The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
State News.

"A meeting Of the Board OF Directors
Of the Vermont State Agricultural So.
ciety will be held at the American House,
Burlington, on Tuesday evening, Nov.
llth. The annual meeting OF the society
will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 18th,
at 10 a. m.
Last Wednesday and Thursday the
Rutland County Sabbath School Associa.
tion met at the Congregational church,
at Fair Haven, and held two days
pleasant session. The attendance was
good, and the exercises unusually inter.
esting.
MoNTPELIER.-The last issue of the
FREEMAN contains the announcement
of Mr.. j. w. Wheelocll that he has
purchased new presses, new type, etc,
and will bring out his paper in n new
dress with the beginning of the next
year.
CHESHIRE RAILROAD. - Arrange
ments have been made with the Chesh-
ire railroad by which the Worcester
and Gardiner and Ware River railroads
will run trains over that road this win
ter. The railroad commissions have
decided not to allow them to cross the
Cheshire road at grade at Winchendon.
ACCIDENT AT WINOosKI Friday
afternoon a young man named Gappede
Granger, in the employ oft the Burling-
ton Wooden Company, fell down the
elevator of the wooden mill, distance of
five stories, striking the bail of the
elevator at the bottom, receiving very
severe internal injuries.
AT the annual meeting of the Board
Of Education, at Montpelier. last week
President Buckham. Prof Weber Col.
Benton, Col. Farnham and Gen Gran.
dey were present. The Board re elected
DR.. French secretary for the coming
year, aud voted that the Teachers In.
stitutes should hereafter be held during
three days only instead OF five days as
heretofore.
The st. Adams Daily ADVERTISER
the new paper which had been an
nounced some weeks since, made its
appearance yesterday morning. It's
typographical appearance is fine, its
editorials sparkling, its news columns
full and it sin every respect AN attract.
i've and promising newspaper. In its
editorial announcement, the tendency
of the public press to pander to the
public taste for sensational journalism
is strongly condemded. 1t is sever
column paper and has its telegraph,
reports upon the first page, which is
sensible and convenient.
Mr., Powers, manager OF the Crane
Central N. Y, is a Vermopter, from
Ludlow, q shrewd, industrious, energetic
dreen Mountain boy, who has built him
self mp into his present prominence will
a snug little fortune of half million
dollars in businass career of less thar
twenty five years. Mr.. Harlow ii
Priest, formerly of the Bardvell House
Rutland, and American Hotel of Burling
ton, is night clerk at the grand Central
Charles II. Ripley, youngest son o
William Y. Ripley. Of Rutland, who ha
been a resident of Southern Colorado TO
several years past, sent Gu the 25th ult.
from Rutland to his fine ranch on III,
Arkansas River, five ears Of cattle, blood
ed Spanish nerino sheep, fine hogs ant
fowls. The palace cattle cars whicl
transported them are fitted up with tn
most ample facilities for feeding, watering
and general animal comfort. and are o g
through to Fort Lyon Colorado, withou
stop or change of cars.
FAIRBANKS & Co.-The Caledonial
says the rumors concerning the hous,
of Messrs Fairbanks are false and Who'll