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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-06
.TiiNk OF II IANNER."

AN OLD COUPLE on THEIR TRAvLLs-HoW A
LYING YOUNG MAN POSTED THEM on HIS
ToRIC SPOTS.
On the train the other day were a very
confding old man and very innocent ole
lady. They had passed away fye-six.hs
of their lives hidden away behind the hill!
of Vermont and were going to western
Michigan on a visit to their son. Aftel
a little skirmishing round the old gentle
man pitched into me about the "crops,
'sile,' and when | found how innocent ht
was, gave him all the information
could. All at once, as he rode along
the wife caught his arm and exclaimed
Look out, Samuel or you'll be for
getting that place where they fit =
The old man exclaimed. lie said tina
q young man who came dow from Cana
da with them, told him to look out fo
the battle. field Of Braddock's defeat a
soon as he left Detroit
was going to reply that the youpl
man was AL internal liar, but the old lad,
seemed to have set her head on seein!
the spot, and the old man was so anxiou
that | couldn'; bear to disappoint them
When We got down into the woods
pointed out the batto field and the,
put their heads out of the windows an,
took in the scene.
Think of it, Hammer exclaimed th
old man, as he drew in his mead; thinl
Of them Ipjuns creeping through then
woods and shooting Mr.. Braddock dow
dead y
My soul = replied the old lady, seem
ingly overcome at the idea, and she kep
her eyes on the woods until though
she would twist her neck off.
We got along all right for about fiy
miles more, and the old man wanted t
know if we weren't down pretty near th
spot where Tccunseh fell.
Where p | yelled, and he said tha
same young man had informed him tha
the railroad ran close to the identica
spot where the great Indian fell an
slept.
It'll be a powerful favor TO me al
Samuel If yell point out the spot, urge
the old lady, placing her hand on m
arm.
How could go back on what ihu
brazen young man had said The oil
folks had made up their minds to see tn
spot, and if didn't show it to them the
might worry for weeks, and they migh
think the young man had lied, or that
wasn't posted in the historic spots of NJ
own State. Lor' forgive me. but mi
/ further on pointed out hill and said
'B hold the last resting place Of tn
great Tecumseh.
Think of it IIanner-just think of it
exclaimed the old man right there
where they got him =
Mercy but it don't seem possible
she calculated, and she had to get out ht
snuff.box before she could recover frol
the shock.
The old aentleman said ho had pa
ticular interest in seeing the spot, becau
he knew the man who had killed Tecun
sch-used to live right by him.
He must have been an awful Iniun
broke in the old lady, for the young mt
said be didn't die till they had cut off b
head, aud feet, aud hands, and blowt
, the body up with barrel of powder =
, | wanted to get away after that, fea
ing that something worse was coming, b
she insisted upon taking a. pinch ofsnu
/ and so ! kept my seat. We were ju
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see the poso on my face or not?" says bis
Rivrence, "and how do you know wheth.
er what you thought was thundher at alll
Them operations on the sinsos." says he,
comprises only particular corporal emo.
tions, connected with sartain confused
perception 8 called sensations, and isn't TO
be depended upon at all. If we were 10
follow them blind guides we might jist as
well turn heretics at onc't 'Pon my se-
cret word, your Holiness, it's neither
charitable nor orthodox ov you to set up
the testimony ov your eyes and ears agin
the character ov Clergyman. And now
see how aisy it is to explain all the n phe.
nomena that perplexed you. | ris and
went over beside the young woman be.
cause the skillet was boiling over, to help
her to save the drhop ov liquor that was
in it and as for the noise you heard, my
dear man, it was neither more nor less
nor myself drhawing the cork out ov this
blissid bottle"
Don't offer to thrape that upon me y
says the Pope; here's the cork in the
bottle still, as tight as a wedge
| beg your pardon, says he, Il dhrew
the cork a good two minits ago, and it's
very purify spitted on the end ov this
blessed cork screw at this prisint moment;
howandivcr you can't see it, because it's
only its real prisence that's in it. But
that appearance that you call a cork,
says be, is nothing but the outward spa
cies and external qualities ov the cortical
nathure. Them's nothing but the acci.
dents Of the cork that you are looking at
and handling hut as | told you afore,
the real corks dhrcw, and is here prisint
on the end ov this nate little insthru.
ment, and it was the noise | made in
dhrawiug it and nothing else that yon
mistook for the sound ov the pogae.
You know there was no conthravaning
what he said, and the Pope couldn't open.
ly deny it. llowandiver he thried to
pick hole in this way:
Granting, says he, that there is the
differ you say bctuxt the reality ov the
cork and these cortical accidents and
that it's quite possible, as you allidgc ;
that the thruo cork is really prisint on
the end Of the schrew, while the acci-
dents keep the mouth Of the bottle stop.
pcd-still,' say he, l can't understand
though willing to acquit you how the
dhrawing ov tho real cork, that's onpal-
pable and wdout accidents could pro-
duce the accident Of that sinsibc oxplo-
sion heard just now.
'All | can say, says his Riv'rence, is
that it was a rale accident. anyhow
'Ay,' says the Pope, 'lho kiss you gev
Eliza, you name
No. says his Riv'rence, but the re-.
port | made
We give the canonists Of Brooklyn un.
til tho millennium to find case more en-
tirely in point. There is this about it
only, that Father Toms transgressiou
was no great sin after all, and that the
good ind innocent old Pope was much
more easily imposed on than the people
who live in this land Of wickcdness and
newspapers. There is the further and
saddcr difference too, that what hap.
pened at " Room" is all a joke, and
what happened at Brooklyn is none.
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| Il. SAYRE, Dealer in Household
Ia Provisions, general assortment Of Gro
cries, Flour, Cheese, Lard Tens, Codees Sugars,
III, Tohuceos, Sc. Cash paid for Prime Butter
, my store any day in the week.
lott MGDDLNDUEY. VT.
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With sardonic grin, Wix poured
some muciage into his empty hair.oil bot
tie, yesterday, and this morning the hair
of one Of the servant girls was stuck 80
tight that she could not shut her mouth,
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No wonder an Ohio jury gave an Ohio
woman $1,000 foT having her foot crush
ed by a tra.n-you ought to have seen
the foot.
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We are told BY the Saratogian that a
Mrs. Taylor, who has recently lost a sou,
is visiting the watering places in order 10
mitigate her grief.
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II. MARDIN

