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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03
Publications Received.

The MALE VOICE CHOIR. "A collec.
ton Of original and selected gospel
songs. BY l.. o. Emerson. Price SO
cents. Published by Oliver Ditson &
Co., Boston.
The almost universal love for The
better class of so called gospel ,songs,
has caused o demand for this kind. oil
book. 1t is quite an encouraging fact
that there are enough men-singers In
love with sacred music to warrant this
outlay for publication. MI. Emerson
has arranged his book with his accus-
toned skill and taste. The m4sfu
flows smoothly; there are no rough
places for the voices to CRATE over; the
old standard hymns, as "There is a
Fountain" etc., are well-remembered,
and the brief arrangement of "Jerusa.
lem. my happy home," shows hew
beauty may be condensed without loss;
OF the gospel songs proper, as "Cross
and crown" "Cnristian, the morn
breaks" "The True Cross" etc., there
is no lack. An excellent feature lie,
that the highest part is not very high,
and always easily within reach Of an
ordinary tenor voice. With the low
price and the really good music, there
seems to be no reason why this should
not be very successful.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

The Coal PRopUcTIoN.-The census
Office has just published the report OF
special agent Pumpelly on the produc.
ton of bituminous coal In the United
States. 1t appears that the total
amout of bituminous coal mined in the
United States during the census year
1880 was AZ, APO $50 tons, of which to-
tal 29, 842 ,240 tons were produced In
the Appalachian coal fields. Allie
gheny county, Pennsylvania, furnished
over one.teuib, and the states OF Penn
~sylvania, Illinois and Ohio nearly
three.ieurth of the entire product.
The average price per ton at the
mine in 1880 was $1.22, while in 1870
II was $1.92, at a cost of SO cents. An
average of 431 SO. 100 tons was raised
per man, and 6.68 per cent. Of the
years working time, or about 20 days
per man, was lost in strikes. Mr..
Pumpelly says that sufficient informa-
ton was gathered to justify the as
sumption that tho exhausted fields
form but q small fraction of the total
available coal land. Attention is cal
led to the fact that although the value
OF the product has fallen, wages have
not correspondiDgly decreased, and the
totals prove a slight gain of nearly a
third Of million dollars annually In
favor Of labor.
The anthracite product was $780,
$40 tons, nearly all furnished by the
state of Pennsylvania, making the total
coal product of this country for the cen.
sus year 7l,067, 576 tons. England
produced 146 ,818, 1872 tons In the same
year.
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o BITUARY.

Mrs. +. M. Strong, whose death we
announced the 10Th inst, was the oldest
daughter of James Clark and Emily
| Blanchard, of Danville, VT. Her grand
father. James Clark, was from Ayr,
Scotland, (the home of Burns). Her
grandfather, Thomas Blanchard, was
from Andover, Mass. In the year 1888,
when four years of age, her parents re-
moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. She wa
educated at Belle Grove Seminary, then
under the management of one of the
daughters of Rev. Lyman Beecher.
Three years after her marriage she re-
turned TO Vermont, and with the excep-
ton Of q few years in Brandon, she
resided In this city for the last thirty
years. She leaves a family consisting
of q husband and three children two
sons and q daughter to MOURN her loss.
The deceased was well knRwn aud loved
In this community. She possessed a
fine Intellect, with literary tastes which
even sickness could not quench, 81
eager was her desire for books, and
added to q fine physique and pleasing
personal appearance, great kindliness
Of heart and manners; Ii might be
truly saidl If her, Stree from all malice
and q patience by protracted sufierings.
But the gentleness and kindness never
forsook her, and she would entertain
her friends with her usual courtesy,
while an invalid confined to her bed,
and 80 cheerful that she impair ted
strength and courage to all about her.
For the pest ten years she has spent
her summers at the Strong cottage. al
the.mouth Of Otter Creek, In the hope
of improved health, and always extend
ed Q warm welcome to her friends
while thore. All was done the most
devoted tenderness Of kindred could
suggest to mitigate her sufierings, but
she meekly bowed to the summons OF
the Infinite One and passed quietly
were held at st. Paul's church, of
which she thAd long been . member,
on Saturday last, Rev. q. J. ketchnm
officiating, and she was laid 10 rest in
the new cemetery .-lvemonter
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Colonel Ingersoll at the Grave OF ,
Child.

