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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24

The Great Storm in Nova Scotia.

The Halifax Reporter has full ac-
count of the damages caused in Halifax
and vicinity by the great gale which
swept along the Nova Scotia coast on
Thursday last. In single hour fifty
wharves in Halifax harbor were damaged,
dozen swept entirely away, a number
Of buildings and several hundred trees
blown down, fifteen vessels driven ashore,
many others sent adrift and damaged,
and great variety of smaller losses in
Aicted. The barometer fell in twelve
hours from 1920 to 1920. the latter
figure being 70 below the average. Crows
Benefits Hogan's Mulcahcy's the Watch
Club wharves in Halifax, and Farrell's
and Woodsel's in Dartmouth were de-
stroyed. Among the wrecks was the
bark Northumberland. Tens Of thou.
sands Of dollars worth Of goods were lost,
and the shores OF Dartmouth, Halifax
and Bedford Basin were strewn with
fragments next day, and the streets of
Halifax with signs, states, bricks from
chimney tops, branches, etc. a list Of
twenty-five vessels lost or damaged is
given in the Halifax papers of Saturday,
including several ferry.boats, and num-
Der Of empty boats and yachts were lost.
The schooner Sciota of Gloucester dragged
her anchors a long distance, but not far
enough to be lost The damage to vessels,
goods, wharves and houses at Halifax
cannot be less than 100000. The only
loss Of life reported is that of two BROTH
ers Henberry, Of Devils Island, who
we're out in boat to save nets.
Every wharf in Chester, Luncnburg
county, was destroyed The star Lobster
Packing Company's extensive establish
ment was entirely destroyed The loss
to the company is large and to the village
larger, as they did brisk business and
employed many people The American
schooner Il. Crowell of Gloucester, with
5000 barrels of mackerel on board, put
into the harbor for anchor and was driven
ashore. Hubbard's cove to within two
miles Of Ingram river was swept away
BY the sea. In Margarets bay nearly
every staging and store ncsr the waters
edge were carried away at all the differ
ent settlements.
At Furguson's cove all the stages and
stores were destroyed, and the boats and
nets were smashed to pieces on the beach
in Harris county the damage was also
quite extensive; miles of roads on the
beaches have been ruined.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24

MONIPELlEK, OCt. 10.
The forty-fourth annual meeting of thu
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany was held here this afternoon, Hon
Daniel Baldwin presiding. The follow
ing board of directors was elected for the
several counties
Henry w. Porter, Rutland Danic
Baldwin, Timothy p. Redfeld, Erastui
s. Camp, James T. Thurston, Charlie,
Dewey, Washington; b. W. Bartholomew
Orange Charles E. Houghton, Benning
ton W. II. Ii. Bingham, Lamoillc; G
W. Wyman. Windham Alonzo w. Allen
Chittendcn; A. j. Dodge, Orleans
James A. Pollard, Windsor; A. w
Woodwork, Franklin Orange Phelps
Grand Isle; j. S. II. Weeks, Caledonia
W. G. Sprague, Addison.
Daniel Baldwin was elected President
Timothy p. Redfeld, Vice President
James Y. Thurston, Treasurer.
Hon. Charles Dewey, so long Secretary
of the Company, rendered his resignation
to take effect December LIST, and James
I. Sabin, the Assistant Secretary, was
elected to fill the vacancy.
The meeting was not largely attended
from the distant sections of the State.
There is great pressure for insurance
in the sold Mutual since the Chicago
fire.
The annual meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Insurance Company was also
held to-day and the following board of
directors chosen
Bradley Fish, Rutland County g. V.
Cook, Addison; Z. b. Burton, Tarrant
Sibley, Bennington; Barron Moulton,
Caledonia Tory +. Wales, Chittenden ;
W. II. Hartshorn, Essex w. L. Sowles,
Franklin; Z. j. Reynolds, Grand Isle
c. c. Dodge, Lamoillc; John &. Steains,
Orange ; Joseph Bates, Orleans Joseph
Poland, Samuel Wells, Carlos Bancroft,
Theron o. Bailey, A. G. Brown, Wash
ington S. n. Bemis, Windham.
W. l.. Sowles was elected President,
Carlos Bancroft, Vice President, Joseph
Poland, Secretary, and Samuel Wells,
Treasurer.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24

Fcyers seldom make an attack without warning
and may often be thrown off by soaking the feet
in warm water wruppng up warm in bed, and
taking two or three of Parsons Purgativo Pills.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24