IL Attorney and Counsellor at law, Solicitor
nd Master in Chanccry, Bristol, Vermont.
References-lIon. Geo, ". Grandcy, Hon. C.
t. Heath. Hon. john W. Rowel.
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~ p. Russell, NJ D., Physician
NJ and Surgeon. Office at the residence Of
he lato DR.. ". p. Russell. oacc hours a. NJ
i'll r.. NJ. Gr. 81. till p. NJ, unless profession
lily engaged. al
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M EEKS Il BARBER,
DEALERS N
FCRNITURE, CARPETS, PAPER HANGINGS,
CR0CKERY, CHINA AND GLASS.
No. OPERA House BLOCK,
Rutland, Vermont.
SEwMAN WEEKS. GILBERT BARBER.
.NTRAYED

From the enclosure Of the subscriber, Oh the
sth inst, large line back COW IL or l. year.
old Whoever will return said cow or give in
formation where she mag lie found win be suitable
rewarded. T. Il. SMITH.
Middlebury Hon e. 2liif
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I ASON DAVENPORT, Fire Insur-
> snce Agent, will write policies in the Farm
- Mutual and other companies represented by
VI. j. Feancisco in Rutland.
Also the Mucual Life Insurance Co. Of New
ork. Office at J. L. uttolph'4 store. AZ
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- i. SUTTON, NJ. D., Physician
,. and Surgeon. Office next door cast Of the
addison House. Office hours, from g. lo. -. m,
. to / P. IN, and to ?. m,
lj;ly MippLEUyEY, VI.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-06

A Milwaukee man stated that he real.
ly needed some active regular exercise. A
regular friend suggested that he mix his
own cocktails.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-06

i KINGSLEY e. SON, Dentists,
x UP STAIRS, BREwsTEn's BLOCK,
10 MIpDLEBUk], VI.
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J ROIlT. SIMONS e. WALK Err.
. Attorneys and Counscllcrs at Law,
%; RUTLAND, Vt.
su.rECUr, NER y. sIM0Ns, ALDACE T.. WALKER.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-06