The child son of George .. aud Mrs.
Miller, of Washington, was buried In
tho Congregational cemetery In that
city. recently. Colonel IngersoII at.
tended by request, and as a friend
of the family. AT the grave, at
tho request OF Mrs. Miller, the
famous orator made u brief ad-
dress. standing uncovered IN the rain,
saying;
My Friends-I know how vain IL is
to gild a grief with words, and yet /
wish to take from every grave its fear.
Here in this world, where life and
death are equal kings, oil should be
brave enough to me { what all the dead
have met. The future has been filed
with fear, strained and polluted by
tho heartless past. From the womb
rous tree of life the buds and blossoms
fall with ripened fruit, and In the
common bed of earth, patriarch and
babes sleep side by side. Why should
we fear that which will come to all
that is? We can not tell. We do not
know which Is the greatest blessing,
life or death. We can not say thst
death is not good. We do not know
whether the grave is the end of this
life or the door of another, OF whether
the night here Is no somewhere else
u dawn. Neither can We tell which IL
the more fortunate-th child dying In
its mothers arms before. its lips have
learned to form q word, or he who
journeys the whole length of life's un-
even road, painfully taking the last
slow steps with staff and crutch.
Every cradle asks us "whepce?" and
every coffin "whither?". The poor
barbarian weeping above his dead
can answer the questions as intelli-
gently and satisfactorily as the robed
priest of the most authentic creed.
The fearful Ignorance of one is lust rs
consoling as the learned and unmean-
ing words of the other. No man
standing where the horizon of a life
has touched a grave has any right to
prophecy q future filled with pain and
tears. II may be that death gives all
there Is of worth to life. If those
who press and strain against our
hearts could never die, perhaps that
love would wither from earth. Maybe
a common faith treads from out the
paths between our hearts the weeds
of s%elfishness and hate, and / should
rather live and love where death is
king than have eternal life where love
is not. Another life is naught unless
we know and love again the ones who
love us here. They who stand with
breaking hearts around this little
grave need have no fear. The large
and noble faith in all. that is and is
to be, tells us that death wen at its
worse is only perfect rest. w know
that thro' the common wants of life
the needs and duties of each hour
their grief will lessen day by day,
until at last the grave will be to them
a place of rest aud ~peace-almost or
10y. TLe,e is for them this coaso
alton: The dead do not suffer. II
they live again, their lives will be
surely as good as ours. We have no
fear; we are all children of the same
mother, and the same fate awaits Us
all. We too have our religion aud II
Is this; Help for the living, hope for
the dead.
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M N.



rexalutjon u ~ seo ~ WI make lts fifteenth annual
inr' a. s' sIws spse fo ,ne present management, shin.
araeliogs' can NJ VI, Dig and little, mean and
and i,emocpn,sc anu unhappy, Republican
GENT ana nh,,, uep,svea and yirtuous, inteIii-
rnanttnd .n vdy'use. LIE BUNS light is for
genial warmth Is for the good, while n no,r Du,aes
persisteDfiv sicte de clustering backs OF the
The Sun Of 1865 was a pevsn.n.r
Of he snpeIananyy W. wo ,re %rms, and q multitude
journalism. ~ wv,us anu phrases OF ancient
succinct unconventional way ali the nevs ~ ~,
Worlo, omitting no event ofhuman Ipteres, ~
cvnmenting upon hnairs with the fear Iessrs n1
spsolute independence. The success ~ ,h'osoi
Cd n perm.nent heocess oiTHE SUN. II afecf.
evan pers rvnsnse IN the style Of American
force OF THR suN's s1ar and Dettered BY the
THE SIN ~ 80 rnampie.
truthteliipr. and inwsenraOs the same Ont spoken.
nv \ ,iher = ln.erestng newspaper. '
prosperitv ar !, ! ~ .ne means which an abundant
ever befnye es VIC small make IL better than
!.
readable shape, and measnr, puuing itinto
not by the traditional Ysrdsucet but %n l
inIeIeet 70 me people. Distance. from pri ,eal
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03
Sheep Cuts.-A Correction.

