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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-05-07
Watertotcn Live Stock Market
FOR II WEEK ENDING APRIL %, Il

Market Beef-A few choice 81 .25a7. so; extra, $50
a7,O0; first quality 6.O0a6.5O; second quality 500 a
$50; third quality $500 n SAFE.
Prices of Store Cattle-Working Oxen per pair
from 500, l30ll6j.
Mich Gov and Calves from s2o,35as so; farrow
cow, Sl2a25.
Yearlines, $7a1i: two years old, l2a25; three
years OLD, g0a3S.
Western mt vine. live, 6l.2cper ID.
Northern dressed hogs, &c per pound.
Price Of Sheep AMI Lambs in lots, $40 $500,
each. extra q. i0a 'lU.Oe, or from ia0c pea ID.
Veal Calvs4 p l-'pcr N.
Hides, Tallow Rnl sins-Brighton hides,
SC per TO-; Country li1es, "a. I-2c per lib.
Brighton taliow, 3 Ia cts. prlb.; country tallow
IL .4a5 L..
relts from l5Oc to s2.25 each.
Cali skins II Lee per Id.
Bristol Retail Market.
| Butter per Id. 30 Corn per bush. = 20
Cheese " .16 Feed per 100 : 1.tO
Eggs per doz. e 10 Beans. La
Chickens per ID. e .13 Pork per Id. 10
| Potatoes per bush. : .35 Flour Spring per Dbl. $50
| Oats per bush. 40 " Winter " " S.25
Corrected weekly by Bush & Patterson.
VERGENNEs Observation-Disclosures and re-
| ceipts were fair; slight drop on butter, We
| quote butter, fair to good, Is to 20c. per h.. selec-
| tons, Gle; a fancy article commanded a little
| better fgu j: eggs. lie. per doz,, maple sugar, 10
to l2c. per lb.; veal calves, 4 to Be. per h.; beef,
$5 to 90 per cwt.: pork, 81 to S. per cwt.; hay, -
| to 81 per ton; rye straw, 50 to $40 per ton.
-
MIDDLEBuRY MARKET.-Butter market good.
being paid freely, and occasionally p cents for
| aplpctipps.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-05-07

In 1853 four South Carolina clergy
men, who were old and intimate
friends, sent their four sons 3 the
same boarding school. From boarding
school at the end Of four years they
were transferred to college. Through
school and college they were room-mates
and classmates, andstood in the order of
first, second, third, and fourth at the
end Of roll. They graduated together
In the same order Of merit, entered the
SAME law Office and studied under the
same chancellor. At the beginning of
the war they joined the same company
and regiment Of the Confederate army.
They marched, messed and fought to-
gether. At the second battle OF Man.
assss q Northen shell burst In the ranks
Of their company. 1t killed these four
companions, but touched no "a else.
They were buried on the battlefield, in
the same grave.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-05-07
John +. Flint and
K. II Hard,

Peter II. VanDyke,
Alfred w. Hawks,
Edmund C. hough N,
lisa &C SUrdam anf Dan
Iel ID. O'Brien.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-05-07

Sullivan l.. Day was thrown from
his carriage at North Troy last Monday
evening, and was seriously if not fatally
injured. He got some bad cuts about
the head, and was hurt internally.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02
A RUNAWAY ABOVE THE
CLOUDS.

