The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-09-22
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.


closed this week.
On Friday last, Bishop Bissell con-
firmed two persons in st. Stephens
Church, Middlebury, making fifteen in
all confirmed in that church within
about nine months.
Lake Dunnore Lodge No IL LOO
F., of this place, was recognized, last
Thursday, by H Simmons, D.D.G.M.
The following Is the list of officers for
the ensuing term:-W Russell, MIG;
II A Sheldon, V.G.; A Fl Copeland,
secretary; Albert Chapman, treasurer;
CT Soper, W.. J H Simmons, c.. b
Copeland, I.G.; M Phinney, O.G
LBCTURE.-Rev w II Irwin, MD,
late of Louisiana, will address the citi-
zens of this place, Friday evening, Sept
25th, at ~ o'clock, on 1.-THE Situation
of affairs at the South, =" and on the ''In-
terror Life and Reconstruction in the
extreme Southern States" All loyal
people are invited, especially families
and ladies.
Mr. Eben Severance, of this place,
was severely injured by falling to the
bottom of long fight of stairs, into the
cellar, Tuesday night. The external
injuries were severe CASH on his head
and bad bruises on his hips. He was
Immediately placed upon his bed, where
he still remains, though slowly improv-
ing.
Mrs Yale, living at Mr. G Sopcr's,
in this village, fell down flight of stairs
on Wednesday, and received some Sc
we're Commissions, but no serious damage.
FLORAL CoNCERT.-Pro f * Harlow
and his class rendered Roots celebrated
canta!a of the "Flowcr Queen; or Cor
onation of the Rose in the Congrega
tional church of this place. on Tuesday
evening, andrepeated the entertainment
on Wednesday evening. The church
was handsomely decorated with ever
greens and flowers, and the stage made
to represent n secluded dell in the forest,
where the flowers met TO choose their
queen. A recluse, Disseminated with
the world, seeks retirement from its
cares and disappointments in the same
place. The flowers sing of love and
duty, and induce the recluse to return
again to usefulness and contentment
among his fellow men. After some dis
cussion of the merits of different aspir-
ants to the honor of being crowned
Queen of Flowers, it was left TO the re-
cluse, who decided in favorof the Rose,
-personified by Mrs Harlow, who was
crowned accordingly, and harmony re-
stored. The whole entertainment was
excellent, and some OF the parts were
especially fine. We cannot discrimi-
nate.
Col Plat, of Burlington, recently
shipped splendid pair of black geld
ings to Hon II Raymond, of the New
York TT~es. Value, about $1,000.
"A section of light artillery has been
organized at Townshend and furnished
by the state with a pair of 12-pounder
brass guns and the usual equipments
and uniforms provided by the state
militia law. Henry A. Scott is lieuten-
ant commanding.
Sheriff Soule, of st Adams, recently
secured one of the three Hecleeys that
had been engaged in a robbery, and de-
sired to get the other two, the father
and brother Of the one he already had.
AS they were already out of the state
and he didn't want the trouble of get
ting governors acquisitions, he but tel
egraphcd to them that their kinsman
wanted very much to see them. AS
fast as they arrived and entered the
cell he turned the key upon them, very
quietly and inexpensively securing the
whole family.
VAN AMBURGII & Co.'S GREAT COL
DEN MENAGERIE.- -On Tuesday the Goth
inst, the long promised Menagerie of
Van Amburgh & Co. will make its en-
tree into Middlebury, and will give
one exhibition in the afternoon and one
in the evening of the same day, COM
mencing at half-past one and seven, p.
nj. Its popularity is 80 worldwide that
there Is scarcely man, women or child
in the country that will miss the OPP
portunity ofseeing it wherever it exhi-
bits, 1t Is one of the best standard exhi-
bition of the country which offers in
its multiplicity of attractions nothing
offensive to the eye or ear, while the
collection of rare and strange animals
is said to be the largest and most varied
over congregated together by private
enterprise, and with the exception of
the collection of the Geological Society
in London, and that of the Jardin DIES
Plantes of Paris, which are both sus-
tanned by government, the largest in
the world. A portion of this Colossal
exhibition exhibited for the past two
seasons at Barnum's Museum, and the
Internal Revenue returns prove beyond
all controversy, that 1t was visited by
more than double as many people as
any other place of amusement in New
York, except Niblo's Garden, where
the Black Crook was having so success
full run. 1t was the intention of the
management to put two immense Men
ageries on the road during the summer
and fall of the present year one in the
Western States and the other in the
Eastern; but so many rare and valua-
BILE animals were destroyed by the bur-
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