The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-02

Hubert, delegates to the Delta Upsi
lon convention held at Madison Univer
sity, have returncd. They report very
large delegation from all Delta Upsiloi
chapters.
Mr.. Charles Sumner, of the cas-
part of this town, has caught in traps
this fall six foxes and twcnty-scvei
skunks. We should advise the young
man to go "west," where he can pur
sue his vocation OH larger scale.
Last Friday night, Mr.. j. Eros
gave fair warning of his arrival by
hardening the mud aud water in the
streets in some places and the benign
rays of old "Sol" were insufficient tC
resolve them into their former plastic
state.
Wednesday evening was "IIalow
Gen. and as usual the spirit of mis-
chief was abroad, pcrpctrating various
tricks, but more especially taking the
street lamps from their places and hid
ing them. No serious damage wa
done.
Master Willie Mills, five year ole
grandson of S. II. Mills, who lives foul
miles northeast of this village, picked
up twenty bushels of potatoes one day
last week and thereby earned twenty
cents. Where is the next boy of thai
age who can do such a days work?
Mars and Saturn, which have beer
approaching each other for some time
will be in conjunction tomorrow even
ing. 1t will be worth noticing, and il
is expected that lots of young ladies and
gentlemen will avail themselves of the
opportunity to discuss Astronomical
and other subjects.
Mr.. Jonathan Russell has sold his
hardware business to Mr.. Benjamin +
Wales of Weybridge, and the firm is
changed from Russell Il Hyde to Wales
Il Hyde. The new firm will continue
the business at the old stand and, as
appears from their advertisement in an.
other column, they propose to sell stoves
at unprecedentedly low prices.
Mrs. w. A. Farnsworth, of Cgsarea
Turkey, will address the ladies of the
Missionary Society in the vestry of the
Congregational church, Tuesday after
noon, November 6, at two o'clock. Mrs
Farnsworth's address will be simple
story of her home life and duties i'll the
mission field. Ladies of all the churches
are invited to be present.
The directors of the Middlebury
National Bank are making important
improvements in their banking house.
They have moved the north window OF
the front room, put in new chimney
from the foundation and made an open
fire place in the counting room. They
will hereafter, probably, be able to dis
pensc with the coal stove arrangement.
On our first page is another chap
ter in the Vcrgenncs alleged poisoning
case, taken from the Boston Globe.
We do not wish to be understood as
approving the publication of the evil
dence at this stage of the case, neither
do we desire to express an opinion as
TO the truthfulness of the statements.
But it having been published and the
public curiosity being aroused to hear
it, we can hardly do otherwise than lay
it before our readers as it appears in
that journal, without comment.
Rev. w. A. Farnsworth, who has
been for twenty-five years a missionary
in Cnsarca, Cappadocia, Turkey, has re-
Gently arrived in this country, and he is
now in town. He will occupy the pull
pit of the Congregational church, Sum
day morning and give an account of the
work of evangclizatiOn in Asia Minor.
Having just come from the immediate
vicinity of the seat of war in the East,
his knowledge of the political and mill
tary situation will give his remarks an
additional interest.
-Tupper Lodge of Good Templars,
No. 80, held their regular quarterly
meeting at their rooms last Monday
evening, and elected officers for the
ensuing quarter as follows: w. w.
Swincy, w. G. T.; Miss Emma j. Per-
kins, w. V. r.; j. T. Kingsley, II. S. /;
A. w. Foote, w. S.; Mrs. l.. ii. Stowe,
w. c.; G. Lyman, w. NJ; Miss Clara
Barton, w. l. g.; w. Dow, w. O. G. (;
L. IL. Stowe, Lodge Deputy; o. c.
Barnes, l.. II. Stowe, w. w. Thomas,
trustees; w. W. Swiney, delegate to
grand lodge; l.. ii. Stowe, chorister
James f. Carney, organist.
Rev. George L. Hall, ofVergcnncs,
preached at the Congregational church
in this place, last Sunday, in exchange
with Rev. E. p. Hooker, taking for his
text in the morning, John 3:S, "The
wind blowcth where it listeth and We
hear the sound thereof, but canst not
tell whence it cometh or whittier il
gocth. So is every one that is born of
the spirit" The discourse was an car
nest, practical, sound and logical dis
cussion of truths important for men to
consider, and delivered in a common
sense kind of way not always possessed
by young preachers. The evening dis
course was liked by many of his hearers
even better than the morning sermon.
William Wright, who was sent
over to Windsor, at the December term
of the Addison county court for 1876,
on plea of guilty of stealing horse
at Arlington, having completed his term
was released, last week. Immediately
afterward he was re-arrested by Sheriff
Trip on bench warrant to bring him
before the court again, to DO tried on
an information filed by the states attor-
ney, charging him with stealing some
cattle belonging to Mr.. ii. f. Sanford
of Cornwall. Wright was taken back
Thursday night, to his old quarters in
the Addison county Jail, where he will
remain until the December term, and
perhaps longer.
Three auctions in the village this
week attracted unusually large crowds
of bidders and the property generally
sold well. On Monday, Joseph Battell
sold some fine Jersey cows and these
are said to have been purchased at q
bargain. DIR, Curriers' auction OF
furniture.and other property, Monday,
drew large crowd and an innumera-
BILE amount of old goods and some
more valuable property are said to
have brought rcmunerativc prices.
Tuesday, the stock, wagons, and farming
tools, belonging to the estate of the late
ii. f. Hayden, were sold by the admin
istrator at public auction and reasona-
bic prices were realized.