Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

will be served at ten cents a dish. All
are cordially invited.
The steamer Furnessia on which Prof.
Wright and Principal Hovt sailed from
New York for Glasgow, the 18th, was
sighted Monday off Tory island, on the
northwest coast of Ireland. 1t should
have reached Glasgow Wednesday.
The Bristol correspondent of the Rut-
land Herald writes; "Anna Parmelee,
the daughter of NJ. ID. Parmelee, took a
dose of paris green Sunday with suicidal
intent. Physicians were summoned and
she will probably recover
Those who have occasion to ride BIZ
cycles across the stone bridge would do
well to use great care in making the trip
after the roadway has been sprinkled.
When wet the asphalt is very slippery.
A local wheelman got bad fall there
yesterday.
The G. j. Starr Hose company will
give a social dance in their rooms in the
Y. NJ. C. a. building Tuesday evening,
the Both inst to which they extend a
general invitation. Good music will be
furnished. Admission to the hail will
cost 80 cents.
The members of Mt. Calvary command
cry of Knights Tempar are meeting
every Wednesday evening for drill in
preparation for the triennial cOncave in
Boston the last of August. Mt Calvary
commandery is to head the line of Yer
mont Knights in the grand street parade.
The ceremony of blessing the corner
stone of the new Catholic church will
take place at o'clock Sunday afternoon
next, the 2Sth inst. Bishop DeGOes-
BRAND and CoadutOr Bishop Michaud
Supt. James A. Smith of the Smith 81
Brainerd marble company of Pittsford
and Belden's.
An alarm of fire at II o'clock Tuesday
forenoon was occasiOned by the discov-
cry of flames in manure heap back of
the barn at the Sayre place on Main
street. The firemen responded prompt
ly and soon had the fire out. Spontane-
Gus combustion is supposed to have
caused the trouble. The pile of horse ma
nure lay out in the sun. 1t had set itself
and the barn on fire. Little damage was
done.
Mr.. G. NJ. Remele of Middlebury has
been appointed by the executive board
of the county agricultural society gen
eral superintendent of the fair to be held
in September. MIR. c. X. Witherell OF
Cornwall, whom the board appointed in
the winter, is In South Africa and will
not return i'm time MIR. w. b. Child of
Weybrdge was made superintendent of
horses to fill the vacancy caused by Mr..
Remedies promotion.
David Warner of New Haven drove
his horse to the New Haven station last
Thursday morning and took the train for
the excursion to Lake George. He
stopped here on his return, and was ar
rested for INVESTIGATION by Night Watch
man Dickinson and locked up. He plead
ed guilty to intoXication when arraigned
before Justice Mcleod the next morning
and was fined s. and costs, which he
paid. He said he got the rum in York
State.
Mddlebury has one prominent resident
whom a very little camping satisfies.
He planned to take the early New York
and Montreal train Wednesday morning,
and, with another man bound for the
same camp, took lodgings at the Addison
House. They were called in time for the
train, and one of them got up. The other
reused himself enough to remark that he
thought he had had enough of camping,
rolled over, went to sleep and slept till
breakfast time.
Mr. w. Ii. Taft's Oldest son, six years
of age, was badly hurt Monday. He
had as playthngs three pieces, each
about foot and "A half long, of half
round iron such AS is used for tracks
under sliding barn doors. While hold
ing them in his hand and running the
boy fell. Two of the pieces grazed his
forehead, taking of the skin, while the
third penetrated one of his cheeks, max
ing ragged and ugly wound. DR..
Martin has charge of the case.
An afternoon and evening excursion
under the auspices of the Rutland Y. NJ.
G. A. is advertised for Tuesday next. 1t
will take in all stations from Rutland to
Middlebury inclusive. The special train
will leave Rutland at ] 80 p. m, reach
Middlebury at , :5S and Burlington at
4:l5. EXcursionists will then take the
Reindeer for Plattsburgh, where they will
arrive at and remain two hours. The
train back from Burlington will get to
Middlebury at 10 80 p. m. The fare for
the trip round from Middlebury will be
81 for adults and 30 cents for children.
Messrs. f. Il. Stone and f. w. Fuller
went to Fair Haven Tuesday to repre-
sent the Battel and Volunteer Hose
companies as delegates TO the annual
meeting of the State Firemen's associa-
ton on Wednesday. Yesterday morning
the tiremen went down on a special train
passing here at :l5 to attend the tourn-
ament yesterday. The Battells and Vol
unteers sent 10 men each. The tiremen
were accompanied by the band. Both
the Middlebury companies were entered
tor the hose contest. a few citizens ac-
COMMANDED the tiremen to Fair Haven.
The drouth was relieved to limited
extent by good shower Sunday night,
but it is still very dry, particularly in
the lake towns. The river was so low
Monday that only small pressure could
be obtained in the water mains. The
rain of Sunday seems to have been much
heavier south than it was here; at any
rate the water in the river came up six