The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-15
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The late Hon. Thomas Allen of Mssou-
ri bequeathed $500 to the Bennington
battle monument fund.
Rev. Mr.. French of Tewksbury. Mass.
has accepted call to the Congregations
alist church at Wallingford.
An old counterfeiter's press was re-
Gently discovered in the woods at Berk-
shire buried in the earth.
On the 9TH day of May snow shoes
were used in Glastonbury. because To-
cOnotiJ IN was impossible without them.
Alfred Kemp of Bellows Falls has
carried the mail from the depot to the
p0stOllice in that village for thirty-tour
years.
Henry Crownineshi was held at
BrattleborO in $500 for breaking into the
farmhouse of George w. French during
the temporary absence of the family.
Alfred Robinson. proprietor of the
WalloOmsac House. Centre Ben iingtUn,
had the misfortune to fall, striking on
his elbow in such a manner as to crush
it and break the bone of his arm above
the elbow.
The firm of C.. II. Davenport & Co..
of BrattleborO is dissolved by the with
drawal of j. IL. Livingston, who goes to
Bennington to publish the Bennington
County Reformer.
The Lamoile extension railroad at
Alburgh is being graded across the town.
and piles are being driven for bridge
across the bay. which brings II great
many wOrkmen into town.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Lincoln Iron company of
Rutland. Rcdtield Proctor. W. ii. Du-
L.,;, ~ "A D.,
and w. A. Patrick were reelected di-
rectors; K. Proctor. president; X. Bar
rett, clerk and treasurer, and w. A.
Patrick, superintendent.
Daniel Harrington of Granville set
his milk house on fire with some new
milk cans turned upside down against
The building. The e ncave bottoms.
being bright. acted like Il sun glass and
igniLed the building. Not being sure of
the cause. lie set the cans against the
fence and soon discovered that on fire.
A Pownal woodchuck ran out from
stone heap, the other day, and bit in
the leg horse with which Joshua
Peckham WAS blowing. The horse
kicked. and PecklIam's boy clyde. nine
years old. who was STOPPING 10 connect
the whillletrce. was struck violently i'll
the side, receiving probably fatal in
uries.
The terrors of the law have no effect
in lettering some men from OveI-ll-
diligence in ardent spirits. One individu-
al recently arrested was released after
promising z, Od behavior. On conditions.
by Il lcnient justice, being told that if he
arrest Il him again he would be sent To
the wornhouse. The same night he
was found Intoxicated again, and is
Al lf l.. ;lH fnr A q, nm niu.
81. Albans Messenger.
Peter Conlau of Mid ilescx has been ia
the employ Of the Genital Vermont rail
road for over thirty years, and has
walked the six miles from Mi'ideseX To
Montpelier junction and back SIX times
week during all that time. making ~
miles week. or about 2,744 miles per
year, and in 80 years lie has Travelled
ll2.32O miles. and yet he Is still vigorous
and can make the distance quicker than
many younger mcn.-Argus.
The anti-secret society State cOnven-
ton met at Montpelier On the 9th inst.
The attendance was light. W. X. Laird
OF st. Johnsbury WAS elected president
{. L. Potter. secretary and treasurer.
j. w. Phelps. Rev. ID. ID. Bailey of
Worcester, Mass. and Elder Barlow of
Wiilimantic. Conn, addressed the con-
Ventlon, denounclng secret societies as
the foundation of all bad government.
Resolutions To this effect We're adopted.
At tile afternoon session there was less
than - in attendance. Denunciatory
speeches were made. alter which resoll-
ions were ado ted that under the anti
Masonic party Vermont represented the
purest form of Republican government
IN the world, but since the revival of the
lodge the government had been degcnel-
ating; that persons who belonged To
secret oath-bound societies were law
breakers. Any one who attempted tn
gain Office through the influence OF the
lodge should not be trusted in high
places; that the organization feels ii
their duty in behalf OF pure government
and true religion TO uncover the dark
history OF the lodge and mold its acts up
to the view of the rising generation. in
all its hOrrid blackness; that all minor
secret organ cations are but training
schools for Masonry and should be sup
pr, ssed. Rev. j. l.. Barlow OF Will
mantle Conn dali varan IN ultlrpSs in the