The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-02-05
Local AND STATE ITEMS.

was adjourned without the transaction OF
any business, on account of a defect in
the warning. Another meeting for the
same business is called tomorrow WED
ncsday) evening
There is to be an entertainment at
the Addison House in this village on the
evening of the anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, February 18th, for
the benefit of the race set free by the
emancipation proclamation Of January
1st, 1868 1t consists of tableaux, music,
comedies, &c, to which general invi
tation is extended. For furthcrs pariic.
ulars sec advertisement in another column
FIRE.-Ihe blacksmith shop belonging
t. James Donahuc, in this ,il'Hgc WIS
b lrncd down about l O'Clock, this mor
iig. Loss about $500. No in.uranr..
CORRECTION. In our report Of the
Supreme Court last week, orc divorce
case was Inadvertently emitted, and in
another 4 wrong reason was assigned
They shoui have road as follows:
Mary A. Hall ". Joseph Hall. Spauld-
ing, attorney. Bill granted for intulcrablc
severity an custody Of the children given
TO .he mother.
William c. Poet vs Jahc VI. Poet
Spaulling, attorney. Bill granted for
deserton.
We call attention to the advertise
mcnt of writing school by T. NJ. Tobir.
The regular time for the meeting Of
the Addison County Temperance Society
is on "Wednesday the Goth inst An Of
fetal call may be expected next week
The managers of the Addison Coun-
ty Agricultural Society arc called to meet
at the Addison House in this village on
Friday, the 18th inst.
"A Watsfeld man says that on the
9th of january he saw distinctly bright
star in the east when the sun was in full
blaze and the atmosphere clear. The
moon was visible at the same time.
Prof. l.. Kellogg of Mildlebury
College is to lecture in Pitisford Wedncs
day evening Feb. Oh.
Nix. EpIroR Il have received from
the Commissioner of Agriculture circu-
lar, requesting cereal products TO be sent
TO the Paris Exposition. The request is
made in pursuance of Il resolution of
Congress. Persons who are able to fur
nish superior samples of wheat, oats,
corn, barley, rye, &c, in packages OF not
more than two pounds each, are requested
to leave them with me, or at the Register
Office, and | will see that they are for
warlcd without expense. 1t must be
done, il at all, without delay,
GEO. HAMMOND,
Sec Ag'l Society.
Middlebury, Feb. 4, 1867.
Nr. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,"
A meeting Of the directors of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society will be held
at the American Hotel, Burlington, on
Wednesday, February 9Th, at five O'Clock,
7. II.
PERsoNAI.-Mr. II, II. Gibson Of
this place, WIS on board the train from the
west when the collision occurred near
Rouses Point, Jan. Is, and received
some slight injuries
january, 1867, has been the coolest
since the same month in 1857, the thcr
mometer in the morning averaging
abovczero Coolest morning, l6lh, Il
below warmcst, Oh, 20 above.
Amount OF snow in lhe month, Is.
inches
BluDronr -H'e W. = ,mar. viii
deliver his popular lecture on TIE Battle
of Gettysburg, at the Cong church ip
Bridport, rhur-day evening, Februar'
Z, 1867.
ktRosENE On AS a LUBmCAroE -
A boy named Thomas +. Boycr Of this
town loaded a smooth bore rifle with an
ordinary charge of shot about Christmas
On the 20th of January, he poured a tea
spoonful of kerosene oil into the muzzle
and discharged the gun, when the barrel
burst near the breech opening gap three
iourths of an inch wide and six inches
ling. The boy sustained but trAing H.
jury.
SnoREHAM.-A lecture will be deliv-
cred before the Shoreham Lecture Asso-
citation in the Cong'l church, by Rev. ID.
w. Dayton, on Wednesday evening, Feb.
9th. Subject -" Our Country; Its
Founders and Heroes"
French WITHOUT MASTER, b.
Peterson e. Brothers, Philadelphia, have
published this book by A. II. Monteith,
of London, in pamphlet of 90 pages,
price 40 cents. 1t pursues what is called