Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-06-08

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social at X. ). Benedict's, Court street,
this friday evening. Strawberries
and cream and ice cream and cake will be
served; admission, 20 cents.
Mr.. Z. B. Palmer of Bristol, who has
taken the contract to raise the Dyer
block on Main street, will soon begin OPP
eratlons. The block will be raised bodl-
ly aud higher foundations put under it.
A caucus of the Democrats of Middle
bury has been called in the basement of
the town hall at 80 next Monday
evening to elect delegates to the State
and district conventions at Burlington
on the 18th inst.
Twenty five or more men spent most of
the day Monday on the Main street rail-
road bridge attending an auction sale of
the effects of Edward Aines, who lived
in Weybridge, but has been declared in
sane and placed in an asylum.
Butter is a little off in price this week,
only the very best bringing 10 cents.
Eggs for shipment sell at II cents. A
year ago both butter and eggs were
quoted at lG cents, and two years ago
butter was IL cents and eggs II.
Children's day will be observed at the
Methodist church next Sunday. The pas
tor will preach to the children in the
morning. A service of song, responsive
readings and recitations will be given by
the young people in the evening.
The town clock is rather crratc these
DAYS, but it is hoped that it will do better
presently. 1t is too fast all the while, so
that no one will miss the train if he fol-
lows its time, though he may have to
wait longer than he would were it right.
VIM. Tardrolf, the Shoreham man ar
rested on the street here Il week ago yes
terday for INVESTIGATION and Jailed, plead
ell guilty before Justice Mcleod on Fri
day and paid the fine of - and costs.
S9.5l in all. lie said he got the rum in
TiconderOga.
The county convention of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union, held
at the Methodist church on Wednesday
and Thursday, was well attended and
the elaborate programme prepared was
fully carried out. More extended no
tice of the proceedings will be made
next week.
1t really looked yesterday as if the
rainy season had come to an end. The
wind was in the north for the first time
in long while. During Wednesday
night the thermometer got down to 26
above zero. Grass and grain generally
look well, but corn presents Il rather sor-
ry appearance.
The graduating exercises of the high
school class will be held at the town hall
on the evening of Friday next, the l5fh
inst, The class numbers 10. AfCer the
public exercises there viii be dance i'm
the hall, strictly iuvitational affair. The
Howard Opera House orchestra will fur
nish music for both the exhibition and
the dance.
The young ladies of st. Stephens par
ish will give an entertainment at the
town hall here on Thursday evening
next. the l4th inst. \ leading feature of
it will be "A sword drill but there will al
so be readings and singing, and refresh
ments of strawberries, ice cream, cake,
ETC., will be served. Admission, -
cents; refreshments extra.
The pastor and Rev. DR.. Archibald
represent the Middlebury church at The
State Baptist Sunday school convention
in Brattleboro this week. DR.. Archibald,
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, Dea. and
Mrs. j. b. Benedict and Mr.. Il. 5. Bene.
diet have been elected delegates to go to
the annual meeting of the Addison
County Baptist association, which will
be held in Bristol on Tuesday and We'd
nesday next.
"The Girl Spy of Chickamauga'' a
a war play that has been given with
good success in Vergennes this week,
will be presented at the town hall here
on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of
next week under the auspices of the Vol.
unteer Hose company. The three princi-
pal actors will be professionals, Miss
Clara Turner, Bert Miller, an Irish com
edian, and Carl b. Smith. The other
parts will be taken by home talent.
The village trustees have received
from Mr.. A. l.. Webster, the New York
sanitary engineer whom the village in.
structed them to employ, "A very full re.
port on the subject of sewers accompanied
by map showing all details of the pro.
posed system. The report is so compre
hensive and so filled with Information on
the matter of sewers that we shall print
the bulk of il next week, as it came &c
hand too late for publication in tins
! Issue.
The county conference of Congrega-
tional churches came 10 an end Friday
afternoon. The attendance was large and
the interest good. One of the most
pointed of the papers presented was that
by Rev. Benjamin Swift of Orwell, OIL
Young Men outside the Churches"
which the conference asked the REGISTER
to print in full. We have the manu-
script and shall be glad to comply with
| the request at an early date.
Col. n. f. Dunshee of Bristol and
Messrs. w. w. Moore of ShOreham and
Louis Hope of MIddlebury, to whom the
case was referred by agreement of the
parties, heard the evidence and the argu
ments of counsel in the lower room OF
the town hall on Friday with reference
to the differences between ii. G. Sessions
of East Middlebury and l.. o. Allen OF
this village. The case grew out of q
horse trade and Sessions sued Allen fol
an alleged breach of warranty. Judge
Slade appeared for the plaintiff ana the
Messrs. Button for the defendant.
Mr.. 3lumenthal was up from Hartford
Conn, the first of the week and bought
here and in Vergennes 10 head of horses
for the down-cOuntry market. These
make about 100 head purchased by him
since he began coming regularly last
February. He will probably not be uI
again before September. He says that
large, stylish ANIMALS in good condition
are most i'm demand speed being a