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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-09
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

~ The undersigned, having been appointed bs
the Hon. Probate Court for the District Of Add
SON. commissioners, to receive, examine and ad-
just all claims and demands of all persons aosins,
the estate of John 7. Rich, late Of Shoreham,
in said district, deceased and also all claims
and demands exhibited in Offset thereto; hereby
give notice that We will meet for the purposes
aforesaid, at the dwelling house of Vertuion Rich
in Shoreham, on the 10th day Of January and 9th
aay oil April next, from 0 o'clock A N, until 4
o'clock, p NJ, each of said days, and that six months
from the 9th day Of October, A D 1876, is the
time limited by said court for said creditors to
present their claims to US for examination and
allowance.
Dated ut 5Loreham, this 18th day of November
s. ibsHS1 8. b SusGGkiNs' oOmmr's.
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Middlebury Retail Market.
Watertown Live Stock Market
For IL WEEK ENDING DECEMBER c. 1916

For THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER G. 1876.
Market Bcef--A few choice 81. 75a7. 81 extra 100
also; FIRST quality G.25aG.75; second quality
5.00a6. 90; third quality 4.2ja5.75.
Prices Of Store Cattle-Working Oxen per pair
from 500, 1875. $50, lG0al75.
Milch Cows and Calves from $30a50; extra 55a
IS.
Yearlings SlOa20i two years old lGa3O; three
years old 25a40.
Fat swine, live exc dressed Z.
Sheep and Lambs-In lots Sl.75, 200, $50, 8.
each; extra S3.50ai.75 per head, or from So
&c per Id.
Hides, Tallow and Standardization Hides
~ per ID: Country Hides. 70 par
Id. Brighton Tallow 7c per ib; Country
Tallow, 6Lc.
Pelts Sl.O0 each. CalfSkins lOalsc per lib. /,
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. TATE OF Observation-Disclosures,

OF AddlsOn, s..
In Probate Court, held at Middlebury, within
and for said district, on the LIST day Of Noyem.
Der, A. d. 1916,
An instrument, purporting to be the last will
and testament of Rhoda Williamson. late of Corn.
wall, in said district, deceased, being presented
for probate, it is ordered by said court that oil,
persons concerned therein be notified to appear at q
session thereof, to be held at the probate office at
Middlebury in said district, on the 18th day of De.
A. D. 1916, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
and show cause, if any they have, against the
probate of said will; for which purpose it is fur.
Their ordered, that this order be published three
weeks successfully in the Middlebury Register. a
newspaper printed at Middlebury in this stat.
previous to said time of hearing. IS
By the Court. Attest,
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IhuE MERIT WILL VIVA few years since
the proprietors Of DR.. Morris Syrup Of Tar. Will
Cherry and Horehound introduced il here. n
was not pulled, but sold on its merits. Our peo.
pie soon found 1t to be reliable, and already II
has become the most staple and popular puimo.
nary remedy in the market. 1t quickly cures the
worst coughs, colds, Group, bronchitis, asthma
and incipient consumption. Nothing acts SO
nicely in whooping cough. and it is so pleasant
that children readily take it. Containing IND
opium, or other dangerous drug, 1t is as safe a:
1t Is sure. Trial size, 10 cents; large sizes so ct,
and 81. Sold by N. F. Rider.
Also agent for Prof. Parker's Pleasant Worm
syrup, which never fails. Pleasant to take. and
requires no physic. Price Is cts.
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STATE OF VERMONT Addison

~ County, IS.
In Probate Court, held at Middlebury, within
ana ior SAID district, on the goth day Of Noyem-
Der, A. d. 1876.
An instrument purporting to be the last will
and testament of Abijah Stearns, late Of Corn.
wall, in said district, deceased, being presented
Tor probate, it Is thereupon ordered by said CquIt
thatfall persons concerned therein be- notified Ia
appear at a session thereof, to he held at the
Probate Ohee in Middlebury in said district, on
the 26th day of December, A D 1876, at 10 O'clock
IN the forenoon, and show cause, if any thew
have, against the probate of said will; for which
purpose it is further ordered, that this order be
published three weeks successfully in the Middle
pury Register, a newspaper printed at Middle
bury, In this state, previous to said time of hear
ing.
BY the Court.-Attest,
SO SAM'L Z. COOKE .Tudca
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. "a drowning man will catch at a straw" If
he catches It, 1t will do him no good. Thousands
OF people, who have neglected colds and coughs
until they have become dangerous, will rush to
almost every nostrum for relief. This is why so
many experiments are tried by the sufferers. Go
to your druggist, buy q bottle Of Wistar's Baisam
Of WHh Cherry, and use II with confidence. II
will benefit at once and ultimately cure. II is no
straw, II is a cable we'll .tried, hold on to II and be
saved. 80 cents aud 81 a bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
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w A N T E D.

