Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-02-05
CHAPMAN & CO.
LOCAL NEWS,

COCRG NEWS.
An entertainment is to be given in the
/ near future by the senior class of the
high school.
Two carloads of live stock were
shipped from this station to the Boston
market on Monday.
The ninth meeting of the Essay club
will be held at Mrs. VIM. H. BREWERS
house next Monday at 80 o'clock.
The Young Mems Catholic union had
an enjoyable gathering at their rooms in
the Battell block Saturday evening.
A skating rink has been opened on the
ice of the river near the bakery. George
and Edward Larock are the proprIetors.
The ice harvest has been going for
ward rapidly since snow came. The ice
is of fine quality and about sixteen inches
thick.
The meeting of the Hawthorne club
at Rev. Mr.. Dckens's next week will be
held on Wednesday, instead of Tuesday
evening.
NJ. E. Hewitt of Bristol, the lessee of
the Upper saw mill, is getting out
chair stock ON contracts with Massachu
sets consumers.
Rev. d. w. Lyman, pastor of the Bap-
fist church, presented his resignation, to
take effect May l, at the close of the
service last Sunday morning.
The hour of the meeting of the board
of civil authority at the town clerks
office tomorrow Saturday., for the
abatement of taxes, is 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Erwin G. Piper has bought the
DR.. V. w. Blanchard place In the edge
of Weybrdge and. with his family, will
soon take up his residence there.
Messrs. Williamson, Hubbard, How
ard, Carlson and Waterman of the col
lege have organized a quintette club.
They are to give their first public concert
at Whiting this evening.
The trustees of Lake Dunmore lodge
of Odd Fellows for the present year are
Messrs. Allan Calhoun, G.. K. Youtt and
H. A. Holden; representatives to the
grand lodge, Messrs. K. w. Fuller and
w. Ii. Duncan.
Mt. Nebo council held an important
meeting at its rooms on Wednesday
evening and conferred the Oriental de-
gree upon thlrty-twO candidates. After
wards there was banquet at the Logan
House, of which sixty persons partook.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Shearing association will
be held at the Addison House at IL
o'clock next Wednesday forenoon. Some
matters of considerable Importance to
the members will come up for considera-
ton.
There were twenty. seven marriages in
town during 1896. The births in the
graded district numbered forty three and
the deaths eighteen and in the portion
OF the town outside the district there
were twenty-nine births and eleven
deaths.
The last lecture of the C. E. course
takes place this (Friday) evening. Rev
l.. d. Temple of Brattleboro, one of the
leading speakers of the State, is to de-
liver it. HIS subject is "a boys cheap
trip to Europe" No one can afford tC
miss it.
, MIR. A. J. Marshall, for 80 years sta,
Ition agent here, has resigned and is
! succeeded by Mr. Emery f. Wissell
, who has been in Mr.. Marshall's employ
for the past seven years. Mr.. Marshal
will devote his time to his coal business
,, and other private affairs. =
Mr.. C. II. Keese's sleigh, in which
we're seven children, was overturned or
Main street Wednesday afternoon in &
of the occupants was hurt, though al
+ were thrown out. The runaway was {
colt which George Lasher had been train
ing. 1t did little other damage.
Mr.. John Houston saw a fine male
5 deer on the mountains the other day whilt
s engaged in cutting a saddle path from
t the top of the mountain in Hancock
near Mr.. Manning's, south to the ole
Whitney place in West Hancock abovt
= Rochester, distance of about fou
miles. The animal did not appear in thu
> least frightened and trotted slowly of
when it got ready to go.
) The ladies of the Congregations
church are making arrangements for
: colonial entertainment on the evenin!
J. of Washington's birthday, February %
A supper will be served from 80 t.
l. 8 80. An admission fee of % cents, whicl
IT will include supper, will be charged.
% is understood that all who attend will
l. solar as possible, appear In old-styl
costumes.
A. The funeral of James Rose, who die
n | on Wednesday of last week at the HON
y of his brother, was attended from tn