The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-18
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The Mcthodists are getting read,
10 repair their church ediiice.
Last Sunday was communion will
the ''Congos," and two children were
baptized.
Uncle "Vet" presented quite mill
itary appearance, one OF our recent no
days, standing guard over some suppos.
itory beans.
Our neighbours cucumbers look
sorry since Jack called upon them
Ours not having made their advent into
this frosty world are smiling.
w. b. Newton has erected and lust
finished large, neat, commodious
barn, one that fills the bill completely
Q. G. Lyford was the builder.
--J.W. Baker has attached piazza
TO the house connected with the store,
built a front fence, put steps to the
store, and we hear threatens largely of
further improvements.
r. E. Bentley on the glorious
Fourth captured two hundred aud ten
trout in four hours. We are ignorant
of their size, but presume that many of
them weighed pound.
One of our Nimrods while firing a
salute at a midnight serenader, mad
vertenily grasped an overloaded gun,
and now.wishes that Grimalkin had been
at his end of the weapin."
&C. Billings is moving his barn some
distance to the north, and putting a
basement under and fixing up about it
in fine style. The moving part of the
work is performed by L. II. Baker.
The gentleman with the long name
nom Colorado is here and brought all
his friends, but not in such overwhelm-
ing numbers as in previous years, and
the prospect for large sappy 'tater is
not so good.
We notice that the typos will get on
the rampage occasionally. In regard to
Mr.. Gees barn we wrote: "Mr. jill.
Gee is not exactly pulling down his
barns and building greater, but is erect
ing an additional one"
We wish that we had the imagina-
ton of your Lincoln occasional; but
then, if chap is badly scared we
will give latitude enough, if necessary,
to transform an innocent little screech
owl into fierce man-eating panther.
Geo. Flanders has q COW that pol
litically is three-fourths Jersey, from
whose milk fOrty-eight pounds of but
ter was made and sold in the month of
June, besides furnishing for family of
three, and three pints of milk daily for
use in the family. Her feed was pas
turage only.
"A chap that claims to be Bulgari-
an monk of the Greek church of Tur-
key has given us two calls lately, prom
Using lecture, but somehow has failed
to come to time every time around. He
carries his own tent with him and
lodges himself, and far as we can learn
interferes with no ones property or
business. In his long black serge gown,
hair falling to his shoulders, and red
scull cap he presents novel appear
ance.
Tho Fourth was commemorated by
several denizens of this and other towns
by jolly picnic on one of our eastern
hi lis, and the jolly rain called and stop
ped to dinner, aud jolly time was had
by the maids and beaux drying their
others wandered over to Silver
Lake for picnic and little ain, and
tried hard to believe they had good
time; still others staid at home, and a
few walked the echos with an impro-
Wished piece of artillery that made little
folks think that'76 was not dead; and
last but not least, Col. Battellgot up an
impromptu party who had an enjoyable
time oft.
"A few weeks ago we gave slight
hint that there were places of public
worship up here, even in Ripton, but
when we did the act we were not aware
Of the full result of the advertisement
though we were aware that the Register
was grand advertising medium, reach
ing every city, town, village, hamlet,
and almost every household in an ex-
tensive territory, but we were not aware
that Ursa Major and his extensive fam
lily were patrons of the paper; but
there are facts that warrant such infer
ence, for only last Sunday evening,
whileparties were making their way to
the house of prayer, representatives of
this family were seen on two different
thoroughfares only short distance from
said house, but being disturbed in their
meditations, and not liking the looks of
their casual human acquantances, took
another start and have not since been
heard from.
We have had the pleasure of Col.
Battelps acquaintance for several years,
and thought that we knew him some,
but we do not know whether it is his
general good-fellowism, the superb
cuisinei of his establishment, the taste
and elegance that pervades all its APP
pointments, or what the grand cause
may be; but we do know that the dwell
lers of the roaring main, those that
make their domicile in the wilderness
es of brick and mortar, and they that
call the sunny South their home, are fl
ling his hostelry to its utmost capacity;
and the cry is, still they come. Appro-
pos of the Colonel: lie drove light
pair of horses on one of our hot days
from Underhill home, in about six and
a half hours, a distance of forty-eight
miles, over rough mountain roads, and
upon finishing the jaunt the team did
not show signs of distress, but were APP
parently ready on the morrow to re-
peat the performance. We do not
know to what breed they belong, so
this is not puff for any.
BRISTOL.
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