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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-24
ADDISON.

Various parties were on Grand View
Saturday, the Dist, from Middlebury,
Orwell and elsewhere. The road enters
on the west of the mountain opposite A..
Willmarths and after a mile and more Of
rising and winding in the forest, passing
the steam mill and cranberry pond, comes
out upon the high precipitous west line
of the mountain. Along this, north and
south, were and arc the unrivalled west.
ern, southwestern and north. western
views. Here are the observatory up to
which the road has been wrought, the
hotel, unfinished but well supplied, shell.
ter, attendance, and feed for animals, &C.
cOmmodatiOns mOTpSlSSsSsu li77 ofsvisitors, and
after all other looking, and above all, q
look every way from the observatory, a
long look, in day like Saturday, a look
for life time.
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lIONKTON.

80 The farmers have generally got their
grain secured.
MIR, II. a. Hull took in fair
amount OF butter at the Ridge, last Satur-
day, at % and 30 cents.
The men and boys OF Monkton have
returned quite extensively to the good
old amusement of pitching quoits for re-.
creations.
The disease sometimes deuomnated
summer complaint or cholera morbus. is
showing no quarter or Partially IN this
town.
Another aged citizen has gone the
way Of all the earth MIR, Josiah Mum.
ford has been feeble aud almost helpless
since the first OF last April and continued
to fail until upon the tenth of July he
had shock which utterly paralyzed his
left side from head to foot. lie was un.
able to speak so as to be understood from
that time, His sufferings were severe
and he longed TO depart, frequently ex.
pressing The wish as well as he could
Mr.. Mumford was born in Bennington
and at the age of five years he came with
his father. Robinson Munlford, to this town,
where they endured all the inconvenience
and privations Of pioneer life. He grew
up to be man much respected, and was
repeatedly honored by his fellow citizens
with positions of responsibility. He was
a member Of the Baptist church in this
town upwards of fifty years, and much
respected and beloved as christian
brother. Toward the close of his life q
malignant cancer developed upon his face
and this with his other troubles made him
great sufferer to the last, but he bore il
with christian fortitude and finally sunk
away like one going to sleep, on Sunday
Aug. 10, at the age Of eighty.nine years
He leaves a large circle friends to mo urr
his loss. The funeral was conducted by
Hon. II. D. Smith, Rev Ira p. Kellogg
pastor, preached the discourse from thu
words, For to me to live is Christ anC
to die is gain" He was assisted in tn,
services by Rev. George Gold, pastor o
the Methodist church, Mr., Charles Tai
by assisted in the music with his melo
\ deon.
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NOTICES..

Fall prints at seven and eight cents
at T. M. Chapman q Cos.
Ladies' shoes and mems kip boots
at T M. Chapman Il Co.'S
Another bale of that famous eight
cent cotton at T. NJ. Chapman & Cos
"A large line Of black alpacas and
briIliantines at +. NJ Chapman 4 Cos.
Go to Case & II ider's for everything
usually found at druggists Prescrip-
tions carefully and accurately compound.
ed from pure materials at all hours.
1T will be to the interest Of the la
dies of Middlebury and vicinity to call
at Il. r. Clay's dry and fancy goods, and
millinery establishment and examine the
new and delightful perfume, called "Am-
arantos," or Queen Of White" This is
not a liquid, but comes in boxes. For
handkerchief perfume it is hard to find
its equal, as it is beautiful and lasting.
For n face or glove powder it is pronounce
ed by the ladies to be the best in the
market and it is warranted not to injure
the skin Remember it is for sale in
Mddlebury only by f. X. Clay. GLIB
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NE w HAVEN.

