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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-04-28

Ed,iet Of The Rcgnfo:
Your Weybridgo correspondent in
his statement of the lahors of Rev, II.
Cox should have said. although there
was no revival in WrNhridgc village,
yet at Brooksville under his direct la
bors, there was large and gracious
work of revival, though the fruits of II
were mostly gathered into the Metho-
dist church at Middlchury.
New HAVEN MARKEr.-From this de-.
pot there were shipped, on Tuesday,
April 21st $500 lbs. butter cans OF
maple sugar. and 100 dozen eggs. April
20tb,4 cows and 80 veal calves. Butter,
30 to 32c eggs l6 to l7c; maple sug-
ar, IL to 12lc; veal calves, Sc. per Id.
NERGENNEs MARKET.--On Tuesday,
5,7S2 lbs butter were shipped from this
station On Monday 81 cows and 6j
calves Butter 80 to 81 maple sugar
II to 24c; potatoes Go to zoe, eggs Ice.
Edward Matot of Leicester Junction,
has a wonderful daughter, three years
old, who sings or plays upon the piano
any music she has heard, though she has
never had any instruction.
WIN. p. Powers of Leicester sold
11l,6S3 bushels Of lime last year, made
from his two klns, which is 10000 bush.
els more than any previous year.
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COUNTY NEWS.

ADDISON COUNTY TEMPERANCE SoolkIY.-A
special meeting of this Society will he held at
Nergennes on Tuesday, the 18th day of May,
commencing at 10 o'clock II. IN. All temperance
men and women in the county are earnestly in
vited to attend and all churches and temperance
organizations invited to send delegates. Let
all in the county who would sustain Temperance,
good laws, and the men who impartially execute
thom rally to this temperance meeting. By or
der Of the Executive Committee. 7. II. AGcm-
BALD, Chairman.
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L. d. WILCOX, Ion,
T. BAILEY,
STATE OF VERMONT-District Of

- Addison, 5s.
In Probate Cour, held at Mi1ilelury, ia AIS
for said district, on the 18th day Of April 81.
ls7i
An instrument purporting TO be the last vii,
and testament Of Patrick MEG oldrick late O. Md
dlebmy, in sad District, deceased having
been rrc.ented to this court by Rebec'a NJ
Godrich the eNecutriN named therein. j.
ia thereupon ordered that said instrumeu.
be referred to session Of the Probate Court
to he held at the Probate Office IN Middle
bury, on the 90th lay Of May next. a 1874
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, iol allowance
and it is further ordered that notice hereof be
given to all persons interested In tie estate {.
said deceased by publication Of this order three
weeks successfully in the Middlebury Register,
newspaper printed at Middiebury, previous T. said
time, that they may appear :! said tins sH1
place. and show cnuse, ii any they may have,
why said instrument should no; be allowed 81 ta-
last will and testament Of said deceased.
SAML l.. COOKE, Jujg.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

We, the subscribers, being appointed BY the
Probate Court for the district Of Addison, cou-
missioners, to receive, examine and adjust eli
claims and demands Of all persons against tha e.
tate of Benjamin F Ripley, late Of Waveiand, ia
the State of Indiana (formory OF Ripton, in said
district), deceased, and also all claims and de-
mands exhibited in Offset thereto; and six months
from the 2lst day of April being allowed by said
court for that purpose, we do therefore hereby
give notice that we will attend to the business
of our said appointment at the County Clerks Of
fee in Mddebury, on the 10th day Of May and
the goth day Of October next, 1874, from nino
o'clock, A NJ until four o'clock, r. No. on each Of
said days
Dated at Miidlehury, This elst day VI Ari.
T. II. lS1i.
CALVIN lllII. &c.,,
RUFUS WAtNWMGHrS Oo--'
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Why NEVADA RIVERS Rus lNro THE
GROUND The Virginia City New En-.
terprise says: 1t is a well.known pecu.
liarity of our Washoe rivers that they
sink into the earth Each river empties
into what is called its sink or lake.
None of them get out of the state or
empty into the sea THIS curiou. fact
was once curiously accounted ar b. a
queer old fellow who made his hone IN
the shadow Of Mount Davidson. Said
he : The way it come about was IN this
wise The Almighty. at the time he
was creatin' and fashionin' this yearth,
got along TO this section late on Saturday
evenin He had 90, through with all the
great lakes. like Superior, Michigan,
Huron. Erie and them had made the
Ohio, Missouri. and Mississippi rivers
aud as II sort Of wind.up, concluded to
make a river that would beat anything
he had done in that line, lie started an
traced out Humboldt river. an Truckee
river, an Carson river. an Walker river,
an Reese river an all the other rivers,
an he was a leading of EN- along, calcu.
latin to bring em all together into one
big boss river, an then lead that off an
let it empty into the gulf of Mexico or
the gulf of California, as might be most
convenient but as he was bringin down
and lcadin' along his branches--Truckee,
Humboldt, Carson Walker, an then-all
at once it came on dark. an not being
able to carry out his plan, he just tucked
the lower ends of the several streams into
the ground whar they war, an they've
stayed thar ever since
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TATE OF vERMONT-Districtc q

