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Curious Phenomena.

Sept. 80. 1871. This day will be re-
membered the balance of my life be it
longer or shorter, by reason of a beauti-
full sight in the sky-never before seen by
me, and if others l am ignorant of the
fact. After dinner took a seat on the
piazza for few moments, and looking up
ward to admire the beautiful clear sunny
air, l observed that the rays of the sun
were intercepted by clump of leaves in
the top of one of our horse chestnuts, SO
that could look in the direction of the
sun with ease in looking as | continued
to do quite steadily, for something seemed
floating in the air like thistle blow, blown
Silly along by gentle current Of air, but
looking further along in the direction OF
the sun the air was filled with something
very like in appearance, storm Of snow
in distinct large fakes falling with the
same apparent velocity toward the earth.
Tho air seemed filled with this something,
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DEATH OF CAPTAIN SALMON f. Dur.
roN.-Captain Salmon Il. Dutton, of the
Seventh Vermont Regiment, a son of the
late Hon. Salmon +. Dutton, of Caven.
dish, and brother-in-law of Col. Red
field Proctor Of this town, died suddenly
at New York, on Saturday. lie was
found on the street near his boarding
house from whence he had gone but a few
moments before, apparently almost ill.,
sensible. He was taken to the Charles
street police station and placed in n cell.
Early on Saturday morning the door-man
found him dead, and it has been reported
that the post mortem examination indica-
ted death by poison. 1t was shown on
examination that the deceased was an
officer in Vermont regiment. Lieuten.
ant buttons age was % years. We are
assured by parties who have made full
examination of the case, that the reports
that have gained circulation in some of
the New York papers of intoxication,
suicide, and death by crrosive poison
have been greatly exaggerated, and in
fact have no foundation. That these re-
ports were placed before the public by
an individual, with malicious intent, and
subsequent developemen 5 show them to
have been for a purpose. The remains
were brought to Cavendish by Col Proc
ter, and buried on Tuesday afternoon.
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From Mexico.
I CRY OF MEXICO, Oct. 4.
via Havana. Oct 2,

CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 4.
via Havana, Oct 2.
The elections are completed, and Juarez
has majority of IS in Congress. His
election therefore is certain, 1t is believ-
ed that there will be no important revolu-
tionary movement. Confidence is fast
being restored in nearly all parts of the
Republic. There is some commotion in
Oaxaca, in consequence of report that
partizans Of Diaz are making military
preparations with view to compelling
the secession of the State of Oaxaca,
Chiapa and Tabasco. The plan of Daz
is said to be to combine with the malcon-
tents in Observation-Disclosures that
Republic, and form an independent gov
eminent by forming a union with the
Southern States of Mexico.
Congress organized, by the election of
Gabriel Manceva for President, and Fran.
cisco Lcrdo Lepada for Vice-President.
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DIED.

