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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04
Adventures VITA q waterspeus.

Major K. w. Everson contributes
this thrilling refrfiniscence Of the civil
war 70 the columns of the Philadelphia
TIMES: Toward the close OF the war Il
became necessary on account of the lack
Of capacity In the general hospital for
Confeierates-which was located on the
extremity of the Point--to place many OF
the sick prisoners in seven large frame
buildings erected for that purpose within
the pen. A startling event connected
with those buildings Is in order Of record
here. 1t was Just after the dawn OF day
when 1 strolled out Of my quarters on
the margin OF the bay to find relief in
the sea Air from the oppressiveness Of
% an usually sultry night. 1t was at once
evident from the peculiar atmosphere
and deAth-nke. indescribable stiffness
that something out Of the usual routine
was near at hand. Soon there was
heard rumbling, roaring and kissing
sound. Looking across the Potomac
about eight miles distant. the cause, in
an alarming shape, was discovered In o
huge waterspout attached to large,
angry cyclone, In form like the placing
Of the nozzles OF two tunnels together.
It was making its way from the Vir-
ginia shore diagonally toward the prison
inclosure.
About q mile out was anchored the
three-turreted monitor Roanoke, one of
the largest in the service-the frigate
OF that name razeed-and carrying an
armament Of one fifteen-inch and two
eleven inch guns. On came the monster
OF wind and water, presenting an appear
ance never 70 be forgotten, the hideous
eeething increasing as 1t advanced. The
destruction of the Roanoke appeared to
De inevitable; her fate hung, as 1t were,
IN tbe balance, when curl of smoke
was seen to puff out from the center and
largest turret. The ffteen-inch shell
tornado, like a liberated balloon, shot
upward with lightning rapidity high in
the heavens. Then with equal velocity
Il plunged downward. striking and
wreckinG the large commissary building
near the river, and carrying everything
before IL at the dock rs II It were so
much chat in a September gale, includ-
ing sentry boxes, In which one soldier
was killed and two others manPled BY
being hurled many rods distance. Mount
ing in the air again In less time than 1t
requires to record 1t, the cyclone descend
ed to all appearances squarely down
among the hospital buildings in the
prison camp. By singular freak, and
ortunately. it struck the only building
OF the seven which was not occupied by
the sick, and which was used for the
storing OF clothing and other materials.
This the cyclone carried out in the bay
in the twinkling of an eye, so to speak,
taking it as clean TO the ground, sills and
flooring, az II the boards and timbers
had been sawed off. Neither were there
seen of it afterwsrd board or other
article. s
This escape from frightful disaster
was almost miraculous. and the degree
of readiness with which the closely and
long-contined prisoners viewed their
escape as an Interpolation of Divine
Providence NAV readily be excused.
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Sleep.

sfsttYt
When the evening shadows oreep
stealthily,
Hiding every hill and dale,
Hiding all things with their veil,
When the shining day doth dis
Sweet Is slaep.
When the evening shadows sceep
eteslthily,
To the baby In ber nest,
Longing for her quiet rest,
flushed by loving lullaby,
Sweet Is sleep.
When the evening shadows creep
stealthily,
To the weary heart and brain
Bringing tranquil peace AGAIN;
All our cares and soiIows ny-
Sweet 10 sleep.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04

Peter Henderson says. In the Gavdess-
sy's Aosfhiy, that he has discovered that
mulchinq roses In pots to force howers
for tho HOLIDAYS. In january last, with
common moss mixed with good .por-
lion OF bone dust. say one part bone
dust to thirty OF moss, had wonderful
effect In bringing forth early roses. In
two weeks after the mulch was first ap-
piled change was clearly TO. be seen,
and by the end OF May the plants bad
attained from four 10 SIX feet In height,
and though they had bloomsd profusely
during period OF nearly elk months,
were In the most perfect hsslsA and
yigor. All other plants on which thl
mulch had been TILED showed marked
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04
AsH::IoNlC,

A Perfected Purifier OF the System
Tonic. :" Increasing The strength, o5pioang az
egectsof deoiHty, dnd'estorin1 healthy Jiiacfions"
--WEBsrKR.
For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia,
the many forms of Liver Com
plaint. Impure and Impoverished
Blood, and Functional Derange.
ments attendant upon Debility, and
for Building up the weak, Ash
Tonic is doubtless the most prompt
and certain remedy yet devised. In
1-2 lb. bottles, z 3 cents; Six bottles,
81. Accredited Physicians and
Clergymen, who may desire to test
the Tonic, will be supplied with not
exceeding six bottles, at one-half
the retail price, money to accom-
pany the order. Sold by Druggists,
and by D. B. Dewey & Co., 46 Dey
St., N. Y.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04
cEN1AuR
Iinirl1ent.

