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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19


A HEART RENDING SCENE. - Tn,
Whitehall Times, OF the ] 3 b inst, thu.
peaks Of the sad affection which has be.
fallen Mr.. Il B. Murray Of Whitehall
who is a brother OF Dea, John Murray Of
Rutland THE family OF Il b. Murray
nave been the greatest sufferers We ever
knew. 10 ten days, Commencing with
December 29,b, eight children, from
three to seventeen years Of aye, died with
iiptheria. To of them were taken tc
North Granville, December, 3lst. and
buried. -Four Of them we're placed tenn
porarily in the receiving vault at Board.
mans cemetery, as it was pecessary ia
get them out Of the house where the 9th.
crs wero suffering, Two moro died last
week, one on Wednesday. and the last
Emma, aged is, followed her brothers
and sisters on Friday last. The scene in
the afflicted household was long 20 be re.
meYhbered by those who witnessed the
errible agony Of the dying. The poor
'other of the bright children, who had
lost his wife and another child last july,
vas too full of grief for even utterance
One by one the cold forms of bis idols
we're laid in their ctffins. He witnessed
the terrible writings and gaspings for
breath of his dying children; yet he was
powerless to give them aid. 1t was aw.
full to behold his mental anguish. Only
lew days ago his eight children were
laughing and joyous, and now by the
hand Of death each emo that had been a
comfort to the lonely parent, was, alas
called to join their mother Most of the
children seemed to realize that they must
lie aud spoke of being with their mother
IN heaven The last one, Emma, express.
ed wish to live that she might be com
'ort 10 her poor father, hut the hand Of
Providence wllled otherwise for she soon
Joined the circle in the other world. On
Sunday forenoon Two doIhlo sleichs bore
away to North Granville six cofins. con.
aiming the remain, Of the deceased. j.
%as sad, slckcning spectacle. and never
shall We forget the scene. Prayers were
held at the house hc'ore leaving here.
When the remains arrived at North Gran.
,iIle, the Methodist church corg,cg.,inn.
who had been just dismissed from morn.
ng service, repaired to the cemetery,
where the servi e. at the grave, we're per
'ormed by Rev. Mr.. Craig Of North
Granville. The Methodist church wa,
hen opened, when the mourners and del.
'gations catered to warm. After the re.
turn OF the agouized father aud relatives
rom North Granville, iuLeral sermon
vas preached by Rev Mr.. Haynes at the
Presbyterian church. We hope We shall
lever be called upon to chronicle such al
went as the death Of eight members oi
que family in ten short days"
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A GENERAL ESCAPE OF PRISONERS. -
Memphis, Jan. l4lh - Very nearly u
general delivery occurred ct the city pris.
on yesterday. During the absence OF the
jailor advantage was taken of the remov-
al OF sick prisoner to overpower .wo
turnkeys, two prisoners being armed with
revolvers, with the butts of which they
knocked down the turkeys. A rush for
liberty was made, ard the following got
away j. S White, John Clifford, Henry
lieuder,J ohm McCa0y, Ell Mccoy, Hans
Marerum, and j. j. Day. all white, and
Ben Ellis and Louisa Jtf rsou, colored
nine 10 all. a humber Of others would
have escaped but that the outer door was
quickly shut by prisoner named Ia, lor
Stocks A. soou as they g., free al the
escaped prisoners made IF in the direc.
lion Of Wolf river bridge. Tao sheri a
went in pursuit. as soon ns posse could
be gathered 1t is thought he will have
TO fight if be comes up TO the prisoners,
vs. they are armed. these were all IN
der sentence or awaiting trial for murder
robbery or horse stealing.
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Yearlings slooIsi two ycars Old 2ta2s; three
years old 3Jui5.
Western Fat Swine, live 5oS lao per ID
sheep aud Linbs--Iu lots $3.50, 5, 3jpa3. "a
each; extra Sl.UOsO.O0 per head. Or from jnO TO-
Spring Lambs 3 La / 20 pea 10. fey
choices l-2asc por h.
Hides, IalloN aud STANDARDIZATION Hides
~ -iaJi pes 10; COUNTRY Hides, 8 az l-2c Der
10. biisrion IallOw &c por 10; Country Taliow
. i-2c.
Pelts 81, 80 each Calf Skios Ito DIR ID.
Operations have run Ia ovor the Northern road.
40j country cattle aud $50 head frum the West,
making tutal Vi 7Jj head at mtri ct Prices Of
last week were not fully maintained throughout
tho nerketi shaded Un usHvy cattlc, hut on slitu
stock 40 change. v. Il. Taylor sold . oxen n,
lvc, ~ oxen st Lee the 10 bead csti ga ted t.
dress 1850 lbs NJ I. shnct ct sold 10 oxen to
diess $50 to 1900 lbs az 100; 1 tg l.ac; steers
tV dress $40 lbs. at9 l.4c; 2 ut l.2o.
sheep--Ihe sheep tiade II not sufficiently 40.
i've - warrant butchers paying within strong
40 per ID Us high rs last week. One lot we
quite nj e. e"ha'd' tbie fancy. and quite large
prop.ition were lambs. but o,ntract,d tor two
weeks AZ" lno sanso Of prices Of di ferent lots
IN siie from 5a5 J-ic pr TO. c. 1 llought "a
sold 10 shetp uvcago - lbs Mt c.
POuitrJ-No Improvement in the poultry mar.
kot Prio,s remain unsatisfactory Dressed stock
-ells b. quantity from - l.go20o per ID. We
gu"to livelots at I2nljc per 10.
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LIrrELL's LIVING AGE-The lumber
Of The LivinJ Age, Tor the week ending
January lon, contains a valuable article
on Modern Scientific Ma,eriaisn, from
Bldcklcood Contrasts of Ancient aud
Modern History. par, III. by Francis w
Newman. Fraser Early Eastern Travel.
ers,-Msndvllle, All the Year Round
On the vatna Jokull, Fraser The Life
Of the Prince Consort, Spectator : Advice
to Young Housewives. Saturday Recieir
together with installmenis of the Three
Feathers" by William Black, and "Thc
Story of Valentine and his Brother" and
he usual choice poetry ADD miscellany
1t ia the third number of tho new volume
With fity.two such numbers. of sixty,
four large pages each, taggregaiing ovel
3U00 year, the subscription price 1885,
islow or still better, for $40 so any one
Of the American 81 monthlies or week
lies is sent with TIE Lining Age for {
year, both post paid. LIrrELL 4 GAY
B0ston, PublisAers.
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Spefial 3lotifes.
CONsUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
SCHENCKS PULMONIC SYRU

