The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-05-19
STA re NEWS.

In regard to the University Of Yer.
mont the Burlington Clipper says, ave
ore not especial advocates Of the College,
for although they nave n good list of stu
dents, with some excellent professors, who
were born in the present century, there is
SO much blue blood and old fogyism in the
corporation, that the institution has not
that hold upon the people that the only
University in the State ought to have"
And about the agricultural department
thereof the same paper discourscth thus
ave have one suggestion to make, and
that is, let the farmers Of the State give
three to five dollars each and buy the
Baxter farm of some 800 acres, lying in
rear of the college, and which could
probably be purchased now, and present
it to the State Agricultural College Tor
an experimental farm, where the students
could raise their own grub" and so get
along without gymnastics. Such farms
are annexed to almost all Of the State
colleges, but Vermont is always slow in
such matters and is yet to learn of her
sister States true system of State aid in
behalf of her educational institutions
In Enosburgh the listers found on a
little mountain farm of about fifty acres,
widow (Frcnch) woman with eight
children, trying to provide for herself and
children in the old fashioned way and, to
all appearance, succeeding very we'll
Her farm was stocked with four COWS, six
sheep and team. Her girls were
clothed in blue drilling, their garments all
clean and whole. In an outer room the
woman was swinging the flax, which was
probably going through the various pro.
ccsses to the loom.
Patents granted to citizens of Yer.
mont for the week, ending April 2Sth,
1874. Reported for the REGISTER through
the Patent Agency Office of T. II. Alex
ander, Washington. ID. c. William ID.
Goodnow, Rutland, Sash Balance Joseph
F. White, Brattleboro, Mop Wrnger ;
j ohn j.. Written and j. Ileman Whit
ten, Burlington, alitten Benjamin i.
Choate, Springfield. Elevated Way; Geo.
D. Reed, Springfield, assignor to Julius
+. Graves and Willard Bailey, Guitar.
Burglars made visit to Montpelier
Wednesday night The house Of A. ~
Keith, leather, dealer, was entered and
The key of his safe taken from his pants
pocket They then went to Mr. Ks
store, opened bis safe, but only secured
between $50 and $50. Johonnott'
leather store was also broken into, the
safe blown open and about $500 in money
secured, aud packages Of value which
had been deposited with them for safe
keeping also taken.
An EpIroaLEss CIIrrER.-I'hcrc is 4
prospect that the Burliogtou Clipper may
be without an EDITOR. The issue of thai
paper for last week had the following
The editor of the Middlebury Registe,
advcrtises for a sheep. If he wants al
assistant. we know of an editorial goose
that might fill the bill.
1.-THE Register man take, that ''editor
al goose then for sure the clipper will
be oditoress. Arg,S.
John Holmes, carriage maker o
johnson has failed, with liabilities o
over S14 900 and $4,000 assets. A
young man named Foote, formerly lIol
mess partner, has forged his fathers name
TO papers representing S2.100. and fed
We learn that the Central Vernon
Railroad Company are about to substi
tutc coal for wood on their freight en-
gines. Three engines arc now in the ma
chine shops for the purpose OF remodeling
DR.. Sheefar, Of s.. Alhans, has re
ceived liberal offer to sing in Tying
Jr.'s. magnificent new church in Ney
York. as a result OF his appearance
there, in the choir, recently.
The Mt. Tabor and Kelley chce>
factories are rapidly coming to compile
ton. When finished they will make fou
Institutions Of the kind in Dandy