The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-06-13
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

and Monday evenings with great accept
ance to the public generally. We were
unable to be present much to our regret.
%. +. Comstock recently purchased
of Lawrence Mills, New Haven, pair of
beef cattle and paid the round sum of
1925. The dressed weight was 1924 lbs.
MipDLEpuRy CoIlEGE.-Prof. Park
of Ar.dover Theological Seminary is en-
gagged to give an address before the Phil
adelphian Society Of Mddlebury College
Mt the Commencement anniversary. Hon.
G.. f. Edmunds, u. S. Senator, will de-
liver IN a1ress before the philomathesian
Society on the same OCCASION
Sheriff Collamer and Deputy Cramp-
ton started for Windsor, Monday morning
with three recently elected inmates Of the
state prison, and one candidate for the
. insane asylum at Brattleboro.
We learn from the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Tribune that
the Senate recently confirmed James G
French, of Montpelier, Justus Cobb, Of
Middlebury and Julius E. Higgins OF
Brandon, as Postmasters-they having
been previously appointed by President
johnson.
Juno 18th (to-morrow) is the day
for inaugurating the Vermont Reform
School.
WEST CoRNwAlL.-Friday is butter
day in this place also-sec II. +. lay
lor's advertisement
EAST MlDDLEDURy.-Thc ladies' libra
ry is ready for circulation. We under
stand they have a very fine selection of
books and they propose to increase the
present number of volumes to consider
able extent, soon.
SuoREIIAM-T United States Hotel
at Larrabcc's Point. has recently been
purchased and taken possession of by Mr..
Baker from Saratoga. The former land
lord, II. S. Gale, wei known in this re-
gion goes to Saratoga.
John NJ. Crawford and brother of
Putncy, took from a ycarling buck Isl
lbs. of wool after the fleece was taken
the buck weighed so lbs. The heeccs of
his entire flock averaged 10 lbs ii oz.
The Banner is responsible for the
statement that Joseph II. Brown Of
IIoosick, has five ycarling ewes which
were shcared between the 4th and 18th
of May, whose fceces combined weighed
GSI lbs The lightcst weighed ~ lbs,
the heaviest Isl lbs.
FRIGurruL ACcIpENr.-NIrs Burr of
st. Adams, last Friday poured kerosene
oil into a stove willie building fire.
The fame caught the fluid in the can,
which exploded, saiurating her clothes
and the clothes Of two of her children
She ran into the street with the youngest,
both being cnveloped in fumes. A crowd
collected and at length succeeded in tear
ing the burning garments off, but too late
The mother aud the two children have
since died.
-Windham County Agricultural So
cicty has determined to pay in addition
to the usual premiums, five cents per
mile on all stock, except horses, when
driven ten and less than fifteen miles, and
ten cents per mile when driven more
than fifteen. The Fair occurs at New
fame, Oct. Sd and 4th. 1t. Gov, Gard
ner will deliver the address on the second
day. The following arc the officers of
the Society:
Presidential. +. Ward, Westminster
e-PyeScleat-N. Sampson and II.
Plympton,
Sec. and 7reaSurer-W. A. Steadman.
Mr.. Baker, of Rochester, Vt, died
suddenly last week. He was taken with
severe internal pain about the middle
of his thigh, which Immediately began to
swell, and dark colored spot like boil
appeared lie soon became dclirous,
gangrenc set in, and in forty eight hour:
he died.
PATENTS. have been gently
issued to the following Vermonters.
E. A. Pond and NJ. S. Richa rdsor
of Rutland, for improvement in genera.
ting and supplying illumination gas.
William Read of West Arlington
for improvement in machines for compress
sing the cylinders of casks upon theil
heads to form a tight barrel.
ID. f. Sexton of Whiting, for i'm
provement in sheep racks.
George Simpson of Waterbury, fol-
improved burglar alarm.