Missionary just returned says he regards
Johnson.s Anodyne Liniment as beyond all price,
and eficacious beyond any other medicine. 1t is
adapted to great variety of special cases, and is
the best nain killer in tho world.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24

Hair renewed badness checked, the scalp
made clean and white by the use Of Hall. Vegc-
table Hair Remover.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24
5000 REWARD

Whereas, one |. w. Brown, authorized
by the State Of Vermont to accompany
me to the Vermont Hotel at Windsor,
and secure for me, board and lodging for
ten years, has failed so to do, but left me
at Hartland to look out Tor myself with
out green tea,) | offer the above reward
for his return to me, at City Hotel, or
1913 l-2 Baxter Street, New York, after
> o'clock p. m, Get II, 1871, or address,
CHARLES BARTON,
Care Of William Davis or Tenth Nation
al Bank, New York.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24

TIE BANK RoBBER's PRocLAMATIoN.-
The following was found posted at the
Pavilion and Post Office, in Montpelier,
the day after Barton's escape.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24

The authorities of Missouri poor.
house care for pauper who drinks ten
gallons of water a day
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24
HENRY BALLARD, ESQ.
CHlTTENDEN COUNTY BAR

BURLINGTON, Oct. 10, 1870.
DIS. LgtainH s. .Smyh:
DEAR ST. take pleasure in stating that
during the past three weeks | have been under
your treatment for chronic catarrh and the result
thus far has beeen in the highest degree satisfac-
tory to me-much more So than mad reason to
anticipate. The disease which had troubled me
Tor about four years, and for which | had tried
many kinds Of remedies without avail seems to
be rapidly becoming removed. cannot too
highly recommend your careful and skiiliul treat.
ment.
would state also that KY wife, who has been
under your treatment ioi tho sam. lngtn of time
Tor partial deafness uf Ion, standing Joins with
me In expressing her appreciation Vi your care.
luiness and skill III tne Treatment OF her difficult
case Al tue pr,scnt tim the symptoms quite
plainly Indicate Il substantial aad permanent ben.
eht, II not perfect and Complete cure.
feeling perfectly cOuiuen that those Similarly
troubled II they apply to you, will not find them
serves deceived and deiraud,d, but honestly ad.
vlsed and professionally treated with iLte liigeuce
ana skill, | make this stat, meat ia regard to nv
own Experience with entire chuerfuluess
luuis truly.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-24
The photographic Survey Of Vermont

We are glad to see that the Secretary
Of the State Board of agriculture, Manu-
facturies and Mining, is taking the pre-.
iminary steps toward obtaining dydre-
graphic survey of Vermont, similar to
the one recently completed in Maine.
The immense Importance of this meas
ure in securing the development of our
material resources, can hardly be over cs-
timated but although it has been a FIRE.
quent topic of private discussion, it has
never, we believe, been brought promi-
nently before the people of our legisla-
ture.
Within our borders, and readily access
sible, are many water powers, compare
lively unknown and wholly unimproved,
and many others are but partially occu-
pied, which offer to capitalists and manu-
facturers unsurpassed advantages. Raw
material in abundance also exists in va.
rious localities, inviting the skill neces-
sary to render it available. A survey,
such as is contemplated, by attracting at
tention to and thus bringing into use
these immense natural forces now run
ming to waste, will greatly increase our
strength and productive power as q com.
munity, and cannot but work to the adj.
vantage of all classes of our people; fur
nishing to capitalists knowledge whereby
they may make safe and lucrative invest.
ments to laborors a greater variety of
occupation and to producers ready
market. 1t will prove permanent bene-
fit to our railroads and other means OF
transportation. And it will furnish to
the young men of Vermont abundant OPP
portunity for the full development Of
their powers, without going beyond her
borders. Thus far for the most part, our
rich pastures and farming lands claimed
our care and attention, to the compare
tive neglect of the other interests, while
our sister states, with natural facilities
certainly not superior to our own, have
built up great manufacturing industries,
which have added greatly to their popu-
lation and their wealth. 1t is high time
for Vermont to follow their example.
1t is not intended that the entire work
necessary to a complete survey of the
state shall be done at the expense Of the
state; through considerable as would be
the amount required to carry through
such a survey, we think that our legisla
ture would be justified in making the
necessary appropriation. 1t is thought
that in many cases, towns and villages
possessing superior water powers, may
see it to be for their interest to appropri
ate small sums for the purpose of having
an accurate survey and description O
them prepared for publication in the re
port, thus distributing the expense among
those more Immediately to be benefited
by their developement. In nearly every
township there are few persons compel
ant to give the information desired, spd
there srs also sxtsnt, although at present
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30
FIRM .4ND HOUSEHOLD,
Ladders.