500 AGENTS, male or female to work on Frank
Leste's Historical Regisier Of Cenfsnniai Exposition,
one million Centennial Souvenirs to be given to
subscribers. Over 1000 subscriptions taken in
one week. The most popular work extent. 1000
illustrations. An agent wanted In every city and
town.
Theodore L. Miner, Sheffield, Mass, general
agent for Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire,
and western Massachusetts,, 37-2w
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-09

When life is embittered by the suffer-
Jugs from Dropsy, Bright's Disease, Kid.
ney, Bladder and Glandular Maladies,
Mental and Physical Debility, take
Hunts Remedy, Incontinence and Re.
tention of Urine. Diabetes, Gravel, Loss
of Vitality, Excuses, Intemperance and
General Debility, arc surely cured by
HINTS Remedy.
hfaHible Eye Wash is not ilinri.
oNs.
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MARRIE,l)

In Crown Point, Oct. Is, 1876, by the Rev. W.
L. Smith, Mr.. Elijah b. Foote, Of Cornwall, to
Miss Carrie L. Raine, Of Crown Point, N. Y.
In Lincoln. Nov. 81, by Rev. z. C.. Pickett,
Mr.. Emery Sargent and Miss Mercy York, both
of lincoln.
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GOD
BLESS

OUR HOME is the name Of the most elegant
French Oil Motto Chrome ever issued. The motto
is surrounded by one Of the most exquisite and
riehly-colored wreaths Of beautiful flowers on dark
background, and is perfect in all Its details. 1t
is 1lxl5. We send this motto chrome and thu
BOSTON WEEKLY GLOBE, q large sight-psgs
chess, puzzle, household, and all popular depart.
msnts, 5 months for only 60 cents. Chrome and
paper, 6 months for 81. A beautiful holiday
gift. Agents wanted. Address,
WEEKLY GLOBE,
2Ss W~AsHfNGroS STRICT,
BoSros, MAss.
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JAUNDTcE AND BILLIoUsNEss Who knows A
good remedy for these disorders7 We are assured
ArwooD's VEGETABLE. PHYSICAL, JAuNprcr BIT.
TIERS will effect speedy cure. They have neuer fol.
ed 10 satisfy all 'chO have used them for jaundice,d ys.
pepsia, billiousness, etc. Beware Of limitations. The
genuine has private proprietary stamp of John F.
Henry over the cork. Sold by all dealers. Manhat.
tan Med. Co., props. JOHN F. HENRY, CUR.
KAN q co.. New York. Wholesale AGENTS. s
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.O WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN,

we'll is not and has not been authorized by US to
act as our agent for soliciting or receiving sub
scriptions to the REGISTER, OF for any other bust
ness whatever. All concerned will please govern
themselves accordingly.
KNAPP& BAILEY, Publishers.
Middlebury, VT, Nov. 25, 1876.
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but II 8 true. They have pro.
duced more cures Of rheumatism, neuralgia palsy
sprains, swellings, caked breasts, scaids, burns
salt-rheum, earache, etc upon the human frame,
and of strains, spavins, gals, ETC., upon animals
in one year than have all other pretended RENE.
dies since the world began.
"LoSDoSDERRY, W., December 80, 1873.
]. B. ROSE 4 Co.
GESTs:-I have been using the CENTAUR
IMMINENT and it has done me good, ami / would
not be without it in my house lift cost ten dollar.
per bottle. 1t is the greatest medicine that
ever used for Rheumatism.
DAVID ARNOLD"
"AuGUsrA, Me-, April Is, 1873.
GENTLEMEN II have suffered with rheumatism
terribly for years. Four bottles Of ,ENTAUR
IMMINENT has cured me. I am only too happy
TO say so. Respectfully,
(Captain) THOMAS SMITH"
"EAsT BENDoS, Kennebec Co., Me-, June IA, "a.
j. 4. ROSE 4 Co.,
SIRs:-There is n man here that has been lame
for three years; for the last nine months he could
not touch one foot to the floor. lie has been using
CENTAUR IMMINENT; now he has his boots on,
and is about. Your Liniment will go well here.
Yours, Ii. M. ROBINSON, Postmaster"
White Wrapper for family use. Yellow Wrap.
per for animals. Price, so cents; Large Bottles
81. 90.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-09

BY the simple and cheap expedient Of using
Gtenn's Sulphur Soap 10 wash with, the kin +
protected against all diseases communicated by
contact, and blotches, pimples, e%ruptions and
roughness entirely obviated.
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nor SALE.

