The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-10-06
Caledonia County.

| Chicu0htH county.
The young mems christian associa-
ton of st Johnsbury arc getting up n
course of popular lectures for the COM
ing winter.
A husbands and wife and their hired
man recently rode to st. Johnsbury,
where, while the husband was settling
the lawyers fees for n divorce from his
wife on a charge of adultery, she and
the hired man were getting married.
The whole affair seemed so scandalous,
that the neighbors compelled the newly
married couple to leave for more con-
genial quarters.
Franklin County.
The shipments ofchecsc and butter
from st Adams, during the month of
September, amounted to 1,ii3 boxes,
and ,005 flrliins, respectively.
Capt Almont Barnes, one of the cdi-
tors of the ST. Adams Transcript, has
accepted clerkship in the Agricultural
Department at Washington
E r. NanDuscn, of Wcstfold, Mass.
passed through st. Adams, on Thurs
day, with 10 carloads of store cattle
from the Burnt DISTRICT near Otta-
wa, Ont.
Butter is selling in st. Adams at
from iG to As cents per pound, and some
at 80 cents.
Orleans County.
Several weeks since, Oramcl DODGE
OF Glover, broke one of his legs, and
had just recovered, when he broke it
again in the same place. The limb is
now thought to be worthless.
Mrs Fassctt, of Irasburgh, 20 years
of age, fell from wagon recently and
had her wrist broken.
During the first ten days orthc past
month, there passed through Island
Pond, on the Grand Trunk Railway
from Canada, $4,000 barrels of flour.
and 800 bushels of corn.
Rutland County.
The sabbath schools of Dandy are
to hold celebration and festival on tle
9TH inst.
Five or six promising slate quarries
are being opened in Castleton and Fair
haven.
"A man was killed by premature
blast at quarry in the vicinity of Rut-
land, recently.
Washington County.
The official board of the NJ. +.
Church of Montpelier have decided to
build new church.
Mrs. Barnes, an old lady Of 50 wears,
while going short distance across lots
at Waterbury, few days ago, became
bewildered and wandered intoa swamp,
where she remained two or three days
before she was found. Tier iccoyrr,.
from the effects of the exposure is
doubtful.
The forty-siNth anniversary ofthc
Vermont bible Society will bc held at
Montpelier, ON Wednesday, the llth
inst, ana We sincerely hope that Adj
olson County will lie fully represented
We can assure all lovers of GOOD sneak
ing that it is worth their time and
trouble to go, as Jesse II Peek, Of Al
bany, y. y, one Of the ablest divincs
in t he country, Will deliver the annual
address. All persons having money
for the Society are requested to forward
it without delay.
MONTPELIER has done itself honor in
the erection of the Bethany Church.
Long may its pulpit be filled by DR..
Lord. We append the following ac-
count The project of building this
church was set on foot early in the
spring of 1866, and II subscription soon
after made amounting to about 81. 600,
which was afterwards increased nearly
to $50, 900. This subscription was made
mostly by the members Of Mr.. Lords
church and congregation. The largest
sum given was subscribed by Mr.. Geo.
bradshaw of New York city, being
~, 600, to which subsequently Mr.. Brad
shaw added 81 800. Mr.. James II.
Langdon's subscription was the next
|; rgcst, amounting in all to nearly
SO, 900. Other subscriptions ranged
from 50 900 to less than 500. In adj
dition TO the sum thus raised, the old
church and grounds, worth at least
Sl5,OOo, were given to the new enter
prise.
WIndham County
The second annual state conven-
ton of Young Mems Christian Associ-
ations in Vermont, will be held Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday, oct.
10, ID, and Is, in Brattleboro. All mem
bers of Y. NJ. c. A. in Vermont are in
vited TO attend. a cordial invitation is
also extended to each Evangelical
Church in the State to send its pastor
and one lay member to this Conven-
ton. ID. l.. Moody, President of the
Chicago y. NJ. c. A, Prof r. Hunger
ford, Of Burlington, and other we'll
known laborers in Association and
Sunday School work, are expected to
be present. Delegates pa ing full fare