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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-04-16

Prof. George Gary Bush, Phi. d..
of Quincy, Mass, has accepted an in
vitation to instruct in Middlebury Col
lege, in the Chair of Latin, made va
cant by the resignation of Prof. Scion
Albee. Prof. Bush is a graduate of
Wesleyan University in the class of
1866. In 1868 he accepted position in
the Vt. Conference Seminary and Fe-
male College, Montpelier, where for six
years he taught Latin and Greek. The
four years following were mostly spent
in Europe; nearly three years at the
German Universities of Heidelberg and
Leipsic, and the remaining time in
travel in Italy, Greece, Egypt and Pal
| estine. Since his return he has accent
ably filled many lecture engagements.
The above is from the Boston Jour
nal. We learn that the preference of
the faculty and corporation is for an
alumnus of our college to fill this chair.
and that it is hoped that one will be
found TO take il before the beginning
of the next college year. The engage
ment of Prof. Bush is for the present
term only and with the above under
standing. He comes with the best OF
recommendations, and will doubtless
prove a very acceptable instructor.
"A specimen lawsuit was that tried
last Saturday between David Lovett as
plaintiff, and Milo Moore as defendant.
The latter had been tenant in house
of Lovetts for four months ending the
first Of April. He had kept horse and
cow, and during his tenancy small
load Of manure had accumulated, which
he had sold for one dollar, and it had
been taken away. Lovett claimed that
IL had been understood that the manure
was TO be left, while Moor was equally
positive that it was the understanding
that his landlord didn't care much
about the manure anyway, and that nc
agreement had been made respecting
the same. Over this nice question ths
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
Ole BULBS PENNSYLVANIA Colony.

In the year 1852 Ole Bull purchased q
tract of 100000 acres of land in Stew
ardson Township, Potter County, which
adjoins Mexican on the east, and at
tempted to found Norwegian colony.
The locality is thirty-two miles south
east of Coudersport, the county seat, on
Kettle Creek, on the Germania and Jer-
sey Shore turnpike. At the time of
Bulls purchase it was wild and mount
ainous. To persuade his countrymen to
cross the ocean he told them seductive
stories of the picturesque locality. He
represented that it was similar in char
acter to their Norwegian home and that
in America they should receive farms at
nominal figures. Several hundred came
to the new Norway and settled at
Oleona, the name given to the settle
ment by Bull. The great violinist and
founder of the colony started the cree
ton of castle at point on the mount
ain side that commanded prospect of
the surrounding country for many miles,
embracing Oleona. A popularity of
the locality is the conveyance of five
ranges of mountains. To build his
castle Bull was compelled to have lum-
Der conveyed a distance of twenty
miles. Many thousands of dollars were
expended in leveling the surroundings
and making roadways up the mountain.
The castle, of course, was never occu-
pied because it was never completed.
While work was yet in progress upon
it Bull gave a grand reception one
night to the colonists, during which he
enchanted them with his marvellous
melody. In less than two years, how
ever, his fanciful scheme was aban-
doned and the violinist' fortune wasted.
Failing to gain a subsistence by agri-
culture, the colonists established
milestone factory, but discomfort was
already among them. This spirit was
increased and kept alive by lumber
men who visited Oleona and told the
Norwegians of the better condition of
people elsewhere. In less than two
years nearly all the residents of the
colony had departed. Henry Anderson,
Bulls principal agent, still resides at
Oleona, and has comfortable fortune.
The footsteps of decay have left little
of the castle remaining, but there are
farmers in Potter County who still hold
Ole Bulls obligations for labor done
during the days of the colony's exist
ence. Curiosity hunters frequently
visit the ground and the remnants of
the castle are covered with the initials
of persons from all parts of the country
who have viewed the scenes made his
toric by Bulls extravagant scheme. The
great violinist recovered from his fnan-
cial difficulties and married a German
lady in Wisconsin, where he had
beautiful home. 1t was only few
weeks ago that he sailed for Europe.
Bull was a tall, majestic-looking man,
with flowing white hair and polished
manners, -Bradtord pa. Era.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

