The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-08


Anti Liquor Law which is very seldom
enforced, namely, that which makes it a
penal offence TO procure or offer to pro
cure liquor from town agent by false
pretense Our vigilcnt States Attor.
hey found that one Murtha Flood. y
railroad man had b ~ himself With
10 the Statute. and 'ngly had an
indictment found AZ q, > am, to which
he plead guilty, and was 6n.d Sl0 and
cost - Caiedonian.
The Herald complains bitterly Of the
"pricc Of living in New York 1, Ger.
tainly is fair subject Of c,mplaint that
living is 50 dear where life is so cheap.
-LonisviHe (Ky) Journal.
A MONSTER SERpENris THE Sr. LAW.
RENEE The Brockvile. Canada. Mon.
itor Of Saturday thus aliudes to ,be ser.
pent of the St Lawrebcc
Some time since we published let.
ter from correspondent in Mallory.
town, relative to an enormous water ser.
pent seen At different times 10 that 10.
cality. similar or probably the same
serpent has heen seen within the past few
days, about three miles above Brock.
vile. BY Mr.. l.. Parker. of Three Mile
Bay, Ladd. The serpent raised its
body some six feet out of the water, and
pursued their boat till it got within a
few rods, compelling them to make for
the shore as fast as possible. They de.
scribe the serpent as being over thirty
feet long, and of ligh,sh color. II
| w nj l,atx- L. Al.
crew of the Protection
Strange this myth Of the 81. Lawren ce
doesn't grow some, it was about thirty
feet long twenty years ago.
"A young man wen. out hunting for
deer in the woods near Lanark, G. W,
recently, and as an experiment clothed
himself in deer skin and took a stand
where those animals we're known to pass
quite often While thus intent upon
securing some game, another hunter
came near making game of him for hap
pening to see what ho supposed to be
hne deer through the thicket, the new
conner took deliberate aim at it and
fired. Fortunately the ball missed the
counterfeit deer, but succeeded in fright.
ening him out of his skin
TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRApH--We
have been informed that the first tele.
egraphic dispatch to be transmitted
adross the ocean will be the compliments
Of James Buchanan. President of the
United States, to Queen Victoria and
the return dispatch will convey Her
Majesty's reply. The third dispatch
will DO from England, and will be, it is
said, a complimentary tribute to Horace
b. Tebbetts Esq, the original pr ojectot
of this great enterprise Mr. Tebbetts
was for many years a resident of Boston
and is now of New York He has de.
voted the last six years of his time al.
most exclusively to the enterprise now
so near completion. Post.
| The Caiedonian says that Young
man by the name Of Ralph Davis, and
a young lady named Miss Mary Forest
eloped from Newark, on Monday, Of
last week.
REcEIvirG HIS REwAar.-The Rev.
A. M. Fitch Of Michigan. has been an.
pointed Indian Agent for the Indians OF
Norohern Michigan. The NJ. z. Con.
ference of that State, last fall, passed
resolutions, with only ono dissenting
vote, condemning the buying and selling
Of men, as being anti-scriptural and IN.
christian. That ono dissenter was the
Rev. Mr.. Fitch.
THE GREAT TRIAL OF REApERs AND
MowERs.-We learn that the time for
the great trial of reapers and mowers
under the auspices of the U s. Agricul.
tural Society, has been fixed by the
President, Hon. Marshall P Wilder, for
the 18th Of July. The trial is to take
place at Syracuse. Over seventy NOW
ers and reapers have been entered for
this trial, which will be the most inter.
esting and important ever held in the
country. Over 800 acres of land have
been sowed to test the machines. This
Information was sent on Saturday BY
telegraph to all parts Of the Union, in
order that the competitors may be ready
One fact connected with the Wash.
ington riot is full of alarm for the fu.
ture-a majority Of the mob lie said to
have been boys under eighteen years of
age. The mob which hung the negroes
in Louisville few weeks ago was part.
ly composed of the same material, and
wherever riot occurs we have the same
report. And these are to be the men
who in short time will have control of
the country.
The grasshoppers that have threat.
ened to destroy the crops in certain
parts of Minnesota, have been killed by
the recent cold and wet weather. 1t is
said that bushels Of dead grasshoppers,
in masses, may be seen on the prairies.
| SlNGuLAG.-The Milwaukee wis
Free Democrat says that two persons
named Lynch, father and son, we're Kill.
led by lightning in Muskego, last week,
while the sun was shining in all its splsn.
dor. They were at work in fold
The WAY OF THE TRANsGREssoR Is
HARD-The Hon. Barker Burnell, form.
erly State Senator from Nantucket