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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-18

cOmmlttce anu subsequently adopted.
Reports were given from several
towns showing an advance movement
in favor of the temperance cause.
Rev. Mr.. Hazard, ofFriends church,
Ferrisburgh, represented the reform
club of Vergennes.
Mrs. Clinton G.. Smith reported the
work of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union of Middlebury.
Remarks were made by by Attorney
James NJ. Slsde relative to the new
law and its powers, with anticipated
progress of the cause in the county.
We are impressed with the hopeful as
pect Of the cause In this county as man.
Tested by the convention. y
VA most delightful occasion was thai
of the marriage on Monday last of Miss
Elizabeth M. Chapman, daughter of
George G. Chapman, Esq, to our es-
teemed and popular young physician, f
w. Halsey. At the hour appointed fol
the ceremony large company of rels-
tives had assembled in the pleasant par.
iors OF the brides home, and waited
with eager interest the appearance o.
those whose nuptials they had come tC
celebrate. Expectation was at Its heigh
when the familiar strains Of the "Wed
ding March" from the piano, at which
the sister OF the bride, Miss Hattie Chap
man, gracefully presided, announced
the coming event. 1t is no fiattery t.
say that the bride, attired In robe o
rich blue velvet, appeared vision o
loveliness and grace. The rooms hat
been darkened, and The soft light from
the chandeliera gave n most pleasing
effect to the scene. A bower had beer
arranged and nost tsstefully entwi nee
with smilax. Above the miniature al
tar rail was suspended beautiful wed
ding bell formed of evergreens, II
tongue disclosing q lovely Gala lily
The impressive and beautiful service Q
, the Episcopal church was read by tb
Rev. William j. Tilley Of St. Stephens
, The service over, the Swedish Weddin
March was played, while the bride an
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-25

with one foot and rocked the baby in
Il sugar trough with the other--who
have made us good bread, and did it
cheerfully too, rs Mrs. Garfield ever
did, and baked it in II Dutch oven at
that. Now, my old friend, If you
will publish the above, will consider
myself understood, and say no more.
Yours, now and ever.
am very glad that Mr.. Bookwal.
ter took the kink out of yarn that
you put in 1t in one of your editorials,
respecting low salaries. lie has made
the thread as smuothc and as straight
us glazed silk. l agree with him
that we can get just as good and
competent men with low, living
salary, rs with II high salary. Our
aim has not been so much to seek out
competent men rs to get honest and
available men. 1t does not require a
ten years education to qualify for
Treasurer or Auditor.
When we find any of these officers
have to go begging, and fail of sue
cess on account of the paucity of the
salary, we can raise it higher.
If Mr.. Jones, the treasurer elect,
considers his salary insufficient. let
him just step out and l am much
mistaken if his opponent is not will
ling to step in.
| honor our Blue Earth county
boys, who, ut the risk of their own
popularity, were decided enough to
bring down salaried offices to what
they considered reasonable compen-
sation. j. Il. CONRAD.
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RURAL FISHING.

