Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-27
P. F. CHAP MAN,
SOLE AGENT FOR THE EASTERN STATES.
For sale by DIR. Isaac Storms and
DIR. w. III. Sheldon.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

The new firm of Smith u Wells nave
an advertisement in this issue.
f. Lucia starts this week for Montreal
and other ports of Canada, to visit
friends.
The excessive rainfall this week has
greatly retarded every kind of outdoor
work.
The Rutland institute team has can
celed the game scheduled for today at
Rutland with the Middlebury team.
George L. Champagnes here on visit
to his parents. He is located as a dentist
in Philadelphia.
B. II. Lane has been quite sick the
past week with an attack of iaundice,
but Is slowly recovering.
DR.. j. f. King, president of Fort Ed
ward institute, Fort Edward, n. Y, will
preach in the NJ. f. church next Sunday
morning.
The postoflice will be closed on Dec
Grafton Day from Z to 10 80 a. m. and
from to G 80 p. nj. The night mail will
close at 6 30.
The run of logs which has for several
weeks been floating in the eddy below
the falls, was pushed into the current on
Monday and started for the pulp mills.
S. d. Damon, who for some years past
has run the mail-stage between Middle
bury and Hancock, via Ripton, has re-
tired from the business. His successor
is Reuben Beeman.
The G. A. r. post yesterday erected a
flagstaff on the Columbus Smith build
ing on the south side of the river, and
Old Glory will hereafter float therefrom
on appropriate occasions.
The Hotel Logan announces in our
local notice columns that ice cream will
be served there hereafter. The notice
does not add that the proceeds will 60 to
worthy charity, which is the case.
o. w. Brown, representative of the
New York journal, will visit Middlebury
every week during the summer to write
up the summer resort business being
done here. This will be a good thing
for helping along our interests in that
direction.
AS far as we can ascertain no official
announcement has been sent out declar-
! ing the fireman's tournament "ofl," as
has been announced by a number of
state papers. The convention will take
place, whether the contests are included
or not.
The city authorities of Vergennes have
decided to take a step which will add
greatly to the appearance and improve
ment of that towns thoroughfares.
They will put in 1900 feet of macadam
streets. This is an example that Mid
dlebury could follow with great profit.
Miss Jessica Stewart left Tuesday for
Colorado, accompanying her brother,
Philip Stewart of Boston, who was
called thither on business. She will be
absent about three weeks and will visit
the points of principal interest in the
Centennial state.
absent minded" would be the mildest
term we could use to apply to the man
who would lay all the material in his
furnace and neglect to apply the match
The merchant who fills his store with
goods and does not advertise has the
disease in a more dangerous form.
George Beatty, who has been the
station agent of the Rutland road at this
place for the past ten or twelve years,
has resigned and taken place with one
of the roads in Providence, r. l.. A Mr..
Conant will be transferred to this place
by the Rutland.
The new call for troops by the presi-
dent will probably not affect Vermont,
as this state sent more troops in excess
on the first call than our quota on the
second will number. Thus, Vermont's
quota for Wednesdays call is about 397,
while we sent over 400 more than asked
with the first volunteers.
If the weather proves fine, next Mon
day will witness more than ordinarily
impressive obseryances Of Memorial
Day. The war with Spain will bring
home to the present generation the full
significance of the day and it will
prove in consequence exceptionally in
/ teresting The program as printed last
week will be followed.
Charles w. Prentiss of this place, a
graduate of the college, class of '96, has
received notification of his appointment
as instructor in zoology in Harvard uni
yersity, to date from September /. lie
received the degree of A, Nj. from OuI