To several sheep breeders who have
spoken to us in regard to procuring
electrotype plates Of sheep the editor Of
this paper has expressed an opinion un.
favorable to the work Off. l.. Web.
ster, of Shoreham. This opinion wa
based upon plates from Mr.. Webster'i
drawing which have been used In ouI
printing Office. W. have recently seen
and used some of Mr.. Webster's later
work which Is q vast advance, and
equal, In our opinion, to that Of any
other artist patronized by the sheer
breeders of this section. Mr.. Webster
10 quite q young artist, but in his case
pi actice has tended 10 make perfect,
and he merits the patronage of all who
desire pictures Of their stock. VIZ
make this acknowledgement for the
purpose of correcting any wrong opin.
Ions we may have been instrumental In
spreading, and In justice to q local ar.
list, who shows In his work artistic skill
and psinstaking fidelity, and is there
fore worthy Of encouragement.
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Washington Notes.

A subcommittee of the House com.
mittee has decided to report ~unfavora-
bly, upon the Eads project for q ship
railway across the isthmus.
II Is though that the controversy
over the Chilean-P Peruvian correspon-
dence and claims against Peru will
lead to congressional investigation.
The president transmitted to the Sen.
ate Monday a report of the government
engineers regarding the construction
of a ship canal through the flats 10
New York harbor, with q view Of i'm
proving the New Jersey water fronts.
The estimated cost will be "a 10000.
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II A considerable number of papers
are making fools Of themselves BY
sc nseless criticisms upon ~ex-Secretary
Blaine for his course in relation to the
war between Chilli and Peru. 1t looks
as II there was an organized movement
to break down Mr.. Blaine, in order to
get him out of the way of q third term
for Gen. Grant, and some bull-headed
editors, one in Rutland for instance
are piping in without much idea OF
what they do 1t for. Mr. Blaine'a
course will vindicate itself within a few
years.
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CTArE OF

CTArE OF VERMONT,
. Addison District, %.
BE 1T REMEMBERKD, That alta session Of the Pro.
bate Court holden at Middlebury, within and for
said District, on the 18th day Of December, A. D.
le0.
whereas, N. Wilcox, administrator of the
estate of saliya Smith. late Of Orwell,
in said District, deceased, has this day
presented to SAID Court his petition In writing,
setting forth that il will BIO necessary to sell. q
part Of the real estate Of said deceased, for the
p payment Of the debts and charges Of administa.
ton and also that 1t will be beneficial for all par.
des interested therein to sell the whole Of the
real estate Of said deceased, and therein
making application to said court for license 10
make such sale.
It is ordered, that all persons interested in the
estate Of said deceased be notified to appear be-
fore said Court, at the Probate ONCE in Middle.
bury In said District, on the 9Th day of February,
A. b. 1852, at 10 O'Clock .. m. BY publication ofthis
order three weeks SUCCESSFULLY previous thereto,
In the Middlebury Register. . newspaper printed
ct Aiddlebury Aforesaid, to show cause, II any
they may have why said license should not be
s. JOHN C. sTAPLEToN. Register.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

az Parties are said to have made an
offer of q considerable some of money
for the body of Guiteau, for a public ex.
hibition, and the relatives are consider.
lag It. Such proposition Is almost too
horrible for belief,b but If there really are
parties who would travel about with
such a CHASTITY exhibition, popular dis
gust at the idea ought to bring them Ia
grief -and bankruptcy. The assassin
should be hidden beneath six foot oil
earth, 10 rest till the last trumpet shall
summon him to account for his villain.
Gus career.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

:, Worth has carried Qua . favorite fanoy
OF his in q combination Of brown and
green. The satin petticoat Of golden
brown Is quite plain, and has . low
draped Greek overskirt Of dark green
velvet, open. one aide to the belt, and
trimmed up these sides, hut mot on The
lower edges, with. gold bead passsmsni
terie. The pointed green velvet basque
has . pulled vest Of the brown satin.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03
OOMMIssIoNER,s NOTICE,

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
commissioners, to receive, examine, and ad.
lust all claims anddemandso fal persons against
me estate OF A. G. Parks late Of Orwell,
In said district, deceased, and ali claims
exhibited In Offset thereto. hereby give notice that
we Will meet for the purposes aforesaid. at the
house Of the late A.. q. Parks, OF Orwell, on
on the 2lst day Of February and the 2lst day
OF yane next, nom one O'Clock A.. M,
unui Jour O'Clock p. M, each OF said days,
and that ak months from the 18th day oil
January. A: ID. 1882. is the time limited by said
court for said creditors to present their claimi
tous ior examination and allowance.
Dated at Orwell, this 10th day of January,
AL. loof. ~ IS
GIDEON ABBEY, lc.-,-
4. III. iSomrs'
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CrArE OF VERMONT,

