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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
RIPTON.

w. w. Billings is putting up a
house. Wonder if it means anything
serious.
The countenances of our farmers
have wonderfully altered since the rain
put in an appearance.
C. w. Farmer is the happy recipi-
ent of $3.50 pension for injuries recei-
we'd in the war. Our local claim agent
saw him though.
-Four funerals in the space of five
days is very uncommon occurrence
we think, in as small population as
ours, with no epidemic raging.
1t is rnmOred that the proprietors
of tho forge propose to reduce tho prino
OF coal one cent per bushel, which
makes our GOLFERS look rather blue, as
well as black. Hope that the story is
unfounded.
Sylvester Murray, in trying to drive
q cow while on horseback, came to
grief by being thrown and his horse
rolling over him and giving him several
severe Commissions, but is in no wise
disheartened, and will try again. ~
SGAnother of our old settlers, in the
person of the widow of the late Grin
Bailey, has gone the way of all the
earth. Though not born here she has
resided in town nearly all her life,
coming here at the tender age of two
or three years. OF her family no one
now survives, though two sisters still
live here. Her brother-in-law, Mr.. A.
Piper's, funeral was held the day of her
decease. Her age was abont "a
years. II
The Bristol Gazette publishes an
item to the effect that it is possible that
our post Office may change hands soon.
We apprehend that it is incorrest. AT
the time the present incumbent came
into office we had in our mind party
that would have suited us better, but
Mr.. Baker has proved himself to be
prompt, courteous and obligiDg, per.
forming his duties as we'll as could be
expected of man new TO the business
and l will say that this item is written
without his knowledge or the instiga
ton of his friends.
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Notices.

Cash paid for rye at the Star Mills.
"A large stock of trunks and bags
at Beckwith & Co.'s.
Ladies' hand sewed button boots
at Beckwith & Co.'S.
Ice cold Soda, Sarsaparilla, Ginger
Ale, at Mawson's, ACT.
Butter will be taken Friday and
Saturday by T. M. Chapman IL Co.
We will pay the highest cash price
for fowls and spring chickens.
GARLIcK e. LARoCK.
DIR. Barnes will be at the Addison
House, Friday, July 8, and Stevens
House, Vergennes, Saturday, July y.
GREAT REDUCTION IN MILLINERY
GOOps. FOR THE NEXT 80 DAYs.--l Will
sell nv entire stock of ladies', Misses,
and cbildrens' trimmed and untrimmed
hats, at strictly cost. Call and exam
inc them. T.. II. CLAY.
Grand excursion for all western
points will leave Middlebury Tuesday,
July 10, at three p. m. Express trains,
first-class accommodations and low
fare. Full particulars and tickets can
be obtained Of Geo. E. Marshall.
LosT.-On Tuesday PM, o pair of
double liens gold-framed spectacles.
Was lost while riding about the streets
of the village, on the Creek road from
Three Mile bridge to East Middlebury
and back. The finder will be gener-
ously rewarded by leaving them ut
Mrs. Linsley's.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERs.-I will re-
ceive the taxes on list of 1881, at II. W.
Brewster,s store, and give the discount
as per vote of town and School District
No. A. Time of discount: Sixty days
from time of notice on town tax; until
August, 1881, on school district. Spe-
ciai office days, Mondays and Satur-
days. All taxes made before the pre-.
sent year must be settled at once. All
persons keeping dogs that are not licen-
sed according to law must attend to
them at once.
NJ. A. MUNRoE, Collector.
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SCIENCE NOTES.


