The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-06-27

the lace.
We learn he is doing well and hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
OLD Folks CoNcERT.-The Rutland
Choral Society will give an Old Folks
Concert at the School House Hall, Mid
dlebury, VT, Thursday eve, June 20
1871. They will be dressed in the an
tique costume of olden times. They will
be assisted by Mrs. w. N. Oliver, Soprano
Solst, Mr.. Goe. @. Day, Tenor and HUI.
morist. Quartetts, trios duets, songs and
ballads will be given in great variety, in.
terspersed with humorous and and comic
pieces, and choice selection Of choruses
Mrs. Oliver is now studying with q
celebrated teacher in New York and is
such progress as to exceed the
expectations of her friends
She has made her debut before New York
audiences and been received with the
highest enthusiasm. Several Art and
Musical journals, and many newspapers
have been pleased TO speak of her per-
formances in terms of highest praise
Mr.. Day has also won quite reputation
as tenor and humorist, and on the whole
this promises to be one of the best enter.
tainments ever given in Middlebury.
Admission fifty cents. Reserved seats
can be secured without extra charge al
the Register Co.'S Book Store.
Addison COunty
Business in Bristol is very fair con
sidering the scarcity of money.
Holt & Hawkins spool factory in
turns out two car loads Of per.
fected spools for thread each week
-Weybridge boasts of a gold board
and may yet rival Wall Street in the
boldness of stock operations.
Rev. l.. c. Partridge, of Weybridgt
was the Chief Secretary of the National
Anti-Secret Society Convention lately
h cid at Worcester.
The New Haven Mills Good TEN
plars lodge is prospecting finely, and the
Bristol lodge claims to be the banner
lodge Of the state.
The Curlew will make an excursion
from Vergennes to Ticonderoga on the
morning of July 4th, returning to Yer
GENES in the evening. Only Sl.25 fol
the round trip.
Turner Boardman is lying danger
ousy i'll at his residence in Salisbury
He fell from his horse in his field, oil
Monday of last week and has been I'm
conscious much Of the time since
Pleasure parties fiom NIiddlcbury
Weybridge, New Haven, and perhaps
elsewhere in the county, visited Lake
Dunmore last week and all had gooC
time. More excursions Of the sort are
on the tapis for this week.
MIR. f. d. Barnes has inaugurate(
the butter buying enterprise in Bristo
village, so that large quantities of thi'
product which used to find its way tC
Vcrgennes and New Haven now stops
in Bristol A desirable addition to the
briskness Of all other kinds Of business
also results from this enterprise.
VERGENNEs MARKEr.-From 20 to e
cents was paid on Saturday for butter
and the amount purchased was above the
average. The day was favorable, and the
butter came in good condition. On Tues
day 2O,Sl3 pounds were shipped 4,32l
pounds of cheese and two barrels of eggs
The latter were II cents per dozen.
"A grand picnic on the top of Snake
Mountain is contemplated for the 4th
Of July. Arrangements are already made
for an ample supply Of good cold water
and lemonade upon the ground SO tha
parties won't have to look out for that part
Of the entertainment, at least; This pie
mic will be participated in by parties from
Addison. Weybridgc, Vergennes, Mid
dlebury, Cornwall, Bridport, and Other
places about.
A woman named Ellen Sullivan o.
Bristol about 81 years of age, somewhat
broken in mind and body, was last weel
arrested and locked up in an upper room
at the Bristol House for safe keeping pre-
paratory to an early departure for the in
sane asylum next morning. Next morn
ing it was found that she had left her bon
net, shawl and shoes in her room, ant
fastening the sheets to her bedstead hat
let herself down to the ground and takcr
her departure.
-Messers. John and Curtis James, Of
Weybridge, when starting to attend IL
Addison County Conference, held at Or
well week before last, met with an acct
dent which might have been serious
Their horse was young, having been dri
ven but little, and when the bit breke hi
ran furiously, freed himself from the wa
gon and took to the fields. The Messrs
James were thrown out and the carriag,
was considerably injured The young
gentlemen were only slightly bruised.
We understand that the horse stolel
from Mrs. Mary Wing of Bridport abou
the Goth of May was found few day
since, in Granville N. Y, in the possess
ion of a farmer who purchased it of ,
one-armed stranger passing through tn,
place. 1t is thought that other purchas
es made Of the same man may prov,
similar in their character. We sine,
learn that Mr.. Brooks horse, stolen NOR,
than a year ago, has also been found il
that vicinity.
Recent arrivals at the Bread Loaf
Miss Mary Hyde, Miss Euretta Brooks
Aaron G. Ellis, Middlebury N. ?
Kingsley and wife, o, Meacham an,
wife, Edgar j. Bliss and wife, Brandon
Major Robert A. Hutchins and wife, Mrs
c. ii. Bliss, John j. Osborne and wife
Boston /; M, Shoemaker, Toledo, Ohio
w. Mulchahey, James NJ. Slade Calvin
Goodnoe and wife, Middlebury William
Slade, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. A. S
Swain, New York Mrs. G. II. Hall