The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-03-14
Addison County.

AT the auction at i. G.. Mcad's III
Cornwall on Thursday the 10th at ten
O'Clock A. NJ in addition TO large
amount of household furniture, farming
implements, buggies, harnesses robes, 4 c.,
there will be sold beautiful piano near.
ly new Come early. Terms made known
on day of sale.
Mr.. Henry Hawley of New Haven
has removed to Panton
-NIonkton, at the late town meeting,
voted not to have a town liquor agent.
Some of the Shoreham temperance
people are moving for a lodge of Good
Templars.
-CoUNTY CoMMIssIoNER.-L. W. Stowe
is reelected County Commissioner, if moi
unanimously, it must be nearly SO.
Mr.. Nelson Chase formerly of Walt
ham has purchased the Lindley Purinton
farm in Lincoln and removed thither.
There is to be an auction of stock,
farming implements, &C., at the Elgin
Springs House in Panton on the 18th.
"A surprise visit and oyster supper
at the residence of Mrs. VI. p. Colburn.
were among the Wcybridge entertain
ments of last week.
"A lodge Of Good Templars was re-
Gently organized at Starksboro with Dr.
Thomas as Worthy Chief nd.Nlrs. B. A.
Ferguson, Worthy Vice-Templar.
Rev. NJ. l.. Severance of Orwell
lectured before the Shoreham Young
Mems Christian Association, on Thursday
evening, on the subject "What Young
Men Should Read"
On Monday afternoon Of last week
a fine span of horses broke through the
ice on Lake Champlain not far from the
shore in Adams Bay, Panton, and the
horses and wagon were lost.
Col. Hunsdon of Shoreham, has con-
nected himself with the firm of G. S.
Titus e. Co in Albany and will now give
especial attention to prosecuting claims
for pensions under the recent act granting
pensions to veterans of 1912.
There will be concert of vocal and
instrumental music at the church in Sails
bury Village tomorrow evening, given
by Mr.. w. w. Thomas singing class as
sisted by prominent musicians from abroad
Mr.. Edwards of the College will assist as
pianist.
The Bristol Musical Union will give
the operate cantata entitled the clay
makers at the Methodist church in
Bristol, on Thursday and Friday even
ings of this week. Doors open At 65
o'clock. Concert to commence at u
O'Clock Go and hear the singing Hay
makers.
"A stabbing affair, or assault and
battery under circumstances indicating
serious state Of things, is reported in
Starksboro. On application from a num-
Der Of the citizens of that town, States
Attorney Clark, Sheriff Trip and Dep
uty Brooks went up from Middlebury
yesterday morning to investigate the
matter
illustrative Of the strangeness Of our
winter season,we received last week from
our Weybridge correspondent, present
of fine, lively grasshopper, which he
picked up as he was coming along, Mr..
Grasshopper hoped around as lively as
in midsummer, for an hour or two, and
then concluded to commit suicide by
leaping out of the window into the river.
California can hardly tell larger story
than the finding of lively grasshoppcrs in
Vermont on 9th day of March.
An oyster supper on Saturday even
ing the ] lth inst, was given by the gem
erous hospitality of the Lake Dunmore
Lodge of Good Templars in Salisbury ;
to which all members Of the Lodge and
their friends were invited. After the
guests were filed to. repletion with as
good oysters as were ever taken from
the "Brny deep" and other good things
too numerous to mention, an essay by G.
f. Kingsley, two or three admirable char
AIDES, and the closing address byW. II.
Utley were listened to with marked inter-
est by all. The evening made pleasant
by that tact and generous effort peculiar
to the ladies Of Salisbury, was one long
to be remembered.