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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-16

BORDERING ON THE MAD-HOUSE.
He described the fearful state of his mind
when, at the SuspenSion-B Bridge Hotel. at
Niagara, he saw his sentence in the New
Y ork HERALD ~
DIR. Baird handed the ca ll-book, which
has been so often referred to, to the Mod
orator. that ne might see that there was no
secrecy about it. In his morbid state of
mind he had denied that there were mis-
takes in the book. He had since examin-
ed it and found many mistakes against
himself. He did not owe as much by So
600 as was alleged. He should not be sur
prised it he did not owe the committee
anything.
8. Dr. Baird's third ground, that the
charges are ambiguous, mistreating, and
insufficient, was next presented. The char
ges do not define his crime. Members of
the body had said he had not been guilty
Of fraud, and he supposed, if interrogated
all would now testify to the same eff, ct.
There is the book; not one entry in nine
ty-nine is my hand writing DR.. B ird
spoke of his life as having been persistent
ly devoted to the Church. He had sacrifi-
are insufficient. They do not charge NOR
al obhquity.
4. II whole proceedings were uncon-
stitutional.
Accusers were not held to responsibility.
Presbytery itself occupied this position.
Presbytery was accuser and prosecutor.
The trial was pursued under the provis-
ions of the book that to one who is contu-
macious, he may be judged for his contu-
macy. 1 had no opportunity to confront
witness, &c.
HE CONCLUDED BY SAYING
that he loved the Lord and Saviour, who
bought him with his blood, and appealed
to his brethren to decide in his case with
out fear, favor, or affection, as they shall
be judged at the bar before which we must
all appear.
In mentioning the names of brethren
who had endorsed for him he desired to
say that be had inadvertently omitted the
names of DR.. William Brown, Colonel
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What u Trnyeleri

Shakespeare, though never of his ma
tive soil, appears to have been as famil-
lar with widcly-separated nations as he
was with the human passions. His
reading had also been of very extend.
ed character, for he handles history with
great mastership. For man of his
day, his attainments certainly were
wonderful, especially when we remem-
Der that he died on his fifty-third birth
day, being just fifty-two. AS a matter
Of curious interest, l will notice the
broad geographical reach of his genius
by .enumerating his foreign plays and
their locality:
The Tempest-an island near Naples
The Two Gentlemen of fVerOna-Italy
Twelfth Night-IIlyria.
Measure for Measure-Vienna.
Much Ado About Nothing-Messina
Midsummer Nights Dream-Athens.
Loves Labor Lost-Navarre.
Merchant of Venice-Italy.
King Henry Sixth-France and Eng.
land
Ais Well That Ends Well-Italy and
France.
Tanning the Shrew-Athen,.
Winters Tale-Sicily.
Troilus and Cressida-Trov.
Timon--Athens.
King Henry Fifth-France and Eng
land.
Coriolanus Rome.
Cymbeli,le-Britain and Italy.
Julius C@sar-Rome.
Antony and Cleopatra-Syria and
Egypt.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre-Several
countries.
Romeo and Juliet-Verona, Italy.
Hamlet-Denmark.
Othello-Venice and Cyprus.
King John-France and England
Rochester Democrat.
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trunk landmark to appall the hearts
of future settlers. We could not leave
the cave that day, nor that night, and
the next morning everybody was nearly
dead 9th thirst and exhausted with
hunger. The pioneer and myself car.
ried wife and little ones nearly half o
mile orer the baked and smoking
ground to q creek. and were fortunate
enough to find the half-roasted BODY oil
deer In the blood-warm water. The
animal had lain down in the water tc
avoid the heat, and had been literally
roasted alive, as the water was not ovci
six inches deep, and the heavy fringe Of
bushes on either side of the creek had
blazed fiercely.
1t was walk of eleven miles TO
hamlet, place which had escaped onl,
by a change of wind and the continued
efforts of desperate men and heroic wo.
men. Thousands of acres of valuable
timber had been rvined. A green vii.
derness, through which the deer bound
ed and the fox and rabbit softly made
their way, had given place to such O
picture of dcsolation as the human eve
seldom rests upon. Dozens of pioneers
had lost everything. Dozens ofcapital
lists mad suffered severe losses. The
lowly thorn-apple, the towering pine
the cabin, mill, and village-all had
melted away before that awful wall OF
fire, and il had circled away to create
further dcsolation.-[ Howard City
(Slieh) Letter to Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Varieties in Food.

