The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-17
LOCAL NEWS.

Butter brings 80 and 81 cents this
week, in the Middlebury market.
We yield a large amount Of our
space, this week to the County fair pre-.
MUM list, as a matter of as much inter-
est as anything we can give.
Shipments from the Middlebury sta.
ton for the week ending August l6, are
as follows 3,270 lbs butter 3,100 lbs,
paper 3 cars stock 2 cars clapboards.
The example made by the town au-
thorities for last driving across the bridge
in this village is not quite effectual, even
though it was large one. Isn't it about
time for another ?
Mr.. D. S. Dickinson succeeded in
capturing three pickerel in the river near
Belden's Falls last Friday forenoon
The largest weighed five and three quar-.
tiers pounds,
"A barn belonging to Mr.. Lawrence
who lives in the south part of this town,
was burned with its contents on Monday
night. 1t is thought 10 te the work of
an incendiary perhaps tramps. The barn
was filled with hay and the less to Mr..
Lawrence is a severe one.
A young chap Of Iiish parentage
leyeled hugh boulder at the head of
another young chap of similar larentage,
at the corner Of Woy bridge and Academy
streets, last Sunday evening. and'young
Erin No. , dropped instanier. The young
lady from the corner house acted the
good Samaritan, only she didn't POUR in
any wine.
"A young man Of well known reacea-
bleness of disposition got fired up with
that commercial commodity known as
whisky, on circus day, and proceeded to
pick a quarrel with friend and neighbor
who at that particular time was lot in
condition to receive all the blows. So
Nike went for Charlie and punished him
severely The last accounts were that
the doctor was patching up Charles face.
The great amusement bonanza known
as Coles New York & New Orleans
Geological & Equestrian Exposition"
has come and gone The weather in the
morning was bad and the roads fearful,
aud yet quite number Of chaps with
their "girls" were on hand at an early
hour. The menagerie was hardly up to
expectation in point Of numbers oil ami
mails, but those exhibited were satisiacto.
rly representative. The circus perform
ances were indifferently good and some
parts excellent The general feeling was
one of disappointment, though it could
hardly be said that it was a humbug.
Now in the calendar eometh the
cold, calculating, callous calamitious Gu
cumber causing commotiop, crying and
CONSERVATION among careless citizens and
children certain to capsize even cast iron
centres before the centennial commomor.
alton; requiring cordials, compounds
chemicals and calomes, whereas caution
and circumspection could ciicumveni
cholera, collie and capillary confusion
Choose carefully to check consuming Gu
cumbers that such caprcious, chronic
causeless conductors 20 coroners may
cease chastsing and copfscating, capitu
lating and corrupted carcasses-Ea.
Theodore BrouiIlete, French boy
about twelve years of age, was drowned
while bathing in the river at the "whirl
pool about half mile. south of the
bridge in this village yesterday fore
noon. His little brother witnessed tn,
scene, but was so frightened that he die
not Immediately give the alarm and thu
boy was in the water a long time be
fore it was known. Some eight or tel
divers and several boats collected 70
the purpose of recovering the body
The body wos found at halfpast thre
O'Clock, Charles Powers finding MIN
little down the stream from where be wa
last seen.
The following officers of Cold Sprin
Lodge No. "a, |. o. Of G. r., at Eas
Middlebury were duly installed by Lodg
Deputy Albert A. Boardmap, for tn
ensuing quarter, commencing August c
1875: W. G. t., i. p Boardman W
V. t., Mrs. Augusta eCdham; w. S
Cyrus A. Bump; W. f. s., Mrs. Eliz
Eldridge W. T., Austin Peck; W. G
Miss Clara Dewey; w. NJ, Frank c
Partridge; W. |. G., Mrs. Gertrud
Powell W. o. c., George W. Walker
W. A. s.. Miss Helen Boardman ; W.
NJ, Miss Emma Grosvenor W. X. H
g., Miss Katie Severance W. l.. Fl s
Miss Jessie Pratt p. W. C. T., Jane
j. Nancy; chorister, John Judge; OIL
ganist, Miss Dolly Ross.