Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-16
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
4 successful lawn party was held
Wednesday evening at the Episcopal
rectory.
The quarterly conference of the Meth
odist church Will meet at the church next
Monday morning at 8 80 o'clock.
The picnic given by the Catholic people
on the fair grounds Saturday drew out
good crowd. The races were spirited
and furnished excellent entertainment to
the crowd.
Messrs. Paul Cornell and George +.
Kidder have rented all the restaurant
privileges at the state fair to be held at
Howard park, Burlington, the first week
in September.
The Middebury bank. in common with
the rest of the banks of the State, will
be closed today. 1t is Il legal holiday.
bennington Battle day, by act of the
last legislature.
The premium lists of the Addison
County Agricultural society's fair to be
held here Sept. 10, IL and II are out.
Copies may be had of Secretary f. G.
Dyer by addressing him at West Sails
bury.
The cows of this region are remarkably
tests made for Messrs. Williamson &
Carr, the drovers Not one of over 100
head tested for them has shown a symp-
tom of the disease.
Mr.. James Hughes is having rather
doleful experiences with cows. Two
weeks ago he had fine one killed by the
cars, and last Sunday, as he was feeding
new purchase, she lifted her head sud
Ioolx- md hrnl-a hie uncp nv hittiuU if
with one of her horns.
The very best butter brought II cents
a pound this week though l6 cents was
the general price. Eggs have advanced
to Is cents a dozen. a year ago butter
was worth II cents and eggs - cents,
and two years ago both butter and eggs
were quoted at IS cents.
The stations DennIng Allen and his
son, Gen. Gates, full brother of Lord
Clinton , :0S3, both the property of Mr..
Joseph Battell, were shipped Tuesday
morning to Newport, where the annual
meeting of the Eastern Vermont Breed
ers' association is in progress.
The Congregational church was well
filled at the morning service last Sunday,
when Rev. DR.. Scaver of Rutland
preached and Mrs. j. w. Pitts of WOr-
d CeSleT, MASS, anu MI OtOISt IL INCuclC
of Boston assisted in the singing. Ar
engagements for preacher for next Sun
day had not been completed yesterday.
Mr.. Frank w. Thomas of New Haven
will sing.
William Smith of Rpton was arrested
here Friday night for intoXication by
Chief of Police Cushman and had a hear
ing Saturday morning before Justice
l.. d. Eldredge. He pleaded guilty to
INVESTIGATION, and his father paid the fine
of 50 and the costs. Smith disclosed on
Charles HocCmb, engineer of the estab-
ishment in the Y. NJ. c. A. building,
who is understood to have fled to
York State; at any rate the officers have
not yet been able to get hold of him.
The catalogue of the Middlebury grad
ed school for the coming year is out.
The teachers will be same as last year
Mr.. p. G. Hoyt, principal; Miss II. X.
Branerd. preceptress; Miss G. +. Smith,
assistant preceptress; Miss Julia f.
Bond, grammar school; Miss Ida s.
Waugh. second Intermediates Miss Cora
l.. Bingham, first Intermediate; Miss
l.. Mabel Smith. third primary; Miss
Laura |. Norton, second primary; Miss
Sarah Il. Wright, first primary; Miss
Mary Roscoe, vocal and instrumental
music. There were l25 different pupils il
the school last year, POS of them girl:
and 220 boys. The high and grammar
schools had each sc, the second inter
mediate GS, the first intermediate 80, the
third primary G2, the second primary 81
and the first primary IS. The fall tern
will open Monday, Sept. 9.