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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02
The Power OF the Enemy.

At recent temperance mass-meet-
ing in Brooklyn, held in the Academy
OF Music, Henry Ward Beecher said:
Look at the power of the intrenched
enemy; 5000 magazines dispensing
ammunition against us in Brooklyn and
10000 in New York! Consider the
vast amount of capital in distilleries
and breweries. When Congress at
tempts to legislate on the subject as
matter of commerce it hesitates and
compromises. The very policy of the
city and the State is made to turn on
the decisions of grogshops. In many
of the wards no man dare run for an
Office without the permission of the
grogshops. A majority of the board of
aldermen in New York are actually
proprietors of liquor-shops. The right
to restrain is inherent in the govern
ment. You have no right to store
dynamite or powder in the city. You
Laughter 1t makes men sick. But
you can sell that which has worse eff
feet upon the community. Govern
ment interferes in other cases where
health is at stake. There is no doubt
of the fundamental principle on which
we should start. We have right to
say that if liquor is to be sold to supply
a so-called natural demand, it must not
be flared out upon the community to
invite persons in and cultivate de-
mand. There is a grog-shop to every
ninety persons in Brooklyn. Take ont
the women and children, and you have
a grog- shop to every thirty persons. In
behalf of labor and the poor | protest
against this great wrong. The sober
man is now ma,i' to pay for the jails,
poor-houses, and courts, and the waste
that comes from the licensed drinking.
houses. Honesty is departing in ouI
land; truth and justice are hardly
know on our streets; and what is to
blame so much as the demon alcohol
| must not leave snow on my sidewalk
or drive too fast in the park in short
| must obey the law; but the liquor
dealer can do as he pleases. Somebody
must obey the law, and so the mora
men are made to do it.
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yarIous Kinds of Drnnkards.

Some men seem 10 become drunk
suddenly, giving no previous indica-
ton by thickness of articulation or UNI
steadncss of gait; this being common
ly the case where mental excitement
from other causes-as a heated discus
sion-prevails at the time. The most
dreadful and astounding cases are az
forded by those unfortunate people
who are never sober. How they man.
age to survive so long as they do is
mystery. There are men who have
beenp erpetually under the influence
of liquor for twenty or thirty years.
OF course, the brain must have become
permanently injured, so that we may
infer that the drink these persons now
take has little or no real effect upon
them, and that their state would be
Just the same without it. Others, again,
are systematic and punctual drunkards
of regular habits, men who take their
quantum and are put to bed uncon-
sciouS every night, yet are capable of
attending to their daily business i'll the
most extraordinary manner. These, las
a rule, never exceed given amount by
81 much as a glass, and do not suffer so
much as intermittent drunkards- at
any rate not so soon, for the inevitable
consequence is only little longer de-
ferred. The writer knew an old doc
tor in Jamaica who used TO aver that the
climate was the finest in the world.
"Yellow fever, sir?" he would exclaim
-"not a bit of It'll A vulgar chimera
A malicious libel on us! The fact is,
it's the vicious irregular drinking hab-
its of the people that kills 'em. Look
at me! | drink bottle of brandy ev-
cry night, and have done so for thirty
years. | get tipsy seven times week /,
in an orderly and decent manner; and
I've never had yellow fever nor days
illness" And to all appearance he
was fine healthy man Of sixty.five or
seventy, with beard as white as snow.
Yet he was carried off suddenly by a
trifling indispostion incidental to the
climate; and it was found on examina-
ton of his papers after death that his
age was only fitty-two. 1t does not by
any means follow, either, that because
man is never intoxicated he may not
be drinking too much. Men employed
in the great breweries in London, es-
pecially the draymen, consume an
|
allowance which their employers give
them is very large one, but they rare
ly confine themselves to that; and the
draymen, in addition, get much gratui
tously from the customers to whom
they are always delivering the casks
so that ten or fourteen quarts is 10 eX'
ceptional consumption for one man
yet they are not drunkards, in the or.
binary sense of the term. The very
nature of their work necessitates the
employment of none but steady men
strength being also sine qua non
But if one of these men should break s
limb, or get confined to bed from any
other accident, he is almost sure to ge
delirium tremens; and a scalp wount
frequently kills him. Brewers mel
are notorious in hospitals as being the
worst cases for operation, being prone
to exhibit all the most dangerous com
plicatons which tetter the success o
surgical Inconsistencies JOuT
nal.
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Sheep Snfcrcsf.
SALES OF SHEEP
Recorded in the Register of the Vermont
Merino sheep Breeders' Association.

