The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-07-14
News of the Week.

affair BY dint of extensive Advertising
some $4,000 strangers were brought into
the town, and entertained by display of
filthy, ragged military, wheelbarrow
race" and "hog' ditto. The truly redeem
ing features were an Grafton by f. p Wal
| ton, and the balloon ascention. The bal
loon went up in fine style and landed about
o'clock in the evening, at Windham.
| We regret to learn that Mr.. Darius Car
rath lost an arm by the premature dis
charge of cannon, owing to carelessness
in loading.
Bellows Falls had Military Cele-
bration on the third The Times says:
1.-THE celebration in this place on Satur-
day passed off in fine style and manner,
| being the greatest military display wit
messed in this State for more than twelve
years"
Mons. La Mountain made successful
balloon ascension and landed in Charles
town, N. H.
-Brattlsboro had Firemen's Muster
at which eight machines contended for
prizes.
Mr. La Mountain in his account of
his balloon ascension from Rutland on tho
| 9Th estimates that he reached an altitude
of FIVE miles. He was able to count at
one time SO villages. The Earth appeared
concave and there was no perceptible diff
ference between mountains and valleys.
The wet Sand in his bags was frozen solid.
The rarifed atmosphere and intense cold
caused painful and alarming sensations.
Hssays:
At this woeful scene l still retained
presence of mind enough to be aware of
my condition. I Immediately pulled the
valve-iops to discharge gas to descend.
The Balloon having been continually as
cending for about forty minutes, was at
height Of at least five miles In the course
of few minutes the Balloon began grad
ually to descend, and my sufferings began
to be somewhat relieved.
The voyager was up an hour and TWEEN.
ty two minutes travelled forty miles and
alighted in the town of Windham.
The Bostonians, as usual, celebrated
Independence in magnificent style. The
Juvenile Festival, in the Public Gardens,
addressed by MIR. Holmes, and the Hon.
Rufus Choate delivered an grafton before
the Young Mems Democratic Club. Two
successful balloon ascensions were made,
piloted respectively by the senior and
Junior Wise and an unsuccessful attempt
was made to send up one without pilot.
This was done on the following day, with
the expectation that it would soar to some
distant part of the world. 1t went up
beautifully and passed out of sight, but
came down in short time upon a pilot.
boat, about six miles from Hull. 1t is
conicctured that it rose to a great hight
where, in consequence of the rarity of the
atmosphere, the fabric burst. A very ra
tional theory.
The State Democratic Convention
held at Bellows Falls, on the sth inst.
E made the following nominations Fol
Governor, Henry Reyes for Lieut.. Gov
ernor, WHY'S Lyman; for Treasurer
James Il. Thurston.
Y -Agreeably to an invitation of mum
\ber of citizens of Brandon, Mr.. Charlie
Dana, for several years u resident of tn
Sandwich Islands, gave a lecture on tn
evening of last Friday week, composed 0
' i facts regarding the Sandwich Islands.
of the lecture the Advocate says:
On tho whole we pronounce the lectur
the best thing of the kind to which W
ever listened, and We have heard Bayar
/. Taylor and Pliny Miles, our two most ia
9 nous travellers Their lectures are usu
= ally taken bodily from some of their un
u published works, and, of course, lack tina
condensation and range of,topics which ar
VI so essential to lecturer that shall interes
y crowded, popular audience. We cannc
i speak too highly of Mr.. Dana's style o
n writing or the manner of delivery, and "
are sure we but echo the sentiment of eve
IS ry individual present on the occasion
re when we express the hope that Mr., Dan
4 NAV be induced TO favor us with SON
IN more of his "reminiscences Of foreign land
n The Vergennes Citizen is authorize
IN to state that there is no truth in the RI
or mer that the Arsenal grounds are to
= sold.
SAVE YOUR DooToR's BILLs.-When d
he Wistars Balsam Of Wild Cherry wi
10 cure coughs, colds, bleeding at the lung
IL and arrest the fell destroyer Consumption
ed it does more than most Physicians can d
70 IT, A single trial will satisfy the ineredulou
he July 9Th, the Republicans of Chi
tenden Co., made the following -nomin
ok tons:
a For Senators, Lucus Chittenden,