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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-03
NOTICES..

Sugar and hams (small ones) at T.
NJ. Chapman e. Cos.
Choice graham -four, oat meal and
cracked wheat at Il. NJ. Chapman & Cos
II NJ. Chapman e. Co, have receiv.
ed another case of glass top jelly tum.
blers.
Pure drugs, patent medicines, per.
fume-ies, toilet and fancy goods, paints,
oils, varnishes, window glass, putty, &c;
also fine line of cigars and confection-
cry at Case & Riders.
For SALE.-A rare chance is offered
20 purchase a news.room. AS Miss Zaidiee
Fuller is about to remove from town, sho
offers her news.room for sale. Inquire
for few days at Brewsters jewelry store.
The familiar old red wagon, n B.
Phelps, proprietor, is on the road again,
owing to the solicitation of many Of the
citizens of Bridport and Middlebury, and
OF the travelling public generally Mr..
Phelps can hereafter be found at the
Middlebury depot on the arrival Of the
mail train from the south, ready to convey
passengers, baggage, &C., to Bridport and
vicinity. Errands and other business also
attended to IA formerly. Is
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VERGENNES.
Butter 26 cents, last Saturday

Butter 26 cents, last Saturday.
Many Of the citizens of this place
are enjoying camp.lfe on the beautiful
shores of Lake Champlain, and go down
for q days excursion.
AN unoccupied house belonging to
Cashmere Douglas on the old plank road
was burned by an incendiary fro on Wed.
nesday night. Loss $1,000, insurance
$500.
The city boys have become fred with
on enthusiasm to beat the world in a
shooting match, and Fort Cassin is to be
the place, and August IL the time. Dis
lance 200 yards and the aggregate
amount Of premiums 500.
The building that formerly stood in
front Of N. G. Norton's grist mill and
used as a carriage shop has been purchas.
ed by Cummings the painter and has
been moved across the bridge upon the
lot formerly used as lumber and log yard
near Gravcling's blacksmith shop.
Officers Of the young peoples chris
tian association for the permanent organ
ization are, DR.. A. A. Arthur, president !;
Mrs Il. b. Stewart, vice president G..
7. S. Pierce, secretary; G. b, Lyman,
treasurer ; the officers above enumerated
and Misses Mary Kipgman, Mary Strong
and Angie Stewart constitute o board Of
directors.
Over one and bali tons of tin has
been put on the reform school building.
The steam and gas pipes are being put
in. The old gas house has been moved
up alongside and back from the new
building and is to be used to manufacture
the gas and steam. Any one coming to
Vergennes will be well repaid for visiting
the old arsenal grounds.
-Southard, the publisher, has just is.
sued spirited photograph of the battle
of Bunker Hill, which, together with two
others recently got out, deacon Jones
Experience" and Capture of Fort I'll.
conderoga," make triplet of choice pic.
lures, which cannot fail OF meeting with
a large sale. Price So each. or the three
will be sent post paid, for only S.. The
publication of his beautiful Cartoons of
Raphael" still continues to be eminently
successful. Although the General has q
force OF four photographers, he is still un.
able TO fill orders as fast as they come in.
He has, however, lately increased his ia.
ciities for reproducing, and hopes in
week or two to be able to fill all orders
with promptness and dispatch.
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COUNTY NEWS.
FERRTSBURGH.

Spring crops, all through this town are
looking finely, though corn and potatoes
are suffering for want of rain.
There were shipped from the North
Ferrisburgh station last week 1913 tubs of
butter and IS boxes of cheese.
The hay crop will be bat little be-.
low the average. Some are getting more
from the same land, and some less. than
last year.
MI. NJ. II. Allen of North Ferris
burgh is buying considerable butter. 1t
is brought in by farmers of other towns
as well as this.
Mr.. l.. NJ. Macomber. North Ferris.
burgh, adyertises hardy pear trees for
sale, in this issue. His nursery contains
5000 to 1000 very superior and healthy
pear trees, all raised by himself
An old citizen of Feriisburgh living
some two miles or more from Vergennes
was buried yesterday. Some twelve
years since be had a fit of some kind and
there has been a gradual change going on
since that time which ended in the soft.
ening Of the brain.
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RIPTON.

