Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-04

A live opOssum was among the express
matter received at the Middlebury office
Yesterday morning. 1t was sent from
Washington to the Youngest son of Mrs.
+. II. Bingham of West Cornwall.
The Vermont Beekeepprs' association
is to hold its annual meeting at the Adj
Olson House in this village on Wpdnes-
day and Thursday. Jan. 30 and 81. The
full programme will be printed later.
The Sheldon Art museum has just
been presented with college catalogue
for 1901, supposed to be the first one
published Mr.. William ClogstOn, II
collector of Spring field, Mass. is the
donor.
The majority of the merchants of the
village have entered into an agreement
to close their stores every evening of the
week except Saturday from the LIST inst.
to March 10. y notice appears in an
other column.
a regular communication of Union
lodge. No. ,. will be held at 7o'clock next
Monday evening. Members are asked
To be present. as there is considerable
business of Importance to be transacted
az this time.
The number of deaths in district No.
= VI lili lld2t lllt lltiNN Nfdl " as -tfs VI
these. one was 81, eight were between 50
and 30. five were between 20 and so.
seven were between 60 and 20 ami only
two were under 10 years of age.
The village trustees had prolonged
session Monday night. when the bust
ness of the village for the past year WAS
closed up so far as they are concerned.
The reports are now being prepared and
will be printed in due time.
The Allen lot property in front of the
Battell block has become a part of the
highway. the deed having been executed
on Wednesday. The vliage paid $500
toward it aud private persons made up
the rest of the purchase price.
The Volunteer Hose company elected
the following officers at its annual meet
ing this week: Foreman, Geo. kidder :
first assistant. w. l.. holland; second
assistant. +. w. Fuller; clerk, j. f.
Condor; treasurer, f. +. Turner; see
retarv, George williamson.
Mr. ID. L. Taylor and family, who
have been in Mr.. Tupper's house for the
past year and "A half removed few
days ago to the Sayre house. Mr.. f..
w. Sherwood and family, the occupants
of the latter, have taken rooms in the
lower floor of the Murray block.
In spite of the hard times of which we
hear so much, the National bank of Mid
dleburY has earned its usual per cent
semi annual dividend during the past
six months and something to add to the
surplus besides. The annual meeting Of
the stockholders will be held next
Tuesday.
The skating on the rink near the
bakery is excellent. Mr.. Champagne,
who opened it the first of the week. has
disposed of his interest to Mr.. Butter
field, who manages the institution.
Arrangements have been made for
flooding it so that the ice may be
kept good
Prof. Howard and t;r. George NJ.
Fletcher have lately concluded an cX-
change of property. Mr.. Howard is now
the owner of the place on South street
where Mr.. Fletcher lived TIL his removal
to Clarendon Springs last summer, and
Mr.. Fletcher takes farm of 225 acres in
Benson that Mr.. Howard has owned for
II number of years.
The Battell Hose company had its an
nual election of officers ON Friday even
my last. The following were chosen !:
a
tant. Ed. Daniels second assistant. Nell
son Seymour; secretary, Joseph La
mOrder; treasurer. f. H. Stone. The
company will observe Washington's
birthday, Feb, -, by dance at the
town hall.
New Years was an eventful day in
town. The larger number of the stores
were closed during the afternoon and
Of l. all Il In Ia. ti,f
the Volunteer Hose company had very
successful dance at the town hall. About
l20 people attended it. Relies orches-
ira of Rutland afforded fine music and
a tirst-class supper was provided in the
lower rooms by Messrs. Cornell and
kidder.
The first list of letters advertised in
this town is found in the Farmers Ii
brary of July, 1893, the predecessor of
the Rutland Herald. The Office had just
been established aud it was eight years be-
fore Il newspaper was printed in Mid
dleburv. Robert Huston, the pOstmas-
ter, was also town clerk and lived where
Henry Ilammond's house was recently
burned. The office is supposed to have
been near the present bank building.
This is the list: "Charles Hay, Esq,
TicOnderoga; jeremiah Hatch, Middle
bury, State of Vermont; Stephen Porter,
New Haven, State of Vermont; Mr..
Pond. blacksmith in Addison, the
west side of Snake mountain"
The snow storm and blizzard which
were holding forth as we went to press
on Thursday evening of last week came
to an end during the night. The amC unit
of snow that fell is estimated at from II
to Is inches, but it was so piled up that it
is difficult to say just how much there is.
The streets and walks of the village were
badly drifted. 1t was not till Friday
night that all the walks had been made
passabe. The roads out i'm the country
were filled or left bare, and now that
they are broken the sleighng is poor
The Bridport stage did not attempt to go
out Thursday night; those to West Corn
wall and to East Middlebury and Ripton
got through and we're back very near
ly on time Friday morning. The rail
road people had a hard time of it
opening up travel from here north. a
freight got stalled in the cut this side of
Shelburne station Thursday forenoon