The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-08-20
MliooIeburp 8tgisttr.
TUESDAY, AUGUST, 20, 1872.
RUTLAND AND BURLINGTON RA1IRcBI
Middlebury.

1t you want hue domestic cigar 60
to Benson d Andrews.
If you want to see the finest assort-
nfspt of cigars ever offered in town, go to
Benson & Andrews.
Langworthy g. Bond request all per-
sons owing them on account running
over sixty days, to call Immediately as We
went the MONEY to 60 to market.
MlLlrARY-A Militia Co pany was
organized in this place last Saturday
evening with the following tficers {:
Captain, Darius Martin; lst Lieut. ,
Wallace w. Dewey; % Lieut., John
Sargent.
Rev. Mr.. Carpentcx, agent Of the
Vermont Bitle Society, preached at the
Congregational church Sunday, morning
and evening Ip the morning he present
ed the Bible cause and coutr button
was taken up.
The new freight depot in this village
is fiualy raised aud the workmen are now
putting on the roof which is to be of slate.
The weather has been so wet that progress
has been slow thus far, but hereafter it
will go more rapidly to completion.
George w. Ware, E.q, Of Bos.
ton, has presented to the College set Of
pictures Of ancient Greece, to decorate
the Greek room. This room is now nice
ly furnished aud beautifully decoroted,
quite in contrast with its barren appear
auce five years ago.
LAGs-Midd lebury village now floats
two Greeley d Brown flags and four
Grant L. Wilson flags A very 6ue flag
staff will soon be raised in Court House
square, and an equally fine Graut n
Wilson flag will be placed upon 1t with
appropriate ceremonies, before many
days. We shall then hope to see AL
enthu iastic rally, as no doubt we shall,
ACCIDENT. - Capt. Darius Martin,
machiuist, had the misfortune, last We'd
nesday afternoon, to fall from a staging
where be was putting up pulley, upon
the hard floor, striking upon his head aud
shoulders. He was considerably bruised
and severely Jared and injured. For
two days he was not himself, but we are
happy 10 state that he is now improving
quite rapidly.
Advertised letters for the week end
ing Aug II. 1872: A. S. Barker, A
Coleman, Lizzie Chatheld Rev. Azariah
Eldredge, Chas. W. Edgar, Miss Eliza
King, James NJ King, Joseph Murray
MR.. Lura Martin, Mrs. A. NJ. Mosher
Miss Mary Russell, Mrs W. S. Rockwell
Clayton Sargent, Hiram Spauld'ng, Miss
Belle J.. Wiley, Ransom " ellis, Mrs
Uyrena Wheeler.
HAND Cut OFF.-James McAnnulla a
lad about II years OF age, living with his
widowed morber in this vllag,, had his
hand cut I, fl i'll a rIaner i'll the door fac
tory OF whey d Burrows, last Friday
afternoon He was taken to Days drug
store, aud DR. Day with the assistance Of
DIS. Bass and Harris amputated the am
above the wound. The patient was careo
for as we'll as possible and taken home. y
The Middebury Grant d Wilson
Club ere to attend the Rutland Rally
today in body They are having on,
hunored torches prepared, to carry with
them. The Club, at their meeting, las
evening, voted to hold Il meeting on FRI
day evening OF this week. 1t was as'
determined to celebrate their tag.raisiu.
with II general rally on Friday Of mex
week, aud committee was raised It
make the necessary arrangements.
Rain , rain !! rain The oldes
iphabitant can hardly remember such
"catchy' time for farmers to do ihe
haying aud harvesting. Large quantItie
Of hay and grain are out and receiviD,
injury. The grain is growing" in thu
fields. and the grass is fast going back t.
the ground. The creek is very higl
already, and if it continues to rain. a
the ground is already full OF water, it will
continue to rise and overflow its bank
thus spelling large quantities of uncu
grass on the intervals south Of thi
place.
A CARD.-I take this method of ex
pressing to my neighbors and man,
friends the deep sense Of gratitude fee
toward them tor their prompt and ef
6cient help when my boru with its con
tents was struck aud destroyed by light
ming. the 9th inst, thus saving adjoining
ouiiulnb anu property. Auu inoTe u
pecialIy do | wish to convey 10 them m
great obligation for the sympathy au'
substantial support rendered me since tn
fire ROYAL b. WITHERELL.
Mddlebury, 10Th 1872.
PIscAroRIAL.-Mr Z. T. D Whitne7
of this village is evidently taking mar
as is apparent from the tremendous oa
of fish he carried home one day last week
We shall not attempt to give the uumbe
because we can't count the leaves Of III
forest. We shall not try to give tn
weight, Tor we had no hay scales o
which to weigh the string. But at a
events it was the largest string Of bull
pouts We ever knew to have been take
III one day by any two men with hoo
and line, In Otter Greek.
"A curious little apparatus is manu-
f,ctured by Eli b Parker of this vllag,
for raising the axle Of a carriage for III
purpose OF oiling Its simplicity of cor
srrucIon and easy adjustment make it a
ind spensable article to those who ow
wheeled carriages. A boy of eight yea,
by the use OF this machine can easily o
any carriage 1t is portable so tia
when not in use, it will not occupy
inches square upon the floor. They ar
made Of hard wood, and well fnishe
and sold for 81 SO. After using one q