The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-10
Mr., VIM. r. Ellis, of Salisbury

| WIN inc Craulc, StOOu ABOUT 1lNc 1cet III
height. The heads were long and well
filled with fine, large kernels. He says
the yield will be from twenty TO twenty
five bushels per acre.
Rev. E. T. Hooker, pastor of the
Castleton church, preached at the Con-
gregational church last Sunday-in the
morning upon the moral discipline of
the details of this life, taking for his
text Acts 1881, "Paul said to the CEN
turion and the soldiers, except these
abide in the ship sc cannot be saved"
In the evening he preached from l
John, III, "But if we walk In the light
as he is in the light we have fellowship
one with another, and the blood Of
Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from
al SIM"
The Middlebury Temperance So
ciety held their annual meeting at the
lecture room of the Methodist church
on Monday evening. In the absence of
the president and vice-prosident, Mr..
M. A. Munroc was called to the chair.
The secretary, II. A. Peck, read the
records of the last meeting. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, L. c. Barrows !;
vice.president, H. M. Seely; secretary
and treasurer. III. A. Peck; executive
committee, Rev. L. p. Hooker, Rev. w.
II. Rowsom, II. G.. Langworthy.
Our genial friend, f. D. Mussey,
ESQ, of the Cincinnati Commercial, af-
ter an absence of two years since his
last visit, and five or six years since he
went west to reside, has returned home
for a sojourn of month at the old
homestead. This vacation became a
necessity on account of the precarious
condition of his health, he having be-
come seriously worn down by the in
cessaut and arduous labors of his posi-
ton. After taking q short season of
rest he will return TO Cincinnati and
resume his work again.
"A few Of our clerks, hotel porters,
saloon keepers and ono printer, indulg-
ed in special excursion to Vcrgennes,
Tuesday evening. They went for fare
one way without any formalities of re-
turn checks. The New York express
train usually halts at the freight depot
for moment, to allow an exchange Of
some of the train hands with the train
they meet there. Becoming aware of
this halt some of the "boys" got into
the habit of jumping on for free ride
By previous arrangement the change,
last Tuesday evening, was made at a
slack up before reaching the usual
place, aud the train went past the sta
ton at full speed CARRYING four of these
young men on to Vergennes. They re-
turned on the s 80 train. Two or three
nfh bn on off xr-1, IL
the train was moving.
j. @. Hawkins, Of Brandon, has re-
Gently succeeded in securing for Mr.
James Groves, who lives in the east
part of this town, the pension to which
he was entitled on account of the death
of his son, in the service, in 1868. Fol
some nine years foreign claim agent
was urging The claim at Washington
but without success. Finally, Mr.
Hawkins took the matter in hand {
year and half ago, and recently re
covered 1891. This money comes
very timely, as Mr.. Groves Is cripple
and unable to help himself. He has
, been supported by his nephew will
whom he lives, and by aid from thu
Masonic lodge, of which he was mem
Der. They were assisting him to tn
, amount of about one hundred dollars
year.
According to the developments O
the police court they have been havin!
:, high times down near the old Paper mil
lately. The neighbors quarrel witt
each other, and every body is agains
every body else, and the fact Is, tn
{ devil is to pay down there all the while
Q Last Tuesday, on complaint Of Mrs
a Sherman and CDR" Plummer, JOIN
3 Thompson and Mr.. VIM. Cady and wifi
were arrested for breach of the pcac
by throwing stones at and breaking tn
. windows and raising the Old Harr
generally in front of said plaintiffs
!, houses. The case was brought befor
: Justice Stapleton, Z. A. Sturtevant 70
the state and j. NJ. Slade for defend
ants. Thompson was tried first, an
y was discharged. A aoUe pros. was Ell
+ tered in the cases of the others. w
Q are sorry such state of things exists /
!; that community, but it always has, an
}. we suppose it always will, until the
get at 1t some day and fight it on
: among themselves. 1t appears that tn
= respondents went down TO Burns BIZ
!, tween nine and ten O'Clock in the eve
Z hing and drank some beer. Whetf
u er this made any difference wit
= their conduct or not, of course, W
1t could not say, but Jim repeatedly al
serted that he gave them only one glas
s. apiece, and it was small beer at that
l. though how large the glass or how sma
l. the beer he did not say. \
Y /-Mr. Ii. L. Hayden, an elderly fal
~ yher of this town, residing near the raj
I road depot, who had always been col
sidered as possessed of ''level head,
y became violently insane about tw
=, = weeks ago, and on Tuesday afternoo
i of last week, in his frenzy, attempte
: TO kill his wife. He sent his eldest sol
/. Henry, out of the room on an erran(
and IN his absence seized his wife b
the cheeks with both hands, then struc
l. her with cane and drew knife. Sh
n called for help, when Henry came i
4 and released her. Mr.. Hayden the
+. turned upon Henry and made lung
'r at him with the knife, which struck
1t button upon his coat, splitting the blu
ton, but the force of the blow was e,
"A pended and the young man was not il
~ jured. The insane man was thereaftt
81 put under the closest surveillance, q
a weapons taken away from him, and tw
II men were kept all the time in atten'
- ance. He several times informed h
" attendants that II was no use TO watS
him, for he should make way with hin
If self when he got ready. On Friday
III remarked while eating some sweet col
~ for dinner that this was the last
I'd should ever eat, and in the evenir
es went ont TO see his cows MIXED, al
IS, said he should never see them agai
dc That night about eleven O'Clock he to
es Mr.. c. Morton, who remained in Il
I'd room with him, that he wished
\ would go ont to the pump in the kite
\ en- and get him drink of water, al
&c when Mr.. Morton went out he follow,
IN him a short distance, then turned ba,
he into his bedroom, shut the door al