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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-14
pOuRLEp TIE WHEAT CRop.

Norwich, Vt. Nov. II, 1883.
have used Bowkcr's Fertilizers to
quite an extent for few years past on
both field and garden crops, and find it
well pays me for the expense the first
year, aud it manifests itself in the soil
for number of years afterwards, espe.
cially on grass land. On India wheat it
will more then double the crop with a
slight amount applied.
Yours truly, JAS. s. BEAN.
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y Miss Betsey Foote of Sudbury perish
ed in the storm of thursday night the
9Th. She had been to Brandon after
something, and had got back almost
home, when it appears she got bewild-
cred in the storm, and, sitting down,
froze to death. She was - years old
BrQAdOH Union.
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The most reliable in Addison County.
No agent in New England can offer n
better list of companies than the follow
ing:
Etna, Hartford,
Home, New York,
Ph~niX, Hartford,
German American, New York,
Springfield f. and NJ, Springfield.
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Manufacturers land NJ, Boston.
Royal, Liverpool, England,
Lancashire, Manchester, England.
Imperial. London.
Northern, London.
If fire has not visited You in the past,
such good fortune is not thereby guaraG-
anteed in the future. Remember that
delays are dangerous. If you are not
insured, don't wait, but call ON or cores
pond with l.. ID. ELDREDGE, General
Insurance Agent, Middlehury, Vt, who
will give tirst-class companies, the lowest
rates and your money promptly on hon
est losses.
OFFICE In OVERS BLOCK.
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Vote for County Commissioner.
ldlebury. for Samuel James,

1t is spring. A resurrection of natures
latent forces is taking place. Like the
world around you, renew your complex
ion, invigorate your powers, cleanse the
channels of life. Ayers Sarsaparilla is
the means to use for this purpose.
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FARM FOR SALE.
FARM CONSISTING OF
III ACRES
NOTICE OF LAND SALE,

The non resident prOprietors of the town OF
granville, IN the county Of Addison, are hereby
notified that the taxes assessed by said town.
within the three years next preceding this date
remain either in whole or in p1rt unpaid on Tho.
tollowingdescrihed land in SAID town 10 wit:
ITO acres of lot No. 27,3d division, drawn to the
Original right OF Aaron Graves. taxes assessed
to job Brown.
% acres OF lot No. 1874, Sd division drawn to the
original right of James shaw; taxes assessed to
Nj. Gotta.
One undivided half of lot No 1876, Sd division,
drawn TO the original right of DAVID Graham
taxes set Ia Downcr \ Thatcher
Lot No 20, Sd division, drawn 10 the original
right OF ,Iarlas King, taxes assessed to Downer,
Pierce II Bailey, T., W.
Lot No. -, 81 division. drawn Ia the original
right ofJohn liurlhurt, taxes assessed 10 Dow.
ner Pierce Tarhell.
% acres OF lot No ~. 3d division, ,lrawn to the
original right of Joseph Farnsworth taxes asses
ed To Lewis Spooher. And So much of said lands
VIII he sold at public auction at the hotel of H.
Udalls, IN said Granville ON the 9Th day OF April
next, at one O'Clock in the afternoon AS hall Le
requisite In discharge sail taxes with cos.s, an-
less previously paid,
HI. Z. HAYES,
First constable and collector OF town taxes.
Dated at Granville, this 2Ith day Of February,
A. u 1854 s-3w,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-14
>MltOOlrburp Aegistet
FRIDAY. MARCH II. 1884.
Travellers Guide.

Trains pass Middlebury station at the
hours given below:
GOING NoRTH-Exrress, 1886 I'm; passen-
ger, S:O5 Il. M. mail, 1923 D. M : express,
$500 p. m.
GOING SoUTH-Mail. 1905 a. m; passen-
ger. 4:57 p. M; mixed AS far as Brandon.
$3.50 y. M: express, 1920.
MAILS CLosE-North, 300 and $40 p. m;
South. $40 Il. m. and $40 pm.
See Central Vt timetable on last page.
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ROCKWELL-In Middebury, March 7, Syl
Vester b, Rockwell aged Il years
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A FEW REASONS
WHY IT IS BEST TO
BUY GROCERIES,!
FRANK A. BOND 4 BRO.

