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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09
GENERAL OF THE ARMY
Retirement OF General Sherman and
Instntia.iOm OF t.eneruI N.ieriIan.

General p. II. Sheridan has succeeded Gen
eral W. T. Sherman as commander of the
armies of the United States The transfer
was made at the army headquarters in Wash
ngton without ceremony, except that the
staff off, ers were pr, sent in fulldre, uniform.
General sherman went through the forma
process Of delivering control of the books
ana papers TO General Sheridan. and quietly
retired from his position. He left for Phila-
depnia, from which place he proc eded to
st. Louis.
General Sherman in his letter notifying
Secretary Lin ON that he will attain the age
of siXiy-four years on February :, 1854, and
therefore entitled to retirement, says: . re
quest authority TO turn over the command
of the army to aforementioned Sheridan
on the first day of November, 1883, and that
| be ordered to my home at st. Louis, there
to await the date of my legal rctirem, mt
BY or before the LIST of November |
can complete all my official reports, and |
believe | can surrender the army to my
successor in good share and condition,
well provided in all respects, and distributed
grateful that my physical ami mental
strength remains unimpa red by years and
am thankful for tie liberal provision made
by Congress for my declining years, which
viii enable me to respond romptly TO any
call the PRESIDENT may make for my military
service or Judgment rs long as live"
Tie secretary III granting the request
said I'm signily.ng his arIrov. tie Presi-
dent directs me TO express TO you his earnest
hoIe that there will be given You yet many
years OF health and happiness in which to tn
JOY the gratitude of your fellow -citaens well
earned by your most distinguished public SER
vices "
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09
PENSION FRAUDS.
How Dishonest Agents Swindle SOL
diers and Their Heirs.
An Enormous Evil Being Investigated
by the Government.


iHe uisnoh's' PracIiVes vi pension Chilli
agents are beng vigorously investigated by
District ATTORNEY Cortbil of V,sbinrton
I:...., -,
= p'''cn iioii' ',io i''' io'i,'i '"pit"i ''S''
Unless Distrlct-Attorney Corkhlll Is great
" deceived as to the weight and value of the
testimony in his ,ossass,o,, sbo,,-;rc, froud
,,,1 190-T,', il -.
ar" "eo'P'ioH OH inc psI1 Oh Il huEe lluiiio-i
OF pension claim agents in Washington,
these persons Will be 50 busy for the next
lew months in efforts to keep out OF the
leni; entiary that they will not be able to
push with their usual vigor the various
schemes they Fave on hand to secure further
legislation, Os bly, for the benefit OF the
late soldiers of the Union, but really to fill
their own pockets at the expense Of the tax
PAYERS.
For months past claim agents have been
busy circulating petitions and obtaining sig
natures from eN-soldiers and others praying
Congress to remove the restriC tionS as to the
time for filling claims for arrearages of pen
sions, and there is reason to believe that they
have thus succeeded in obtaining material
enough already to impress great many
credulous and weak kneed Congressman with
the belief that an overwhelming public senti-
ment demands the proposed legislation.
Colonel Corllhill describe one of the favor
it, methods used by dishonest claim agents
to obtain money under false pretenCes, a fol
lows There was poor widow in Pennsyl
vania who got one of those circulars The
agent obtained her name, | suppose, through
n letter to the postmaster You can see VIII At
the effect of one of these circulars would be
when sent to an ignorant pers III, man or
woman. The circular says: "Nou are entitie |
To pension Please fill up the encl, sed blank. "
Immediately il raises expectations. Then
the pension attorneys begin " milking for
money-one dollar for postage. etc One Of
these things was addressed to this widow.
She thought that the pension attorneys of
course, knew whether she was entitled to n
pension or not, and so she signed tn papers
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09
Washington

