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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-01-14
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H!NNEE:,
20. = S:gssan ~, SrW Work.
II, j. Al kiEdl of Government So
cluities received ~ the IL mar'5et
psice in exchange TX Gs s,aage B.ndS.
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The al received from the GO'-ern-
nent iin amount equal to this First
Mortgage is economically ami ic"-
ciousiy applied 70 IL" construc IN
and equipment of the Road, t. her
with nearly 5000, 900. received iro,,.
.-toc,i tu, -cr,DtiCns 2rd ctAc- .orrcoG.
The list lIor;gaG therefor, amounts
70 a. ,''.9Ht 80 per cent oftho tnol
Cos: I'D valua cf tie Prore-s.- VII,
It covc.1. = y
Tho "A j" now completed, q '~2c
end running from Sac.amonto CITY
70 Attn. dir'anco offs miles. RI 9 y
,2"--'n-4 70 :Ae three mcatt- c-"'r.
A1iraln. 1ct n.rc,n @ lnlln--.- IL
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-01-14
Special NOTICES.

HELMBOLD'S Fluid Extract Blehu
l. Il Is pleasant IN taste and olOr, ilee IRON all
injurious properties, and immediate in it's action
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-01-14
4 STAR on FIRE
HUMAN SPHERES,

''i'cmcui at Sc won icitu effect produced
/ tie past year upon tens Of thousands OF
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-01-14

Late City Coroner and Health Commissioner o
Hartford. Conn
WIDELY KNOWN AS THE SANA1CRIAN
WILL AGAIN VISIT
BURLINGTON,
Monday, Feb. 10Th, q duys)
BRISTOL,
Friday; January 81.
NEW HAVEN,
Saturday, Feb. !.
NERG ENNES,
February 3D. / tn and 9TH
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-01-14
IL GOLD.

M c'-ri-Ats1 G@e a--Gllly lrcrr 9
in, and "ro e5timatad az ever $1,000 ,
il Cod Tor the month of August he
oh.cidl report for that month not - =
ZIG leoa received at this date.
ms constructor OF thu read il
going vigorously fcrwo.d. 81 ,,'ro !
additional being nearly ready fer
tie cars, and it viii rrobntlv -
\ full operation to tie Californ =
Gate Linz -156 miles from ST.
oramcEto CITY during tho grimm -
OF 16c7, when its earnings NIT Ue
YER large, as the entire trade 4 "
va}n, AID large proportion Of that
Of Utah, idaho ard Montana must ~ !
o"ec is line. 7. las been ehc-Rn b :
reliable statistics that in 1903 ever
$13, 5000 in Gold w7s paid f-r
freiGAtiaG' goods from Calf raia to
Nevada alone.
This par: of the Croat c coi'-
road Route is destined to be che of tho
mos. profitable lines of rarcc, / in The
world, ana its First Mort~ ye BEN I,
ere among tho best secured ed most
desirable investments ever o@e ed.
Over $1,000, 900 has alreaCy ho;a
expended in grading beyond the point
to which the road is now ruaninJ,G 4
tao iron is bought ard PAID for sut.-
dent TO lay the track the e-t e 81
'ence 10 tho STATE Line.
!ho Road has beel competed g l
equipped thus f,;r without ne -alc If
. rinSlc dollar OF It's FIRST -Tolt-
cage Bords, and thCJ ere v ere
to tho public tor the first timc. aft
the earnings Of the Road l. I'VE reached
tire sam OF 100000 per m~I-'h u
Geld, only al sat p yer cent. orv-S'c'l
Is required for operating e.. ns-s.
70 RonGs arc offered a. -, :: IN q.
2~4 G:-guod interest ..c2, Ju'y LIST, u
curr9uo,'. Orders mayt- iva ''a!'o
~ direct, CT through the y ncipal
Packs and -,,n'Se:s =. -. So of =
ocontrY.
RelniCtlncos may be made N araT'I
on Now York, or in L. al eiIoe-
Notes, National Bsnk NJ IS. or other
funds current III this city, and the
Bonds VIII be fogwe |. any al
dless BY Express, Irto OF chGrge. In
qNiSiss tor iVrtAay pMticu arr. 81
mail or otherwise, Will recoive 1ure-
tai nttf.r,tios,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-01-14

y \EI..NNI. T.. - int, ncca known bv his
'otca@o"t' .'s'i*, ,in,.isil C8-Al! our news
i'!e'- "re vel 4 han. c3- M IA, patients
speak We . Linn. cf-,ee IA, rut-ra..rt ,i.cu-
las Ia para "iar>.
DR.. &. ~, ll> Families, ,nl brings out first
class p''ihe a. his patrons wuith no travelling
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

