The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-22

One day last week, young man
residing near East Middlebury got
crazy drunk, abused his wife, finally
kicking and striking her in n shameful
manner. A neighbor happened to pas:
along, aud hearing the row, went in,
parted them and succeeded at length in
quieting down the husband to some de.
gree of composurc. After the neighbor
left, this brute got on the war path
again, and soon again began to make
things musical around there. The wife
slipped out and hid in the bushes near
by, 10 await developments. This fellow
then took q butcher knife and began TO
chase his scven-year-old daughter,
threatening to kill her. AT length, tir-
ing of tho pursuit, he concluded 10 kill
himself instead. Meanwhile the wife
was watching proceedings from her
hiding place. The would-be suicide
bid his daughter goodbye, deliberately
drew the back of his knife across his
throat, staggered, fell, and struggled a
little while, and then lay still and dead.
The wife heroically maintained her si-
lence and kept her place of conceal-
ment, and very soon the dead man gath
cred himself up on his knees and eau
tiously looked about him to see If he
was observed; and just then our repor-
ter left.
The Commencement exercises next
week will occur according to the fol-
lowing programme:
Sunday, June 24.-2.30 PM, Bacca-
laureate sermon by the president; 8 p.
NJ, annual address before the Philadel-
phian society, by Rev. Silas Leroy
Blake, of Concord, N. III.
Tuesday, June 26.-S.30'A. NJ, annu-
al meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa socie-
ty in the Philosophical room. $50 AM,
preliminary meeting of the Alumni in
the college chapel. IL AM, annual adj
dress before the Associated Alumni, at
the church, by Aldace +. Walker, ESQ,
class of GO. Poem by Walter L. How
ard, class of oil; the dinner and social
reunion will follow at the Addison
House, at one o'clock PM; Sp.M., Par
kerian prize speaking at the church.
Wednesday, June 27.--S.30 AM. AN
nual meeting of the Associated Alumni
at the college chapel; 1870 AM, ora
tons and other exercises of the gradua-
ting class; Masters Grafton by G.. G..
Ryan, class of "a, to be followed by
the corporation dinner at the Addison
House; PM, annual commencement
concert, at the church, by the Beethoven
Qulntette Club, assisted by Miss Fan
ME Kellogg and Miss Abbie II. Clark
the presidents levee will he given i'm
mcdately after the concert.
The new iire-enginc came Monday
a ta,,nnnn Tim old ~
out Of the englne-house, and the new
one put in instead. Tuesday was spent
in furnishing up and getting il ready
for trial. 1t is handsome machine,
the same kind as the old one, (Button)
manufactured at Waterford, N. Y. Six
ty men can work at the brakes at once.
The firemen came out with it for a pre-
limlnary trial Tuesday evening. We'd
nesday evening they came ont again.
1t worked better. The "boys" outside
the fire company thought they would
try the old one and compare them, so
it was drawn into place and the hose
put OH. j. T. Kingsley "bossed' this
gang, and they put down the brakes
with will, and ii was almost univer-
sally acknowledged that ii threw high
CT stream than the new engine. While
running up the hill with gang of little
boys hold of the rope, two of them
were pushed down, and one of the front
wheels ran over them, and one of the
hind wheels run upon one of them, but
was backed of. The last, Peter Coun.
ter's little boy, was picked up and car
ried into DR.. Plumley's, but proved to
be more scared than hurt. The other
Willie Huntington, ran home. but he
had received some very severe bruises
on his left arm and leg. The trial was
considered unsatisfactory, and final
trial is set for this afternoon. The cost
of the machine is 1900, the manufact.
nrers taking the old engine in part pay
EAST MIDDLEBCRY.
Charlie Severance makes but slow
recovery, at best, from his lung Difficult.
| ty.
Through Mr.. L. X. Severance, ad.
ministrator Of the estate of Sherwood
Sawyer, there has been erected at his
grave beautiful and attractive slab, Of
value and good proportions. 1t is OF
Sutherland Falls marble and of the
workmanship of Mr.. f.. W. Judd, who
stands high in his art The widowed
companion, Mrs. Sawyer, has not beer
slow to remember her husband botl
when living and dead.