Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16
Roe NINE q.

Rhetorical exercises were held in the
graded school Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. 6. F. o. kimball returned
Wednesday from their visit with rela-
lives in Boston.
Mrs. F. y. Farnsworth of Middlehury
was guest of friends in town on Thurs
day of last week.
Mrs. NJ Strickland, who moved to
Manchester, y. H., last spring, has re.
turned to Nergennes.
Maj. Learned and DR.. Mason Of Nor
wich, Conn, were among the arrivals at
the Stevens House Saturday.
The Nergennes deer hunters in the
Adrondacks returned Wednesday, after
a weeks stay, with two deer.
The engagement is announced of Will
liam X. Warner and Miss Bessie, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Foss.
The Methodist society gave a supper
in the church parlors Wednesday even
ing for the benefit of the parsonage fund.
Rev. II. II. Titus and Isaac II. Smith
attended the State Sabbath school con-
vention at Burlington Monday and Tues
day.
Mrs. John ii. Booth and her sister,
Miss NJ. Parkhurst of PlattS burgh. were
guests of c. A. Booth and family this
week.
Jerry Pasho, aged 80 years. died
Tuesday, Oct. 5, of consumption after "A
lingering Illness. The interment was at
Keesevllle, \. Y.
Three canal boats of coal from Rond-
out, y. Y, arrived this week for local
dealers. Coal at the yards sells for tons
of POGO pounds at s. to S5.25.
The Nergennes Electric Light com
pany has greatly increased its power
and will soon be able to give an albright
service for incandesceni lights.
a meeting of the board of civil au-
thority will be held in the mayors office
Friday evening to award the contract for
the construction Of the steel bridge from
the east side to the island.
Agents for j. W. Nix II Co. of New
York, wholesale dealers in fruit, are in
town loolin over stock on hand Prices
have not as yet been established, but will
probably settle near 81 barrel.
Saturday, market day, farmers got
about II cents pound for butter, 20
cents dozen for eggs, II to Is cents a
pound for dressed poultry, 30 cents Il
apples and S. to Sll ton for hay.
Rev. Il. II. Cantwell, who spent his
summer vacation touring through the
United Kingdom, delivered a lecture
entitled picturesque Ireland. to an in
terested audience in the First Baptist
church on Wednesday evening, Oct. :.
Although the weather was anything but
pleasant, the church was crowded to
urin In
man of marked ability and is fine COM
bination of lecturer, orator and preacher
of righteousness. He conducted his trav-
cling party with graceful ease through
the picturesque resorts of Ireland, de-
Iibing graphically and infinitely the
historic and Evolutionary surroundings of
the different romantic localities through
which he passed, his wit and humOr adj
ding an additional brightness to the
lecture. The views of Wicklow and
Killarney were exceptionally fine and
the Ground towers of other days, of
which Ireland boasts, were seen in the
views To- be maiestically grand and de-
lightfully quaint. The lecture was in
terspersed with Irish music, Mr.. Can't
wells rendering of his Irish song, Bat
ersheen NebOcklish", being special
feature which was warmly applauded,
as was also the rendering of the clarinet
solo. Killarney, by Mr.. Nittum, and
the duet, Come Back to Erin. by Miss
Maud Story and Miss Fiske which
showed decided taste and skill. The
lecture throughout was a perfect sue
cess, the lecturer making marked i'm
preston on his audience. Mr.. Cantwell
has been with Us but short time and
we are Just beginning to realize some
thing Of the value of the powers with
which lie is so richly endowed. A few
more entertainments such as this through
the long winter months would make
them pass very quickly and we hope Mr..
Cantwell will repeat his lecture at near