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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-24
HERGENNES.

Mrs. Jane Palmer is very sick with
lung fever.
-.Sociable at Mrs. Morgan's on We'd
nesday evening.
The boys wonder if "John" likes
his eggs rare or hard boiled.
The authorities removed the Park
fence on Thursday of this week.
Miss Angie Stewart is to teach at
iiinesburgh, VT, the coming season.
-Rumor has it that a new millinery
store is 10 be started next door below
the Post Office.
People are anticipating a fine treat
IN the returning of the Swedish LADY
Qnartette on the 30th of this month.
The Organ Fund Society has raised
5000, and the remainder needed to pur-
chase an organ will be raised by sub
scription.
-Nernal Il Son are to conduct the
meat market formerly occupied by w.
W.. Swiney, the latter returning to
Middlebury, where he intends starting
a new business.
Geo. +. Ladd is agent for the cele-
brated ''Vergenncs" grape which was
formerly owned by w. +. Green of this
city, but sold by him last year to the
pequonnock Nursery, Bridgeport,
Conn, for $3.50.
Jos. Paradee, who has been
sSck>for some time past, died on Friday
m&rning last at l O'clock. She leaves a
husband and two daughters TO mourn
her sad loss. The funeral was held on
Sunday. The services were at the house
and were largely attended.
The Gospel Temperance meeting,
which was TO have been held on Friday
evening last, in Temperance Union
Hall, was postponed on account of
weather until Wednesday evening of
This week. The meeting was opened
with Chas. ii. lngham as leader, the
choir or quartettc singing, reading Of
Scripture by f. s. Haven, PRAYER by
Mr.. links, song care you coming home
tonight" reading passages of Scripture
by the audience conducted by Mrs. f.
+. Daniels, song "Wonderful words of
Life" Speaking then followed BY the
audience; and n very interesting and
instructive meeting was the result of the
whole effort, much credit being due to
the ladies'. 1t closed by singing the
DoxolOgy.
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PdN4'ON.

AS fast as the sun takes oil tlicl
covering of snow, the potato bugs com
up smiling.
"A good many of the farmers hav
begun their spring work, there bein
but little frost.
Rev. Geo. Hughes left town O
Monday TO attend the Troy Conference
held at Bennington, VT.
AT the time Of this writing the ic
on the lake is broken up, and doubles
Nere this is published will be ready 70
Navigation.
I\EMr. T.. G. Kenyon of West Ferris
bNgh, who has been Frustrated for som
uihe with inilammatory rheumatism, il
slowly improving.
John Holcomb, proprietor of IN,
Adams Ferry, is repairing and fttjDs
his ferry-boat so as to launch her As
soon as the lake is clear. He is an obIig.
ing ierryman and deserves a share Of
public patronage.
. "A citizen of West Ferrisburgb
ISeem to be matrimonially unlucky or
setQething. He was divorced from his
i1rsewife after living with her many
years, and married a gay and fascinat-
ing widow who after the HONEYMOON
period went by developed a temper
equal to his own. Personal combats
became frequent, and finally one night
the wife left her husbands bed for that
OF the hired girl. The husband fol-
lowed, when the two women "pitcbed
in' and conquered lin in fierce battle.
A divorce suit will follow.
\--.We announce with regret the death
Of Mrs. Esther Gregory after o short
illness: Her funeral was largely attend
ed on Thursday the 18th inst. at the
Baptist church in this place. The Scr
vices were conducted by Rev. p. G..
Dayfoot. She was a woman of great
Industry and much esteemed. She was
The mother of thirteen children, ten of
whom are now living. She also had
lhirty-seven grand children, thirty-three
Of whom are now living. And twenty
live great-grand children of whom twen-
fy-three are now living. She was in her
nighty-fourth year and always lived
six miles of the railroad. but
had ridden on a train of cars but once
'"'''6 ~ iiiCtiiuCs
,NQnite a singular circumstance &C.
;Ufed a few days since at the residence
Of MIR. Joseph Carter. Mrs. Carter, who
has been All INVALID for years, it seems
suddenly became missing. The family
began an immediate search i'm and ont
Of doors. The hired girl declared she
lad not gone out of the house. They
again searched the house, but no clue
to the whereabouts of the missing
one was found. AS a last refuge they
proceeded to.the. attic, where there was
standing a large chest. Unlocking this
chest they found the lost one nearly
'mothered. 1t would seem that she got
.nto the chest, and letting the cover
Town, it locked her in where she would
inquestionably have persisted in al
hort time had she not been discovered.
The cause for this singular action is
thought to be sudden arrangement.
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LINCOLN.
Miss Carrie Lee has taken the school
at the corners, SO called.