TIE e~migrants to the United States,
from 1890 to January lst, 1868, accord
ing to a recent statement Of the bureau
Of statistics, have reached the large
number of s, Ol,4sl. The number of
emigrants arriving in this country
during the year 1867 was about 300, 900,
Of whom PSI, 1888 arrived at New York,
l0,2o7 at Boston, 1887 at Baltimore,
6,ool at San Francisco, 1874 at Port
land and the remainder at other ports.
During the last six months prior to lst
of January, 1868, l37, 900 arrived in
this country. The principal ports from
which these emigrants departed were
Liverpool, Bremen, Hamburg, Glasgow,
London and Havre. The n%ationalities
OF these people, who came to this couu-
try during the last year, were as follows:
About $4,000 were from Great Britain
and Ireland, principally from Ireland;
l24,s were from Germany, 5000 from
France, 1888 from China and Japan,
and the remainder from other portions
Of the world. OF the total emigration
to the United States during the last
year, nearly nine ,enths were under
forty years of age; their avowed avoca-
tions were as follows: 3o,l2o were
farmers, so,4so were laborers, 24,675
were mechanics, l3,s47 were merchants,
s,46s were miners, and the occupations
Of the remainder were not given.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

STRANGE PHENoMENoS-RABBITs AFTER
THE LocUsrs.-A citizen Of Robertson
county, Tennessee, reports q strange and
unnatural movement among the small
game in that vicinity. For some days
past his plantation has been literally
overruu with myriads of rabbits in
groups and gangs, coming from the
north and leisurely passing to the south
west. During the day they travel but
little, generally lying close, nibbling
the heritage in the shade until dis
turbed, when they break cover like
swarms Of flies. Alright, however, the
earth is literally covered with them,
marching, countermarching, dancing,
and romping in the starlight, their
movements seemingly directed by GER
tain gray-wbiskered %patriarchs. The
gentleman has been compelled, in self
defense, to inaugurate, with dogs, clubs
and firearms, O wal Of determination,
but although be has killed hundreds,
there seems to be no dimiuutiou in the
number of these little ''cotton-tailed
.erratics. He thinks they are feastiug
upon the locusts, rs they are following
the general direction Of this seventeen
year pest.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

JOAN FERNANDEZ, $50 miles off the
coast Of Chilli, and once the residence
Of Alexander Selkirk, whose account of
his shipwreck and life at that spot,
furnished the idea of Defoe's novel
" Robinson Crusoe," has recently been
visited by the United States steamer
Dakotah. Juan Fernandez, after its
discovery, was principally the residence
Of buccaneers. Chill, in 1919, attempted
to mako q penal settlement of this
island, but finding the cost too great
abandoned the enterprise in 1885. A
few years ago, six men and four women
went over from Valparaiso, to re-colo-
nize the island. Nineteen souls now
constitute the entire population, and
these exc out q miserable existence by
fishing and hunting, having no bread Of
any kind and but few vegetables. The
island is mountainous, is covered with
timber, and produces few varieties Of
fruit ; but the waters abound in fish of
almost every kind.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

