The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-30


Der; 1885 pounds butter; 1910 pound
poultry.
An immense quantity of turkey
and chickens were shipped to the Boston
market from this and other stations
along the line of the road in this vicinity
this week, and the warm weather con
tinuing the buyers were obliged to sci
for what they could get, which was but
a small sum. They lost heavily in theil
speculation.
George McCue had a turkey shoot
at George Hammond's farm, last We'd
nesday. Turkeys were put up at one
hundred rods, and at this long range j
A. Wright and Andrew Balm shot three
each. Chickens were put up at fifteen
rods, and Will Tomlinson and George
Abbey took seven each, and others took
a less number.
Contributions were solicited quite
extensively among the ladies of Middle.
bury village for Thanksgiving dinner
TO the Home at Burlington, and tho
contributions were duly forwarded and
no doubt thankfully received. These
instances of practical Christianity arc
refreshing evidences of the silently OPP
Grating influences of the Christian spirit
i'm the world.
WI, A.,
licn INC Piuliipii,g ana improve
,,lom's WIZ ni1ue aI ,ne county Jail, |,
very SINH crack was leit where the sol
plpc Weno .nrougn ine noor between inc
ioohis apoNc aiiu llie Scncrai PRISON DC,
low, vi Ut least IL was icit SO that a small
iioIe was easily nlaue: me other Gay
.me '',oiln ulsJoseicu tiii, Dcacol 0illll,
we ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pH iloles liirTuSl
h ln,s op | S VIZ, Ms OHal,plii. Ihey
h"'o aisu es'ao,isiicu system vi slgili,ls
y. WHICH .ncy use ,lic pipes US icle'
S"pi WIZ ,o' communicating 'ogetiler'
otcps la.c oceii 'uhcil 10 prevent ihese
COMMUNICATIONS ," i"r as possioie'
The celebrated Fairbairn family
Scottish vocalists, gave their first con.
cert of the season at Academy Hall. last
evening, to a select audience, though in
pom. Oh numbers IL was not what !,
Mo"'u nav pccl = 'he WcaIhcr I''u
oceli iayor'pie anu ll'iu l. iiau more
eN ;' i.o,ioe. Ihey give u really
e''Jo!aolc a'iu iirs,-ci'lss ei,!er'aiinlehi
,s Vi ,.ic o'u iheiouies Oh Scot
,n,u, ',esclip.,'o nllu cil'rac'cr songs
u u, lhusic.l sciectiois' cue. MISS
ncssi9 ran pa,in was 9spcci''l! WEI, re-
Ie,'eu, ",Iu licr rcnuc.ilis OF MISS
Joioa N,ueio"' az! l"l'l! orouSh'
uoMn '''c iiousc' "',u III response 10 an
o ,i'o. sno sa'c nc ncr .uVlcG 10 lauics
Co., H., " ,a,",i io-n'sl'l 'nci nppeai
~, ','o su.Vnu "l'o ins, lillc' anu we DC
'P''N 'o' ''''i'i II i"'i iio"sc'
BETTER THAN MEDICINE.-What a de-
lightful pastime for the cherished son
or daughter. after dav of studious de-
votion to manual toll or storing the
mind with knowledge, TO be able to sit
down at choice piano or organ and
give vent TO some soul-stirring melody.
either in song or some composition of a
favorite master. And il is not strange.
therefore, that those having means are
favorablv disposed TO encourage this
marked change in the education of the
T lvusrliuiu. superb otcilway or
1 D.a Vi o.c vi lne popular lialhes
nlos. pl"nos can now DC procured III
Ky iom P'loes loI I,ts,l or on coiiVeh-
i . ~, ,clins' VI rIeu II. Oauetl, Troy or
, .'.i!:, Milo Is me i'i''i'ui"c'urers only
is il not a misconccption of the OBJ
iect of public rhetorical exercises in
schools that those only should be select
ed to speak upon the stage who excel.
either by natural gifts or superior adj
vantages in training? Ought it not
rather to be considered as part of
their training and, therefore, that there
is quite as much need of this discipline
for the more diffident and defective ?
Or, if we go step further, and saw
these public exhibitions are partly for
the purpose of showing to parents and
friends the attainmcnts and progress of
the scholars, is not this object defeated
by the custom, which not only pcrvadcs
the Middlcbury Graded School, but all
others so far as we know, of selecting
only those who present the best appear.
ancc upon the stage? We commend
these suggestions to the consideration
of teachers in this place and elsewhere.
W.
We Mcn' 10 press lasc week curing