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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-05

NERMoNTERs, note the advertisement Of Tue
VERMONT RECORD AND FARMER. Its publisher
Is an enterprising, wide-awake man. His pa
per, as STATE PAPER. is worthy of patronage
heau 'he Inducements. 2Tws
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-05
4 COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

~ We the Subscribers being appointed by
TIE ir"'@le Court for the District Of 1dJiso,;
N"nl'is 'i9nes, to receive, examine and adjust ali
lam, anu "einanis OF all persons against the e.
ia,c OF GREGORY I. ADAMS.
late ct Md'lebury in said district deceased and
all cialmS and demand, exhibited in ofrsetiherstn.
and Fix months from the llth dav of Dee bsin,,
allo",d 10y said Court for that purpose. we do
.neIe,ore hereby give notice that we will attend
I" 'he business Of our .ail appointment at HE
own Clerk s.Ohice in said Muddleburv on The
,'.h onl OF January, and the 10th day of Jurd
neNt ensuing, from niue o'clock AM, until four
O'Clock IN, on each of said DAYS.
JOHN VALLETTE.
JAS MCDONALD. Tom r.
Dated at Middchury, this 2l>t dav Of D.c.n-
her, Nd. 1858 9o.sn
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4 GENTS WANTED-SlO n dav.
II TWO $40 MAPS FOR 81.


~ Hmeriea anil EaToge, AmyicQ amt The
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Colored-in 1000 Counties.
These great Maps, now just completed, SHOW,
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and the latest alterations in the various Fur,nean
States. These Maps ave headed IN every scLonl
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Tow TO GET PATENTS,

INSURANCE - The undersigned
Il would respectfully give notice that one of
our firm has -ccently besn appointed Agent Of
the Vermont Mutual Fra Insurance Camnanv.
aud several other Fire Insurance Companies that
were formerly represented by Judge filden. and
have much increased our facilities ter doing In
surance business. We now represent over SlO.-
600, COO OF Insurance capital and are prepared to
effect Insurance on every class Of property at rea
sOnabe rates.
We are also prepared 90 procure lie and Acct
dent Assurance in the hest Companies in the ccm-
try. We propose to keep clerk. whose atisli ion
will lie devoted To the Insurance Department. and
hope to be able to do general Insurance business
10 the satisfaction OF all those rho shall favor us
with their patronage
STEWART & HLDRRDGF.
Alddlehury, Nov. 10th, lsCS. Sims
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-05

BY its charter the Company is permitted to
issue its own First Mortgage Bonds to the same
amount as the Government Bonds. aad no Biorc.
These bonds are a First Mortgage upon the VIII lc
road and ali its equipments. Such mortgage
upon what. for q long time will be the only rail
road connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Statcs.
takes the highest rank As safe security. The earn-
ings from the way or local business for the wear
ending June 18th, 1868. on ar average Of 412
miles, were over FOUR MILLION DOLLARS,
which, after paving all expenses, were much
than sufficient to cover all interest liability
upon that district, and the earnings for the la;l
five months have been ~ 1856. $40. IT ev would
have been greater, it tho road had not been taxed
10 it, utmost capacity to transport its own mate
rial Tor construction. The income from the great
passenger travel, the China frcigAts and the sup
plies for the new Rocky Mountain States aud
Territories must lie ample for all interest and
other liabilities No political action can reduce
the rate OF interest. II must remain for thirty
vear.--siS per cent. per annum in gold. now
equal to- between eight AMI nine per cent ia cur
rencv. The principal is then PAYABLE in gold II
a bond v ith such guarantees were issued bv the
Government, its market price would not Lc less
than from 20 to p per cent. premium 4, these
bonds were issued under Government authority
and supervision, upon what is very largely a Cow
crnmeut work, they must ultimately approach
Government prices. No other corporate bonds
are made so secure.
The price for the present is Par. and accrued i'll
forest at 9 percent. from July |. 1865. in currency.
Subscriptions will be received in
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-05
9tsaI 4Utiess.