SCHENCh'S PCLMONiC SYRUP
SCHENCk'S SEA WEED TONIC,
SCHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS,
Are tho only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
Consumption.
sometimes medicines that will stop cough viii
often occasion tue death of the patient. 1t locks
up the liver, stops the circulation OF the blood,
nemorrhage follows, and, in fact blocking tie
action OF the very organs that caused the cough.
Liver complaint and dyspepsia nro the causes
Oi two-thirds ofthe cases OF consumption. Many
are now ecmplsining with Gull paiu in tho Sid,
the bowels sometimes costive and sometimes too
loose, tongue coated, pain In the shoulder blade
eeiing sometimes very restless, ami at her times
efowsy; the food that 10 taken lies heavily ON the
tun,aeh, accompanied with aeidity and Lelchiug
Il vi ind. THESE ,ymptcIns usually IigiD0tc fIul.
disordered condition Of the stomach OF II torpid
liver. Persons SO affected, iftLey take one or Two
.eavy colds, aud the cough in tbese cases BE-
suddenly stopped, the lungs, liver aud stouuael
log. aud remain torpid aud inactive. aud beiuFy
ana. patient is aware Vi hi situation the lungs are
, INA OF sores and liberated, aud death is the
aevituLle result.
5cheuck's Pulmonic Syrup is an expeetorsni
which does not contain any opium, nor anything
calculated to check u cough tudd,rly.
Sehencks 5saweed tome dissolves the food, mix
es with the gastric juice OF the stomach, disests
easily, nourishes the system, aud GREATER neui.
div circulation OF the blood when the bowels
are custive, skin sailow, and the patient Is #
bilious habit, Seheues's MandrsF, Pills are re-
quirod.
These medicine. pfer saeS Dr.. j. H.
SCHENCK + son, Northeast oltu.r VI sixth and
Areh streets, Philadelphia, Penn and for Il'0i
uEO. c. GOODWIN h CO, - Hanover 'treet'
Boston. JOAN + Henry, College place New
York, Wholesale Agents.
For le by Druggists generally "a
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19
THE LEGISLATURE.

