The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-28
LOCAL NEWS.
- Butter quotations 80 cents.

Butter quotations 80 cents.
The apple crop in this vicinity is
very fair. much better than in aome parts
OF The state.
The Middlebury Choral Society re-.
sum es its rehearssls on this Tuesday,
eve. A full attendance is desired.
-Bond's late pile OF coal is still bum
ing. Midnig ht youths have not had so
much occasion 10 utilize the wasting heat
during the past few days as before.
Lieut.. Geo W. Kingsbury of the
regular army, aud of Modoc notoriety,
gave US a pleasant call yesterday.
Mr.. Martin 4 Severance, formerly
of this place aud a graduate of Middlebu
~ College,has become principal Of the St.
Croix Valley academy, a aourishing edu.
c~atiJnal institution at Alton, MINI.
The amount Of profanity INDUCED
in yesterday morning on account OF the
blockade across the bridge was something
fearful. 10 the interest OF morality it is
matter Of con~gratulatiou that the re.
pairs are nearly completed.
Rev. II. D. Kitchel, D. D., aud wife
are about leaving for = trip south to
spend the winter in Florida. They will
loiter BY the way, stopping u season at
several places and remaining at Washing.
ton until the assembling Of Congress.
by the favor Of Columbus, Smith,
Ed, u gcacroli basket a luscious fruit
came within reach Of the l.roIsTER sam.
pie tester. last Saturday, aud the speci.
mems were pronounced most excellent.
They consisted Of several varieties of
apples and peare. Thanks.
The Chemical Felt Wick" is the
name Of a kerosene lamp wick, which We
have tried, and fud far superior to tho
common wick, giving a clearer. brighter
fame. with little or no tendency TO smoke.
II. NJ. Livermore is agent for this see.
ton. They can be had at Vallette's
store.
In our notice Of the Dunlnore pota.
toe last week, the printer left out a line.
by which We were made tn say MIR. KEEL.
sey took the premium GU them at the
State Fair. What We wrote was, MIR.
Kelsey took the first premium on them
at our county fair, aud they also received
the premium at the state fair at Rut.
land"
The Middlebury bank has now for
several days rejoiced in the security al.
forded by one OF Pillard's thermometer
bank safe iocks. II any burglar reads
this Item, he will please 20 somewhere
Else FOR "ewag," The sweetest picture
OF p%a'ieuce yet painted would represent
3 burglar sitting by this bank rate add
waiting for 1t to open.
The students are moving for a col.
lege paper which they will control and
edit, but receive contributions from alum.
nj. Ii is an enterprise worthy Of all the
encouragement the friends Of the college
can give. 1t ought to be aud probably
will be a success Such a paper vas once
published by the students of this college,
some forty years ago. and files of it are
still In existence.
We are informed. whether truly or
not We cannot say, that a professor ha-
offered a pew copy Of the Calculus to bt
compe ted for by the college rife team the
same to 90 to the poorest score 1t is said
the members are going to do some stead
practice so as 10 shoot a good score, eaot
aud all Of them being benovolently dis.
posed to let some other fellow have To,
nrize.
The society of St. Stephens Episco
pal parish contemplate some improve
meets in their church in connection with
making a place for their new organ. TIL,
alterations contemplate 4 recess, chance
and place for the organ and choir at tn,
side of the same. 1t is expected tina
next Sunday aud while the alteration.
to :he church are 10 progress tn,
Society will hold services 10 the cour
room.
Some of our n~eighboriDg exchange
are determined, evidently, to keen GU
college professorships full This time i
Is asserted that Prot. NJ. Stuart rhelp,
OF Yale College has accepted the PROBES
sorship Of Intellectual aud moral philoso
ply, made vacant by the retirement o
Prof. Weber. 1t lie expected that Prof
Phelps will tempo. arily fill tho chair, bu
he has neither been elected nor has b,
accepted the position.
One day last week, a chap who
evidently had not heard about the FIRE
came into town. aud when he reached
the bridge stopped and gazed about hiu
10 extreme asstonisbment. He hailed
passer-by : "Hello, had a fire 7" well
gaess so,'wss the reply. well. them
said he, 10 4 tone Of dismay. "where tn,
d. Is 8 fellow TO gets drink 7" He wa
seen q few hours afterwsrd, aud hi
style OF locomotion showed that be Ia,
fsssa sas where 10 g.