Shipments from this station last week !:
butter, 10000 pounds cheese, 6,454
pounds.
"A week age last Saturday a little
boy received a severe kick from horse,
which would doubtless have finished him
if the kick had not landed upon q lot of
apples which were secreted under his
shirt. The apples were the product of a
little thieving expedition and hence the
case is not success as moral lesson.
All the little boys now 60 about the street,
their forms bulging out with papoply Of
stolen apples, and boldly defying the most
rampageous horse. Alas for the Sunday
school story books.
The campmeeting has been de-
mencing on the Oath as advertised it will
commence on Tuesday, August 81. This
change Of time was rendered necessary
by the heavy rains which made the con.
dition of the grounds unfit for use at the
date first selected Fare on the railroad
to and from the grounds from stations in
the vicinity as follows Brandon, Sl.05;
Leicester Junction, So cts; Salisbury,
70 cts; Middlebury, 35 cts; Brooksvlle
Is cts; Vergennes, 35 cts; New Haven
20 cts
The Sixteenth Addison County
Good Templars Union was held at New
Haven, August Is, 1875, according tc
notice, and notwithstanding the heavy
rains and the bad condition Of the roads
there was large collection of member.
and delegates from the different lodges ii
the county Seven lodges were well rep.
resented. Reports from others were
quite encouraging. Remarks by Bros
Mardin, Durfee and Smith of Bristol, A
p. Upper of Middlebury, Rev. d. +
Brooks Of Lincoln. Albert ii Sperry o
Cornwall, Rector 9. Gage of Addison, p
D. Percival of North Ferrisburgh, AL
bert b. Adams of New Haven, also Rev
Mr. Knowton and Mr.. S. b NJ. Cowles
all manifesting zeal and enthusiasm sci
dom witnessed, were well received ant
heartily cheered. The essay of siste
Mary p. Upper was good. Declama
ton by Henry Hathorne was well spoken
Music and singing by the choir excellent
all taken together we had good time
We were cordially received, and mad
welcome by Mizpab Lodge and tn
friends in New Haven, for which W
would tender our sincere thanks in behal
of the different lodges there represented.
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tnoGgG Adt'Rs'go 66o@r September 1 is good,
which inded it would have been irrational
to hope for. There is no falling off in
Mr.. James's story, which does not take
the turn the average reader might have
expected from the awkward situation
with which the last chapter closed. But
the effect Of that situation will yet be felt
For the present we join Mr. Mallet in
the cnticing study Of Mary Garland whom
we find not an exceptionally complex per-
son like her rival in Roderick's thong hts,
Christina Light, end not so perplexing to
us as to Mr.. Mallet, who in his turn per-
plexes her sadly. Mrs. Kemble's gossip
about herself is quite the most easy, in.
souciant autobiography that we remem.
Der, and Mr.. Stoddard wouldn't find the
fault with it which he does in his last
Bric.a. Brac volume with theatrical me.
moirs in general Mrs, Kemble does not
always keep on level of interest, but
very little she has said so far ooold be
missed without real loss Of entertain
ment. In this chapter of the gossip, she
tells of her aunt, Mrs. Whitelock, whom
she speaks of as locking like clumsy,
badly.fnished, fair imitation. This lady
had acted before Washington, and had
also been presented to bim,-(his favorite
bespeak, Mrs. Kemble says, was The
School for Scandal We can seldom
get so near to Washington as to find any
one, like Fanny Kemble, who has seen a
q person that saw him. DR.. Holmes has
a delightful friendly review of the "exo.
tico" book Of translated verse. recC ntly
put forth by James Freeman Clarke and
his daughter Horace f. Scudder con-
siders Noah Webster as "a patriotic
school. master" The heavy papers are
by Mr.. Waring, on Sanitary Drain 20
Of Houses and Towns; :" and by Joseph
Wharton on National SelEprotection. y
There are some musical verses by Mrs
Spofford, two sonnets by Aldrich, OIL
which the second is delicate bit o.
work and verse by Bourdilon and Lo
we'll
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VT. RAILROAD,
Y RUTLAND DIVISION
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT

MOVING NoRrH-Night express leaves Bellows
Falls at ii Is p m; Chester ii :j5 p m; Ludlow
1921 In; arrives at Rutland at 40 m. Leaves
Rutland 80; Brandon 2;2T; Middlebury :O5 {;
Vergennes 3:37; arrives in Burlington at ~.
Accommodation-Leaves Rutland at 500 m /;
Brandon 1909; Middlebury 7:45; Vergennes
Sis; arrive in Burlington at 9:25 a m.
Mail-Leaves Bellows Falls at ii 80 nj
Chester IL "a pm; Ludlow 1853; arrives in Rut-
land at 1855. Leaves Rutland at 200 p m
Brandon 2 4O; Middlebury 20; Nergsnnes 3 :54 -;
arrives in Burlington at 4:4G.
New York Express-Leaves Rutland at 80 I
M; Brandon 5 q; Middlebury 6:02; Vergenne'
G:32; arrives in Burlington at 7l5; and only
stops at the above stations, except to take pas
sengers going north of St Adams.
Mlxed-Leaves rutland at z:lo IN; Brandon
1892; Middlebury 4 80; Vergenncs G;0i; arrive
in Burlington at I: $50 p m.
Mixed-Leaves Bellows Falls at 80 m
Chester ) 40; Ludlow 7;0j; arrives in Rutlan,
at 800 III.
MovISG SouTH-Mail leaves Burlington n
$40 M Vergennes 9;lj; Middlebury 9:55
Brandon 10:4S; arrives in Rutland at 40
Leaves Rutland at ! $50 m; Ludlow 1855 pm
Chester 3 arrives in Bellows Falls at 2:l0 p III
New York Express-Leaves Burlington at 10 Il
m; Vergennes ll:l0; Middlebury / As; Bran
don 1927 p M arrives in Rutland tat ] ;0j p IN
ccommodaton-Leaves Burlington at 2:30
M; Vergennes 3 SO; Middlebury 80; Brando
Cos; arrives at Rutland at 7;l0 p m.
Night Express-Leaves Burlington at 8 ;5s
m; Vergennes 1907; Middlebury 10 :55; Bran
don so, arrive in Rutland at 1895 a m
Leaves Rutland at l2;4j IN; Ludlow li52
Chester $50; arrives in Bellows Falls sos n
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CORNWALL.

