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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

A Washington letter under date Of
Thursday, April Is, says: A singular
case OF assault, if not of murder, occurred
here, two or three days ago, and, as the
parties belong to the higher class of
society, the event causes good deal vf
stir. Two old Mexican veterans and
brigadier.generals Of the war Of the
rebellion-Gens Ross and Sutton-are
the parties to the dreadful affair. Gen.
Sutton was nearly beaten to death by
somebody, and, upon partial recovery, he
accused his old friend, Gen. Ross, of tho
assault. The latter denied the truth of
the charge, and there is an utter lack of
motive for it. Even Sutton. who was SO
shockingy beaten, says that his ole friend
must have been crazy, and the general
opinion seems to be that. if Ross com.
mitted the assault ON his comrade, it was
under a sudden paroxysm Of insanity.
Ross was made wreck Of by his exposures
in the war, and carries one or two bullets
in his person as mementos Of one of the
battles, His case was considered so ex-
ceptional that Congress placed him on the
retired list, with a pension of $4,000
year. So far as is known at the present
time, no motive for the assault existed.
Ross and Sutton we're old friends, never
had quarreled, and had just been playing
friendly game Of billiards. Then,
according to Sutton, he was invited up
stairs into back room. where his comrade
nearly killed him with a hammer. The
trial is likely to be celebrated one
There will be great difficulty in proving
that Ross did the deed. and, if he did it,
few will doubt that he was insane.
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The Burlington Postofce.

In noticing the accession of the new
postmaster Of Burlington to the duties of
the office, Hon. G.. g. Benedict, the late
postmaster, takes occasion in the columns
of the Free Press, OF which he is editor
to make word of explanation After
brief review Of the local canvass for the
office, the question is asked, "Why was
Mr.. Benedict candidate for reappoint.
ment which it seems he was not to have?"
The answer he says is very simple, and
is given in this wise:
1t was because Senator Edmunds, who
absolutely controls the appointment Of
postmaster in his own town-as absolutely
as he does the selection OF his own coach.
man-gave to Mr.. Benedict his personal
assurance, early expressed and repeated
almost up to the time Of appointment,
that be desired Mr.. Benedict to retain
the Office Why Mr.. Edwunds did not
do what he averred he wanted to do, we
need not attempt tie explain, further than
to remark that the result OF the matter
furnishes one more illustration OF the
peculiar trait of unsel6shness in the
Senator's character which leads him to
snub his best friends and to reward his
bittercst enemies Few public men,
surely, 50 faithfully obey the scripture
injunction, do good to those who despite.
fully use you"
The position oil Mr.. Benedict Is thus
stated in the conclusion of the article:
Mr.. Benedict is proud OF the indorse.
ment which he received-and he would
not have considered it anything more to
be proud OF, ii there had been added to it
three or four hundred "names" secured
by Misrepresentation or by persistent
teasing, or attached to the paper because
it was the first one presented, or because
the sign,r saw string ct names before
his own. lie is equally proud Of a con-
siderable portion (and that the most
effective portion) Of the opposition to his
re appointment. We is proud Of the
exultation with which his retirement from
the office has been received by democrats,
drunkards and disorganizers. lie valued
the Office chiefly because it enabled him
to give Il the readers OF this paper a
better paper, with more Of telegraphic
news aud reading matter, than he could
otherwise have done The direct pecuniary
advantage to himself, from holding to the
Office, has been small. And rejecting
that its REIMBURSEMENT relieves him from
serious care aud heavy responsibility as
well as from some obligations of supposed
iriendship-he leaves it with entire
equanimity,
Thomas Ward, new member of
the police force at st. Johnsbury, struck
Orrin Poland over the head with his bill
ly, Thursday, iulicting severe wounds,
though 20 serious consequences are an
ticipated II was the result of long
time aud persistent series o. insults by
Poland. who is a one,legged saloon keep.
er. though no one justilies Ward in his
action. Ii was private g,udge Of Po-
land, and Ward was not acting officially
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

