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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-26
Local Notices.

Silver ware at Wales.
Trunks at Mc(iure's.
Silver ware at Marshall's.
Sweet potatoes at Manneys.
Oysters 35 cents a quart at Manney's.
Mcclure is in Beckwith Il Co.'s old store
Fall dress goods and trimmings. at f. r.
Clay's
Wooden eave-spouts for sale at II. B.
Dodge's.
Mems fine grained-leather balls at Beck
with & Co.'S.
A large assortment of trunks and bags at
+. A. Bond & Bros.
Received, at +. K. Clay's, full line ladies
jackets and ulsters.
Go to Lavonche & Bro for fresh oysters
and sweet potatoes.
Our choice brands of flour still take the
lead. f. A. BOND " BRO.
Ladies' handmade glove-calf. feece-ined
button boots, at Beckwith Il Cos,
Any one wanting some nice boiled cider
can get it at our store. f. w. BIRD & Co.
A large assortment of ladies' and misses
shoes just received at Beckwith Il Co.'S.
A new stock of mems. boys and youths
boots at low prices, at Beckwith Co.'S.
Subscriptions to all papers, magazines,
&c. taken at club rates at MarshalPs,
A large new stock of trunks and bags al
the lowest prices at Beckwith & Co.'S
If you want parlor stove go and see the
Barstow parlor at j. HI. Sargent's.
Corn Eradicator, warranted a sure cure
at the old Case q Rider drug store.
am now receiving the new fall styles OF
millinery. II. X. CLAY.
Druggists sundries, brushes, soaps, per
fumes fine sponges, etc etc AT Sheldon 4
Cos. Fine assortment Just in.
A large assortment of horse blankets and
buffalo robes just received at Z. w. Bird 4
Cos.
Finest stock of overcoats in the county
and very lowest prices, at +. A. Bond Il
Bros.
Buffalo and wolf robes, buffalo and coor
coats, largest stock and lowest prices at f
A. Bond a. Bros
f. l.. Stowe will show you a fine line OF
guns, ammunition and sporting goods. Al
his rooms under H. b. Dodge's.
Great bargains at f. r. Clay's in child.
ren's trimmed hats,-25 and 80 cents, worth
SLIGO and Sl25. Call and see them.
New furniture arriving daily, and will
be sold at low prices at Tuppers.
r. w. Plrrs, Agent.
The tobacco formerly kept 10y j. F.Pierce
van ~" '' i''' Il w R,RD g. Co
The best llne OF men KIP ana cali poo.S
yam ne io ,',,, "a. n;na thar now stock
guy ""'', So'' 'N.'''.'no Wv, ~,
The only place IN town 10 plly tle Rell" .h
delaware Hndson L H,f Nsi Va Or ''''
Franklin COAL Is at the va Coal laru'
New lot DearborA e. Shaws ladies French
kid button boots at Sheldon a. Co.'S. They
cannot he beat Tor duraplii'y OF htthR
Parties wishing potatoes to plant the com
ing season will do well to leave their orders
with H. L. Branch. Middlebury, early this
fall
We do not sell the best tlonr in town fol
$3.50, but will venture to say that we ear
sell as good one at that price AS anyone
f.. w. BIRD Co.
10 LaRock wants TO buy poultry at hi
a L., 'Nha hinhaSt
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-26

An elastic step, buoyant spirits, and
CIGAR complexion, are among the many
SCISSOR of healthy blood has faculties at
command, and enjoys clear and quick
perception, which Is impossible when the
blood Is heavy and sluggish with impur-
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-26
MARRIED.

WALES-PAGE--In East Mddlebury, Octo
Der Is, MIR. Russell Wales of Middlebury and
Mrs Olive l.. Page of Stark sboro.
. SMlTH-WASlIB URN-In Brandon, 18th inst
by Rev. Walter Rice, Mr. a. IL. Smith to Miss
Julia Washburn, both OF Shoreham.
DOUGLAS-BRIGGS-In tMiddlcbury, 18th
inst, by Rev. 5. Lewis Is. Spcare, Mr.. James l.
Douglas OF Cornwall to Miss Ida l.. Briggs OF
Middlebury.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-26

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Bennett of
Manchester, this State. celebrated the
Goth anniversary of their marriage last
Saturday evening, the z9th,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-26
LOST!

