The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

Two Ripton wood-choppers, Cutter
and LeClaire, were found drunk at East
Middlebury. Saturday afternoon. They
were arrested by Officer NJ. f.. Day and
jailed. Monday morning they were ar
raigncd before Judge Knapp. Grand Jul
ror John NJ. Nash prosecuting. They
disclosed on Nisun Il Brunette of this
village, who were brought into court.
One of the charges was mol pr0s'd and
to the other they pleaded guilty and were
fined in the usual amount for the first Of
Tense. An appeal was taken and bonds
were given. Mr.. Nash prosecuted and
j. f. Stapleton defended. Cutter and
Leclaire were let off on promising to
mend their ways.
The professorship of mental science in
the college, made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Rev. +. ii. Foster. has been filled
by the appointment of Rev. Frank s..
Hoffman, late of Wesleyan university.
Middletown, Conn. Professor Hoffman
was graduated from Amherst college in
the class of 1876. studied theology at Yale
and afterward pursued Il course at a Ger
man university, He has been at Wesley
an University rs professor of Psychology
and Logic one year, and proved himself
an excellent instructor. The failure of
Seney, the New York banker. deprives
that institution of S250000 of its endow-
mcnts. it is said; ut any rate, its funds are
seriously lessened. This necessitated
the suspension of some professorships,
that held by Prof. Hoffman being of the
number.
A good story is told at the expense of
three of the college professors. They
took a small boat ut Nergcnnes and
rowed down the creek and along the lake
shore in search of geological specimens.
After gathering up IA choice collection of
trilobites and other such beasts they re-
turned to the mouth of the creek. There
they embarked on Il steamer for Yer
gennes. towing the boat in which were
the specimens behind. On nearing the
city Il small boy was put in the boat to
take it to another landing than that at
which the steamer tied up. When the
steamer reached its dock the professors
disembarked and went in search of their
boat. They found it all right; but the
specimens had disappeared. The boy
decided they were useless rubbish and
had pitched them into the creek.
Mrs. Cornelia Barrows. wife of J.. c..
Barrows of this town, was arrested Tues
q.
July 6. committed assault and battery
upon the person of Florence Bentley.
olioS Fannie Barrows: and was arraigned
before Justice of the Peace j. +. Staple
ton. At her request the case was con-
tinucd until Wednesday morning at 8
o'clock. All Wednesday forenoon was
consumed in getting Il jury. As finally
agreed upon it was constituted as fol-
lows: Julius o. Benedict (foreman(, H..
j. Chapman. j. Il. Ford, John Chadwick,
Oliver Severance and Albert a. Fletcher.
The prosecution was conducted by Grand
Juror ,Justus Cobb and James NJ. Sladc {;
Judge Knapp and Chas. NJ. Wilds defend
ed. The afternoon and part of the
evening were occupied with the eX-
animation of witnesses. Grand Juror
Cobb opened the arguments for the
State and was followed by MpSSrs.
Knapp and Wilds for the defense. Mr..
Slade closing for the prosecution. The
jury took the case at 10 o'clock after an
absence of about five minutes they re-
turned with verdict of guilty. A fine
of $50 and costs was imposed. The re-
spondent appealed and gave bonds in
500 for appearance at the county court.
1t appeared that the girl Fannie was tax
en- from the Home for Destitute Children
at Burlington by Mr.. and Mrs. Barrows
II or IL years ago. She is now 10 years
of age. She was born in Charlotte On
the Tuesday or Wednesday morning fol-
lowing the assault she went to neigh
boris, named Japan, by whose son she
was taken to Mr.. Blair's in Cornwall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair had worked at Mr..
BarrOw's a few weeks, two years ago. at
which time they made the girls acquaint-
ance.