The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-01-30


len Of Leicester; Forbes Of Shoreham !;
Benedict and Bond of Cornwall Barker,
Bond, Mead, Lovett, II. G.. Laugworthy
w. G. Langworthy, of Middlebury
Utley and Everts of Salisbury.
The next meeting of the association
will he held at the Baptist church 10
Addison tomorrow, Wednesday 3lst.
GosnEN.-A donation for the bcncfit of
Rev. Marvin Sisco. was held at the house
If Mrs. Miranda Gale on the evening OF
Jan. 18th. The sum Of one hu bred and
fifteen dollars and sxty-two cents, (the
greater part CASH was given. The ladies'
carried with them, refreshments of their
,wn cooking, which they very tasteiully
md bounteously arranged upon the tables,
so that each one present had supper
hat was good enough for a king.
1t was ascertained that the minister
,ad been married nearly ten years and
steps were taken to have sur
prise for the minister and his wife, under
he glittering name of "tin wedding"
In accordance with preconcertcd arrange
nents large number of friends of the
minister met at his house on tho evening
of Jan. 26ih 'or tin wedding. BY the
of tin as each individual cime
in, it was evident that each had on a
wedding garment" and the interview
demonstrated that no one was speech.
ess.' Edward j. Brown. Esq. kept II
list of the articles of tin which were
brought in, with the names of each indi-
vidual that brought it and the price paid
for It, The assortment was very GOOD
4ud nearly all the articles presented were
If utility,
The presents amounted in the aggregate
to the sum of twonty-one dollars and
.ighty.seveu cents.
The presentation was made by Fl. q
Churchill, Esq. Rev. Mr.. Sisco, then
responded with appropriate remarks,
thanking all present for their kindness to
MIN and his family. Stephen Sails, Esq,
Of Forestdale, formerly of this town, was
called, upon to speak he made some very
timely aud appropriate remarks: after
which II. z. Churchill was called, who
with few remarks, then told
them he had written poem for the occa.
sion, which he would read.
After the'reading Of the poem suited tc
the occasion by H. z. Churchill, Esq. IRE.
freshments, which the ladies had timely
and brought with them Tor the
occasion, were served each person pres
ent receiving very generous allowance
in new tin dish which, added very
much to the hlarity of the evening, a
some had plates, while others had basins
pans, pals, dippers, tea kettles, etc, etc
Cold water was The only drink, and tina
was also served in tin dishes. We hav
not space for the poem in this issue.
FIRE IN BRIsToL.-A destructive fir
occurred in Bristol on Saturday morning
commencing about 2 o'clock. The fir
was first discovered between Eddy 4
Hickok's drug store and Mrs. Gilletts
Millinery store. A box and barrel wer
first discovered to be on fire, indicating
as some think, incendarism. Others say
when they first arrived the fire was b.
tween tho two buildings and near tn
top, supposiog it to have originated i
the dental rooms over Eddy & Hickok
store. Time may reveal something NOR
positive. The first theory prevails here
The whole OF Union Block, in wbic
we're Mrs. Gilletts's millinery store, Col
by's meat market, Hodges grocery store
Gains printing Office, and Wild d Has
seltine's Block, in which were Hasse
tines drug store. NJ. s. Wild & Co.
boot and She store, A. f. Manum's har
ness shop, A. V. Spaldipg and w. W
Riders law offices, masonic hall &c. an
the new barn belonging to the Bristc
House were burned to the ground Tn
fire extended eastward also, destroyin
in its course Eddy d Hickok's dru
store, Dixie Il Bixby's hardware store an
their new store house. Their dwelling
house near their store was only saved b.
toe tearing away of the woodshed be
tween that and the burning building
Some property was saved. The hoto
barn was cleared of movable propert
and the goods in NJ. s. Wild & Coz stor
were mostly removed.
1t was with great difficulty that tn
hotel was saved, as its blackened side
demonstrated Dunshee'S block was i
imminent danger,and at one time its side
were very hot as also were the miliner
and fancy goods store of Mrs. Cook, an
the dwelling house of VIM. Needham
Mr.. II. Muusil's barns were AFRO in muc
danger from the burning of the hote
barn, from whence burning cinders wer
constantly coming, borne with the sout
wind, sometimes falling upon these barn
in perfect showers. But the citizen
worked with a will and the progress G
the devouring element was stayed. n
proper estimate of the extent of the loss
cd can be made at this writing. Dur
shee's block. the hotel, and the other tw
buildings on the other side of the stree
from the fire received some injury. Sew
eral dwelling houses near the scene @
the fro were cleared in anticipation Q
general destruction. 1t is not know
that anyone mas injured, but Mr.. R. I
Hodge had narrow escape. The be
lief that tho FIRE was the work of an in
cendiary is gaining groui. Time ma
tell. Bristol has boon very fortunate
before this, in regard to FIRE for feV
years past. But it has now suffered Sc
verely.
The latest II, souuts from Bristol nd
cate that Hodge saved part of his houl
and had IN insurance o. $500; Dixie
Bixby's goods were insured for 1880
but tho insurance on their buildings ha
ruu out, Eddy & Hickok were insure
to the amount Of $500; the masonic ha
$1,000 the barn of tho Bristol Hous,
$1,000, L. d. Munger lost about 90
500 no Insurance..