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The Priest and His DINNER.

An Isish priest was standing nt the
corner Of square about the hour Of din.
ncr. when one Of his coun,rymen, obscrv.
ing the worthy father in pcrplexi'y, thu.
addressed him
"oh. Father O'Lcary, how is your
reverence 2"
mighty put out, Pat was the reply
"Pnt out, Who would put out your
reverence -
"Ah. you don't understand, ,ha is jus,
H. | am invited TO dine at oae Of the
houses in this square. mud | have forgot.
ten the name. aud never looked at the
nunhcr. and now il is nearly one o'clock =
"Oh. is ,ha, all 2" was the reply. jus,
now be aiss. your riserence I'll settle
iha, for yam
So saving. AWAY flew tho gooi.na,ured
lr,hman areund the square elaneing II,
the Kitchens nnl when lie discovered D
fire that denoted hospitality. he thundered
at the door and inquired:
lis Father u l.eary here -
As nigh, be expected. again aud again he
was rrpuIscl At length an angry foo,-
man exclaimed
"No. bother on Father O'l.eary, he !,
not here. but he was TO dine her. to-day
and the cook is in n rage. AMI says the
dinner will be spoiled All is waiting 70,
Father o,Lears
Paddy, lcaping from the door ns il III,
steps were on FIRE rushed up to the as
tnuished priest saying
"All is right, Your tlvcronce; you dint
at for,y-,hrec, aud mighty good dinner
you'll get ?"
"Oh. Pat said tho grateful pastor
.,ihr blessings of hungry man be upor
you
Long life and happincs, to your river
cnce; have got your malady onl,
wish had your cure"
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Soorcu UNIVERSITIES, German
newspaper. the Europa. gives a compari-
son Of English. Scotch and German uni
versi,y life that may be prod,sbly studied
here. II says that in 1871. Of S28 stu.
dents in Edinburg. Glasgow. St. An
drcws and Aberdeen. 90 per cent. we're
the sons Of ordinary day laborers. farm
hands and miners 10 per cent, Of the
chanics, shocmakers. carpenters. masons,
smith aud wesvers. or the whole number
$50 were the sons Of farmers. Ill Of
clergymen. 81 Of merchants. and 30
schcol-teachers. Their support at their
own university Is mainly drawn from
funds appropriated to poor students. and
the most distinguished draw prizes 10 the
shape Of money enough to support them
at one Of the great English universities.
Scotch students oil live iu their own
lodgings. and the e5, 500 that an English
student requires for his annual support
would afford living for ten Scotch stu
dents at their own universities. Tho
average Of students in Scotland 10 one TO
1000 Of the whole population 10 Eng
land. one to $500; in Germany. ono to
$500. The living that a Scotch student
gets for his hundred dollars (snd this IL
not the smallest amount on which some Of
them live) is, Of course, Of the plaincst
kind. His own home supplies him with
meal and potatoes, herrings and butter
The whole work Of tuition is done in the
winter. and the summer vacation is de.
voted to such nc,unl hard, manual labor,
that the university life is at lcnst respite,
and yet the great risk is that Of ovcrtask-
ing the students. or allowing them to de-
vote themselves too steadily TO their les
sons and study. The prizes vary from
fifteen to one hundred and fifty dollars.
and they are awarded usually for four
years, but upon the condition Of a success.
full examination. At Aberdeen, receipt oi
such assistance, and throughout, Scotland
the results Of the October election are the
great event. Of the year. by which sll ii.
other occurrences are reckoncd
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CHURCHES.

Sr. ASxs PHor EPISCOPAL, Rev John Collins
Mccabc, y. D., Rector Divine service on sun
days at 1880 A. n. and 7.45 p. ~ SUNDAY
School at n. Lecture on Fridays at 4r. N.
FoREsr PnxsnYrEniAS, Rev. John Patton, ID. d,
Pastor Seryirc every Sunday AT 10 30 A. N.
and I 80 p. v. Sunday School at . A. n. Lee
iure on Wednesdays at 7.3of,a. SUNDAY School
in the Chapel at Armstrong; Corner every Sun
day at 30 r.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, Re-. Vaughn Smith,
Pastor. Service every Sunday n, 1890 A. NJ.
and 7,45 P. N. Sunday School a, 80 A. N and
2.31r n Prayer meeting on Thursdays at : A.
ru.
ColoRED METHODIST, Rev. ]. ". Brown, Pas
tor, Service every other Sunday at lo.3o A. ";
, and s. r.H Sunday School every Sunday a,
I'm.
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Children s Rights.