~ Addison, Sc.
In Probate Court, held at Mildlebury, within
and for the District of Addison, on the 18th day
April, A. D. 1874
Rebecca E. Dewey and William D. Dewey, a.
ministrators of the estate Of William 7. Dewey
late of Salisbury, in said district, deceased make
application in writing to this Court for an exter
sion of the time allowed them for the disposal or
said estate and the payment Of debts against the
same.
And it is thereupon ordered by said court thai
said estate be referred to a session thereof 10 Dc
held at the probate Office in Mddlebury, in said
district on the 18th day of May next a. u.
1874, for hearing and decision thereon; and i. j.
further ordered that notice hereof be given TO all
persons interested by publication Of notice Of
said application and order thereon three week
successfully in the Middebury Register, news
paper printed at Middlebury, previous to sali
time of said hearing, that they may appea. a.
said time and place and show cause, If ally tAcy
may have, why said time should not be extended.
SANIL L. COOKE Judge
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Annl.oy County CLERKS OFFICE, ,

NFNII n, 4. II. IoiI.
Having this day canyassed the votes for County
Commissioner, Cyrus W. Wicker is found and de-
clared to he elected County Commissioner for tko
County Of Addison for the year ensuing.
4 Rrrrs WAINWRIGHT, County Clerk
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STATE OF vERMCNT-D;,tict

~ Addison. s..
In Probate Court, held at Miidleuufy. iu aaI
for said District, On the 18th day % AmA
A. d 1874.
William X. Remee, administrator IL i.'..4 a.l
Of the estate of Edwin Hammond lato Of Middle
bury, In said district, deceased, presents his a.
ministration account TO this Court for allowance
and asks for decree Of said estate.
1t is thereupcn ordered by said court, tAat . a
account be referred to session thereof, to be
held at the probate Office in Middlebury, on tn
goth day of May next, ID. 1874, at 10 O'clock
in the forenoon, for hearing and decision thereon
and it Is further ordered that ell persons intos
ested be notified hereof, by publication q notics
of this order three weeks succcssiyely in tie
Mildlebury Register, printed at Midlebury, to-
at said time and place, and show cause, {. any
they may have. why said account Should r.t l.
allowed and such decree made
3 SAM'L T., COOKE, Jri-e.
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CTATE OF vERMONT-Disirict

NOTICE.
~ Having purchased VIM. Ii. Ellisk illei, q
in the Ellis Saloon, it is my intention 70 keep "a
nrst-class Restaurant. Hot and cold meals al
any hour of the day, and fresh oysters rr,,ivc 4
by express daily. hope 10 merit the Iatronpg
o the public which solicit.
JASPER DUNN.
Mitdlebury, Dec, ?, 1873, s-mc
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COWS FOR sALE-FOR SALE

on the premises Of the late Daniel p, Rock
wood, in Bridpori, eighteen young and selected
cows, being the entire dairy lately owned by said
lockwood; rare opportunity for those wishing
t. buy COWS. Also, the feed growing on seventy
five acres of very choice pasturing, being divided
into three lots. For further information apply 10
L. u. Wilcox, near the premises. ar 10 the sub
scrber in Shorehnm.
Gw3 II. W. JONES Almini.trator
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COMRADES. ArrENrIoNl-There will be meet
Ing Of Post Warner No. lG G AR. at the Armory,
Wednesday evening, May 9Th, at 7 o'clock, to
make arrangements for Decoration day, May
Both, 1874, the day on which wo do honor to our
comrades who foil in battle fighting for our beloved
country; their gallant deeds will be remembered
until the battle mountains shall be leveled to
the plain, and the historic streams be which they
Fought shall dry up ere the brave and honored
khal be forgotten, or one star Of their glory grow
Ilim, BY order of
D. MARTIN, Post Commander
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,NOMMISSIONERS' NOTICE. We