Both houses of the Legislature as
sembled In their respective chambers.
Wednesday morning, In obedience to
the proclamation OF the Governor, and
proceeded at once to consider the mat
ter for which they were called togeth-
er. though first adopting joint resolu-
ton that they would not entertain any
bill or resolution not relating TO oil
growing out Of the subject matter OF the
proclamation calling this extra session
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19

Bills were introduced to rebuild the
Reform Schurl aud app~opriating
5000 therefore aud ior lie location O.
the Reform School at Nerrcnnes. These
bills were referred to IL select committee.
aud resolution was thea adopted to
visit Nergennes, and Inviting tie Gov.
ernOr and trustees to go with them,
Thursday was devoted TO this txcur.
sion and receiving the handsome"
rom the citizens oi tie oldest city.
On Friday came the conflict ulon tho
question ul location. Tie tihai result
was II decision 10 go to \crgCnnes, and
O purchase the arsenal property anG
The sherman farm The vote la III.
House stood liz Tor ereenucS, and Is
against it. In the Senate 10 to 10. Al
appropriation oi S3J.UOJ accompanies
he bill Of location Tor the purtaIsc y.
purchasing the property and reiittinp
he buildings. They then repealed It.,
vagrancy act voted the Central Yer
mont $500 for transportation to Yer.
ennes established Reform ~chool tui
iris approrriating Therefore So 900, an
proprlated Sl2.50 for improvements II,
he state prison, drew Their pny and
mileage, and wendell their way home.
ward. The session has cost the stint,
about $1,000 and Cur prediction Is veri.
led
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SroP TH,T tuGn.-NU pulmonary dishsso.
however chrunio eau resist the healing iulueuce
ii Dir. Moris syrup vf Tar, will Cherry ana
iorehound. As remedy for Coughs, aids.
tsthma, bronchitis, and preventive ii Consump.
tin it has no equal Acts like q charm il.
'oarsenes' and sore throat. Clears and strength
ne the voice Of speakers AID singers Relieve,
GROUP in few minutes, and takes away all tae
distress Of vHooPiEo Cough Contains no opium,
or other dangerous drug. and is pleasant to take.
DR.. W. N. DAY, solo agent for Middebury. Call
and get trial bottle for 10 cents; full size, 81.
Wells, Richardson, Co., Burlington, wholesale
agents. 43yl
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19

DR. Mons LIVER PiLts.-lti- easy enough t.
make pill. but tU make good une, ali! that,
no diff uliy, There are cheap. harsh, dra-ti,
jills, that "a even If less benefit than dose o
att; but good medicine, like DR. Mott's Live
ri 8, which penetates to the seat of disease, lie
,esiieatum indeed. VIII positively all di
'rases oi ;Ao liver. Sod eserywheIe. John +
henry, Curtau Co., Proprietors, and Col
lego Place Now York
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MARKETS.
Watertown Lave stock Market.

