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Sheep HhearIng.

The fifth annual sheep shearing at v.
Rich's, Shoreham, occurred on Satur.
day, April 8. Mr.. Rich Is the origins.
tor of public shearings in Vermont
and how we'll he has builded was attes.
ted Saturday, by q gathering of more
than two hundred people and an exhi.
bition Of more than fifty sheep, thirty
three of which were shorn. Following
are few figures Of the best fieeces:
II. s. Brookins' stock ram Rip Van
Wrinkle, fourth fleece, 20 lbs, carcass
1923 lbs; V. Rich's stock ram, Banker,
sixth fleece, 2G lbs. 10 OF; A Rich's
two-year-Old eve, sire Banker, fleece
10 LIZ IDS, CurotsS- 90 H., agi MI
colts ram teg, sire Banker, fleece 10 /
lbs. carcass 100 lbs; K. G.. Farm
hams three-year-old ram Banker Jr.,
sire Banker, fleece "a 1-2 lbs., carcass
100 1-2 lbs. II. Stickney & Sons two
year-old eve, fleece IS 3-4 lbs, carcass
"A "a lbs, Is. 8. Fields three year old
eve, fleece Is lbs, carcass SO 1-2; G.
A. Cuttings eve teg, sire Banker,
fleece l5 l-2 lbs, carcass "a 1-2 lbs; G.
A. Cuttings ram teg, sire Rip Van
Wrinkle, fleece Is lbs, carcass 81 IL
lbs; b. IL l.. II Tottingham's ram teg,
sire Banker, fleece Is rs lbs, b. Il l..
II. Nottingham, eve teg, SIRE Banker,
fleece 10 l-2 lbs, carcass 81 lbs. Bissell
q Forbes. ram teg, sire Banker, fleece
l6 1-2 lbs. carcass, 76 1-2 lbs; Ashley
Wolcott's eve teg, sire Rip Van Win
kle, fleece 16 1-2 lbs, carcass 20 lbs
b. Il T. l.. Douglas, eve teg, fleece IA
Ia lbs, carcass CO lbs. There were
other sheep shorn which crowded well
mp to the heaviest feeces. Among
those present with sheep which were
not shorn were Captain G. e. Abel, Of
Orwell, with two promising tegs; K,
Barnum's stock ram, and j. Q. Cas-.
we'll Il Son had some choice tegs.
Mr.. Rica is confident that had II moi
been for the sickness OF Banker during
last fall when he came near dying, he
would have sheared as much as he ever
did, his heaviest being 81 IA lbs,
Had there been shearers enough pres.
en- all OF the sheep would have been
SHARED. IN
Favorable mention should be made
of the fine sheep ofM. p. Cook, l.. p,
Barnes, Il. A. Baldwin and II. Q,
Brown, of Whiting, which were shorn,
though the weight Of heeces and car
casses were not procured. A large
number Of the sheep breeders Of Yer.
mont and several from Ohio, were
present &C the sheariHg. A snmptuoua
dinner was provided for the large
nnmber ON the picnic plaE.--[Herald
4 Globe.
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Neglected New York.