A half shepherd and half Esquimaux dog;
color clear white, except inside each ear.
mold, 100; / months Old; last seen at Morgan's,
on hipman Hill. Any one returning him or
giving me information Of same, will be suitably
rewarded. WALLACE ARNOLD.
East Middlebury, Oct. 25 1883.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-26
For SALE OR RENT.
One Of The most Desirable Farms il
Addison Co., VT,
Shorehana VILLAGE,

is now offered for sale on reasonable terms, and
immediate possession given if desired. This
farm is well adapted to stock raising and dairy
purposes, There is a perpetual spring just on
the boundary line of the pasture land, which is
invaluable In dry season.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-26

Mrs. s. j. NORTIIREP,
Middlebury. VI
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27
Married or Single !

1t is bad enough that in these piping
times of peace our young men should
stay to think twice before they marry,
and reckon whether the friendship, the
love and companiOnship of a wife, and
tue train of happiness that follows her,
are quite equivalent to the liberties of
bachelor rooms, the selfishness of bach
elOr pleasures, the society of bachelor
friends, with unlimited opera, dancing,
late suppers, and fine tailoring. 1t
would be misfortune if any such sor-
did feelings overlook our young wom-
en-, and we have faith to trust it never
may to any mischieyous extent.
There are, without doubt, examples
always to be found of single women,
whether unmarried or widowed, with
aims and views and works and friend
ships, that answer to them all the re-
quirements of life, and who can lavish
on the children of "A friend all the love
they have to spare from their pursuits.
But these are not in sufficient number
to count from, and they must be placed
in exceptional circumstances and have
an exceptional strength of character,
to make their lot as desirable as that
of the happy wife and mother. To
most women heaven lies in the posi-
bilities of the magic circle of the we'd
ding ring, and there most women find
it Harper's Bazaar.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27
Emancipation Celebration nj
Washington.
dispatch to New York Tribune, ]

But worse weather than that of to-
day Q6th) would be required to prevent
the negro population of Washington
from carrying out with spirit and en-
thusiasm the program for Emancipation
day-an occasion which to many of
them is fraught with so much personal
significance. Not only were the col
Ored people of the city astir early, but
large cOntingents arrived from all the
surrounding country and from Balti-
more to take part in the celebration.
The negro loves military display and
martial music, and the most prominent
feature of the parade was contributed
by the twelve colored volunteer mill
tary companies, nearly every one with
its own band of music. The military
mustered about 800 strong. One com
pany-the Sumner guards mount
ed. 1t is pretty difficult to find an
adult colOred man or woman who does
not belong to some secret and benevo-
lent organization and the "ChaldeanS,"
the "Knights of Noses" the "Galilean
Fishermen" the "SOns and Daughters
of Samaria." etc, were out i'll full force
to-day. Labor organizations were also
fully represented -hod-carriers' union,
with 500 men in line, and many others.
There were many carriages i'll the pro-
cessiOn, occupied by well-to-dO colored
people, who could afford to ride, and
by daughters of some of the Organi-
cations before mentioned. Two or
three ''chariots"-canOpy- Uncovered and
profusely decorated with the national
cOlors, in one case the spOkes and hubs
of the wheels being bound with alter
nate stripes of red, white and blue
bore Queens surrounded by their
maids of honor. These damsels We're
all gayly attired in light colors, and
they alternately shivered and smiled
as they waved small copies of the
American flag, and strOve to think they
were having a jolly time. Nearly
verybody carried flag every horse
had two or three, and the carriages
and wagons, of which there were many,
were fairly smothered in flags. The
procession was escorted by score of
mounted pOlice-Several of them col
ored men and was led and directed by
"A prodigiOuS number of marshals, all
mounted. They wore purple sashes
over their Sunday clothes, and tall silk
hats, and nearly every man of them
carried a bouquet of flowers, which
gave him no little trouble under the
circumstances. Many of the houses by
which the procession passed were deco
rated with flags and bunting. One of
the buildings decorated is one of the
best hotels in Washington. 1t is owned
and kept by colored man who was
warm personal friend of Sumner and of
Henry Wilson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27
Cold Drinks.

