Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-15
LOCAL NEWS.


patent for an improved bee-smoker
Mr.. C. L. Nutting of New Haven has
rented the old court house building at
the entrance of the fair grounds and is
to put in it stock of carriages, wagons,
harnesses, etc.
The recent thaws have raised the wa
tiers of the river till it is possible for the
pulp mills to run all their machinery,
something they haven't been able to do
for two months past.
The total eclipse of the moon came of
Sunday night according to programme,
but clouds interfered with satisfactory
observations of it. The total phase
continued from 9.52 to ll.21.
Miss Katharine Egbert of Burlington,
a teacher of physical culture, was in
town Friday for the purpose of forming
class of young ladies'. She met with
considerable encouragement.
The meeting of the Hawthorne club
appointed for Mr.. Rufus Wainwright's
last Tuesday evening was not held for
various reasons. The club will meet
at Mr., Walnwright's next Tuesday eve
ming.
Mrs. Burns, wife of James w. Burns,
fell through II trap door into the cellar
of theil residence near the paper-mill
bridge last week Thursday afternoon.
One leg was broken and severe bruises
were inflicted. Drs. Russell and Martin at
tended her.
Mr.. b. w. Smith of Townlne. the
county examiner. held the spring eXami-
nation of teachers for Middebury at the
,wer room of the town hall Monday
and Tuesday. Twenty-four candidates
presented themselves, but two gave up
before completing their papers.
Bright sunshine and cold wave ac-
companied by IA high wind were the
weather conditions yesterday. y rain
Wednesday night took the bulk of the
snow off the fields, though there is still
plenty of it in the woods. In the main
the past week has been quite like spring
The best butter has been worth only
II cents a pound this week and the
price of eggs has fallen to II cents. The
depreciation in butter is due to large
receipts in the Boston market last week
10 800 tubs and 1892 boXes-a very
much larger amount than is often sent in
so early in the season.
The Helpers union of the Methodist
church hold a social at the house of o..
). Barton this evening. 1t is expected
that Mr. and Mrs. j. Il. Ford, formerly
residents of Middlebury, will be present.
They return to this village 70 live, after
having lived in Canaan, n. H., for the
past three or four years.
Prof IIenckels of the faculty Will
lecture at the chapel this evening in the
college course. He will talk about 1.-The
moral problem of Faust, and one of the
best lectures of the course may be eX-
pected. The next lecture will be given
on the evening of Saturday. the 23d inst,
by Principal Riggs of the Plattsburgh
school, who will take TennysOn as his
subject.
The junior class of the college will
give its annual exhibition at the town
hall on the evening of Tuesday, the Both
inst. Twelve of the twenty-siX mem
bers OF the class will speak. The
speakers were selected by committee,
whose decisions were based solely upon
the merits of the orations and essays.
The speakers chosen are Misses Hawley,
Swiney. Tyler and Ware and Messrs.
Davis, Fitzpatrick, Lamson, Merrill,
Moore, Munroe, Prentis and Wilcox.
"Housekeeper" writes the Burlington
Free Press as follows, and the advice is
good here, too: Count every day lost IN
which you do not kill buffalo beetle.
Where? In the window, to which they
I flock when they first get their wings. |
have killed II today. Less than One-half
the size of the 'lady-bug,' red stripes
down the middle of the back, wing cases
barred black and white; color (to a casu
al observer) dingy gray. That is his
photograph. Let the war be one of eX-
termination
! w nd arfxr in
town Saturday to buy horses for use by
coaching parties this season. They came
by special train. Fifty or more animals
were submitted for inspection. but only
two of the lot were bought-one of c.
II. Williamson and one of Somers Spauld-
ing of BridpoTt. Mr.. Williamson is said
to have been paid 5000 and Mr.. Spauld-
ing $3.50. The animals purchased were
put into the horse car which formed a
part of the special train and taken along
to Shelburn.
The school directors and superintend-
ents of the county were out in force at
the meeting called here yesterday by
State Superintendent of Education Stone
for the consideration of school matters.
Nearly every town was represented by
some one and many of them by all their
school officers. The forenoon was oc-
cupied by agents of textbook publishers,
! nearly 30 of whom were on hand. In
the afternoon Superintendent Stone made
an address and the new features of the
! school law were discussed.
A st. PatrIck's day celebration is to be
held at the town hall on the evening of
Tuesday next, the 10Th inst. Rev. ID. j.
O'Sullivan will lecture on "Our Foreign
Element, and farce, "My Turn Next, "
will be given by the young people. Then
the ladies of the parish will serve an
abundant supper under the direction OF
the officers of the st. Vincent de Paul
sOciety. Lastly there will be a special