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AnuSenenfS.
THE NINE. FRY CONCERT co.

lie NJ VII FIX CONCERT co.
This company did not have so large an
audience at Academy hall. Tuesday
evening, as they merited. The perform
ance was good throughout. and some of
the numbers were eXcellently rendered.
MINNIE FOSTER.
BY our advertising column it will be
seen that Minnie Foster, who so favorably
presented her comedy of "Madcap" in
Middlebury, is to repeat the performance
on Saturday tO-morrow) evening; and
rs every one who went before was well
pleased, we bespcak for them another
good honse on that date. This evening
the company present a correct version of
"Uncle Toms Cabin and with so good
company in support, and Minnie as
'Topsy," in which character she is ac-
knowledgcd to have no supcrior-we are
safe in saying that first-class perform
ance may be expected. The Burlington
Free Press says that it was the best per-
formancc of Uncle Tom" given in that
place for years and the company deserve
success wherever they appear. Little
Jennie Hall is the youngest child on the
American stage, and the entire company
have made hit wherever they have ap-
peared.
ELI PERKINS.
Don't forget to 90 and hear ELI Per-
kins," next Monday evening, the 18th.
See advertisement on first page, and
read his paper distributed to-day, prices,
30 and 30 cents.
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An autopsy, in cases of death from heart dis.
erse, Is an unnecessary form of law, and prOduc.
i've of bui one rcsut-a fe Tor the coroner and
doctor. The symptoms are unmistakahle, per.
Graves Heart Regulator will cure any case OF
heart disease. Ii such sufferers will take the
Regulator there will be no deaths, and conse-
quently no post morlem examinations.
TAKE ID CENTS, and get Kemp's Botanic
Liver Pills for Headache for Bliousness, foi
Torpid Liver, Tor the Complexion. Use no 9th
er. Sold by X. Orchard, agent.
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DIED.

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION
III OF THE
NATIONAL BANK OF MIDDLEBURY,
at Middebury, in the State of Vermont, at the
close of business, October 2, 1883.
RESOURCES;
Loans and discounts, $3O5 s97 60
u. S. Bonds to secure circulation, 200,OOO 90
u. S. Bonds on hand, 1920 90
Other stocks, bonds and mortgages, 5000 90
Due from approved reserve agents, 3l,S99 30
Real estate, furniture and fixtures, 1900 90
Checks and other cash items, ole 81
Bis of other banks, $3.50 90
Fractional paper currency, nckels
andcents, 400 90
Specie 1851 90
Legal tender notes, 5,i2S 90
Redemption fund with u. s. Treasurer g
per cent. of circulation,) 1900 90
Total, $5S7,702 81
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid IN, 100000 90
Surplus fund, 10000 90
Undivided profits, $500 80
National bank notes outstanding, l71,5SO 90
Dividends unpaid, l,OQ5 %
Individual deposits subject to check, bib AZ
Demand certificates of deposit l,i29 O5
Total, $5S7.7O2 81
STATE OF VERMONT ! !, John q. Wellington,
County of Addison, IS. I Cashier OF the above
named bank, do sOlemnly swear that the above
statement is true Ia the best OF my knowledge and
belief JOHN q. WELLINGTON, Cashier.
Subscribed AMI sworn to before me this llth day
of October, 1883.
CHARLES L. PINNEY.
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest,
ALBERT A. FLETCHER,)
JOIN JOIN G. WEELiiLlsGToN, ''''''''''
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A peculiar virtue in Ayers Sarsaparilla
is that while it cleanses and purges the
blood from all corruptions and impurities.
and thereby roots out disease, it builds
up and nvigorates the whole system, and
makes one young again.
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Social Visit and Oyster Supper.

The Ladies' Aid society Of the NJ. f..
church, Weybridge, will give an oyster
supper at the Old Hotel, Weybridge
village, Tuesday evening Oct. 1G. All
are invited. Bill, 80 cents per couple.
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most desirable. Our State will then con-
tinue to hold her present position in the
sheep trade, which she might lose were
these buyers compelled to go to Califor-
mia or elsewhere to get the sheep they
lnc 20
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icy For business cards and other adver
Using, see inside pages.
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Travellers Guide.

