The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-11-23

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Ticondcrogo, n. v, Nov. 18th, isG9.
DEAR EDITOR ALLOW me to correct
one sentence Of my last letter which APP
pears wrong in the REGISTER, the follow
ing sentence Middlebury college has
had the credit Of sending us several good
teachers, for which all honor to her trus.
tees the word trustees should have been
"Faculty."
The Free Masons have aourished
Lodge here.
The Baptist ladies had Thanksgiving
dinner on Thanksgiving day to raise funds
TO furnish their church when it shall have
been completed.
Mr.. h. NJ, Bailey, of NIiddebury Col
ege is engaged to teach one of the schools
in this town. We hope he will prove as
good teacher ~ he has been recon-
mended to be
The b. b. club of this place has been
victorious all summer, We have heard
some Of them intimate desire that MIDI
College club would challenge them next
summer.
The more see of Ticonderoga, the
stronger is my conviction that it has been
unjustly accused by people of other places
What town can flourish when all its best
advantages are in foreign possession d? as
the "water privileges" here have been
This town can, and has fourishod for sew
eral years, and each year has exhibited
marked improvement. During the pres
ent summer and fall, there have been
several new dwellings erected and as
many more repaired.
Two new church edifces, Methodist
and Episcopal are now nearly completed,
at cost of about three thousand each
the Baptist church edilice is undergoing
repairs at a cost of about three thousand;
the Congregational edifce has received
considerable repairs; and the Catholic
has had a remodcling of seats.
The Episcopal clergyman is now on a
voyage to Europe for the Improvement of
his health The Baptist and Methodist
clergymen Mr. Allen and Mr.. Mooney are
very active and energetic men. Their peo-
pie like them very much. The Congrs-
rational minister takes his leave of his
church in 4 few weeks. Then there will
be a chance for some one else.
These societies intend to have their
churches dedicated before Christmas.
Every one seems eager TO have them done.
The Methodists intend to have S. S.
Exhibition and Christmas Tree, on Christ
mas eve. heard some Of them express
their " gadness that those of their
scholars who attend the academy are
"getting such good practice in speaking
There are now SO students in the acade-
my, which exhibits an increased interest
in the cause Of education. Mr.. Lawrence
has revived the Literary Society ~ of the
institute which, for several years, has
been defunct. The first meeting was held
on Wednesday evening, the Sd inst 1t
was considered by the appreciatiye audi
ence a decided success. Mr.. Lawrence gave
a lecture on that evening on "Thc Advan-
tages of Thorough Education.
The trade in our stores has been very
extensive for several months They are
all filing up with winter goods. | was
informed by one merchant that the trade
of the firm to which he belonged, on some
days, reached thousand dollars, many
days it exceeds five hundred dollars and
one day this fall it reached eighteen hum
bred dollars. Other stores have equally
extensive trade.
visited the American Graphite Cos
works last Saturday. Mr. Hooper the
superintendent was busy in his office, but
sent his son to show me through the
works Mr.. Hooper is a gentleman, and
very ingenious man, which is shown by
the " separator which he invented to
separate graphite from sand and dirt.
The works have manufactured stove pol
ish for several years This summer they
have been engaged quite extensively in
the manufacture Of Lubricator which re-
ceivcs a very ready sale to all railroads
and machinists throughout the country.
They employ forty or forty-fve men dig
ging graphite, on Graphite Mt, and twen-
ty men in the works. They carry on a
trade of thirty-fve or forty thousand dol
lars year. There are two quite success
full physicians in this town, two lawyers and
over six hundred children of school age,
who draw public money.
Do all these things indicate state of in.
ermess, ignorance, immortality and wick.
edness? have been in towns whose
people used very hard terms in their con.
versation concerning Old IT," but they
could not boast of four orthodox churches
an academy, extensive graphite works, all
in successful operation,
There WILL probably be a railroad put
through here in year or two. Then
Old ri " will be a grand and magnii-
cient city. Her water power will be i'm.
proved, large and extensive factories will
I make workers of the fer oilers whom We
now have; little, little compared to vii
ages that have a better name,) gamblin
and intempcrance Of the place will be di
minishcd the value Of property vii
= advance to its real worth the academy
will send forth educated men and womcr
; by scores and hundreds; and on Sunday
the people will assemble to listen to min
listers not second to Bcecher SpurgeoT
and Simpson.
That glorious day it soon shall come,
gala day rejoice, "Old IT,"
, A day Of gadness yet you'll see
, And proudly smiling answer why ?"
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