\/thc subscribers being appointed by the Hon
orable Probate Court for tho District Of Al.
Olson, Commissioners, to receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all persona
against the estate Of Dau'l J.. lockwood, late q.
Brdport, in said District deceased, also all claim,
and demands exhibited in Offset thereto; and SIX
months from the Goth dry Of April 1874,
being allowed by said Court fer that purpose.
we 40 therefore hereby give notice that We will
attend to the business Of our said appointment
at tho late dwelling house Of tho deceased, Oh
the 18th day Of May and on the 10Th day Of De-
tober next, A. u. 1874, from nine o'clock a. 70
until four o'clock p. M, on each Of said day
Dated at BIilport, this 23d day of April
1874
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SHoRFHAM.-Sad news of the death of
Stanley Hunt oldest son of Lyman Y Hunt
Esq, Of this place, has been received by
telegraph fran Austin, Texas, where he
resided. The same day this distressing
intelligence was flashed through the wires.
the family received letter from him,
stating his good health and prospects in
bu''ness. No patculars yet learned as
to the cause of his death. The news is
crushing to that lonely household, for the
first time broken into by death Father,
mother, two daughters, AID .wo sons the
two sons in Texas, young men of grea
promise. One of our most excellent
families. They have our warmest sym.
pathies, b.
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The Fort Cassin house has been ta-
ken by Mr.. Edrick Adams, Jr., who
will open the house on Friday, May LIST,
prox.
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TLIE i.A,r NLM MNNk or.
- q 77111
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DOMESTIC

THIS Neir.a1 ~ h,ne yires me esst setssJ"enon
% ile asa, p, ts ~ most readily, and IS the best
Of all D. a9. ,., IS no "Domssiic' dqc.cV al.
.,,r f,... ..,l. DDJJEN7'IC $. " 20. n \.
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) FEW coon REASONS:

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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-08-19

A JAPANESE BEAUTY DESCRIBED.
"A face of classical beauty, &C
cording to japanese notions, COM
bined with great modesty Of ex-
preston, black hair turned up and
ornamented with long gold pins
and scarlet Grape flowers, an out
er robe Of the most costly silk,
embroidered in gold and confined
at the waist by a scarf, upon which
the highest female art has been
expended in ornament, and tied
in large bow behind, the ends
flowing over a long train formed
by seven or eight silk petticoats,
each longer and richer than the
other. She must be accomplished
in music, embroidery, singing,
and, above all, in skllifu!ly impro-
vising verses for the delectation
of her future lord. Duty, q bun
die CT keys, weekly accounts, and
good housewitery, are all very
we'll. They are expected-the ia
panese gentlemen requires all
that; but he wishes-nay, insists
upon the marriage-yoke being en-
twined with roses and padded with
the softest silk. It must not chafe
if it does, off he goes to his club
Or, what is nearly as bad, his tea
house. The law allows him to dc
so, and is he not lord Of the land
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-08-19

MUNcHAUsEN IN THE Pulpit
A Selma (Ala.) colored preacher
has, according to a Southern ex-
change, been telling his congrega-
tion strange yarn. He said that
a young man, living in one of the
many towns that he had visited,
asked a young lady to accompany
him to church on the Sabbath day.
She replied, pettishly, that her
hair had not been curled, and that
she would 60 to the bad place with
her eyes wide open before she
would venture to church with
her hair uncurled. And she went
not; at that time; but the next
Sunday having gotten her curis
adjusted, she ventured out and
listened patiently to the sermon
until it's close.
When the congregation had
been dismissed she moved toward
the door, but fell on reaching the
portal, with her feet to the door
and her head toward the pulpit
As she fell her clothing cracked
like Chinese crackers exploding,
and on examining her face it was
found that her eyelids were COM
pletely gone. She was dead but
it was impossible to close her eyes
because Of the loss Of the lids
When her friends crowded around
to raise her up they found them
selves unable to move her. The
sequel showed that it took twelve
strong men to lift her from the
foor and twelve to put her IN her
coffin.
1t also required the united exer-
tions of twelve ministers to preach
her funeral-an exceeding heavy
job, doubtless. When the last
sad rites were being observed, the
lid Of the coffin suddenly raised
Of it's own accord, and something
"about the size Of q black cat, but
which was not black cat," leap
ed out. And as this creature
jumped from the coffin to the floor,
it cried aloud to the petrifed aud
iencc. "Wait! wait! wait! until
l curl my hair!'' GAS l expect to
answer in the day of Judgment"
said the sable divine, II saw this
scene with my own eyes, and it
was Just as | have told itr'
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Done with Neatness and Dispatch,
Terms Cash.

