The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-12-21

day. The examinations were worry
satisfactory and showed much thorough
ness In the work of the term.
Shipments from the Middlebury
station for the week ending December
20, include 2 cars lumber; cars live
stock; cars hay; 6i00 pounds butter.
The regular semi-annual meeting
of Lake Dunmore Lodge, L. o. of o. F.,
will be held at their hall OH Wednesday
evening, for the election of officers.
A full attendance Is desired.
There is to be midnight mass at the
Catholic church, Christmas eve, COM
mencing at eleven o'clock. Prepare
lions are In progress at the church In
the way of decoration for the exercises.
The students have nearly all left
town to spend their short vacation; a
very few are seen wandering aimlessly
about the street, looking very much as
if they wished that they had gone away,
too.
Rev. 4. Z. Hooker, pastor, and
Dea. Barrows and Mr.. u. D.. Twitchell,
delegates, represented the Middlebury
Congregational church at the Addison
County Conference at Weybridgc,
Tuesday.
Christmas with its merry greetings,
its gifts and gayeties is almost ut hand.
All the little folks will have their stock
ings hung up by the flreplaces ready for
Santa Claus visit, next Monday night,
of course.
Prof. d. McGregor Means, of the
college, has purchased the Simmons
place on North Pleasant street, one of
the finest localities in town, and he will
take possession and commence improve
ments Immediately.
There is to be n change of time
OH the railroad next week. The six
O'Clock New York express train will be
taken off and hereafter we shall have
only the Boston mail train from the
south in the afternoon.
Tho Christmas services at St.
Stephens (EpiscopaD church, will be
on Monday evening, December "a; q
Christmas Eve service, at ESQ PM,
and on Christmas morning, service and
| holy communion at IL Am.
Everybody will want to hear Prof.
E. Brainerds address at the CoDgrega-
tional church, this evening, before the
Middlcbury Historical Society, and es-
pecially to attend the ladies' social
party at the lecture room after the adj
dress.
The icy condition of the sidewalks,
Wednesday morning, was the cause of
suddenly breaking off the train of
thought of many little miss, and of
stirring up the ideas of many school
| boy. There were no serious damages
as far as learned.
Z Eliza Mcmahon, the victim OF the
1.-THE West Rutland abortion case was
formerly resident of Middlebury, and
Daniel Conway, one of the parties ar
rested for connection with the crime,
was captain of Company III" 18th VT.
Vols, In the late war.
There is considerable complaint of
the disol derby conduct of some of the
young people at the lecture, last Friday
evening. 1t is hoped that those who
go to sit in the back part of the house
and visit will either stay at home or go
somewhere else next time.
The divorce suit of Mrs. Shackett
against her husband, which at the late
term of court was successful, was the
third attempt to secure legal separa-
ton. No alimony was applied for, this
time, and perhaps that is the reason no
opposition was made.
There was fair attendance at the
chicken-pie sociable in the lecture room
of the Methodist church, Wednesday
evening, and the ladies realized some
1927 so from the enterprise, while those
who attended found the entertainment
most excellent and enjoyable. The un-
favorable weather prevented the full
attendance which was expected.
Roy. w. II. Mceker, formerly pas
tor of tho Methodist church in this
place, has lately preached discourse
at Cohocs, n. Y, where he is now To-
Gated, upon "The Church and Free
Masonry" which produced something
of a sensation. Rev. John Walsh ali
swered him in discourse at St. Ber-
nard's church, in that city, Wednesday
evening last.
A little way out from the village,
last Wednesday night, two young men,
after dangerous experiment, came to
the settled conclusion that two wagons
or buggies, going the same way at a
high rate of speed, cannot and will not
both travel In the same track, In the
same place, at the same time, without
great inconvenience to one or both of
them. II is not yet decided which party
shall pay the damages.
We are pleased to learn that our
L. II
Icy, has become tho fortunate possessor
of a magnificent Chickerlng parlor
grand piano, having made the purchase
Of Mr.. Fred Ii. Cluott, the manufactur-
ers' only authorized agent, through Mr..
E. Tracy, who presides over Vermont,
aud may at any time be addressed at
the Bates House, Rutland, or occa-
sionally consulted at the Addison
House.
The officers of the Vermont Meri-
no Sheep Breeders Association and
the Board of Agriculture have arranged
to hold a joint meeting In this place, on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
January 3, 10 and IL, 1873. The first
day will be the day of the annual
meeting of the first named Association,
and will be devoted to the business of
the Association. Wednesday evening,
and part of Thursday, will be de-
voted TO addresses and discussions re-
lating to wool-growing and sheep
breeding. The remainder of the time
of the session, TO the dairy and other
subjects.
Prof. Higley lectured to a good
audience, last Friday evening. His lee
ture, "The Study of the Past" was
forcibly illustrated by oracular and
legendary anecdotes. His argument
was that In studying the past only we
caught true CLEANS of the future; that
all investigations into the future were
uncertain and unsatisfactory until they
had come to us and become thing OF
the past. The Professor unconsciously
illustrated his lecture by his opening
apology, that, "since his lecture was