The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-11-09
LOCAL NEWS.

Butter quotations 30 cents yester
day morning.
-Four persons united with the Mid.
dlebury Congregational church, by let
ter, Sunday.
james Griffin, who has been danger
ously i'll with diphtheria at Mr.. Geo. NJ
Smith IS. is out of danger and fast recov-
ering.
The sidewalk near Mr. g. S. Vain
wright's house has lately been greatly
relieved of its sickness by liberia
sprinkliug of nice gravel
-"Our member" Col Joyce, made a
flying trip to Middlebury, yesterday af
ternoon. He will start for Washington
nbout thank sgiving week.
There is to be social gathering al
the Congregational parsonage, tomorrow
evening, at which all members Of the
congregation and their friends are invited
Hon Samuel l.. Cooke has purchas
ed the house lately owned and occupied
by Rev. lI.F. Leavitt on Seminary street
and he will Immediately enter into pos
session
Shipments from the Middlebury sta
tion for the week ending November 8,
'no'ud. .he following Butter 9,l70
pounds !; lumber 2 carloads onions car
loads potatoes 2 carloads live stock S
carloads ; hay carloads.
Let no voter tail to be present at the
70 village meeting tomorrow evening. A
little tax Of $4,000 and possibly twice
that amount, should not be laid without
every taxpayer taking his privilege OF
Directing or asserting to 1t.
--Johu Flint says that he is selling
dry goods so cheap that in order to
run the business successfully he has
learned to do three things, viz Eat
dried apples for breakfast, drink warm
water for dinner, and swell up for supper.
BY that means he manages to get three
square meals day.
"A shrewd citizen says that, when
you hear saloon keeper telling that the
people OF this town are not in favor OF
man getting living here, you may
be tolerably sure that the Ladies Temper
Union have nterestedihemsclves in him so
Ia. a 20 L--- L. c.. l, i'll r---;--
Of "more too"
Hon. John NJ. Dyer ofSalsbury has
purchased the site of the Nichols block,
and purposes erecting IA irs;.class brick
block in the spring. The citizens Of this
place are gratifed that tho property has
fallen into hands able and ready to put
up building worthy of the location and
place.
"A horse belonging to Mr.. G. Bene-
dict Of Cornwall while standing near the
freight depot yesterday morning waiting
for his driver to return from the inside,
suddenly took fright and ran, passing up
the track and down the lane toward Mr..
George Lapgworthy's. The wagon was
entirely wrecked and the horse received
some injuries.
We hear Of several extensive trans
actions in poultry lately. Mr.. q. NJ.
Smith disposed of his entire flock Of tur-
keys to parties unknown, on Halloween
night. Strange to say. Mr.. Smith is not
satisfied with the price he received, and
is very anxious to have the dealers call
again and give him chance to discuss
the bargain with them.
We have given up one Of our col.
umns monthly, to the Woman's Temper
nuce Union Of this town, to be devoted to
the objects Of their organization. As
all our readers know, this paper is always
on the side Of temperance and good NOR.
ais. and we are very happy to afford the
space to those who will use it 70 much
better and more effectively than we can.
George Hammond, Esq, after a so.
journ during the season in the land of
the setting SUI, has appeared upon our
streets again looking as hale as ever.
tie remembered some Of his friends with
generous baskets of the luscious Califor-
MIA grape, which our sample tester affirms
to be superior in size and favor to any,
thing found east of the Rocky Noun.
tains.
Less than two months ago we chron.
icled the marriage on Sept IL, of Miss
Lucy d Walker of this place to Mr. W.
W. Lewis of Warrensburg NJ Last
Saturday the sad news was received that
the fair bride Of so few short weeks was
taken from living Friends and the joys of
life by the inexorable call of death, after
a short illness. The brief announcement,
so unexpected, fills the hearts of her
many friends with grief, and the bereav-
ed husband and her afflicted family have
the deepest sympathies OF all,