BG~ The Wheeler Compromise has
been practically accepted by all parties,
cliques and factions in the Louisiana
Legislature, and all is lovely again.
The reconstructed Legislature resumes
labor in the utmost harmony and APP
parent friendship with Governor Kel-
logg. The result Is to make the House
Democratic and the Senate Republican.
Kellogg remains Governor without
question till the legal expiration of his
term in January, 1877. 1t is now gen.
orally conceded that it is the best that
can be done, 1t secures peace and
order, ana II allows the well disposed
of all parties to unite in such financial
and general measures as are needed to
repair the gross abuses of the past and
to meet the current demands of the
State. 1t would seem that there must
be citizens enough who are tired of the
profligacy and corruption which have
been running riot with the public in.
terests so long, To join in earnest efforts
at amendment and the very under
taking of the Wheeler compromise,
against the reckless spirits of both sides,
guarantees that it will be thoroughly
tried. so, such a measure of success
will be attained as will put new face
on the prosperity Of State Astounding
in such splendid resources as Louisiana
Then when the time comes for resum-
ing the ordinary relations of the politi.
cal parties ii can be done, but the PEG.
pie will have had salutary lesson on
the subject of forbearance and cooper.
alton which, it is hoped, they will
never forget.
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Is Your Lie Worth 10 Cents /,

Sickness prevails everywhere, and everybody
complains Of some disease during their life.
When sick, the object is to get we'll; now We say
plainly that no person in this world that is suf-
iering from Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint and its
effects, such Indigestion, Costiveness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stomach, Heart burn, Palpta-
ton of the Heart, Depressed Spirits Biliousness.
&c, can take GREEs's AUGUST Flower without
getting relief and cure. If you doubt this, 60 TO
your druggist, Case Rider, and get sample
bottle for ten cents and try it. Regular size rs
cents. Two doses will relieve you. dec20-ly
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

ECONOMICAL NEW FooD.-25 cents will
buy package of Sea Moss Farine. made
from pure Irish Moss. which will make
so kinds of dishes, such as cakes, pies.
buildings, ETC., or l6 quarts of custards.
jellies, creams, Charlotte Russo, blanc
mango, etc. Sold by all Druggists and
Grocers 4yl
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

ssD~ There are mail-route brokers.
That is the latest discovery by the
Post-ofiice Department of more rotten
ness in Denmark. Persons who have
obtained contracts for the Western
States, it appears, offer to submit them,
and have even the audacity of employ
Ing postal cards in inviting bids. OF
course there is money in this sort OF
business, or 1t would not be carried on
but as to the dishonesty involved in II
there Gun lie little question, though ii
may cost the Department some time
and trouble 10 disclose tie entire evil.
Means have Lcen taken to stop this
peculiar sub-letting practice.
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STATE NEWS.