rog INF WEEK ENDING Jas. 8, 1915.
Prices Market Beef A few choice $40. 2jal050;
extra y.75alOOO; first quality 9.0Qa9.5 so; second
quality 6.5Oas.5 SO; third quality .OOaGOO-
Prices Of Store Cattle Working Oxen per pair
from BOO, $50, l75a2i0.
Mlch Cows and Calves from S35ae5; extra c5a
IS. Farow Cows S23sSg.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19

Published as warning and for the benefit Of
Young Men and othais who suffer from NER.
VoUs DEBILITY, Loss OF MANHOOD, etc
supplying the means of Self-Cure. Written by
cradle quackery, and sent free on receiving post
paid directed envelope. Sufferers are invited to
address ihe author. NATHANIEL MAYFAIR,
26;6m P. o. Box 1888. Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19

Cough no more, How much joy there is in ev-
cry household to know that they can at last pro-
cure remedy for any Of coughs, severe colds
settled on the breast, consumption or any disease
of the throat and lungs. that is certain to cure.
1t is satisfaction to know that person is safe
from the dangers Of these diseases-al you need
do. is to go to your druggist and get bottle Of
Boschee's German Syrup; two or three doses will
relieve you at once. Ii you doubt what We say
in print get sample bottle for 10 cents and try
1t, a regular size for rs cents.
For sale by Case L Rider
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Richardson's
~ :. W NJ K Il Il q II
For TIE PIANOFORTE.

FOR tn z PNNOFORIE,
IL stands the test Sells $4,000 yearly, aud is
gaining f.,r ada everywhere. No piano instruc-
ton book ever isrcd approaches it for real mont
and worth, and no teachers regret using IL in
their course of instruction. This work is pow
or in tho musical advance Of the day and has
been a most important agent in tho recent tre-
mendous increase Of tcchnica, knowledge of the
Pianoforte
The success of Richardson's New Method is
worldwide and prompts many competitors, but
its sale surpasses that Of si others combined, and
il stands to-day incontestably superior to all otn
CT Piano Methods.
Used by thousands 4 Music Teachers and sold
by all Book and Music Dealers in this country
and Canada.
PRICE $50.
All books sent. postpaid, for retail price.
OLIVER DITSON co, Boston. CliAS. IL.
DITSoN L CO., III Broadway, N. Y.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19

STATE OF VERMONT, I 7, c. Z. I~sh, Cashier
Cluirv Of Aadi.on. IS II the -irst National
Bank at Orwell, IN tho State If Vermont, DO sol
cnnly sweas tat tic above statement is true to
The bes. Of my ha.r!else aud b.lief
c. 7. BUSlI, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me, hi, lith
dav Of Juatry, 1875. J. W. BOYNTON,
CVrTect-att.st Notary Public
yullE l.. HAMMOND
JOHN I. RICH. nf-.,.
MARVIN NORTH,
NJ q. RICE.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19

"A Woodstock paper says it is report.
cd that five business firms in Montpelier
have Jailed between Friday afternoon of
two weeks aga and Tuesday morning Of
this week. Among the number are Col
onel +. V. Randall, with liabilities at
SAC, 900, also McD0uald, furniture deal.
err, and one dealer in groceries.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-19