In milwaukee, Wis, on the 9th inst Miss Eli
zabeth W. Wells formerly of Middlcbury, Vt.
In Vergennes, Sept. %, s. A. Hurlburt, wife of
Samuel A. ilurlburt, in the 49th year of her age.
In Cambridge Sept. 18th Cynthi Bennett, wife
of Miles Bennett, aged - years.
In Cambridge, Sept. Is, Mr.. Rowlcy Goodrich,
aged "A years.
In Rutland, October ith. Elijah J. Strong aged
So years.
In Londonderry, Sept. II, Sarah Dorset aged
IS years
In the city and comfy hospital, California Au-
gust 90 Henry ]. Somers, n native Of Vermont,
aged 80 years.
In St Johnsbury, September 2s,Mrs. Rosia W.
Cushing, mother of Rev II. p. Cushing of East
Burke, and Rev. Charles W. Cushing of Massa-
chusetts, aged 20 years.
In this Village, Saturday Oct. lst, Mr.. William
Nancy, aged II years.
Mr.. Manney was born in Ireland, and had re-
sided in Middlebury over 80 years. For many
Years he worked for Jonathan Wainwright, and
was an honest virtuous man, and highly respected
in our community.
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FASHION GOSSIP FROM THE New YORK
MAIL.-A new style of hair-pins is made
to match the color of the hair, from bright
red to brown and black.
A new style Of necktie for ladies is of
thick satin, made in the shape of a but
terfy bow and edged with narrow fringe.
Large bows of ribbon for the hair are
mixed with lace and small flowers and
are worn on the top of the high Pompa-
dour rolls.
Shoes and slippers for house wear are
made of the same material and color as
the dress, with high French heels of silk
or satin.
A new style for the dance cards to be
used at balls and parties this winter is
in the shape Of small round fans, with the
list of dances inscribed on the sticks
A new style Of entertainments are
called necktie parties, where gentlemen
all wear scarfs the color of the dresses
worn by the ladies whose escort they are.
Boquets for brides and bridesmaids
are this season made only of small half
opened buds and leaves, full-blown
flower being considered very much out Of
place.
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In the Brooklyn courts twenty
suits are pending against the Staten Is
land Ferry Company, for damages re-
ceived in the West6eld explosions. Wig
orous measures have also been instituted
against the officers of the Company for
alleged criminal neglect to take due
precautions for the safety of passengers.
In these days of reckless indifference to
human life and suffering by wealthy cor
porations we are glad to see even a spasm
Of healthy public sentiment which is
strong enough to take active measures to
prevent the recurrence of such terrible
disasters.
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MARRIED..

In Middebury, October I'd, 1871, by Rev. p.
Cunningham, VIM. Keenan, of Port Henry, MY.
and Miss Catherine IIalnon, of Salisbury Vt.
In Brandon, October |, Edward LaPoint, and
Clara Mcklan, the latter aged eleven years.
In Rochester, September 2lst, by Rev. T. 5.
Hubbard, H. b. Morgan of Ward River, Nebraska
and Alice Whitney of Rochester.
In Union Village, Vt, Sept. 81 by Rev K. I.
Scarf, Rev. S. l.. Bates Of Underhil, and Marian
Il. Walker of Union Village.
In Jericho, Sept. 90, by Rev. Austin lInzen, ii
S. Hart, of Burlington, and Jennie @. daughter OF
Hon Andrew Warner, Of Jericho.
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HAIR VIGoR.-In common with many others
have felt lively interes. in the Investigations
which DR.. Aver has been making to discover the
causes Of failure of the hair and to provide rem
edy. His researches are said to have been more
thorough and exhaustive than any ever made be-
fore. The result is now before us under the name
of Ayers Hair Vigor. We have given it trial
and with full satisfaction 1t equals our NEST
favorable anticipations. Our gray hairs have dis
appeared, or resumed their original color: and n
visable crop of soft, silken hair has started on
part of the scalp which was entirely bald. dem
ocrat, Abingdon, Va.
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SEA sad case of total depravity
transpired in Birmingham Pa, recently.
A father had lost his child, from small
pox, and started out for the coffin, which
he procured, and while returning home
with it got very drunk. Arriving at
home he laid aside the coffin, and, taking
up the dead body of the child, danced
around the room with it in his arms, and
continued to do so until, from sheer ex-
haustion, he fell to the floor insensible
What pity it is that the results of rum
drinking were not more uniform SO that
such disgraceful scenes as sometimes &C.
cur might be foreseen and avoided.
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A VERSATILE POLITICIAN. Ignatius
Donnelly of Minnesota, in recent speech,
spoke as follows in regard to his recent
change in politics:
A good deal has been said about my
returning to the Republican party. l do
not feel that l was ever out of that par.
ty. | may have got one leg over the
traces, but was in the harness all the
while. Great laughter.) II there was
any crime in kicking that leg out of the
traces my defence will have to be that Of
the boy who went fishing on Sunday. A
preacher saw him sitting on the rivers
bank. "My son." said he, don't you
know you are committing great sin to
fish on the Sabbath day ?" WALL" said
the boy, sit cant be no great sin, for l
hint kotched nuthin." (Uproarious laugh.
ter). | ran upon the platform of Igna-
thus Donnelly. still regard it as q
good, sound, substantial platform, but
there isn't enough to make party out
Of (Tumultuous applause). In fact. my
friends found that the temperature was
increasing at the rate of one degree for
every fifty-four feet | descended. l got
SO hot | concluded | was going to the
d. (Laughter). Now | don't think
man ought to go to the d simply
to prove that he isn't afraid to 60 to the
ID. So took the back track.
came up like half drowned gopher
Tremendous laughter
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@M. Theirs persists in his protection
policy, and England is finally notified that
the commercial treaty with France ter
inmates at the beginning of 1872. 1t is
hard hit to the Gladstone Ministry. and
cannot but complicate their troubles.
Free trade has so hurt the grain. growing
interests Of England, that more than
ever is there a necessity of her manufac-
tories finding an open foreign market, in
order to feed her operatives.
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coats and vests aud pantaloous, enough
OF all to deck regiment OF his followers,
and such shiny boois, aud glossy hats and
gloves and canes, and costly furniture.
and gems and Golfers of cash and deal
ers hold their breath in reverence when
he gives an order, and all traders in
costly goods wait on him as if he were a
king to purchase as he liketh and pay
when he got ready. And he has hotel
in which he places a scion Of his house,
and the heir to his unblushing honors,
and the hotel is lustrous with Aladdin's
lamp, and softly falls the foot far down
descending into the heritage Of carpets,
wrought by hands that can rival the
miracles of the magician.
And he has Arabs named after him
and place bears his mighty title, and
corner groceries open wide their secret
closets where gin is kept, to any one
who has only seen the royal Bengal
tiger in his golden dens.
And he has friends, and clients, and
henchmen who would do the bravo's
work of death if he but frowned and
pointed to private foe. And if he SO
chooses, he has managers of theatres and
opera.houses ready at his call to open for
him their best gided doors to their best
guilty retiring-rooms.
And, furthermore, he has command of
many fair and frail sisters of a sympa-
thetic affinity, if he would call them from
their sparse parlors of poverty, or their
filthy slums of crime. He can have his
choice, and his regal nature would sug.
COST to him the dearest, for the city pays
for all, not he, for he is too much a
sovereign to pay for his personal pleasures.
If Louis the XIV. believed himself
immortal, because he was surrounded by
everything that ministered to celestial
enjoyment, why should not our ex-chair
maker and bankrupt vagabond of six
years ago feel that he too is of higher
rank than all the world since he has per-
formed miracle and made himself god
without human labor If he is not i'm
mortal, who will say he has not been
immoral?
Why should he be forced to pray by
Judge ,Barnard's injunction ?
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Railroad Accident. .