An old farmer of Belgrade, who
had been home.bound by stress of
roads for Il long time, and whose
farming operations Were sadly out of
joint by the long continued wet
weather. was called upon recently by
a stranger of pleasing address who
talked intelligently about farming
operations generally, and recent
political events. lie said. after
complimenting the farmer upon his
location and surroundings, first
throw, that he was in the employ of
a publishing company, gathering
biographical sketches of prominent
men in the town to be inserted in u
forthcoming book of biography and
history OF Minnesota would the o..
F. favor him by stating the principal
events i'll his life's history! Second
throw. and dainty nibble); so, after
the manner of Il lawyer questioning
witness. the affable agent drew
from him by the help of his wife, the
date of his birth, expressing surprise
at the apparent vigor of body and
mind of one of his age, Oscillation of
the bait). the date of birth of his
wife and children, the offices of trust
and honor he had held, &C., filling
two pages of manuscript, saying that
little confusion in the record would
be made right by the biographical
editor. Then unfolding fully the
plan of the work, which l will not
take space TO give. only, that 1t was
to he book of Il thousand pages or
more. price ten dollars, the biogra.
plies of subscribers to go in free,
(another throw, but no bite, bait too
small for the hoGk), producing sub
scriptioc book with goodly array of
names.
lie was Il model agent, no impOr-
tunity, "you pays your money, you
takes your choice" only expressing
surprise that any one should let the
opportunity slip of having his name
and fame go down to posterity in a
book, desperate throw, but no sue.
cess, the intended victim turned way
in disgust, the gentlemanly agent
drew in his line and went his way
"A fishing" OCCASIONAL.
Belgrade, Nov. 10, 1881.
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more drinks" of whiskey might have
brought about the desired result.
Mr.. Editor: Will the time ever
come when money and whiskey will
not be the principal "motive power
wherewith To run the political ma.
chine Now do not pretend to be a
politician. but am simply Fishing"
for intelligence. They say that If
Mr.. Torrey had the money to put in
the campaign that Mr.. Durkee had,
he would have been elected, and that
if Mr.. Kelly had not been "hard up
he would have been elected, and that
if Mr.. Matthews had followed up the
'saloon business" II little closer and
had spent little more money he
would have been all right. Great
God! !" if all of these "ifs" are true,
what a change there would have been
If there had been Il little more money
and whiskey used on the other side.
Now, l think that our County
delegation" did right when they cut
down the salaries of the different Of
licers. They should reduce them
more yet, until there is nothing left
for electiOneering purposes. Let the
office seek the man and not the men
pull" and "haul' and "squabble"
over it like Il lot of hungry wolves
over dead carcass. Let the good
work go on. Let us have some more
"Bookwalters," more burgers, !"
more Halls" and "Hawkinses, y
and get the salaries down SO low that
we will have one campaign when the
candidates will not feel us though
they could afford to spend Il cent to
further their personal ends.
If you consider this ''squib' worthy
Il place in your valuable paper and
wish to publish it you will scatter
abroad the sentiments of i lady who
thinks she knows something about
politics.
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Letter from Sterling.
STERLING. Mimi. Nov. 2lst, ISIS

