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DUMFRIES'
ItPEYE WATER!

NOR sore or inNamed Eyes, gives immedi.
IL ate case and relief. On recent sore eyes,
the effect is most salutary. Where the com.
plant has been of years standing, and in some
exceeding bad cases. the most unexpected
and desirable relief has been found in the
use of this EYE WATER, after every other
remedy had failed. Many persons who have
used it, pronounce it tho best preparation for
these complaints they have ever met with,
especially in cases of soreness or inflammation
of long standing. Price 25 cents n bottle. ks
None genuine unless signed on tho outside
printed Wrapper by the sole proprietor, T,
KIDDER, immediate successor TO the late DR..
w. ~. CONWAY. For sale at Iris Counting
Room, over No. 90, Court.street, near Con-
cert Hall. Boston, and also by his special ap.
pointment, by J. & J. II. PECK g. Co.
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.ToTAL ABsTINETCE.-A loafer whose
unspcakabes exhibited evident marks Of
the encroachments of time and the want OF
good bcusewifery. lately called at our Of
fee and inquired:
" How much Go you charge to put on
advertisement in your paper ?"
Zone dollar, SIR" was the answer.
81 want to advertise my wife, and |
thought. as should have considerable Of
that business to do, would call and see if
cou'd get, it done cheaper"
"Ah! you have several women to ad-
vertise ~
"No bu, I'm goin to apply for divorce,
and that will have to be advertised you
know"
"Yes, but how long has your wife been
gomez"
Ever since last May
"Bu, it requires wiHul absence for three
years. to sustain petition for a divorce"
"Does it ?" said the fellow, and his lips
dropped; he crammed his hands into his
trowsers aud muttered-
"How s that, mister said he, did you
say total abstinence for three ycars?"
Exactly"
Well then guess I'll wait a SPELL"
And he mizzled.-. Mdumee ErpreSs,
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STATE OF VERMONT.
DISTRICT OF CHIrTENpEN, IS

DISTRICT OF CHITTENDEN, sS.
A II a Probate Court holden at Burling
IA ton, within and for the District afore.
SAID on the eth day of August A. d. 1885,
An instrument purporting to be the last will
and testament of Jesse Woodruff, late Of
Milton, in said District deceased, was
presented to the Court here for Probate,
by Sally Woodruff the Executrix therein
named.
THEREFORE, it is ordered by said Court,
that public notice be given to all persons
concerned therein to appear before said
Court, at q session thereof 10 be holden at
Burlington. on the second Wednesday OF
October, A. D. 1888. and contest the
probate of said will and it is further order.
ed that this order be published three weeks
successfully in the Free Press newspaper
printed at Burlington, in this State, the
last of which shall be previous TO the day
assigned, as aforesaid for hearing.
Given under my hand at the Registers
Office, this eth day Of August A. D. 1888
Nm WESTO.N. Register.
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5TH EDITION..
Trade good and business increasing.
HOW A IL Id
OF the Cheap Cash Store,

"AS at length returned from N. York
III and other markets without being
obliged to go to Europe in the steamer
Great Western for his supply, as has been
said by some persons that he would; but
not SO, he could not be spared, his custom
ers required him at home, his Tar for
Faculty as Merchant Of $500 by the
town must be provided for. The infamous
Windsor money loss of $3.50 has been
pocketed. and will De referred to the Leg.
islature. So that having now altogether
one O: the most extensive, best selected,
and cheapest bought assortments of Goods,
Wares, aud Merchandise, that was ever
before offered to the public at his Grand
Bazaar Cheap Cash Establishment. where
he is ready with his clerks and no other
engagements on hand. to distribute accord
ing to the desires of customers any amount
of goods they may wish at either wholesale
or retail No charge for showing Goods
Come and see.
S. EARL HOWARD.
P.S. AS some Goods have been pur-
chased under the cost of importation prices
and will be sold low, it may be an object to
send from distance, Orders with cash
will receive attention, and goods sent as
low a. If customers were present.
September !, 1888.
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I'D TEIE EADTEs!