Recorded in the Register of the Vermont
Merino sheep Breeders Association.
10 Hamilton to J f Thomas, ram.
10 Hamilton to Balding Bros, ram.
10 Hamilton to Fellows Il Corners, l ram.
j Hamilton & Son to Smith, ram.
Hamilton u son TO nj Kelley, MeamOra
j o Hamilton to C Chapman & Son, / ram.
Rw sentry to c Collins, Wichita Falls, Tex.
G rams.
Il Lawrence to d p Herald, ram.
Lawrence to w Getchel ram.
Wing TO Geo Conn, Bridport, ewes.
y W Percy to Simeon Brownell, Cambridge,
j Ellis to W IL Green, Farhaveu, ram and
] eve.
Freeman A Foote to Shedrick, 10 ewes.
u ~ Twitchell to + A FoOte, 8 ewes.
J o Hamilton & Son to w 1 Allen, Thomas,
Mich, 2 rams.
DIV Williams, lomcrset, Ohio, to Albert DIT
DIV Williams to p Randolph, ram.
ONES Hall TO ID w Prime, Brandon, ewes.
O& E ) Hall to l. Corbett, Watkins, N Y, !
& Is Carter to Simeon Brownell, rams and &
SM Stow to d Twtchell 8 ewes.
Ann l. Simmonds to E Baldwin, ewes.
AE Higley to j Beaman, ram.
j A Murd0ck Crown Point, 7, to Ill w
Adam Diehl to William Hale, ram.
Adam Diehl to Porter Bros, Pontiac, Mich, ]
ram.
Adam Diehl to r Hale, ram.
Adam Diehl to Peter Voorhs, jr, Pontiac
Mich ram.
Popplcton, Galena, Ohio, to Evans, Lew
is Center, Ohio, ram.
Morris & Dean TO j Nj Flanagan, West Jefferson
Ohio, rams.
o Sawyer, Brandon, to w Mound, ewes
5 Colerick to Henry Wagenor, Chester Hill, y
/ ram.
by Robinson to Alvin Crittenden. ram,
EN- Bisseil, East Shoreham, VT, to Col
Harrington, Brandon, Vt, IL of stock ram, Grown
Point
A S Harding to Rowland, ewes.
: Spauldng to l. NJ Bingham, eve.
CM Fellows TO III ID Walter, eve.
CM Fellows to j q Cowen, l ram.
BF Il w . Wilcox to James Young, ram.
BF & w o Wilcox to VIM Oney, ram.
Adam Dehl to Geo Smith, Hammond. Mich,
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Notes.