tlST-Beausc they keep the largest county to
select from
SECOND-They keep the best goods the market affords.
THlRD-Ther prices always the bottom
FOURrH-Thcy give honest weight and measure.
FlFTH-They attentive to their customers interests
SIATH-To village trade goods promptly delivered
SENENTH-You can always find what yon want.
We handle flour direct from western mills in carload lots The
quality Of Hax Patents St. Louis Pastry and Mcoan White
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-11-26
HoRsE-sHoEs.
r,.a,r ,,sInponsar Meaning .as osna,n


Now that the horse shoe, as pretty sym.
Dol of good luck, forms 80 much q part OF
household decoration, ii may not be arniss
to say word about its significance in the
olden times. The horseshoe WINS anciently
believed to be an effectual protection against
witchcraft and witches, who could no more
overcome the sanotity of its semi-circular
form than they could the movement of
stream which even the most powerful could
not cross, If in the shape of a running
brook, as witness the race of Tam O'Shan-
ter, who, pursued by them, passed the key
stone of the bridge himself, while the tail
Of his good mare, on the wrong side there.
Of, became the prey of the pursuing war,
locks. We have seen the horseshoe nailed
to the Intel of barns and masts of vessels,
for witch, mounted on her broomstick,
might take it into her head to descend upon
some unlucky craft, or she might call up
the surging waves to engulf II, unless il
were protected by this holy symbol. For
horse to cast shoe was bad omen when o
gallant knight was about to start upon some
expedition, hence, if q horse stumbled,
which he would be sure to do if imperfectly
shod, was unlucky. We do not in our day
believe much in witches or "a bad signs,n
but everybody is pleased with the good luck
implied in the finding of horseshoe. By
an old Norman custom, which has beer
preserved to the present, the venerable
castle at Oakham is plentifully bedecked
with horseshoes. The Lords de Freres
were in olden time entitled to demand from
every baron on his first passing through the
town shoe from off one of his horses
feet. There are several shoes over two
hundred years old, the most notable being
one given by Queen Elizabeth, one by
George w., and one by Queen Victoria.
The Princess of Wales recently visited the
town, and, in conformity with the custom.
gilt SHOE with her name inscribed on it,
will be fastened to the castle WALL In Qua
day it Is not much to give gilded horse.
shoe, as did the Princess of Wales, but Il
was a serious thing to nm old knight, who,
giving direct from his horses foot, parted
with his good luck. Brooklyn Magazine.
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EcoENrRIolrIEs OF GENIUS.
ONE of Horace Greeley's peeuliarislo..

wonder if all oyermastering minds are
not conspicuously weak in some direction.
1t was theory of the late eminent scientist,
DR.. George NJ Beard, that there were no
great men that g if man is great in one
direction he is limited in another" We
know it was so with old Sam johnson, with
Milton, with Fontenelle, with Humboldt,
with Franklin, and later with Summer,
Greeley and Conkling. go
/ worked on the Tribune under Mr.
Greeley, and, though | saw him every day,
never yet heard him say good morning"
or good evening" how do you do" or
"good-by," or inquire after anybody's
health. But he scrupulously answered
every letter that came to him, and answered
It on the spot, SO that the writer generally
got the reply in the next mail. His con-
science was abnormally developed on this
subject, and he probably wrote 20, 900 let
ters that did not need writing, and died the
| sooner for 1t. On the street he seldom
spoke to oven his nearest friends unless he
had business. have known him to enter
street car downtown, sit by the side Of q
friend and ride mile without sneak;no 4
word. then suddenly NUDGE him and ssv
" Let me take your paper 2p read the naner
| for another mile look ont for the fr;and,.
house hand the naner To him mat bafors
reaching IT, and mart comnanv without
speaking to him or looking NJ him Ha d;a
not believe in that exnenditure Of force
which conversational ciyilities reouira
gentleman who breakfasted with him
in 1865 tells me about IL Mr.. Greelev WAS
not living Mt home Mt the time ba was what
Mrs. Greeley calmly called g boara;no
somewhere else. This somevhera aIas
happened to be the westnoroland on Union
Souare. only n connie of blocks FROM ri.
bonse prof T. G poc,,ord ond ,vars
invited to breakfast with him at o o,c,ock
We reached the dining room Of the hotel
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-11-26
THE OIL-SPOT.

