The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-28

anu MISS luu NcWCOlilD. NILS. ~. L. up
per has been iii for several days and
her place in the lodge is missed very
much. We are pleased to hear that she
is better.
Tuesday night about nine O'Clock,
some scamp went into Mr.. M. G. Foote'S
barn, and taking down the carcass of a
sheep which had that day been killed
and was hung up to cool, he started off
through the meadow. Fred sighted
him, however, and started for him at
his best pace. The would-be sheep
stealer ran few rods with the sheep
under his arm, but finding he was pur-
sued dropped his freight and ran at a
40 rate until he escaped his pursuer,
no doubt considering himself lucky to
get away at all.
Lafayette Derby, the complaining
witness in an action against Myron
Fales and William Sherman for assault,
failed to appear when the trial came on,
and a warrant was issued for him re-
turnable last Tuesday. The recusant
witness was then brought into court
and fined 81 and costs for contempt of
court in failing to obey the subpoena
process, and in default of payment he
was committed. In the case of State
VS.. Fales and Sherman it was continued
to next Tuesday as to Fales, and noUe
prosequi was entered as to Sherman.
While returning home from the
meeting of the County Union of Grang-
crs, at Addison, last week, somewhere
between Weybridge Lower Falls and
the Monument, Mr.. Philo s. Sever
ancc's horse stepped into hole or rot
ten place in sluice and went down,
striking upon his head and almost turn
ing somcrsault. The shafts of the
carriage were broken and the horse
badly hurt, though how much damage
will result to the horse cannot be known
just yet The occupants of the carriage
were Mr.. and Mrs. Severance, who for
tunatcly escaped injury. They were
able to proceed homeward after some
delay. The town of Weybridge will
be invited TO make good the damage.
The case of State VS.. Harrison A.
Foote, which was tried at the village
court room, Tuesday, was the first UNI
der the nuisance law which has ever
come TO issue in this place. The re-
spondent called for a jury, and there
were some twenty witnesses, and these
with spectators filled the room pretty
full. James M. Slade was attorney for
the state and e. A. Sturtevant appeared
for the respondent. Nineteen of the
witnesses summoned were examined.
The jury returned a verdict, after few
minutes of elaboration, of guilty"
and the court imposed a fine upon the
respondent of fifty dollars and costs
and adjudged his saloon nuisance and
ordered it closed. The respondent APP
pealed.
We are glad to learn that the mem
bers of the band have decided to con-
tinue another year provided that those
in town who feel Interested will help
them. 1t seems too bad to think that the
band must disband on account of its
members not being able to support it
any longer; and is it not public duty
for our citizens to encourage and sup
port such an organization, especially
when it ranks among the first in the
state! The plan proposed for its sup
port, to begin the new year, October
IL, 1877, is simply TO obtain contribu-
tons. Mr.. Hatch has list of the tax
payers, and began work last week with
good success. But if some ofour people
do not subscribe little higher when
they can afford to we are afraid it will
prove failure. II is hoped that no
one will leave blank opposite their
name.
Last Tuesday morning, some forty
members of the East Middlebury Jul
venilc Temple went to Panton to visit
their old pastor, the Rev. ID. f. Brooks,
who is now pastor of the Panton Meth
odist church. 1t was surprise to Mr.
and Mrs. Brooks, though an agreeable
one, but the visitors, with the usual
forethought of the East Middlebury
people, carried with them an abundance
of refreshments, and there was nothing
to hinder giving themselves up to the
fullest enjoyment. The party proceed
ed from the parsonage to "Adams Fer
ry," where they enjoyed their feast of
nice things. Mr.. John IIolcomb gave
them two rides across the lake and
back, and as they landed on their re-
turn the children gave three cheers for
the boatman. The pastor and his wife
were gratified with this visit, as an ex-
preston of appreciation of his efforts to
encourage and help them when pastor
of the East Middlebury church. They
would like to see their young friends
again and always. "
| LEIcv. DR.. Edwin Hall, professor of
theology in the Auburn seminary, and
graduate of Middlebury college. died
at his home in Auburn, n. Y, on Sat
urday, Sept. s. On Friday evening he
went 10 bed at his usual hour, after a
day spent in driving out and in CONVEX
sation with friends, and dropped quiet
ly asleep. About eleven O'Clock he
walked with sense of pain and opprcs-
sion in the chest, which rapidly devel-
oped into congestion that resisted
any attempts at relief, and in little over
an hour proved fatal. Without any Sc
we're suffering, and preserving his con-
seriousness to the last, he expired peace
fully at about half past one O'Clock, Sat
urday morning, in the seventy-sixth
year of his age. Professor Hall had
lived for long time in the calm and
habitual expectation of death. With
his sight impaired almost to the extent
of blindness, his articulation somewhat
affected, and his command of his limbs
much diminished, he continued cheerful
and happy to the end. y
We regret to announce the death
of Mr.. Edward Chadwick, father of
Chadwick Bros, who are carrying on
the wooden manufacturing business in
this place. He had been i'll for some
ten weeks, but his illness was not espe-
cially alarming until short time be-
fore his death, which occurred about
nine o'clock, Wednesday morning.
The deceased was about sixty-nine
wears of age. He was a native of Eng
land, where he resided until about
twenty-three years ago, when he came
with his family to this country. For II
number OF years past he was resident
oil Londonderry, this state, until he
came here to reside with his sons last
February. The deceased was something
of traveller in his younger DAYS and
he was in France at the breaking ont of
the revolution of 1S48, when he was
obliged to leave. He then ratnrnad 10