In six years trees of the Eucolyptu,
gfobuius, planted i'm Jamaica, have be-
come one foot Ia diameter and GO feet
In height.
A new remedy proposed for badness
is skin-grafting,t the skin for transplant
ing being bits of healthy scalp from the
heads of young people.
One of the many novelties of the
forthcoming exhibition of electricity at
Paris will be an electrical cooking
range, in which M. Salignac will cook
q great variety of meats by heat gener-
ated from the electric current.
| 1t has been affirmed by DIR. Arnott
that no wave of the ocean rises more
than 10 feet from the ordinary sea
level, which, with the 10 feet its sur
face afterwards descends, gives 20 feet
for the maximum height of the entire
wave.
Pliny states that the coffin of the an
cient Romans was generally of stone.
In some cases 1t was made of a certain
stone in Troas, which had, or was be-
lieved to have, the peculiar faculty of
destroying all the body, the teeth ex-
cepted, i'm 40 days. Hence the name
"sarcophagus," which literally means
fiesh-eater. This stone was probably a
species of limestone,
The old Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin
mentions the invention by resident of
that city of an electric fishing apparatus
that reduces the practice of angling to
the LATEST of all known occupations.
The baited hook lowered into the wa
ter, the rest of the business takes care
of itself. A bite starts an electric cur
rent, and bell informs the angler that
it Is time 10 look for the finny prey.
The invention is described as ingenious,
and il II can be manufactured eheaply
enough might possibly be serviceable
in fishing for the market.
Entomologists state that few insects
are known which have the power like
the gymnOtus, or electrical eel-of
giving slight electric shocks to those
who handle them. Kirby and Spence
describe one of these insects, the
guducius se,Yutus, known in the West
Indies as the "wheel bug" and state |
that 1t can communicate distinct |
shock 10 the person whose flesh il |
touches. or two instances of this power |
cited by Mr.. Yarrell, one is that of
Capt. Blakeney, r. N, who, on picking
up in South America a large hairy |
caterpillar felt a sensa-
ton in his arm similar to an electric |
shock of such force that he lost the use
of his arm for time, and his life was
even considered in danger by his ply
stefan.
Quite recently the curious fact has
been discovered by M. Van Tieghan
that many of the lower plants can live
and sometimes thrive very well when
they are developed in oil alone, and far
from all contact with the at
Unpurified oils are sown
with spores, and then, III slightly |
moist substance is immersed in the oil, |
it becomes covered with vegetation.
Among others, the common mould, |
Pendulum glaucum, develops in oil |
and fructifies very well in the midst of |
the liquid, but the introduction of a |
small quantity of water at first is nee
essary to cause the spores to terminate.
The termination of these plants is due |
to the oxygen dissolved in the oil, and |
they possess the property of forming |
water at the expense Of the elements OF |
the oil
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County News.
WEYBRIDGE.

--Haying is progressing, but the crop
is light.
Many of our people went to Bris.
toll on the 4th. They report a good
time.
The patent medicine-man left last
week. He succeeded well. People will
be fooled.
Rev. G.. G.. Curtis will speak before
the Temperance society at the w. NJ.
church next Sabbath at 4 1-2P. M. All
are invited.
Wouldn't 1t be best for our town
TO take the necessary steps toward
forming town insurance company at
an early day.
Presiding Elder Noe will hold quar-
terly meeting services at the nj. f.
church next Sabbath at 2 1-2 p. M.
Love feast at one O'Clock; Sabbath
school at ~ M. Quarterly conference
on Monday.
Mr.. j. s. Cole made his last trip
as mail carrier on Thursday of last
week. For seven years Mr.. Cole has
faithfully discharged his duty, not fail
ing in single instance to make the
regular trips. He has always been
prompt and honest in all business en-
trusted to his care, some of which has
been very important. Also very oblig-
ing and good natured In the smaller
matter of errands. During all this
time Mr.. Cole has built up quite large
business at his trade of boot and shoe
making at Middlebury, mostly in fine
work, In which he excels, taking or
ders and returning work on succeeding
trips. His customers are among thu
most fastidious gentlemen of that place
We understand that he Is to continue
this by making regular visits TO TAX,
orders. Further notice will be giyeI
when arrangements are made. His sue
cessor Is Mr.. G. w. Sneden, who /
well qualified to I'LL the position. III
will run carriages for the accommods
ton of passengers and freight.
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SALISB URP.

The Lake Dunmore Hotel is now
open for visitors, and boarders are al
ready arriving.
We learn that K. ii. Thomas has
sold his colt for $3.50, to New York par
ties. He bids fair to become horse OF
fast record.
We understand that steam yacht
has been placed upon tho lake, and that
it carries persons to all points of inter.
est for twenty-five cents the round trip
Col. e. II. Hamilton buys butter
every Monday at his house. He in.
tends to pay the highest market price
and we should advise our townspeoplf
TO patronize a home market.
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VERGENNEy.