We read of New York by gas light,
New York by star light, but we now
hear of lower life In the great Babel
by the light of huge stoves. The city
is threatened with epidemics. Cases Of
tyPhns fever are being reported by the
public physicians. Fifty-five new
cases were reported the 9th instant.
On being Intercepted, DIR. j. B. Tay.
lor, of the health department says: A
few weeks ago we were sent for to
visit man sick at the Shiloh Lodging
House at Prince and Marion streets.
Here were found some cases of genu.
inc typhus, and it was then discovered
that these hospital cases were the
same, and had originated In the same
lodging house, This was an old negro
church which had been turned into a
ten cent lodging house. The pewe
were retained for beds, and over them
hammocks were slnDg attached to
poles, 30 that tho men slept In tiers.
The house contained six or seven hum
dred. No bed clothing was provided,
but the building Twas heated by huge
stoves. The temperature was some
times up to ninety degrees. As In
snont oiu uuiiuiuBs, tnero were prdctl-
cally no means of ventilation. Every
thing was tightly closed, that the lodg.
ers might keep warm.
"The men were the filthiest and
most dissolute class Imaginable.
There was no change of air. TO this
or other similar lodging houses nearly
every case of typhus fever has been
traced. This was probably the start
ing point In this city; the disease can
though 1t may have been bf6tigf "
tramp from Camden or Philadelphia,
where there had been cases. Typhus
fever is somewhat similar TO typhoid
fever, but more violent. II comes on
suddenly, delirium occurring almost at
once. There are no diarrhesl distur-
Dances, but the temperature Is very
high. A fine eruption OF little red
spots looking like flea bites comes out
all over the body. II runs its course In
about fourteen days. 1t is the same as
ship fever aud starvation fever, except
that ship fever Is usually fatal, while
patients sick with starvation fever
generally recover with proper care.
Contrary to general belief, the mortal
ity among the cases of typhus fever has
been very light, being not over ten per
cent. There have been few cases In the
city before, since the great epidemic
about eighteen years ago. ' %
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TRAGEDY AT WEsTPoRr.
Boyle, the eighteen-year-old daughter
Of Nicholas Boyle, farmer living
about three miles from Westport. NJ
T., disappeared from her home on the
the missing girl and the neigh5ors in-
rounding country, hunted for days to.
gether through woods and rsvines,
dragging every creek and pond for
miles about, and in fact did everything
In their power to obtain some clue 10
her whereabouts. The search, how
ever. was fruitless until Friday morn
ing of last week, when her remains
were accidentally discovered in an old
school house building at settlement
called Kingdomtown, a suburb of Eliz-
abethtown. News of this discovery
quickly spread In the vicinity, and a
large number of excited people were
soon upon the scene. A brief exami.
nation showed finger marks- upon the
neck. A large portion of the face had
been eaten away by the rate that iniest
the building.
The Inquest was begun at Elizabeth
WWhS w ontutuoyt onu oitoi cousiucT-
able testimony had been taken, was
adjourned to await the analysis to be
made Of the dead girls stomach by Al
bany chemists. The post morton re-
vealed that the deceased was encienfe,
but failed TO reveal any evidence Of
violence, and the belief IL now becom-
Ing general that while Nancy Boyle
undoubtedly died IN unnatural death,
II was case Of suicide instead of MUIR
der. Should poison be found In the
stomach this belief will be greatly
strengthened. Tho rumor that per-
s0n In MinevilIe IL or was under sus-
piciop proves to be unfounded. II
probably grew our OF the fact that the
deceased last resided In that place,
where she worked for Mrs. Glassor.
A few days before January 29, Nancy
wrote 10 her parents stating that the
work was too hard for her, and that
she was anxious 10 have her sister
Maggie act as her substitute for q short
time. When this letter reached Mr..
Boyle he started At once for Mineyille,
but the girl had already disappeared.
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Communication.
Mr.. EDITOR:

Mr. EDITOR:
The sample of sorghum syrup which
vas left by me upon Your table a short
time since, and was noticed in the
the last Register, and produc.
ed from an article, In o manner,
which may interest your readers, or
more particularly those OF them that
were present at the AddisonG County Ag-
ricultural meeting, and lIstened to the
able remarks of Prof. Collier upon the
sugar question, and examined the sam
pie be exhibited, also sample of Am.
Der cane raised and shown by L L
Wright, which he kindly gave me at
the close of the meeting. did not &C.
cept the Gift with the intention of man.
ufacturing sweet from it, but merely to
show my friends and neighbors sam
pie OF sorghum from which sugar might
be made. My little son, lad of eleven
years, learning this was the cane from
which sugar was obtained, set himself
at work to obtain some from IL. The
stalks were old, frozen and dried, bnt
they still seemed to contain sweet. The
Old clothes wringer was hunted mp and
Drought into action, but. the rollers
were too flexible and yielded too much
to the hard substance. His grand
mother proposed the juice be extracted
by infusion; accordingly 1t was cut fine
and placed in water over the fire. After
sumclent steeping the stalks were TAX
en- out, pressed and fed to the COWS,
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STAT, . 0g S aIn,v In chaneery. 9
George z; Chapman vs.. Prosper Elitharp ct al.
olson county and state Of Vermont has nIed his
petition In said Court against Prosper Elitharp.
Bsrrows. Of Bridpcrt in said Add,son am" Ionnas
Harlan +. Elithsrp Of Yergennes in said Add son
County, Almon H.. Etitharp OF Brush Creek in
Eli iss vi II eTs s . Ssesgs W. Yo nGSs
q. Barrows Of Buffalo an the state OF New YORK,
setting forth that The said Prosper The 1stL day
q oStSSss A. D. We ssec aa !, E, e., said sose
sontain,nE one hundred ana INV SIX sc rs sf,a
ted In said town q iirldport with condition for
certain note therein described. - =
premises 70 said George W. BarroSs. su5se
ises TO one Tamos. and said Isacs assigned his his
interest in said mortgage 10 said Hiram W.,
and said Hiram W, asslbned his interest
rows, AiInon z. Barrows. and Nancy G. Eiitharp.
The Said Nancy q. 70 now deceased leaving the
following named children. viz tho said Harlan r.
Subsequently said Prosper again mortsaeed said Aid
prosper mortgagsd said premises to said RUFUS nus
IorecIosed Of their equity Of redemption Ia said
premises; Said defendsnts Almen 4, Elitharp,
George w. Barrows and Aimon z. Barrows re-
not Be served upon them. Il Is ordered that they
be summoned to appear and answer the foregoing
petition on ihe first gay q ths next stated term
June. A. D, ISL, BY the publication OF the sub
stance of said petition. together with this order. in
nc Middisbury Register. published in said Mid
which publications 10, be at least twenty days'
previous TO said term OF said Court.
Dated Q! Middlehnry Aforesaid. this 10th day OF
1 4 ~ RUFUS WAINWRIGHT. Cierk. ~
l.. ID. ELDREDGE, Solicitor for Petitioner.
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Last SATURDAY. afferdoon ihe eneineer

