The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-05-23
Addison County.

Barn of Alfred Atwood in Riptou
blurred on the 18th inst.
The scarlet fever and measles are
prevalent in Orwell.
Quarterly meeting at Panton May %
and 20. Sabbath service at 3 p. m.
William Hines, Of Bristol, had Il
calf that came into his enclosure which
weighed III pounds at birth.
Tho County Commissioner has licen-
sed j. T. Barlow in Bristol, to sell liquor
for mechanical and medical purposes.
DR.. O. Nimblct, of Monkton, gave
a temperance lecture at Vergennes on
Wednesday evening.
Charles II. Smith, Son OF A. r.
Smith, of New Haven, has gone into the
dining saloon bushes in Boston.
Mr.. Edgar Grovenor of Bridport,
has field of rye which is rapidly head
ing out His other crops are looking
well.
Mrs. Frank Stillman of Orwell lies
at the point of death with consumption.
Monday morning she was not expected to
live the day out.
The Burlington District Preachers
Meeting of the Methodist church will be
held at Vergennes, on Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday of next week.
Quarterly meeting at West Addison
on the 9th and 2Sth instant. Presiding
elder Gregg will be present both at the
Conference and the Sabbath Service.
Linus Caldwell, Esq, of New Haven,
one of the oldest and most respected cit-
zens of that town, died on Town Hill, on
Tuesday the 10th inst, where his funer-
al was attended by u large number of
his townsmen and friends OF. Sunday last.
Rev. l.. G. Partridge has entered up
on his sixth year as pastor of the Wey.
bridge Wesleyan Methodist church. His
labors have been emnently blessed and
he has secured firm hold upon the az
fections Of his people.
The International Convention of the
Young Mems Christian Associations OF
America meets at Washington d. G. on
Wednesday Of this week. The delegates
from the Weybridge Association are Rev
L. G. Partridge, F. II. Stewart and Capt
w. b. Hurburt
The Addison County Good Templar.
Union will hold their next meeting Al
Leicester, tomorrow, commencing at IL
a. m. There is to be an address by Col
j. b. Mead, of Randolph, a Poem by
Rev Mr.. Bailey, of Middlebury, and an
Essay by Mrs. Mary f. Fuller, of Monk
ton. There will be conveyance from
Whiting Station, Oh the arrival of the
train.
On Monday evening. of last week, a
South Bristol man beat his wife most un.
mercifully, and on Wednesday evening a
delegation of ladies waited upon him, gave
him some wholesome advice, and promised
him further attentions if he ever repeated
the offence His answer was 81 have
read ancient and modern history and rode
; on pedler's cart thirteen years; and |
think know something of human nature
and when my wife ought to be whipped. g
Mr. T.. W. Fitch of Bridpori has a
six dollar bill ofthc old Continental Cur.
rency issued under act of the Continental
Congress approved July %, l776. The
bill is poorly printed by Hall d Sellers
} upon poor but heavy paper at Philadel
phia, in the same year it was authorized
Its size is about 4 u 3 inches. 1t il
numbered 1929, has motto "Persever
ando" and was signed by r. Leach ant
! William Webb. On the reverse side i
e coarse engraving of leaf or sprg.
e 1t is suggested as proper thing t.
be done, that the Good Templars of tn
: State should raise funds and erect mon
ument to the memory of the late Pin
> II, White, who, perhaps, did more tina
y any one else, for the Order in Vermont
o and who for several years was the effic
: lent and popular Grand Worthy Chic
y holding that Office at the time of hi
= death. We commend this subject t
3 the consideration of the Addison Count
!; Good Templar's Union, at their meetin
le in Leicester tomorrow.
II PROT l.. f. Benton, lately Princip;
i. Of the Bristol Academy, has gone to We
m ' gennes to take charge of the Vergenn,
(" Graded School. The school opened G
=. Tuesday with the following corps of teacl
. ers l.. F. Benton, Principal /; assis
.o ants, Miss Sarah Pease, Miss Bel
n y, Strickland, Miss Caro- Hit, Miss |.
y, Tucker. About two hundred schoa
~ ~ were present. very full attendance t;
30 the first day. We regard the Vergenn
> people fortunate in securing the servic
- of so energetic and successful a teach
+. y for this important position
4, ADDISON LODGE. Mr.. EDIToR.-Tl
officers chosen by Champlain Valley lod
I'd No. 1877, |. o. ofG. IT, for the term en-
I'd ing August LIST, 1871, are as follows :
to Rector Gage, W c T; frankie Norto
n. W Y T; Mary Gorham, w s; Lum
i'll Seeger, W T.; Jonathan Wilmarth,
st + S; Wesley Phelps, W NJ; Fam
of Randall, W G.; Ernest Southland,
al o G ; Rev Elias Goodspeed, W
IS, Gilbert Wentworth, W A s; Belle Han
N. w d NJ; Mrs j Willmarth, w II II
Miss frankie Segar, w l. II s. l;ui
Smith, p W G T; Gilbert Wilmar
~ Editor; SM Golf Musical Director.
-" WnIrING.-The following officers
+, Whiting Lodge No. 1856, /. o. of G.
t r.. were duly installed by Lodge Deputy,
-, 5. w. Baldwin, last Friday evening
~; W. II Casey, W. G. r. Mrs. W.
TO-; n Casey, w. V. r.; A. H. Hubbard,
r r s.; Mrs. S. II. Foster, w A.S.:G.
n no Delano, W. F. s.; Mrs. f. A. Baldw
~ w. T.; Marvin A. Baldwin, W. y
w. Miss Carrie Plat, W. d. NJ. NJ
liz liz Mary Pond, w. |. &. Mr.. +. A. Ba
l win, w. o. G. Mrs. j. A. Watts,
I y" X, II. s.. Miss Emma Seeley, W. l..
y s.; Mr. S. II. Foster, w. G.. Mr. J.
~; III Watts, p. W. G. T.
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