horse redoubles his exertions.
In the van of the savages rides
i tall chief mounted upon a pow
erful horse, his plumes streaming
in the wind as he urges the noble
animal he bestrides. Young Essex
can escape if he turns back. But
no! The sweet face of Nelly
johnson and the shrinking forms
Of the defenceless little ones come
before his view and dashing the
perspiration from his brow the
pursued dash onward. But a four
miles more and succor is at hand
Ncarercome thepursuers. Now
ride young Essex for it is three
score lives to one! Speed brave lit
tie horse: strain every muscle and
nerve heart, for your work will
we'll be done! Ride, young Essex,
for everything is at stake! On
ward rushed the horse, her hoofs
beating time to the short, quick
breaths. The gap Closes Twaug!
d sharp pain in the side, and the
rider reeled in the saddle, the
whip is raised for the first time,
and faster fed the horse.
And now the green ramparts
and stockaded gates of Fort Kear-
ney came in view. The baffed
sa7ages turn and set out rapidly
up the trail, while the fainting ri
der checks the faltering steps Of
his dying horse. One last look at
the waving sea Of green, and they
entered the gates thrown open to
receive them.
In the center of the parade
stands a group of men about a
horse and rider. The horse is
down now, and from his nostrils
gushes the life-current, aud beside
her lies the rider.
Young Essex raised his head
from the arm which supported it,
and said:
"Pawnees off their reservation.
McPherson's stations cleaned out
-help-quick Ny love to-to-
Nelly-Johnson-"
And grasping the reins with
stiffening clutch, the barbed shaft
eating out his soul, he sank upon
the pony's neck.
Their brave hearts had ceased
to beat.-WeD York GTap1lc.
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THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.

By the flow of the inland river,
VIII ere the fleets Of iron have fed,
Where the blades Of the grave grass quiTcl
Asleep are the ranks of the dead,
Under the s'od and the dew,
Waiting tn Judgment Day
Under the one, the Blue,
Under the otl,er, the Gray.
These in the robin OF glory,
Those in the gloo N OF defeaf'
All with the battle-b. .'ood CORY,
In the dust of eterni " meet;
Under the sod and the Eew,
Waiting the Judgment DAY,
Under the laurel the Blue,
Under the willow the Gray.
From the silence of sorrowful hours
The deSolate mournerS go,
Lovingly laden with flowers,
Alike for the friend and the foe;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment Day,
Under the roses 4. blue,
Under the Ii IS the Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done'
In toe storm of the years that are fading
No braver battle was won.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment Day,
Under the blossoms the Blue,
Under the gsrlands the Gray.
No more shall the war-cry sever,
Or the winding river be red,
They bauish our anger forever,
When they laurel the graves Of our deao'
xUuder the sod and the dew,
the Judgment Day,
81 ve and tears for the B!ue,-
Sss and love for the Gray
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4 rather remarkable case came
up lately before the sheriff of
Perthshire. A farmer near Auch-
terarder had sold a COW to a per-
son named Perth, aad the buyer
summoned the farmer in order to
recover damages, seeing that he
had given false information about
the COW. II asked him." said the
plaintiff, if she was a good mixer" :"
''And what was his reply!" He
said, "She'lI astonish you!" Il
took the cow home, but she has
not a single drop of milk"
"WeIl," said the sheriff, Il rather
think she did astonish you.''
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-08-19

