The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-01

AS a horse with load of grave
was coming down the hill on Merchants
Row, Wednesday afternoon, the breecl
ing of the harness gave way, letting th
load against the horse, which started I
get away. A serious accident wa
averted by the activity of the driver
who jumped TO the ground and stoppc
the horse.
| I'VE understand that Col. Josep
lAttell is to have path made from tn
eaDfiage road down into the gorge il
FItjptoD, where little Bertha Goodyea
4 Was drowned, and which is now almos
inaccessible, so that people can dcscen,
with safety TO view the wild sccner,
| that il affords.
| Mrs. Louise Williamson had tn,
misfortune, last Saturday, TO pierce th,
forefinger of her right hand, Just abov,
the nail, with sewing machine nee
die. The needle transfxed the fingeI
and Mrs. Williamson pluckily pulled i
out with her teeth. The pain was yer,
great for q while, but the finger is now
getting along nicely.
john Buckley, the model Demo
crat, displayed from the window of his
shop one day this week an object thai
he said was triumphant rooster of the
Hiram Atkins pattern, proclaiming thai
f''Tilden is elected, but Hayes counted
ill.," Tho object, however, looked more
like dilapidated turkey buzzard, weep
ing for its party.
Mr.. Willard T.. Greene, of Bur
| liDgton, who was announced last week
as having purchased the store of DR.
Plumley, has given up the bargain. Ar
invoice, taken early this week, proved
that the worth of the goods on hand
was far above the estimated value. Mr.
Greene did not wish to invest so heavily
and accordingly DR.. Plumley will retain
the store.
One of the pleasing sights ND the
creek, Wednesday evening, was the
| plump remains of a deceased porker
consigned by his unfortunate owner to
the stream for cool funeral trip TO the
Vergennes water works. If the au-
thorities could only get evidence against
a party guilty of such a violation of
law they should make warning ex-
ample ofhim.
Last evening Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ.
Stowe were driving in Brooksvillc,
when one of the wheels of their buggy
came of, and they were thrown to the
ground. Mr.. Stowe landed OH his feet
all right, but Mrs. Stowe struck on her
side and injured her spine and fractui-
ed one of the bones of her ankle. She
was brought home and DIR. Sutton call
ed. She has since lain helpless, and her
injuries are considered quite serious.
Last Saturday evening was the regu-
lar quarterly election of Topper Lodge,
|. o. of &. 7. of this place. The fol-
lowing officers were elected; w. C..
t., w. G. LangwOrthy; w. V. r., Miss
frankie Langworthv; w. S., Mrs. A d.
p. Upper: w. f. s., Herman A. Peck :;
w. t., Wallace Dewey; w. NJ, Geo.
A. Moore w. |. g., Miss Florence
Waugh; w. O.G., Heman Langworthy :;
choirister, Will II. Nichols; organist,
Miss Matte Mead; editor of Gazette"
Fred w. Markham.
The directors of the Champlain
Mutual Fire Insurance Company give
notice that they will surrender the pre-
MUM notes on payment of the twenty
five per cent. assessment, deeming that
sufficient to pay all the company's liza
bilities. If three-fifths (being fifteen per
cent. )of said assessment is paid the notes
are not given up, because of the impos-
sibility of telling until proved by actual
collection, whether that will meet the
company's indebtedness. If il is sufli-
cicnt the notes will be surrendered.
In case of the non-payment of the fifteen
per cent. assessment legal proceedings
will be Immediately instituted. II Free
Press.
Last Wednesday the Congregation
al Sabbath-school of this place, with
additions at New Haven, made its an
nual excursion to Queen City Park.
The morning was cloudy, but soon
cleared up and the day, though quite
warm, was still pleasant. The Middle
bury Cornet Band accompanied the
excursion and played at intervals du-
ring the day. Many of the excursion
lists took short trips upon the lake in
the steamers, and all returned after the
days pleasure, tired but thoroughly
satisfied. 1t was estimated that over
five hundred people attended. The
special train with six passenger cars
was found TO be insufficient for all of
the picnickers, and accordingly two
freight cars were brought from the
other depot, into which the remainder
were packed.
ADast Sunday morning, some ma
licions fellow threw a stone through
the large plate glass in Brewster's store
front, on the left of the door, the stone
going through both glass and curtain
Andrew Murdoch, who sleeps in the
store, heard the crash but thought some
thing had fallen from the counter 10 the
floor, and did not find ont the real cause
until afternoon. The stone was not
very large one and must have been
thrown with a good will to send it
through the thick glass. The glass was
not much shattered, the hole being near
the left edge. One crack, however, ex-
tended horizontally across the pane.
The glass cost seventy-five dollars. II
must be the smallest kind of soul that
is capable of such an act of gratuitous
deviltry. Wehave no doubt Mr.. Brews-
ter and Mr.. Pinney would be glad to
interview the fellow alone end in the
woods for about five minutes. Atleast
most good Christians would sympathizc
with such desire.
xWill Tomlinson and Tom Fletcher
met with an awfully exciting adventure
and probably an escape from getting
"clawed," while their party was over in
the Adirondacks last week. The two
were trout fishing on Boreas Creek
some distance from camp, when they
heard the screams of catamount 9
short distance away. They pulled M
in hurry and started for camp. The
screams followed them some distance
though they could not see the animal
The sound was fairly hair-lifting and
must have proceeded from robust and
warlike animal. They reached theil
party with whole skins, but considera
bly, excited at their narrow escape
They besought the gallant Tracy to &C
ont and bag the animal, but were some
what reluctant to 90 out with him and