A San Francisco dispatch of Monday
saws: The wool growers have organ
lied in Washington Territory and
passed resolutions calling upon Dele.
gate Brents and Oregon's representa-
tives in congress to use their efforts TO
restore the tariff on wool the same as
before the last congress.
The wool markets of Texas cannot be
considered unsatisfactory considering
the tariff reduction. To-day wool
growers are receiving as high prices for
short woods as they are likely to re-
ceive for like clips any time i'll the fu-
ture. They are now receiving spring
prices of depressed market for fall
clip Wool GrOUer.
The sheep shipped from San Francis
co to Australia, in the summer, by Mr..
W. G.. Markham of Avon, N. Y, have
arrived safely at their destination.
Not a single animal was lost on the
passage, which was of 25 days' dura-
ton. They went out under the charge
of son of Mr.. E. Townsend, Pavilion,
N. Y, who is we'll known to most of
our readers. The sheep were 1874 in
number, and were bought, for the most
part, in this section.
A manufacturer just returned from a
trip to England reports that the revis-
ion Che called it reductioN of the
wooden goods tariff of 10 per cent had
stimulated the production over there
for filling American orders, in certain
lines. The gentlemen is Mr.. Charles
Fletcher OF the Providence wOrsted
mills. He thought that the effects of
the reduction would soon be felt by
tie American manufacturers, especial
ly in wOrsted coatings and WOODEN fab
RIGS. Another 10 per cent reduction,
he thought, would ruin the wooden
business in the United States, as it
could not compete with the cheaper
labor and better organized skill of the
English mills.-COmmercial Bulletin.
Now that the National Wool Grow
ers' association has been reorganized
according to the notions of the friends
of the tariff restoration, and, by its re-
solutions, stands committed to the pol
icy of the fullest needed and practica
BILE protection, the people naturally and
rightfully expect of it earnest effor
and substantial achievement. The ma
tional organization needs to be some
thing more than the mere figure-hcat
it has been for some years past.
should lead in every movement tend
ing to the advancement of the INTEREST,"
of wool-growing, and should intelli
gently and progressively represent it
great constituency. We believe tina
the gentlemen who have been chosen
to officer this body are in every WAY
worthy of the great trust reposed il
them, and their efforts and infuenc
can always be counted on the RICH
side. They have assumed weight
responsibility, which none but earnes
and honest men can carry to the salts
faction of the wool-growers of the UNI
ted States and that explains just wha
these gentlemen have before them
IitSGuTg IStOchmdn.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02
STATE OF VERMONT.
~ A.lIisnn ulsstrs.t :.

~ ADDISON District, IS,
In Probate Court. holden at Mlddebury 81
the 30th day of October, \. ID. lSS:', Joseph II
Hamhlin, Executor of the Will of Dan WarneI
late of Cornwall, in said district. deceased
makes application to said Court for license Il
sell all OF the real estate of said deceased, rel
rescnting that said sale II necessary for the pan
ment OF the debts and legacies of said deceased
and that 1t will he beneficial to all persons inter
cstcd that said real estate shall he sold, Wherd
upon 1t is ordered by sand Court that said appl|
cation come under consideration and he hcar|
ON the 18th day of November, A. ID. lSs3, at 4
O'Clock Il. M, at til" Probate O1lice in Middd
bury; anil ii is further ordered, that all pei
sons Interested he notified hereof, 10y publlcatioI
of notice oi this application and order thereon
three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in the MiddebuT]
Register, printed at Middcbury, before sail
time of hearing, that they may appear at sal
time and place, and, If they see cause, Obied
thereto.
by the Court Attest,
a LYMAN f. KNAPP ,Iulpp
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L E G Il L NOTICES
r COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.-Estate o
CTATE OF VERMONT

- District of Addison, rs.
In Probate Court held at Mddlcbury, within
and for said district, on the 9th day of Octo
Der, y. ID. 1855.
L. ID. Twitchell administrator with the will
annexed, of the estate of &. ID. Hay, late of Min
dlebury, III said district. deceased, makes appli
cation to said coert for license to sell all of lh
real estate of sad deceased, representing tina
said sale will be beneficial To all parties interest
ed, and ali the heirs residing in this State assent
and join in the application for license to sell tn,
same.
Whcreupon it is ordered by said court tha
aid application come under consideration an,
he heard on the 18th day of NOVEMBER, \. ID. ISIS
at 10 O'Clock, a. M at the probate office in Mid
dlcbury and ii Is fur Their ordered, that all per
sons interested he no flied hereof, by publication
of notice OF this application and order thereon
three weeks successfully in the Middlebur
Register, printed at Mddlebury, before sail
time of hearing, that they may appear at saI
time and place, and il they see cause, objec
thereto. IS
BY the Court-Attest,
join G. STAPLETON, Register.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02
BY the Court: Attest,
a LYMAN +. KNAPP, Judge.
TOMMISSIoNERS NOTICES. state
John NJ kIngman.

