The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-15

Henry Moore has q. tame ow
which takes up its abode about tn,
Star Mills. 1t was sent to him from
Colchester. Had 1t reached here = few
days sooner and been about the mill Il
might have been numbered among the
, slain of the college hunters.
, The Colored Ideal Musical Combi
nation give concert at Academy Hal
next Tuesday eveding. We re. get that
our space will not admit of
notices OF the company. They arc spo-
ken of in the highest terms, and will
doubtless be we'll worth hearing. They
are travelling under the auspices of the
1iedpath Lyceum Bureau.
The greater share Of the personal
property belonging to the estate Of the
late Col. E. s. Stowell is to be sold by
the administrator at auction, on Tues
day, Oct. &c. A largo number of blood
ed horses and sheep are included. The
sale will doubtless attract many pur-
chasers. The advertisement will be
found in another column.
The ladies of the Baptist society of
Middlebury, will hold fair at Negus'
hall on the &c. and 81. of this month.
Fancy and useful articles will be sold.
Also Rev. Charles Hubbard and wife
will exhibit their Burmese curiosities.
Some ladies not connected with the So
ciety have forwarded articles for sale.
If there are others who wish to do so
they will be thankfully received. The
avails go toward building a meeting
house. Refreshments will be served.
Come aud fill up the house.
The races on the Fair Ground track
advertised tor Wednesday and Thurs
day proved fizzle, the attendance be-
ing very small the first day, and no ra-
ces the second day. The affair was ey-
identity got up by travelling pool
seller who sought to carry away a few |
Addison county dollars. We do not
know how far the use of the names of
officers of the agricultural society were
authorized on the posters, but we SUBJ
NIT that they do not look well in con-
nection with that kind of business.
The reputation of the Addison Count"
Agricultural Society would be far
higher If it kept clear of mere gambling
races.
One of the village trustees has called our at
tention to the liability and danger of soaring
horses by Bailey on his bicycle. Horses have
been frequently frightened by it, and one this
came near capsizing the driver. Our in
formant desires that an ordinance be passed for
bidding the use of bicycles in the public Streets
Journal.
The above being slightly personal,
we should not notice it, only to state as
a fact derived from experience that few
horses pay any attention whatever to
the bicycle, and in the only two cases
where horses appeared seriously fright
ened they were easily controlled by the
drivers. In the case referred to above,
the driver saw and watched the bicycle
and yet left his team
alone by the side of the road
and was twenty yards away from it
" hen the alleged "capsize" occurredt
In fact, the only animal known to be
affected by the bicycle is the
mule who ostensibly edits the journal.
We have little doubt that the "inform-
anti who wants to forbid the public
streets to the bicycle is the same osten-
sible editor, who takes this method of
showing his sweet good will. We re-
yret extremely that our affectionate
friend is not village trustee SO that he
could offer such an "ordinance." lie
might thus learn some elementary
points of constitutional law. On the
whole, our friend had better moderate
bis phi!anthropic anxiety. The whistle
ho eta soht |
frightened far more horses than the BIZ
cycle has yet done.
The college hunt last Friday was
one of the most succe ssful ever enjoyed
by the boys. Nearly all the students
engaged in it and the amount of game
brought in was by far the largest known
since the annual hunt was instituted.
The points settled upon for each kind of
game were very fair, ranging from 10
for rats, 20 for chipmucks, 80 for red
squirrels, so for grays, rs for partridg-
es, 100 for ducks, ETC., to 175 for coons,
200 for foxes. The game brought in
amounted altogether to good wagon
load. Ross and Miller were the cap
tains of the two sides. The score of
Ross side was 1880; Tint of Miller's
12,010. The largest individual score
was that of Palmer, on Miller's side,
who had $3.50. There were plenty of
incidents during the hunt, such as mis-
taking domestic turkeys and chickens
for legitimate game, with consequent
slaughter by the too eager sportsmen.
After the count the boys went to the
Pierce House where they enjoyed the
fine supper set out for them. We re-
greet to say that an apparently well
founded charge of fraud is brought
against the winning side, some of it's
members being charged with obtaining
possession of game intended for Mill
er's side to the amount of between two |
and three thousand points, which alone
decided the count in their favor. Those
who paid for the supper thus taken out
of them did not appreciate being made
game of, but we believe they conclu-
ded that they didn't care much about it
anyway, and now smile with their de-
spoilers.