Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-04-15
. Speaking T1ule.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.


recent trip to New York.
p. G.. Cornell has rented the Conroe |
house on Washington street.
J. NJ. Peck returned last week from |
a two months visit in New York state.
Miss Maud King IS in Burlington,
where she has position in a millinery |
store.
Business was generally suspended last
Friday afternoon on the occasionn of
Fast Day.
Mrs. Robert Carson of Rutland is in
town visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Speyers.
f. c. Brown has moved his bake-shOp
from his residence to the West end of
the O'Connell block.
During the week the thermometer has
ranged from 10 degrees to GS, with frost
almost every night.
The college doors were reopened for
the spring term last Monday, after a
two-week's vacation.
Oscar Bicknell is able to be about once
more. He has been confined to the
house some time by illness.
Miss Anna Buckley went to Burllng-
ton Saturday night. She has a position
in DR.. Sparhawk's sanitarium.
II. II. Beeman of Swanton was in the
village this week looking after the In
terests of the Standard Oil company.
Mrs. j. n. Norton of Vergennes was
in the village Wednesday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Charles Wainwright.
The war-scare was good thing for the
newsbOys this week and they made the
most of it, selling big numbers of extras.
Miss Halle Alden has nearly recovered
from her illness, and was removed from
her rooms in the Battel block to the
Addison House on Monday.
Mr.. Goyett of the firm of Piper &
GOyett has moved his family to this
place from Burlington and taken up his
permanent residence in Middlebury.
Warm maple sugar for supper, with
coffee, rolls, etc, this friday evening
at the Congregational vestry for fifteen
cents, Served from j 80 until o'clock.
The first baseball game of the season
will be played on the Middlebury college
oval tomorrow, the urestants being
the local college against East Middlebury.
The local G. A, Il. post had a meeting
/ Wednesday evening at which a commit
tee with full power to act was appointed
to arrange for Decoration Day obser-
, vances.
The birth of a daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Alien Warner, the latter former.
ly Miss Maud Wainwright of this village,
is announced as having taken place at
Albany on Saturday.
The streets sprinkler has not yet put in
an appearance. The clouds Of dust which
sutlocated our townspeople during the
week and sifted into stores to the damage
of goods served to remind all of the fact.
The fish have begun to run at Shell
burne, and local fishermen are making
the most of the time. couple of enthu-
siasts were up there Tuesday and got
aDout-well, we can't say; but anyway a
big lot.
Frank Il. Stone was made the author
lied bill-poster of the village al the last
meeting of the trustees, conditional upon
his keeping posters from being put up
where they will be unsightly or OBJ.
iectionable.
Consumers of the village water who
have not paid their semi-annual water
tax should bear in mind that tomorrow,
the 10th, is the last day allowed in which
to pay it. Il. 5. Benedict is collector for
the water department, and the water tax
is payable at his Office.
The numerous show-wlndOw displays,
incident upon Openings" during the past
two weeks, have frightened our business
streets in a marvellous manner. 1t is safe
to say that never before have such fine
displays been made in Middlebury.
The topic for Christian Endeavor
meeting at the Baptist church next Sun
day evening is a missionary topic on the
"Chinese in America, and the leader
chosen is Miss Clara b. Andrews. These
missionary meeting are proving very in
tercsting and all young people are cor
daily invited.
A couple of drunk and disOrderles were
brought here from Salisbury last Satur-
day and put in the jail for safe-keeping
Their evidence was wanted for the source
of supplies, and it is reported that the
, evidence was secured on Monday at a
| trial in Salisbury, resulting in the fine of
Brandon liquor dealers.
The REGISTER continues each week to
receive items without the names of the
senders attached thereto. These are
> nearly always good items-interestin
newsy, well written and all that an
. editor desires, with the single fatal excep-
ton that their authority remains un-
known. If the writers are disappointed