The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-10-19

Mr.. Jehial Wright left fine larg c
pumpkin ut our office, last Saturday
The same vine which produced the one
left here bore nineteen others, some OF
them considerable larger than the one
we have. Nature is exerting herself
wonderfully, or else Mr.. w. is n good
farmer, which is it?
The Congregational Sunday school,
ut their session last Sunday, elected to
represent them at the State Sunday
school convention at Bennington next
week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, the following delegates l.. f..
Knapp, Mrs. y. d. Twitchcll; snbsti-
tutcs, E. f. Rogers and Mrs. w. s.
Goodrich.
. Rev. j. M. Green, pastor of Elliot
Congregational church of Lowell,
Mass, supplied Rev. Mr.. Hooker's
place, last Sunday. His discourse was
founded upon the words "All these
things are against me-" No one who
heard the sermon need be told that it
was an able discourse. Mr.. Green has
a son in the present freshman class, and
after visiting the college he pronounced
himself well pleased with the institu-
ton and its instructors.
About three weeks ago, by the eff
forts of Prof. +. ii. Higley, the choir of
the Congregational church was reorgan-
lied, and many of the former members,
who had dropped out one by one, were
induced to return and take their old
places. 1t was gratifying to most of the
congregation TO hear the full choir again.
The quartette arrangement which we
have had for year or two was well
enough when the regulars were in
place; but not so nice when they were
by any accident detained away. The
full choir must be surer dependence,
certainly.
President Hubert fills his time
pretty full of labor as may be seen from
the following record of two days work:
Last Saturday morning he gave lee
turc in philosophy before his class, then
took the cars for Bellows Falls, and q
stage ride through Grafton to Towns
bend, where he delivered his lecture on
"Education," before the students of L.
land and Gray seminary; next morning
he rode to Fayetteville, five miles, and
preached; returned and preached at
Townshcnd in the afternoon and even
ing, He lectures this evening at Reese
vile, New York.
The Middlcbury Marble Company,
who own the quarry and mill on the
north line of the town, or just over in
New Haven, some three miles north
east Of this village, have determined to
rebuild their dam and repair their
mill preparatory to commencing opera
lions upon the quarry, next spring.
Mr.. NJ. ID. Brooks, of Boston, has been
here several weeks making arrange
ments, and he has effected contracts
with Thomas Ross, of Rutland, to re-
pair the mill, and Stillman Hendricks, OF
East Middlebury, to build the dam.
This work is to be completed this fall.
"Wednesday evening, according to
announcement, Prof. ID. N. Burke de-
livered his lecture on "Starch" to a
small audience at Academy Hall. The
speaker discussed starch in politics, re-
ligion, society, literature, poetry and
the family. 1t required above an hour
for delivery, but was of such an inter-
esting character, the subject so we'll
handled and his style of delivery so at
tractivc, that the audience listened at
tentively and apparently without weari-
ness to the close. Mr.. Burke has many
of the qualities of successful lyceum
lecturer, and he will no doubt succeed
i'm the profession he has chosen for him.
self.
MEssRs. EDITORs.-I discover at the
terminus of drain which Mr.. Twitch-
ell has been making through the east
part of his lot, quite pond of water
and learn by him that the stream
through the drain is quite large, and has
continued through the dry weather, and
in part comes from spring which has
all appearance of being permanent
Will it not be good idea for the trus
tees to investigate the matter with q
view of making in Mr.. Twitchell's
lot n small reservoir, and take water
from that reservoir in pipes to another
and larger one near the top of the hill
north of the college, or i'm some othel
place. By such course hose could b'
attached to a hydrant and supplied from
the bottom of the reservoir and be higl
enough to throw water OH all of tn,
buildings in the vicinity, without tn,
aid of an engine. 1t is matter wortl
an investigation.
"A very sad accident happened a
the practicing of the Middlebury riff
club, Wednesday. A boy about thir
teen years of age, by the name o
George Brassau, employed by the clul
to plaster up the holes in the target ant
keep the cattle that were in the fiel,
from range of the rifles, was accidental
ly shot through the body, the ball Ell
tering his left side, just above the hip
and coming out at the other side. ]
appears that the boy did not retire I
the proper place after his last inspec
ton, but remained behind the target
searching in the ground for balls. helm