Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-03-20

80, corresponding secretary; Richmond,
'9S, recording secretary.
Mr.. Willis y. Cady has been chosen by
the board of school directors of the town
chairman of that body, which has also
elected Mr. NJ. X. Moore superintendent
of schools to succeed Prof. BOYce, who
is now county examiner.
The posters are out for ball to be
given at the town hall by the Battell
Hose company on the evening of Thurs
day, April 9. Relies orchestra of Rut-
land will afford the music and the supper
will be at the Addison House.
Five young horses belonging to the
Messrs. Blair, who live in the east part
of the town. were disposed of by auction
on the Main street bridge Monday, Dep
uty sheriff Cobb dong the selling. The
animals brought from ST. to $40 EACH
\. H. Woodrufl's "Uncle Hiram" COM
pany was billed to play at the town hall
last evening Mcssrs. Paul Odell and +.
/ II. Stone have rented the town hall for a
year for such shows as come here and
will manage it so far as such entertain
ments go.
The annual exhibition by the junior
class of the college will be held at the
town hall next Tuesday evening. The
Howard opera house orchestra OF Bur-
lington will furnish the music both for
the exhibition and for the hop which is
to follow it.
A Young man named Clark. resident
of Case street, ON Monday fell from IA
sled he was driving and struck in such
a way that the blade of an axe he had in
his hand cut deep cash in the upper
part of his right arm. lie came to the
village and was treated by DIR. Russell.
The winter term of the college will
close next Tuesday and that of the
graded school next Friday. The col.
lege will resume work April , and the
school April &. In case Good Friday,
April 3. is made Fast day, the college
term will not begin till Monday, the 9th
Mr.. II. l.. Sheldon, who was assistant
postmaster here in 1915, while connected
with the Office made stamps marked 90
cents Mddlebury paid and - cents
Middlebury raid A number of these
stamps have recently beeI found. A:
they were issued before the genera
government issue in 1917, they are
thought TO he valuable.
There was small burglary some tim,
Bonds clothing store. The thieves
broke the lower par: of the narrow win
dow at the south side of the main en-
trance. Two coats. some handkerchefs
hat and a few other little articles o
furnishing goods were carried off. Thu
Job was evidently the work of boys
= The officers are looking into the case.
/, DR.. Henry Boynton of WoodstOcl
lectured in the college course at tn
, chapel last Friday evening. His sub
iect was "From Marathon to Waterloo
and the purpose of the lecture was t.
show how the genius of one man ha
, often changed the course of the world
z history. lie described several decisiv
e battles, beginning with that of Maratho
e and ending with Waterloo, and told hoy
. the result of each contest affected tn
- world. His account of Waterloo wa
particularly clear and graphic and I'll
whole lecture was interesting and val
liable.
The weather of the past week has bee
D characteristic of March, The roads i
I the vicinity, which were filled by tn
a storm of Wednesday and Thursday, wer
Il opened up Friday. The blOckades wer
j principally on the Cornwall and Bird
. port roads. in parts of which deep cut
had to be made through the drifts. Fol
lowing the storm came cold snap am
v on Monday another storm, but of SINAI
n proportions compared with its predeceS
k sor Yesterday it was showing an,
> blowing again. Ii promised for Will
4 to be the worst storm of the season, bu
\ stopped soon after noon. Sugar-mak
e ers are getting uneasy over the latenes
, of the season, as they are generally doin
business by this date in ordinary seasons