The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-13
Local News.
Get your hot beds in order.

B. b. Hope has sold out his carriage
business.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Smith has returned from
his five months sojourn in the south.
j. NJ. SHADES little child has been
dangerously i'll, but il is said to be get
ting better.
The small boys are Dragging OF
their success in bagging bull-bouts
these days.
"A tramp sick with lung fever, who
had been taken care of at the poor house,
died last Thursday.
The spring term of college opened
last week Thursday, and students and
plug hats again enliven our streets.
&C. j. Soper, who recently returned
from Malone, n. Y, is about to open q
new tailor's shop in Buttolph's block.
The man who puts new life into
venerable silk plugs has scattered his
seductive announcements about town.
-Barty McKillop has returned to
society by favor of the governor, and re-
ceives many greetings from his friends
Prof. Means, who went away fol
the vacation, returned last Saturday,
bringing his newly welded bride with
him.
j. IL. Batchelder has raised his
large building near his mill, which has
been in process of framing for some
time.
Large focks of wild geese were
seen, Tuesday evening, on their way
north TO take their annual summer va
cation.
The young ladies' Shakespeare Club
meets with Miss Alice Rockwell on the
remaining Saturdays of the month
They read "RomeO and Juliet"
Rev. Elbridge Gerry of Randolph
one of the editors of the Herald, was in
town yesterday, and made flying trip
to East Middlebury.
e. E. Smith is attending to the bus.
mess of +. II. Mcleod in this place in
prosecuting claims against the govern.
ment, securing pensions, bounty money
etc.
The members ofthe Juvenile TEN,
perance Union are requested to meet al
Saturday, April p, AT two o'clock il
the afternoon.
The creditors of W. b. Dunshee
bankrupt, held their first meeting at the
office of Stewart Il Eldredge in this vii
lage, yesterday, and elected L. ID
Twitchell, Esq, assignee.
Eight tramps from the north wer,
lodged at the Jail Wednesday night
They paid for their lodging next morn
ing by doing little work on the parl
below the Addison House, clearing NJ
the dead leaves, etc.
The past few days have been beau
tiful in appearance, but those who have
been out riding extensively say the,
were deceitful frauds, and that the colo
wind beat the sunshine by good many
points.
The old Dustin place, now owned
by Peter Champagne, has been under
going repairs for several days. Ii il
being newly shingled, and new sills are
being put in where the old ones are pas
service.
Daniel OShea has been removal
ing the old Nichols shop on High street
built an addition to it, and is fast con
verting il into neat tenement, which
will much improve the appearance Of
that particular spot.
An unstopped jug of molasse,
somehow got inverted in wagon that
was standing on the street the Other
morning, and when the owner return
ed to get in, the sea of sweetness that
covered the bottom made him pause
and mediate.
Eddie AinsworIh, while playing
base ball the other day, met with an
accident in the form Of severe blow
over his eye, by club which slipped
out of the hands Of playmate. The
doctor was called and the wound wa,
dressed, and the patient is doing well.