The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-07-18
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TUESDAY, JULY Is, 1871.
RUTLAND AND BURLINGTON RAILROAD
Middlebury.


machine oil at Bascom & Days Druy
Store
After July Goth peaches will b.
found at w. II. Elis's, fresh from marke
every day.
Cream, coffee and hook soda OF
draught at Bascom 4 Days Arctic Foun
tain. "Shoo fly don't bodder me" 8 sheet
of fly paper for 10 cents at Bascom a
Days Drug Store.
You know how it is yourself" tina
the place to buy ice cream in NIiddebury
is at W. II. Ellis's saloon. Parties de
string it by the quart or gallon can be
furnished at a short notice.
Mr.. d. j. Edwards and his Sunday
School class made an excursion on the
Curlew from Vergennes to Ticonderoga
and returned for supper at the Stevens
House, last Tuesday. They all seemed
to enjoy the trip and the supper exceed.
ingly.
Wool CARpiNd. The Middlcbury
Wooden Company will start their cardinl
machines very soon All persons want
ing wool carded should bring it in i'm.
mediately. Those coming first will be
first served.
Go to Case Il Riders for pure drugs
chemicals, patent medicines, Southmayds
pure confectionery, toilet and fancy arti.
cles, colognes perfumeries, soda and Sara.
toga water, paints, oils, varnish brushes
glass &C., &C., No. | Lane 4 Clay's
Block.
Prof. Geo. n. Webber Of Middlebury
College, will deliver the address before
the Society of Religious Inquiry of the
University of Vermont and State Agri-
cultural College on Sunday evening, Jul
ly 30th.
The following pupils have attended
N1iddlebury Graded School during the en-
tire school year of 40 weeks and have had
no absent marks. F. G. Bell, Isaac Van
Trump, Katie Stapleton and Eliza Gee.
Their example is truly worthy of imita-
ton.
- DIED.-At the residence of Mr.. S. h.
Z Mills in New Haven, Friday, July II,
Mrs. PAMELA Matthews, widow of the
late Jonas Matthews of Berlin Ohio,
sister of our townsman, Jacob Dewey
Esq at the advanced age Of &c years.
She came from the west only about two
weeks since The funeral was attended
from the residence of Mr.. Dewey in this
village on Saturday.
The thunder shower on Friday even
ing was very severe at this place, the
rain falling in sheets but without hail
A tree was blown across the telegraph
wire about mile below Middlebury
station and remained suspended over the
r. R. track. As the mixed train south
came along the engine came in contact
with the tree demolshing the headlight
and smokestack. The train was in con.
sequence considerably delayed.
The Rev. VIM II Lord Of New
Jersey has accepted the unanimous call
of the Wardcns and Vestry ofSt. Stevens
Church in this place to became their
Rector and commenced his labors on
Sunday July 9th. Mr.. Lord commences
his labors under very encouraging cir
cumstances the affairs of the Parish be-
ing in prosperous condition, the mem.
bers being united, and the subscriptions
much larger in the aggregate than ever
before in the history Of the Parish.
Emerson r, Wright, seems to APP.
propriate the article in the REGISTER two
weeks ago about illegal gentleman in n
questionable position" all to himself, and
has commenced suit against the publish
ers of the REGISTER for libel; laying his
damage of character at $4,000! Isn't
that little "high" Major? 1t takes
character in these days without spot or
blemish TO be worth ten thousand dollars
Now the article above alluded to was not
intended to apply to so valuable charact.
ter, but to n scalawag who had lost all
tear of God and man, and had given him
self up wholly to all the worst instincts
of depraved human nature, and who
will soon find that "hc will die as the fool
dieth -
Since the above was in type We have
been notified that the suit is to be imme-
diately discontinued-so we suppose the
Register will continue to be published as
usual
FIRE.-On Wednesday night the
18th inst about twenty minutes be
fore IL o'clock the people of Middle
bury were aroused from slumber by the
cry of fire and on going out found the
freight depot was on fire. The Fire Co.
and hundreds of citizents were soon there.
\ few moving machines that were on the
platform outside of the building were
moved off although the slate-stones were
constantly sliding from the roof. One
man entered the freight house and tried
topull out sack of wool but the fire was
so hot he beat hasty retreat. The walls
of the passenger depot, on the other side
of the track, were kept wet with pals OF
water thrown upon them by citizens and
the roof being slate could not take fire.
The Co. turned their attention to save the
old two story building just south of the
freight depot which was already burning
briskly and was close by the wood sheds.
The engine was in good order and worked
splendidly, throwing two streams Of water
upon the fire. Citizens young and old,
even to fifty years and upwards, and also
college students, took their turns at the
brakes with iremen. There was a smart
contest between the devouring element
and the Fire Co. at the two story building
beside the wood shed, but finally the fire
was extinguished but the building was
nearl y destroyed, few blackened timbers
and part of the lower story in which
was large quantity of ice alone remain
ing. The attention of all was then turn
ed to the ruins of the freight depot
These were thoroughly wet down and a
quantity of wool and paper that was
burning slowly was saved.
A quantity of lumber at the north end
OF the freight depot was saved The
freight cars standing on the track Just
north OF the depot were pushed down the
track beyond the reach of fire. Navar