The rights of women have had their
advocates among US FOR good many years.
aud now tho " rights OF children have
found an advocate who, mirabile dic,u, is
a school -tcncher. Al convention of the
schools, held recently at Worcester, Mas.
sachusctts. Superintendent Marble read q
paper. III which he maintained that every
child in school. however young. has the
same figh, to his opinion. his judgment,
bis will and way. which full.grown man
would have If be sat in the same seat =
THE fact, sail he. that he is weak and
ignorant does no, alter the case. II tho
childs opinion or judgment be at fault, VIC
should correct him in the same rational
way as We would an adult Il his will be
obstinate. and his way he productive ol
harm to himself or others we should 6rs,
poin, him ou, the right way. and. if he
did not desis, from his evil way we should
enforce both admi, and child in tho sans
manner. The qualities Of reason and in.
telligence should be recognized both in
the child and in the adult The irst righl
Of every child, then. as of every human
being. is to b. treated as an equal. aud mol
~ an inferior. 1t seems to be tho opin
len Of some people that to teach is to stsml
ones own image upon the child; that wha
| think be mus, be taught. We have NJ
business to do any such thing. A chill,
Ia weak. but We have no right to BULL
him. lie is undcvcloped intellectually
no more have We right to impose ou
opinions upon him wi,hou, his choice
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Select poetru.
Judge Not Too Harshly.
ny ]. yicx.

When you meet with one suspected
or some secret deed Of shame,
AMI for this by all rejected,
As ashing Of evil fame.
Guard thine every look aud action.
speak no word Of hcartlcss blame
For the slandercr's vile detrac,ion
Yet may soil thy goodly name.
When you meet with one pursuing
Ways the lost have entered In,
Working on, his own undoing
With his recklessness and sin.
Think, II placed In his condition,
Would kind wori lie in vainp
Or u look Of cold suspicion,
Win thee back TO truth again
There are spots that bear no flowers,
No, because the soil is bad,
But the Summer $ genial showers
Never make their bosolis glad.
Better have mn act that's kindly,
Treated sometimes with disdain,
Than by judging others blindly,
Doom tbs innocent TO pain.
The cruel and the bitter word,
That wounded Ms it fell,
The chilling want of sympathy,
We feel, but never tell.
The hard fcpulsc that chills the heart,
Whose hopes nre bounding high,
In an untading record kept.
These things shall never die.
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Those vile slanier.rs. ihe newspartr
correspondence Nnihing i. -aer.ei -,
them, but they, above nil things delieh.
to attack with their vrnomous peu. that
simple, unaffected refined industrious
nlodestly adorned, neat. spruce. bright.
eyed. attractive blooming. aud hfiilia.t
creature, the watering place belle W.
give specimen n,t TO shaw I, MIA,
length these malicious persns will ~.
Not that there can be u word II ttu'h Ia
it Of course not. Somebnly ia wal.
Of an item with which To feed greedy
public made it up Il comes from TAP.
May:
The ladies', finding i, dangerous In
trust to nature for their cherms. even
during sho brief time they spend in their
daily dip in the briney waves, have
resor.cd to tho wi,chrrirs Of art 10 help
them out, where natural loveliuess fall,
short allnde to the padding Of bathing
dresses that has become quite fashionable.
No, only are the bathing dresses for pri-
vate use made in this manner. but also
those for hire at the public bathing houses.
The breast. arms. shoulders, a.d even ,hs
calves arc so neatly aud sym,ncirically
padded that every fair hathcr you mss,
appears to % perfect Venus as regard.
personal shape aud appearance.
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JESKISs on rmR SHAH's H0Kss. ---Altsr
the Shah slighted 70 enter tho Tsibuns,
his steed was handed over to . Persian
groom. who took him to the weighing
ground Ut the back Of the stand, where
be kept him under ,rre. J.. like many
other persons, was allowed 10 approach
tho beautiful animal. 20 pat him. aud 20
examine 10 detail the masses 81 ge,ps
on the bride and saddle cloth lls is
dappled gray. and answers to the name of
Khorassan. The word answer msy 10
applied In its most literal sen-e. ny diut
Of gentle treatment. and. no doubt, also
through hereditary habits. which have
come to be instinct in the gallant gray.
he is gentle and sagacious, prone 10 think
tho best Of all who approach him. aud
ready to extend his foot to au admirius
crowd. The sapphires, each a. large A.
q hazel nut. which studded his head AMI
breast-straps, were pronounced of incsti-
mablc value BY gentleman near, who
was we'll qualified 10 Judge. A Persian
servant. standing BY and speaking excel.
len, French. informed US that these je~sis
have grown SO abnornaily pale ripre they
came to Europe as 10 give rise to tho suk.
pcion in the Shah's mind that they are
mere paste substitutes Of others brought
from Persia. His Majesty would almost.
we were futhcr told. bc bstter pleased
we're their pallor the result Of dishonesty.
the change Of the sapphire from deep 10
pale blue being considered in Persia as .
presage Of misfortune. The groom took
khorassnus aigre,tc out Of tho hosiler.
where it was slowed the momen, the Shah
dismoun,cd. and handed /, to me to exam.
inc. The emerald a, the base was quite
an inch mud half in diameter. and with.
out blcmish Of any sort This ornament,
after the tusscl under the horses throat,
was the most costly portion Of the trap
pings. The tasscl had knob Of enamel
ed gold studded over the rubies, opal-.
diamonds. and threads With polished enc
raids terminating in large pearls All
the flowers on tho purple ,ei,,t saddle
cloth were in seed pears and bsiliaai,
An enameled ring Of extraordinarily 6ns
workmanship KEEP, khora.sans switch
tail, which was died a pale pnrl'e at the
end, from becoming di,htvrird iet
another detail Golden s,irrups burc Gu
graycd on them pous rrr.lan ia.crip-
ton held TO be charm e,,i3,, Wild
beasts aud murders Il ,aiu Dm3
Neus
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BUILDING AND LOAN.

