The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-28

Shipments from tho Middlebury sta
ton Tor the week ending Sept 81 include
the following Butter, 1885 pounds ;
0 carloads OF potatoes /; 8 carloads stock
to market 3 carloads iron 2 carloads
~clapboards 2 carloads of western sheep /;
l carload Of onions.
Rev. s. W. Segur, pastor Of tho
Congregational church Of West Midway,
Mass, died Of typhoid fever ct Akron,
Ohio, Sept. "a, Mr.. Segur was a native
OF Pittsield, this state. He graduated
from Middlebury College in 1859. in the
class with Prof Shipmau, OF Tufts Col
lege; Rev. NJ. l.. Severance, Of Orwell /;
and Rev. S. l.. Blake, OF Concord, N. II.
He graduated at Andover Theological
Seminary, went west, and was settled at
Akron, Ohio, for some time, then preach.
ed a little time at Gloucester, Mass, aud
finally, a little more Than a year ago,
was settled at West Midway. lie was
a warm friend of the college, aud has
several times beep present at our COM
menccmcnt exercises since his gradua.
ton.
An opportunity to see the represent.
tative Changers in Addison county to.
gether under the favorable circumstance
of occupying a position at a magnificent
aud beautifully spread table, where about
three hundred were gathered. last
Wednesday. gave us very pleasant ideas
Of them. 1t was spread ia the Floral
Hall upon the fair ground. The cola.
ton was cold but Of the best, including
the subStautials aud pot emitting the
finer specimens of the culinary art.
When the grangers and invited guests had
eaten all they could there was certainly
enough left to fill twelve baskets"
The editor Of the REGISTER tenders espe.
cial thanks to the ladies of Pleasant Val
ley Grange for a huge, beautifully frost.
ed cake, suggestiveIy trimmed, which he
had left after eating his fill. We are not
vain enough TO suppose it a compliment
to our good looks, and are unwilling to
call it a premium IN ugliness, so We in.
terpret it us an expression OF apprecia.
ton of the REGISTERS efforts to defeod
the right aud oppose the wrong, which,
we believe, is u cardinal principle of all
good graugers
The Middlebury Temperance Society
and the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union held their monthly meeting in uni
son. at the Methodist church. on Sunday
evening. j. l., Barker, Esd presided,
aud Rev. + Z. Hooker read a scripture
lesson and offered prayer. The choir
rendered most effectively some appropri.
ate temperance music, after which Rev.
Pros. Hubert was introduced as the
speaker Of the evening, He selected for
bis text Mark IA 5, & and S. He an.
nounced his theme, "Wuman in her rela.
ton to the temperance enterprise" AT.
ter dedusiug soine general truths from the
text, the speaker proceed 20 make special
application. He accounted for the gencr
al uprising OF American women in the
temperance reform movement by deduc-
tions from certain facts. First, the wo
men are the especial sufferers under the
curse Second, it had come to the point
when further forbearauce ceased to be a
virtue. Third, these women are justified
in that they are Influenced By the genuine
christian spirit. 10 the course of his re.
marks he referred to the hostility of the
world and the approval of Christ. He
thought the uprising Of Christian women
to this work one Of the sutlimest specta.
cles OF the aye. While he did not commit
himself TO the APPROVAL Of all the u, thods
OF the women Of the West, thinking like.
ly that Il profounder wisdom would have
modified many of their demonstrations,
yet he had not a word Of criticism to of.
fer. liz Uni1 kus that she -ril- ofrum
selling were 20 great that they justified
almost any mrthcd Of suppression. He
said that, abntlDg some Of the unwise
forms OF the movement, he thought il
should be approved by the pulpit the
press, the church, Re, President Hui.
bert announced his readiness to be rank
cd with the friends Of the temperance re.
form in all its local relations