The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-04-21

,UTLAND AND BURLINGTON RAILROAD
TRAINS LEAVE MtDDLEBuRY.
MIDDL EBURN

MIDDLEBURY
Chapman Bros. are now opening
rev spring goods.
THE WALLACE SISTERS. There was
rush to st. James Hall last night,
drawn by the announcement that the
| Wallace Sisters and their burlesqe
comedy troupe would appear. Those
who went were not disappointed, and
those who did not cannot realize how
good thing they missed. Everything
offered was good, fall of fun, and there
was a great variety, = The APP
plause of the audience, as they made
hit after hit, was the best evidence of
their success. The troupe that sus-
tanned the sisters was in capital train
ing, the orchestra was a fine one, and
all passed Off handsomely. "Alladin
or the Wonderful Scamp" kept the
house in roar of laughter it is brim-
full of fun and wit Buffalo Press.
They will appear at Academy Hall
on Saturday evening of this week.
SPRING OPENING take pleasure
in calling the attention of the public to
the splendid line of Spring and SUM
mcr Goods received at Clay's, consist
y
all leading styles. TO this department
they give their special attention, adj
ding to their stock all the novelties of
the season rs they are brought out in
New York and Boston markets, thus
keeping through the season a large and
fresh line of these goods. In dress
goods they keep Il large and exceeding
ly attractive stock in all qualities from
the finest silk to the cheapest print:
A lso suits ready made, in all styles and
prices. Cloaks, shawls, skirts, together
with hosiery, gloves, dress and cloak
trimmings, laces, embroideries, ties,
|ruffing, corsets, handkerchiefs, hand
some sash ribbons real and imitation
hair braids and switches. They have
made the following additions to their
former stock, consisting of table linen,
napkins, bed spreads, bleached and
brown cotton, also n great variety of
white goods. The ladies will do well
10 call and examine the goods.
PERsoNAL.-We clip the following from
the Springfield Mass Telegram. The
many friends of Art" will be pleased
to hear Of him, aud will all wish him
success: Arthur +, Brown 4 Co. have
succeeded Dr. Higgins in the City Drug
Store. Mr.. Brown is an experienced
Druggist, and will make a speciality Of
compromising medicines, preparing pre-
scriptions, &C. He comes to the city
highly reco amended and with good deal
Of enterprise will build up successful
business, and make himself worthy Of
patronage The firm are sole agents for
DE-. Higgins preparations.
ExAMINATIoN.-The examination of
teachers for the schools Of Middlebury,
for the coming year will occur at the
Graded School House,on Thursday, April
23d 1874, Written examination to com.
mence at nine o'clock a. M. oral exam.
nation to commence at two o'clock, p. m.
The public are invited to attend.
j. M. SLADE, Jr., Town Supt.
GRAND Halls Orchestra of
Boston comprising thirteen musicians
and the popular vocalist, Miss Graziella
Ridgway, will give IA concert, in Middle.
bury about the middle Of May. Further
particulars next week
We fluid the following going the
rounds of the papers, and as there has
beenno meeting Of the corporation Of
Nliddlebury College since Dr. Weber
|was elected, we presume there is a
mistake somewhere la the Vermont
Department Of the Massachusetts Teach.
Fr,we find the announcement that Hiram
Meade Oberlin Ohio Theological
Seminary has been elected President of
N1iddlebnry College. His decision in re.
gard to the matter is anxiously awaited by
he trustees. Prof Mead was graduated
bit Middlebury in 1850, and at Andover
n 1857 ; was pastor of First Church at
South Hadley, Mass. from 1883 to 1867;
bf Olive Street Church, Nashua, n. II .
SGT to 1869, when he took the chair Of
Sacred Rhetoric at Oberin. =
The readers Of the REGISTER have
probably made the discovery that some.
hing has been the matter with the paper
or couple of weeks. II they did no,
we have, and would say the Col. who
irives the pen and spreads the ink in thi,
bfiice has been off on an excursion te
Kansas. We hear he has started fol
home, and will probably be here by the
ime this No. is issued. He will find hi
stock OF pens and ink about the same a
when he left, but We think his scissor
will need grinding.
We see new stingic with the au
ograph of our friend A. p. Upper hun!
put Of the rooms, over the Post Office
ateIy occupied by f. r. Wright. W
presume good advice, and as much law q
will be profitable for customers to taxi
pan be found there in the future w
pope Mr.. Tupper's business may prove q
profitable, as his presence among us i
Welcome.
The side tracks and switches at tn
depot are all taken up, the cattle car
we're loaded at the new yards yesterda
morning, which takes the last of tn
reight business to the new depot. Tn
lwellers about the old depot are muc
offended at the people about the new 70
getting their Monday morning calf must
away from them, we suppose.
"A. Chapman has some fine trees an
shrubs in the ornamental department
AEbor vitae, Norway spruce, Austria
pine, Kilmamock weeping willow, Euro
pean larch, European mountain ASH JAP
An ounce, white lilac, Prussan lilac
Athens white fringe weigeias etc, etc
They can he bought low if taken soon.
We were wondering just now wha
made the old bridge shake so, whe
upon looking out we saw the fatte>
and finest yoke of oxen we have Sc
Fyes on for some time. We find upo
inquiry they weighed 3400 pounds, an
IRE intended fer the new market
Brooks & Clay. We dare them to sen
is n slice out of them.