The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-05-30

. utnly lutO uinVcfs0t foVOf. HOuS
Q keepers are loud in its praise, il is a
8 ways ready, there are no weights to q
I lost or to be hunted up, is reliable, an
will not get out of order. The desert
, ton of them is handsome base su
a mounted by column In which worl
spiral spring so scientifically adjuste
, as to weigh anything up to twely
! pounds with perfect accuracy, on I'll
top of the column Is the platform O
which the articles TO be weighed ar
: placed, and they have an adjustable IL
dicator SO that you can take the tare {
, any vessel you may use in weighing
, giving you the exact net weight
: Housekeepers at once sec their value 4
weighing fruits, sugars and other in
gradients used In preserving, cooking
etc., or in testing The weights of pur
chascs from others.
The Scales are made of brass, ar
highly polished and are finished in
skillful manner. They are very attrac
tive aud take the eye of every Que VIII,
sees them.
IL seems 10 ns that nearly every fam
lily In this county will want one, and il
certainly rare opportunity for som,
smart and energetic party TO pick NJ
quite nice little income during the
next few months. The Company ha.
agents In other COMMITTEES who are cusiI,
making from $500 to 5000 per DAY
selling them, and we would recon.
mend parties in need of employment to
drop the Ohio Scale Works, No. 1926
and l27 Central Avenue, Cincinnati,
o., postal card, and all informal ION
etc, will be cheerfully given them by
mentioning our paper. 2w
ADDISON COUNTY CONVENTION OF
TEXTBOOK COMMITTEEs.-Tlis coDven-
ton met in pursuance of call at Mid
dlebury, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, of Thurs
day, May i2G. Judge r. Brookins,
of Shoreham, was made temporary
chairman, and Prof. Brsinerd Of Mid
dlcbnry, temporary secretary. On mo-
ton committee OH credentials was
appointed, consisting of T.. s. Dana. j.
ID. Smith and G.. A. Kimbali. The
temporary organization was then made
permanent. On motion of Rev. Mr..
Franklin the roll OF towns was called
to sec what. textbooks on the sew
eral branches required by law to be
taught were in general use. This ac-
ton brought to view the fact that no
two towns agreed in their lists of book,
and in most towns there was the same
lack of uniformity among The several
districts. Mr.. Taylor, OF Addison,
moved that the convention adopt
Greenlcafs arithmetics. This cansed
much discussion. participated in by
Messrs. Bacon, Mardin, Cowles, Brain
erd and others the motion was finally
laid on'thc table. Prof. Brainerd NOV
ed to adopt the rule to devote one-halfI
hour to the discussion of each of the
following branches, viz: geography,
grammar, arithmetic, history, reading,
and spelling; each speaker to
be allowed one minute on each subject,
or allow one member from u town to
employ all the time belonging to his |
colleagues-adopted. After the discus |
sion on any subject roll of towns was
called, each town naming its favorite
textbook on that subject. On the calf
for geography it was found that Guyots
Mas quite largely in the majority. Conf
Vention then adjourned until half-past
)ne.
AT the opening of the afternoon ses-
non the subject of grammar was thor
,ughly ventilated, and the polling found
Reed n Kcllogg's to be the decided
ayorite. On voting on the several
branches the convention favored the
series of readers, Swinton's
pclers unanimously, Appleton's pen
krusi's frec-hand drawing
vas also recommended. History was
livided, principally between Barnes
md Quackenbos'. The great majority of
he towns voted for uniform work on
arithmetic other than Greenlears or
Nrench's, selecting some third book,
hose being principally in use.
The convention passed oifplcasanlly,
md was marked by the utmost good
cling, there being general
disposition to lay aside personal prefer
noes and petty jealOusies for the
higher object of uniformity on the best
looks. There seemed to be very
general sentiment that the only true
way to secure uniformity was to be
to considerable extent by
he two excellent graded schools loca-
ed in the county, one at Vergennes,
he other at Middlebury; Just respect
vas paid to opinions of those schools
through their principals, aid
% to the observations of other practical
educators of the county. The utmost
exists between those schools;
hey already agreed upon all books ex-
ept arithmetics and histories, and they
viii agree upon those within lev
lays. The list already agreed upon by
hcse two towns is as follows. Frank.
in readers, Guyo's biographies, Reed
Z Kellogg's grammars, and Swim
on's spoilers. From the willingness
# all parties to make concessions much
,ood may be expected to result from
his meeting.
A town meeting is called by the Sc
ectmen for Monday, June >, next, TO
&c if the town will vote to build a
ridge over the Otter Greek in this vii
age, and of what material; also TO raise
! tax to pay for the permanent improve
nents OF the town highways, which
rave been made or are still IN progress.
The selectmen expect to be able to an
iounce at the meeting the price for
which the building OF a stone bridge |
IAN be contracted, when the matter
will be in the hands of the voters. 1t is |
o be hoped that every citizemwill look |
II the matter on every side, and not be |
90 much Influenced by the single con-
sideration of the present cost. 1t is |
generally admitted that q stone bridge !
would be very desirable, and if its CON
would not entail too much OF
4 burden on the tax payers, the town
would undoubtedly vote TO build one.
Ten thousand dollars seems to be the
limit of cost, beyond which hardly any
seem willing to go. Whether major
ity of voters are willing to pay even
this amount, or anything approaching
it, is yet to be ascertained. But there
are SO many good and reasonable con-
siderations TO be urged why the town
should have stone bridge If the cost
does not exceed this sum, that it will
be strange if they are overlooked, and
the cost alone be permitted TO decide
the questionIagainst it. II can be shown
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