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NILTox, VT, Feb. IA. 1877.
To the Editor o: the Free Press and Times.
As the saying goes, drowning men
catch at straws. and | think the saying
applicable to the Democrats who are being
swallowed up in this political malstrom, and
as they are quoting decisions to back their
situation, wish to cite them to one that |
think will move their last straw beyond
their reach They claim that in Louisiana
one OF the Electors is ineligible from the
TACT that after his resignation was accepted
be did not cease to be United States Of
fcer
Now, wish to cite them to the case Of
W. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War;
and let me say that Judge Black and Hon.
Matt Carpenter were the men who figured
him out OF his dilemma the men
who, to-day. are trying to work the
Democratic case through. The case is
too familiar to all to require any e1plana-
ton. Mr.. Carpenters language in his
answer to the charge was, that at the time
the said W. W. Belknap was summoned
before the bar of the Senate be was not an
officer of the United States, but private
citizen of Iowa" Mark the language. Now
the facts are that the ink was then not dry
on the acceptance of Belknap's resignation,
nor had he handed the United States proper
ty over to any one. nor had any one been nam
ed to take charge of the affairs of his depart
ment: much less had his successor been
appointed. Moreover, it was an Office tina,
had to be confirmed by the Senate. The re-
suit of the trial IS too familiar to need any
remarks. only it settles the fact that W. W.
Belknap ceased to be United States
officer when his resignation was accepted.
Yours, MEMO.
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Choice!

The new Spring OvercOats
received this day AT the Blue
Store.
New and elegant patterns
OF foreign and American
WOrsteds (Opened to-day,
made up in Coats, Vests and
Pants.
These goods are from one
of the best Manufacturers of
Clothing in the Country.
Gentlemen who usually
have their Clothing made to
measure will do well to look
at our stock before leaving
their orders.
Remember our specially of
FINE, SOFT HATS for Mems
wear. A few of the early
Spring styles are now in
stock.
Everybody knows that our
prices are the LOWEST.
THE BLUE STORE,
Opposite Fletcher Library,
CHURCH STREET.
SMITH 81 PEASE.
L. S.--A very few Winter
OvercOats which we are anX-
iOus to close out.
Feb Is tdtwti
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d Y S z E p S | A .
GASTRON.

GAsTRON is safe, speedy, and positive cure for
that most depressing of ailments, and brief course
Of treatment will restore the digestive organs TO
their prestine strength, and promote the healthy
action OF the stomach and intestines- The nervous
irritablity of literary and all persons pursuing
sedentary life, is speedily removed by this agent
The stomach Is restored to health and the key note
Of the system viii once more respond in the per-
formance OF labor.
Price, One Dollar in large bottle, or six bottles
for s..
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The Prayer Cure" In Chicago.


CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 1877.
Tt the Editors Of the Boston Journal:
notice in the Journal of Feb. 9th, q par
sgrsph which states, in substance, that n
story concerning the prayer care Of man
in Chicago has been pronounced false.
The iacts OF the case ara substantially
these:
Mr.. II. W Fields, who was one of the
early co-w0rkers with Mr.. Moody in the
Chicago Young Mems Christian Association
and has since been very active in connection
with MARY IF his revival meetings. is the
person ferred to- He declares that from
his earliest recollection he had suffered rrum
what Is known ~ the hip disease" and a
short time previous to the period u which
the story refer- be had been suffering great
pain IN his hip by reason of over much
work in connection with Mr.. Moody's Sun
day School and the Chicago Association.
dis leg had become shorter than the other.
W that be was obliged to wear boot with
thick cork sole. and heel some two
inches and bali higher than the other
de not only limped badly in waking. but
was at this time unable to touch mis- foot 10
The ground without intense pain, and was
Obliged to walk with crutches.
One Saturday evening as he was Inning
home to has lodgings be says the thought
occurred to him, God made me and he can
mend me" lie felt specially moved 10
pray that God would cure him. and sn
make him more ethcien. in his work. This
DC do and then lay down to sleep. DURING
tne night be dreamt that some one came ~
MIN and performed q surgical operation on
MS leg, and the next morning when he
sWoke. to his unbOnnded surprise and do.
hght, he found that his bent leg vas
Strengthened. He then jumped opt ofbed
upon The hoor to try whether be could stand
upon II, and found that it was strong and
SOUND and gave him no pain whatever In
oroer To test thecase more fully. Mr. Fields
declares that he dressed himself and wsnt
ont and walled round an omen souaIe
wnich was Inclosed with low stone r.rh-
lnR, with bis well foot upon the ton of the
euroing and the mended tuos ON the ,rounJ
" 1nls way bringing his entire weight Dnon
sne mended leg with a little fall al every
slep. In all this he suffered no pain. ana
since that time his leg has never giyen HIM
any trouble. gwen n'in
From the habit of years, Mr.. Field, still
VS. httie SWING in his gait, hut tb,, tail.ra
Of equal length. '"a' HIS i''s : are
Whatever Mr.. Sankey or any one .,sc
my say TO the contrary. the s,.rv If rms
prayer cure Is true. Mr.. Fields * nov !,
r,s,aenI OF this city, and may be adj Jr,-.ed
Tours truly. WI. DANIELS
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DIR. CHANDLER, FRS. A.,
THE WONDERFUL
Ecyptian Blood Purifier.
HEMAR.

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render it invaluable and never-ialling, and by us
continued will thoroughly eradicate all diseases
of the blood. Its ingredients are OF purely narm
less extraction, the products gathered from remote
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faint Of disease in the system, 1t never als IN
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deed forcing all the into their proper normal
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ties il being most unQuestioDably, the very acme
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MALAkIAL POISONS.
Price, one Dollar, in large bottles, or six bottles
for s..
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PUBLIC NOTICE.

I, JOHN HANNAs. being Blacksmith by trade,
had often felt the want Of some means Whereby
could soften IRON at the forge, 50 that l could
work it at better advantage. This induced me to
make many experiments with different substances
which oisi ed the best prospects of success. 1t
on one o: these occasions tina. discovered the won
derful effects Of Electro Silicon upon the HUMAN
SYSTEM.
had defect in .hIee Of ny fingers, whieh were
bent or shut up in my hand in such a manner by
the CONTRACTION OF THE CHORDS, that they were
very troublesome to me in my daily ayocstios. l
could not handle my tools as | wished, and o..sn
thought that would have them cut oh to get then
cut OF the way. had used every thing that offered
any hope of relief, but all to no effect. Vol. say,
was working with Electro Silicon at the fore and
o: course could not prevent its coming in contact
with my hands.
took no rotce o! the effect il had produced IN
a
grasped 1t with my crooked hand. and much to my
surprise l found my crooked fingers Strengthened
out and had as much use OF them as ever. l could
hardly believe my eyes. l showed my hand to my
wife and family, and general rejoicing was the
result.
The question now was, what had produced this
wonderful effect, every act was recalled, and after
long and careful invest CATION l at last made up
Al.
ELECTRO SILICON. NV next step WAS to discov-
er some means by which l could combine this won
uerfu substance so that everybody could use it. l
made diligent search through every hook tina,
thought would throw any light upon the subject,
and at last in very old medical book, l found a
way by which could do it, The result was perfectly
satisfactory, and was able to make lrHsnlsnf, tho
Ike the world has never before. now began
to look about for to try the effect of it on
others.
had neishbor living about a mile from my
shop who had lame knee, caused by the chords
being contracted by rheumatism. l sent him
bottle Of Electro silicon Liniment and told him to
use it thoroughly. He did So and at the end OF
three months he was able to throw aside his cane
and walk to my shop apparently as well as ever.
1t had worked lust as it did in my case-prcducns
perfect cure gave it to other Of my mel shbors
and friends Tor miles around) who were suffering
from swelled limbs, Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Still
Joints, Burns, &c., all Of which it cured without
my trouble. Fiutug that the Electro Silicon Lini-
neut would penet rate the skin Of man further than
my other substar &C. it occurred me that il must
be good for the horse and has proved itself one
" the very best applications in all external dis
Eases occurring in that noble animal.
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BRONCHITIS AND LUNG
AFFECTIONS.
TRACHEON.