NOTICE.
~, Probate Courts fer the Diitriet OF Addiso.
wiilhereafter be held at the Probate Office In Mia.
aie6ury, on every Monday, at Ten O'Clock. AN.
HBy order Of the Court. -"'
JED $. BUSHNELL, Register.
December 9TH, 1868. ETs
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-05

Military and Civic Monuments, Tombs CenoiaIh4.
Fonts HSadstCne= &C.,
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED IN THE BESr srYIl..
Aastle' Shelves, Furniture ami Counter Tons.
Our Works being situated in the vicinity Of The
celebrated Rutland Qulrries, cur marble is care
fully sci -ctel from the entire production, aui sc
furnish better grades Of stock and mauil6,ul, at
lower rates than can be afforded elsewhere. l.l-
tss desiring hTst-class cemetery impIoy emo q >
can have designs prepared and work forwarle D
ana erected in any part of thu country. n
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-05

Goru1mr~ 1"i--Ncraoity othe Bomi..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-05

The annual meeting of the Y. M
c. Association for the election of0flicer7
will be held this evening at g O. clock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03

information, ask none but the con-
duotor brakemen generally are not
posted, and fellowNpassengers are
apt to be interested. Never wrangle
with the conductor if he is wrong,
make your grievance known to the
Superintendent in writing. Avoid
raiload eating houses, carry your
own lunch, but do not strew the re-
fuse on the car floor. And finally
mind your own businessl
The safest place on an express
train is the second passenger coach,
and not, as many suppose, the ladies'
car. ! say this, not to protect brake,
men who find it difficult to keep men
out of the ladies' car, but from
comparison of. accidents covering
period of twenty years. Several
causes operate to throw the rear cars
off the track which does not prevail
against the smoking and first pas
senger coaches. In conclusion, do
not fail to take out accident policy
for your trip, observe the above
hastily written suggestions, COM
mend yourself to heaven, and go !
There re,many Camden and Amboy
Railroads on the American continent.
PHoCIoN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03
Type-setting and Distributing Machine
Wanted.

1t is discreditable to the inventiv,
genius of this country that the on,
great mechanical want of the time
is still unsupplied. Each Of the lead
ing newspaper publishers of this city
apart from expenses for white pa
per, press work, ink, editorial, re-
portorial, and correspondents sala
ries, and the thousand incidental de-
mands for the production of a great
daily-pays from 100000 to $780,
| 600 year for composition alone.
Publishers, throughout the country,
Of newspapers, magazines and books,
pay preportionately for this single
item Of type-setting. This enormous
cost prevents the publishers Of pa
pers from giving their readers the
literal volumes" of matter they
would gladly do from day to day
were they not hampered by the de-
lays and the cost Of composition.
What we want-what every large
publisher in the country wants-is
q type-setting machine which will
both..expedite and cheaper the cost of
composition at least % per cent. and
perhaps so per cent. Type-sctting
should be 80 cheap that publishers
can print books and papers in this
country and sell them at the low
prices which obtain in England. A
London house has printed the "Pil-
grim's Progress" in clear type, on
good paper, so that the book can be
retailed for penny. News and il
lustrated papers are sold in England
at nearly proportionately low rates.
We have not, as yet, reached this
point Of progress in this country,
although, in proportion to our popu
lation, there are more readers here
than in any other nation on the
globe. We want the means Of sup>
plying the demand for reading mat
ter. The inventive talent of this
country produced the steamboat, the
cotton~gin, and the electric tele-
graph. 1t is fully equal to the pro-
duction of the perfect type-setting
machine which shall rapidly and
cheaply do the entire composition of
the publishers Of the country. Moth
ing else so proftably suggests itself
now to American inventors. We in
wife the press Of the country to join
in subscribing for prize that shall
be worthy of the attention and cons
petition of every skilled inventor in
the country. This prize should not |
be less than half million dollars |
and, if the leading publishers in the
country can be induced to combine
in such an offer, the World will glad
~ head the list with $4,000 as its
own subscription. To the successful
man who produces the called>fol
instrument, q quarter million dollars
would be gladly given by the pubs
fishers Of the country. The rest Of
the prize should be distributed to the
second, third, fourth and fifth best
machine, in proper proportion, SO
that the labor of the inventors may
not be thrown away and as an en-
couragement to every inventor to
strive to win the capital prize. In
ventors go to work today. The
prize will, undoubtedly, be offered.
The demand for the type-setter is
imperative ~ Y. WorId.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03