Saturday was fair business day
badly broken mp by the act of Guiteau.
Mr.. Harvey Willard, of st. Louis
Mo-, has returned TO his Western home
after brief but pleasant visit to bis
home and old friends here.
r.. s. Dill, Esq, connected with
the Daily and Weekly Herald of Lead.
vile, is in town with his wife, former
ly Miss Lynch of our place.
1t Is said that Principal III. ii. Ross
of Vergennes has been offered the prIn-
cipalship of Burr and Burton seminary
at Manchester, and of the Vermont
Episcopal Institute at Burlington, and
will take one of them.
-Vergennes sent large delegations 10
towns across the lake, Bristol, and else
where on Monday, which left our
streets quiet. Occasional evidences of
subdued fire-w orks were apparent in
the evening, but there was no revival
OF old-time cannon-fring and Chinese
cracker explosions.
superintendent Fairbank, with his
accustomed liberality ana thoughtful
ness for those in the state school, char
tered the Lily for the 4th, and all hands
had glorious ride through the lake to
Pittsburgh, and back to Port Henry,
reaching home at seasonable hour in
the evening. 1t was an excellent idea,
and well carried out.
r,o Ar
and fas,; h,, was c ,he py p,cnic
Ga,boI;o ' nh,r uy me , 'ne", n vi .ne
GomSnr, fI;,, T W. t nroa grJSe near
on;tn 'o etc., H. rn p.ooe ss, Was
dre len 81 S on 'no oI un4 p Scnool cnii-
~ rr,,;n,' .i I;,n" oonm p"p.i''e oooie'y
and Erana ,i.u h uso VIII III, ene an .e,
woi, aua - .aun ~. h nH oanu piayeu
o " III, anu ~; e ah ny , mnoie qul.e 4tn
W;obayS a -: pn. liz aao,ees, Wy ImneI =.
IN ;as ooro VI ns.oh, , was au4 si,,
o a. ~. 0Vnoep.i9" anu uu;iiVery, luiI Vi
His ohoroot anu ia,i of enthusiasm; ;n.s
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

Readers of Mr.. Scbuyler's "Peter the
Great" in Scribner, will remember the
order of that famous reformer requiring
Russian seamen to be clean-staven.
The present Gar, who seems to have
decided dislike for anything which
smacks of Western culture, has rescin-
ded this rule, and for the first time In
two hundred years, boards will be worn
by the sailors In the Russian navy.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
ADDISON.
Now the grasshopper hoppeth.

Now the grasshopper hoppeth.
"A new posi-ofiice at Norlonlown
is to be petioned for.
The beautiful rain has made far
mers smile once more.
Some of our Young folks took a
trip to " hitehall Oh the 4th.
Mrs. Charlotte Pond made her firsl
trip as mail-carrier, July /.
The Union church at West Addison,
where Methodist minister breaches,
is being repaired at a cost of 81 ,25O.
Ono of our farmers will probably
remove TO Boston and practice archi-
lecture, as it took him only three days
to raise barn.
C. W. Norton recently sheared a
Leicester eve and her two lambs, the
latter less than year old, and the
three gave AZ pounds of wool.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

TEACHERS AT ST. ALBANs.-The ses-
sion of the American Institute of In
struction opened at st. Adams Tues
day. Notwithstanding the damper cast
over everything by the shooting of Pres.
Garfield, considerable numbers of peo-
pie were on hand and the indications
are that there will be a full gathering.
Gov. Farnham has countermanded the
order of attendance given to his staff.
and will go without escort. The COM
mittee is endeavoring to secure some
distinguished speaker for Friday, who
will treat of the political aspects of the
day. Henry Ward Beecher declined
and an invitation has been sent TO
George William Curtis.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

DIR. Bullock's Nephreticum cures di-
abetes, sexual debility, changes the Sc
cretions, increases the appetite,
cleanses the blood, gives new fife. II
stimulates the liver, and as tonic and
stimulant for aged persons, 1t is with
out rival.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
LITERARY NOTES.

