The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-07-21
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49,. nj. Wilson, OF Hinesburgh, ha
SUI, two jersey heifers 10 Colone
" .nnon for $3.50.
/ Charles ii. Goldthwaite, a Harvard
graduate, has been engaged asjprincipal
of st. Albans Academy.
The state convention of the ". G.. r.,
y. OF Vermont is 10 be held III North
bennington Sept. ~ and 28.
Several fatal cases of lock law amopp
boys resulting from celebratin the
Fourth with toy pistols, are reported.
Leonard Edwards, of Walucu was
recently thrown do WIN by some colts
and trampled upon 30 terribly that he
is not expected to live. ,
Tho value of the hay crop in Yer
mont. according to the statistician Of
the Agricultural Department al Wash
ington, is 81, 294,112
DR.. Geo. d. Stafford of the Third
congregational church, Burlington, has
rendered his resignation after q pastor.
ate OF more than twenty years.
Julia, youngest daughter of Senator
Edmnnds, died at Monadock noun
tain, Dublin, New Hampshire, on Sat.
urday evening, of quick consumption.
MIR: Clough of Jamaica sent his son
to pull hairs from his horses tail for a
hsh line. The boy is dead, aud the
. .eaisE, hSg lHSss%as sI1s:ea that sp5 the horse 2
kick.
john Ladd, an aged citizen of SUIT
ton, while carrying a forkful of hay in
to his barn, was stricken with O shock
OF paralysis and fell upon the barn
floor, suffering injuries which make his
recovery doubtful.
A valuable COW belonging to q. w.
Carter, of Randolph, died suddenly.
Several nails and scraps of iron, look
ing like the settings OF q nail keg,
were found in her stomach. Mr.. Car.
ter thinks she had been eating old
shingles.
st. Adams is able 10 boast if 1t wants
TO, of several recent attempts by
men In that burg or vicinity to rape
young girls. There would be some
excuse for lynching such fellows, as the
law does not provide half punishmeDt
enough for them.
a Wcybridge young lady has been
10 burlington to have her face operated
on at the medical college. A sensible
giri Los No one IN this world under
Young ladies' faces like an average
medical student.-CSt. J~ohnsbury In
dex.
Waterbury farmers are troubled
with q new pest In the shape Of u crick.
ct which feeds on the young corn.
The enemy is reported to be long-leg.
ged and high stepping, of q straw COL
or, and %pugnacious when disturbed.
1t eats the leaves from tho mldvien
outward, leaving them like a sieve.
Investigation shows that the story of
Sanford Sherwood, the canvasser, who
claims to be the victim of an assault
and highway robbery at AlburRh, was
o hoax and that the man fell through q
tressle work while intoxicated, and
bruised himself by striking against the
track and timber work in his down.
ward plunge.
:, Leonard +. Edwards OF Walden has
/. died from the effects of an injury
, which he received several weeks ago,
} = al AChuitS us uOIb0 W WHICH,
whom he --:aao mic s.nr.:-a go, Al:
r horse stepping upon his side. He was
, well known throughout Caledonia
|. county, and was a brother of Hon. j.
! l.. Edwards of Newport.
= At three O'Clock last Saturday morn
ing the farm buildings belonging 10
;. Abel Hartshorn of Danville were dis.
, covered to be on fire, and in spite of all
that could be done, vera burned to the
, ground. Tho buildings consisted of a
iiouov, shed and two barns. Part OF
! the furniture in the house was saved,
Loss $4,000. Insured for $4,000 IN Yer.
!, mont Mutual.
, Vermont seems to offer inducements
! to the pioneer even at this late day
= The bennington Essex county, CORES.
u pondent Of an exchange says: Several
: of our young men have gone back Into
y tho woods and are engaged In clearing
land and making homes for thomselye.
and families. We think this is better
than TO 60 west 10 be drowned In 9
flood, blown away by a tornado Or eater
= up by grasshoppers.
I Justice Bailey has decided that The
x evidence brought forward by the pros
I e%cutiOn In the cast of State vs.. Pau
o Ellis, Of Shrewsbury, for assault or
Q the person of Julia Gleason, Of tina
place, is not sufficient tOkwarrant de
I tenti0n OF the respondent. Ellis Is &C
cordingly discharged. Tho six mer
who were engaged In the lynching O
Ellis were brought before Justice Bal
ley, and placed under $3.50 Londs each
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, the brillian
woman lawyer of Iowa, 10 to be In st
Adams, Aug. Is, and will speak In tn,
Q afternoon and evening. Mrs. FosteI
n deserves much Of the credit Of the sue
Q cess of tho prohibitory movement II
n Iowa, which was cmphatically the worl
y OF the women, to whom her effectiv'
oratory and executive ability was o
great assistance. Her speaking In st
n Adams will be under the auspices o
the w. G. L. U. of that place. A bas
1t ket party will DO held at their hall, an,
IL Is expected there will be o large at
1t tendance.
The Lowell Mail has the following
"A gentleman of this city tells q goo,
% story Of a couple that he once knew Il
Rutland, Vt. They had difference
sometimes, which usually settled with
out difficulty. On n occasion, how
ever. the old man threatened to cOmmi
suicide by hanging himself. TyinI
one end Of q rope about his neck, b
crawled out on the lower branch Of q
old apple tree that grew In the yard
,e and secured the other end. Then b
called his old woman out to see hin
,e jump into eternity. The old lady seize
II a heavy horse whip that was in tn
ct house, q out into the yard, an
II vigorously applying the lash about hi
LEGS. ahnniaI hmm Won old foo