Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-11-16

Lake Dunmore lodge of Odd Fellows
initiated one candidate Wednesday even
ing. Addison encampment Is planning a
trip to Burlington in the near future for
the purpose of attending a district meet
ing to he held in that city.
The big apple crop made boom in
freight statistics from this station during
October. 1t is reported that $500 barrels
were shipped from here with net
weight of Ol0, 400 pounds. 1t brought
up the total of freight shipments to
4,71 ,5S3 for the month.
A couple of new cards appear in our
professional directory column this week.
We last week noted the opening of
new dental Office in Battell Block. At
torney f. w. Burke is now ready for
business in the rooms formerly occupied
by Judge Bliss In the same block.
The Battell Hose company, No. 3, is
making great preparations for its 10th
annual ball, which will take place at the
town hall next Wednesday evening. the
2lst. The boys always make these
dances enjoyable aft airs to those who at
tend, and this will be no exception.
One of the features of the both century
memorial of MiddleDury, which the Shell
don Art Museum is now getting up, will
be list of all pictures, portraits and
sihouttes of persons who were in town in
1901. If anyone has such that has not
been consulted, will he kindly notify Mr..
Sheldon?
FitZ & Webster's GA Breezy Time"
will appear at the opera house on
Wednesday evening, Nov. Is. This is "A
musical farce comedy, and in its class is
reputed to be the best thing on the road
this season. Vaudeville specaities and
sketches from the popular operas are
introduced, and the "breezy time" is
there all right.
The Alabama Troubadours had a full
house at their minstrel entertainment on
Wednesday evening, and while the pro-
gram was hardly as varied as expected In
such shows, its novelty made up In large
part for that. No such buck and wing
dancing ever before was seen here and
the fine voices of the singers brought
many encOres.
William II Davis. attorney at law. has
opened an Office over the ewelry store of
II. w. Brewster. Mr.. Davis is from Rut-
land, and was admitted to practice at the
recent session of the examining commit
tee at Montpelier. With regard to his
ability. it is worthy of note that he stood
at the head of the large class which took
the recent examination.
The Rutland road will run its usual
poultry train to Boston and Boston
points for the Thanksgiving business
this year. special will run from Bur
tington to Rutland. starting from the
former place at 30 a. M, Friday, Nov.
%. Train Il on the Addison branch on
the same day will carry poultry. Con-
nections with regular train at Rutland.
The Mlddlebury college football team
played a return game with the University
eleven in Burlington last Saturday, and
while they met defeat, the game was a
strength than the first. The score, also,
was kept down and the Middlebury boys
put up splendid game in the second
half permitting no scoring. The result
was 81 to 0.
Some of the REGISTERS out of-town
subscribers did not get the paper in the
usual mail last week. The reason was
the breaking down of the machinery at
the water-works station. As the REGIS
TIERS presses are run by a water motor,
the breakage crippled the office for the
time being. This was the first occasion
in many years that the paper failed to 90
out in its regular mails.
Hon f. G. Partridge of Proctor, form
er United States consul at Tangier,
Morocco, will lecture on "Morocco and
the Moors" at the town hall next Friday
evening, Nov. %. Mr.. Partridge
brought home with him "A complete Moor
ish costume, and he will wear 1t on the
occasion OF his lecture As Uncle Sam
is just now rolling up his sleeves pre-.
paratory to collecting a little debt from
the Sultan of Morocco, what Mr. Part
ridge will have to say will be doubly
interesting.