The hunter on the Pampas subsists OH
buffalo beef, with scarcely a particle OF
vegetable food TO vary his diet. The
Hindoo is content with rice and rancid
butter, and cannot be induced to eat
flesh. The Greenlandcr gorees himself
with whale oil and animal fats of any
KIND ne can secure; the moderate Arab
has his bag of dates, his lotos bread, and
dhourra. On the coast of Malabar we
nnd men regarding with religious horror
every species of animal food, while the
native of New Holland has not n single
edible fruit larger than a cherry on the
whole surface of that vast island. The
Englishman considers himself ignomin-
iously treated by fortune ifhe cannot get
his beef or bacon; the peasant of the
Apprentices is cheerful with his meal of
chestnuts. Beside varieties in the staple
articles OF food, there are the infinite
varieties of fancy. The Chinese make
delicacies ofrats and ofbirds' nests; the
French, of frogs. The ancients. who
carried epicuraenism to lengths sneyer
dreamed of by Guildhall, thought the
hedgehog tidbit, and had a word TO
say in favor of the donkey, which they
placed on an equality with the OK; dogs
they considered equal to chickens. and
even cats were not to be despised The
pork, which we eat with great conf
dence, they considered, and not untruly,
the least digestible of animal meats, fit
only, for artisans and athletes. They ate
snails with the gusto we acknowledge
In eating oysters.
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Remedy for Insect Bites.

When mosquito, flea, gnat, or other
noxious insect punctures the human
skin, 1t deposits or injects an atom of an
acidulous huid of q poisonous nature,
The results are irritation, sensation OF
tickling, itching, or Of pain. The tick.
ling we are comparatively indifferent
about; but the itch produced by q iea,
or gnat, or other noisome insect, dis.
turbs serenity, and, like the pain of a
wasp or a bee sting, cxcltss us to rem.
edy. The best remedies for the stings
Of Insects are those which instantly nou.
tralize this acidulous poison deposited
In the skin. These are either ammonis
or borax. The alkaline reaction of bo.
rax Is scarcely yet sufficiently appreci-
ated. However, time will come when
Its good qualities will be known and
more universally valued than ammonia,
or, as II is commonly termed, charts.
horn" The solution Of borax for insect
bites Is made thus: Dissolve one ounce
of borax in one pint of water that has
been boiled and allowed 10 cool. In
stead Of plain water, distilled rose wa
ter elder or orange flower water, is
more pleasant. The bites are 10 be
dabbei with the solution so long as
there Is any irritation.
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The Newest Western CITY.

Few places of $4,000 population,
writes a Colorado correspondent, are
more active or more attractive than Den
YER. Hardly eighteen years old, it is
filled with neat and tasteful and often
expensive houses. There is not q CITY
that would not rejoice in the possession
OF so many moderate-sized and tasteful
reconstructed two story bricks, with
large yards, the grass of which is kept
green and fresh by constant use of the
hose. Trees have been planted in al
most every street, and appear TO be
fiourishing, while the cutters run with
pure water. From every street the
foothills, only low in comparison with
the snow-capped mountains behind
them, are seen rising apparently four
or five miles of, but really at three
times that distance. The SUBMITS of
these "hills' are often 10000 feet above
the sea level, while the highest of the
snowy peaks-Gray's-is I4,45O feet.
The altitude of Denver itself is 5,317
feet. The extreme lightness and clear
ness of the atmosphere is very decep-
tive. and man may walk miles before
he reaches an apparently near object.
The atmospheric dryness is as great as
its rarity. Ones hair becomes dry,
and manifests an obstinate determine
ton to strike out in all directions. II
wet, it dries in five minutes. One can
hardly get into perspiration if he tries
never SO hard. Some strangers feel
light-headed; others are made sleepy,
while some cannot lose consciousness
after tossing about for half a night. A
headache over the eyes Is not an uncom-
mon symptom OH first arising. The
benefit of the climate for consumptives
is too we'll known to need detailed facts.
Its drawbacks are occasional sudden
and remarkable changes of temperature
"a fall Of 81 degrees in an hour hayino.
been noted-a tendency to aggravate
neuralgia rheumatism, and a develop
ment of catarrhal symptoms. Every
brought from California and the East !;
potatoes are sold by the pound; flour is
80 and upward for the sack of ninety
eight pounds, and goods of most de-
scriptions rate at about 80 per cent,
over Eastern prices. Splendid teams
are numerous. Some of the churches
are handsome and elegantly fitted up,
and nowhere will one see larger pro-
portion of well-dressed and well-bred
people. Many Of these are the con-
sumptive invalids who are either tenn
porary or permanent residents. When
the lungs are only slightly affected or
the tubercles have not given place to
cavities, perfect cure, or at least an i'm
portant check in the disease, is general
ly effected. Advansed cases, however,
usually reach termination here more
speedily than at the East.
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Look out for Your Right Foot,

