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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-07
Sebastopol as it is.

Sobastopol is only just beginning to
emerge from the dependency Of the last
twenty years, The docks are atill viii.
derness, overgrown with grass and weeds,
with old guns and anchors imbedded in
the earth, showing that the work of dc.
struction was well carried out by the al.
lies. Fresh docks and arsenals, mean.
while, have been erected at Kertch and
Nicolaieff and no attempt has until
quite lately been made to develop the
commercial resources of Sebastopol. In
many places you may pass through streets
silent and desolate as the streets of Pom
peii; houses shattered partly by bonn.
bar1ment and partly by the Russians
when abandoning the place, principally
perhaps for the want Of irewood felt by
the allies during the occupation Of the
winter lS55-56. Add to this that the
sun beats down upon the arid rock with
frightful force, that there are scarcely
any trees to relieve the eye, and that the
dust is at least ankle deep in all the
streets and squares, and it follows that
Scbastopol is scarcely more desirable as
place of residence in the summer than
in the winter. There are, however, not
wanting signs of life and Improvement.
The old barracks at the head OF the har.
Dor. between that and the dockyard
creek, still stand up against the skyline
a ghastly row of empty windows and
rooAess walls four stories high but there
are new barracks farther north, between
the old locks and the roadstead, where q
large garrison is now accommodated. A
railway station is now open at the head
of the harbor, from which you can go di'
rect in three days and two nights to Mos.
COW. Fresh houses have been built dur
ing the last two years, and more are
building. Churches are sprnglng up
again with all the glittering ornament
that marks tie Russian style of architec-
ture. The high ridge in the center Of the
town from whence, according to King.
lake, the Russians first marked the In.
glish defling across the heights OF Mack.
enzie's Farm is now laid out as boule.
ward with cafe and club room. On
Sunday this club.room is devoted to
dancing; and the sight Of this boulevard,
thronged with people, whilst the darkness
couceals the ruins of the houses round
about makes you fancy that you are in
the midst Of thriving and populous
town. The most thickly Inhabited part
has indeed strayed down from the eastern
to western side of this ridge,
away from the Man of.War Harbor to-
wards tho creeks which Kinglake calls
Artillery Bay and the Quarantine Har.
Dor, 20 that traveller on first landing is
more perhaps struck by the appearance
Of desolation than is strictly fair. The
great sea forts, however,-Fort Nicholas
Fort Alexander, and the Quarantine Sea
Fort-which guarded the entrance to
the roadstead on this side, are an undis'
tinguishable heap Of ruins, and their site
was marked only BY some surveying posts
recently set up.-BlackUood's S Magazine
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WOMANS TEMPERANCE COL.
UMN.
Alcohol Not a Necessity.

The London Temperance Hospital IS
demonstrating the views, which are es.
nestly expressed, in the heading Of this
article. The fact has been extensively
Tor while past, gaining ground among
physicians. as well as many other intelli.
gent men. that alcohol is not necessary
for medical use, in any case whatever.
The report as recently given in the lion.
don Temperance Records" shows that 10
the treatment Of 1889 patients, including
306 surgical cases, not drop Of alcohol
has been used in any shape or form. The
following is an extract from the report
"The special object for which this hospital
was established-that Of ministering to the
sick, and seeking by the divine blessing
to remove disease without resorting to
alcohol MS medicine-has been prosecut.
ed with fidelity and success Intoxicat.
ing liquors Of all kinds, often so profusely
and extensively supplied in other hospi-
tails, are absolutely excluded and the
administration Of alcohol, even as a drug,
has been entirely dispensed with, during
'ho Jooij Wy tho mcuiOdi OihcclS, WITHOUT
mourning any risk or delay 10 recovery
and with advantage, rather than deiri.
ment, to the treatment of the patients at
large. Even Us pharmaceutical solvent
and vehicle, alcohol is now practically
ignored by the medical staff. In very
few cases Of extreme severity, whero in
general practice, considerable quantities
Of alcohol woold have been ordered, the
results obtained in the absence Of the
drug have tended to invaidate the So
called 'stimulant system The A'-th
rate for tho whole period of the bo.la'a!
work has been only six per cent rate
far below the average in hospitals. aud
notable fact, considering the trial to
which young institution is necessarily
exposed"
As stated in the last REasrER. there
is far more liquor used in the town.
where town agents are appointed TO sell
it, than in other towns Alas it is a
pitJ that we ever adopted this wicked and
disgrncciul plan. 1t ought to be abolish
ed and no license granted to any town or
party in the world to deal out this
accurscd and utterly useless beverage.
