The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-11-02
Addison County.

it ought to be the final one as we presume
it is.
A desirable business opportunity is
presented in the offer for sale Of the store
building at West Salisbury by o. l.. Spen-
Ger. See notice.
A Coon YIELp.-Mr. i. j Samson of
Wcybridge, has just harvested eighty
bushels Of sugar beets which grew on ten
rods of ground, without extra care.
The most important Of the Ripton
bridges destroyed by the late freshot are
replaced, and in working order, and con-
tracts have been made for repairing roads
and brcakwater.
Charles H. Lane of Cornwall has
been appointed Clerk in the Office of the
Secretary of State at Montpelier for the
year ensuing.
Rev. Frank Sceley of Richfcld
Springs n. Y. gave an address before the
Salisbury Y. NJ. G. A. on Sunday even
ing.
"A few days since Mr.. Hawkins, of
the firm Holt & Hawkins manufactures
Of spools and bobbins at Salisbury, had his
right hand badly sawed.
"A son Of b. T. Ripley, Esq, of Rip
ton, was last week seriously injured in
falling from n high beam in his fathers
barn. to the floor, He was inscnsiblc for
time, but is happily out Of danger.
The New Haven Mills Cheese facto-
ry did not resume operations after the
frcshct, but will open again with full force
next spring. The farmers in that vicinity
have large numbers Of fine cows.
The Burlington District Ministerial
Association (MethodisH will hold its next
meeting in Weybridge, on the 18th OF
December. Twenty five ministers are
expected to be present.
The new School house at New lIa-
ven Mills has quite an imposing and a
very attractive appearance to the passer
by. 1t is Il model of architecture and
convenience.
"A farmer living in Whiting was
overtaken by the freshet while doing his
haying, and his moving machine and hay
are now under water. He will finish
next year if prospcred.
MIR. j. j. Wright has bought the
establishment Of W. w. Pierce & Co..
Post Office Building, Vergennes, and has
commenced the book and stationery bust
ness in the front store.
One house in Shoreham contains foui
generations, two Of each, great grand-fa
thcr and great grandmother grandfather
and grandmother, father and mother, anC
two children, all living in harmony and
may well be called the " Happy family,
| Mr. Stephen H. Cooper of Panton
Twas found dead on the road near Brush
I'LL in Ncrgcnnes, last Tuesday morning
"A Corners inquest was held and the ven
diet rendered " that death resulted from
an attack of heart disease, in connection
with drowning" Money and notes were
found ON his person, undisturbed
=OplTuARY,-NIr. Pardon King 0
Shoreham, the last pcnsioner in town bu
one, died on the 10th ult., aged 50 years
Mr.. Nathan Bigeow died on the 26tl
ult., at the residence of Mr.. j. L. Watt
after few hours illness at the age o
81 years. lie was conversing only abou
two minutes before breathing his last.
Our Richvillc correspondent think
it doesn't look well for people to make
public boast Of their hundred acre farm
and numerous stacks of hay, while the
Q neglect the OLD rail fence around thei
( cemctry, and allow the broken stones an
5 other evidences of too frequent visits {
, horses and cattle to remain, and suggest
that it is mystery how Whiting pcopl
3, get through the rubbish to bury thei
d dead.
t |. o. &. IA Lodge Of Good Ten
plars was instituted at Salisbury on Wee
=. nesday evening, by State Deputy Bascon
: of Vergenncs, the following officers wei
: installed.
It Samuel II. Kelly, W. c. T.
d Mrs. Chester Kingsley, W. V. Y.
h l.. n. Waterhouse, w. s.
e Chester Kingsley, w. Y.
e IL. A Waterhouse, W. +. S.
j. +. Weeks, w. NJ.
Miss Hattie f. Clark, w. d. NJ.
" Clara Fits, w. |. G.
. George w. Durant w. o. q.
: Joseph Durant, w. c.
II Miss Mary Durant, W. A. S.
{ Mrs. Il. n Waterhouse, w. r. II.
Miss Ida Thomas, w. S. H. S.
i John Preston, p. w. &. II.
J. Silas X. Kent, i. ID.
BRILLIANT AND CRUsHING.-T Tomo
ter,of last week has the following ;-"W
lie stated that no damage was done III til
st place by the late flood. The REGIsTl
n, says such is not the fact, and begs of
er to speak out = and we will. We desi
gs to qualify our first statement. We fiji
to upon examination that the Nail Cos
er wheel stopped revolving a few times
ol account, we are informed, of the une
d. pected presence in the wheel-pit ola da
er log from Middlebury, marked and SC
on its mission by a jealous Middleburyi
10 who is enyious Of our prosperity as &C
~ trasted with the lack of enterprise in
= own one-horse village, the only record
nj instance of whose public spirit since
no Noachian deluge, is that peddling ere
id wafer at six cents glass, to their thiri
oI nGghbors and friends, during the pr6sy
~ 81 a County Fair! !"