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Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

Young Glenn Foo,e was holding some
peaches in store. recently, when n lady
nskei if they were Morris Whites. NO,
mnn." aaid Clcm. with bcrming polite
ness, they arc mine
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

4 li,iir Lit Of thing, who had just re.
turned from party. was asked Ly her
mother how she had enjoyed herself .o
mamma :" she said = I'm 80 full of Imp
piness that couldn't be 20 happier with
out WAS bigger
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

What bird is that which ]. 10 absolutely
necessary that We should have At our din.
ncr table. and yet pced never be cooked
or served up? \ swallow.
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

An lrshman who was asked bis place
Of birth. replied. :. | was born is Kin.
man. | livd in Killmauy. and LIN going
to killmorc."
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23
FRESH MEATS.

I'VE undersigned respectfully annnnnee 10 he
residents af AlidAletaau ihat they have rent.
II In .iar. apppsiir tir peninsnlsr Mathsc
S40!S on Nain slfccl. N1ije5Nn Del, aud in
D.. ~ nd 4fer NttSpA1, SEPT %, 10 has,
sa9#.5 j iss { ii. i z45l IL lie drmand oi
9Go 5 azh tlieif patronage.
8=#HzUs5# z#f ID Nf8H IfaMPlness nnd dis
.s.s.a Is Al.LAGE 4 GARi.
gatt as@aia
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

TR. SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR,

A PREPARATION Of ROOTS AND HERES,
warranted 10 be strictly vegetable, and can do
NO injury TO any one. -,
II has been used by hundrcds- and known for
,,,s last thir,y-Gyc wears MS one oi Tho mos, re-
liable. ciicacious nnd harmless preparations ever
ofytre,, 10 the suffering. II taken regularly and
p~rsistcn,iy, II u sure 10 cure Dyspepsia, hca"-
i.---.-.--'---. ache, jaunhce, eosiivtntss
sick headache, clrouic dinr-
REGULATOR. / rhu.,, affections Of the lad-
der, camp dyscn,crt, a''vc-
=~--..-s.~l,io lions af The kidncts itNter.
~ ~. h,nod melancholy or drpresaicu OF spinis,
h.sr,hnrn cole, or pains in the hcwels raia ~
,hs head, fever aud nrue, drorsy, hoils' lm'h ~
back md limits, asthma, erys'ltle., '''h"ie a.
fs,t;on,. and bilious discs'srs Generally:
rr,purrl only by J. II. ZEll.lN CO.,
Druggists, Macon. Ga
Send fer n Circular. Price 81 by h,ait - -
For sale h, CHARLES TATMAN, JG.
Dec. aa-iy. Aled.e'e"", ''''
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

To Remove Grease Spots from Sllls ssl
Velvet Placc . red bot iroa .1psa ~
part: Il will taks thso out direollg.
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

Greeley sayr hat 10 ordsr p sajos boee
balls Of tic average disus6ss, - ouoaiey,
subsoilins i absolutsly sssuusnQ.
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

Ths qnictssl ~ ise - = bsest 9
eonson nissssss Y y vsar
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

III III - .elfs N eaHib siiaii rim
ri al III aneps in iltatea .iiail sing.
mi II ,ie s#,l. en e4fib shali siu..
- II taas l4E, e.t Iii t#5zs Inv,
Ca ealf5lma. Lay IL iiIe @as4.af
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23
Valuable Real Estate,

cauurisiu. some o, ,hraog' l5.iltilr Farms an
the PENN i,id.
Correspondence 'tA hial sali5.t''l
Middletown transcript., 1871-12-23

mi B IN
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16
A AsAMpLE OF SOME ALABAMA CLAIMS