We hear that Mrs. G. ii. Kent
while on visit to her friends, received
serious injuries by falling down stairs,
from which cause Mr.. Kent did not oc.
cupy his pulpit on the 25th inst,
For the sake of keeping in practice
representatives Of the rowdy element
amused themselves the other evening by
stoning the school house in district No. 6,
and breaking a quantity of glass together
with a little sash.
While Geo. Baker was at work on
the Goth, ut, planning clapboards with a
machine at the grist mill, he had one Of his
fingers caught by feed roll and drawn
into narrow space, with fair prospect
of the arm following, q sudden movement
on his part released the member badly
lacerated.
"A party OF incipient rufiians a few
evenings since made an attack on the res.
idenco of Mrs. Fanny Caswell, destroying
nearly all of the glass in the windows.
Whether the proof will be sufficient to
convict those that did the deed or those
that instigated it, remains to be seen; but
Mrs. Caswell has the satisfaction of know.
ing who her special friends are. We un.
derstand that there is to be a legal inves.
tigation of the matter. AS near as it can
be ascertained now the affair grew out oil
Mrs. Caswell's opposition to having a
liquor agent appointed in town.
"A few days ago Mr.. Newell Culver
was seriously injured through the criminal
recklessness of Ed. Brousso, who is in
the employ Of j. Battell, Esq. 1t seems
that Mr.. Culver was standing with knot
of men talking, near the Congregational
church, when Brousso after applying the
whip pretty freely to pair Of horses he
was driving drove into the crowd at full
speed, giving but little time for the men
to get out Of the way. Mr.. Culver was
hit in the side and back by the wagon
tongue and knocked down, but is now
able to drive out. At the same time an.
other Of Mr.. Battell's drivers came near
overturning coach on level land. Per.
haps it would be we'll if said drivers took
a few lessons Of some good, careful horse
man, for they might learn if not too old
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BRIDPORT.

Mr.. EDIToR-I desire through the col
umna of your paper to express to the
people of Bridport and vicinity my graf
itude for the kindly interest manifested
for me, and the very generous and sub
stantial assistance rendered in procur-
ing me house when made houseless by
fire. And also to express the hope
that my future course may be such that
none may have occasion to doubt that
the same is duly appreciated.
ROBERT SwINToN.
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HANCOCK.

This quiet little town is considerably
excited about a narrow gauge railroad.
The Green Mountain Railroad Company
have had out surveying party. under
the direction of President Spraguo, who
have surveyed from some point on the
Central line as far as Rochester, In this
town they surveyed two lipesi the last
one is pronounced much the most feasible
yet it passes directly through the village
cemetery.
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MONKTON.

The Monkton Pond cheese factory,
situated near the residence Of Gea.
Stephen f. Atwood, in Monkton, is turn.
ing out excellent cheese this summer, and
their high reputation is well deserved.
General Wolfe, before expiring on
the Plains OF Abraham. on the 18th OF
September, 1859, boqueathed his pistols
and sash to one Of the surgeons who at
tended him, Dr. Elihu or Edward Tudor
a Welshman, born in 1888, who gradual,
ed at Yale College 1850, Joined the Eng.
fish army in 1855, was presept at the
taking Of Quebec, left the service about
1907, received pension ard a grant Of
land from the English Government
These relics are now in the possession Of
DR.. Tudor's grand daughter, Mrs. Strong,
Of Monkton.
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OR WELL,

w. w. Richmond, of Orwell, had
stolen from his barn, on the 22d ult., 9
brood mare, six years old and about fif
teen hands high also buggy and harness
-Boynton's hotel, since the addition
and improvements Of last spring, is still
none too large for the visiting public
This house is deservedly popular ant
much frequented.
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ME W HAVEN

Last Tuesday the butter shipments
from this station amounted to twelve
thousand pounds. Price 23 to 25 cts
The fall term of Beeman Academy
Mr.. Fl, S. Perrigo, principal, will COM
mence August %. There will be three
courses of study, viz: normal scientific
and classical
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-03
ADDISON.