vived found myself on board vessel,
and upon examination discovered that l
had been robbed of every article of val
ue on my person. After a while the
cabin where was lying was entered by
man who, in answer to questions, said
that had been put on the vessel which
was on Chesapeake Bay, by my friends.
who said that had killed man in Bal
timore in fight. After the vessel got
out into the ocean I was taken with
brain fever, and when 1 recovered 1
found that was on board another ves-
sci which had picked me up adrift in
an open boat at sea. This was the ship
Antioch, Capt. Weeks, bound for Hong
Kong"
Billmire says he was treated well by
Capt. Weeks, who allowed him to help
the steward do the cooking for the
ships crew. They reached Hong Kong
on Jan. 10, 1880, and, loading with rice,
sailed for Victoria, British Columbia,
where they arrived on June last, and
Capt. Weeks furnished him with suit
of clothes. He had previously given
him Is. He started from Victoria fol-
San Francisco, where arrived on June s,
Four days after reaching Victoria he
wrote to his wife in this city, giving q
brief outline of his adventures, which
substantially agrees with the above.
Harry Billmire, son of the missing
nan, while fishing in Jones's Falls, last
May, fell overheard and was drowned
before assistance could be rendered, and
his death was unknown to his father be-
fore his arrival here. He accounts fol
the length of time between his arrival in
San Fancisco and his arrival here by
saying that he was penniless and had to
work his way to Baltimore. Many
members of the church credit Billmire's
story. He has wife and five children
living Cor. N. Y. San.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

DURHAM, N. c., expects to handle
100000 pounds of this years tobacco
crop.
late novelty. Writing done upon it can
be easily read in the dark.
DURING the year 1879 the earnings n
railroads in the United States were over
1929, 100000, or nearly double the en-.
tire revenue of the National Govern.
ment.
ACCORDING to the superintendent of a
factory in Canada, where paper is man
ufactured from wood, the paper, so i'm
proved has the process become, can be
made ready for use six hours after tt 2
cutting of the tree.
LIME has never been found in a ma.
tive state; it is always united to an acid,
as to the carbonic in chalk. By subject
ing chalk or limestone to red heat il
is freed from the acid, and the lime is
left in state of purity.
FLORIDA fruit-growers are beginning
to cultivate the lemon with great deal
of care, and with such good results that
it is believed that in little while longer
this State will furnish almost as MANY
lemons to the trade as she now does
oranges.
THE pachymeter, lately patented in
Vienna, which determines the thickness
of paper to the one-thousandth part of
an inch, is outdone by the micrometer
caliper, now coming into use in this
country, which determines the thickness
of paper or any thing else to the ten
thousandth part of an inch.
JAPANESE paper air-cushions are said
to have some advantages over those
made of rubber. They may be rolled
into package of smaller dimensions
when not in use; they will not stick to-
gether as rubber does after it is wet,
and for pillows they are better because
they have no odor. Their strength is
very great; man weighing 160 pounds
may stand upon one without bursting it..
They are said to be water proof, and to
make excellent life-preservers.
AN improved method of stopping en-
gines, says the Electrician, has recently
been devised. The main object of the
device is to enable any child or unskilled
person in any part of mill to stop the
engine in case of accident. The action
is exceedingly simple. By touching a
spring similar to the spring of an cleo
trio bell, an electric ball is set in motion.
The ball drops and shuts one of the
valves, which prevents the steam from
escaping, and the engine is brought to a
standstill.
BUT few people comparatively have
any idea of the amount of timber used
in the construction of single railroad.
1t yearly takes 100000 acres of forest to
supply cross-ties for the railroads of the
United States. 1t takes 10000 ties
to supply the demand on our railroads,
for which on an average the contractors
get So cents apiece, making in the ag-
gregate $5,250,000. In building new
road the contractors figure on 1900 ties
to the mile, while it takes 800 ties to the
mile to keep a constructed road in re-
pair. Contractors, of course, buy pieces
of timber land as near to the proposed
line of road as possible, paying for the
timber an average of about 800 per acre,
or giving the proprietor 10 cents for ev-
cry tic got out. The average of good
piece of timber land is 200 ties to the
acre and twelve ties to the tree.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
QUEEN VICTORIA has declared wa

