The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-12-17


brief account of the colonization Of New
England and Of Vermont in particular.
He then touched upon politics, war, law.
medicine. literature, fine arts,post Offices.
and religion the whole intesperscd most
happily with anecdote
On Friday evening his subject was
"Help Yourself" The subject Of the lec-
turc was to incucate industry; and the
lessons were enforced by tho narration Of
incidents and anecdotes in the lives Of
eminent men, chiefly Englishmen.
This course has been very interest
ing and profitable one and drew pretty
good houses. The last two. the only
ones we have personally been coguizant
Of showed great labor and memory of
events These lectures combined to
great degree those two qualities general
ly considered antagonistic, they we're at
once interesting and instructive.
/EAsr MIDDLEDCRY--At the annlyersa-
~ exercises Of Cold Spring Lodge of G God
Templars, held Saturday, Dec. 9TH, at
Good Templars Hall in this place, the
exercises were greatly and repeatedly dis
turbed BY a few reckless and uuprincipled
Fellows, and on the Monday following,
George Sumner and Walter Olmsted
we're arraigned before Justice George
Ladd for upgentlemanly and boisterous
conduct at said meeting, and to the great
satisfaction of the public generally, they
were fined $40 and costs each We are
in hopes not to be troubled with a rep.
etition of such actions, aud think it would
be well for some others in the vicinity to
take heed else they oblige some one to
make n move towards restraining them in
their unlawful actions. The Lodge hearth
ly approve of the proceedings in the above
cases, and hereby tender vote Of thanks
to those who took part in said prosecu.
ton. By ORDER OF LoDoE l.. j. n
DR.. n D. Ross and wife opened their
house on Friday evening last, and gave
an oyster supper for the benefit of Rev.
A. }. Mott Their house was well filled,
and about eighty sat down to supper
which was bountiful rcpast, and was
both tempting TO the eye aud taste, and
showed in every essential the hand Of a
ready workman. The occasion was a
pleasant one to all present and made so
in great degree by the Doctor and his
wife. The wish of all that were present
is that they may be blessed in basket and
in store.
Mr.. Woodbury. member of the fresh
men class Of Middlebury College, keeps
the village school. There are about sew
coty scholars in attendance.
Quarterly meeting will be held at the
Methodist church next Sabbath. Elder
Gregg will preach the sermon at twelve
O'Clock N.
We are to have Christmas tree at
A. p. Tuppor's hall all are invited to
attend, and give Santa Claus good au-
dience
CoBDiN's CHLps CoMMENTARY ON TIE
BiBLE.--Mi-s s. \. Turner has secured
the agency for this popular work and is
now showing it to the people OF this vii.
lage. 10 this work the narratives Of the
bible, its instructions and promises, Gods
commands to men, the history Of the
world in its carly ages, the characters Of
men and especially the character and
teachings of the Master incarnate, are
given in language adapted to the compre.
houston Of the child mind Many Of
these narratives are about children
and the child Of our own time may wei
be interested in learning Of the boy Sam
uel, devoted to the service of God by biz
mother of the little rudy shepherd boy
of Bethlehem Of the young Solomon ; Of
Josiah and Joash OF the Shunanite'!
son; of the Jewish boys of the captivity
Of the little Miriam, precociously wist
and prudent of the daughter of Jephtha
Iof the girlish Ruth. and of the little
maidens who sang in the temple choirs
and whose childish play in the streets o
Jerusalem made the holy city so attrac
tive Sc too in the New Testament, tn
children of Bethlehem whose sad fate i
so briefly but pathetically told; tn
daughter of Jairus; the little ones whom
Jesus blessed, and from whose exampl
he INSTRUCTED mis- disciples; the youn
Timothy, whose early instruction ha
made him prepared for his call to tn
missionary work and most instructiv
and touching Of all, the infancy and boy
? hood of Him who took upon Him our ma
ture, and in the helplessness of infancy
the simplicity of boyhood and the dignit
of manhood. never forgot His Father
business, but walked ever in tho light {
heaven.
t Althoug h this work has been prepare
t more especially for the young, it is adapt
ed to the wants of the great mass of gu
9 people. We are all but children Of a
older growth" and the simpler con
mentary can be written the better it
Z for the people Such this book is--],
void Of unintelligble words and phrase
and made for people, and i. is hoped
e may find its way into many OF our home
In addition to the book which contain
$50 engravings every subscriber is Offer
ed a copy of a steel-plate engraving %,
r % entitled Pictorial History Of the Oh
Testament" and the companion pictul
entitled Pictorial History Of the Nc
I Testament"
ANDREws vs.. HAMMOND. was
- case Of replevin. The circumstances WEI
+ these o. s. Dickinson proposed to NJ
Andrews to buy of him carriage, an
offered him a good note, as he said.
payment, Andrews refused to take Il
note in payment, but at last by persu
= sion, he took the note into his hands
" collect, and when collected, was to tai
i out 5000 for the carriage and pay ov,
! the balance to DickinsoD,and gave a wri
= ing to Dickinson to that effect. Andre,
on receiving said note, Immediately wro
\ to Lincoln to ascertain if the note wou
:, be paid on maturity, and learned that
would be contested as fraudulent |
) "A nd aueA thnn infornoH Diolinsoa