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


show their stock. In all other branches
the Accommodations will be extensive and
an excellent show for Mechanical and
Foral Departments may be confidently
expected. There seems TO he nothing
left undone by the officers of the society,
ind growing disposition among all 70
make this one of the best, if not the best,
fair of Addison County.
EAST Observation-Disclosures Arson.
Early Saturday morning A. p. Upper,
Esq, discovered quantity of new
shingles, birch bark and other combustl-
BILE substances, piled against the back Of
his office with train of fuse some twelve
feet long and reaching therefrom around
to the east side of the office. On the
top of the pile was found phial which
had contained Spirits of Tarpentinc, the
contents of which had been cmptied upon
the pile. About the time of the discovery
A. S. Chandler of Ripton came to MIR.
Upper for complaint against one Lyn-
dorf Caswel of Ripton, for breaking a
window and other depredations committed
about and upon his dwelling house about
Q o'clock of the same morning. Mr. Cas-
well was arrested upon Chambers COM
plant and brought before Justice Matte
son and found rccognisancc in one hun
bred dollars for his appearance on Tues
day next at 10 o'clock u. m, about 4
O'Clock p. M, of the same day it come tc
be known that Caswcll purchased some
fuse at Sheldons, and phial of Turpen
tine at Case e. Riders on Friday. A
warrant was Immediately put into the
hands of the constable Of Ripton to arres
him for the attempt to burn. Upto this
time he has not been found, Caswcll wal
in the office Friday morning and agair
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The
first time in, he talked about the levy o.
an execution upon some doors he hac
just purchased. but did not appear to b'
offended.
A. +. Abbott of Middlebury College
delivered temperance lecture in thu
Good Templars Hall, on Wednesday eve
ming. The audience was not large, but
the lecture was well received by thos'
present The young man has just started
in the enterprise and bids fair to succeed
in making himself an interesting advo
cate of temperance. The Lodge at thei
last regular meeting passed the following
resolution
Resoiped That we tender to our Brother Abbot
4, ~ l.. g. all Inrt n
Wednesday evening last, and recommend him a
n lecturer to Good Tcmpars and the friends q
temperance wherever he shall have occasion
labor in that behalf
RIproN.-There is misprint in tn
item from Ripton in the last issue of tn
REGISTER. Speaking of DR.. II. G. Pow
ers it reads "he runs n store and clap
board MILL" it should be, stavc an
clapboard mill, &c.
j. s. Chandler has raised, this season
from one small potato, of the No. 8 var
iety, an honest bushel of nice potatoes
!, with no manure or extra care. Severo
Of them would weigh two pounds apiece
Charles Brickford and Albert Glad
ding, while running G. o. Kings tw
horse thrashing machine. for Hon. j. NJ
Dyer, of Salisbury, threshed cleaned 4
bushels of oats in % minutes.
A large and ferocious dog, belongin
to A. A. Atwood, attacked and bit An
asa Piper, Esq, in the wrist, inaicting
serious wound. Mr.. p. was travellin
, the highway in peaceablc manner h
proposes to have that nuisance abated.-
, Another furious and dangerous cur aitt
biting j. NJ. King several times, on til
, Sth inst, induced Mr.. King to drive h
; horse, buggy, and himself over the side {
, the East Aliddlebury road, making d.
, scent of some 20 feet. No bones broke
, or much injury inflicted. The dogs nan
is Alcohol. Some of his friends are sea
: tering his pups over the vicinity und'
r the name kitty Smiths Bitters," viii
q. York State Sure Death" can be procu
b. ed without much trouble The names
D the vendors are known. Can States A
torncy Clark cure this epidemic?
+. VIM. Wheeler has Just commence
b erecting new house. d. Hale and
: Danforth are repairing and making add
tons to the Wheeler saw mill, proposiI
3 to put in stave and and clapboard m
chinery to be driven by one of Leffel
Improved Double turbine water-whee
J VIII begin putting the machinery in
s. once and will be running soon. Thu
Il have fine location for their business.
J Very cold for this season with raj
J Mittens, good fires, and overcoats are
y demand.
DARIyG AssAuLT.-About . o'clock
q m, Saturday morning Sept. Ii, the fal
!, lily of of A. q. Chandler was aroused
:, the crash Of breaking glass,and on Chan
" ler's arriving to ascertain the cause, ioul
:, that heavy billet OF wood had be
- thrown agains the house with appare
- intention of its entering the window al
r. passing to a bed occupied by Mr.. {
- children ia girl of . years and boy
three) The window-casing was hit wi
n force sufficient to shatter large share
- - the glass in the window. Further exal
!, nation revealed the fact that hca
. two-inch plank had been placed agar
~ one outside door in a manner to hit a
70 one opening the door from the inside, al