The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-23
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NJ. d. Fuller. coal dealer Of Bur.
lingtop, has failed for $500.
+, &. Pettigrow is going to collect
Ludlow's town tax for nothing, this year
Col. l.. b. Pla;t of Burlington. has
been chosen assignee Of A. j. Merrill, oil
Colch ester, bankrupt,
The annual Vermont conference oil
the Methodist church will meet at Bel.
lows Falls, April %.
Tho people Of Orleans county have
voted down the proposition to move the
county buildings from Irasburg 1886 to
ZIG.
The Rev. Charles Parkhurst, former.
ly of Burlington, is to preach at Hyde
park and North Hydepark, the present
year.
-Sylvanus G. Putnam, of Montpelier,
10 years old, has just died from the effects
of pricking the palm Of his hand with q
zen, a fortnight ago.
Charles Il. Wheeler. student at st.
Johnsbury, who injured his back while
turning summersault, last summer,
recently died from the effects of it at
Leunoxville, Canada.
Mrs. James Marvin of Wolcott has
fourpencc script bearing date, October,
III, issued by order of the General
Assembly, at Hartford, Conn, and signed
by G. Southworth for committee.
DR.. A. Burrows, for many years one
Of the leading physicians Of Lamoile
county, has sold out his practice and
residence, at Stowe, to DR.. Ide of Calais,
and intends to retire from the practice.
Bennington is 10 trouble, having a
floating debt OF SIT 600. and a bonded
debt of S112,500; the expenses, last
year, were $4,000 over the receipts, and
the people are apathetic and don's care
much about it any way.
The Green Mountain Freeman says
that Hon. G. w. Willard is in fair health,
but is taking a quiet rest with his family
at home, to fully recover from tho fatigue
incident to the hard work and watching OF
Of the closing days of the session
In school at johnson, recently,
Norman ODER, one of the pupils, INDUCED
in the harmless pastime of pouring cold
water down a little boys back. The
teacher, John Hall, attempted slight
correction, and, being violently attacked
by ODER, brought him to terms by break.
ing his nose and sending three of his front
teeth down his epgastrium.
Now that the pedestrian fever is at
its ight,the Vermont papers are recount
ing the exploits Of Joseph Ainsworth, Of
Woodbury., ~ years old, who is still q
remarkable walker, and in early life
thought nothing of such feats as travelling
ffty.three miles in eleven hours, eleven
miles in ninety minutes, sixteen miles in
two hours, ETC., while on one occasion he
walked thirty.six miles between breakfast
and dinner.
The S2500 reward offered by the
town of Rutland for the arrest and con.
viction Of John P. Phair, which was
claimed by several parties. has been
awarded as follows $1,000 each to j.
C. Thornton and N. S. Stearns, who look
ed up the evidence at Boston, and $3.50
each to Geo. w. Crawford and A. S.
Mathews, the policemen who arrested
Phair, who was convicted of the murder
Of Mrs. Freese last June.
Tho town of Sherburne, with q
population of 462, has one person living
within its limits over ninety years old,
seven over eighty, twenty over seventy,
and twcnty-three over sixty, 1t will
thus be seen that nearly onc.nin.h Of the
population of the town is over sixty years
of age. OF this number only four were
born in the town. There are six in one
family there are six widowors, eleven
widows and three old bachelors.
The sons and daughters of Vermont
residing at Worcester, Mass, had their
second annual reunion, on the 9th. over
three hundred being present. The exer-
cises consisted of supper, music, speech.
es by Mayor Jillson, president of the or.
ganization, and other Vcrmonters; also
military prize drill by company of
Vermont militia Of l777, tableaux rep.
resentiDg old Vermont customs, etc. An
interesting social time was enjoyed. On
the book Of the Vermonters' organization
of that city are tho names of some three
hundred natives Of the Green Mountain
state residing there.
In the batch of nominations sent to
the Senate for confirmation on Tuesday,
we noti,e that of Buel j. Derby to be
Postmaster at Burlington. Mr.. Derby
has been eight years Assistant Postmaster,
having been appointed by Mr.. Bigclow,
and, after the expiration of his term of
office, continued by his successor, MIR
Benedict. We congratulate Mr.. Derby,
who is an esteemed personal friend, on
his success, which will be good news to
those old time companions in arms, who
remember him with pleasure as Quarter.
masters Sergeant of the 18th Vermont,
and as Quartermaster Derby Of the
gallant 18th Vermont volunteers.