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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31
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As Panic Prices have become 90 very
fashionable, Y. L. Williams would
like to say . word or two in regard to
the aforesaid P. P's. IT'S very, clear
to casual observer that these panic
prices have become very much discon-
certed and disturbed, or, as stated
above. discombobolated, by the still
lower prices at which Y. L. Williams
is offering his stock of Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Caps, Gents Furnishing Goods,
&C., at No. % Franklin street. The
stock he offers you to select from has
no superior, either in this market or
elsewhere, for cheapness or durability,
are not mixed with old stock or dam
aged goods. but nice, new, fresh goods,
bought from manufacturers direct, at
lowest cash prices and sold at as short
profits as any living man can offer. ~
Since the opening of the fall trade
it has been, and will continue to be,
my constant aim tosell goods at prices
commensurate with the wants of my
customers. Asevidence of this, many
of those who have traded with me this
fall will testify that my goods are sold
at less prices than many Of those who
sell at the Panic Prices, /" AT Cost,
&c. The Panic has not effected me,
simply because 1 sell a superior line of
Boots and Shoes, and at less prices
than they have ever been offeredi in this
market, and IN this connection 1 would
say, please consider me competitor of
any place you may designate. and be-
fore you leave Clarksville to buy cheap
goods, call on V. L. Williams, who
will fit you up for as little money as it
can be done at any place in the Union
A nice line of Calf Boots, any size |
from 6 to 13, at 81 90. Call and see
them. Thes1 so Ladies Calf Shoes, !
the 81 80 Mems Kip Brogans, the 8 80 |
Kip Boots, and in fact all these goods
which l have brought to your notice !
through my advertisements, have given
to the best of my knowledge, entire
satisfaction. l claim to sell Boots and
Shoes cheaper than any in the market,
and reasonably too, for when / go east
to buy goods I spend my. entire time
amongst the shoe factories of the east,
selecting the cheapest and best goods,
and do not have my time divided be-
tween two or three branches of the
business, and at home /
manage my business on strictly eco
principles.
When in need of Boots or Shoes,
Hats, &C., please give me trial before
you buy. My store-room is No. q
Franklin street.
Very truly yours,
V. L. WILLIAMS.
Dec. 20, 1873-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

LIsPING.-A country fellow who
lisped having bought some pigs, asked
a neighbor for the use of pen for a
few days: Said he
II have juth been purchathin thome
thwine, two thowth and pigth. want
to put them in your pen till l can gel
a place for them"
1.-Two thousand pigs" exclaimed
the neighbor; why, my pen will hard,
ly hold dozen.
You don understand me, Mr.. Bent
/ didn't thay two thousand pigs, but
two thowth and pigth."
Il hear you." said Mr.. Bent. Two
thousands pigs. Why, you must b.
crazy"
II tell you again." exclaimed the
man angrily, Il mean not two thOuth.
and pigth, but two thowth and two
pigth.
"Oh, that is what you mean, eh
Well, the pen is at your service"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

A lady travelling in the far west
writes home as follows: The hotels of
these sections are built of logs, and are
generally fifteen feet In size. They have
but one room, which answers for hall,
drawing-room dressing-room and
kitchen. 1t having been the first time
that ever had the extreme felicity of
registering my name on the book of one
of the metropolitan accommodations,
/ was much surprised by the arrange
ments. l observed few men chang
ing their clothes-or more properly
performing their toilet-and l ad-
dressed the landlord with:
rs this the only apartment this
house has s?" ~
Yes, ma am, isn't dat 'nough?"
But haven't you got any other for
ladiesP
No"
"Whata horrible arrangement But
how do the ladies do?"
"Deydraw a chalk mark around then
bed, and while dey take off dere clo'e:
and tings, no gentleman is lowed tc
look ober de white mark
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31
THE SIZE OF COUNTRIES.

