The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-13
LINCOLN.

Mr.. Erastus Palmer has disposed oil
his farm in Lincoln and removed to
Northeast Bristol.
The grange in this place is prosper.
ing finely in regard to numbers. 1t has
sixty.four names enrolled, and about
thirty applications on the records.
"A man by the name of Sterling was
killed Thursday afternoon, at Hawkins
mill, in Lincoln, by logs rolling on him.
He was prying some large %clapboard logs
out of the pile, when his foot became en-.
tangled by some of the lower logs start
ing and before he could extricatc himself
several large logs rolled over him and CD
him. He was taken out as quickly as
possible, but lived only about thirty min
utes, his chest being very severely injured.
From the reports of district clerks
the following facts appear: The number
of children in the town under twenty
years of age ID 492 ; population 1901.
174). The number of weeks of school
taught by females, 239 by male teachers,
SO. Three districts have employed one
teacher each to teach two terms Of school.
The expense of schools has been as fol.
lows: Wages of teachers SS11; board
Of teachers S491,70 fuel S107.36 Incl
dentals and repairing school houses $780,
IS; total S1,439.7l. In addition to
the foregoing, there has been one school
house built, at a probable cost Of $500.
Average wages Of female teachers S2.61
per week average wages Of male teach
ers, $46l per week.
Tho following was deferred from last
week The great veil of darkness that
has for SO many years hung over the lit
tie insignificant Owl Of Lincoln is at last
raised, and a ray of light is thrown upon
the community.
"God bless the Grangers," was our
battle cry of freedom, only a few weeks
ago, now it is "God be with the Union
Farmer Club, ard may peace and pros.
perity follow in their footprints. until this
earth is no more"
Lincoln is an uncommonly quiet town,
or at least was in the days that now arc
past, but those glorious days are gone to
come no more, and the whole town is in
an uproar, or as certain %gumchewers Of
Lincoln say 1.-THE people act like HI
over 80 small a thing as a secret society
But the question now stands, whether OF
not it is a secret society, To explain
what we wish to. fully, we will give the
following illustration: Two young men
with whom the people Of Lincoln are well
acquainted. took the idea into their heads
to 60 over to the place where the clut
held their meetings, to find out what wa.
"going on Passing into the room, they
saw one Of the head men of the club, read
ing q paper in such style as would have
pleased Demonsthenes, the great Athen'
ian orator.
On seeing the two young men, he
stopped in the middle Of his excellent
GRAFTON aud eyed the young gentleman
sharply for a moment. They noticing thu
change of affairs, spoke to "his majesty, ,
the gate keeper. "if the club was II sort o.
secret society 2" His lordship spoke il
a freezing tone which chilled the blood o
his hearers. Eyes sir, somewhat" Upor
the receipt Of such an answer, Of course
the young men "cut dust" feeling rather
blue, as would probably be the case witt
most people if situated in such tight Use
cret) places.
They going into a store told their ad
venture to the wondering spectators. whit
of course. had a good laugh at the ex
epcnse of the youngsters but they als'
being Of a laughable turn of mind, joineC
in with the rest, and the old dry good
store rang with the joyous shouts Of FREE
mountaiueers and grangcrs. Then begar
a series of questions which would hav'
puzzled the Brooklyn lawyers, but thu
young men answered them with very goot
grace, considering the circumstances o
+ the case. The summing up of the Who'll,
of the answers is as follows 1t cost
} only twenty-five cents to JOIN the club
No secrets Of any consequence, that is. a
: far as any one knows, and lastly, there i
no bottom or foundation to the whole con
Germ. But the club has brought tn
, blessing of light upon the town, which i
a good deed, to say the least. Therefor
, let US all join In praising our Heaven
. Father for the good things of earth, an
! close 10 the following practical strain
Long. oh, long may this light remain,
That now is over us shed,
And may the Club also remain,