The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-03-17
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Mrs. l.. Huntington is very low
DR.. Sutton attending.
The lee cleared here on Friday last,
doing considerable damage TO the east
dam and Halls flumc gates. Fishing is
now in full blast, but as yet no catching
has been done.
Discussion upon common schools
has been the theme at the Grange for
three consecutive nights, and is on hand
for one more. The Grange store is do
ing good business in the line of gro
ceries.
Mr.. LOOMS j. Thompson Saturday
last shot seventeen muskrats in one hour
and fifteen minutes, passing only one
hundred rods of bank on Lemon Fair.
The wind was blowing very hard at the
time.
Mr.. Ebb Lee was the subject Of an
assault on Sunday last, while passing
the residence of Mr.. Duley. Lee says
Dulcy threw large stone at him, which
caused large blue swelling on his back.
Juror Sneeden was consulted and il Is
to be hoped that justice will take place.
Judge Hayward suffered the loss of
seven hams from his smoke house, one
night this week. To take part of what
O man has, is perhaps excusablc to a GER
tain degree, but no decent man will take
all. Alas, how fallen Is man. The
Judge doesn't get on his muscle any to
appearance, but if he should find out
who has his hams, he would no doubt
try to persuade him TO return part of
them.
"A one-ycar-old boy of Mr.. A. G..
Brown, of this village, fell upon some
pieces Of laths which had been used,
and had some nails remaining in
them, and forced one of the nails into
his forehead, thrcc-eighths of an inch.
Medical authority says that had il been
other than the center of his forehead, il
would have caused almost instant death.
He is at present doing well, and no dan
ger is npprehended.
DIR. Root lcctured here on Tuesday
evening, on the subject of temperance.
He spoke particularly of the antago-
nism between temperance and rum, sin
in high places, etc. lie took very cam
did view and did not enter largely upon
the extremes, and seemed to wish to
have his audience converted to his sub
ject nationally and reasonably, thereby
remaining permanent converts. He is
to lecture again soon. A committee was
appointed to consider the feasibility of
organizing union Reform Club.
Friday last, being the twentieth an
niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. f. Twitchell's
marriage, tEeir friends to the number of
forty assembled at their residence on
Water street, to spend the evening in a
manner fitting the occasion. Mr.. and
Mrs. Twitchell We're absent, and (ac-
cording to the plan) were detained un-
til late in the evening. Upon returning
they were surprised at finding their
mansion brilliantly Illuminated and all
going on joyously. Everybody seemed
bent upon having fun ofsome sort, and
thoughts of n wedding seemed upper
most in their minds. And (although
entirely UNEXPECTEDLY there were found
those there that felt disposed TO crafty
the company in seeing and enjoying,
not farcical, but real one. After q
little time spent in preliminary arrange
ments, the official services of Rev. Mr..
Mott were called In, and Mr.. Albert Cole
and Miss Maggie Tobin were joined in
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company then sat down to bountiful
supply Of cake, ETC., which seemed to
wholly satisfy them, both in quality and
quantity. The bride of twenty years
appeared in her wedding dress, which
occasioned much mirth on account OF
its departure from the mode of to.
day. The happiest man of the evening,
of course, was the bridegroom, and next
to him was conceded by all to be his
father, Mr.. j. S. Cole, who was at the
time suffering severely from a wounded
foot but forgot to limp in the excitement
or rather, limped upon the wrong foot
The company broke up at late hour
and went away happy, wishing the
bridegroom and bride Or twenty years,
as we'll as those of the evening, long
life and a happy one.