The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-09-06

II complaint to those from all parts Of
the country, of the long continued drouth.
In this vicinity, farmers will realize
scarcely anything from their corr and
potato fields. In some places they arc
cutting their corn down, as it now is, in
order to use it for their cattle. The po-
tatoos here Which were planted carly
gave a good crop, and people supposed
that this catablc would be abundant.
but since tlo last hot dry weather has
come on, potatoes have doubled their
price. and many large planters think that
THEN fields will not be worth digging
Apples will be comparatively abundant
We have been very mildly visited by
the cholera, though this disease has OK
cited 10 fears in the community. There
have been isolated cases in which fami-
lies have suffered severely, but these ca.
scs have been rare, and confined almost
exclusively to tho lower classes Of Irish
and Germans, whose filth and voracity
would bring on the cholera if it existed
anywhere 10 the country W did know
Of one wrctched hovcl. built up Of rough
boards and hedgcd around with mud. in
habitcd by a family Of twelve Irish reo.
pie. One after another s;ckencd hy tho
dreadful disease. until nine had died from,
that single hut. We saw one morning.
as we were passing by in The cars. the
disconsolate mistress Of tho house. a
woman Of fifty, Wriug'rg her hands in
front Of her door. and bonding Ter body
backwards and forwards, and uttcrine
the most doleful honliugs and screams
it is possible FOR the human ear to hear
As she stood close by the track, utterly
regardless Of danger, the cars swept
swiftly by. Lut. the sounds Of her agony
rang in my ears fer days. The next
morning, in passing the spot. ] looked
and saw nothing but g hcap Of ashes aud
. few smoking logs.
The numerous DEATHS Iy sun stroke
caused much greater sensation than any
| OTHER anlic,ion. Indeed in ono siu.lc
| foundry near the Ohio river no less tl,n
! five persons died from careless ovnos,ro
ia the Lcat We L.co spr.r,l 81 vow,
sovcroIv horn in rc.rs ,.o,. lo.r.o,, ono
and two lurdroI r,,irc dio1 5.;l. g.,
wools from ,Lo ctolo,o ,hot;. J.,
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,ho rrLoIo C;r.iorot; ! sail t,'. ,ha
nLv.icions ord drpccists f., L,ro no..od
a very healthy SIMMER far moro bc,1,l,,
than the averooe.
As the cool eyerirr. bco;, in coma
alonr. the t-Lcrmomctcr Of ,hc ro,,ioo,
world booi,s to ,f.o rlo ,,,s o,,,
mon tonic Of cooycrsoti,r or1 Of ,o.o..
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notbinc oftbcir movcmcnts or s,r,ro,L
but the general impression seem, f. hc
that orr crsni,o cIoo,;ocs Wiz oan.o
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Of \ comet or the advent If tho r%.;rlo.;
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be in a state Of cop,nl.to corr,.ior CO
that ever the CID sooacious Ioodcrs soon,
TO Le utterly ot f,nit TLc no.s,,o e
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found sensation hero and ono which y;n
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