Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31

cnurCn VIII De nelu at tneT place OF
worship at o'clock this evening.
The college boys played an excellent
game of base ball at Bristol Saturday,
defeating the Bristols by score of u
toS
The final meeting of the Hawthorne
club for the season will come next Tues
day evening. The place of the meeting
had not been fixed upon yesterday.
About dozen people went from this
station to st. Adams Monday morning on
the excursion gotten up to give people
along the railroad an opportunity to see
the ruins of the fire.
Neither the college nor the graded
school was In session yesterday. The
bank did not open at all.and the post
office and The most of the stores were
closed a part of the day.
Heavy rains Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday gave vegetation a fresh start.
The ground had become very dry and
crops had almost ceased to grow be-
cause of the lack of moisture.
The Woman's Home Missionary union
will hold its annual meeting, with tea,
at Mrs. Gardner Wainwright's or
Wednesday next at o'clock p. m. The
gentlemen are cordially invited to tea at
six.
Section men at Shelburn found Wed
nesday afternoon that the track had
been spread by a train. The train due
here at ! 40 p. m. was delayed there
over an hour while repairs were being
made.
Quarterly meeting will be held at the
Methodist church next Sunday morning.
The love feast will begin at 8 40 and the
sacrament of the Lords supper will be
administered in connection with the
regular morning service.
At the regular communication of
Union lodge, No. ,, Monday evening,
June 3, there will be work on the NJ. NJ.
degree. All members of the order are
requested to be present. as it will be the
last meeting of the season.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
post-oilice unclaimed: Mrs. G. Blakely.
Miss Daisy Rogers. Miss Maud Turner,
Jack Brooks, Rev. Nelson l.. Graves,
Ed. Gay, G. NJ. Randall Morse, y. E.
Nahum, Charles Remily, w. Sellye.
The Pittsford correspondent of an ex-
change says: 1.-The Vermont Marble COM
pany has been looking over the marble
plant of Smith q Brainerd recently, with
Il view of buying it. 1t can be bought
for Sl50,O00." Whether the proposed deal
will include the company's property at
Belden's as well as that at Pittsford is
not stated.
y new timetable will 90 into effect on
the railroad Sunday. The schedule is
not out SO we cannot give the new ar
rangement. The noon flyer" south is
to be restored, and Postmaster Burke is
endeaVorlng to have it take a closed mail
from here to Rutland. whence u
mail for the South and West is sent at
3 o'clock every afternoon.
The stringing of the wires to complete
the telephone line between Middebury
and Ticonderoga is in progress. Com
munication can now be had with Corn
wall, West Cornwall, Bridport, East
Shoreham, Richville, Shoreham, Orwell
station and Orwell village, and when
the line is completed with Larrabee's
point and TiconderOga also.
Suitable exercises were held in the
schools of the town and the graded dis
trict Wednesday afternoon. as directed
by act No. % of the laws of 1894, which
says that "the last half-day's session of
the public schools before Memorial day
shall be devoted to exercises commemo-
ratve of the history of this nation dur
riotic instruction in the principles of
liberty and the equal rights of man.
The State road commissioners, O. l..
Kinds of lIighgate, Marcus Peck of
BroOllfield and Prof. Votey of the uni
versity at Burlington, are soon to take
l0-days' driving trip through the south
part of the State, going down on the
east side of the mountains, crossing them
/ ttlnhnrn
side. They will visit Middlebury on
their journey. Their object is to see the
condition of the roads and to consult
with road commissioners on the route.
The missionary entertainment and
soclable at the Methodist church Wednes-
day evening was very enjoyable affair.
The instrumental music rendered by
Messrs. williamson, Peck and Hubbard
was very fine and the songs by Misses
Maud Holley and Anna Slade were first
class. Prof. Sanford gave a most inter-
estng and instructive address upon Rome
and mission work in that city, and the
refreshments served by. the ladies were all
that could be desired. The attendance
was large.
\ hearing was had at Bridport on
Tuesday and here on Wednesday i'm the
case of f. II. Merrill vs.. O. b. WolcOtt,
| INVOLVING the title to some six acres of
land in Bridport. Hon. w. l.. Burnap
of Burlington is the referee, Mr.. Bliss
of Burlington and the Messrs Button the
plaintiffs counsel and Messrs. Stewart
& Wids the defendants. The object in
going to Bridport was to take the testi-
mony of aged residents of the town who
were not able to come to Middlebury.
The hearing will be continued after
county court.
The Epworth league of the Methodist
society of this place have arranged for a
novel entertainment to be given in the
Methodist church Friday evening, June
:. 1t will consist of concert by Ed
sons latest improved photograph, the
instrument which has so stirred the
scientific world of late. The instrument
can be distinctly heard in the largest
halls, and perfectly reproduces vocal
solos and instrumental selections. The
entire programme is made up of selec-