MpplElowN Is. 4 l.. ASSOCIATION. Meets on
the hfs, Thursday Of every month Mt O'Clock,
r.n
McrrAL LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MibnLgronS =
Meets On the third Tuesday OF every month at 8
o'clock p. ".
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OFFICERS OF CITIZENS NATION.
AL BANK.

D,RscroRs.--Dr. ]. V. Crawford, B. Gibbs, G.
u Eilison, Is. 7. Biggs, John A. Reynolds, Jas
Culbcf,sou, Henry Clayton +. Z. Fenimore, j
u. tazier.
PasstDgxr.-- V. Crawford.
cAsuiEa.--J. n. Hall.
TELLkgs.-J. u. Ciarkson, John S. Crouch.
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MASONIC

AnoSisAx CnArrEa, No 8, r. A. ". Meets in
Masonic Hall on the second and fourth Fridays
OF every month at 8 clock, y. ".
UsioS loDcr. No. s, A. r. 4 81 Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays OF every month, at 5
O'Clock, p. ~, Masonic Hall.
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orricx liorns.--opens at 30 A, ". and closes
ator. N, every day, except sunday
Nails for the North CLOSE at 8 IS A. N, and > ! )
P.N
Mail for the South closes at II ~.
Mails for Odessa close at / | 20 4. ". and 20
r N
Mails sor Harwiek, Sassairas aud ceci.,on
elise at II .n A. N.
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RAILROAD.