QUEEN VICTORIA has declared wal.
fare on bangs.
CoMMUNIsTIC pamphlets have been
discovered in circulation in the German
army; and the authorities are investf-
eating the matter.
TIE father of Mrs. Langtry, the "pro-
fessional beauty" is said to be in serious
financial difficulties in the Island of Jer-
sey, of which he is Dean.
Mr.. w. E. FORSTER appears in Par
Lament nowadays gayly attired in q
light-hued waistcoat, blue tie and a
pair of picturesque striped trousers.
In London during the past year nine
ty seven licensed victualers were eau
toned for having defective and I'M
stamped weights and measures, and five
were convicted of such offenses.
COUNT HENRY Won ARNIM, who was
declared by the State Court at Berlin
guilty of treason in contumaciam, de-
sires q rehearing of his case, and has
expressed readiness to submit himself
to Prussian jurisdiction.
THE Princess of Wales becomes very
tired while rushing from the dutiful dis
charge of public appearance from one
place to another. She is constantly COM
PEELED to appear before mob of sight.
seers while standing in the mob Of
oflicious attendants.
THE American colony in Paris is
smaller than at any previous time in
twenty years. 1t costs twice as much
now to live in Paris as in America in the
same style. Formerly it cost double
Paris prices in America. There is moth
ing now cheaper in France except APP
parel, and only parts of that.
ENGLISH ladies in Portugal play lawn
tennis in flowing Eastern trousers,
laced ut the ankle. There is bright
colored, square bodice, without sleeves,
and tied at the waist, and loosely
laced skirt comes nearly to the knee.
1t is an adaptation of the country cos
tune in which are Moorish features.
WOMEN are not to be employed In
preparing the statistical returns relating
to the English census. The Registrar
General could not make the arrange
ments which would have been necessary
for their employment at the central
Office, and placing them in separate
house would have made it difficult to
superintend their work.
THE London correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian says the measure
of dissatisfaction felt in high quarters al
the proposed marriage of Lady Burdett-
CouLts and Mr.. Bartlett is indicated in
the refusal of the use of the Chapel
Royal, Savoy, for the ceremony, despite
the great desire of the Baroness that II
shall be celebrated there.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
Billmire's yOyage---strange Story Of
a Baltimore Man.

W. H. o. BILLMIRE, sthe sexton of
Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal
Church, who disappeared last October
with several thousand dollars which he
had collected from the pew-renters, az
rived home to-day, to the great surprise
of his friends and the authorities, who
had been anxiously looking for him as a
defaulter and absconder. Billmire had
been sexton of the church for many
years, was communicate, and was
looked upon as q consistent Christian
up to the time of his disappearance.
To-day he related his experience to a
member of the church and to the civil
authorities, which, if true, entities him
to public sympathy. His narrative,
however, has several glaring incon-
sistencies, and it is probable that the ex-
sexton will be compelled to substantiate
the truth of his statements in court of
law. In conversation with the CORE
spondent of the San to-day, Billmire
gave in detail the history of his expert
ence, which is substantially as follows
On the night of his disappearance he
had in his possession about $4,000 be-
longing to the church, which he had col
iected from members of the congrega-
ton for pew rents. This money he took
to lodge meeting, and while there re-
ceived note informing him that his
brother had been injured by fall at
Locust Point, was in dying condition,
and wished to see him. Billmire says
that he was also informed that hack
was waiting at Barnum's Hotel to take
him to his brother. He hurried to where
the hack was waiting, and what fol-
lowed is best told in his own words:
81 was accosted by man who wish
ed to know if was Mr.. Billmire.
told him that was my name. He said
and was glad had come. l asked him
how my brother was hurt, and he told
me in very polite manner to step into
the hack and he would tell me all about
it on our way down to Locust Point. /
noticed, as stepped in, that there was
another man inside, and that the blind
was down over the door. He gave or.
ders to drive to Locust Point as fast as
possible. He began to tell me how my
brother was hurt, and said that when he
left him he was under the inhunce OF
chloroform. He asked me if did not
detect the smell of it on him. This hap
pened on the lonely part of the road af-
ter leaving Federal Hill going to Locust
Point. 1 leaned forward as he held his
hand out to smell, when the man beside
me hit me on my head with some heavy
instrument, l suppose billy, and
knocked me on the opposite seat.
struggled and fought with great
strength, and was only overcome by a
handkerchief saturated with chloroform
thrown around my face. When 1 re-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

