The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01
COUNTY NEWS.

Shipment of butter from the Yer.
genncs station, last Tuesday, 3092
pounds.
Rev. ". Ii. Collins, late rector OF
St. Lukos church Nergcnucs, has accept
cd call to Brattlcboro.
Rev Joseph Cook Of Boston, will de-
liver lecture at the Congregational
church in Orwell, on Friday evening, De.
ccmber lth Subject, " American Bond
age to the Unvducated.
--Georgc f. Patterson OF Bristol, was
held Tor trial last week on a charge Of
stealing $3.50 from Clinton r. Barnard
Of South Bristol. His wife arrested on
the same charge was discharged.
LINCOLN -Page Colby, in butchcring
hog or Tuesday, had his hand badly
cut. lie had bled the hog, and suppos.
ed that it was dead or nearly 50, and
tapped the animal on the nose with the
handle, when it seized the handle and
drew the blade, which was sharpcncd on
bot h sides. through his hand cutting his
thum b, first and second fingers, making
five separate WOUNDS,
MIR, j. S. Estey, 60 well and favor
ably known as the obligjng express mes
senger of the Addison road, has been
transferred to the New York 4 Canada
road, where he assumed his duties yester.
day morning. The transfer will be uni
versaly regretted by the patrons of the
line between Rutland and Ticonderoga
where Mr. E,tcy has made himself des.
ervedly popular. He will be succeeded
by Mr.. G. ". Walker, Of Troy,
CoRNwALL ELECTION The report OF
the Committee on Elections in the Corn.
wall case as printed last week was incor.
rect. and was afterwards corrected by the
committee itself The report as printed,
stated that in certain contingency Mr..
/ Williamson was elected. The report as
corrected by the committee shows that If
all me votes questioned were thrown out,
and the records Of the naturalization
court invalidated, even then Mr.. vii.
Hanson was not elected, In view of this
the House decided that he had no grounds
Of contest, and accordingly refused to
pay him mileage and per diem as is Gus.
tomary where good grounds for contest
appear.
On Friday afternoon last the wood.
shed and buildings Of the Central Yer
mont railroad at Shoreham had narrow
savea'o dig y 1h s 5aro and Y p Hcsa sSa
mind OF lad named Clark Odell, a ward
of Judge Brookiu, who, happening to
pass near the shed discovered the fire
and by prompt and energetic efforts sue.
ceeded in putting it out. The shed is
nearly filed with wood, and, MS it stand,
near the station, that building would pro.
bubly have been consumed also, as well Us
the storehouso of f. n, Bissel standing
opposite. 1t is supposed the fire was
communicated by spark from an engine
OBITUARY Died, in Woodstock Ohio
Sept lGlh, 1874, after painful illness
OF six weeks, Gideon NJ. Jennings, aged
eighty years, six months and twenty-five
days The subject Of this sketch was
born in Bedford, n. Y. from which place
at an curly age, he removed with his pa.
rents to Shoreham, It, the latter State
being his home ior the greater part of his
long and useful life, At the early age Of
sixteen years he gave his heart to the Sa
yior, protesting his faith by baptism, and
uniting with the Baptist church in IVES
Cornwall, W., Of which church he re
NAMED member for thirty.one years
He then removed to Middlebury, Vt.
consequently removed his standing to thu
Baptist church in that place, where he
remained a worthy member for the six
teen years following Ia 1857 he re
moved to the State of Ohio, where h,
passed the remainder of his life. lii
possessed a remarkably kind, social ant
generous nature, united with frank ant
cheerful disposition, which combined con
stituted some of his many and ondearn(
excelencies He bore the trials and sui
ierings of bis last days on earth will
marked christian patience, aud passet
iearlessly and calmly down into the val
ley of death with an uufater;ng trust il
the Savior whom he loved Ills ialter
iugly spoken words all is well, vii
long remain grateful fragrance to hi
bereaved family, and although those con
uected with him by the ties of love an,
friendship will long miss his presence n
bis words of counsel, still they have tn
! bright assurance that his beatilied spiri
= bus gone to join that blood. bought ibron
in the mansions Of life everlasting. Tho
long for thee our hearts will bleed,
2 And oft our toars will fall.
Yet, wo will chide our selfish love,
Since thou art safe in realms abovf
Where pleasures never pail.