THE TURN OF LIrE.-From the age Of
sixty, a man who properly regulates
himself may be considered as in the
prime Of life. His matured strength Of
constitution renders him almost imper-
yious to the attacks Of disease, and ex-
p~erience has given his mind the sound
ness of almost infallibility. His mind
is resolute, firm and equal and his
functions are in the highest order. He
assumes the mastery over business !
builds up a competence on the founda-
ton he has formed in early manhood,
and passes through a period Of life at
tended by many qualifications. Having
gone a year or two past sixty, be arrives
at u critical period in the road Of exist
ence !; the river Of death flows before
him, and he remains at a standstill.
Athwart this river is q yiaduct, called
"The Turn of Life," which, if crossed
In safety, leads to tho valley OF "
Age" round which the river winds, and
then flows beyond without a boat or
causewny to effect its passage. The
bridge is, however, constructed Of frag-
lie materials, and II depends upon now
it is trodden whether It bend or break.
Gout, apoplexy, and other bad charac.
tiers, are also in the vicinity to waylay
the traveller, and thrust him from the
pass but let him grid up his lolns,
and provide himself with perfect COM
posure. To quit q metaphor, the "Turn
Of Life" is q turn either into a pro-
longed walk or into the grave. The
system and power having reached their
utmost expansion, now begin either to
close like flowers at sunset, or break
down at once. One injudicious stimu-
lant-a single fatal excitement-mny
force it beyond its strength while q
careful supply of props, and the with
drawal of all that tends to force q plant,
will sustain Il in beauty and 10 vigor
until night has entirely set in.-Ek-
change.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

As OLD MAIDS are great in all that con-
Germs the management Of children, it is
but natural that old bachelors should
possess peculiar wisdom respecting
welded bliss and the preservation
thereof. Accordingly, have we read
with attention q letter upon this i'm
portaut subject from the Ola Bachelor
Of Harper's Ba.ar. "The great happi-
ness of married life," says this sage
authority, sis made up Of q myriad
little facts and complianccs and sur
renders upon both sides" "Matrimo-
ny is an enormous compromise" "Per-
feet courtesy, an incessant guard upon
the temper that no irritability shall be-
como o habit, the constant conviction
that where two have equal authority,
q harmonious decision a be always
reached by the utmost reasonability;
these are little amulets that will Danish
the evil spirits and keep your home Sc
rene" We think this is pretty fair ad-
vice to come from a dried-up old chap
who, for aught We know, was never in
love, was never married, never knew
the felicity of kissing or the pain OF
spanking his own children, and who
seeks to make up by theories not alto
gether original for his deficiency in
practical experimental knowledge. We
trust that all new beginners in the art
of connubial joy will carefully study
his counsels and profit by them to the
utmost. But let US whisper to all such
that the vital secret of nuptial blessed
ness is, after all, TO love each other
deeply, fondly, sincerely. Let there be
one heart and one mind in the two mar
ried partners, and then all the little
facts, c%ompliances, and %surrenders will
take care of themselves.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

Gosslp.-A contemporary truly says it
Is next to an impossibility to End a city
or village free from this meanest and
most shallow minded practice. No per-
son, however respectable, escapes the
foul tongued gossip ; he or she, as it
may be, is constantly engaged in gath
ering up something to portray in fanci-
full colors about his or her neighbor
and frequently, when circumstances are
not productive enough, it is no unusual
thing to manufacture something mar
velous enough to excite the crazy minds
of certain men AMI women. People are
more promo to believe what is bad and
injurious about their neighbors than
anything beneficial hence the gossip
does a great deal of harm, and has lot
only the workshop Of a hellish brain
and the slippery instrumental steam
propelling ~tongue-but the open ears
and credulous minds Of the community.
All these in action, is 1t not a wonder
that we have any good and useful citi-
zens ut all :? Is it not a wonder that
every man, under all circumstances, is
NV uuhsSu uOWu, oouSSu uhu iiiiho
until life itself becomes q responding
it2 The reason this is not the case, is
because Of the deceitfulness of the hu-
man heart. Men and women will say
one thing and do another. They will
apparently exhaust their strength and
even their language in %denouncing their
acquaintance in secret ; whilst meeting
face to face, q smile is seen to light up
their couutenance, and the right hand
of fellowship cheerfully given, familiar
conversation takes place, and all is
happy and social. But bow mean the
practice of talking about your neigh
bors' faults and not carrying out the
feelings manifested behind his back.
Remove this evil from the world, and 1t
will again blossom and flourish as did
the garden before It became the abode
Of sin and death.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03
raE ALASKA

