The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04
County News.
VERGENNES.

7 EftU II ~ ~ To-
The long continued severity of this
winter 10 telling on many of our older
people.
THE serious illness of MIR. Nelson
Collins, oil. Monkton, excitcs tie fears OF
his friends.
Coal and hay are cash these days.
There is a shortness of both. Hay is
sixteen dollars per ton. coal between
seven and eight dollars delivered.
Monday night the mercury fell to
l6 and 20 degrees below zero, not
merely here, but in some of the lake
towns also.
Rev. Mr.. Estes, pastor of the Bap-
tist church. who las been absent in
Maine Tor some weeks, is expected
home this week
The wife OF Mr.. Enoch Gregory, of
Waltham, was buried on Tuesday last.
Typhoid pneumonia was the cause of
her death. There are said to be seve-
raj cases of pneumonia among those of
middle ago and past the prime of life.
Rev. VI, A. Wicker and lady,
Ullut anu AlUOfis ifdNt ltAul uttl IlVnl
their bridal tour, greatly to the salts
faction Of his charge. MIR. Wicker is
gentleman of fine address, very social
and liked by all.
Captain William G. Bradbury, OF
this place, for MANY years clerk in
the Office of tho commissioner of Gus
toms at Washington, is seriously i'll in
Barton. He is with his family, who
have been there most of tie winter.
He is expected home, il able TO come,
this week.
Extremely severe temperature
with us. 1t was twenty degrees below
zero, and in the lowest locations, even
lower than that Wednesday. Not as fear
fully cold to be out as on Tuesday. The
biting north wind of that day will not
soon be forgotten by those whose duties
compelled them TO be exposed to it,
The days are of such remarkable
brightness that colored glasses are in
demand for the protection of the eyes.
Your editorial comments on the
effects of the new liquor law on bust
ness here was the subject of quite a
controversy in the bar rooms OF Port
Henry | am told. The verdict was
reached finally, and it reads, 'sscrved
Fem right" clearly showing that those
whose teams are aiding in the making
OF good road 10 the Port believe in
something warm and bracing these
lcelandic days. Said one of our business
men. "Weli we must grin and bear it
sorry that tangle-foo is so popular"
Death sends an indescribnble chill
through the heart, no matter how well
provided with this worlds goods the
sufferer may be. How forbiddng must
his presence be in the homes of the less
fortunate. There are two islands in |
Button Bay, off the Panton shore, in the
lake, bleak spot in the winter. |
Here, on Sunday night last, the little |
eight year old girl of Ambrose Jerome,
died. Her father had been to Vergcn
mes, Saturday, for groceries, &c, for
his family, and in the cold and snow |
he was not able to reach home before |
Sunday morning. His child was
taken suddenly i'll, with what its
mother thought was the lock jaw. She |
died before a doctor could arrive.
--Vergcnnes is extremely fortunate
in her pastors. Rev. Mr.. Estes is a |
hard student, finished scholar and is |
quite at home with the best German |
writers. He is afable, courteous and |
highly esteemed by his church aud |
greatly respected by all.
Rev. George Il. Hall, pastor of the
Congregational church, is young man
ola generous amount Of talent and |
energy, and is destined to make
mark in his chosen field of labor. lie
is a man of power, and has been great
benefit to the church over which no is
stationed, which is the oldest and larg-
est in Vergennes.
The Episcopal church is without
pastor at present.