Sometimes a ladder is the means Of
! saving a house, and it is important that
one or more good ladder should be on
hand at every house. A ladder is easily
made, and there is no good reason why
any farmer or housekeeper should he
without the proper supply, that in case
OF lire be can be on the house-top in a
| few minutes.
Procure straight pole of chestnut,
cedar, or some other wood and line it
on one side for boring the holes, which
should be about a foot apart, and bored
clear through with an inch auger; then
when these are bored, turn half way
round and lire on each side, and rip
apart with hand saw-the back should
be shaved of. Make the rounds of good
white oak, and for ladder of from 1G
to n feet, the lower round may be 30
inches long, and the upper one IS to 20
inches. In case of fire a ladder of about
sixteen 'eet long, with hooks on the end
to catcil on the comb of the roof and lie
fiat on it, is very useful.
1t IS q matter of little cost, and GER
talnl 9 one of great prudence, for every
pers on who wishes to save his house
trorn fire, to prepare suitable ladders and
have convenient place to keep them
clos at hand so that in case Of fire he
can be on any part of his house roof in
a very few minutes, when Il few buckets
of water may save his property from
destruction. MCC.
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30
How ( Made a Hedge.

Usage hedge makers differ pretty
widc V as to the best distance to put the
plants in the row, and Il novice in hedge
making is perfectly bewildcrcd when he
reads the advice of divers men. He
does not know what is really best to do,
and so he makes leap in the dark and
hopes for the best
| intended two Years ago to make a
hedge around my orchard, aiming TO
erect a barrier against thieves and a
Wind-break at the same time | had no
experience whatever, had never seen a
hedge, and desiring to proceed Alright.
| ordered "Warder on Hedges" which
| carefully studied, but for the life of me
| could not tell from that work whether
it was best to put the plants in a single
row, four inches apart, or double row,
two feet apart, or in single row, six
eight, ten, fifteen, or twenty inches
apart Each plan was hi ghlv recon-
mendcd, and each said to be the best.
finally settled on single row, eight
inches apart. | believe Mr. Wardcr
himself prefers two feet apart, but a
hedge made on this plan would not in
twenty years turn Il two hundreApound
hog. The distance now recommended
by the experienced hedge growers of
the West-chicf among whom is Prof.
J. g. Turner, of Jacksonville, Ills
six inches, and even four inches is bet
ter than eight inches or any greater dis
tance In spite of all that the most
careful and vigilant can do. many of the
plants will die out or become 80 feeble
that they do not keep up with their
adjoining neighbors, and a % break " or
gap" in the hedge is the consequence,
as not one replant in dozen will grow
and thrive sufficiently to fill up the miss
ing place, no matter how carefully it
NAV be rcplanted and tended For this
reason it may be safe to infer (and act
accordingly that close setting-say
four to six inches-is the best of all
plans: and then. the following fall after
planting, if the plants are found to he
too thick, it is far easier, and more sat
isiactory, to remove every other one
than to depend upon replanting the fol
lowing 5piiAA
Now for my plan. Being tired with
the labor Of setting every plant just
eight inches from the next, and holding
it there perfectly straight while setting,
| commenced on back line to put them
in Il trench which had been made per.
tectly straight, regardless of exact dis
tanccs, put them in carclessly all the
way from two to four inches, and not
mindi..g whether the tops were straight
or crooked. They grew just us well as
any, and in the fall | thinncd them to
about four inches. Now this back line
is the best Of all my entire hedge, and
| firmly believe it the best plan after all
1naertcan 1gricuhurist
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30
Meetings Of County Commissioners,

TINllE regular meetings Of the County Commissioner
L will he held the second TUESDAY of every
month.
Persons having claims against ,lc County will please
file the in the Commissioners Oaice. viii, legal
voucher: account will be allowed not properly
chargeahe to the same.
Collectors and Others having accounts to Le stated
settled will apply to the Clerk during the the
Board. BY Order
WN. 7. MILLER. Clerk
Commissioners of Cecil County.
De II, 1S61-y
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30