The people Of the United States have
reason to be gratified that the House Of
Representatives had the good sense to
vote the necessary appropriation to pay
for the territory of Alaska purchased
from Russia. For several months past
our country has occupied a rather un-
pleasant position on this subject. Set
ting aside all questions as to the value
of the territory, or the sound policy OF
the purchase, it was, nevertheless, +"
fact that we could not escape from it
with credit, that the land was purchased
BY regular and valid treaty with q
friendly power, negotiated by fully
authorized ministers, and the delay in
payment after the day stipulated for
that purpose in the treaty had long
passed by, was neither to our credit as
a nation, nor to the credit Of the repub-
lican form Of government. 1t only fur
nished to the opponents of republican
institutions another pretext for assert
ing their unreliable character and their
utter ineficiency. According to the
Constitution, the treaty-making power
of the United States is vested in the
President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, and the treaties they
make and ratify are the supreme law Of
the land.
As to Alaska itself there is n great
deal Of difference Of opinion, some alleg-
ing that it is a most valuable acqui-
sitiou, while others assert that its chief
commodities are fogs, incessant rains,
icebergs, glaciers, walruses, etc. 1t APP
pears to be certain, however, that 1t
affords prolific fishing grounds in every
variety, and that it abounds in the fur
bearing animals and in the finest ship
timber. Its acquisition was earnestly
desired by our States and Territories on
the Pacific, as of especial advantage and
value to them. Aud we know this in
addition, that no territory has ever
come into possession Of the United
States without being highly utilized and
made to pay.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

IMPORTANT TO PHoroGRAPHERs.-The
Hon. A. ". Stout, Acting Commissioner
Of Patents, has had pending before him
nm application for the extension of let
tiers patent, granted to the late James
A. Cutting, July llth, 1854, for the use
of bromide in combination with collod-
ion for Photographic purposes. The
case was argued by counsel before the
Commissioner on the 18th Of July, and
after q careful and thorough exsmina-
tion BY him, he announced his decision
on Wednesday, July 18th, against grant
ing the extension.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

WHAT Is WRoyG ?-Since the nomi-
nations the Democrats appear to be un-
able to get steam up. They want the
people to cheer, and the people wont.
They talk ofthe Constitution aud a white
mans government, curse the negro,
roast Congress, and play antics gen.
orally in words. A few small boys
think it fine fun. But the old stumpers
for the Democratic party dom, like the
appearance of things, and can't be
brought to time. New and green hands
are put on the work, and they commit
awful plumbers +; what they lack in sense
they make up in shouts. This is about
a fair representation of the reports Of
Democratic meetings from all parts
where they have been held.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03
Minnesota Romanee-A Mother Sells
lnra-Elonemon mt and hocapture.
- a. urinnnn Rnnnhlican

Her DsSSstcr Tor Two TEolsand Dol.
lnrs-Elopemsnt and Hocapture.
from the winona Republican,
Our neighboring city of Owatonna
has been aSitated and excited over an
elopement affair which occurred there
last week, the particulars of which
we're received from q gentleman who
came in on the train yesterday.
At Owatonna resided q milliner, Mrs.
Myrick, who was the mother Of young
and fascinating daughter Of about six
teen. A very respectable young man,
named Odeil, had been paying the
daughter attention for some time, and
it was currently reported and believed
that they were engaged: Matters stood
thus when q man from Chicago or some
other city further east, to whom Mrs:
Myrick was indebted in the sum OF
S., 900, came to 0watonna and made
the acquaintance Of Miss Myrick.
He no sooner saw her than he deter
mined to possess her, and being man
inscriptions as to the means he employ
ed, he offered Mrs. Myrick to release her
from her obligation of $4,000 1t she
would give him her daughter. Whether
she required much urging or not 1t is
not known; but she finally acceded to
the proposition. There was another
party TO be consulted, however. The
young and innocent girl shrunk from
the idea of being s~old-bartered for o
price-and that to q man whose char
acter seemed anything but fair, and
whose purposes appeared colored with
dishonor. She FASTENED to her lover
with the tale and they promptly decided
to elude the vigilance of the mother,
and thwart her miserable designs by a
speedy marriage. They took the first
train going east, and were soon, as they
supposed, beyond the Iowa line, but
unfortunatelythey alighted from the cars
sooner than they Intended, and they
were obliged to take a carriage and
drive to Cresco. This delay gave the
mother time to overtake them. She
telegraphed to Cresco and had them ar.
rested, and after her arrival, with her
miserable partner in tie ~disgraceful
bargain, a mock trial was had and
Odell was held in custody at her re-
quest, until she got started home with
her daughter. But instead Of going to
Owatonua, the party took the eastward
bound train. The young girl was
almost frantic, and, 1t is said, attempted
to leap from the train. 1t is also re-
ported that she attempted to jump over
board at Prairie du Chen. The young
man returned to 0watonna with his
father. Tho whereabouts Of Mrs. My
rick, her daughter, and the mau who
sought to have possession Of her, are
not now known. Mrs. Myrick's milliner
shop is closed, and the public opinion
is very much against her. 1t could
hardly DO otherwise with any woman
who would deliberately sell her daughter
in that manner.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