The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Pain-relievIng
remedy ever devised by man. 1t
soothes Pain, it allays inflammation,
it heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUMATISM,
Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds,
Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, SWELL
ings, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt
Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Calls, and
Lameness from any cause. Suf.
ferers from
PAIN IN THE BACK,
Fever Sores, Eruptions, Broken
Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu.
ralgia, Palsy or dislocated limbs;
and owners of horses, planters, me-
chanics, merchants and professional
men everywhere, unite in saying, that
CENTAUR LINIMENT
brings relief when all other Lini.
ments. Oils, Extracts and Embroca.
tons have failed.
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Housshold Hinfs.

Cracks in stoves may be enectually
salt mixed with water.
To remove grease from white goods.
wash with soap or alkaline lyes. Col
ored buttons, wash with lqkewarm
or ammonia. Silks, absorb with French
chalk or fuller's earth, and dissolve
away with benzine or ether.
To select nutmegs, pick them with
o pin. II they are good, the oil will In
stantly spread around the puncture.
When you drive nail into q wall.
clothes press or closet, 10 hang things
on. drive 1t through spool up to the
head. s'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04

A farmers wife in Bloomington, H.,
was watering stock recently when q
pet COW turned its head quickly and
knocked her into well. where she re-
manned tor three hours. She kept her
head above water by clin ging TO ths
bricks. but died from the chill soon after
she was taken out.
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TEn 51Aox ROBE.
BY wILKIE COLLINS.
AUTHOR or

THE WOMAN IN WHITE" "1nE MooNsToNE,
AFTER DARK" "So NAME" IMAM AND
WIFE, ,""THELAw AND THE LADY"
"ruE NEW MAopALEN,"
ETC, ETC.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04

According 70 the imperial budget the
German army on Q peace footing. ..
supplemented by the accession Of
strength recently voted. now cons sts
Of IL, l26 officers, 427 s7t men. and ol,.
o29 horses. the addition tncluding pi
officers. 25.0l6 men and l.736 horses.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04

II Is said that Miss Young devoted the
prodts Of her most famous novel. the
.ons1y .. shD sna S y the out psos &o q
her "Daisy Chain" " to building q mis-
sionaxy church at Auckland, New Zea-
land. That Il writing to some purpose.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04

Erie. Pa. claims 10 make more boilers
than any other city In the world. One
ooEcsrn turns out l,2oO annually.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-04
astoria --s,p...,

- 80 GEMS. n WOCHeFs
remedy for sleepless and irritable
Children. The Recipe of Old D.
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, ana
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg-
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists.
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Bscsuse . house !, is. out. out does :s,,S mol
the tenant h taken In.
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Lady Loring's narrative Of the con.
versation which had taken plaoe be-
tween Stella and herself hadsnooursged
her husband to Try his proposed expert
mont without delay. "I shall send 0
letter ct once to Romayns's hotsl" he
said.
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THIS PAPER EiSz :: lPgss Ss 8 !S;gsRIss gsRIs Y;
Advertising bureau pospguce ~ ~ Y2}ft E6BR.
eonsrncts saas b made for " AN "
RAILROAD rrME-rAsLE.
TRAINS LEAVE MIDpLEBuRr.

Going South. oo'"S :.
Night Exp.;;ss;s ~ = a; m
Passenger, lb5 z. M: Mall. ..... "a r. M
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-10-31
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 81.

