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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

I.y Henri tt'W'S monthly letter of
business AID H..r,t ga i,rt ia New
York says thV IL. ~ bitit- of 1873
have been luok 81 .nrNpgi to with more
than usual interest uOt .u say with II
certain degree uf apprehension. The
experience of tl,C last three years has
taught us to regard the fail and winter
months rs liable to he attended with a
very embarrassing stringpncy in the
money market. Last year, the pres
sure was so severe and so prOtracted,
that serious fears have been felt as to
the possible result, to business interests
at large, of II repetition of the like state
of things this fall. We are glad to no.
tice marked abatement of these APP
prchensions within the last few weeks;
and TO us it appears that this recovery
of confidence is NOT without good rea-
sons. Experience has taught men OF
business the necessity of so regulating
their arrangements us to he dependent
rs little as possible upon credit accom-
modation and discounts during the
months in question; and although
there is close limit to the extent to
which merchants can dispense with
such accommodation, yet there can be
no doubt that the exercise of this pre-
caution will do considerable towards
diminishing the pressure for money
later in the year. 1t is also to be kept
in mind that the use of the Atlantic
cable has placed us in much closer
proximity with the European money
markets. Last year many millions
were loaned by London to New York
through the fundamentally of Dor
rowed bills of exchange; and already
we see evidences of resort to II like
mode of borrowing. Judging from the
present condition of the European
money markets, the probability is that
New York will find little difficulty in
making large temporary loans OF this
character At London the rate of in
terest is low, and on the Continent alst
| it is steadily declining. The present
condition of English trade suggests {
probability that the home mercantil,
demand.will be moderate and the re
action from wild speculation on the
Continent is likely to be followed will
ease, and also with disposition to EN-
ploy capital abroad. AT the same
time, variety of circumstances hav'
lately combined to influence American
credit - Europe, while there is consid
cradle uncertainty about a class of in
vestments into which large amounts o
money have flowed within late year
at London, and OH some of the Cont
mental bourses. From these considera
tions it seems reasonable to anticipate
that, when money here touches the lie
gal rate, or goes beyond it, importan
relief will come from the foreign mar
kets. The crops are coming in well
and this will tend to restore any lacl
| of confidence NOW felt, ami We iil"l
| evnnuvntiy cApvCt seed businoss dur
ing the next two months.
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Atltooltburp 8eoisttr.
UEsDAy, sFT1TMTTR o, 1873.

RzS~It is one of the penalties of great
ness that not n day or hour of great
mans existence is protected by the
privileges OF private life. 1t is vain
that he works early and late. He can
by 10 possible means discharge the
claim which, with or without authori
ty, is sure To he made upon him in the
name of the public. lie may be tired,
i'll, disguised, for the moment with the
world, but ii is no matter. There is
sure TO be somebody at his heels to tell
us the length of his morning walk,
who called upon him during the week
and where he went to church on Sun
day. No one, Of course, thinks of COM
planning Mt this. 1t is II penalty he
must pay for greatness. However alb
surd, or unreasonable or disagreeable
he must endure it. Failing to endure
it with equanimity and he fails to be
great.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09
FOR PIMPLEs On THE FACE

Blackheads aud Feshworms, use Perry'4 lmprov-
ed medone and Pimplc Remedy, the great skin
medicine. Prepared only by DR.. b. G Perry,
Dermatologist 40 Bond street, n. Y. Sold by
Druggists everywhere. ism
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Groceries & Provisions.

Is complete, and when you learn our price. you
will say they are cheap.
We tender our thanks to all for past fayors
and cordially invite you to call and see us often
Respectfully,
Sept. ., 1873 FRANK A. BOND.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

