Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-03
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iors, % sophomores, 80 freshmen and
three special students.
The national bank of Middlebury has
declared its usual semi-annual dividend
of 4 per cent, payable on and after the
I'd inst, besides adding something sub
stantial to its surplus out of the earn
ings of the last six months.
Perseverance lodge, No. 6S, l. o. G..
r., at It's regular meeting Wednesday
evening, Jan. l, initiated two persons,
after which a literary programme was
carried out, followed by refreshments.
The lodge now has 40 members.
Mr.. 4. w. Carey is back in own from
Salisbury, after an absence of a year,
and is again doing business in the black
smith shop managed during that time
by Mr.. f. H. Thomas. Mr.. Thomas
continues in business as carriage-bnilder.
Some % of the young ladies of the
village, assisted by two or three from
outside, are to give a leap-year dance at
at School-hOuse hall his evening. Spec
tatOrs will be welcomed at 10 cents each
and will be accommodated with seats on
the stage.
The deaths is district No. / (the vii
lage district) for the past year show a
larger proportion of aged persons than
for many years past. OF 81 names
recorded, 81 were over 30 years old, six
over 80, ten between 20 and so, five be-
tween 60 and 20 and only three under 10.
The hotel near the railway station, of
which w. B. Wright is proprietor, was
searched by the officers a few days ago,
on a wal ram issued by States Attorney
Fish, and a small amount of liquor was
found. Mr.. Wright was arrested,
pleaded guilty to keeping, was fined $40
and costs and paid.
The firm of Smith & Piper, composed
of Messrs. Clinton Smith of Washington
and Charles a.. Piper of this village.
which has carried on the woodworking
business at Mr.. Smiths mill here fol
several years, dissolved Dec. 81, Mr.
Piper retiring. The business is at pres
ent in charge of MIR. Smiths son Delmar
The lecture to be given Sunday wen
ing at the Congregational church by
Yrnan II. Shahbag, a native Persian anC
"a fluent and an interesting speaker
should not be forgotten. We know very
little of this field of the Presbyterian
board, especially from the natives them
selves, as there are very few Of them II
this country.
Quarterly meeting will be held at thu
Methodist church next Sunday morning
love feast at 9:45: sacrament of thu
Lords supper and reception of members
!. etc. at 10 40. In the evening there viii
be only the young peoples service at
o'clock. The week of prayer will be Oh
served, meetings being held every ever
ing except Saturday. These meeting
will m at Z 80.
Mr.. Oliver p. Clay, a former Middle
bury man. sends us an elaborate pro
gramme of the celebration of Forefath
l ers' day OF the evening of Dec. II b,
: the New England society of Cleveland
o., in which city Mr.. Clay resides
r There were responses to tOaSts by rep
resentatives of each of the New Englan'
States. "reminiscences, and a supper, tn
+ dishes being of the Old-fashiOned Yanke
: sort.
The calico bail given at the town hal
On Tuesday evening by the Odd Fellow
was "A pronounced success. over Q
couples attended. The affair began witt
IA concert by the musicians, Relies OF
chestra of Rutland, aud an Odd Eel
. lows drill, both of which were great
enjoyed by the spectators, who filled th
gallery. Landlord Sargent of the Lo
gan House furnished an excellent SUP
per in the lower hall.
D During December the wind was sout
. more han half the time. Nearly fou
t inches of rain and two inches of snoN
fell. The thermometer was l0o beloN
+ two days, at zero or below eight days AN
! below the freezing point ~ days. On
n day the mercury got up to Cos. \ col
wave made its appearance Tuesda.
night. The roads are frozen and roug
and travelling on most of the highway
hereabouts is unpleasant, to say tn
n least. The mud got very deep in som
sections of the county. Friday mornin
the stage from Shoreham village t
e Shoreham station was a Concord bugg
e to- which four horses were attached. Tn
h river is high. Mr.. II. ID, Cushman, tn
janitor of the high school building, ha
e not found it necessary to keep any fir
= there during the holiday vacation in OF
der to prevent IA freeze-up, something
r that never before happened during Tia
~ years he has held the position.