Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-10


exhibit of post boxes authorized by the
government for use on the rural delivery
routes.
f. w. Monroe and John @. Dickinson
made successful fishing trip to the
mountains for trout Monday. The fish
have wlntered well, but are not biting
freely yet, owing to the snow water still
running in the brooks.
Ezra Brainerd, Jr., has an article in
last weeks issue of the Railway Age. the
leading periodical of the railway inter-
ests, on the subject of the Rutlands "ex-
pansion." 1t is illustrated by a fine map,
drawn especially for this article by Mr.
Brainerd.
Lake Dunmore lodge of Odd Fellows,
L. +. Mellen, noble grand, have elected
the following as delegates to the State
Grand Lodge to be held at Bradford May
l4-l7: c. A. Piper and A. Langworthy,
Charles Youtt to the encampment and
Mrs. A. Langworthy to the Rebekahs.
The Jones trial came to an abrupt ter
mlnatlon last Friday afternoon by an
agreement between counsel that Nelson
Jones should be held to the December
term of county court on the lesser charge
of attempting to procure an abortion.
Bail was fixed at $1,000 and was promptly
given.
Mrs. NJ. IL. Eddy's class in the Meth
odist Sunday school gave her surprise
party last Friday night. Thirty-five
people were present. A pleasant time
was had. Fine refreshments were served.
The class gave Mrs. Eddy handsomely
lab
tokens of their regard.
IS DR.. d. A. Bisbee has a crowd in front
of one of his windows all the time. The
c attraction is an aquarium filled with
c small fish and an alligator from Florida.
The gator is about two feet long and
a seems to like its new quarters. The
tank is like brook scene on the noun
'. tains and is restful to the eyes by reason
9. of the mosses.
Y +. l.. Shackett began work last week
as the new manager of the Bardwel
= House in Rutland. Mr.. Shackett is a
native of Middlebury. He went west
when quite young and his been in the
hotel business since he was lG years of
age. Among the hotels in which he has
been employed are the Aberdeen at St.
Mr.. Shackett comes to Rutland from the
IS kenwood.
The Century clubs course of enter
Is tainments for next season has been
l. arranged and will consist of the follow
Is ing Mendelssohn Quartet, May Parker
2. Concert Co., Daniel Webster Davis, and
h DR.. a. A. Willetts. The two last named
p are lecturers. The whole four entertain
meuts go on membership tickets at one
: dollar, and the ladies hope to sell enough
IS more tickets to Justify the reduction in
price and cover the expenses of the
.s course. ~
n /Otis +. Smith of Brandon has recently
Ygiven the Middlebury college library a
9 ten volume set of documents concerning
Y the colonial history of New York. The
work was prepared at great expense by
that state, and this set was presented to
Mr.. Smith by the legislature. Unfortun-
ately volume one was lost while the
books were being conveyed through the
- village to the library. Any person who
. may have found it is requested to leave
the lost volume at DR.. Stearns's drug
U store.
u The drive of logs for the Green Noun
tain Pulp company's mills, which were
= put in at Brandon last week, were let
through the boom Monday morning.
The usual crowd of interested people
J. watched them 90 oyer the falls. The
k drive is only about one-half the size of
those made in former years. The quality
= of the timber cut for logs shows that the
<, lumber districts are suffering, as many
In ha ri
which always forms above the stone
Is bridge was moved Tuesday morning by
l. Foreman George Dunlap and his assist
: ants.
The Musical Record contains the fol-
- lowing notice regarding Mlddlebury
- boys success: Jesse II. Campbell, the
- popular pianist and arranger, has dis
posed of his latest march to W. H.
Anstead, music publisher of 33 West
= Twenty-seventh street, New York. lie
> has also arranged the music for the new
W sketch, "A Darcing Girl, to be produced
l. by j. Aldrich Libbey, Gus Bruno and
t. Kate Thayer. w. II. Ansteads new
g composition, Monkey Shines, will be
e placed on the market in a few days. The
|. arrangement of this piece is by Mr..
[. Campbell, who is also writing the music
Is for a one-act opera, the libretto Of which
n Is by 5. Il. Cassim.'
y That Kummage sale.
The ''rummage sale" in the Nallette
II block will begin next Wednesday, and
e be held Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
II day afternoons, Friday evening and all
u day Saturday. On the first two days,
tea and cocoa will be served: on the last
o two there will be Il candy table. Many
y attractive articles have been promised
y for the sale, and they will be marked at
o very attractive prices. Since everything
is donated, the committee are planning to
n make all prices absurdlY low. There