DURING the past fiscal year the total
receipts of the postofire DEPARTMENT Were
- 20 ,6H, and the eXpcnd lures So, SIG, 100,
leaving surplus of S?b9l ,1!'2.
THE estimated amount of postal revenues
for the fiscal year beginning July /, including
S4.u, 900 estimated receipts from the money
order business. is S41, lOi,OiS. The G tmated
expenditure for the same time is $51, O26, l>9.
which viii leave a deficiency in the revenue
of S22,95S, III. The estimate for compensation
of posimasterS for he next year is Sl2,2j0,
900, an increase o S5,OuO.OOO over the appro-
pr.ation icr the present year.
THE comm s-ioners appointed by President
Arthur under the anti-polyp amy act of last
year have submitted their 5, cond annual re
port to the secretary of III, interior. The
report is largely taken u by re apitula-
ton of the various legal enactment now
in the statute books, having for their
Oh 'ect the suppression of polygamy and a
portrayal of the results which have followed
an attempt to enforce them. They have
been pract cally dead letter until the pa sage
of the Edmunds act, under which thu com
mission is acting. A large number of
polygamists have been excluded from the
polls under the Edmunis act. The
that marriage law b. enacted by Congress,
which, they think, would lie an Efficient aux
iliary in the suppression of polygamy.
SECRETARY LINCOLN, in letter to the
United States signal officer, severely criti-
risei Lieutenant Darlington, of the lest
steamer Proteus, sent to the relief Of the
Greedy expedition in the Arctic regions y
court of inquiry was ordered.
GENERAL SHERMAN has retired from the
active command of the army, AM been sue
ceeied by General Sheri tan.
DURING October the national debt was de-
creased Sl0, 3O4, 1855 Further particulars
concerning the debt are: Decrease of debt
since June 30, 1883, s39, 1884. 47O. 81; cash in
treasury, SG4 IA ,50l. IS gold certificates out
standing, ss3,32s.9i0 silver certificates
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09
ECCENTRIC SUICIDES

A member of the Texas bar committed
suicide because his client berated him for
losing his case.
Jennie Roberts, of Pittsiied, Mass, flung
herself into a stream after being refused per-
mission to go to a ball.
j. Lange, of st. Paul, while riding ON n
railroad train, first cut his wrists with a razor
ana then jumped through car window
George Atkinson, of San Francisco, Cal,
staked his life on his horsa, and losing, inn
mediately pal the forfeit with pistol shot
A Kansas miller drowned himself in his
mill-pond because a dam he had just built
failed to collect water enough to turn the
wheel.
Eliza Hill, of Seymour, Conn, got her dress
wet, and her stepmother would not let her
put ON her best dress. The girl took her
fathers gun, put the muzzle over her heart,
touched the trigger with her toe, and fell
dead.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09

cure pensions for Confederate soldiers, or
at least have collected money from them
under the pretense that they were entitled 70
pensions The District attorney mentioned
one case of this kind.
He said "Another letter of one of the
firms that think has suspendel-a letter to
n Confederate soldier says : There is bal
ance of s. still due on our fee. You have
paid only So. Please send us the balance as
soon rs possible, so that we can proceed ]
haven't time to 20 over all the papers that you
see before me but what have read are fan
samplesn
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Eastern and Middle States

BY an explosion of fire damp in a mine
near Pittston, Penn, two miners (brothers)
were killed and six others injured, three of
them so seriously that their recovery was
considered doubtful.
FIVE men were blown to pieces by the ex-
plosion of ,2OJ pounds of dynamite used
for blasting a railroad tunnel near Con
iluence, Penn. A freight train was standing
near the magazine containing the dynamite,
and four of the train hands were talking
TO the Waterman. Suddenly there
was terrific explosion. Houses
for fifteen miles around were shaken
to their foundations, and windows for dis
tance of seven miles were shattered. Trees
were uprooted huge rocks were torn asunder
and telegraph poles for half a mile were
rrostratel. Nothing remained of the maya
zine aud the men who stood near it just be
fore the explosion were missing. All must
have been instantly killed. Portions of
bodies, including legs arms, hands and heads
were picked up half n mile distant, but 50
badly di figured as to be unrecognizabe.
THE appearance OF larg school of por-
poises in New York bay few days ago indi-
Gates according to an old sailor early cold
weather.
IRVING, the great English actor made his
first appearance before an American audi
ence at the Star theatre in New York APP
pearing in the Bells" The New York crit
les speak highly of his acting
G. DICKSON was overcome BY the foul air
in a well down which he had gone at ALE
ghany City Penn. Two other men named
Schrader ard Schultz went To his assistance,
and were also overcome. When hauled out
all three were found dead.
MATTHEW ARNOLD, the celebrated English
essayist, opened his lecture tour in this coun-
try by a lecture in New York on "Numbers. y
JOHNSON l.. LYNCH well known lawyer
of Utica a, N. Y, was shot dead at Batav a, n.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09

