The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-04-09

| LEU us nope tnat cuncSuayS SNOW
storm was the last effort of peculiarl
tame winter.
-Kendall's Treatise on the Hors
given away to every advance payin
subsc iber of this paper.
We go to press day earlier Il
order to obey the recommendation o
the governors proclamation.
Smith Il Allen have number o
new buildings to put up in differen
places the coming season.
--Dea. L. G. Barrows has an orde
for quantity of first class maple suga
to go to missionaries In Japan.
Rev. M. b. Mead has been assigne,
to the Methodist church in this place
whereat his many friends here will b,
much pleased. Rev. Mr.. Rowsom goe
to Poultney.
john Thompson, whose now de
ceased dogs played with him as related
last week, has been quite sore, and his
limbs badly swollen from the effects Of
of their endearments.
"A good many people coming into
the village nowadays remark upon the
vast difference between the improved
portion of the roads and those with the
original sin still in them.
brandon is another town where
business enterprise promises to boom
soon. Why cannot the same kind of
lightning strike Middlcbury, which has
many natural advantages over Bran
don?
There was sociable at the Good
Templars hall, Wednesday evening,
which was fairly well attended. The
exercises were good, as usual. Fancy
articles were offered for sale.
The L part of Mrs. w. w. Thomas
house is undergoing extensive repairs.
Mr.. Peter Champaign has vacated il
and moved into Mrs. Rice's house, next
below on the lane.
Gid Miner and c. M. Remcle re-
turned last week from their trip to
Michigan, where they went to exchange
sheep for lucre. They report things
lovely in the business, and had enough
money to get back homo with.
Tom Flint, after buying out nearly
all the milk routes in the village and
thus getting monopoly of the business,
has given up his project, and sold out
to Walter Wright. lie is now going to
clerk in L. A. Bonds store.
We sec by an item in the New
York Herald of recent date that w. w.
Ashley, son of Rollin Ashley of this
place, has been engaged as tenor in the
choir of the Holy Trinity church, Har-
lem, at salary of 500 per annum.
Mr.. A. w. Carey has sold his old
blacksmith shop, and has bought the
place of Will Kingsley, on Court street,
where he will erect shop Immediate
ly. Through the earnest entrcaties of
his numerous friends, he has finally
consented to stay here.
There was q sociablc for the bene-
fit of the chapel fund OF the Episcopal
church, at the residence of Jas. NJ.
Slade, "Wednesday evening, which was
a very enjoyable affair. There were
about so present. The evenings en-
tertainment was added to by readings
and addresses by Rev. w. j. Tilley,
DIR. llalsey and others. Cake and coffee
were served as refreshments.
or Methodist ministers known i'm
this place and vicinity A. +. Bailey is
located in Dalton, Mass Webster In
gersoll in Undertook, N. Y; w. H..
Mecker in lIoosick Fails, N. Y; III.
Vandecar in lockwood and Ephratah,
N. y; l.. s. Walker in Sandy Hill, N,
y; l.. l.. Lawrence in Ellenburgh, N.
y; ii. N. Munger in Peru, N. Y.
Mr.. l. III. Norton, or Leicester, left
with us a few samples of Dixon's
American Graphite pencils, a day or
two since, of which he has been scatter
ing few in this vicinity as specimens.
These seem to be a very superior pen
Gil, making smooth, black mark. and
the grade marks reliable. There
would seem to be no neco ssity of using
foreign pencils, when such excellent
ones can be obtained at home.
There was a special meeting of the
corporation of the college, Oh Tuesday,
to consider the resignation of Prof.
Scion Albee as professor of Latin.
The resignation was accepted. icsolu-
tons were adopted in honor of his
long and faithful services i'm his posi-
ton. The professor has contemplated
this step for some time. lie is
scholar of no ordinary attainments in
the ancient languages, and those who
know him best are the ones who most
regret that his relations with the col
legc are severed.
"A person who has been taking Or
ders for fruit trees and plants in this
vicinity, has sold many currant bushes
of the La Versaillaise variety, by repre-
scnting that the carrant worm was not
fond of them, and would let them
alone. Some of our farmers have al
ready had experience with this currant,
and they say that the worms find the
leaves just as agreeable, and do as
much execution upon them MS they do
upon any kind. Besides, the plants
can be ordered by mail and obtained
for half what the agent aforesaid asks
for them.
AT Columbus, Ohio, Albert Chap
man was lately presented with hand
some gold headed ebony cane, given, as
n letter accompanying it stated, AS n
token of appreciation of his services in
contributing to make the Register of
the vt. Merino Sheep Breeders Asso-
citation a work of such value TO sheen
breeders. The cane was appropriately
inscribed and the mares of the donors
appended, who were, II. X. Willis, S.
w. Thomas and b. w. Cope, with
whose names many of our Addison
County breeders are familiar. .While
Mr.. Chapman thinks he does not de-
serve all the good things which the do
nors say of him, this token ofapprecia-
ton will be an inspiration to better
work In the future.
Rev. j. 7. Franklin departs for his
new rectorship early next week. AS a