An infant child of q Mr.. Parady of
Burlington was choked to death, last
week, by getting a screw lodged in its
windpipe.
"A st. Johnsbury musician has gone
to Woodstock for the present, as the re-
vival, be says, "has Knocked fiddlinR high.
er than kite"
--Dennie Bean has presented the Bar.
ton Monitor Office with a hugh lump of
sugar, which was made by his grandfather
Samuel Bean-forty.s seven years ago.
Geo. w. Jenness has collected tho
taxes in Barton for the last three years,
and has in each year paid in the town
tax, on or before the first day Of March.
George W Bcckwith has been cleo.
ted superintendent Of streets in tie city
of Burlington in place of d. g. Linsloy,
resigned; L. A. Drew has been appoint.
ed chief Of police of the city.
DIR. Plumley of Montpelier, has
commenced suit against p. G. Cleave-
land of Hydepark for "maliciously" des.
troying his advertisements previous to his
last visit to the latter place.
While Edward Randall and his
brother Of Lyndon Center we're splitting
wood, last week, Edward fell under his
brothers ak, which laid open his skull,
infictipg probably fatal injuries.
Rev. DIR. Malcolm Douglass, presi-
dent Of Norwich university, has accepted
call to the rcctorship of the Episcopal
church at Andovcr, and is succeeded by
Capt. q. A. Curtis of the United States
army.
George A. Hubbard OF Guildhall in,
shaving hoops, April 8. met with
very severe accident. BY slip of the
shave he cut his leg at the knee joint so
badly that amputation of the limb was
thought to be necessary.
Mr.. j, Lyon, in the east part Of
Bloomington, has been greatly afflicted.
On Saturday he buried two of his chill
dren in one grave. His other FIVE chill
dren were all sick at the time. Disease,
canker-rash.
Two men crossed Lake Champlain
from the New York shore to Burlington,
on the ice, Wednesday, and though they
used plank to aid 10 getting over some
weak spots, found the ice firm and safe,
rs general thing.
The Montreal, Chambly and Sorel
railroad has changed its name 10 Montre.
al, Portland and Boston railroad, and
now forms the Canadian division of the
new consolidated line reaching from Mon
treal to both Portland and Boston.
Mrs. Orren Shipman, wife of the
Dawn Valcour community founder, has
issued fearfuly and wonderfully spelled
and punctuated circular, in which she
lays all the blame of failure upon the
community, which ran Mr.. Snipman. into
debt and perverted the objects of the so.
ciety, but says that "it is ow proposed
to rebuild the community upon the true
principles OF social life"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

Andrew Kicker of Morristown was
instantly killed, few days ago, by the
fall of tree which he was cutting,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

AN Immense WHEAT FARM -Agricul-
ture is conducted in California, like every
thing else, on a gigantic scale. A
Sacramento paper gives an account Of a
single farm at Jacinto, owned by DR.. H..
j. Glenn, from which 600,0 900 bushels of
wheat were harvested tho past season.
This is sufficient to load eighteen 1000
ton ships, or three hundred canal boats.
The Doctor runs ninety gang plows and
dozen threshers, and employs large
number Of men. His farming is not con.
fined to wheat. as he markets 100000
worth of stock annually. He is a
Virginian by birth. All the details of
his immense business he attends TO
personally.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

y son of Mr. j. IL. Meseck, of Chat
ham Four Corners, n. Y, has been cured
Of consumption by DR.. Pieroe's Golden
Medical Discovery,-so says Mr.. G. b.
Garfield, editor Of the Chatham Cour.
Ter.
S. X. Eglar, druggist, of West Union,
O.. writes to state that Dr. Plerce's Gold.
Gu Medical Discovery has effected won.
deviul cure OF consumption in his neigh.
borhood.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

y New York correspondent writes ::
MIR. Fullerton has taken the defendant in
hand. We are promised great things.
Miss Florence is to testify. Mr. Moulton
is to show his hand Frank Carpenter
has got IA story to tell he has never told.
A woman has turned Up who saw Mr..
Beecher on Mrs. Moulton's steps on the
morning Of the famous ID of July How
these promises will be kept remains to be
seen. A friend has an acquaintance who
is French He has relatives in Paris
who have written to him to know what
this Plymouth scandal is about. He has
written letter to cnighten his friend
and in it, among other interesting state.
menis he makes the following: The
trouble seems to be this, Rev. Frank d.
Moutou, owing 10 some irregularities
with Mrs. Theo. Beecher, has been
obliged to relinquish his pulpit His
church is the well known church Of
Plymouth Rock. while the Rev. Henry
Ward Tilton has been called to an account
for some impropricties in relation to Mrs.
Elizabeth Il. Anthony, the mother of the
celebrated Mark Anthony"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

The man who does not read the adver-
tisements lives in a mortgaged house
around the corner, and runs in debt for
his groceries.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20
Consumption,

the scourge of the human family, may in
its ea:ly stages be promptly arrested and
permanently cured.
RAvENswooD. w. Va.
DR.. Il V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
SIR-For the last year | have been
using your Golden Medical Discovery. I
owe my lite to it, having been afflicted
for years. Did not use it but a short
time before | was benefited; at that
time | was very b9d, not able to sit up
much, was suffering greatly with my
throat, was getting blind, had dry
cough, and much pain in my lungs. |
have used twelve bottles of the Discovery
and am almost well.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-20

