The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-15

Prof. Parker, who has not beer
able TO hear his classes at college fol
two or three weeks, was expected to be
there to day. We are happy to hear o.
his recovery.
Resolutions of Mt. Calvary Com.
mandery No. of Knights Templar, III
memory of Sir George II. Chapman:
WHEREAS It has pleased the Divine and soycr
elgn Ruler in his wise providence tocnll from ouI
ranks Sir George. K. Chapman, late knight com
panion among us, be IL
Resolred, That while we bow with humble sub
mission TO the will of the All-Wisc, whose pur
poses are hidden deep in the mystery of mercy,
we feel that our bereavement Is grievous TO bear
His place Is vacant In our asylum, his voice Is
no longer heard In our councils, but his memory
Is fragrant In our hearts, and we have the LOFTY
hope that the badge Of his Christian knighthood
which Is the symbol Of our most holy faith, may
be indeed the token TO admit him TO that final and
peaceful asylum "wherc the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary be at rest"
Resolred, That We hereby place upon record our
high appreciation of his character as n knight n
citizen, and gentleman. Ofa kindly nature and
genial disposion,h he won the hearts of those with
Whom he came In contact. His integrity and his
ties Of confidence and affection those who knew
him best.
Resoired, That this tribute to the memory of our
brother be spread upon the records of Mt. Calva.
~ Commandery No. ], of Knights Templar; that u
copy of the same be transmitted 10 his bereaved
WIG anu lnm1ly, 1Of WnOm we would EXPRESS
deep sympathy in their great afliction.
Kesotred, That copy OF this minute he publish
cd in the papers of Nergennes, Middlcbliry and
Montpelier.
We briefly alluded, last week, TO
the impossibility of Mrs. Champlii's
being admitted TO bail, and remarked
that the next chance for her release was
when her case should be brought before
the grand jury. We now confess to
error upon that point. We should have
said she could not be legally released
The fixing and taking of bail in her
case reminds us of little story, as
Abraham Lincoln would have said. A
newly elected constable in one of the
southern towns of this state, a few years
ago, went forth armed with n Justice
writ to serve his first process. Arriv-
ing at the residence of the debtor he
could find no goods or chattels and the
debtor stoutly averrcd that he had none.
But the official was so much impressed
with the power and dignity of courts of
law that he dared not return without
obeying the mandate to attack the
goods of the defendent, and so he hest
tated. AT length the debtor remarked
that he might take his wife and children.
Accordingly he accepted the challenge
and attached bright six-year-old boy,
and made return accordingly to the
court. The justice had his laugh out,
and then told the Jealous officer of the
law that he "couldn't do that" "But,"
says the officer, 81 have done it,"
But replies his honor, "You can't
do it, 81 know better" says the Off
Ger, "ior | have done it," So in this
case, we knew it couldn't be done, but
1t has been done. 1t requires no skilled
lawyer to see that no authority whatever
is given judges of the court by our laws
TO admit TO bail one who, upon charge
of capital crime, has been committed
by a regularly constituted court of in
quiry without bail. The magistrate
may admit one brought before him OH
capital charge to bail, but no other
tribunal has any proper cognizance of
the facts to determine whether the
evidence is or is not sufficient to war;
rant committal without bail; and in
the power to take bail upon
the county court judges the statute
especially excerpts all capital cases. Sec.
u, chap. 1874, Gen. Stat
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
Peter Labroad, from Pittsford, has
into II. f. HIPS house.
Mr.. Tracy +. Hill, of this place.
now living with his son, III. ii. Hill, in
Brandon, is low under typhoid pncu-
monia.
The school on Salisbury Plains,
taught by Geo. Walker, closed on the
Sth, after a successful term of five
The grist-mill, with the new propri-
ctor and miller,is meeting with incrcas-
ed patronage in grinding and sale of
provendcr.
Another of our citizens has been
Frustrated under lung difficulty,
Mr.. II. ID. Farr, proprietor of the
Glenn House. For the past two weeks
he was considered dangerously sick,
but now is improving.
1t has been busy time here for
the past week. Business has assumed
a livelicr aspect. Wood and lumber
have been subject TO new bases from
the forest to the mill and market. Our
sawmills give return load of sawed
lumber from the identical logs drawn
in.