The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-04-28


Legislature.
--Di. lloskins has sold out his interest
10 the Vermont Farmer to his partner,
Cummings, who has always hid the busi.
ness management Of the paper. The
Doctor is an able writer. and has prGc
tcal good sense which has been employed
to the eminent success of the fdi ple1
since his connection with it. We regret
his retiracy from the brotherhood We
understand that the editorial chair has
been offered to Hon. Francis >. Douglas,
of Whiting, but he has not yet decided to
accept the duties and responsibilities Of
the Office.
Patents granted to citizens OF Yer. f.
mont for the week ending March 3lst.
Reported for the REGISTER through the
Patent Agency Office Of T. II. Alexan-
der, Washington,D. G. Isaiah j. Robin.
son, St, Johnsbury, ein.Holder-For
the week ending April 18th Hardy
W. Campbell, Montgomery Center, stove.
pipe shelf.
Rather an Improbable speculation
was that Of W. j. Whalon, Of Waterbury
who went to Canada, last week, and
bought a 5000 horse, but on returning
entered him at custom house for Sl05. /
The animal was seized and Whalon
bought it back at auction for S2l2.
-"Tyford Nemoner" is what person
in school district No, 6 in johnson died
eff last fall according to the report Of the
district clerk to the town clerks Office
A studious examination into the nature
of the disease shows it to be typhoid
pneumonia that was the matter.
William Brayton, postmaster at
Alburg Center, allows his son, who was
recently arrested at Providence, Il. l.,
for robblng the mails, to be with him in
the post.oilice, and there is likely to be
vacancy in the Alburg Center Office soon.
"A genius in Watcrvile is astonishing
everybody by eating boiling hot sugar
from the kettle without inuring his
mouth or stomach. How he does it is n
mystery, but there seems to be no doubt
of his ability to do it,
Joseph Groenough, in South Buring-
ton, Jumped from wagon Thursday
afternoon and struck upon manure fork.
the tines entering the groin gIancng of
and making a painful flesh wound three or
four inches in length
Twelve large families Of the name OF
Eaton have resided one time on Eaton
Hill, Casteton The last Of the name
moved away within few days, and now
not an Eaton, nor a relative of any Of
the families lives there
Reuben Derby, of Bristol, aged
ninety Eve, walked recently from Bristol
to Huntington, distance of fifteen miles,
the same day. The old gentleman is in
excellent health, and does not use specta-
cles.
Hon, Asa X Camp, of Stowe, leaves
for Minneapolis, MINI, this week to re-
side permanently Vermont cannot af-
ford to lose many men of the business
energy and sagacity of Mr.. Camp.
Only eight hundred and sixty thon.-
and young salmon are to be put in the
head waters Of the Champlain this Spring.
Two million .had are going into the Con-
necticut, at Bellows Falls.
ST. ALnANs M,RkIT.--A st. Adams
Tuesday. the market was firm aud active
We quote: Fair TO good, IS ii soc /;
medium to good, 81 33c; choice 24c :;
selections, 3jc.
Prof. Homer T. Spragar, Of Brook
/ Ign, will deliver the address before the
Phi Beta Kappa society at the university
Of Vermont at Burlington, commence
ment week.
MIR. j. Sullivan Adams, formerly
Secretary Of our State Board ci Educa.
ton, has been nominated by the President
as postmaster at jacksonville, Florida.
Levi Rice, of Rockingham, has this
year made over 800 pounds OF nice sugar
from So trees to which he hung H. buckets
over ) pound to tree.
A petriied raltesnakc, 50 perfect
that six lattles were distinct visible
was recently found in block Of marble
at Burlington.
Vermont has 1906 persons above
the age Of ten years, that can neither
read or write, OF which 10 SOL are foreign
born
Mrs. NJ. l. Fletcher and her iaugh;.
or, Of Burlington, have given $1,000 to
the Congregational society in Essex
There are 992 Vermontcis in New
York city, 1920 in Chicago and 2,I9j
in Boston.
A lielvdere girl - years old, hu,i.
es her self in hauling logs to saw.mill
two miles from home.
Albert II TuttIc. Publisher OF The
Herald' has been appointed Postmaster
at Rutland
Good cows are selling at Shelburu
for $50 to SO.