W HITE and SOUND Teeth are both an
w ornament and blessing. The best
security for their advantage is to be found
in the use Of the
BRITISH ANTTSE PTIC DENTRIFTCE.
This elegant Tooth Po,oder, with a very
little use, eradicatcs the Scurry in the
gums, aud prevents the accumulation Of
Tarter, which not only blackens, bu,
loosens The teeth, aud accelera'esi their
decay. The Dentrlfice thus removes the
prevailing causes Of offensive breath, pre-.
serves the heathness and iloridness Of the
gums, and renders the teeth beautifully
white. Price so cents. k2
None are genuine unless signed on the
outside printed wrapper, by the sole pro
prietor, ". KIDDER, immediate successor,
of the late Dr.. w. II. CONWAY. For sale
at his Counting Room over No. 90, Court
street, near Concer, Hail, Boston, aud also
by his special appointment. by ]. g. ]. II.
PECK e. Co. Burlington, Vt.
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A REMEDY FOR
l~YRNEUM A,TIS.M

THNllE cxcruciatng pain-the deoreptude
Il and delormity, and the premature old
age, which are the usual attendants of this
disorder. are suffered by many from a despair
of cure, or disappointment in the efficacy of
the numerous pretended an,idotes used TO
effect this purpose. But those who have
made fair trial of
DIR. JEBB'S CELEBRATED LINZ.
MENT,
even in cases of long standing, and of the
most severe character, have received certain
relief, and many have been cured in few
days, some in "a hours as number of per-
sons in Boston and vicinity, who were former
ly afflicted with the Rheumatism, have very
fully testified. Certificates arc in the posses.
sion of the Proprietor, proving the most thor.
ough and surprising cures by means Of this
powerful Lin,ment, in cases where other APP.
proved applications had utterly failed. The
Liniment is also used with success for bruises
sprains, numbness, stiffness of the joints, chill
bains, SC. Price 5Ocents bottle.
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Sept. Sd, 1888.
STATE OF VERMONT, }
DIsTRl OF CHITTENDEN, SIS. {

DIsTRlC CT OF CHITTENDEN, IS.
A T probate court holden at Burlington,
IA within and for the said district on the
9th day of September, A. d. 1888, Present
the Hon. Charles Russell, Judge, an instru.
mont purporting to be the last will and ties.
lament of Joseph Jones. late of Underhil,
deceased. being presented to the court here
by Truman Sheldon, the executor therein
named, for probate; it is ordered that all
persons concerned therein be notified to ap.
pear at session Of said court to be holden at
the Office of the register Of this court IN Bur.
llngton. in said district, on the second Wednes.
day of October next. and show cause, if any,
agans, the probate Of siad will, for which
purpose it is further ordered that a copy of
the record of this order be published three
weeks successfully in the Free Press, printed
at Burlington as soon as may DO.
A true copy Of record.
Attest VIM. WESTON, Register
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Advertisement!

TO THE AsTHMATic AND CoNsUMpTivE.
VENHE most prevalent end fatal OF all the
L. diseases incident to civilized society
the ConsumpiioD---rna generally be
traced to the least alarming Of disorders,
slight but neglected Cold! BY estimation,
it appears that ONE HUNDRED ASD FIFTY
THOUSAND persons die annually Of the
Consumption. Most Of these dreadful
results may be attributed to common Colds,
and negligent treatment Of the harrasslng
Cough that generally ensues, which Is
usually followed by difficult breathing, pain
in the side, and at last liberated Lungs.
Violent and repeated As'hmatic attacks
also bring on Consumptiye symptoms.
One or two dollars expended in the pur-
chase of
DIR. RELIES ASTHMATIC PILLS,
and little attention to their timely admin
stration, will usually ensure mitigation Of
these disorders, and generally effect cure.
The Pits are also an easy and effectual
remedy for the symptoms preceding and
accompanying the Asthma and Consump.
ton. For colds, coughs, difficulty of breath
ing, tightness and structures across the
chest, wheeling. pain in the side, splitting
of blood, &c. Few cases can occur of any
of this class of disorders, in which the pur
chasers of Dr.. Relies Pills will not find q
rich return for their ,rtllng expenditure
Price - whole boxes, 80 Pills, 81 half do
I pills EO
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The MAINE ELEcTroN.-Next Mohoay
the Maine election takes place, an election
which is Justly regarded on all hanGs as
the first really serious encounter -, '"o
great political campaign now pending
The Southern and Western elections which
have already occurred, have been, compar-
atively speaking, mere skirmishes between
LIGHT armed troops; but in Maine, on Mon
dsv next the solid columns Of the heavy
armed will approach each other; on the
one side the Wing friends of liberty and
law. and on tho other the loco foco merce-
naries of executive despotism.
The struggle will be fierce ana despe-
rate. The office holding democrats"
infatuated by the prospect OF being compel
led to relnquish 1.-THE spols," of being
stripped with disgrace of the offices and
honors so basely obtained and so scandal
ousIy misused, will leave no means untried,
however profligate and wicked, to deceive
and mislead the weak and ignorant, to cor
yupt, TO BRIDE, and even to BUY the venal.
There is not one mean and malignant pas
sion, there is not one short sighted preju-
dice, the offspring ofignorance, as a pre-.
iudices are, TO which they are not basely
appealing and even the discreet and vir-
tuous are liable to become the victims OF
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DIR. RELIES
BOTANICAL DROPS