i Last Saturday afterdoon the engineer
of the train from Brunswick to Lewis.
ton, Me-, saw young lady aud gent e.
man standing OH the Topsham bridge
just as his engine was running upon It.
He put on the brakes, but 1t was too
late to stop the train. The man grasped
the women's waist with one arm and q
bridge post with the other, and, resting
one foot on stringer, swung himself
and his companion beyond the bridge
and out of the way of the locomotive.
The train rushed past, but the mans
nerve and strength did not fail him,
and he regained the bridge with the
woman In his arms.
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A Capital Substitute.

Once man searched through what
10 now the state Of Florida to find a
fountain he had heard was there,
which was able to make an old person
young again. He failed. We can't be
boys or girls again. Age and infirmity
are sure to come, but God did not orr
dain sickness. That Is our fault.
There is no fountain of youth, but
there Is fountain of "Favorite Rem
edy." 1t comes from nature-from the
fields and flowers, and like them lie
very good. Try it for all complaints
of women, blood troubles, and pains
and aches every where. Ii you can't
get IL at the store, send one dollar for q
bottle to the doctor at Rondout, N. Y.
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ENJOY LIFE.-We live In a beautiful
world, and temperate enjoyment OF
LIES blessings is both reasonable and
right; but TO do this we must have
health. Dyspepsia and liver complaint
Is the direct cause of seventy-6ve ped
cent. of such diseases as biliousness, inI
digestion, sick-headache, costivenessl
nervous prostraton, palpitation Of lh}
heart, and many other distressing
symptoms. Bakers Mandrake Bitters
taken according TO directions, will +,
move the cause and cure the diseas(
Only 20 cents per bottle. \
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Aihhlehurq Rrglster
FRIDAY. APRIL 20, 1881.


Justice has feet of lead, but hands OF
iron, VIC are told by ancient phlloso-
pliers. Illustrations of the truth Of
this maxim are not wanting In our
own day. - The whirliSk of time, or,
It may be, retributive Justice, was i'm
pressively elucidated in the history Of a
prominent public. man and politician,
who died not long since. We borrow
the incident from the pen of one whose
nom de plume has become noted one
In the world of newspaper literature,
viz, "The Hermit Of New York."
OF some of the incidents we have q
personal knowledge. Among the firms
that have recently failed in New York,
is that of Berrian Il Co., who, few
years ago appeared 80 prominently in
the fraudulent complications of the
ring. "This allusion recalls the fact
that when was Pearl street clerk
the Berrians were almost opposite. A
prominent feature in the concern was
tall, fine looking young man, whose
business faculty swoke general admira'
ton. How little could any one at thai
time imagine the destiny which this
person was to fulfill Could any pro.
phet have then foretold that he would
reach the highest point in municipal
control, and then die in Ludlow street
Jail? Such, however, proved to be the
case, and 1, who beheld the active and
ambitious salesman in his days of COM
parative innocence, afterward beheld
him when convict in the penitentary.
Truth is stranger than fiction
Another peculiar feature In Tweed'i
penalty, was the fact that he built the
prison in which he died. The Ludlow
street Jail was erected while he was q
member of the board of aldermen, and
he manipulated the job. 1t was one Of
bis first attempts at peculation and was
highly successful. AS matter Of
pride his name was inscribed on the
marble tablet in the hall, aud twenty
years afterwarl, as he entered the pris.
on in chsrge of the police, he could
read the inscription. How little did
he dream when he built that prison,
that 1t was to be his last earthly
abodep
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Drowning Accident At Take puumore.

