The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-09-19

House, one of the best hotels in the state,
at one dollar aud twenty-five cents per
day. All who pay full fare over the Rut-
land Railroad, will be furnished with re
turn checks, by the Secretary of the AS
ISOLATION. Also over the Vermont Cen
trail, if the number exceeds twenty-five.
A good time is expected and cordial
invitation is extended to all to attend. =
Too BAD We usually have ens1gb
of scandal to answer for in our own vii
lagc but when Vergenncs permits her
young ladies to come to our town and
create sensation on account Of their
drunken and lcwd behavior, we think it
is too bad
Last Thursday night, about nine
o'clock, there was an cutlery raised in the
old paper mill bridge, about mile north
of our village. The good people of the
neighborhood turned out to aid the suffer-
ers. On their arrival, they found horse
right side up, and a carriage wrong side
up. From the noise, they concluded some-
thing had gone wrong, and Immediately
raised up the wagon box. 1t had rested
its full weight upon the leg Of one of the
females, and it was thought to be broken,
but after little rubbing and twisting it
was made somewhat useful in locomotion.
While under the weight Of the wagon
their constant cry was Charlie George
and other names. Their cry availed
much, as quite crowd of tender heart
ed sympathizing young men soon gathered
around to assist them on towards Vcrgen.
mes.
Our musical critic gives the follow
ing account of an entertainment on the
College grounds last week There was
an open air concert given in the college
grounds last Wednesday night, or rather
Thursday morning, which for sublimity
of inharmonious and discordant sounds
could not possibly be beaten outside o.
pandemonium. If it was the design o.
the actors to make might hideous" with
their internal orgies, we cant conceive
how the plan adopted would well be i'm
proved upon. 1t suggested the idea o
all the old fiddles, bass vols, hand-organs
and tom-cats in the universe, being collect
ed together and all dying at the same
time, of collie There was also thu
usual accompaniment of tin horns, ant
drumming on fences with strips of board
and on tin pans, and the unearthly yell
Of rowdy boys whose more appropriate
place would have been at home. crying
| ~ ,k.;r r,o,tlo ,nommoc unut mo in m
little bed" Whether the officers Of tn
College participated in the pow-wow doe
not yet appear ; but if they did not,
would certainly seem very approprlat
that they should take their turn Mt it oil
the following day. Taking it all togethe
it was "war-dance" Of the highest ordc
known among civilized college student:
and it is to be feared that it will be
long time before our citizens will hav
the pleasure of listening to another sue
an interesting entertainment. ii.
, Go and see the Musical Clock, /
be exhibited on the Fair Grounds dutin
the time of our County Fair next week
This is one Of the latest curiosities.
is the work of Vermont Turner VIII
has spent his leisure hours upon it 70
the last eight years. 1t is wonderfr
invention and attracts visitors from a
sections to the residence Of r. d. Mur
son, the ingenious inventor. 1t has tw
escape wheels. 1t will run nine day
! without winding. If its winding is neg
lcctcd, it will ring bell six hours befol
: it stops. The dial marks the second
J.. minutes, hour, day of the week an
month and the year Of the Christian Err
1t has cylinder musical attachment {
the Munsons make, which plays "Ol
Hundred at the end Of each hour O
Sunday, and "Old Folks at Home
: "Swiss Waltz" "Star Spangled Banner
Hail Columbia" and Sweet Home" {
each succeeding of the week. TT
pendulum weighs 40 pounds. The ca
s is black walnut, and is worthy loo
S The maker of the clock will be with
: and has Paragraphs Of himself and cioc
! for sale. Purchase one. This singul;
y clock is commended as worthy of attic
n ton by Hon. G. G. Benedict, Hon. Ru
sci S. Taft, Hon. Torrey f Wales, Ho
S Chauncey w. Brownell, Hon. f. r. Har'
/. Hon. N. Parker, Hon. Rolla Gleason
IS George II. Bigelow Esq, Hon. +.
9 Kennedy and Ex.Mayor Ballou of Blu
d lington.