wheels, six feet in diameter, connected with
the pistons rest upon the smaller rims of the
friction or track wheels No teeth are used,
the weight of the driving whsels upon the
friction wheels being regulated by steam power
at the will of the engineer, according to the
load to be drawn and the grade. A pressure of
twenty tons can be obtained instantly. 1t is ev
ident that while the six-foot driving wheel
makes one revolution it causes the friction
wheel below 1t to make about one and a third
revolutions; in other words, the lower wheel,
or track wheel, runs about one third faster than
the driving wheel connected with the piston.
The advantage of the Fontaine locomotive is
that the increased speed obtained by this novel
system of friction gearing requires no shorter
or more rapid piston strokes than an ordinary
locomotive.
On Sunday morning the Fontaine lecomo-
tive was run to Newark on trial trip. behav-
ing admirably, according to the Pennsylvania
Railroad officers, who are, however, as yet
averse TO giving any opinions concerning the
practical value of the machine. The amount
of steam carried was 125 pounds, ten pounds
less than locomotives usually carry. The Fon-
tame locomotive now on the Pennsylvania
railroad is known as No. 2, and is said by the
inventor, Mr.. Eugene Fontaine, a locomotive
engineer of Detroit, Mich, to be vast i'm
provement upon the first one built year ago.
Astonishing reports are heard now and then of
the doings of the Fontaine locomotive No, 1,
which is now running regularly upon the Ca
NADIA Southern Railroad. One of the officers of
the Pennsylvania railroad vouched yesterday
for the correctness of the report that test run
OF one hundred and eleven miles, between
Amberstburg and St. Thomas, was made last
spring in ninety-eight minutes, a rate of sixty
eight miles an hour; two heavy passenger cars
and a baggage-van composed the train. The,
entire run from Amherstburg to Buffalo, two
hundred and thirty-fve miles, was made in
two hundred and thirty-five minutes, which
included the stops for water and coal. Mr..
Fontaine expects that with his engine mile a
ballasted road, the present rate of speed being
about half that. except in the case Of the fast
est express trains. 1t is said by the engineer
employed by Mr.. Fontaine that the locomotive
No. has run at seventy-fve miles an hour
during the last week, and Mr.. Fontaine says
that there will be no difficulty in attaining
ninety miles an hour on good track
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nAmEsTIC PORTS.

SAN FRANCISCAN 9th, ship Austria, Gill
more, Rio Janeiro.
GALVESTON-Ar 22d, ship Alice M Minott,
Whitmore, Rio Janeiro via SW Pass
PENSACOLA-Ar Oath, barque Shetland, Has
AZ 9th, sch Gertrude E Smith, Jameson, Calves
ton. to load for New York.
KEY WEST-Ar 18th, sch Cephas Starrett, Law
ST AUGUSTINE GATH sch Nellie Grant, Jor-
dan New York.
BRUNSWICK-Ar Gath, sch L A Hayes Smith,
New York. to load for do
Cid 26th. brig Emily T Sheldon Hayes. New York
DARIEN-Cld 2sth, brig ANGELA. for New York;
sch Bessie E Dickinson, Wilmington Del.
SAVANNAH-Ar 2Sth, sch JAS Morse Bath.
RICHMoND-Ar 9th, brig Annie & Lille, Free
NoRFoLK-sld Goth, brig Sparkling Water, HIGH
c GEioRGETowN-Ar 25th, sch W H Card, Moore,
BALTIMORE 9th. sch B Neatly, Handy.
Boston.
Sid 9th. sch M P Champlin.
Also cid 27th, barque Walker Arlington. Hooper
Ar 18th, sch Clytie Laughton, Windsor. MS.
PHILADELPHIA-Ar 9th, sch Thomas Clyde,
Ar 18th, baraue Jose Lopez Leland, Boothbay;
schs VIM II Boafdman, Richardson. Cedar Keys;
Charlie a. Willie, Reed. Rockland; Eiwood Doran,
Warrington do.
III Prescott, Gul ill. Vinalhayen; Norman, Reed,
Galveston; May Munroe, Rhodes, Lynn.
NEWCASTLE-PaSSed down Z5th, snip Great
Admiral, for New Tacoma, O; sch A Weeks, for
Portland.
NEW YORK-Ar 28th, barques Hudson Carver,
Cebu; Alexander Campbell. Bunker, Baltimore;
brig John Crandon, Pierce Buenos Ayres; VIM
Robertson, Delano, Barbadoes Lizzie Wyman.
Gaul, Brunswick, Ga; schs LaVolta, Jordan, Ban
gor; Helen Thompson, Hall, Thomaston; W Jor-
dan, Mason, Boston.
Ar 18th, sch VIM Wilson, Sanderson, Para.
Cid 23th, ships Ivy Lowell Portland, @; st Mark,
Nichols, San Francisco; sch Edith Coombs, Evans,
Point-a-Pitre,
Passed the Gate 29th, schs Susan, Snow, from
New York for Rockland; Margaret, do for Boston;
Trade Wind. Rondout for do.
STONINGTON-Ar 27th sch Harmonic. Patter-
PRoVTDENCE-sld 2sth, sch S P Adams, John
son, New York.
NARRAGANSET-At anchor 26th, sehs # Nell
son, Hart, Fall River for New York; @ W Chandler,
Bartlett, dorchester for do; Lucy Hammond, Rob
inson Machas for do; Henry, Osmore Two Rivers,
Ms. for do.
NEW BEDFORD = Ar 28th, sch Willamanc,
Scott Kennebec for Baltimore, Qcaking 1000
strokes per hour; to go on the railway
VINEYARD-HAVEN--A Ar 9th, schs Charlotte
Fish. Gardiner, Amboy for Boston; Neptune San
born Hoboken for do; Benjamin. Wheeler, Man
haitian fos d; Mary Augusta, Coomps Phlladeiphla
for Lynn; Wreath, HodgOins, Hoboken for Ports
MOUTH Andrew j York, Littlejohn Philadelphia
for Portland; Prudence, Pickett Gloucester for
New York; Dreadnaught, Kennebec Tor Washing
ton; spartan, Hodgdon, do for do.
Sailed Dris Elizabeth Winslow, Castalia, Josefa,
Onalaska; schs Matthews, Bramhall, VIM Thomas
Sammy Ford Sea Bird, Mcclellan, A Waite,
Ivy Bell Kenduskeag, BENZ Carver, Willie Luce,
Lookout, Wesley Abbott, Nellie Sawyer, Aiindora,
Fred Jackson Mott-Haven, VIM Duren, Waterloo,
Fannie Pike Andrew j York, Mary Augusta, Nep-
tune, and Benjamin.
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saturday Review.l
Lucky DavS.

