The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-05

the firm acquitted himself as States At.
torucy Of Rutland county for four years
with great credit, especially ia the cele-
brated Freeze trial.
49, Horace Fairbanks, president Of the
Vermont division Of the Portland and
Ogdensburgh railroad, says that this di
vision will be done, including the branch
to Burlington and five mile branch to
the Canada line, next season. The east
crn division is done to the Crawford
house in New Hampshire. and from there
to the Connecticut river at Dalton, n. H.,
the track of ;he Boston, Concord and
Montreal road will be temporarily used.
AT the last Sunday School concert
at the Congregational church at Brandon
in which some eighteen or twenty young
ladies participated, was pleasant occa.
sion witnessed by full audience. In
front of the pulpit was frame from
which hung a large skeleton bell, from
which and the frame, hung several small
or imitation bells, all of which were COW
cred with gilt aud silver colorcd paper.
The young ladies performed their parts
with credit to themselves and the school.
There is an unusual religious inter
est in llubbardton the present winter On
Sunday evening Dec 81, one Of the larg-
est AID most interesting prayer meetings
ever held in the town took place at the
residence OF Mr.. Royal Dikeman's. The
meeting was in charge of 0ea. Charles
Flagg, who led the dovotions with great
earnestncss. There we're some fifty per-
sons present crowding the rooms. There
is much hope Of general revival of re-
ligion among the people.
"A young man of rare accomplish.
ments graceful attractions, and high
promise. was lost to the profession of
journalism in the death of William Ii.
Whiting at St. Adams, Tuesday, Mr..
Whiting was a graduate Of Amherst col
lege, class of GA, and thencciorward un.
til 1869 partner and co.editor with his
father, Mr.. Il. b. Whiting, in the con
duct Of the St. AlbaDs Messenger. Then
his health, attacked by serious hcmor.
rhage of the lungs in 1868, began to fail,
and since then his life has been desper-
ate battle with consumption, now ended
ere he had completed his 32d year. lie
was handsome. winning, cultured and
singularly fitted to adorn society, ard was
always favorite in the choice coteries Of
St Adams. He might have made, had
God so willed it, lasting mark in his
preferred profession. for he had the quail.
tiles to DO so,-the liberal education, the
refined taste, the fine honor and high
principle. that tend 20 make worthy ed.
itor. OF the loss to his family, whose
hopes had so reposed in his future, we
need not speak. Only we add this, from
a local record of his death The briei
life of fine nature may be worth more
in beauty and comfort to his day and gen
GRAFTON, than a century of the sleepy
grossness and thick headed animalsm
that often marches wsth the rudest
health.
The STATE NORMAL School. reg
uar semi.annual examinations Of the
graduating classes in the school at Ran
dolph were held on the 30th and 3ls
ut., under the new law, The board o
examination consists of the State Super
intendent, Hon Edward Conant, the Nor.
NAL examiner. Rev. II. r. Fuller. Prin
cipal OF st Johnsbury Academy, and the
Principal A. +. Leavenworta.
The examinations were very searching
and just being partly oral and partly
written, and were very creditable sustain
ed by the classes. In the first course
ten gentlemen and eighteen ladies receiv
ed State certificates for five years. ont
six, four gentlemen and two ladies. re
ceived certificates for fifteen years. Tn,
undergraduate classes are large, and tn,
school has Just ended one Of its mos
prosperous years.
On Wednesday evening, an able an'
instructive address on Moral Culture il
Schools" was delivered by Rev Mr.. Full
Ter.
On Thursday evening, very interesting
exercises were held, connected with tn
changes of Principals. The late Princi
pal, Edward Conant, A. NJ, gave an EN-
PERTAINING address, giving an account Q
the school during the fourteen years h
has been in charge. lie directed por
ton Of his remarks to the citizens, anoth
er to the students, and lastly to tho trus
tees, ending by handing the keys of tn
Institution to the representative. Col }
b. Mead, who replied, expressing thei
appreciation of his services as Principa
and at the close handed him fine gol
watch as reminder Of the esteem fcl
for him by students and citizens.
Mr. Conant replied fitt;ngly and intro
duced the Principal elect, Capt. Abel ]
Leavenworth, abiding to his services i
appropriate words. Col, Mead replied i
the part Of the trustees, welcoming hr
to his new and responsible work, and ez
pressing their entire confidence in hi
ability TO carry forward that work SUI
cesslully. They awarded him of thei
hearty support as proof which the
pledged him an additional fund Of tie
thousand dollars, now nearly raised, an
an additional building to be ready &c
the opening of the fall term, with ihcil
ties for preparatory or model depar
ment
Mr.. Leavenworth replied appropriat,
ly, pledg;ng himself to faithful waite
over the trust committed TO his care.
Mr.. Fuller addressed the citizens an
school briefly, with reference to the sue
cess of the examination just closed an
the exercises were closed by q benediC
ton by Rev. Mr.. Colchester, pastor {
the Co. gregational church.
The MAINE LIQUOR LAw.-Some inter
estng official statistics relative to the en-
forcement Of the prohibitory law in tn
State Of Maine have just been made pub
lie. From these we learn that the sur
of $4,000 in fines was imposed and col
lected for the violation of the prohibition
taW during the wear There were Of