slight so-called cold will oftimes lead to
serious cough, which. uncared for badly treated,
must have but result-it must eventuate in
settled case Of BRONCHITIS, or what is worse. the
deadly CONSUMPTION. 10 all suffering from
hsrassing cough and expectoratioD, TRACHEON
offers sound, reliable, and permanent relief. 1t
augments expectoration, and enables the patient
TO expel that terribly septic deposit, which, II lett
withou judicous treatment must communicate its
poison to the vascular substance OF the lung. de-
generating and destroying that most essential OF
organs, and ultimates only in an early and untime-
ly death. TkACHE0N has no equal, much less
superior, and its will not only remove the de-
posit. thereby afording great reef, but heals the
membrane and leaves the patient In possession Of
healthy lung tissue.
Price, Fifty Cents per bottle, or six bottles. $3.50
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Dr.. ScHLIEHANs TREAsuREs.-The follow
ing is an abstract from private letter re-
ceived BY Hon. John NJ Francis of the Troy
Times, our former minister to Greece. dated
Athens, Greece, January Is. 1877:
Dr.. Schlieman is now here resting from
his labors; though, in fact, there is no rest
for the man, for he will always be busy
about something. He is preparing book
for the English press. and Murray will soon
publish an illustrated volume giving all de-
tails relating to the later discoveries of our
distinguished arct9oiogist. The Mycens
treasures are here deposited in the national
bank for safe keeping until the second story
Of the polytechnic building is ready, where
it has been decided they shall be placed for
security and permanent exhibition. |
have seen all these treasures. and hand
led many of the interesting objects. The
weight of the gold itself is about 30 pounds.
The objects have been photographed, and
the pictures. which will in time probably
be circulated more or less through the
civilized world, are exceedingly interest
ing. But of the originals, the objects
themselves, it may be said that one
pOcrC7oCu Va bHt ltdst ldslC CduuOb
atmiring them for their wonderful beauty
both in form and execution. They
were about &c feet under the surface of the
earth. Their antiquity must date back to
period not less than eleven to twelve hun
dred years before Christ, when as these re-
markGble objects teach US. human intelli-
gence. ingenious minds and cunning hands
manifested their power as conspicuously
and impressively az in our day of what is
regarded as higher civilization.
On the occasion of dinner given by DR..
Schlieman to some of his intimate friends
here, be exhibited an oil painting Of the re-
mains of Agamemnon. as he has no doubt
the skeleton to be. recently eIhumed at
Mycena. The painting is well executed.
and is graphic portraiture of the subject
represented. We counted his teeth. mea-
sured his proportions. and discussed the old
fellow from head to toe. | should say that
Agamemnon was physically well proper
toned, and in that respect man of parts.
The skeleton itself is carefully guarded at
Mycere; it cannot be removed BY ordinary
means without destroying it, but it is to be
hoped some method may be devised by
which 1t may be held together and brought
to take Its place with the valuable treasures,
many of which. no doubt, were seen and
handled by Agamemnon himself.
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Each package contains DR.. Sanford g Improved In
halng Tube and full directions for use in all cases
Price, 81 90 per package For sale BY All wholesale
and retail druggists throughout the United states.
WEEKS POTTER, General Agents and wholesale
Druggists, Boston.
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ESSEX, Feb. Is, 1871
To the Editor ofthe Free Press and Times:
The County Commissioner is very happy
to know that at least two persons in the
county have read his report. lie gratefully
accepts the correction os the ED. F. P. and
T." as being nearer the true solution OF the
important problem than his own figures,
and consoles himself under DEEMS" crit
icism, by the reflection that authors OF
arithmetic sometimes make mistakes, and
are obliged to correct errors in their work.
As to the political problem. the Commits
sioner thinks the chance of tae Democrats
for Office under President Tilden don't need
the application of that arithmetic.
L. c. b.
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VEGETINE

Was look ed uron ss an experiment for some tmeb BY
some Of our be.t phy scians but those most incred
uous in regard to its merit now Its most ardent
fris nd sunDorterF
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RIBBONS.

