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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-05


Herr krupp, the famous German
gun maker, has just eclipsed ali his
former efforts by constructing u new
steel cannon, which is the largest piece
of steel ordnance vet made. Ii weighs
- tons is - feet long and has a calibre
OF II IA inches, while that of the Eng
lish SCION gnns has only Is inches.
The charge tor this monster gun is to
he aS5 pounds of prismatic powder, the
proiectile being chilled iron shell
weighing lGGo pounds and having
bursting charge of % pounds of pow
der. The iorce of the shot on leaving
the gun is estimated at 81 900 foot tons.
and il is calculated that when pointed at
an angle OF i3 degrees with the horizon
the gun will throw its projectile q dis
tance of Is miles. The Forthcoming
trials will take place on a range II
iailes long, and the targets will have 60
he placed al such distance that the
gun. will have to he directed by other
means than the visibility of the object
10 be hit. A.i
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-05
Faces.

The human face is not only "the in
deX of the soul" Every bodily ssnsa-
don leaves its indelibIe trace upon the
features. Every human face, if stud
led altentively, reveals the ply sical and
mental history of its possessor. On the
crowded street of the city what volumes
OF these histories are open to all who
would search them. The miser with
histealures drawn As tightly as the OPEN
ings of his money bags; the debauchee
with his sensual, semi-animal face; the
Young man with his future fair alId
broad before him, every line of his
countrnance revealing energy and am
bitiun: the maiden's face bright with
innocent love and hope,-each of these
face-hisiories is as lcgible as the print
ed page before you. But there are 9TH
er faces in which We may read sad his
tories-taces of work-weary women, TO
whom living has become all irksome
task. The fatal alphabet of disease is
written in every one OF their cOunte-
nances. Why will these women suffer
from debility and those painful diseases
and weaknesses peculiar TO their sex.
losing besides the charm and beauty OF
"A bright. hcalthful face, when DR..
l'icrce's Favorite Prescription is a sure
and clleciual remedy? Ladies who have
used il pronounce it TO be woman's !
elixir of health. Sold by druggists.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-05
BUSINESS CARDS.

HOUSE.-East Middlebury, Vernon
35m3 WILL ALLEN, Manager.
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Haven, the North, New YORK, Boston,
st through Burlington, 30. p. NJ.
Haven, the south, New York, hos
.,. West. 5 :25 4. NJ.
richmond, Huntington, Huntington Cen
d STARK sboro, T.. NJ. Monday We'lnes
Fridays.
Lincoln, : p. NJ.
South stark 7bnrn. three time week lr-
.ly
Iiavon Mills, three times a week III
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Bristol Directory.

Rev. ". u. Hall, pastor. sunday ser
IL \. VI. and 80 T.. NJ. Young peoples
ting Monday evening al I 90. Tues
,prayer meeting at I 100.
Rev. l.. \. Dibblc, pastor. sunday
l0:45 A. VI. and 80 l., NJ. tliSS meet
iy evening ut : 40. Prayer meeting
scnlng at 90.
;ev.C. Pike, pastor. Preaching every
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EAST MtpDIIBukN.
-----------, pastor. sunday -erNme7
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NERGBNNE5.
-Rev. Charles Hibbard, pastor. sunday
at ~ ~ AM. and 700 PM. Weekly
leeting on Thursday evening at : 90.
Ht-Rrv. II. y. Munger, pastor. sunday
r' 20 and ! :O0 PM. weekly prayer
thursday evening at I 90.
81. PAIRS Church-Rev. +. :. Fisher
" services mt 10 45 AM. and : 90 pm
~ 1t 90.
DIR. II. A. Ingham. sunday
4J AM. and 700 Pm. weekly
z on Thursday evening.
9iic-Rev. T.. Cunningham, pastor
nate Sabbaths; High Mass al 10 N
) and benediction at & 90 Pm.
onai-Rev. George f. Hall, pastor
.icss at 10: 45 AM. and :00P Pm. Week
ieeting on Thursday evening nj 100.
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a Yankee, who had never paid
more than twenty-five cents to zee an
exhibition. went to New Iorn
theatre one night TO see the sEorty
Thieves" The ticket-seller charg-
ed him seventy-1ve cents tor n tick
Ell. Passing the pasaeboard back
he quietly remarked: "keepit mister
| don't want to see the other thirty.
nine, and ont he marched.
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"liere," said the farmer, as he ex-
hibited broken jar to the manufactu-
rer. I'll packed This jar full of butter,
and the jar split from top to bottom.
Perhaps yon can explain the phenome-
on" ooh, yes, 1 can" was the ready
reply, "the butter was stronger than
tine jar
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19
Martins Creek Locals.