Burt's paper Among the Clouds brings
full particulars of the dreadful accident
on Mount Washington Monday:
The passengers, nine in number, were
descending the mountain to the Glen
House. The stage left the summit at
half past two, and was driven by Free
man Lindsey, an old and experienced
driver. He appeared to be sober when
going up the mountain in the morning,
but soon after leaving the summit on the
return to the Glen House the passengers
discovered that he had been drinking
while waiting for them to descend. They
asked the driver to let them out of the
wagon. He stopped and some of them
got out and walked to the Halfway
house.
The employees of the carriage road
company at the Halfway house assured
the passengers that the road was safe
below and that it would be safe to 60
down with the driver They all re-en-
tered the carriage and had proceeded
about half mile when they noticed
that he appeared to be stupefed. His
foot slipped off the brake, and he lost
control of his six-horse team, which had
begun to run furiously down the noun
tain. For a considerable distance the
carriage, a regular mountain wagon, ap-
peared to run on the wheels of one side,
and in going around curve it was
overturned. The occupants we're all
thrown over an embankment into the
weeds and fell on the rocks.
On learning of the accident Mr. Mil
liken ordered mattresses and medical
supplies to be sent up the mountain at
once. He took saddle horse from the
stable and went at full speed to the re-
lief of the injured.
Mrs. Ira Chichester of Allegan, Mich,
was instantly killed. Her husband was
slightly bruised on one leg. Mrs. l..
M. Towsley of Kalamazoo, Mich. had
her left arm broken Miss Jessie Barn
ard of the same place, was slightly in
iured in the head. Miss Helen E Mel
len and Mrs. G. Ferguson of Romeo,
Mich, and Miss Emma Lamb of Howell,
Mich, were all slightly injured. Mrs.
Vonderhoel of Chicago was also slightly
bruised
Mr.. Lindsey, the driver, had driven
over the road ten years and was thought
to be reliable. He was very seriously
injured, and was supposed Monday
night that he had sustained concussion
of the brain and fracture of the skull +;
but Tuesday he recovered his senses.
and the doctor thinks there is some hope
of his recovery. The last accounts from
the Glen state that the injured were
doing well and only three were in bed.
! When the carriage turned over, the
horses continued to run down the noun
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02

tain, and after going about hundred
rods ran into telegraph post, instantly
killing one of the wheel horses. The
others kept on and two Of them fell in
the road. The others became entangled
and were obliged to stop.
W. H. Brearley and several others had
left the Glen house in carriage for the
summit and were followed by Milton A.
McRae and NJ. R. Freeman, of Detroit,
with load of fireworks which were to
be set off in the evening on the mountain.
They had gone about two miles when
they met one of the injured ladies from
whom they learned of the accident. Mr..
Freeman ran back to the Glen house to
inform Mr. Milliken, Mr.. McRae and
Mr.. Freeman went to the assistance of
those who had been injured.
Mr.. McRae and Mr.. Brearley, who
had preceded him, found Mrs. Chiches-
ter lying OF her back dead, and the dri-
| yer not far from her in an unconscious
condition. Mr. Chichester sat on the
ground not far from the dead body of
his wife completely overcome with grief,
and reproaching himself for not letting
his wife walk from the Halfway house
to the Glen, as she had desired. He
said, "thirty-three years we have lived
together, and not an unkindly word
has passed between us never
before refused to grant her any request
that she had made"
Mr.. Milliken found a bottle of liquor
in the drivers pocket which he smashed
on the rocks. The dead and the injured
we're tenderly cared for and borne to the
| Glen house. The scene was indeed a
sad one and cast a gloom over what had
until then been joyous occasion. Mr..
Milliken on Tuesday settled with the
parties injured, and with the husband of
the lady who was killed, for all damages,
and they all united in signing a paper
generating him from all blame in the
matter, and thanking him for his gen.
erosity and the handsome manner in
which he provided for their wants and
cared for them in their trouble.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02
WHY THE NEEDLE POINTS
NORTHERLY.

A San Francisco gentleman lately
wrote to the Superintendent of the U.
S. Coast Survey, Professor G. T. Patter-
son, asking the reason why the mag
netic needle points to the north. In
reply Professor Patterson wrote as fol-
lows, and possibly many more than the
original inquirer may be glad to read
his simple statement of the facts Of the
case:
The reason why the needle points in
the northerly direction is that the earth
in itself is magnet, attracting the
magnetic needle as the ordinary magnets
do; and the earth is magnet as the
results of certain cosmical facts. much
affected by the action of the sun. These
laws have periodicities, all of which
have not as yet been determined.
The inherent and ultimate reason of
the existence of any fact in nature, as
gravity, light, heat, etc., is not known
further than that it is in harmony with
all facts in nature even an earthquake
is in perfect harmony with, and the
direction resultant of. the action of
forces acting under general laws.
A condensed explanation in regard to
the needle pointing to the northward
and southwark is as follows The mag
netic poles of the earth do not coincide
with the geographical poles. The axis
of rotation makes an angle of about % .
with line joining the former.
The northern magnetic pole is at
present near the Arctic circle on the
meridian of Omaha. Hence the needle
does not everywhere point to the astro-
nomical north, and is constantly vari-
able within certain limits. At San
Francisco it points about l70 to the
east of north, and at Calais, Me-, as
much to the west.
At the northern magnetic pole bal
anced needle points with its north end
downward in a plumb line; at San
Francisco it dips about So, and at the
southern magnetic pole the south end
points directly down.
The action of the earth upon mag.
netic needle at its surface is of about
the same force as that of hard steel
magnet, 40 inches long, one strongly
magnetized, at distance of one foot.
The foregoing is the accepted ezpla
nation of the fact that the needle points
to the northward and southwark. o.
course no ultimate reason can be giver
for this natural fact any more than any
other observed fact in nature.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02