a scientific lecturer OH walking says
his experiments show that one side OF
the body (the right side) always tends
to outwalk the other" Whereupon 9
wag, with sarcastic Imagination, re.
marks: 1t is extremely fortunate for
all of us that this lecture has called at.
tention to this singular propensity, be-
cause il would have been uncommonly
disagreeable If, some day when we were
walking up the street, one side of lis
started ahead and outwalked the other,
and got dozen squares in advance OF
it! No man likes to see half of himself
prancing along the sidewalk without
any reference to the other half, and the
boys all following him, studying anato-
my. 1t would be humiliating. Every.
body ought to guard against such cal
amity now, since this sarant has indi-
Gated its probability.
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The Delights Of Basc Hall.
SELECTED BY ONE OF TIE STAR \

SELECTED BY ONE OF TIE STAR NINE.
The only son of widowed mother in
the vicinity of Douglas Park is a mem
Der of an amateur base ball club. On
Saturday he had his hair cut and oiled
and accoutred himself for fray, and his
fond mother tied one of her best lace
trimmed handkerchiefs round his throat,
and put clean handkerchief, with some
cologne on ii, in his belt, and kissed
him, aud he went. About quarter
past seven he returned-that Is, the
most Of him-and the following convcr-
satiOn ensucd:
"My son, where is the lace banker
chief YOU had round your neck?"
"IIere, ma, tied round this finger. |
picked up q daisy cutter. think the
finger is only out of joint, not broken. y
"My son, why do you not speak plain
er. Surely. surely You have not been
drinking?'
"No, ma, but in the latter hall of the
seventh inning our catcher's hands gave
out, and went behind, and stopped q
foul tip with my teeth, that is ALL"
"My son, your nice new uniform is
all blooded in front. What ever can
You have been doing?"
Nothing, ma, only was trying to
scoop in n high one Mt third, and the sun
got in my eyes, and mulled it, and the
ball came on my nose, but put ii over
to first and got him out"
"My son, your white flannel pants
are all green behind"
"That ma, was in the third inning
when tried to steal to second, and had
to throw myself down and slide in. |
got the base anyhow, and came in on 2
two-baser to left field"
'Alas, my son, fear that YOU have
had an unpleasant day. Let me send fol
a surgeon and dentist, and get some
arnica, ice water, lint, raw beefsteak
splints, sticking-plastcr, vinegar and
brown paper, Railways Ready Relief
Perry Davis Pain Killer, congresses
sings, leeches, clean cloths, opodeldoc
horse linimcnt, and in few DAYS yor
will not know yourself"
"Oh, ma, it was the bullicst game
ever was iil-tcn innings, and the score
seven to six. If l die give my bat tc
Billy Humphreys, and my spiked shoe;
to Charley Gross" exit, led out by
his ma. Curtain falls. y -rChicag;
Times.
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Why Old people Remember Things

The extraordinary persistence of
early impressions, when the mind
seems almost to have ceased to register
new ones, is in remarkable accordance
with the law of nutrition. 1t is a
physiological fact that decline essential
ly consists in the diminution of the
Now it is when the brain is growing
that definite direction can be most
strongly and persistently given to its
structure. Thus the habits of thought
come to be formed, and those nerve
tricks laid down which Gas the ply
siologist believeO constitute the me-
chanism of association, by the time the
brain has reached Its maturity; and the
nutrition of the organ continues to keep
up the same mechanism in accordance
with the demands Of its activity so long
as it is being called into use. Further,
during the entire period of vigorous
manhood, the brain, like muscles, may
be taking on some additional growth.
either as whole or in special parts,
new tissue being developed and kept up
by the nutritive process, in accordance
with the modes of action to which the
organ is trained. And in this manner
a store of ''imprcssions" or traces is
accumulated which may be brought
within the sphere of consciousness
whenever the right suggesting strings
are Touched. But as the nutritive ac-
tivity diminishcs, the "waste" become
more active than The renovation; and il
would seem that while (to use a COM
mercial analogy) the "old-established
houscsu keen their p-round these latar
firms whose basis is less secured are the
first 10 crumble away-the nutritive
activity, which yet sufilces TO maintain
the original structure, not being capable
of keeping the subsequent additions to
1t in working order. This earlier
degeneration of later formed structures
is general fact perfectly familiar to
the Observation-Disclosures Mirror.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