Drowning Accident at Lake Dunmore.
We take the following particulars Of
Globe:
Oscar Kelsey aud young man by
name Of Pratt, both Of Salisbury, met
with sad accident, Saturday afternoon,
on Lake Dunmore. They had been at
work on the east side of the lake, on
the wood job Of Newton & Thompson,
and were on their way home to Sails
bury village when the accident occurred.
They had inquired of Loyal Kelsey
about The condition of the ice and were
advised by him 10 go around by land,
as he considered the ice unsafe. The
distance being much shorter, however,
across the lake, they ventured to try
that course, which resulted fatally in
the case of Kelsey and nearly so I'm the
case of his companion. They had pro-
ceeded successfully as far as the middle
OF the lake, to point O short distance
south of the island, when the Ice gave
way and let them In. After struggling
for some time In the water, Pratt sue
ceeded In getting ont on piece of ice
| strong enough to bear his weight.
Their condition was either seen by
those on the shore or else they attracted
attention by their cries for help, for In
q short time two Rickert boys came to
the rescue from the east shore, and
Charles Hewitt and Rocky Bush from
the west. The Rickerts reached the
scene of the disaster by taking four
poles and laying one down afterlanother
When they came near Kelsey he was
alive and able TO drag himself up over
the end of the pole which was extended
to him, but he was 30 chilled that he
conld not hold his head out of the wa.
ter. The young men who came to sue.
cor him could not get sufficiently near
to pull him out, but called 10 him Ia
turn over on his back or his side 30 that
his face would be out of water, where.
upon he raised himself enough to tell
them that he hadn't enough strength
to do 1t. In this dreadful plight the
unfortunate man was strangled and
chilled to death, and when a boat arriv-
ed from the other side he was beyond
resuscitation. The two men must have
been in tho water nearly two hours be-
fore they could be rescued. Pratt was
SO completely chilled that 1t was with
difficulty that he was kept alive, but
with vigorous rubbing and the appli-
cation OF hot wraps he was al length
restored. Kelsey's chest was consider
ably bruised by his vain endeavor to
get ont upon the ice, which kept break.
ing before him until his strength was
exhausted. He leaves q wife and three
small children. This is said to be only
the fourth instance of drowning known
to have occurred in Lake Dunmore.
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cTArE on yERMoNT, III 49, D
- District % Addison. -. IA -
and a SGs ss SS es "a 4 &, s Nv z s
Il: r. Russell alminlsirator o. me estate OF WIN.
p. Russell. late Of Midilebury, in said Dist
riot deceased has this day to said Court
his petition In writing, setting forth that II will
be necessary 10 self all Of the real estate Of
said rdeceased representing that said sale h
necessaryfor the payment Of the debts OF
said deceased, and All the heirs residing in this
Whereupon, II Is ordered by said court that said
application be referred to session of this Court
TO be held at the probate Office at Middlebury.
on the 18Th day OF May. A. y. 1881, at Il
O'Clock q. M, for hearing and decision thereon
pc given to all persons interested by pubIica
ton OF the same three weeks snccessiveiy
In the Niddlebury Register, newspaper pub
lished AZ Middlebury, previous 70 said time ap
pointed ~ bearing. that they may appear at SAID
time and II they see cause, object thereto
BY the court-Atfest ll7iI ~ q
800 LYMAN e. KNAPP, Judge.
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Opinion Of an Eminent Conductor.

G0tthold Carlberg, the celebrated
conductor, writes: .E So
MENDELssHON PIANO Co., New York:
GENTLEMEN.-I had the pleasure of
trying several of your upright pianos,
and must pay you sincere compile
ment for the power of tone and excel
lent quality of touch in your instru-
ments. No less delighted was with
one of your grand pianos, which l con-
slider fully entitled 10 take its rank
among the very best in the country,
and hope they will be played in concert
halls frequently. I wish you all the
success you so fully deserve, and re-
main, Yours very truly,
GoTTHOLD Carl BERG.
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Itching Piles. Symptoms and Cure.

