The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-11-24
COUNTY NEWS.

The Norgennes telegraph office il to
be removed to No. ., Sherman's Block
There will be shooting match near
the depot, Ferrsburgh Center to .morr ow
Wednesday, Nov. 25th.
The Vergennes Musical Union meet
weekly, Tuesday evenings. for the rrac-
ticc Of music.
The town of New Haven has erect
ed a new park fence and greatly improv.
ed the public grounds. at the Street
George F. llathorn is Chief lem
plar, and Miss Susan Adams Vice Tenn.
plar of Mizpah Lodge, at New Haven for
the present quarter.
The steamer Curlew made her last
trip for the season, on Saturday st. She
goes into winter quarters in her usual
place at Vergennes.
Mr.. Myron Chaplin, Of New Haven,
it is said is quito low and failing fast.
He is, at present with his daughter in
Nashua, n. H., and it is feared tina: he
will never reach home
Shipments of butter from Vergeunes
last week amounted to 8,295 pounds.
From New Haven station at tho same
time there were shipped S,G3s pounds Of
butter.
The Burlington SeMead Of Satur-
day says: The immense lawyer OF Mid
dlebury and amateur farmer Of New LA.
ven hove into town yesterday and made
havoc with the edlbles at the Van Ness.
HIS initials are Ira w. CLARK.
Coon TfMpLARs' UNIoN.--The next
Addison County Good Teuplars' Union
will be held at New Haven Street, De.
cember 23d, 1874. Further particulars
will be given hereafter, Per ordei OF
TX. Com \ \. BoARpMAN. (h'n
The house, by unanimous vote on
Wednesday decided to coufrm Mr.. Ed
ward 5. Dana the sitting member in his
seat The house also refused to pay Will
l!amson his mileage and per diem for the
present 'ess'ou, by vote of SIS to 1911.
The dwelling house Of Mr.. Geo. f.
Young in Ferrisburgh was destroyed by
fire GU Saturday week. In the cellar and
also destroyed was Mr.. Youngs winter
stock Of potatoes. vegetables &c. There
was only $500 insurance on the house.
The sheep business Is looking up, in
Addison county. Sales have been quite
brisk and prices realized quite reasonable
during the past few weeka, Quite n
number of buyers from the far west have
been through the county. Among these
buyers is Mr., Il. W, Peet, of California,
who is dividing his attention between the
purchase of sheep and visiting his friends
in Cornwall. lie returns to his ranch in
few days.
Mr.. William Ball Of Michigan made
selection and purchase last week, of a
car load of very fine sheep, from some Of
Shoreham's best focks, of l.. T.. Moore
one fine stock ram, twenty.four ram
lambs, thirty six eve lambs, and seven
yearllng ewes or II. w. Jones, twenty
eve lambs. OF Il. Nottingham, seven
eve lambs. The prices paid were from
$50 to 500. Mr.. Ball has made pur.
chases before from the flock of Mr.. Moore
that baved proved very satisfactory and
Induced him to make this extensive pur.
chase. In addition to the above, We
learn that Messrs. Cherbiuo & William.
sou started three car loads of fine sheen
for the western Pennsylvania market last
week, and car load OF rams left Yer.
gennes for Mr.. Bristol Of Colorado last
week. So many shipments aud to So
many different markets in Que week, 9th.
er than California, noicatl are eucour.
aging state and promise for the sheep IN.
teTest.
] WELL PUr. We think Senator Smith
OF Addison-who by the way has shown
himself during the present es ion to be
an exceedingly intelligent, vigilant and
fearless legislator-expressed the minds
of many members of the present general
assembly when he said, in the debate OF
Friday forenoon, thst he "camo up her,
strongly Partaking of that jealousy and
prejudice against the managers Of the