MlDDLIBURl.
ConJreJdfiondl-Corner Pleasant and Main sta.
Rev E. p. Hooker, pastor. Sunday services at
10 As AN. and 30 Pm. Thursday evening prayer
Mefhodist-North Pleasantst Rev. W. II. Row.
som, pastor Sunday services at 10 As AM. and
80 PM. Thursday evening prayer meeting at
30. Glass meeting on Friday evening at 7 80.
Episcopal-St. Stephens Church-Main-st. -
rector. Sunday services at 10 30 AN.
and 0OP Pm.
RomGn Catholc-w -weybridge.st. Rev. p. Gun
ningham, pastor. Sunday services alternate Sab.
baths, High Mass at 10 90 AM Vespers and bene-
diction at G 80 PM
EAST MIDDLEDuRY.
-Ncfhodist-Rev. ii. Nandecar, pastor. sunday
services al 2 90 PM.
vERoESSEs.
BdptiSt-Rev. Charles Hibbard. pastor. Services
in town hall. Sunday services at l0:45 AM. and
30 Pm. Weekly prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at 80.
Methodist--Rev II. y Munger. pastor Sunday
services at 80 and Z 80 PM Weekly prayer
meeting on Thursday evening at Z 30.
Episcopdl-S. PduPs Church-Rev. c. l. Chaplin,
rector. Sunday services at 10 As AN. and 30 Pm.
Friday evening at 30
Mission Chape.-Dr. II. A. Ingham. Sunday
services at l0:45 AN. and 80 Pm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
Roman Cdtholic-Rev. y. Cunningham pastor.
Services, alternate Sabbaths, High Mass at 10 90
AN, Vespers and benediction at 8 00P.M
Congre1ationdl-Rev. George L. Hall, pastor.
sunday services at 10 :45 AN and 30 Pm. Woek.
iy prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7 80.
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This is progressive age. New fea-
lures are constantly being introduced,
old theories are revolutiontzed. Music,
which but few years since was un-
thought of In that connection, has been
introduced in our public schools in many
sections of our country and il has be-
come almost necessity for every fami-
ly to possess either a plano or organ, or
both, and it is important that all should
know where the best instruments can be
bought for the least money. Daniel f.
Beatty, Esq, of Washington, New Jer-
sey, has a world wide reputation for
making the best, and we believe his
prices compare favorably with other
first-class makers. We would earnestly
recommend all to write TO him for in
formation before buying. IL
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The Value OF a Wife.

''How do you get along?" said a wife
TO her husband, in the midst of the pan.
ic. "Oh, l shall weather the storm, but
l wish | had few hundred dollars
more" "Don't you wish YOU had mar.
ried rich wife?" said she in a TEASING
way; then going to her room, she re,
turned with rather more than the amount
required in United States bonds. "Why,
where in the world did you get this p
said the husband. "Weil, my dear, YOU
went to champagne supper seven
years ago, and on your return, finding
navigation around the room rather diff.
cult, deposited hat, shoes, gloves, and 8
large roll of bank-bills on the carpet. j
put the money away and waited three
weeks for you to inquire i'll had seen it,
when, finding YOU were ashamed to do
80, invested, and here you have it."
The moral is-well, we don't know
what 1t is, unless that if you will get
drunk and lose your money, do il at
home under the eye Of your wife.
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Judge j., of Central Ohio, was a ma

