The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-01
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the Board of Visitors to West Point, for
1875.
M. f. Smile, of Waterbury, has been
appointed clerk of Washington county,
to fill the vacancy accustomed by MIR.
Nswcomb's death.
Bethany church at Montpelier, of
which Rev. DIR. Lord Is pastor, will
hereafter have free seats and II Use its
funds by weekly collections.
One of the old "wnter-cure" estab-
lishments at Brattleboro, once popular
with summer tourists, is now occupied
by 1919 tenants, So of them heads of
families, "a of whom keep house.
The installation of Rev. Edward G.
Reed as pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church of Bennington takes
place to-day, Rev. James q. johnson
of Rutland preaching the sermon.
A wild deer made his appearance be-
tween the church and the school-hous
at Morgan Center, the other day, but
the dogs chased him out on the lake,
and man caught him by the tail and
killed him.
Chancey Kenney, workman in the
saw room of the Vermont Novelty
Works company's shop,at Springfield,
VT, lost all the fingers from one of his
hands by getting them caught on cir
cular saw, Tuesday.
The course of lectures on antiquities
delivered at st. Adams, by Mrs. John
Gregory Smith, about three years ago,
have been published by the Harpers.
Mrs, Smith has in press novel, the
characters of which are from the ante
diluvian period.
J. Seymour Merrill, of Bennington
Centre, died of pneumonia, on the goth
inst. He was for twelve or fifteen years
the sheriff of Bennington county. His
father, erasmus G. Merrill, was an en-
inent lawyer and politician, and repre-
sented his district in Congress.
Louisa Hosford of Clarendon died, a
few days ago, after an illness of sixty
years caused by internal injuries pre-
duced by fall when she was nine
years old. During this time she suf-
fered intensely by spells, and could
never digest food except with the aid
of medicine.
The adjourned examination of Sam
uel Green, Forrest L. Green and his
wife Nelly. and Herbert Barrett, all of
Woodbury., for burning the barns Of
Gideon Burnham of that town, last
September, results in the discharge of
Forrest and his wife and holding the
ether two for trial in March or October.
st. Johnsbury boasts as many
churches in proportion to population
as any other village in New England,
there probably being less than -four
hundred people to church on an av-
erage. The folks think that churches
are good deal better to keep the town
decent than policemen, hangmen and
such.
The suit of Sarah Cleveland, widow
of Warren Cleveland of West Fairleo,
against DR.. Howard, now of Chicago,
to recover over $4,000, loaned to him
by Mr.. Cleveland, has been decided in
the plaintiffs favor, after years of liti-
CATION. The defendants chief plea was
that the notes were not properly
stamped.
Mrs. Mary Jane (Wheeler) Dikeman
of Hubbardton, wife of Mr.. Royal S.
Dikeman. died in Castleton, the 18th
inst at the house of her brother-in-law
Mr.. Kellogg, aged forty-seven years.
About two weeks before her death she
went to visit her sisters, and while
there was taken sick and unable to be
removed to her home.
George w. Hill of Johnson, the
founder of the Vermont Patriot, just
fifty years ago, which has since been
merged in the Montpelier Argus and
Patriot, writes letter to the latter pa
per full of interesting "reminiscences of
the early times. He is native of Ash
burnham, Mass, but got his first news
papering at Concord, n. H., where his
brother published the New Hampshire
Patriot.
The next legislature that meets in
Vermont had better stay in session
long enough to perfect system of law
that will allow the commonwealth to
get along for tho space of two years
without a session being called to tink-
er some little matter; or if there is not
legislative ability enough to to do that,
at the proper time the constitution
should be amended so that two years
will not intervene between sessions
Montpelier Freeman,
A Frenchman. on last Saturday
while under the influence of liquor, fell
into the river at Bolton, and would
have been drowned but for the timely
interference of some one crossing at the
same time. A drunken fellow without
a home was taken into a house and
kept over night, recently. not being in
condition to be left out in the severe
cold. Another became desperate and
attacked his wife, but further violence
was prevented by the Interference o
the neighbors.
On Saturday, Jan. 10, Adolphus Has
kins of Middletown, while trotting will
some five others for the purpose of ex
ercising their horses, OH the pond, me
with sad accident. He and Eugene
Wilcox were trotting rapidly in hi
, wagon on the smooth ice, when on,
wheel ran back over the wear iron ant
held fast. He could not control tn
horse, and he ran into an open plac
} some ten or twelve feet across, throw
: ing them into the water and Instant,
, killing himself. The horse was value,
! at some $500. The men got cold bath
but were otherwise uninjured.
f A good many are disappointed at tn
refusal of Gov. Peck to call an extr
: session of the legislature to appropri
: ate money for representation at tn
centennial, and it is probable that
majority of the members favored til
s plan. But the idea that the money wa
e going to be used in 'iunketing" ha
: taken considerable hold on the ruri
d mind, and might have defeated tn
q proposition. after all. The entire con
n mittee recently had an interview wit
J. the governor, and, on the strength ,
|. the superstition that he would call tn
e legislature together, went to Philade
l. phia and selected space. John \. Ba,
ter, chairman of the committee, has no
resigned in evident disgust
e F. p. Hadley stove dealer of Below
J. Falls, was victimized on the Goth by
l. young man protesting TO represent Il
sr house of b. w. Dunklee 4 Co. of Bosto
l. He gave his name as j. S. William
II and called upon Hadley. presenting lie
rt tiers and kilograms signed by the hou