The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-12-03
egister.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1872.
RUTLAND AND BURLINGTON RAILROAD
MiIJIeburVs

shoes, or anything usually kept IN
country store, go to Chapman Bros.
Rev Mr.. Bailey will lecture on Bi.
bic Temperance, at the Munger school
house next Sabbath evening at 81 o'clock.
e. r. Clay has big line of ladies'
furs, shawls, worsted goods, dress goods,
&C.. cheaper than ever. Call and see
him.
Drugs, medicines, perfumery, can.
dies, toilet and fancy goods, window and
picture glass, paints, oils, varnishes, putty,
also nice leaf sage, at Case & Riders
MIR. Hall will lecture on Ethan AL
len, the hero of Vermont, on this Tues
day. evening and on Wednesday follow
ing. on The British Parliament.
We have now five or six inches OF
snow. which the people are using very
briskly. 1t is good time to get out the
sleighs and scour up the rusty shoes.
The ladies of the Methodist Society,
invite their friends and the public gener-
ally, to festival Oyster Supper, at the
vestry Of the NJ. f.. Church, next Thurs.
day evening.
For winter dress goods, 60 to Chap.
man Bros, they have splendid stock in
the new and desirable shades. y
Charles +. Prentiss, Esq, Of Wash.
ington, d. c., graduate of Middebury
College, in the class of 1864, has become
Cashier of the German American Savings
Bank, in that city.
Winter is now fairly inaugurated.
with snow enough to call out the sleigh
bells, if not to mako good travelling. In
spite Of the epizootic, our streets were
pretty full OF teams on Saturday and
yesterday.
Among the visitors in town last
week, was Gen. James NJ. Warner Of AL.
bany. who came to spend Thanksgiving,
aud eat turkey with his friends here.
We were glad to see him in such appar-
ent good health and spirits.
Chapman Bros, have just returned
from New York, and are now opening
new and desirable winter dress goods.
-Valette L. Bird have full assert
ment of all kinds Of dry goods, groceries,
oils, paints, &c, and what is especially
noticeable in their stock, they always
have the very best quality Of goods. In
tading with them you are sure of secur-
ing good article.
A CARD The class OF IS desire to
express their thanks for the invaluable
services which were rendered by Prof. L.
II. Higley and the Choral Society on the
occasion of their Exhibition last Tuesday
evening.
Mddlcbury, Dec. ., 1872.
LpcTuRE.-The next lecture of the
course before the Middlebury Lecture
Association, will be delivered by Hon.
Thomas Fitch, NJ. c., from Nevada, at
Academy Hall, on Tuesday evening Of
next week, Dec. 10th. Subject, "The
Coming Empire" See advertisement.
The members of the Military COM
pany under Capt. ID. Martin, held levee
IN their hall on Thursday evening, and
closed their exercises with a social dance.
The hall was deliberately decorated with
flags, and otherwise tasteiully arranged.
The whole arrangement was credltable to
those who had charge Of the arrange.
ments.
POPULAR READINGs.-Mrs. Edna No.
bic is giving popular readings in Yer
mont. She is to visit Brandon, Middle.
bury and Rutland next month. Mrs.
Noble is highly successful teacher Of
elocutiou, and is recommended as SUI
perior reader. We want more Of good
things here, and hope she may be well
coined with full audience.
List of letters that have remained
in the Middlcbury Post Office, unclaimed
over one month.-LADIEs LIsr.-Lena
Alexander, Julia Chapman, Matte Frac.
tro, Mrs. Saml. johnson, Leona Law.
renee, Eliza Miller, Nellie Parsons, Mrs
VIM. Sopcr, Lydia Samples, Emma
Thompson 4, Mary Z. Wright. GENTLE.
MEMS LIsT.-Freddio Bouvia, j Ohm Ellis
Thomas Hale. A. Haskin, H. u j., Hon.
Ex.Ambassador Marsh, Tratf Nash, Fred
Randall, 4. b. Ware.
TnANKs0IvIN0.- New England
paradisiacal institution when chickens and
turkes and spare ribs and"pies an things"
and collie, are the order of the day. was
observed about as usual last Thursday in
Middlebury aud vicinity The tradition
al hop at the Lake Dunmore House fail
ed to come off 1t was too cold for base
ball in the streets, and for some unac-
EQUITABLE reason no drunken rows occur
ed in this town, and consequently there
were no arrests. But the quiet, staid
people of Mlddlebury went to church
like good Christians and the lights didn't
go out in the parlors until u late hour.
Further deponent saith not.
MIDDLEBuRY GRADED ScuooL. Exam
nations in the Middlebury Graded
School commenced yesterday, and viii
continue through the week Yesterday
classes were examined in Latin anC
Greek to-day the First and Second Prim
airy schools will be examined Wednes
day, Third Primary and Intermediate
Thursday and Friday, Grammar and Higt
School. Candidates for promotion viii
be examined on Saturday The examin
ations will be partly written and partly
oral. After the close of the examination
there will be vacation of one week. tn,
winter term commencing December 10th
See the announcement by the Committe
in another column.
THANKSGIVING DISCOURSE AT THE METH
oDIsT CnuRcu.-lt was union meeting
Rev. Mr.. Bailey preached. His text wa
from the Both Psalm, l4'h verse" OF
Ter unto the Lord thanksgiving; and pa,
your VOWS INTO the Most High" la hi
sermon, he first noticed the duty enjolne'
III the first clause Of the text,-the dut
of giving thanks to God for his manit2l
mercies, pointed out the foundation truth