- Il. SMITH, Attorney and Coun-
10 selor at Law. Ollcc over Pos'o;ce,
Middlebury, VT
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SCRIByER's MoNrnLy for October opens
with another muniiccntly illustrated
"Great South" paper, by Edward King,
entitled, "Down the Missisippi--the La.
Dor observation-disclosures it contains
much picturesque description, and prcli.
cal information. The important essay Of
this number is very careful study Of
George Eliot's Novels, by W. c. Wilkin.
son. Mr.. Nadal, formerly with Mr.
Motley in London, and now literary ed,
itor Of the IN. Y. Evening POST has
q charming sketch of Oxford. Mr.. Gable.
the New Orleans story-writer, gives Us
another characteristic Of life in the Amer.
lean Paris his present story, Tito Pou-
iette," is highly dramatic and exciting
l'Kath crime Earle" and "Ordronnaux"
are concluded katherine Earle will be
published in book form by Lee aud Shep.
ard), and Jules Nerne's MYSTERIOUS Is.
land" is continued. Then we have ~
Royal Hair Cutting" 'San Reno, Tie
Rose of Carolina, "'Old Time Music, Ac
In Topics of the times Dr. Holland
writes about Mr.. Beecher, the present
theological outlook, the Rewards of Lit
erary Labor" &c. "The Old Cabinet"
is devoted to Good Taste, and the other
departments have about their usual vari-
ETY..
In the November SCRIBNER n new sto-
ry by SAKE Holm will begin, TO run
through three or four numbers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-06

IRA w. CLARK, Attorney g. Coun-
1 sellor at Law Residence, New Haven, and
ut Probate Office, Middlcbury. Parties indebted
to me on books or note Will please settle forth
with. Al
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4,ustRtss cards.

INLECTRO PLATING, by s. HOL'
IL TON. l0tf MiDDLMuhY W.
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Forty sermons in twenty.one day
proved fatal to preacher recently de-
ceased. His hearers are yet to be heard
from.
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Why not let the poor myth live p
questioned Helen, smiling at the comcal
expression OF despair on the porplcxed
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23
STATE ITE MS.

At last meeting of kirkwood L. l.. Assoei-
alton funds sold Mt 81 and / 0 per cent
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal ca; are
repairing the locks and in new wicke,s.
j. II. Walker has been appointed assignee Of
j. e. Lowber, bankrupt Of Middletown.
The Mutual Loan; of Middletowa, at its last
me citing. sold money at 81 s0@$f9Gper share.
The Midiletown Hotel has been opened by
Mr.. w. c. Fountain, under charge of Alex.
Maxwell.
The Steamer MAJOR Reybold resumed her
trips oa Tuesday last frcn Delaware City 10
Philadelphia.
Mr.. b. d. Longlani has rented the Della
ware City Hotel. ami will ltake possession
on the 25th proximo.
w. II. Jefferson Il Co.. of New Castle,
shipped from this .!ty to Belfast, Name, one
day last week, over i've thousand bushels
OF corn.
Mr.. Barney Reybold living near Del. city
shipped, u few weeks ago, Der steamer In
diana. OF the American steamship line, lot
of apples 10 Liverpool Englani, which
netted him $3.50 per barrel.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23
HACK, HACK! COUGH, COUGH

Cough is symptom By which various diseased
conditions OF tho throat. bronchial tubes and
lungs manifest the ms elves. But whether it arises
from the irritation produced in the throat and
lyrnx by taking cold from attack OF Bronchitis,
from incpient Consumption. or from various other
causes, nothing will allay it more permanently
than Dir. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. IL
does not matter whether it be u recent attack. or
a lingering cough the Discovery is IN either case
equally we'll adapted for its relief and permanent
cure. In fact. it will cure cough in one half the
time necessary to cure it with any other medicine,
aud 1t does. not by dry II up. but by removing
the cause. subduing the irritation and healing the
Affected parts. No time should be lost in com
mencing the uss OF proper medicine tor the re
lief of Cough. for unless this course is pursued.
serious and dangerous disease Of the lungs Is lab lie
DUCTeRS SOON LEARN ITS VALUE
BUFFALO, N. " Dec. II. 1870.
DR, PIERCE-tor the past six months L have
used your Golden Medical Discovery iu my prac-
tice. and n that time have tested its merits in
severe coughs both acute and cbro0ie. in chronic
disease of the throat. severe cages OF bronchitis
general arrangement of the system, constipateJ
| ndtion of the bo els, ami wherever thorough
Alternative has been Indicated. In all cases have
founi 1t to act gently yet thoroughly and eiiectu
| ally 10 removing the various diseased condition.
aud bringing about healthy action throushou
| the system generally, Yours, fraternhlly
| febl7 -eod6w ii. l.. HALL, NJ. D,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

