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| tor of the Graded school building, has
moved into the house in which the JAM
tor always resides.
Mr.. AND MRS. PERCY CoMsToCK of
Brooklyn, N. Y, are spending the Holt
day season with Mrs. Comstock's par
ents Mr. and Mis-. Jas. Bassett.
THE predicted cold wave struck this
village Sa urday night, and Sunday
morning the thermometer registered 100
above zero, the coolest morning thus far
this season, except one.
THE Troy Press of Saturday had the
following, mistake somewhere: MRS.
James Duffy of Broadway and Mrs.
James McClearnan, who had been visit
ing ex- Postmaster Leonard of Benning
ton, VT, have returned home"
Gov. WOODBURY. has appointed DR..
Henry Boynton of Woodstown Normal
school, examiner for the 2nd Congress
siona district, and Prof. W. E. Howard
of Middlebury college for the first dis
tricr. The matter of consolidation Of
the three state normal schools is receiv-
ing some attention, and there is senti-
ment in favor of such procedure.
Gov. WOODBURY. has accepted Col. G.
c, Kinsman's resignation of the COM
mand of LIST Reg't, N. V. g., and an cleo
ton to fill the vacancy will be held Jan
uary 9th prox. Lieut-Col. George II.
Bond of Brattleboro, will probably be
elected, and Major John H. Watson of
Bradford, will follow in line of promo.
ton.
CHIsTMAs finds but two inmates in the
county Jail, Teddy Griffin for burglary,
and Frank Horrigan for assault with a
pitchfork. Joseph Dohart was before
u. S. Commissioner E. L. Bates, Friday,
charged with selling liquor without a
license. He waived examination and
gave bail in the sum of $500 for his APP
pearance before the grand jury.
A DESPATCH from New York TO Bos-
ton paper of the DIST, says: THE fast
trotting mare Lady Bullion, 2,164, was
sold to-day to James Golden of Boston,
Mass Golden is the trainer of Ralph
Wilkes, 2.063, and it is said he acted for
John Shepard, the well known Boston
roadite, who owns Arab, 2.15, Reina,
2134, and other trotters. Laky Bullion
was formerly owned by w. II. Putnam
of this city, who paid about $1,000 for
her in 1890, and used her as a mate for
Aubine and Lady Wellington, pair of
trotters that cost $25, 900. She is said to
have trotted trial to pole with Dodge
vile in 2.16t last season at Fleetwood
Park"
JANE, whom all the lovers of good
comedy like to see, comes to the Opera
House Wednesday, for an engagement of
one night. James young master was a
spsndthrift, and having pretended to his
trustee that he had married, had over
drawn his allowance and his trustee de-
cided to pay him visit. So the young
spendthrift had to procure wife and
baby for the occasion. Miss Jane" as
sumes both difficult and deli cate task,
but she will perform it in bright,
laughable, witty and provoking manner,
and all those who see her will cheerfully
say that "Jane" is the sauciest, wittiest,
brightest and most bewitching little miss
that ever visited our village.
BY vote Taft Commandery will hold a
special Conclave at noon to-day, Eastern
standard time, for the Templar Observ-
ance of Christmas. At the same hour,
throughout the entire land, there will be
gatherings OF Templars in asylums and
other convenient places to join in this
observance. The sentiment prepared for
the occasion by Hon. Stephen Berry of
Portland, Me-, the committee of the
grand encampment, is as follows: "To
Our Most Eminent Grand Master, Hugh
McCurdy; the head of American Templar
Missionary, who holds all Templar
hearts," The Grand Master sends the
following response: "To the great heart
of Templar Masonry, and to every Tenn
plar Mason's heart-one and inseparable.
"'Tis the heart and not the BRAIN
That to the highest doth attain.
AID he who folOweth loves behest,
A cordial invitation is extended to So
) journing Templars to join with the Com
mandery in the observance of the day
; The stated conclave for January of the
Commandery will be held Thursday
evening, Sd. Drox.
A MORE vigorous attempt was made to
enforce the Sunday law, Sunday, than
, ever before, and the same was partially
5 successful Saturday afternoon the CHIEF
of police, acting under orders received
5 from the village attorney, notified al
, fruit stands, ETC., that have recently
l opened at sundo,Cn, that they must keeI
: closed from II o'clock Saturday night
9 until II o'clock Sunday night, under
= penalty of the law being inflicted if they
4 did not The livery stable keepers were
d also notified to let no horses unless it bt
for funerals, or in the case of extreme
t necessity. They carried out their in
structions in a general way. Heretofor,
g the legal Sunday in Vermont began a
= midnight Saturday and ended at Sun
: down. At the last session of the Legis