The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-12-22
General Stnte News.

quote from the Vermont Union, pub
lished at Lyndon 1--WE can confiden-
tly say, Mr.. Brown has the best bust
ness In town, and at the price he offers
his real estate, 1t Is the cheapest prop
erty we know Of any where. This Is
certainly an excellent chance for a
business man with a capital Of $4,000 or
$4,000.
Bishop Bissell, having returned
from his journey to Detroit, consecrated,
on Thursday, 10th inst, the new Trim
ity Church, in the west village ofPoult-
ney. He preached the conservation
sermon, and the Rev. Mr.. Peck, of
Rutland, an advent asermon. Both were
able productions. The other clergy
present were the Rev. Messrs. Putnam,
(Rector of the parish Hale, of Bellows
Falls, Atwell, of Burlington, Graves +,
of Middlebury, and Johnson, of Hud-
son, N. Y. This is rural gothic church,
with free seats, costing about $4,000
The rector's infant son was also baptis-
ed, the Rev. Messrs. Peck and Hale
being clerical sponsors, and the Bishop
using trine affusion. The 42nd hymn
was sung as occasional. A gilt cross
surmounts the chancel roof
Burlington, with 2l45 children of
school age, has seats In her school
house for only 826 of them.
jonas G. Hall, for some years in
spector in tie watch factory at Waltz
am, Mass, in company with machi-
mist named Hardy, has erected large
building in ~Roxbury, in which they
will soon begin the manufacture of
wathces.
-Hardwick recently sued one Of It,,
selectmen for $500 of the town funds
which he spent during the war to buy
substitute for his own son, which ap-
plled on the town quota also to recov-
er the amount paid for his expenses
while doing the towns business and
the town lost both cases
The Catholic Sunday evening SER
vices in the cathedral at Bennington
have been discontinued on account Of
the insulting outrages of rowdies.
The Congregational church at
Woodstock has voted to have but one
sermon on the Sabbath, and that In the
morning.
The new Baptist church at North
Danville village is to be dedicated on
Christmas Day.
The Baptist pulpit In Stamford Is
now supplied by the Rev Mr. Kemp.
Rev. E. A. Goddard, their former pas
tor, having removed to Massachusetts,.
The Congregational Society at
Franklin have recently purchased a
parsonage, which they are fitting and
preparing for Rev. Mr. Munsell, who Is
soon to be their pastor
Rev. Mr.. Deming, lately of Swan
ton, is at present. supplying the church
AT Charlotte.
The Rutland ReraM Is to be enlarged
i'll both its daily and weekly editions,
on the first OF January.
Vermont Is represented as follows
on the new Senate committees: Senator
Morrill, is on finance, commerce and
also on the committee to audit and con
troll the contingent expenses of the
Senate Senator Edmunds Is chairman
Of the Joint committee on retrenchment.
and also on committees on revising the
rules of the Senate, pensions and Judi
! cary.
A lyceum has been started at South
Reading, with paper, to be edited by
editors elected every two weeks.
B. Wakefield, of Lyndon, has a
lilac tree In front Of his house that was
all covered with buds on the 9th inst.
jason knight, of Dummerston, the
other day shot fox with coarse shot at
distance of nineteen rods.
Carl Braman of West Berlin aged
IA years, has the past fall caught IS
musk rats. mink, eskunks and coon,
oy trapping,
The barn of Mr.. Theodore Stone, OF
Richmond, containing twenty-five tons
ihay, was burned few nights since.
Fully insured.
Wales A. Cheney has bought the
mill and chair shop in Brattleboro, and
fitted 1t for extensively manufacturing
chair stuff
Last week, Henry r., son OF Leon,
ard Quincy, of Thetford, broke through
the ice and was Dire wned in Fairlet
lake. His body was not recovered til
two days after.
A sleeping car has been built at St
Adams, which will accomdate e9 pa.
sengers. II has been placed on the Vt
Central railroad. y
VERMONT STATE AGRICULTURAL
\ SocGETY.-The annual meeting of tn,
Vermont State A gricultural Society will
be held at the Island House, Below,
Falls, on Tuesday, January 5, 1863, a
II 10 o'clock m A tnaatipo % A. /