The forthcoming midsummer Num-
Der" of Scribner's will, it is said, con-
tain some of the finest samples of Amer
ioan wood engraving which have Svar
appeared. An article entitled "By the
Sea in Normandy" has been made the
occasion of presenting collection OF
pictures by such French and American
artists as Butin, Bastien Lepage, Feyen-
Perrin, Douglas Volk, and VIM. p. w.
Dana. The frontispiece of the number
is Butin's "Sailor's Wife," engraved
by Clossom. AS promised in former
number, Bastien Lepage's famous
First Communion" is given here, the
being. one of Coles master.
pieces. 1t is printed in the body of the
without any type on the
back.
Contents of Popular Science Monthly
for July. "The Races of Mankind" by
Z. b. Tylor, f. r. S. ILLUSTRATED. } ecu.
ropean Schools Of Forestry" by N. II.
Egleston. production of Sound by
Radiant Energy" by Alexander Ora.
ham Bell. illustrated.) "Physical
Education" by Felix l.. Oswald, NJ.
ID. Sleep. "The development OF polit.
ical Institutions" by Herbert Spen-
GER. Consultative Bodies. hOn
Fruits and Seeds" by Sir John Lob,
book, f. II. S. (illustrated.) "How to
Prevent Drowning" by Henry Mac
Cormac. "Reccnt Advance in the Law
Of Intellectual Property" by Benia.
min Vaughan Abbott. improvements
in Electric Lighting" BY w. ii.
Preece. Degeneration" byDr. An.
drew Wilson, (Iilustrated.) "The
Phenomena of DEATH" by Thomas d.
Spencer, M. ID. "Union of the Tele-
graph and Postal Service" by A. b.
Huet. "Sketch OF DIR. Charles T. Jack.
SON." with Portrait.) "Editors TIA.
Die" Literary Notices." "Popular
Miscellany" "Notes."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

The Peruvian Syrup has cured
thousands who were suffering from
Dyspepsia, Debility, Liver Complaint.
Boils, Hnmors, Female Complaints.
Pamphlets free to any address. Seth
W Fowle n Sons, Boston. 2l-1y
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A NEW DEPARTURE
The Weekly Springfield Republican.

Since Its foundation, nearly sixty years ago,
The Springfield Republican has always contribu
ted generously to the instruction and entertain
ment of its large rural constituency. To make
the paper still more valuable as guide and as
sistant to farmers and their families first class
agricultural department has been lately added to
the weekly edition. 1t regularly fills from four
to five Columns of space, and contains variety
of interesting NATTER mainly original articles by
skilled agricutursts, relating to lite the farm.
Among the regular contributors are DIR. George
b. Loring, United States Commissioner of Agrl-
culture; DR. II. Lewis Sturtevant, secretary Of
the Society for the Promotion ofAgricultural Sci.
ence; Major Henry K. Alvord; DIR. Paul A.
Chadbourne, ex-president of Williams college;
President Levi Stockbridge. Of the Amherst Ag-
ricultural college; James s. Grinncll, and other
special students. The other departments Of the
Weekly, news, editorial. literary, religious and
miscellaneous, are kept up to their recognized
high Standard and all of the best characteristics
Of the paper carefully preserved.
Hial subscriptions from July to the close Of
the year. so cents. Regular subscription. el50a
year; in clubs OF 10 or more, $l.25. Commission
W i"e al g. s..ts nen,yir .vpIcs free. Address.
THE REPUBLICAN. Springfield, Mass.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

Costiveness: The most effectual
way to overcome costive habit Is to
take a small dose of Bakers Man
drake Bitters before each meal, and fol.
low It for q week or ten days; the cure
will be mild, but sure.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
WHITIKG.

Rev. b. s. Taylor will preach in
the M. f. church, July 10Th, IL A. NJ,
at Whiting, and on the same day, 7.80
p. NJ, at Shoreham.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

AS liniment for horses Henry Il
Johnson's Arnica and Oil liniment Is
unequalled. 1t cures sprains, bruises
and lameness at once.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
LEICESTER.

w. C. Derby received the degree
OF doctor of medicine from tho Univer-
sity of Vermont, June ~.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

Durno's catarrah snuff cures all
affections of the mucous membrane, of
the head and throat.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

For cleansing the system of all NOR
bid matter and warding off diseases, no
medicine possesses such efficacy as
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

Good advice. We advise every
family to keep Downs Elixir always
on hand. 1t is the best remedy for
coughs and colds ever offered to the
public.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08

are specially Of the Troy Times. Daily special
commo dities-nour, grain, beef. hog products,
etc.,in New York. Chicago. Toledo and lother
docks for potatoes. No man Of business ssn al
ford to miss the daily market reports. II o. are
the barometer of trade, and often the secret OF
success in business.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
THE TROY TIMES

publishes every day more local and general news
stories, correspondence. markets, fashion articles
etc. than can be found In all the rest of the Troy
dailes combined. tits sent out every afternoon
in time to reach all sections In this vicinity on the
night of publication. Subscription, post paid,
$40 per annum, 80 for three months, or
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-08
10000

rom nearly 200 local reporters in all adjoining
owns and villages, and notes of travel, letters
roml the best writers of the day. including the
famous Hermit Of New York" "Makepeace" of
Nv. NJ. T." Of London, "S. D." of
Boston, "Felix" Of Albany, all add largely to the
general information of the Times readers, and
Keep them constantly informed of the doings OF
he day In all sections Of the world.
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Try 1t one month and see how much of necessity
you will find II thereafter. 1t will be perpetual
source Of information, and enlightenment for you
and for your children. The
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-08
Burial Customs in Alaska.

