Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-11-17


ments difficult.
II. A. Peck has been reappointed
liquor agent for Middlebury, and Martha
M. Boynton and S. d. Miner for Orwell
and Vergennes respectively.
The mercury went below zero for the
first time this fall on Sunday night last,
reaching two degrees. Monday night
four degrees above was registered.
Mrs. B. L Fleming has returned from
hometown, Penn. She will go to
South birmingham, Mass, next week to
spend the winter with her daughter.
Rev. Mr.. Spear, formerly pastor of the
Congregational church at this place, but
now of Newton, Mass, was a guest of
DR.. and Mrs. Sutton during the week.
Frederick b. Deberville, the we'll
known young lawyer from Burlington,
has taken offices permanently in Battell
block, formerly occupied by the Maple
wood club.
Letters addressed to Miss Elizabeth
Ambrose, Miss Nellie Aunchman, l. F F.
Boyd, Mr.. Pete Cross. Mr.. w. F. Eddy
and John Foulton, Esq, are at the post
office unclaimed.
The Rutland railroad will run a
Thanksgiving poultry train to Boston on
Friday, Nov. "a. A special train will
leave Burlington at 20 a. IN. and stop
at all stations along the road.
Don't forget the Boscope entertain
ment tonight at the opera house. 1t
gives moving life-size pictures of the
Dewey parade at New York, besides
large number of other subjects.
Have our merchants considered their
holiday advertising? The columns of
the REGISTER are rapidly filling, and
those who want extra space for the holi
days should contract for it early.
A. II. Nelson, r. l.. Carr, G. r. Duf
field, r. w. McCuen and d. A. Burke of
Middebury college are attending the ma
tional convention of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity at Springfield, Mass.
The first concert by the college glee
club will be given at the Congregational
church at New Haven this evening. This
is the first of series of entertainments
which the senior class of Beeman acad
envy has arranged.
Two books-a small scientific work re-
lating to atmosphere and Newton's
"Principia"- lost from wagon in
or near Middebury. The finder will be
literally rewarded by returning them to
the REGISTER office.
A holly contested game of football
took place last Friday afternoon between
the high school team and team made
up from the sophomore class of Middle
bury college. The score at the end of
the game stood to 0.
Frank Nimblet is in the county Jail for
ten days. He was brought up from
Bristol, convicted as a drunk and dis
orderly, having mixed little vinegar
and sugar and succeeded in getting in
toxlcated on the potation.
Last summer Rutland was very com
placent when other towns were in the
dark for want of power to run their light
ing plants. Now soft coal famine stares
that town in the face and her steam cleo
trio plant may have to close.
The entertainment given last Saturday
evening at the opera house by E. H..
Frye, "monologue artist" was remarka-
bly, we'll attended considering the storm
of the afternoon and evening. Mr..
Frye's representations were inmitable
and gave his audience the greatest de-
light.
A special missionary meeting will be
held In st. Stephens church on Thursday
evening, the 23i inst, at 80 o'clock.
Addresses on various topics of missionary
interest will be delivered by Rev. Il. B.
Foster Of Rutland, Rev. w. F. Weeks of
Brandon and K. L. Temple of Rut-
land. All are invited.
Jerry Morgan was before Justice
Moore Tuesday, charged with the nom
support Of his l4-year-old daughter,
POormaster Jackson being the COM
plainant. Considerable evidence was ad-
duced in confederation of the charge,
but the jury decided that it was not
strong enough to demand verdict of
guilty.
The marble company has been engaged
during the week in putting a roof on its
power house below the falls. The mills
have been enclosed with boards and tar.
paper, and large stoves placed within
for the purpose of warming. A shut
down of a couple of days this week gave
opportunity to put in the new pulleys to
replace the broken ones.
If you have house to rent, want to
rent one, have anything to sell, want to
buy anything, have lost something, have
found something, want employment,
want to employ-in fact if you can be
aided in any way by telling anything to
a very large number of people, the way
to go about it to reach those people is by
placing notice in our "Local Notice"
column.
The date of the holiday sale for the
Labaree society will be Friday, Dec. s.