The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-06-17

-There are rum0rs oil great Grim
against some beer seller in town las
Saturday evening. AS we hear, Fran
Mcbride on that evening was wheeling
keg of "Durkee" up the track fron
the depot, to deliver 10 the consignee
when o lot of young men who we're lynn
In wait rushed upon him, seized II,
fluid, wheeled the beer up to the Edd
lot, where they put It on board boa
and went down the creek. There wa
q small army of them and they had
glorious drunk all night and all da.
Sunday, with plenty of picturesque IN
/ cidents to accompany. Tho matter ]
kept very mysterious, but every goot
citizen will extend sympathy TO the rum
seller who lost his beer in this uphal
lowed manner. "
1.-THE many friends of Mr.. and Mrs
columbus Smith were surprised aDt
panied to learn of the death of his onl,
son, Willie, in Brapford, last Monday
morning. He had been with hi
mother on visit to Claremont, N. Ii.
whence they went to visit friends II
Bradford. Shortly after their arrival
there he was taken with that dreadful
disease, cerebro-spinal meningitis, and
in spite of all that skill and care could
do, the end came after nearly two
weeks of suffering. His father was
early teIegraphed for and stayed
until his death. The remains arrived
home on Tuesday evening. Willie was q
bright, but quiet and studious boy OF
fourteen years, who gave his friends
hope and promise for his future, and
much sympathy is felt for his parents
in their great loss, as well as for his
little sister thus bereft of her compan.
ion and playfellow. The funeral will
be at the house on Sunday, at 2: sc
O'clock p. m. -
"A travelling peanut vender who
"struck" this place Wednesday morn
ing, has had rather q disturbed time OF
It. He was ordered off from several
places on the streets where he had es-
tablished himself, by order of the board
of trustees. AS he appeared 10 be a
harmless, inoffeusive person his case
attracted considerable sympathy from
the larger part of those who learned
the facts, as in their simple hearts they
could not understand where the crime
was in selling peanuts, especially as
his wares were of excellent quality and
nicely roasted. The interviews of the
officials with him Wednesday evening
and Thursday morning attracted con-
siderable crowds, who generally sided
with the peanut man, and sympathiged
with his evident establishment at find
ing his attempts to make an honest
living regarded as an ofiense against
this free village. He finally succumb-
ed to the force of circumstances and de-
parted to find some place where selling
peanuts out of doors will not offend SO
many sensitive officials
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union of Middlebnry met in the
parlors of the Methodist church last
Wednesday afternoon at three O'Clock.
The meeting was opened by scripture
reading and prayer. This was purely
q business meeting; the vacancies were
filled and the list of officers presented
as follows: President, Mrs Clinton
Smith; vice presidents, Mrs NJ E Ham,
lin, Mrs M B Mead, Mrs M L Sever
ance recording secretary, Mrs G c WAL
ker; corresponding secretary, Mrs
Abernethy; treasurer, Mrs DR.. Blan-
chard; executive committee as fol-
lows, Mrs U ID Twitchell, Mrs w G
Langworthy, Mrs G Barton, Mrs M
ii Eddy, Mrs E Bird, Mrs l. II Stowe,
Mrs j II Purdon, Mrs j T Kingsley,
Mrs w II Button, Mrs II M Seely,
Miss Julia Bell, Miss Lottie Daven-
port. Six new members were received.
The following committees were filled
out advisory committee juvenile, COM
mittee, literature committee, parlor
meeting committee, agency committee,
committee on missionary work, COM
mittee on the Relation of Intemperunce
to Crime and Pauperism. Miss Daven-
port was elected librarian
On Tuesday and Wednesday the
Little Giant road machine was shown
in use on two pieces of road. On the
the hard clay on the Shackett road about
eighty rods was finished with this ma
chine in a little over two hours, ready
for smoothing down. On the friable
sand mixed with cobble stones above
Geo. l.. Porter's 1t proved equally eff
cient, moving the soil with a wholesale
rapidity delightful to witness, and do
ing the work well. Mr.. f. M. Strong,
of Vcrgennes, the manufacturer, was
on hand and bossed the job. He in
forms us thst he has orders for all the
machines he can supply. He has sold
three each in the towns of Cornwall and
Ferrisburgh and two each in Waltham,
New Haven and Brandon. The machine
has merits which commend it to every
person who sees it in operation and moi
the least is its simplicity and easy man.
agement, which render it just the ma.
chine where different men of different
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1t. The use of these road machines il
going to render the honest expenditure
of the entire highway tax adifiicult mat
ter in few years, unless a portion o.
the money is employed in macadamiz
ing and other desirable permanent i'm
prOyements. ~
.l\ZEighty-first commencement o
ididdlebury college.
4 Sunday, July 3.-Baccalaureate dis
conrse by the president.
Sunday evening .-Anniversary o
the Philadelphian Society. Addres
by Rev. 5. l.. Speare.
Tuesday, July $1,000 A.M.-Pre
liminary meeting of the Associate,
Alnmni at the College Chapel.
11:30-Address before the Alumni
at the Congregational church. by Rev
H. N. Hudson, class of 40, and poer
by w. w. Gay, Esq, class of '76.
. Tuesday evening-.Parkerian priz
speaking.
Wednesday, July $3.50, AM, An
nual meeting OF Associated Alumni 9
: College chapel.
1880 A.M.-Inaugural address an
exercises of the graduating class.
= The alumni are notified that at III
: annual meeting of the Association
y ballot will be taken upon six names ,
!, the Alumni of the college to presei
q to the corporation, two of whom wi
8 be elected by them to Office of Fellow
o The Registry OF the alumni Will |
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