Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

Suow. .-On Tuesday last there was fall Of
snow, 10 the depth Of three and half lncbee. u
has afforded good slcighlng, and many Of oar
ssrdsd, BY " enjoying ,hs merry sieisR.sids. A.
40 70 10 press. heavy fall Of snow 70 covering
the ground. The feccy mantle Of Winter has a
last fallen upon the lsndsrape--and BILL, and
dale, and valley have donucd the snowy kaoilh
ments Uf Borsss. Now is the season d chillisG
winds; Of driving SHOWS; OF indoor awwse-
meals OF jin2lng slciph-l,ells; and u Chsist.
mas and New Year conromianis EenssnIly. With
the snowy confirmation u Wiutcfs veign ~
have, through the providence OF y beseaesnt
Being. much that rcts nm slleviatioR Of Win.
teri Disadvantages. We have the losg evesisgs
--sacrcd TO quiet enjoyment. - scouds n sigh
Ing winds without, aud 10 thu long nights "
rest. With the aniabe Cowpey, let W, these-
fors. look upon tho winter season ~ one of tie
pleasing vicissiiudcs OF the year The poet OF
Olncy had not rs much iu tbe way u modern
Improvements 10 reconcile lim 10 Wistcr' . chilly
crnbracc. In his day, NO railroads cosnected
Olncy with il'~ great London. The little village
posi-offcc was served nv ''ye stage and '.ye
horse post-'nan' Cowpsr sings " the lat-
! tcr's arrival ON n Winicr cvtNiug
"itark II. the t~ansing horn otr ,ondrr eridse
Hc-trid-. the wintry aooa -
| i'a corres the herald cf u i,os, ~o'iS"
| Such WAS ono OF the .adrantagcs'' pestaieing 70
| the poets town. We herr In Middlctswn are
Ear In advance of ihsse days. The blasts VI win
Ger do not sliai .r,i from in,trrrxrse with our
neigbbenrs our letters cone 10 us by TOE iron
horse: and We have mur more 10 make sic
| reign 81 Winter cheerful aud very toleyabse-
4 even thouglI
| stern Winter. icy hresrt. fst-us-iy bern,
Now ehiis t,e l@o"t aud ~ishrr. sv ~ ssren.F'
Swn,ers Ac,iprsr MIR. John Brown, living
! near Glasgow, met with \ serions accident on
| Friday afternoon of last week Vie MAS assisting
II broihcr-n-law, John johnson, to haul In corn
fodder, and while driving home N team from
! some misehanec, the loal overturned, throwing
| him olcn,ly upon the roul anh frozen gfoand
| Upon examination II WIS found his lett thigh
bone was broken. Drs Taft and Frazer Of Elk
ton, and DIR. Skinner Of Glasgow wore called In
aud cared for the injured man. lie 10 now do
ing well.
! Although Canr, at f1h,on has hten iu session
two weeks hut one cssc has been disposed of II
taking up all the ,imr. IL wns "W oodrow ".
! Evans, AIN action on contract. Aficr hcariag
the evidence, counsel fr piaintG entered a noii'
prosrqui. Court adjcnrncd Yesterday, Friday ]
until after the holidays.
PiosoS Suooriya.--Tbcrs will be n grand III.
gcon Shooting, at ro~nsrnd, on Thursday nen,
the 2sih inst. commencing u; ~ % clock In The
morning. There will he spripe and ground bo1c,
aud some two hundred pigeons. II will be un
der the direction of J. g. Townsend.
LARcE SHIPMENTS or pcrlIr.-During thrc,
days this week. there have been shipped, per ~
press from Middlcio~n s,TT? pounds VI poultry
and hy freight nearly n .0oe pounds The Ma
jor par, OF !, has been ,hiH~a by J. 7. Shall
cross and Rict < Cochran.
A concert of sacred music viii he given .
Frindship ". T.. Church. un the Collins nrmcl
road hs the choir Prot. Qnimby, director, OF
Thursday evening, esih.
SALE or fAna.-Mr Geo. ilarbcrt hns sol,
his farm IN Pcncader Hundred. contrasting 81
acres 10 Mr Andrew Eliason for S3i, 600
Joseph Bishop was attacked on Monday nigh,
on the road ncnr New Castle. and robbed Of
watch aud i" 'clct --.EDrndi