Trains pass Middlebury station at the
hours given below:
Come NoRTH-Exrress, 800 a. IN. passen.
ger, S05 II. M; mail, 300 p. m; express
5:2) y. m
GONG SoUTH-Mail. 10:40 a. M; express
|11:45 q. M; passenger, 5:20 p. M; mixed
as far as Brandon, $3.50 y. m: express, 1887.
MAILS CLosE-North, $3.50 and 1:40 y. m.
|South, 1920 II. M. and TAO pm.
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DEPORT OF THE CONDITION

ErORr OF TIE CONDITION
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ORWELL.
at Orwell, in the State of Vermont, at the
close of business, October ,, 1883.
RESOURCES:
Loans and discounts, 1924 gO5 IS
Ovrr,lrnft-, 2gsS AZ
U. :. Bonds to secure circulation, 100000 90
other stocks, bonds and mortgages, 12.1I6 20
Due from approved reserve agents, 1866 II
Due from other Natona banks, 954 %
Real estate, furniture and fixtures, 13,i7l 81
current expenses and taxes paid 0G9 30
Cnecks and other cash items, BAL GS
l5ills Of other banks, 2,i03 90
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and pennies 433 -
Specie, 5.isG 10
Legal lender notes, 5,l00 90
redemption fund with u. Treasurer g
per cent of circulaiion,) 400 90
Total. s4Ol,i97 IS
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid in, 100000 90
Surplus fund, 100000 90
Undivided profits 9,5l3 81
National bank notes outstanding, 10000 90
Dividends unpaid, e. 90
individual deposits subject to check, 56,327 81
Demand certificates of deposit, l5,Gl2 -
Due to state banks and bankers, 1859 0G
Notes and bills re-discounted, 23,4lO 90
Total, S40I. l97 n
STATE OF VERMONT, I, U. Rich, Pr sldent
County OF Addison, SIS. OF the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state.
ment is true Ia the best of my knowledge and
belief. " RICH President
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day OF October, 1888.
}. 5. WILCOX, Notary Public.
Corrcct-Attost.
" v Tlq Wkraur. Directors.
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TILE MODERN CLERG YNAN

President Eliots recent article in The North
american Rcriop, and the answer to it, which
appears in the present number of that peri
odlcal, call attention to the status of the mod
crn clergyman.
1t is fact evident to everybody that the
clergyman of the present day. be he Romsh
priest or Methodist itinerant holds very DIFF
ferent place in our social and intellectual life
from the semi judicial position awarded to his
predecessor by our grandfathers. A clergyman
to-day stands on a level with the lawyer, the
journalist, and the teacher. As long rs he
shows that he deserves il, his opinions upon
ethics and religion are listened to with the re-
spect and Difference given to any Other expert.
The mere fact that he has chosen a profession
which presupposes an exceptionally high stand
ard of morality is not enough. Fifty years ago.
the opinions of the clergyman were received
as oraclcs inspired by God, aud a halo of sane
tity held him in a measure apart from his con-
gregation no matter what his character might
have been. President Eliot regards the change
here indicated as part of the greater change
that has come over modern life, and instead
of amenting it, as IL the habit of purblind
ecclesastics, he indicates what he regards as
necessary reforms the education of the
Clergy. He would encourage greater freedom
of thought m theological seminaries; the cur
rculum of the seminaries would he made less
scctarian and more broadly Christian, and no
aid would be rendered to students. Coming
from such n source, these views are valuable.
But we doubt whether any change in the
training of clergymen will enable them to take
that position of authority among men
which would have been accorded to them un
sought fifty years ago. People have learned
in the meantime to prove all things and all
men; to look through all facttious claims
10 90 below costumes and Office and rank, to
the human soul underneath. They will not
unlearn the lesson. The man in the pulpit
will be to them always, as now, a fellow sinner
with the man in the pew. Presumably the
clergyman is struggling to find the right road
upward II he has found it he is accepted as
a guide. If he has solved any problem of the
-intemperance, or RIGHTEOUSNESS, or inf
delty-his words will be listened to with
respect and gratitude. But it will be because
be has solved the problem, not because he
stands in the pulpit. Authority has largely
left the office, but it has descended with double
force upon the man.
And on the whole this is healthy sign of
the moral condition of the country. A clergy
man who would magnify his errand and not
his Office must see that as the people become
more sincere and earnest seekers after truth,
each man will seek to bring himself face to
face with God and the agent who would come
between them must give other proof of his
divine appointment than bis choice of GER
fain nrofasqion or the fact tbat O man nollad
O bishop once laid his hands OH him.
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THE DE4TH-LOT DUEL.