Passenger trains going North leave at . 90 4.
y. aud 80 p. N: going south, at II 25 4, n.
and 81 p N. Freight trains with passenger
ear attached, going North, leave a, Hbou, 10
and 40 VI going South, at about 30 and
I co A. ".
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John r. Cochran, Pres; Henry Davis, Treas;
Sain'l Pennington, See; u. Gibbs, James kancly,
Il. I. Cochran, | vacancy.
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Il is rather n curious fact that East
S,nfordshire, England. will nov be rep.
resented in Parliament by two Of the
largest brewers IN the world-.Mr. Bass.
Of Bass ale." and Mr. Allsop. Of .Ali.
sop. ditto" The constituency caanot BE-
said to be unminiful Of tho claims Of
Beer
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SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

Disra,cr No. G0.--Albcrt Pennington, Vim. II
Cam, Vim. 4reen, clerk.
pisrRicr No. 9&.-E. T. Evans, Chas. Z. An.
derson, ". J. II. Lingo, Clerk.
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DIRECTORS or TOWN HALL co.

J. NJ Cox, Pres Sam'l Pennington Sec; ]. Il.
Hail. Treas; II. A. Cochran, Thos. Massey, DR..
Wm H. Barr, and Il. T. Lockwood.
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STAGE LINES.

Stage for Odessa with q. s. Mail leaves short
~ after The arrival Of the II IS A. N. and 81 r.
". mail ,sans
Stages tor Warwick, Sassafras and cecilton
leave shortly aficr the arrival Of the II % a. "
train.
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Rooa ron Tuk MA1DALLA iaere ars
some women anl girl, in ia, w5dl IN
such position that ii is hard to imagine
their having brothers. Ii Que of them
has a brother. he is generally IA good way
OH. aud very seldom indeed do ,be brother
anl sister meet Ttry take particular
tarr to keep out of eath o,nrrs way. und
The worli is wide. The other day such
sister met her brother fur the frst .ilur
.nce her fall from family love aud shelter.
in street of indianapolis |, bad he,u
twp years since they bad seen each ab
The sight was an accident, aud would tl,a
been avoided by both If ei,er bad hai
warning The old love of virtue and hume
md home. folks flashed iu,o the uear, II
the gil like light from heaven shs
rushed 10 her brother with extended hand.
Ii he had seen the iigh, hc nigh, ha.e
saved her Sympathy, TO say nnthins Il
love, just at that moment might h,s !,
warmed her soul ani mAnlie1 her il's
anew She did not get it H.. IN bis
blindness, turned away. and in hi. inn',.
ness would not spcak the tue which hrr
heart was aching to hear lie il.i from
her touch aud all hsf nSrs ltiuy denied .
she hurried TO her miserable tpdsia.. ani
ended her life by poison. Probably t''s
news Of . sisters yiolen, Death res i !!
the sen.ihiities Of the hard man W., ~
fused to touch her hand on the street
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VOL. VI.
sYliddletoun Qirtttorp.
CONFEDERATION OFFICERs.

Towx COMMISSIONERS. 1T. II. Huru, President; /;
J. II. Scowdrick, Secretary John D. Roberts, s.
Il. Stephens, l vacancy.
AssksnoR. R.-Charlcs T.. Anderson.
TwgAsrngR R-DcW. C. Walker
Jusricg ov rnx PEAcg Dew q. Walker.
CoSsrA BLx AND PoticsxAs.--John W. Hayes.
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"If you don't want the SCOT, don't 60
up tho chimney" was tho reply Of an
editcr to respectable" parties who re-
qucstcd him not to mention the fact that
they had been arraigncd in police court.
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]. o o. T

Coon saaAa,TAs Lapee No. o Meets every
Thursday evening NJ o clock. Lodge Room in
Cochran hall, No. Cochran Square.
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Have the courage 10 be igncrant of .
great number Of things, in order 10 avoid
the calamity Of being igno an. Of svery.
thing Sydney Smith.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

DAnos LopaE No. IL. Meets every Friday
evening n, O'Clock Lodge Room in the Town
Hall.
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The .ecrc. Of fashion Is to surprise, new
er to dissrrc;nt.-Bulwer.
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DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
POST OFFICE.

Meets for practice every Monday evening a, 8
o clock, r. v.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
TRUSTEES or THE ACADEMY.

John A. Reynolds.
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yTindh0m Comfy.

