Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-02-05

G.. Gooding the Methodist pastor, Off
ciated and excellent music was afforded
by the quartet which Dr. Sheldon man
ages. The interment was in the West
cemetery. Mr.. Rose was about 20 years
of age. He had been confined to the
house by illness for the past three or
four years. =
The subject of the sermon on Sunday
morning at the Baptist church will be
"Old paths" The topic for the Christ
ian Endeavor society is "Sincerty with
ones self, with others, with God;" ref.
erences, Ps. Is: l-5; Zech. s :l6, II; lead
err, Harry Lake; leader of Juniors, Myr-
tie Flint. The Juniors will hold a child
ren's hour concert at o'clock Sunday
evening. All are cordially invited to
attend and a special invitation is extended
by the Juniors to all children to be
present.
The storm which ragged all last Thurs
day and far into the night left the snow
badly piled in the walks and streets of
the village and in the highways all
through the county. 1t was nearly noon
on Friday before the village walks were
cleared and passabe. Trains we're.
delayed, the Thursday night express not
reaching here till 8 80 Friday forenoon.
The blockades were, as usual, at Shell
burne and between New Haven and
Vergennes. The sleighing is now good
throughout the county.
The lecture on "The pension bureau
and its functions" by Mr.. Harvey G.
Ellis of Glens Falls, n. Y, has been
postponed until Wednesday evening, the
10th inst. A prominent Glens Falls man
wrote Mr.. Ellis as follows, after having
heard his lecture: 81 want to tell you
that was much pleased with and inter
ested in your paper. | wish 1t might be
read before other G.. A. r. posts. 1t
would prove to the veterans what
grand and wonderful evidence of the ma
TONS gratitude they were receiving. 1t
ought to allay grumbling and all
fault-flnding. 1t was helpful paper,
both on the side of the government and
on the side of the pensoner." Mr.. Ellis
has been an examiner of the pension bu-
reau for II years and so speaks with in
innate know ledge of his subject.
The Inasmuch circle of Kings
Daughters VIII hold a photograph"
party in the lecture-room of the Congre-
gational church on Friday evening, Feb.
II, at $50. Old photographs and da-
guerreotypes of people in town have
been kindly loaned for the occasion. All
guess the originals, and prize is to be
given to the one having the most correct
list, Other features of the entertainment
will be an Old Woman in a Shoe, who,
because of hard times, will sell her
prettily-dressed children very reasona-
bly,; and paper table at which many
articles suitable for valentines and val
entine presents may be procured. The
admission of 10 cents for adults and 10
cents for children under twelve will in
clude refreshments.
The Sheldon Art museum is continual
ly receiving contributions from many
sources. An unknown friend has Just
sent by mail a section of a hardwood
tree about 6 inches in diameter cut nearly
through all around by the beavers in
making their dams. There have been
added to its collections the past year 80
books, IS pamphlets, 30 special news
papers, 20 bound volumes of the same,
rs photographs and Is uncassified arti-
Giles of great variety, one being lock of
Napoleon's hair, taken by the captain of
the vessel when his remains were brought
from st. Helena. The library of over
1000 volumes contains some $50 relating
to the American war, including the war
of the rebellion records now being pub
lished by the United States and exceed
ing 100 volumes, The proceedings of
congress from the first are nearly COM
plete, as are also the legislative docu-
ments and those concerning the early
history of Vermont. This library is
always accessible to the public, the
greatest obstacle being the want of more
room and one less exposed to fire.
The lecture by Mr.. c. B. Curtis of
Dartmouth colleges lat the Congregational
church next Tuesday evening, on the X
rays promises to bring out large house.
The subject is new to most of us and is
ably handled by Mr.. Curtis, who has all the
latest apparatus to aid him in his demon
STATIONS. He gave the lecture in Bur-
lington recently and so interested his
hearers that he was again secured and
had much larger audience on his sec
ond appearance. The Burlington pa
pers were very warm in their praise of
the entertainment, the Free Press say
ing, among other things: "Mr. Curtis
had with him all the necessary appara
tus for the demonstration of his subject,
which made the lecture very interesting.
for this was the first time in the city that
there has been a practical demonstration
of this great modern discovery. He
spoke first of the conditions essential
for the ray, treating the subject entirely
from the standpoint of physics. A pic
ture was taken by the demonstration of
various articles in about 20 seconds, of
the hand in 40 seconds, and one through
about 1900 pages of book in two and a
half minutes. These plates were de-
veloped and later were shown to the
audience. \ Horoscope was exhibited
and through it were seen the bones of
the hand and arm in a darkened room.
The discharge of the current was also
shown in the G issler tube. The stere-
opticon was brought into use and
through it the principles of light were
shown, and the forms of tubes and the
results of the work in various places"
Tickets may now be had at Stems at
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