Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-02-28

j. !. Kingsley III the negative. mere /
will also bc stump speech by John
Doodv, music by Mr.. and Mrs y. ID.
Austin, an essay by Grace Mead and
song by l.. W. Forbes.
Vhr Washington birthday entertain
mcnt given AT school house nan last Fri
day evening by he pupils of the four
lower grades of the school drew out an
audie &C. a. large ~ the ro M could well
accommodate. The extended programme
of lrC,tation>, dcclamations. music, etc,
which we printed last week was very
successfully carried out, all the young
sters performing their parts we'll. One
of the oil lamps used for lighting the
hail got on fire and almost created
panic. bur the fire in 1t VAS put out be-
fore damage had been done.
The Burlington Free Press of yester
day has this citv item. The girl in ques-
ton was found at the Logan House,
where she had hired out as servant
about u hours before her arrest:
"Chicf Dumas went to Middlcbury vester-
day and arrested Lizzie Butler, nee
Frcdcttc, who stole "a ring February -
from Miss Agnes Manning. At Middle
bury Lizzie told the chief that she had
given the ring 10 IA trooper at the fort
Dumas accordingly tclrphoned the sol
dier A. follows: Dearest. ] am coming
to Burlington this afternoon on the ! 20
train. 50 please meet me. He did and
also met Dumas, who got the ring from
him and lodged her in Jail. and her trial
is this morning at o o'clock.
The village trustees ON Monday even
ing chose Prof. Bovce highway surveyor
to succeed Mr.. Henry W. Hammond,
" no had held the Office for several years.
Wednesday evening the trustees met
again to tackle the problem of lighting
the streets. The result of their delibrr-
atiOns was an offer to the electric light
company of $3.50 IA ear for % lights
(the present NUMBER to be run till mid
night every dark night for ten months,
the limit of the boards term of office. The
company had not accepted the otler yes
terdav. The trustees also passed resolu-
ton authorizing DR.. Sheldon, one of their
number, to purchase and set in operation
forthwith 100 kerosene street lamps in
case the electric company declines to light
the streets on the terms named.
A series of revival meetings, conducted
bv Rev. K. ). Underwood. were begun
at the Methodist church on Tuesday eve
ming. The meetings are to be held every
evening and every afternoon except
m. and 3 and 100 +. M; week days,
30 and 80 p. ~. The afternoon and
evening services on Sunday will be union
services, and to any and all of the
services everybody is cordially invited.
They will continue through next week.
There will be no meeting of the Epworth
league on SUNDAY evening. MIR. Under
wood, whose home is Northampton,
Mass. is IA man who has had "A long eXpe-
rence in eVangelistlc work, and he Is il
preacher of rare excellence: and the
meetings are full OF interest. ! Go and
hear him. 7.Ta G.-1E---1 ATS "a 1LS
The Bristol CORES pondent of an eX-
change tells the following story, which
as. we understand. substantially accur-
ate: walter Shedrick borrowed buff
flo coat of Calvin Myers Wednesday.
the l9th, to go to Middlebury, promising
10 return the coat in the evening. ~ he
did not return it that evening. Mr.. Myers
made inquiries Thursday and late in the
afternoon ne learned that Shedrick went
to Middlebury and sold the coat 10 Len
Allen, proprietor of the Pierce House
livery. for SO and bought IA ticket for
Worcester. Mass. Friday. Mr. Myers
went to Middlebury and saw Mr.. Allen
aud explained matters and secured his
coat. If Shedrick returns to Vermont
he will have to explain why he imagined
that he was the owner of the coat.
The annual meeting of the ID district
of Odd Fellows. held with Lake Dun
more lodge last Friday evening, brought
together Il full attendance of the menu
berS of the order. The meeting was OPP
ened by the local lodge, after which the
/ initatory degree was worked by llamil-
ton lodge of Burlington. Then came an
enjoyable banquet in the lower town
hall. Judge Slade presided over the
pOst-prandIal exercises, and among those
whom he called out to respond to toasts
were Grand Representatives J. w. Good
! ell and IL c Farrar. Past Grand Repres-
entativeS IL. w. Hall and l.. G.. Burn
I ham. Deputy Grand Master II. J.. Park
err, Grand Secretary IL. +. Parker, District
| Deputy Grand Master ;. b. Waite and
Grand Warden II. NJ. Mcfarland. The
affair ended with dance.
A curious runaway occurred Tuesday
morning. DOTus Bowen, who lives be-
yOnd Huntington's Falls in New Haven,
! 10 winterlng "A horse for Albert Bill
! ings of Addison. That morning lac drove
into town and when near Mr.. Lyman's
on Seymour street the horse took fright
at n load of logs, overturned the sleigh
and ran southwark. At the crossing
near Mr. CObb's he took to the railroad
track and stuck to it clear through the
village and down to the iron railroad
bridge. There he stepped between the
sleepers and broke a leg. lie was killed.
4 year ago or so DR.. Russel's horse made
similar trip, but passed through the
iron bridge and also over several cul-
verts and was not stopped till he had
gone more than two miles down the
track, and he sustained no injury of con-
sequence.
The Vermont deputation meeting OF
the Young WOman's Christian associa-
tions was held with the association
of the local college ON tuesday and