The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-05-18
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the state.
A. A. Earle has presented to the
Congregational society at Barton a
costly and elegant baptismal font for
their new church.
John b. Cough is to lecture at Bran
don, in the regular lecture course, on
the evening of May 25, upon Lights
and Shadows of London Life"
Burlington has had two spelling
matches and an editor ventured TO sac
rifice himself once. OF course he went
down early and didn't try it again.
The Burlington manufacturing COM
pany have contracted to furnish tile
and other marble for the Illinois state
house. to the amount of nearly $50, 600.
Horace Fairbanks, of st. Johnsbury,
who has been seriously i'll of pDeumo-
mia, at the fremont House, Boston, is
much better, and speedy recovery is
now anticipated.
A man in Vernon has now on hand
| 500, 600 worth of tobacco. He raises
| from five to seven acres of the weed,
yearly, and is holding it for seventy
| five cents per pound.
The body of A. w. Deming, of
Mortified, Mass, was recently found
on Bald Mountain in Jamaica, Vt. He
is supposed to have been murdered by
his companion, VIM. Arlin, who has
disappeared.
Mr.. Burney, superintendent of Hon.
t. w. Park s firm has in training some
of the best three and four year old colts
to be found in the state. Some of them
are from the Vermont Stock Farm
bought last fall.
| Michel O'Connell, in the employ of
M. c. Rowell Randolph, made pretty
telling shot the other day, killing eight
crows and MORALLY wounding seven
more. which dropped to the ground be-
fore they reached the woods.
Rev. C. NJ. Southgate, the we'll
known pastor of the North Congrega-
tional church at st. Johnsbury, has
sent his resignation from the south,
where he has been some months for his
health, and it has been accepted.
Rutland folks are i'm doubt as to
whether they have n municipal judge,
Edgerton, who was recently elected to
the position, being already judge of the
county court, and it being n question
whether he can sit on both benches at
the same time.
| There were 4747 scales manufactured
at the Fairbanks scale works during
the month of April, which is 977 more
than during the same time in 1874. The
company are now filling large order
to be sent to Moscow and St Peters
burgh, Russia.
Prof. Shaw has announced the follow
ing honorary appointments for the
coming anniversary exercises at Burr
and Burton Seminary; Naledictory
Grafton, Bruce salutatory Grafton,
Hurlbut; literary essay, Miss Merrill I;
poem, Whipplc; marshal, SWEET.
| me farmers III HInesuurgn have
nearly all their sowing done. For two
weeks there has been the finest kind of
weather for farm work. The last few
days have started the grass and opened
the first leaves finely. Hay is scarcely
needed and common stock is plenty
and cheap.
Hiram Moffitt, over seventy years of
age, left his boarding place in Wells
last Tuesday, and cannot be found.
search has been made all about, but no
trace of him has been obtained He is
not exactly in his right mind. His
father was one of Ethan Aliens men,
who captured old ri. in 1875.
The roads are in bad condition vet
between Wilmington and Bennington.
One day last week the stage left there
at six O'Clock in the morning, aud did
not arrive at Bennington till nearly ten
o'clock in the evening, all the time be-
ing occupied i'm trying to get along
The distance is little over twenty
miles.
| Nelson Fiske, son of Hiram Fiske, of
Isle La Mott, with their hired man and
hired girl, was upset, last Tuesday,
in crossing the lake from Chazy in a
small sail boat. They had got within
half mile of shore when a whirlwind
struck the boat turning it bottom side
up. They were in the water about half
an hour before they We're rescued.
The new Pavilion at MONTPELIER is to
be built of brick, four stories high, with
a basement, and n fiat metallic roof.
The great fireplace in the Office, so
famous in the old hotel has been re-
built, and there will be two large fire
places in the large dining room. The
main entrance to the building is on
State street, and is approached by
.welve granite steps.
The barn of DIR. ID. II. Onion, of Mil
ton, was discovered on fire about nine
O'Clock Sunday evening and soon burn
ed to the ground. Several tons of hay
and large amount of grain together
with a lumber box wagon were destroy
ed. The fire was the work of an incen-
diary. The loss is about 81 900, and
the insurance is $500 in the Farmers
Mutual of Montpelier
Judge Barrett has given a hearing at
Woodstock TO some of the stock holders
of the Vermont and Canada railroad
for an injunction to restrain the direct
ors from executing the deed of sale to
the Central Vermont, +. A. Brooks, of
Boston, arguing the case in behalf OF
the petitioners, and Congressman
Willard, of Montpelier, for the defen-
ant majority. The judge reserved his
decision.
A young man named Sweet, living
with Alvah Richard, at Franklin came
near being killed recently by n bull
which he was leading 10 water. While
he was giving his attention in another
direction the bull pulled the stick
which was fastened to n ring in his nose
away, and then went for him. Luckily
the animaFs horns were short and he
could not do as much gOring as he tried
to do, and the boy is still alive, though
somewhat bruised.
Frederic II. Richards, formerly OF
Vermont, but recently conductor OF
the Costa Rica Central America) rail.
road, was killed on the 10Th of Marcel
last. He was on top of one of the cars
and was struck on the head by the iron
tube of an aqueduct, while passing
under it. His skull was broken and he
fell against the bank and bounded back
under the car wheels, which almost
severed his head from his body. Mr.
Richards was only twenty-three year,
of age, and was a brother of Mr.. l.. ID
Richards, formerly of this state, anC
also connected with the same road.
J. d. Crouch, of the firm of Croucl
: Brothers. of Western Texas, visited
T Woodstock last week for the purpos,
of purchasing a car load of fine wooleC
sheep. He bought fortyfive head from