The Cornwall grange is now the
strongest in the county. VIM. II. Mat.
thews is master
The onion crop is very promising the
present season. 1t is thought that it will
much exceed its usual amount.
The farmers are nearly all through
with their harvesting, Grain has been
injured some by the late wet weather.
MIR. A. X. Carr commences his usual
purchase Of potatoes next week. lie has
been the largest shipper Of farm produce
from the Middlebury station for a num-
Der Of years.
The heavy rains of last week did
considerable damage to the crops, espeei.
ally in the south part of the town. Two
bridges were also carried off and it is esti
mated that it will cost sevsnty.fve dollars
to replace them.
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The railroad accounting at St. Adams
has uncovered thus far some rich mines
for instance, the payment to b. b, Small
lcY, Of BurlingtCn n, the son of his father
Jadge Smalley of the District Court, and
himself the clerk Of the court, $1,000 a
year for several years as passenger agent
ct Montreal which was merely blind
for something else; and the paying Of a
fee Of retainer to the same Smalley "in
any bankruptcy proceedings that might
be brought against the receivers" Small
ley is clerk of the bankruptcy court and
still accepted the retainer People can
put this and that together and draw their
own conclusions This business is the
more interesting just now when On effort
is being made to procure the appointment
offs certain person to the judgeship who
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-24

The St, Louis Times, aludipg to the
recent death Of the confederate Gen.
Pickett, relates the following incident of
the famous rebel charge at Gettysburg ::
Pickett had put himso at the head of his
Virginians. He had an abide. camp, a
boy almost, and the only son of mother
who idolized him. Just before the col.
umn broke from a parade rest into run.
the general spoke to this staff officer ten
dery and asked him if he, the abide.
camp, were killed in the charge, who
would be sorrowed for him. My moth.
err" the boy answered, something like a
tear dimming the CLINT OF his steel blue
eye, and busted himself no further with
the future Not so with Pickett. just
as he mounted and moved out at the head
of his troops, he called the young officer
to him and sent him with an important
message to a distant part of the field.
When the boy returned, the division was
decimated His commander had just
taken this way to save his life.
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Is deeper in the mud than the clerk is in
the mire, with the understanding that
Smalley shall be kept in his fat place ;
and it is the lack of ability to guarantee
this latter result that prevents the ap.
pointment Of any one at this time, This
is state talk and has been for months and
is proper that the people Of tho state
should know how those things are bought
and sold - standard.
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How Woman Suffrage Works
in Wyoming.

