Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-02-12

The w. c. r. L. will hold a parlor
meeting with Mrs. j. K. Crane on We'd
nesdav, Feb. II, afternoon and evening.
There will be a Bible reading at 3
O'Clock, followed by business meeting.
Tea will be served at o'clock. Mrs.
Ida II. Read, State president, will be
present and address the meeting. A
very cordial invitation is extended to
all. The executive meeting of the county
w. G.. T. u. will be held at Mrs Cranes
on the same day as the above, the ses-
sion beginning at 30 p. m.
The thaw which began Saturday and
continued through Monday spoiled the
sleighing. Here in the vllege both
wagons and sleighs are used The Rip
ton stage comes to East Middlebury on
runners and makes the rest of the trip
on wheels. Westward from here the
drifts are so deep that wagons cannot
be run, though the sleighing is gone in
spots. A cold wave came yesterday
morning, the thermometer registering
20 below in at least one place in the
village.
The following, written in pencil many
years ago on the boarding in the shed at
the Seymour place, now the home of Mr.
Philip Battell, Is of interest in cOnnec-
ton with the article on the "summeress"
year, elsewhere printed: "Elisha Kel-
logg of Weybridge, master builder of
this house for Hon. Horatio Seymour {;
Adolphus Bangs, assistant carpenter,
and Smith Kellogg, an apprentice. 1t
was finished in 1916, that cold year and
famine all over New England. DARK
spots seen on the sun. Corn did not
ripen in Vermont, that cold year, for
seed corn. Rye was good crop"
The lecture on the X-rays at the
Congregational church on Tuesday
evening by Mr.. c. B. Curtis drew out
large house, the Womans Home Mission.
airy society. under whose auspices he
came, realizing about So net profit. Mr..
Curtis is an easy talker and has the
knack of making abstruse things clear.
No one who heard him needed to go
away ignorant of the essential points of
the subject. The experiments were in
teresting so far as they went, but an I'M
fortunate breakdown of an important
part of the apparatus prevented the
taking of more than one photograph.
The Inasmuch circle of Kings Daugh-
tiers held its sixth annual meeting on
Saturday, February G, when the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Miss Harriet Waldron !;
vice-president, Miss Maude Mellen /;
secretary, Miss Jessie Brainerd; treasur-
er, Miss Alice Miner. The public is re-
minded of the photograph party to be
given by this circle this evening in the
lecture room of the Congregational
church, beginning at 80. One hundred
inter esting pictures may be seen and
much amusement is expected in guessing
the originals. Dolls will be for sale and
many paper articles, suitable for valen-
tines and presents, at very low prices.
Admission, including refreshments, 10
cents; children under II, 10 cents. The
larger part of the proceeds are to be
given into the treasury of the Labaree
society.
From a comparison of the weather re-
ports for Mddlebury and Bread Loaf,
given in last weeks REGISTER, 1t APP
pears that at o'clock a. m. it was cold
er at Middlebury on the average by very
nearly eight degrees, the greatest differ
ence (Tuesday) being 10 degrees and the
least degrees. At noon on six days it
was IL degrees on the average colder
at Middlebury, but the greater part of
this difference arose on February and 3,
when the thermometer stood 20 and IS
degrees higher at Bread Loaf than here ;
on these two days the wind at Mid
dlebury was north, but at Bread Loaf
was southwest and south; one day (the
29th) it was 2 degrees colder at Bread
Loaf. At 6 p. m. the average for the
week in favor of Bread Loaf was Just
degrees. These figures tend to show
that the climate on our mountains is de-
cidedly milder than that in the valleys.