Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-05-25

Mrs. K. f. Rich gave largely-at-
tended whist party on Tuesday after
noon at her home on Seminary street.
The day was a perfect one, the company
congenial and the entertainment of the
best-a combination which could not
but result in very enjoyable afternoon.
The Burlington News calls the atten-
ton of those coolest inhabitants" who
are saying that this is the coolest May
ever known in Vermont to the record
that in 1887 it showed to the depth of
several inches on May 21, killing vegeta.
tlon, and young chickens, ducks, lambs.
Mrs. lockwood and Miss Goodrich
have leased the store room on Main
street next to Wright 81 Beatty's market
and will remove thereto their stocks of
ladies furnishing goods and millinery,
respectively. They will have larger
quarters than at present and will enlarge
their stocks.
The local Baptist church IS TO resume
services soon. Rev. w. A. Dawson of
Montpelier, state missionary for YER
mont, will occupy the pulpit Sunday.
June 3, and the following week Alfred S.
Hill, a student from Crozier Theological
seminary, will begin as pulpit supply for
the summer.
! Local MethOdists will be pleased to
learn that at the NJ, thodist general con-
ference in Chicago Wednesday, the five
year limit for pastoral labor in one place
was abolished. Ministers will be APP
pointed annually, but may remain with
one congregation rs long as ability or
popularity permits.
A telegram from Manager Stafford
states that Middleburv college beat Ham
lton college l3 to 10 Wednesday. As
Hamilton has beaten Cornell and is con-
sidered one of the strongest college
teams, the boys on the hill are CORE
spondnglv elated. The next home game
is with Proctor on the afternoon of
Memorial Day.
Rev. Edward Payson IIolton of the
Madina mission is returned with his
family to this country on furlOugh from
India. Mr.. IIr. IIolton is the grandson
of Dea. ID. Warner of Cornwall, so long
known and esteemed in this vicinity, and
son of the the late Prof. |. F. Holton of
Middlebury college. Mr.. TIolton's home
for the present will be Amherst, Mass.
The milk receipts at the local cream.
cry have reached total of nearly 5000
pOunds daily. 1t is earnestly hoped that
the milk producers in the vicinity will
see the utility of the enterprise. and take
advantage of it. The officers of the com
pany would like TO see the receipts
brought up to $1,000 pounds daily, as it
would cost but little more to handle that
amount.
At o'clock today the high school base
ball team will cross bats with Beeman
academy. The New Haven team will be
practically the same as that which de-
feated Bristol last season, and the game
will doubtless be a close one. Admission
will be 10 cents. Weather permitting.
tomorrow the local team will 90 to
Bristol to play the high school nine of
that place.
The yearbook of the Ayrshire Breed
ers' association Just has been issued and
is larger and better than ever before. be-
ing filled with fine half-tones of bloOded
stock. The association covers the whole
country. but l.. 5. Drew of Burlington
is the president, II. Il. G. Watson of
Brandon a vice president and Charles
NJ. Winslow Of Brandon secretary and
editor. Stock ral-ers should all have the
| book.
1t will he noted that the name of c. b.
Hubbard takes the place of that of II. r.
Mckeever attached to the Rutland rail
ways time table on this page. Mr.. Hub
bard is from Ottawa. Ont. and comes
from the general managership of the
New York & Ottawa. He was for sew
eral years general passenger agent of the
Duluth. South Shore q Atlantic rail
road and the 500 line, and before that he
was connected with the Central Vermont
railroad.
Mrs. Georgiana. widow of Jared W.
Copeland. died at the home of 4. II. Cope
land in ChenOa, H.. ON Tuesday. MAY
10. She was born at Catskll. y. Y,
Jan. !, 1903. Her maiden name was
Crosswe and she was married 70 Mr..
! Copeland AZ Middlcbury July II. 1880.
Her husband was publisher of the Ma
tional Standard at this place from 1913
to 1871, when his office was burned in
the great fire thar destroyed most Of the
business part of the village at the south
end of the bridge in the latter year
After the fire they removed 70 Blpndin,
O., where they resided until 1870, when
Mr.. Copeland became editor of the Capi-
tai City and removed to Columbus o..
where his work called him. He died in
1917 Mrs. Copeland was a niece of
Senator ). 5. Phelps of Middlebury. and
was married al his home here.
The Joint Concert.
Tonight the only two glee clubs that
Mlddlebury college ever had at one time
will give joint concert at the town hall.
Those who were surprised to hear how
well the boys sang i'm their home concert
last winter will be equally pleased and
surprised 10 hear The ladies' glre club. !
Though their work has been less extend
rd than that of the other club, they have
had ample experience, and IA glance at
the program below will show that the |
audience is TO be given ample opportunity
10 hear them. Both clubs have been
trained and have many fine voices. The |
large advance sale of seats augurs for
large crowd. 1t will be a Middleburv
evening: new college song has been
written for the occasion, two strong col |
lege ch ruseS will sing together, and the |
proceeds are for an absent and winning |
Middlebury baseball team. Following is |
the program: