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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-23

Walk Ia Panion, on Saturday, Feb 9Th.
George j. " alkcr, aged Is years and months
lIAERIs-In lantou, Feb. 9th. Of cousump-
ton, after lingering sickness, Mrs Charlotte
Harris, wife OF Augustus Harris aged 81 years
and months.
In New Haven Fcb. llth, very suddenly, Vol
ncy l.. only son Of John II. and Mary Har-
rlngton, aged Two ears one month aud tHea-
ty-siN days,
OF such Is the Kingdom Of Heaven.
& SANi,oT,-ln Cornwall. Feb. 18th, OF confess
ton OF the lungs, Charles FOrd, son Of Henry
aud Frankie L. Samson, aged five weeks and
five days.
BRoWN.-Died i'm Moutovlllo, Ala, VIM. p
brown. M Inc 05tA year Q. his aye.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-23

We understand that the NNhooping cough 10
quite prevalent inthe towns around us but
that nooases have proved fatal. Some families
use nothing but Johnsons Anndyne Liniments
Our Doctor, however,, says little ipcac' to
produce vomiting, would be an advantage.
There are more than one thousand diferon,
Kinds Of Pills in the United States. Some of
them are worthless and. injurious, Others are
good and beneficial. Old DR.. Parsons invented
the best anti-blllious pill we ever saw or heard
of. They are now under the name of Parsons,
Purgatiye Pills.
honest men arc easily bound but you can never
bind a knave.
PLANTATION BI1rERs cures Dyspepsia.
Keep no more cats in the house than Will catch
mice.
PLANTATION BITTEns cures Fever and Ague
war makes thieves and Peace hangs them
PLANTATION BITTE0s cures Liver Complaint and
Nervous IIeaIach.
Time IS file that wears and makes no noisa
Plantation Bittcrs cures the effects of Dissipa.
ton and Late 10 rs.
Better have one pillow G ing than two cradles.
Plantation Btters are an an idote to Change of
Water and Diet
Fools and obstinate people make lawyers
rich.
Plantation B.tcrs rurify, Strcng hen and Tnvig-
CRATE.
kind wife makes faithful husdanl.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-23
GENTS WANTED

Z GENTS WANTED
= In every CITY. Town and County in tile
Uut,d States. to eel our new and popular engra.
wing. The Presidents o. the Uuited States, elegan
tly erggaye and handsomely printed in colors,2S
y 81 inches on heavy plate paper, making the
most beautiful aud salo ,ble picture ever issped,
apprt Phi. tie Tor tie Parnr or Counting -house
Agents are making from Twenty-Five to one Hun
dred Dollar per week. send Tor our cireu-
lars.
To AGrNis.-Specimcn Copies OF the above
picture will be sent to any address, by mail, care
fully put up upon the receipt Fl the Retail Price
Two Dollars
Address
Ru>hton E c., Publisher,
20 Dock Street
Philadelphia.
43w2
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-23

I-g' The attention Of our readers is dlreotsd
to the advertisement of GOES COUGH BAL
SAN and GOES DYSPEPSIA CURE, in ano-
thcr part Of this paper,
These truly Valuable Medicines are recommen-
ded ~ all who use them. Read the certificates.
IhE AMERICAN COOKING STovE.--llaving
been eminently successful at the New York
State Fairs for the past six years, having been
brought in competition with all the best stoves
In the country, and having each and every
year taken the first premium, and some years
two, ond having gained a worldwide reputa.
ton, and record of which any one NAV he
justly proud we would now announce for the
consolation Of those who have so signally and
repeatedly failed in competing with it. and
have been 50 sorely chagrined at their numer
GUS and repeated defeats, that this stove is not
entered at this fair for a premium, as pre-
miums have ceased to be Of any account but
1t IS entered only for exhibition, that its thou
ands Of friends and admirers nav have the
opportunity Of examining its various improve
ments.-hochester Democrat. Sent. 29h,
SHEER, PACKARD & Co Albany. NY. For
sale by WEIGH d. Earl, Middebury. 43wS
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-23
NOT ICE.
CTArE OF vERMONT-District of

y Addison, IS.
The Probate Court for the District OF Addison.
To all persons interested in the estate of
WALTER ROBBINS,
late OF Leicester, in sal District, DECEASED,
Greeting
Milo W Robbins administrator of the estate OF
said Waller Robbins deceased, makes his petition
in writing to said court, stating that the personal
tate Of said deceased amounts to y, Ooi.Sl, the
debts against lis estate is about SO, 100 witt ex
pc nscs of administration, that it is necessary TO
sell the whole of the real estate OF said deceased to
paw debts, AMI axis for license to sell the same.
Therefore. By authority of the State OF Nermontyou
are notified to appear before said Court, at SEES
sion thereof to be held at the Probate Office in Mid
dlehurv, in said District on Monday. the 10th
day OF March next, 1S69l at ten o'clock in
the afternoon. aud show cause, it any you have,
why such license should not he granted.
Dated at Middlebury, this 18th day OF February
4. u. 1869.
swIs JED j. BUSHNELL Register
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-23
FOR SALE!

Containing go acres Of land; two Dwelling
Houses in good repair two Orchards, one OF iltty
young trees, all choice fruit; old Orchard yield:
a good supply OF fruit yearly. Said farm is well
wooded. aud watered al house aud barn; is loca-
ted in the south part Of Bristol, Qomerly known
as the Riley Adams farm; six miles from Mid
dlebury village, five miles from Bristol, aud two
and hall miles from New Haven Chees Factory.
Apply On the premises to ,,-~,,,
Rri5tI Fob Dol 1863 4Sw2
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-23
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.

-
Notice IS hereby given that the lrst meeting or
the Stockholders of the ..,,-
fr the election of five Directors in said Company,
viii he held at Rutland, on Tuesday, the 10th day
OF March, 1869, at u o'clock, NJ. 1
JOHN NJ DYER
GASCA RICH,
JOHN HOWE,
JOHN l.. HAMMOND,
NJ w. c. WRIGHT,
Commissioners to receive subscriptions to the
Capital Stock. sssd
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
Russian Mode of Procuring
Rain

The Telegraf, of kih, says that the
peasants of neighboriny district had
recourse the other day to singular
mode OF procuring rain. They dug
the coffin of a member of the sect Of
old Believers, who had died last Dec
ember, out of the churchyard, and,
raising the corpse, struck it on the head,
saying, Give us rain" AT the same
time several other peasants poured
water on the body; it was .hen re-
placed in the coffin, and buried again
in SITS old place in the churchyard.-
In other parts of Russia the peasants
believed that a drouth is caused by
witches keeping the rain in tubs, and
this superstition has proved fatal to
many old women who were believed
to be witches. Another mode of
bringing rain is for number of wo.
men to drag an empty cask to the
nearest river, and after filing it to re-
turn with it to the village This plan
IS believed to be infallible. In Seyia
it is the custom during drouth for an
"exoorciser' (perporuza) to go from
village to village with . green bough
in his hand, with which he exercises bad
spirits. He is usually accompanied by
one or more girls, who sing in chorus
while he performs the ceremony. In
Wallachia there is superstition that
witches have power over the water
only on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
The Hon. Lscni. +. Wade and tho
COfOrcd Men.

The Hon. Benjamin F. Wade, of
Ohio, has written the following reply
to an address from the National Exec
utive Committee of Colored Men:
To George Z. Dopning, Esq, and Others Of
| The National Executive Committee Of
| Coyored Hen
GENTLEMEN: Since my retirement
from public life have received many
kind and complimentary communica.
lions from my friends, which l value
greatly, but nothing has given me SO
much pride and satisfaction as the pro.
ceedlngs OF your National Executive
Committee. TO know that ones la
bors are appreciated and approved by
those on whose behalf they have been
performed, is indeed gratifying 1t is
true that tor more than 80 years,
whether in the Legislature Of my own
State, as Judge upon the Bench, in
the Senate of the United States, or in
private life, have, with resolute and
determined purpose, labored to bring
the Constitution and laws of my coun-
try into harmony with the laws of
God, who 'is no respecter of persons
Equality before the law and exact
justice to all men, without respect to
race, color, or nationality has been the
polar star to guide me in all my efforts,
and the prize for which l have fought.
Nor am I conscious that l lave ever
during that time subordinated those
great principles to any other, or COM
promised them for any other consider
alton whatever. Yet l claim no special
merit for this; it was but the perform
anca OF plain and palpable duty which
every man owes to his God, to his
country, and to humanity. Had done
less, it would have been self-degrada-
ton for which / should have despised
myself, even as l have despised all
others who may have compromised
these great principles through coward.
Ice, self-interest, or ambition. And
now, thank God, after 80 years bat
tie, | have lived to see these principles
triumphant, every man in orr great
Republic equal before the law, and the
laborer relieved of the foulest and
most degrading violation Of his rights.
But, in my judgment, much more re-
mains to be done; for l can never be-
lieve Government perfect while it is
possible for one man to appropriate
the avals of the labor OF thousands,
while those that perform the labor
pine away their life in poverty and
restitution, or to monopolize an I'M
limited extent of Gods earth to the
exclusion of others. These evils are
yet to be corrected, and may l not ex-
pect that you who have been SO lately
emancipated from the foulest oppres-
sion and injustice, will take the lead in
these great and necessary reforms
Please accept my thanks for the kind
sentiments contained in Your letter
Yours, with respect,
Is. +. WADE.
JEFFERSON, Ono, March &c, 1869.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
-slS47 was the year of famine in Ire

land.
tIn1S54-6 and 1858 there was severe
failure Of crops in England and Ireland, and
in fact all over the continent.
These figures show the result of the
repeal of the British corn-laws-the
much vaunted free trade-al! grain be-
ing denomiaated corn in England.
Take from the tab'e those years OF
famine and failure of crops, and how
insignificant sum do the others ex-
hibit III proportion to the aggregate
crops OF the Northwest. or injuxta-
position with the amount of our inn
ports OF manufactures from that coun-
try. 1t appears, too, that since the
repeal of the British corn, laws that
our imports so tar from increasing
decreased immensely. England can
supply what little deficiency may oc-
cur in her breadstuffs from the Baltic
and Black Seas for less than the freight
Of the same from most OF our North
western States. Only one chance for
remuherativc English market de-
ponds upon war. pcstilence or famine
in Europe, and God forbid that they
shall be visited by these calamities.
Can any one look over the above
figures without thinking how ALSO
lutely prepesterous, absurd and ridieu-
lous it is for the bulls and "bears"
on Change, to be watching with
hawk eyes for the daily cable telegram
to govern their speculative operations
in wheat and corn?
The manufacturing cities Of Massa-
chusetts alone buy and consume more
Western breadstutfs any year than
England buys OF us even in years of
her failures in crops; and under per-
feet and universal system oftrcc trade,
not only Massachusetts,, but all the
Atlantic cities could supply them
selves with their bread cheaper from
the Baltic and Black Seas than they
could from Chicago. The ocean
freights, as well AS the prices of wheat,
are far below the inland cost and
freight. Those manufactures in the
Eastern States who have brought their
machinery to as high state of per-
fiction as the English, for instance
cotton manufactures, as well as several
articles of catlsry and hardware,
would not suffer by general tree
trade. They would OF course lose
much of their custom in the West in
consequence of IN impoverished set
Of customers who could not sell their
crops, but ,hey have the whcle out
side world to look to for markets.
A community exclusively agricultu
raj must ever lie poor and unable to in
dulge in many Of the comforts OF life,
like Portugal, Spain, Italy and Ireland;
but when manufactures III liberal pro
portions and improved plans are in
PRODUCED INTO their midst, the farmers
Immediately become not only more
prosperous, but more enlightened.
They have good market at home for
every description ct their products,
and associations with scientific men.
1t was hoped by your correspon-
dent that the new administration
would ignore the doctrines Of the null
litiers and rebels, and adopt those of
Jefferson, Hamilton, Franklin and
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

The Grand Army of the Republic
numbers 5000 posts, aud membership
exceeding 100000.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
A Few Things tina: Arc to BE

Before the imprint OF the Journal
bears the date 1900. science and art will
have so advanced as to have effected
complete revolutions in many OF the
industrial processes and methods o
securing health, comfort and conven
| renee Of the human race.
Vast gas manufactures will be
found III all OF the great cities and
towns. in which the invisible agent
| will be manufactured solely for the
purpose of cooking the food and warm
ING the dwellings of the inhabitants
These works will be independent
of those established for illumlnat-
ing gas. 1t will not be necessary to
purify the fuel gas so fully, and it will,
in most places, be made from wood.
The cost will be so low, and the con-
venience 50 great, other kinds OF fuel
will, in large measure, be dipensed
with. No ashes, no smoke, no dust
what a glorions realization this will
be- At that time the air, the earth
and the sea will be full of conducting
wires, and electric currents will flow
constantly in every direction. A rev
order of things will prevails in our Post
Offices. The click of the telegraph
instrument will be heard instead OF
the snap Of the lock which closes up
the mouth of the mail-bags. The
small sum Of ten cents perhaps less)
will place correspondents III instant
communication with each other, no
matter how widely they may be sep
arated. Although the industrial arts
will have enormously Increased, less
steam power will be Employed. Elec-
trical or some other OF the hidden forces
of nature will be harnessed to the prl-
mary moving wheels of the great man
ufaciuring establishments and smoke
and vapor will no longer mark their
location to the distant traveller.
The sick viii not be required to
swallow disgusting doses OF medicine.
Remedies will be administered
through other avenues than the stom-
ach Chemistry will have eliminated
the vital, active principles from all
cura i've agents; and, through the cellu
tF SUECuttllcoUS Wv Si itiSSs al!tN pN
other at present closed doors OF access,
the influence Of therapeutic agents will
lie brought to bear directly upon dis
eased parts. Light will be let in upon
nearly all the organs of the body. so
that the physician can observe the ex-
tent and nature of disease, and no
longer be compelled to diagnose in the
dark.
The publishers of this and other
journals will perhaps be able to issue
simultaneous editions in all the great
central cities of the country. A know
ledge of practical science will be more
generally diitused among the people,
clcvating and improving the masses,
and consequently rendering them hap
pier, healthier and better fitted for tile
duties and responsibilities of lite. =
boston Journal OF Chemistry.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