STERLING, Mimi, Nov. 2lst, 1881.
Editors Free Press:
Some three years ago, when the
all-healing power of blue-light was at
it's zenith altitude, / was so much
disguised with the various reports of
its miraculous effects, that l wrote
an ironical article to the Pioneer Press,
stating a certain circumstance, as
follows:
was Unexpectedly called upon to
preach at Il certain place, and in my
haste began to examine my manu-
scripts without thinking to put on my
glasses, and continued my reading
for an hour or two; when came to
observe the fact. / was little sur
prised for had not done the like for
some years. Turning my eyes into
the bed room in which had slept, i
observed that the windows were
hung with blue curtains; l stated
this fact, ironically, as the reason for
the apparent improvement in my eyes.
Some time after this called at the
home of an old friend and was told
by a young lady of the family that
her mother had great confidence in
the power of blue-light over weak
eyes, on account of the article had
published in the papers. Now, the
fact that she had great confidence in
her old friend Conrad, was quite graf
flying and complimentary. But to
be considered so snperlativly green
or blue either as to suppose that.
whatever curative power their might
be in blue light, they were sleeping
in a room with blue curtains to the
windows would produce such an
effect was not so very fattering or
complimentary after all.
Now, Mr.. Editor, for the same
reason as above mentioned, l wrote
an ironical communication for your
paper respecting the tabernacle over
Gariield's grave, and Mrs. Garlield's
wonderful attention to her husband
in his sickness and the Oft-repeated
story of her good bread.
From "a certain remark in your
n,ner and some other observations,
] have been little apprehensive that
the last article may beyiewed in the
same light. If this is SO, l am sur
prised at you, Will, that after an
acquaintance of 10 years you would
not knew better than that l should be
in earnest in proposing to publish a
pamphlet to teach our wives and
daughters how to make good bread
and point to Mrs. Garfield as an ex.
ample!
Why, sir, there have been land I
suppose there are Silly women to my
own certain knowledge who never
rose above log cabin dignity, who
have spun wool and fax, and tow, and
worked the treadle of the wheels
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THE extra session Of the Legisla.
ture appropriated $l50,000 to pay
laborers under the old railroad con
tracts of 1857. They also appointed
Board of Audit, consisting of Gov.
Pillsbury, Acknowledgement Hahn
and o. Z. Whitcomb to examine these
accounts. The commission held an
adjourned meeting on the morning of
the 23rd instant, in the executive
chamber. There was large body
OF prominent men of the legal profes.
sion entrusted with the presentation
of these claims for labor, and re.
tanners of bond holders. The claims
already filed reach some 300, 900,
principal and interest, and accessions
will undoubtedly be made to these.
The Commission is not expected to
get fairly into working order before
to-day or tomorrow. These long
delayed obligations for labor done
and performed nearly quarter of a
century ago, will be god.send to the
recipients in these stringent times,
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, Hon. y. c. DUNN, of Faribault
county, who was severely criticised
by his constituents recently for ma
terially assisting in creating an obnoX
ious sinking fund law for those
towns having railroad bonds TO pay,
explains his position fully in this
weeks Wells Adrocate. Among other
things relative to the bill, he says
1t will be observed that it is not Il
local measure, but is a general law
bearing equally upon every municip-
atty which has or ever shall issue Il
Bond in aid of railroads. 1t is not
an iron clad law either, it simply
declares by general law that if mu-
inequalities do not provide in some
manner for the redemption of matur-
ing obligations, the State will see
that it is done. 1t permits the nut
inequalities to do this for themselves
in their own way and simply in de-
fault of affirmative action on their
part, compels the State Auditor to
see that it is dOEe. Now is it wise
OF not Take for instance our own
town of Winnebago City. We have
outstanding think S53, 900 of bonds,
maturing in from IL to 90 years. some
of them have been running for 10
years, and no provision has yet been
made to meet Il dollar of the Obliga-
ton. 1t is said we can wait until
maturity and then fund the indebted
ness. This may be good policy but
it is not to my mind good method
of paying debts. Now if no prOvis
ion is to be made for paying this
$50 900 until the bonds mature, and
the creditors should want their
money, and new bonds could not he
sold to pay them, it would be almost
Il cOnfscatiOn of the property of the
residents of this town at that time.
Again. there is say $4,000 per year
of floating personal property in this
town that pays taxes every year, and
the whole of this personal property
should bear it's share of the burden
of taxation for railroads the owners
are enjoying the benefits of our roads.
but if they have no real estate to be
taxed in the end, or at the maturity
of the bonds they pay nothing what
over. Now is this right? Should
not this floating personal property
help to pay the taxes as we go along.
or shall we wait until maturity and
then tax only the peronal property
on the tax duplicate of that year.
The fact is that without sinking
fund, there will be in the next
twenty years no less than one million
of dollars of personal property that
has been in existence and has been
used up during that period that will
entirely escape any taxation to pay
any part of the principal of this debt.
Think of it, fellow citizens, and then
determine whether sinking fund is
wise OF not.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS.
MapletOn.

MapletOn.
Old Mr.. Weston is very feeble.
Mr.. w. n. Plymat has gone to st.
Paul.
At Mr.. John Sprague's they have a
girl baby.
Miss Aida Robbins, of Wells, is
visiting friends in Mapleton.
Mr.. Troendle has bought part of
Guy Daily's farm.
Singing school in Taylor's hall,
next Monday night.
Mr.. Joe Sprague is happy in being
grand Pathways happens if we live
long enough.
DR.. Ira Bishops people have a baby
now, which is neither to be sold or
given away, so no one need apply.
Our Thanksgiving service of short
speeches was admirable, quite an inn
provement upon our usual dull SER
mon.
Some of our enterprising Normal
students walked from Mankato to
MapletOn Il distance of twenty miles.
They were Walter Brooks and E. A.
Berry.
The lyceum is organized with the
following officers:
ME- Bcrry-Presidcnt;
f. NJ. Dyer -Vice-Prcsident
James Quinn Secretary;
Mrs. Chas. Groger-Treasurer;
Geo. Wild-Marshal
The month of November has proved
for Napoleon what the month of
May is to New York City, i. e., a
general move. NJ. E. Berry has
moved into Chas. Dietz's old stand,
! one door west of Schweitzer'S. Chas.
Dietz moved his stock of goods into
Broecher's harness shop, which he
has bought. Broecher has gone to
Dakota to grow up with the country.
James Quinn and sister have rented
the Mapleton House and will occupy
it next Monday. Messrs. Schaefer
and Gleasoner have moved into
Farmers hotel. Mr.. GROCER will
occupy Mr.. Schaefer's house OH front
street where Mrs. GROCER will dresses
make this winter.
Mapletonians are well provided
with food for the brain this winter.
Their church services, Sunday school,
prayer meetings, secret societies,
lyceum, singing school, reading club,
Red Ribbon club, Oyster supper
sociables and Ladies' Aid society, fill
their tastes in these directions. Still,
there remain Sons of Temperance,
Good Templars, A. o. U. W.,
Woman's c. 7. u, Young Mems C..
A., &C., &c. Any one wishing to
organize any of the aforesaid socie-
ties can find few people left to as
sist them. Mapleton people are very
accommodating.
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ED. MAXWELL LYNCHED