BELLOWS FALLS.-S. {. Fleming
has sold back his lease of the Island
House to Charles Towns. 1t is
closed and will remain so during the
winter.
BRATFLEEORO.- DR.. ". II Rock
well, late superintendent of the in
sane asylum at Brattlehoro, a post
ion when he held 36 years, resigns
inc last August, died on Sunday,
aged a. He was a graduate OF
Yale, and was for years connected
with the Hartford retreat.
4 wild freight train near Rock
inrlam passed over a high bridge
where twenty rails on each side
were rot spiked. The section men
gave the alarm but the brakes void
not hold up the train. One of the
section men placed the last rail in
nositiou after the train had reached
the first unspiked one. No damage
done. but a narrow escape.
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E'0RkHM COunty.

llighgate on Friday last, while
Deacon Jeremy Record and his son
were IN the woods at work, leaving
the sons wife, Il young woman OF
Is, the sole occupant of the house,
man, disguised with u black veil.
noiselcssly entered the house and
coming unperceivcd upon the young
woman, seized her arms from be-
hind and bound them. He then put
a rope around her neck and secured
her TO kettle Of boiling water on
the stove, so that she could Tot
move without pulling it upon her
self. Then, after threatening 10
take her life if she made any cutlery
or attempt to escape, the robber ran
sacked the house, securing pocket
book containing so and lot OF
household goods. He then released
Mrs. licc0rd, and again threatening
her life if she raised an alarm, made
good his escape. No clue to the
rascal has been discovered.
The price of butter at ST. Adams
on Tuesday ranged from % to 81
cents.
Geo. Hunt of Fairfax last week
had a bullet extracted from his lee
which he received in the battle Of
Cold Ilarbor, nine years ago. He
was taken to the army hospital at
the time, and the surgeons told him
they had extracted the missile.
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New Hampshire,

ENFiELD.-The Machinery of the
| Mdscoma Mills has been sold to the
+ Oliver Nrothcrs Of North Ilartland,
/ Vt, and viii be removed to that
/ place.
HAvEDnlsL Judge Noah Da
Wis of New York City, who is doing
such good work in the cause of Just.
/ les in that city is a native OF this
/ town, having cmigrated from this
section to New York many years
. ago.
IISDON.-J. q. Norris peg factory
resumed operations ON Thursday,
the 81.
\ sad and fatal accident occurred
in this town on Friday, Dee. 9th.
Xrnas Stickney. a deaf and dumb
man and a resident of Lyman, had
been TO this village on business.
Being without a team, it appears
that on his return he took the track
instead Of The main road, notWith>
standing the frequent admonitlonS
Of his friends, he always insisting
that the jar of the train gave him an
ntallible warning to its approach.
When Just above Salmon Hole and
rounding a curve, the regular mail
train came on at full speed and not,
outstanding the greatest efforts
wero made to check the speed, they
were unable to do so until it had pas
scd quite over his dead bodyamd some
rods beyond. One limb was blo-
ken and his head considerably bruiS-
ed, but the body remained unman~
gled, having escaped the crushing
force Of the wheels. He was about
forty years of age and unmarried.
The eleventh annual session of
the New Hampshire State Musical
Festival, will open in Concord,
Monday evening. January 9th, and
close Friday evening 9th, Mcssrs.
S0lon Wilder and ". Q. Perkins
being conductors. Every arrange
ment will be made 10 make this one
of the best festivals ever held in
the State. \ grand array of must
cal talent has been engaged for the
Matinees and Concerts. j. II. Mos |
rey, Teacher of Music. Concord, |
will give all ncedful information.
LANCAsTER.-Thc Y. VI. G. A. !
are holding successful meetings in
various school district of the town.
During the warm weather last
week a party caught one hundred
pounds of pickere; from Blood's
pond.
We have IA flourishing Farmers
Club. of which Hon. James Weeks
is president, and w. i. Williams
and L. II. Emerson Secretaries.
GoRHAM.-niram ID. Marshall,
head brakeman Oh the Eastern
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Windsor (0uHtY.

