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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
Good Words for the Skunk.

A fuller acquaintance with the habits
of the skunk would lead us to consider
it one of our most valuable friends.
We made our first acquaintance with
1t, however, through the sense of smell,
or the death of young chickens and
ducks, of which the skunk is very fond.
The intense odOr of he skunk is oppres-
sive, and it makes its presence known
in a way that is unique and searching.
While the fragrance of tue skunk is sui
eeneris and overpOwering, it is not
damaging as hat from sewers and sinks
and neglected potato bins and cabbage
pits. Judging the latter from odor
alone, they must he condemned more
surely than the odoiiferous skunk. We
know the uses of potatoes and cahbages
and tn nk of their good qualities. But
rot so with the skunk Let us see if
we caEnot afford to endure them on the
farm, and allow them an occasional
chicken or duck for II change Of diet.
The skunk is pre- eminent " an insectlv-
orous animal. He diligently pursues
his aling at night when insects are
most abundant, and when his enemies,
dogs aud m'n, are asleep. lie devours
even the Color ado potato bug (decem-
lineat'D ann finds rich morsel in the
strawb, rry grub Cachonestra). He
makes hearty meals on cut worms, and
gorg's himself with white grubs, the
larv~ of the May beetle, which he roots
after in the loose sod or decaying hay
or straw about stack yards. He plows
through the litter and leaves gathered
in the hooks and corners of the
fields, which are coverts and breed
ing places of the myriads of clinch
bugs. He reaches millions of enemies
in secluded places which man cannot
reach with the plow, or rake, or fire.
We may clear the litter and trash from
our fields, but the corners and fence
rows harbor the enemy we try to
destroy. A kind providence has sent to
our aid this half domestic animal that
seems to increase like the Norway rat
in populated districts, and for the COM
mon reason that his food is more abund-
ant there. We wish we could see some
like compensation in the presence of the
rat. but science has not yet revealed it.
and American civilization has not, like
the Chinese, found use for it. The
skunk, unlike the rat, pays as he goes.
We can afford to take care of the chick
ems and ducks and let the skunks null
tiply. Build the walls of our porches
and dwellings SO the skunks cannot get
under them, and they will keep at such
a distance from our homes as not to
offend us. The old Greek motto,
know thyself," is good one. and it
suggests a good one for us, Farmer,
know thy friends. ."-A Fdrner, in Gin
cinnati Commercial.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
petroit Bellies as Smugglers.

Ladies of good families who have
wealth at their command make the most
desperate smugglers. and ere dealt with
the hardest by the officers, rs they do
not deserve as much leniency or SYM
pathy as the poor woman who has in
vested her little all and would be desti-
tule If stringently dealt with, and to
whom the good bargain, duty tree. is
really great temptation. The class of
goods which Canadians buy in Detroit
and smuggle to Canada is Gotten cloth,
domestic and dress goods. The Detroit
purchaser steps on the ferry and goes
over to Windsor for gloves, laces, silks.
velvets and cashmeres, these articles
being considered much cheaper and
better, whether they are or not. There
are hundreds of Detroit ladies wearing
velvet and silk dresses who smuggled
them over folded neatly about their
angelic waists or disposed OF in their
bosoms, while they passed the custom
house officer, the lynx-eyed female de-
tectives, the landing walters, and with
serene coun tenance walked OF with
their spoils. One lady boasts OF the
amount of goods she can carry over at a
single trip. The smuggling mania has
taken such possession OF her that she
has smuggled for her friends, merely To
keep up the excitement. She has ac-
quired such knack of arranging the
goods about her person that whole
bolt of cotton does not give her the least
uneasiness, and she can carry at one
trip half dozen silk dresses; yet the
lady herself Is by no means OF insigniti.
cant bulk. II is great mistake the idea
that thin women make the most success.
ful SNUG ,lers. The slightest additional
iullness betrays them. But plump di-
vinity can add fitiy pounds 10 her tour.
| nnre and no one viii he the WISER
Detroit Post.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
William j. carlin, an unassumine

William j. Carlin, an unassumine
young man, OF Philadelphia, has fallen
heir to a fortune of 81 200. 900 left by an
uncle in A Australia. When he received
letter from London solicitor setting
forth the demise of his uncle, and re-
questing him TO prove his identity and
thus his claim 10 the inheritance, he
went home to his mother. At first she
was inclined to treat the matter as a
hoax, but afterward recalling references
to brother which her husband once
made during his lifetime. she advised
the son to answer the letter. The result
has been a continued correspondence.
and the probable settlement of the prop
erty upon the heir shortly. 1t appears
that the deceased left his home in Eng
land when he was twenty years OF age,
and was supposed to have gone to China
ON a merchantman, shipping as a COM
mon sailor. Nothing was heard of him
aiterward. and he was given up as dead.
About fifteen years ago letter was re-
ceived from him by the father of the
boy who now comes into possession OF
his estate. That was the last heard OF
him until the recent advicos Of his
death.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
A Harsh Reiort.

During the last political campaign in
Michigan Il well-known lawyer Of that
State was addressing an audience COM
posed principally OF farmers, in Gratict
county. In order to win the confidence
OF his hearers. he said: My friends, my
sympathies have always been with the
tillers of the soil. My father was
practical farmer, and so was my grand.
father before him. l was myself reared
on a farm, and was. SO to speak, born
between two stalks of corn"
Here the speaker was rudely inter-
rupted by some one in the audience,
who exclaimed: "A pumpkin, by jingol'
--Hd1per's MaQagine.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24

Some woodchoppers at Canton. ILL.,.
sent a boy TO the top OF tail tree, which
they had cut almost through, TO sway it
in the direction which they wished 1t TO
fall. The plan was successful, except
that six bones Of the boy were broken.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24

Two alligators-the first specimens
ever found In the old world-were
lately captured in the Yang-tse-Kiare.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
Mrs. Tom Thumb,

Mrs. Tom Thumb is described by
correspondent as she appeared recently
in the surf. She is now perfect ma
tron in miniature. Her face, though
still pretty, shows her age, and has q
quaint, motherly expression. She is a
realization, in small way, Of fair, tat,
and forty. She wore a suit of blue
gray flannel, which was jaunty and
coquettish before it got wet. Her arms
were bare to the tops of the shoulders,
in each Of which was pretty little
dimple, and there was shapely taper
down to her wrists. Her. small feet
were uncovered. She had comically
dignified air, and stepped into the surf
with the air of knee high queen. She
waded boldly until she met the first
wave, which soused her, Topped her
down, rolled her over and over, and
finally threw her UP on the sand. All
the style had been instantaneously
drenched out of her clothes, but take
her altogether, she looked better after
the ordeal than did most of the bigger
women" Her husband is enormously
fat, wears whiskers. and shows ali OF
his fifty years. His brother-in- law,
Major Newell, who was dwarf of very
small proportions when he married
Minnie Warren, has since grown to a
stature of five feet.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24

Invalids should keep the refreshments
covered in their sick room. The jellies.
blanc-manges. and various liquids used
as cooling drinks are more or less alb
sorbent, and easily take up the impuri
ties which float about sick room. A
glass of milk left uncovered will soon
become tainted with any prevailing
odOr, Ms can be proved by leaving it in
a room freshly painted. How import
ant then that the poisons of sickness
should be carefully kept from all that is
to be eaten.
Ii a person swallows any poison
whatever, or has fallen into convulsions
from having overloaded the stomach.
an instantaneous remedy most efficient
and applicable in a large number OF
cases, is a heaping teaspoonful of com
mon salt, and as much ground mustard.
stirred rapidly in a teacupiul of water.
warm or cold, and swallowed instantly.
1t is scarcely down before it begins 10
come up, bringing with it the rcmain-
ing contents of the stomach; and lest
there he any remnant of the poison,
however small, let the white of an egg
or teaspoonful of strong coffee be
swallowed rs soon as the stomach is
quiet, because these very common arti-
cles nullify n large number of virulent
n0iaana
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24

