The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-23

irOnn tue Denocrhts. fOOr prose, 100.
Last week tie Boston papers had
II that the Comon mill of Middlebury
was stopped by the breakage of the
water wheel. The Herald and Globe
knew there was no Comon mill here,
and called IL the Canon mill. All this
because some telegraph operator for
got to cross the TIE in cotton mill in
transcribing a message.
Some months ago Mr.. IL. L. Shell
don, who knows enough to be Repub-
lican, but isn't, brought in an item, as
the result of some of his antiquai ian
Investigations, concerning the historic
Widow Story and her cave, and the
fact that there is still living witness
to her marriage with Capt. Stephen
Goodrich in 1872. This item has been
copied all over the country, beginning
about a thousand miles away and grad
ually working toward home, until after
the lapse of some months we noticed il
in the Rutland Herald 81 Globe, and
finally last week the Vergennes YER
Inonter gave it. During its wide travels
IT has suffered no injury except little
Disagreement of ono name. Whether
it will get any nearer home remains to
be seen.
Topeka (Kas.) papers contain an
account OF a loose character going under |
the name of May Nelson, who was
killed on Friday, the 9th inst, by being |
run over by q construction train on |
railroad near that place. A Mr.. r. j.
Blazo informed the editor of the Tope-
ka Commonwealth that her maiden
mn
she was the daughter of farmer who
lived about half a mile north of East
Middlebury, this state; that he and the
she was noted for her intellectual supe-
riority, and was handsome girl. She
afterwards married and had several
children. There were sad circumstan-
ces connected with her latter years,
to the use of morphine and strong
drink. Nothing more sorrowful can
well be conceived than such an end of
a promising woman's life.
From l. X. Funk ~ Co., 10 and 10 ,
Dey street, New York, we have receiv- {
ed "Mister Horn and his Friends; or
Givers and Giving" by Mark Guy
Pearse, author of Daniel Quorm, etc.
This is an attractive story which teaches +
and enfOrces the lesson of systematic 4
giving. II is finely illustrated. This +
Is No. 32 of the Standard Series, and is !;
published in the same handsome form
rs the previous numbers of the series.
Price Is cents.
Also from the same house, sThe Ora
lions of Demosthenes," translated by
Thomas Leland. Vol. 1. Git is issued :,
in two volumesl. This volume con-
tains twelve of the most famous mas
terpieccs of the great Athenian orator, c
ncluing all the Philippe orations,
with ample prefaces and notes. No. :,
80 of the Standard series. Price 20 II
cents. The college boys will find it
ust the thing to smooth their arduous O
into the professors good gra- Il
,es whenever they take up Dcmosthe- "
les.f ih
News reached her friends in this AZ
1lace last Wednesday, of the sudden y y
Heath of Marcia G. Walker, wife of =
Geo. w. Giles, of Oneida, N. Y, and
laughter of our townsman Mr.. Lcon,1il
,rd Walker. We take the following o.
rom the Rochester Evening Express Fl
Of last Monday evening" T
"Marcia c. Walker, wife of Geo. w. Il
Giles, died in Oneida on Wednesday g
aged "a years. Although N
she had been in poor health for some O.
she was apparently as well as "
usual the day before her death, and y
spent the latter part of il in visiting K
'ome friends. She retired as usual, HI
,ut towards morning awakened her al
husband and told him she was in pain. "
Before he could summon a physician "
she brcathed her last. Her death was Il
caused by some affection of the heart. c,
Mrs. Giles was native of Middlebury, h
Vt, where an aged father and mother Ii
still reside. Nine years ago she came p
10 Rochester, and lived here until one O
year ago last May, when she was mar "
lied to Geo. w. Giles. With him she il
moved to Oneida last September and a
resided there up to the time of her Il
leath. She was member of the M. L. Il
church, a devout Christian woman. b
She had formed large circle of friends +,
both in Rochester and Oneida. Her
funeral was attended Friday at 10
o'clock a. m, Rev. Mr.. Elyl officiating,
Vt the residence of Miss Hardin in 6
Oneida. Several brothers and sisters
It distance were present at the f1nrrs
III v
The w. G. T. U. held its regular fl
Meeting for July on Wednesday last at hi
he residence of President Hubert,
Mrs. Sturtevant in the chair. A large
number was present. The meeting a
opened with scripture reading and b,
prayer by Mrs. Sturtevant, followed by ii
Mrs. Hubert, Mrs. Rockwell and Mrs. sc
smith. There was a long and interest IN
ing business session, in which the usual W
reports and temperance literature re- "
,eived attention, also the claims of the b
"Our Union" The
committee is prosecuting its
work in thorough and practical way. il
The town is districted, a lady appoint o.
ed to look after each street. Her duty d
will be to visit needy families and to N
see that all children of suitable age "
arc placed in school. Nav the time l.
soon come when no child in the town b
of Middlebury will be debarred school a
privileges from the lack of suitable o
The assistance of benevolent e.
persons is solicited TO carry on the II
work so worlhily begun and thanks are
exfpnded for mast fayOra The cOmiuUl