This bold and dreaded burglar and
horse thief, whose exploits together
with those of his brother, Lon Max
well, had rendered their names motor
ious and their viSitations dreaded,
was arrested ut Grand Island, Nebras.
ka, on Thurday, the 18th instant, and
on Friday taken to Durand, and
brought before Justices Dwyer and
Huntington for examination.
To,the formal question he pleaded not
guilty. and then said II waive ex-
animation and would like to make a
statement" He WAS told TO go on,
and spoke as follows
I'VE killed the Coleman boys in
self-defense. but didn't know them
from Adam. We were sitting in the
grove up town when we saw them
pass us. They had guns with them
and looked round often as if search
ing for something. We knew there
was no game about there. and that
they wouldn't be hunting Sunday if
there was. SO we knew they were
after us and kept sharp look out.
When they got past us they started
to run. Then we got over the fence
and followed them up the road,
thinking we were being surrounded
and caught in trap. We had not
gone far before We met them, and
the one nearest the fence Milton
Coleman) fired first, his shot hitting
Lon in the face and arm. Charley
fired at me, and at him second
later. His shot struck my arm, and
he fell to my bullet, but got Oh his
knee and fired again. Lon had shot
the other one before that, and when
both were down we turned and ran
The Court room was crowded with
spectators, who, rs the prisoner pro-
ceeded in his short narrative, pressed
closer and closer, and Us he finished,
there went up 4 howl, and he was
seized by dozen or more Infatuated
men who dragged him out doors and
To tree standing near, where he was
hanged without resistance.
The burglary of the Maxwell boys
of the II. Croix lumber company S
store ut South Saltwater is fresh in
the memory of our readers, as is
probably also the murder of the two
Coleman boys in July last. while in
pursuit of these bold outlaws. The
other brother. Lon Maxwell, is still at
large. with scarcely a prospect of his
escape from an equally merited ex-
piation of his crimes.
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II is in some degree refreshing to
read of the arrest of sore Of the bold
raiders whose exploits in stopping
railroad trains and compelling pas
sengers to yield up their money and
Iewelry before the muZZles of we'll
aimed revolvers. The following looks
as if justice, sometimes slow. is fin
ally pretty sure. a Kansas City dis
patch of Nov. 10 says: Sheriff Buckner
OF Bourbon county reports that he
has captured the notorious Dick
Little, one of the James gang of train
robbers, at the residence of his father,
thirty miles from Fort Scott. The
State offered SO, 900 and the railroads
$4,000 for the capture of Little. who
was in both the Glendale and Bluecat
train robberies, and, it is believed,
was the leader at Winston, where
three persons were killed. Officers
will leave Kansas City to identify
him.
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Good Thunder.

Mr.. Stewart has returned from
Omaha. OF course the depot was
scrubbed" the next morning.
Two of our young ladies, Miss
Glaucke and Miss Luedke have gone
to Minneapolis to spend the winter.
Mr.. Handy has gone into the north
ern part of the State for hunt, and
we expect that the Graham House
will soon be supplied with venison.
There is another Mann in town.
The Democrats of Lyra are rejoic.
ing over the election of Republican
Sheriff. We don't know why they
should feel so well, unless some of
them expect deputyship or a posi-
ton as jailor. We don't understand
it, but Mr. Monks will take notice.
Their votes did it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-25

