The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-08-15

the Vergcnnes Baptist Society, joined iq
an excursion to Fort Cassin on Wednes-
day. The Ncrgennes Baud accompanied
them
There is a walnut tree in Addison
five feet and ten inches in circumference,
one hundred and twenty feet high, and it
is sixty feet to the first limb.
The receipts of the Ladies' Festival
in the park at Vcrgennes, last Tuesday
evening. amounted to thirty-nue dollars
and sxty-one cents.
"A good horse belonging to George
Paine of Bridport, was nearly ruined last
Thursday. The cords below the fetlock
were cut off by moving machine so that
the foot turns up.
LAKE DuNMoRE.-Admiral Lardner
and family are stopping at the Lake Dun
more House. and will remain until Sep
TENDER. The arrivals average about one
hundred per day during the past we,k.
On the recent occasion Of a pleasure
excursion to the north part of Ripton,
one of the young ladies was heard to wish
she was boy $50 she could swear when
the wheels jolted over larger stone than
usual"
Ethan Smith, Esq, of Monkton died
at Tcbey's Hotel. in that town, on Mon.
day of last week. He has been gen.
tleman of large social and political inAu-
ence, and was, some years since, Sheriff
of Addison County.
Prof l.. F. Benton, of Vergennes,
has given up his lease of the Bristol AGA.
deny, which would not expire for two or
three years yet, sold out his job printing
establishment, to Mr. f. W. Cain, and
he will now devote his energies to teach.
ing the young ideas Of the Vergonnes
youth, chow to sprout."
BETsEY AND ARR OuT.-One day last
week little Palmer and his wife of South
Bristol, had little "set to" about the
proper correction of their child, aud
Palmer came off second best in the melee
His wife entirely demolished his best and
perhaps his only shirt, by stripping it
from his back. Palmer is indignant and
says he shall never live with her again
He also says he may not give her any o.
his property on account Of her course
toward him.
GRAND EXCURSION tick
/, cts will be placed on sale, on Thursday
Aug II, at the principal stations from
Burlington to Chester, at a very low
fare to Newport R. l. Tickets good II
return on at before Saturday, August 10
1871. Trains leave Middlebury at 9.5:
: a. m, and ILL p. m. Fare to Newpor
and return from Vergennes SS.l5. From
Middlebury, 1865 From Brandon ST.
d 90.
e We are told that the rates for loca
: freights have Just been increased, on tn
Rutland Division of the Central railroad
Q We don't quite understand how this cal
o be possible without serious injury t
: business all along the road. 1t woul
is seem to be poor policy for the manager
b of our only line of transportation to in
r, crease our already destructively hig
|, freight tariff and by this means paralyz
y business-kiling the hen which lays tn
o golden eggs
to A correspondent of the Argus signin
n himself as addison County" devotes
ID long letter to criticisms of the action {
i Il Sheriff Trip, Deputy Dewey, and Other
ID in their lenient treatment of Ring, who
tie still in confinement in the county jail
o' The letter is dated at Bristol. We d
We not know what may have been done
Sc this particular instance, but we do kno
+ that these officials are usually regarded
,e through this community, as especially j.
Is, dicious and careful.
70 SOUTH BRIsToL AdAIN.-On Sunda
or morning Of last week little ferment an
n unpleasantness occurred in that proverb
:" ally quiet place, South Bristol, in tn
be neighborhood of Barnard Street. Tt
er cause of the difficulty may be traced to
sr poor division fence 1t appears that OF
ed Thomas cattle invaded the premises
/f'Old Clint" who felt aggrieved and r
=. monstrated with Thomas and used weight
IF arguments in the shape of stones weigl
n. ing a pound or two. At last Thom
in turned upon his fat adversary saying
- would knock Old Clints horns off al
= by some persuasion induced Clint, to r
of treat for home.