5 one OF the most eHcacious compounds in
Il the .Materia JMedica, for tho cure of that
class Of invcterato diseases produced by an
impure state ofthe blood, and vtiatcd habit
Of the body, aid usually exhibiting themselves
in the forms of Scrofuia, Sell Rheilm, Leprosy,
ST. AnHonys Fire, Fever Sores, (cvcn when
the bones are affecied,) White Seedlings, (if
apr lied with DR.. Jobb's Liniment,) foul and
obstinate Ulcers, Sore Legs and Eyes, Scaidhead
IN chiidren Scurry and Scorbutic Gout, Pim~
pied or Carbancled Faces, fostering Erupiions,
and Venereal Idints throughout lie body, in
which last case the Drops often cure when
Mercury fails. Thay are also the best Spring
and .4uiumnal PhJsic TO purify and cleanse
the system from humors which frequently ap.
pear at these seasons Of the year. They also
aid the process of digestion. and by purifying
the blood, prevent the secretion of malignant
humors on ho lungs. The Proprietor conf
IDENTIFY relies upon tho vast number of sur
prising cures effected by these Drops, not only
in Boston and its vicinity, but throughout the
union. for the best proof of their excellence as
an unfaing .Anerative Medicine, in all the ca.
scs above specified.
This article has recently been pronounced
by physician Of The first responsibility, who
had witnessed its surprising efficacy. as en-.
titled, in his opinion TO tako the lead Of all
the popular articles known for the above com.
plants, and indeed it is fast gaining this poin,
in public estimation, throughout the country
Price 81 Bottle, or six Bottles for So.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-09-07

THE FARMER AND THE EEGGAR.-A
strong, hearty, lazy fellow. who preferred
begging for a precarious subsistence to
working for a sure one, called at the house
of blunt Massachusetts farmer, and in the
usual language of his race, asked for 'cold
victuals and old clothes.' You appear to
be stout, hearty looking man. said the
farmer what do you do for living p
why, no, much replied the fellow. 'ex-
cept travelling about from one place to
another .'-'Traveling about, ha?' replied
the farmer 'can you travel pretty well ?
% yes returned the sturdy beggar. 'l'm
pretty good at that Well them said
the farmer, cody opening the door, 'let's
see YOU travel
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DIR. Relies
.ANT7-B7LLIOUS PILLS.

For Indigestion, Loss of.4ppette, Listscssmess,
Headache. Costireness, F1atuience, Cholic,
Bilious Affections, &c.
YNO comment on the efficacy of these Pills,
Il after a successful experience of many
years in England and America has establish
cd their reputation, is needless: Suffice it to
observe, that for redundancy of Bile, Flalu-
lence. Costiveness, Headache, &c. &c, they
will undoubtedly prove far more serviceable
than those drastic purges too frequently en-
poyed, and will not only at the same time
tend to remove the offending cause by gen.
tie motions. and strengthen the digestive
organs, but improve the appetite and renovatv
the system. Price SO cents
DIR. RELIES VEGETABLE SPE.
CIFIC,
For Sick Headache, &c. Price SO cents. kl
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STATE OF VERMONT,
DIsTRlcr OF CHIrTENDEN, ss.

