The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-06
COUNTY NEWS.

Miss Ann Conner caught partridge
in the woodshed Of Mr., d. Il. Collins in
Monkton the other day.
Mr. Henry Rogers, an old resident
and formerly an active farmer aud bust.
ness man of Ferrisburgh, died last week
at the ri pc age of over seventy years
Thursday evening barn belonging
to Mr. Chester Pratt, Of Bridport, took
fire and with its contents was burned to
the ground.
Last Saturday morning. Mr.. WIN.
Is. Thomas, OF Salisbury, fell from stair.
case to wagon that stood below aud in.
jured bis Iib, very badly.
Shipments of butter from Nergennes
last Tuesday 1858 pounds. cheese, 800
pounds. From New Haven on the same
day, l4,402 pounds of butter, and 1917
pounds Of cheese.
The Central Now Haven Cheese
Manufacturing Co. closed on tho 10Th.
ult. The company had 500 boxes OF
cheese on hand all OF which was sold at
Is ] &c per H., delivered at depot One
hal'-250 boxes-werc shipped for Bos.
ton market on Tuesday
Next Friday there will be an uuc.
ton sale at the residence Of the late D.
p. lockwood, in Bridport, which presents
some excellent opportunities for the pur.
chase of horses, colts carriages, hay straw.
agricultural i'm plcmcnts, shingles and lots
Of other things.
Thursday Hon. Joseph Poland made
a visit to Bridport in behalf of the Far.
mers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
to settle the Insurance upon the dwelling
house Of Mrs. Goss, which was recently
burned, and to which we referred at the
time.
During Rev. W. II. Collins rector.
ship Of St. Paus Church 10 Vergcnnes
there hays been Sc baptisms, AZ confr.
nations, ! l marriages and % burials 10
his parish. In addition to these, he has
baptized 33 St. Stephens CHI ,Middlebury
since March last and presented / can.
didates for confirmation in that parish
Miss Ella Jennings whose death we
record in this issue, was the daughter of
Mr.. Z. A. Jennings of Shoreham, prom
! Using young lady, whose mothe. had gone
before, having deceased when the little
girl was scarcely moro than year old.
Our symTathies 20 out TO the bereaved
: parent.
, The report to which We gave cur.
rency last week to the effect that Franci.
Briggs of Bristol died next day from the
l effects of his injuries received Sept. &c
, was premature Ga Wednesday last be
, was still living though it was though,
there was little if any hope Of his recov.
cry. His age is 81 years and he has O
t wife and one child
In the case Of State VS. Stevens tc
which we referred last week it will be
! remembered that the jury failed to agree
and after an adjournment was to be heart
= over again by another jury. At the tim,
set for the second hearing the Grand Jur
70 or who brought the complaint, entered {
d nOlle prOSeQni and the respondent was
: discharged.
= Mrs Joel Carpenter Of Starksboro
= died suddenly about two weeks ago
. While sitting a. the breakfast table SD,
complained of pain in her head, an,
:, said she would 60 and lie down, she start
= ed aud had scarcely got out OF the room
" when her husband noticed that she sag
!, gered, and ran and caught her and lai'
y her GU tho bed, when he found that liz
r. was extinct. 1t was thought TO be dc
. sease Of the heart
In its notice Of the Fair OF the La
90 noble Valley Agricultural Society, hell
!. at Morrisvile. Sept. 10th aud l7th, tn
1t Vermont Citizen says: The Grafton wa
Al given by Hon Geo. w. Grandey of Yer
:. geunes, and was most excellent. 1t wa
70 not labored production or set speech
q but rather an extemporaneous "ialk" an,
h took we'll with those who heard it, il W
of may judge from the strict attention pal
* to the speaker throughout"
u Not long ago yonng married cou
81 plo from a distance came to stop with re
g atiycs 10 Salisbury The "boys" though