The residence Of Mr.. Edrick Adams
Addison, presents novel sight. The
end of the building facing the storm is
marked and indented as if it had been q
target for marksmen. In some places
the hail stones broke the clapboards.
Mr.. Adams loss in field and garden was
considerable.
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ESTRAY,

II Broke into The enclosure July Is, 1876, cf
Jeremiah Powers, New Haven, one four years
old horse colt, with halter on him. Color,
brown, with two white hind feet, small white
stripe in tho face. Please prove property, pay
charges and take him away,
lsw3 ]. POWERS.
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

MAILS ARRIVE.
Closed mails from Rutland, Albany,
Boston and N. York, 1870 A. M.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock,
East Middlebury, Cornwall, West
Cornwall and Bridport $3.50 A. NJ.
Way mail from north 1000 A. NJ.
Wavpail from south, east west, $3.50 p. M.
Closed nail from N. York, Gals p. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Way mail going SOUTH $3.50 A. NJ.
:" north, 500 p. M.
Mails for Ripton, Granville, Han
cook, East Middlebury, Cornwall
West Cornwall and Bridport 3l5 p. NJ.
Closed mail for Rutland, the south.
ern part Of the state Conn and
Western Mass, 4.30 p. NJ
Closed mail for N. York, Albany,
Boston and beyond, 700 J. M.
Office hours am. to $50 p. m. Sundays
Has 8. IN. to l2.45 p. Ill.
A. S. TRACY. p. NJ.
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MC'DOUGALL'S
Universal HOOf Ointment.

Cares FOUNDER, THRUSH, QUARTER
CRACK, and ALL DISEASES Of the HoRsE's Fer
For sale by CASE 4 RIDER. ls-Gm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20

profabethe young blood in the management begins to
brighter.
But IN view OF the proofs Of honest work you have been
seeing to-nghtn Wow Of what these walls show alike
from pupils and Academicans-I submit that 1t Ia I'M
worthy OF to leave these gentlemen TO struggle longer
with what remains OF their triing debt. Artists are
students not men Of affairs II really want Art TO be
cultivated among II really think their work OF
worth to the community ought to leave them free TO
pursue It, Their Academy ought not to bring them
merely anxiety and care instead Of proving source OF
strength
We always think Of Art in this country young II
will doubtless be q surprise TO you am sure II was
to the members Themselves to be reminded that this Is
the semicentenpial OF the National Academy How shall
we celebrate 1t How better than by lifting the Acad
out Of debt by broadening and deepening the art
culture IL gives; by strengthening the schools of draw
ing and adding what has long been needed school
OF painting; by stamping out the Grsdgrind folly
which has complained OF the expenditure for this
beautiful building, and mourned because its basement
not vulgarzed with shops; by sustaining II as II is
q worthy monument to Art reared by utitaran city,
which TO do yet better things for Art in the future
and by teaching these unworldy friends Of ours these
impractical workers in beauty that they too are
reckoned among the treasures, and the care OF the
metropolis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20
ALLEGED NUISANCE IN JERSEY CITY.

TIE BOARD OF WORKS CHARGED WITH NEGLECT OF
sANITARY REGULATIONS.
The Committee on Sanitary Regulations OF
the Hudson County Board OF Health has made report
that Board which charges are made against
the jersey City Board of Works and against the con-
tractors having in charge the filling in Of tie water 'front.'
in tie part Of the city. belonging to the New
Jersey Central Railroad Company. Among the charges
the following:
"Ihe authorities direct their own employees to empty
the sewers and receiving basins either directly
into the streets into receptacles not IL
inches deep and then permit their contents to
remain for hours and sometimes for days
They appealed Last year TO cease the prc ace pnt
il has continued the present time The same Board IN
the garbage OF TIE city for the purpose OF hllng IN
streets and sunken lots" In relation to the dumping OF
garbage b. the Central Railroad Company, the Commit
tee says Hundreds OF tons of this garbage and MIN
the streets of NcwYOrk are daily dumped almost
the doors OF cI;iZens filling the air with disease
niasna and 9TH. The eases OF disease evidently
to this pest alone constantly on the IN
Physicians have appealed 10 us Tor relef ana
Of the opinion that relief must come AT once II We
would avoid al Epidemic"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20
NAVAL. ORDERS