The above truthful and interesting le.
port ought to induce everybody engaged
in its manufacture. traffic and use, to qai.
it forever. S. B. R.
Middlebury, Feb. %, 1876.
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tttst ttIs
There has long been great and ami
versally felt want Of history of the
United States suitable for general use,
This want is now being supplied by the
National Publishing Co., Of Phiadel-
phia, who have issued handsome vol.
ume, styled THE Centennial History of
the United States" by James d. Nc.
Csbe, a well known historical writer.
This work will undoubtedly take rank as
the standard history Of the United Statcs.
1t is no dry mass of details-no bombastic
effort to inaame tho national pride, but
is clear, vivid and brilliant narrative Of
the events of our history, from the dis.
covery Of the American continent down
to the present time. 1t traces tho evi.
dences of that mysterious race the first
occupants of our country, and gives a
most interesting accoun. of the Indians
of North America, from the time OF the
coming Of the white men. The voyages
of Columbus, the explorations of the dill
ferent pations of Europe and the final oc.
cupation and conquest Of the land by
England, are told with graphic power.
Every step Of our colonial history Is
traced with patient fidelity, sud the
sources OF those noble, and we trust, EN-.
during institutions which have made our
country free and great, are shown with
remarkable clearness. The causes Of our
great struggle for independence are toll
with Logical force and ability uusur
passed in any work Of the day. Then
follows a clear aud slccinct account OF the
formation of the federal constitution the
establishment of the Union the course
Of affairs until the breaking out of the
second war with England, and toll and
comprehensive account of that war and
its results. The events of our career
from the close of that contest to the com
mencement of the civil war follow 10 their
order, The history Of the civil war ia
related with intense vigor and with a
strict fidelity to truth. The author
pleads the cause Of no party or section.
He states facts. points out the lessons
which they teach, and appealing to neither
passion nor political feeling, trusts to tho
good sense of his countrymen to sustain
his views. The book contains an AZ.
pendix giving an account of the approach
ing Centennial exhibition
1t is comprised in ono large handsons
octave volume of 925 pages, and contains
442 fine engravings on steel and wood OF
historical personages and scenes. The
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sented with a superb photographic engrav.
ing of the Centennial exhibition building
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only, and the publishers want agents in
every county.
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. .ENTRAL VT. RAILROAD.
RUTLAND DIVISION
WINTER ARRANGEMENT,

MovIsa NoRTH-Night express leaves Rut-
issd ;35; Brandon 2:l5; Middlebury 255 /;
vergenncs $3.50; arrives in Burlington at 4.25.
Express Freight-Leaves Bellows Falls :05 a.
o.. Rutland at 900 m; Brandon 7;40; Mid
ilebury 9;35; Vergennes l0;l4; arrive in Burl-
ugton at 1890 m.
Mail-Leaves Bellows Falls at ll;5O a M
.aester IL SO pm; Ludlow l;l5i arrives in Rut-
and at 2:30. Leaves Rutland at 2:30 IN ;
Brandon is; Middlebury 400; yergennes 4 ;35 (;
arrives in Burlington at $50.
New York Express-Leaves Rutland at l2:l5 P
n; Brandon 1855; Middlebury l:33; vergennes
;;o7; arrives in Burlington at 2;55; and only
tops at the above stations, except to take pas
'engers going north of St Albans.
MovING SoUTH-Mail leaves Burlington al
10 m; Vergenres 9:02; Middobury 9;35
Brandon l0:lsi arrives in Rutland at ll:l0.
Leaves Rutland at 1910 m; Ludlow lis pm;
Chester 200; arrives in Bellows Falls at 1885 In.
Mixed-Leaves Burlington at 200 IN.
Sergennes 352; Middlebury ASS; Brandon
6:07; arrives at Rutland at 1920 p IN.
Night Express-Leaves Burlington at Z 40 7
N; Vorgennes o;lOi Middlebury s:42; Bran,
don s;2s. arrive in Rutland at 1000 a m
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Until Death.