A SAMPLE OF SOME ALABAMA CLAIMS.
There was no more usual way of avoid
ing the consequences of treason and the
dangers of war than by putting property
under the nominal proprietorship of some
British subject, resident in the vicinity,
and usually one of the bitterest of rebel
sympatbizers. l heard an amusing Incl
dent told to-day, In illustration of the
claims of this sort which are likely to ap-
pear before the commission. The gentle
man who told it was a gallant officer him
self of southern birth and family. On
one occasion, on a reconnaissance or scout,
it bee necessary to destroy the rebel
cotton, as it could not be removed. There
was an Englishman, an ex-ma jor on half
pay, resident in the section visited. He
had married some slaves with lady at
tached, and was a violent southern man.
He is still a recusant. There was large
quantity of cotton on his place, much of
which it was known belonged to his
neighbors, while considerable number
of bales were found marked &C. s. A."
The torch was applied. The old major
came to the landing on the Mississippi
river, where headquarters were establish
lished. The complained to the command
ing oficer-my friend-in this wise: 81
am British subject. sir a major, sir, in
Her Msjesty's service, you know, ah +!
The cotton was mine, sir, and would you
believe it-'pon honor, it's true, sir-your
men burnt it. 1 showed them my pro-
lection papers, sir, as British subject,
you know, and they laughed at me-by
George, they did. But, Colonel-I sup.
pose you're colonel, sir-they actually in.
suited my flag. I put the British flag
over my cotton, and by Jove your men
burnt it up; yes, sir, burnt the British
flag up in my presence, sir-me, major
in Her Majesty's service, by
Brooklyn Union.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

present this evening, as meagre ex-
preston of the esteem in which you are
held by them among whom you have so
long lived. And may the benign infu.
ences of kind Providence smile upon
you and bless you abundantly hereafter
as heretofore, and may you ever praise His
Holy Name"
To which Mr.. Folger responded as fol-
lows:
Neig7tborS and Friends: wish to say a
few words if can control my feelings
so as to express them. When concluded
to make party I did not do it for the
sake of getting presents, and did not ex.
pect anything of this kind. We have been
married twenty-five years, and [ am
thankful to my Heavenly Father that
our lives have been spared as long as they
have. We have kept the promise that we
made when we were married, and we
have worked and been prospered until we
have secured home for ourselves and
place to which we can invite our friends.
am glad to see SO many of you here to.
night, and | thank you for myself and
my wife for these valuable presents which
you have brought to US.
The articles were then placed upon the
table, and were frat used by the party
who presented them. They are valued at
S93.75. Fl.
March 9th, 1871.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16
Alice Cary's Poems.

ihs following little poems, says the New York
Ledger, we had remaining unpublished, at the
time OF Miss Cary's death. They have now pc
culiar and mournful interest:
MY PLEA.
Master, whose lifelong work was doing good.
Keep, first of all, my body out Of pain;
Then, whether of myself or not, would,
Make nae within the universal chain
link, whereby
There shall have been accomplished some slight
gain
For men and women, when come to die.
ALICE CARY.
GRAPHS OR THoRNs.
We must not hope TO be mowers,
And to gather the ripe gold ears,
Until we have first been sewers,
And wstered the furrows with tears.
1t is not just as we take it
This mystical world of ours:
Life's field will yield, as we'make it,
harvest of thorns or flowers
ALICE CARY.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

THE Town SYsTEM.-It was not ex.
pected that many towns would adopt the
change from district to the town system
of schools, at the present time. Our peo.
pie move slowly in such matters. The
subject has not been mstured by discus
sion at home sufficiently to overcome OBJ
jections, and many timid communities
would rather wait and see how the thing
works, before trying it. But we are glad
tc announce thas some towns have adopt.
ed the improved system. In this county
two of our best towns, those of Jericho and
Essex, adopted the town system, after full
discussion, by strong votes. One other
town, Richmond, has postponed action to
an adjourned meeting to be held express.
ly TO consider the subject, and we have
strong hopes that its action then win be
on the side of progress. II other cop-diesS,
have done as ven as this, it v;n be al
that we could have expected, and more
Free Rsw. xls
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The proceedings of the Vermont Histori-
cal Society at its meetings in October and
November last are published in hand
some pamphlet of seventy or more pages,
printed at Montpelier by Messrs. Poland.
The contents of the pamphlet are very in
teresting. The annual election of officers
was noticed at the time of its occurrence,
in our columns. Forty Eight persons were
elected as members, the list including
some wellknown names Of former mem
bers, who through inadvertent neglect to
pay their annual dues, had been dropped
from the roll of members.
The report of the librarian is worthy of
notice. During the year 235 bound vol
umes and 325 pamphlets have been added
to the library-more than have been pre-
sented in any one previous year. Of sew
eral of the volumes the librarian makes
brief notices, He adverts with point to
the fact that for some strange reason a
very large portion probably nearly all)
of the original letters aud papers of Ira
and Ethan Allen, so important to the ear
ly civil,I military and political history of
the New Hampshire Grants and the State
of Vermont, and Of the revolutionary times
generally, which were in the possession of
old inhabitants in the region, were deliv-
cred by the possessors to the late Henry
Stevens of Barnet, and are now consider
ed as the property of his heirs, and are
held for sale, unless they are already sold
to the British Museum According to
late accounts they were in London for that
purpose. We believe many papers relat-
ing to several other prominent Vermont
ers of the same period went the same way.
The loss to the historical materials of this
State is one which we may well believe is
irreparable.
Appended to the Report is the address
delivered to the Society at the late annual
meeting by Hon. James Barrett, Judge of
the Supreme Court of this State, on the
life and character of the late Hon. Charles
Marsh, LII. D., of Woodstock, VT, who
died in 1849. Mr.. Marsh was for long
period one of the most eminent men of this
State, and Judge Barrett's memorial is
one of great interest and value.-Free
Press.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