DIsTRICr OF CHITTENDEN, SIS.
ITO the Hon, supreme court next to be
l. holden at Burlington IN the county Of
Chlttenden on the Thursday next prece-
ding the first Tuesday of January IN The
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun.
dred and thirty nine. Humbly shewe,h
Windsor, that at Plymouth in the county
of Grafton, and state Of New Hampshire
on the fourth day of June in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and lhir
ty three he was lawfully married to Mary
Ann Eastman, then of said Plymouth, by
Noah Nichols, n minister of The gospel in
said state of New Hampshire, and from that
time to the first day of March in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty.five he lived with said Mary
Ann in the strictest observance of all the
duties required by the marriage covenant,
when the said Mary Ann wholly desert cd
your petitioner, and ever since hath and
still doth continue her deserton by living
separate and apart from your petitioner and
refusing TO live with him as his wife, where
fore your petitioner prays that according to
the provisions of the statute in such case
made and provided, your honorable court
would decree u divorce from his bond OF
ma,,mony with SAID Mary Ann.
Dated at Rutland, in the county of Rut-
land. this 18th day of August, in the year OF
our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
CHARLES FARR.lR.
URIEL C. HATCH,
Attorney for Petitioner.
ON the foregoing petition being present
cd to me the undersigned. it Is represented
by the petitioner that the petitlonee has
absconded out of his state, and out Of the
reach of legal process. 1t is therefore or
dered that the petitioner notify the petit
tiouee of the tendency of said petition by
publishing the substance thereof, and thin
order and citation in the Burlington Free
Press, printed al Burlington, in said state o
Vermont, three weeks successfully, the las
of which publication to be at least six weeks
before the session of the court to which
said petition is addressed, which shall b
deemed sufficient notice to the petltione'
TO appear at said court and show cause
any she have why the prayer Of said peti
tioner should not be granted.
Given under my hand at Rutland, in tn
county of Rutland this Goth day of August
A. ID. 1888. G. X. WILLIAMS,
i Chief Justice Of Supreme court
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Vermont Reports,


WILL be published in one week. by the
w subscriber. 1t will be sent, if ordered, at
once, to any part Of the State, or delivered at
Montpelier the first week ofthc session of The
next Legislature. Also for sale, Chipman's
Reports complete, Aikens' Reports. 2 vols
Aikens' Reports, odd parts or vols, odd vols.
or complete setts of Vermont Reports, Chip
mans Principles Of Government, including the
constitution of the United States. Chapman on
Contracts, Crab5's History ofthe English Law,
English Common Law Reports. 80 vols.
do do do odd vols.
Equity Craftsman, new edition.
Mtford's Pleading do
Digest ofN. Y. Reports, 2 vols.
Halls do do do
Reeves Domestic Relations,
Ecclesiastical Reports, S vols.
Kents Commentaries, 4. vols. Sd edition
greatly enlarged.
Chitty's Practice, 3 vols.
Swft's Digest. vols.
Pclersdorff s Infringement, Is vols. London
edition,
Walkers American Law,
Roscoe's Criminal Evidence,
Gresley's Equity do
Starkie's do 2vols. now ed
Russell on Crimes vols.
Wheaton's Selwyn's Nisi Prius vols, with
n general collection Of law books al the lowest
prices.
Also for sale the entire stock of Theological
Medical, Classical, School, and Miscellaneous
hooks lately owned by Smith & Harrington
being tho most extensive collection Ofbooks in
the state, and among them many rare and val
liable works-all of which will be sold al
| reduced prices--a catalogue of this stock viii
soon be printed and forwarded TO any person
wishing it, CHAuNcEY GooDRIGI.
| Burlington, August 81, 1888.
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ALso-THE CELEBRATED
CAMDRIAN TOOTH.ACIiE PILLS.
wv o n MI ia

nR. M. HlTCHCOCK'S unrvalled and
~ unequalled WORM TEA, n sovereign
remedy for worms. Strange and incredible
are tho effects of these detestable vermin !;
few persons, and il is thought none, are free
from them, particularly females and children.
Many persons go through distressing course
of medicine, without any benefit, when they
might be relieved by using the worm tea.
This invaluable medicine has been tested by
tho experience Of more than four thousand
persons of various ages, and not one solitary
complunt; on the contrary, hundreds have
called and unsolicited given their decided
preference to ii, after trying the different
articles sent forth to the public, and pronoun-
ced DR.. NJ. IlITCHCOCK'S worm tea un-
rivalled and unequallcd. For sale by J. & J.
II. PrcK & Co., only agents in Burlington
for the sole propiietorS, A. Hitchcock s Co.
Utica N, Y,
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Mr. Watson, in his "Annals of Phiadel-
pha," says that our national air, Yankee
Doodle, was taken from Lydia Fisher"
a famous and we'll known New England
liz. The verse ran
"Lydia Locket lost her pocket,
Lydia Fisher found it.
Not IA bit of money in it,
Only binding round it,"
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Two poYs sHoT.-The Louisville Jour
nal says--Two boys were shot in new AL.
bany on Saturday night while in the act OF
stealing melons from the garden OF citizen
OF that place, One of them received sew
eral shot in the head and was severely
wounded the other was shot in the arm.
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VARNISH.

