The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-29

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Thomas Tcnncy, whose arrest for in
toXication has been chroniclcd. was dis
charged on Friday last. and has left town.
Principal Cove of Beeman academy,
New Haven, has been in town this week.
He is one of the committee examining
the students of the college.
Services will be held as usual in the
Congregational church next Sabbath
mornings theme of discourse, 1.-The
Perils and Safety of Young Men,"
The next regular communication of
Union Lodge, No. 2. f. and A. NJ. will be
held at Masonic hall, Middlebury, Mon
day evening, July =, at the usual hour.
Mai. ID. w. Hunt of Newbern. n. c..
arrived in town on Monday last. having
been called by telegram to his sick wife.
He will spend the summer i'll Vermont.
The indications are that. If the weather
is pleasant, very large number will go
to Burlington today on the Sunday
school excursion. The band will accom-
pany them.
The trustees of the Spring Grove
Campaigning association held meeting
at the camp-ground, Tuesday. They
have bought piece of land adjoining and
will enlarge the grounds.
Mr.. Caleb Ticknor of Great Darlington.
Mass. accompanied by his young son,
was in town on Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. Ticknor was landlord of the Addison
House before Mr.. Rider took hold of it.
President Hamlin. Gov. Stewart and
Hon. james M. Slade were among those
who went from here to Burlington, Tues
day, to attend the exercises connected
with the unwilling of the statue of La
fayctte.
1t has been found impossible to get the
new college boarding-ho in readiness
for the corporation dinner, as had been
hoped. 1t will be given in the chapel of
the Congregational church. Mr.. Il. w.
Pitts is to furnish the collation.,
The people on Seymour street intend
to have quite a display of fireworks on
the night of July 1. Every one is invited
Any one who would like to contribute
toward making it a success is requested
to consult with E. l.. Stowe.
The Eureka mower and the Douglas
hay-lOading machine are to be tried on
Monday next at the farm of Mr.. III. b.
Wright, south of the village. Farmers
and others interested are invited to be
present. The trial will commence at 10
O'Clock Il. III.
Secretary Ray of the New York Sheep
Breeders association, +. Townshend of
Pavilion Center. n. Y. and VIM. G.
Markham of Avon. n. V, are in the
county buying sheep. 1t is understood
the purchases of the two last named
ket.
1t may be of interest to many to know
that on and after Monday next there
will be n reduction of rates on money
orders. The new scale of fees is as fol-
lows: For not over so. s cents; so to
Sl5. 10; SIS to $50, Is; $50 to $40, 20; $40
to $50, %; $50 to $50, 30; $50 to so, 35 I;
$40 to $50. 40; $50 to 500. As cents.
An attractive programme will be pre-
scented ut the commencement concert ut
the Congregational church, next Wednes-
day evening. The Baisdell orchestra
will appear, assisted by Mrs. II. f.
Knowles, the well-known Boston
soprano, and Mr.. VIM. Willis Clark of
Boston, bass. Tickets 90 on sale at
IIanaford's tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock. The orchestra will provide
music for the hop. at Academy hall.
Wednesday night it will probably be
the best ever furnished for such an oc-
casion.
A company of about forty children of
our village meet several times each week
in the hall over the REGISTER office to
study the operetta of Red Riding
Hood" The music is very pretty and
well adapted to chldren's voices; and.
notwithstanding the heat they already
sing the choruses with spirit and energy,
giving promise of a very attractive per-
Torrance early in July, probably on the
evening of the 10th, in Academy hall.
The principal characters will be in cos
tune. a chorus of little girls representing
"blue bells" comfort Red Riding Hood,
(who finds herself lost in the wOOds) in
a little song with an accompaniment of
silver bells. The proceeds are in
tended as nucleus for a reading room,
to which all will have opportunity to
subscribe during the season. "Some
strongly felt by many young people of
the village, and it is hoped that the
efforts of the little ones will be heartily
supplemented by the older people. who
are to be benefited by the children's self
denying eXertions. The affair is under
the direction of Mrs. Henry S. Foote
and Miss Elga Stewart.
Garrett j. Rose. aged 81 years, was
arrested on Monday morning by Deputy
Sheriff Rider, on the charge of having
tried to poison his mother, Mrs. Aman-
da IIamley, last Friday. The prelmi-
nary examination was had before JUS
tice j. E. Stapleton, Monday. Wednes-
day morning the justice rendered his de-
cision, that the evidence was not suffi-
cient to warrant binding the defendant
up, and discharging him. The prosecu-
ton was conducted by Grand Juror
James NJ. Slade; and Mr.. Henry S.
Foote defended. Rose and his mother
and step-fdther live on the Cornwall
road, near w. X. Remedies. Roses faith
er died when he was five years old. When
nine years old he was sent to the or
phans' home in Burlington, returning
home in December last. DR.. Willard Of
this place was the first witness. He was
called on Tuesday of last week to go and
see Mrs. Hamley. lie went and left
medicine, among other things a phial of
whisky. Mrs. lIamley testified that on
Friday night last some one was heard to
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