A leading officer in one of the courts
was charged with never going to bed
sober. Of course he Indignantly denied
the soft impeachment; and he gave the
particulars of a particular night in
proof We quote his own words: "Soon
after | got in bed, my wife said: why
husband. what's the matter with you?
You act so strangely There is moth
ing the matter with me- said l. I'm
sure there is said she; you don't act
natural at all. Shan't get up and get
something for you?' And she got up,
lighted the candle, and came to the bed
side to look at me, shading the light
with one hand. Il knew there was
something strange about you, she said.
why, you are sober p" Such testi-
mony was considered reliable, and the
man enjoys his new-foupd reputation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02
THE REPUBLICAN CAN
DIDATE.

Gen. Garfeld's career illustrates in
remarkable degree the possibilities of
American life to one born with strong
brain in strong body, and gifted with
industry, courage, perseverance, and a
high ambition. His father, poor
farmer, possessed of few sterile acres
and large family, died when he was
six years old. He had no well-to-do
relatives to help him along. In fact,
be had no help save the counsels of a
wise, resolute, religious mother, and no
capital save what lay in his own head
and hands. With the labor of his
hands, put forth in the lower forms of
honest toll, with the axe, the hoe, the
carpenters plane, and on the tow-path
of canal, he gained the means to OBJ
tain such education as a rural academy
afforded Then, making capital of
his new store of knowledge. he taught
country schools. and got the means to
take higher course of study. Equip
ped with the training of a Massachu-
setts college. be opened for himself a
path in life which began with the Latin
and Greek professorship of an obscure
school in Ohio, and broadened out until
it led to a major-generalship in the
Union army, to seat in Congress held
for nine consecutive terms, to an cleo
tion to the senate by the unanimous
choice of his party in the Ohio legisla-
ture, and now to the Republican nomi-
nation for the Presidency. All these
honors came to him without solicitation,
and without effort on his part to grasp
them. So far as fate shaped his career
in life, it was the career of day la
borer. High purposes, an indomitable
will, great capacity for work, fixed
principles, and good habits enabled him
to compel fate, and change that career
to one of conspicuous honor and useful
ness. Every farmer boy cannot become
a major-general, senator, and presi-
Dental nominee, but the lesson of Gar
fields life is that the institutions of
this country placeno obstacles in the
way of the poorest lad who tolls in the
fields or the workshop. 1t is lesson
full of encouragement and cheer. 1t
shows that the country is not wholly
given over to the rule of political rings,
bosses, and conspirators, and that one
party at least is still strong enough and
wise enough to ''pluck from the nettle
the flower safely" and to select for its
leader man whose worthiness and fit
ness are his only strength. 1t shows,
too, that in spite of all the changes in
our social fabric, brought about by the
growth of great corporations and the
accumulation of vast wealth in a few
hands, talent and manliness, unaided by
money, can still win their way to the
most exalted positions. The presidency
is not yet sold to the highest bidder,
nor disposed of by junto of selfish po-
litical schemers. atlantic Monthly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02
CABIN HYMN.

ohI hear de bells a-ringing
In Canaan's happy land;
Oil hear de angels singing
And de music by de band.
Den come away, darkey, for de land
Where de angels am a-singing
And deres music by de band.
Upon dat great plantation
Dere's no more work to do;
De Master of creation
Am waiting dere for you.
Den come away, brudder, for de land
Where de angels am a-singing,
To de music by de band.
And dere is no more crying
For loved ones gone before;
Dere's no more pain, or dying,
On Canaan's happy shore.
Den come away, darkey, for de land
Where lions bells am ringing
And dere's music by de band.
Oh de cabins dat de master
Has built for you and me
Have window-glass, and plaster,
And de darkies dere am free.
Den come along wild me to dat land,
Where de Master am awaiting
For to take US by de hand.
Just say dat you am coming,
To live with me above,
Where angels harps are humming
With melodies of love.
OH come away, darkey, for de land
Where angel harps am humming
And dere's music by de band.
OF yes, Use surely trying
To journey to dat shore,
Where dere's no pain or dying,
But music evermore.
Den come along. darkey, for dat land,
And dere we'll see de Master,
And he'll take us by de hand.
~ z. Independent.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02
THERE IS NO DEATH.
BY SIR E. BULwER LYTToN.