MAUCH CHAUNK, Oct. I.
The coal and freight trains on the
Leigh Valley Railroad collied last light
near Penn Haven. The latter was be-
hind time and its whereabouts was I'M
known to the former. Both trains were
running at full speed. Two men were
killed and another fatally injured and two
shockingly bruised.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-10

-Napoleons intrigues for the re-
covery Of his throne in France are not
at an end yet, though the extent of his
efforts is crippled by lack of access to the
national exchequer. Secret agents of his
who have been intriguing for the restora-
ton of the empire have lately been ar
rested in Belgium.
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Great Fire in Chicago.

CHICAGO, October 9th.-One third of
the city is in ruins. All the banks, in
suraEce offices, warehouses and elevators
have been destroyed. Fully ten thou
sand buildings have been burned The
fire is still burning and the wind is blow
ing q gale.
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sonal liberty bill, aud the other anti.slo-
very measures that created so much OK
element at that session. lie has been
identified with the Rutland County Agri.
cultural Society from its organization, and
for many years was one Of its most active
promoters and officers, and was its Presi.
dent for two years.
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xE Amadeus, the new king of Spain,
is trying methods of government quite
new to that country and by his gentle
ness and kindness and clemency to his
enemies is endeavoring to establish a
higher civilization. He has just ordered
the release of one hundred prisoners.
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saturated with kerosene oil or some other
combustiblc matter. Loss, about s40.-
600. The bridge was the property OF
the State, and was built in 1858 to re-
place the one burned at that time. The
loss of the bridge will be severely felt by
Champlan canal bsatmen, as they will
probably have to resort to various expe-
dents to get their boats over the river.
Troy Times, Sd.
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Nor TO LEAVE RoME.-The pope has
hesitated for some time whether to leave
Rome and transfer the Holy See to Cor
sica, as one faction of the cardinals has
strongly advised, or to remain, even after
The arrival of King Victor Emmanuel,
as another faction, led by Cardinal An.
tonelli, has urged him to do. He has
finally adopted the latter course, in the
hope that his successor may become rec.
onciled to the king of Italy; in which
case the Italian bishops anticipate that
they would secure great advantages. The
presents given to the pope on his twenty
fifth anniversary amounted to 25,000,000
francs, of which one lavish American is
said to have given 100000.
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MiOaltbutp 4teister
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 1871.

