Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-18

Jesuit fathers from Montreal are very
largely attended. They will be continued
through next Sunday.
A box sociable and dance will be given
by the Ladies' Aid society, No. ., in G..
A. Il. hall, Mlddlebury, Thursday
evening, May 81; admission, % cents,
a cordial invitation is extended to all
The best butter sold on Monday at If
cents pound and eggs at II cents
dozen. A year ago butter was worth %
cents aud eggs Is, and two years ago the
figures were l6 and II cents, respectively.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
hold strawberry festival at the home of
j. B. Benedict, Court street, on Wednes-
day evening, the 23d inst, to which all
are cordially invited. Admission, includ-
ing refreshments. 10 cents.
The movement of business men to
secure systematic sprinking of the streets
has rot materialized as yet. Something
should he done at once, as the dust is IN
sufferable in the business section of the
village on such windy days as we have
had of late.
A large plate-glass window in the
front of Mr. Earl's drug store was
l
Rourke undertook to turn down into
the bakery lane with wagon loaded
with long tmbers and struck the glass
with one of them.
Letters with the following addresses
are ut the post-oflice unclaimed: Miss
Myrtle Butler, Miss Emaline Guy EFT, Miss
Lewis, Margaret Mayher, Mrs. Jennie
Wilcons, George Bean, O. c. Elliott, y.
+. Frisbee, E. Ross, Carl W. Sanderson.
c. A. 5. (3), IL. &. Smith, Rev. RufusB
Tobey.
va the coming college commencement
| Rev. Dir. Rufus c. Flagg, president of Ri
pom college, Ripon, Wis, will give the
sermon before the Young Mems Christ
ian association on Sunday evening. Rev.
Dr. Henry NJ Laid of Cleveland, o.,
will be the orator at the alumni celebra-
ton and Rev. NJ. II. Dana of StillwateE
-N--Y-y-wll give the poem. I
Mr.. Albert /. Webster, the sewerage
expert whom the village at a recent
meeting instructed the trustees to EN-
ploy, came up from New York on Mon
day and passed the day Tuesday here.
He made very thorough examination of
the streets, grades, etc, and obtained
all data requisite for planning system
of sewers suitable for the place.
A patent has been granted to Mr.. A.
B. Smith for machine for dressing
horses hoOfs and sharpening the calks
upon shoes Without removing the shoes
from the feet. 1t is designed to operate
by power, and if the expectations of the
inventor are realized, it will do great
business. Mr.. Smith has been at work
upon the machine for number of years,
Pie College Glee club will give "A con-
cert in the town hall Friday evening, May
%. The club has been recognized with
the following members: c. b. Toleman
and IL. II. Seely. first tenurs f. NJ. ROs-
cOc, G.. c. Douglass and c. p. kimball,
secOod tenors; +. L. Cushman and ii. +.
Wells, first bass; 5. S. Eddy, w. H. Ell
bridge and B. f. Marshall. second bass,
a good programme may be expected. =
Tie early morning express train from
New York to Montreal did not reach
here till about o'clock yesterday morn
ing. 1t was held nearly four hours at
Brandon, the track being blocked near
the OXbow bridge in Salisbury by a
freight train, the engine of which broke
down. A drive wheel of the engine
came off and it was necessary to send to
| Rutland for a wreck train TO get the
machine back on the iron.
| Edward AlneS. VINO lives alone out IN
Weybridge, was arrested there Monday
night by Deputy Sheriff Cobb and Chief
of Police Cushman on a warrant gotten
out by Weybridge people who accused
him of abusing his horses. A partial
hearing was had on Tuesday before JUS
tice Button. 1t appeared that Aines had
been acting strangely and that he was
probably insane. The case was adj
Ourned for two weeks and Aines will be
kept in jail meanwhile.
Spring has had something of setback
hereabouts during the past week. Frosts
of considerable severity were eX-
perenced on Sunday, Monday and Tues
day nights in this village and in all the
surrounding region. Gardens were dam
aged and it is feared that fruit trees
suffered. On Friday night the mercury
went down to 30 above zero, on Saturday
night to "a, on Monday night to 26, on
Tuesday night TO % and on Wednesday
night to 3G. Rain is much needed and
the majority of the farmers are ready
for it 10 come.