The symptoms are moisture, like per
spiration, intense itching, increased by
scratching, very distressing, particular
ly at night, as if pin worms were crawl
ing In and about the rectum; the ,pri-
yate parts are sometimes affected; if
allowed to continue very serious results
may follow. CDR. Swayne's All-Heal-
ing Ointment" is pleasant sure cure.
Also for letter, Itch, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Erysipelas, BARRIERS Itch,
Blotches, all Scaly, Crasty, Cutaneous
Eruptions. Price 80 cts. 3 boxes for
$l.25. Sent by mail to any address
on receipt Of price in currency, or three
cent postage stamps. Prepared only
by DIR. Swayne & Son, $50 North Sixth
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, to whom
letters should be addressed. Sold by
all prominent druggists. Ally
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HNfourselyes by making money when A
Hrpgolicn chance is offered. thereby III,
Ways keeping poverty IRON your door
xhose who always take advantage Of
the good chances for making money that
Are Pred, generally become wealthy, while
snoselo do not improve such chances remain
Ply. We want many men. women. boys
1Hu q y work Tor us right IN their owa loca-
ordin ~ Ages. o. We furni 81 an s.r~.si.s mi
ht and thai you need. nee. No one vSo ~
tsgest 70 make 70 make money very rapidly
iou cUeyote your whole time 70 the work. 8
only yspare moments. I Full informs Ion an <
ALMA Sseded sent Tree. Apdress sIINso 4
aoor riand' MASS. my
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GENERAL NOTES.

Mrs. James Boyd was frightened 10
death at Baltimore, Friday night. by The
attempt Of a drunken man 10 forcibIy
enter the house. Hft
Owing TO the present litigation the
Western Union telegraph compauy's
dividen ,ddeclared payable April Is, has
been postponed.
A raft containing GOO 900 feet of lum-
Der was broken up and carried away
by moving ice at Davenport, Iowa.
Much other damage was done there by
the flood.
The New York Graphic says 1t Is un-
derstood In anthracite coal circles that
an agreement has been reached by the
various companies to advance prices on
the 25th. 'fsn lnH
The imports of foreign merchandise
into New York last week were S6, $685.
600; the exports of produce, 81, les, 900.
The imports of gold (custem house off,
cial repor), $500, 900. The exports
Of silver, $344 900. ai''
j. 8. Phillips, q herder at San Anto-
MO, has been arrested for the murder
of Mrs. Simons, her child and Mrs.
Il D.
PHILIPPE was employed by Mr.. Simons
on his sheep rancho. I.
Alarming floods are reported at Fon-
du Lac, Wis. The entire western por-
ton Of the city is under water. Rail-
road tracks and lumber yards are food
ed. Several washouts have occurred,
In some localities the streets are being
navigated with boats.
Foreign-born citizens of Rhode Is
land are making an effort to have the
state constitution altered to give them
the same rights of suffrage accorded
citizens In all other states in the Union.
A petition of foreign-born. citizens for
a constitutional convention was consid-
cred In the house Friday. " s"9f i.i 2
The election for sachems of Tammany
in New York last Tuesday night was the
most exciting for many years. There
were three tickets in the field Kelly,
opposition and split. Tho Kelly ticket
waslsuccessful by majority Of 80.
I A number Of drunken negroes quar-
relied Is miles from Plaquemine, La,
the other day. One, named Wall, pro-
cured shot gun, went to the bank OF
a bayou and fired at q man In q boat
containing eight colored men, killing
two and wounding four, but missing
the man he intended to shoot. Wall
"o.' f'
There will be no "coilege student wait
ers" in the summer resort hotels this
year; The proprietors Of the various
amnioved have ma MIN ousiv decided n
engage them NO more nr;ncinajiv m
lie ground that thew fsil n Give salts
faction haino d;snnsi,6ed far their
dnt;es Nv The sedentarv and stud;ons
habits az college life
=.
~ - chargeu tnas y - almost impos-
sloie IoI an oolgs.ion against tne gov
ornmeh. ~ De suuiteu anu pau ny tne
ProPer 1mcer wItnout some one prefer
tug claln VI sn.erlnG proIest OF nj
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its virtues are unqueshonable and Its curative.
se.er absolute. as the writer can personally
s.ur DOM nom experience and observation
haas anu smother Of the country. Il Is probabl
s mas rsmcers ere sniisted with DEAFNESS. and q
~ sueh y may oe seid, Write at once TO Haylock
Sos oey street. New York. enclosing 81. and
ySu viii tecelve by return q remedy that viii en-
c cDss yoa g hear Ike ANYBODY else aud whose.
a. res,s, eHsem VAN oe permanent ron viii new
Mercantile Review. sept. Is. iss0 -" 'e>
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Given up BY the doctors.

"Is 1t possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by so simple a
remedy2"
81 assure you II is true thai he is en-
Bitters, and only teh'uaysh agL INT Hon
tors gave him up and said he must
diei"
"Well-a-dayl That is remarkable 1
/ will 60 this day and get some for my
poor George know hops are good"
-[Salem Post.