We Gull these wise words from
DR.. Guthrie:
The meanest are mighty with God,
the mightiest mean without him.
Would we do our Heavenly Faith
err justice, we must look on Calvary
as well as on Eden.
We have no faith in terror disas-
sociated from tenderness. We trust
more to the process Of drawing than
driving men to Jesus.
Like the inn of Bethlehem given
to lodge meaner guests, heart full
of pride has no chamber within
which Christ may be born ain us the
hope ofglory."
The magnet which drew a Savior
from the skies was not our merit, but
our misery.
None are so sure to lie in Jesus
bosom, as those who lie lowest at
Jesus feet.
That man gave the atheists crush>
ing answer, who told him that the
very feather with which he penned
the words, "There is no God" refut-
ed the audacious lie.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03
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Statistical.

A statement recently made public
regarding the Freedmans Savings
and Trust Company, presents many
interesting facts. 1t was chartered
by Congress in 1865, its charter be-
ing among the last signed by the
martyr President Abraham Lincoln.
Its first branches were established at
Beauford, Norfolk and Washington.
In 1865 most Of the first deposits
were from coored soldiers. At the
end Of 1866 it lad only sos, 073 at
the end of 1867 it had reached 1898.
925 at the end of 1869 it has 81, 25O,-
600; its deposits are now increasing
at the rate of 1890 per month.
The railroads of the world, at the
close of 1868, are reported TO have
been in the aggregate 100, III miles
long. The comparative mileage of
the different countries is given as
follows: The United States, 1926 !;
Great Britain, Ia, 247 France, 1894 !;
Prussia, 1926; Russia, 4,371; and
Italy, 4,109. The total of Europe is
sc, go; Asia has 4, AIS miles South
America, 1,424; Australia, 749 AT.
RIGA, 583.
OF civilized nations, Great Britain
is tho most densely populated, and
the United States the least. The
former has 265 inhabitants to the
square mile; Italy, 1913; Prussian Ger
many, 1856; France, 10; Austria,
167 Russia, 81 Turkey, 20, and the
United States, 10. In 1861 there was
in London one inhabitant for 1920
square feet covered by the city Willie
in Paris there was one 10 every 500
square feet.
The Protestant Churchman gives
the following estimate of the numer>
ical strength of the Presbyterian
population of the world: United
States, 5000, 900; Great Britain 81
900, 900; France 100000, Switzer.
land 1900, 600; Austria and Prussia
100000; British and Danish Colo
MES; 500 900. These 100000 con-
stitute one-seventh of the entire Pros
testant population of the globe.
The publisher and compiler of the
"Chicago City Directory" for 1869,
just issued estimates the population
of that city at over 100000. There
are 81 publications, of which IA are
daylies. There are alone 191,church-
es and religious societies, of which,
the principal denominations have the
following share each The Baptist
q, Methodists 26, Episcopal 20 Con
gregationalist 10, Presbyserian-new
school -, old school 6, and the Ro-
man Catholic 81.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03
Grand Army Life Insurance Company.