Most of the wheat crop is harvested and
somo has been thrcshed. The crop is cor
tainly better than we havo had for years.
1t is believed that any wheat crop that will
yield throe.fourths as much as the present
ono will give tho farmer larger profit tha n
crop Of cotton.
Cotton generally is looking well, but its
growth has been slightly checked by dry
weather. So much guano has been used
that only fcw weeks dry weather will
produce considerable anxiety among plant.
ora.
We were favored with refreshing shower
OF rain last Sunday evening.
A junior singing class was organized at
Shiloh Baptist Church on Sunday morning.
Several Glasses have been organized in tho
county recently, and it is hoped that many
others will bo organized before tho County
Convention oonvenos at Westminster. A
littlo attention given to this matter by tho
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19
Sherif's Sales.

UY viriuo Of an execution to mo directed I
ID will sell, on MONDAY, sale day in July,
1879, at the Court House door in Walhalla,
between the legal hours of sale, tho following
described property. to wit:
Ono TRACT OF LAND, situated near
Seneca City, containing ten acres, more or
less. adjoining lands Of NJ. w. Coleman, G..
NJ. Ynrbrough and others. Lowed on as the
property of J. Y. l.. Purtlow ut tho suit Of
George NJ. Keller and others.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH.
JAMES II. ROBINS,
Sheriff Oconco County.
juno I2, 1870 3O-3t
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19
Oakway Locals.

JUNE, l6, 1879.
The farmers of this section are about dono
cutting their wheat, which, in tho main, is
very good. Their crops nro promising.
Cotton is ns good rs usual for tho time of
year. Corn is needing rain just now.
Tho second quarterly meeting for West
minister Circuit. South Carolina Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held its
session at Jones' Chapel near Fair Play, last
Saturday, tho 18th instant, Rcv. 5. B. Jones,
d. d., P. H., in the Chair. j. b. Sanders
and j. r. Zachary were elected delegates to
the District Conference, which meets in
Greenyille City on the 18th of August next.
S. II. Owens was chosen their alterna.o. The
next Quarterly Conference for the Circuit
will be hold at Westminster, embracing tho
second Sabbath in August next and Saturday
before. DR.. Jones did somo of the best
preaching I have ever heard. The largo
now church building was crowded. AS was
previously arranged, the house was dedicated
in duo form. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19
Westminster Locals.

Taking everything into consideration, wo arc
doing very well in this section.
We had the pleasure Of hearing fine sermon
from Rev. Wm McWhortcr on last Sabbath.
We are looking forward to the coming Sabbath
School Convention which mocts here tho first
aud second days of August next. We expect q
pleasant time and will bo glad to SEQ general
turnout.
The Rev. 7. @. Underwood will preach at the
Baptist Church next Sabbath morning at IL AZ
Our young mems debating club is hourishng
II is feared that the bumblo bees have killed
themselves sucking tho squares hunting for tho
cotton blooms of Mr.. J. J.. Perry, which was
published as six 10 ten inches high week before
last. j. C.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19

churches throughout the county will in
sburo full delegation to tho County Com.
vontion and greatly contribute to the sue
cess Of this useful body. It is osldeut, and
will doubtless be admitted by all, that
music does not receive the attention which
it's Importance demands. It is a companion
Of true happiness aud undor its divine md
MYSTERIOUS influence tho soul can never
grow loss. We hope that its Importance
may be duly considered by those who are
ablo audi willing to accomplish the good
which it is possible through its instrumou-
tality. 8# ~ oF
More anon. J. NIP. X
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19
Sunday School Convention,

Tho Executive Committee Of the "Oconee
County Sunday School Conycntion" mot in
tho Court House on tho 18th instant and
appointed Westminster as tho place for hold.
ing tho noxt convention, which will be on the
lst and I'd days Of August noxt Tho busi-
ness day will bc on Friday and mass meet.
ing on Saturday. committee was appointed
to mako all necessary arrangements for the
success Of tho convention. Discussions on
interesting subjects will DO on the programme
Sunday School workers in tho county should
labor to mako this annual gathering an in
strument for much good.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19
The Mexican Dollar.