The unders gncd, having been appointed b
the Honorable PROBATE Court for the district q
Addison, con mis- sioners, to receive, Namint
and adjust all claims and demands of all pei
sons against the estate OF John NJ. kingman, lat
OF 8ridport, IN said district, deceased, AM
all claims exhibited in onset The rcto, hereby Civ
notice that we Will meet Tor the purposes aiort
said, at the clearinghouse of the late John NJ
Kingman in Bridport, on the 2ith day OF Noveu
Der and 2d day oi February next, from o'cloc
p. M, until O'Clock p. m, each OF sald days, an
that six months from the sd day of October, \
ID. lSS} is the time limited by said Court for sal
creditors To present their claims To us for exam
ination and allowance,
Dated at Bridport, this 10Th day OF October, 4
ID. ISIS. JOHN o. HAMILTON, (Com,rs
II NJ. X. BARBOUR,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02

Hundreds of letters from those using
Ayers Hair Vigor attest its value as a
restorer of grey hair to its natural color.
As stimulant and tonic, preventing and
often curing badness, and cleansing and
soothing the scalp, its use cannot be too
strongly recommended.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02
Temperance.
W. G. T. u

"7he Lord of Hosts is NTH as, the God
of Jacob is oar refuge"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02

"Indeed hardly know just how it came about
said Mrs. Stubs to her nelghbor, Mrs. Spauld
ing 81 only know This, that DIR. Johnston said
that had heart disease, and must die from it. |
had read about the wonderful cures effected by
Dr Graves Heart Regulator; sent To blossoms
drug store and bought dollar bottle of il and IL
cured me. Take my advice, my dear Anne lia.
and get bottle for yourself" The above is "A
fair sample of the manner in which people talk
about this wonderful medical discovery.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02

Trial proves that honesty is the best
policy in medicine as well as in other
things. Ayers Sarsaparilla is genuine
preparation. an unequalled blood puri-
fer, decidedly superior to all others.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02

STARTING TO RUN TO THE FIRE.-lt was in
Lowell, Mass. An alarm of fire was sounded,
and the engine was rapidly driven out of the en-
gine-house. One OF the horses took fright,
pranced wildly about, and ran the engine against
the brick doorrame. Chiel Engineer Hosmer
was severely bruised and two of his ribs were
broken. For three weeks the physicians doctor
ed him. Then "A friend brought him some Perry
Davis's Pain Killer. On being rubbed with this,
he was soon well. Best liniment in the world.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-02
FOR SALE.

Three and five year, b" First Mortgage Coz
pom Bonds" ON improved farms IN low,
Nebraska, Minnesota and southern pakoti
drawing six and seven per cent. semi-annui
interest.
Negotiated by FORD n KEITH. Siou
City, Iowa.
as-For particulars and references call on ot
agent, j. K. FORD, Middlebury, Vermont 5s6I
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-28
Literary Society.

The Winchester Literary Society will
meet at G. G. Phillips residence to.
night. The following is the program
for the occasion:
/. Music--a waltz-Mss Mary Tay.
lor.
2. Essay-NVinter Coughs-Dr. j.
W. Grisard.
3. Music-a polka-NIiss Mansfield.
4. Essay-Ihe most important and
interesting facts in the science of Bot
any-Rev. Mr. Curry.
8. Music-NIrs. Gaines.
q. Select Reading-NIiss Bell Robin
son.
Z. Observation-Disclosures TAYLOR and
Bcasley.
3. Essay-Should women exercise the
elective franchise-J. r. Beaslcy.
8. Song by Mrs Phillips, accompa-
MED by Miss Taylor on the guitar.
10 Geography class.
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From Minnesota.

Winncbago City, Faribanlt Co., Mimi, |
February 10th, 1883.
Editor Home Journal:
Dear Sir AS | am anxious to gain
information concerning Middle Tennes-
see, and especially franklin county,
would you please send me n copy of
your newspaper? | would take it, IL
great favor if you would drop me n few
lines giving some items in regard to
climate. health, prices of land, churches,
schools, &C., &c.
How far are you from Sherwood, and
what is the prospect of that place and
country round about? Some people
have gone there from this county.
] am sorry to ask so many questions;
but asking questions is good way OF
getting information, provided you can
get answers to them. Solomon says
that one fool can answer more questions
than ten wise men can answer.
| have before me a book entitled
=" Resources of Tennessee" by the Com
missioner of the Bureau of Agricul-
turc, published in 1874; but no doubt
since that date your county has made
great advances and many changes. 1t
is in this book that | found n notice of
the Home Jomnal-and the notice is
about 8 years ago; still | hope your pa
per lives, and will still live as an ele-
mcnt in the instruction of the people.
| see, also, in the same book a notice
of the existence of Masonic Lodge
also, an 81. o. o. f." | have heard of
these mysterious workers in other
places, and | must confess that have
rather Il warm side for them,
What is the strength of the NJ. L
Church, South? as well as the Prcsby-
terrain Church, in your town and coun-
try round about ?
My object in making all these in.
quirics is this: ! think of finding a
warmer climate. have been in Min,
nesota eight winters, but there is toe
much snow, too many blizzar,ls-win-
tiers too long at each end and cold all
along the line to suit my temperature ;
though it is healthy, and will be the
country (when it gets warme).
Pardon length, and l remain yours
truly, j. G. OGLE.
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Our Cash Argument
REV Arr ED !