-
DII1I,

In Middcbury, Jan. -. John b. Copeland.
aged 70 years
In Mddlebury. Jan. II, Mis- Mary L. Lyons,
aged 70 years, months and ID days.
Tn Middlebury. Jan. lG, Mary a Nichols
wife Of W. B. Nichols, aged 45. yeafs.
In Cornwall, January 10th, aitor en illnesa Of
thirty-cight hours Of malignant scnrlot fever.
Milo Ellsworth, youngest son of Joscgh j. aud
susan W Hanibln, aged years, months and
IL days.
" lie shall feed his flock like sht pherd, be
shall gather the lambs with his arm. anal carry
them in his bosom."-Isa. 40:ll.
Now, the little one receiving
Fold him in thy gracious
There we know, thy word believing
Only there, secure from harm
In Bensor. Jan. ., Of hsurl lisas.-. saith
Meacham, aged IS years.
in Brattlshoro, Jan. l, Of typhoid i.ngun. .a,
Helen E.. only daughter Of J. sullivan Aoa o.
Jacksonviilo, ilofida, aged II years.
In Huntington, Jan. 10, nenry NJ Ju,.Yu,
aged Is years
in Rockford, H.. Dec &c, John H.. ,,ip. ct
son Of L. W. Besicli, ST.. Of ;ant city, 10 ~
35th year Of bis age. =.
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STATE OF VERMONT, I, John G. Yelling
County Of Addison, ss. ton. Cashier Of the Ma
tional Bank of Niddlebury, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best Of my
knowledge and belief
JOHN G. WELLINGTON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before Inc this 10th
day Of January, 1875.
CHARLES Z PINNEy, Notary Public
Correct-attest:
PARIS FLETCHER, }
CALVIN HILL. Directors.
JOAN W STEWAtT
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Whole tieksts $50. Halves SIS. Tenth, or ssch
Coupon, IS. Eleven whole tickets. $500.
For tickets, or Information, sddrees
THO. K, BRAMLETT1, agent and Manager.
Loui'yil,e Ky, or TH0S. II. HAYS a Co. COS
I. rnnlNaN Y Y
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DEpOkr OF THE CONDITION
Ia or THE

NATIONAL BANK OF MIDDLERURY,
It Middebury, in the State Of Vermont, NJ close
{ businoes Dccember 81 1871:
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Ghe 99ailg Argus.
Eccentricities Of a NIiuresota rornado

Eccentricities of Minnesota Tornado,
From the Minnesota Tribune,
A pine stick. two inches square was
driven into an elm tree with such force
that it was fairly bedded in the living
wood. A woman, Mrs. Patrick Tully. was
carried distance of five rods, clear across
one ravine and deposited in another
The lady is still suffering severely from
the injuries, having been badly cut and
bruised.
A farmer named Edward Pareau, living
two miles south of Mendoza, owned lit
tie flock of fifteen sheep when the storm
struck his place, and of this number elev
en- were missing. Subsequently, eight OF
them were found in the tree tops, fully
one mile from his house. Two of them
were found pinned together by board
that had been driven through the bodies
of the poor animals and then into the
ground, fact which will be considered as
suggestive OF a new mode for 'stringing"
mutton. .-..
The fencing of Mr.. Pareau's farm was
blown from the ground, posts and ALL Mr.
George Gage, living six miles southwest of
MENDOZA. had ten acres of heavy oak tim
Der on his place, and they were swept
clean by the wind, as if an army of chop
pers had passed through the tract on a
tour of malicious destruction. Some large
trees. roots and all,were carried distance
of one and half miles.
John Berke, a farmer living four miles
from Mendoza, had his house lifted bodily
from its foundations and torn to pieces
while whirling in the air, and crushing
against other debris of the storm.
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- Trains with Through
~ Cars
TO NEW YORK.

THIS is THE ONLY LINE THAT RUNS THE
celebrated PULLMAN PALACE CARS from Chicago TO
New York, without change, Ask for tickets via
Fort Wayne and Pennsylvania Line.
Through tickets for sale at all principal ticket
offices, at the lowest current rates.
FIR. MYERS, G. P. & T. A,
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THB LARGEST STOCK Or Old MDDFORD Rum

finest OF
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National German Shooting Match.

From the New York Express.
Following the shooting of the American
team in Ireland and England will come the
National German Schuetzen Festival, as
next in importance to Americans.
The festival occurs during the first week
in August, at Stuttgart, Germany, and thir-
ty-six delegates from the United States,
representing the schuetzen societies Of
Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago and San Francisco, will participate
Each of these societies will carry prize
of great value to be shot for at Stuff CART.
Chicago sends large solid silver eagle and
San Francisco gold brick Among the
noted shots in the delegation is William
Strecker, of California, who performed the
teat of putting his bullet in a four-inch
bulls eye at distance of 800 yards, last
year, at Baltimore.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-16
Flavor of Eggs.

