Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-05
LOCAL NEWS.


at 400 O'Clock with the Misses Bralnerd
and Smith at Mrs. Frank A. Bonds.
1t is understood that the noon flyer
south, which was discontinued by the
railroad last fall, will be put on again
about June /.
/ Commencing next Sunday, the evening
services at the Methodist church will be
AS follows: EpwOrth league at 6 80,
prayer-meeting at 30.
The listers began their work Monday.
Mr.. Oliver Severance is operating in the
village and Messrs. Allen w. Foote and
c. w. Matthews in the country districts.
The spring term of the graded school
began Monday. There are fully as many
pupils in all the rooms AS last term. The
spring term of the college opened yes
terday.
The best new butter is worth Il cents
a pound this week and eggs 10 cents a
dozen for shipment. New maple sugar is
tolerably plentiful and retals at II cents
a pound.
Mr.. ). +. Meekin has sold his place
place near the passenger station to Mrs.
Agnes Dukett and Mrs. Julia Wisell,
who will occupy it. The price is not
made public.
Next Friday is Good Friday and Fast
day. It is legal holiday. The bank
will NOT open at all and the post-ofice
will be closed except from to 10 80 a.
NJ. and to 6 80 p. IN.
If the need of better sidewalks In large
sections of the village has not been APP
parent the past ten days. it never will be.
1t is many wears since the walking has
been so bad. though it is improving now.
a well-attended ana enjoyable maple
sugar sociable was given at the lecture
room of the Congregational church
Wednesday evening. There was an eX-
tended and excellent musical and literary
programme.
The value of beef cattle is fully % per
cent greater than it was six weeks ago,
and mutton is higher, too. Drovers say
that comparatively little of either beef
or mutton is to be had in this vicinity
nowadays.
James Z. Morgan, traveller and lecturer,
gave an interesting lecture, for the bene-
fit of the new church fund. at the Catho-
lie church Wednesday evening, on "The
life of our Saviour There was good
sized audience.
The managers of the local band are
fair they are to hold at the town hall the
first week in May. The object of the
fair is to raise fund for the purchase
of new uniforms.
The Vermont correspondent of Bos-
ton paper sent to his journal the other
day statement that move had been
made to bring about the consolidation of
the three colleges in this State. There is
no truth in the report.
Rev. ID. w. Lyman, the divinity
student who has otficated at the Baptist
church the last two Sundays. will preach
there next Sunday both morning and
evening. a movement is on foot to
secure his services as pastor.
An enjoyable private dancing party
given in honor of Miss Bessie Branerd
of st. Adams, a sister of Miss Brainerd,
the high school preceptress, was held at
the school-house hall Tuesday evening.
MI. Jesse Campbell provided the music.
Rev. Messrs. Noble and Dickens. pas
tors of the Methodist and Congregation
al churches, decided yesterday not to
hold union Fast-day service. The at
tendance at these services in recent years
has not been large; hence their decision.
The sociable held by the EpwOrth
ltdSuG at lilC VI WI anu hios %
b. Aines on Wednesday evening was
largely attended and was very pleas
ant occasion. The fact that Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyman opened their part of the
house to the guests added greatly to the
convenience and comfort of those pres
enU and was thankfully appreciated.
Weather sharps predict cold, raw
April because last Friday, which is sup
posed to govern the weather of the
month, was bad day. At any rate, it is
still very much like March. The ice in
the river Is firm, a large amount of snow
remains in the woods and everything is
backward. The frost is coming out of
the roads, some of which are very
muddy. There were six days during
March when the thermometer was at
zero or below, six when it was up to 40
above, and one, the 23d. when it got up
to 40.
George Woods, a Bridporr man, was
arrested here Sunday by Chief of Police
Cushman, on the charge of having stOl-
en-, Friday, from Mrs. Lareau of Bird