Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

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this week of Miss Halle Alden.
Miss Alice Merrill of Troy, n. Y, is
in town for the summer at the home of
Mrs. Gasca Rich.
The concrete sidewalks were this week
extended on North Pleasant street to in
clude the Methodist church.
Last week Thursday the mercury
registered ST degrees in the shade, and
Wednesday of this week reached So
DR.. Harry Wells left Monday for
Ogdeusburg, n. Y, to take up his study
of foods at the state hospital in that
city.
Rev. q. w. Brown, the newly elected
presiding elder of this Methodist Episco-
pal conference, was the guest of Rev.
j. G. Gooding last Friday.
Mrs. I. f. Wells and Mrs. Dewey,
who accompanied the remains of T. f..
Wells to Sandy Hill last week, will re.
main there for couple of weeks.
Contractor Moore, who has been lay
ing the concrete sidewalks streets about
town, has finished his work, and we
understand goes from here to Waterbury
on like contracts.
Miss Alice NJ Kyle, the field secretary
of the Woman's Board of Missions and a
very interesting speaker, Will speak in
the Congregational church next Sunday
morning.
Remember the supper and spelling
match In Congregational church tonight.
Those who cannot come to the supper
will be admitted to the spelling contest
at o'clock for 10 cents.
The convention of the w. C.. T.U.
held at Starksboro on Wednesday was
well represented from here. Among
those who attended were Mrs. Dyer.
Mrs. j. Z. Weeks, Mrs. j. h. Ford and
Mrs. o. p. Moore.
The water department, in laying the
main to connect with the marble plant,
has struck ledge of rock behind Beck.
with IL Co.'S store. The work of clear
ing it out is to be done by hand. We are
Informed that the marble company stands
ready to do the work with its steam-drill
in much less time.
The Addison county conference of the
Congregational church was held at
Orwell on Tuesday. Rev. and Mrs. A.
w. Dickens, Mrs. G.. 5. Wainwright,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Monroe and f. J.
Matthews were among those from Mid
dlebury who were in attendance.
An illustration of the value of the tar
paper girdles placed around maple trees
as protection against forest worms is
found in line of trees on Court street.
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omitted from one tree, and that tree is
almost as bare of leaves as in the dead of
winter, while the others are in very full
foliage.
The marble company is putting up one
of the cable towers for conveying power
from the falls to the shops. The towers
will be enclosed and made fireproof, the
same as all other parts of the plant.
Work was completed yesterday on the
engine and wheel work which has con-
sumed the past winter.
a favorite place for the worm pest
appears to be in the vicinity of the town
hall, where they congregate in large
numbers. The brick walls of the build |
ing itself soon will be decorated with
their cocoons as last year. The tree on
the east side of the hall is each day a
mass of worms below the protecting
belt
The base ball game on Tuesday be-
tween Middlebury college and E. G. |. |
team of Rutland resulted in solid row |
of goose eggs for the home team and six
runs for the institute boys. The game is |
reported to have been marked by some /
rank decisions of the umpire
which acted to maintain uniformity IN
the column devoted to the local teams
score.
Last Sunday evening the ceremony of
the coronation of the blessed virgin took
place at st. Mary's Catholic church In
the presence of one Of the largest as
semblages of people of all denominations
ever crowded into the church. 1t was
ceremony especially devoted to the
who, filed in, the girls in one