TO us the novelty has worn oil, and we
have had time to coolly estimate the re-
suits. There are those who can re.
member the condition Of things here, six
or seven years ago, and though we might
differ somewhat as to the causes which
have produced this change for the better,
yet we shall be able to agree upon few
facts. We never had term OF court
here, held in decent and comfortable
place, with its proceedings marked
throughout by decency and decorum, and
Invested Of everything pertaining 10 levity
and backguardism, till our ladies we're
summoned to participate in it. We never
had a grand jury here who boldly and un.
flinchipgy took hold to investigate offens.
es against decency and morality, and hunt
out and bring offenders to punishment,
till we had a grand jury composed largely
of ladies' We had had several terms Of
court, but had scarcely been able to con-
vict or punish a single criminal for any
crime, however heinous, through the me-
dunn of those courts, till we got juries
composed largely Of women. We did not
have single election here without
drunkenness, rowdyism, quarreling, fight
ing and bloodshed, until our wives, moth.
ers, sisters and daughters were permitted
to accompany us to the polls, We well
remember the time when many a man
stayed away from the polls, losing his
right Of citizenship, rather than encounter
the danger and rowdyism he must meet
in order to exercise it, But all this is
changed Our elections 60 off as quietly
as any other social gathering, no matter
how heated political campaign may be
or how important the issues at stake. And
we all point with pride TO the result,
whether or not VIC agree as to the cause
which has produced it.-Laramie Sen.
tinel.
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DIR. Holland advances his story Of Sew
enoaks in a mastery way in the Septem-
Der Scribner's. He is developing the
character of Belcher with great skill and
truthfulncss, and if he sustains. his powers
to the end, this will be his best novel.
In his editorial capacity discussing
Mr.. Beecher and the jury sys-
tenn, DR.. Holland exhibits his forcible
one.sidedness to the highest advantage.
1t is seldom that one meets so able man
with so little apparent consciousness that
there can be two honest opinions of any
subject on which he has formed his own,
The Shakespeare lovers will read with
much interest the paper by the sculptor
Page upon the portraits oil Shakespeare !;
he only accepts three as genuine for the
purpose Of comparison with the Kcssel.
stadt mask, viz: the Stratford bust the
Droeshout engraving and the Chandos
portrait. If they are Shakespeare, Mr.
Pages conclusion is that the mask is
"most Shakespeare" We are forgetting
all this while, that one of our townswo.
men, Mrs. Kate B. Foot, whose literary
work has for some time been known to
the public in other places, enters the ranks
of the contributors to Scribner, this month.
1t is with one of the most pathetic stories
we have ever read; the tale of "Tilda,"
a simple gill from Dahl, and her love,
and how it was requited. 1t is told
with an admirable simplicity and direct.
ness the writer has felt instinctively the
fine effect of nature in letting character
or situation alike express itself with.
out intrusive Accomplishments There
are pretty touches OF womanlines:
in the picture of this innocent, trusting
Swedish peasant, and the denouement il
very effective. The story is bitterly trut
and the narrator seems almost cynical il
telling it. Perhaps some of our readers
may remember to have seen the passag,
from an English tourists notebook o
which Mrs. Foot speaks in her last para
graph. Mr.. Stedman's paper on tn,
"Minor Victorian Poets" appears to hav
been written somewhat hastily, as neithe
in thought nor in style does it equal tn
rest Of the series There is an extrac
given from E. f. IIales Cambridge p
B. X. poem which is good and SOM
lines to Longfellow. A long article Of
Chicago, is proiusely illustrated Mr.
Waring concludes his Farmers Vacation
with a well illustrated paper on Guern
sey and Stark and then a sentimental
boys poem by Edgar A, Poe is given il
fac-simile. -RepuJlican.
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Theodore Tilton will pass his vacation
at Homer, at The house of A. II. Carpen.
ter, father Of the artist, and the artist
will undoubtedly be with him. Abby
Sage Richardson, late Mcfarland, is in
the same locality, ana Theodore and she
will doubtless compare notes, and howl
aud weep, and be happy generally. And
if a great historical picture appears from
the brush Of the artist nobody need be as.
tonished - Rochester Democrat.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-24

The Saratoga special train from New
York collided with aD irrcgulrr train
running from Whitehall to Green Island 4,
on Saturday, demolishlDg both engines
aud tearing up large amount Of track,
and not one OF the 100 passengers were
injured.
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COUNTY NEWS.

-TEAcHERs INsTITUTE.-The teach.
ers' institute in Addison county, for 1875,
will be holden ut Shoreham, September
7 and s, beginning at 9 o'clock, A. NJ,
and with an evening session, each day,
EDWARD CoNANT, Snpt. Of Ed
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RIPTON.

1t is said that chicken thieves are
again circulating in our community. Mr..
j. Robbins complains of losing fowls at
two different times.
H. G. Powers has recently lost q
horse by its being left hitched in a stable
when a portion Of the panking had heen
torn up, and falling down several feet
and breaking its neck.
"A few specimens of the genus
cramps" have been discovered prOwling
about and could be spared Their mode
of operation here appears TO be, to apply
for work in bad weather, and stay unit
fair weather comes and then look for a
new place 10 repeat the tactics
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PosT OFFICE NOTICE.

