The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-04-01
Middlebury.

Wanted 1000 dozen eggs Inquire
at Central Market.
Miss. En- Griswold, drcssmakcr,
will be absent two or three weeks while
waiting for the preparation Of her rooms.
WANrED.-A good intelligent girl
wanted to work in photograph rooms.
Inquire at Poverty Hall
Call at Contra. Market and get n
piece of very nice cheese.
r.. p. Satterly has shipped upwards
of one hundred car loads of pressed hay
from the Middlcbury station, and he has
large quantity still on hand
--Bepson q Andrews are selling or
anges at twenty-five cents dozen.
"A party offfty young folks-pretty
young-onjoycd ice cream, "pies, cakes
and things" hugcly,at DR.. Curriers' last
Friday evening.
Go to Case and Rider for everything
usually kept in country drug stores pro-
criptions carefully and accurately COM
pounded at all hours.
LOST On Seminary street, dark
cloth glove with leather handing. Will
the finder please leave it at Benson Il
Andrews.
FIGUREs WONT LIE.-According to the
sworn sales of the different sewing ma.
chimes, the Singer Sewing machine Co.,
sold $4,000 machines more than any
other last year.
Sabbath was Quarterly Meeting at
the Methodist church, Rev. Mr. Bailey
preached There were admitted to the
church, two by confession of faith, and
nine infants and children were baptised.
We are the unhappy recipient of
poem of eight stanzas, which has an even
forty capitalized words which ought to
have had lower case initials. 1t is a
specimen of"ambo- triambic" meter The
author must have genius.
Persons wishing to purchase or make
inquiries in regard to the celebrated I'M
proved Singer Sewing Machine will be
pleased to hear that an agency has been
established at the store of Chapmans Bros
who are now ready to furnish Machines
and all .he attachments.
The new store Of William Sladc is
rapidly approaching completion. 1t will,
when finished, be a handsome and con-
venient store, well located and attractive
in every particular. The work on this
building has been done by two Of our best
mechanics, aided by others perhaps,
Messrs. Smith & Bicknel When fully
completed we may have some further re.
marks to make upon the subject.
The annual school meeting
of school district No 3. held March 25th
1873, the following officers were duly
elected: Moderator, r. johnson clerk,
j. NJ. Royce; collector Of taxes, G. l..
Branch treasury, Allen Footc; auditor,
f. A. Foote; prudential committee, j.
W. Halliday. Voted to raise 100 per
cent tax Oh he Grand list. The building
committee are Allen Footc, Gardner c.
Cady, Robert johnson
II j. l.. Buttolph has purchased the
block in which his store is located and il
putting it through thorough course OF
repairs. 1t is to be improved in form
and substance raised up, enlarged by an
addition in rear, n handsome front aud
roof put on, the second and third stories
finished for offices and other purposes,
large windows put in throughout, and the
whole structure made more substontual
convenient aud beautiful 1t is com.
mendable enterprise; and the public may
be assured by the knowledge that Messrs
Downer and Allen are dong the job that
it will be done thoroughly and in goot
taste.
The meeting of the Ministerial AS
ISOLATION of the Methodist Ministers o
the Burlington District, which was held
in this place at the Methodist church las
week, was an occasion Of much Interest
and profit. The Methodist's popularizt
this meeting, and make it as a whole ;
matter of interest to the public, and in
vited all to attend. Essays, and reviews
and sketches of sermons, and sermons
were read and discussed, and preached
interspersed with singing, and prayer ,anC
practical remarks. Rev. ii. G. Farra
reached on Tuesday evening to larg
udicDce, from the words, "Christ in yol
he hope of glory" 1t was an earnes
and eloquent discourse, somewhat injured
by much too rapid delivery. The ser
mon was followed by cxhortations. Tha
by Rev. Mr.. Pickett of Lincoln was es
pccially moving and powerful.
Rev. l.. N. Beaudry Of Shelburl
preached on Wednesday eveniDg,and wa
followed by Rev. O. Gregg, H. G. Pick
EFT, and Mr.. Townsend It was in man
respects,a remarkable occasion The SCI
mon and the exhortations, were Of sen
sational character Of the right stamp.
We begin to think winter has "brC
ken up" On last Friday and Saturda,
1ur streets we're filled with truckmcn an
others carrying household goods of ever
description in all directions. After
cold, long, nard winter, the peonle have
desire for one kind of "change" at leas
They move themselves about town I
lighter and more Inviting points as cage
ly as the most accomplished checkC
player moves his men, hoping thereby
better their condition. Speaking Of mo,
ing if there is anything that exctes OF
pity and commiseration, it is to see W,
man with a small child in her arms loca
ed upon load of goods on cold we
gloomy day, such as we have IN Mare
surrounded with feather bed tied up in
quilt, at her back, spinning wheel on OIL
side, and barrel stuck full of old sto'
pipe on the other side, and nterspersc
all through the load with children of d
ferent ages, much more plenty than rasi
in plum pudding, 1.-THE man Of Il
house." trudging along through the slus
leading COW with small calf at h
side, and the eldest boy driving a pig