The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-10-14
Addison Comfy.

will meet at Prof. Brainerd's in Middle
bury, October ODD, at o'clock p. IN.
II. f. LEAvITT Register.
The Orwell town fair which was ad
vertsed for last Wednesday, was post
poned to this week Tuesday (today,) on
account of the bad weather, Immediately
preceding the time set and the mud Of
that day. 1t will hold only one day in
stead Of two, as previously reported.
Miss Bessie Il. Mills of Orwell feel.
ing confident she can give good satisfac.
ton in dressmaking, has opened a shop
with Mrs. Lena Kingsland two miles
south west Of Brdport village. They
cordially invite all to call. Cutting aud
fitting done to order
Iron ORE.-Sevcral of the farmers in
the cast part Of Shoreham are now Dig
ging for iron ore, There are some indi.
cations Of the presence Of iron, but to
what extent is not vet known. Hopes
are entertained that it may be found in
sufficient quantities to pay for working
the mines
Attention is invited to the advertise.
mont of the Burroughs Nursery and
Flut Farm which appears elsewhere in
this issue. Mr.. Burroughs is one Of the
most successful fruit growers and nursery
men in the State, and his trees are started
right here in our own soil, so that the
change does not produce such violent
reaction in the process of acclimation,
He offers to take in payment oats, wheat
corn, peas, rye, hay, potatoes and other
farm products, at regular market price.
Farmers III this vicinity should, by all
means call and see his nurseries, only
short distance out Of Vcrgennes, before
purchasing.
RTproN.-Our Ripton correspondent
roafflrms his position as to his statements
as they appeared in the REGISTER, except
the one with reference to Mr.. Fishers
having his "horse' painted. He wrote it
"house" instead of "horsc" and the print.
ers mistook his hieroglyphics. He fur.
Their expresses his utter disapproval OF
such lawess proceedings, and only mar.
rates them as u journalist.
Rev. Il. Grogan is advertised to de.
liver a temperance address at the Ripton
Congregational church on this Tuesday
evening
|. L. Matteson is getting the machn.
cry into position in his new mill, his ar
cnitect, Mr. Flint. keeping the ball rolling
faithfully.
The last AutograpM anil Remark.
or gives the following bit of personal and
town history which is well worth perusal
and preservation
BY way of closing this probably last
Autograph, | would here say that my
father, Jehiel Johns was, as | have said
in the historical article on the subject
furnished for Miss Hemenway's Gazet.
teer Of Vermont, the very first man
who cut tree and began settlement in
the town of Huntington, to which he en-.
Igrated, together with his wife my moth
er, in the spring of l7S6, having bought
lot of $50 acres on Huntington river,
which farm he owned and occupied till
his death in 1910. Ia the course of his
life here he had filed various offices in
town, was the first Justice of the Peace
and the first one chosen Representative
from the town to the Legislature. He
had six children, five sons and one laugh.
ter, the latter being the elder. | am the
fifth.
LEICESTER Mrs. b. N. Dyer with
her two daughters left town October 9th,
last week, for Colorado, whittier Nj.
Dyer went last spring. Colorado is to
be, We understand, their future residence.
We wish them success May they find
in the land Of the sunset, a new colorado,
a country quito to their desire. The
wheel of fortune is ever moving, ties are
formed and sundered friends are coming
and going Henceiorth they will be
missed, perhaps forever, from the social
circles in Leicester, the genial, pleasant
faces Of Mr.. and Mrs. b. N Dyer.
Rev Richard Grogan lectured as an.
noupced, on the Secrets Of Rum selling"
Wednesday evening last He is stir
ring temperance speaker, and his lectures
were well deserved and we trust remem-
bered. Yet withal the temperance cause
will effect but partially until intoxicating
liquors cease TO be manufactured. Make
it crime punishable with death to man.
uiacture, the poison, and we will disband
our organizations and retro in peace
The idea was advanced sometime since
/ to punish with death the seller, but seri.
ously were this to be, we should sadly
p lack for hangmen, and some of the neigh
, boring towns would be "lorn and desc
' late" as an Aztec city.
We were treated to a severe rain storm
on Monday and Tuesday last, foretastt
of the storm of the coming winter, WI
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