Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-30

ual covenant meeting preceding these
services will be held this evening.
The house and lot on the north side of
South Main street, belonging to the es-
tate of Olivia +. Comstock, were sold by
auction Monday forenoon. Mr.. j. f..
Buttolph bought the property for $3.50.
Next Monday, Labor day, being a
national holiday, the post-oiiice will be
open only from to 10 80 o'clock a. m.
and from 4 to 6 80 p. nj. 1t is not "A
State holiday, so the bank will not close
The drug store of Mr.. Stow suffered
from an attempted burglary Saturday
night. a part of one of the front win
dows was broken out and the sash cut.
The thieves were apparently frightened
of before they effected an entrance.
Messrs. f. f. Rich, E. w. Judd and
w. c. Foote have been appointed com
mlttee by the vestry of st. Stephens to
secure a successor to Rev. ). b. Blunt,
whose resignation will take effect Sept.
10. Several candidates are under con-
sderaton.
Mrs. Isabel 5. Freeland of Phladel-
pha has given two lectures this week at
Mrs. G. S. Wainwright's for the benefit
of the Ladies library, which consider
first talk was on Saturday and the sec
ond on Wednesday.
Quarterly meeting will be held at the
Methodist church next Sunday morn
ing; love feast at 9:l5; preaching at
10 40 by Rev. J. f. Yates of Fort Ed
ward, n. VA former pastor. The SER
mon will be followed by the sacrament
of the Lords supper.
The graded school committee are hay
ing the outside woodwork of the school
building painted. MIR. Dumas and his
men are doing the work. The walks in
the park about the building are also UNI
dergoing repairs. The fail term of the
school will begin a week from next
Monday.
The weather of the past week has
been clear and warm in the main. 1t
rained Saturday afternoon and evening
and yesterday morning there was a
heavy shower. a week ago yesterday
morning early the thermometer regis
tered 81 : and on the afternoon of Tues
day the mercury got up to 81.
Messrs. Calhoun 81 Stewart haYe a
gang of men at work putting in sys-
tenn of water-wOrks for Mr.. j. II. Bates,
wealthy New York man, at his summer
home IN Proctorsville. The water is
from springs and is carried $500 feet to
the house. Mr.. Calhoun is down at
Proctorsville experimenting the job.
Postmaster Burke has obtained from
the department at Washington a sched-
ule of steamers appointed to convey the
United States mails to foreign countries,
which gives the names and dates of sail
lngs from every American port. 1t will
be placed in the post-oflice for the bene-
fit of the public and will be of great ser
vice to those sending foreign mail.
Little is doing in produce yet. a few
fall apples are going to market. The
price of these is low, 81 barrel or q
trihe more. Advices from all sections OF
the country indicate large acreage and
heavy crop of potatoes. The probable
ity is that - cents bushel will be the
price when the trade opens. Apples
are plentiful in the West, and they will
not command large price.
What with the Knights Templal
conclave in Boston and the Breeders
meeting in Rutland the town has beer
almost depOpulated since Monday. The
/ Knights went down on special trair
early Monday morning. The local com
mandery mustered about 30 persons. Nc
| ladies went from MlddleburY, but sew
eral from Bristol and Vergennes. Among
the Middlebury Knights were Col. A
A. Fletcher, Col. II. NJ. Chapman, Drs
Martin, Noble and Kingsley and Messrs
f. p. Cushman, w. Nj. Cushman, p. f
Chapman, w. o. Sanford, Carl c.
Church. W. p. Waugh, j. NJ. Cheney, F
j. Hubbard, Isaac Stems, Chas A. Pi
per and A. G. Woodward. Messrs. l.
c. Drolette of Weybridge, T. w. Fletch
er of BridpOrt, c. l.. Greene of Lincoln
and others were also of the party. Mt
Calvary commandery headed the Yer
monters in the big parade Tuesday, ii
which about 25,O00 Knights took part
/ The Boston journal says: "The Sil
knights from the Green Mountain
State were cOmplimented not only or
their fine appearance, but also on Il ell
marching. 1t was great day tor Vermont
and her Tempars who participated il
the great triennial parade have reason
to feel proud of the distinction won by
them Oh that OCCASION
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