Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
LOCAL NEWS.


An extended report of the Memorial
day services here, together with liberal
extracts from the address by Hon. John
W. Stewart, will be found on an inside
page.
The prices of butter and eggs are pre-
cisev what they were year ago now
10 cents pound for the former and y
cents dozen for the latter. In 1893
both butter and eggs were quoted at lG
cents.
4 new timetable went into effect on
the railroad sunday noon. The present
arrangement is shown in the table at the
head of this page. Numerous changes
were made. The midday flyer" south
has been restored.
Children's day will oe observed at the
Methodist church next Sunday. In the
morning the pastor will preach a sermon
suitable to the occasion. In the evening
the Sunday school and choir will unite
in a service entitled "Thc Golden Gate.
a pleasant time is anticipated.
The school directors of the town were
i'm session nearly all day Tuesday for
consideration of the textbook problem,
and the graded school committee met
Tuesday night for a similar purpose.
Neither board decided the matter fully,
so we cannot yet announce what books
are to be bought and used either in the
town or the graded district.
Postmaster Burke is receiving on the
3 10 mail train every week day and will
display at the post-Otfice for the public
information government weather reports
covering the SO hours from o'clock the
morning of the day thev come. These
are special reports Intended to assist
farmers They are telegraphPl from
Washington to Rutland, and distributed
thel ce by mail.
Tie new sprinkler bought bv the viii
lage trustees has come and Is ready for
u.s.. 1t Is adapted for one horse, was
made by the StudebakPr concern and
ha patent nozzle that can he regulated
to give heavy or light streams. The
cost of the machine, delivered here. was
$3.50. but a number of the merchants
have contributed and the village Will not
be out that much.
The Middlehurv band management
have arranged for the annual excursion
for the benefit of the organization. 1t
Will be by rail to Burlington and thence
by steamer Reindeer up among the
lands of Lake Champlain, stopping fol-
All hour at Plattsburgh on the way back.
\ special train will take eXcursionistS to
Burlington aud bring them home. The
fare for the round trip will be 81. For
further notice and date see next issue.
The village trustees have been obliged
to forbid bicycle riding on all sidewalks
in the village. Their action was due to
the recklessneSs of a few riders, who,
regardless of the rights of others, forced
| Il trin OF l,a
cles at night without lamps is also for
hidden. Citizens of the village are asked
to report all violations of the above or
ders to Trustee W. NJ. Jackson, who
will prosecute offenders.
A Sunday-school institute is to be held
in the Congregational church here next
week Saturday the 10Th inst, under the
auspices of the Addison County Sunday
School association. !. b. Miller, field
secretary of the State Sunday School as
soclatiOn of Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, will conduct it, assisted by Rev.
f. p. st. John, prominent worker in
this field in New York State. The ses-
ion will begin at 10 a. m. and continue
till 3 p. M. The full programme will
appear next week.
Sunday was emphatically a hot day.
At Prof. EatOn's and Col. Fletcher's Their
mometers showed 90 degrees in the shade.
The heat continued till about shutdown,
when a shift of wind relieved the situa-
ton somewhat. The hot wave covered
the whole East. Thursday and Friday it
was up to % in New York city and Sat
urday and Sunday it was "a. There were
numerous prOstrations from the heat
there and in Philadelphia, where equally
high temperatures were experienced, lG
persons died from the heat. while scores
of Others were Frustrated by it. In
Cripple Creek, Col, snow fell all day
Sunday.
Miss Sarah f. Wright SISTER of Mrs.
Professor EatOn), a teacher IN Mile. Vel
tins school, New York city, has kindly
consented to give lecture for the bene-
fit of the LADIES' library. The subject
will be Canterbury Cathedral. Miss
Wright has had peculiarly fine Opportu-
mites to study this building Of historic
interest, as she has several times visited
Canterbury and on one occasion was ac-
companied by the bishop of the diocese,
who gave her valuable assistance in
studying the cathedral. The lecture
will be given in the Ladies' library at
o'clock Saturday evening, June 10; adj
mission, % cents.
An alarm of fire soon after o'clock
Saturday evening was Occasioned by the
discovery of smoke issuing from the
roof of the old court house building at
the fair grounds. The firemen turned
out promptly, but their services were
not needed, the fire having been eX-
tinguished before it made much head
way. An inquest into the origin of the
blaze was held Wednesday afternoon at