xrThe New York State Democratic
Convention drew it mildly on the Tam.
many corruptions, because Tammany pays
campaign expenses and is power be-
sides.
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@ Brigham Young is the victim of
circumstances. He was lately put in
arrest to answer to fifteen indictments
for being too much married. He is to
be tried under the laws of the Territory
instead of the laws of the United States
So the question will be tested whether
the peculiar institutions of polygamy can
be sustained in mormondom. The only
strange thing about it is why it has not
been done before.
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Many valuable horses die from the effects of
collie. The lest thing to do in case of this kind
is to pour n bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Lini-
mcnt into long neckcd junk bottle, add half a
pint of molasses and water, then pour the whole
horses throat. In ten minutes the horse will be-
gin to ear.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-10

Thousands of Promising Youths, of both sexes,
go down to untimely graves, from general debl-
ity and weakness, who might be saved by fortify-
ing their systems with Iron. The Peruvian Syrup
is an Iron Tonic prepared expressly to supply this
vitalizing element and is the only preparation of
Iron that will assimilate at once with tho blood.
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Parsons Purgative Pills will greatly relieve, if
not entirely cure, dyspepsia, when everything else
fails. They have been tried in some desperate
cases, and have given more relief than any ether
medicine.
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WANTED.-The editor of the Yonkers
Gazette advertiscs for an abc-bodied man.
Hear him
At this office, an able-bodied, sane
minded man, who will take contract to
60 to about forty agricultural boss trots'
in al out two weeks who will board and
clothe himself, furnish his spending mon
ey, who relishes shutting dust, eating cold
hotel scraps, and sharing straw bed
with another "bummer," and who will
puff up everything he sees from rail-
road monopoly to a stale loaf of bread or
runty Attorney COW, and feel highly
complimented because he is allowed to
do it-for the good of the great agricul-
turul interests and intense edifcation of
"our readers" To snch model mar
tyr, Tor natural born fooD we will fur
nish the complimentary" tickets Of ad-
mission to the grounds" We have
fourteen now and every mail brings
more.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-10

The RELIC BUSINESS traffic in
relics has taken new lease of life since
the Franco-G German war. The sale Of
holy relics, fragments Of the cross, etc.,
has always been confined to the ignorant
ond superstitious classes. Public faith
in the relics of the battle Of Waterloo has
been upon the wane fer some years. But
now really genuine relics are to be had
at triAing price, and Strasbourg is the
great central market for them. During
the bombardment the spent shells and 9TH
er missiles which fell in the city were
collected, and now little bits of them,
mounted on marble slabs, and bearing til
ny brass plates inscribed "Strasbourg
1870" are sold for mantcl ornaments
1nkstands and other small articles are in-
geniously fashioned from fragments of
shells. English and American tourists
are the chief patrons of the vendors.
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"BRlcK PoMERoY" in his Democrat
talks thus about one of the New York
thieves
Mr., Tweed's "privatc COUNSEL" speak
ing upon the Injunction case before Judge
Barnard, said
"You might as well attempt to pro-
hibit him from saying his prayers"
1t would have been pleasant sight to
see the big Boss when he read that keen
satire of his "private counsel" How his
fat sides and rotund, caricature-inviting
paunch must have shook when he found
his name connected with the subject of
prayer. before Court of Justice met to
try his rascaity,
What under the sun has Mr.. Tweed to
pray for?
He is worth millions; some people say
twenty millions of dollars How he got
so much money together in five or six
years is puzzle, for it would take man
about that length of time to count dollar
by dollar such huge amount.
He need not pray for money, nor for
what money will bring.
He has palace in town and a palace
in the country. He hrs houses and lots
and he can sleep in one of his mansions
once week the year round and never in
the same dwelling. He can play base
ball in his lots every week in the year
and always in fresh lot.
He has horses by the dozen and theil
stables are magnificent structures, with
stalls OF precious wood, over which thu
monster millionaire can fook with dia
mond in his shirt bosom worth ter
thousand dollars, and never scare one o
his blooded steeds, SO accustomed are the,
to all the glitter and glory of his prince
possessions and practices.
He has coaches such as the kings o
fairy land used to ride in to their wood
lawn rendezvous, with el6n princesses 0
the zephyrs and the rose-bushes.
! He has vessels Of pleasure that Cleo
} patra would have preferred to her golden
peaked barge, in which she was Aoate
} to the arms Of her Roman lover.
! He has wardrobes of costly stuff
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-10