A project is on foot to organize q
company with the above title, to be
Incorporated by Congress
Each certificate is to entitle to a
policy of one Thousand dollars, and
after certain annuity of $64 Each
member may hold ten certificates in
each class. Only 200, 900 certificates
can be issued in the five classes
None but members are to be admit
ted, and the books are to close after
certain date. The fee for each cer>
tificate is to be fifty cents, and on
each death holders are to pay one
cent on each policy they hold. All
comrades are TO be admissible, no
matter what may be their physical
condition. There is to be q central
bureau with a board of directors
elected by the Grand Army at their
National encampments. The an
nuities are to begin in each class
when 100, 900 certificates have been
paid thereon, and are to last during
life. The departments and posts are
to be used to conduct the business OF
the corporation. Investments are to
be generally made in United States
bonds. When the aggregate mum.
Der Of all certificates is less than
10000, the President of the United
States is to appoint, with the con-
currence of the Senate, three gentle
men as a committee to be paid at the
rate of $500 per year out of the
corporation funds, to supervise the
same until the last member is dead,
when all the property of the cor
poration reverts to the United States,
to be used for the payment of the
debt incurred during the late war, if
any remains unpaid, and, if not, one
half is to be used for the erection of
a monument in memory of the de-
tenders of the Republic he other
half to be dedicated to EDUCATIONAL
purposes, under@the direc ION or Con-
gress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03
Victor Hugo's Devil Fish" Caught in
Seine.

Captain James johnson, of the
sloop Susan Brewer, which arrived
at Skidmores wharf day or two
since, brought with him portion of
an unknown seal animal, which he
caught in seine while fishing off
Smiths island, near Cape Charles
The fish. when hauled ashore, at
tracted the attention Of every one in
that neighborhood, and was pro-
nounced by the most ancient and ex-
perienced "sea-goers" to be unlike
anything of the ocean deep" they
had ever seen. In shape it resembled
butterfly, with ponderous wings
shaped like the human hand head
formed like bull dogs; tongue as
hard as ivory, and instead Of teeth,
two rows of solid ivory. It's
measurement from tip to tip, was
twenty feet, with tail six feet long,
about the size of a telegraph wire,
and resembling a black leather whip
lash-weight over one thousand
pounds. 1t was white on the belly,
but spotted all over the back with
round white and black marks, about
the size of five cent piece, very
much in appearance like ladies'
mourning muslin, which, it is said,
made it a beautiful sight while in
the clear sea water. AS stated
above, every one who has seen this
fish pronounces it nondescript, and
the only conjecture which has been
made is, that it must be the "devil
fish" about the existence of which
much has been said, though no one
in these parts has ever seen one, UNI
less in this case Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03
Farming in California.

A. ID. Richardson writes from San
Francisco to the New York Tribune
Wild lands in remote counties can
still be bought for 81 and 81 per acre;
nearer markets, they command from
S. to SO. Ranches (there are no
farms in California -everyth thing is a
ranch) half mile outside the city of
Sacramento, and three miles from
the river, sell for 500 an acre. In
one Of the best districts, ten or if
teen miles south of San Francisco,
ID. O. Mills has an estate of 1000
acres Though it is not distinctively
dairy farm, he keeps 400 mich
cows. A railway track, for taking
his products to market, runs into
his barn. The large, highly improv ;
ed ranches in that region are held at
from $3.50 to $500 per acre. Farm
ing in California has been wonder
fully lucrative. Hundreds of thou
sands of acres are rated at figures
that would frighten an Eastern man,
but upon which wool growing alone
has returned clear profit of three
per cent. a month for several years.
The same is measurably true OF 9TH
er agricultural interests. Small
farms grow in favor, but the old
Spanish system has left many large
land holders. To belittle immense
tracts is a general affectation, an
odd outcropping of local hnmor,
The Californian invites an eastern
visitor: Come down to San Mateo,
and spend a week with me-" "Have
you ranch there? ?" eyes, little
place." "What do you call a little
placer" Well, 10000 acres"-or 30
900, or 10000, as the case may be-
Every body seems to have a little
place. Tie other evening | met
Gen. Beale, known as an old army
officer, who led one of the govern
ment explorations for Pacific rails
road. He resides in the south, below
Los Angeles, though his summer
home is in Philadelphia. "Have you
little place too y l asked. eyes,
225, 900 acres on my home ranch, and
about $4,000 more in northern Cali
fornia /" That "home RANCH" if it
were a square tract, would be nine~
teen miles across. It's one-third as
large as the State of Rhode Island.
There are other men who own 300,>
600 acres apiece. Beale dispenses
something of old baronial hospital
ity. Every wayfarer is welcomed to
table and bed without money and
without price. Some nights thirty
travellers are there entertained.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03
John Chinamau.