Is is curious to note that in India a rainy day
is considered unlucky for wedding, and that
in Scandinavia Thursday, the day of Thor, or
thunder, was also of bad omen. st. Eloy, in
sermon, warns his flock from keeping Thurs
day as holy day; and Dean Swift, in a letter
to Sheridan, rhymes Thursday to "cursed day.
The Esthonians consider it unlucky, and in
Devonshire it has but one lucky hour. Mr..
Jones who, by the way, makes no mention of
Thursday as the fatal day of the Tudors does
not attempt to generalize from these curious
facts, which, indeed, We have picked out from
different parts of the book. Unlucky in Cochin
China-perhaps among the Mohammedan Ma
laws, but we are not told-are the third day of
the new moon, being that on which Adam was
expelled from Paradise; the fifth, when the
whale swallowed Jonah; the sixteenth, when
Joseph was put into the well; the twenty
fourth, when Zachariah was murdered and
the twenty-ffth, when Mohammed lost his
front teeth.
The ancient Egyptians were like the Chinese in
their careful observance of lucky and unlucky
DAYS and Mr. Jones may turn with profit for
his next edition to Mr.. Mitchell's amusing cal
endar, in which they are detailed at length.
Mr.. Jones says that from ancient Egypt the
evil or unlucky days have received the name
OF Egyptian days, given them in Saxon MS.
(Cott Ms Vitel c. viii. TO- 20.)' They are the
last Monday in April, the first in August, and
the ''first Monday of the going out of the month
Of December" which leaves us somewhat in
doubt as to all the Mondays in that month.
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IAN the Year Round.1
ulstar Folk Lore.

Most old and middle-aged people of the cot
tier class in Ulster have strong ideas on the
subject of luck. To enter house whore
churning is in progress without washing your
hands, taking the churn-staff in them, and
"giving the churn brash," is thought the
acme of ignorance; and on leaving the house
1t is dc rigueur that you should say. "God bless
your churn, an gle you the good of your milk
and butter" If a neighbor comesIin to borrow
a coal or turf, and negects this formula, he
lays himself open to the worst suspicious, and
the people of the house will be sure to throw
pinch of salt into the churn as soon as his back
is turned. To receive aims without blessing
both giver and gift is considered very wrong.
Tha present writer was in her kitchen lately
when beggar was helped by the servants, and
she was surprised to see the cook run after the
woman and bring her back. The cook ex-
planned the proceeding thus: "She took we'er
meal and praties. ma'am, an she didna bid
God bless we'er house an place. She'll just
bless the house an place before let her 60"
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WASHINGTON.
Report Of the Adiutant General.