New Line, Spring Shades, Good Goods, prices low
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lScRE.sE CT PArPERISX-The expenses
for supporting the poor in the town OF Rut-
lars iu- The past year, amountto Sl7, l3i.45
~ noas :ian thirty-nIne cents on the
{, lei Of the yrand list. These expenses,
says the Gio6e. are double those of year
ssn, more than fur time as much as in
in 1873
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HAMRURGS.

The above are only a few
of the attractive goods offer
ed at
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A Medical Success

DR.. J. N. GrosvenOr, of New York, says i am
happy TO say that all my customers speak IN the
highest terms OF the curative effects of your VEG
ErABLE COMPOUND, and | congratulate you up
on what appears to be a veIitab!e medical and
con n
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INV ioRKERs are talking of aboli-binp
the Office of coroner entirely so g,s,t .
we abuses connected with it. Tho legitimate
.sss Of the place have reached $50 900 in a
o otneie year, and brides of a. mueh a. en-
w are sometimes offered Tor the snpn,o..,o,
q ne fscts where member OF a prpn;n.n,
nmliy has committed suicide ar died Fren'
sumo other disgraceful cause " '''' irom
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An invoice Of 10 pieces OF a standard make.
Cashmere" finish, beautiful goods and a: prices
which we believe to be ten per cent less than they
will be sold for when Spring Trade opens qualities
from 81 to s. per yard
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LYDIA L. PINRHAM's
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
An Invaluable Remedy.

Messrs. UndeThill kittredge, Druggists, Of Con-
cord N. H.. writes follows We are selling
your VEGETABLE COMPOUND with the most
satisfactory results We regard it as an invaluable
remedy for female weakness. Our sales are rapidly
increasing Please send another supply at once"
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Best Preparation known.

LEWISTON, Ne, Dec, 1876.
Mrs. LYDIA Z. PIsKHAN.
Your VEGETABLE COMPOUND is giving uni
versal satisfaction. Every speaks OF 1t in the
highest terms. Several very stubborn cases have
been entirety cured by its use and do not hesitate
to say that it is the best preparation / ever knew
for female diseases. Yours truly,
D. ". WIG6IN.
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s,u ms.s Jpage d. was on the bench of tho
hsp.eme Oourt Il was noticed thar one dav
.wu ~ unusually snappish, even for him
IN. ~ the matter with the Judge ?'' in
fsmns ipe opposing counsel of the even
LIVERY psfGS ana cool-hesded wsg of the bar
~. oh ~ was the prompt reply'
..s;.H H ZAP because be cannot give . decision
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DR.. Buffers Arithmetic.
Ts the Editor OF the Free Press and Times
Will you be so kind as to Inform your
readers BY what rule of arithmetic our
County Commissioner divides Sl0,46s.S
worth of liquors among a population OF
SO. 4SO. and gives to each man, woman ana
child the worth of $3.50. A knowledge OF
this rule will give us Democrats much
better chance for office when Tilden Is
counted in. than we would have under the
ordinary rule OF simple division. DEN.
We must pass this request over to the
County Commissioner. Our arithmetic
would make the amount ticenty-eight cents
and fraction. to each person in the coun-
ty, instead of three dollars and halt.
I'D. F. P. i T.
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BEeUEsr To THIS HoxE.-The late Harry
Newell, Of Shelhurn. left two thousand dol
lars to be added to the permanent fund of
the Home for Destitute Children, in this
city,
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THOMAS BUTLER, of Vergennes, recently
assaulted and threatened to shoot two per-
sons who were endeavoring to open Win
ter road across his farm, He was arrested
and bound up in the sum of $500.
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TEE slaughter OF dogs has commenced in
Fsrrisburgh. and Mr.. Joseph Norman of
that town is paying from Toe to 81 each for
their hide.
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(tAME isto the Office Of the Subscribers on Thur
~ day last, very large line OF Writing Papers
oil various grades; also envelopes of several zes
and qualities, which will he sold at HARD-PAN
PRIcrs. To those that call first rare bargains ara
offered FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION
req ls-d,wtr Burlington, VI.
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Doc coLLARY is now raging throughout
Vermont. 1t will turn out healthy for the
CANNES who take it, though.
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TIC PnISNEr, Of Montpelier, who re-
Gently suspended. has made a settlement
with his creditors, and is now re-estsbilsh-
ed in business.
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Crossing on the Ice.

