Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-02-19
LOCAL NEWS.


The Hawthorne club will meet next
Miss Parker.
Morris Wool has closed his tin-shop in
the Smith building, Mill street, and re-
moved to Burlington.
The Young Mems Catholic Union will
give dance in school house hall next
We inesday evening, the 9th.
Martin Hayes of this village and Miss
/ Stella, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. +.
Cushman, Jr., of Ripton, were married
at the brides home on Wednesday.
The Rutland Railroad company's adj
vertisement of Washington excursions,
in another column, will interest those
who intend to help lnaugurate Mr.. Nc
Kinley.
Next Monday Is legal holiday. The
bank will not open aud the graded
school will not be in sessions The post
Office will be open only from to 10 80
and 1 to 6 80 p. IN.
The meeting of the Essay club next
week with the Misses Stewart at Mr..
Philip Battell's will he held Tuesday
afternoon at 3 80 o'clock, instead of
Monday, Washington's birthday.
The Ethan Allen chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution will
meet with Mrs. Abee and Miss Parker
Monday afternoon next at , o'clock TO
celebrate Washington's birthday.
Messrs. Thomas & Weeks have Just
filed an order TOR 10000 pounds of
n edlum wool, for which they paid from
II TO 10 cents-a considerable advance
over the prices of a few months ago.
Walter w. Martin, who hogan last
October to serve a long term in the
house of correction at Rutland for in
fraction of the prohibltory law. arrived
home Wednesday, Governor Grout hay
ing pardohed him.
The first annual ball of Russell Grand
Army post, which was held at the town
hall Tuesday evening, proved great sue
cess in every respect. About l75 people
were present and nearly S75 was added
to the relief funo of the post
The kerosene lamp in Youtt's peanut
rooster exploded Monday and caused a
small fire and some damage to the building
and to clothing. Mr.. Otis Abbey hap
pened to be standing near the machine
and promptly threw the lamp out
The first log house occupied by fam
lily in Middlebury was built by Benjamin
4 Smaley In l773 on his pitch between
the Seeley place and the mouth of Mid
debury river. Mr.. j. r. New, the own
er of the farm, took down the house and
recently placed in the Sheldon museum
a section of one of the original logs of
the house.
Mr.. w. +. Hammond of this place had
his herd of % head of blooded Jerseys
examined on Wednesday last for tuber-
culOsis by Dr. f. \. Rich of Burlington,
who found them to be perfectly free
from this dreaded disease. Mr.. Ham
mond's action is praiseworthy, as it as
sures safety to his many customers, here
and elsewhere, who are supplied each
week with butter.
The photograph" party at the lee
ture room of the Congregational church
on Friday evening, under the manage
ment of the Inasmuch circle of Kings
Daughters, drew out a considerable mum
Der of people Notwithstanding the bliz-
zard that ragged. The photograph feat
ure proved very attractive. Fred Beck
with guessed the greatest number of the
portraits and received a prize.
A Washington newspaper saws that
DR.. Virgil w. Blanchard of this place
has assigned all his right, title and in.
terest in his patents on gas mixtures and
hydro-carbon furnace, gas stove and inn
prOvements to the Odorless Gas Stove
company of West Virginia for consid.
Grafton of $1,000, 800. The main feature
of DR.. Blanchard's inventions in this line
is coal burner which makes saving of
} 80 per cent in the quantity of coal con.
sumed besides furnishing a much strong
er heat. The doctor has been at work
several years perfecting this invention.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
postoffice unclaimed Mrs. Dora Par
ish. Mrs. Chas. Stiles, Mrs. Charles Sum