The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-05-28
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TUESDAY, MAY ~, 1879.
RUTLAND AND BURLINGTON RAILROAD
Middlebury.

---Geyser spring water on draft at Ben
son & Andrews.
Pine apples are on exhibition at
Benson & Andrews.
Benson & Andrews are just receive
ing another fresh lot of canned goods.
"A E. Stanley lectures at the church
in East Middlebury next Sunday at IL
O'Clock a. m.
Farmers will do well to bear in
mind, that Ainsworth & Dodge are pay
ing the very highest market price for
butter every day in the week.
List of advertised letters for the
week ending May 25 1872, Mrs. Lille
Burnard, DR.. |. V. Daggett, L. c. Eells
Esq, Mr.. Dennis Hickey, Mr.. l.. S.
Kenney, Yort Lehman, Mr.. L. Rider, Mr..
Henry Smith, Mrs. Il. A. &. Warner
MrppLEBuRy COLLEGE of the gradu-
ating class, 5 intend to enter the ministry,
6 expect to study law, and A medicine.
Three of the class have made arrange
mcnts to enter the Theological depart
ment of Yale. The class has numbered
altogether % members, but its numbers
have lately been decreased.
The new addison House" former
" Pavilion, Saratoga, has come into the
possession of parties recently of Middle
bury and still well known here, Messrs.
Samson and Porter. The capacity for
accommodation of this hotel is about sew
enty-fvc. Everything about the estab-
lishment will be frst.class.
ALMOST FIRE. On Monday even
ing of last week, the new school house in
this village was greatly endangered by
some trouble with lighted kerosene
lamp. The top got Knocked off and some
Of the oil spilled over and took fire. G.
A. Chapman promptly used his coat as
an extinguisher, and the fire was quickly
subdued.
We are happy to announce L. +.
Louch the popular agent for the Wheeler
Il Wilson Sewing Machines, has returned
20 Middlebury to resume the permanent
agency for the Co., and is to be found at
his office in Henry Sheldon's Block, where
he will be pleased to see his old custom
ers and show the merits of his machine
to the public.
FURNITURE PoIsfn.-So many worth
less articles have been palmed off upon
the public that we hesitate to recon-
mend articles We have not tested.
But we will say that Gilbert Leavitt's
Furniture polish has been highly spoken
of by those who have used it. Mr..
Leavitt has left quantity at Sheldon
x Cos on sale.
A Brandon livery team stood hitc
ed at the post IN front of Chapman Bro
store, last Wednesday afternoon, when
the cars went past. The horse became
frightened, broke the halter, sprang for
ward, bringing the buggy against the
post, freed himself from the wagon and
ran of across the bridge. The buggy
was badly damaged.
--Lannicr's troupe gave two very
creditable theatrical entertainments in
Academy Hall, last week, on Thursday
and Friday evenings. They had small
houses each evening. probably on account
of the weather, and pecuniarily 1t was
not success for them. The playing was
quite good and the small audiences were
pleased, especially with entertainment of
the last evening.
Why don't proiessed temperance
men buy their liquor for medicine at the
Agency" and not at other places If
the Agency" don't sell as pure liquor
and as great variety as other places do,
why don't the authorities, who furnish
the agency" see that in purity and va
riety it is not surpassed by any unau-
thorized and unlawful place Of sale. a
little more consistency won't hurt some
of us.
Our friend, mine host" of the Adj
olson House, has recently received from
n brother landlord Mr.. Charles W. Cros-
man, of Alexandria Bay, on the shore of
the Thousand Islands in St. Lawrence
river fine specimen of muscallonge, tax.
en- from the river at that point. This
fish measured four feet two inches in
length, and weighed thirty five pounds.
1t was delicious eating, as by the gener-
osity of Mr.. Rider, we are able to testi-
fly.
"A Board of Trade" was recently
organized in Rochester, New York. The
Board have fitted up commodious suit
of rooms, which will be open from II
o'clock a. m, till o'clock p. m. each
day. They will receive daily by telc-
granh reports from all the leading mar
kets including Liverpool, England. A
list Of officers was elected, and we are
pleased to see that the financial ability of
one of our former townsman VIM. 5. Me-
Millen was so appreciated, that the
board elected him their secretary.
"A case came before the Probate
Court in the Addison District, last week,
which excited considerable interest in the
community, Application was made By
a part Of the heirs to have n guardian
appointed over Mrs. Rhoda Williamson,
an aged lady of Cornwall. Stewart &
Eldredge appeared as attorneys for the
applicants, and Sturtevant and j NJ.
Slade Jr, for defendant. A large num-
Der of witnesses were examined and con-
siderable time taken in the arguments,
The application was finally refused.
Geo. b. Goats says he has but few
days left in Middlebury. lie regrets to
leave, but his arrangements are such that
he cannot stay longer than the lst of
June. The liberal patronage bestowed
upon him, has induced him to prolong his
stay until that time. After that as he has
before intimated he will 60 to Yergennes,
as he has large number of customers
who are tired of sleeping upon their old
mussed up feather beds, when there is a
certainty, by his invigorating enliveniDg
system of bringing them back to their
natural state lie thinks that he has
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