There is a vast difference in the flavor Of
eggs Hens fed on clear, sound gram,
and kept on clean grass run, give much
finer favored eggs than hens that have &C
cess to estable and manure heaps and eat
all kinds of filthy food. Hens feeding on
fish and onions flavor their eggs according
ly, the same as cows eating onions or cab
bage, or drinking offensive water impart,
bad taste to the milk and butter. The
richer the food the higher the color of the
eggs Wheat and corn give eggs the best
color, while feeding on buckwheat makes
them colororless, rendering them unfit for
some confectionery purposes. -Moore's Ru
raj Neao Yorker.
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Ladies can Color their. BraidS

At a mere bsga-
telle OF the usual
cost, with this
Splendid Dye.
Only EfyCents
per Boz.
JOHN p HUNT,
Proprietor, (late
Calender & Co..
9th street, one door
above Chestnut.
Sold by all Drug
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
of God,
BY REV. ALFRED NEvIN, D. D.

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n IT is complete Compendium of Sacred History,
Biography and Chronology. IT. contains all the
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Priests. Kings and Heroes Alsothe occurrences OF
Four Hundred years from the last of the Prophets
TO the birth OF Christ tnOt found in any other sin
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MILLER BROS. 113 Maiden Laue, N. Y
NEw IORk, oSpG. SULn, loI5
NJ s~lss. MILLER BRos.-Dear Sirs-You will
please accept my best thanks for the box of
"ANTHEO," which l have fully tried and think
perfect as iace powder. Hoping your new prepar
aon VIII meet with the success 1t Justly deserves
beg to remain, Yours, faithfully,
JENNIE HUGHES Theatre Comique.
For sale BY. John Bengston.
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DANIEL LAWRENCE & SONS,
Onlv Distillers Of Medford Rum

Best duly authorized by
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RAILROADS.

No. 3. No. 6. No. 4.
Day Elk. Pack N'hIEx
Ex.Sun. Daily. Elk, Sat.
a. sun.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-14
1t was an Ancient Custom

or the Spartans, in order to inculcate
among their youth an adherence of in.
temperance and its kindred vices. to
make their slaves drunk with wine in
the public market, places, SO that the
rising generation, upon whom would
some day devolve the honor and safety
OF the Lacedemonian republic, might
see before them all the ghastly details of
the drunkard's disgrace, his loss of rea-
son. and of physical strength. 'Twere
we'll, perhaps, to-day, could some of our
young men contemplate a similar in
structive lesson drawn from life.
showing them, by sharply drawn con,
trast, the advantages and true loveliness
OF abstinence and virtue. For such as
appreciate these, Vinegar Bitters is the
beverage best adapted, it being purely
vegetable draught, devoid of alcohol
or mineral poisons, and possessing all
the virtues, but none of the damning
curses, Of the different poisons which
year by year are sweeping away thou
sands Of dollars and lives.
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Why and When Lamps Explode.

All explosions of coal oil lamps are
caused by the vapor or gas that collects
IN the space above the oil When fn!l
OF oil, of course n lamp contains no gas.
but immediately on lighting the lamp
consumption of oil begins, soon leaving
o space for gas, which commences to
form as the lamp warns up, and after
burning short time, sufficient gas will
accumulate to form an explosion. The
gas IN lamp will explode only when ig-
nited. In this respect it is like gun
powder. Cheap or inferior oil is always
the most dangerous. The flame is COM
municated to the gas in the following
manner: The wick tube in all lamp
burners is made larger than the wick
which is to pass through it. It would
not do to have the wick work tightly in
the burner on the contrary, it is essen
tlal that it move up and down with per
feet ease. In this way it is unavoidable
that space in the tube is left along the
sides of the wick sufficient for flame
from the burner to pass down into the
lamp and explode the gas.