The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-12-12
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look out for lightning rod swindlers
who offer extraordinarily liberal terms
There is u cat under the meal.
Five carloads of stock were shipped
to the Boston markets from this place
Yesterday morning three of sheep and
two Of cattle.
We are indebted to the Secretary Of
State for copy Of the Thirteenth Regis
fration Report of Births, Deaths and
Marriages in Vermont during the year
1869.
Walter Amidon, who lives in the
east part Of this town, last week killed a
large bird, perhaps crane, which stood
five feet eight inches high. and measured
six feet from tip to tip of his wings.
Case & Rider have Just returned
from market, with a large assortment of
pure drugs medicines, toilet and fancy
articles, perfumeries in great variety,
confectionery, in fact every thing usually
kept in irst.class drug store.
We have given up the most OF our
second page to the admirable message Of
President Grant On our first page is
interesting correspondence and miscel-
lany. The agricultural department will
be found full of interest as usual
Court guests, witnesses urymen and
all, will absolutely find at tho middle
bury House" good accommodations, I'M
surpassed every way at a less cost than
at any other public house in town.
r. b. Smith.
FoREwARNINO No. 3. - Parties in
debtcd to me are requested to call at my
store before the LIST Of January, 1872,
and settle, or all such accounts for a
lead certainty will be left in proper hands
for collection WV. SIADR.
Dec. II, 1871.
Letters remaining in the Post Office
Middl ebury, VT, Dec. 18th, 1871 more
than one month Mr.. S. W, Hale J;
Lawrence Howard Charles W. Linsley /;
Service Il Holt William + arrow James
Wells Miss Nellie Goodnoe Mrs. Mary
Hill Mrs. Annie Williams. When call
ing for tho above please say advertised"
A. S. Tracy, p. NJ.
We would call especial attention
TO the State Temperance Convention to
he held at Middlebury next week, on
Wednesday, the Goth inst. Let all our
churches and temperance organizations
be largely represented. Let clergymen
notice the meeting from their desks next
Sabbath, and come themselves and bring
hi at bar no
general rally throughout the county.
Hon WATER.--We noticed the wreck
of double decker lodged in the ice upon
the falls, yesterday morning, and wonder
ed if it was the vessel lately lost off the
Massachusetts coast A closer inspec-
ton revealed the form of the Majors
back stairs, from which we conclude that
last Saturday night the water in the
river must have been up much higher
than it has been for twenty years
-Langworthy Il Bond have Just added
large invoice of furnishing goods to
their extensive stock in mut1ers, flannel
shirts, undershirts and drawers, cardigan
jackets, gloves and mttens, collars, cuffs
and ties, and fine assortment gents and
boys slippers, all nice for Christmas and
New Years gifts. Call and see.
FIRE.-The playhouse connected with
Swincy & Burrows door factory took
fire about noon on Thursday last, but, al
though well under way, by the prompt
and energetic efforts Of the fire company,
it was extinguished after couple hours
hard work, with comparatively little dam
age to building and contents The loss
of stock is est mated at 500. Tho
building re ceived considerable injury.
ATTENT ION. Post Warner No. l6
&. A. r. There will be meeting Post
Warner No. Is G. A. r., at the office of
DR.. W. p. Russell (at his reside nce) on
Tuesday evening Dec. 18th. All men,
bers are urgently requested to be present,
as business of the greatest Importance to
the Post and themselves will come before
the meeting. A. S. Tracy,
Post Comd'r
Middlebury, W., Dec. 18th, 1871.
FoREfATmERs DAY.-The usual ar
rangements for the observance of Fore
fathers day, are in hand by tho Middle
bury Historical Society, and the ladies'
are equally sure to sustain their part Of
the customary festival. The celebration is
to be held, we understand, on Thursday
evening December 2lst, to suit the cor
rected calendar Of events as now adopted
by the Pilgrim Society at Plymouth. 1t
will be the thirtieth celebration Of the
sort, held in regular series at Middlobury,
commencing in 1912.
Henry Hall Esq, Of Rutland, will de-
liver the address on the occasion, and
Rev. l.. A. Austin of Burr and Burton
Seminary will contribute poem at the
supper.
Col. c. n. Goulding, late United
states CONSUL at Hong Kong, China, de-
ivered his illustrated lecture upon "China
and the Chinese last evening in Acad-
envy Hall. This evening he will lecture
again at the same place, upon "A Trip
with Bismarck from the Rhine to Paris. )
He illustrates his lectures by photographs
on glass. take directly from the scenes
represented. They may be relied upon as
perfectly accurate, and being enlarged by
the use Of Sterescopticon, pleases the
eye while the cloquence of the lecturer
charms as well as instructs.
NEXT LEcTURE-The next lecture of the
course before the Middlebury Lectur G
Association. will be delivered by Paul b.
Du Chaillu, 1.-The great African Travel
Ter" on Monday evening next, commence
ing at 10 O'Clock. His subject will be
one Of great interest, and one which he
is better qualified to discuss than any
other man on this continent 1t is on hi,
Explorations in Equatorial Africa" 1t
will be Of thrilling interest, and at the
same time very instructive. The notices
of the press, wherever he has lectured
have been exceedingly hattering. We an
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