About ten miles to the south of the Sabine
River, which forms the boundary between
Texas and Louisiana, and about mile from
the shore, there exists natural phenomenon
known to sailors as "The OiLSpot." In
Inc weather there Is nothing remarkable to
attract the attention of stranger; but
when an angry gale from the northeast
sweeps the ocean and great crested waves
rise in battle array this charming natural
harbor reveals itself. No visible boundary
divides 1t from the tempestuous ocean
around, but within a space of two miles in
length the waters remain perfectly calm,
their only change being that they become
turbid and red, as though the oil.bearing
mud were stirred up from below. A broad
belt of white foam and towering breakers
mark where the mighty waves, rolling
shoreward in their might, with all tho force
gathered in an unbroken sweep Of 700 miles
across the Gulf, are suddenly arrested and
sink down, conquered and powerless, M
soon as they come within the mysterious
influence of this gentlest of rulers.
Unfortunately this peaceful haven is very
shallow; its depth is yariously stated at
twelve and eighteen feet, so that only ves-
sells of light burden can here take shelter
But to these, blessed, indeed, is the change
If passing suddenly from the wild tossing
Of the outer ocean TO the wonderful calm
of this strange harbor, where the weary
crew may rest as securely as though within
an encompassing coral reef. Indeed, the
stranger approaching this wall OF breaker
would naturally assume IL to be caused by
dangerous reef, and would, as matter
Of course, seek safely by steering away from
il.
We believe that no scientific examination
Of this so-called Oil Spot has yet been made.
Sailors who have here found refuge state
that the bottom is of soft, soapy mud, into
which they can easily push pole to con.
siderable depth--a mud which, when APP
piled to deck-scrubbing, Is found to be ex.
seedingly cleansing. --Fopular Science
M0nthlu
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-11-26
Bill Nye,s Advice TO Parents.

Do not constantly tell you boy show
tall " he is-that he "grows like a weed -
and finally make him think that he Is 4
giraffe. If you keep it up you will finally
make round-shouldered, awkward, BASH
full bean-pole out of mighty good looking
boy. If every tall boy in this country will
agree to lick every wooden-headed man who
tells him show he does grow" will agree
to hold the coat of said tall boy. lam now
dealing with subject Of which happened
to be informed. The same rule applies to
girls as well. If you want to make your
daughter fall over the piano and learn to
climb q tree whenever she sees anyone
come toward the house, tell her "what a
great swalloping tom-boy she is getting to
be-" In this way if her parents act judic-
iously and in concert, We can soon have Q
nation of young men and women whose
manners and carriage will be as beautiful
and symmetrical as the plaster cast of
sore toe. IH ,fagfe
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GEN. GRANT AT WEST POINT.
His own Statement MS TO How He Got
There, and His success ms "A Cadet.

6 1t was n mere accident TINT put me into
the army" said Grant to his old comrade.
hadn't much fight in me and didn't want
to go to war. thought of being farmer,
and thought of going to sea; but OF oil
the possible futures l dreamed of when a
boy, being n soldier wasn't among them.
am not sure had even heard of West Point
when my father told me to get ready TO go
On for my preliminary examination. This
Is the way it was: Our next neighbours boy
got a chance from our Congressman to go
TO West Point. He went and failed to pass
the examination-for physical reasons, l
believe. He did not come home after that,
and the family did pot allude to his failure,
but his mother, who felt very sore about it,
came and told my mother, con6dentially,
what was troubling her. Mother told
father, and fathsr wrote straight TO our
Congressman ane got the chance for me.
o, yes, know that those who remember
my boybpod tell about my firing pistol
without finching when was two years old
and crying for more Of it, but don't think
such tendencies were strong l never
thought of being a soldier. Going to West
Point was just tho accident ] have told
you"
How came you 20 pass the examine
ton p asked my informant.
Almost any boy can do that" answered
the General. AZ was II years old, and all
chat was required was some knowledge Of
reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic to
decimal fractions. II was superstitious /
should think there was some fatality in my
going to West Point, for when the war was
over figured up, and as near as I could
find out that little country village of George.
town, o., from which went-a place Of @
couple of hundred peoplo-sent to the wal
one full General (myselfD, three Major.
Generals, two Brigadier- Generals, three
Colonies, three or four line officers and one
private soldier. The private soldier desert
ed, think.
81 had no very easy time Of 1t at West
Point. In a class of more than hundred
| was behind them all in almost everything.
! never succeeded in getting very near
either the head or foot o. the class. / was
within three of the foot in languages, I
believe, and within five of the head in
mathematics. l was at the head in horse
manship, but that didn't count. gradu-
ated as No. 81, and was glad to get it,"
"But only thirty-eight out Of the hun
bred odd raduated," said his visitor !;
rather harder luck than our class had"
"Not few" said the General, "who
had to leave school because Of failure to
keep up with the class have since taken
commanding positions in life, and would
probably have succeeded in the army il
they only had got into it."
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What n Man Ii.

