The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-11-21

good run of custom Notwithstanding the
fact that Plny White lodge, like
Daniel Webster, ''stiIl lives"
Our Salisbury correspondent recent
ly met a lady now living in Willston,
aged 81 years, and Il strong healthy wo-
man for that age, who, il is claimed has
had thirty.two children of her own. She
has been three times married.
Mr. II. NJ. Tcnney supplied the pull
pit in Salisbury, in the absence of Mr..
w. II. Utley, preaching an interesting
and able discourse. He met with such
universal favor with the people that all
are DESTROYS of hearing from him again.
LiNcoLN.-J. II. Batchclder purchased
on Saturday and Monday, of last week,
1859 pounds of butter at 90 to so cents.
Also, 10, l47 pounds ofpoultry at 10 to
10 cents per pound All shipped on
Tuesday. This is u large business for
two days, for the quiet town of Lincoln
Capt. Almont Barnes, formerly ofthe
Vermont Transcript, st. Adams, but
more recently connected with the De-
partment of Agriculture at Washington,
has been appointed to the position of AS
slstant Clerk Of the United States House
of Representatives in place Of Edward s.
Dana, Esq, of Cornwall
The Weybridge Farmers Club was
to discuss the question, "ls it for the in
terest of the farmers of this community
to sustain the club, and how can we make
our meetings Interestingly" Present the
Pres. and Sec, Adjourned one week.
Present the secretary who not finding the
meeting interesting, adjourned sine die
All persons expecting to teach in
during the next term are re-
quested to meet the Superintendent, Mr.,
w. II. Thomas, at the Union School
House in Salisbury, on Friday, Novem-
tr Gath, at 10 o'clock a. M, where will
be held the public examination Of teach
ers. The public are also invited to at
tend.
Leicester Lodge of Good Tcmplars
have paper edited by members of the
lodge. Mrs. b. N. Dyer, will edit and
read the same at the next meeting
Geo. +. Hale, not Hall, as you published
it last week, is w. M. of the present
term.
The Addison railroad has been accept
ed of the contractors, and the road di.
vided into four sections with section
hands already at work.-Rev. NJ. Lud-
INN preached very able discourse in the
church, Sunday, the 10Th inst. Themes:
mans true course Texts, Acts Is
%. Mr.. Ludlum has of late preached
telling sermons here for Christianity,
without shadow of compromise with in
fidelity in any form.
The Brandon Farmers and Mechan.
les Club contemplate removing from
their rooms in Simond's block to Engel's
Hall in the next block south. Their
rooms now are up two long fights of
stairs, while but one fight is to bo as
cended in entering Engel's Hall, which
is much more commodious and pleasant.
They hold their meetings every Friday
evening, free to all. At their last meet.
ing they discussed the queston-"The
Uses and Abuses of the Credit System"
RIpToN.-Some weeks ago DR.. Powers
sold two horse team, wagon, harnesses,
&C., to one Asa Geo. taking line back
which specified that the property should
remain the Dr.s until paid for, but few
days ago Gee, while in Middebury, he
snapped off one of the horses without
the Dr.'s consent,) and while driving the
new acquisition down steep hill through
some carelessness, got it down and broke
its back. The next day, f. NJ. King,
who acts as Powers agent in his absence
went and got Powers horse, and Mr. Gee
started on his travels, expecting some one
would be enquiring for him. Gee has
done the same thing before with Cyrus
Brown, Esq. People would do well to
be on their guard for him.
A. little boy about 4 years of age,
sou OF Austin Kemp died on the
10Th inst, of some peculiar disease or
SoiipiicdtiOu vi uiSeaSes, having been |
sick nearly his entire life time, but
though his bones were as large as the
average Of the children of his age, has
never been feshy enough at any time to
weigh 20 pounds.
Mr.. John Alexander, is lying in pre-
,arious condition from combined attack
of pleurisy and rheumatism of the heart
case. DR.. Hamblin is attending him but
gives no hope of his final recovery.
A horse belonging to DR.. Powers, but
n the temporary possession of Asa Gee,
zane home the other morning with his
name and tail shcared close. The up.
parent reason for the transaction being
ice went to an evening party where he
lad not been invited, and was not want
ID.
Our snow after being six or eight inch
IS deep has left us entirely. Streams
ire high and rising rapidly. u.