The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-15

feared he will never recover.
The extensive repairs on the village
bridge, 50 long contemplated, were
commenced last Tuesday, under the su-
pervision of George Hammond, Esq,
and Wednesday the lower half of the
bridge was uncovered. The timbers
are being prepared in the south park
and will be drawn TO tie bridge when
IL is ready for them.
The omniscient Montpelier Argus,
abiding to the attempt of the Register
to "gibe". Mr.. Bnckloy's fowl, and Mr..
Buckeyes sharp reply thereto last week,
says that the fowl was a picture of q
fowl. IL must have been a fine artist
with the brush or pencil who could yet
up picture to look so exactly like a
stuffed bird.
We received pleasant call last
Saturday from Mr.. III. Clark Plumley
formerly of Munger street, now local
editor on the Mexico IN. " lndepen-
dent. lie made visit of some days
among his old acquaintance and friends
here, it being, we believe, his first visit
since his removal from town some. ten
years ago.
The w. G. Il. U. will meet at Prof.
Braincrds, Wednesday, August 20, at
3r. NJ. A full attendance Is desired.
Members from New Haven and Corn
wall are especially invited TO bejpresent,
as business of importance is to come be-
fore the meeting. The same rules in
regard TO refreshments will be observed
as heretofore. A fee of ten cents will
be required for the treasury.
The book to be used by the Otter
Greek Valley Musical Association at
Leicester, August 20 and 81, will be l.
y. Emerson's new book: ''TLe Voice
of Worship" The prospect of having q
large attendance seems TO be good, n
great many signifying their intention
of being present. A general invitation
is extended and all organized choirs,
singers and musicians in the county are
especially invited TO attend.
The Rutland Cornet Band gave an
excursion to Queen City Park last SGT
urday, which was rather thinly attend
ed from Rutland. About half a dozen
accompanied from Middlebury and re-
port good time and fine music. This
band, under the superior leadership of
Prof. Ernest l.. Hatch, formerly of this
place, has become what it is, the third
band in the state, within two years.
Your local contemporary seems to
feel badly about that serenade by some
of the "boys.' The reason probably is
that as he is Tin his own estimation)
quite warbler, he naturally feels some
what jealous when he hears real melody.
Perhaps he had better hire some Galley"
and give the young gentlemen the ben
eft of a few private lessons from his
own efficient musical education. He
doubtless will be well patronized.
B-hat.
&C. G.. Cove, A. NJ, class of IA. and
for five years past principal of the Union
Graded School at Westport, N. Y, has
become principal of Beeman Academy
in place of MIR. Fish, resigned. Mr..
Cove has excellent recommendation as
school will suffer nothing from the
change. The announcement which the
new principal makes to the public will
be found in another column.
Milton Brooks, Esq, formerly of
the Brooks Edge Tool Company al
Brooksville, and who has resided on
Washington street for some years, has
accepted position as oycrscer OF an Ak
factory at Collinsv lie, Conn, and has
removed his family there. Mr.. Brooks
has many friends in this vicinity who
are sorry to lose good citizen, but
wish him success wherever he is, and
that he may return to Middlebury as
soon as his engagement at Collinsvillc
ceases.
- Next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday the Union Temperance camp
meeting will be held at Mortified.
Many prominent speakers have been
engaged and an interesting time is an
ticipated. The fare for the round trip
for parties of from ten to twenty is as
follows: From North Ferrisburgh and
Ferrisburgh, $500; Vergennes, 2.15;
New Haven, 2.25; Middlebury, $50;
Salisbury, 2.75; Leicester Junction,
Whiting, Shoreham, Orwell and Bran
don, 800. All who pay fare one way
will receive return checks.
"A little conflict of authority be-
tween our worthy village superinten-
dent of parks and the town selectmen
relative to the right of the latter TO use
one of the parks to frame the bridge
timbcrs on has been the theme of some
learned discussion, this week. The
selectmcn had part of the timbers drawn
upon the south park, whereat the super
intendent employed truckman to draw
them off and deposit them upon the va
cant lot at the fork of the streets in
front of &. G. Chapman's residence.
Then he left town on fishing eXcur-
I sion or something. and the selectmen
ttpok base advantage of his absence to
draw back those timbers under the
shade of the park trees, where the work
of framing goes merrily oil. Who is to
pay for the trucking done is one of the
questions of the hour. 1t does not
seem that the intrusion upon the park
by the selectmen is one forbidden by
the terms of the village charter, since il
was necessity, there being no other
large enough space within a reasonable
distance of the bridge. 1t is not anti
cipated that there is going to be any
Iblood shed over the matter.
| N-Last Saturday Officers Trip and
Comstock patronized A. b. Colby's eat
ing saloon, in a free and easy style
looking around the various rooms unit
they found seventy-five bottles which
they pronounced TO contain lager, a bev
erage which the wisdom assembled al
Montpelier last fall pronounced it un
lawful to keep for sale. Colby assured
them that he didn't know what it was
that the bottles had been lying there
long time, and that he supposed tn
owner would some time come and taxi
them away. There was no guile il
Colby as he made these observations
and we are informed that the officers
shed tears as they thought how peopl
: would be inclined to suspect wrong
| fully that Colby nevertheless was tn
owner of the refreshing drink. Cobb
is pleasant, good natured young man
who keeps n goodIeaiing saloon, and ca
legitimate and profitable business
and there is no necessity for his bein
y suspected of illegal liquor selling III
s less he himself gives good reason TO