Judge j., of Central Ohio, was a man
of superior ability and unusually diQni-
fed manner, but one who rellshed a
practical Joke as thoroughly and heartily
a. any man ever knew. He was al
one time judge Of the circuit court OF
several counties in Central Ohio; and
while holding court at Mt. ", occurred
an incident which l will narrate as IL
Illustrative of his eagerness TO avail him.
self of every opportunity to indulge his
taste for joking. One of the lawyers,
pracucing at the Mt. v. bar, was Mai.
S., very severe upon a witness in cross
examination. At the time in question,
Maj. 5. had in hand very tart and
irascible character, and in his endeavor
TO confuse, so angered the witness, that
when the major turned to witness with
a new question, he was told to go to
hi. This was contempt, and LETT the
major in an awkward position. Turn
ing his (one) eye upon the Judge, he
said: "Judge, what shall l doT With
all the gravity of a tombstone, he re-
piled: "If were in your place, major,
l would not CO." This threw court and
spectators into perfect roar of laugh
ter. <
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\ new movement has sprung up, in
New York, and known as the "Crosby
society for the prevention of crime"
and the prevention is, the closing of the
liquor saloons. II is styled a temper
ance order and is likely to have a large
membership, as il does not exact total
abstinence pledge.
Chancellor Crosby, the originator OF
the society says, he shall have branch
society in every ward of the city by fall.
If had such a society here, perhaps
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l, Alison B. Colby of fMiddlebury, VT,
do hereby solemnly pledge myself that
nom this time l will not, either by my
self, my clerk, servant or agent, or by
any other person sell, furnish or give
away "any spirituous or malt liquor or
any kind of intoxicating drink" at nv
place of business in Middlebury afore.
said, or at any other place within the
limits OF said Middlebury. And to this
pledge challenge public scrutiny.
Signed, A. B. Colby.
Middlebury, May l2, 1877.
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To the L0dieS Of the W0moa's Chris.
tidn Temperance Union.
We, the druggists of fMiddlcbury here.
by agree that we will not sell, furnish
OF. give away any intoxicating liquor
wine or malt liquors in connection with
our business as druggists or otherwise,
except upon the prescription ofa physi.
clan in good and regular standing-said
prescription TO be written in regular
form, and TO bc recorded by us, and in
no case will We sell or dispose of said
liquors clear.
On. +. RIDER,
(SigneD G. III. PLUMLEY, MD,
b. F. Owens & Co.
Middlebury, VI, Feb. 6, 1877.
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A California newspaper says that the
new and elegant jail at Redwood City
Is now "open to the public"
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=. TATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
CASTLETOM VT.
WALTER L. WARD. PnI9eIPAL.
Fall term commences August 81. Spring term
commences February 8, 1877.
- Addis0n County is entitled to $ VEN
FREE SCHOLARSHIPS.
Address the Principal. limo
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JASON DAVENPORT, Fire lnsur.
~ ance Agent, will write policies in the Farm
ers' Mutual and other companies represented by
NJ. j. Francisco In Rutland.
Also the Mutual Life Insurance Co. Of New
York. Office at J. L. buttolph'sStore. 40
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M PaINN EY,

M PaINN EY,
lVls Once more announces that notwithstsnd.
Ing his loss BY the great hrs-baving had every.
thing burned-he has been encouraged to open
another shop. whore he intends to keep a good
assortment Of
HARNESSES. HORSE NETS,
WHIPS 4 SUdMER LAP ROBES,
VACUUM r MEATS FOOT OIL
81 REPAIRING done at abort notice and on
sassnstls tgms.
SHOP, No. 2, sHELDoN's BLOCK.
Middlebury, June IL. 1876.
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- W. JUDD, Manufacturer and deal
4 ls er In all kinds Of American and Foreign
Marble, Granite Work. dc With Old Middle
hurry Marble Co. If
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EIDEON L. CLARK,
~ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1872 La3alls 81. Room 20,
Residence South Chicagol CHICAGO, III.
MONEY LOANED for eastern parties on 6rst
mortgage security on improved real estats In and
near Chicago and South Chicago at rates netting
ten per cent. per annum 10 the lenders.
Reference BY permission to Msssrs. Stewart a
Eldredge, Middlebury, Vt.
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~ w. GOODELL & CO.-HOUSE,
W. Carriage and Furniture Painters and
Grainers. Place Of business James Donahue's
shop, opposite the School House. Middlebury, Vt
Middlebury, July 81. 1877. l6tf
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IN KIDDEk,
l. Harness making and repair shop. Fine
harness. saddles. brides. whips, blankets, Sheets
Row. l-Cm
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Woman's Temperance Column
To the Ladies' of The Vomo0.s Chris

"7hc Lord Of Hosts rs arith as, the God
ofJacob is or refuge"
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CTATE NORMAL SCHOOL, RAN
- DOLPH, VT. ABEL Z. LEAvENwoRTH A.
NJ, Principal. Eighty zone Scholarships Fall
Term opens fourth Tuesday in August. Spring
Term opens second Tuesday in February. Send
Tor catalogue. 44yl
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- PHYSICIAN g. SURGEON.
SrAnKspoRo, VT. l9tf OFFICE AT RESIDENCE
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~ A. STURTEVANT,
IA Attorney at law, Office over Clays stor,
In tic new block.