The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-06-10

q gentlemanly and efficient clerk in
Dodge's hardware store for some
years, has entered the employment OF
L. G. Dixie, of Bristol, in similar ca
pacity. He could not have a better
clerk.
The arrangements for Commence
ment are about completed. Rev. S. L..
b. Speare is expected to deliver the
address before the Philadelphia So
ciety. Rev. Henry N. Hudson will
deliver the address and w. W. Gay the
poem before the Associated Alumni.
"A family of half breed Indians, or
something of that sort, from Vergen-
mes, is camping out on the bank of the
Creek above the railroad bridge, on
Mrs. Hayden's land. They have a
couple of birch bark canoes, very
nicely made and modelled. One of
them attracted q crowd on Wednesday,
who were much interested in the nov
city.
DIR. Mellen hitched his horse to a
scraper last Wednesday afternoon,
with the intent to grade his grounds a
little, but the spirited animal resented
the indignity and started off. He ran
down to near the post office, fell down,
jumped up and went into the park and
back in front of the postoffice, where he
fell again and was secured. The horse
was somewhat cut, while The scraper
was ruined. The genial tooth puller
will probably hesitate before putting
his animal at such plebian work again.
We have received from the publish
ers, Gleason e. Nichols, of Burlington,
pamphlet copy of the course of lectures
on Medical Jurisprudence, recently de-
livered before the medical department
of the University of Vermont by E. j..
Phelps. We have followed these lee
lures as reported in the Free Press, and
have formed the high opinion of
their value which their authorship
warrants, and we are glad to see them
issued in such convenient form. The
pamphlet was printed at the Free Press
office, and deserves notice for its beauti-
full Typography. We understand the
edition is limited, so that those desiring
copies would do well to send their Or
ders,early. -.
ADDISON COUNTY CoURT.-The june
term of the Addison County Court
opened last Tuesday afternoon. Pres
ent Hon. John Plerpoint, presiding
Judge; Hon. e. w. Wicker and Hon.
III. N. Sollace, assistant judges, Sheriff
Dunshee, County Clerk Wainwright,
and the other officers.
Prayer was oered by Rev. M. b.
Mead, after which court was formally
opened by proclamation of Sheriff Dun
shee.
The following gentlemen were sworn
in as grand and petit jurors.
Grand Jurors-Nathan S Bennett, M
X Barbour, Bridport; Franklin Hooker,
Charles Benedict, Cornwall; Watson
Morgan, Stephen M. Colby, Lincoln;
ii G Langworthy, George Hammond,
Otis p Lee (talesman), Middlebury; S
N Warren, Il f White, d w Clarke,
Orwell; Sylvester Fisher, Isipton; Frank
N Hill, Sydney Bushnell, Starksboro
Scion Lapham ,Shoreham James Crane,
Vergennes; E II Fisk, Weybridge;
human Hunt, Waltham. Nathan 81
Bennett of BridpOrt, was appointed
foreman of the grand jury.
Petit Jurors-Charles E Crane, Frank
A Williams, Clark w Huntley, George
NJ Payne, Bridport; II F Dean, Arson
w Frost, Alverton Bingham, Cornwall;
Irwin W Colby, William Hoag, A J
Morgan, Lincoln;, B s Beckwith, L G
BarrOws, ID S Witherell, W Il Phelps,
David E Boyce, Isaac Seeley, Middle
bury; L M Bottum, w G Hack, c d
Abel, H & IIibbard, Orwell; Royal Z
Bentley, Henry A Kirby, Ripton;
James l. Brooks, Calvin L Clifford,
Oscar ID Baldwin, Starksboro; G Ii
Laurence BARLEY, E ID Yer
nal, NJ T Bristol, Vergennes; Ira s
Wright, Weybridge; W L Frisbie,
Waltham.
The first case called was Wilfred
Ostiguy VS.. John MARKHAM, Jr., Apt.
This was a suit to recover the value of
a COW which was poisoned by paris
green, through the negligence of the
The defendant was at the
time acting as station agent at Leices-
tor Junction. One Lockwood had pre-
viously been station agent there, and
lived in the depot building. He had
used paris green on his potatoes, pre-
pairing the mixture in the depot, and
what was left unused had been placed
in the telegraph battery room. On the
10th of August, 1878, the defendant had
had a general clearing out, and the
rubbish, of which this paris green was
part, had been thrown out into field
where theiplaintifls cows were feeding.
Two cows died from eating the paris
green. The defendant claimed no
fault OH his part, and that he knew
nothing of the presence of the paris
green. The testimony gave the COW
rather remarkable character as an ON
nivorous feeder. On Wednesday
morning the arguments were made by
the counsel, of whom Hon. W. G. Dun
ton and George Briggs, Esq, were for
the plaintiff and Hon. Henry Ballard
and Walter Wheeler for the defendant.
The case was given to the jury before
noon. At about three they came in
and the foreman reported them unable
to agree. The Judge with a sweet
smile remarked that they had not taken
time to get acquainted with each other
yet, and sent them back TO wrestle
with the question again. At six, how
ever, they still proved inharmonious
and were discharged.
The next case was Ira Tucker anc
Daniel Durfee vs.. E. G. Hunt and Or
rim Danforth. Action for trespass t.
recover damages for the illegal reno
val by the defendants of sawmil
which the plaintiffs had sold, and OF
which they had foreclosed mortgage
at the December term, 1877, of the Ad
olson County court. l.. 8. Durant an
r. ii. Mardin for plaintiffs, A. p. TuT
per and K. q. Hunt for defendants
Verdict 1866 for plaintiffs.
On Thursday morning was GALE
the noted libel suit OIL. l.. Knapp v
w. j. Fuller ct al. Hon.J w. Stew
, art, E. II. Hard and j. M. Slade TO
the plaintiff; A. p. Upper and Hor
Henry Ballard for the defendants
This was q suit for damages for
llibelous publication in the Addiso