The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-26
COUNTY VIEWS.

COUNTY NE VS..
C. W. Parker. Of the firm Of llol.
land Il Parker, who has been i'll for
some time, is now able to attend to his
business again at Vergenncs
The Vergenucs musical union pro.
pose giving a concert at school house hail,
Wednesday evening, February Sd. A
Grst.cas entertainment is anticipated.
Wallace Walker. of New Haven,
fell on pane Of glass, Tuesday, cutting
his wrist very badly sevcrng the radal
artery ard cutting eff three or iouI ten.
dons.
A donation will be held at the resi-.
dence Of Mr.. John Bean, in Ripton, on
the afternoon and evening Of the 2Sth
instant, for he benefit Of the Rev. Mr..
Bidwcl.
On Monday evening, the adi,s CON.
prisog Mr., II. NJ Clapps Sunday. school
class, Vergennes, made him social visit
and surprised him with beautiful chro-
mo of considerable Value.
Mr.. Harry Ashley Of New Haven
still continues very low. His age, being
nearly so, is against him, and fears are
felt that he may not have rceuperative
powers TO resist the virulence of the dis.
ease.
There will be donation aud oyster
supper at the residence of Thomas Arm.
strong, in Leicester, Thursday evening,
January 18th, for the benefit Of Rev. z.
G Pickett. The public are cordially in.
vited to attend.
The Orwell Dramatic Club propose
to give public entertainment at the Bup.
fist church in the course Of three or four
weeks. The exercises will consist OF mu.
sic, a drama entitled The Serious FAM.
w." and farce
Rev. Stillman Morgan, of Bristol is
criticised for injudiciou,ly marrying cou
pies who ought not to be married Among
others, it is said he united 10 wcdock a
couple aged respectively, bridegroom 25
and bride ~.
-Ther ubli, entertainment given by the
Orwell Shakespeare Club, at the Baptist
church, Thursday evening, Jan. IA, was
well attended. Twenty members of
the Brandon Reading Club were present,
and the exercises were about equally di.
vided between the two clubs.
j ames Ro und of Bristol, second
roadmastcr, was killed on the gougcr in
Milton last Monday night. The engine
ran off the track against the stone wing
Of bridge A part Of the gouger was
split of, killing Round and injuiing sew
eral others who were in the cab
AT u recent annual meeting Of Inde-
pendence Lodge, No. 10, F. Il A. Nj, Or
well, the following officers wet elected for
the presen; year: V V. Blackmer, w,
NJ; II. G. ilibbard, S. W; G. A. Kim.
ball, j. W.; II. u. Griswold Sec; EIcs
Ray, Treas; C. Lilly, s D.; r. F.
White, j. d.
S. W. Hatch, of Bristol has a very
small black and tan terrier that weighs
about three rounds, which ha' lately
brought into the world a small puppy that
weighs about two ounces The new conner
in the canine world is about the siza of
meadow mouse, black as a coal, and
seems bound 10 make live of it,
A few days ago, while Mr.. o. Ham.
ilton, of Riptou, was driving his fathers
team with a load Of logs down Bread
Loaf Mountain, his spread chain broke,
letting the load on TO the team, injuriug
one OF the horses about the hips so badly
that they were obliged to kill the animal.
making serious loss for poor man.
The following are the officers of Adj
Olson grange, organized January 10,
1875, BY Deputy z. f. Jameson Rector
Gage, master b. G. Hayward, overseer
Geo. G. Walker, lecturer Guy Gage,
steward Lyman Segar, assistant steward;
Rufus Smith, chaplain; G. ". Read
secretary; &. w. Barker, treasurer c.
II. Taylor, gate-keeper; Harriet Smith,
ceres; frankie Segar, pomona; Viola
Brown, Flora Emma Fisher, stcwardess
The next meeting will be held on the
third prox.
There will be an agricultural meet
ing at the Town Hall, in Addison
February 10th and llth, 1875, com
mencng Wednesday at o'clock p. IN
f. d, Masonic. s. Bliss. u. L Jameson
and others have promised to be preseDt
and dozen other men that are well abb,
to interest the farmers, have been invitet
to read papers and assist 10 making thC
meeting successful. A programme viii
be reasonably Issued. The citizens vii
entertain visitors from distance. Tht
farmers IN the county as far a. conven
lent, should oLdeayor to attend this meet
ing, and be ready to ask questions or Civ,
experience.
: The Springfield Republican says
e Ve.gennes is a little village Of 1900 in
hsbitants 'on the lake which by s1m
accident became city and for a lon,
time was the Gully one in the State. |
was quite an important naval station il
1872, and there has been an arsenal Their
on which the national government In
g laid out $40 900, imagining, We suppos
= that the defense of the country was i'm
perilod without bulwark at tina, point
= Last fall, the arsenal, consisting Of som,
y fine stone buildings and % acres O
l. grounds were sold by the secretary O
war for the magnificent sum of $4,000
: to John Dyer When the Walerbur
e buildings burned, Dyer and Vergenne
e saw their chance aud went in.' The fru
gal State allows John margin of Jus,
thousand dollars on his little venture.
The second convention of the Ad
liaO., EnI,naI.. AnhLnAh IL.