1NilE subscriber has this day received a supply
l. OF Varnish from one of the best factories in
New York, for coach and cabinet makers USE
he solics their particular attention to this article,
as he can make it in price, as we'll in quality, an
object for them to buy. r. MOODY.
August 6,
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WANTED

A JOURNEYMAN Cooper, ono who
n is of good moral habits. and who it a
first rate workman. To such good encour-
agement, will be given, by applying to
G. SEVERANCE.
N. B. wish to contract for q quantity
of red oak -four barrel slaves.
burlington, August 8, 1888. C.S.
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PROPOSALS
FOR BREAl<WATEE MATERIALS

Ut BufNnSEOn 7OT 1853.
CEALED proposals will be received at tho
= subscribers Office in Burlington. until the
first dav ofOctober, 1888, for the delivery at
some safe and convenient place in the vicinity
TO be designated, the following articles:
PITCH FINE OR HEMLoCK TIMBER.
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VgNHE subscriber has just received a largo
l. addition TO his stock OF Hardware and
Saddlery which he Offers cheap for cash.
JUN 10. ROBERT MOODY.
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A loafer the other day asking for news,
was actually astonshed that the Dutch had
taken Holland. "And where" continued
he, his eyes dllaling with wonder--"where
the ID have they taken it to?"-N o.
Picauune.
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NOTICE.

A LII persons are hereby forbid trusting
n. or trading with my son. Solomon
Johns, ms shall not pay any debts of his
contracting after this date, wilhtut my
consent. SIL.4S JOHNS.
Huntington July 12, 1888.
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Groceries are selling cheaper
at Wait aud Tabors than at any other
Store N Burlington. Persons Wishing to
purchase can SATISFY themselves of the iaci
by calling and en1ulr'ng the prices.
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Nj A IL X / T. ID .

In this town on Sunday evening last, by Rev
MIR. Caughey, Mr. Ephraim Bradley TO Miss Mary
X: Drew, both Of this town.
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GAO logs So feet long, not less than twelve
so :" 40 I" inches at the small,
and not oyer eighteen
inches at the large
end.
Ifthc above described Pitch Pine. Hemlock
or Round White Pine Timber is delivered by
water, the different sizes to be kept separate
TO each crib there must be at least three trar.
erse poles, the outer ones of which must be
placed four feet from the end, and three knock
dozens TO each log.
Square Jrhie Pine Timber.
$40 Sticks White Pine, 10 be sixteen inches
SQUARE, counter hewed or sawed. TO be from
thirty to forty feet, must average thir,y-tive,
free from sap, Of sound green timber.
White OAK Plank.
$4,000 feet board measure, White Oak
Plank, three inches thick. eleven feet long.
square edgGA, sound firm green timber free
from sap.
UAue Oak Trunne(s.
10000 pieces of Butt White Oak Tunnels,
to be Of sound,green timber rived out, two
feet long and broughlto the standard Of two
and half inches square.
Stone.
$4,000 Perch of Stone, suitable for said
work. to be dciveed in the course of next sum.
mer in such quantities and at such times az
NAV be necessary for the work.
Proposals will be received for a part or for
the whole ofihe above materials, TO be dcv-
cred by the first Of May, 1889, or may be do
livered as soon as The navigation OPENS in tho
spring.
Proposals to be subject TO the approval OF
the Department at Washington.
Approved security will be required on all
contacts Persons making proposals viii re-
ducc them TO writing, endorsing than Breah.
waier Proposals. stating explicitly the price
and quantity they propose delivering, and
name their security. All communications
must be post paid
Payments will be made as follows On tho
delivery and acceptance ofmaterias so per
cent, will be paid, 90 per cent being reserved
for tho fulfilmont of tho contract, when the
whole will be paid. No money will be paid
in advance. N. B. HASWELL.
u, S. agent for SAID ,rork.
Burlington, August l. 1888.
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DIED
In this town, on Friday last Mrs, OLIVE NJ.
BENNETT, wife Of Mr. Moses L. Bennett, aged
% years.
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Neao Goods, q Cheap Goods.
THE subscriber has just returned from
l. New York with large and general
assortment of Dry Goods, Dry Groceries,
Crockery, China and Glass Ware, which
he will sell unusually low for cash, Butter,
or Grey full cloth. NOBLE LOVELY.
Burlington, Sept. S, 1888.