The condition Of the Atmosphere
wa, the subject Of a highly interesting
report recently made by Mr.. Flamma-
riou to the French Academy Of Sciences.
A series of meteorological observations
were made during ten balloon excur-
sious, some lasting for fifteen hours.
Ono Of the results obtained by Mr..
Flammarion may be stated thus 1.-THE
humidity Of the atmosphere increases
from the surface of the soil to q certain
altitude, whom II attains Its maximum
from this point upwards it decreases
steadily. The zone Of greatest moisture
varies in altitude according to the hour
of the day, the time Of the year, and the
state of the weather." It is very sell
dom found a short distance from the
earth, and then mainly at daybreak,
Its lowest point vas in n case OBJ
served TO be at 500 feet from the ground;
on another occasion the distance was
5000 feet, and these may for the pres
emit be considered the two extreme alti.
tudes between which this zone may
vary. Mr.. Flammarion notices another
curious fact, au extraordinary differ
ence of temperature between the strata
of the atmosphere that are in the shade
and those exposed to the solar rays.
For instance, on one occasion, at an alti.
tude of 10000 feet, the Thermometer,
placed at the bottom of the car, and,
therefore, in the shade, marked eight
degrees centigrade, while the reading
of that in the sun was tw~enty-three de-
grees, d difference Of 6fteen between
two strata a little more than five feet
from each other. At a still greater ele-
walton, O2.450 feet) q few days later,
variation between the two temperatures
rose to twenty degrees centigradc, the
feet of the Gronauts being benumbed
with cold at nine and q half degrees be-
low the freezing point, while their
faces and shoulders were comfortably
warm at ten and a half above. This
effect Mr.. Flammarion attributes to the
diminution of moisture in the upper
strata, whence he concludes that the
preservation Of solar heat ut the surface
Of the soil is owing to the aqueous va
Dor that enyelops 1t.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

A WELSH girl once applied to a cler-
gyman to DO married. The clergyman
asked her what property her husband
possessed. The answer was, Nothing"
"And are you no better Off" be asked.
The reply was In the negative. "Theu
why in the name Of common sense do
you dare to marryP" "Your rever.
ence," said the girl, ~ have q blanket
and Jack has q blanket; BY putting
them together, We shall both be gain-
ers." The clergyman had nothing to
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

SILVER, it is stated, has for many ages
been withdrawn from circulation by the
natives Of the East Indies, who use that
metal alone for ornaments Of the person.
Tho population Of the country is nearly
100, 0O0, 900, and each individual, it is
reported, wears four or five silver rings,
bracelets or charms. The custom is
not confined to the females, and the
males are as profusely decorated rs the
women. E%xtravagant as the calcula-
ton may appear, it is stated that there
are at least one thousand million orna-
ments worn by the natives, aid no ap-
proximate estimate can DO made Of the
money value Of the decorations.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03

Jusr So.-Seymour recently said, and
that very gravely, with a dignifed wave
of his "lily-white hand" "If there
had been no war, there would
be no public debt" He might
have added, if there had been no Cop
perheads and rebels, there would have
been no war.