The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-08-29

MIS-. dnd outpdTu vi NtJ priupc
died on the llth inst, aged 81 years.
--Dunshce x Barnes of Bristol ship
ped 200 pounds of butter to market last
week.
The Good Tcmplars Union holds it's
next meeting at Monkton Borough on the
9th prox.
- The Mcssrs. Riley, Of Bristol run a
daily stage to Spring Grove during the
Campmeetng, last week.
-Mcssrs. Cain & Haswcll and j. II.
Batchelder of Lincoln shipped about 5000
pounds of butter to market last week.
Mr.. Alexander Brush of Panton was
attacked with paralysis on the 18th inst,
and he died on Tuesday August % at
the age Of S3 years.
Mrs. John Benedict, mother of
Julius b. Benedict, Esq, Of Cornwall,
died at the residence of her son, on Tues.
day evening last, aged 80 years.
The rain at the camp ground kept
the people pretty closely in their tents all
day Sunday. The grounds were not in
good condition on Monday.
Rev Dr. Drake, of Royalton, is
supplying DIR. Kitchel's place in the paf-
pit Of the Weybridge Congregational
church, during the absence of the latter.
The water of Lemon Fair was over
the road near the Parkill bridge yester-
day and the roads were almost or quite
impossible at the Jewett and Child
bridges, for the same reason.
The Addison County Railroad is in
running condition from Leicester Station
to the Lemon Fair. 1t will probably be
two weeks before the bridge over this
stream will be ready for the running of
the trains across it.
MIR. Briggs N. Whitman, of Wey-
bridge, was severely injured by the kick
Of horse, at the Spring Grove Camp
meeting grounds on Friday last. We
have not learned the nature of his injur-
les
We are informed that Bartlett's
Plow factory. at Bristol, was carried off
by the flood on Sunday evening The
water flowed down the road on Bristol
Flats, washing out and damaging the
road badly and destroying considerable
private property.
Mr.. j. Erwin Crane, of Bridport,
has already, we are told, sold about two
tons of fine honey, this season, the product
Of the eighty hives of bees which he has
in his apiary. Mr.. Crane reduces this
business to science and consequently to
certainty. Success to him.
New Haven river was said to be as
high at Brooksville yesterday morning
as at the time of the great fresnet, two
years ago. 1t is not likely that as much
damage has been done to crops, however
for at that time corn stood in the field,
in shocks, and was readily carried off.
This time the pumpkins came down in
great numbers. ~
NERGENNEs GRADED School. Fall
term of ten weeks will commence on Mon
day next, September 4th. The Principal
Leicester F. Benton, A. NJ, will be as
sisted by Misses. Peasc, Hodge, Eastman
and Tucker. The order of classification
is as follows First and Second Inter-
mediate. Grammar School, High School
and College Preparatory Glasses. =
CRowN POINT AND BRIDpoRT FAIR
The annual fair Of the Crown Point and
Bridport Mechanics Association will be
held at Crown Point on Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 18th, 1871. Gen. Fitzpatrick
will deliver the annual address. Subject :
"Sherman's march to the Sea" with addi-
tons. We republish this notice on &C.
count Of typographical error which &C.
CURED in the date last week.
"A bit Of unpleasantness occurred at
the Campground on Thursday, between
one Of the officers Of the police and a
citizen of New Haven, which caused con.
siderable gossip, of course. As usual in
such cases, there were two sides to it and
after listening to the stories of a few
dozen next seat mep, we are entirely at
a loss as to the truth of the matter. and
await information.
CRYSTAL WEDDING. - Mr. & Mrs.
Edward A. Casey of Whiting were sur
yprised by large party of their friends
and neighbors who made them a visit last
Saturday evening on the fifteenth ami
yersary oftheir marriage. Quite num-
Der OF presents suitable to the time and
place were among the pleasant features
OF the occasion, and it is said to have
been on the whole very pleasant affair.
Our Whiting correspondent tells of
a perplexing case of "dropsy" in that
town, over which two physicians of some
pretensions, from a place not hundred
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