NEVER LEAVE HONE WITHOUT TELLING
WHERE You ARE GoING.-One Jones of
New Hampshire left home in August,
1871, two years ago, and has not been
from. His son died intestate a few
months after. If his father was then dead,
his estate was his sons, and, at his death,
descended to his heirs.at.law. If the
father survived the son, his estate, on the
fathers death, went to his legal represen.
tatives, who were not the same persons as
those Of the son. The finding oithe faith
er's body in September, 1872, afforded no
light. In the absence of evidence, the
court held, as in cases Of contemporan.
eous loss by shipwreck, that the son, be-.
ing the younger and presumably the
stronger, was the survivor Thus simply
by not leaving word with somebody when
or where lie might DO looked FOR. the old
man has perhaps diverted his property
from the heirs who were entitle to sue.
coed it.
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The CRIME OF THE "VEILED MURDER.
Ess, Henrietta Robinson. who has Just
been removed from Sing Sing, where she
had served eighteen and half years of a
life sentence, to the Auburn unatic asy-
lum, was the poisoning of Tic othy Lana
gan and his sister at Troy, in 1854. Mrs
Robinson, as she was then known, was
living as the mistress Of Il well.known
state official at the time, and was intcm.
peratc. She procured her liquors at a
grog shop kept by flanagan, and entering
the place one day, she bought pitcher
Of beer. She held the pitcher in her
baud for somc time while She talked with
flanagan, aud during this time is suppos
ed to havo-spriuklcd some arsenic in it
for flanagan and his sister were made
dcathly sick by drinking from it by hel
invitation. The man died but the wo
man recovered. The utter absence o.
any apparent motive for the deed made
Ike trial interesting. Mrs. Robinson
senior counsel was NJ. |. Townsend assist
ed by three other prominent lawyers. Mr.
Towuscnd's defense was that his ellen
h"l been mado insane through the belle
that her paramour was about to deser
her; from this he argued her irrcsponsi
bility. His efforts were unsuccessful
however. and the woman was sentenced
to be hung Mr.. Townsend who has al
ways believed that she was not fit sinh
ject for punishment, subsequently present
ed her case to the governor, and received
a communication Of the sentence to impris
onment for life. Mrs. Robinson at tina
time was believed to be Emma Ward
daughter Of a wealthy Quebec gentleman
Miss Ward was well known to some O
the best Troy families, having ATTENDED
an academy there, but as she kept hcrsel
closely yelled in court, they were unabl,
to determine her identity, and it has new
er been established.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09
VERMONT MUTUAL FIRE IN.

NOTICE OF ASSES sMENTs FOR 1873.
Tho Members Of the VERMONT Mutual FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY are hereby notified that tho
following assessments have been made BY the Di-
reetors on all notes in force on the following days
To wit.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09
FOR MOTH PATCHES. FREcKLEs

And TAN, use Porry's Moth and Freckle Lotion
1t Is RELIABLE and HARMLESS. Sold by Druggists
everywhere. Dcpo t, 80 Bond street New York
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

The remains of - Beau " Hickman,
which were recently inferred in The Poi.
ter's field, have been found With the Wis.
cera taken out, the legs disjointod at the
bips, and tho head severed from the trunk
and skinned. An ivory dissccting knife
was found near by,aDd the heart, wrapped
in newspaper. Arrangements had Just
been made hy some benevolent gentlemen
to remove the body to the Congressional
cemetery, and the remains have now been
collected and inferred there. The police
are in search Of the mutilators.
The great equatorial telescope, which
Alvan Clark IL Sons of Cambridge are
making for the Naval Observatory, will
be finished before the first of October
The rev building for it is nearly com.
pleted, and the instrument will. be ready
for work by the middle Of November.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09
MARKETS,
MjDDDEBURl- RETAIL PRICES.

Prepared weekly for the MIDDLEnURr REGISTER,
by Benson 4 ANDREWS, dealers in Staple and
Fancy Groceries Fruits Nuts Nc Xc
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The Best Music Books
FOR
HIGH X FOR GRAMMAR SCHOLS!
THE HOUR OF SINGING 7