COAL.-
~ The Celebrated Baltimore Company Coal for Fam
iiyUse, on hand and fors ale. d. SCOTT X BRO
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30

ScRATcIEs-Careless grooming has
caused my horses to break out with the
scratches upon the hind feet and | have
not leen able to hit upon any effectual
remedy. What shah | apply? NJ c.,
Erie Co., \. y. ANsWER-When the
heels are very bad a few days rest are
necessary. Cleanse the feet we'll with
CASTLE soap, and apply weak solution
Of carbolic acid and water. Take the
crvstalized acid and dissolve one part
of acid in twenty parts of water, wash
the affected parts with this solution and
then wet Il cloth in it and bind on the
feet Keep the feet bandaccd when at
work till healed. This remedy is always
ciicctual.-LIvE STOCK JOURNAL.
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30
BAR IRON

and all other articles used in rstolass Blacksmith and
h"tiwriglIt Shops Try and convince yourselves
that will do all that 1 advertise.
IL Is ny intention TO keep everything that is generally
to he found in first class Hardware Store which will
sell Il
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30
METHOD OF UTILIZING BoNEs.-

METHOD OF UTILIZING BoNEs.-The
uti!i,s o. ray bones ie much rircum
srribcd By the diihcult, of bringing
them into fit state for use. 4 rough
method of cracking them, or reducing
them to large fragments by means Of a
heavy FOUNDER or sledge, may be en-
pIoyed where they are intended for use
il an orchard or vineyard, where they
may be buried at the roots of q perma-
nently established fruit tree. But to
become useful to annual crops they must
be brought to a more practical shape
When roarsely broken they may be re-
duced by caustio l.e more slowly but
with much less Inconvenience than by
sulphuric acid. To accomplish this, a
rough but tight box, not over eighteen
inches deep, is needed Procure sound,
unleached wood-ashcs, mix Il peck of
slakcd lime and peek of sal-soda to
every barrel Of dry bones, Pack the
..shGs, rtc., Aith lhs boni2 Ia la,rls
(ashcs irst) until the boz is filed
Saturatc the mass with water, and add
from time to time more water to pre-
serve constant state of moisture. In
four or six weeks the bones will have
become so much softcned that they will
crumble to powder with slight blow.
The mass may then he mixed up and
beaten fine with shovel. and an equal
quantity ut hns sui added ana thor
oughly intcrminglcd. This compost is
too strong for direct application to the
seed. and in using it for corn some earth
needs to be mixed with it previousl lv-
If the quantity Of ashes is increased
the process is proportionatcly hastened.
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30
ORPHANS COURT

TTNTIE STATED MEETINGS of the Orphans Court Of
L Cecil county will he held on the second TUESDAY
in every month. Executors. Admns rators and Guar
dians wanting their stated will please bring
in the vouchers few days before Court.
REUBEN d. JAMAR,
Nov 30, 1s67-y Re.i-t.r
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30

SCALLoPED DYsTERs.-This makes
an excellent dish to accompany the tur-
key or goose at dinner, to serve at a
supper party, or to help out an other
wise mcancr dinner Small oysters,
which cost less than large one, and are
just as well favored will answer as well
as large. Butter puddingdish and
put On thin layer CT bleau crumbs or
rolled cracker; put on layer of oys-
tiers. another layer of crumbs, and so on
until the dish is filed, or all the oysters
have been used. The top layer should
be of crumbs. In filling the dish, put
bits Of butter and little pepper with
zach layer of oysters. A very little
mace makes an excellent seasoning for
this dish: few bits with each laver-
avoid using too much. The oysters in
cooking usually give up enough liquor
to moisten the crumbs. Bake for an
hour The dish should be handsomely
Drowned upon top, and should be moist
all through, without any running liquor.
The Cecil Whig., 1871-12-30
VERY Low PRICES FOR CASH.

