The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-15
COUNTY NEWS.

I'm ucSuaN 1000 IDS cl DuttcT.
30l3 of cheese, and 410S lbs of poultry
were shipped from the Nergennes market!
The citizens Of Vergenncs assemble
in town meeting on Wednesday Of next
week to fix up their water works expenses
and other kindred subjects.
- The large barn belonging to
Mr. Hiram Wright in New Haven, was,
with its contents consumed by fire on Sun
day last. Loss about $4,000.
The Buell. Brothers, of Orwell, have
recently purchased of w. r. Sanford &
Son their entire flock of Spanish merno
sheep. This flock has a reputation second
to none in the State.
The annual meeting of the Addison
County Sabbath School Association will
be held at the lecture room of the Con-
gregational church, in Middlebury, on
Thursday, Dec. 18th, 1874, at 2 O'Clock
DR., +. d. Warner, the veteran ply.
stefan of New Haven Mills, and long time
temperance worker, lies PROSTATE with
severe illness, and much to the regret of
his many friends seems to be sinking
quite rapidly.
Mrs. Lucina Hill, widow of the late
David Hill, Of Bridport, died very sud.
denly of pneumonia. yesterday morning,
after brief illness of only three days.
This is the third death in the family in
little over year.
From New Haven depot, on Tues.
day, wero shipped 2300 lbs. butter, 400
lbs. poultry, dressed hog and / Dbl.
beans. Butter 80 to SO C; with Acc for
selections dressed hogs 8 to loo; poul-
try IL to lSc; beans $500 to 1926 per
biol hay 50 to SO per ton,
"A very young lady Of Bristol was
sent by her paternal ancestor to get the
"PoSt," meaning the New York Erening
Post The little Mercury did her cr-
rand Us follows "Grand, Pa pawants the
stake" This case is similar to that of
the other little girl who was sent to the
store to get pound of hops, and inquired
for pound Of Jumps
Mr.. jonathan Holcomb, OF FERRIS
6urgh, is now 81 years of age. During
the past year he has made garden, &C..
for Mr.. NJ. W. Winaus. and has raised
seventy.ive bushels Of bects and carrots,
seventy-fvc Hubbard squashes, ten bush.
els sweet corn, large quantity Of melons
J and cucumbers, all the beans used in the
family and he had three bushels left over
this fall. During the season he has dug
forty.fvo bushels Of potatoes, cut and
stocked two aud a half acres OF corn. and
husked one hundsed and sixty.ive BUSH
els Of it, In the mean time he has milk.
ed, daily, four and five cows.
COOP TEMrLAR's UNIoN.-The next
Addison County Good Tempars Union
will be held at New Haven street, Dec.
ODD. Col. j. b Mead, G. W. G. r.. Is
expected to deliver the address in the
evening. Free conveyance will be furn.
ished to all coming in the cars, to and
from the depot Full attendance is dc.
sired. Ex. Committees, a. A. Board.
man, e. q. Smith, E. X. Wilcox.
/SrpDEN DEATH.-E. S Catlin, ons oil
Fthe directors of the Bank of Orwell, at
present resident Of Crown Point, in
changing from the Addison train to that
Of the New York and Canada, at Ticon.
dcroga, last evening, fell in the road, and
beiag carried by some Of the passenger:
to the train, expired almost Immediately
and without speaking word. Mr.. Cat
lin was o man well known and highly
respected in this section of the country
, having formerly resided in Orwell. II,
was about GO years old and leaves wifi;
and two children, both grown up. 1t il
supposed that he died from heart disease
+ as he has for some time past exhibited
symptoms Of tendency to it.
Mr. EDITOR The REGISTER of las
week contains an erroneous statement il
regard to the assault made on Sylvanu
Barnard by his nephew, Rufus Barnard
The attack was unprovoked at the TIM
,, OF the assault, but was the result of
former threat, on account of some Difficult
ty. and instead OF its happening nea
O'Bry house, as stated, it was in tn
house, Rufus striking his uncle with
stick Of wood, inaicting dange.ou
wound under the eye some three inches i
length, rendering him insens;ble nearl
= half hour, lie then ran, and refused t
, return. When informed he had, perhap.
killed his uncle, he evaded the officer sen
, to arrest him, he Rufus going over tn
mountain. The statement that Sylvanu
= drew knife on his assailant is false.
' having GO knife in his possession, Thes
are the facts OF the case, and, it is IN
opinion, that if Sylyanus is create
f sinner than Rufus it is because he is q
Older man. SUB.
n DEFERRED ITEMS. - Orwell. - Re
Joseph Cook, of Boston, gave his ne
p. and valuable lecture entitled, america
bondage TO the uneducated to IN Apr,
ciative audience ia the Congregation
church Of Orwell, on Friday eve, the Al
n ms,
The lecture was packed with Tres
? vigorous, manly thoughts, which caDn'
T. fail 10 interest the American people NJ
n, Cook held his audi, nee with rapt atte
t. iien from the beginning to the close
l. The lecture combined strength an
l. beauty. logic and Imagination. 1t W
- raised on u solid basis of facts. and was
>; mastery pies for the education and Gu
b, ture Of the masses, but above all for mo-
l. conscience and integrity in men Al
ii attempt at an analysis of the lectu
}; would require more time and space tbs
E. this brief communication will allow.
D. Mr.. Cook bespoke great and glorio'
future for our county. His vigoro'
}. thoughts and earnest words ought to ba,
l. hearing throughout the land. 1t
s. seldom that an audience listens -
J. much thought at one setting,