Under the sceptre of the car of Rus
STA live thirty-eight different nationali-
ties, each speaking its own language,
which is foreign to all others.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11

In Byam's "Wanderings in Chill and
Peru" appears the following remarka-
BILE illustration of one of the well-known
laws Of heat: Feeling very cold, we
determined to have some soup to warm
us, and as we had plenty of meat and
onions, we cut them up, put them in a
saucepan with salt and Cayenne pep
per, and set them on to boil 1 only re-
late this for the information of those
who have not been to great heights,
those who wish to 60 there, and also of
those who, perchance, may believe that
boiling must be the same thing all over
the world. After our soup has dubbed
away in the most orthodox style for
more than two hours, we naturally con-
cluded that our 'bouillon' was ready
and the meat perfectly done, especially
as the last had been cut into rather
small pieces; but, to our great surprise,
we found the water almost colorless,
and the meat almost as raw as when it
was first put into tie pot. One of the
miners told us that it was no use trying
to boil anything, as nothing could be
cooked by water on the top of that
mountain; for. although the water bubl
bled away very fast, the heat was not
great enough to boil potato.
At great attitudes the water begins to
boil long before it arrives at the heat of
two hundred and twelve degrees of
Fahrenheit, and as water can not oct
hotter than boiling-point, except by the
compression of the steam, nothing can
be cooked unless some safe means of
combining the steam be adopted. ] saw
directly how matters lay, and. sticking
the lid tight on the PAN made it fast
with heavy Jumps of silver that were ly.
ing about, attaching them to the handle,
and putting others on the top of all In
very short time the steam got up. and,
though it made the lid jump little,
| managed to get broth, to the great
surprise of the miners, who could not
conceive what L was about"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11

courts, though in an humble way. he
established bull fights at Torfoville
(Villa del Torro) in the city limits, and
taught the savages the pleasure OF life
as he understood them. Tomoka, the
chief of the Caribs, the most savage OF
tribes, became enamored of Aleida at one
of the games instituted by De Leon, and
demanded that he and the Spanish
cavalier should fight for her fair hand.
This De Leon, who was aged and in
firm, refused to do, but proposed a
grand combat between his soldiers and
the tribe of Tomaka. Meanwhile, DE
Leon had discovered spring., which is
still shown just above the Sebastian
River, which was regarded with venera-
BILE superstition by the Indians. The
waters had such effect on De Leon that
he believed that it was fountain of
youth. According to tradition an angel
came every evening to drink of the ''water
of life" as the Indians called it, and the
few drops falling from his wings gave
to the spring its continual curative and
restoring powers. A curiously wrought
cup of clay from which the angel drank
is still in the possession Tustenuggee
(Tom Tiger TaiD, whose son Jim was
so drunk in the Kissimmee City saloon
the other day, and is regarded as the
most sacred of relics by the Seminoles.
Tomoka did not believe in the supersti-
ton, and he greatly offended the Setooes
and Yotematoes by drinking out OF and
at last selling the cup. which was
thought TO be the vilest sacrilege. Ponce
de Leon, angered at Tomoka's love for
Aleida and full of the superstition of the
time, determined upon the destruction
of that chief, and sailed out of the fort
with his soldiers to attack him.
The two warriors met. DE Icons
page threw himself before Tomoka's
spear and saved De Icons life for the
moment, but it was still at the mercy OF
the savage. Suddenly Aleida, attired
in the dress of Carib which she had
slain, darted forward and, drawing her
bow, pierced Tomoka to the heart, and
reaching forward to snatch the sacred
cup from the dead chiefs neck, was
struck by a poisoned arrow and fell
dead. The battle was decided by DE
Icons friends, tie Selooes and Yotem.
atoes, appearing and killing every one
of the CARDS. Temoka's body was
buried on Anastasia island, near tho
Coquia quarries, where the giant re
ma;.-as We're discovered some years ago
Aleida and the page were buried nea
the spring, and Ponce De Leon, sorel,
wounded, was borne into the fort. Al
old slab of marble dug up near t..
spring, which now bears De Leon
name, has this inscription in Spanish
This narrow place is the sepulchre 3
hero, who was in the name q lion AM
much more so in reality, Ponce u
Leon. st augustine fFVa) Coz
philadelphia Press.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11
Partisan Beggars.