What is the difference between tho Mexican
dollar and Tnbler's Buckeye Pilo Ointment
Ono does what it promises and the other
doesn't. Tho Mexican dollar snys, IL am
one hundred ccnts;" but whom you como to
invest it you find it is only cighty-fivc,
Tablcr's Buckeye Filo Ointment says, II will
cure you of Piles;" and upon trial it is found
to 90 so in every case. 1t makes but one
promise-to euro Piles; and docs so without
failure. Price so cents bottle. For salo
by Il. II. Norman e. Bro.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19
Curing Glover for Hav,

Glover contains moro water than other
grasses; consequently it is moro difficult to
euro and for the same reason is moro difficult
to keep, being liable to heat in tho NOV.
Tho natural grasses when cut for hny arc
generally spread and dried as rapidly as may
be in order to secure the best result. This
method, experience has proven is not appli-
cable to tho clover crops
Glover requires longer tmo to cure it
properly, and il exposed to the scorching sun
1T is injured even moro thnn the natural
grasses, for it's succulent leaves and tender
blossoms are qnickIy Drowned and lose their
sweetness.
A plum very generally adopted with clover
is to NOW it in tho morning. let it lie in tho
sun fow hours, or when a wisp takon up
and twisted will show no cxudation of moist
ure, and then throw it up in small cocks. In
these cocks, If tho weather be fine or they
arc properly secured from rain, tho hay 70.
mains two or thrce days whom it is stored.
Another plan is TO- lay the clover upon
beams IN my open building, whore it receives
tho FREQ action Of tho air as soon rs it has
wilted and 80 cure it in the shode. After
fow days it can be packed down without dan
gcr of fermcnting. While this plan Of curing
under shelter makes most excellent QUALITY
Of fragrant hay it is not largely adopted
owing to tho amount of cover required for
curing and tho extra labor of hauling tho
grass while yet green. a.
Still another method having groat many
advocates is hauling clover lay as soon as
wilted apd storing with salt. A layer of
foot or moro in thickness is laid down, on
which salt is scattered, freely, then comes
another layer of hay, thon of salt and so on
until the spaoo is filled. a rapid fermenta.
tion onsues, tho hay becoming cured by tho
heat of this fermentation and tho salt acting
as q preventative against pntrifaotion. In
place of salt, layers of whoat straw arc
sometimes substituted. The greener tho
Glover tho thicker should be tho layer Of
straw, which aols as nm absorbent, and during
tho process is itself increased in value as food
having received somewhat Of tho flavor and
aroma of. the cloyer
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19
Pocket-Book Lost.

TWAS In the town Of b., and MrsS. had
just concluded somo purchases, when no
made, tho startling discovery That his pocket
book was lost. Wills searching his pockets
ho found buckeye, and said" Gentlemen,
my pocket book is lost. but there has been
something. discovefed by Dr.. .Tabler, Of Nash
ylle, Of fnr greater value. 1tis the Buckeye
cases, cwben used according to directiops.
Try It.. Price 90 cents bottles For sale by
II. e. Norman & Bro. RI
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Appointments.