POLICE CASES WIN. Brown, hostler at the
City Hotel while drunk, Saturday pight, at
Front and Shipley streets, tried his pen kpite
ON Patrick Murphey's new breeches. Besides
cutting the gar. r.nent, he made a neat little cash
in Murphey's leg, just above the knee. He was
arrested by officer Mullen, tried before Mayor
Simms aud held TO ba, in the sun of Si00 tor
appearance at Court.
John Reed, for assaplt aud battery on Wm.
Ward, WIS held for Court, In the si'm OF s400
and viii probably be commi..ed
James Holland, for drunkenness and dsor,
derly conduct, and resisting officer Bredford
who arrested him, was hneL 81 and costs, aud
held to BAIL in the sum of $500, to keep the
peace.
John Willis, an old offender, and but recently )
out of Jail, was tried for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct As John plead hard, and
promised faithfully TO leave the city, he wa
released,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

PRICES OF SrocK.-The prices of stock at
pubic sales vary considerably. Where
horses and cows are in good condition, and
particularly when cows have calves by their
side, they bring good prices, the former
from 500 to $3.50. the latter from 500 to Ss5.
COWS that are spfinaing and look we'll, also
sell at lair rates hut when the calves have
been taken Oft or when the cows will not
come into profit for some months, they sell
quite low. William Gibbons, on the Glebe
Iarm near New Castle, sold on Tnursds v
last. COWS from $50 to $40 not one of them
having calf, and the owner being unoer.
tam OF the date, when they will come in.-
Pigs sold at fair prices, rang ng from to s
dollars, wagons aud farm implements sold
very low, while horses ranged as follows:-
100, l25 and l75 dollars. The ancticu.s Or was
MIR. James Holiday.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

GUARDIANS APPOINTED During the session
ofthe Orphans Court at New Castle, ,lass week,
the following guardians were appointed;
Germiah ID. Lincoln for Warner p Missi-
mer.
Alex II. Mason for Shm1 and Mary Rock
Alex. Barry, tor Albert and Anna Cox
Bernard Fitzgerald, for Martha l.. Wood
Jos. McWilliams, for John Laiy.
Sereck Il, Shallcross, for Mary Lippincott.
TLeo. Sratton, for Elizabeth 8. Strattou .
Sereck F. Shallcross, for Thos W. Ida Mary
and Josephine Hopkins.
Rebecca s. Heisler, for Frank w Heisler
Sarah Earle, for Charles L ,Aun,e s., Maggie
NJ aud Marmaduke Earle
Edw. Austenmuhl Tor Alfred Hanna.
Samuel Floyd for Mary W., Samuel A. ant
Edith Farson.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23
The A agricultural Association.

A meeting Of the Peninsuar Agricultural and
Pomolgical Association was held at Middletown
on Saturday last. Chas. Beaston, Esq President.
In the chair. Minutes OF last meeting read and
approved. Upon call of committees, Mr.. Z. X.
Cochran, from COMMITTEES on Stock subscriptions
reported additional subscription OF one hundred
shares. Mr.. VIM. R. Cochran, from Committee
ON grounds, reported that the committee had no
doubt Of being able I, secure an eligible location
very near the X. R. depot; that several sites had
been proposed, and that. ss soon as the weather
would permit, the Executive Comm...se would
critically examine the grounds, and hope to he
able to report at next meeting more definitely.
Another meeting OF the members will be held
on Saturday next, and We hope our citizans will
not fail to Identify themselves with an association
whose labors will not only contribute to the pleas
ure Of our people, but must be of incslcuabe bene-
tit to the agricultural interests OF The Peninsula.
Transcript.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23
SOCIETIES..
MEETINGS THIS RvErrNo

Delaware Lodge, No. l, l. o. o. F., at od1 Fsl-
lows Hail, Third and King streets.
Lenape Tribe, No 6, . r NJ, In fourth story
saVils Building, 9th and Market street.
Wilmington and Brandywine Council, No. 8, y
U. A. NJ, at Hall, Fifth and Market streets
Franklin Council, No. 9, o U A NJ, at Mechan-
ics' Hall, 2l9 King street.
Wilmington Council, No 5, Jr, c A NJ, at
Hall, 9th and Market streets.
Enterprise Circle, U c A, at Hall SOi Mar
ket street.
of Pythias Hall, No. 2ll Market street
Washington Lodge, No 3. G F. at Good Eel
lows Hall. McClary's Building, COS Market st
Wawaset Lodge, No Is, q OF u L, at room
18th and Scott streets.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23
ASNIyERSA

FATAL ACCIDENT. On last Wednesday
when Mr.. John Bogg,, residing near Lock
woods Chapel, in West Dover hundred, was IN
the woods engaged in telling tree, his wife
came to him to invite him to dinner, and stood
by until the tree was cutthrough. 1t did not
fall In the direction expected, and Mrs Boggs,
In attempting TO escape tom the danger, was
struck by the falling Tree and crushed to the
ground She died in a few minutes after her
removal to the house. Coroner Cats held an
inquest, the verdict OF which was accidental
death
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