Make me no VOWS Of constancy, dear friend,
To love me- though l die, thy whole life long,
And love no other till thy days shall end,-
Nay, it were rash and wrong.
II thou canst love another, be it so
/ would not reach out Of my quiet grave
To bind thy heart, if it should choose to goi-
Love should not be slave.
NV placid ghost trust, will walk serene
In clearer light than gilds those earthly morns
Above the jealousies and envies keen
Which SOW this life with thorns.
Thou wouldst not feel my shadowy caress,
If, after death, my soul should linger herei
Men hearts crave tangible, close tenderness,
Loves presence, warm and near.
1t would not make me sleep more peacefully
That thou vert wasting all thy life in woe
For my poor sake; what love thou hast for me
Bestow it ere I go
Carve not upon a stone when am dead
The praises which renorseful mourners give
To women graves-a tardy recompcnso--
But speak them while live.
Heap not the heavy marble on my head
To shut away the sunshine and the dew;
Let small blooms grow there, and let grasses wave
. And rain-drops filter through
Thou wilt meet many iairer and more gay
Than but trust me, thou canst never find
One who will love and serve thee night ana day
With a more single mind.
Forget mo when die The yiolets
Above my rest will blossom just as blue
Nor miss thy tears cen Natures self forgeisj
But while live, bo true
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Why Conceal the Murders in
the South

MIR Morton said in his place ia the
Senate Of the United States
"Wby, in thirty minutes there were
over two hundred and fifty murders tin
Louisiana). | know that whenever this
thing is spoken Of it is said oh, you
are shaking the bloody shirt 1t is no
harm to commit these murders, but it is
very wrong to tell of them. There were
two thousand murders from May to No.
vember."
There was a tiue when such a state.
mcnt made on the floor of the Senate by
senator would have filed the country
with CONSERVATION, and the people would
not have been satisfied until the guilty
parties had been punished. Now, how
ever, wholesale murders may be commit
ted in the South, and the old spirit Of jus
tice which pervadcd the people Of the
North appears to have grown weary oI
the oft repeated tales of bloodshed and
wrong
The United States OF America is held
forth to the world as the model republic
European nations. dissatisfied with their
rulers, are called upon to copy our con
stitution, and give the people the bless
ings Of freedom. education and peace
Our government is said to be the best
that the sun ever shone upon, and yet
there are states in the Union where red
handed murder goes unpunishcd when
ever one class of citizens seeks to exercise
its political rights
Murder 10 the late rebel states OF the
South has always been very vulgar
affair, and the murderers who escaped
punishment have only changed the lash
for the revolver. The freedmen and
white republicans were the victims theil
assassins the democratic white amnestied
rebels, who render life unsafe by rockies.
defiance Of law, The spirit Of assassina
ton is rife to-day. Can the nation thsr
look for progressive prosperity--for po
litical cohesion-for that union which il
strength. while it tolerates such iniquity
and has no rebuke for the shedder OF hu
man blood 2
The duty of the press is not to gloss
over or suppress, but to record the truth
seek to correct abuses, and denounce
crime and criminals. If the American
press had been true to itself and to the
people the South would have been in 0
far better condition than it now is. In
deed, the "great dailies" of the metro
politan cities" are the most to blame il
the matter. Selfish and trucking, they
have concealed what they ought to have
made known; they have attacked and
misrepresented the labors of men who
went South with their lives in theil
hands; they have been silent when they
ought to have cried aloud throughout the
length and breadth Of the land, and com
bined the people for the purpose of put
ting an end to murderous oppression and
outrage in the common interest. ln
stead of this, with few honorable ex
ceptions. the influential press of Americs
appear to have sent men to the localities
Of murders with instructions to refrair
from reporting them; to deny the crimes
they witnessed, or had good reason to be
lieve were perpetrated, TO laud the op
pressor and the manslayer whose breaC
they had eaten, when they ought to hav,
despised and exposed them.
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A Tough Canadian.