The Red Sea would reachfrom Wash
ington to Colorado, and it is three
times as wide as Lake Ontario.
Madagascar is as large as New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Vermont,
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Virginia and North Caro-
lima all put together.
Palestine is oDe-fourth the size of
New York.
Hind0stan is more than a hundred
times as large as Palestine.
Great Britain is two-thirds the size
of Japan, one-twelfth the size of Hin
dostan, one twentieth of China, and
one twenty-ffth Of the United
States.
Greece is about the size of Ver-
mont.
The English channel is nearly as
large as Lake Superior, and Lake
Huron is as large as the Sea of
Azof.
The Great Desert Of Africa has
nearly the present dimensions of the
United States.
The Caspian Sea would stretch from
New York to St. Augustine, and is
as wide as from New York to Roches-
ter.
The following bodies of water are
nearly equal in size: German ocean,
Black sea, Yellow sea, Hudson's bay
is rather larger; the Baltic, Adriatic,
Persian, Gulf and Ggean sea, about
halt as large, and somewhat larger
than Lake Superior.
The Mediterranean, if placed across
North America, would make sea nayi-
CATION from San Diego to Baltimore.
The Gulf Of Mexico is about ten
times the size Of Lake Superior, and
about as large as the Sea of Kamtschat-
ka, Bay of Bengal, China sea, 0kohtsk
sea or japan sea. Lake Ontario would
go into either of them more than fifty
times.
Great Britain and Ireland are about
as large as New Mexico, but not as
large as Iowa and New Nebraska.
They are less than New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31
ENIGMA.

God made Adam ont of the dust.
But thought IL best to make me frat.
So was made, before the man,
To answer Gods most holy plan.
My body. he did make complete,
But without arms, or legs, or feet,
Ny ways and actions did control,
And fashioned me. without soul,
A living being became,
And Adam gave me first my name,
Then from his presence I withdrew,
Nor more of Adam, ever knew.
/ did my Makers law obey,
From them / never went astray,
Thousands of miles run in fear,
But seldom on the earth appear,
But God In me. something did see,
And put q living soul in me,
A soul OF me my God did claim,
And took from me that soul again.
And from me, that soul was fed,
! was the same, as when first made,
And without arms. or feet. or soul,
l travel now, from pole to pole,
labor hard, both day and night,
To fallen man, give great light,
Thousands of people young and old,
Shall at my death, great light behold,
No fear Of death doth bother me,
For happiness, ne'er shall see.
To heaven, shall never go,
Nor TO the grave, nor hell below.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

SYDNEY SMITH said one thing which
is good for youth to have quoted in its
behalf, and as reply to the maxim
they ike not, namely, Spare the rod
and spoil the child" To hardship,
say some people-to whom it is easiest
to be hard-children should be early
Injured, so that in after life they may be
better able to bear it, though if it
should not come atall in after life their
labor is in vain. Sydney Smith, on the
contrary, says: Those young people
will turn out to be the best men who
have been guarded most effectually in
their childhood from every species OF
useless yexation, and experience in the
greatest degree the blessings of wise
aud rational indulgence"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

Fellow citizens" said a eolored
preacher, "ef had been eatin' dried
apples fur a week, an then tux to
drinkin' fur a mont, / couldn't feel
more swelled up dan / am dis mint
wild pride an vanity at seeing such full
tendance hyar dis evenin'.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

THE arrangements Of nature are ad-
mirable, exclaimed q young lady du-
ring the late high winds. The same
wind which disarranges our dress,
blows dust into the eyes Of the would
be observers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

WE would ike some Of our readers
to send rs the solution Of the follow
ing enigma, which we copy from an
exchange a.z
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

For Pure Drugs, Chemicals
Patent Medicines, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Window
Glass, Pure Wines, Brandy,
Whisky, Fine Tea and Spices
call on OWEN & MOORE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

no tangled. untried, or governmental
company. but one time tried and tested
and ever found worthy. Undoubted in
demnity at the 80.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-01-31

eKoerneT, the counselor of appeals in
Dresden, as the author of this Life, gives
security for the authenticity thereof. sub
sequently to the year 17S5, he was number
ed among Schiller's most trusted friends,
and was assisted by valuable contributions
from several persons who had sustained
the most intimate connection with the de-
ceased. Not the mallestcircumstance has
been admitted into this biography that is
not founded upon Schiller's own express
ions, or upon credible testimony. 1t must
be remarked that 1t was composed in the
wear lSl2
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01
SpfrMl 4lotireg.
( JMFII0N az N CJN1D.-
SCHENcKS pULM0NIc SYRUP.

=
SCHEMES PULMONIC SYRUP,
SCHENCh'S SEAWEED TONIC,
SCHENCh'S MANDRAKE PILLS,
Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
Consumption.
Sometimes medicines that will stopa cough will
often occasion the death Of the patient. Ii LOCKE
up the liver, stops the circulation of the bovd,
ncmorrhage follows and, in fact, blocking tie
action Of the very organs that caused the cough
Liver complaint and dyspepsia are the causes
OF two-thitds ofthe cases OF consumption Many
are now complaining with dull pain in the side
the bowels sometimes costiNc and sometimes too
loose, tongue coated, pain in the shoulder blade
feeling sometimes very restless and at o,her times
drowsy; the food that j. taken lies heavily ON the
stomach, accompanicd with acidity aud belching
OF wind, These symptoms usually originate from
Il disordcred condition Of the stomach or a torpid
liver. Persons so affected, ifthey take ono or two
heavy colds, and the cough in these cases be
suddenly stopped, the lungs, liver and stomach
clog, and remain torpid and inactive, and before
the patient is Of his situation, the lungs arc
mass of sores, and liberated, and death il the
Inevitable result.
schenck's PGlmonic syrup is an cxpectoran'
which does not contain any opium, nor anything
calculated to check cough suddenly.
Schcncks Scaweed tonic dissolves the food mix
es with the gastric juice Of the stomach, digest
easily, nourishes the system, ami creates a heal
thy circulation Of the blood. When the bowell
are eostive, skin sallow, and tho patient is Of
bilious habit, schenck's Mandrisc ili- are re-
quircd
These medicines are prcparelby Dr.. J II,
SCnENCk d son, Northeast c1rn,r or Sixth ant
Arch street,, Philadelphia, Penn., and ior s,I,bl
GEO. C. GOODWIN CO., s. Hanover street
Boston. John T. Henry. College place New
York Wholesale Agents.
For s.lo hy Druggists generally -.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01
Wliooleburp 8rgister.
A Forgotten Genius.

A Forgotten Genius.
Lost arts, sometimes drop into the
business of their life again in II my ster-
ious way, making little or no impress
sion, save upon few thoughtful and
appreciative' minds.
More than four thousand years ago
the Philippians of northern Africa, saw
cd marble with toothless iron saws, by
means of sand and water; but in the
overthrow of cultured civilization, by
war and conquest, this art was lost
To the world, and centuries rolled by
giving no Sign And how few now can
tell how this most important invention
was revived. There is hanging upon
the wall of IL plain room, in the village
of Middlebury, Vermont, n portrait ia
ken in the freshness of youth, painted
in the olden style, and dinged by more
than half a century of years, but still
holding what was the living expression
of one born with an intuitive force, that
could catch, and hold, and reproduce,
aud put in practical use, what would be
uniformed fancies, in most other minds.
Nearly seventy years ago, the origin
al Of that portrait was boy of ten years
playing with companions in the streets
of that village.
On a short street little below his
home, was the shop of man who
worked in marble, and this boy watch
ing him one day, while wearing down
with an iron block and sand, the un.
even surface of slab, split out Of the
quarry ledge conceived the idea of saw
ing blocks of marble by means of up
right toothless iron saws working with
sand and water, and Fastening home
constructed with his boy hands, his
model. This model attracted the atten
ton of many residents Of that village
some of whom still survive.
And the boy S father, proposed to DR.
Eben Judd, an enterprising citizen o
that place, to build trial mill aftel
the model with one saw, which proveC
success. And soon the ringing music
of the toothless saws eating into thu
marble, hushed long centuries ago, OF
the shores of the MEDITERRANEAN, wa.
revived in this Green Mountain vii
lage, And to-day, the marble quarrie
of western Vermont ...are filling thu
world with their beautiful productions
and princely wealth is the reward o
their workers. In early manhood thi
boy genius was laid away in his grave
while promising rich additions of in
ventions TO the mechanical interests o
the age.
For more than half u century, tn
sunshine and the rain has fallen upol
his grave, with 40 stone to tell of tn
sleeper there
How fitting it would be for the maj
hle workers of western Vermont, t
place shaft, cut by their toothles
saws, upon his grave, a tribute TO tn
genius of ISAAC MARKHAM.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01

