The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-06-22
nIIddlebury.

We are indebted to j. f. Bolton,
Esq, of Washington, ID. c., for copies of
the Monthly Report of the Deputy Spe4
cial Commissioner of the Revenue in
charge of the Bureau of Statistics.
Our county jail has now seven inr
mates, one of whom is rapidly declining
with consumption,
Several dwelling houses and village
lots are offered for sale and purchasers
will do well to notice the advertisements.
On our first page is the conclusion of
the excellent article on the " Usury,"
question which we were Obliged to defer
last week for want of space.
Rev Joseph Cook, who has so ably
and acceptably filed the Congregational
pulpit, in this place, for a few weeks past,
will now be absent until the last of July,
when, 1t is expected, he will again be with
us two or three Sabbaths Next Sunday
afternoon, Rev. James S. Oslrander of
Albany, n Y, will address the children
of the Sabbath Schools, in the Congrega-
tional church.
/, O. ofO. F.-The regular Semi An
nual meeting Of Lake DunmoreL Lodge No
IL for the election of officers will be hol-
den Friday evening, une 18th at Z o clock
Pm. A promp attendance is requested
By Order,
Albert Chapman.
The resident Alumni of Middlebury
College are requested to meet at the Of
fee Of Stewart q Eldredge on Friday
Evening, June %. to appoint committees
and make arrangements for the approach-
ing anniversary.
Per order of the Central Com,
Tax payers of the Town Of Middle.
bury must not fail TO remember that now
is their time to pay their town taxes to
James Mcdonald, town Treasurer at his
Office, and save per cent. These taxes
must be paid before the first day of July
or they will lose the 5 per cent discount.
Let all men pay their taxes as the per
cent is worth saving,
Mr.. William Cobb, workman at the
Addison County Marble Quarry, was Sc
riously injured last Tuesday, while taking
down an old building, by the falling of q
bent. II struck the back of his head,
doubling him up and sliding down to tn c
small of his back, where it rested until
removed by his fellow workmen. For
some time it was supposed he could moi
recover, but on 'Saturday, though still in
great pain, the symptoms were considered
more favorable. DR.. NJ. II, Eddy is il
attendance.
1t will be seen from the notice in an
other column that the Amphions will sing
in this place on Thursday evening o
this week. We are informed that "as gen.
tlemen lsngers they cannot be excelled
Prof Wood has been Professor Of music
in Albany for the last twenty years. The
troupe has special tact for amusing thu
audiences wherever they appear.
We noticed, at the depot this morn
ing, one of Bodgett & Sweets paten
Ovens, marked TO Joseph Battel!, of The
Bread Loaf Inn. Perhaps it is to be ties
ted at the Strawberry. Festival on Tuesday
week. 1t seemed TO US as if it would BIZ
large enough for almost any emergency.
SUNDAY School TEACHERS INSTITUTE
The following circular has been issued
There will be a Sunday School Teach
er's Institute in this place, commencing
Sunday, June eth, and closing Wednes
day evening of the same week conducte
by the Rev James 5. Ostrander, of Alba
ny, New York,
Deeply impressed with the importance
Of the Institute to Pastors, Supernten
dents and Teachers, who would be ore
pared for the greatest efficiency in tn
Sunday School Work, we earnestly invit
you and the teachers of your school to b
present, This Institute is designed I
embrace all denominations.
Mr., Ostrander has, for number
years, been largely and successfully Ell
gagged in the Sunday School work, and {
present is giving his entire time and a
tention to holding Institutes He is or
Of the most successful Sunday School me
in the land, and we doubt not the occI
sion will be one Of much interest an
profit.
Come, brethren, and bring your teacl
ers. A few days in the Institute may
worth more to you than years exp
rience without the knowledge thus o
tanned
Those in attendance will be entertaint
without expense. 1t Is hoped that a
rangements will be made with the Rutlar
Il Burlington Rail Road to give free r
turn checks.
The Committee Of Reception will be
waiting at Glass Room No. 2, of L
Methodist Church.
Committee of Correspondencc-Re
l. S. Walker, Rev Joseph Steele, PRO
II. NJ. SeeIy.
Committee of Reception and Ente
tainment-W. c, Langworthy, l..
Barrows, /. f. Knapp, w, II. Utle
o. p. Mead, f, A. Bond.
Middlebury, VT, June 10, 1869.
"A drunken row occurred in the sire
near Vallette's Store, about IL o'clock Il
Saturday evening, in which one or f.
persons got "slightly" bruised, and all
the citizens in the vicinity had their stu
bcrs greatly disturbed There were