A CAMBRIDGE mother sent her small
boy into the country, and after week
of anxiety has received this letter: 81
got here all right and l forgot to write
before; it is very nice place to have
fun. A Teller and went out in boat
and the boat tipped over and man got
me out and l was so full of water l
didn't know nothin for a good long
while. The other boy has got to be
buried after they find him. His mother
come from Chelsea and she cries all the
time. A boss kicked me over and l
have got to have some money to pay a
doctor for fixin my head. We are
going to set an old barn on fire to-
night, and should smile if we don't
have bully fun. l lost my watch and L
am very sorry. 1 shall bring home
some mud turkles and 1 shall bring
home a tame woodchuck if l can get
EN- in my trunk"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

The advantage of good manners to
the individual who happens to possess
them is very often overlooked, and the
success of man in life is wrongly at
tributed to luck when it should have
been ascribed simply to his affability
and politeness. A hundred anecdotes
have been related which prove the
fallacy of the common idea and show
how men have been "made" by man.
ners; but perhaps not any of them ex-
ceeds in interest that of two notable
English characters-Raleigh, whose
cloak is familiar to every child-reader
of history, and Marlborough, whose
tremendous victories might never have
enriched our military annals had he
not first earned Court favor and pro-
motion by his consummate address.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
Made New Again.
ST. CATHARINEs, Ont.

r. v. PIERCE, M. D:
have used your Favorite Prescription,
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purg-
alive Pellets for the last three months and
find myself-(what shall say)-"nsads neD
again." are the only words that express it.. 1
was reduced to a skeleton, could not walk
across the floor without fainting, could keep
nothing in the shape of food on my stomach
Myself and friends had given up all hope, my
immediate death seemed certain. can new
er be too thankful to those who recommend
ed your medicines for l now live Ito the sur
prise of everybody and am able to do my
own work. l desire to make this statement
in order that those suffering may not despair
until they have given your remedies trial.
Yours resp'y, MRS. VIM d. RYcKMAN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

Do YOU know flies play "tagr You
watch a cluster Of them some drowsy after
noon as they circle aud dart under the chan
delier and you will see them at the game.
They play just as boys do. They keep going
to trap each other or dodge aside to avoid
each other with marvellous rapidity. Once
in while one will go and sit down for mo-
ment, too tired to play any longer, unless an
other fly should happen to get pretty near
him with his back turned. Then he will dash
t ~ owov bis breath and +bon sai IN anS
laugh like lunatic over It, Then some one
of the number will get his back up and go off
in huff. The whole performance is dread
fully natural Columbus (GG.) Enquirer Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
1T ia we'll known that fashion in

1t is well known that fashion in
woman's costume is a most sordid and
merciless speculation which, while it
boards the wealth of Nation, robbing
toll and poverty of their pittance, con-
sumes human energies, perverts all
functions, occupies the most of woman's
time, makes her a specimen of folly,
and beguiles her to all this by appeals
to her vanity and assurances of that ap-
proval and love which is her bane, and
should be her disgust. Mrs. zyllotson,
in DR.. Foote's Health Monthly for Sep
ten16er.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

"OH, look at the donkeyl he's been de-
Suburban, in dismay. "Confound himln said
the husband, finging a stick at the animal,
"he's corn-summit asst" The scream that
Mrs. s. emitted, previous to going off in a
faint frightened the beast more than her
husbands stick.-Bosto1s Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
[St. Louis Globe-Democrat.1 !