CTATE OF VERMONT, .
~ Addison District, %.
Be Il remembered, that at . session OF the Pro
bate Court holden at Middlebury. within and fol
said District on the 18th day Of January, AID
1889. =
Present, Hon. Lyman E. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, Thomas Sullivan, administrator Of
the estate Of Patrick Carney, late OF Middleburyj
in said District, deceased, has this day presented
to said Court HIS petiuon In writing. setting forth
that il will be beneficial for all partiee interested
therein to sell the whole Of the real estate Of said
deceased, and therein making application to said
court for license TO make. such sale. And said
assent in writing Of all the heirs residing in this
State Interested In said real estate.
1t IL ordered, that all persons interested In the
estate Of said deceased be notified 70 appear be
fore said court, at the Probate Once In Middle
bury In said District, on the 9Th day Of February.
4. b. 1882, by publication OF this order three
weeks successfully previous thereto. In the Mid
dlebury, Register, q newspaper printed at Mid.
dlebury Aforesaid, to show cause. II any they may
have, why said license should not be granted.
1e JOHN G. STAPLETON, Register.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

The Philadslphis zsmss says : "Iovs
without . kim would BE- like .fhs harp
without The hsnd the Rainbow. without
its hue. tho brook without ~ bebbis,
the Landscape vithors IL color. the r.
rose without its oder, poeszy without
it, rhythm, or marriage without
love-" The Tinss might have continued
its companions, and likened love with.
out q kiss to . hand-organ without IL
crank, an egg without salt, . cod6Ah
without favor, p socisty young mnn
without money, . boil without its poul-
tice, an oyster without its health, . Oh.
Gus without . clo~wn.-butthey wonldh,t
have sounded 70 poetical.-Norrissoigh
Herald. - a@ar-dA
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

Few houses, In any line of business,
have extended their trade all over the
entire country as have D. NJ. Ferry &
Co., the celebrated seedmen, of Do
troit, Mich. They furnish employ
ment to about 1000 persons, and keep
90 commercial travellers on the road,
looking after interests. They grow on
their own seed farms q very large
proportion of the seeds they sell,
which IL probably one Of the principal
reasons why their goods are held in
such high esteem all over the land.
We would advise all our readers seek.
log information regarding seeds to
send and procure O copy OF their new
anc beautiful seed annual for 1852.
W. would acknowledge the receipt
from them OF . generous package Of
seeds.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

ryThe Senate Is discussing Senator
Sherman's new Till to refund the ex'
tended fives and skies at three pei
cent The bill seems to be q needless
nj at the present time, but 1t is get
Ting amended to death.
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OF VERMONT,
Addiann n1afrfrf -

~ AuoAbon Dlstr1cts 81
In tho Probate Court holden at Middlebury.
within and for said District, on tho 18th day Of
January, A. ID. 1857.
Present: Hon. Lyman Z. Knapp. Judge.
estate of Ruey Rogers, late Of Orwell, in
said District, deceased, has this day presented TO
said court his petition in writing, setting forth
tnat 1t will DO necessaryto sell q part of the
real estate. OF said deceased, for the payment OF
the debts and charges OF administration; aud
also that II will be beneficial for all parties
Interested therein to sell the whole Of the real
estate Of said deceased, and therein making ap.
sale.
f. Is ordered. that all persons interested in the
estate OF said deceased be notified to appear be.
fore said Court, at the Probate ofice in Middle.
.. 1852. at 10 a. M, by publication OF this order
three weeks successfully previous thereto, In tho
Middlebury Register, q newspaper printed at Mid
dlebury Aforesaid, to show cause, If any they
may have why said license should notbe granted.
~ JOHN c. sTAPLETON, Register.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

rv The Free Press says there IL
"good authority" for the statement
that Hon. Edward s. Dana, Of New
Haven, Is not q candidate for the NOM
nation for Governor on the Republi.
can ticket. The party could do
deal worse than nominate and elect
Mr.. Dana, candidate or no candi-
date.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

