The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-06-08

Partridge and Sleeper's peg factory
at East Middlebury has also resumed
operations after suspension of few
weeks.
The Methodist Society of West Corn
wall is soon 10 repair and reft their church |
edifice. Over $1,000 has already been
subscribed for this purpose.
Row. l.. G.. Partridge is on his fourth
year as pastor of the Wesleyan Metho-
dist Church, inWeybridge, by engage
ment with the church, and not by APP
pointment of any Conference.
Twenty eight persons have been
received. on probation, by the M. E.
Church, in Weybridge, within the last
year. Rev. A. J. ingalls, is pastor,
For the Mddlebury Register,
Decoration Day" was observed in
Brandon with peculiarly impressive
ceremonies. a long line of Soldiers,
wearing the emblem of mourning, were
escorted by hundreds of citizens to the
cemetery, where, amid sacred song and.
impressive silence the tokens of re-
membrance and affection were left.
Col. Joyce, Of Rutland, addressed the
assembly with such feeling as only one
could do who had shared the tolls and
perils of the fallen. A more solemn oc-
casion has never been witnessed in B.,
and its impression will not soon be for
gotten. r.
Bread Loaf Inn, June 3rj, 1869.
Editor of Register,
A table of logarithms would have con-
seyed as much idea of the weather here
during April as the figures you published
for my report. For 1871 average at 6
p. NJ, read 1871. For p. NJ, 9,40,
. 4, which l think is the blindest collection
of figures, letters, and punctuation marks
/ have ever examined, read p. NJ, 20
observations, 40 4 This would give the
mean temperature for the month of April
3s,2. At Midiebury it was AZ, but the
hours Of observation were different. We
, have changed our hours of observation to
correspond to those of Mr.. Sheldon at
Mddlebury, and 1 send the record for
May,
' IA. NJ, average of temperature 49,
q Up, M, Sc, 8
. 9P. NJ -, 4s,2
@ Mean temperature during the month
0 500.
o JOSEPH BArrELL.
t WErBRIDaE.-Decora Day was OBJ
d servation in this town by an assembling
Q of the people in the cemetery, where the
e following exercises took place, under the
n direction Of Col. A. J. Child, Of the 14tt
Is Vt. Vols:
r. Prayer by Rev, A. j, Ingalls,.
f. Opening Hymn, written for the memo
d rial, May, 3Oth, 1869, by the choir ant
g people.
lie After which, appropriate addresses wer
made by Rev. L. G. Partridge, Rev. A
j. Ingalls,, and Rev. Ward Billiard.
y Singing of the old national air, Gamer
10 ica"
~ Upon the suggestion Of r. D. Rider,
lie committee was appointed to select plac
q, to be designated as the graves of two son
ID Of our townsman, A. Hunter. Esq
re These young men were in the battles be
r fore Richmond, under Mcclellan, an
Is have never been heard from.
e. r. d. Rider, Ward Billiard and {
re Sturtevant were appointed such commi
IL tee.
IL The graves were decorated with fowe
a, the closing hymn sung, and the assemb
~ dismissed with the benediction,
~, The annual convention of the Prote
ba tant Episcopal Church of the Diocese
-. Vermont assembled at Trinity Churc
20. Rutland, June lst, Rt. Rev Bishop Bi
90 sci presiding. The annual missiona
III sermon was preached by Rev, N. F. Pu
VOC nam of Poultney. A large number
'ns clergy and laymen were in attendance.
ed There was terrible thunder show
~, in Peru, last week Friday. The ra
nd powered down in torrents, doing dana
to the roads estimated at $1,00.