HEAvING THE LRAD.-Any one who
has travelled on the Mississippi during
low water, has witnessed the process Of
heaving the lead, and will see where the
"laugh comes in" in the following, with
out much difficulty:
Thieves coming down the upper
Mississippi loaded with pig lead. As che
was going over a shallow place the pilot
gave the signal to hesve the lead. The
only man forward at the time was green
Irishman.
"Wby don't you heave the lead I"
"Is it to heave the lead, your honor
Where to 7"
"Overboard. you blockhead!'
The Irishman snatched up one OF the
pigs of lead and threw it overheard; the
pate, in endeavoring to prevent him, lost
his balance and fell into the river.
The captain, running to the edge OF the
roof. asked: .Why don't you heave the
lead and sing out how much water there
is?"
"The lead is heaved, your honor, and
the mates gone down to see how much
water there is," responded Pat.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

A SINGULAR ACCIDENTAL singular
fatility occurred in Jonesville, Saratoga
county, n. Y, on Monday. DR.. Morgan
L. Finch, a prominent physician and
leading citizen, while watching the oper-
ations of saw mill, got caught in some
way in the machinery and thrown down
in front of the saw, by which one of his
legs in an instant was cut off half way
between the knee and ankle. He did not
rally from the nervous shock and died
twelve hours after.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

SALIsBURY.-Fitts s. Avery are fitting
up an entire new mill in place of the one
burned some time since. The saw mill il
to be one of the best in the State.
Mr.. w. H. Utley of Middlebnry Col
lege recently gave school sociable fo,
the benefit of the Evangelical Church.
A concert of vocal and instrumental
music will be given next Wednesday by
W. W. Thomas, and another will subse,
quently be given by Mrs. Holt at the
Lake Dunmore Hotel, the proceeds Of
both are to be applied to the repairing Of
the Church
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

SUPPORT OF PAUPERs.-The towns OF
Stowe, Morristown and johnson join, own
q farm upon which the paupers of those
towns are supported. The following is
the result OF the past year: Stowe, fif-
teen paupers, cost, s., ,37O.O4; Morristown,
thirteen paupers, cost, $1,215.82; John.
son, with two, $S46O3.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

RICHMOND MARKET.--There was sold
and shipped from Richmond station, on
Monday, 800 boxes of cheese at from 10
to 10 cents and 20 tubs of butter at from
30 to 38 cents.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

PERKINsvILLE--Mi Emma Z. Tobey
closed her school Feb. "a Her school
numbered Al scholars. Ida Wheeler, Rosa
Shedd, Emma Stone, Walter Stearns,
Freddie Stearns, Augustus Wheeler and
George Stone have been at school every
day during the term OF 65 days. Average
attendance 33 As. This is Miss Tobey's
third term in Perkinsville. She has been
quite success full, and has given full salts
faction to all, Notwithstanding her school
room is unfit for school. Perkinsville
needs new school-house.
There was ball at Downer's Friday
night, and some persons passed through
Perkinsville intoxicated Saturday morn
ing. There are some low fellows of the
baser sort, who go to such places and
carry "pizen" with them.
Thursday morning the Thermometer
was 10 degrees below 0 and on Saturday
morning 45 degrees above.
The Ladies of the Congregational
Society are to have an Apron Festival on
Wednesday next at Weathersfeld Center.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

BUTTER MARKET.-The st. Albans
butter market, March z, was dull, and
unchanged. Winter dairies 25 to 30 cents;
fall dairies, 30 to 35 cents, and some extra
lots at 40 cants.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

It is proposed to insert memorial win.
dow for Alice Gary In the "Church OF
the Strangers" in New York.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

