Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-19

week. It is on the shore of the lake
short distance south of the new hotel.
Rev. w. A. Hobbs, the Congregational
pastor at Warsaw, n. Y, will preach at
the congregational church Sunday morn
ing, and Rev. WIN. l.. Bull, an Episcopal
rector of Chester county, Pa, in the
evening.
The excursion to Lake George yester
day was largely patrOnized by the people
of this town and its vicinity. One hun
dred and thirteen tickets were sold at
the Middlebury station--a greater num-
Der than at Burlington.
The price of butter this week has been
10 cents and of eggs II cents. a year
ago butter sold for II to - cents and eggs
for -. In 1893 both butter and eggs
were quoted at Is cents. No improve
ment in the butter market is expected at
present
The cry weather has brought to the
surface i'm the streets of the village and
On all the roads hereabouts a great num-
Der of small stones. Riders of bicycles
as well as drivers of light rigs would
rejoice if they could be removed. at least
in the village.
The repairs on the bulkhead and flume
on the south side of the river were so
far completed as to permit the electric
light plant to start up on Thursday
night of last week. The work on the
flume is still going on, but the mills are
able to run all the time.
A good game of ball was played on
the college grounds Wednesday after
noon by the high school teams of Bristol
and Vergennes. The Bristolites won by
score of II to 6. The game was wit
messed by a large crowd of people, prin-
cipally from Bristol and Vergennes.
All the 10 mlch cows tested here last
week for tuberculosis by DR.. Philipsen
of Brandon for the shippers, Messrs.
Williamson and Carr, passed muster and
were shipped to Boston Monday. An
other lot of ID head are now undergoing
the test, which began yesterday after
noon.
The new laboratories which Prof. Nc
| Clifton is having put in shape at the col
| lege will occupy the two front rooms in
the lower story of the chapel building.
! When the workmen began operations
they found that the floor timbers were
rotten, so these and the floors as well
had to be renewed.
Mr.. II. l.. Sheldon has fitted up the
rooms in the upper story of his house on
Academy street next to the Episcopal
rectory tor the reception of part of his
museum collection. which has become
I so extensive as to necessitate more space
than the museum building affords. En-
trance to the rooms is obtained by an
outside stairway.
People who 90 from Middlebury or
anywhere else to Lake Dunmore for "A
] IL will no | al-
more House, the "old" house, so called,
an agreeable place 20 stop. Mr.. E. +.
Pierce of Brandon, the proprietor, is a
born hotel man and takes excellent care
of his guests, the table is all that could
be desired and the house is well managed
in every respect.
The Green Mountain Pulp company
had gang of men at work Monday and
Tuesday blasting off rocks in the bed of
the river below the falls here. The OBJ
ject was 10 open up a clearer channel for
the passage of logs sent down in the an
nual spring drives from Brandon TO the
mills below. The rocks removed caused
the logs to pile up under the falls. The
blasts were pretty heavy, and few win
dows in buildings in the vicinity were
broken.
A Mr. bradley of New YORK city, a
bank clerk who is taking his vacation
trip by bicycle, dined at the Addison
House yesterday. He wheeled from
East Dorset to Rutland Wednesday, yes
terday morning he left Rutland for here
and he proposed to 60 through to Bur
lington in the afternoon. He was bound
for Kingston, Ont. During the las
eight years he has ridden $4,000 miles OF
bicycles.
A good rain Friday relieved the droutl
to some extent, although more rain would
be acceptable. Farmers are far along
with their haying, and it is well tina
they are, as harvesting must begin soon
In this vicinity there is about a two
thirds crop OF hay, but it is of fine quail
ty. In Shorcham there is not over half {
crop, and the same is true in Others O
the lake towns. Grain of all kinds is
doing well and potatoes look better since
the rain.
The three new houses going up in thu
village are well on toward completion
Mr.. Demas Hope has his, on Court street
almost ready for occupancy, and Mr. j
ii. Stewards, on the,same street, is being
finished inside. as is also the one Mr.. c
w. Ross Is building on North pleasant
street. Mr.. James A. Smith and family
will occupy the latter this fall. Miss Clay
is making quite extensive repairs On hel
house, in which Prof. McGiltOn and fam
lily family live.