The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-11-04
Local News.

-lSucry: low ABOUT tne state lar!
1t is warm weather for the season
There does not seem to be much Of
q drought lying around this region.
Edward Bond is now on the road
to recovery from his severe attact OF
typhoid fever.
Col. Dattell has been in Montpelier
for some days this week with his span
of Lambert horses.
Mr.. Grin Phelps was out on our
streets the other day, looking some
what feeble, but with fair prospect
of recovering his former health. =
William II. Starr, OF Burlington,
Iowa, one of the brothers of Miss
Emily Starr, died last Saturday. We
expect to have notice of him next
week.
u. M. Slade gave q talk to the grad
ed school scholars last Friday afternoon
on the powers and duties of the Prcsi-
of the United States, which he made
very interesting.
Crane 81 Kidder have us turkeys
over near the depot, which they begin
picking for the market to-day. They
have made quite a sight, land have drawn
many to see them.
-Gustavus Smith had q little rum
away experience with his colt over on
Joseph Battell's farm east of the vii
lage, on Wednesday. The damage
was not very great.
"A mighty hunter tells us that he
was recently out with a small rife
when he came across nine cartridges
so exactly in a line that by single
shot he killed or baggcd the whole lot.
We can believe that much but we are
glad he did not call ii ten partridgcs.
1t seems probable that we shall
have now and well equipped fair
ground if we do not have the state fair.
Mr.. Battell's ground seems to DO settled
upon as the choice of those interested,
and the money for the buildings and
improvements will be forthcoming, it
is said.
Present indications point to q large
party that will take advantage of the
fourth and last New York excursion,
which leaves Tuesdey, November s.
Twenty-Five secure half fare to Rut-
land, which makes the trip cost from
Middlebury to New York and return,
only $i:35. Tickets and staterooms can
be secured of George E.. Marshall.
Coon TEMpLARs.-The lodge OF
Good Templars is yet alive. Quite q
goodly number are in attendance
Officers were elected and installed al
the last regular meeting and a revival
spirit was manifested throughout the
entire camp. Look out now for good
effective temperance work. TIL ey mean
business.
"A concert by the original FISK
University Jubilee Singers will be
given in Academy Hall in this place
on Thursday evening, November IL
This is the true original company, the
first organized in this country. They
sang three years IN Europe, and
earned for Fisk University one hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars, thu
singing into existence great educa
tional Institution. Their music is OK
ceedingly sweet and beautiful, and al
the singers are artists. Among thu
company, numbering eleven, there is {
male quartette, and a great variety o.
music will be given. The tickets will
reserved seats will be for sale on
Wednesday, November 7, at Hama
ford's Drug store.
Professor Koon, who is engaged
In arranging the mine illogical cabinet
at the college, gave a lecture at the YES
try OF the congregational church last
Friday evening, which was listened tc
by the college students, graded school
scholars and others. The subject was
deep. sea dredging. The following ALI.
stract was made by one of the bigI
school pupils:
In 1863, the government made pro.
vision for finding out whether our fish.
cries were diminishing in value or not
and if so what were the causes. Ac
cordingly an appropriation was mad,
by Congress for that purpose. TIL,
matter was intrusted to Professor
Baird, of the Smithsonian Institute
Washington, ID. G.. lie fitted ont Al
expedition of naturalists to examine in
TO the causes. This expedition located
its head quarters on the southern coas
of Massachusetts,, at Woods Hole.
In the first place they made observa
tions along the shore, between tides
They turned over stones and dug in tn
sand in order to find all animals which
might be living there. They found
large variety of animal life, which the,
took to the laboratory, at their hea,
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