LNOR SALE.
Il The house and lot owned aud occupied by
DR.. N. D. Ross in East Middlebury. The lot
contains between three and four acres Of land in
a high state Of cultivation. Seyenty-fve young
and thrifty apple trees, pears, plums and small
fruit in abundance for any family. The house
contains ten rooms, all in good repair. Water in
house and BAN. Possession given Immediately.
N. ID. ROSS.
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tention from me further than as a citizen
Of tho Republic, always taking a deep
interest IN tho honor, integrity and pros,
perity Of the whole land.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE

' TIL ANV0NO III IuLIlI1VO vi TIE
Il Addison County Sunday School Association
will be held on Wednesday, December Is, at the
meeting will occur at l;30 P. NJ, and the address
by Rev. J. W. Eaton Of Rutland, at 8 P. N.
All friends Of Bible study are most cordially in
vited to be present.
36w2 o. P. MEAD, Secretary.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-09

CastOria is a substitute for Castor Oil. 1t i:
as pleasant to take as honey. For wind collie and
sour stomach it is simply wonderful. Physician:
recommend it.
"EAsT SULLIVAN, Me-, January 80, 1915.
GENrs:-I can get you q certificate of the regu.
lar,physician here of the goodness o~fCASToRTA,
w, b. McCRATE.U
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Centaur I%L1niments.-

There Is no pain which the Gen.
taur Liniments will not relieve,
no swelling they will not subdue,
and no lameness they will not
cure. This Is strong language
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-09

CEND $50 to GEO. p. RoWELL 4 CO., New
OYork, for Pamphlet Of 100 pages, containing
lists Of 5000 nevspaper5 and sstimatsi showing
cost Of advertising. 81 sm
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nor SALE.

DOR SALE.
The house and lot and wheelwright shop
and blacksmith shop situated In the village Of
Middlebury, aud formerly occupied by the late
Ira Allen.
Sews r. WAINWRIGHT, Executor,
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Honest on the Sly.

] was talking the other day with a
man of high character and position, but
of a nature gentle and nnassuming, ra-
ther than sturdy OF trenchant. He was
telling me. with great ardor. the hest
news that a man can communicate with
regard TO his children. namely, that hr
was sure that his boys, who had grown
old enough tor the test, had proved
them -elves thoroughly honest. He did
not use the term in any commonplace or
quibhling Sense,-it had a full and vital
meaning. The talk turned upon this
matter of honesty. and its extraordinary
scarcity. 1t has been Impressed upon
my mind by the circumstance that since
our casual meeting, was startled one
morning by the announcement, in the
newspapers, Of his death. ! remember
that my friend told me that in his young
days,-long before he became clergy
man of the Episcopal Church,-he was
engaged in a mercantile business in an
other city. It was his place to attend to
the paying of certain charges or duties
upon goods. and sometimes it was neces-
sary for him to correct mistakes that had
been made in the interests Of the firm.
This he did as incident TO his Office
but he told me that he knew at the time
that il his honesty had been discovered
by the reputable house which employed
him, he would have lost his place.
cannot say that his own conscientious
ness should have carried him farther
and made him face the issue with his
employers, because do not know all the
circumrtaI ces. But the story ia valna-
bic "a illustrating u certain tone which
ia felt by young persons employed in
many business houses that show an un-
spotted record to the world.-(The Old
CabineI; Scribner for March.
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The Man With the Silver Head.

Count Paul de Gabria published in
his travels, the following reminiscence
of Lima: 'One day when dining with
the French Consul, the Man with the
Silver Head was announced. He was
a Frenchman, owning email property
near the city. While taking a walk
some months ago he heard cries OF
agony, snd Fastening in the direction
from which they came, surprised three
brigands, one of whom held q travellers
head between his knees, while another
cut his ears of, and third stabbed him.
The undaunted Frenehnan killed one
Of the villains, whereupon the two 9TH
ers fed. At this moment. and while at
tending to the dying traveller, Peruvian
Rensdarmes appeared upon the scene,
one of whom, thinking the Frenchman
a murderer, with powerful horizontal
blow of his sword cut the top part OF
his head clean of, laying the brain bare.
The Frenchman, after lying an hour un-
conscious, revived, picked up the upper
part of his head, walked nome in the
hot sun, and had a silver plate made in
lieu of the original scalp, which had
shrunk too much
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-25
ANOTHER MAMMOTH CAVE.
Discovered Near Columbia. Ky.,-
Three Human Skeletons OF
Extraordinary PrOpOr-
tiOnS Discovered
Correspondence of the Courier-JOurnal-l

