The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-18
Local News.
go a fishin'.''

LES go a 1lshlm."
Get your leg-limbs ready for the
walking match.
NJ. c. Partridge is home from Ann
Kerst college on a vacation.
Roads outside of the village are
pronounced fairly "orful."
We don't care about any more
items announcing the first robin.
Barnes took some very good stereo-
scopic views of the ice below the falls.
last week.
The Park House has again changed
hands; this time Mr.. John Ring is the
proprietor.
-Jailor Cobb has q convict out
leaning on a saw handle, with the
shackles attached to his feet.
"A pile of stone behind Overs block
indicates that Columbus Smiths new
building is 10 he started soon.
Twelve new members were re-
ceived into the Methodist church last
sabbath, five of them being baptized.
Winter has partly risen from the
lap of spring, but there is some fear
that the latter may have to resume the
burden again.
NThe indefatigable Will Allen, of
the Glen House, East Middlebury, pro-
poses to give a May day dance on the
Nevening of May J.. \
W-The death OF Mrs. Harvey Good
nhh, who has been i'll for some time, is
announced this morning. She was
about scventy-iive years old.
For the next thirty days the inhab-
itants of this town have no rights on the
sidewalk which the small boy with
marbles is bound to respect.
The Pecatonica Oll.) News speaks
in high terms of a lecture on "The
Destructive Power of Intemperance,"
delivered In that place recently bv Rev.
Il. F. Wright, formerly of Middlebury
college, class of 20. &.
On next Sunday evening the Rev.
j. Il. Franklin will deliver a discourse
on the Bible. Can you prove the BIZ
BILE truey' Is the Bible inspired? Is
il infallible? Is it the word of God5
Is it a revelation from Godl
We have noticed some additional
samples of handsome penmanship in
the shape of cards written by Mr.. G. III.
Chaplin, WHICH it would be difficult to
surpass. We leara that Mr.. Chaplin
has q large class In p%eumanship at the
graded school.
The performance of III. M. S. Pima
fore at School House Hall last evening
was well patrOnized, aud everybody
was pleased. The company has some
-a,v uond aofo,o and unioac a,l A. q
mons burlesque was well rendered.
Mr.. j. +. Kelley's remarkable perform
ances with banjos and violin, given be-
tween the two scenes of the opera, We're
enthusiastically applauded. 81.
The Band will commence their open
air concerts as soon as the going ia suf-
iciently settled. There are quite a
number of excellent musicians connect
ed Herewith, n%oticeably among them
are the euphonium player and the bass.
es, and under the leadership OF Prof
Cobb they cannot but rank among the
iirst-class~ organizations in this state.
The posters are up this week an.
nouncing a second grand walking
match under the auspices of the Mid
dlebury Walking Association, which
so successfully carried through an enter.
prise of similar character last week
The gentlemen of the committee will
doubtless spare no pains to have the
affair as it should be in every particular
The, ~observance of Easter is becom
ing moro and. none -general among al
christian denominations, and last Sab
bath the Methodist and Congregations
churches in town seemed to surpass al
their former floral decorations on Tn,
occasion. The Methodist church Ia
particular was quite deliberately deco
rated. The discourses and the musi,
at both churches were appropriate I,
the day.
A POPULAR SONG.-The minstrel am
concert troupes are all singing viii L
Thompson's new song and chorus
Golden years are passing by" Their,
is now such q mania for this beautiful
piece, that dealers can scarcely get then
fast enough to supply the demand
Every lover of a pretty song will wan
this piece. Send So cents to the pub
fishers, W. l.. Thompson IL Co., Eas
Liverpool, Ohio.
AT the examinations of teachers a
she Graded School yesterday, Their
were eighteen applicants for certificate
The examinations showed credit9bl
proficiency. and all but one or tn,
passed. Young ladies are learning tina
il IL not 4 difficult matter to study a
ip q short lime pp the Tegaiged subjeoi
~ 10 pass The sexAninati0Is. I'm
fpercentagesof those who passed. the tx
sminatiou Yesterday ~ fareer than eve