The recent death-lot duel in Berlin has at
tracted general attention. The victim was the
Professor of Political Economy in Berlin Uni
versity, necessarily man of learning and of q
high order of intelligence. 1t is stated that he
refused to fight duel 10 the ordinary way
because his opponent was short-sighted. They
resorted to the death-lot, which, for some Curl
Gus reason, Is called an American method of
duelling. Lots were drawn. and the choice fell
upon Professor Putlitz, who then killed himself.
Thus honor is supposed TO be satisfied.
This is strange story of chivslrous courtesy,
and of infatuated obedience to false senti-
ment. 1t is to DO assumed that when thu Pro-
fessor refused to resort to pistols because his
opponent was neaI-sightod. it was because he
did not wish to take advantage of any natural
superiority he had over the other. Then they
adopted the most deadly form of the duel. In
the duel with pistols or swords, ii often hap
pens, even when the men are in bitter earnest.
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GENERAL NOTES.

Two pairs of rusty shackles and a ball and
chain been found during the past week In the base
ment OF the Uniyersalis Church In Watertown, n. "
a singular place. would say, for such implements
But the discovery explained by the fact that in years
past the church basemen was rendezvous for orimi-
nails and Il cOnjectured that couple OF escaped
ycts there removed tho impodments to further flight
The ancient fortfcaticn rs Of Calais are being
demolished and the material thus obtained Is used to MI
in the deer fosses which surround the town. At no
very distant day Calais will become not only OF the
most Important commercial ports the northern
France but by It's connection under one municipality
with the adjoining town OF 81 Pierre. the largest town
In the deparlm ut, with population OF nearly $4,000
Inhabitants.
The Great Eastern, after lying idle for many
years. is about be employed again. "a company has
been formed" says The 81. Jamess Gazette purchase
the vessel for the coal trade between Queens Ferry
Firth OF Forth) and the Thames. II Ia intended put
10000 tons OF coal on board In Sacks voyage.
The vessel Is described being in splendid order, hav
ing been carefully and extensively maintained. From
the calculations Of the projectors Of the new anderak
suTors' houses will bo los. per ton."
A second electric boat forty-six feet in
length and capable of carrying fifty passengers has just
been launched the Thames The motive force lies
concealed In seventy boxes, each OF one-horse power
stored under the floor of the boat and at the end there
siemens dynamo the spindle of which is continued so
ar to form the screw. without intermediate gearing
hours when the secondary batteries have To be-
repenished. There Is noise. or heat, smoke or
smell, or waste, and the machinery takes up so little
that practically the entire boat Is available for pas
senger accommodations
A trial of the 81 ton guns at Dover on July
16 resulted successfully and the Inhabitants dis
appointed in the expectation thar their houses would DO
shaken down about their heads. The ground however,
trembled percepnbly windows and doors ratified and
several thick panes OF glass In the lighthouse shat
tered. Four rounds fired. the proeces being all
OF the same weight-l700 pounds-but the charges OF
powder varying from 225 pounds 10 45O pounds tho
latter being Full charge rhe proJectiles struck the
water distances varying from 100 yards TO four miles,
according elevation aud the recoil varied from
four feet The carriages and aiming apparatus
worked admirably.
Those citizens of New Haven who have from
the first opposed the proposition to demosh the old
State House ON the Green, not ready to abandon
their hopes OF saving It, At recent meeting Of the
special committee which Is considering the question,
Professor ]. n b. Dwight made o strong appeal for
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the ancient edince He declared that II deain the
building was incomperaby superior to the new State
sum Of money to restore it, and that when repaired
would be the best building Connecticut u has never
