The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-10-11
Addison County.

Addison County.
--Rev. Mi. Bogue, of Nergennes, has
returned home, much improved in health.
Rev l.. s. Walker, pastor Of the No.
Ferrisburgh Methodist church will cclc.
brate his crystal wedding this evening.
New HAvEN.-From this depot, 3D.
4S2 pounds of butter were shipped on
Monday Of last week
Total amount OF butter shipped from
VcrgeDncs station from March LIST, 1869,
to March LIST, 1870, was 800, 10 pounds
Cheese, $1,000 pounds.
Another Of our older citizens has gone
the way of all the earth. Mr. Ethan An
drus of West Cornwall died on Sunday
morning at the age of 81 years.
We notice with pleasure that ON
friend Dea. f. Samson, of Wey bridge has
returned home from his extended visit to
the west, apparently in good health and
spirits.
A Coop GRAIN CRor--Mr. Samuel
Booth, of Ferrisburgh, las raised on his
farm and threshed this season twenty
three hundred bushels of grain, consisting
of wheat, oats and barley.
Blake, Childs, and Jewclt formerly
of Weybridge, now of Independence, Mo-,
took premiums on sheep at the Kansas
State Fair and at the Leavenworth Fair,
70 tba amount of C100
Hon. George W. Grandey, at pres
ent Senator from Addison county, in
addition to repeated elections to the Sen
ate, has represented Vergeunes in the
House twelve years, five of which he
served as Speaker.
C. ID. Lane, Esq, of Cornwall brought
us load of beets yesterday, which weigh
ed 1880 pounds, and by actual count
there were only 257a beets in the load.
Average weight per beet 9,l4 pounds. OF
course these monsters were raised in Corn
wall
Hon. Enoch Woodbridge, Hon. Enoch
d. Woodbridge, Hon. Frederick f.
Woodbridge, father son and grandson
have each represented Vergcnncs in the
House of Representatives of Vermont
We doubt if there is another such in
stance in the State
There was quite large gathering
at the house of j. Brittell, ESD, in Wey-
bridge, on the evening Of Wednesday
previous to the meeting Of the Lcgisla-
ture, Of persons DESTROYS of showing their
regards for their representative They
had everything to eat and drink except
Intoxicating drinks Of which there was
not drop.
ADDISON RAILRoAD.-Ihe annual meet
ing of the Stockholders of the Addison
Railroad Company, for the election of
Directors and to determine if they will
lease the Road, and if so, on what terms,
to the Rutland Railroad Company, will
be held at the Office of George \ lIci-
rill, in Rutland. on Thursday Oct 18th,
at IL o'clock, noon.
FATAL AcoIDESr--A sad accident oc-
Cured in Shoreham last week by which
Marion Estelle only child of Noble X.
and Mary G. Wolcot, a child about
3 years old was burned to death. She
was heard to scream by her mother who
was in another room and immediately al
terward found upon stand, enveoped in
flames, where she had evidently climbed
to reach the matche-, card Of which
had been set on fire The child lived
but short time
TEMPERANCE MEfTiNo.-lhc Addison
County Temperance Society will hold its
next meeting in Leicester Wednesday,
Oct 10, 1860 There will be three scs-
sions, morning, afternoon and evening.
The morning hour, commencing at | ! o.
clock, will be devoted to reports and bus
mess. At =. NJ, address by Rev. AT.
Bailey, of Niddlebury AT the close of
the address, discussion of " The Impor-
lance of Unity of action and Persistency
of effort in the Temperance cause" In
the evening, short addresses. Clergymen
are requested to give notice from their
pulpits, and all friends of the cause are
earnestly desired to attend themselves
and bring their friends.
LEICESTER. Rev. Moses T.. Wright, a
prominent member Of the New England
Conference, Nj. Z. Church and nephew
OF the late Stephen DIN, ID. ID. LII. d.,
recently made flying visit to Leicester,
his native place. 1t had been seventeen
years since he had set foot in town, and
pleas ant as it was thus to visit the scenes
Of his childhood youth and early man.
hood, it must have been mingled with
sadness as he reflected upon the past and
noted the great change time has wrought,
finding not even the most distant relative
to welcome him here, when in former
years they composed so large n circle
He had the privilege, however, Of visiting
the grave of his father who was highly
esteemed citizen of this town, and that Of
his grandfather, lion. Henry Olin, who
was for so many years one Of the most
prominent men in the state, besides those
Of many other near relatives. lie is now
pastor Of the NJ f. Church at Melrose,
Mass. seven miles from Boston. His
church very generously rendered him a
few weeks vacation which he enjoyed in