The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-08-17
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The convent of Our Lady at Rutland
has been pernantly closcd The sisters
have left for Montreal.
Franklin Hudlock of Monroe, n. H.,
was seriously hurt by falling from a
staging at McIndoe's Falls the other day.
Barnet Is harvesting the largest hay
crop known for 10 years. Corn, wheat,
oats and potatoes are also unusually
promising.
A carload of children sent by the
Tribune fresh air fund are spending two
weeks at McIndoes Falls village in the
town of Barnet.
George M. Clark, the humorist and
well-known minstrel performer, amuses
himself at his home in Felchville by
driving meat cart.
Chauncey Ii. Hayden, graduate of
the last class at the University of Ver-
mont, has been engaged as principal of
Bell Institute at Underhill.
Freeman Blanchard had an eye put out
at the Rutland button works, few days
ago, by piece of vegetable ivory flying
from lathe and striking the member.
The Windsor (vt.) journal last week
celebrated it's one hundreth birthday and
published an interesting account of its
inception at the hands of George IIough
and Alden Spooner, Aug. Z, 1888.
| Recent patents Daniel B. Worcester,
Northtield, churn; Edward l.. Sibley,
Bennington, centreboard for boat; Ran
som j. Smith, Georgia, chimney cap;
Thomas Ii. Chubb, Post Mills, fishing
reel.
| The dwelling house and barns of Peter
| m fnt tol llxr dnc-
troyed by fire, last week. Loss, $500;
insured In the Farmers Mutual for
$1,000. Supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary.
st. Marks Episcopal church was con-
secrated at Newport, last week. The
exercises were conducted by Bishop
Bissell Of Vermont. An interesting and
appropriate sermon was preached by
Bishop Niles of New Hampshire.
Vermont will be represented at the
triennial conclave of the Grand Encamp-
ment of Knights Tcmpar at San Fran
cisco, August 21-24, by Grand Com
mander A. A. Hall of st. Albans and NJ.
Wilson Johnson of Burlington.
DR.. w. Seward Webb has purchased
for S22,50O the two hundred-acre farm
of Lawrence Barnes. esq, Just south of
Howard Park, Burlington. 1t is under
stood that DR.. Webb will erect on it Il
fine summer residence. He is a son-in-
law of one of the Vanderbilts.
There was considerable excitement at
Bellows Falls, last week Thursday. on
account of the special town meeting and
Grand Juror Slote's course, a compro-
mise was made upon lawyer l.. NJ. Read.
who was unanimously elected town
grand juror. He is temperance man.
Frederick Billings is out with a hand
some letter in reply to the engrossed re-
solutions of the alumni acknowledging
/ his gifts to the University of Vermont.
| He rejoices that the alumni "arc warm
, ing to the Tartan, and that the future of
the university is to be one of great pros
, priety."
, To guard against any chance for an
over-issue of Rutland railroad stock in
, future the directors of the company have
appointed Geo. X. Bottum, the cashier
of the Baxter National bank of Rutland.
an agent to register the transfer, and to
cOutersign all certificates of stock in ad-
dition to the signatures of the president
and treasurer.
Chester must be the most unde-
sirable town In Vermont to reside in
A correspondent says: 1T is pity
there are not more base ball clubs in
town, for then everybody not engaged
, In the game would have to remain in
doors in the cool of the day. Now there
are some localities in town where it is
: safe to drive between 6 and o'clock p.
M"
The widow of Levi Huntley, who was
car inspector for the Connecticut River
railroad company at Bellows Falls and
who was killed last spring by one of
3 their trains, has brought "A suit for dam
3 age thrOught her executor 10. NJ. George,
against the company. The case will be
entered Al the September term in the
Windham county court.
= There was an exciting escape from the
asylum on the 29th ult., woman getting
t through the gratings and jumping down
3 from a two-story window. She met three
4 men on the street and when they under
D took to recapture her the issue seemed
doubtful for time, but Harrison Cut
ler came along TO the rescue, and she was
/ finally secured.-Brduleboro Retormer.
The Montpelier Methodist preachers
l meeting mt Barre, the other day, discuss
S ed the eXpediency of removing or eX-
tending the limit of pastoral service.
G Presiding Elder Spencer read paper
n opposing any change of the present rule
: of three years limitation, and the meet
. ing voted unanimously in favor of such
= position. This action is significant as
8 representing the Vermont Methodist SEN
, timent on this current topic.
a The following yarn is from the Island
!, Pond Herald: "SOmetime since the dogs
: of this village became accustomed to
chase cat which, to escape them, ran
!, under barn. There was situated be-
Il meath that barn an old well in which was
d from one to four feet of water. There was
s an open space so that the cat could GO
II anywhere under the barn, but when d
d dog followed her under it, it being dark
Q she adopted the plan to run and jump di-
: J rectly over the well. The dog not no
ticing it would land in the water
This practice she pursued until she had
a Jumped some half dozen dogs in the bot.
Y tom of the well. Whether there was any
T. design on her part in this mode of pro
!, cedure, OF whether she was interested il
3 the soap business carried on by the own
}, er OF the barn, no one but the cat knows