Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-23
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LOCAL NEWS.


A pension has been granted to Mrs.
Seraph A. Place of this town, widow.
The Hawthorne club will meet at
Prof. Eaton's on Tuesday evening next.
Highway Surveyor j. E. Buttolph be-
gan work on the village roads yesterday.
He is using a road machine to begin
with.
The seniors of the college have adopt
ed caps and gowns and made their first
appearance in them at chapel Saturday
morning.
NJ. +. Hewitt of Bristol, the lessee OF
the Upper sawmill, is finishing up lis
winters work of saving chair stock for
Massachusetts makers.
The water of the river has been higher
this week than at any time during the
spring. but has fallen two or three inch
es within the past IS hours.
An effort was made yesterday to better
the condition of the band stand in the
park, but the whole structure proved to
be rotten beyond repair. a new stand
will be erected.
Tuesday morning was the coolest of
the month, the mercury standing only
degrees above zero. The frequent rains
hinder farming operations, in fact almost
nothing has been done yet.
The wooden wing of the Addison
House has been torn down for the most
part to give room for the foundations of
the new addition The plan is to have
the latter finished by June /.
w. p. Russell post, No. 50, G. A r.,
voted at its last regular meeting to at
tend in body aud assist at the Mem
Orial services in West Salisbury at | p.
m. Saturday, May 20. Monday, May 81 9,
will be observed as Memorial day here.
The assistant Judges of the county
court are figuring on the cost of fitting
out the county court house with steam
heating apparatus, which was one of the
improvements authorized by the legisla-
ture of '9G.
| Mr.. L. d. Twltchell has bought of
Mrs. Jennie Lowell her place on College
hill and Mr.. VIM. Kyle has bought of
MIR. p. F. Chapman, guardian, the Ann
NJ. Chapman house and lot at the north
end of No. Pleasant street.
The appearance of the telegraph and
telephone poles about the village has
been markedly improved by the removal
therefrom of the patent medicine signs.
The trustees hope TO be able to keep
them clear of these djsfigurements.
Rev. George A. Hood, representing
the Church Building society, will preach
at the Congregational church next Sun
day morning and evening. The musical
programme which proved so acceptable
last Sunday will be repeated by special
request.
Members of the senior class of the
high school will give the comedy, "A
Scrap of Paper at the town hall this
evening. The young people have put a
deal of hard work into the preparation
of the play and deserve full house.
Vittum's orchestra will furnish music.
Tickets are on sale at Sterns
The Rutland railroad advertises ex-
cursion rates from its stations TO New
York for the Grant monument dedica-
ton next Tuesday. Passengers may 90
either by cars all the way or from Troy
by boat. The all-rail rate for the round
trip from Middlebury is 81 and by boat
$3.50. Tickets will be good going from
the 23d to the Goth and returning until
May 1.
The cleaning of the Congregational
church In preparation for the State con-
vention of Congregational ministers and
churches, 10 be held here in June, was
begun Monday under the direction of a
committee of ladies'. The ladies had a
meeting in the lecture room Wednesday
afternoon to arrange for the entertain
ment Of visitors on that occasion.
The Improvements in the store of Bond
Bros. are nearly completed. They in
clude an extension of the shelving on
the south side to the ceiling, the re-
moval of the Office to the rear of the
room and the putting-in of a Lamson
cash-carr.er system. The store seems
twice as large as under the former ar
rangement and customers can be served
much more expeditiOusly and easily.
The college base ball team is practic-
ing daily and good work is expected
from it this season. Games are being
arranged. So far the following, to be
played here, have been decided upon
Vermont academy, May 3; Cuban ex.
Giants, June /, and Union college, June
10. The work of building the proposed
athletic track on the campus will begin
as soon as settled weather comes.
There was a very fine display of flow
ers on Sunday last at the Congregations
church, and those present were more
than ever sensible of the great obiga.
tiOns the congregation are dndeT to Mrs
John w. Stewart for afiordinS them thi:
feature every Sunday of the year, and tC
Mr.. Duff, the gardener, for his careful
and tasteful arrangements of the flowers
Mr.. Luther Brown of the college con
Quoted services at the Methodist churct
; last Sunday, the pastor, Rev. j. G. Good
ing, being i'll. Mr.. Gooding has beer
. detained by illness from the meeting Of
the Troy conference which is in session
this week at Schenectady. Rev. William
, N. Il. Dean of the Congregational church
is expected to preach In the Methods
church at the usual hour on Sunday.
A musical company, "The Tire,