The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-05-12

How about the observance of Deco
ration Day? The custom should not be
allowed to fall into desuetude. 1t is a
pity II we cannot give day to the
memory of the brave boys who died for
a country which they doubtless i'm
agined would not forget them.
Harry Rowe has rented the rooms
lately known as the Hub Dining Rooms,
wht re he has put in socket jewt Try,
spectacles, stationery and other goods,
the rear room to be used for a picture
store. The front rooms are now being
fitted up and tbs goods put in place.
j. A. Watts S Son have tcrected n
windmill in the rear of the cotton-mill
grounds, which pumps up from the
creek and delivers for the workmen on
the new Beckwith & Wainwright's
store an ample supply of water. The
mill works nicely and regulates inself
very effectively in high wind.
Wesley Phelps, son of w. r..
Phelps, was elected city engineer of
Port Huron, Mich, at the recent cleo
ton in that city. lie was unanimously
elected on the second ballot. Wesley
has been in Port Huron less than
year, and his election to the position
shows that his ability has made favor
able impression.
A change of the advertisement of
Peck Bros, of the "Beehive," Burling-
ton, will be found in another column.
They have one Of the finest stores in
stock Of car nSa efoEdb h an ln%enss
and best selected one ever in Vermont,
and no one in want of carpet can fail
to suit both taste and purse by calling
at the "Beehive."
BY invitation of ladies of w. e..
T. u, General Neal Dow, of Portland,
Maine, will give an address upon Tenn
perance,, in Academy Hall, next
Wednesday evening, 18th instant, at
1880 o'clock. Admission free.
The annual meeting of the w. c. T.
.. will be held in the vestry of the
Congregational church the same after
noon, at O'Clock.
The remains of Mrs. Sarah b. Sell
leck, widow of Mr.. Myron Selleck, a
native and formerly a long time resi-
dent of Middlebury, were brought here
from Brattleboro for intermcnt yester.
day. She has for some years been liv-
ing with her children, in Bratteboro.
The remains were accompanied by her
children and followed to the grave by
a number of citizens, old acquaintance
of the family.
We have received from the pub.
fishers, Chase e. Sanborn, dealers in
teas and coffees, Boston, a copy of an
interesting little work on coffee, its his
| ivvo oft
forming quite full monograph of the
subject, and one replete with valuable
Information. 1t is handsomely printed
and neatly bound. 1t is intended
chiefly for the information of retail
grocers ane furnished free by the qub-
fishers.
On the 18th, at twenty-four min
utes past seven p. M, Washington time,
the new moon, sixteen and one-half
hours after her change, will pass di-
rectly over Jupiter and occult or hide
him from view. Jupiter on that even
ing will be about one and one-third
degrees north of the sunset point. and
about ten degrees east of the sun, and
sets few minutes before eight o'clock.
1t is of very rare occurrence, not more
than once in lifetime.
Tutor Henry Hubert gave lec-
ture in the college chapel last Friday
is6 oo%mo On s ee rhladft Of the Eag
and what we may learn from it. AS
Mr.. Hubert spent some time in Eng
land for the purpose of gaining infor-
nation concerning their educational
system the subject was one with which
he was familiar and he treated it in q
very interesting manner. There was
good number present to hear him.
"Wednesday afternoon, as MIR.
Smith Severance was standing near the
work on tho foundation of the new
Beckwith Il Wainwright block, one of
tho guy ropes of the derrick which the
workmen were putting up, broke, and
the derrick fell over. Another guy
rope under which MIR. Severance was
standing struck him and knocked him
into the cellar. He struck his face on
q stone, cutting ana bruising 1t, besides
injuring his side and shoulders by the
fall. 1t is thought he is not serionsly
hurt. w
1 Mrs. William b. tulier ury. y VI
day of consumption. Mrs. Fuller was
q native Of Middlebury. being a dsugh.
ter Of Mr.. Henry NJ. Nichols, who Ia
remembered by our oldest townspeo-
pie as long time superintendent of
the cotton mill. She was first married
in Troy, New York, to - Rowe, a
gentleman engaged in business In the
south. After her second marriage the
family resided in Middlebury for sew
eral years, until five years ago, when
they went to Troy, returning to Mid
dlebury last year. She leaves two
tchildren by her first husband. ~
VEAnother old resident has passed,
A away in the death of Mr.. Benham
1 Preston, which occurred yesterday.
Mr.. BeDham has always been an indus
trious and hard-working Turner until
tho inflrmities of age compelled him to
give 1t up. lie sold lis place on Mum
ger street few years since, and pur-
chased small farm east Of the village.
Here his excellent wife died, and aft err
ward the house was destroyed by fire.
Since then he has lived in the village.
He was an honest man and sincere
Christian, and long a member of the
Congregational church. lie leaves two
,fsons and daughter. II
The following is a list of the -Iead-
ing taxpayers in Middlcbury. Beck
with Il Co., SAC, $50; Gasca Rich. $37,-
OILS; Ii. W. Bre wster, $33 ,053; Geo. c.
Chapman, S30,679; Almon p. Upper,
1928 ,O36; Miss Gertrude Fletcher, 1927, +.
800; Joseph Battell. 20,638; Mrs. ii. G.
Langworthy, $40 ,280; ex-Gov. John w.
Stewart, Sl3,835; Mrs. Geo. y. Chap
man, $l7 SIP; Mrs. John W. Stewart,
$l5,8l0 Mrs. Abbie NJ. Beck with, sI4,.
420; John l.. Buttolph, Sl4,l7s; Prof.
w. ii. Parker, $l4 ,l20; George Ham,
mond, sl3,5S2; f. A. Bond, Sl2, 1908 I;
d: Rider, sis,S29; Mrs. Abbie S.