Though Shaking like an Aspen Leaf
With the chills and fever. the victim Of malari.
may still recover by using thi scelebratad specii
attacks, but prevents their recurrence. IL is In.
fnjtely preferable to quinne, not only because II
does the business far more thonoughly, but also
on account Of its perfect wholcs0meness and in
uigorating action upon the entire system.
For sale by allDruggists and Dealers generally
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
MIDnLEHuRN

Congregafional-R j. A. Dcvine, pastor
Sunday services at IL, a. NJ, andle, T.. NJ
Thursday evening prayer-meeting at 10 i. Nj
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
LEAVE LEICESTER JUNCTION
ADDISON RAILROAD

Mtxedtrain leaves III at 9 20 A. Nj; arriving Ut
Leicester junction at 8 20 a. Nj.
Mixed train leaves Leicester Junction AT o'-o
y NJ nj arriving at II q 80 T.. Nj.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.

TRAINS LEAVE MlppLEBuRY.
49,. 49,.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
VeJO advertisements.
NOSSAMER

COATS and CLOAKS, for Gents and Ladies. |
Light, durable, convenient. For sale at low |
prices by
sep 10 SD. HIGGINS& SON.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
SENATOR HAMPTON

This distinguished and patriotic gentle
man has lately been made the victim of the
worst kind Of Republican campaign lying.
Many Of the leading organs have made a
conspicuous display of AN alleged extract
from speech Of his at Staunion, Va, in
which he is represented or made TO say that
the Democratic ticket represents the same
principles for which Lee and stonewall
jackson fought The speech itself does not
contain single phrase open to this con.
strucuon, but notwithstanding this, promi-
nent organs continue TO persist in parading ii
in the most conspicuous style, the quotation
is nothing more or less than a wicked aud
unqualified lie.
Senator Hampton writes about il In an
almost despairing tone, "What good" he
asks, ITO deny this story to Instantly be
confronted with more desperate fabrica.
ton : Is my whole record since the close
Of the war, and all my efforts Tor better
understanding between sections, to be frit.
tered away by the iorgerics Of an obscure
newspaper writer am perplcxod and al
most discouraged As we wrote two weeks
since, newspaper which deliberately and
persistantly ialsitios what an opponent says
is engaged in dirty work and their veno.
nous ISLANDERS should never BE- allowed 10
disturb the equilibrium Of any good citizen.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
Democratic Meeting.
PooLEsvILLE, Sept. Ct!

GOOLEsNlLLE, sept. Otn, 1901.
NJ Editor The Hancock and English
club Of Medley's district met in Poolesville,
Saturday, Sept 4th, pursuant to the call of
the President. The President being absent,
DIR. L. Wootton was elected president, pro
tenn
On motion, the Chair appointed com
mittee of twenty-five, whose duty is TO at
tend TO the registration of all Democratic
voters, not now registered, during the pres
ent week.
A Committee Of Conference, Capt j. r.
Flctchall, Rob't ]. sherwood and John III.
Williams, was then, on motion, appointed
10 confer with the Committee of the Bealls-
vile club at their meeting next Saturday,
the 18th instant, on the pole raising TO take
place, mt Beallsyille, on Saturday, the 18th
instant, and 10 make all the necessary ar
fragments 10 successfully carry out the
programme, which includes grand old
fashioned rally Of the people with public
speaking; our nominee for Congress being
expected 10 he with us on that occasion,
with other distinguished speakers from diff
ferent portions Of the State, including, of
course, our own county town. Come up
gentlemen, all are welcome, none excluded,
and give us a liz, we will have our colors
flying. The Poolcsyille brass band will en-
livcned the occasion with good music
Speaking will commence about o'clock.
T. WOOTTON,
J. NJ. GRIFFITH, Pres. pro tenn
Secretary
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
DEATHS