Ms,e ARE nas ss a o% 81 'as
successful copy q Greek temple but ce5ssia nov
| stained, cracked, ragged and fallen away.
In letter to the Brussels Gazette Professor
DE Lavelaye, the eminent Belgian economist. who has
Just returned from tour through Servia expresses his
establishment and delight at the noTic condition OF
the people Of Serva and the progress they have made
The webeing OF the farmers their feelings Of indie
pendence and honest pride their habits OF selfgoyern.
ment the general taste for instruction. all reminded .him
social state Of the Swiss cantons and Of Norway
the people in servia are far superior to those Belgium
The whole soil belongs TO them They are not under the
DAYS the type of the German described by Tacitus
always armed proud his liberties STOPPING to one
fufoydnf everybody, even the King, ana refusing 70
submit 10 domestic service"
A railroad conductor thr other day paid out
Of his own pocket the fare of woman who was hasten
ing without ticket money to her husbands deathbed
in Philadelphia hospital at the same time conveying
her the impression that the fare was paid by man
who sat behind her and had expressed his sympathy.
That person promptly put the credit where t belonged
and subsequently took occasion to ask the conductor
why he waived his claim to the woman's graft
tude. my dear sir" was the reply, when you nave
snubsed by 500 different specimens Of travelling hui
manity you will do your duty and be satisfied
with that alone. That womnns distress was real, put
possibly nine Of ten meet with similar stories
will be professional dead and frauds OF the nrss
water. II conductor does humane act now snd men,
and the ubo Of few will cOmplim snt MIN and
praise HIM it. buu for the next SIX months every
tramp and shyster along the road VIII stke ms Train
and endravor 10 cheat him out Oh the rare ny "orns
upon his feelings"
The Baptist society of East Dedham, Mass,
has unan mousy accented rather curious offer made
by Mr.. Jonathan Mann. of that town. Mr. Mann pro
posed to present to the society any site which might
select for church, condition that the minister
should not preach politics temperance or glotfy
denounce from the pulpit any person living or dead
should in q word preach nothing but Christ and Him
cruclhed" The church is to decide by two-tbircs
vOe whether DR. not minister has broken the cove
nan in case such charge Is made. and finding that he
has, discharge him. In speech touching upon the
forbidden topics Mr.. Mann explained that he favored
thought that the attempts to suppress
drunkenness only making 1t worse He believed
that rewards ought to be offered to men and women to
abstain liquor, and would be willing 20 subscribe
500 for that purpose He agreed In conclusion IN
case his conditions led TO the withdrawal OF subserip-
tons the building fund.- tn make good tue loss up 10
the amount of 81, 200. the sum already subscribed
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THE AMERICAN NOVEL AGAIN.

The current debate upon the American novel
is fertile in remarkable criticisms, some of
them profound and acute, many of them
pcevish, captions, and even malicious. Upon
the whole we regard the discussion as one of
the most interesting of recent literary devel-
opments. The volume. the earnestness, and
the frequent ability of the debate, show that
the topic has acquired Of late years new
vitality. Half generation ago the American
novel was only a subject for those decorous
and inoffcndve essays which magazine editors
used to accept as handy sort of stuHing, as
good one time as another, and which their
subscribers used to read sometimes when they
had nothing else to do, and forget Immediate
ly afterward But suddenly the case is changed
The public, having realized that there really
is an American school of novelists, follows the
examination of its characteristics with eager
attention. The theme has acquired what the
French journalist would call actually.
This alone shows that the literature Of fc-
ton with US has passed far beyond that stage
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rEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, IssaTwELvE PAGES

