The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
County News
BRIDpORT.
Measles abound.


, Measles abound.
. AS likewise does scarlet fever.
The sugar crop is light this spring
One of our stores received an or.
der for some "Kauphy," a short time
since.
The Oldest inhabitants say that the
presnt is the most backward spring IN
twenty years.
john Dukett has gone to Keene
Flats, New York, where he has taken
several large contracts at house paint
ing.
Our listers have finally ended their
tour. There are plenty of complaints
as usual about their valuations.
Nils. Goodwin. who has been for
some time declining In health is now
improving, and her recovery is hoped
for.
|. -Building is going to be rather act
i've this season.. Among others Sheldon
Smith l. to build a barn and Akin
Dukett a horse barn.
The West, and particularly Colo
RADIO, is proving attractive to our Young
men of late, and many of them have
taken III. CTS advice.
Mr.. Heman Wilkinson is repairing
his scow, new lining and repainting il.
and will be in readiness for the public
travel as soon as the lake is OPEN. y
Mr.. L. S. Burwell cut last week.
from "A ram two wears old this Spring.N
70 l-2 lbs. wool. His live weight was
ll3 lbs. From q yearling ram weigh
ing "a lbs, he cut 10 "a lbs.
"A gentleman while passing through
a DIV door in a house IN town the other
day struck his head against The upper
casing, cutting the scalp badly and civ
ing him an INCLINATION to swear vigor-
ously.
There were only four marriages in
last year. Hard tiuncs in several
cases kept fond hearts heating ,s twn
that wanted to beat as one. or births
there were, males 5, females 2: there
were 8 deaths.
dogs are nearly all registercdN'
The few who have neglected the mat
ter will now have to pay two dollars.
else Constable Grovensr will be
compelled by warrant of the selectmen
to close the career of their s.purpsv
with q bullet.
IL. G.. Burwell had a sbeariuo on
wednesday, the 23d. when his three
year-old ram Custer was shorn. His
live weight was 121 81 lbs, his fleece.
70 Ii lbs, all extra good fleece of not
very oily wool. Mr.. Burwell also cut
from twenty young ewes, two and three
Years old, an average of 16 lbs. Z II on.
There were five of the lot that weighed
after shearing all average of 20 lbs.
each; their fleeces averaged 10 lbs
. 20 OF: The heaviest fleece weighed
l-2 lbs. from as lbs. carcass. The
of the fleeces weighed 10 lbs
Ihe average live weight of the twenty
was ., lbs. The ages of the feeces
would average about one year.
MIR. Emmett Hillock and wife, while
attempting to cross the lake ice the
other day from the Wolcott ferry to the
land of K. H. Merrill, broke through the
ice: They succeeded in getting out,
and started for the New York shore.
But the ice being badly h~oneycombed,
they broke through again, and succeed
in getting out, but a third time they
were not so fortunate. They succeeded
keeping themselves afloat, hewever.
until help arrived from the west side, l
lust in time to save them from sinking.
Hillock was with one arm resting on
ice and the other supporting his
wife. When they were taken to the
New York shore it was found that Mrs.
liillock was completely exhausted so
that she could not stand. She was TAX
IN to a farm house while preparations
were making to convey her home.
Medical aid was summoned. At last
accounts Mrs. Hillock was in a critical
condition and is not expected to live.