Sufferers from certain common forms
of Indigestion forget the immediate eff
feet of loading the stomach with cold
drinks, says the Lancet. If hot drinks
are sometimes facilitating to the organ
of digestion, cold drinks are certainly
not always bracing, but, on the contra
ry, are often depressing. 1t is especial
ly desirable to remember this fact at
the present season, when the weather
Is even more than commonly lowering
to the nervous tone of the organism.
Even though the fluid taken may be
what is called stimulating, the conse-
quence of its being cold is to chill the
gastric organ and depress the nerve
centres whence it derives its supply of
nervous force. The peculiar form of
indigestion just now very prevalent, in
which food is retained an unreasonable
time in the stomach, with the result of
fiatulence, and it may be of irritative
reaction on the part of the nerves of
the viscus, and neuralgia pain as Il
consequence, is in a large proportion
of instances the direct effect of persist
ent chilling of the gastric organ by Co
piOus draughts of cold drink. 1t is rec
Ognized that cold drinks are dangerous
in very hot weather, acting as irritants,
but it is not, apparently, understood
that the mischief they do as depress-
ants may be even greater, and that this
effect is to be specially dreaded when
the weather is itself depressing by
cheerless or unreasonable cold.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27

had enough of that stuff; tried it on
a patch of berries set last spring ;
killed the whole of 'em ~ "Perhaps
You used too much, $50 pounds broad
cast per acre is enough "Great gosh
| put on nearly two tons :"
Another tried a special sort of green
sand mari for potatoes, covering each
tuber when dropped with big shovel
full of mari. alt didn't do at all
Burnt the sprouts off as fast as they
started Don't want any more OF
that ~ The effect complained of was
a most plausible indication of the ma
nurial value of the article when prop
erly modified by dilution.
Farmers are convinced of the value
of stable manures, and especially OF
the great fertilizing properties of the
liquid excretiOns of animals; and yet,
whoever owns "A pasture field must
have noticed the death of the grass
where these liquid excretions, pure and
undlluted, came in contact with it.
Even the more solid manure, freshly
deposited, usually destroys vegetation
beneath. For profitable culture land
must be highly MANFRED; yet high ma
nuring, when it is iniudicious, is fer
tile cause of farmers disappOintments
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27
The FactiOuS Irish.

Perhaps the Irish dynamite agitators
really imagine they are working
shrewd plan in soaring England, and
expect to wear out the English gov
eminent as the widow in the scripture
did the unjust Judge. There is doubt
that setting the fright aside, England
is getting tremendously bored by the
Irish business, and so is the rest of the
world. The Irish ought to have the
hearty goodwill of the whole English
people in behalf of anything they
want; but the ingrained Obstinacy of
John Bull is so great that he would
rather be bored to death any time than
yield point. Meanwhile the Irish on
their part are in a state of hopeless dis
agreement. The shillalah factions are
in the ascendant; they will never get
up spunk enough to make "A revolution,
though they will vapor about in Amer
lea and organize assassination clubs
and dynamite circles here, in England,
in Ireland itself, with great deal of
mystery and machinery, to awe the in
struments and delight the managers.
There has been IA convention of Irish
societies called to meet i'll Philadelphia
a fortnight hence, but it will be fail
ure. Parnell's new national league to
follow the land league, never got root
in this country, but the old land league
organizations fell into the hands of
those silly Irishmen that are uneasy If
their names are not in the papers three
or four days every week. The Irish
Nation has prOtessed to discOuntenance
dynamite and has been quite out with
SaloOnist O'DonOvan, but Editor De-
vOy now seems to be on good terms
with the fellows that talk dynamite
over their whiskey; and what is much
more ominous, the Irish World, which
collected IA great part of the land
league funds, now talks dynamite over
its whiskey. or in it. Mr.. Parnell, the
wiSest leader the Irish have had since
O'COnnel's time, seems to have had no
influence whatever over his country
men; and Michael Davitt, who has Just
lifted his voice in protest against their
madness, is regarded no more. The
Irish are compelling the world to rec
Ognize their native untitness for free
dom; even those who have had gen
eratiOn's education in this country
have not learned the power of political
patience and persistency by which Par
nell had so greatly advanced the Irish
cause, but must lose their heads and
become incendiaries and assassins.-
Springfield Republican.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27

