The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-09
Local News.

Local News.
The fall term of the College open
next Thursday, September 10.
Miss Mary Thomas died on Wed
nesday last, from typhoid fever. Sh
was sick about two weeks.
Rev. w. j. Tilley OBLIGATED at st
Stephens church last Sunday, having
returned from five weeks vacation.
Postmaster Hammond returned las
Saturday from a trip to the Buckeye
state where he visited the Ohio state
fair.
Last Friday was genuine rainy
day. There was also plenty of rain
Monday. Nevertheless the cry is still
for more.
DIR. W. III. Kingsley has gone away
on two weeks vacation, after which he
will be as ready as ever to tackle re-
fractory teeth.
The fire company gave the baud
engine a short practice Tuesday even
ing. 1t threw good stream, and
showed itself as efficient as ever.
Henry j. Raymore of the G. Z.
Carpenters organ factory, Worcester,
Mass, was in town Wednesday, look
ing up the prospects for business in this
section.
Some of the Cornwall onion raisers
are beginning to look after the market
ing prospects for the aromatic bulbs.
The yield in that town will be unusual
ly large.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. q M
Wilds deeply sympathize with them in
the loss Of their infant child, which
occurred OH Tuesday last after few
days of sickness.
"Wednesday was an extremely
warm, muggy day, productive of pers-
peration and yearning for cooling
drinks. Hanaford's soda water was in
constant demand.
"A large number of tickets have
been sold for the Boston Excursion
which leaves Middlcbury on Monday
next at u noon. A few tickets left for
to &. Il. Marshall, Middlebury.
The observance of the season OF
humiliation and prayer as recommend
ed by the Governor was quite general
in this place yesterday. The business
place were closed and there seemed to
be few OH the street during the desig-
mated hours.
Last Friday Mr.. John Brennan
slipped and fell from the platform in
The rear of FarnswOrth 81 Chapman's
store, a distance of five feet to the
ground, displaciDg two of his ribs. lie
will be laid up a couple of weeks.
Yesterday afternoon there was n
match game of base ball OH the fair
ground between the Brooksville and
Middlebury mines, the former having q
few vacant places filled bv Middlebury
boys. The result was in favor of the
Brooksville nine by score of % to 20.
During the thunder storm of last
Friday morning, "Nova Zembla," the
house of Mr.. Prince King, had its
lightning rod struck taking off the
plated tip. There was lond explo.
sion. Sumo plastcring fell of and a
stove pipe unjointed, apparently by the
jar, as no further traces of the clectri-
city showed themselves. MIR. King,
who was at breakfast, was affected by
a slight shock.
Willie and Robbie Collins have
entered Beeman Academy at New
Haven, and with this fall term begin
regular course of study under Prof.
Cove. We are sorry 10 have two such
bright and promising young men 90 fro m
our midst, but we believe they will
soon make as warm friends in their
new home as they leave in Middlebury
They will be an honor 10 any school
that they may attend.
The advertisement OF the Cutter
Marble Co. will be found in another
column, by which our readers will sec
that they have decided to do local bust.
ness in headstones and monuments
They have the best of facilities, all their
work being done by machinery, and
they claim to be able to afford their
manufactures at less prices than any
other marble workers in the country.
"A ten cent show exhibited in
McLeod's block the fore part of the
week, consisting of man with only
short stumps for arms and legs, a six
legged OK and n five legged COW. The
man was quite a talented character,
being able to do with his apparently
useless stumps more than half our vii
lage loafers manage to do with normal
limbs. The extra legs of the cattle
grew from the tops of their sholders
and were useless appendages. The
show evidently made hay while waiting
for the fair.
Rev. Mr.. Speare will exchange
with Rev. George Allchin next Sab
bath. Mr.. Allchen has been preaching
at New Haven for a few Sabbaths
lie is under appointment by the A. ID
g. +. nj. as missionary to Japan
for which he expects to start from Bos
ton, October q. A council has beer
called for his ordination to meet at tn,
vestry of the Congregational church
this place on Wednesday, Sept. IA, q
1880 p. m. Next Sabbath he will Civ
historical sketch of Japan in its bear
ing upon recent changes.
GA lawsuit has begun at Middlcbur
between Messrs. Severance and Knapu
who claim to own patent for maxim
feeding racks in cars used for shippin
Spanish merino sheep to western mar
kets. This action has aroused stron
feeling among the large and influentia
army of dealers and breeders, who ar
now pooling their issses for mutua
protection and propose to fight IL out
The above, which we find in some @