Miss Carrie Lee has taken the school
at the corners, SO called.
Ito Hin Frank has purchased G. T..
Varney's Hotel at West Lincoln.
MIR. George Stone expects 10 90 TO
work In the store building of M. j..
Stearns Cat the shoemaker's tradO
soon.
The sugar season Is about past for
this year; the supply Is not quite equal
to former years, but a very fair amount
has been made.
-Rey. Il. c. Pickett preached his
farewell sermon for this conference year
last Sabbath, but he will remain in town
the coming year.
--Ahoni fourteen inches of snow fell
last Friday night, hui people who ven
lured away from home with sleiaLls con-
cluded they had better return before
night or go home on foot.
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CORNWALL.

%. A. Field is improving the looks
CT his residence very much, by paint
ing, ETC., etc.
We understand that Charles With
erell and family have moved on the
farm of his father-in-law, Col. Ed.
Stowell. So Shoreham's loss is our
gain.
Mrs. Milo Ellsworth has returned
from Boston. We are very sorry to
heal such discouraging reports as we
are told that she brings from the
oculists.
Mr.. George Walker is putting new
windows in his house, and new blinds
on the outside. Mrs. Walker has a
beautiful collection of plants in her
windows, as also has Mrs. Hiram
Bingham. Mrs. Bingham has the fin
est array'of plants in blossom that we
have seen this spring.
e. Sanford, Esq, cut from fiveItwo
year old ewes feeces averaging Is lbs.
10 2-5 OF. The live weights and fieeces
were as follows: II lbs, l6 IA lbs; 81
lbs, Is "a lbs. 63 lbs, IA S-4 lbs. So
lbs, lG lbs; 81 1-2 lbs, Is l-2 lbs.
Average per cent of fleece to live
weight. PAP. The per cent of fleece to
live weight of best one was 27.1. The
feeces were of very fine style and quail
ity.
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NEW HA VEN

NHenry Barton, son of Mr.. G. w.
Barton, of Town Hill, is still quite in
and is not improving.
We are happy TO learn that Doctor
,Sanborn, who has had a severe attack
ofrheumatism, is recovering.
NSome of the boys at the Street had
a paSty a few evenings since to which
no girls were invited; the girls, OK
course, Immediately followed suit, and
had one to which no boys were invited.
Both companies bestow lavish praises
upon their respective parties.
H. S. Langdon has recently leased
the hotel and farm occupied by VIM.
Partch. The public, and especially the
commercial traveller, will find ii for
their interest to stop there. This is a
very desirable locality for summer
boarders; special attention will be given
them.
The following students of Bceman
Academy have excelled in scholarship
and department thus far during the
term, as shown by the last report
Messrs, Barton, Billings, NJ. Dana, De
Pontee, Doud, Footc, Lane. Miller,
O'Neill, Severance. Stearns and Roscoe /:
Misses Barton, N. Brunell, Cowles,
Foote, Higley, Hill, A. Human,
Hathorne, and Nimblct.
The readings at the Academy on
Friday afternoon after the rhetorical
exercises are quite interesting. A
sketch of the authors life is prepared
by some one appointed for the purpose,
and QQlaaitnno ~ roaI T.o-. IL. --t-'
by both teachers and members of the
school. This week, Lowell will be CON
sidered, and the Merchant of Venice
has been assigned for next.
-Lyceum will be held on Friday
evening of next week. The officers
are: president, Mr.. Billings; vice pres
ident, Mr.. Stcarns; secretary, Miss
Jessie Squier. Appointments for Fri
day evening are Heterogeneous de-
bate, Messrs. Stearns and Barton: dec
lamation, Mr.. Miller; essay, Miss
Cowles; paper, Mr.. Foote and Miss
tHinman.
M. Il. Shackett left town
Mefch 29, after raising a little breeze
During the past winter Stephen Nut
ting, a blacksmith, visited her frequent.
ly, ncglecting his own wife. The fire.
quency and length of his visits made
much unpleasant talk. Nutting SEEM
ed to AXE full charge of her affairs and
superintendent her departure, and left
town himself the day after. He went
to Lowell, Mass, where he has a son,
lie has written to bis wife and sent her
money. 1t Is understood that Mrs,
Shackett Is in Wakefield, near Lowell,
with her relatives. People here seem
to think this proximity suspicious, and
believe they left town. because the place
was getting too hot for them.
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Notices.
Bermuda onions at Manney's.

