The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-02-22


row evening.
"A new school house is soon to be
built in the Noble Foot district, to be
finished by the first day of June. 1t is
already under contract, and George
Smith, Esq, is to build it.
The Spring term of the College COM
mences on Thursday of this week, when
most of the students who have been away
teaching during the winter will return to
their studies.
Their are now three hundred and
twenty seven scholars in our village
schools, and the impression obtains that
we are having very excellent schools.
Good reports go out Of the discipline and
progress in studies.
Rev. Prof Weber, addressed the
Congregational church, Sunday morning,
on the practical theme, of the procuring
and right use of,wealth, taking a common
sense as well as a bible view of the matter,
which cannot always be said of pulpit
oratory on this subject
William Watson of Cornwall was
brought before Justice Simmons of this
place on Saturday last on complaint of
secreting stolen property, horses, harnesses,
Nc. There were two counts, ON each of
which he was bound up in $500. He
procured bail.
Mr.. Zura Barrows, about Is years
of age, residing in the east part of the
town, slipped and fell upon the ice near
Mr.. Edwin Hammonds last Saturday
evening, and received broken shoulder.
DR.. Eddy was called and the bone was
set. On Monday he was doing well.
The Ladies Home Union Aid Soci-
ETY." in Middlebury sent 500 in cash
contributions to the Home for Destitute
children" at Burlington, during the year
just past. The Society is now making
special efforts to increase its contributions
to aid in creating permanent fund for
this noble and praiseworthy institution.
Rev. n. Cyr will lecture under the
auspices of the Young Mems Christian
Association at the Methodist church YES
try this evening. Subject " Father
Hyacinthe, the man, the monk, the ora
tor and the christian" He will say some
thing in French, his native dialect, at the
close and the people of French descent are
especially invited to hear him.
There has been used in Middlebury
during the last two years about 700 tons
Of coal per year. In spite of the high
prices this winter the amount has not
fallen short of the previous one. All of
which indicates that the amount will BE-
largely increased next year, when prices
are reduced to their ordinary level, and
money becomes plenty again.
PERSIAN HEALING SOAP onstantines
Persian Healing or Pine Tar Soap is one
of the few articles that are what they
claim to be- 1t is really valuable for it,
healing properties. We have use it and
do not hesitate to recommend it, other,
in this place have tried it and pronounce
it valuable. Try it. Sold by A. Will
hanson.
Rev. DR.. Mulcahey, the new rector
Of Toledo, Ohio, has just established very
successfully free services on Sunday
nights His church is to have a new or
gan, Easter, which among other stops
will have zone of chime of "a bells.
The two parishes of Toledo are uniting
also in mission work. DR.. Mulcahe,
was formerly Rector of st. Stephen
church in this place.
Apropos of the railroad excitement nov
felt in this section the first train passet
over the Belden's Falls Branch Railroad
to the Addison County marble quarry, OF
Thursday last. Two trips were made an,
quite respectable loads of marble block
were carried to the mill at the Falls. |
is expected that the mill will be starte,
for its work of saving, ON Wednesday o
this week.
Our "Local" has recently made
tour through quite large portion of tn
county and reports that after seeing tn
huge piles of logs lying about the mill
and going into the woods and observin,
how little impression has yet been mad
upon the vast amount of timber throw
down, he begins to realize something O
the extent and power of the wind las
fall. The mills are all running to thei
utmost capacity.
Another attempt to escape was mad
by the prisoners at the Jail last weel
Monday evening. Young HERS tathe
had been into the Jail to visit his son, an,
as he came out young HER caught tn
door and held it open while Fraime mad
for Mr.. Dewey who was pulling at tn
door. Mr.. Dewey saw the situation Jus
in time to give Fraim II kick in the stom
ach, which had the desired effect then h
sprang upon the door and brought it to
gether.
The Cold Spring Lodge of Goo
Templar's gave an Oyster Supper at thei
hall in East Middlebury, on Wednesda
evening, which was followed by dance
we believe. We cannot vouch for tn
dance, but the supper sustained the re
putation our East Middlebury friend
have always had, and deserved too, {
being excellent caterers to the gustator
cravings Of human nature. Another part
from this place, had an oyster supper &
Fairs the same evening.
ARTIFICIAL lcE.-The Louisiana lie
Manufacturing Co., at Jefferson city
near New Orleans, had in operation las
year six machines calculated to produc
twelve tons each of solid ice in twent
four hours and with which some sixt
tons day were actually made. Th
company is working under two combine
patents, of Prof A. G. Twining, iormerl
of Middlebury College, and Arman
Care of Paris, France. The ice mschir
OF Prof Twining was the first ever opera
ed in this manufacture.
The nomination at the h. X. meetir
on Friday, of two gentlemen for thr