The following appointments will be filled by
Revs. J. X. Pace and L. L. sisk, At the limo
and plaoe given bclow: & ~ S."
Tuesday night, Juno oath, at school house
near Claiborn Pools
Wednesday night, juno 25tl, Ut James Hull's,
Tugaloo Valley.
Thursday night, juno 2Gth, at school house,
near Wm. Dcaton's.
Friday night Juno 9th, at G. V. Hunters.
Saturday, Juno 2sth, at Old Liberty.
Sabbath June Goth, at Old Liberty, at which
timo and place tho funerals of Jesse Lodcn and
wife. aged s and 93, will be preached.
The following is.a list of appointments for
Revs. y. w. Lamar and Julius Earlo within
tho Fork Baptist association, viz:
Sunday, 9th July, l | a. M, at W Westminster.
Sunday, 9th July. 8 p. nj, Mt Westminster
Monday, 7th July, l. IL. NJ, at Chauga
Monday, 7th July, 8 p. NJ, at B. W. Burns.
Tuesday, 9Th Jul y, II. NJ, at Bethel.
Tuesday, 9Th July. p. M, at Bethel.
wednesday, 9Th July, II. M, at Return
Wednesday, 9th July, 8 p. M. at Return.
thursday, 10Th July. II. M at Shiloh.
Thursday. 10Th July. 8 p. NJ, at Shiloh.
Nlf 49, ~, l ~. tii't III lkCVSlDail,
Friday. lth July, p M. at Ilcpsibah.
Saturday, 18th July, | a. m., at EIopowclI
Saturday. 18th July, p. m, nt Seneca.
Sunday, 18th July, II II. NJ, at Seneca.
Sunday, 18th July. 8 p. M, at Seneca.
Monday, Ign July. II q. M, at Now IIopc
Monday, 18th July. 8 p. M, at New Hippo.
Tuesday, 18th July, / u. M, at Pleasant
Ridge.
Wednesday, 10th July, II q. M, at Salem.
thursday, 18th Jul y, n. M, at Bethlehem.
Thursday, l7th July, 8 p. m., at Bethlehem.
Friday. 18Th July, II .. M, at Double Springs.
Friday, 18th Joiy, 8 p. M, at Double SPRINGS.
Saturday, 10Th July, IL II. M, at Pleasant
Sunday, goth July, | q. M, at Walhnlla.
Sunday, 2Oth July, 4 p. M. at Walhalla.
Pastors of the churches named are re-
questcd to give notice Of tho aboye appoint,
mcnts. Ii. A. IL. GIBSON, Chairman,
Executive Committee Fork Association.
Jure, 1879.
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clover, as it lies scattered BY tho mower, will
bc greatly injured if tho dow is allowed to
fall upon 1t. 1t ought also to be remembered
that clover hay will not shed rain, and hence
when stacked out in tho fold it should be
protected either with patent covers, thatehiog
or o thick top covering Of wheat straw, 80.
Not few TURNER'S consider the tedder necos
sary In saving good clover hay, and while
much superior clover hay IL mode without It
the tedder is unquestionably Of great service.
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TAX RETURNS
COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE.
WAuuALLA, s. ca APRIL 20, 1879.

COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE.
WAuIALLA, s. ca April 20, 1879.
NOTICE is hereby given that tho AuditorJ
Office will DO open to receive TAX RETURNS
from Juno lst to July 2Otb, 1870.
The Auditor or his Assistant will attend al thg
following places at tho time specified for tho
assessment Of Personal Property, viz:
West Union, Monday juno 9th.
Seneca City, Tuesday and Wednesday, juno
10ih and llth.
Bird Abbctts, Thursday, Juno l2th.
Sitton's Mills, Friday, Juno 18Th
j. B. Sanders, Saturday, June itb.
Fair Play, Monday and Tuesday, juno 1Gh
and lTth
Bachelors Retreat, Wednesday,, June 18Th.
Westminster, Thursday and Friday, June 10th
aid goth.
Thomas pomelps, Saturday, juno 2lst.
Fehton Halls, Tuesday, June Gath.
Mrs Bafkcr's, Wednesday, juno 25h.
McDado's Mills, Thursday, June 2Gth.
William Rowland's, Friday, juno 9th.
Lays Mills, Saturday. June 18th.
Tallcys Shops, TUESDAY, July LIST.
High Falls, Wednesday, July I'd.
Atter .hc goth Of July the returns of those
failing to return will be made from The best in
| formation that be obtained and fifty per
cent. added thereto.
All male persons from twenty -onc TO sixty
years of age, excepting those exempt by law,
are required to return their polls.
Merchants manufacturers and bankers must
mako their returns strictly according to law.
Each taxpayer, except when impossible to
do so, must make their own return.
All assessments Of personal property must
be "thc usual selling price of similar property
on the usual terms at executors or administra-
tors sales, at the place where the return is
made" G.. II. WATSON.
Auditor Oconec County.
May l, 1870 24-8t
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Final Settlements.

l Court, Oconce County, 8. c., for final set
tlement Of the estate Of Sarah II. Alexander.
minor, on Saturday, the l2sh day Of July, $40;
nt ! O'Clock A. Nj, and for final discharge
from tho said guardianship.
FRANCIS e. CORBIN; Guardian.
juno s, 1870 2o4i
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-26
Old Love Letters.
Baltimore Every Saturday.

Only a bundle of old yellow paper
tied together with a faded ribbon,
these are all that may be left to re-
mind the gray-haired creature that
tearfully bends over them of one on
whom the grassy sod may have moul-
dered for years, or whose affections,
trified with by her, have found q
peaceful dwelling place in a more con-
slant heart. This tear-stained packet
is all that connects her present with
the past, and az she pores over its con-
tents, the frosty clasp Of years is re-
laxed before the burning word of love,
only to be clenched tighter as stern re-
alities now draw the curtain of regret
before all the alluring promises of the
long ago. From these faded lines, the
chord Of memory runs back to the
time when they grew fresh and glossy
beneath the writer's hand, mute mes
sengers from the burning heart that
breathed its love upon the page.
But why touch the chord when every
note awakens longing that can never
be grati6ed, for who can recall an
echo from the past2 Fold them up
carefully, they are the tomb of your
own dead hopes, mOuldering slowly
into nothingness. Peace, peace to
their ashes?
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How to Keep ice in the sick
Room.

