The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-11-25

The school in East Middlebury,
which has for the past three months
been under the charge Of Miss Ora
Walker, closed last Saturday evening
with an excellent exhibition. We
omit the programme on account of the
crowded state of our columns. The
teacher has won the regard of parents
and pupils as was shown after the close
of the exhibition when the pupils re-
assembled and presented her with the
proceeds of the entertainment.
On Monday morning Sheriff human
A. Drew of Burlington arrested two
men on the train at this station, Charles
Lowd and Joseph Gaboric, who were
iugiiiyes from justice, having acted as
principals in frightful row III the sa-
loon ofJohn Lavigne on Battery street,
Burlington, on Saturday night. Some
eight persons were involved in the
fight, which ended in the complete des-
truciion of the interior of Lavigne's
premises. One of the prisoners took
the train at burlington. and was Joined
at Vcrgennes by Gaborie, who had
footed il to that point since Saturday
night. Sheriff Drew, who was on his
way TO the Rutland workhouse with
some convicts, caught sight of the fug-
itives and scooped them in when the
train arrived here.
On Tuesday afternoon, in accor-
dance with an invitation from the fac
ulty, o considerable party of ladies and
gentlemen visited the college TO see the
alterations made during the past year.
We have previously made mention of
these changes, which in brief are the
conversion of the north division of
Painter Hall into handsome and COM
modious library, to which the books
have been removed from the chapel,
and newly arranged and catalogued; a
convenient reading room in the rear of
the first floor of the south division of
the same building, and the gymnasium
on the second floor above it; the fitting
up of the old library in the chapel for
the meteorological and natural history
specimens, which have been removed
from the cid "museum" on the base
ment floor, and newly and conven-
iently arranged, and the alteration of
the old cabinet room into three rooms
for the class room, working room and
laboratory of the classes in chemistry
and natural history. The philosophi-
cal room has received additions to its
apparatus amounting to over thou
and dollars, besides the repairing and
putting into good working condition of
nearly all the old apparatus, by and
under the direction OF Professor Brain
erd. The visitors spent the afternoon
from two until five O'Clock in inspect
ing all these changes, and all seemed
TO be impressed by them, and gave
much credit to the energy and skill
which has brought them about. The
philosophical room was for some time
centre of attraction, owing to various
striking experiments performed with
some of the apparatus by Professor
Brainerd. The new twenty-siX inch
IIoltz electrical machine in particular,
held the attention of the company for a
long time. This machine is quito q
powerful one, aflording rapid success
sion of sparks over nine inches long,
resembling chain lightning, and atten-
led with quite sharp report. Be-
sides innumerablc smaller pieces of APP
paratus there is powerful induction
coil, good supply of Dunscn and.Grc-
net batteries, n fine microscope with q
good supply OF objectiycs illuslra-
live of the science of acoustics, etc.
We believe that the philosophical cabi-
net now affords ample apparatus to
illustrate all the experiments mon
toned in the text books Oh physics.
We should not forget to mention
among the recent acquisitions very
fine new lathe, which was n gift from
Mr.. =. i. Moen, of the celebrated firm
Of Washburn 81 Mocn, of Worcester,
Mass, the most extensive manufacture
ers of barbed wire fence in the coun-
try. There will be further additions to
the apparatus from time TO time as
needed or the large and valuable ad-
ditions to the library we have already
spoken. The college may be said TO be
now in splendid shape, and we trust that
soon the young meu of Vermont who
arc seeking college education will
learn the advantages afforded here, and
swell the numbers of the students to q
point never yet reached in our history.