The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Butter is about twenty cents per
pound these days. Fall butter thirty
cents per pound.
The new proprietor of the Glen
aonse in East Middletnry, Will Allen
had an opening bull there last Wednes
day evening.
We are obliged 10 defer or omit
several interesting Communications upon
local and county matters this week, for
want Of space
Tho juvenile missionary circle meet
at the lecture room Of the Congregational
church, on Wednesday evening at half
past six o'clock.
-Rov Mr.. Hooker will deliver the
next lecture 10 tho graded school course
on Friday evening, February 4. Sue.
ject, "Witchcraft."
The poster placed IN the post off &c
announcing tho reception by Mother
Goose, was designed and executed by Mr..
Clarence Harvey, and is unique and at.
tractive thing
Frank t. Smith retircs from his DO.
sition as post Office clerk, whore he has
had long term Of service to the accept
auce Of the public Willie Chapman
takes his place.
The students Of tho college will
issue the first number of their new paper.
tho Undergraduate, in two or three
weeks. 1t will be published monthly at
one dollar per year.
Parties in want OF pumps should ex.
anime the Grover pump which may 90
seen ut the shop over Martin 4 Lang.
worthy's machine shop Those who ought
to know speak Of it in high terms
MI. f. X Severance cultivated
twenty-five acres OF corn the past season
and raised l 400 bushels Of cars. |,
would be well for those who wish to Sc.
cure equally good crops another season to
remember that Mr.. Severance is 3
granger.
H. 8 Baker, Esq, graduate Of
Middlebury college in tho class of 1869
and for time correspondent of the RKa
IsrER, has become county superintendent
Of schools and editor of the educational
department of the local papers al River
Falls, Wis
Report OF attendance in the grsdeC
school for the past week High school. Q.
per cent. ! grammar school, 90 per cent.
intermediate, 81 per cent. fourth pri
mary, 81 per cent. third primary, o.
per cent second primary, rs per cent.
first primary, 80 per cent,
John Thompson, near ihs treisb
depot. is irst class workman 10 the lin
of cabinet making, and any enc giyiul
him job about these days. either sev
work or 10 repairing, will do themseIye
= favor aud at the same time do beney
pleot act in helping tho needy
--some con6ding freshman eithc
thought to save a recitation or make him
self immortal, aud spent several of tn
"wee sma' hours" one night last week i
taking down stoves His labor was lost
however, for tho recitations went on o
usual, in spite Of cold and smoky room
--Mr. Fuller Pierce, Tor many year
the popular clerk of the Addison Hous
in 'hi' village, and latterly manager {
hotel ut Clarendon Springs. has pul
chased the Middlcbury House a wi
take possession in week or two, Mr..
b. Smith surrenderipg his lease, whic
will not expire until May.
The lecture by Rev. Franklin Ia,
bury in the graded school course la
Friday evening, WIS listened to by GOO
audience, who gave tho best OF attention
and mentally voted it to be Que sf Il
best. The subject wasH-Tho Heroic I'll
meDt" The lecturer evineed tboroup
acquaintance of history and an Apr
citation of true worth and insight into hi
toric character. as well as power Of d
scription and the gra9es Of historic In
superior degree.