There is not block in any street, not
a courtyard, square or carref0ur in
Paris that is not the property of beg
gers. Some will come every day be-
fore the rising of the sun to occupy the
same relation, and there to remain until
night and gas-lights come to give an
artificial life to the city. Then they fill
the principal boulevards until after the
theaters and operas are closed-that is
to say, until after midnight. Others
have their days, even their hours, to
visit certain streets, and they are cum
ming enough not to interfere with each
other in making these unwelcome calls
on the nobility and bourgeoise of Paris.
To be successful beggar, one must
have some visible infrmity or impede
ment to gaining living; consequently
all Paris beggars are either cripples,
blind, MANNED orsuffering from hideous
sore or cancer affection which is not in
frequently assumed or initiated with no
small degree of skill and to our special
loathing. A good many of those whose
infrmities are not of the most hideous
or repulsive character do not beg out
right. They pretend to sell pencils,
pins, knives, flowers; they play on hand
organs and other musical instruments
invented to torture the public, go from
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11
A GOurmand's Chase.

In the fifteenth century probably the
most esteemed fish from the sea was the
maigre, of which the head alone was
valued, the flesh of the cheeks and
under the lips being that most esteemed.
At one time these fish were so fashionable
that it became the custom to offer them
as valuable Prerequisites to the three Con-
SENATORS of the city of Rome. A good
story is told in this connection by Bishop
Paul Jovius, who published work on
fishes in 1881, illustrating the pertinacitv
of a professional gourmand who flour
ished in 1880. He was wont to station
his servant in the fish market to bring
him intelligence of the destination of
the finest fish, and, learning from him
that maigre of unusual size had been
brought in, Tamisio immediately hurried
to wait on the Conservators, in eXpecta-
ton of an invitation to dinner, but as he
assembled the steps of the Capitol he met
the head, adorned with flowers, and
borne, by order of the Conservators, to
Cardinal RiariO, nephew of SeXtus ".
Tamisio, being acquainted with this
prelate, gladly joined in the procession.
But Riario, delighting in play of words,
said that the greatest of fishes should 90
by right to the greatest of cardinals,
and sent it accordingly to Cardinal st.
SEVERN, who was of extraordinary bulk.
He in his turn despatched it in q golden
dish to the wealthy banker Chigi, to
whom he owed money. This time
Tamisio, in his eager pursuit, had tc
traverse the whole city, and to cross tn
Tiber on his way to the Farnesian pala
which Chigi had built. Chigi, howe
did not retain the much-prized h,
but replaced the faded garlands
newly-gathered flowers and sent '
his mistress, whose abode layf ~
way of. There at length Tamisi Ifgl
though fat and unwieldly, had CIV
the object of his desires under trsc
over whole city, was at lc ahot
mitted to partake of the lux myth
endured 50 much toll to obtai my he
will never deprive him Of n. His
served title of prince of dis vel
~. Y. Post ,ourmant
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11
The Country Doctor Of the Last
n ae Century. ..~ .....s