BRANDoN.-The Brandon House has
been sold to N. T. Sprague, Jr, V. Ross,
Chas. D. Pitts, and Geo. w. Parmenter,
and they have leased it to David Mcbride
for one year with the privilege of remain
ing three years if he desires. The leasing
of the house to Mr.. Mcbride will be very
gratifying to the people of Brandon and
the public generally.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

PERsoNAL.-Benjamin 81. Loomis, the
recent Democratic candidate for Mayor Of
Binghampton, N. Y, is native Of Pawlet.
BE was q law partner of the late Hon.
Daniel s. Dickinson.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

ARITHMETICAL QUESTION AND AN
swER.-In the HERALD of February 2nd
the following communication appeared
Receiving, 80 promptly, a solution oi
my question in arithmetic, | venture to
send you another practical example, which
originated as follows;
Being in pursuit of new stove, the
stove dealer said to me-"Why not bny a
| freestone stove 1t will save half your
wood !" Better buy two, then," said L,
and save the whole - But, without
adopting the apparent conclusion involved
in my reply, the following questions are
entirely legitimate and fair
| First-Assuming the correctness OF the
dealers statement, and calling my present
cost of wood $25 per annum, payable IN
advance, how long will it take two free
stone stoves, at $25 each, payable in ad-
vance, to pay for themselves, 6 per cent,
| simple interest being reckoned during
said time on the money invested in stoves
| and wood.
Seoond-SuppOsing only one stove were
needed, in how much less time would it
pay for itself than the two would, interest
being reckoned same as above.
Third - Under what circumstances
would it be just as econa mical to buy two
stoves as one
In giving answers to the above, 800
days may be reckoned year" B.
WOODSTOCK, Feb. 1, 1871.
In reply to the above we have received
the following answers
ANSWER NO. l.
Time 4 years, months, days.
Amount of wood consumed du-
ring the time, 54 Al
Interest on same, s Ga
S63 O5
Cash paid for two stoves, so 90
Intereat Same years,
months, z days, IL 20
--$63 O5
ANSWER NO. 2.
years, 3 months, 16 days less time.
Amount of wood consul
med during the time, % 70
Interest on same, 33
-S28 09
Cash paid for one stove. 20 90
Interest on same years.
| 81 days. 3 OS
-$2S O8
ANSWER NO. =.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16
CHITTENDEN COUNTY

OnIIIENOEN CUUNTY.
-Williston voted tax of 25 cents on
the dollar.
The town Of Hinesburgh has voted
to abolish the school district system by so
majority, yeas Sc, nays 36, and appointed
a Board OF School Directors for one, two
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

An Indiana man planted a tree in front
of his house, and named it after bis wife.
Soon the tree died, and TIE woman lived
but day or two after. Nov you would
be surprised TO see the number of men
there are planting trees in front of their
domiciles, and naming them after their
respective, if not respected wives-spd
the sickliest looking trees that csn Re
found too-trees, that with the most ten
der care, cannot possibly live more than
two weeks, The dodge is too thin.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16
ANSWER NO. :.

When one freestone stove consumes
wood to its full capacity, and the two
freestone stoves are so limited as to equal
ize the cost of wood and interest S.
RTTTAND Feb 1871
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

| N<ALIADOAHA%A SoCANA l.
Widow Lydia Hosmer, who died at
st. Johnsbury Centre last Thursday, aged
81, was the Oldest person in town but one.
"A Musical Convention commences at
st. Johnsbury on Tuesday, March IA,
under the direction of Solon Wilder OF
the Boston Conservatory of Music, to be
assisted by Addie Ryan, Mrs. II NJ. Smith
and Barnabee. To secure this fine array
of talent the citizens of the town pledged
$500, to guarantee the Association against
| loss.
There is great temperance revival
in the town of Peacham. A meeting on
Monday night of last week was a success
The report of those appointed to circulate
the pledge was very gratifying. 1t is
probable that nineteen-twentieths of the
citizens have signed, or will sign, the
pledge. The friends of the cause have
every reason to take courage. The Oldest
inhabitants state that the town never was
so free from intemperance as to-day.
Mary E. Shorey of st. Johnsbury, a
girl of 18, was found on Tuesday of last
week in sleep from which it was impos-
sible to rouse her. She had purchased
and taken ohloroform, as some suppose for
the toothache but there are not wanting
surmises of suicide.
M. G. Keyes, who went to Lyndon
from Rutland, where he left a wife and
one child, has got into print by his shame
less libertinism. One night recently, the
landlord of the hotel where he boards
went to his room at midnight, broke in
the locked door, and soon after elected
from the room and from his house, Keyes
and young woman from the village
The next day Keyes left town for st.
Johnsbury, boasting, the Lyndon U7sios
says, of his great achievements. He
even unblushingly gave the names of bis
victims, with the names of others who
were spared on account of tender years,
but marked for future ruin.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16
Rutlana aveekly Aerald.