About forty years ago young man
named Wilson. residing near the town of
Perth, conceived the lunatic idea Of lead.
ing hermit's life The youth had from
his early age showed symptoms of do.
rangement, aud this proceeding on his
part was not considered strange by his
friends The chosen place of his hermi-
tage was three-quarters of q mile from
his parental homestead, in the recess of q
dense brush, where he erected small
hovel and furnished it with an cid log ca.
noe, which he used as couch to sleep
10. Divesting himself of all clothing.
he has ever since remained perfectly
nude, with the exception of a tattered
remnant Of shirt which his fancy leads
him to retain. In this nude state for
forty years he has lived, walking in the
depth of winter through the snow, and
yet be has never been known to have re-.
ceived frost bite. When he requires a
drink he walks deliberately into the river,
it mattering not to him what season OF
the year it may be, and wades out till
the water reaches his waist, and then he
stoops and quenches his thirst. His food
is brought to MIN by his friends, and
when given to him is eaten with the vo.
raciousness Of an animal, which he now
resembles more than man, his body being
as heavily coated with hair as a COW.
He never shows dangerous disposition,
and chatters in monosyllables. When
people cross his path he invariably begs
for tobacco, for which he has an evident
partiality, and IN chattering tones will
utter "bacca" until his request is granted.
His hair is long, gray, and unkempt,
falling far over his shoulders, and bis
beard which is similar, reaches down be.
low his waist. lie is now between sixty
and seventy years Of age, and he is pos.
sibly the only living being ever known
to have lived year after year perfectly
naked. and exposed to all the inclemen.
cies Of weather which mark our Canadian
winters.
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Charles Dudley Warner. writing from
Berlin, tells an interesting story of the
Lette. Vereins, q large establishment for
young women, where they can board at
low rates, or to do work, while pur, Ang
studies III music, art, etc There is a
bazar attached, which is extensively pat.
ronized, where not only the productions
Of the young women are sold, but ladies,
let us say. who have known better days
aud now execute needle work for bread
which they once did for pleasure, can
send their articles there to be sold with.
out publicity to themselves, and get much
better pay than they would receive from
the city shops. In the kitchen depart.
ment the chief labor is done by girls who
came up there to learn how to perform its
duties. They usually pay triae for
tuition. Not only are meals served for
the girls who lodge in the house, but any
lady may 20 there and have breakfast,
dinner or supper One gets very good
dipner there surprisingly cheap. Girls
con q to the kitch, TO learn cooking as
they go up stairs to learn dressmaking
a,d geography. When We went into the
kitchen, Charley says, there were two OF
three pretty girls of the middle class, all
betrothed, and expecting soon to enter in.
TO that holy state, the happiness Of which
is SO often ruined by bad cooking. This
is said to be the best institution Of the
kind in Germany it is very successful
and satisfactory in its results, but oi
course it is not entirely self supporting.
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In March, 1867 the close of his thir-
ty.seventh year Of labor. alter period
Of doms sstic bereavement and of personal
struggle, aud under sense Of the in.
crcasing disabilities ofage, he perempto.
rily resigned his charge. After his res
ignation he occupied the pulpit at Brook
field only on two or three occasions,
though his relation was not formally dis
solved until Jan 2, 1872.
Unwilling even now to lay aside the
ministry, in May, 1867, he preached for
the church in Fairfield, and with such &C.
ceptance that he was engaged at once as
permanent supply. Here the remainder
ef bis days were spent in happy and sue
cessful labor. The almost total loss Of
sight during the last year or two of his
life was sore deprivation, but did not
lessen his activity, On Sabbath, March
80, 1878, he preached his last sermon
from Rev, vii o. Before another Sab.
bath, fatal disease, which had been for
some time lurking secretly in his system,
developed itself. His sickness was very
painful and his mind, at times, wander
ing but hia faith was strong and the
bent of his spirit unchanged, so that even
in delirium he was exhorting, comforting,
and instructing souls.
Mr.. Wild was married, May I, 1929.
to daughter of the Rev. Azel and Sally
(Skinuer) Washburp, of Royalton, VI,
by whom he had three children
daughter, who died in infancy, and two
sons, now in the ministry in Vermont.
She died an instantaneous death OF
Brookfeld, Dec. a, 1865, in her sixty.
second year.
june IL, 1867, he was married to Miss
Laura Lynde Bates, Of Waterbury. W.,
who survives him.
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a Remarkable Reform.