There is no deathl The stars go down
To rise upon some farer shore;
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown,
They shine forevermore.
There is no deathl The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain of mellow fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no DEATH The leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming of the May.
There is no deathI An angel form
Walks o'er the earth with silent tread;
He bears our best beloved things away,
And then we call them dead"
He leaves our hearts all desoate,
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones
Made glad these scenes of sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song
Amid the tree of life.
And where he sees a smile too bright,
Our hearts too pure for taint and vice..
He bears it to the world of light,
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life,
They leave us but to come again;
With joy we welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen.
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless Universe
Is life-there are no dead
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02
CHURNS.

We make the very best churn for large daries that
+ made in the United States. They are the Improved
OK Churu. We make them in sizes TO suit and prices
.re all the way from SO TO $50. SO one will churn
rom 3 TO 80 pounds, Sl2 one from to 60 pounds
ther sizes IN proportion. All can be run by power.
I've also sell Barrel Churns
HORSE POWERS to run churns from Sl2 upwards
Iron work for platform or round table horse powers
is the best and cheapest for cheap power. Porta-
bic Cider Presses and Grinders Blacksmith Tire Bend
(rs Tuyere Irons Clothes Reels ito be used out Of
oors) Clothes Dryers (or indOors) Box Stoves No. 28
Ind So Post Drivers French Roll Pans, Baking Pans
toye Backs Harrow Teeth, Cresting and Iron Fence
Work, Wagon Jacks Sled Shoes, Sugar Arch Doors,
6rates Pan Rests, Heater Frames Cast Iron Sugar
rches-l6 different sizes-all the way from a small
ugarngo stove TO the very largest evaporator send
nd get circulars), Window Weights, Buzz Planers,
adjustable Saw Benches. jacquard Machinery, Looms
iano Card Cutters, Gear Cutting Gearing and Pueys
and and Power Elevators, Portable Forges, Iron
hastings Generally.
Machinery Of all kinds made to order. Machinery
. epairing promptly done. Agent for the American
lnd Saws, will not crack In running. Please give me
y call ifyou want anything in my line. Yours,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02
"PRoFoUNDLY GRATEFUL TO GOD ,,

81 have been using your Compound
Oxygen Treatment writes Judge S. L..
Bryan, of Salem, H., ''for nearly two
months, and am profoundly grateful to
God and you for the benefits derived from
its use, 1 have been for more than thirty
years sufferer from nervous disorders.
Overwork and sedentary habits as col
lege student brought me into difficulty.
Later in life professional labors added
dyspepsia to my nervous calamity, and
have been great sufferer for many years.
My sleep has been bad, and l have had
much irregularity in the action of the
heart. The gas has nearly relieved
the disturbed heart-action, and my sleep
is becoming as sweet and protracted as
in early life. x l shall always remem-
Der you with gratitude, and appreciate
the blessings of a progressive investiga-
tion which brings such results. I think
you may congratulate yourselves that you
stand in the front of a new medical adj
vance that is to effect a permanent revo-
luton in the treatment of disease" Oul
Treaties on Compound Oxygen, which
contains the record of remarkable cures
in chronic diseases, sent free. Address
Drs. STARKEY & PALEN, 1109 and I'LL
Girard Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02