Halls Vegetable Sciian Hair Remover is a
preparation of great merit. and is rapidly dsplac-
ing all others for the hair.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-10

only little space around each snow flake
we will cail it, as could not see that
there were any blending Of one or more
Of them in their fight carthward all had
an identity, and the whole were moving
toward the earth without confusion or in
reference Of each other. And all this
was going on for a mile as | judged by
bringing my vision to the horizon, to
objects that | knew TO be mile distant,
thence back to the phenomena in qes-
ton. | spent half an hour viewing this
beautiful panorama, the snow flakes
glistening in the suns rays, rendered the
view beautiful and sublime beyond any
thing | ever saw.
Now 1 doubt not this same view can
be seen any bright sunny day in cloud
less atmosphere by any one under the
same conditions, say o'clock p. m.
Now there was no snow falling, nor
anything else that | could see, for the
moment my vision lowered to the horizon
there was nothing of the kind to be seen.
Only in the direction of the sun, de-
lgree or two above and below direct
i ne with the sun.
The question naturally comes up, what
is this phenomena, what are those NOV
ing bodies, whence came they, and with
er bound They were not thistle blows,
nor were they the seeds Of any plant OF
earth l believe. | have no doubt the
skies are full of this moving panorama at
all times and places. Do astronomers
see anything of this with their powerful
glasses ? And do they tell us about it
what it is? If they do l wish they
would do it again. lfthis thing is con.
stantly going on, and we are left to con-
lecture what it is, the imagination may
play as many pranks, and more theology.
cal views not before demonstrated.
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THE PERSIAN FAMINE.-Mr. Savil
Dickinson writes from Teheran on the
7th of September, giving an account of
the condition of affairs in the famine
stricken. provinces of Khorassan. He
says that during the month of July 5000
persons persisted in the city of Meschid,
and that 100000 of the inhabitants of the
province had been carried into slavery by
the Afghans, who had taken advantage
of the general disorganization to make
incursions for plumber The bakers de-
manded such exorbitant prices for bread
that the authorities interviewed, and a
number of the extortioners had been ex-
ecuted. Mr.. Dickinson says that the coun-
try is disturbed by frequent instructions /;
the pestilence still RACES, and its horrors
are increased by destructive foundations.
Yet, Notwithstanding the fearful situation
of the country and people, the Persian
Government has refused to avail itself Of
the aid proposed by the Governments Of
Great Britain and Russia.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CoHoEs.-THI
MOHAWK BRIDGE BURNED.-Loss, s40,.
0000.-The long wooden bridge span.
ming the Mohawk at Cohoes, on the road
from that city to Waterford, was entire
ly consumed by fire this morning. The
alarm was sounded in Cohoes at $50 a
m, and before the fire department could
respond the entire structure was il
flames. The sight was not one to be for
gotten, as section after section weakened
and fell like with a crash and groal
like the dying throes of some monster ii
the death grip of an anconda. The fir
WAS no doubt the work Of an incendiary
% the vspidity with which the fame
tsaFeled showed that II must have beel