DR.. Tying, in his "Christian Pas
tor" rebukes the disgusting habits
ID which some ministers indulge,
saying he has seen a clergyman
in a highly finished pulpit take q
large piece Of tobacco out of his
mouth when he began to pray,
and after the amen pick it up from
:he marble slab and put it in his
capacieus cheek again.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-08-19

"'Tis plain TO me-" said farmers wife,
''Those boys will make their marks in life,
They never were maze to handle hoe,
And at once to college ought to go.
There's Fred, he's little better'n fool,
But John and Henry must go to school"
tsWell. really. wife" quoth farmer Brown,
As he sat his mug of cider down,
Erred does Eore work in day for me
Than his brothers do in three;
Book ;cacnin' will never plant ones corn,
Nor hoe potatoes, sure's you're born.
Nor mend . rod Of broken fence;
For my part, give me common sense"
20 But his wife was bound the roost to rule,
Acd John and Henry were sent to school,
While Fred, of course was LETT behind,
For bis mother said he had no mind.
Five years at school the students spent;
Then into business each one went;
Joi!a learned to play the flute and fiddle,
AnG parted bis hair, of course, in the middle;
While his brother looked rather higher than
he,
And hung out sign, "H. Brown N. d.
Meanwhile &: home their brother Fred
Had taken notion into his head;
But he quietly trimmed his app!e-trees,
Ard weeded his onions and planted peas;
Wh;ie sor erow, either by hook or crook,
Juti at last his father said,
He was getting 'Fbook larnin" into his head :.
s'But, TOR all that" added farmer Brown,
'sHe's the smartest boy there is in town"
The war broke out. and Captain Fred
4 hundred men TO battle led,
And when the Confederate flag came down,
Went marching home as General Brown,
But he went TO work on the farm again.
And planted corn and sowed his grain,
Re-saingled the barn and mended the fence,
Til people declared "he had common sense -
Now common sense was very rare.
And the State House needed q portion there
So the s'family Ounce" moved into town.
And the people called him Governor Brown
And his brothers who went to the city Schoo
Came home TO live with s'mother's fool"
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In the morning | was the first

" SSIll W. 9SO llIiIA'
The officer in charge told me
he had been up the greater part of
the night, and was then sleeping.
[ waited half an hour, and then,
in company with the doctor, who
had by that time arrived, went to
the cell.
The man was there on the bed,
lying in his shirt and pantaloons,
with his face downward, and mo-
tionIess.
The doctor touched him-he
was cold and stiff. The patrcide
was dead.
By his side lay paper, crushed
and rumpIed,as ifin his last agonies
he had cudeavored to tear it up.
l took it and read, written in
lead pencil, the following:
"The shrewdness Of the detec-
tive has been too much for me. It
was night when l did it, and |
fancied the means put it 'eyond
reach Of discovery. l was mis-,
taken, and [ pay the penalty Of
thai mistake freely now. That
doctor is shrewd practitioner. a
man does not counterfeit madness
with him with impunity. Had he
been as wise in his way as the de-
tcctivc was in his, the law would
not have been cheated Of its prey.
l had my reasons for the deed,
fully as potent as those | have for
this"
Here followed the signature of
the suicide, traced in full, bold
hand.
| turned to the physician and
the officer who were with me, and
had read the letter over my shoul-
der.
must confess that l think my
face showed triumph-triumph at
having succeeded in tracking and
taking a criminal so adroit and
calcuIating-and possibly I had
some good ground for being Ella
ted.
l did not ask the family Of the
murdered man for reward, but
I carried away the air syringe,
and l have it to this day. l have
made repeated experiments with
it since it came in my possession,
and each succeeding one but con-
vinces me the more Of it's deadly
and dangerous character.
There is another thing | must
say before I close, and that is
this: I have solved the mystery
Of that limp piece Of handkerchief
l found on the day [ undertook
the investigation of the affair I
have just been speaking Of: it
was employed by the murderer to
repress and keep back the slight
foam that always flies from the
mouth of the subject whenever
submitted to the action of the
syringe.
1 look back upon this adventure
now as one of the most important
events in my career, and l take
pride in telling it over and over
again. 1t shows what science is
connected with the detection of
crime, and it also shows from what
a slight link a massive chain of
conclusive evidence may be forged.
I say l look back to it with pride,
and I can only hope that an in
telligent public will hear and ap-
prove my rccital-the story ofthe
| UNKNOWN DEATH.