The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-05-21
urLANp AND BURLINGTON RAILROAD
Middlebury.

son & Andrews.
Mr.. George c. Chapman offers for
sale two new top buggies of the latest
style.
Drugs, medicines. periumery, CO.
oencs, toilet and fancy articles, paints
oils, varnishes, glass putty &c. at Case
Il Riders.
Fruit of the tropical ATTITUDES
brought nigh by Benson d Andrews
where one can luxuriate upon all the lus-
ciousness of SUMMER cline.
WANrEp.-From 500 to $1,000 on
mortgage. Will pay 8 per cent. Secu-
rity perfect. Inquire at the Register
\ Office.
\N-Dr. L. b. Whitaker we understand
will take charge of DR. Curriers' patients
while he is absent at Washington. Office
hours as usual.
\N-Two of our citizens, Capt. Cyrus
Morton and Mr.. William Ellis, Sr. arc
dangerously ill. 1t is not expected they
will live, from one day to another.
Mr.. James Mcmahon has good
COW. In one week recently, feeding up
on hay, she gave him an average of 43i
lbs, of milk from which he made 12l
lbs of butter.
We are requested to announce that
after June LIST, during the summer
months, the Ladies Library will be open
every Saturday aftern on from 3 until 6,
md from g. until II O'Clock.
Lost or misplaced on the night Of
the fire, from one of the stores in Lane q
Clays Block, double barreled shot
gun. The holder will be paid for his
\ trouble on leaving it at this Office. I
Kinsley, wife of Mr.. William
Kinsley, Of this village died on Friday,
and was buried on Sunday. She was
woman of many virtues and will be
N burned by large circle Of friends.
james NJ. Slade administrator has
for sale the homestead, 20 acres land,
horse, COW, wagons and lumber, etc., be-
longing to the estate of n Brousso, at
low prices Tor cash.
DR.. w. NJ. Day has removed his
residence to the late residence of Mrs
Simmons four doors north of the Addison
House on North Pleasant street where
he will attend ca Us in his profession or at
his drug store.
Call at Clay's and see his large as
sortment of suits, in linen j apanese stripes,
lawn, poplin, alpaca and Princess. They
are new style and beautiful. Hi show
windows are also filled with attractions,
which everyone should see.
The school sociable last Friday ev-
ening was largely attended, and evident.
ly very much enjoyed by the children as
well as the young gentlemen and ladies'
Prof Sanborn seemed to be equally
pleased with the scholars.
Advertised letters for the week end
ing May IS 1872: John Arnold, Mrs.
Andre Beauregard, E. A. Campbell, Miss
Sarah A. Cafrey, Albert Everts, j.
Could Miss Ella Olmsted, Thomas Pat.
terson, Harry Sears, Mrs Polly Shaw, r.
p. Saddley, Miss Z. E. Wright.
Headquarters for fruit at Benson &
Andrews Fifteen boxes of oranges and
lemons received by them Friday, five
boxes sold on Saturday, and the balance
are going. The heavy competition don't
kill their sales for they are bound to, sell
the best fruit at the lowest possible price.
\ " We have learned of moro cases of
Nbeastly drunkenness, in the village of
Middlebury, and among the higher class
es too, during the last few weeks, than
we have known in an equal length of time
since the war. The prevalence of this
vice is frightful.
"A refreshing shower, continuing all
day Sunday helped Dame Nature to dress
up with great dispatch, in her lovliest
summer attire. If Jenkins was at home
he would describe Mrs. Natures dress.
Only ore feature of it seems to demand
our notice, that is, it is not of the low
necked pattern, or the Dolly Warden
style-all of which commends it to our
admiration.
We are pleased to see signs of life
and activity in the burnt district. The
Paper Mill Co. have now q number of
hands taking the burnt machinery down,
for the purpose of putting it upon the
cars. Others are removing the debris,
and clearing away to make room for the
carpenters who have been squirting and
measuring about the premises. AS we
expected, the men who own this splendid
water-power are not the men to let il
lie dormant. We wish we had more
men that would show the public spirit
that these men do. If we had, very lit.
tie water would run to waste over the
falls.
The weather, for the last week es.
pecially, has been exceedingly cold and
dry. The wind held north until Satur.
day. The nights were cold, aud vegeta.
tation stood still. The frogs scarcely
dared peep their heads above water, fol
fear Of getting frozen in The birds seem.
ed to hesitate about building, and only
appeared on the sunny side Of the hill,
and buildings, "waiting for something e
turn up" The careful ladies covered
at night, their plants, that had the temeri
ty to grow and spread themselves as il
spring had already come.
On Saturday last, as two gentlemen
we're riding past the residence of Mr.. J
j. Farr in East Middlebury, they saw
two men under the barn shed, practicinG
the art of boxing upon the head and fac'
OF Mr.. Farr, who was defending himsel
as best as he could. Before these gen
tlemen could jump out and run to tn,
scene of action, and pull off these scamps
they had got Farr down and were bruis
ing him most horribly. The attackin.
party proved to by Henry Race and hi
brother, who had evidently been indulg
ing too freely 10 "benzine." They sale
they were collecting a debt of Ell nht Y & u,