Under our cash system We have, in three
months, been compelled to move to Il larger
store-honsc and employ extra force in order
10 meet the demands Of our trade.
We don't claim to sell al the goods that
ARE sold here, but We still say We will make
your friends treat you right. Even an enemy
is your friend il lie makes your friend treat
you right. Then how great Il friend must
your friend be- who treats you right without
the making? Did you buy for 81 fourteen
pounds Of choice sugar, ten pounds oi choice
coffee, or A full weight domestic at &c, or
best prints at &c, before We put them down?
Suppose you permit Harry 10 go to your
sm0ke-h0use and take one OF your most choice
hams every wcck-llow long will il be before
you would have to sell the remainder at dou-
bic its valucto make good your loss? This
suits our case exactly. Harry comes every
day-(thcre are many Hairless Suppose
W. load him down mot up with 10 pound
coffee and li-pound sugar Tor 81. For$l F.?
Oh, no, but for the promise Of 81. No, sir;
We can't stand it, but pass him over to our
ncighbors who take chances ON all alike with
only one consolation-that il, ii Harry don't
pay. Tom and Dick will.
We don't pretend to say all who asl; Tor
credit will not pay. We admit that Tom and
Dick will pay, and that Harry will not
We are always busy, and to save us We cant
know Harry from Tom and Dick. lie is ~
good-lookiug, and more glib on the tongue.
Now To the point: Gentlemen, twO-thirds o.
you furnish the other onc-third all their lux
urics, &c. This loss don't fall on Smith, Len
chan, or Mr.. -, but the people foot the
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any one in almost any cline and under
almost any circumstances. DO not for
get this.
We have all the churches here neces-
sary to save the bulk of mankind. We
have . Cumberland Presbyterian, n
Methodist, n Baptist, an Epscopalian,
a "Chrlstian," and Catholic Church.
We believe that the numerical strength
of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Bap-
list Churches is greatest in this section.
Winchester is Is miles from Shcr-
wood in this county. Sherwood is
building up and promises to continue to
improve.
We have two splendid schools, the
"Normap and "Nlary Sharp" in Win
chester. The university of the South
is on the mountain, ~ miles from Win.
chester The three have an aggregate
attendance of about $50 students. BE.
sides there are several other good schools
public and private-in the county.
The boast Of our county is her schools.
We have a Masonic, Odd Fellow and
Temperance Lodge in Winchester. Al.
so, lodges of "Knights of Honor" "Le.
gion Of Honor" and other lodges for
the benefit Of those who, dying, would
leave legacy to their relatives or
friends. There is also three other Ma
sonic lodges in the county-at Scwanee,
Cowan and Salem.
The climate here is MS good as any
in the world, and much better than can
generally be found. People die, as else
where; do wrong and suffer, us else
where; but, with IL rigid adherence to
hygienic rules and common sense, any
one can live here little longer than in
many places we know of, and not be an
noyed by aught that should cause dis
content. No one, however, Attains to
the ages that Methuselah, Adam, and
other of our first countrymen did. A
sensible man can live here unto the age
Of about 80 years.
As to the "so-iorth," you can find it
all here. All you have to Ito is to be
honest yourself, keep sober, be slow to
hear all you hear, be sure your titles are
clear, keep still tongue, work, be econ.
imical, act discrcetly, pay as you 90,
work, trust very few, work, be saving,
be liberal, work, and you will be happy.