The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-21
LOCAL NEWS.

Butter was 80 and 81 ceots yoster
day. with 80 cents for a few choice lots.
Rev. Pres. Hubert will address the
Middlebury Temperance Society, at the
Methodist church, next Sunday evening.
at 7 O'Clock.
The Addison Co Council of the
Patrons of Husbandry will meet at he
Court House in Middlebury on Wedues.
day next, Sept %, at 10 o'clock. A. NJ,
The timber for The repair Of dam.
ages by the fire to the bridge across the
river in this village is all ready to put
in place, and soop the highway will be
oil open to the public again.
Insurance adjusters 10 considerable
numbers were 10 town last week, and
most of the losses we're then adjusted. A
second meeting this week will probably
fix things all right.
-Messrs. George and Clinton Smith,
builders, have already taken the contracts
Tor building two or three stores, and they
will probably undertake sufficient to make
them fall and winters Job before they
get through
Henry Soper, merchant tailor, has
just returned from market with very
large stock Of new goods and is prepared
to furnish HE customers with perfect cts
AZ reasonable prices Further announce
meut next week
Mr., Edwiu P. Hines last Wedues.
day, shot aud killed henhawk which
measured fifty inches from tip to tip OF
his wings. The capture was made abou,
three miles east of here. on the East
Middiebury road.
MIR. j. W. Lovett didn't take pre-
MUM on flowers at tho fair, but the only
reason was that he did not try He
proved this by kindly leaving with us ONT
Of the handsomest bouquets we have seen
aud to which we should have awarded {
big sum of other peoples money
The call for extra copies of our las
weeks edition, containing the account
of the fire, has been so great that W
have oeen unable to supply the demand
though printing large number, Tbos
who have sent from abroad must accep
this apology for our not filling thei
orders.
Shipments from the Mddlebury sta
ton for the week ending Sept 20. in
clud, the following IL S75 pound. o
butter; 1000 pounds Of yarn 250(
pounds Of paper 2l0O pounds of leath
or; five car loads of stock four ca
loads OF potatoes one car load Of iron
one carload of c'apboards
The enterprise and pluck of our uu
fortunate neigbbors is manifested b
the promptness and vigor with whic
they set to work to start their bushes
agsin.- Messrs -Swiney x Sargent hnv
cleared away the rubbish from a oorne
Of McLeod's lot, and ar erecting TEN
porary structure 10 which to establish
tinshop. They expect to have it don
and he ready to fill all orders for a
work in their line, including JOB worl
and furnishing all kinds Of tin and ho
low ware by the last of this week
DUNMoRB PoTAroEs. - This seedlin
potato, raised by A. F. Kelsey, ESQ,
Salisbury, promises to take the lead Of q
othors for the main crop. Planted siG
by side with LARGE number OF leadin
varieties in different places. it, has e,
'eeeded all in yield SO far as heard iron
and the-qusiity as cooking potato
the vary best. Mr. Kelsey took Il
drst premium at the state fair at Ru
land, BY the way, Mr. kelsey's exh
6ition Of varieties Of potatoes at OF
soanty fair is pronounced by good judg
the best ever made In this seusty.
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