The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-17
Local News.

Local News.
i Not very wintry weather the past
week.
Charles Chapman is at his fathers
Albert Chapman, sick with a fever.
The thaw put a stop to the ice bust
ness, which had began to show signs of
activity.
The fall term of college ends next
Tuesday. There are examinations Mon
day. and Tuesday. The vacation will
continue two weeks.
The proprietors of the cotton mill
have secured thirty hands from Canada,
twenty of whom have already arrived
and are at work.
Mrs. E. A. Sturtevant is now en-
gagged in her work as state organizer of
the w. g. T. U. in Caledonia county.
where she has been meeting with good
success.
DIR. Russell has moved his office
into the rooms in Buttolph block re-
Gently vacated by DR.. Mellen, who has
moved into his nice looking new house
on South street. His office remains
where it was.
There seems to be a wide spread
epidemic of sore eyes, which manitests
itself in Inflammation ofthe lids. Num-
bers in all parts of the village have been
afflicted with 1t. 1t is said to be easily
cured.
Hon. Frank Plumley of Mortified,
formerly G. w. Secretary of the State
Union 1. o. of G. T., was present at the
meeting of Upper Lodge, Wednesday
evening, and made very effective ad-
dress to the members.
Remember the Baptist sociable and
oyster supper at Dea. j. B. Benedict's,
ON Seymour street, this evening. Thir-
ty-five cents pays for admission. The
money thus obtained will go to the new
church fund. 1t is worthy object and
we trust good many will be there.
Mr.. Joseph Battell had his new
covered sleigh and two spans of horses
taken to Montpelier last week, where
we suppose he has been showing the
Montpelierites some style. The team
presented fine appearance on our
streets.
The Good Templars will have So
ciable at their Hall, on Thursday even
ing of next week, Dec. 23, at which will
be presented dialogues, tableaux, music
etc. An interesting entertainment is
promised. A fee Of fifteen cents will
be charged for admission.
The Congrcgationalist has no supe-
rior as family religious paper. 1t is
thoroughly edited, and is not only able
in its discussions, but readable and at.
tractive. Rev. A. F. Schaufiier has
charge ofits Sabbath School department,
and on its list of contributors are some
of the very best newspaper writers in
the country.
Miss Hattie Walker has gone to
Pawlet to assist her brother. Rev. E.
l.. Walker, in teaching select school
which he has opened in that place.
Miss Walker has taught two terms DUR
ing the last year in the school house
near w. ID. Bells and has given the
best of satisfaction. She will make a
successful teacher.
Frank z. Bell, son of W.D. Bell.
who went to Minnesota some years AGO
in search of health and wealth, found
both, the latter item in a satisfactory de-
gree at least, and in addition he found
a wife. Particulars in our regular mar
riage notices, Frank was recently at
homo on visit, and his many friends
were glad to meet him again. He is
now in business in Valley Springs, d.
T. He is a worthy young man, and
we wish him all happiness in his matri-
monial venture.
1t will be pleasing news to many
to learn that our hotels have been so
impressed by the nuisance act recent
ly passed by the legislature that they
have decided to sell no more. Their
'sample rooms" are cleared ont. the
cheerful gush ofbeer and the pleasing
gurgle or whisky and mixed drinks
wake the echoes no more, and the
solace-seeking bacchanalian will either
have to go dry or patronize some less
strait-laced and more law-defying es-
Enlistment. 1t is all too good to be
true-but-perhaps it is true, never
theless.
The lecture of "Josh Billings" last
Friday evening drew very good house,
evidencing the general curiosity to
see and hear the genial philosopher.
AS our space is too contracted TO admit
of any extended notice of the lecture
we can only say that it was universally
pronounced very good one, abound
ing IN wit and wisdom, and the deliy-
cry and appearance of the man harmon.
izing well with his peculiar style OF
expression. Mr.. Shaw Is a tall man
with gray hair and wbiskers, and for.
ward stoop which tells eloquently OF
the weight of profound wisdom he has
to "tote" around. He evidently appre.
ates his jokes as well as his hearers do
He lectured In Stowe the next evening
after his appearance here.
The NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE.-As {
news and family paper the sold reliable
Tribune has never been surpassed, 4
equalled, and 1t is better paper now
than ever. II is clean paper ever,
line In II can be read with profit by ey
cry member of the family. We regre
that we cannot say as much of ever,
metropolitan journal. No newspaper
In this country has for the past thirty
years exerted SO great an influence, ant
done SO much to mould public opinion
on all important questions of politic
and morals, as the Tha New York Tri
bune, and high authority has said O
1t that II " has done more to make goot
farmers and good citizens than any othe
single influence that ever existed In thi
country" We call attention to it's pro
epectus IN another column, aud also L