The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-11-08
Middlebury.

Those wishing business Will observ
the notice of Messrs. Rockwell under lis
Of marriages.
Toys, chromos, stationery, paro
brackets, fancy articles, blanks &c, at tn
Register Bookstore.
Meeting of Post Warner, No. l6
q. A. r. tomorrow, Wednesday evening
at 7 o'clock.
Young Mems Christian Association
meeting, this evening, at the Lectur
room of the Congregational church at thu
usual hour
There is to be a social gathering a
the Lecture room of the Congregations
church on Wednesday evening to which
all the members of the Congregation arr
invited.
See Case 4 Riders new advertise
ment. They keep constantly on hand ;
complete assortment of pure drugs, chem
ica.s, patent medicines, perfumery, CO
lognes, hair, tooth, nail and flesh brushes
dyes, candies, glass, &C., &c.
Two Sophomores were brought uI
yesterday afternoon and fined $40 each
and costs for breach of the public peace
in attacking Freshman on Sunday af-
ternoon, breaking his cane and infictine
other indignities upon his person, in the
public streets.
---langworthy 4 Bond have just re.
ceived large addition to their large stock
of winter clothing and furnishing goods
and they are bound to make their store
the cash place in Addison county, to buy
any kind of goods a man has to wear
Their overcoats are good and at lowest
prices.
John n. Simmons Esq, has been
appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal
Revenue, the appointment to take effect
about the middle of this month, when
there is to be a reorganization of the rev.
enue district and the whole county will
be together in one division.
The rarest specimen of vegetables
out of season which we have received thi:
fall, was huge, ripe watermelon from
the garden of Z. d. Twitchell, Esq, or
Saturday last, Nov 9Th. The flavor was
perhaps, hardly equal to that Of the early
fruit, but it was exceedingly palatable
for all that.
Quite thundershower, prolonged in.
to storm, visited us on Thursday. The
vivid lightning OF the early morning be-
fore the heavens were covered with clouds
and before light was grand in the extreme
We say this for the benefit of those who
didn't rise in time 10 see it.
The Juvenile Temperance Army vii
meet at the lecture room of the Congre
gational. church, next Sabbath evening a
. o'clock. The exercises will consist mainl
Of readings, recitations, dialogues, &c.
by members Of the army. We hope tn,
friends of the cause will contribute the
inspiration of full house
Rufus Mead ESD, United State.
Consul at Corinto Nicaragua, formerly
editor of the REGISTER, is visiting hi,
friends in this vicinity and he will remain
some weeks. He gives very interesting
account of the people, their customs, and
the condition ofthings generally,in Contra
America. We are glad to see him look
ing hale and hearty, in spite of the fatigu
ing labors of his position.
just received at T. X. Clay s,a hand
some line of cloaks in velveteens, beave
and real astrachan, at greatly reduce,
prices. The ladies are invited to cal
and examine his elegant assortment O
zephyrs and Berlin worked slippers, OF
tomans, cushions, &c. Now that winte
is near. it would be well to look at hi
complete line of, Furs which are sellin,
very cheap,
--Jewett Wilcox, Esq, is the Repub
ican candidate for representative from
Alexander county to the Illinois Genera
Assembly and the Egyptian Sun in
very complimentary article, says she vii
sweep the platter in November and al
the people will say amen" Mr.. Wilco.
was formerly resident Of this villag
and he spends week or two with us eacl
year. His many friends here will b
pleased to hear of this deserved compli
ment.
SENIOR ExnIBIrioN. old Gus
tom of an exhibition at the close of tn
Fall term of the College, by the member
of the public literary society, has bee
revived in the form of an exhibition b
the members of the Senior class. Thi
exhibition will be held at Academy Hal
on Monday evening, Nov, 2lst, and wi
consist of orations, a discussion and
poem. The music will be, vocal. Tn
proceeds will be devoted to the benefit c
the Ladies' Library Association.
DR.. Joseph Steele had an unfortunat
runaway on Main Street in front Of tn
Post Office, on Wednesday afternoo
nearly demolishing MI. Twitchelsc arriag
to which the horses were attached, an
tearing Mr.. Steeles clothes as they drag,
ed him by the lines through the mud a
held on, however, and by the aid of SON
one stepping in front of them the hors'
were at length stopped. One wheel
the carriage was weak from previo,
accident the same day. As he was con
ing down the hill near Mrs. VictC
Wrighss, strap of the harness gave wa
and in refining out by the fence to ste
the horses, one wheel was turned wro1
side out and badly broken. No one su
tanned injury, but the ladies were som
what frightened.
BuhoLARy.-Friday morning, about
o'clock, the residence of Hon. James \
Slade was burelariously entered and RAJ
sacked, but Mrs. Slade awakening Gale
out and the burglar retired precipitatel
1t was found that he had helped himse
to what he wanted to eat and piled upc
the table what silvcrware he could fin
though in his hasty exit he failed to ca
ry it away. He effected the entran
through basement window, and we