The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-07-15
LOCAL NEWS.

The price Of butter in the Middle.
bury market last Monday was a trihe
lower, the quotations being % to %
cents.
Charles G. Severance and James
Russell, on Friday evening of last week,
caught pickcrel near the three mile
bridge which measured more than three
feet in length and weighed 10 10 pounds,
H. s. Foote. Esq, and wife, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, arrived at the residence
of Mr. Foote'S father. on Sunday morn
ing, for few weeks vacation from his
arduous professional labors 10 the city.
- 10 our column OF obituaries may be
found the announcement Of the death Of
Mr. Reuben Fl Cobb of Fast Middle
bury Mr. Cobb has been a resident Of
that village for forty years, aud was much
respected.
Rev r. &. Flagg OF Andover,
Mass, Of the college class Of 1869, is in
town with his vile, stopping at Dr.
Rowley's. He is looking hale and hearty
the no, weather having hardly thinned
him down.
Commmencemeut is evidently at
hand otherwise why the application Of
loose dirt to the sidewalk, front Of the
Congre ,ational church This application
day or two before Commencement has
become An annual certainty.
Tho influx OF our usual summer Wis.
,lors has commenced The Addison
louse is already pretty we'll filled, and
quite number Of the iarm houses 10 the
vicinity have already had arrivals. Lake
Dunmore House and Bread Loaf Inn are
filling up rapidly.
Next Sunday there will be no
preaching service at the Congregational
church in the morning, but the Sunday
school will hold their session at the hour
Of the usual morning service. la the
afternoon Rev DR.. &. b. Hubert will
preach the baccalaureate discourse, at the
church
six or eight members of tho Senior
class went to Lake Dunmorc on Thurs
day. They found n party OF about thirty
Brandon people camping out who arrang-
ed an improDptu dance ut the house,
which was characterized az reck lessl y
highto ed affair, in which few of the
students joined for time.
-Jehial Wright owns the champion
thermometer Last Wednesday it regis.
tered 100 degrees, hanging on the out.
side Of the southern door The next day
it indicated Jag degrees at two O'Clock.
against a western door We fear Mr.
Wright's instrument was uot in the sh ade,
though he did not say how it was.
Charles Pierce OF Ripton, who has
been in the Middlebury Jail some four
mouths and twenty days for disturbing a
religious meeting in Ripton, was released
on Monday afternoon by the selectmeD
OF Ripton, who, it seems, concluded that it
wouldn't pay to board him any longer
They had smart little sum to pay, Of
course
Last Sunday morning Rev. Il. r
Hooker, pastor of the Middlebury Con-
gregailonal church, gave a Centennial
discourse which was mainly devoted to
local church history aud deductions and
lessons legitimately drawn thereirom. In
the discourse there were also many inter
esting references to early local history
not especially connected with the church
The Murray Dramatic Troupe who
advertised quite extensively for a five
nights entertainment in Academy hall
got Into little difficulty down the
road 10 consequence of which they were
detained SO that they were unable to CONT
TO tho time advertised here. They pro
pose to 20 on aud complete their oihel
engagements elsewhere taking Middle
bury at some future date. 1t is a pit,
that SO many Of the travelling shows &c
squeezed SO tightly by surrounding town
before they can get to Middlebury.
The Commencement concert pro
granme this year has unusual element
Of popularity 10 it. The professional at
tainments OF the performers are unsur
passed aud the variety Of their programme
will be much greater than ever before
The vocal music will be sn especial
pleasing feature TO most o the audiences
The Temple qnartette has won golde
opinions wherever they have sung, AL
the press comments are exceedingly CON
plimentary.
George Martin. a young man G
about Is years of age, walked from Roct
ester to Middlebury by way of Gcshe
and Brandon on Wednesday. stopping I
battle and to have an extended row o
Lake Danmore as he came along. Th
distance Travelled was thirty. three mile
aud most Of the day the thermometer
the shade was ranging among the ninetis
Thursday morning this youthful pedei
trian appeared las good as new au
wasn't lame Bit