The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-03-07
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.


Treasury and the speech Of Senator Sum
per on recons,ruction.
AT the Methodist Church in this
village, last Sabbath, thirty persons were
presented loc membership III the church,
and twe..ty received the ordinance OF bap-
/ tism.
At the Congregational church two
! young men united in full connection on
profession of faith.
There IRE fifty widows in the village
of Middebury and ~ large proportion OF
them are heads of families and owner, OF
real estate.
BLOOD CArrkE ii. G.. Wellington.
Esq sold an Aldelncy hull calf to Mr.,
William Miller OF Wilii-ton last Thursday
for $40. We have had the pleasure OF
seeing Mr.. Wclliugton'o stock and were
highly gSniiied with their appearance.
The Attorney and Ayrshire are both SUI
perior dury stock. The sus.k OF the
la,tor is very rich aud in good quantities.
The former yields milk which excels even
the latter in richness though less in quan-
tity. Somc claim that the cyoss with the
native breed is superior TO the pure blood
for dairy purposes. This question might
easily be tested. Mr. w. has fine Alder
ncy bulls and ample Accommodations. Give
him a call
Mr.. Edwin Il. Parkiil of Cornwall
recently sold buck lamb TO Jerry Fors-
man of Columbus, Ohio, for $500.
Il. G. Mead of Cornwall has recent
ly sold 10 w. H. and ". Warning of
Saratoga Springs one half of his entire
flock of breeding ewes and eve lambs for
three hundred dollars per head.
We learn that the house Of widow
Oliver Russell. of Shoreham. was burned
ON Monday evening. Up to the time of
going to press we learn nothing of the
particulars of the fire.
MIR. William Mckenzie, one of the
venerable men of Waltham, soldier of
1912, who was at PlattshurGh just after
the heat of that bloody conflict, died on
Tuesday last at the advanced age Of 50
years
The singers Of Orwell gave concert
Tuesday evening, Feb 90 Tho Congre-
gational choir of Benson gave concert
March 1st. There was full house in
each case. Mr., Clark's lecture on the
"Progrcss Of Civilization" delivered in
Orwell, Feb 18th, was fine production
The audience was not large, but apprc.
ciativc. Rev. w. H. Milburn, 'thC
blind preacher" Is to deliver the next lee
ture of the course before the Orwell Lee.
turc Association, Friday evening, March
9th.
The circnlar Of Norwich University
shows IN excellent course of instruction
good discipline and extraordinary induce
ments 10 students. We quote the follow
ing:
''In order 10 revive the U'niver,it,
Band and reward military service. the
-. la, tai IN, TOR
Young men who are COOL musicians an'
who have served honorably in the Union
army"
Capt. c. II. Parsons, has dispose
of his farm in Fairfax. to s. S
Marsh, of Troy, for 1000. Capt =
has thought Of oh 'ngng hi, ro-ilaucc h.
II return to that portion of the sum
South" known as Virginia. W. rru-
this sale Is not preliminary TO such steep
Blood is thicker than water. 4 youn
lady recently skating on the river -latc
in, was galantly rescued by II gailm.
young man. hurried 10 her room, and
half hour after rrappnaled on the ice a
gay as ever. Good for the Fairfax de
moisclte.
GUILFoRD Gilman Warren has sol
his farm to CHARLES f. Wool of l'uiney
for $500 Nehemiah Andrews Ina
sold his farm. known Us the Babcoc
farm, to James Newton of Greenfield
Ms, for S20D0 Daniel Mcclure ha
sold his farm on the old stage ROAD t
l,ernardston, Ms, to Gilbert ID. McClur
for $1,000.
WARDsBoRo.-The people of Wards
boro are cultivating their musical taller
in commendable manner. There al
three singing schools in successful opera
ton in that town the present winter (or
in each of the North, West and Sout
villages, under the care and instruction {
that good natured and successful teacher
Mr. Barrett of Brookline. ....
HALIEAx.-There has been great az
tivity in this town IN the sale and pu
chasa of real nstAte Within the M