lCerrespoBdence OF the Courier-Journalj
About the middle of the past week
two Young men named White, while
idly wandering in large tract of Wild
dense fOrest, in the southeastern part Of
our county, discovered what they snD-
posed TO be sink-hole or fox den. and
with thar idea proceeded TO explore it,
After little trouble in making their
way through the entrance, the cave for
such il proved to bel became large
enough TO admit Of their walking up
right. They, had proceeded thus in this
passage probably $50 yards when they
emerged into a large and picturesque
gallery, the beauty and grandeur of
which will rival that of old Mammoth
itself The room, accOrding TO their
calculations, is about $50 by 100 feet,
and abuunds in all the varieties of the
stalactites and stalaR mites. But 'tis not
the things that we naturally expect to
find in caves that / wish TO mention
particularly, but the curious remains
that were discovered therein. In the
northeast corner of the firnt gallery [fnr
there ere FIVE; of which ! will hereafter
speak. about i've feet from the ground
they noticed aonIe strange chararter<, or
hieroglyphics. neatly carved in the wall
which, upon examination, proved TO b.
the head-rock Of r vault. A few min
nte-' prying served to loosen this and
disclOre to view the interior Of an
inclo<ure in the solid rock of abeut 6v+
by ten feet which contained the remains
of three human skeletons, which meas
ured eight feet seven and a half inches.
eight feet four and three quarter inches,
and eight feet FIVE inches in length re
spectivelv. The heads were living to-
ward the east. each body parallel to the
other. Beside them lay three hinge
what looked 10 be-swords; but they
were SO decayed that upo:' being touched
they immediately crumbled TO dust
After examining the remains closelv,
but 6nding nothing that would serve to
throw any light on the question as tu
whs and from whence they are, they
closed the vault.
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How She Was Fooled.

A lady in this city (says the Mar
quette JournaD suspected that her hus-
band was in the habit of kissing Katy,
the cook, and resolved to detect him in
the act. After watching for days she
heard him come in one evening and
quickly pass through into the kitchen,
Now Katy was out that evening and the
kitchen was dark. Burning with jeal-
onsy the wife took SOME matches in her
hand and hastily placing her shawl over
her head. IA Katy sometimes did, enter
ed the kitchen by the back door. and
was almost Immediately seized and eni-
braced in the most ardent manner.
With her heart almost bursting with
rage and jealousy. the injured wife pre-
pared a terrible rebuke 20 her aiihless
spouse. Tearing herself from the foul
embrace, she strnck q match, and stood
face to face with-the hired man. Her
husband says his wife has never treated
him 80 we'll since the 6rst month they
were married as she has for the past few
dava
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Aztec Society.

Three hundred years ago the heart of
American civilization lay in n high val
lev. Anahuac, meaning 1.-The region of
waters" or "Ihs lake country" wherr
now the republic of Mexico has its cap
ital. Less than sixty miles long and
forty wide, il is somewhat comparable
to the valley of Salt Lake in Utah. or
the southern end of that sheet of water.
Like that valley, it is surrounded by no.
BILE mountains, snow-capped. This
seems q small area to be the home Of
several 6ercely contending nations, but
such il was in fact. There are misty &C.
counts of a civilization there, and 10 the
southward, from the sixth to the four
teenth century of our era, which was in
than that of which we will presently
speak. But some cause swept that away,
and the authentic part of American his
tory begins in 1925, when the Aztecs,
hard pressed by warlike n.ighborss-es-
tablished themselves on the ewampy
shores and on some low islands in the
lake.
In the midst of this swamp they built
their first hut-a temple-and around il
rose within three centuries a veritable
Venice, though lacking the Venetian de-
velopment of art. In Cortes's time il
was said to contain sixty thousand houses
and three hundred thousand people.
Around the lake were fifty other towns,
one of which is said to have been larger
than Mexico. Aquedncts brought wa
ter from the hill of Chapultepec, foun-
tains played in the squares. gardens and
menageri-s gave the city lounging pla-
ces. and canals, threaded by thourand-
of canoes, contributed to its lie. Pal.
aces and temples literally rose on every
hand, and though the architecture was
not imposing, the extent Of the former
was such that the harem contained thrpe
thousand inmates, and one of the halls
number of men.
The means by which the AztecR rose
sa rapidly from the portion of a half
fugitive people TO that Of q dominant
race is not we'll understood, though a
line of ambitious kings and the restless
activity of the people must explain it.
Their position in the midst of lake
made their capital secure, but otherwise
they seem to be on the same footing as
their neighbors. All were restless and
warlike, all practiced cannibalism, and
all sought the favor of their bloody gods
with equal persistence. The most that
can be said is that the tribes Of the Mex
can valley fought among themselves;
that in most fights some one is victori-
ious, and that in Anahuac the Aztecs
were the conquerors.-TheG Galaxy for
March.
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Brains In Time OF Peril.