WAsHINGTON. May 19-Lleutenant-C Commanders
Frank Wildes r. iamborOn Geo. f. f. Wild. and Joshua
Bishop. Ieus VIM 7. Swinbulne, y. q. Niles and geo A.
Bckne Master A. G. Dillingham; have been urdered 10 re-
port duty Newport X. l.. June l. tor lnGrucf on
IN service Passed Assistant Surgeon a + Price las
Potomac at PhiladlD
Passed Assistant Pas master IL T. Sanellh has been Or.ri
the Naragase HOTth Pacific station Lieut. Edward w
d.ac rl duty the Bureau IF ordnance
Bloomfield Mcvanc has been detached from the Pha
denha Navy VIM ". landau has been detachei
nom ne Boston Navy Yard Lieut. n r. Conden has been de-
NJ New Orleans and Orirrei 10
Newport p L. for Instruction IN torpedo scrv1ce Ensign
VIM p Elliott fas been detached from the PoWhaan AMI or
John G. SDeer has been detached
nom the receiving ship Potomac and ordered TO Tie DC ai,r
A. ODeriy has been detached from the Dictator ana
placed waiting orders Assistant AZ master VIM G. NC
drt.chr. Ean5otL on the T'-
ard his
arrival; Passed ASSISTANT Engineer VIM w HeatOn has been
detached duly Wesi and placed waiting orders
Master Nazro has been detached from the Congress-
European station ordered TO return home anu report MS
arrival
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20
OLD WINES.

Attention is called to the sale of very old
Madeira and Sherry TO take place Friday, May II, at
Lutlows Auction Rooms. No. Pine-st. These wines
belonged to the late Thomas p. Barton, son-in-aw OF
Edward Livingston and at time Charge d'AHLircs
OF the United States in France. Mr.. Barton a
nosseur in old wine. and the and pedigree Of his
wines both remarkable. Their perfect condition is
less Mr. Barton always attended to them himself
and they kept in built expressly for this
purpose. to which but himself had access. Really
pure old Madeira is exceedingly valuable and hardly to
be bought at all This is therefore opportunity unique
in way by which all true cOnnoisseurs should profit
The Governor Wine of 1885, the Gracie Madeira of the
vintage of 1929 McLeods Laycoc Madeira imported in
1897 old seton Wine of 1871. and real Amont!ado
Sherry, imported in 1928 All of them were c0rkcd.
drawn OF. and labeled by ar Barton Nothing could DC
more authentic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20
CITY C4RE or PAUPERS And Conflicts.
QUARTERLY REPORT or TIE COMMISSIONERS or
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.

QUARTERLY REPORT or TIE COMMISSIONERS OF
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.
The Commissioners of Pubic Charities and
Correction their quarterly report to the Mayor yes
terIay TIC Pre- pelty Of tho department TO JAN l. OK
clsye OF The steamboats, valued at Pi23,663 OS.
Tie expenditure for the three months ending April l
were as follows: Salaries, ST 049 DO supplies. 500
10 20; repairs 1876 outdoor Iehof $685. II O4;
total -5Cs 81. There 1854 persons admitted
during tie Quarter 20 tine hospitals and Institutions and
1901 discharged. leaving s.si5 remaining.
The total number OF prisoners still in jail was 427
There were SOD males committed 10 the penisenary OF
whom IA were employed Mt trades the others being en-
rag = .u breaking stone. repa'rinS wallis etc on Ar
/ D-t prisoners in the renltenta'Y 4h"se
onplOye ~ trades had produced OJ4 pairs OF Shoes
and l,7j9 1-ments. The patients IN Tie
Luaatic Asylum had made 1873 garments. There
N~.r l. patents IN the lncbriato Asylum; 40 IN
Infant Hospital in the Nursery, 23l boys ana
ia .ris ia iDc Idiot Asyium ~ males and - females
N 80 Industrial School llarts Island 216 boys aud
~ girls; ana III the COnvalrs cent. Hospital l2O males
AID IL i,ulics T..c OuJ door rcncI O.lcr5 l.d re-
lievcd II 90 persons, having distributed t14zo ana
1880 y tons OF coal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20
RAILRO4D INTERESTS.
REORGANIZATION OF TIE MISSOURI, KANSAS AND
TEXAS RAILWAY COIPANY.

