The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-09

Thursday evening, last week, was o very
pleasant affair, with nothing to disturb OF
annoy guests or host. There were abou.
twenty. FIVE couples present.
--Junius K, Severance aud Charles [
Severance started with about three hun
bred sheep for the Texas market, thi
friday morning. They will remain ii
the Lone Star State during the winter.
The skating has been excellent VI
the Greek, during the week, and multi
tudes of youths and maidens buckled OF
the irons aud sailed about in oil thu
exhilaration engendered by this species
Of fun.
-"Do you call that a cord Of wood p
asked an indignant Middlcbury customer
of an tout east" mau who had dumped Q
lean.looking load in his yard. "Why
darn it all, l could have made it pile W
a cord and a half if | tried" wa the
soothing response. And perhaps the
customer was soothcd.
The annual meeting Of tho Middle
bury Temperance Society held on Mon
day evening was SO thinly attended that
no action was taken. An adjourned
meeting will be held at the lecture room
of the Congregational church on Monday
evening next, December IL, for the pur-
pose Of trausactiDg there the business
proposed.
The village schools commenced on
Monday last with about the usual attend.
ance. There were two changes in teach.
ers on account of tho sickness of Miss
Fuller so as to be unable to take her
school. Miss Bennett was transferred to
take charge of her school, and Miss Hui.
bert took Miss Benefits place in the
second primary.
Tho December number Of The In.
dergraduate is out. 1t will we'll repay
reading. An article on 1.-The Philosophy
Of Poetical Translation" which has been
continued through three numbers, being
completed in this, is really a well. written
treatise on that subject, compressed into q
small space, and does credit TO The
author s powers OF Analysis.
The December term OF the Addison
County Court will commence on Tuesday
next. There are some ffty.eight cases
for the jury, but there is no particular
reason at present to expect a longer
term thar usual. Chief Justice Pierpoint
will preside, and he will be assisted by
Hons. X. d. Hedden and d. II. Sargent,
assistant judges. The grand jurors have
not been called together.
We ought to have mentioned last
week that about q column and a half of
that issue were put in type by Prof.
K~ellogg's little boy, Freddie. He was q
gentleman with time on his hands during
the vacation Of the school and 80 he came
into our Office and set type for q part of
several days. Although it was his first
attempt, he set type faster than most ap.
prentices Of several weeks standing, and
he set very clean proofs with few
or no errors in spelling. He gave no
trouble, asked no questions, and showed
that he had used his eyes to good advan.
tagc in his previous occasional visits in
our office. The little fellows head hard.
ly reaches up to tho level Of our type
cases.
Mr.. G. G. Frost addressed the
Middlebury Reform Club and others upon
the subject Of temperance at Academy
hall on Thursday evening. There was a
good attendance. George G. Walker,
Esq. presided. The address was very
interesting and effective. After Mr..
Frost, Col. j. b. Mead Of Randolph
made a few remarks which were received
with evidences Of favor by the audience.
Mr.. Bryant, who vas expected. failed TO
arrive. There are also to be meetings
this friday evening at the vestry of the
Methodist church and Saturday evening
at Academy hall and on Sunday evening
at tho hall. Messrs. Frost and Bryant
are both expected to be present at these
meetings,
/EMiss Ella f. Searle, a lovely young
lady of fine intellectual and moral
endowments, died suddenly on Sunday
morning last, OF ~infammatory rheumatism
affecting the heart. She was a daughter
of the late Philip Searle of Bridport, and
her own residence was in that town until
within three years, when with her moth
er she came to reside in Middlebury
village. She had been long troubled
with this disease, but such a serious
result was not anticipated, and she was
expecting to be married at Christmas to a
young gentleman residing in Brooklyn.
But the end came, and the bright antici.
pations of happiness and hopes Of friends
were dashed to earth, The funeral was
attended on Wednesday, and the remains
were taken to Bridport for interment, some
of her young friends in Middlebury
accompanying the procession on its sad
errand. Miss Searle was about twenty
four years Of age.
There will be given at Academy
Hall. next Wednesday evening, the 18th
inst, a musical and dramatic entertain,
ment, consisting Of vocal and instrumental
music, a lecture IN Indians, and other
selections, by j, r. Newell, and the
comedy, "Poor Pi~lllcoddy." The music
will be Of the highest order, and the
rendering Of "Poor PillicOddy" by the
competent actors engaged in it will be
delightful. Ia the character of Poor
Pillicoddy Prof. Higley has no superior
even among professional actors. Tho
genius of this accomplished gentleman