The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-10-03
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

given. They are made to include dues
to April, 1867, the beginning of Vol. 32.
II any mistake has occurred, we wish TO
be notified To secure q receipt, the bill
must be be returned with the money.
edncsday and Thursday are the
great days Of the Fair There are races
both days. The ball playing is at 0 A.
NJ Thursday and the address at IL A.
NJ. For the races sce programme
QUERIES are the sidewalks
and crossing for which money was raised
last winter Where is the Mil dlcbury
Graded School Where arc the select
men whose duty it is to call meeting Of
the new formal district Where is the
enthusiasm which was manifested on the
subject three months since Ech1 an.
swcrs "wherc ?"
STRAWBERRIES IN OCToBEE -Gestcr-
day Mr.. w Chapman Of this alag, laid on
Our ta)'e tempting specimen Of delicious
ripe Strawberries, fresh from his garden.
Its superior was not seen in June or Ju
j.. Our compliments TO Mr.. Chapman.
Don't fail TO attend the Wool Grow
crs meeting this Wednesday evening.
Orr thanks to Hon. l.. l.. Poland
for valuable public documents.
OVER THE FALLs,-A dog of the
EsqnimauX species, belonging to Col A.
j. Child of Weybrilgr. fell into Otcr
Creek. just above Bel lcnss Falls on Sat
urlty Last, an | cam, out at the bottom
safe AMI sound. H. was carried down
tie rapids about forty rods.
The Rc-uuion of Vermont officers
occurs at Montpelier, Oct 25th. Col.
w. G.. NcaSey will deliver an Grafton in
the evening. All the railroads carry for
half fare during the session of the Lcgis-
lature.
West CoRNwAII. -E. W. bingham
is doing large business on his principle
of Zone price orly." Ills sales last week
amounted TO more than thousand dol
lars.
SHEEP SALrs.-D. i. Doty of Bril-
port, recently sold fourteen ycarlng ewes
Tor $500 They were taken West
Henry Stafford, Esq, of Springfield. hit,
recently sold % rams and : ewes. of
superior constitution and fleece, TO Mr..
VIM. f. Foster to be shipped to Texas.
VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Key.
j. +. itanhin of Charlc>town, Mass, is
to deliver the address before the Vermont
Historical Society at its next annual
meeting.
Rev. 5. Il. pcttengi,l Of the last class
at Ano!oycr is engaged to preach in Roy
alton. VT, for six months,
NEW ENGLANp NfMruEANCE CuNvEN-
TioN.-A New England Temperance Con.
Ncntlon is called to meet It; fremont
Temple, Boston, On Wednesday and
Thursday, October Sd and 18th. All
temperance organizations, ecclesiastical
hodlcs, sabbath schools AMI Christian
churches, are invited to send dclcgttc4
This cali i, numcrou,ly signed bv cen.
tlcmcn t,Om all the New England States.
The following are the names of the zen
tlcmcn from Vermont:
w W. Atwater, Nergcnncs Horace
l.. Brown, st ,Iuhn,bury Lorrnzo Shrl-
don, West Rutland; Robert J. White,
Shclhurne; ii. i. Gushing, East Burke.
OBITUARY. b. +, johnson, Esq
editor and proprietor of the LUDLOW
Transcript died Of disease of the kidneys.
"Wednesday evening.
PEEsoYAL-Ilcnry Clark, Esq, Of
PouIincy, is to deliver the aGdres, before
thc Ohio State Agricultural Society on
the 10th inst
Capt. A. +. Lcavcnworth Principal
OF the llincsburs Academy was thrown
from his carriage Sept. lst having II
shoulder di>locatcd an receiving sumc
other injuries.
GCLJ.-A mine containing gold, silver,
lead and iron, has been recently discovered
in the Town of Granville, Addison Coun.
ty, VT, on the land owned and occupied
by Lorin Spaulding. 1t is supposed to be
very valuable.
CnAMrLAIN VALLEY FAIR.-The an
nual fair Of the Champain Valley Agri.
cultural Society, held at Vcrgcnncs on
Thursday and Friday of last week was q
decided success. The attendance wa.
large and the articles on exhibition ex-
ccedcd the expectation Of the most san.
guinc friends of the Society both in guam.
tty and quality. President Angel Of
the Vermont University delivered the
address on Friday afternoon, and we hear
it highly spoken Of as an able and schol-