The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-11

The kerosene war seems TO sui
consumers we'll.
The other day Pat Mcmahon
while engaged in breaking one of Jo
seph Batfell's colt, was fondled In tic
stomach bv the sffectionate animal. II
doubled Pat up, bnt we learn that he
was not seriously hurt.
After smoking constantly for fifty.
two years an Addison, Vermont, mau
suddenly quit. Well, II Is about time
he was smoked out. The paper tina.
tells about his reform, however, fails TO
state whether the man died or only run
out of tobacco and credit at the same
time Huntington Hawkeye.
We see by the Rochester IN. W
Daily Union & Advertiser that w. s.
Mcmillan & Co., Of the Crescent Mills
in that place are putting in ten sets of
rollers and adding to the purifying and
boiling capacity of their mills at an ex-
pense OF abo nj $4,000. Mr.. McMil-
lap's friends in this vicinity will be
pleased TO hear of this evidence Jf his
firms prosperity.
Mr.. Il. NJ. Hermance, of Half
Moon, Saratoga county, N. Y, has
been in town this week, taking orders
for his pateut stove dsmper. This is
an invention which has been before the
public for number of years, and from
all accounts 1t appears to be q good
thing. A trial of II for day or two in
our Office seems to substantiate what Is
claimed for IL, and we have little doubt
that further trial will show decided
differnce In its favor over the old dam
pers as q fuel saver. Mr.. Hermance
disposed of q considerable number In
town.
AT the Munger Street lyceum, We'd
nesday evening, the house was crowded
at an early hour. Programme as an
nounced. The following Is the pro-
grammc for next week; Declarations,
Ollie Spencer. Waldo Amidon, Sammy
TAYLOR, Ira TAYLOR, Alfred Jacobs, M.
X. Moor. Papers to be read by Mrs,
Otto Moor and Miss Edna Boardman.
Committee on music, Mrs E. G. Seeley,
Mrs. Ambrose Grow. Question for
debate, "Resolved that capital punish
ment ought to be abolished" Dispu-
tants: affirmative, D. E. Taylor, o. F.
Hurlburt; negative, Otto Moor, Elijah
Boyce. 1t was then voted that the
Street and Brooksville lyceums
should meet with fhe people of the New
Haven Mills at their school in debate
next Thursday evening.
We have In the past depended
largely upon the good nature oil the
stage drivers to get our papers prompt.
ly to subscribers in the towns east and
west of Middlebury, when, owing to ac-
cidents or q rush Of matter on the morn-
ing of press day, we have failed 10 get
the bundles into the post Office in time
10 be sent in the mail bags. Our thanks
are particularly due to Mr.. Bean of the
Ripion stage, whose good nature seems
unfailing, and who has enabled our
Ripton and East Middlebury subscrib-
ers to receive their papers promptly
when otherwise there would have
been days delay. Mr.. Towle of Corn
wall stage is generally not less obllging,
and but for this fact our Cornwall pat
rons wonld often have failed 10 sec
their paper until il became cold. That
the Bridport bundle has ever been late
is due to the fact that the driver on that
route insists upon his right to refuse to
take ii except in the mail bag. He is
correct, and our "devll'
has orders to try this gentleman's tenn.
per no more. We shall endeaver here
after 10 have onr paper ont on time
regularly and if our subscribers fail
once in a great while to receive them
as early ashley should, we trust they
will kindly overlook it.
EAST MTDDLEBURY.
The following officers were install
led by Cold Spring Lodge, No. "a, !.
D. of G.. T., for the ensuing quarter;
VIC. T., Reuben A. Damon; W. V.
T., Mrs. Sarcpta Smith; W. s., Mrs.
Ida Nash; w. +. S., Mrs. Lou Enos;
W. T., Mrs. Eliza Eldredge; W. G.,
Miss Fannie Day; w. M, Clarence f.
Russell; w. l. G., Mrs. Cornelia Ohm
stead; w. Q. G., Benoni Q: Smith;
w. A. g., Henry F. Grant; w. D. NJ,
Mrs. Hattie Russell; w. r.. S., Mrs.
Julia Palmer; w. L. g., Mrs. Betsey
Kirby; p. w. G. n, Will W. Turner.