Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-05-18
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

services OF tne COuSTeRdulOndl ChuICil
again will be held in the Baptist church
Sunday.
Former Governor Stewart and the
Misses Stewart returned last week from
their trip to Colorado Springs.
Mrs. NJ b. Westfall of Rochester, n.
Y, mother of Mrs. b. F. Wales, was the
guest of the latter during the week.
Mrs. Cornelia Rawson Crandall of
Milwaukee. a former resident Is expect
ed here tomorrow to spend a few days.
A. w. Wooley of New York was with
his family at their summer home on
Washington street during the past week
The Wallace show people have very
thoroughly covered this place with
handbills and hangers and more posters
are yet to come.
The high school base ball team goes to
Bristol tomorrow, weather permitting,
to play return game with the school
team of that village.
The LangwOrthy meat market on Sey-
mour street has been purchased by
James Chatterton, who was for years
connected with o. p. MoOre's market.
II. A. Peck, II. X. Holden, II. A. Cal
houu and II. T. Langworthy of the local
lodge attended the meeting of the Grand
Lodge of |. o O. F. at Burlington this
week.
A couple of itinerant Italian musicians
were on the streets Monday. As one of
them had bagpipes it was not difficult
for them to secure considerable hush
money.
The fishing season thus far has not
been productive of good catches. To
the generally cold weather is attributed
the cause A few lake trout have been
taken at DunmOre.
Landlord Sargent of the Logan House
is bound to make a fine park in front of
his hotel. He has placed a wire about
the lot to stop trespassing while the
grass is coming up.
Miss Cecilia Sargent gave a party last
! Friday evening at the Hotel Logan 10 a
large number of her young friends.
| Dancing and fine supper were features
of the evenings entertainment.
The baseball game last Saturday after
noon on the college grounds between the
high school teams of Middleburv and
/ Nergennes was won with ease by Mid
dlebury. the score being 2l to :.
The college students who will com
pate for the Parker prize this year are as
follows: f. : Brigham of st. Adams,
II. F. Harvey of Bristol, /. X. Noble of
Tinmouth and l.. c. Squire of Council
Bluffs. Ia.
George Hammond and o. T. Moore
have been appointed to take the census
of the districts including the village and
the town respectively They will be
around the first of June, so be ready
with your ans Wers.
The second annual school of instruc
ton for health officers will be held If
Burlington May - to p. Drs. Plat OF
Shoreham, Gibson of Nergennes and
Vincent of Orwell are on the program T,
discuss various papers.
The floating of the logs from the eddy
below the falls was an unusually HARD
Job this year The river has gone dOwr
very rapidly leaving many logs stranded
and tangled ro eXtricate them quite {
gang of men was required.
Edward II. sheldon of San Francisco
and Mrs. George L. Graves of Washing
ton. ID, c.. have been the guests of thPii
mother, Mrs. Harmon sheldon, during
the past week Mr.. Sheldon is the sec
rotary of the Oceanic Steamship com
pany and the big Hawaii sugar planta
ton interests of Claus Spreckes
The versatility of our weather durn!
the past week was illustrated I'm tn,
change from IS Degrees on Tuesday after
noon to 10 Wednesday morning. Eighty
was passed Sunday, Monday and Tues
day the highest official record for tn
last two days being IS Bur it felt any
where up to 100, and the query as tn one
desire to take up the occupation OF IN,
purveyor of CONCEALED water met with
universal affirmative.
, The new Middlebury Cp-operttiv'
creamery Is now receiving over 300
pounds of milk daily. New patrons con
stantly are being added To the list o
l those supporting the institution. Tn
price paid largely depends ON the amour
of patronage; the more who come to it
4 support the greater will be the price
q Representatives from four Boston an
y Providence commission houses hay
visited the plant recently and have pre-
= nounced 1t first-class.
J. Street Commissioner Buttolph bega
, last Friday the work preliminary to pu
ting down macadam on Main street froI
the concrete pavement to the railwa
bridges. This work consisted in layin
q big two-foot sewer-pipes to the polr
where the new curbs will meet north c
the postoffice corner. If the origins