as many takers did |
not begin using the water till late in the /
year and so paid for but pari of the year;
nor viii the rents aggregate Sl750 in "a /
for the same reason. The gratifying facts
are that the takers of water are constant
" becoming more numerous and that
here are enough of them already to give .
4 larger income than some people .
thought the plant ever would yield.