The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07


about two weeks with carload of Jer-
seys and Shorthorns.
II. f. Taylor and Geo. T. Dmmock of
West Cornwall shipped from this station.
Tuesday, to San Antonio Texas. 22l
ewes and 1872 rams. Col Hole is to have
the lot. which were accompanied to their
destination by Mr.. Dlmmock.
The latest threshing story: On Thurs
day OF last week Phelps IL Morey thresh-
ed, cleaned and put in bags, for Peter
Bovia, with Gray's machine, III BUSH
els of oats in l45 minutes. The grain
was moved with machine and raked
with horse rake
An unexpectedly large vote was cast
here on Tuesday. The meeting was
called to order at ten o'clock by Consta-
| Die Monroe and the voting continued till
! five p. IN. The figures were as follows :
For Blaine. 553; Cleveland. ll5; st.
John. 81. Quite a number of these votes
were cast by residents of other towns
who happened to be here.
On Saturday last occurred the annual
election of deacons ut the Congregations
al church. Two are chosen each year to
serve for term of three years. The
terms of George l.. Porter and L. C. Bar
rows had expired. Mr.. Porter was re-
elected. Mr.. BarrONs declined to be "A
candidate for reelection, and c. A. Phil
lips was chosen in his stead.
Intense interest was felt by our citi-
zens in the outcome of the election. Tues
day night the Addison House was crowd
ed till long after midnight with an anX-
ious throng. Dispatches were taken at
the depot and sent to the hotel for the
benefit of the crowd. And even yet the
desire to hear the latest Intelligence is
uppermost in mems minds. The pecul-
lar character of the returns. indicating
that first one and then the other candi-
date has been chosen. serves to main
tain the excitement.
The wrestling match at the town hall
Tuesday evening was not largely attend
ed. owing to the superior attractions of
election returns. 1t was. nevertheless. Il
good contest. The participants were A.
H. and {. ii. Dustin of Bethel and j. l..
Matthews and Shubacl HaZelton of Rip
ton. q. W. Flagg of Braintree acted as
referee. G. A. Chapman of Middlebury
as Judge for the Du-tns and K. K. Bent
ley of Ripton for his tuwnsmen. The
first wrestle was between A. IL. Dustin
and !lazelton. The latter won the first
match. G.. ii. Dustin and Matthews
then took the floor Dustin won the
first fall, but Matthews proved too many
for him, threw him three times in sue
cession and was declared the winner,
Wednesday evening friends and neigh.
bOrd of President and Mrs. HamIin, to
the number of 10 or more. gathered at
their home to celebrate with them the
81,
were Il number of handsome gifts-one
coming all the way from Glasgow. Scot
land-tol which those present added a
stable purse of silver dollars. which
were presented for the company by Rev.
Mr.. Spcare. Mrs. Hamin wore the dress
in which she was attired at the wedding.
President Hamlin gave an amusing ac-
count of their wedding journey. They
were married in the north of Turkey. and
made the trip on horseback from the
brides home to Sinope, on the Black sea.
where they took the steamer for Con-
stantinople. The journey to Sinope oc-
cupied four DAYS. Among the refresh
ments served were Turkish sweetmeats
of the sane kind as those which formed
portion of the wedding feast. An cX-
ceedlnSly enjoyable evening was spent.
We regret to announce the dea h of the
wife of Deacon George l.. Porter, which
occurred at $ o'clock Monday morning.
Mrs Porter was a most estimable woman.
whose loss will be severely felt not only
in her home but also in the church and
community. She was the daughter of
Chauncey Stowell of Cornwall. Her AGE
was ~ years. The funeral was largely
attended from the residence of the fam-
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