\ temperance revolution is going on
10 Eastern Massachusetts,. Some iJes,
with regard to it must be Of iuteses, in
this locality.
THE LEADER
is DR.. Henry Reynolds of Bangor, ,Msine
He is graduate of one of our largest
New England colleges was in the army
during tho war and is a reformed man.
Saved himself, he is consumed with de.
sire to point the same way to fellow suf-
ferers at whatever cost. His appeal is
like trumpet call,
HIS METHODS
Private letters from Peabody, Massachu.
setts. to a lady in Aliddlebury, give
some idea of these. L" His method was
to reach as many individual cases as pos.
sible personally, and induce them by rea-
soning and affectionate, sympathetic per.
suasion, to form themselves into a Re.
form club, and to hold meetings as soon
as they had gathered force enough. Sud.
denly full.grown Reform Club sprung
into being and We were all electrified at
the news Of the blessed turn in the lives
Of some of the most desperate cases in
town, from all grades in society, and that
they were holding public meetings and
carrying public sentiment before them as
never had been known in this generation
THE RESULTS
are wonderful. Another letter from Pea.
body, says. 1.-TWO hundred and twenty
are in our town, to-day. who have reso.
lutely abandoned the intoxicating cup.
Do you wonder that our hearts are jubi.
liant ? Do you wonder that when the
bells rang yesterday to usher in the birth.
day Of the Father of our Country, our
hearts were saying, Ring the bells Of
heaven there is joy in the earth to-day
Oh, how much joy for to have even one
house made joyous, one broken heart heal.
ed and made happy, one man restored to
manhood, to society. to family, to God,
Is sufficient to reward for an age Of ef.
fort"
This movement is religious. In Pea
body, it was preceded by prayer. DR.
Reynolds is terribly In earnest" but his
reliance is upon God. "His work does
stand, because it is not his work bur
Gods deteaches the reformed men tia,
simple reliance upon God is the oniy way
that they can keep their resolutions Of
total abstinence. These are religious re-
suits OF great value. One from the midst
Of the revolution says, Hero are men
who for twelve and eighteen years have
not been inside church, coming into our
churches, singing our grand old hymns,
coming to prayer meetings and Sabbath
schools" O." Many OF those reached are Ro-
man Catholics. We learn from the press
that in Gloucester, Salem, Lowell aud
Marblehead, thousands Of incorporate
men are throngihg this new way of life.
10 an editorial in the Dai WitneSs Of
the 28th ult, We find, in an article upon
a" A Solid Temperance Movement" tho
following, AT Marblehead, on Washing.
toms birth day, there was none of the
drunkenness noticed which used to char
acterise the observance Of that holiday
there. Only one intoxicated man was
arrested in the town, and be was not :
resident"
Is not this "solid temperance move
mont' worthy Of imitation ?"
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A good story is told of a gentleman

A good story is told OF gentleman
well known in town in connection with a
late visit Of his to drug store. The
genteman's name is Carr, There are
several Carrs in the city, however, and
the given name of this particular one
will not be revealed in this item for
worlds. This Carr wanted some medi-
cine for his family the other night after
twelve O'Clock, aud visited a drug store
to obtain it The drug store was closed
and he rang the hell vigorously The
druggist at once put his head out of an
upper window and inquired, sleepily
who's there ?" "Mr. Carr" responded
the gentleman at the bell Missed a
car Well, what's that to ne, confound
you2 Stop ringing that bell and GO
about your business, man % Down went
the window and tho druggist was lost Ia
sight. The discom6ted Mr. Carr was
lost in amazement for time out finally
seized the bell and rang it frantically
The druggists head appeared ct the win
dow again. He was wide awake this
time Who's there, now ?" "Mr
Carr tell you !" "Who cares ifyou
have ? Get out of that, quick If you're
drunk and have missed a car it's your
lookout. Don't touch that bell again ,
But, tell you, YOU idiot, I'm Mr.
Carr - "Oh, Lord Why didn't you
say so before ?" The window went dowr
again and the druggist soon appeared al
the door to explain volubly that he'd sup
posed he'd been aroused by some drunker
fellow who waited sympathy Possibly
he gave MIR. Carr something to pacify
him, Druggists keep paci6cators OF
draught. t.-& L0uis RepuJl,can.