The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-04-29
News of the Week.

LOOK TO Your SuUrrErs Store
breaking is becoming quite fashionable
in the rural districts One or Two stores
have been lately robbed in Montpelier,
one in Burlington and one in St Adams.
The St. Adams robbers were traced to
within six mills of this place.
Judge Thompson's new work Grant
Gurlcy" has made its appearance 1t is
said to be quite equal to his Green
Mountain Boys" The scene is laid in
Maine.
We are gratiicd to learn that John
G Sake, Esq has entirely recovered his
health and has been engaged in a highly
successful tour throughout the country
in the delivering Of his poems.
Rev. J. Il Rankin, formerly of this
place has accepted call to III. Consrs-
gational Church at St. Adams.
The friends Of Il. II Jtwctt, Esq,
in this ncighborhood, and they are no.
mcrous, will be surprised to learn that
he has resumed his connection with the
Buffalo Potri0t and J0urnul, which is
one of the best papers in the country.
The Green Mountain Farmer has
collapsed into the freeman. TIE past
year hiss been hard one for newspapers
in Vermont.
A man at Cady's Falls, recently
made s25 lbs. of Sus,r from | 6j trees.
-ITENRY f. SrououroN, Esq, of Bel.
lows Fails has been appointed District
Attorney for Vermont, in place of Hon.
L. B Peck, whose term of office had cx.
PRED,
Rev. David 7. Stoddard, formerly
o tutor in Middlcbury College, Mission.
airy to Persia, died at his post, Of typhus
fever, on the 22d January last.
The rogue who was arrested at Bur.
lington for the robbery of the Rail Road
Office, turns out TO be the same person
who robbed the Fur Store, last Winter,
at that place. His disclosures led to the
recovery OF about four hundred dollars
worth Of goods. He is represented to be
a young man with respectable connec'
.ions. He is now awaiting trial.
"A severe snow storm visited large
extent of country last week. The snow
was eighteen inches in depth in Wind,
ham County and in some parts of Mas
sachuse.ts the roads were blocked.
The Bennington Banner states that
Some rascal has been destroying the dogs
of that vicinity, with strycbninc. On
the 10th inst, six or eight noble dogs
were thus poisoned
-Eiihu Burritt has been lecturing in
the north part Of the State, on his matter
of tie peaceful extinction of Slavery.
FoRElGN.-The elections in England
have resulted in the complete triumph
of the ministry. Preparations are on
foot by which the laying of tho Submar.
inc Telegraph cable will be finished in
July next The Russians are raising
their sunkcn ships at Sebastopol. Six
teen have been already recovered.
Tho dimensions of the proposed
State of Minnesota are $40 miles long
by 900 wide. The excitement caused by
the Indian forays upon the outer settle.
ments has been allayed.
The people of NGwburyport gave
Gen. Gushing a public reception on his
return from Washington. The distin.
guished Fix A,torBcy General made a
splendid speech, in which he illustrated
with great force, the doctrine of the man
fest destiny.
"A free state paper is published in
Wood County, Texas, tho editor of which
has been chosen to represent that coun.
ty in State Conventions.
The Legislature of New York has
returned to the old liquor license law,
but even this is to be resisted by the as.
ISOLATION of liquor dealers, on the ground
that they have as much right to sell Ii.
quOr without license, as they have to sell
cloths without license. A cash fund Of
$500. 900 has been raised on this Quixot.
ic notion, and the law is to be fought.
Lord Evelyn, son Of the Earl Of
Butte, and an officer in the Guards, wore
long mustaches, and appeared in tho
House Of Commons, of which he was q
member. One day Mr.. C-y thus
addressed him My lord, now that tho
war is over, won't you put your mus
taches on the establishment q i donot
exactly know whether I shall do that
replied his lordship, but would ad.
wise you 20 put your tongue on the civil
list