y DOZEN OF fifteen years since, a
law was passed limiting extra SEES
sionS of the Minnesota legislature to
thirty days. 1t was found necessary
TO repeal that law at the recent Ses-
sion in order To obtain pay for the
eleven days they were i'll session over
the thirty. 1t is unnecessary TO add
that the old law was repealed with
extraordinary unanimity. If the
public interests demanded an extern
sion of the session to complete i'm
pOrtant public business, it is but
right that the members should have
their pay. Patriotism in these days
does not run in losing grooves.
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The statement having gained cur
rency that Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
was in Strengthened circumstances,
the following is furnished from
Springfield, in refutation Jacob
Bum of this city holds over $4,000
in government securities in trust for
Mrs. Lincoln, the interest on which
is 81 900 or $1,000 per year. While
in Europe her income was nearly
$4,000, but she expended it all each
year. Since her return here she has
saved $1,000, which has been in.
vested in government bonds in adj
dition to the 100000 remaining from
the original appropriation OF $4,000
by congress.
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4 Ty0 ceIep.'S SfOru.

After spending months at European and
American watering places and thousands of
dollars looking for health, l returned home
dishcartened and wretched. had consulted
the best physicians and travelled far and near
without benefit, and expected to die. A
friend urged trial OF Parkers Ginger Tonic.
Three bottles and careful diet have worked
wonders and brought me excellent health and
You may publish my experience for the ben
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CLYMER, N. Y. May 10, 1880

j. y. Allen, st. Paul:
have been travelling In Wisconsin. came
across your Iron Tonic Bitters. They did me
good. l thought would find them In Chica-
go. Are they kept In Buffalo, and what is the
best way to ship them What is the price per
dozen Z l will introduce them In Western New
York. A. q. BEACH, General Dealer.
CLYMER, N. Y, July End, 1881.
J. y. Allen, st. Paul:
You may send me six cases OF Iron Tonic
Bitters, They sell well with me. They
helped me the most of any medicine l ever
took, and that is the reason l can sell them 30
well. l know what they are.
A. G. BEACH.
For sale in Mankato by z. q. Collins & Co.,
Druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-25

THE season for water navigation
appears To he nearly closed. Many
vessels on our great lakes have III
ready been stripped and gone into
winter quarters. Others. afloat with
cargoes, are fastening TO their re-
spective ports of destination TO re-
:ieve the anXietieS Of insurers and
underwriters.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
- Earth -ss.-In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Mary Crane,
deceased.
The State of Minnesota and the Probate Court,
To all persons interested In the estate Of
Mary Crane, deceased,
Greeting Whereas, Daniel F. Crane, of the
county of Blue Earth, State Of Minnesota has
filed his petition i'm the Probate Court of the
county Of Blue Earth for letters Of admins
tration to issue to said petitioner, Daniel r.
Crane, upon the estate of Mary Crane, late
of said county. deceased;
Therefore you and each of you are cited
and required to appear at the Office Of the
Judge of Probate in the city OF Mankato, in
said county, ON Monday the 10th day of
December, 1881, at two O'Clock in the after
noon of that day, to show cause why letters of
administration upon said estate should not
issue to the said Daniel +. Crane as prayed
for in said petition
In testimony whereof have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
Court, this S2nd day of November, A. d. 1881.
(SealD G. w. MEAD,
Judge of Probate.
LORIN CRAY,
Attorney for petitioner.
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"Ihe Commodore"

JOS. l.. FoOte, the Commodore, Elgin, ILL.,.
says THOMAS ELECTRIC OH cured him of
sciatica with one application, thoroughly ap-
piled. 1t also cured him OF a severe cold and
cough. He thinks IL very valuable remedy,
and will never be without II. Sold by Collins
& Co., Druggists.
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Ne0riu a Miracle.

| l.. Asonith Hall, Binghamton, N. Y, writes
~ suffered for several months with u dull
pain through left lung and shoulders. l lost
| my spirits, appetite and color, and could with
difficulty keopup all day. My. mother pro-
cured some BURDOCK BLOOD BIrTERs; took
| them as directed. and have felt no pain since
| first week after using them, and am now
| quite we'll" Price 81 20, trial size 10 cents.
Sold by Collins IL Co., Druggists.