The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-09-17
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

are sufficiently advanced IN their studles
20 join class for that purpose, can be
provided with instruction Ivy applying to
the Faculty of the College.
NIiddlebury, Sept. 18Th, 1867. !
"A recount of the votes in st. Albans
discovered an error of G2, and elected NJ.
W. bailey, the regular republican candi-
Il ne for Franklin county, Judge of probate
instead of Samson, the boiler, who first
cltilncd it.
PEEsJNAL.-T. G Fletcher, Esq, for
morly clerk in the store of G.. G.. Chap
man of this place, has gone into business
for himself in St. Johnsbury under the
firm uamc of Hall & Fletcher.
During the month of August 81 492
prun Is Of batter were shipp.l from Bur
too depot.
There is now on exhibition at fho
NJ mphremagog House at Newport
whit, birch bark canoe, nude by an In.
tinr, and which is destined for Central
pak. New York
CoERECrrcN In our report of the
Senator's elected Sept 3 IT, mistake o.
CURED Instead of Bradley Barlow for
Franklin County it should have been
Victor Atwood, a democrat.
"A very successful camp me citing has
been in session at Ign lon, this week. 1t
i, on grounl owned by the Passnmpic
River RAILROAD company, AMI which will
he permanently littel up and pre- pared
for such gatherings
A player Of the Crescent base ball club
of St. Adams run the bascs-00 feet each
in l3 seconds, which il claimed to be
'ihe quickest time on record"
VERMONT SroCKs AT Boston on
Thursday, Rutland II. Il first mortgage
bonds were quoted at rs; Vermont
Central and Vermont and Canada eights
at 100; Vermont and Ma,sach usctts
stock at 26 Vermont AMI Canada at 81
3 8, and Og,lcnsburgh and Lake Cham
plain at &C IA.
Contested ELECTIONS The election
Of the dem )craiic representatives, in Brad
E,-1 7 L.
TRorrSG RAcEs.-A race for a purse
OF t2)), NILE heats, best 3 in D, to har-
Ness, is announced to take place over the
Kntlanl Park cours, to dly, between N.
Norton's b. g. Little john and a II
MOBILES g. IN. "ropsv." Also, at the
SUM, time, Il race, for similar premium.
sulject to the same terms, betwe cen Mr..
Shernan's b 5. Seen. Sherman" ind
Charles Gleason's b. =. "lIoncst Dam
EXPENSIVE SlIEEr Two men in Fair
Ire have been having trial at law lately
about sheep, worth five or six dollars,
which the plaintiff claimed the defendant
hal in his possession, belonging to him.
After two trials the defendant recovered
Sill AZ costs. The whole expense to
the plaintiff was not less than $3.50;
enough to buy quite a fl ,ck Of sheep.
MARROW EscArE-A boat load of
passengers returning to the Vermont side
of the lake, from the Camp meeting just
closed at Essex, ~ y, had very mar
row escape fronfa watery grave on Tues
day morning las. The little boat went
almost un Ter several times, owing to the
strong breeze and heavy sea. Fortunately
they escaped with nothing more serious
than thorough ducking and a great
fright
&C. A. Ballard, formally of KEGS
vile, n. Y has been appointed principal
of Ca,tleton academy.
&C. w. Shcdd Of Mount Holly was
assaulted by highway robbers at Ludlow
No llay night, but succeeded in escaping
after being III chilly woun LED in the side
with knife.
Tie BASE BALL ToURNAMENr
The base ball tournament at Burlington on
Wednesday, the St Lawrence county
club won the stand Of national coors and
the Cresccnts Of ST. Adams the State
prize. The st. Lawrence club is evident
ly the best one present at the Tourna-
mcnt, their superior batting, catching and
heid'nS astonishing the natives" and
though we can justly boast of some ex-
cellent clubs in Vernon, we must yield
the palm to the sturdy sons of Old St.
Lawrence, theirs being a Climb which we
think is in no respect inferior to the best
in the country.
ALMOST FIRE.-On Friday morning
the store of II. a. Sheldon of this place,
on being opened, was found to be filled
with smoke, and so den'e as TO render the
atmosphere suffocating. The smoke was
cleared away ard the cause discovered