BY l. o, EMERSON W. 5. TILDEN.
Price, Sl 90.
This High School Singing Book is admirably
fitted for its work, containing good elementary
course and large quantity Of the bos vocal mu-
sic we'll arranged in two, three and four parts.
Has been received with the greatest favor by prac
teal teachers.
Just Ready, THE TRIO, = collection Of
three,part songs, arranged especially for High
Schools and Summaries An excellent oompan-
ion or successor to the Hour of Singing.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

| value my dog highly for the good he
does inc, as he has saved me many miles
Of weary travel in the hot sun, in helping
to bring my cows, and should be very
sorry to lose him. know he has bad
habit of barking at teams and persons
passing. | have tried hard to break him
Of it, but could not, and | believe it is
a part OF dog nature to do so. He is not
the only dog that practices it in Cream
Hill, by any means. For the benefit Of
such persons as wish to try their skill at
shooting,l will say, that if they will come
to my house by daylight, will furnish
them any number of cats to shoot at, and
furnish them powder and shot in the bar
gain, but, spare my dog.
II. y. WoLCoTT.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

So successful has DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medica discovery proves, as constitu.
tional treatment for Catorrh, when coup
led with the use Of Dr. Sage's CatauA
Remedy, applied locally by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Nasal Douche (the only method
of reaching the upper and back cavities
of the head), that the proprietor of these
medicines has long offered standing re-
ward of $500 for case of Catarrh which
he can not cure The two medicines,
with instrument, for 50, by all Druggists.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

Severe sore throat and diphtheria is quickly
cured by using Renno's Magic Oil freely. Swathe
tho neck with three or four thicknesses of flannel
and keep it wet with tho Magic Oil gargle the
throat, mixod with water, or take little clear,
ana swallow slowly. Follow up this until cured.
Sold by W. NJ. Dny.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

INDIAN AFFAIRs.-The official report
OF Gen. Custar of the Tongue river and
Big Horn fight is published The gener-
al says the superiority Of orr enemies in
number, the long distance separating us
from the main command, and the belief,
afterwards verified, that the woods above
concealed portion Of the savage forces,
induced me to confnc my movements at
first strictly to the defensive. The 1ndi.
ans outnumbered the troops five to one.
Every available officer and man was in
the skirmish line, which was in reality
our battle line. The Indians displayed
unusual boldness, frequently charging up
the line and firing with great deliberation
and accuracy. The fight began at 80
a. m, and was waged without cessation
until 3 o'clock. A charge was then or.
dcrcd, when the Indians, notwithstanding
their superiority in numbers, fed and were
driven pel NELL nine miles. In theiI
haste they threw away breach leaders
saddle equipments clothing and other
articles OF Indian outfit
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

MORE Drunk - An assault was made
10 Crown Point few days ago one Mr..
Levi Conley IN the western part of the
town, Two or three men were fred by
rum and wanted to fight, or hit something
ard one Of them brutalIy assaulted Mr..
Conley with a deadly weapon, and inaict.
ad serious injury. But probably the rum
was procured under a stringent license"
and the rum seller called a gentleman
DIED OF HIS WOUNDS Hartford, Ct,
Sept. 4.-Col. Hiram Applemon, late
Secretary of State, died at his home in
Mystic Bridge of wounds received at the
battle of Antictam, where he commanded
the Eighth Connecticut regiment.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-31
The Transportation Question.

The Directors Of the New York Cheap
Transportation Society met yesterday af-
ternoon. Tie Committee on Railway
Transportation presented report which,
on motion OF Mr.. Trask was received and
referred to special committee, consisting
of the members OF the Executive Committee
and the Committee on Leg islation, with
power to print and circulate, and also to
take such action OH the legislative recon-
mendation as they may deem requisite. The
Committee recommend the construction by
the Government Of i national ;ro: highway
between East and West, to be operated un.
der general law by Individuals, they pay
ing toll therefor sufficient to maintain the
road-bed. Complaining of,he present de-
fective railroad system, the Committee say:
Prominent among the defects and abuses
in our present system are: I. The pres
ent method of undertaking the construction
of railways without il pail-up capital! 2.
The imitation commonly known as :'w water
ed stock, - by which its nominal value is
largely increased, thereby making it nec-
essary to unduly tax travel and commerce
to secure it Il value. 3. BY rings in their
management, through which both the pub
lie and the non managing stock kho!der> are
and managing stockholders. i. The pres
ent system which necessifates the operation
OF passenger and freight traffic over the
same road-bed in which the passenger traf-
fc has the right Of way. :hus making it
necessary for freight trains TO lay up two
thirds Of the time when they should be
rolling on to their destination. ). The but
partial representation Of the stockholders in
the Board Of Directors.
The Committee, after careful examination,
recommend the following remedies for the
defects and abuses of the present system of
transportation:
F;rst-Legisation Ivy which our present
system Of railways can be regulated and
improved: and
Second-Conpet;tien. which will complete
and carry out the reform which legislation
must inaugurate. Under the heal Of legis-
lation, we must have the following laws:
l. A law creating a Board Of Railway
Commissioners, who shall be clothed with
power to establish and regulate rates for
transporting freight over all railroads
doing business in this State, and to pre-
scribe uniform system of keeping railway
accounts.
Z. A law prescribing an equitable system
OF proportional or minority representation
of the stockholders in the boards of direc-
tion. .4.@ ia
8. A law restraining railway companies
from paying interest or dividends beyond y
fair and just return on the actual cost Of
their property to their stock and bondhola
ers, and compelling them to expend oil
suns IN excess Of such amount, and what 10
The Grange advance., 1873-12-31

