The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13
County News.
NE " ia YEN.

Mr.. a. j. Eastman this week ship
ped another carload of butter tubs to
the west.
"A. Nj. Roscoe, Esq, has sold his
residence to Hon. Oliver Smith. The
latter will remove to the "Street' some
time during the summer.
Mr., Shewod Brown. superinten-
dent of the Sabbath school, took his leave
of the school, last Sabbath, as he is about
to remove to Westport, N. Y. He con-
graduated the school on its present pros
peritv as compared with one year ago,
and hoped il had still successful future
before it, Rev. S. Knowlton in a
feeling manner alluded to the faithful
services of Mr.. Brown as superinten-
dent, and expressed his great regret that
he was about to leave the state. lie
hoped that Mr.. Brown would soon again
return to take his place in the school and
in the society of the town. On motion
a unanimous vote ofthanks was given to
Mr.. Brown for his past services and
faithful discharge of duty.
On Wednesday, April 4, il being
the eighty-sccond birthday of Dea.
Calvin Squier of New Haven, by i'll
vitation considerable number of his
associates for many years, in society and
III church, called upon him to pay their
respects to HIM and his estimable wife on
that suspicious anniversary occasion.
There were present Seth Langdon, Esq,
aged a, and his wife, Mrs. Laura
(Squier) Langdon, aged rs; Mr.. Alvin
Squier, aged n and his wife, Mrs. Sarah
Squier, aged "a; Mrs. Diadama Bottum,
widow of the late Judge Elias Bottum,
aged sc; Dea. Julius l.. Eldredge, aged
40, and his wife, Mrs. Polly Eldredge,
aged 20: Mrs. Lorinda (Squier) Cald-
well, aged 70; Mrs. Parthena II. Barton,
widow of the late Walter Barton, aged
10; Mr.. Martin Cowles, aged IA; Sylves-
Ter Doud, Esq, aged ~ and Dea. Calvin
Squier, aged ~ and Mrs Emma (Icks)
Squier, his wife, age nearly 81 years.
The average age of these fourteen per-
sons was about II years. Rarely has a
company of this great age met in such
comfortable health rs on this pleasant
spring day. There were also present
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward :. Dana, son-in-
law and daughter of Dea. Squier, with
their two sons; and Mr.. David III.
Squier, his son, with his wife and daugh-
ter. Rev. 5. Knowlton, paster of the
church, with his wife, was also present.
The guests spent several hours in the
pleasantest social intercorse, and in re-
calling memories of the last half century
and more during which they had labored
school and no social Owl ,,oI;ao,' ~, H.
tereets Of Tho torn FL "a ous in-
wcre bandsn,,,,.,, ,t,.,,..;'5 .,'o h; ,ne.
| by Mr.. and Mrs Dana IN rot;r;ma
from the table Rev. Mr.. Knowlto5
offered PRAYER and made annronr ;.1 q
remarks aIiud;nc to the oroat pa,,po 'S So,.
concentration af so many of noooon
Souier's associotes IF smcb adDo~ 1o,i
ACE catherine m meot him o -" ~
eighty.second birthday II was nail.
ed and sinoularlv nieaeant oco s'saa
and one which ali nrosent had rnosoms,
to be thankful for. ne show;n% tho arroaa
goodness and mercy ofCod NJ XII,
| Souier also made eornast nanorat,,iato,,
and befittinU remarl,s conp2, i
his cousin oS his iono and np.;r;nm ~
bor in behaIfofthe chSrcb and in snp;ot, "a
TO which Deacon Son;er rosmandoJ ~; 2.
great feeIin@ and axn,.osgpd - I'm III
Gratitude that his old G.;ands 60 ' "eup
of them of the few vet snarsd had aons
10 meet him ON tbiS ap'';va,s "',, In AM
After singing. Come thon Eoun d' ~
every BLESSING - the comnanv eanoro,a az,
in the host Of snirits and su;ih tbn 49, a'eo
10 have onotber rolun;o, n,n ' -,
hence .NrGlobe. UNIV" '"' ''"'
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