The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-03-19
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

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BATTLE OF GErrYspuRu.-Tl This great
historic cvcnt-this awfully sublime and
sanguinary sccnc--wilI be mi'rorcd to
view in graphic and riling lecture by
Rev w. :. Smmt, in this village, on
Friday evening, the Do inst, at o'clock,
in aid of the +. u. Commission. Tickets
% cents; children, 10 cts. To be had
at the bookstores ami at the door. Let
this and adjoining towns be well repre-
scented at this closing entertainment for
the season.
Annual SciIooL MEETfNG.-The an
nual school meeting for the election Of
officers, laying taxes and other proper
business, is called 10 he held at the Town
Room, Tuesday evening March %, at
7 o'clock.
We are pleased TO learn that f. 5
Dana, Esq has been promoted in the
Clerks Office of the house of Representa-.
tives at Washington, at the opening OF
tho 10Th Congress, and his salary mate
rally increased. Mr.. ID. seems thus carly
TO have won the conf lcncc of his associates
in his new position at the Cap tol, and
we have no doubt will fully justify their
Partially hereafter.
ARRESTED. deputy Sheriff Champion
of this place, yesterday morn ng arrested
one Nichols lat Whiting Station, on cha, .,
of stealing S9j from gentlemen over
the lake. Nichols was Immediately taken
toward The state line where he was to be
handed over TO an officer from Crown
Point, n. y.
OpTuAiY.-Solomon Parker, an old
and respected citizen of this town died
last Wednesday night. lie was seventy
years of age and had done business in this
village many ycaIs. During the funeral
services on Saturday, many of our places
of business were closed from respect TO
his memory.
STOLEN Saturday night, a horse AMI
saddle was stolen from the barn of G. l..
Porter taken a little distance on the New
Haven road but being smooth shod the
horse was left. The saddle was transfer,
red to the back OF y horse taken from the
barn Of John Murphy, and with this
plumber the rogue made his escape.
discussion ly the Wcybridgc Fm-
mcrs Club this evening at the monument
in Wcybridgc. Suhject-"Ca,tle; best
breeds and manner Of breeding"
A LARGE CALr.-A small COW belong
ing to Mr. Charles Yartcr of Weybridgc,
recently dropped calf which weighed
10 lbs. Who has anything TO beat
thi.
EprcATioNAI.-Mr. Oscar d. Scott,
a member of the Junior Class in Millle-
bury College, opened a select school in
Bristol on Monday. Mr.. Scott has here
tofurc been very successful in teaching
and there seems to be no reason why this
term should not be cqu,lly profitable to
both teacher and scholars, with his pre-,
yious efforts.
w. A. JESSEY ESQ The Washingt n
County N. Y. Post of recent date has Il
brief account of a lecture delivered y
w. A. Jenncy, Es1, Of New York,
son the prospects of the United States
MIR. Jcnncy graduated at MIddiebury
College in 1865 and is now praciicing law
in New York City. Many of our readers
will be pleased to hear of him and we
therefore make the following extracts
from the article above mentioned
The lecture opened with a brief review
of the past, examining the causes which
led to such rapid development. The
principal reasons he discovered to be the
emigration, and our beniticcnt political
institutions. To ascertain how far these
conditions could be relied on TO continue,
was TO predict the future of the country.
Numerous examples from history were
quoted and quite elaborate examinations
of statistics entered into to show the re-
liability Of these elements of future great
ness, Having established his position
that everything was to be looked for from
our natural resources and the character OF
the people, he sketched hastily, the polili-
cal situation of the cou y, and indicated
what seemed to him the right policy to
secure the natural glorious results which
were before US. To nationalize the coun-
try and root out the idea of State r. t
10 centralize power, but TO guard with
jealousy the written law was the duty Of
every American. This brief and neces.
sariy imperfect outline fails 10 do the
lecture justice. The style of the lecture
was good, the passage descriptive of Lin
coins passage through New York to the
Inauguration and his return a corpse wa;
very fine The ideas Of the lecture were
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