The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-06-20

| Court House yesterday. we expect Il
have full report of proceedings mex
week.
The Star baseball club of this place
ale going to Burlington on the Fourth
to play against the Arctics. Look ou
boys, those Arctic fellows are awfully
cool headed.
The town text book committee a
a meeting last evening, adopted thu
following school text books for thii
town: Munroe's readers, Whites
arithmetics, Guyots biographies
Barnes history of United States, Reed
& Kellogg's grammars.
The Burlington Free Press, in 8
fit of originality, calls trout eros,
beauties" Better stick to "specklet
Beauties" neighbor. We shall for 6
while longer, at any rate. We prefer
to reserve the term "rosy beauty" for
use when reporting a brisk kissing
party.
The many friends of Miss Hattie
A. Kirby, formerly teacher of the in.
termediate department of the Middle.
bury graded school, will regret to hear
of her death, which occurred at hel
fathers home in Beekmantown, N. Y,
June 10. She had to give up her posi-.
ton in the school a year ago on &C.
count of ill health.
"A game of base ball was played on
the college ground last Saturday after
noon between Juvenile club from the
East village and a similar organization
in town. The little strangers tried
hard to win, and deserve credit for the
grace with which they took their de-
feat and for their general department
during their stay in town. The score
at the close of the game stood As to sc
in favor of "our boys"
The examinations for promotion in
grade at the graded school last week,
showed good results of the years work
but few failing TO pass. The examina-
tons occupied all the week and part OF
the previous week. On Friday after.
noon there were rhetorical exercises in
the hall, participated in by scholars from
the different departments, in which all
did themselves credit. There was the
usual seciable in the evening.
The Good Templars picnic at
Queen City Park, last Saturday, was a
|"fizzle," there being very few present
except from the Middlebury lodge
About seventy-fiye tickets in all were
sold to it, while the railroad company
had been promised at least two hun
bred. All the arrangements as carried
out showed a bad lack of executive
ability on the part of the one concerned
in getting up the affair.
There was a meeting of the execu-
tive board of the VT. Merino Sheep
Breeders Association at the Addison
House, yesterday, at which appeals
from two expelled members of the AS
ISOLATION were heard. The appeals
were not sustained, the sentences being
unanimously sustained by the eight
members of the board present. The
offences are, purchasing and labelling
unregistered sheep and selling them for
registered, and not properly labelling
registered sheep.
The Herald and Globe of this
morning republishes from the White
hall Times statement that Miss Sands,
an account of whose disappearance
from Westford is given in another col
umn, has been found on canal boat
bound south, two miles south of Smiths
Basin, by j. G. Salisbury of Essex
Junction and Oliver Thomas of White
hall. She was travelling with a fifteen
year-old lad named Charles Gilmore,
who was much surprised when told the
sex OF his companion. She shows evil
dent signs of insanity. She was taken
back 10 her friends yesterday.
"A person travelling on the road to
East Middlebury few days ago, was
thinking in his heart what fine thing
the new graveled road was, till he over
took two-horse team, and being in
something of hurry, requested the
privilege of passing him, and was po-
litely informed that he could have half
the road, but the way tho teamster kept
the middle of the road for long dis
lance, reminded him of the boy who
complained of being crowded by his
bedfellow, and being asked if he did not
give him half the bed, answered, eyes,
but don't like to have you take your
half out of the middle, and leave mine
each side.
There is to be a grand walking
match at Academy Hall, Saturday even.
ing, June 2S, between our local pedes-
trian, Mr.. Frank Buckley, Elmer Mar.
shall, of Pittsburgh, N, Y, John Carr
and r. ii. Nichols, of Port Henry, N. Y.
the prize being silver ice-pitcher, val.
ued at fifty dollars; one that was wor
by Mr.. Nichols in race in New York
state. All of these young men have
gained quite a reputation for fast walk.
ing, and grand time may be expected
The best of order will be maintained
The south stage will be reserved fol
the ladies and their escorts. The Mid
dlebury Cornet Band will be presen
and will furnish music. Give then
a full house.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union are making an effort to OBJ
serve tho 29th day of Juno as q chill
dren's temperance day. 1t is recon
mended by the National Union that tn
pastors of the different churches be in
vited to preach sermon to the chill
dren in the morning, and that a Sabbatl
school concert be held in tho afternoon
or evening of the same day. Conccr
| tAtICists may NC obtdintu AT NO. %
Reade Street, New York. We cordial
invite the Sunday-schools of Addiso
county to unite in the observation c
the day. All churches observing thi
Lday, please report the same to
MRS. Z. A. STURTEvANT,
Vice president for Addison c.
The Addison county Jail is nearl
empty, having only one person col
fined there, and he soon to be liberated
By order of Col. Dunshee the cell dool
have been scraped, and all the whit
: wash taken of, and coat of brigh
, shiny backing put upon the bars. III
[ walls that were covered with various i
{ eroglyphical devices, and of ding
D color, have been painted with lig
color, giving the room pleasant al
cheerful appearance. The floor is
white marble, and has been kept viii
: and clean. Perhaps no greater il
! provement can be mentioned than We
! tilaiiOn which has bepu mt into n