The dead bod y is laid on logs orsticks
OF timber raised couple of feet from
the ground, and then covered in with
other timbers and stones, giving the
whole structure somewhat the appear
ance of square pen or pile, with up
right posts or sticks at the angles. On
these funeral piles are placed one or
more mementoes of the departed, gem
orally some implement or weapon used
by the dead man or woman in lifetime:
in the case of a hunter, the weapon in
the use of which he excelled. Upon
one mausoleum | saw rifle, bidarka.
seine, spears, arrows, darts, etc., and
upon the bier of female was placed a
kantag, wooden bowl or dish used to
contain food. Such articles are relip-
lously devoted to this purpose, even
though they are all the property left bv
the deceased. A widow may be in want
and son without rifle or seine with
which to procure subsistence, but the
burial customs of the tribe must not be
neglected. These mementoes are never
disturbed by the superstitious natives,
but, left to bleach and rust through the
arctic season, gradually go to decay.
Inc wooden parts of the funeral pile
rot away. leaving the bones of the
dead exposed to view. | saw one such.
case. where the grinning skull looked
out between the cracks of his crumbling
prison, seeming to invite the raids Of
the bone sharp. But the bodies of the
dead are not always treated with con-
sideration. Sometimes they are rudely
thrown out upon the tundra and left to
be destroyed by the dogs or wolves. A
case of this kind occurred near one of
the stations here. An Indian woman
died in tent, and when the Indians
were ordered to take the body away
they threw it out upon the adjacent
tundra and left it as food for the birds
Of the air and beasts of the field. While
returning to the redout we could see off
in the bay. three or four miles away.
4 number of Indians their caiaks chasing
) beluga. They kept it up for hours,
their sharp, bone headed
spears into the huge fish every time he
at the surface, and finally |
killing him by sheer persistence and
multitude OF wounds.-Sass Francisco |
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Gus, leaning over MATHS prostrat. j.
How could l have let thar han ga q
It's so hard it may have killed NJ. si,p
all | know!" ni'n. to-
Some of the spectators had nor.
their way to the frightened cro vw mads
"It's the widow Dunn's lsdn
one. HE has tainted, bows NV w
some water! l wonder these hs m.s as
players have a whole head a~oa
A hatful of water brought poo, I'll
back to consciousness. Il tafes nay
deal OF baseball to kill bow, ana i , s.sa'
q broken finger will the widow n NJ!
yet bind up for her son. But M..s s sl
very limp and lame Just then. 1's 'eil
Bob" he whispered. as ha :.
and looked ut his friend, II rnss s Y
can't run away to-day. I want 49, = w
home. What was it about. Bab ~ =
ing "0ie 60
why, it was because we h.,
work so hard," replied that ;n;,.s y
youth, feeling rather foolish. vet s ,!;.1
comical twist of his upper III wa y, !
least. that was why I was goino :.
mad cause had to kill potato ~ 81
this morning. don't know WIN as'
were going, but ! b lieye it was c. -
1T makes your head ache 10 study =. ,S
your mother won't let you off, ANY
Matt put q hand to his throhb;,.
temples. II tell you what, nv hsss
aches lot more now than | ever MAJ ,sSs
it ache studying. 1t seems sort If foeI
ish to run away for that. I beIievs s'r !
won't CO."
mo more shall /, thenr' said Ri
emphatically. Father saws thss ~ !,
should think / was killed if he mads - :
work half as hard as / do over h. -
ball; and I guess he is right.n '''''
The boys had been walking toward,
home, and they now reached the fors t
in the road where their WAYS sen,.
rated. sspa'
Goodnight, old fellow,p said M,tt
limping cheerfully on towards the farm
where, among its other homely com
forts, were soothing ointments and tsn.
der care. = Wide-AWake.