The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-05-28


He closed with some earnest words
with reference to another and the great
decoration day when not the graves but
the soldiers Of Jesus themselves would be
honorcd with fadeless garland with crowns
fglory and white garments ofspotless and
enduring righteousness, and earnestly in
treated all to enlist in the ranks of the
church militant that they, by suffering
with Christ in endeavcring to redeem
men, might at last reign within that king
dom which the final decoration day would
usher in.
The cure of Leprosy, as type OF the
cure of sin, was announced as the subject
Tor next Sabbath.
Mr. Bailey will preach at the Lovett
school house next Sabbath at 4 o'clock.
Addison County.
Mr.. II. Il. Isham of Wcybridge,
recently drew out of the Lemon Fair a
monster eel which appeared to him as large
as his leg-but his slppe.yship escaped
after tremendous struggle.
Bristol has organized Cornet Band
with T. S. Drake as leader, and set of
new German silver instruments, Mr..
Horatio Fales of Montpelier has received
u "calI" to give them some musical in
structon. 4
OBITUARy.-Mrs. Polly Wilson /of
NShoreham, died in that town on the 1Ath
instant, at the advanced age of ninety.
five years two months and fourteen days.
At the time of her death she was the
oldest living inhabitant of the town, and
it is thought of the County. She had re-
sided on the place where she died for
sixty four years.
Another fish story comes from Wey-
bridge. Mr.. G. b. Van Vliet, pulled up
a pickerel from the creek which he af-
firms weighed some less than IS pounds.
He wishes to return thanks to the fish for
letting 90 when he did, for if Piscatc had
not rclinquished his hold Piscator must
have yielded the point. The "liberals"
call these large fish, according to what
they know about fishing.
|. G. TAT the last meeting of
Lampson Lodge, the following officers
were elected to serve the ensuing quar-
ter
Jacob Barton, W. c.; Julia Baldwin,
w. ". f. D. Warner, w. c.; James
Barton, w. NJ; Jennie Fuller, W. s..
A. A. Warner, w. A. s.; Hector Gully,
w. p. ; Agnes Gully, W. [. g.. ; Oscar
Mills, w. o. G.
ACCIDENT on THE ADDISON RAILROAD.
The mixed train over the Montreal
Il Plattsburg railroad, run in conncc-
ton with the Addison railroad going
north, Tuesday morning, met with Sc
rious accident some miles north OF Ticon-
deroga, on the lake shore The car next
to the locomotive broke loose and jun
ped the track and carried four others.
all freight cars, with it into the Lake.
No one was injured. The train was
quite long. and the passengers were not
aware of the accident until it was alA
over. The cause is not known, as the
track appeared in good condition after
the balance Of the train had passed on.
VERoENNEs.-An interesting entertain.
men was given at the School House Hall
on Friday evening of last week, by some
of the citizens of this place, the proceeds
to be expended on the library.-But-
ter brought 90 cts on Saturday. Sat
urday was very busy, and trade lively,
but Saturday night was the scene of at
least two drunken rows on the street. 1t
is very pleasant to persons taste and re-
finemcnt to witness such low debasing
scenes in the public street, and the right
kind of public authority would put down
such things with firm hand.-The
lateness of the season renders It none the
less beautiful Nature is putting on her
most becoming robes of living green, and
the Great Creator has placed on every
hand scenes rhich chain the eye and hold
the heart enthralled in rapturous devo-
ton