The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-05-31
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

Agl, Society, will please notice call for
Meeting on Thursday next. II is impor-
tant that there be full meeting.
....Rov. DR.. Labarcc, is appointed
clerical, and Samuel James, Jr., lay del
egatc from this association to the Nation
al Cong, egational Council, to be held in
Boston, commencing June nth, 1865.
1.-The Middlcbury Ship Yard pres
cnts very busy appearance. The
Steamboat will be launched in few days
and will, tits expected, be ready for navi-
cation by the 4th of July
1--WE observe q general disposition
to have the Fourth Of July observed this
year, in a more imposing way than usu-
al 1t has been suggested as a good plan
for this region, that piece of heavy ton
cd ordnance be placed on Snake Noun
tain, which would speak distinctly to all
the people of the Champlain Valley, from,
Whitehall to Pittsburgh. 1t is is also
in the program to make a grand pyrotech-'
Mich display, which would be visible to
the greater part Of the people Of Western
Vermont. The thought is worthy Of at
tention Some such pan. well conceived
and thoroughly executed would afford
great qualification to q very great number
of people. In some respects a better
point for patriotic celebration could not
be selected. From no other position, per-
haps, can be seen so many points of his
toric interest 1t is in full view of Lake
George, commands Lake Champaign
nearly its whole length, from Ticonderoga
to Plattsburgh, and looks down into
Crown Point Fort The plan seems TO
u' worthy Of attention, and, if the people
of Addison County say SO, can be a great
success.
Speaking Of Snake Mountain suggests
to our mind the need there is Of better nc-
cess TO it, The cost would be trifing to
complete good carriage road to the sum
nit. Why is not this done, and why
does not somebody put there house of
entertainment Almost without excep-
tion, it is the most attractive point of the
kind in New England, and if made cas-
lily accessible and provision made for the
comfort Of visitors it would be unriyaod
in its attractions to pleasure seekers by
any other place in this state. Money
thus expended could not fail to be a pay
ing investment.
-. We have just received the follow
ing new Music from Horace Waters, 78l
broadway, New York: We are March
ing on to Victory, Nellie dear, Goodbye;
A gloom is cast DER the Land, song and
chorus, to the memory Of President Lin
erin; Mourn not oh, ye people, az those
without hope, n tribute to the memory
of President Lincoln, by Mrs. +. A.
Parkhurst Scandal on the Brain, word
by Mrs. NJ. 4. Kidder, music by Mrs
f. A. Parkhurst; Love me, darling, by
Ossian f. Dodge.
Tho circle of the Fenian Brother
hood in Burlington, already numbers for
ty members and is increasing
AIR. Boynton, one Of the delegates
appointed to attend the Fair at Stettin,
publishes long letter in the Rutland
Herald, giving bis reasons for throwing
up the commission. His statement that
Gov. Smith refused to give him proper
credentials was made because he was
misled by the unfortunate wording of
Mr.. Clarks note with the letter Gov.
Smith did give. Mr.. Boynton, having
known several just such cases, did no
think the Governors letter would secure
him recognition as commissioner from Yer
and as there was not time to write to the
Governor again, Mr.. Boynton felt con-
PEELED to give mp the mission.
'..' Sixty-seven descrters surrendered
in Vermont under the Presidents proda-
nation.
Alfred Worcester's house at West
Windsor was destroyed by fire with most
Of its contents on the 18th inst, and
young man named Perkins who was
asleep in one Of the chambers was burned
to death.
-. ASH Tinkham of Woodstock,
while at work in his garden, Wednesday,
fell upon heavy stone, which he was
trying to move, and was SO seriously in
jured as to cause his death on Thursday.
His age was rs years.
....E. D. Seldom of Brandon, has sold
bis marble mill, quarry and most of the
tenements, for about $4,000 to S. L.
Goodell and several gentlemen from
New York.