the wire fence, coupled with the fact that
the cost Of hauling the board fence is about.
double that Of tho wire.
The following are some of the advantages
Of the wire fence:
lst. 1t is much easier repaired
End. The posts will last longer. The
winds do not have 80 strong purchase on
them when they are weak.
Sd. A wire fence will last for genera
tions-with the exception of the posts
which, will cost only one-fourth as much to
replace as they would in board fence
4th. The public are greatly benefited
by the absence of snowdrifts in winter time
in the lanes, and the owner is benefited in
turn by not having his fence torn down
every few rods by the travelling public.
The general advantages Of this kind Of
fence is worthy Of consideration. What
immense forests are being slaughtered for
fences. and at the present rate, with the
same ratio Of increase we expect in popu-
lation, how long before we shall be bereft
of timber entirely? Vast amounts of this
would be saved if the wire fence system
were generally adopted.
Now, Mr.. Editor, if this communication
will set any Of our farmers to thinking seri-
ously on this subject, the object Of the
writer will have been gained.
Very truly, T. C. HODGSON.
HASTINGS. Dec. 10th, 1873.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-31

revenue, national BANKS, raiirOaus. I'M
provements of water courses, patent laws,
specie payments, expansion or contraction
of the currency, or any other Of the thou
sand and one questions of the day, and dis
cusses them in their broad, statesmen-like
aspect, and not in their petty and personal
details, the Master should hear him, and
should encourage comparison of views
among the Changers. Truth has nothing
to fear in free fight. (Applause.)
If these discussions open the minds of
men to the facts, and if they resolve to put
their views into their ballots, let us thank
God for it, even though somebody's crock.
cry is smashed. (Applau~e.) | do not
propose that we convert men into Republic
cans or Democrats; nothing Of the kind.
l propose that we shall swalIo,o all the polt-
ical parties. (Laughter.) We will then
have peace. As the 'Gospel Of Peace "
said, during the war speaking Of the North
and the South, "the lion and the lamb
shall lie down together and there shall be
no more strife between them-tor the lamb
shall be inside Of the lion!' Long continued
laughter and applause)
When we get the Republican party and
the Democratic party inside the Farmers
Party we will have no more trouble about
political questions. daughter and ap-
plause.)
hold that the Farmers have the same
right to create Il new party tha. they have
to build a new grist mill hot rs Changers
but as farmers
In fact there is no necessity even for a
new party. The people rho pay the taxes and
cast the yotex: should control the governmeat.
If this is not true then the converse Of
the proposition holds good, that the people
who do not pay the taxes and cast the votes
should control the government. And what
a farce this system has already made Of
self-government! The country ruled by
the villages, the people by the politicians,
the many by the few. And what specta-
Gle do we present TO the world of universal
corruption and decentralization Every
newspaper filled with murders and defal-
cations.
This Orler has not arisen Il moment too
soon. God has called it up from the earth
for the preservation Of liberty in this
glorious land. (Applause.>
You must Observation-Disclosures. 1t is
not necessary that you should think as do
or rs some one else does, but it is impor-
tant that you should THINK. The worst foes
of mankind are ig8orance and stagnation.
Examine everything for yourselves and be
men,; never fear to put your conclusions
into acts. Doubt, discuss. reason; and
you will create a race Of farmers such as
| the world has never before seen not Doors
! and peasants Us in the olden time, but in
| dependent scholars and statesmen men of
far reaching thought.
"Freemen,
! Who know their rights and knowing dare maintain" !"
To be continued.
The Grange advance., 1873-12-31
What Kind Of Fences Shall We Build ?

