The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-05-23
STATE ITEMS.

The state fair will be held at Mont
pelier this year, September 9, TO-,
and IL.
G. S. Atkinson, of Ludlow, while
blowing, turned up two nests of young
foxes, one having six and the other five.
Prof. Royal Sherman, aged So years,
for moro than fifty years noted travel
ing magician, died Monday at his resi-
dence in Duxbury.
Willie Davis, aged Is, is under $500
bonds for appearance at county court
to answer to the charge of setting fire
to the Chester Baptist church.
AT South Burlington, Monday after
noon, Mrs. Mary L. Landon committed
suicide by throwing herself into cis-
tern. She was sixty-two years of age,
and had been out of her mind for some
months past.
David r. Campbell, Esq, has pre-
sented to the town of Chester the sum
of five thousand dollars to be securely
| invested and the income thereof to be
devoted to the support of the INDECENT
poor and paupers.
Arrangements have already been
completed for grand temperance mass
meeting at Lyndonville on the coming
national anniversary. The railroad fare
will be placed at excursion rates. Emf
nent speakers are TO be present and all
temperance organizations are to par
ticipate.
A Boston correspondent of the Bur-
lington Free Press says it is propose
next fall to organize a Vermont club in
that city, with a reading room which
shall contain on file the leading Yer
mont newspapers, a register for visitors,
the address of Nermonters i'm Boston,
and anything else that shall be of inter
est to people from this state.
The St. Adams Messenger SAYS; ave
are informed that Mr.. Stiphen of the
Bay saw that lake monster few DAYS
ago, and his observations agree with
the account of the great 'sarpint' pre-
viously given In our columns. Ii is
also stated that MIR. Holmes Ricord. a
Trustworthy farmer of Maquam, and his
hired man saw, the other day, what
they believe to be the genuine sea SER
pent."
The body of Oscar Remington, of
Wallingford, drowned in Otter Creek
near the Billings bridge three weeks
ago last Monday evening, was found
Tuesday morning in the creek about
opposite General Bakers farm house.
at a point quarter of mile below
where the accident occurred, by his
former neighbors of Wallingford, who
were searching for him with his father
and brother.
Miss Jennie Hogan is South Royal
ton miss OF sixteen wears who will speak
for ten or fifteen minutes upon any sub
ject that may be suggested to her in
poetry, either rhyme or blank verse,
the former, however, predominating.
The language used is excellent. the
sense complete and the metre perfect.
When she has finished one topic she is
ready for another. The Woodstock
Standard tells this, but does not say
whether the poetry is of the waste
basket variety, though probably not, as
the "sense is complete"
A gunpowder plot was discovered
the other morning, that had it been ex-
ecuted would have raised dust. A ~
years old boy got mad because he was
obliged to work up wood pile last
winter, while his half brother was al
lowed unlimited privileges, and con-
cealed a can of powder under the wood
pile in the shed, laid train, and was
awaiting sufficient provocation to raise
things generally, when his plans were
discovered.-TNorth Troy Palladium.
S. A. Brock has bought the hotel at
Felchville, and started last Tuesday
morning to take possession, leaving
si ,sp III, IN yaiise for %. his wife to bring
means this valise was dropped from the
wagon, and when missed 1t is reasona-
BILE TO suppose Mrs. b. was considera-
bly, excited. Search was made, but
many thought 1t never would be found,
but as good luck would have ii, ped,
dler picked It mp, counted the money,
and left 1t at North Springfield for the
owner.-(Woodstock Standard.