DIED, at Great Falls, September 4th,
$780, ELLEN MARY, infant daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth Sullivan, aged 2
years and months
DIED, August the 27th, 1880, JOSEPH
GREEN, aged "a years and II months.
How painful it is to the feeling heart,
To see the young, the gifted and the gay,
Fall victims to the cruel spoilers dart,
And in life's early morning fade away.
Amid the solemn stiffness that permeates
the home so recently bereaved by the "Fell
Destroyer" / would ask permission to en-
ter and, with the inmates, place simple,
lowly flower upon the newly made grave
of their loved one as tribute Of respect to
the memory of him, who, in the first flush
of manhood, has passed thro' the chilling
waters of the mystic river into the great I'M
known and shoreless eternity.
Death, under all circumstances, is appall-
ing, but when it comes to one who had just
budded into the fullness and roundness OF
manhood, whose hopes and aspirations were
all tinged with the roseate scintillations OF
youth and life and joyousness, whose future
gave promise Of all that is bright and beau
tiful, its terrible; but as we stand upon
the shore touched by the mysterious river,
that never yet has borne on any wave the
image of homeward sail, we feel that pass
ing away is written on all we love dearest,
and yet thro' this crucible all must pass,
strengthened and purified that they may
triumph over death and the grave. J
Loved for his genial, social and cheerful
disposition; respected for the honor, integ..
rity and courteousness that characterized
him in all the checkered paths Of life, he
will not only be missed in the home circle,
but those who have been accustomed to bask
in the sunlight of his presence will long and
sadly mourn his absence, and the gloom that
enshrouds in its sable folds his own tireside
has cast its shadow, dark and impenetrable,
DER the hearts and homes of his companions,
friends and neighbors, whose sympathy and
esteem were well attested by the vast con-
course that gathered from far and near around
his bier, when, with aching hearts and burn
ing tears of sorrow for the bright young life,
in all the strength and beauty OF its early
maturity, gone from among them forever,
they lowered him in the narrow dressing
room of Heaven to await the resurrection
morn,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
d. 8 II r ICT
Temperance Meetings


G.- At meeting Of the Local Option
Committees from each District in the county,
held in Rockville, September I'd, $780, the
following places and the time were selected
and agreed upon for holding one Local Option
Meeting in each District during the campaign,
for which the respective Distric, COMMITTEES
will provide the necessary Speakers;
For Bethesda District, in the Grange
Hall at BETHESDA, on last Saturday
in September, (25th) at l o'clock, p. NJ.
For Jamestown District, at BARNES.
TOWN, on Saturday October 9th, at /
o'clock, p. NJ
For Berry's and Mechanicsville Dis
tricts, joInt-meeting at HOLLANDS
CORNER, on Thursday, October 18th,
at l o'clock, P NJ, and to continue
after night Refreshments will be on
hand.
For Cracklin District, at LAYTONS-
VILE, on Saturday, October 10th, at
] o'clock, p NJ
For Clarksburg District, at CLARKS-
BURG, on Saturday, October 23rd, at
o'clock, p NJ.
For Rockville District, Mt ROCK
VILE, on Thursday, October 18th, at
| o'clock, p. NJ,
For Medley's District, at POOLES-
VILE, on Saturday, October Both, at
| o'clock, p, NJ
By order of Committee
DAVID H. BOUIC,
sep l0-td Secretary.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
FUEL FOR COURT house AIB JAIL.

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by
- the County Commissioners until TUES
DAY, September 2ls,, TO furnish the Court
House and Jail with COAL AND WOOD for
one year. The Coal 10 be White Ash, suiia-
BILE for Stoves. 0ne-half TO be put in Coal
House in Court House yard, balance in Jail
yard State price OF wood, Hickory, Oak or
Pine. Wood TO be delivered as required.
BY order Of the Board
JOS. A. TANEY, CIR
sep l0-2t 10 County Comm'rs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

gas> Right Rev. Wm. PlNKNEY will ad-
minister the Rite of Confirmation in St. Bar
tholomew's Parish, as follows;
ST Barlholomew's Church, Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 2lst, at II o'clock, A. NJ
Unity Chapel, Tuesday, September 2lst, at
I O'Clock, p. NJ.
St Luke 5 Church. Wednesday, September
I'D, at | ! o'clock, Il M
ST. Johns Church, Thursday, September
Esd, at Il clock, A. NJ
Ind
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
POLITICAL TRAMPS.

