The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-04

general scntmcn, WIS that the present
law with its penalties wac altogether too
sloS in its action aud Tint II must he
mo1e "eafer and surer 10 the offender
So memorial to the Legislature is to he
prepared and sent over the state for the
convincing weight of many signatures.
The excitement 10 St. Adams Satur.
day and Sunday surpassed anything
known in that village since the rebel raid
Persons from there say that vehicles
enough could not be provided on Sunday
for those who FASTENED to the scene Of the
tragedy, and if the murderer had been
found he probably would have had short
shrift. There seemed to be no clue to
the miscreant.
Patents granted to citizens Of YER
mont for the week ending, July l4th
1874. Reported fer the REGISTER
through the Patent Agency of T. H..
Alexander, Washington, b. &. f.
Adams, Bennington, Governors l. A.
Sleeper Poultnoy, Scaffold; Geo. A.
Hines, Bratieboro, Plugs aud Seats for
HiN'o l. " ItVOihsUu. Dt, OUuiSDul !.
Tempering the Blades of Squares.
The St. Adams Advertiser says ::
There is a prevailing suspicion among
farmers about here that a gang of horse
thieves, despcrdadoes and outlaws make
hiding place of the wild and wooded
regions Of the county, from which they
issue not infrequent!y, to commit some
despredation, Whether there is any
foundation for these suspicious or not, we
have no means OF determining
AS Mrs Porter and her two small
children were returning from raspberrying
near the village Of East Fairfield, on
Friday, one Of the children crept ont on
a shelving rock overhanging deep hole
m the creek, and slipped of iuto the
water Mrs. Porter plunged in after her
child, and was followed, in its confusion,
by the other. Two little boys saw them
struggling in tho water, and ran for as.
slstancc, but when it arrived, all three
were dead. Mrs, Porter had separated
from her husband few months since and
supported herself and children by her
labor
The inventory Of the estate of l.. j
Mclndoc, late editor and proprietor Of
the Vermont Journai and Chronicle, at
Windsor, just returned to the Probate
Office at Proc.orsyille, amounts to $780,.
24S 81. most Of which is in Government,
state. and paying railroad bonds and the
best OF railroad sock, deposits in Savings
banks and $4,000 cash on hand. Only
think OF the editor Of country paper
leaving so much money in cash 1t is
bell we'd not many debts arc outstanding
against the estate. Mr. McIudoc was one
OF the hardest working men iu the pro.
fession, aod thus by a rigid and wise
economy made. aud left at lis death a
fortune.
PROM the contradictory statements
We fud in our exchanges, it is very evil
dent that the new postal law are rather
lmperiectly understood throughout the
couutry The following is u summary of
what it sccompiishcs First, prepayment
OF newspaper postage after January |,
1879 ; second, free delivery to all news.
papers, 10 subscribers only, within tho
county III which they are published after
July 1t Of the present year third, it
fixes the salaries Of all postmastcrs now
under $1,000 at commission and fourth.
~, 1t makes II uniformity III all other
than newspaper matter as third class
Limiting the weight Of single packages to
four pounds at one cent for each two
ounces
TnE VERMONT STATE ARsRNAL.-The
Arsenal at Montpelier contains six twelve
rounder brass cannous. thirty.iivc Gals
sons. three thousand Springfield rifle
mu'kot- ono thousand brccch. loader need.
lie guns, two thousand carbincs, one
Thousand swords, six thousand sets of
Infantry requirements. ready boxed tor
shipping. seven hundred or eight hundred
army blankets, haycrsack- in large mum.
6crs and some three hundred (Al tents.
In the magazine is a large quantity of
ammunition, including canister and ,pher-
zeal casc. \ fund il constantly growing
cut OF the sale OF such Of those article. not
required by the State, some seven or
eight carload, ha,inG been sold during
the year
The Tweuty.second Festival Of the
Cheshire County Musical Convection will
be holden at Kccne, y H.. commencing
Monday, August II, at > o'clock, p. NJ,
and continuing five days The directors
Announce as conductors Dudley Buck OF
Boston, and Eben H. Bailey Of Fitch
bursh. Soloists, Mrs. j. VI Osgood
Soprano, Mrs. Flora +. Barry, Contralto
Mr.. James Whitney, Tenor, Mr.. j. +
Budolphscn, Basso. Temple Quartette
D. j. Fit2, LIST Tenor, w II. Fessenden
% Tenor, II, y. Cook, lst Bass, A. G
Ryder, 2i Bass Pianist, Mrs Marth;
Dana Shepard Orchestra. The Beetho
ven Qnlutctte Club. Other di,tiuguishc,
musicians from various parts Of the coun
try will 'l.o he present aud assist in th
exercises.
-Chitteuden county politics are mad
decidedly interesting by the convention
Of boiling temperance republicans at Esse.
Junction, Saturday week. The convcn
ton, by the testimony of its opponent,
was respectable ia numbers and strong il
the character eui -:,naiu. Of the me-
who compase.! q, white is nominaiipo
were such as to command respect" ir,r
the regular party creau4 Samuel Hunt
ing;on Of darlington, j Fay Mid. .
llnesbufg aud William y Rcyuoli- @
Colchester were nominated Tor ,eu,iar,
aud resolutions we're adopted i,clalin
that the BOLT was forced T., 'hr uomiua
ton Of candidates fraulG,cnl aud cor
runtly made 10 whom we cannot give GU
support without sacrificing those princi
pies to which We are pledged aud whic
are essential to the well being and pro:
perity Of the individual and to society
The resolutions further declare that til
boilers "reeoguize and will sustain tn
prcat lrincinlrs of the rppnhlicnn nortv