The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-10-25

/ NERGHNNEs MARKET. ---- Butter COM
manded from 30 to 40 cents on Saturday
week. Eggs 90 cents /; potatoes 80 to &C
cents. On Monday 800 packages of but
ter were shipped from this station, weigh
ing 1928 pounds. Also go boxes o.
cheese, weighing 2,274, and l ,29s pouudl
of poultry.
Major William Smith, Paymaster
L.. S. A., a native of Orwell, has recent
ly been spending few weeks there. Hi
station has been changed from San Anto
Mo, Texas, to New Orleans. He is nov
waiting in Louisville. KY, for the yellow
fever to subside in New Orleans befor,
going there.
DEATH OF Rev. NJ. Z. CoBURs.-
Rev. NJ. z. Coburn, of Weybridge, for
merly pastor of the M. +. Church Of sha
place. lately of the Charlotte church, died
at his residence on Sunday afternoon, af
ter short illness of typhoid foyer. The
funeral services will be attended in Wey.
bridge at IL o'clock NJ, to-day.
The Curlew had a rough time of it
on the lake Tuesday. Capt. Crane says
the boat behaved admirably. The wood
awning made steering pretty heavy work
in such gale, but she fetched through
without danger, making her regular trips
getting in at the usual time, while the
line boats were an hour behind. The
Vermonter says such gale has not been
experienced for 10 years.
Mr.. Rollin Lane of Cornwall has rails.
ed about 900 bushels of onions, the past
season, 600 bushels on a single acre Of
ground 1t will be remembered that Mr.
Lane was the exhibitor of that large
squash at the County Fair which weighed
l0S pounds and which was one Of the
squashes from single hill weighing in
the aggregate 400 pounds. Cornwall
seems to be as good place to raise veg
etables as for men, horses and sheep.
Rev. W. s. Baisdel has resigned
the pastorate of the Bridport Baptis
church and has closed his labors there
Mr.. Blaisdel is young man of culture
and ability, and indefatigable industry
and his departure from this field of labo
will be very much regretted, not only b,
his church, by whom he was very mucl
beloved, but also by those who held othe
relations to him We hope the vacan
rastorate may soon be as ably flle'
again. .----
EARTHQUAKE WEiBRIDoE, Oct. &c
1870. Editor Register: My cornhous
is elevated three feet, by six oak posts o
the frame, passing down to large stone
below. On entering it to-day it wa
swayng to and fro so as to occasion
slight dizzy feeling. The joints wer
shaking as though it was breasting hea
Wy wind, which accounted for it then
but listening, there was no noise, and 60
ing to the door the heavy rain was fall
ing exactly perpendicular, although tn
trees were waving east and west as thougl
a gust had just let 90 of them. Ate
three calls my son came from the barn
and on arriving, the motion had no
ceased Just then my wife hallooed from
the house (which is of stone) to know
heard that Heard what ?" says
why, the windows of the whole hous
: are rafting At the time it happene
) she was sitting with chair back to tn
door, and feeling a pushing motion, SUI
posed some one was trying to open it
but on looking up the walls of the ROOF
were swaying to such an extent tha
hanging clothes and caly Lilly wer
F swinging back and forth; all this sh
says was accompanied by lifting motto
of the occupied chair. Our little girl ,
seven years, weeping with fright, said
MA, ma, the house is coming down, tn
house is coming down. Miss Ellie
lockwood, who was present, says she eS
perienced considerable dizziness in under
, taking to walk after the motion ha
ceased My wife makes the same test
mony. On looking for the time of whic
this happened We found it had stoppe
the clock at eight minutes past clever
though it stood solid against the stor
wall. This WAS altogether the heavie
earthquake experienced here within III
. recollection, which is some thirty.f,
, years A. j. STOWE.
For the Register
Mh. EpiroK.-For the purpose Of or
!. ating a heathful emulation among Il
schools Of our county, the prudential cor
y mittee of District No. l, of Orwell, off
d for publication the following report oftl
: summer school, taught by Miss Emma
l. Mofiit
= Length Of school, 20 weeks.
e Whole number ofpupils. IS.
> Average daily attendance, ~ 3O.4
o Instances of dismissal before the usu
! hour of closing school, 7.
IS Number of pupils having no tar'
1t marks. 7.
r OF these 45 pupils, sixteen had no l
he citations, being young, just learning
read.
The remaining twenty-nine had recii
N tons in history, rules for reading, spe
q ing, arithmetic, grammar, geography a
! Algebra, with the following results