Mr.. Casserly, democrat, one OF
the United States Senators from
California, in q recent speech at San
Francisco, said:
at is the duty of every class OF
men to prevent the introduction OF
these Chinese. If they come in con-
tact only with the common laborers
to-day, to morrow they will be in
competition with the mason, the
bricklayer, the carpenter and the
machinist, for they are the most frugal,
industrious and ingenious people on the
face Of the earth. Look at the splen.
did granite building occupied by
Wells, Fargo & Co., the stone of
which was cut in China, and was
built by Cinnamon. Men who can
do such work for less than half the
price paid W hite mechanics were an
injury to the State, and he would
unite with any party that would use
energetic means to keep them out Of
the country. There was only one
party that could be depended on for
that purpose, and that was the true
old democracy"
This same argument as to "doing
work for half the price paid white
men" would apply with equal force
to mowers, reapers, and all labor,
saving machines. 1t is no argument,
but an attempt to conciliate the low
est class of laborers, and get votes.
We never yet saw an able bodied
white man who could not get liv-
ing, if he chose to work, and good
living too and we believe the white
men can always excel the red, yell
low and black men in fair struggle,
without any cruel, cowardly, and in~
human prescription or oppression
State Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03
ANOTHER SKUNK SroRy.- ri

ANOTHER SKUNK SToRY.- Tie
Grant Co. Witness gets off the lest
skunk story Of the season:
The other day couple Of German
women were walking along the road
some four or five miles south of Platte
vile, when they came across what
they supposed to be a very handsome
kitten. Being in want of such an
animal, one Of them caught it and
carried it in her apron until she pro-
cured sack from one of the neigh
bors to take it home in. It was ses
cured in the sack, and they walked
off highly pleased with their acquis>
ition. Before they had gone very
far one snutfed around and asked,
"Vas reicht so?" The other said.
"Icb weis NIGHT. Velich list es die
grass" "Nein," said the other, "Das
can NIGHT sein, es muss die KATE in
sack sein. Schmeiss doch DIES enfel-
dig ding awec." But the other per-
sisted i'll holding on to her treasure
until they got home. when the hus-
band of one of them promptly dis
patched tho animal with a club
The women said they mover before
came across q cat with such bad
breath.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03
sa-We are pleased to observe that

s@-We are pleased to observe that
a lady in Salem, Mass, has burst into
a satirical song against the Grecian
Bend. She prefers "a bend over the
wash Tub and over the churn,"
cover the cradle and over the good
Book" "a bend at church." and "a
bend" that shall not be "like cancels
hump" or "the pannier of the dom
key" She is unalterably opposed
to all fashions which make women
"shake in December, and swelter in
June" and with "the love of abonnet
just perched on on IS, hair" she keeps
no terms. She AYERS that most of
the fashions are invented 40 hide
some deformity." This may be the
purpose, but mot the result. Many
of the modes which to-day obtain,
simply italicize defects which might
otherwise escape the eyes Of mascu-
culine critics, as we can confidently
| assure our female readers, fair OF
otherwise.-Net0 York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-03

sayA. II. Lee, who leaped into
fame by drawing Crosby's Opera
House in 1867, contrary to the ex.
pectation of 100000 ticket holders,
died suddenly at Cincinnati on the
Odd. Mr.. l.. had just completed q
tiae house, into which he was about
to move, at Prairie du Rocher, Ran,
dolph county, Ill.