WOODSTOCK Frederick Doug
lass lecctured here last Friday eve
ming. Subject sc'l.made men.
The present term of orr Comfy
Court promises to be long one
The Grfud Jury had lively time
and reported 2S true bills. The
lumber of civil cases entered foot~
up nearly one hundred. And there
are eleven new divorce cases,
Best dry wood. four feet long. is
selling here for 50 per cord,
SrRINGFIELD.-Mr. Hiram Kin
ncy. was found dead Monday of last
week, in the woods about halt a
mile from his home. He left his
home fer the woods at noon in ap
parently good health and spirits,
and neighbor, who was chOpping
near him heard the last sound OF his
axe about five o'clock and supposed
he had gone home, but as he did not
put in his appear ancc, search was
made, and he was found dead near
where he had been at work. An
arOplectic. fit was the cause.
Daniel G. Clapp, twenty years
old. resi- ''ng in Weathersfeld, fc,l
from a building, few days since,
and received fatal injuries.
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Railroad, formerly conductor on the
q. +, R.Tnd we'll known in this
vicinity, was killed rear Portsmouth
Monday, Dee. LIST, 1t Is supposed,
that on account of the ice on top OF
The ears, he slipped and fell.
A man and his wife from iynde>
borough, while out riding II short
time since, invited young woman
to get in with them. She accepted
the invitation, but while getting in
ono Of the springs broke and the
man charged her 10 cents for dam
age to the carriage.
Orrin Edgerly, a Portsmouth man
at work fol Granite Company, at
Bay Wow, Mass, was frozen to
death in tho woods last week,
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L0m0iUe CoUlttY.

neutrality-suspicious.
Fa banks of the Vermont Reform
School. has been elected superin>
tendeut Of the Maine Reform School
bu; has not yet accepted the posi>
ton.
BENJAMIN II. Dewey, formerly of
Waterbury, takes the place of the
fluiliug cashier LeweS, of the Sc
curity Bank of New York.
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ZEESZ SEWERS.
Probate COul.:g.
BRADFORD DISTRICT.

Probate Courts will he holden within and
for the District OF Bradford, the ensuiuy year,
as follows;
At the Trotter Home. 10 Bradford, on the
Second TGesday. OF January. May, Jolly and
November.
At Fosters Hotel East Corinth on tac Soc,
ond Tuesdays of February and August,
At the Probate Office, in Nowbury, on The
Second Tuesdays of March and Octcber,
A. Worthcn'. Hotel, IN ropshan on the Sec
ond Tuesdays Of June aud September.
AZ the Probate Oilice in West Fairice, on
the Second Tuesday of December and April.
Avian ByiN. Register.
West Fairlee, December ID. lS72-2Sll
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C0IedOnia C0untV.

Caledonia County leads off with
the largest annual product Of ma
pie sugar, prod ucing l,l5S,90i OF
the S,S9l,3O2 pounds manufactured
in the State.
RYEGATE. Mr.. Robert Miller
gathered 30 bushels Of apples from
one tree last Fall. Pretty good for
the season.
". j. Gibson and daughter, and
Robert Dixon have gone to Calilor>
MIA to spend the Winter, w. T..
McLam and family have gone with
the intention Of remaining.
PASSUMPsIC.-Mr. Loren Hale's
house, a mile west Of this village,
was burned down, last week Tues.
day evening. The fire canght from
"A burning chimney. Most Of the
contents of the house was saved.
The Farmers Club meets regular.
ly on the first and third Fridays Of
each month, and the meetings are
well attended.
ST. JouNSBURY.-The Grand
Lodge of Good Templars will hold
a two days session here, commenc
ing Jan. -. There viii be one pub
lie meeting during the session.
Charles StarkeS has sent to Boss
ton market that pair o. Devon Oxen
which took the premium at the last
county Far. They WEIGHED, yokel,
1860 lbs,
On Saturday. dee. 6, A. i. Sho.
rcy of this town fell with a staging
while at W 9rk in Littlcton. aud split
his kuce>pan open. There was no
surgeon to be had at the time. but
when the came in there was a
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"CArlcaturlnS here on Monday
evening.
While business in mauy branches
is dun Colby. Gay < Blake run
thcir box factory to il full capacity
and are not able to TIL all Of their
orders.
Maurice Bowen, whose triad for
rape came oil Last week, WAS found
gHiity,aud sentenced to fifteen years
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