EDITOR OF THE GRANGE ADVANCE:
The subject of fencing is one of no small
Importance to the farmers of the West. It
has been my experience that farmers of
Minnesota have actually wasted more labor
and expense upon fences than upon farm
machinery or any other kind of farm ex-
pense. Ihave known line fences that have
been rebuilt for the fourth or fifth time
during the last eighteen years, whereas if
it had been built Of wire, according to the
modern style, at the start, there would have
been no further expense, except replacing
the posts occasionally. However that could
not have been, for the modern wire fence
was not known at that time?
Having taken the pains to examine and
inquire into the merits Of this mode Of
fencing l am fully persuaded that it is
greatly to the interest of our farmers gen.
orally to adopt the wire fence. beg leave
therefore, to submit the question to the
readers of The ADVANCE with some of the
facts and arguments in its favor. And first
let me briefly describe the manner in
which this fence is built.
The first post is usually very large one
and it is anchored to the ground just as
horse power is, wire being used instead Of
chain. The posts are set at distance of
two rods part. The wire is fastened to
the first post, then pinned to the other posts
by means of staples, loosely, so that the
wire will easily draw through them. When
you have forty rods of the fence up then
you attach ''patent stretcher," which
costs twenty-five cents, to each wire
stretch the wire to pretty high tension,
and then fasten line Stats at pickets per-
pendicularly to the wire at intervals of
four feet, to keep the wires from spreading.
You now have fence that man of two
hundred pounds may climb over without
displacing the wire in the least.
The following exhibit shows the relative
cost of wire and board fence at Hastings
prices, for forty rods of fence:
LUMBER FENCE.
1000 feet boards................... $14.OO
80 posts( 10 cents..". 500
20 pounds Of nails@6 cents........... 1.2O
Total: .......................$23.2O 20
WIRE FENCE.
2V pOsts..................'. zoo
100 pounds Of wire@7 cents........... ll.2O
8pounds of staples@l24 cents........ 100
4 stretchers@25 cents.. ................ 100
lao pickets OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1.4O
T0tal........s.............. SIG. 60
Ke1e is bslance Of $6.4O in favc1 Of
The New York herald., 1873-08-17
NEWS FROM HALIFAX.

HALIFAX, N. s., August 16, 1879.
George Downey, of Waterford, Ireland, was lost
overheard from the bark Maggie Reynolds on the
4th inst on the passage from Waterford to Sidney,
G. B.
James Carter fell from load OF hay, at Debert
River on Saturday last, and died few minutes
after
The City Of Washington wreck, as she lies
stranded was sold at auction to-day for 81, 200.
An explosion occurred In the Sackve Mill this
morning, killing man named Chace and seriously
injuring another.
The Dominion steamer Lady Head arrived here
from Table Island to-day and reported the health
of the establishment good The lighthouse on the
west side OF the island was blown down in q gale
the 10th ult and is not expected to be in opera
ton again before the middle or next month.
The steamer Alhambra arrived here to-day from
Charlottetown, and sailed In the afternoon for
Boston.
Her. Majestys steamship Cherub sailed for Mas.
sau, N. p, this afternoon.
large fire is raging in the woods near Ayesford,
Kings county, caused by sparks from locomo-
tive. very large tract Of valuable timber
land Is burned and 1t is reported several farm
houses are also burned. The loss to the landowners
in the locality will be very great, as the wood de-
stroyed was the most valuable in the country.
The Digby four Dared crew have accepted ire
challenge Of the RossFoey crew, OF this city, for
race in this harbor on the 2srh inst.