\ alas ~
In the small towns and country the
doctor was one Of the central figures.
His acauirements would not now enter
him in the senior class of a medical
college, since, as general thing, the
doctors of his time had no opportunity
to attend lectures, and not much to read
medicine. When a young man was des-
tined for the medical profession he was
sent to some doctor in one of the larger
towns, and here, half student, half
servant, he learned the elements of the
business. He assisted his master in
such matters as were necessary, mixed
the enormous doses then customary,
carried the bottles to the patients,
washed the jars, pounded the drugs in
mortar, and was the general utility man.
Very rarely was there an opportunity
for dissection, for, save when the body
of hanged murderer was to be had,
the subjects were ''snatched" from some
graveyard, and this was an exceedingly
dangerous operation. Thus each man
was left to himself to acquire the whole
round of medical experience as best he
could. OF course he made many mis-
takes, but the grave hid most of his
failures, and the fault was charitably
laid at the door of Providence. The
remedies then were few and simple and
the deficiency in number was atoned for
by the quantity taken. The amount of
medicine taken even by the well in those
days was wonderful. Those who had
not an ache or pain believed it necessa-
ry in the spring to purify the blood,
and huge doses of SIENNA and mama, of
salts and rhubarb, were matters of
course. No quinine was used for the
ague fits, which were every day affairs,
but in its stead pounded Peruvian bark
was the only recourse, and it was so
scarce as to be almost unavailable.
Smallpox was common, for vaccination
was unknown, and the yellow fever was
then more common in the North than at
present in the South. The favorite
treatment for everything was bleeding,
and the man who tainted from weakness
was bled at once, again and again, as
! the idea was that fainting was the result
of rush of blood to the head. An@s-
thetics were not known, and he who
sustained an injury was forced to submit
to the agonies of an amputation with al
his faculties in more than usual activity
on account of his nervousness at the
prospect before him.--Cor. 50. Lou;
| GLOBE Democrat.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11
Making Use of wil;le Folks.


Out on Pember' son's lines, and near
the spot where J le surrendered Vicks-
burg to Grant, | came to spot on the
highway where the road narrowed to |
about ten feet, snd Just here was faded |
old mule hitch Ell to wagon loaded with
quarter of cord of wood. The mule
was up to his 1lneee in r,ud and the waC-
on was stal ed. Refining my horse on
to the left took a circuit through the
thick Woo s and suddenly came upon
coiored II an seated on a log and nail
asleep.
Ivy he are you doing hereP" asked
Ivy a. tin" was his prompt reply
go, Cor VAat?" i
roaIo ''
81, ~ es,"
,oo, law a big tnud-hole out CAR 4
'0e fon?'
Il did" u
..saw an ole rat-cull'd mewl stuck
st in dc nfudP'
'sYes."
..Well. sab, dat Establishment b longs
ITO dis individual. 90
"A .Then why on earth don't you =,
Ell the wagon out and move on 10 town.
ce ssBel[asc de ole new won Puii, 81,
tr beKase lie dun tired CT liftln; bu1 IL
d, all RIGHT, boss, isn't worried
tn lust then we heard the sounu
to wheels coming up, and team WIN ~, wv
,at men in the carriage, had to halt Inc
10, called ssNigger!' three or four tilae
ed and the man on the log winked to me me
un keep quiet. Receiving no resPIon ,.,
er- they rot down, and while one pay
lad the whip over the old beast, the otn
Dry lifted on the wheel and the wagon v. w
de- rushed out on the solid ground 50 ?. tn n,
~ the carriage could pass. Whe me- s ~ " =
out of hearing the negro started lo n,,1 I,
road in a leisurcly manner, and chuckl
back over his shoulder:
"Dat's what I was waitin' fur-ya
+ Gry yawl yawl Tell you what, boss sii. GA IA
IhaC muffin like maxim dc white folks Ia
lays hold an help boost dis cand OF dc KEN 1nl
. NC ND a few feet! Whoa! 6tr,, Napole.
olive I've Now NJ you walk on wild dat wagir
&c &c Detroit Free Press.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11

Saws a New York editor; line
most agreeable of all companions Is a
simple. frank man, without any preVcn-
sions to an oppressive greatness; one
who loves life, and understands the use
of it; obigng, alike at all hours, "a ao DC
all. of golden temper, and steadiSst ! as !,
on anchor. For such q one we giaoly
exchange the greatest genius, the mos J,
brilliant wit. the profoundcst thinker.
Yes. br,t--that is, trot out your man o.
that sort.--Bost0n Pos.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11

The late Bishop Peck, of the Meth
dist Episcopal Church, not long ago
gave all his property to the Syracuse
University, preierring to dispose of it
during his own life. II have an embi-
tion," he said, 'to die without any
thing, for / am going to where L shall
have infinite riches of q kind that will
suit me better than any of these mater
al things. "-SyracuSe IN ~ JoVnC
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-08-11

An Australian physician, who has
been going about the world ex ,sa,,, ing
insane asySlums, says there is now less e IS
violent madness and more melancholy
insanity. with suicidal tendencies than
there used to be.