The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-15
Addison County.

Addison County.
Bristol has become money order
postofficc.
Albert Bristol of Vcrgennes is TAX
ing trip to the West Indies upon sail.
ing vessel for his health.
Frost appeared upon the bridges ard
singed some kinds of vegetation in Rip
ton, Mendon and some other places in the
State, on Monday morning, July :,
II. NJ. Sturdevant will pay % to27c.
for good unwashed and 35 to 40c. for
best washed wool next Saturday at Ros-
Goes store.
Three young men from Nergennes
while max ing an excursion down the riv-
err and on the lake in a boat, on the 4th,
were capsized, and but for assistance
which arrived in about quarter of an
hour, one Of them would have been drown
cd.
Mr., Nathan Gibbs. of Salisbury, lost
one of his most valuable horses last week.
The team was backing down steep
place, when one of the horses in some I'M
accountable manner broke his leg, and
Mr.. Gibbs was forced to kill him.
MIR. Charles Fisk's marble quarry,
Leice ster, near Salisbury village, is very
promising. One block o. very white
stone, IL feet by 3, has been cut out
and those who know, say it is the first
quality OF surface marble.
! Rev. DR.. Il G. Wines of New York
filled the Congregational pulpit, for Rev.
/ Mr.. Winchester. in Bridport, where he
was visiting his friends, last Sunday. He
is on his way to the woods Of the Adiron-
dack regions His wife accompanies
him.
A trial of liquor seller in Gran.
vile, the other day, at which States At
torney Lucia was present, disclosed the
alarming fact that witnesses are not to be
believed. Several testified to personal
knowledge that liquor had been sold by
the respondent, but jury Of six men,
under oath. found him /" Not guilty"
LEIcEsrER.--A new mail route, dating
from July first, has been established be.
tween Leicester Junction and Casteton,
running daily, passing through Sudbury
and Hubbardton. 1t leaves the Junction
at o'clock, a. M, arriving at Castletor
at II o'clock. u. m. Returning, leaves
Cas,leton at 1.30, p. m, and arrives al
the Junction at $50, p. m, to connect
} with the express north. This will &C
commodate passengers to and from Hyde'
Hotel both ways, and also give daily
mail. 1t is to be run by James X. Eos
ter, Of Sudbury, who has the contract
, The transfer Of the Stevens House n
Vergennes, to which we referred las
+ week, has been completed, and the new
landlord, Mr.. David Mcbride, has takel
, possession. Many Of our older reader
and some Of those not so old, will recall
many pleasan. memories Of the Steven
Bros, who nave now retired from tn,
control of house which has for twenty
three years, under their wise management
F.. stood in the first rank Of country hotels
. The Messrs. Stevens commenced withou
g g capital, and nave steadily made progress
= by careful management and fair dealin
until they arc worth, perhaps, $4,000
: Whether that sum or less, or more,
matters not. They have at any rate,
competence as usually reckoned in Yer
e mont.
= STARKsBoRo.- An accident occurred i
8 town on Wednesday morning last
: " something decidedly like SPILL" Wi
y Tucker, with his wife and baby, and bi
wife's little sister, was driving down tn
y Brownsboro road when, part Of the har
q ness giving way, the horse took frigh
is and ran, very soon leaving tho create
G part OF the wagon behind him. not, how
q ever, until they had all been thrown iroI
IT it in going over the bars in which the roa
e abounds. They were all very badly CT
ri and bruised by the stones, but lortunai,
ly no bones were broken. and al! are &c
ls ting better. The horse was stopped ,
re the FIRST house Is. d. Holcomb's) and {
St nothing suffered seriously except the ha
D. ness and wagon.
P. Moral" A stitch in time saves nine
7. in harness as well as in stockings.
/; ORwELL.-District No. 3, in Orwe
+. had gathering of nearly one hundrs
IL persons at their schoolhouse on the Four
ls. 1t was the last day Of the summer ter
he Of school taught by Miss Julia l.. Ma
n. tin, and one Of the pleasantest features
lis the celebration was singing and speakir
Y. OF pieces by the scholars. All the chi
AZ dren appeared finely, and did credit
Q. the excellent instruction with which tn,
fe have been favored After bountii
ii. collation. which, on account Of the raj
er was served in the schoolhouse, and u
a. in the grove, as previously anticipate
Several toasts appropriate to tho occ
sion were offered and responded to in a
y; 10 and pleasing terms by Rev. NJ. l.. SIEVE
.'u ence, S. H.. Bascom, Esq and othel
WI Messrs. Moses, Branch and Forbes, 81
II, disrs 10 our late war, spoke of their c
o' periences while fighting for the dear G
ho hag," and aroused much enthusiasm. Il
~ fore the close Of the meeting resoluti
''e was adopted to the effec. that il no 9th
'a' part of the town Of Orwell celebrates I
on Centennial in 1876. District No. 8 n
NJ do il if enough of them are left alive.
iaiX BRIsroL.-W. ii. Holley Esq. has
~ signed his Office as postmaster in favor
ass Levi Hasseltine Nj. D., and the off
ny changed hands July LIST, Mr.. Ilolley
ap held the Office for twelve years and |
e';; discharged his duties satisfactorily to I
nu government and the citizens of this TOW
nu lie has been assisted in the Office VIC
sA' by his daughter Mrs. Smith. who |
Tue proved herself efficient and obliging
1T that department. They retire from
N Office OF their own free will, and poss
OF sing the entire confidence Of the co
an munity in which they reside.
ich Hasseltine the new incumbent has j
ate NJ Hollav boaa m l.co lo.s. o;,;.a..