Bermuda onions at Manney's.
-Cranberries, z cts. a qt. at Manney's'
Nice lemons zoe per dozen at Man
ney's.
-Well-buckets, wool Irvine, milk
pans, tin ware, stoves, etc. at Wales Il
Hyde's.
Large stock os boots and shoes just
received a4Sheldon's.
Try Boud's perfection blend coffee
ground in his elegant new mill.
Vegetable and flower seeds, large
supply just received at Sheldon's.
Sec Chapman G. Smiths peddling
advertisement in another column.
The largest assortment of men and
boys shoes in the county at Bonds.
-Beckwith & Co. have received the
largest and cheapest stock of wall
papers and borders in the county. :
MONEY TO LoAN.-On first-ciass Sc
curity. Inquire OF w. II. Parker,
Treasurer.
M%iddlebury, April II, 1879.
Choice window plants, gladiolus,
Madeira vine and California lilly bulbs,
and fowor seeds in great variety, at
c. H. Hyde Il Co.'s.
Buy Hydrangea, or seven Banks,
for all diseases of the kidneys and blad-
der and for rheumatism. 1t is the
best known remedy. For sale by DR..
Plumley.
Our a%pothecary department is COM
plete, and with competent dispensers and
moderate prices you will do we'll to pat
ronize us. Yours respectfully,
If SHELDON Il Co. i
We will pay the highest cash price
for live poultry every day in the week.
Will take them in at the barn near
Harvey Smiths or Seymour street.
If PIPER & ROBBINS.
The accounts belonging to the es-
tate of w. w. Eaton, insolvent debtor,
will be at his old stand with G.. ID. Mi
ner Il Co. only for a few days. l re-
quest immediate settlement.
d. RIDER, Assignee.
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OR WE'LL.

The roads are very bad and in
some places almost impossible.
Only a small attendance at the
teachers examination on Wednesday
last.
The sugar season is drawing to a
close, 1t has been more than usually
good this year.
The old Methodist church at Chip
mans Point, unused and useless for
years, has lately been pulled down.
n w G learn that Miss Marcia Doug
hss, of Shoreham, is to teach in the
Clark district, instead of Miss Miller.
w. ii. Basoom, ofBurlington, Iowa,
is in town. He has been away some
nine years, and is here now in quest of
health.
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SHOREHAM

Measles are quite prevalent.
Sugar making OIL the part of few,
lively and attended with success.
Our revival meetings for six weeks
have been a great refreshing to the
church, and many new ones, we hope,
have been born again. Praise be to
God for all that hath been done, and TO
Him we look for greater things.
The academy under Prof. Cole is
nor than usually fiourishing for this
season of the year. The recent exami-
nation, the progress on all lines OF
study, the voice of the people, as one
mind, all declare him to be, "the right
mar in the right place."
No death of late has startled the
community like that of Mrs. Judge
Brookins, rs she was one of earth's best
wives and Mothers. of large-hearted
b~enevolence for all ia need and distress,
The large attendance at her funeral
represented from three towns, Whiting.
Orwell and Shoreham, spoke the
wide and deep sympathy for this af
flicted household.
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BRISTOL.
O streets are nearly dry.

Dur streets are nearly dry.
Mr.. b. F. Sheldon is very sick at
his home on Pleasant Street.
The James Bros. started their meat
cart TO day, Wednesday, the first one
on the road.
There is a prospect of another
ready made clothing store here, to be
located In iiatch's Block.
Rev. c. Pike closed his labors with
the Advents last Sabbath. He has gone
west. We understand the Advents are
to have a settled minister soon.
We noticed a game of croqnet OH
the park yesterday, the first of the sea-
son. This, together with the fact that
frogs have been heard, is conclusive ev-
idence that spring is here.
H. G. Munsill is removing his old
stump fences west of the village. lie is
intending to replace them this summer
mer with board fence.
The Gazette in speaking of the la
bors of the Rev. l.. A. Dibble with the
NJ. Il. churcn, forgets to mention the
fact that several of those who have
united with that church in this village
the past year were the fruits of labors
Of evangelists in connection with the
Baptist church here.
VIII Begor has at last been over
taken by justice; was brought before
Grand Juror Mardin, fined IS and costs.
On refusing to pay he was sentenced to
one hundred days in the workhouse at
Rutland. After lying in the cooler over
night, he made up his mind to settle up,
which he did by turning ont a wagon
No C. ID. Mathewson.
&NThe great and momentous question
has>Ueen settled at last. Charley Smith
is married. He and Miss Ruby Tucker
were married last Monday evening at
her fathers. Rev. l.. A. Dibble tying
the knot. The Bristol cornet band gave
them a serenade at their residence on
North street last evening. Charley
arose, ''trimmcd his lamp" and treated
the band 10 maple sugar, cake and APP
pies. Had a pleasant time and all
wished them health, wealth and pros
perity.
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RHION

