The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-24

now putting in the machinery. 1t will
be frst-class mill in every respect.
The County Committee meets at the
Addison House, Middlebury, on Wcdncs-
day afternoon, June 9Th, to appoint the
time for holding the next County Conven-
ton.
The annual meeting of the Addison
Co. Baptist Association will be held with
the church in Vergennes, to commence
June 22d, at l0l o'clock a. NJ. Rev.
Ahira Jones, preacher.
The House Of Representatives passed
Il bill on Thursday morning to sell GER
tain United States Arsenals not now in
use, and among them the arsenal at YER
gennes. The sale is to be made at public
auction.
Preparations are being made by Mr..
Benton and those interested in the School
Picnic to come off at Bristol on Saturday
of the present week, to make it "A time Of
pleasure and profit to all. No pains will
be spared to make it success.
A general disposition to improve
home surroundings is apparent on nearly
every street in Nergennes, which is cred
table to the taste of the owners Of prop
erty and greatly to the improvement of
the appearance of the city.
Henry Harlow Of Bristol had his
first and second fingers on his right hand
badly sawed while at work in Durfee 4
fuckers steam mill last Wednesday. 1t
was found necessary to amputate the Sec
ond finger. He was attended by Doctors
Eddy and Prime.
There is to be a special meeting Of
the Addison County Temperance Society
at the Congregational church in New IIa.
ven on Tuesday next, for afternoon and
evening sessions, and an urgent invitation
is extended to all the friends of temper
ance through the county to attend and
assist.
MIR. W. s. Blaisdell who received
ten votes for delegate to the Constitutions
al Convention from Bridport, was not one
of the candidates, and it was generally
known that he had refused to allow his
name to be used. The ten votes cast for
him should have been classed among the
I" scattering"
-Custom House Appointment.-Gen.
Stannard,has made the following appoint
ments for the Revenue service at Wind
mill Point DR.. l.. l.. Cushman. deputy
collector in charge, vice Sid. p Gates
signed. Hiram Skeels promoted from
from Inspector to deputy collector, Mar
tin f. Sprague of St. Adams. and Sanford
ii. Newton of Highgate, Inspectors Mar
Tin e. Sprague was formerly from Wey-
bridge.
The carpenters are busy and crowded
with work in Bristol village Vilmorc's
house is nearly completed and i. an or
namcnt TO the village. The residence OF
W. Il. Pcakc has been rendered still
more attractive by a fresh coat of paint
The work on Gains Block and Howden
Bosworth K Co.'S Sawmil is still pro.
crossing The people of this cnterprising
village are alive and if real estate owners
would bring prices down to the reach OF
the people there would be great increase
in the business and growth of that place
The summer term of Addison Coun.
ty Court commences June It'll The Court
docket numbers 247 eases. Chancery
docket IS cases Hon. John Pierpoint
will preside. a number of criminals are
to have their trial. The Grand Jury will
be in session 1t is understood that the
celebrated ease Of Shackett rs Hammond
sent back by the Supreme Court for trial
will be taken up the coming term and
tried Some difficulty it is apprehcnded
may arise in securing a jury as the cas-,
is one of considerable notoriety.
Rev. w. W. Winchester, of Bird
port, received Il severe sprain of his ancl,
, on Monday of last week, by being thrown
,; from his buggy. The hold back stral
broke while he was driving down a hill
and the horse became frightened and un
manageable, and finally ran IL distance o
, two miles TO his stable, leaving Mr.. Win
; chester by the roadside at the commence
ment Of the race. OF course he wa
distanccd." The buggy remained up
right until near home, when one vince
struck a large stone and the whole Wagon
= bounded into the air and alighted tn
= other side up. The buggy was consider
{ ably damaged a heavy, oak hitching raj
+ demolished and q" Blacky received som
e bruises
I BRIsToL.-Rev Edward Mills, of Rut
land, delivered an able lecture before tn
: Good Templars of this town. Many O
s those who attended pronounced it the bes
S to which they ever listened. 1t did tn
J. cause Of temperance good, and ever
e Tcmpar's Lodge would be doing goo
81 work if they would secure one lecture a
e least from the same advocate The Goo
n Templars Though Kissed at in cerla
y quarters) may rest assured that if TEN
II perance lecture is secured they will hay
IT to do it. Outside Of the Good Templar'
IS lodge the temperance cause has becom
e very liberal, so much SO that nearly a
sc are eligible to the ranks and count them
selves in, and are so blended that it
70 difficult TO ascertain where temperate
0, leaves off and rum begins. They rcpu
d date coercion, or an execution of tn
C. laws, and advocate moral suasion, mil
measures, liberality. In fact the sam
u appliances and with about the same pre-
T. priety, with a prospect of the same re
suit, that certain class north advocate
y, 70 towards those in rebellion, during the fir,
IN part of our late civil war. Could father
is and mothers follow more closely some
a. the associations that their children nil
6, gle in, and see how surely, though pei
y haps slowly, they are drifting TOWARD
u. ruin, they would say less against and d
more for any society or organization tia
ed is trying to save these young men, yC
he more to save these young women from tn
woe of being drunkard's wives.
The Young Mems Christian Associate
holds its weekly prayer meeting on FIR
day eve at Dunshee's hall. They sustai
two meetings at > o'clock, Sabbath afte