The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-10-01
News of the Week.


parts, Of the State during tbofil. E
: Rev. David Dobio formerly Of
Plat,sburgb N. Y. has accepted calf
from the first Congregational Church in
ST. Albaus.
The Biotter says the Ladies' of
Ludlow, are about to hold a fair, to
raise funds for improvement Of Academy
purchase Of apparatus and tho like.
- Sabbath School Picnics are getting
to be quite the rage, one was held at
M. Holley, not long ago, another at
Ludlow last week.
u. Starr King lectured at Mont.
pelier, last Thursday.
- piece Of the nose" oe Mansfield
Mountain weighing about one thousand
tons, fell four hundred feet,to the ground,
with tremendous crash, on Thursday
2 ult.
- Two large barns Of George Green,
IN Swanton, were burnt with all their
contents, at loss of $500, on tho 10th
ult.
Il. j. Brown, of Stockbridge, blew
out instead of turning off tho gas at q
public house in Chicago, where be was
stopping last week. The room was of
course filled with the poisonous air, and
he was suffocated in his sleep.
- Wa regret to hear that DR.. A. G.
W Smith, Of Castleton, representative
Of that town last year, fell from the roof
Of his house, and was severely injured
internally.
- Billiards. Pa norama of New York
is travelling through the northern part of
the State.
- AT Spiritual Convention, at
South Royaltop, medium succeeded in
separating husband from his wife
the wits took herself to tho Me dunn
with tho husbands, acquiesceuoe. The
neighborhood however interfered, and the
Medium sloped for parts unknown. The
Repository denominates the affair as one
of Spiritual Diabolism.
- The Caledonia County Fair. came
off at St. Johnsbury last week. train
ed almost necessarily through the fair.
The stock However and the people were
there in force. George P. Marsh, deliv
cred an address, and Mr.. Wise. went up
in a balloon. The only remarkable fea.
ture of tho fair was a circus performance
by six ladies, to whom prizes were distri
butcd for their gallant feats in horse.
manship.
- The Temperance Standard is out
in favor of some of the proposed Consti.
tutional amendments; particularly in
favor of tho change of representation
The Press has not, as yet, taken ground
very generally on this matter.
- The Patriot exults 10 tho fact
that every candidate for Governor run
by what was called the True Democ.
racy," viz : Needham, Peck anG Red6cld
ale out for Buchanan.
- David A. Smalley, of Burlington
having been on tho stump, in several o
the States, has now settled down a
| Washington, where he will remain tC
close the eyes of tho Democratic party
! in November noxt.
- George W. Wilson of Northfo ID
exhibited at tho State Fair, a telescope
of biz own manufacture The Jfcsscn
ger says it is an article Of high value
and the Fro Press declares it is to bc
the first of the kind ever made in this
State. Mr.. W. is ready tn fill orders
- Some of the Vermont Press arr
discussing whether the use of tobacco i:
a sin " or not We have no doubt OF
this important question. and we quite
agree with tho Christian MesSengc,
that II is quito time that something was
done about this business. A striugen,
law, we think, is what is needed first, We
hope the ladies will bring their sacred
influences 20 bear on the prohgate smok
efs and chewers. The first blow should
be aimed at the depravcd men who traf
| fic in the article.
A bear weighing three hundred
pounds wa, caught in trap at Viii
mington last week. The bear took the
trap off for examination at his leis
ure. Fl g was however shot before pro,
ceeding far. The PhGnir says there is
fright smart sprinkle of Bar in that
neighborhood.
-" Old Plymp" of Wardsboro has
sued the town Of Somerset for damages
in consequence of insufficiency of road
whereby he was thrown out of his.wagon
and nose injured. The Jury at last ad-
vices were out to make personal in.
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