REPRESENTATION OF THE MISSOURI, KANSAS AND
TEXAS RAILWAY COIPANY.
Parsons, Kansas, May 19.-At a meeting of
the stockholders OF the Missouri Kansas and Texas Rail
way Company held to-day, the following directors
were elected:
Robert T. Carr Adolphus Meier Thomas ]. Barthole-
new Of 81 Louis Benjamin p. Mcdonald, c. II. Pratt.
and H. Cross Of Kansas L. Corning, Thomas J. Agnew,
VIM II. Guon, Elisha Rigrs, George Bliss, u. H. Nc
Greedy. and H. c Dickinson, Of New York.
The Board entirely and the election Is the re-
suit Of a settlement between the first mort gage bond
holders, the creditors, and The stockholders The old
MANAGEMENT represented by Francis saiddy OF the Ex
Manager participated IN the ciScti"n IL rs %
way. viii be made President OF the Board. The
Sew-lork party accompanied W e 0' ran fo 9n
In ian Territory and Texas on an excursien.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF TILE VERMONT CENTRAL
RAILROAD.
ST.. ALBANs, Vt, May 19.-The annual meet
ing OF the stockholders Of the Central Vermont Railroad
was held here to-day, and stormy affair the sub
ject Of dispute being the issuing by the Presidcht OF
1850 stock for the purpose az IL alleged by the
opposition controlling the election OF directors ana on
which not q dollar had been paid The election
for directors resulted IN the choice OF b. Cheney
Edwards NJ Rice. j. O. Hoyt j. c. Smith. \. C. smith,
Joseph Clark Francis Coxe Lawrence Barnes and Jacob
E,tev GOV Page received the highest number OF VOtes
IO9,9 Tho others received 1919. The opposition
ticket received 5000 votes. This was majority before
the new issue OF stock and il 10 said that the election
VIII be contested IN the courts.
CHANGE IN THE RECEIvERsHIP OF THE CHICAGO.
DANvILLE AND vINCENNES RAILROAD.
CHICAGO, May 19.-Judges Drummond and
Blodgett yesterday decided Messrs Hammond
and Brown receivers appointed by the Circuit Court
OF wes County for the Chicago Danvie and Vincennes
Railroad in the foreclosure OF Osgood against that
road. gen Anderson formerly General superintendent
Of The Toledo, wabash and Western kailIoad' vas ap-
pointed receiver in the place OF these gentiemen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20
4 CH4RITY OF THE BEAUTIFUL.

TIE DISTRIBUTION or FLOWERS AND FRUIr TO THE
SICK AND wRETCHED-APPEAL OF TIE NV
YORK FLOWER CHARITY.
The sixth season of the graceful work of be-
nevolence known as the NewYork Flower Charity has
Just begun and the ladies in charge laborng earn
estly to make the results OF the work gratifying even
than those OF former years The object OF the organza
ton is to bring flowers. wholesome plants, and fruits into
hospital wards, prisons, crowded tenements and the
other abodes Of the sick and distressed The charity
has never been formally organized. but 1t has been
steadily carried by a few kind-hearted ladies'
of this city. Formaty Of plan has always been
avoided. In this way the managers have obtained
the help OF many ladies who have never interested them
selves y direct personal effort in other paths Of charit
bic activity The ladies' too. have entered into the work
with great zeal and praiseworthy energy In prison cells
In OyercrOwded hospital wards and sitting tenenens
their floral tributes have wasened kildly and Whole
some Influences Even the smallpox hospital on Black
wells Island was forgotten The history OF the WORK
OF the charity IL fnli OF t9nchlng in,lLeh',. ~ rs
charity extends rapidly. The New-Nork Assoria-
ton and plan have been followed py S citisa
The unseciarian all classes OF the poor and
especially the sich poor are an9ng me oheets OF l
who greatly priced the floral tokens We're the poor emu
dren the industrial schools, the teachers In when
made frequent application for flowers.
An appeal il nov made by the ladies' conducting the
charity further aid in the sending to them OF flowers
fruits ferns etc. During the past year 2J11 bouquets
and piauts in pots ~ various hospitals ana
asyiIms throughout the city, without distinction OF
religion or nationality and 10 725 sick persons In tene-
meni houses The appeal Just lssied says:
The az No. 80 Fourthave are open every Mon.
day ana Thursday morning from to o'clock aud ali
eon,Tihutions OF flowers or fruit will be Thankfully
cevcd Baskets from the country should he sent IN by
one Of the early trains aud II LETT at the express otce al
cot. express free Of charge They should ne directed
Ncw-York Fiowe. Charity. No. 2J9 Fourth-ave.
whose thOrgh!u berality has enabled Ia accomplish
our vasl woL Delicate trailing arbutus, ANA bIign rcd