ton bill, the bill to make All appropri-
alton TO buy chair factory for the re-
form school, aud the Allen county bill
were defeated, In the Senate, the
last named by II vote of % to :. The
Orleans county bill was passed.
The last afternoon in the House was
spent in filling the vacancy in the Of
flee of Speaker, MIR. Powers having re-
signed. Four ballots were had with the
following results On the first ballot
Josiah Grout had SO. T.. 5. Dana SO.
scattering 20. Second ballot, Grout
1902, Dana 50, Davenport -, scattering
is. Third ballot, Grout 81, Dana 6S,
scattering 20. Fourth ballot Grout
1903, Dana 50, scattering %. and Circuit
was declared elected.
One of tho most notable features of
the session was the defeat of the bill
for the incorporation of the bondhold-
ers of the Central Vermont railroad.
There was very small show OF
strength on the part of the friends OF
this movement. The liquor law re-
mains substantially as it has been for
years in spite of the attempt to pass q
license law. The tendency of the en-
actments has been to greater stringen.
cy. A resolution introduced by Mr.
Norton of Bennington avowedly fol
the purpose of testing the feeling of the
House upon the subject of license oil
prohibition brought out a vote 125 fol
prohibition land AZ for license. The
Nicholson bill' was killed by the Sen
ate amending it so as TO make 1t little
stronger and sending it back to tn,
House too late for any action to be Sc
cured The bill against travelling Ii
quor agents, attaching severe penalties
to the soliciting or taking orders for IL
quors from houses without the State
passed both Houses and became law
The Senate rescinded its vote censur
ing Oviatt for not furnishing tho testi
mony in the Vt. Central investigation
The Senate rejected the nominations o
o. S. Bliss of Georgia and E. d. Mason
OF Richmond as members of the Boart
of Agriculture, and G. S. Fassett o
Enosburgh, and c. G. Prindle of Char
lotte were appointed and confirmed {,
take their place.
A pleasant incident occurred during
the recess of the House, which tool
place at midnight before the adjourn
ment, in presentation of silver tea Sc
to Speaker Powers. The pieces, twelv
in number, comprising coffee urn, tea
pots, sugar bowl, creamer, spoon hold
er, cake basket vases, etc. were brough
into the hall and placed on the teller
table, and were presented by Mr., Nun
son in a handsome speech, and were re
ceived by Mr.. Powers in an equal,
handsome response.
AT eight o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing the presiding officer of each Hous
announced that the time had arrive
for the final adjournment and declare
their respective houses to be adjourned
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01

OLD PROBABILITIES Our learned
friend, who sits at Washington, and re-
oeives from the signal stations of con-
tinent, reports on the vicissitudes of the
weather, sorts, compares, and iniers from
them the daily bulletins which everybody
reads, might reasonably add, in view OF
our late sudden changes, "Colds. Coughs
and Affections Of the Throat and Lungs
will prevail in the East and North. Warn
ing signals continue in the West and
South" In view of the truth Of these
probabilities. we commend to all sufferers
that excellent and potent specific, AYERS
CHERRY PEcToRAL. 1t has IN countless
instances, saved life, and has, within the
knowledge OF every one, alleviated most
alarming symptoms and effected cures al'
most surprising belief So excellent is it
that the medical faculty largely use it in
their practice. In cases Of seated con
sumption, it prolopgs life and soitens the
stay of the afflicted sufferer. About these
days it Is we'll to have it in the housc BY
its timely use, serious disease may be
checked and turned aside Nashua tlo
way Post.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01
EVERY SATURDAY
MERGED IN
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The Living Age has been Published for moro
than thirty years, with the warmeA SUPP or Of
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\ weekly magazine, of sixty.four pages. The
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LITTELL's LIVING ACE FOR 1878 -
Since its absorption of"Every Saturday.
The Lining Age, always the chief, has
become the only eclectic week y OF the
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01

Cough no more, How much Joy there J.. in ey.
cry household to know that they can at last pro-
cure remedy Tor any case Of coi Jas severe colds
settled on tho breast, consumption or any disease
Of the throat and lungs, that a. certain tr cure.
1t is satisfaction to know thai D., person is safe
from the dangers Of these disen,r,- all yuu need
do is to 30 to your druggist anu go bottle Of
Boschec's Herman syrup; two OF three doses will
relieve you at once. Ii You doubt what We say
in print get Il sample bottle for 10 cents and try
1t, or regular size for - cents
For sale by Case " Rider
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-12-01

The transit Of Venus, which occurs on
the S.h of December next, is Que Of the
most important astronom ical events OF the
present century, aud it is understood,
that Hons. s. 5. Cox, Fernando Wood
M. q, Kerr and other prominent Demo.
Gratis, who expect to be Speaker in Dec
ember, 1875, are anxious to have the
transit postponed for year, in order that
the two great events can go down in his
tory together Washington Chronicle.