The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-15
BRIUIORT.

On Saturday two men drove upon
the ice at Frost Ferry and took bath.
Prompt help saved them from drown
ing.
-Pickcrcl fishing continues lively.
On Wednesday of last week, l.. Russell
and e.. Smith caught sixty-scvcn
through the ice. Saturday j. Russell
and Hamblin caught forty-scvcn.
Tho roads seem 10 be driving mp so
that they will be passnblc in n short
time. AT present travelling is avoided
as much as possible, and Il large part
of il is done on foot or on horseback.
The ice on the Lake failed up com
plctely last week, so that il would
hardly bear mans weight in many
places. Consequently the list of acct
dents has been quite large.
One day n man started from Chin
ncy Point TO Port Henry, but he had
not proceeded far before his horse
broke through the ice. Help arrived
and cXtricated man and team from their
pcrilous position.
Last Friday as David Rooney was
crossing from Addison TO Port Henry
with load of hay he broke through
and team and wagon went TO the bot
tom, Mr.. Rooney himself escaping with
difficulty. Loss $500.
AT the annual communication of
Morning Sun Lodge, No. 8. i. and A.
NJ, held in their hall March 10, 1878,
the following officers were elected and
installed: j. II. Withcrcll, w. NJ; W.
b. Bristol, S. w; O. A. Smith, j. W. :;
A. A. Fletcher, treasurer; ID. H. Ben
nett, secretary; ID. G.. Barbour, 5. d..
n. Cane, j. ID.
Leonard Wheeler, of Bcloit, Wis
consin, is visiting his cousin, Martin
Wheeler. Mr.. Wheeler spends his
time mostly in the Eastern states. as
agent for special style of wind mill,
which is manufactured in Beloit.
Said mill was the invention of the late
Rev. Leonard Wheeler, a native of this
town, while missionary among the
Indians.
Dana G.. Lamb, railroad commits
sioncr for the state of Wisconsin, has
sent copies of his annual report for
1877, to some of his old friends in Bird
port. Mr.. Lamb is the son of the late
Rev. Dana Lamb, who was pastor of
the Congregational church in Bird
port, from 1881 to 1917, where his
memory is tcndcrly cherished by the
oldcp inhabitants. y
Z DROwING ACCIDENT.-LastF Friday an
object on the ice of the Lake opposite
Mr.. f. ii. MerriH's attracted attention
and boats were showed out to invcsti-
gate. A buffalo robe, hat. whip, cush-
toned seat of cutter and two coats
were found about hole in the ice. An
immediate search with q grapple
brought up satchel, and afterward a
horse and cutter, when the latencss of
the hour ended the search until the next
day, when, about one o'clock in the az
tcrnoon, the body of n young man was
brought up. A coroner's jury was en-
pancllcd, Il. Bailey, foreman, and q
search of the body brought forth letters
addressed to Alfred Wimmctte and
Samuel Wimmctte, some money and
cards. The young man was we'll
dressed. The jury rendered verdict
of accidental drowning. A messenger
dispatched to Shorcham brought Mr..
Henry Wimmettc, who identified the
the body as that of his brother Napoleon
Wimmcttc, aged about twenty-five. 1t
appeared that the drowned man had
started from Ncrgcnnes to Shorcham
on the ice. After coming TO near the
spot where he met his death, finding
the ice poor he had evidently tried to
reach the shore. 1t is said that man
was heard to shout from the lake about
the time the accident is supposed TO
have occurred. ~
>Dcfe, red Item. z
School in District No. Z, taught by
Miss Kate l.. Collins, from Colchester,
closed Tuesday Miss Collins has been
a most successful teacher with us for
the last six terms. Nearly forty people
assembled in the afternoon TO hear the
closing exercises. consisting of dia-
logues and rccitations from the pupils,
after which was read list of the stand
ing in studies and department for the
term just closed. The prizes offered
for those marking highest,in deport-
mcnt were taken by Mcrtic Russell,
Emma lngraham and Eugene Elithalp.