The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-05-25
STATE NE VS..

Major Josiah Circuit, of Newport,
speaker of the Vermont House of Rep
natives, is about to take up his
residence In Chicago.
Rev. ID. $. Frost, of Jonesville, who
has preached between fourteen and
fifteen hundred funeral sermons, has
removed TO st. Albans.
Mr.. John q. SAKE has been forced by
i'll health to decline the invitation to
deliver poem at Admiral Farraguts
grave, OH Decoration Day,
George Stone, OF Lunenburg, dropped
dead on the 18th, while running to "A
house that was on fire Heart disease
was supposed TO he the cause.
Mr.. Frank i. Armstrong is about to
establish daily newspaper in Ben
nineton to he called the DAILY News.'
II is to be independent and highly
moral"
Rev. Mr.. Lyon resigns the pastorate
of the Congregational church at South
Royalston Rev. Origen Smith, of
Guilford, has received call to the Bap-
list church at Nottingham Center
The town of Barnard will celebrate
the Tooth anniversary of its settlement
OH the 18th of June. A. J. Akin, OF
Milwaukee, has been elected orator,
with G. w. Clarke, of Chelsea, substi-
tute.
Winfield S. Ralph, aged 90, commit
| ted suicide at South Woodstock, on the
night of the 10th, by hanging. No
cause is assigned, except it is believed
that spiritualsm has something To do
/ with il.
II. n. Burr & Son of Post Mills vii
lage, who owned flock of fifIty-eight
| fine sheep, lost twenty-five of them by
dogs, the other day, while eleven more
were bitten and seventeen could not be
found at all.
DIR. Hermon G. Howe, of Jericho, a
graduate of the Medical Department of
| the University of Vermont in 1878, has
recently become Junior Assistant Ply
stefan of the Retreat for the Insane at
Hartford, CT.
Mrs. George l.. Jennings, of Quechee,
while driving to White River Village,
recently, became frightened as II train
of cars approached and, jumping from
| the wagon, broke one bone of her leg
| above the ankle.
The body of male infant, apparent
| ly still-born, was found under the
bridge near Charles II. Sabin's, at
Montpelier, last week Monday. The
! body was badly decomposed, and was
ORDER, d buried by the'authoritie5.
Inc ueatn ~ announced OF DR.. NAL
colin X. Meigs, of Bedford, =. e., at
the age of about 80 years. DR.. Meigs
| V. M. in the class of "a, but left the
| ITpivnIsitxr hafnr., ,,pa,lntinn
The trustees of the village of Rutland
have offered $500 reward Tor the arrest
and conviction of the persons who set
| fire to Ripley's Opera House, May Is,
and five hundred dollars ulon the ar
| rest and conviction of the persons who
| set fire to the buildings in the rear of
the Bardwell House, May 10.
The total amount of tax assessed on
the property of the Central Vermont
railroad in St A lbans is $3S, 6O7. The
amount assessed on the property of the
several railroads in Rutland, including
| railroad bed, buildings and land, is
about sos, 600 - including the new
freight depot built by Mr.. Park, about
| S105 900.
West Troy has mathematical pro-
Dizzy in the person of Minnie Hepwood,
aged six years. She has attended school
only two weeks and knows nothing
about printing figures but makes the
merest play of such problems ms, 2uhH
when asked how she does it. says,
God tells mc.n
A telegraph line is to be built imme-
diately, along the route Of the Buring-
ton and Lamoille railroad commencing
| ul Al .l,,l
been procured for II permanent line a.
far AS Underhill Flats, and work will
be commenced as soon as the weather
permits. The line will be built under
the superintendent of Mr. f. C. Wait,
of Swanton,
Engineer II. +. Wurts and his assist
ants find the new route now being sur
veyed for the proposed railroad from
Northampton TO Shelburne Falls, to
connect with the contemplated narrow
gauge road through Vermont, very
favorable for working, but few rock
cuts being encountered. The expense
of the engineering is borne by private
subscription.
The Burlington Sentinel says: 1--WE
regret to learn that Il few young snobs |
at the u. V. NJ, who have reached
that highly interesting age of pimples
and red neck-ties, have Of late Keen
showing their lofty scorn for the girls
who lead their classes, 10y playing upon
them series of practical jokes, that
lack both wit and decency. The facul- |
ty should send such airy suckings
home to be spanked by their big sisters. |
Alexander Mooney, OF West Derby,
has been experimenting with gan. |
The other day lie put in about IA foot |
of powder, and holding the gun above
his head, discharged it into the air. |
When he came TO he found the gun had |
kicked and he had "A severe wound in |
his head. The gun was pretty much
demolished, the stock being wrenched |
from the barrel. He isn't fully satisfied
with the experiment and may try
again.
John l.. Fuller, of Ludlow, advertis-
ed his wife as having left his bed and |
board without just cause or provocaiion. |
Mrs. Fuller vas POLITICALLY inspired |
thereby, and publishes her card az fol- |
lows: mo bed Oh board as vet I've |
had of John l.. Fuller or Iohnny's dad; |
but since the time that we were wed, |
have furnished him with hoard and |
bed. Now with just cause and provo
cation, I've sent him home to his rela-
ton"
Simeon Percy, of North Benning-
ton, is the owner of "A COW that recently |
gave birth to three calves, one perfect |
in shape and good size, the other two
having separate bodies, eight legs, one
head, three ears, two on each side of
the head and one on the back of the |
head. The two bodies grow together
at the neck As the calves stand they |
rest on six legs, two forward, the other
two forward legs clasping each other
over the shoulders. The mother of
these calves is doing well. The calves |
are all as white as milk.
Two children, belonging to Mr..
Nicholson, of Tinmouth, left home
some days ago and could not be found.
MIR. Nicholson, hearing of them in |
Rutland, went there and told His story