The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-02-20
County News.
RIL1ION.

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Snow enough in the woods to make
quite respectable sleighing, but in the
highways in many cases il is rather
thin.
Ono of our citizens has been mar.
ried three times, and all three of his
wives now reside within six miles OF
him.
The Chandler Bros. cut, the other
day spruce tree that was every way
suitable to,make an SxS stick rs feet, long
and which they thought TO be very
uncommon occurrence.
Mrs. J. G. Kirby had a severe at
tack of croup few nights ago
prompt and energetic action quelcd
the disease and at last accounts she was
doing well. The lady is past seventy.
The Phillips Bros. have now some
1000 spruce logs to draw some five
miles and will constitute quite job
for three teams, even if fresh supply
of scighing is received.
And now the voice of the slate
maker is heard i'll this land, but we fear
that many of them will have fragile
article, one that will not survive the
hards knocks they will be subjected 10
OH the second proximo.
Quite number of our veterans
met at the town house last Friday eve
ming and discussed questions of impor-
lance to them, and adjourned to fu-
ture meeting to be called by ii. G..
Damon, at which time it is to be hoped
that every ex-soldier in the town will
be present.
We arc in possession of spruce
shingles that are sound and are in as
good condition as any shingles could
well be, but the strange part of the
story is to come and is this Nathaniel
McQuivey says the tree from which
they were made was cut by himself
and brother forty years ago, and that
the tree has been out of doors all these
years. If it were not for the known
probity of the gentleman, we would
call this fish story, but as it is, we
must say that spruce in favorable con-
dilion will remain uninjured by the
tooth OF time for many years.
. w. w. Lovett was buried from
the Methodist church on the Nth inst,
Rev. Mr.. Church delivering the SER
mon, which was based upon Ps. S:4,
"What is man that Thou art mindful of
him, and the son of man that Thou
visitest him." and was eminently ap-
propriatc to the occasion. Mr.. Lovett
came here from Warren VT, many
years ago and was long a resident of
the place, though of late has lived in
East Middlebury, where he died at the
ripe age of 81 years. The pleasant
heartiness of his greeting of friends will
long be missed by those that had the
pleasure of his acquaintance.
"A band of gospel workers, consist
ing of Messrs. Bedard and Harvey, of
st. Adams, and Griswold of Middle
bury college, made their advent here
last Friday and held meeting that
evening and several on each of the two
following days. Considerable interest
was manifested in the matter by our
citizens, who turned out pretty fully to
the services and paid strict attention to
the word as it was dispensed, if not
with the due accuracy of men trained
to the work, with far more of the fer
vor that charactcrtzcs earnest Chris
'idnllN. We was particularly plcaScu
with the effort of Mr.. Griswold on
Sunday evening, and judged it to be a
strong logical presentation of the truth.
/+-Death has been busy among the
aged ones of our vicinity during the
past few months, and on Sunday the
10Th inst, added another to the long list
by calling away our old time ncighbor
and townsman, SamucliDamon, who was
born in Springfield, VT, we believe,
but who came here forty or more years
ago and has resided within our borders
nearly all the time since, was post
master and town clerk, with short and
few rests from office, for long series
of years and has also held other offices
in the gift of the people. lie declined
being elected town clerk last March,
had resigned the position few months
before by reason of falling health. Ills
last sickness was short and severe !;
his disease, congestion of the lungs, from
which his advanced age and many in
iirmiiics permitted no recovery. We
believe his age was about 70 years.