FOUNDED IN l794.l
raw the largest weekly in New England, pub
lished every THURSDAY morning.
ioot of Center ST., Herald Block, Rutland, vt
TUTTLE & COMPANY, Proprietors.
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riablyin advance,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16
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Rutland Daily Nerald

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING
Foot Of Center St, Herald Block, Rntland, vt.
CsRMs:-ss. .OOa years for six months-s2.0o 90
for Threemonths-or IS cents month,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-16

Your present is beautiful,
II has merits more thau'ne;
Its bully thing loot a.,
And II ho'ds a heap Of rum.
Oftbe friendshIp nf the giveIs
You Can never have q duub',
And when you're IN tizh pace
You can shove II UP the spsut.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-12
A BOYS MURDER.

A lad, little over twenty, is now in Chi
cago jail, charged with murder unmatched
for deliberatiOn in all the annals of crime
The world has been afflicted enough with
murder to make departure from the ordinary
circumstances matter of fruitful study to
those who hope to make life-taking less fire.
Quent, or lifc-keeping more certain. Aside
from the apparently inevitable proportion of
murders to which large communities are sub
jcct, are added crimes like the taking off of
Burdell, Rogers, Nathan, and Putnam, which
for n time unsettle society, and throw the very
fabric of public safety into dsrepute. The
case in point proves that the utmost precautions
of cunning can be swept away when justice
sets itself determinedly on the track of a crime.
The tide of immigration cast upon our shores,
in the Fall of 1869, the two youths whose for
tunes are the subject of the Chicago story.
They met in Baltimore: one a gay-tempered,
thoughtless lad, fresh from Dublin, bent on bet
tering modest fortune,-the other brooding,
dark proved German from an obscure Bruns-
wick hamlet, striving for way to gain his daily
bread. They became fast friends. Unsuccess-
full in Baltimore, they struck out for Chicago.
On the 10Th of December, when fortune after
three weeks search had apparently opened q
way for the lucrative investment of his CAPT
tai, the elder of the two lads, the Irishman,
disappeared. Little attention had been given
the young men in the house where they lodged,
and the German found it easy not only to
frame an excuse for his companions absence,
but to change names with him. He announced
himself as NJ. w. Gumbleton, and his missing
friend as Alfred Zeigemneyer. Getting posses
sion OF the real Gumbleton's papers and effects,
he made himself familiar with his affairs and
learned TO initiate his handwriting. When the
proper time came, he wrote to the bankers
in this city with whom his friends money was
on deposit. and. pretending urgent nce1, TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-12

quested that the balance to his credit be
sent on at once. The bankers suspecting
nothing wrong and with several letters from
Gumbleton in their possession, accepted the
draft and Immediately forwarded the amount
to Gumbleton's credit, $4,000 and something
over.
On the last day Of the year, little more than
four weeks from the arrival of the two lads
in Chicago, body was found in the lake.
shockingly mutilated. Papers in the pockets
proved it to be the corpse of the missing
young Irishman That night the pseudo
Gumbleton took train and quilted the place,
after succeeding by clever series of articles
in having himself identified at bank and
drawing the money sent from New York. He
sailed at once for Europe. Meantime the
story began slowly to unravel itself through
a series of wonderful chances Even at the
lodging of the murdered man detection stood
baffled by the merest trife, and only through
whimsical accident was it discovered that
there had been foul play between the room
mates. Upon slender threads, compared to
which the assassns Of Nathan and Rogers left
a highway of revealing circumstances, the
detectives set to work, and within few
weeks officers were in Germany on the track
of the murderer. After infinite diplomatic
evasions and delays tho authorities at Berlin
delivered the culprit to our Minister, who in
turn gave him to the officers of the law. Con-
fronted by Justice. the young fellow made
little demonstration. He strenuOusly denies
the murder, but admits that he falsely appro-
priated his murdered friends fortune