There is found on the coast of Brit
ish Columbia, Russian America and
Vancouver's Island little fish, not
larger than smelt. clad in glittering
armor, which is fat almost beyond con-
ception. Its scientific name is Solmos
PGc.feas-popularly it is called the
candle fish. 1t is next to impossible
to broil or fry them, for they melt
completely into oil. They are so mar
velously tat that the natives use them
for lighting their lodges. For this
purpose the dried fish are perforated
from head to tail by piece of rush
pith ~ means of long needle made
OF hard wood. The wick is then
lighted, and the fish burns steadily.
witha sufficiently good light to read
hy.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

WHEN DID METHusELAu DIE?-We
have a contributor who has made a
startling discovery in relation TO Me-
thuselah. We will not vouch for the
correctness of his conclusions but sub
NIT the whole subject tor theological
discussion.
The chronology used by the civilized
world is founded in the dates furnished
US in the Bible. We reckon the date
of the flood from the date found in the
9Th chapter of Genesis.
Years
We learn from this chapter that Adam
lived before his SON Seth was born. Isl
Seth lived before his son Enos was born 10:
Enos lived before his son Cainan was born 9(
Cain2n lived before his son Mahalaleei
was born NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. &C
Mahalaleel lived before his son Jared was
porn ....... ..... 1880. 49,. LOO
Jared lived before his son Enoch was born Ice
Enoch lived before Methuselah was torn. Go
Msthuselah lived before his son Lamech
was born ........... Isl
Lamech lived before his son Noah was born 1872
Hence Noah was born Ammo Mundi LOSE
In Genesis, 7th chapter, 9th verse,
We are informed that Noah was 600
years old when the flood of waters was
upon the earth. Add 600 years, his
age, to 1856, gives the date of the Hood
1856. We learn from the 9th verse,
5th chapter of Genesis. that 'tall the
days OF Methuselah were 959 years,
and he died" By reference to the
foregoing table it will be seen that
Methuselah was born Ammo Mundi
6S7, to which add his age, 969, and We
have 1856, the date of the flood, which
proves to a mathematical certainty that
Methuselah was cut off at an untimely
age tor his wickedness.-[ New York
Express.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
The Repose Of the SIX Hundred.

Der their devoted heads,
While the law Numbered,
Snugly and heedlessly,
Great was the preachers theme:
Screw'd on was all the steam;
Neither with shout nor scream
Could he disturb the dreams
Of the six hundred!
Terrors TO right Of them,
Terrors to left of them,
Terrors in from. of them,
He'll itselfplundered
Of its most awful things,
Weak-minded preacher filings,
Kindly he spoke; and we'll;
All on deaf ears it fell,
Vain was his loudest yell
Volleyed and Numbered;
For, caring--the truth to tell
Neither for heaven or hell,
Snored the six hundred.
Still with redoubled zeal,
Still he spoke onward,
And, in a wild appeal,
Striking with hand and heel
Making the pulpit reel,
Shaken and Numbered
Calld them the church's foes
Threatened with hand and heel,
Family the answer rose
Proof Of their sweet repose)
From tho united nose
OF the six hundred!
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

A Vermont correspondent says
"In Vermont there is a smaller per
centage OF foreigners than in any other
State. There are very few Celts, as
in the other New England States; no
Germans as in Pennsylvania; no Swiss
or Swedes, as III Wisconsin. If YOU
wish to find the pure, unldulterated
Yankee. come to the Green Mountain
State. He don't drive quite so hard a
bargain as his Connecticut cousln--but
he guesses, whites, breaks colts, Sings
in the choir and believes in Horace
Greeley"
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
Selctt YYoetrp,
THE OCEAN.


