The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-10-17

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Sunday, and conferred the rite of con
Irritation upon four persons.
Miss Helen Topper attended IN
wedding of Miss May Nichols, Of Bul
lington, daughter of DIR Il. s. Nichols
of that place, to Mr.. Ebebezor Burr, il
Of Bridgeport, Conn.,, last Wednesday
Harry Moore of this tow
fstArted for Burlington, Kansas, las
MONDAY morning, where she intends {
4 reside with her son-in-law, Mr.. Fran
Boice, who is a former resident of thi
place. sss
Prof. n. w. Landon, has organ
lied q first class orchestra which is CON
posed of six pieces. He is prepared t
furnised any thing in the line of must
from a hymn to a Jig and at the loves
rates possible.
The committee on pedigrees of th
Vermont Merino Sheep Breeders Asso
citation held a meeting at the Addison
House last Wednesday, the 10Th. No
finishing the business on hand, they ad
journed to Tuesday, the 21st.
LIN our last issue we made a mis-
take inthe local pertaining to the dealt
| Vi mibs lhuUEOO . lIOtflJts u III IauiCg Ill
stead of being Mrs Warner, SHOULD
have been Mrs. Mason, wife of the lat,
Rev. Perez Mason, of Boston.
II Col. Chas. H. Joyce will address
the people of New Haven and adjoin
ing towns at the new Town Hall O.
New Haven, on Wednesday evening
Oct. %, 1879, at z O'Clock, p. m. Al
are cordially invited to attend.
The Barnes hose company, af Bur
lington, ran against their Chicago time
81 seconds, at Morrisville, last Wednes'
day. They made the first run in GA 5-s
and the second in SO seconds, thus max.
ing an average of 81 1916 seconds.
"A union missionary meeting will
be held at. the Congregational church,
next Sabbath evening, which will be
addressed by Rev. A. Bunker, mission
airy to the Karens, Burmah. The SER
vices. will commence at $50 o'clock.
Miss Carrie A. Heath has associated
herself with Miss Hattie A. Thomas,
dressmaker, on the cross street between
North Pleasant and Seymour streets,
and they undoubtedly will get a good
share of patronage, as they deserve.
~ Mrs. Hammond commences her Ia
bors at Essex Junction, tomorrow
evening, this meeting being confined
strictly to church members, her first OBJ
ject being to unite Christians in the
work which she proposes to accomplish
there.
AS you pass by Colby's call in and
see his gold fish, fresh from the New
York market. A most beautiful sight.
They have been on the road some four
weeks, and Colby has been to every
train to receive them, and at last they
have arrived. Do not fail OF seeing
them-a are treat.
The road to East Middlebury be-
low Il. j. Matthews residence is in a
very bad condition, it cling filled with
large stone, and almost impossible, es-
pecially in the evening, AS there is nc
warning to the passer-by. The select
men should give this matter their at
tention.
DR.. Utawaun, who has flourished
around here occasionally, has got into
prison in Canada. While playing bill
iards with q fellow at st. Lawrence
Hall, Brockville, a dispute arose, where
upon the Doctor became enraged and
struck the fellow a terrible blow with
the butt end of the cue, infiicting a
ghastly wound, and fr~acturing his skull.
The police caught Utawaun near Matt
land, Canada.
"A horse belonging to John jones'
of Weybridge, In some way threw him
self while standing in front of the post
Office last Monday. He fell under the
railing to which he was hitched, and
when he attempted TO rise he found
himself forcibly kept down, although he
bent the railing considerably in his eff
forts to regain his footing. lie was re-
lieved from his uncomfortable position
without any serious damage.
We have just received a large as
sortment Of ball cards of the latest and
most unique designs. Also an invoice
of thes'Excelsior pocket memorandum
book" for the use of advertisers. 1t is
a very excellent mode of advertising,
there being ample space therein for a
person to put his adj" Call at this
office and see them. And also bear in
mind that we do the best job work in
this section, and at prices that defy
competition.
BY a recent order of the postmaster
general, all mail matter not addressed
to a post Office by its exact name is de-
clared unavailable and Is sent to the
dead letter Office at Washington. To
illustrate: Letters sent Winooski, VT,
are sent to Washington and thence re-
turned to the writers, because they
are not addressed to Minooski Falls.
A letter for Milton could not be sent if
the superscription should read Milton
Falls. Letters, too, must not be direct
ed simply New York city, but New
York, N. Y. The postmaster general
ought to Issue one more order and then
retire.
Mr.. "A. w. Carey, our practical
horse-shoer, has made another addi-
ton to his mary facilities for shooting
hores. 1t is called "Hickey's patent,o
of which MIR. Carey has the town right;
a kind of wash applied like silver plat
ing. After the calks of the shoes are
washed with this metal they are harder
than the hardest steel, a file having no
effect on it, whatever. We under
btal1u tndt MI. Odfef mas Deen OHereu
a position as overseer in a large estab-
lishment in Lew iston, Me-, but he will
probably remain in Middlebury this
winter.
This town seems 10 have a SUPER
-fluous quantity Of writing schools, there
being three different schools in opera
ton at present. This is of course, all
right, but we would just say that Will.
ii. Bond seems to hold his own it that
profession, as is proved by the num-
Der of scholars he has at present.
He advertises to open another school
next Monday, in which he gives espec-
ial attention 10 the teaching of ladies'
hand writing. lie advertised on the
excelsior pocket diary, which can. be OBJ
tanned at the Register Office, and print
ed on with the neatness which is char
acteristic of work done at this office.
II. NJ. s. PINAFoRE.-Perley's Ideal
Company will present the above popil.
lar opera at Academy Hall, Wednesday
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