AAdelia Kirby, wife of j. 4. Chm.
dler of Ripton, VI, passed TO her e.er.
nal home, where remaineth a rest To
the people of God, March 8, 1879, In the
full triumph of Christian faith, and az
think of Sister Chandler, | think of her
as one worthy a place in the ranks of
Christian and womanly heroism. Her
life was one of devotion to those HOLY
I principles that make home, society and
community to'wear the garb of purity
and cheerfulness. All her life, from
infancy to the day of her death, she had
been a great sufferer from that painful
and fatal disease, enlargement of the
heart, from which cause, with inflam-
nation and abscess of the lungs, she at
last ceased her earthly existence, and
Fsweetly fell asleep in Jesus, blessed
sleep from which none ever wake but
to life eternal and joys immortal. II
was mine, as her pastor, to be at her
bedside during her last hours, and
watch the going out of earthly life into
the summer of immortal verdure,
where everlasting spring abides, and
never whitening flowers" and 1 can
truly say | never witnessed such Chris
tian fortitude and holy patience as was
exhibited by this disciple of Christ.
Amid the agonies of dissolving nature.
her spirit seemed to exult in the antici.
patton, after having suffered the will
of her blessed Master, of being forever
with the Lord. l we'll recall the mo-
ment, when in extreme pain of body.
her prayer was, "Lord, give me pa.
to endure" and always, when
old hymn familiar to the saints
of God was sung by those around her
dying couch, she seemed to forget for
time her physical suffering, and at
one time she clearly sung with us that
blessed hymn:
'".Alas, and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my sovereign die"
So, dear readers of the Register, and
members of the M. E. church, as you
read this, the sentiment expressed by
James, 'our people die we'll"
Will be fully confirmed in your minds.
Such was the case with this wife, moth
er, sister, friend. While the church of
her choice for thirteen years deeply feel
her loss, yet knowing full well our loss
Is her gain, therefore we submit.
CHAs. r. CHURCH, Pastor.
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WHITING.

MIR. G. II. Williams lost his very
best COW last week, cause not known.
Last year the farmers were we'll
on with their sowing; some had plan
ted potatoes ere this time.
Mr.. R. d. Needham Is selling a lot
OF goods, notwithstanding tho hard
times; he sells very low, and first class
goods.
Mr.. Allen Ketcham lost one of his
nice t~hree-year-old steers last week, &C.
casioned by rolling OH his back not be-
ing able to get up.
The Rev. MI. Hathaway, of Leices-
ter, Is expected to preach in the Union
church, next Sunday. We fear with
such horrible going as now, that he can
have but a small audience.
Mr.. George S. Walker has rented
his home farm to Mr.. Edgar Needham
and has moved into one of his houses on
Main street, a pleasant location where
he can sit and view with ease some
400 or 500 of his broad acres.
Mr.. l.. P. Barnes has, with a part
of his family, moved to Brandon, the
remainder stay on the home farm.
Mr.. Barnes goes to live on the old home
stead where his brother, now q con-
sumptive invalid, has always lived. MIR.
Barnes, we understand, has purchased
the farm of his brother, and intends to
make 1t his permanent home.
One ofthe hardest storms ofthe year
visited the town last week Thursday
and Friday, beginning to snow about
noon and continuing through the night.
The next day the storm increased
to almost a gale in the afternoon and
evening. The east and west roads that
had just been shoveled to admit travel
were blockaded with drifts, as bad as
ever.
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The delicious airs and pastures OF spring, i'm.
parting the golden tint OF June TO butter, are
cheated Of their prerogatiyes. BY using Perfected
Butter Colon made by Wells. richardson A Co.,
bnllingtion, VI. II Is not expensive, Is hee
from harmful elements and adds a money value 10
every pound.
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~ h"e style, Wnlcn was nlghly appreci-
ated by the audience. The Juvenile
race advertised to come off in conneex
ton with the above did not occur on
account of not filling.
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
There is more snow in store for us
we think, and yet all look for a sudden
warm change.
No. 2 and II have the same leach
ers as last term, viz: Miss Parker and
Miss M. Avery.
Last year u neighbor planted his
potatoes about the 18th of April, but
now 1t looks rather dubious.
Our Main Street is looking dry and
nice, but westward to the village the
roads are almost intolerable.
. The farmers on Mountain Street
sterted their plows last week, but found
some frost near fences &c.
"A. Peck at the Birch factory has a
larger amount of stock than usual, and
re running his mill day and night.
NAGeo. b. Nimblet was killed at Rock.
fond,Nowa, April s, by the fall of a
drliNwhere they had been sinking a
well; Ii was being lowered when Il
slipped. and the crank struck him oil
the head, breaking his skull. lie lived
only D or . hours. He was in his 10th
year. But a few months since he lost
his wife and sister. He leaves 8 orphan
children and an aged mother to mourn
his loss. He was a nephew of Rev. S,
W. Bidwell and left Hinesburgh, VT, a
few years since for the West. He leaves
a good record Of three years service in
the VI. Cavalry and was discharged
with a serious wound In the foot
Among the cares Of this life he did moi
forget 10 prepare for that which is Il
come; he was ready for the greal
change of death,
New-York tribune., 1879-03-28
GIHLNG RATTLE.