For those who have an abundant
supply of ice this may not be mat
ter of much moment, but for poor peo-
pie who may rarely use ice except in
sickness, and to whom the expense is
not insignificant, the following hints,
from an English source may be use
full: "Cut piece of flannel about
nine inches square, and secure it by a
ligature round the mouth of an Ordi-
nary tumbler, so as to leave cup
shaped depression of flannel within
the tumbler to about half its depth.
In the flannel cup so constructed,
pieces of ice may be preserved many
hours; all the longer if a piece of aans
mel from four to five inches square be
used as a loose cover to the ice cup.
Cheap flannel, with comparatively
open meshes, is preferable, as the wa
ter early drains through it, and the
ice is thus kept dry. Wien good fan
mel with close texture is employed,
small hole must be made in the bot
tom of the flannel cups; otherwise it
holds the water and facilitates the
melting OF the ice, which is neverthe-
less, preserved much longer than in
the naked cup or tumbler. In a tum-
bier containing flannel cup, made as
above described, of cheap, open fan
mel, at 10d. GO cents a yard, it took
ten honrs and ten minutes to dissolve
two ounces of ice, whereas in a naked
cup, under the same condition, all the
ice was gone in less than three hours"
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Australian Mud.

A writer of "reminiscences in Aus
tralia, in the Boston Commercial Bull
letin, tells the following story: One
OF the stories told me by driver as
we jolted along had relation to the
depth OF the mud which covered the
road. "You see, young fellow" said
he, Il was driving along, keeping
well to the right of the road, where
the mud was shallowest, for | knew
that l had a heavy load which would
prevent the coach from floating, and
besides none of my horses could swim.
l had just got to about where we are
now when l noticed what l thought
was a hat moving along on top of the
mud just little ahead o me on my
left. could not make out what it
was at first, but at last l seed it was a
hat, and l felt kind O. frightened.
Not that I'd be frightened at hat,
but what l was frightened at was that
the hat was moving along in the same
direction as myself without any visi-
bic means. Jingc, thinks l, now
here's a 60; what the deuce can it be?
By and by came up abreast of it
and then got little ahead of it. Then
| seed there was face under the hat;
jingo if it wasn't a mani"
"'Hallo, FRIEND says l, what are
you tramping through the mud in
that way for? Come along here and
I'll give you a life in the coach
"'What would l get into your
coach for, and leave my own horse?'
he cried. And sure enough he was
riding horse, for 1 saw the ears Of
the animal just ahead of him sticking
out of the mud, but the horse being
tired was swimming low. Yes. the
the mud was very deep that day."
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81 only regret that 1 have but one
life to lose for my country" were the
last words Of Nathan Hale, whose
humble monument was visited yester-
day by the Putnam Phalanx Of Hart
ford. The man who uttertd these
words was hanged as spy in this
city by the British on Sept. %, 1776.
A modest memorial was raised to his
memory, some years ago, by the
women of his native town. A much
handsomer monument is being pre-
pared to commemorate the hanging
cf the British spy, Major Andre. N.
Y. Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-26

An aeronaut calling himself Count
Henri de Gilbert was to make an as
cension in CINCINNATI. He stepped
into the basket when all was ready,
and then leaned over the edge to kiss
his wife. Then he kissed another wo-
man, and 50 heartily that his wife was
furiously angry. The balloon was cut
loose, and as it went up Count Hem
ri saw his jealous wife and the
other woman fighting. The spectacle
disturbed his presence OF mind, and
he permitted the balloon to collide with
a chimney. A rent and collapse were
followed by quick decent, but the
Count was only a little bruised by the
fall. His feelings, however, were Sc
riously hurt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-26

Advices from South Africa an
nounce the death Of the prince impe-
rial of France, who was slain by the
ZuluS while out upon reconnoitring
party, thus closing, in the oath year
of his age, a career around which clus-
tered many eventful associations of
past and various shadowy hopes for
the future. The young prince was
first "baptised with fire. by his father
upon the field of Saarbruck, but his
actual experience of the realities of
war was of brief duration, and its
tragic ending will fall with a crushing
weight of sorrow upon the exiled
Eugene. Louis Republican.