The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-25


or twice this week.
/ The Baptists will have services Il
the Court House every Sabbath morn
ing at 10:45. Preaching next Sabbatl
by Rcv. Samuel Henderson, of Eas
Washington, N. H., who is to remail
for the present as pastor Of the church.
Last Sabbath evening Mrs. Ham
mond addressed a crowded house at tn,
Methodist church. She spoke of"Chris
as Living Reality," and pointed on
the error of many who seem TO consider
Christ as mere phantom. She wa
present at the young converts meeting
Monday evening, and Tuesday went OF
north.
Docs any one know that the fines
row of willow trees in the count,
is TO be found in the little village
of East Middlebury, in front of the
church Their trunks are, some ofthem
four feet in diameter; their branches
growing parallel with the ground, moi
only unite over your bead as you drive
along Main Street, but overlap each other
many feet. They are a sight for any
lover of the grand and beautiful in
nature.
Work is being pushed Oh the st.
Stephens chapel. Opposition was
made by the selectmen TO the location
of the structure on the southeast corner
of the church but on the change of To-
cation to the southwest corner the op-
position was Withdrawn. This change
involves some extra expense, to which
Col. Battell, we understand, generously
contributes fifty dollars.
Barnes, the photographer, went to
Ripton and took six stereoscopic views
of the wild gorge where little Bertha
Goodyear lost her life 1t took five or
six men to help get his Craps" down
there, and he had a rather exciting ex-
pericnce, having got into the water all
over in going across the stream in the
little girls tracks. MIR. Barnes has ia
ken views of some of the ruggede see
merry in the state, but says he never saw
so wild a scene as that ream affords.
Miss Mary Hopkins, who owns the
the place on College street, where O.
&C.. Barnes now lives, is setting an exam
pie worthy of imitation by owners in
that vicinity. After having the house
thoroughly repaired, papcrcd and paint
ed inside, she has built neat and sub
stanlial yard fence, which, with the
house, is about to receive coat or two
of paint. A very little expense would
make the short street fronting the col
lcgc park one of the prciticst in the
village.
Mr.. EDITOR: The pleasure of the
Good Tcmplars' picnic Oh Wednesday
was sadly married by the rain; but n
worse misfortune than bad weather oc-
Cured. Although the invitation was
addressed TO temperance people only, a
of drunken and disorderly fell
lows forced themselves into the compa-
ny OF the cxcnrsionists, and by their
presence, their language and their con-
duct, they grossly insutcd the decent
and respectable people. present This
is foul wrong for which they should
be properly dealt with. F.
Two of the trees behind the Epis-
copal Church had to be removed to
make room for thc.ncw chapel. Yester-
day morning when cutting one down |
lot OF helpful gentlemen and youths were
hauling on n rope attached TO the tree
TO make il fail toward the railroad
track, but the strength of their zeal so
far exceeded that of of the rope that
the latter broke, and an inspiring spec
taclc of revolving humanity was pre-
sented. 1t was the finest wholesale
tumble of the season. Ii took them
about two minutes to scramble up
from the track wall, and longer yet TO
recover the pleasing equanimity which
Middlebury folks.
Last Saturday evening Mr.. Fredor-
ick @, Stuart, of st. Louis, Mo, gave
a lecture entitled "The South" speak
ing of il as il was before emancipation,
and as il is now. He spoke with espe-
cial reference to the important subject
of the Negro exodus. lie is employed
by the St. Louis "Society for Remov-
ing the Negroes to the Northwest" and
spoke of course in favor of that measure
Mr.. Stuart is colored man, well
educated, an interesting and sometimes
humorous speaker, and evidently I'M
derstands thoroughly what he is talking
about. lie intends to lecture here
again soon and all in this vicinity who
are at all interested in this subject
should ende avor to hear him.
Somebody has sent us copy of
the Brighton Gazette, published at Coney
Island, which tells a story of how
Brother johnson, of the Vermonter,
while strolling along the piazza of one
of. the pavilions and listening to the
brass band, inquired which of the play
ers was Levy. The poorest player of
the lot was pointed out to him, and he
listened entranced for about a quarter
of an hour unconscious that he had been
lied TO, and that the genuine Levy was
playing at another hotel. IL is a funny
story to tell. but we don't believe it.
A man who knows how to blow horn
(his OWN so well as Brother johnson,
can't be taken in by any second-rate
tooter. Give MS something easier to be-
leve.
There is likely to be another go-as-
you-please contest next Wednesday
evening, between Sam Richards, Frank
Buckley and II. ii. Nichols, for purse
oftwcnty-five dollars; gotten mp by DIR.
McHugh, Mr.. Danyew and Mr.. Mich
OILS. 1t is our opinion that the
race would seem more fair both to the
parties concerned and the public if the
committee would put the above contest
'off until Mr.. Richards foot was heal
ed. They must know that he cannot
compete in the condition that he
is now in, and would be unfair, until his
new running outfit comes, TO put him on
the track. Perhaps ii might not be out
of place to suggest that he have one man
to advise him, and not the whole audi
ence, as was the case before.
The rain last "Wednesday prevented
many from attending the Good Tenn
plar's picnic at Queen City park who
were intending TO go, yet quite large
number braved the storm in the morn
ing with sanguine hopes that the clouds
would clear away by noon. but alas