The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-07-12
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.


-. Fourth Of Jolly celebrations were
more numerous and demonsfrative than
usual. Rutland went ahead of all other
towns in this state, and probably made
greater display than the state has ever
seen, of the kind. IT. ..
~ The following articles have been
received and sent to Brattleboro, for the
benefit of the wounded soldiers:
From Whiting, bed quilts, IL tow
els, IL pocket-handkerchiefs, 10 comfort
bags housewives 2 pairs of slippers, l
pair pillows, 3 pillow-slips, bandages,
roll of old linen, roll of old cotton.
FROM East Middlebury, 81 pounds of
dried Apples old cotton, handkerchief,
l bedqnilt, l pair wooden socks
MRs. o. SEYMOUR, Sec.
'.'.Patents have recently been issued
as follows:
To James II. Flagg of Perkinsville, for
corner or joint for soap stone stoves.
To Geo. Bahnister of Hartford for i'm
proved socket for hoes, chisels. &c.
1.-The Vergennes Bank is about to
change into National Bank. The bonds
have been deposited and receipted for
The bank will 90 into operation as soon
as the circulation Of the old bank has been
called in.
go. Two boys IN Royalton were chas-
ing woodchuck, when the rear one fc,
and his gun discharged and shot minnie
ball through the other arm, which so in
cured the bone that the arm vas amputa-
ted above the elbow. The boy who lost
the arm was John Skinner, and he bore
it like a hero.
''.Rev Asa D. Smith, b. D., Pres
ident of Dartmouth College, is the orator
before the Phi Beta Kappa Society. at
the coming commencement of the Uni
vcrsiiy of Vermont. Rev. DR.. Rockwell
OF brooklyn, n. Y. will address the $50
ciety of Religious Inquiry"
Editor Register The Ladies' Soldiers
Aid Society of Cornwall. during the year
/ 1916 have forwarded TO the Army
Committee of the Boston Young Mems
| Chr stiah Association, acting under the
auspices and in full cooperation with the
l. =. [. {. at Rooms ) fremont Temple.
Boston, fourteen well filed boxes of hos
pital stores. 1t has received and expend-
ed during the past year $216.56 Money
in the hands Of the Treasurer at the COM
mencement of the past year, May 10th,
SOD. Balance in the Treasury at the
close and when it closed its operations
555.9l, which was duly forwarded. APP
pended is a list of the articles made and
forwarded Bedqnilis Sc, Sheets AZ,
Pillow Slips 50, Dressing Gowns %,
Shirts ll2, Hospital Shirts II, Flannel
Shirts 4, Drawers 81, Towels Pa. Pock-
ct handkerchief. HI, Slippers 16 pairs.
Night Caps II, Socks 81 pairs, Pqnts 3
pairs. Summer Coats s. Vests /, Cush-
ions G, Hop Pillows 10, Feather Pillows,
i, Arm Sings I, Pin Cu.hions and Nee.
die Books filed l42, Dried Fruit 10
lbs, besides several packages Jelly, Wine
3 bottles, Cordial one bottle, Maple Su-
gar one cake, Mutton Tallow 81 lbs,
two testamcnts, several bundles of valua :
bic reading matter, over 1900 yards of
banlages, one box Of old cotton and lin
en-, besides an indefinite number of bun
dies anil packages of old cotton ana linen,
one Comfort Bag, one tin Cup
Mrs. f. a. q. WARNER, Secy.
1.-The loss to the Vermont Central
railroad by the burning ofthe car factory
at 81. -Albans is estimated at $50, 900.
.".Thc Windsor county republicans
have nominated Clark II. Chapman of
CavendIsh, Hosea Doton OF Pomfret, and
Icrrck Gay of Stockbridge for their SEN
ators.