The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-01-18
County News.
TERGENNES.

The streets are so covered with ice
that the boys are many of them on
skates.
There was insurance OH the life of
the late George r. Chapman, Esq, to
the amount of $1,000.
Two teams broke through the ice,
last Saturday, one of them being COM
pletely submerged and was got out
with greal difficulty.
Shipments from this station, Mon
day, Jan. IA: two cars stock; one car
load of horse nails. Tuesday, 10Th,
shipped 1886 lbs. butter; 2,55S lbs.
cheese; 60 doz. eggs; 254 lbs. sausage !;
and quantity of poultry.
-Messrs. Hayes & Long have con-
tracted with the Pennichuck Water
Works of Nashua, n. H., to furnish
them with Lang pump of one million
gallons capacity, to take the place of
two sets of pumps now in use.
People are quite anxious that the
Springfield Novelty Co. may buy the
Holland Il Parker factory and locate
their business here, as there has been
considerable talk to that effect, and it is
hoped that the mill will meet with their
appreciation as regards site, &c.
The religious interest is being kept
up and the meetings are well attended,
union meetings being held this week on
Monday, Tuesday and Friday evenings,
aside from the regular weekly meet
ings, which are held in each of the
churches on Thursday evening.
The National Bank of Vergennes, at
their annual meeting on the 10Th inst,
elected the following officers;
Directors-C. Il. Stevens, David
Smith, Marshall Smith, IIerrick Ste
vens, Thomas s. Drake.
President-C. 7. Stevens.
Nice-President-David Smith
Cashier-D. II. Lewis.
Teler-C. II. Strong.
AT the regular meeting of the YER
gcnnes Reform Club, held Jan. 9, 1873,
the following officers were elected, viz.
President, Geo. f. o. Kimball; vice.
presidents, 7. C..Emperor, Jas. Rock,
E. r. Blakelv; secretary, j. ii. Lucia
champlain, F. III. Ingham; treasurer,
II. ketcham; executive committee,
Geo. r. Nye, Ed. S. Hayes, James Car
asaw, Il. K. Champion, Jas. Brockney;
room committee, VIM. Carasaw; ways
and means committee, +. X. Haven, K.
Ii. Daniels, &. ID. Ingham; visiting
committee, Geo. II. Nye, =. n. Adams,
Jas. Rock, L. r. Blakeiy, c. Martell.
Your correspondent is very sorry
that he has injured IA Frenchman's'
feelings or wounded his dignity, and
would say in defense that he received
his news, as he supposed, from a trust
worthy source, and on further inquiries
finds that most of the ladies were
French and large proportion of the
gentlemen, although the dance was
gotten up by one Of our saloon keepers
who is neither French nor Irish. The
dance was not attended by the better
class of French-Americans,b but never
theless it would be called by most peo-
pie French dance, even if Irish and
Iankees were present. I'm sure none
should lake offence under the circum-
stances.
The new firm which has located
here for manufacturing shadc-rollcrs,
&c, is to be called the New England
Shade Roller Co., the firm being COM
posed of Messrs. Foss brothers, of Port
land, Me-, and two Mr.. Cranes and n
Mr.. Wright, of Burlington, Vt. Mr..
Clapp, the former occupant of the
building, will start another factory
in burlington at an early date. Some
one unknown entered the premises on
Friday night last, and let on the water
from the stand pipe or hydrant and
flooded the building, doing much dam
age to the timber and stock in the base
ment, which is occupied by Mr.. +. Dan
iels as carpenter and builders shop.
The same or other parties also took
parts of several of the machines for
making rolls, and therefore rendered
them useless. Nothing definite has
been learned in regard to the matter
as far as the pcrpetrator is concerned.
The very latest report is that the
bargain was consummated and that the
"New England Shade Roller Co." has
now full possession of the curtain roll
mandatory lately owned by Mr.. r
M. Clapp. Projects for other manufac.
turing enterprises are sn foot which
give promise of greatly improving the
business of the city.