The tramp fever seems to have permeated
the Republican camp to considerable ex-
tent. The fraudulent President is making a
trip to California; Mr.. Evarts, the profess
sional fossil and political Jacobin, is look
ing after the administration in Vermont I,
"Jeemes" Blaine is making extensive prepar-
alton for the grand "dress parade" which is
to take place ON Monday next by the Radi-
Gals of Maine: Mr. Sherman, who runs the
finances of the country, has been on the
stump in Ohio, and the petrified Schurz has
been attempting to scalp the Democrats of
Indiana.
OH the times, that such men should at
tempt to educate the people of this country
TO a higher standard Of political morality, a
higher sense of patriotic duty, more pro-
found appreciation of Republican institu-
tons.
During his extended trip Mr.. Hayes will
have ample opportunity to tell the people
something of his fraudulent installation into
office, how truly he has shown his apprecia-
ton of the fraudulent favor by richly COM
pensating the conspirators with the very
best offices within his gift Secretary Sher-
man has probably reminded his friends how
long he has been feeding at the public crib !;
what part he took in the great fraud and
how generously the President rewarded him
forhis valuable services; his connection with
Eliza Pinkerton and tina, class Of corrupt,
vulgar and dernoralizing cizrsciers who
were associated with him in The steal u the
electoral vote of LOUISIANA He = also
able, perhaps, to explain Epaz s larger scale
thevarious fraudulent practices vaicA C4nse1
the administration 70 discharge Gs2sIzl AZ
thur, the Republican candidate fo- Vioe
York, and what he meant II his letter x
dismissal when be wr0te - Arthur ,A4i
Gross abuses 0f administrator have en-
tinued and increased during yoUr incgz-
bency. Persons have been regulzf.y pad
Jy you tch0 haze rsl.deroi lite Or 10 ssgnsos i.
the expenses u your Office have increased
whilst its receipts have diminished Bribss,
or gratuities in the shape Of bribes, have
been received by your subordinates in sey-
eral branches of the custom house, and ygH
ha0e IN NO CASE supported tie eF0r. % o1rrso.
these a5usesi7 Mr.. "Jeemes" Blaine can
walk to the front and give Us some light
upon the famous Muligan letters. Poor
Carl Schurz, the bob-tail weather cock, can
tell OF his political vacilation; bu; he re-
turns as naturally to the corruptions and
fraud of the Republican party as a dog to is
vomit Pending the absence Of those dis
tinguished gentlemen from the duties OF
their respective departments, old Grand
mother Devens would have all the honor
and glory of running the government by
himself if he, too, were not booked for the
stump in Indiana
Now, we ask, where is the President, his
cabinet and the boosted civil service reforms
of"His Fraudulency," Rutherford b. Hayes :
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10

Judge Blacks affection for Gen. Garfield
leads him to say that ~ he would carry the
principles which regulate his private life in
TO his public conduct he would make an
excellent public servant; which leads the
New York World 10 remark "Did Judge
Black ever hear Mr.. Evarts story Of the
Massachusetts, man who declared that the
ducks ON his pond would be just as good as
Maryland oannss-backs if they would only
eat wild celeryy "But,-then, they won't
eat IL"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
Notice 10 Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscr-
~ Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Montgomery county letters of ad-
ministration on the personal estate of
HENRY 0. VERMILLION,
late of said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are llere-
by warned to exhibit the same with tho
vouchers thereof, to the subscribers on or
before the nth of August, 1881; otherwise
they may, by law, he excluded from all bene-
fit of said estate. Persons indebted TO said
estate, are requested to make immediate pay
ment Given under my hand, this 18th day
of August, 1880.
r. S. DAVIS.
aug 20--4t Administrator