AMHERST CoLLEGE.-The alumni Of
Amherst College, under recent act Of
the Legislature, are to elect five members
OF the board Of trustees as vacancies
may occur. Urder this act the vacancy
resulting from the death of Hon. Samuel
Wiliston will be filled by the alumni at
tie next commencement. Notices have
been issued calling for the nomination by
each graduate prior to 1872 Of three
persons to be voted for. We understand
the alumni of Boston and vicinity will
quite generally present the name of Henry
d. Hyde of the class of 1861, whose
endowment Of an annual prize for the
best original Grafton by members of the
Senior Glass has proved a most popular
aud valuable addition to the list of prizes
open to competition by the students at
Amherst.
The largest maple sugar manufac-
turer in the state, and possibly in the
country. is f. Il. Ray, Of Wilmington,
who taps 1850 trees aud sets as many
buckets, His average crop of sugar is
from four to SIX tons, each spring, about
one-half OF which is run into diminutive
cakes, while the remainder goes into mo-
lasses, which is put up in cans and her.
metically sealed. Mr.. Rays facilities
for manufacturing are of the best. He
has two mammoth evaporators, which
span two large brick arches, which are
used both for boiling and sugaring off
purposes. In the most driving season his
facilities are ample for disposing of a
Thousand buckets OF sap, which ordinarily
will make a thousand pounds Of sugar.
Mr.. Rays annual receipts for sugar and
molssses for the past six years have reach
ed from 81 900 to $500 The amount
OF help required in this orchard is seven
men. with TWO yokes of oxen.
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The city of Knoxville, Just now
united 10 the outside world by rail.
road, is feeling gay. Business men
arc all anxiously looking TO see how
she will enjoy her new lease OF pros
perity. and are generally anxious to
secure share of the trade of that
somewhat famous burg. The Cou,ie,
made the announcement few days
ago that the new A. X. n ID. M. Road
would be completed on Wednesday,
and that a special train would leave
this city for thaA place at thai time.
The train loft on time, and among
Sothcr persons passengers on that train,
was a good humored, jolly Ger
man friend Of ours who owns brew
cry in this city. The way the boys tell
it is, that he made arrangements for
the trip with q great deal of care,
and was bound to be ono OF the first
to occupy the new field. He was up
there yesterday, and as soon as the
train stopped, inquired for the leading
saloon of the town. He was informed
that there was no such an Institution
in. the place. "What!" said he, "no
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He was assured that II was. "Well,"
said he, "better look a lectle around,
aud soc this town. He started of on
the trip and soon returned, disgusted
with the situation. Ono Of the party
inquired in regard to tho prospect for
beer. and was met by the emphatic
explanation, Gunner vcdder, peer is
ausgcpiclt.' .-
\ He, told us about il himself to day
and said he could have sold five hun
dred dollars worth in an hoV. lie
says he will stay at homo and will ego
out therenever any MORE DAILY Of
thG lSth. afl
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yOU nave No ExCrkE.

Have you any excuse for suffering Will,
Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint? Is there
any reason why you should so on from day
to day complaining with Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, uabitual Costivcncss. pal.
pitation Of the Heart, Heartburn, Water
brash, Gnawing and burning pains at the
pit Of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated
Tongue and disagrceable taste In the mouth,
Coming up Of food alter eating, Low
spirits, &c. No! II positively your own
fault If you do. Go TO your Druggist, j.
L. Taylor Il Co., aud get bottle of
AUGUST FLOWER for rs cents
and your cure 10 certain, but il you doubt
this, get Sample Bottle for 10 cents and
ryit. Two doses will relieve you.
.afja jt9 dSw cit.