The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-02


Iumn will be found to be very interest
ling. - - : = .'.'''i = =
| "A good secondhand buggy, mad
by Lewis Hope, nearly new, for sale
Apply to ID. II. LEWIS, ycrgcnnes, VI
Geo. Laugworthy, Jr., Harvey ri
lis and others went to -Thompson'i
Point yesterday, to camp out for 9
month. l
The Sabbath school Of the st. Ste.
phen's church talk of having picnic al
tho Queen City park some time next
month. '7H----.s--
We are pleased to see our friend
Geo. Martin In town again after an ab.
sence of five years. lie is stopping al
the Addison House.
Tho Office of DR.. L. T.. Mellcn viii
be closed "for his annual vacation, y
from the night of the 9Th until the
morning OF the oath of July.
All the teams belonging TO the liy.
cry stables are engaged for the 4th.
There will probably be a large crowd
at the camp meeting held atlSilver lake.
" --We noticed o very good represen-
tation of the fate of Grants last cam
paign IN Frank Leslie's Weekly, last
week. 1t was The, work of Mr.. John
W. Chapman of this place.
The voice of the student preparing
for the commencement trays may now
be. heard by any one passing by the
Congregational church. Prof. kellogg
has charge Of their driil 90
Among the 1877 candidates for adj
mission to the West Point Military
Academy only seventy-five passed ex-
animation. Stephen M. Foote of this
place was among this number.
CELEBRATIoN,-The celebration in
Middlebury will consist of twenty-four
salutes by the town clock, if it does NOT
run down, and the firing of forty-seven
punches of fire crackers in the park.
There was an erl orin the announce
ment in the Undergraduate concerning
the Parkerian elections. Samuel Shell
don is not one of the elected, but &. S.
Wilson of Ilalliday-burgh, Pennsylvan-
la, is. s.
Among the old residents of Mid
returning to town to spend a
vacation we notice Mr.. Harvey Ellis
and wife, Mrs. Louisa Lahgworthy,
Henry Bolton and mother. All from
Washington D. G. egn
. South Main street cats are excited
because two dogs have got into habit
of making midnight raids upon their
ranks, with the result that several tab
bics have been put in shape to grace a
Some owners OF cats are get
ting their "mad" up. -sa
TEMPERANCE LECrURE.-Rey. Geo.
III. Vibbert, of Boston, will lecture this
Friday evening July 2, at eight O'Clock.
in the Congregational church, on Pub
Hooker will preside. A collection will
be taken. There will be q praise meet
Ing at half past seven O'Clock, at which
Gospel Hymns will be used. All are
invited.
There will be a grand celebration
At the Fort Cassin House, at the mouth
Of Otter Greek, on Saturday, July 3.
The programme is ito consist of firing
salutes, foot races, jumping matches,
boat races etc., to end up in the even
ng with fire works. The principal
feature will be balloon ascension, at
O'Clock p. m. Dancing during the
lay and evening. Music will be fur
iishcd by the vergenncs Cornet band
md stones .Quadrille band.
We obtain the following items re-
yarding the census of Middlebury by
he favor of MIR. Geo. Hammond, the
~. US ..-e ~"
',OS6; whole number inhabitants in
$50, 2,994; less than last census, 81;
number females In town, 1876; number
If males in town, 1913; number of In
labitants in village, 1913; number of in
iabitants on east side of creek, 964;
number of inhabitants on west side,
i97; number of Inhabitants between
lges of fifty and sixty, 299; between
sixty and seventy, 1877; between seven
" and eighty, 119; between. eighty and
,ighty-fve, 10; between eighty-five and
ninety, II; between ninety and over,
three.
The following are among the arriv-
bis at the hotels: I.e
ADDISON House, Geo. w. Grandcy
Hammondville, N. Y, Jesse w. Gran
dey, Vergennes, Vt, Fred. f. Pierce
and Miss Mabel Pierce, Brandon, G. Ii.
Martin, Boston, Mass. G. l.. Holt,
New York City, A. A. Fletcher, Brid-
port, N. +. Dunshee and w. II. Peck,
Bristol, Il. G. Farnham, Shoreham, VT,
A. M. Bailey, Albany, N. Y, G. II.
and Fred. X. Carter, Bos-
ton, II. J. Jones, Cornwall, A. d. Gibbs
Of New York City, r. Muldoon, Ver-
gennes, G. K. Tracy, Charlotte, VT,
ID. p. Sharp, Ithaca, N. Y, Rev.J. b.
Brown and wife, Worcester, Mass.
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