sufocated him. tie threw open the
folding doors of the terrace and stepped
out into the garden. And there he is
now pacing to and fro the gravel walk
and crunching the paper he holds in
his hand with nervous grip.
ga few hours he mutters, ''every
moment these people may come and
take him away. I must, [ must speak
to him, hear from him that he is inno-
cent"
Having formed this resolution the
General raised his head and walked
back into the house with firm step.
There was still a light in his sons room
when he knocked at the door. The
young Colonel opened it at once and on
seeing his fathers troubled countenance
exclaimed
"What is the matter, father?"
"Read that" the latter answered,
giving him the letter.
Andre became as pale as death. but
his eyes Stunned not his fathers pierc-
ing gaze when, on reading the letter,
he looked up to him.
"Andrusha !" the old man exclaimed
in tone of unutterable anguish, and
clasping his trembling hands as if in
prayer, "Tell me that this is lie
Speak, answer me before God !'
A long silence followed. At last the
answer came in low, firm tones:
Il cannot father, I have never told a
lie!
"You-you-are -"
The eyes of the old man dilated, his
hands grasped the air convulsively, and
he tottered back to the wall. Andre
rushed forward to support him, but the
General ordered him back with an i'm
| perious gesture.
Don't touch me-" he gasped. "Back,
back |"
At this moment a knock at the door
was heard. The General went up to il
with steady step and locked it, Then
he approached closet in which he
kept his firearms, opened it, drew out
of one of the chests a pair of pistols
and placed them on the table, uttering
in hoarse whisper:
"Choose -
"What do you mean, father %
"Choose, l tell you-there is no time
to lose !"
The Colonel remained motionless
leaning against the table Two minutes
of terrible anguish passed in silence
At length the General took up one Of
the pistols. and retreating a few step:
pointed it at his son.
Colonel Saveliff!" he exclaimed
Ucicnu JouIS6ll
mot against my father" Andre an
swered, in low, vibrating voice.
One moment more of breathloss sus
pense. Once more the knock at th,
door was heard, louder than before
Then shot, and Andre fell to tn,
ground motionless without uttering
moan. The old man cast one look a
his sons body, then deliberately cooked
the second pistol, and, turning i
against his heart, pulled the trigger.
His huge form shook and totteret
like an old oak before the last blow O
the axe which fells it to the ground
but did not fall.
His eyes took glazed hue, his fee
sank beneath him, but with last, al
most superhuman exertion of an irol
will he steadied himself, went to tn
door, unlocked it, and, seeing a gen
darme officer on the threshold, whis
pered:
"You have nothing more to do here
+ the criminal is punished -
} Then he fell heavily to the ground
| dead
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-08-02

Nothing will please girl so much as
the information that a rival, who is try
ing to rob her Of her best fellow, has
wart coming on her nose.
A little girl defining clearing false wit
ness against your neighbor," said cit
was when nobody did nothing, and some
body went and told of it,
"Satan died here,'' says Pittsburg
sign, but it was not till an astute indi-
vidual inquired when. he died there that
the people understood that they could
get satin dyed.
''My son." cried a stern farmer, ''do
you know the reason why I'm going to
whip you?" eyes," replied the hopeful,
81 suppose it's because you're bigger
than am"
81 shall find another channel for my
article" said the author of a rejected con-
tribution. "That's right was the an
swer of the courteous magazine editor,
''the British Channel would be an excel
lent place for it,
He was watching his neighbor's boy
climb a tree, and had look of painful
anxiety on his countenance. care you
afraid the lad will fall and break his
neck?" was asked him. ''No," he re-
piled, ''I'm afraid he won't"
81 didn't at all expect company to-day, %
said lady to her visitors, with not a
very pleasant look, "but hope you will
make yourselves at home" eyes, in
| deed" said one of them, starting off. "I
will make myself at home as quick as
possible"
Beneath shady tree they sat-
| He held her hand she held his hat,
held my breath and lay quite fat;
They kissed, saw them do it.
He held that kissing was no crime,
She held her head uP every time,
I held my peace and wrote this rhyme
| While they thought one knew it,
1t is estimated that there are three
million unmarried men and four million
unmarried women in the country. 1t will
| DS SSSh OhnO IL al Illc neu SQOuIQ marry
there would be surplus of million old
maids form which to draw for second
wives. This is a great country for man.
A rather bashful young man, upon his
first appearance in society, was so un-
lucky as to make several unfortunate
mistakes. Becoming more and more con-
fused, he sank deeper into the mire, until
at last he left the room in despair with
the apology: 'Ladies, if have said any.
! thing which appears to mean anything, ]
beg leave to apologize"
A passenger in a crowded street cal
the other day, observed the entrance ot
a man followed by an old woman, and
seeing that she looked tired and weak, he
considerably arose and offered her his
seat. Before she could take it, however
the man had quietly filed the vacancy
Here, just come out of that said the
passenger. 81 didn't give up my seat tc
you, but to the lady" To which the fel
low replied, without offering to move
go, yah! dot is all right-dot lady il
mein wife,