The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-27
MiddleburY.

at Swiney 4 Burrows Door Factory
half million feet of sapling, pine an,
Eastwood.
John b. Steele has bought out II
Orchards furniture, and intends to max,
his head quarters at Nichols building, vi
stairs Please notice advertisement mex
week.
Mr.. ID. j. Ewards' class of youn,
men in the Middebury Congregations
Sunday School, last Friday evening, pre-
scented to their teacher a valuable silver
pitcher as Christmas present.
The annual meeting of Mddlebury
village will be held at the town room on
Wednesday, the 4th day of January, tc
elect officers and do any other business
proper to come before the meeting. See
bills.
Frank ii. Bascom Il Co. druggists p
q. Block, are receiving from week to
week choice stock of Pure Drugs and
all articles usually kept in first class
drug store. They aim to please the peo-
pie and sell as the lowest
The children's festival in the Lecture
room of the Congregational Church on
Friday afternoon, was satisfactory to all
concerned. The children spent an exceed
ingly happy afternoon.-So they all said
when they went home.
Sheriff Trip started yesterday
morning with Anthony Ubar of Lincoln
for Windsor, where the latter was given
permission to go at the states expense, lat
the recent term of our County Court
This is his third term at the Stateprison,
and his offense was stealing sheep.
The concert given by the "Wander-
ers' last Friday evening, at Academy
Hall. was said to be excellent of its kind
and worthy of general patronage, though
we are told it was hardly financial sue
cess We doubt if was well advertis-
ed.
WANTED.-A home for little waif
nearly two years old, now at the "Home"
in Burlington. lie is a bright, healthy
little boy of yankee parentage and of
aproper age for adoption. Address Miss
A. Lucelia Frary, Matron of the Home"
Burlington, Vt
Christmas Services at the Congrega-
tional Church in Middlebury were ap.
propriate discourses by the Pastor, Rev
+. p. Hooker, forenoon and afternoon
and praise meeting in the evening. The
morning sermon was founded upon
portion of the narrative of csus' nativity
The state taxes will be in the hands
Of Collector Dewey on the first day of
January and those paying them within
thirty days from that date will save per
cent. Mr.. Dewey will make his head
quarters for the collection of this tax, at
Brewster's Jewelry store.
ATTENTION COMRADES. The annual
meeting of Post Warner No Ii, GAR,
will be held at Odd Fellows Hall in
Nichols block, on Wednesday evening,
the 2Sth inst, when officers will be elect
ed for the ensuing term. 1t is important
that all comrades be punctnally present
at - o'clock
LYMAN +. KNAPP, Commander
The numerous friends and patrons of
DR.. Warner, will be glad to learn that he
visits this village again iol two days
only. Thursday and Friday Jan. 9TH
and 9th, stopping as usual at the Addison
House. DR.. Warmers course of Physio-
logical Lectures in this village have made
his name and reputation so familiar to
our readers that We need only to announce
the time of his visit.
james Sullivan was brought before
Justice Knapp, on Friday morning, for
intoxication, and also charged with assault
and battery on the person Of his wife
For the first offence he was find So. and
costs and for the latter, he was bound up
IN $1,000 for appearance at the County
Court. On interrogation for disclosure
he stated that he purchased J pint of
liquor at the town agency and the re.
mainder was given him by his wife.
List of letters remaining unclaimed
at the Middlebury p. o. Dec, 26th
1870: Ladies Lia.-Roxanna Barrett,
Mrs. Allen Gilcrease, Mrs. Ella Kicking,
Mrs. N. Wilcox, Mary A. White, Miss
Nalinda Bitney Miss Sue l.. Russell,
Hiss Alice Walker, Miss Lizzie C. Viii.
son. Gents List.-Mr. j. h. .Pease, 3,
j.. II. Bullard, Chase Green, James j.
Gif6n, Chas. Hender, Thomas Lagoie,
Uxuri Lafraidies, }. C. Warren, W. b.
Anderson.
TO obtain any Of the above the appli-
cant must call for Advertised Letters.
A. s. TRACY. p. NJ.
Remember the Lecture Poem entitled
Rebellion Of Rum, which will be deliver
ed by Rev. A. F. Bailey, before the
Middlebury Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION at the Lecture Room of the
Congregational church, this Tuesday,
evening. Mr.. Bailey has delivered this
poem several tunes, before large au-
dienccs, and it has every time called
forth expressions of unqualified praise.
1t is said to have great merit. Those
who had the pleaure of listening to his
Thanksgiving sermon will hardly need to
be told that Mr.. Bailey has remarkable
power as an orator, and especially when
he touches upon subjects in which he is
much interested, There will be a brief
business session Of the Association imme-
diately after tie Lecture
A SHREwD ARRANdEsIESr.-W I'M
ierstan1 that four Of the hotel keepers of
Rutland have entered into n contract to
close their houses on the Goth, inst, under
penalty of $4,000 The reason assign
ed for this strange, unnatural and suici-
dial proceeding is, that they have been
searched recently and their liquor seized.
1t would seem that as revenge upon the
friends of good order and sobriety for
their desire to clrtail the promiscuous
sale of liquor, they have resolved to close
their doors and dismiss their help The
best joke about the whole thing is, as we
are informed, that Cramton, who was
mainly instrumental in bringing about