The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-09-02

W Years ago found II necessary to secure
the pecuninry MD of two friends. who be
came bis socureties for the payment ola
certain claim Owing TO the misfortunes
of their PRINCIPAL. the suretics wero oh
l'ged to paw the dept Mr.. Il remained
in poverty until quite recently, when he
received small legacy from deceased
relative. and Immediately SOUGHT to re.
munerate The two friends who. many
years before, had kindly assisted him
Upon inquiry he learned that they were
both dead. and that their families had
removed to other places, But be per.
severed, and finally found the widows of
his deceased friends, aud partially repaid
them, and added a solemn promise that
no would soon cancel the remainder. both
principal and interest.-Barre Gazette.
GRAND ISLE CouNry.-The Republi.
cans Of Grand Isle County met in Con.
vention at North Hero. on the 18th inst
and put in nomination the following tick
ct ID: For Senator; Asa Reynolds. For
Assistant Judges; Asahel Allen. Fl. Ray.
uoids, For Judge of Probate; Elijah
Haynes. For States Attorney; Henry
{. Adams, For Sheriff; Scion Reynolds
For High Bailiff; Buel Landon.
The DRowNED Boy AT CHELsrA.-An
aunt of the little boy who was drowned
af Chelsea week before last, of whom an
interesting statements was made regar.
ding the agency of a clairvoyant in the
case. makes the folowingn communion
tion regarding the boy -
Ale was last seen at about A O'Clock
on Wednesday afternoon, the 18th inst.
At Z in the evening he not returning as
usual, his father and myself began to
search for him and continued to senrch
until 0 O'Clock. We than informed the
police, who made hourly reports until 8
O'Clock Thursday morning, when they
gave up hoping be would return. At
about 10 o'clock on Thursday morning,
my sister and myself went to see a trance
medium and clairvoyant. She went
through with the death struggles Of a
drowning person. and afterwards told
where be laid in the water, with his face
turned upwards. She also described the
crlor Of his hair and eyes. and the color
Of his clothes. We placed so much con.
fidence in what she said that we gave up
all search until tho evening, when at low
tide number of men searched the waters
but being unsuccessful became dscour-
aged. and two or three left the boat. G
l.. Young grocer of this city, took their
place, and in few minutes recoverered
the lost child. which be said was lying as
had been described
A SIGHT IN "OLD Rock p WoRrH
SEEiNe.-A correspondent of the Chi.
cago Tribune says that being in Rock
County. in this State, one day last week,
be went up on the top of a hill called
Mt Zion six miles from GAINESVILLE, and
counted on the surrounding plain one
hundred and taoentyfour horse power
reaping machines, busily cutting down
wheat. There were one thousand men,
women and boys following after, binding
and shocking up the golden sheaves. 1t
was a sight worth seeing, to behold the
grain falling and being gathered up at
the rate Of two hundred acres per hour !"
A FAILURE dog Days" have proved
a decided failure this year. They don't
amount to anything Either the Dogs
or the Days are sadly at ault.-Malon
Palladium.
Grasshoppers are said to exist in great
numbers in New Jersey, this season.
Whole fields in the neighborhood of
Belvdere, are made desolate, as if re.
Gently ploughed. Young clover seems
to be their favoite food, but when hard
pressed, they devour mullens and alders,
stripping them clean.
"A Western editor, in dunnine his
subscribers, says be has responsibilities
thrown upon him which he is obliged to
meat
p. T. Barnum has taken passage
in the Arabia, which leaves FIR Europe
the ID of September. His family are
now in London. and MIR b has deter
mined to make that city has permanent
place of business
THE Lucky LEGAL FeF.-A gentle
mau Of Cincinnati states that Nicholas
Long who wa in his native State
shoemaker, practised law on his reno
val to that city, during the years be-
tween 1874 and 1870 He once receiv-
ed as legal fee for defending q horse
thief two second hand copper stills -
The gentleman who had them in posses.
sion refused to give them up, but proposed
to Mr.. Longworth to give him a lot of
thirty-ihree acre on Western Row, so
called, in lieu Of them-a proposal which
the latter whose sangune opinions of
tho value of such property were ahead Of
his time, gladly accepted. The transac
ton formed the basis of an immense
fortune, the naked ground being now
worth over two millions of dollars.
The new "Deseret Alphabet for
the Mormons is completed, and some plea
type has been cast in 81. Louis. Speci.
mems of the type are published, but they
are unprcnouncble in types that com.
mon people use. The type founders
have supplied the Mormons with appa.
ratus for recasting their old metal. So
the Desert Nea0s will probably hereafter
be a sealed letter, literally, to Gentle
eyes.
A FUNNY RAT TIARA correspon.
dent of the Genes:ee Farmer rel ates