The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-15

, panel, and the side boxes have been sc
nearer to a right angle with the front
! so that all the boxes are nearer to th,
clerks hand, facilitating expedition
delivery. The whole has been painted
and grained so rs TO present n very
handsome appearance. The common.
dation of Mr.. Hammond's alterations,
and the judgment manifested in max.
ing them, will be universal and hearty.
We doubt if there is a better looking
postofice of its size in the state, and the
citizens of Middlebury accordingly
have a right to feel several inches taller.
ACcDENr.-Last Monday afternoon,
about six O'Clock, when the carpenters
at work on j. +. Cranes new house
we're preparing to quit work, quite q
severe accident occurred. Two of the
men, Isaac lLaventure and Stephen
Munroe, were upon a staging ON tie
east side, and were preparing to come
down with their tools. The staging
was supported on three brackets fasten-
ed to the walls in the usual manner.
The middle bracket suddenly gave way,
letting the men fall. Mr.. Laventure
fell In a heap on his hands and feet, and
a plank fell after him which struck him
on the head, cutting a cash three and a
half inches long. He was picked up
and carried home by Henry Garlick,
and Drs. Eddy and Russel called. They
found him suffering from a bad oncus
sion of the spine, and his back was
bruised by a board which struck
between his shoulders. 1t was at first
thought his injuries might prove seri-
Gus, but he is doing well now, and his
wounds are healing rapidly. He is an
industrious man with a large family,
which makes his accident very unfortu-
nate. Munroe, who is q young man
and an apprentice, jumped outward as
the staging began to fall, and thus
escaped being struck by the falling
boards, but landed on his seat and was
badly shaken up. DIR. Halsey attended
him and he is doing well. The staging
was twenty-five feet from the ground,
which rendered it a little remarkable |
that both of them escaped with no
bones broken, especially Lavcnture,
who is quite a heavy man. NJ
I've regret to chronicle the death on
Mrs. e.. D.. Rockwell, wife of S. B.
Rockwell, which occurred last Sunday
noon, after a protracted aud painful
Mrs. Rock wells maiden name
was Elizabeth belong. She was the
daughter of the late Francis belong of
where she was born in
January, 1918. She was married to s.
B. Rockwell in 1889. They resided
in Cornwall until 1856, When
Mr.. Rockwell purchased the fine resi-
dence in Middlebury where they have
since lived. Mrs. Rockwell was in
every relation In life one of the best of
women, and was loved and respected by
all who knew her. She was active in
all good works, and since the ~organjza-
tion of the w. q. L. U. in this place she
has been a working member. She also
had charge of a class of ladies in the
Congregational Sabbath school to which
contributed much earnestness andlt
interest, and her withdrawal, necessfz
-ated by her failing health, was a source
Of deep regret to those who had enjoyed
her companionship in this work. She
bore the sufferings attendant upon her
Iong illness with the resignation of a
rue Christian, and the end found her
prepared for the great change to the
)thcr life. The funeral at the house on
Tuesday afternoon was largely attended
)y her numerous relatives and friends.
Rev. Mr.. Speare oficiated, and appro-
pirate music was given by a Quartet
comprising Misses Ella Earle and Helen
upper and Messrs. Murkland and
churchill. A large cortege followed
he remains to their final resting place
n the west cemetery.