The Democratic party has delivered its
threatened attack upon the ballot-bOx and
the Constitution. The bitterest adversary OF
that dangerous faction could not wish to see
it in worse position than it occupies to-
day. Every step of its progress since 1t came
into power has been marked by blunder;
but 1t has committed no blunder more enor-
nous or more criminal than the act of head
long violence for WHICH it forced this extra
session. 1t has now declared, in the face of
the whole Nation, that there shall be free
fraud at the polls or else the Government
shall stop. Even the weak pretence that the
Federal Election laws must be repealed out
of respect to the rights of the States has
been c0ntemptuously abandoned in the very
act of moving the repeal. For the Democratic
caucus has resolved to leave enough OF the
laws to recognize the principle upon which
they are based. but to sweep away all the
provisions which give them practical effect in
the prevention of fraud and violence. Here
is n plain declaration that the Democratic
members do not care a fig for the rights OF
the States but they mean to carry the next
election by the old agencies which we know
SO well in NewYOrk.
They will discover that the Republican
marty of the North means to have fair vote.
They will discover that the methods by which
! Tweed stole the S ate of NewYOrk away
from President Grant in 1868, cannot be re-
peated with impunIty. They will be reminded
of the courteous but scathing letter in which
Horace Greeley pointed out to Samuel j. Til
! den how he was covering enormous frauds
with the mantle of his respectablllty, and
! they Will learn that under no circumstances
will honest men suffer thieves and swlndlers
TO ride over them again as they did III those
disrraceful days. The old style of Democratic
voting is q thing of the past. There is not a
big enough majority III Congress to restore
it, We think there never will be.
Our democratic friends will discover, too,
that they have not big enough majority to set
aside the Constitution. That instrument pro-
yides that the President shall have the power
! to veto any bill of which he disapprOves.
| The revolutionary faction declares that if he
exercises his constitutional right and duty
they will put stop to the whole machinery
| of government. They will force him to abdi-
! cate one Of his most important functions.
! They condescend to no argument. They pro-
pose to settle this question by brute force.
! So be it. All differences as to the intrinsic
! dement's of any particular measure become
| insignificant by comparison with this attempt
! to subvert the fundamental law of the land
and to change this Government from free,
constitutional republic into an absolute mob
democracy, which is the worst of despotisms.
Whatever the consequences the party Of the
Constitution will not finch.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-28

our elections, and the purity of elections IN
wolves the political health of the nation.
In this patriotic course the Republican mem
bers of Congress should have the moral sup
port of every member of the Repubican
party, in OF out of Office, and. above all, OIL
every member of the Republican Admimstra
ton. We have good reason to believe that
the President is heart and soul with MS party
in this contest, and that nearly or quite III
of his Cabinet stand with him. III any nehoer
of the Cabinet, or any person IN any way
authorized to speak for the Administration
or any Republican holder, arrays him.
self in a hostile attitude, it must be distinctly
understood that he does so on his own re-.
sponsbility, and at his own cost. lie casts
his lot with the Democracy, and will 80 down
with the Democratic defeat. The Republcah
party is united, and there must be no COM
promise with the enemy.