Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-13

tne congregational NeSlIY on IueSudy
evening, Nov. II, at 7.3O under the
auspices of the Loyal Temperance legion !;
admission, 10 cents.
a meeting of the ladies Of the Congre
gatIonal church will be held in the lee.
ture room ut 3 80 o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon, the 18Th inst. The young ladies
of the congregation are especially re-
quested to Ue present.
Mrs. John Powers, who had been very
i'll for several weeks, died at her home on
Washington street shortly before /
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon, aged about
63 years. The arrangements for the
funeral have not been completed.
Mr.. f. G. Severance. who has only
just recovered from an accident that con-
fined him to his bed for nearly month.
was run away with here in the village
uesday morning and thrown from his
wagon. Fortunately he escaped with a
few bruises.
Mrs. Charles Superneau, who had been
Ill for some time with Brights disease,
died yesterday morning at the home of
the family on South street. Her age
was about 30 years The funeral will be
attended from the Catholic church to-
morrow morning.
Rev. G.. w. Morrow of Randolph will
deliver The first lecture in the course of
the Baptist Christian Endeavor society
at the Baptist church this evening. His
subject will be Life Sketches" Mr.
Morrow is said to be one of the finest
speakers in Vermont.
A number of pupils in the higher
rooms of the graded school planned to
go to Montpelier today to see how the
statesmen there collected do business.
but satisfactory rates could not be Sc
cured by Principal IIoyt and the eXcur-
sion was accordingly given up.
The republicans of Burlington and its
vicinity will celebrate Mckinleys cleo
ton by parade at 80 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. The railroad will sell
excursion tickets at 81 for the round
trip from Middlebury and at correspond
lngly less rates from stations north of
here.
The Middleburv pOst-oflice, in common
with the other Offices of the country,
weighed all mails received and sent out
during the month ending the 10th inst.
The object of this weighing, which is
done once In four years, is to get at a
basis for paying the railroads for carry
ing the mail.
A pair of horses attached to a farm
wagon and owned by Fred Newton of
Weybridge took fright as they were
standing in front of Mr.. Moore's market
Wednesday morning and started on a run
for home. They are said to have mace
the trip without doing harm to them
selves or anything else.
The football team of the Rutland insti-
tute was badly defeated i'm "A game with
the college bows on the latter's grounds
last Saturday. the score standing Is to o.
Tomorrow afternoon at 80 the college
boys and the team of the Troy Confer
ence academy, POultney, will play a
game on the college grounds.
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tho Iost CIV uooiis no 1i% Thore bae
bean Iittlo rooi no1d bowover In tho
Vast tboro ,,oro baa1,, Snov,storn,s Tho
tirst of Tho ,voal, nS r,,,oh os 10 inches Of
snow falling in Iowa and six inches in
parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin,.
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Mr. Juiius IT, illlamsoh had piece
OF hara iucK Wednesday hight' Ills
oarh Is INFESTED WIN rats ana ne mixed
quantlty OF meal ana poison with whicil
TO KIN them ana paced II ABOUT the
puiluins, purIhg tIle n'gll MS co" 20,
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The inside of the pOst-office has been
much improved by the recent repairs
A hardwood floor over the whole office
a wood ceiling and fresh paint give the
rooms a better appearance, while new
wooden steps in place of the old stone
ones at the entrance will be appreciated
when cola weather comes II they aren
now
Mr.. Elmer +. Ross of East Middle
bury had a wheelbarrOw ride of two
miles in the direction of this village last
Saturday as the result of an election bet
Mr.. w. S. Tisdale doing the wheeling
A crowd accompanied the party as fal
as it came. The bet provided for
ride all the way to Middlebury, but botf
parties had enough at the end of two