The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-15
Local News.
Slight sprinkles on Tuesday.

slight sprlnkleS on TUESDAY.
It's blue time-for Democrats.
Summer resorts are closed or clos
ing.
Some of the Democrats don't give
up Indiana yet. 1t is hard.
There has been another change in
the railroad time table, See first page.
Tho graded school enrols over
three hundred and fifty pupils the pres
ent term, the largest number yet.
The Creek has this week got down
about as low as at any time this season,
and the mills are again Inconvenience.
Rev. Pres. Hamlin occupied the
pulpit of the Congregational church last
Sabbath, preaching an excellent mis-
sionary sermon.
The gray squirrels and cartridges
are getting rapidly thinned out bv the
ceaseless slaughter they are undergo
ing at the hands of hunters.
There are on the docket of the
December term of the Addison county
court, one hundred and seventy court
cases and twenty-one chancery cases.
Last Sunday morning Geo. Ham,
mond captured hawk in trap, which
measured four feet four and one-half
inches from tip to tip of wings.
The Garfield and Arthur flag yes
terday, was supplemented by pair of
new brOoms hung on each side, to in
dictate the clean sweep of Tuesday.
John Goodro, who has bought out
Byron Fleming's business, has moved
into the house formerly occupied by
Pat Condor on Washington street.
See the advertisement off J. Grit
fin IL Co., in another column. They are
closing out their business, and offer
their stock at low prices in conse-
quencc.
The Ladies of the M. f. church
will hold their annual "Chicken Pie
Supper" in the church parlors on We'd
nesday evening, Oct. 20. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all.
"A. p. Upper has put in new
band saw at his mill to facilitate com.
pleting a contract which he has taken
of saving one hundred thousand feet
of lumber into chair stuff.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the w. G. T. u. will meet at the house
of Mrs. U. ID. Twitchell, on Wednes,
day, October 20; at o'clock, Pm
Gentlemen invited to tea at six.
"A four days meeting for the pro.
motion of Holiness will be held by the
Silver Lake Holiness Association. al
Benson, Vt. commencing October IS
Preaching Monday, Z, p. NJ, and three
times each day.
Amos III. CARPENTER, young gen
teman IRON st Johnsbury, has thi
week located here for the practice of law
having his Office in the Allen block. Mr.
Carpenter appears like bright youth
who deserves success, and we have M
tie doubt that he will make his marx
"A poet who trusted a composition
TO The tender mercies of our compost
tors and proof reader last week wa
rendered quite frosty by seeing owe
his poem as il appeared in The pane
the homogeneous heading "Frost.
where he wrote "Trust." The pnilt
compassion was drowned the sameInigl
and the proof reader was shot at SUI
rise the next morning.
Geo. McCue lost n twenty dolls
gold piece down at the depot Tuesla
afternoon, and felt unhappy in cons,
quence until the next morning. whe
Mr.. James Noonan restored it TO hin
having heard of his loss. Mr.. Noona
found it where it was dropped. M
McCue's confidence in the honesty ,
mankind has taken an upward rise
consequence.
No; IL Of the Humbolt Library
Popular Science contains the first IN
of Henry w. Bates's work "The Nat,
ralist on the river Amazons," one
the most charming books of travel n,
natural history in the English Ia
gnage. 1t has passed through sever
editions in England and the Unit,
States, but il IL now first published
snch price, Is cents for each of Il
two parts, as to bring it within ii
reach of all classes of readers. II
sale by VIM. S. Alden.
The third excursion to New Yo
will take place next Tuesday. Ticke
from this place $I.35. Tickets n,
staterooms on the steamboat. can
secured of Geo. T.. Marshall at the
pot II early application is made.