DAILY
AT 10 A. a. IN, to connect at Port Kent with cars
for flattsbur. h and all Lake thUre towns south :,
also tho stages ;ur kecseville. Clintonvillo and
Ausable Forks arriving at the latter place at 5I5
y. tn. This route will bo run with NIL the com
iortibles possible and passengers eau
REACH PLATTSBUR RICH
Over This rOute by ten miles
slcighing and one hour nnd for
iy-fve minutes time.
Respectfully,
WI. HARPER.
feb -, d&Wiw
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gents Partisan diamond pin. The above articles
sent, post paid, Tor % tTs., have been rctliled
for So ~ Bankrupt stock and must be sold. solid
Milton Gold Watches. $40 each, for speculative pur
poses. good timers. equal in appearance to 500
genuine gold. Ills reputation for honesty, lair
dealing and liherality Is unequaled by any adycr
tser In this city ."-NsU York Day Book, Dee. It.
1876. Postage Stamps taken Ms Clsh.-Fhl3. .dSw4w
+. STOCkMAN, y Bond ST., New York.
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DR.. John 8. Carter, Of Erie. Pa. says--"T shall
continue to recommend and prescribe your VE6E-
TABLE COMPOUND for PrOlapsus uteri and all
other female complaints.
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Agents Wanted for our New Book
GREAT CENTENNIAL

Demand equals the crowds at the Exposition. One
agent sold 40, two ~ each in day. over 400 Fine
Engravings, costing $UUD.CO, show tho best
hibits. Wide-awake Agents are quitting all the
inferior books for this. Get the best Send crcu
iar. terms, and sample engravings. P. W. ZlEGLER
q CO., 5l5 Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa Jan D. d.
wiw
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ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
KNICKERBOCKER
Casualty Insurance Company

OF NEW YORK.
Tho following described forms OF Policies are
Issued by this Company.
The Ordinarily Yearly and Short Rate Policies
lnsurIng $1,000 to 5000 in event OF Accidental
Death, and from s. to SIS Weekly Indemnity.
Coupon Death Accident Dollar Policies
Covering Accidental Death only, in any sum
from 500 to $40 at sl.OO per Year for each One
Hundred Dollars Insured, not to exceed 500
any one risk. Any person, male or female,
may be Insured under this form Of Policy.
General Accident Insurance Tickets
Covering $3,jOO Principal Sum and SIS Weekly
Indemnity, at % cents per Day.
Public Conveyance Accident Policy
Covering $500 Principal sum- and sl5 Weekly
l.demnity, at 20 cents per Day.
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PROOF.
WHAT IS NEEDED.

Boston, Feb. y, l5lI.
Mr.. Ii. r. STEVENS:
Dear sir-About one year since found myself 10
feeble condition from general debility. VEdf,
TINE WAS strongly recommended to me by Irlehu
who had been much benefited by its use. pro-
cured the article and after using several bottles
was restored to health and discontinued Us use.
feel quite confident that there Is NO medicine su-
especially prepared, and would cheeriully recon-
mend il TO those who feel that they need something
to restore them TO perfect health
Respectfully yours, n,,vr,uo,,,
Firm Of s. 81. Pettingll Co., 10 State st.' Boston.