WASHINGTON, Oct 29.-Adjutant- General
Drum made his animal report to-day to the
Secretary of War and General of the army.
One Recommendation is that clerical labor be
employed by which $4,000 a year can be
saved, and battalion of nearly four COM
panies be put into active service
Reclamation of the Potomac Flats.
A report has been made to the District Com
misioners by Lieut.. Hoxie of the Engineer
Corps. The expenditures for operations in the
District during the fiscal ending June 30th are
S342, 17568. Among other subjects considered
in the report is the reclamation of the Potomac
flats. Lieut.. Hoxie says urgent need exists OF
immediate attention to the outlets of sewers in
the river front and reclamation of the marshes
through which they must pass. Plans for
new river front were long ago prepared and
should be urged upon the attention of Congress
at the coming session. The work is necessary
for the improvement Of the river channel and
on account OF the danger to the health OF resi-
dents. Lieut.. Hoxie also presents plan con-
templating the removal of steam railway
tracts from the streets by tunnelling and by
the adoption in some cases of elevated rail
roads,
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THE STAR ROUTES.
Lawyer Bliss Says there is q Good Case
Against the Implicated Parties.

Lawyer Bliss Says there is q Good Case
Against the Implicated Parties.
NEW YORK. Oct. ga Washington paper
having stated that lawer Bliss had informed
President Arthur that there was no case
AGAINST the Star Route conspirators, Mr.. Bliss
responds as follows.
'There is not scintilla of truth in the state
ment. Indeed, what did say to the Presl-
dent was that we had very good case, and
under any ordinary circumstances / could
have no doubt of a conviction. The delay in
presenting the Indictment against Dorsey is
due only to the mass of testimony that it is
necessary to put in shape. The Indictment
will cover several hundred pages, and the case
against him grows worse with every days fur
Their investigation into the facts. This publ
cation seems only one of a series put out by the
conspirators themselves to confuse the public
mind. We are ready at an hours notice to
argue the question of the information filed
against the Brady party, and we only wait Col.
Ingersoll's return to do so. This conspiracy is
only paralleled in its daring, and in the amount
involved, by the operations of the Tweed ring
in New York.
WASHINGTON, Oct 29-In the criminal court
today Col. Totten and j. M. Wilson of the
counsel for Brady, served notice on the gov
eminent attorneys in the Star Route cases
that they we're ready to commence their argu-
ment on the question of information filed by
Postmaster General James and others. Proba-
bly, il will be resumed Monday. Col TngersolI
of Brady's counsel, arrived today
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irhe woman's Temperance Union

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The members of the
Woman's National Christian Temperance I'M
ion called on President Arthur this morning.
Senator Blair of New Hampshire introduced
Miss Willard, President Of the Union, who
mad short speech. Miss Willard then intro-
duced Mrs. Chaplin of South Carolina, who
madee a few remarks in behalf of the Southern
representatives of the Union.
President Arthur said in reply that he was in
entire sympathy with the South in her recup-
GRAFTON, and was determined that no section Of
the country should, during his administration,
be favored, as far as it was in his power to pre-
vent, over another. Mrs. Chaplin thanked him,
and said that she would carry his words back
with her to tell the people.
President Arthur then said: 81 am very glad
10 see you all and to thank you cordially for
your kind words and generous sympathy. /
have no desire to make any formal speech"
The ladies then withdrew, each one shaking
hands with the President as she passed him.
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STILL RISING.
The Valley of the Sny Under
Water.
GREAT DAMAGE TO FARMS AND
RAILROADS.

QUINCY, ILL.,, Oct. 30.-The river at this
point is 10 feet above low water mark, having
ralned slowly all day. All the railroads south
and west from here remain suspended except
the Hannibal and st. Joseph which is still
running All the inhabitants of Sny valley
have moved out to the high grounds and many
of them have taken refuge in this city. The
water is steadily spreading over thousands of
acres of fertile farms protected by embank-
ments and the loss to farmers will be very
heavy. All the levees in this vicinity have
been broken by the great pressure OF water and
the low lands are now completely flooded.
This is the greatest flood ever known at this
season of the year and there is no record of
higher stage at any time excepting during the
spring freshet in 1851.