The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-11-05
News of the Week.


of engines was had The successful con-
testants were two companies from Clare
mont, N. II. One Of these threw q stream
Of water one hundred and twenty-five
feet into the air. The prizes we're dis.
tributed and the company broke up in
great good humor. The Journal says
that this was the first Firemcn's Muster
ever held in Vermont, so far as it knows.
We know of three having been held, at
Burlington, Vergenpes and at this place.
The Bennington Banner comes to
us this week in mourning. We regret
to say that it bears the record of the
death Of b. G.. Cook, Esq, for many
years the senior editor and proprietor of
that paper He died on the 25th ult =.
after an illness of three weeks, at the age
of fifty.two years.
---Tha Republican givos an account
of another Ere in Brattlsboro. This
time the rascal who set it was detected
and pursued, but he plunged into mill
pond and escaped The Bratileboro pa.
pers will fin6 it convenient to keep a reg.
ular head for fires, as they do for mar.
riages and deaths. We think there is
no a5uot; sor.S person III that place, af.
Aicted with an insanity called pyrOnsa
MIA. We understand this is the sixth
attempt to FIRE buildings in different
quarters Of The town, and no motive is
assigned as probably inducing the at.
tempts. Has not some cunning fellow
escaped from the Asylum
The Patriot says that Paul DillIng.
ham has been stumping in Pennsylvania,
for Mr.. Buchanan.
The same gentlemanly sheet snoers
because Col. FRsMoSr thought proper to
avoid the crowd at Troy, by getting up.
on the locomotive Of the train as it ap.
preached the city. Has the Patriot for
gotten that President, the great Dagon
of the Democratic rarty,--now fat on
its face. - did the same thing when be
went to Washington TO be iuaugurated 2
Hon. I. b. Bowdish has been
stumpiug New Hampshire for Buchanan.
We believe this is the only bad thing
that can be said of him
Tho Vergennes Citi9en is running
to roots. The farmers have turned his
sanctum into q museum Of vegetable CT
riositie,. johnson Finnsy, Esq, of Monk.
ton, has tnmbled white beet into the
office, weighing sixteen and a half pounds.
The Citi-cn calls it common white
beet. We think it very uncommon
eet,-not extraordinary but singular.
The " Radical Abolitioniats in
this State are 10 for an Electoral ticket
Of their own. We notice among their
Electors, distinguished colored brother
by the name Of Sankee, who BARRIERS the
citizens of Burlington,as cheap or cheap
er than any Of the uncircumcized. His
experience in shaving gives him great
advantage in detecting dougbfaces. For.
ward your votes for Sankee for Presi-
Dental Elector! We regret the name
is hot just the thing for n political
splurge i! seems to us colored broth
err" by any other name would smell as
sweet"
Thanksgiving occurs in Massachu.
sets on the 9th inst.
The citizens of Boston gave Sena.
ator Sumner q public reception on his
return home.
Some wicked wag has been playing
a hoax on the London ri mes. A col.
umn or two Of that redoubtable sheet is
filed with terrific account of seven Sc
we're duels aud murder all occurring on
a train of cars, Oh one of the Georgia
Railroads, in the course f twelve hours
The Thunderer hesitated about publish.
ing such story for some days, but final
ly concluded to be handsomely hoaxed
The article is published, with o column
more Of editorial comments on the awful
state Of society, which the account dis
closes.
The great tro. advertised to com,
of, on the Cambridge course between
Flora Temple and Ethan Allen on Tues
day last. was postponed ION account o
the weather"
Herbert, the homicide had e fattcr
ing reception by the democrats, among
the mountains 10 California, on his re
turn thitber, in September.
In Philadelphia, several officers o
Elections have been arrested, charged
with frauds in the late election there.
The Aurora says there has been con
siderable excitement among the lab orer
on the extension Of the Passumpsic Rail
road. on account Of the failure Of a sub
contractor uamed Fife. Last Friday
sbariH Fvana of 81 John sbury. went II,