Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02

lceulteu lrOm All Injury received through
a fall from a moving machine.
There will be an ice cream social at the
home Of Miss Emma Perkins near the
Mead schoolhouse on Wednesday even
ing, Oct. Z, under the auspices of the Y.
L. ). c. f. of the Baptist church. Those
wishing conveyance will please hand in
their names to V. NJ. Benedict, at Beck
witb's store. a good time may be ex-
pected. All are cordially invited.
The extraordinarily warm weather
which had prevailed for three weeks
came to an end on Tuesday night. We'd
nesday night there was quite a hard
frost, the first of the season. Last
year the first severe frost was on the
night of the 18th of September. The
bright, mild weather has enabled farm
ers to push their fall work along and
they have improved the opportunity.
While digging for the water pipe near the
Daunis place the water-works men came
upon Il culvert of pine logs which were
i'll a state of perfect preservation. They
were five or six feet below the present
surface of the ground. Mr.. Comstock
thinks the culvert was put In by Dea.
Cyrus Porter, who was for many years
~pathmaster and would use only pine for
such purposes. He has been dead more
than 10 years.
Henry Marseilles of Salisbury, who
was disclosed upon by Isaac Wimmette
of Cornwall last week, appeared before
Hon, l.. ID. E~ldredge, justice of the peace.
Friday morning, pleaded guilty to fur
nishing and paid the fine of 50 and the
costs. He is said to be Il well-meaning
man, but was over persuaded to allow
Wimmette to have Il portion of a bottle
of alcohol which he had procured for the
use of his family as medicine.
The laying of the water pipes on South
Main street has been hindered somewhat
fby the discovery of a ledge ten or fifteen
fleet wide in front of Mr.. G. G. Chap
mans, which had to be blasted. The
job is nearly finished, however, so far MS
that is concerned. The pipes will be put
down next on Academy and Weybridge
streets and that will conclude this por-
ton of the Job with the exception OF
about 2OOO feet more of pipe which is to
go down on the east side of the creek.
Four masons came down from BRISTOL
Monday morning and began laying the
walls of the pump house, work on which
will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
Mr.. Charles d. Lane of Cornwall on
Monday sold his home farm of 221 acres
to Mr.. Silas W. Jewett of Weybridge
for S6l5O. 1t is well located and Mr..
Jewett and his family are to be congratu-
lated on getting so pleasanta home. Mr..
Lane and family are coming to Middle
bury to live, he having purchased of Mr..
I'D. Twitchell, for $1,000, the ~latter's
home place on college hill. Mr.. Twit-
chell reserved 10 acres go building LOTS
and will probably erect a residence for
himself on one of then. Mr.. Lane and
his son Brainerd and their families will
occupy the Twitchell place. They will
make good citizens and Middlebury
people will be glad to have them come
here.
Frank Bushey of East Middlebury and
Fred Gonyea of Ripton were brought
here on Wednesday and arraigned before
Justice l.. ID. Eldredge. Gonyea pleaded
guilty to charges of breaking the peace
and hpinu 1runl- anl mid GI a., o,.l
costs for the first and s. and costs for
the second. Bushey was fined So and
costs on Il plea of guilty of intoxication
and paid. Both disclosed on Martin Gal
vim of East Middlebury. who was brought
into court, tried and found guilty of
three offences of selling. He was fined
$50 and costs and appealed. Grand
Juror Turner of East M%iddlebury was
assisted in the prosecution by Mr.. Tup-
per, and j. Z. Stapleton, Esq, appeared
for Calvin.
The horse which has been used on the
delivery wagon of Mr.. Il. ). Benedict's
grocery ran away Monday afternoon and
hurt itself so that it had to be shot. 1t
= was standing in front of the store, when
1t was frightened, it is supposed, by the
accidental dropping of pieces of mortar
from the roof, where the masons were re-
pairing a chimney. 1t started into a ru
and in trying to turn the corner struck
DR.. Sheldon's store. 1t fell on the stone
walk, hitting the left shoulder against
the stone curbing about one of the open
ings to a cellar window and smashing
the bones of the shoulder all up. The
animal was at once taken to the yard in
the rear of Mr.. Benedict's store and shot
with a rifle by Artist jackson. The
wheel of the delivery wagon and the
cross-bar of the thills were broken. The
horse was valued at $50. Mr.. Benedict
had Just driven up in front of the store
and was standing not far from the horse
when it started. He succeeded in catch