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tised in the name of an organization,
committee or individual.
MRS DIR. CUTLER has been sick since
Sunday.
FRANK NOLAN, who has been spending
few weeks in Troy, has returned home.
THE Rev. A. Macgeorge and wife are
spending part of the week in New
York.
Miss JANE DAY is making additions
and improvements to her reside ace on
North street.
On account of the absence of the pas
tor at Confer ence, there was no preach
ing services at the Methodist church
Sunday.
THE Rev. A. J. Barron arrived in New
York, Su- lday morning, on his return
from y to the city of Rome and the
Holy a.
d. TEN and wife of Rutland
were helv . couple Of days last week.
called here by the death of Mrs. Bruten's
Father, Michael Fitzgerald.
JOHN SCOTT, a travelling agent for John
Shehan of Cohoes, vas arrested Saturday
for selling liquor in this State. He fur
nshed bail for his appearance before the
Municipal court.
THE Vermont Grand Lodge, 4. E. o.
T., will me- in Burlington tomorrow.
Among those who expect to attend from
here. are George H. Burch, N. NJ. Putfer,
Geo. y. Phillips and w. r. Hyde.
THE Great IncOhonee of Massachusetts,,
to which Michigan Tribe of this village
is com 9cted, has issued proclamation
askir the tribes and councils to cele-
brate st. Taminas day, on the 18th of
next moon, with fitting ceremonies.
A WIDE awake school girl of this vii
lage, absent at the finishing school, writ
ing 70 her father. enclosed the following:
Although she wears an Easter gown,
The fact no joy instills,
She's thinking what papa will say
The day he gets the bills.
Mrs. H. S. BINGHAM will attend
meeting of the committee of women from
this State to the Atlanta Exposition to
b, held in Rutland tomorrow. Mrs.
Bingham has been notified of her APP
pointment as committee from Vermont
to arrange for the inter colonial exhibit
at the exposition.
TIE annual meeting and roll call of
1l, will
be held Thursday evening, May End. The
floral decorations at this church Sunday,
consisted of choice bouquets of roses,
carnations, heliotropes and other flowers
from the conservatory of S. L. Griffith at
Dandy, one of the most extensive in this
section of the State.
THE Readsboro Enterprise says: lis
under stood that Mrs. Stafford and family
will occupy the slightly residence of John
II. Balkan this summer. Mr.. Bahan is
fortunate in securing this excellent fam
i!y.-The new bank building when COM
plete will put to shame the Dewey cor
ner and we hope our esteemed townsmen
will loose their iron grip on this property
and induce some one to build thereon
something besides hen coop.
ANOTHER shipment of trout fry from
the government hatchery at RCXbury is
expectedin this section soon. About 49,,
coo fry were placed in the streams in this
county two weeks ago, but it is the
opinio of fishermen that as these were
small that but few, if any of them, sur
vived the floods of this spring. They
wera doubtless swept from the streams,
and len the water goes down will be
left in pools along the brooks, where as
the water dries up they will perish. The
custom of placing these small trout in
the streams before the snow and ice are
gone is generally condemned by anglers.
THE executive Board of the State Sun
day school association, met at Montpe-
lier, recently, and perfected arrange
lnents to put field worker into the
territory comprised by the States of New
Hampshire and Vermont. The gentle
man engaged is w. b. Miller, whose
headquarters will be at White River
Junction. Three of the four Sunday
schools of our village are connected with
the State convention, and it may be of
interest to them to know that the plan,
above noted, has reached conclusion.
The duties of Field Worker is to form
county and town associations, hold con-
ventions and institutes, organize normal
and home departments, and develop the
schools on all lines.
c. D. WEEKS of Independence, Ia,
who arrived here a couple of weeks ago
with couple of horses that George F.
Leonard purchased in Sparta, Wis, has
decided to locate at Island Park, near
Troy, for the summer and will go there
the first of May. He will take with him
from here, the mare Queen Tempo, 2.2S4; ;
Happy Lucy, year old record, 2:39; Sa-
bleson, 2:34, and Beatrice all belonging
TO Mr.. Leonard. He has also three
horses coming from parties in New York
md arrangements partly completed for
some from the vicinity of Rutland. Local
lorsemen express themselves as much
nlaoeod tbot Mr. Wanlrc who bas q biUh