The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-02

tae tea1 W sae hhe
Vallette has taken the house and already
gone to housekeeping.
Col. John B. Mead, of Randolph,
will deliver q lecture at Academy hall,
on the evening Of December s, under the
auspices Of Pleasant Valley grange.
Subject: "Centennial Thoughts from the
Farmers Standpoint"
The rhetorical exercises at the close
Of school last week we're very interesting,
and the parts were performed with much
satisfaction to the teachers and friends OF
the scholars, many of whom were present
to witness the exercises.
Tuesday afternoon Anthony Little
was fined the usual So and costs, upon
pleading guilty of intoxioation, and in de.
fault Of payment was committed. Not
disclosing to the satisfaction ofthe justice,
he was remanded for further reflection.
-Rev. j. lsham Bliss preached at the
morning and evening services Of st.
Stephen Episcopal church, and will ofioi.
ate again at the same place two weeks
from the same day, Dec. 10. The hours
of services will be 10:45 AM. and 3 Pm.
Edwin Il. Clay has been adjudged
a bankrupt upon his own petition and
there is to be a meeting of creditors at
at the Office of Stewart & Eldredge next
Monday to act upon q proposition for
composition under section II Of the bank.
rupt act Of 1874.
M. Boylan is manufacturing q stove
polish which, put to test, proves to be a
superior article. 1t ia called the Black
Diamond Stove Polish. 1t can also be
used as a lubricator. We hope this bust.
ness enterprise may meet with the success
it seems to deserve.
DR.. Currier. who performed the
operation upon Mrs. Paris Fletcher
mentioned last week, writes US that they
were not cancers which he removed, but
cystic adenoma Of the breast. We
thought cancer was bad enough, but g
disease with such an awful name must be
absolutely frightful.
Mr.. John Mack made a turkey
shoot on Wednesday. and some fourteen
turkies we're carried off by the sharp
shooters. j. A. Wright took two, An
drew Bacn two, Asa Heminwsy two, L
Thompson one at sixty rods off hand
George Hammond took six, aud Ed
Wright one at 140 rods.
DR.. G. II, Plumley and Mr. Mayo
went out hunting on Tuesday and, getting
lost, wandered off nearly to Vorgennes
Then learning their whereabouts they
walked back to Brooksville and took thu
train home. But while losing their POINT
of compass they kept level heads as t
game. capturing some ave cartridges ant
q horned owl.
The school sociable on Friday eve
!. ming was a very pleasant affair as usual
The pupils of the schools upon the lowel
floors occupied the hall until eight O'Clock
when they went homo and the Older
r scholars came, remaining until ten o'olocl
or such a matter. The teachers assisted
: the little folks 10 their plays, and al
seemed happy indeed.
= Those persons elected upon tn,
8 county ticket in the September election
+ went into office t o-day, December !
There are no changes except in the ofic
of assistant judges, Hons. Royal d. He'd
den and Daniel II. Sargent succeedinI
Hons. A. d. Hayward and j. E. Roberts
The sheriff, states attorney land judges O
probate are their own successors.
NJ Our agricultural editor has receives
from the governor a commission as mem
Der of the Board Of Agriculture for tn
, two years next ensuing. The board
. now constituted as follows George
! |, Fassett, Enosburgh; Albert Chapman
Middlebury Peter Collier, Burlington
John II. Mead, Rutland Ora Pau
Pomfret and Henry Chase, Lyndon. /
The Thanksgiving services at tn
Methodist church we're tolerably well al
I tended. but not go generally as could hav
k been wished. Rev. s. Washburn preache
from Acts l4:17. The discourse was i
r accordance with the sentiment of th
text. The speaker presented briefly tn
argument for the existence Of God, h
providence. and his goodness, maxim
practical application to the nation an
the times. He spoke Of our tempori
: mercies. our educational and religion
privileges, and expressed the though
" that in our financial experiences we haV
'sowed to the wind and are DOW reapin
j, the whirlwind."
-Mr. Harry Moore died at his res
"a dence on Park street, Saturday, Nov. 2!
n The causes which have occasioned h
death we're mentioned in q former issu,
He WAS born 10 Shoreham Nov. q
d 1903, and was therefore seventy. thrt
IN years old. He came to Middlebury i
184l, and went into the Middlebur
70 House, which he kept for many year
~ He carried the mails to Bridport f
" several years. and latterly to Cornwall
Mr.. Moore was married twice. He leav'
Q, a wife and two children, a con 10 Chica(
,e and a daughter in Kansas. to mourn b
sad death. He was a quiet, industriol
IN man, always contented whatever his !,
n might be, thoughtful OF his family al
kind to everyone.
-Col. Jewett Wilcox. lately OF Cal
~ ILL.,, has assumed the management Of Il
fremont House. Chicago, sometime cal
u cd tho "paiase Hvtoi of Ausriea." Tn
hotel has stood high among the hotels
es the country since the original three.st
e. ry frame building was erected in 1873
ty This building was burned in 1889 and 7
placed by a somewhat larger buildin
.. which was also burned in 1910. TIL
"a q large brick building took the place
a the wooden structure, and this was bur
=. ed in the great fire Of 1871. The four
structure is ever more ambitious, havil
Il. six stories, lo1 feet on Lake street by 1
w. feet on Dearborn street, surprising in Q