government from the sale of post
age stamps vii be reduced one
fifth, or twenty per cent, and on the
basis of this estimate the proportionate
receipts of the government and the
pOstmasters respectively, will be
changed in the following proportions ::
In pOstoffice where the annual reve-
nue. from stamps amounts to $50, the
postmaster now receives $50 and the
government $50. Under the new law
for a like amount of business the post
master will receive $40 and the gov
eminent nothing. Similar proportion
ate changes will be made in the re-
ceIpts of the government and the post
masters, according to the amount of
business done, until offices are reached
which have a gross revenue from
stamps of $3.50 per annum. In this
class of offices pOstmasters now receive
$50 per annum and the government
800. Under the new law the former
will receive 5000 and the latter moth
ing. In offices where the revenue eX
ceeds that of the class last mentioned
the government begins to derive reve-
enue. For instance: lu a pOstOtfice
where the income from the sale of
stamps amounts to S40O a year, the
postmaster now receives S240 and the
government Sl60. When the class of
postoffices is reached where the annual
revenue reaches $1,000, the pay of the
postmaster under the old and the new
laws is the same, $40, though the gov
eminent will receive only 5000, instead
of $3.50, as formerly, In offices where
the pay of the postmaster, derived from
the sale of stamps, reaches $500, the
income from the rent of boxes is usual
ly enough to make the compensation
of the postmaster $1,000 per year, and
when it reaches that amount the office
is placed in the third class. The post
master is then commissioned by the
president, with a specified salary, and
his pay is no longer determined by the
amount of stamps which he cancels.
1t is evident from the new law that the
smaller offices are hencefOrth to be
made more desirable than formerly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27
A Valuable Telephone Inven-
ton.

Outside of Boston III nearly all the
telephone exchanges, it has always
been the practice to put from four to
ten subscribers on wire and ring
bv or for any of them has necessarily
made itself known to all the other lines
on the same wire. This has come to
he a great nuisance, inasmuch as it Is
both annoying and also necessitates
every subscriber noting every call IN
order to determine whether he is the
one wanted or not. Efforts have been
made, from time to time, since the tel
ephOne was introduced, to Obvlate all
this, but until lately nothing of impor-
lance has been accomplished. Recent
", however. IA bell has been perfected,
known as the Currier telephone bell,
which meets all of the desired require
ments. 1t has already been tried on
the lines of several of the Massachu-
sets companies and has given complete
success. Measures have been taken to
make its Introduction general by the
formation of the Currier Telephone
Bell company with ii capital stock of
800. 900. and with the inventor as
president and ID. Hall Rice, who aided
materially in perfecting the invention,
as treasurer. The company, although
in actual operation less than sixty
DAYS, has contracted with the Bell Tel
ephOne cOmpany's manufacturers to
furnish all the bells wanted by the
Currier company at Il rate which gives
it 400 per cent. profit on the cost OF
each bell during the term of its pat
ents. The Lowell owners of telephone
companies have adopted the Currier
bell. and ordered 5000 of them for use
in their exchanges. They will at once
Introduce the system into fifteen of
their principal exchanges between
Lewiston. Me-, and Minneapolis. Be
sides the Lowell companies, the Bell
Telephone company of Philadelphia
has given the Currier company orders
which will require about 1000 bells to
fill them. The bell is IL simple but in
geniOuS piece of mechanism. 1T con-
Sists of an ordinary electro magnet, be
tween the ends of which and the bell
projects. from firm steel spring, a
piece of soft iron. BY a simple device
the vibratory power of this spring is
altered so as to he brought into unison
with the pulsations of the electric cur
rent sent from the central office.
When in this condition 1t Will re-
spond only to an instrument producing
the particular number of vibrations per
minute to which it is adjusted. BY
the mechanical laws which govern the
principle of the invention, it is posi-
bile to place but nine of these separate
ly vibrating bells upon one line. 1t
will he seen mt IA glance that the inven-
ton enables IA telephone company de-
string to have an individual call to
each subscriber to get along with just
one-ninth of the length of wire which
would formerly have been required. 1t
thus relieves the subscriber of Il former
annoyance aud enables the company to
greatly reduce running expenses.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27
The Use Of ManureS.
SUGGESTIONS OF TWO PRACTICAL
FARMERS.