ES-The New York legislature bias
been over a month trying to organize,
but cannot because.of the split in the
Democratic ranks. The people of the
tate pay the expenses. This kind Of
harmony is all right, and lovely, bui
perhaps the state will not try the ex.
pertinent of a Democratic Legislature
again very 0
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

E"At the convention of the Ameri'
can Agricultural Association at New
York, Wednesday. N. T. Sprague, Of
Brandon, was elected president of the
Association. The Brandon Pop gun
should now load up and scatter a few
lucid remarks concerning the diminu.
tive mental calibre and email impor.
lance of the American Agricultural
Association.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

PrrrsroRD, Mssr. Sept. 20, 1873.
SIRs. Il have taken Hop Bitters and
recommend them to others, as | found
them very beneficial. ssy
MRs. J, w. TULLER, Sec. ,Womau's
Christian Temperance Union. 49, r.
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RESCUED FROM DEATH.-William J,
Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass, saysl
"In the fall of 1876 1 was taken with
bleeding of the lungs, followed by .
severe cough. / lost my appetite and
flesh and was confined to my bed. In
1877 l was admitted TO the Hospital.
The doctors said l had a hole In m !
lung as big as a half dollar. AT ons
time a report was around that l was
dead. l gave up hope, but q friend
told me of DR.. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs. i got a bottle, when 10 my
surprise, 1 commenced to feel better
than for three years past.
81 write this hoping every one aflict-
ed with diseased lungs will take DR..
William Halls Balsam, and be coivin-
ced that consumption eau be cured. l
can positively say II has done more
good than all the other medicines 1
have taken since my sickness"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

To ali whom are suffering nom ths srrofs snd
Indiscrettops Of youth, norvous weaknesss eariy
t assay Vii iHs cure ri I yon, FEE as' Of "CaxkSs, iii
great remedy was discovered BY . tnissichaty IN
South America. send . self. addreseed enyciops
to the Rev. JOSEPH 7. imam. station =; New
York CITY. b8om
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS Special
inducements are offered you By the
Bnrli sgton Route. twill pay you TO
read their advertisements 10 be found
elsewhere In this Issue. S-40w
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03

We will send DR.. Dyes CslsbrAtsd Riectro.
voltaic Belts and other Electric Appliances O
trial for thirty days TO young men and oldeg Re1.
sons who are afiictsd with Nervous Debility,
Lost Vitality. ETC., ;~guarantseing speedy rms
and complete restoration OF ytgcr aad manhood.
Liver and Kidney sdinlcuIuss. .kuptufsss Ind
mnny othcr dfseases. mu1txsted pamphlet ~
tree. Address voltaic Delt Co., Marshalis Mich.
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ANSWER rurs.-Is there ..psf.eal iy,
Ing who ever saw . case of ague, Bit
iOusness, nervousness, or nenrebRths or
any disease Of the stomach, liver or
kidneys that Hop Bitters will mot cnref
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-03
SMALL ox In Vermont.

A dispatch from st. Adams to the
Boston Journal says: The report Of
the prevalence of smallpox In st. Al.
bans is greatly exaggerated, the
alleged outbreak of the disease being
simply a mild case of yarioloid, 1Sud
the patient, Mr.. Henry Rollo, has SO
far recovered that he may be consider
ed convalescent. The physicians In
town inform your correspondent that
there are no cases of smallpox In
town.. They report a large number
of persons as being vaccinated during
the past two weeks, and this precau.
ton, they saw, assures the general
public immunity from q smallpox
epidemic. Public apprehension is
easily aroused at the report Of the
existence of this dreaded disease IN
any section, and in this instance II is
due the travelling public, as well as
u own citizens, TO state that there IL
aot a smallpox case in st. Adams or
in this section of Vermont. The
smallpox cases in Holland are most
ly confined to q lumber camp In the
extreme northeastern corner Of Yer,
mont and near the Canadian line.
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DIED.

eTRONG.-In> vsrgsnnss, Jan. II, s6tsk \.
wife Of Mr.. =. y. Strong. Sgd u yeAso AAds
months. -.
OF Geo. O., and CleofA ", FlAnders,, aged III
months. Lynn. tAas.) tePsn please copy.