Huxley gives the following table of what
full-grown man should weigh, and how
this weight should be divided "Weioht.
154 lbs. Made up thus Muscles and their
appurtenances, 68 h.; skeleton, "a h.;
skin, l0a h.; fat, 28 h.. brain, 8 h.; tho
racic viscera, 81 h.; abdominal yiscera, IL
h.; blood which would drain from the
body, 7 h." This man ought to consume
per diem Lean beefsteak, 5000 ers..
bread, 6,0Oo grs.; milk, 1000 grs.; potatoes
800 grs.; butter, 600 grs., and water, 90.
900 grs. His heart should beat rs times .
minute and he should breathe Is times n
minute. In "a hours he would yitiate .75C
cubic feet of pure air to the extent of 1 Der
cent; man, therefore, of the weight men.
toned ought to have 800 cubic feet of well
ventilated space. He would throw off by
the skin IL OF. Of water, 800 grs. Of solid
matter and 400 grs. of carbonic acid every
"a hours, and his total loss during the "a
hours would be 6 lbs. of water and q little
above 2 lbs. Of other matter.
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Utilizing the Hia Trees.

A redwood tree, cut in this county, fur
nished all the timber for the Baptist church
in Santa Rosa, one of the largest church
edifices in the county. The interior Of the
building is finished in wood, there being nc
plastered walls. Sixty thousand shingles
were made from the tree after cough was
taken for the church. Another redwood
tree, cut near Murphy's Mill, nthis county,
about ten years ago, furnished shingles that
required the constant labor Of two industri-
BUS men for two years before the tree was
used up. The above statements are vouched
for as true by Supervisor 7. J. Proctor
Santa Rosa (Cal.) Republican,
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-"
sDur AutiIt%rafInus.

The London Standard says that milk over
!herc is preserved by chemicals. Over here
It is different; we don't go much on chemi-
calls for preserving purposes. Over here
we are satisfied with ordinary water in our
milk. And we are not SO aristocratic and
high toned as to demand belladonna or any
little thing of that kind in our sugar. Ordi-
nary sand is good enough for us, and that
is why dealers use it so extensively. After
while they will take some of their high
falutin, stem winding names like Cholmon-
deley, Beanchamp, Wemyss, and salt them
down in chemicals like so much sealskin to
keep them in good state of preservation,
30 that one end may not decay and become
useless while the other is as sound as dol
lar Puck.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-11-26

A Northern dude who was prospecting
around the Del Vale settlement near Austin,
in search of Indians and buffalo, induced
Tiff Johnson to take him back to Austin In
a wagon. How much do owe you r.
asked the dude. II don't care to make
any charge. The satisfaction of getting
you out Ct our neighborhood is enough pay
for me, y said Tiff. ''But I must pay you,
We know / don't know what It Is worth,
but last week man paid me fifty cents fol
bringing in calf" The dude. who belongs
to one of the first families in New York,
promptly handed over half dollar. - Ter0s
SJfyings.
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POETRY.