Call and examine my stock before purchasing else
where and he convinced that you buy cheap a
home as in the city.
April ~ lSTl-tf
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31

t'The land was very poor, and made only
338 lbs seed cotton to the acre. Had the
frost come the middle Of October, it would
have made but 247 lbs, and the per cent. on
investment would have been much larger on
ammoniated fertilizers, as will be perceived
from the table. The plain super. phosphate
however, without a particle of ammonia.
made larger yield to the last picking, than
the natural soil, and increased the per cent.
This table is very interesting to planters liv.
ing in the Northorn line of the cotton belt,
as 1T shows, that by stimulating fertilizers,
they can make much more of short season
than without them. This plat did not oome
up till the first week in June, owing to q long
drought in May. It was gathered the l4th
of October, Cat least whore tho fertilizer was
used) and the bulk Of it made month earli.
or, showing that heavy Drop may be made
in 81 months by tho uso of concentrated fer
tiizers."
The subscriber has found very great diff
ference in the yield of the FIRST, second and
third plokings, indeed, in all, but most in the
first three in tho use of Wilcox, Gibbs & Co. 8
fertilizers. s.
PESDIEroN, Maroh 20, 1871.
GnAss.-No people on earth over prosper
on az ouilSuvihb Hetu ClOpS uuIoSS bucy wore
provided with pasture lands Whom the
work stock are not in harness they ought to
be in grass pasture. Here they can doctor
themselves for tho injury sustained from hard
work, and recruit and got strong without con.
suming feed modo at the cost of 80 much
money and labor. The rain and sunshine
are cheap, and will mako grass if the farmer
will only give it place to grow Farmers
cannot balance their books at tho close of the
year and chow any fair profit if they have no
pasture where their work stool. can feed them.
selves when not hitohed to the plow. It does
not matter how big crop of corn and oats is
Yaisod, If it is fed away to keep tho horses and
mules through tho year, there is no moro prof.
it than If mono had been planted. It is as
rare q thing 10 SEQ a farmer who has made
money without grass land as IL is to find a bird
that was caught by sprinkling salt on its tail
Celen,an's Rural World.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31
For the Keo,pce Courie,..

Editors Courier: To show many of your
subscribers living on the northern cotton belt
Of our State, who do not read our excellent
agricultural paper, The Southern Cultivato,.,
that they, with decided advantage over other
sections of the State, should use the stimula-
ting fertilizers on their cotton crop. ex-
tract from DR.. Pondletons report in the
February number of tho "Cultivator," the
followinn atntannnf.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31
AtF~GI~E ST RtFD
The l'Ioyv, Spade aud Hoe.

! There is not much poetry, but q good deal Q
;09nd senso' In tho following song written for th
bingham Agricultural and horticultural Society
The Farmers tho chief of the nation,
The oldest of the mobiles is lIo;
How b!est beyond othors his station,
From want and from envy how free
His patent was granted in Eden,
Long ages and ages ago;
o. the FarmcS, the Farmer forever,
Three cheers for tho plow, spade and hoe
In April when nature is waking,
And blue birds are first on IT,. wing,
His plowB how tho fallows are breaking,
Whence beautiful harvests shall spring;
Thcn broadcast along the brown iurrow,
lie hastens tho good seed to SOW;
q the Farmer, tho Farmer forever,
Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoe
When summer in beauty is glowing,
With frcsh, early morn hos away,
And skillfully guides he the moving,
Or tosses the sweet scented hay;
Then casts him at noon by the brook k-side
Where gaily tho bright waters How
y the Farmor, the Farmer forever,
Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoe
But whom in the clear Autumn weather
lie reaps the reward of HIS care,
eo busy and joyful together,
What monaroh with him con compared
His barns running over with plenty,
His trees with their fruit bending low;
y the Farmer, the Farmer forever,
Throo cheers for tho plow, spade and hoe
Then sing mo the life of Farmer,
With comfort and health in his train,
And heed not the voice Of the charmer
That whispers of spoodcr gain
With all the rioh treasures 'tis sooming
That Heaven on its child can bestow,
q the Farmer, tho Farmer forever,
Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoe
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31

rea-. Hon. James L. Orr has been appoin
tea by the President one of the board Of
visitors to attend the annual examination of
the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. The
examination will commence on the 10Th NAV.
The Judge has accepted tho appointn ent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31

nea- Every promise in the Bible is pearl
of great price. Faith makes chain of pearls
out of tho promises, by which she graccs
her neck, and secures her armor. Activity
is thread of silver running through the
chain Of pearls.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31

aeg~ A newspaper says, on "thc best au.
thorlty," that comet of large size will sud.
denly make its appearance on the night of
June 18th" and that tho ate of the world
will be decided during tho succeeding four
weeks.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31

RD- During the year 1870, there was 11s
steam boiler explosions in this country, 32G
persons being killed and 227 wounded
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-31

a0' Boston has already contributed $685..
600 towards the suffering citizens Of France.