Likeness of Heaven!
Agent Of power!
Man is thy..victin,
Shipwrecks thy dowerl
Spices and jewels
From yallies and SEQ,
Armies and banners
Are buried in thee.
What are the riches
Of Mexicos mines,
To the wealth that far down
In thy deep water shines?
The proud navies that cover
The conquering west
Thou fing'st them to death
With one heave Of thy breast.
From the high hills that view
That wreck shaking shore,
When the bride Of the mariner
Shrieks at the roar;
When, like lambs in the tempest
Or news in the blast,
Der the ridge>oroken pillows
Thy canvass is cast
How humbling TO one
With heart and a soeI
To look on thy greatness
And list TO its roll,
To think how that heart
In cold ashes shall be
When the voice Of eternity
Rises from thee?
Yesl where are the cites
OF Thebes and Of Tyre?
Swept from the nations
Like sparks from the fire;
The glory of Athens,
The splendor of Rome
Dissolved-and forever
Like the dew in thy foam.
But thou art almighty,
Eternal-sublime-
Unweakened-unwasted-
Twin brother Of time!
Fleets, tempests, nor nations,
Thy glory can bow,
As the stars first beheld thee,
Still chainless art thou.
But behold When the surges
No longer shall roll,
And that ornaments length
Is drawn back like q scroll,
Then-,ien shall the spirit
That signs by thee now,
Be more mighty-more lasting
More chainless than thou!
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

The REPUBLICAN is the official organ
OF Tara county; are You a subscriber
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
Teeth extracted without Pain.
Dy Oh 6. R.vEDER.

FE DUKE NITROUS OXIDE or
6fE i Laughing sas, given every
AIIID day. Have gwen it in hundreds
; cases. tits perfectly sac, is pleasant to
breathe. leaves no bad eifets, every body likes
it, and in almost every insance the teeth are
drawn while the patient is entirely uncon>
scious.
Particular attention givel to filing teeth
Also, to regulating childrefs teeth. We have
a.iarge and very superior assortment of Arr
tifcial teeth, which we are prepared to put
up IN the very best manner. Particular at
tention paid to selecting ane arranging SO as
to give them natural and life like appear
ance in the mouth.
Gsss- Office over NJ. Lef's Store.
Iama City, Iowa. March /, 1S63.-v3n9tf
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
stlett Misttllaup.
Eject of PRO lection and Free
Trade upon European Mar.
Tets for Western Products.
Ediers Chicago Journal Of Commerce:

Ediers Chicago Journal Of Commerce:
Among the formidable objections
raisd to swell the tide Of prejudice
against home manufactures, is the inn
pairing of the British market for
Western products.
In rder to correct investigation
of this objection, we shall first examine
the extent of that market, and also
that OF our own manufacturing cities.
1t appears, by official table, that our
exports OF breadstlitfs to the United
Kingdom of Great Britain were in
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
WHY GO HUNGRY?

N. Thorn would respectfully inform the
public, that he has neatly fttsi up and NICE
" arranged his rooms, for tie comfort and
convenience Of ALL who may hvor him with
CALL. Farmers who are in Toledo on bus.
with their wives, can be accommodated with a
cup Of Coffee or Tea, on short n,tce. He tat>
ters himself, that he can suit the taste Of the
fastidious. Every attention pad to the wants
Of customers.
E8~Canned Fruits and ,ANplEs
Also good stock Of first class Cigars and
Tobacco. Fresh and pure xxx ALE on hand.
N THORN.
Toledo, Dec Slsi.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-05-20

KilbOurn, jenkins g. CO.-Manufac-
turers and Wholesale and Retail dealers in
all kinds Of Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles,
Pickets, Sash, Blinds, Doors, Battens, etc
Office and Lumber Yard, corner 4th and Main
streets. Branch Yard At Phelps City, Missouri.
We manufacture our own material In the
Pineries OF Oshkosh, Wis, where we have
IN operation one or helargestmanufacturies
Of everything made An Pine in the world, and
obtaining our Lumber direct from the tree,
as we dOy we can sell at lower rates than any
Lumber Yard In the West which pays one
wholesale and one or two retail profits. We
shall always keep on hand a full supply OF
everything in u line, so that those in want
may always rely upon getting what they de-
sire. We simply ask all to examine our stock
and prices before purchasing elsewhere, as we
can ensure satisfaction in both.