The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-04-22
News of the week.

icatiug liquors on hand, more than sufh.
cicnt for his own personal uses The
head of the family was unfortunately alb.
sent from home, but the lady of the house
received him with great complaisance and
offered every facility for proper search Of
the premises After looking the house
over from garrett to celler, without sue.
cess, it occurred to the constable that tho
lady kept one position in remarkable
manner. On requesting her to stand a.
side, good sized keg Of wbiokcy was
found concealed in the folds of her dress
volum nous and vast. The hoops have
been in use some time, but we believe
this is the first time that slaves have
been introduced 10 connection with the
hoops for toilet purposes.
"A person suspected Of having rob.
bed the safe of the Rutland Road at
Burlington, on Saturday week, has been
arrested aud is now held for trial.
The Brandon paper contains a com.
munication from chap, who proposes to
lecture for the great aud suffering cause
Of Temperance" Tbs pledge he pro.
poses to adopt, is the standard of the
/" Advance Guard of the Temperance
Army" and contains q prohibition of
liquor, tobacco, aud profane language -
The connection OF these articles rominds
US of the oath administered. not long ago,
to one of the folding boys at Washing.
ton, viz: You Solemnly swear you will
support the Constitution of the United
States, aud jold papers to tho best of
your ability. So help you God I"
The Rutland Herald states that a
drunken woman was locked with her
child into shanty, by her husband at
Castleton, one day last week. Shortly
after, the house was discovered to be on
fire. The inmates we're rescued with
difficulty The child was unhurt, but
the woman was severely burned.
APRIL FooLiNG IN CHIcAGo.-Tbe sell
that was so successful on the LIST instant,
was tried in Chicago-thc name of Dean
and his wife being entered on the regis.
ter of one of the hotels. 1t is said that
forty.six "teas" were paid for at the
Office by ambitious young men, anxious
to see what manner of man he is, VIII,
would make such stir in the matrimo.
NAL world. A good looking She"
among the stranger guests, to whom was
hooked very plain "she," was pointed
out as the hero Of the new romance. The
pair was stared away from the table -
Ooe corn dealer intercepted the stranger
in the hall aud introduced himselfto Mr..
h.
suit crowd adjourned to the bar room.
HEAVY DAMAGES levi Chaplin has
recovered $3.50 with interest, amount.
ing to about $1,000, of the Sullivan Rail
road for damages for land taken for the
road near tho bridge across the river at
Bellows Falls. He was awarded 5000
by the Commissioners, took an appeal,
aud the above is the result -PhGni1
FATAL ACcIDENr IN JAMArcA-While
Mr.. Chiselton Johnson of Jamaica, was
chopping in the woods on the 2lst ult.,
a limb from n falling tree struck him up.
on the shoulders with so much force as
throw him upon the grouod across some
wood that was lying there, causing some
internal injury. He was not found un.
til several hours after the accident, hav.
ing lain where he fell unable 10 rise
Medical attendance was procured, and
after passing two or three days in intense
pain, be apparently began to amend, and
strong hopes were entertained of his re-.
covery but be soon grew worse again,
and so continued until Monday the 30th
ult, whom he died. His age was 81
ID.
FrRE.-On Sunday night; about mid.
night, fire was discovered in the book
store Of p. p Ripley, 10 a small wooden
building on Church Street, in this place.
No general alarm was given. A few 10.
dividuals were aroused by the cry Of FIRE,
who dragged the Boxer Engine to the
spot, brought into requisition the Hy-
dram: on the corner of Church and Cher
~ streets, and extiuguished the fire.
Mr.. Ripley and his family, who slept
over the shop, reached the ground by
means of tho awning and wagon back.
ed up for the purpose. His stock in
trade was mostly consumed. He was
insured, we understand, for 5000. The
origin Of the fire is as yet mystery
Burlington Free Press.
A WARNING TO BOYS A serious ac-
cident occurred few days since at the
house Of Mr.. Z. Noyes 10 Cabot A boy
named Parsons had loaded a gun at the
door with shot, and went into the house
going into small room where the caps
were kept followed by small boy, a
son in the family. "Now," said the lit
tie lad, 4" let me snap a cap as you prom
ised." Parsons Immediately placed one
on the tube, without thinking the gun
was loaded, and the little lad snapped
the lock The charge went through the
first door, slivered and tore the stile on
the outside door, through which Mrs.
Noyes had just gone. and some Of the
shot struck her around and above the
ear with force enough to PROSTATE her
but not enough to infict very serious IN
jury Her nerves were badly shocked
and sh" vas corfi1"i - her bod FOR sew
eral days, but |. LON eJ.y.les.snt.-
Watchman.
THE PEARL ExoirEMENT The alleg
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