Farmers who scrimp the manure
they put ON their fields, or are tempted
to cover more territory than their piles
will warrant, may be startled into a
realizing sense of their short sighted
policy 10y this advice from SO practical
and successful Il gardener as Peter
Henderson ''When well-rotted stable
manure is procurable at cost not to
exceed 81 per ton delivered, whether
from horses or cows, it is preferable to
any concentrated fertilizer. Rotted
stable manure To produce full crops
should Ice spread on the ground not
less than three inches thick tour mar
ket gardeners use from fifty to seventy
five tons of well-rotted stable manure
pcracre when no concentrated fertilizer
l. used) and should be thoroughly
mixed with the soil" When fifty tons
per acre are applied. it is at the rate of
> 29-lOO pounds to the foot. When
seventy-tive tons are applied, it is a
little over three pounds per foot.
Another practical farmer writing to
the Philadelphia Press makes some
practical suggestions concerning the
intelligent use of commercial fertiliz-
ers In the hands of ignorance good
manures are even more dangerous and
unsatisfying than the diluted adultera-
lions with which our farmers were for
merly Swindled. \ neighbor under
took To grow a field of sweet potatoes
He proposed to have a big crop, could
buy plenty of chemicals, and did not
stint their application. The sprouts
were planted. All died They were
replanted, and died again. For the
third time the patch was reset, and. the
manure 10y this time having expended
some Of it, fervor. about one plant in
fifty survived, but declined to grow.
Last autumn one of our farmers saw
me purchasing some of the muriate of
potash He asked: "What are YOU
going to do with that p ''Fertilize a
new strawberry patch" ''Ah | have
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27
Various Causes

Advancing years, care, sickness, disap-
pointment, and hereditary prediSposi-
tlon-all operate to turn the hair gray,
and either of them inclines it to shed
prematurely. AYERS HAIR VIGOR will
restore faded or gray, light or red hair
to rich brown or deep black, as may
be desired. 1t SoftenS and cleanses the
scalp, giving it a healthy action. 1t
removes and cures dandruf and humorS
BY its use falling hair is checked and
a new growth will be produced in all
cases where the folliCles are not de-
stroyed or the glands decayed Its
effects are beautifully shown on brashy,
weak, or sickly hair, on which few
applications will produce the gloss and
freshness of youth. Harmless and sure
in its results, it is Incompatible as
a dressing, and is especially valued
for the soft luStre and richness of tone
it impartS.
AYERS HAIR VIGoR is cOlorlesS;
contains neither oil nor dye; and will
not soil or color white cambria; yet
it lasts long on the hair, and keeps
it fresh and vigorous, imparting an
agreeable perfume.
For sale by all druggists.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27

The Boston Traveller SAYS the new
law for the adjustment of the salaries
of postmasters, taken in connection
with the forthcoming reduction of let
ter postage, will effect a very material
change in the pay of postmasters in all
small offices, as well as in the amount
of revenue derived from such offices bv
the government. According to the best
estimates the revenue derived by the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-04-27
PATENTS.
r. H . r ID u Y .

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TEsTIM
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Boston, October 10, 1876.
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