The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-02-03
COUNTY NEWS.

There is to be a trot on the ice at
Lake Duumorc this week
49, Or. Ilasseltine has sold his drug .
business in Bristol village to DIR. +" VI /
Kent.
Orwell did not organize a Grange OF
Ire Patrons Of llu-baudry at their meet /
ing last week.
"A new block Of stores is to be built
in Bristol the coming spring, alongside OF
the Dunshee block.
The Panton Meihodists will charge
twenty Eve cents admission to their :. s. /
concert, on Friday evening.
About eighty persons were present
at the meeting OF the Orwell Heading and
Singing Club which was held at MIR. he
land Murrry's last week.
The Bristol post Office is to he re-
moved soon to the store Of NJ s, Wilds,
at the west cud o. Union Block DR.,
i1ln>clIine is postmaster.
/ -Mrs. Lorouzo Chaplin Of New Havoc
has lately presented to her husband
New Years gin in the form Of fifteen
pound baby.
There was room with eight corn
crs. Ia each corner sat il cat; before
each cat sat seven other cats aud on each
cats tail sat car. How many cats in
all
TIE Ncrscnncs Mcthods,s aud
frieuds Of Rev W, W. Foster held do.
nation for the benefit OF the pastor, On
Wednesday evening, at which Sl0l were
the net proceeds.
The Vermont Board Of Agriculture
is to hold one OF their popular meetings
at Nergenues this week, commencing to.
day aud continuing through Wednesday
aud Thursday.
An opportunity to purchase hay and
, straw is offered in the auction advertised
to be held on the premises Of Prosper
Ei'harp, in Brdport, on Tuesday next,
D at llo'clook a NJ.
D On New Haven street, at three
O'Clock Monday the "a inst, the ther.
mometer stood at 10 deg below zero ~
: dayhreak it stood at 23l deg. below. Al
Salisbury the mercury indicated 80 deg
below
I Tho Congregational Society Of Or
1 well, have adopted the envelope sys
: TEN" for raising funds to pay the minis
!, rer's salary. aud meet current expenses
a Enough has already been pledged for tn
II present year.
Prot Hatch Of Bristol returned from
y his Wedding trip last Thursday evening
r aud Friday evening was handsomely ser
enaded by the Bristol Cornet Band, am
GU the other hand, was handsomely treat
'' ed TO au elegant repasl.
\, Last Tuesday evening Mrs. LUX
IL W. Parmelee OF Bristol fractured he
T. thigh bone near the hip joint, by sippin
y, down on the ice. The bynes were read
~ justed by Dr., Prime, aud She is dom
= we'll, but being an elderly lady she vi
u probably be several weeks recovering.
No -Eleszer Hubbard, Esq, of Granville
re has a tue pair of matched horses, one 81
and the other five years of age, OF whic
the weight Of each is exact y equal, lOl
:N pounds They are red roam, nabd omel
10 built aud will troi Of at the rate OF ,wel'
eu miles au hour for halt a day.
~ The Rev. b. Cox of Wcybride
81 would gratefully acknowledge to h
-, friends aud Pensioners, who gathered
lurgc numbers at the Otter Greek llous
IT, T. on the evening Of January 29th, the T
"A ceipt OF Sl35 in cash. the net proceeds
"A the oyster supper which wa, made for
7 benefit.
~ Through the towns Of Leicester Sal
49, bury, and Whiting. along the fertile "
10 ley Of the Outer Creek, are vast swami
no mostly thickly covered with cedar, ;,
,ar maple and ash, These swamps annual
,on furnish an incredible I mount Of wood, u
La only for the lime kiln located at Leicc,l
Junction, but the railroad and private
dividuals Choppers have been at NO
sb in the s"amps for long time, yet
have had 10 snow,so that il can be draw
VIM. Powers superintendent Of the III
- kilus, has ordered 4 600 cords as ni- q,
CHI years supply.
be A pleasant affair in Il ooksy.lle
5 OF the evening of the DIST. instant. 9
ais people OF Brooksvile and vicinity, gte
tor ed heir pastor, Rev. b. Cox, who r,
,ia plies their pulpit Sabbath evenings OIL
ure in two weeks, with substantial olIeri
is of $50. Mr.. EIitharp generously Offer
tai the use OF his house. Oysters were d
ave penscd, besides other good ihiogs prov
SIN. ed by the ladies', music aud social int
Al course prevailed, aud all felt that
lah first donation in Brooksvilc vas quiz.
'roI success, considering the uniavora
oryN state Of the weather aud roads. 1t u
esi- be proper to say that gifts heretofore
Jun. ceived, make in all about $50.