An Unpleasant Youthful Recollection.
From early youth l had been sufferer with
severe headache, writes c. w. Eek, Esq, pro-
prietor of the St Louis, Mo-, st. Louis Co.
Waechter. Many remedies, by the use of which
endeavored to obtain relief proved ineffect-
ual. At last some friends recommended the
Hamburg Drops to me; and since l used
them feel better than ever, and no sign of
the old headache has appeared again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
Divldend-Pnying.

The following is found in the columns of
the Standard New Bedford, Mass: "Par-
ties, after using Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, pronounce it the best dividend
paying lin health and happiness) property
they ever handled"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25
ICincinnati Irish Citizen.

Mr.. G. OCALLAHAN, of III Sycamore street,
is another grateful witness to the infalliblc
power of ST. Jacobs Oh, which he tells us has
made a new man of him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

"A boyish novice in smoking turned
deadly pale and threw away his cigar.
Said he: "Thar's sumthin' in that ar
cigar that's made NE sick" "I know
what it is" said his companion, pulling
away. "What?" "Tobacker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

DR.. Sarah Hackett Stevenson, of Chi
cago, conducts regular clinic at the
hospital, has a pleasant manner, large
gray eyes with dark lashes and dark
hair
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

Lots of people are willing to rob
Peter TO pay Paul, only they get tired
when their job is half done. They neg
lect to pay Paul.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

SPELLING reform is greatly needed in
Russia. Nine-tenths of the Russian Ian
guage looks as II it had the jim jams. -Chica-
90 Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

WMHoFT's Fever and Ague Tonic, the
old reliable remedy, now sells at one dollar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

THE writer who suggested the advantage
of taking time by the forelock, forgot that h.
was bald-headed.-N Y. Commercial Adver
tiseT,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

THE Frazer Axle Grease is the best and
only Genuine. We know it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

ais IT cheaper to board or keep houseP
asks young wife. It is cheaper to move
Chicago Tri61sDs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

"HEAD it up,'' is the latest bit of gentility,
and the man who says 1t wishes you to stop
talking.-Bu7lington Ha,ckeye.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

BRICK DUST DEPosITisa symptom of serious
Kidney Disease Hunts Remedy cures it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

"STRIvE to make good impression where
ever you CO." said Jones, as he pulled his
foot out Of the mud.-BOston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

A VERY respectable eternity might be
made up of the time killed by idlers in this
worldly o. Picdyune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE, the most wonder
full healing medium in the world. Price 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

THE man must be polished who would re-,
fleet so as not to GENERALIZATION transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

GARFIELD, Hancock and Weaver ia naoss ea q
engraNmgs Price 81. .. With Political Compendini1
oenu Ior circulhrn 70 y. o. BLISS Co.. Newark M j.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-25

The incest and cheapest upright 8horse engine and
boiler In Northern Ohio. FORkSr CITY MACHINERY
DEBUT, 40 Merwln St, Cleveland, o.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-23
NEW YORK.
Shocking Innuman1ty to a ChtI

Shocking Inhumanity to Q Child.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Details of the shock ing brutality of a mother to her four-year-old The mother, Mrs. Carrie Enmerson. was drunk and arraigned by the police An oocu- pant of the same tenement told the following story: Mrs. Emmerson took her apartments about four months ago, bringing her little boy Freddie, about three and half years of age. For the first few days she acted respectfully and took care of the child. After this time she would go out in the evening and come home drunk in the small hours of the morn ing. Meanwhile Freddie would be locked in the room. She would leave in the afternoon and be gone till near noon of the following day. She would have men visit her, and until they left kept the child in the yard. I have fed the child many times during its mothers sb- sence. On Tuesday morning was awakened by the howls of a cat in Mrs. Emmer- sons rooms, which continued during the whole morning. Toward noon I heard the child's cries followed by rushing noise as If some savage animal was rushing around a cage an d trying to escape. The inmates of the house assembled around the room, which is on the ground floor, having door and two windows opening into the yard The windows were raised up and a large paddock fastened the door. The cat was heard in the room. The cries of the child grew louder and louder and the cat inside began to hurl itself against the windows in it's endeayors to break out. It would strike the closed shutters and rebound ing to the floor would tear around the apart