The Great Theater at Vienna was
crowded. The Emperor Francis, with
several member of his family, was in
the imperial box. The play Schiller =
"Robbers," had reached its third act,
when q cry arose that the stage was on
fire. Emile Devrient signalled at once
to the proprietor, who lowered the cur
tain. The actor stepping in front of it
ere it wholly fell, in his clear. clarion
voice, said: "The Emperor has been
iespoiled of an aigrette ofdiamonds. No
honest person will object to being search
ed. You will pass out one by one at
each entrance, and be searched by the
police stationed at the several doors.
Any man attempting to go out of order
will be arrested" The crowd, deceived
by the GOODNESS and the charge, poured
out. As each reached the door he was
told TO hurry on. and just as the last rows
Of the upper gallery were ont the flames
burst through the curtain. But not a
life was lost, though in less than half an
hour afterward Ihe building was in ru-
ins.-[N. Y. Graphic.
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NUMBER 46.
Kit CarsOn's Grave.

With paFd0nable warmth the Denver,
tCol-.l Rocky Mouniain Herald says:
"Oid Zhck Taylor. who chiefly saved
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona 10 the
Uniun by his brave efforts ~ n chieftain
in the Mexican war almost a generation
ago, and who, ~ President of the Unit
ed States. quit the office poor but hon
est. now lies buried 0n his Texas heath,
without a tombstone tu his memory,
through the twenty years last past. Aud
as for Kit CarSon. that grand old path
finder who showed and told Tom Benton,
Fremont, and the Government all they
ever knew about this trans NJ MissOuri
empirp-he who IA frontiersman, In
dian fighter and pacifcator, explorer,
and, laiterly, General of Volunteers, de-
served immeAsurably of our New West,
he, we regret TO acknowledge, now lies
chucked away in coyote patch, under
the shade of couple of cottonwOoda, on
the Arkanras. (Sourhern Colorado, J
without even n piece of picket-railing to
protect his grave from the prowlinR
wolves, or even a penrilmark on shin
gle for head--tone, to tell the traveller
that Kit CArron sleeps beneath it. Thus
has hiS grave bern allowed tn stand, near
the public roadside. unprotected and un-
leiiered. ever since his sudden death
there in 1868, 10 the shame Of not only
Southern Colorado. hut of all Colorado
and New Mexico also. including the
Legislatures Of the two Territories who
are alike ignominiourly at fanlt for it,
Valor and fame have few incentives
when the homes Of such pioneers Of
bravery ns old Rough and Ready and
Kit Cars'n are allowed To lie bleaching
above ground, while many more scala
wag- "f the period are honored with
monuments 10 their chance achieve
ments"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-25
The Difference Between I'm.

There is a vast difference. says the
Danbnry News, in the conduct of a man
and woman in new clothes. When a
woman gets a new suit she Immediately
prances down town, and for hours will
walk cpnteniedly along a crowded
thoroughfare. receiving fresh impulses
of joy every time another woman rcans
her wardrobe. But a man is 80 differ
emf. lie won't put on his clothes fo-
the first time until il is dark. Then he
goes down town go cautiously as to al
most create the impression that he is
-neakine along. II he seea crowd on
the corner he will slip across the way
to avoid them, and when he goes into
his grocery he tries to get behind as
many barrels and boxes as he can. All
the time he is trying his level best to
appear as il the suit was six months
old, and all the while realizes that be is
making an internal failure of it. We
hope the time will come when new
pants will be 20 folded by the manufac-
tnrer that they won't show a ridge along
the front Of each leg when the weareT
dons them.