MAILS ARRIVE.
Closed mails from Rutland, Albany,
Boston and N. York, $3.50 A. Nj.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock
East Middlebury, Cornwall, West
Cornwall and Bridport $3.50 A. M.
WAY mail from north 1000 A. NJ.
>ayay mail from SOUTH cast & west. $3.50 p. NJ
nMES>uail from N. York, C:l5 p. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
w., ,,a;, o;rSsouth. $3.50 A. NJ.
WY nS,th, 500 P. NJ.
Mails for Ripton, Grmvilie, han
cock East Middlcbury,- Cornwall,
West Cornwall and BridpoIt $50 T. NJ
Closed mail for Rutland, the south
ern part Of tho state, Conn. and
Western Mass, 300 p. NJ.
Closed mail for N. York. Albany,
Boston and beyond, 700 P. M.
Office hours, am. to $50 p. m. Sundays
Has a. m. to l2.45 p. IN.
A. S. TRACY. 2. NJ.
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Shipments from this station last week {:
butter, 10000 pounds cheese, 6,454
pounds
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-12-31
STATE NEWS.

Charles Partridge of Br9;ntree is II
years old, weighs 800 pounds, and the other
day took u barrel of flour in his arms and
carried it down stairs.
According to the catalogue Of the Uni
versity o. Vermont tho lmber of students
i'm the institution is ( the Undergrad
uates nu. herring nine one and the med
heal students sixlyatv
The grand list of Il. and 7. Ef.rbanks
& Co., of st. Johnsbury is S2,232.O2. The
grand list of all abe Fairbankses. in that
town amounts TO s5,O70.77 on which they
pay S7,3l4.96 taxes. Judge Poland has q
grand list of S237 Is which is the largest,
excepting that of some Of the iarbankses
In that village.
The recent exhibition of tho Quechee
Valley Poultry Society at Woodstock, II
being the first exhibition of the kind ever
held in the State, appears 10 have been
very successful. There were over 100 coops
of fowls entered, nearly all being pure bred
and in fine condition, and the attendance
was so good as TO more than cover the ex-
penses. The varieties shown included, be-
. sides few turkeys, geese, etc, Leghorns
+ Cochins, Brahmas, Hamburgs, Polish, and
n few other well-knowh breeds, 4here be-
Ihg very few fancy birds. Brown Leghorn'
'were tho most n merous, after which cam'
i The Asialics.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-12-31
kunlIght ut Last.

Why did this woman live? Had life one
charm for her? Perhaps she asked herself
these questions as she sat with her face in
her hands and looked out upon the cold,
cherries sky. There were no tears in her
great bla, eyes-only such look of woe
and despair that the world should have
been there to see 1t aud TO have it painted
on their hearts.
"Motherw
4 little, wasted form on the wretched bed
p bony band on the ragged quilt-a voice
which told of hNnG"r and pain and weary
waiting.
~ Ne bent over him, and for moment a
mos6er's love shone in hor eyes and her
wrinkled hand rested on his pale face with
such tenderness as only a mother has.
"Lift me up and1et me see The sunshine"
he whispered, trying 10 put his arms around
her neck.
"There is no sunshine" she answered in
reply, a sob in her throat.
NJ "Kiss me, mother, and call me when the
eunlight comes again. he said.
Il NShe knew that be had been dying for a
!. 1D,fieek--sasking slowly and surely into eter-
y nltv. but she had no friends to call in-she
u cou,., ftly weep over him and pray God
thatA tStnight SION follow. With a gasp
and sob ~ dressed her lips TO his fore
head, .b"u |. ted away to struggle with
Yer de. = h Hn Nher great sorrow.
II The cloudy, cheerless day faded into
Kldusk. She reused herself for moment
a aud pee Through the gloom 10 see if her
boy Sd I'd then she whispered with her
thoughts
When the darkness covered the bare flor
as with mantle, and when sis could no
longer see her own poverty, the boy sud-
denly cried out:
"Mother! mother! The sunlight has
comet
"Not yet, dear Ned-not yet! 1t is night
A now"
"But see the sun-it lights all the room
it bazes into my face ~ he called.
= !, "There is no sun-it is cold and dark p
II re sobbeo.
ii t"And it grows brighter and hear such
Eeet music ahd see little Tommyv' he
~ lfhispered, while through the darkness she
4 Jaw his white face grow radiant.
You are dreaming y she sobbed.
IA ';s such q bright sun The music is Sc
swee = l whispered, clasping her hand
"Itis kit is night p she gasped, bu
he did no.. ear.
The sunlight had truly come, but ii wa:
IA the sunlight of ParadisN-the golden ray
X reflected from the ales of Heaven-anC
no" SUNLIGHT of earth. TIE mysteriou
curt~.h hid the valley of death had lift
~ for his <Grit to pass under, and woe haC
n Ueen left behind.
~ JAnd @aher? Ask the shadows of nigh
ask the river. When they found his lit
lie body she was not there. They can no
: find her. If she is dead God did not judg
her harshly.-Detrot Free Press.