SUDDEN DEATH-Ward S. Nandergrift who
resided with his daughter near Armstrong ;
Corner, ia ST. Georges Hundred, fell dead while
dressing himself last Wednesday morning, al
though he was in his usual health on Tuesday
evening with the exception OF slight headache.
He was in his Goth year
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

DEATH By AcorDENT.-Perry Wilson, n respect
able colored man, OF ElktoD, came to his death on
"Wednesday. by his horses becoming frightened by
the whistle OF d locomotive, running away and
overturning his wagon pitching him violently
sgaiust board fence. Wilson was taken INTO
the North East depot, aud physician was sent
for. An examination discovered The fact that
several iibs were broken near their union with
the spinal column. He fingered until evening
and then died. AT the tina Of the accident
be was delivering cross ties at the North EAs,
depot.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

The Wiilrnan shton property, in Hartford
county, was sold last week TO Aaron Tucker,
of Baltimore, for 81, 900, and on the 10th instant
the Timothy Baldwin property, in same county,
8! acres, was sold to Evan Thomps on, for s59I
Charles Meyers, has been held in $1,000 bail
at New York charged with removing uustarnp-
ed VIII skey barrels from distllery.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

MEETING AT MILLS CHAPEI-A large
temperance meeting was held at Mills Chapel
five miles from Delmar, on Thursday night
last. Notwithstanding the bad roads and in
clement weather, the chapel was crowded
to its utmost capacity. Lafayette Divon, No.
60, s. of T.. under whose auspicies it was held
has every reason to congratulate itself that
the meeting was success. DIR, Mann Of
SharptowD, and Rev. Messrs. Melvin and
straughn, of The NJ =. Church, delivered iu-
teresting addresses. Rev. e.. w. Wilcox, pas
tor of the chapel, and Rev. Joseph Dare
of Delmar, also addressed the AUDIENCES SEQ
ford Citizen.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

LIST OF WOMEN School Directors. The
following named women were elected IN Chester
county, to the Office Of School Director:
West Chester. -Ptebe Griffith and Aseneth
Reese.
East Marlborough .-Pbrbe Webb aud Annie
Worth
keanett Townshi p--ITannah NJ Harlau Mrs
George 7. Latterwait and Emiline Way.
North Coventry. .-Amariah Sheelegb.
Ksnnett Borough. lydia b. Walton.
Pennsburg. T. &. Pyle.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

Rev Henry Ward Beecher says thas history
would not show a parallel TO the effort making
in the West to suppress dram dr.. hiking, which
he characterized as the scourge ofthe house:
hold. it is an evil that has deiied legislation
but now, under the providence of God, there
arises moral cyclone, perfect tempest CT in
tiuence.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

TAKEN CHARGE OF HIS 0FFICE.-Daniel
Burton, OF MillsbOro' Sussex County, the new
ly appointed Pension Agent for Delaware ar
rived in Wilmington this morning, has enter
ed upon the duties of his office. The reason
Mr.. Burton did not previously appear at he
office here, was that he did not receive his
commission until IL o'clock Saturday. The
pension office will not be removed, from this
city ESQ Mr. Pickels asserts, we don't know
what Mr.. Burton thinks about il) and we pre-
sume IN the same location it now is-No. 5lO
Market Street.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23
CITY NOTICE s.
TON D Z NSED MILK.

Il made by carefully evaporatiug the watery por-
ton Of Fresh MIL adding 10 it small portion OF
white sugar aud sealing it up Theoretically. In
this way 1t Will keep ior years and can again be
brought very nearly TO its naturally liquid state by
the addition OF wafer. 1T is very largely used
in the preparation OF food for infants. and is
especially ADAPTED to the use Of travellers on &c
count of its porta5ility aud anew ering all the par
p'ss of fresh milk. The hest brands are sold by =
L, bRlNaHURST i CO.
Corner Sixth and Mark ct sire cts.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

TRUSTEES ELECTED.-Saturday afternoon,
at an election for four Trustees. OF st. Pauls
M. +. Church. All were reelected except
George Greenman (absent from the city)
in whose place James Mitchell was elected.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-23

SALE OF COAL YARDs.-John Randall has
sold his coal yard on Market street, above
Twelfth to Gilpin B. Underwood, member Of
Council from the Eighth Ward.
VIM. IL Almond Il Bro, have sold their
coal yard on the Brandywine, to VIM. Muir
ply and Joseph G. File. The purchasers, are
young men, just entering upon business, aud
should receive liberal support