Where Is the baby, grandmamma?
The sweet young mother calls
From her work In the cosey kitchen,
With its dainty whitewashed walls.
And grandma leaves her knitting,
And looks for her all around;
But not trace OF baby dear
Can anywhere be found.
No sound of its merry prattle,
No CLEAN OF It's sunny hair,
No patter OF tiny footsteps,
No sign OF it anywhere.
All through house and garden,
Far out into the field,
They search each nook and corner,
But nothing is revealed.
And the mothers face grew pallid;
Grandmamma's eyes grew dim;
The fathers gone to the village;
No use to look for him.
And the baby lost! "Wheres RoveIfr
The mother CHANGED to think
OF the old wen in the orchard
Where the cattle used TO drink.
"where's Rover? know he'd-find her
Roverr' In vain they call.
Then hurry away TO the orchard;
i And there by the moss grown wall
Close to the well, lies Rover,
Holding to baby's dress;
She was leaning over the wells edge
IN perfect fearlessnessl
She stretched her little arms down,
But Rover held her fast!
And never seemed to mind the kicks
The tiny bare feet cast
So spitefully upon him,
But wagged his tail instead.
To greet the frightened searchers,
While naughty baby said:
"Dere's a little dirl In the alter;
She's dust as big as me,
Mamma; want to help her out,
And take her home TO tea.
But Rover, he won't let me,
And don't love him. Go
Away, you naughty Roverl
oh! why are you crying so7'
The mother kissed her, saying;
"My darling, understand,
Good Rover saved your life, my dear
And, see, be ticks your hand
Kiss Roveru Baby stuck him,
But grandma understood:
She said: ats hard 10 thank the ffiend
Who thwarts us for our good.n
Abs k,sDe. e. Raldtc:s:'s AontIiss
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Finally, if you remain to the end of a
performance, remain indeed to the end
remain in your seat and remain quiet until
the last word has been spoken, or the last
note has been sung. Be not one of those
INBRED persons that when the end ap.
proaches begin to make ready to go, or per.
haps get up and push past others, disturb
ing everybody in the house, players as well
as auditors, in their selfish haste to reach
the door. I repeat: You have no more
right to disturb others at place Of smuse-
ment than you have to pick their pockets,
for when you disturb others you rob them
of part Of that for which they have paid
their money.-Tne Mentor.
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This beats the lawyer George Benson,
o Decatur soldier, got mad short time age
because his pension claim was not settled
and wrote Uncle Sam letter telling him he
could 90 to - with IL. He was going to
Iowa. George hadn't more than got to
Pokagon before his claim was adjusted, al
lowing him about 81 100 back pay and SO
per month as long as he lives.--Ia'o Pau
NortteTner.
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How little we know Of the inner life Of
our closest friend. While we may imagine
that his thoughts are of friendly serenity,
be in thinking may muse !: Strange he
does not mention the Ave dollars he borrow.
cd from me-" All, human nature, thou art
q deceptive rascal. Thou smilest the smile
Of the sweet herb and thinkest the thought
If quinine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-11-26

Prevent Rheumatism by wearing
anti-rheumatic Scarlet Underwear--a fine
quality that can be worn by any one, can
be had at Van Horns.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
LITERARY NOTES.

Henry James Senior. left among his papers curious
enc entitled immortal Life; illustrated IN bnei
Autoboeraphc sketch Of the late Stephen Dewhurst"
II IL described as an interesting study Of the growth o'
his mind and it will be published in the November
number Of The Atlantic "
A paocr on "Old English Painters" Handsomely IL
lustsated, will appear in the next number Of ne
Magazine of Art"
The Mayor Of Lichfeld. England, has invited the
world TO correspond with him the three questions
whether IL is desirable TO celebrate the centenary
NJ DIR Johnsons death what form such a celebration
sboud take and in what way his correspondents viii
rive their aid The wise old doctor died on December
l3. 1884.
An English edition of :" The Life and Letters Oh p"s
ard TayIorr will be brought out by Elliot Stock
An edition Is about TO be made by honsisnor .ape'
o. tho ecclesa.ticsi literature Of this country. oy
rcnrint Of a classical work, "Ihe faitn oil ,a,ho''
confirmed by Scripture and attested by the ather Vi
,he srs, five Centuries of the Church" IL was com
niIed by Bennington and Kirk, and edited ia'er oy
Wstorvorrh The passages from the Greek ana La''h
fathers are translated into English doubtful readings
or difcnlt sentences being given in the original Inc
work ha, necessarily interest beyond the pare Oh '"'
Roman Church It is printed in three octave volumes
with index and chronological lists OF the Popes coun
.;l. and ecclesiasticaI writers OF the period.