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


l.. E. Knapp, justice of the peace, %,
state Atty,s. complaint. charged will
shooting horse belonging Ia Samuc
were that Prseton's horses got into Glib
sons meadow through an open pair o
bars, and Gibson endeavorcd to drive
them out, and not succeeding, became
enraged, and getting his shot gun fired
The same, severely woundiDg one of the
horses in the nigh hip and flank, IS shot
holes being counted. Gibson was held
in $500 bonds to await the action of the
grand jury; in default of which he was
committed to Jail.
| Some of our progressive people
ought to get together and see il there is
not enough live public spirit in the
place to start free village library.
Many villages no larger than this in
Vermont and other states, enjoy the
many great advantages ofsuch libraries,
and it would seem quite practicable to
have one here. Doubtless fair start
could be made with books which would
be contributed by those who would be
interested in such a movement, and
ways and means for increasing and
caring for the library would speedily
develop themselves. All that is want
| ed is some one 10 start the ball in
motion, and we have little doubt il
could be easily kept moving.
"A very pleasant occasion was the
marriage, August 3lst, of Cyrus L.
Van Vliet of the firm of Tracy e. Van
Vliet, Shelburn, to Miss Myra A.
Nelson, daughter of Lewis Nelson of
Chariot. The hospitable home of Mr..
Nelson was filled with invited guests,
who found the rooms beautifully decor
ted with flowers, vines and ever
greens. The marriage ceremony was
performed by Rev. II. Il. Putnam of
the Congregational Church, after which
The guests joined the bride and groom
in the dining room, where they were
served with sandwiches, coffee, cakes
and ice cream. Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Nllet took the p. IN. train for New
York by the way of Saratoga. Free
Press.
Last Friday presented rare and
peculiar phenomenon in the strange
color which pcrvadcd the air and gave
modifying tinge to every tint. The
preceding night was oppressivcly warm
and toward the morning was extremely
dark. About five O'Clock, when the
light of dawn is usually we'll advanced
at this season, it was still very dark,
but the sky presented a most striking
being of deep, dusky or
ange hue, which gradually softencd to |
a brownish yellow at the hour of sun
rise. All the forenoon this color pre-
vailed, and everything presented sim
. ular tlngc. The green vegetation had |
a light greenish color, with soft BLUSH
tingc. All white things looked yellow
and the color was very strong on white
paper. The freshest compilations had a
sallow appearance. 1t was so dark that
in stores and rooms where there were
not plenty of windows on every side il
was necessary to have lights burning in
order to see clearly, and at distance
these lights had clear blush white
color without trace of yellow. A
thing about it was that the
light seemed to come from every d.
rection, so that no shadows were to be
seen out of doors, even at ones feet
when walking. The sun was totally in
visible until about ten O'Clock, when
his outline could be plainly seen. From
uutil tWO " ClOCk tIc Weakest
eyes could look full upon his deep red
disk. The phenomenon disappeared
during the afternoon. During its con-
Iinuancc it was the universal topic oft
Much wonder and awe
was manifested, and occasionally fears
Of something terrible impending were
expressed. Some thought some great
CONFUSION was p pretended.
some, mindful of Mother Shipton, were
that the end of the world was
at hand, though we have heard of no
conversions resulting from this belief.
The cause of the phenomenon was
dense stratum of smoke
in the air at some distance above the
earth. Immense forest fires have been
for some time raging to the north and
west of us, and this is undoubtedly a
sufficient explanation. The appearance
extended all over New England, and
further west. No smell of smoke was
noticeable in the forenoon, but it was
quite strong in the afternoon, when il
probably settled more to the surface.
1t is said that from the tops of noun
t'ins the sky was clear but the smoke
could seen below, sometimes moving in
pillows like clouds under similar cir
cumstances. 1t was something to be
long remembered whatever its cause.