| that pne or both will escape with their lives,
aud sometimes even without serious wounds
unless the fight is pushed to extremes. But
with the dcath-Iot, one the other must die
| The lot must fall somewhere. and only one
! can escape. Ii is not easy to imagine the feel
| ings of the two men as tacy go through this
simple form. What must be the thoughts OF
| the man who draws a slip of paper telling him
that he must take his own life 7 And, unless
the survivor be man utterly dead to all feel
ing, what must his thoughts be, as the hours
pass and he knows that his antagonist Is quietly
making his preparations to step off tho edge of
life int the abyss of eternityf rhe thoughts
of the survivor from the drawing of the lots
until lie knows the sentence has been executed,
would be worth writing The murderer, who
strikes in the heat OF passion, is positively
worthy of respect by the side of the man who
condemns another to death by the turn of a die,
and waits in cold blood for him to kill himself.
This is murder committed with elaboration.
1t is said that the suicide of Professor Prtlitz
has created profound sensation in Germany,
and directed attention to the aduelllng mania"
1t might well do go. 1t is difficult tor us
here in America to whom the invention of this
peculiar form of crime is ascribed, tn realize
that such a thing could come to pass in civil
lied community. The victim in this case was
not boy who struck hasty blow, or spoke
word in anger, which in communities where
duelling is recognized would lead to "A meeting;
but he was student and teacher of one of the
grave scien ces, a man who, if public sentiment
approved duelling, might have been expected
to resist it, and to throw his weight against
barbarous and senseless custom. The sacrifice
of life of usefulness and it is to be supposed,
of promise, in such manner and 30 near the
closr of the nineteenth century, is an anomaly.
We have not heard much heretofore of the
death-lot duel in Germany. Perhaps this IS
because of Its strictly American origin. The
form of German duel of which most has been
heard in late years is the students duel in
which the young men at the universities, with
every vital part OF the body carefully cushioned
or masked, slasheu at each others faces with
swords Various gashes and much bleeding
resulted, and all present at frequent intervals
poured their stomachs full of beer. TINS
brutal and silly sport had the one good feature
of being comparatively harmless. OF late there
have been indications of sterner mode Of
duelIng coming into vogue. Perhaps the
death of Professor putlitz will do something 10
create disgust with duelling of any kind.
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TIE FIRST STAR ROUTE Trial.

JUDGE FORAKER AND STAR ROUTE FOREMAN.
TO the Editor OF TIE Trtouns.
SIR: In aneditorial published in to- days TRIB.
USE you quote upon statement attributed
Judge Foraker in speech delivered At Hamilton Ohio
The reference myself made with utter disregard
for truth and Ignorance OF the subjects he re-
fer TO- His allusion 10 Mr. Tlden entirely grasutous
aud unsupported by facts. You have been msled oy
this iu nbie OF fascaoods, and wroo ithat gross
injustice has been done which cannot be justified "
reprinted rxTact or lying reports Due regard Tor run
aud fairness should induoe IA inquiry as to the facts 80
reany obtainabe. before giving circulation 10 state,
ments composed Of Islander, Misrepresentation anu
fa,sehood: Respectfully, ., 100, WILLIAM DICKSON
I'VE cheeriully print MIR. Dickson's letter. He
seems to deny that he was promised the Marshall
ship of the District of Columbia by Dir. Tilden IN
1875 and he is entitled to this disclaimer He does
not deny that he is a Democrat. Ono OF Judge
Forakcr's points was that tho second Star Route
trial was made necessary by the REFUSAL OF MI.
and Others Of the jury at the first trial to nd
the verdict desired 0y the majority. Judge FORAKER
certainly has the right to meet the rabd talk OF tue
Democratic press about tue Star Route failure being
dus 20 Republicans by showing that it was largely
dine 10 Democrats. Judge Foraker did not, perhaps.
sneak with the exact phraseology OF law when no
said Mr. Dickson had been indicted for being
.bribed and corrupted" but was he very faf
wrongf An Associated Press dispatch from Wash
ington dated January 26, 1888, said that Nj. Dick
son was indicted that day for "corruptly endeav-
oring to influence the votes of his fsllowjurors IN
the last Star Route trial" Theindictment charged
that he unlawfully and corruptly did produce anu
openly exhibit to the jurors aforesaid . written
statement and paper, and unlawfully and corrupty
IN loud voice did proclaim aud to the jurors snS
declarations etc., contained IN his statement regaa
ing his interview with Bowen" The time OF tae
Court has been steadily occupied oncs with 'n'
second trial which SIR Dickson made necessary
and be has not been tried yet We observe tina. "
does not mention thsss details. but contents ~"
self with churning words.--E&l