The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-07-20
LOCAL NEW S.

this market.
Persons attending Commencement
can obtain return checks during the
week, at the store of Case Il Rider
Rev. l.. 4. Lawrence, OF Granville;
N. Y, occupied the pulpit Of the Mctho.
dist church, last Sabbath. Text, Gal, 4 {:
40.
REV Elisha Watson, presiding elder
Of Burlington district, will deliver ten.
perancc lecture to the Middlebury Ten.
perance Society and the Ladies Temper.
ancs Union, on Sabbath evening. August
i, 1875, at the Congregational church,
Exercises to commence at 1870 o'clock
Pm A full house is very desirable.
Mr.. James Mcmahon had TIE i'll
fortune to lose by death fine sow, last
Sunday, which left upon his hands eleven
pigs, two days old. She had fifteen. but
killed four by lying upon them. Last
winter she gave birth To nineteen, Of
Of which all died but six This is less
which MIR, McMahon can i'll afford 10
sustain
The party at Prof. Parker's, Friday
evening last, was a pleasant affair, and,
of course, well attended, the rain not
seeming to put damper upon anybody
who was invited. The host and host
essess did all in their power to make
their guests feel at home, and their sue.
cess was striking. The party broke up
at eleven O'Clock, after having INDUCED
in refreshments.
We positively miss two little kittens
we saw every day playing about the
walk and climbing the trees near the
house at the corner of Main and Seymour
streets. They were Of the tri color order,
and mostly white, and their freedom in.
Dictated she absence of n little human pair
that owned them, and who will be sadly
disappointed TO miss, at their return, the
living pets they loved best, not knowing
it they are strayed or stolen.
The exercises Of to-day are the
meeting Of the associated alumni at nine
o'clock in the forenoon Anniversary at
the Congregational church at hali.past
ten. Grafton by Prot. w II. Shipma6,
class of SO, poem by f. d. Mussey, class
of go Parkcrian prize speaking in the
evening. Tomorrow forenoon the grad
uating exercises of the senior class and
Inauguration of the new president In
the evening the commencement concert
"A little boy went into one Of our
markets the other day and said, Hello,
give US a pound Of yer best meat and
charge it to the old man" Ibid your
father order it ?" asked the dealer. mo,
but We fellcrs have got big dog tina
come to our house last night, and we're
goin' to have some fun" What kind
Of fun ~ 20, I'm goin' to git some
as'nic and put on the meat, and let i'm
eat it. It'll make i'm curl right up you
bet !" The dealer concluded not to make
the trade.
The following are the awards result.
ing from the college examinations this
year
Waldo Prizes. class '75-lst j. f.
Reynolds % W. II. Hamilton Sd L. D
Bragg.
Class '76.-lst f G Evans "a f.
Dana Sd j. W. Alternately
Class TILT j. M. Hull I'd II, p
Simpson; Sd G. b. Moody.
Glass '7S.-1stJ W. Fish % D. p
Hardy Sd W. D. Smith
Literary Prize.-T. +. Boyce, rs
Botanical Prizes.-lst W s Austin
I'd r. Il. Boyce.
The editor OF the New England
Farmer, who was present at the trial Of
mowers and horse-rakes. in Danvers
Mass, on the 22d, ult, after speaking o.
the old rakes, says: "The yankee, >
however, a new rake from that prolific
source Of new and valuable farming tools
Barre. Mass, deserves more than u mere
mention. This il a spring tooth, stee
rake with selfdumping attachment, and
was made and shown by DR. Charles G
Allen. The teeth are shaped in such
way that they do not scratch the ground
moro than the old wooden tooth revolver
while the horse may turn either way OF
even back without requiring the raising
OF the teeth. The dumping is all done
by the horse, leaving tho drivers hand
both free We saw no rake at work tina
would clear up green grass as neatly anC
easily as this. We prophesy for tn,
Yankee" wide popularity aud au ex
tensive sale, as il becomes better known
The agent, Mr.. Harwood, will be in Mid
dlebury this week and exhibit this rake