The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-07-07
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Afternoon, we have had no rain here,
worth mentioning until Saturday night
Mast, when moderate but grateful fall
DID something to relieve suffering vegeta-
tionA Grassin this vic nifty will inevita-
bly, be a moderate crop. Grain, cspeci-
ally corn, promises, well. Potatoes look
well.
We have frequently witnessed trials
of mowers, but never with the satisfaction
we experienced on Thursday last, at the
trial on the farm of Mr.. Merrill Bing-
ham, in Cornwall. Ali the machines
used in this section were represented, lex.
cept Ketchums-the sun of which seems
to have set in this longitude,) and all did
excellent work. Aliens " and wv ood's"
each vindicated their very high reputa.
ton, but it was clearly to be seen that
the later, two wheeled machines, the
Buckeye and the &" Vermont Mower"
the latter manufactured in Vergennes, at
tracted the most notice from the several
hundred farmers present, and received
the most commentator.
We think the Middlebury Firemen,
who went to the grand Firemen's Muster
at Burlington, in response to the call from
that place, were not much fattered by the
treatment they received. After having
fairly beaten every contestant, the prize
was given to Troy company, as muck
to the establishment of the Trojans as ev-
cry body else. We think we can truly
say, that if the Middlebury men had been
asked to assist in making up the prom
ised bounty to the city 6remen, they would
with perfect cheerfulness have appropri-
ated the prize they fairly won to that use.
1t might be thought, with some reason,
that the Burlingtonians had received
enough benefit from the affair, pecuniari.
ly, to be able to meet such promises with.
out intercepting what should 60 into the
pockets of somebody else, and at the same
time robbing them of their reputation.
Our private opinion is, that when the
Washington company goes to Burlington
again they will require better security
than has yet been discovered But they
propose to make their own statement and
we will hear them next week.
CLAss-DAY.-In another column will
be found programme of the Class Day
exercises of the Seniors of SO, as we'll as
an invitation to the world at large TO at
tend on that occasion. AS the present
Senior Glass has the honor of inaugurating
the observance of the day in one College,
it may be proper to say word in regard
to the origin and manner of its observance
in other institutions.
The custom of making the day on which
the Senior Glass finish their studies day
of special interest is of ancient origin and
was, we believe introduced by Harvard
College. The first class-day observed in
cur country was in 1850. The same gen.
eral plan is followed and the same APP
pointments made which the students of
century ago first selected. The exercises
we're then and are now entirely under the
control of the class, AMI as the parts as
signed are fulfilled by those who are the
choice of the class, the appointments are
everywhere reckoned no less honorable
than those of Commencement Day. AT.
ter the more serious exercises it is GUS
tomary to many colleges for the class
+" Each hand in comrades hand "
to dance about Liberty tree, the while
singing song in praise of Alma Mater.
The salutatory part of the usual pro-
gramme is in the present case omitted,
and in lieu thereof the Seniors and their
invited guests will, in the evening, make