The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-06

Tho announcement Is made oil the
death Of the Rev. Edward w. Hooker,
d. d., at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin DIR.
Hooker was graduate of Middlebury
College. in the class of 1914, aud was
ordained to the ministry in 1921. lie
settled at Green's Farms, Conn, in 80,
and since then he has been pastor over
congregations in various parts of New
England. A man of singularly genial
and affcciionate disposition, he won :he
warmcst friends in every community ir
which he was placed. DR.. Hooker had
two sisters, one of whom was the wife Of
the Rev. Elias Cornelius, the other Of the
well known Professor Park, Of Amherst
College.
Two salubrious individuals hailing from
Middlebury College, who happened to be
stopping in town Wednesday night, work.
ed like good fellows and arc reported to
have stood the heat wcll-perhaps better
than they ever will again. They were seen
next morning wandering about with wild
look in their eyes, and crawling outside
of couple Of mackerel, probably fshed
from the fire.-Ticonderoga Sentinel.
There are two of the maddcst sopho-
mores up at the College that we ever saw.
They ask "Who ever heard Of Soph
happening in Ticonderoga or any other
place p week before Junior Tx ?" They
want TO know what that IT, Teller had
been taking that morning that he couldn't
distinguish mince.pie from maokerel
Late cuchrc and draw poker tell on
tho sophcmorc constitution, and for some
time past they have thought the College
bell rang too early in the morning. and
they determined to cure the difficulty.
Tho other night. about the "witching
hour when deep sleep ialleth on the eyes
of men, they went slowly and cautiously
in single file up the drearv old stairs to
the belfry. and detached from the bell its
tongue, that faithful old tongue, whose
daily peal, regular as tho clock, term af-
ter term has sounded its monitions of
duty which has yearly rupg in with
cheerful welcome the hopeful freshman,
and with sad farewell has rung out the
departing senior. But to the sacrilegious
sophs it was bore, and they resolved
that it should sound no more. They hid
the tongue, ard betook themselves to
their couchcs, expecting TO make up for
lost sleep the next morning Their Sc.
cret was safe. No eye had seen them.
The brilliant sophomore Imagination re.
veled in gorgeous dreams, whose swift
coruscations we're undir ned BY tho op-
pressing idea of morning prayers. Sud-
denly there was sound Did We not
hear 1t ? No; twas but the wind, or
milk. cart sloshing DER the muddy street.
On with the sleep let snores be uncon-
lined. But bark that deep sound breaks
upon the ear once more it is--it is the
bell tongues onening roar All there
was hurrying to and fro, and gathering
oaths aud chokings of disgust. ,Jauitor
Powell was too much for them. He had
foreseen just such tricks, and unbeknown
to them, he had kept stock Of hell
tongues on hand for the emergency. The
sophs wero late and sad that morning
School DISTRICT No. 4.-The annual
school Meeting in the village district was
held at the town room on Tuesday after.
noon. In the absence of the moderator
the clerk called the meeting to order and
j. l.. Barker, Esq, was elected moderator
for the ensuing year. The committees
report showed that the heating apparatus
in the school house had been put in
perfect running order, shat the duties of
the teachers had been performed to the
entire satisfaction Of the committee and
community, and that altogether the
schools had attained to n high standard.
The Treasurer's report was then given
and from it we gather the following: