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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
A Pension Office Romance.

In recent Washington letter to the
Boston Irdreler, we find this roma ntlc
story: 1t frequently happens that the
pension Office furnishes romance, when
reads more like the flights of fiction than
the stern reality of truth. Congressman
Cassidy, of Nevada, relates an incident
which happened under his personal obser-
yation only short time ago, which
shows this to marked degree. About
two weeks since he received letter from
a man signing himself as Eli Johnson, of
one of the small towns in his State. saving
that months and months ago he made an
application for pension, and as his papers
were complete and without flaw, he
wished to ascertain where the hitch was
and how much longer he would have to
wait. lie furthermore stated that he served
during the war in Company F. First
California cavalry, and that the record of
the war department would show such to be
the fact. Mr.. Cassidy went to Commits
sioner Dudley and looked up the papers
in the case, when, judge of his surprise,
he found that the records showed that
johnson was killed in battle and that his
widow had received back pay, some time
previous to 1879, of sum amounting to
over ~, 600. She, however, believed that
Johnson was dead, and married Mr.. Still,
and was residing in Florida Mr.. Cassidy.
communicated these facts to Mr.. johnson,
AMI the latter answered, saying that he
had heard that his wife had died while
he was away to the war. He came East
and went down South and claimed his
wife, and the couple only day or two
ago started for his home in Nevada.
The only party who is not entirely salts.
he'd with the denouement is Mr.. Still,
who finds himself minus a wife.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

How frequently is the honesty and IN
tegrity of IA man disposed of by smile
or shrug; how many good and generous
actions have been sunk into oblivion by
a distrustful look, or stamped with the
imputation of proceeding from bad mo-
tives by mysterious and seasonable
whisper.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

i have been troubled for over six years
with severe kidney complaint, also a weak
ness of the urinary organs, with its attend
ant troubles My water needed const ant at
tention, some days as many as twenty times,
with severe pains in the bladder, as well as
In the back and loins. At times | passed a
limited quantity of urine, highly colored
with unnatural heat and sediment; frequent
ly excavations would be very painful |
concluded that must do something for it,
fearing that more serious trouble would fol-
low. ! went to the druggist and was recon-
mended to use Hunts Remedy, as 1t hal been
used with wonder ul success in several severe
cases of dropsy and kidney and bladder at
fections here in Bangor. [ concluded to try
it, and before | had used one bottle found Il
was helping me beyond my expectations. My
water became more natural, less color and
sediment, the pains in back and that heavy
feeling gone with general toning up of the
system; and | continued to use it until |
used six bottles, and it has completely cured
me.
Others of my family have used Hunts
Remedy with equally as good success, and we
do not hesitate to recommend it far and near,
believing it a duty as well as a pleasure to
recommend SO good a medicine as Hunts
Remedy. You are at liberty to give my tes-
timony to the public.
D. T. HoDGDEN,
DISTINCTION, Me-. May 10, 1883.
indorse the above sta ement
A M. ROBINSON, JR,
Apothecary, Bangor, Me.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

William j. Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass
says; "ln the fall of 1876 was taken with
Bleeding Of lungs followed by a severe cough.
| lest my appetite and flesh, and was confined
to my bed. In 1877 | was admitted to the
hospital. The doctors said had a hole in my
lung As big as half dollar. At one time
report went around that | was dead. | gave
uphope, but friend told me of DR.. VIM
Balls Balsam for the Lungs. got bottle
when, to my surprise, | commenced TO get
well, and to-day feel bstter than for three
years"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
THE best garden gait-A walk.


would be not to take DR.. r. V. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" if you are bill
ious, suffering from impure blood, or fearing
consumption tscrofulous disease of the lungs)
Sold by all druggists
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
SWISS capitalists invest abroad.

DR.. Graves Heart Re u ator cures all forms
of Heart Disease, nervousness, sleeplessneSs.
MATHEMATIcIANs should wear only figured
materials
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
HINDoos prefer jury of five.

Functional arrangement of the female
system is quickly cured by the use of DR.. r.
Pierces "Favorlte Prescription" 1t re-
moves moves pain and restores health and strength.
BY all druggists.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

Druggists in malarial districts say that
Lydia h. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
as much the standard remedy for female
woakne ses as quinine is for the prevailing
chills and fever
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

- ASK Tor Wells Trough On Cornsn 15c.
quick, complete cure. Corns, wart, bunions
DIR. Sanford's Liver Invgorator purifies the
hood. aids digestion, regulates the bowels.
Beware of the incipient stages of Consump-
ton. Take Piso's Cure in time.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

My wife used DR.. Graves Heart Regulator
with great relief, it is the only relief from
Heart Disease. cheerfully recommend it.
J. B. Miller, p M, Mulberry Grove, III. 81
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

puts VII VIIVI Oh tI to IOI UTIt III 81 UIIIIt.
DR.. Piercs's pheasant Purgative Pellets
are sugar coated and nclosed in glass bot
ties, their virtues being thereby preserved
unimpaired for any length of time, in any
ella ate so that they are always fresh and
reliable No cheap wooden or pasteboard
boxes. BY druggists.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

FOLLOWED soot-The sweep who fell down
q chimnev
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION depression of spir-
its and general debility in their various forms.
also as prey entive against fever and ague and
otherintermittent fevers the "Ferro-Phosphor
sted Elixir of Calisaya," made by CasweIl
Hazard 4 Co., New York, and sold by all Drug
gists, is the best tonic and for patients recover
ing from fever or other sickness it has no equal
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

Elys Cream Balm is doing wonders. l ad-
wise sufferers from Catarrh to lay other rem.
edies aside. | believe it is the only remedy
that will cure this terrible disease, from which
] have suffered twenty years.-Charles Gar.
rabrant, Shoe Merchant, SS5 Broad St., New
ark, n. j. price 80 cents per bottle.)
Having used Elv's Cream Balm for Catarrh
and Cold in the Heal, am satisfied that il
is a first-rate pre- aration and would recon.
mend it to anyone dfected.-R w. Cheever,
Editor Herald. Clinton Wis Price Soc See ad.
Health Is Wealth.
1t is worth more than riches, for without
it riches cannot be enjoyed. How many
people are without health who might regain
it by using Kidney Wort. 1t acts upon the
Liver, Bowels and Kidneys, cleansing and
stimulating them to healthy action 1t cures
all disorder of these important organs, puri-
fes the blood and promotes the general
health. Sold by all druggists. See advt.
Well dressed people don't wear dingy or
faded things when 10c. and guaranteed Dia-
mond Dye will make them good as new. They
are perfect Get at druggists and be economi-
cal. Wells, Richardson q Co.. Burlington, Vt.
No opiates or drastic cathartics to be found
in that peerless remedy, Samaritan Nervine.
From Boulder. Col Miss n. Z. Wilder writes:
Samaritan Nervine cured me of epilepsy.
Camphor Milk cures aches and pains. 25c
Phoenix Pectoral cures cold and cough. 25c
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

hOHHh on (Onghs.V
Knocks a Cough or Cold endwise Fol
Children or Adults lroches 1Sc Iinnih 20
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

Bnchn-FRIba.v
Quick, complete cure, all ANNOYING Kidney
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81, DRUGGIST,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

Apothecary, Bangor, Me.

A MAN of many humps-The chap who
outs ON roller-ska al es for the first time.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

Ringing and Bursting Noises
100 Doses One Dollar

The remarkable results in disease universal aud
with such variety of characteristics catarrh prove
bow eectualy Hoods Sarsaparilla acting through the
blood. reaches every part of the human system.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
Hoods SarSapariIIa

By @. l. Hood o.. Apothec aries Lowell Mass
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

A CHURCH far-lhe daisy in the choir
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19

One branch Of trade shows no effects
of the panic. Il am a manufacturer of
babies caps" said q New York mer-
chant, aand ! regard it as the most sta
pie business IN the country. Babies
are coming into the world all the time,
and every mother will stint herself be-
fore she denies her infent q cap. No
panics Interfere with my business
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19

The total exports Of petroleum from
the United States during the fiscal year
ending june 80, 1884, were 513. e70. 092
gallons, valued at s47 100, 24S, an in-
crease Of 7, 738 .476 gallons and ~, 100.
169 q compared with the preceding
year.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19

From the ~ Paul Pioneer Press, Sept IA.
South Of the Omaha railway bridge, In
West Eau Claire. from the Pioneer Lum-
Der company's mills to Westville, two miles
away, and az the extreme end OF West Eau
Claire and at WestviIle, the damage wrought
by Thursdays food lis tremendous Along
this section the banks of the Chippewa are
low; but Notwithstanding this and the
fact chat the soil is sand, the people had con-
strncted their dwellings close to the waters
edge, apparently fearing no overflow. The
west side Of Shawtown, q division Of
West Eau Claire. is where chaos reigns.
The streets are filed with lumber, houses
turned and twisted in all ways, the whole
place covered with q layer OF black mud,
left by the food, from one TO three feet In
depth; bedding, household furniture, roofs,
shingles, logs, fifteen-fO0t piles of wood;
houses with logs driven through them; the
depot inclined at an angle OF ~forty-fye de-
grees. and telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires down. The Milwaukee railroad
track ana bridge are completely uprooted;
the street car tracks are buried under the
biackest, n~astiest mud that ever was formed.
The city bridges are literally distributed In
p~ut-of-the-way places - one indescribable
mass Of everything that could fioat The
rise or wafer &C Hhawtowp was twenty
w feet sx inches. the most OF che flood oc-
curing Wednesday night and Thurs.
day mornlng. No lives were lost
there. The main damage ls 70 the Milwau.
kee railway. fts loss certainly being over
MM|| WL. W w OF NW"|
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19

The chronic grumbler il now dis.
tressed because food il too cheap.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19

MILWAUKEE, Special Telegram, Sept Ia
General superintendent Clark, Of the st Paul
road. has not vet returned from the scene of
the Chippewa river floods. where he went ON
Friday. He Is personally overseeing the
Herk o. repair going on There.
NO DAMAGE AT DURAND.
DURAND, Wis, Special, Sept. Ia - This
reached . point two feet above the high
water Of 1880, but there was no damage ex-
cept to cellars. The bridge across the
Chippewa liz all right Beef Slough boom
and the mills below viii round mp all logs
that come down.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19

bis " FAINT" Mrs. Chapman Number two
said If be had been minding his owe bust.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-04
Remarkable Tricycling.

For fifteen years the city weigher of
Salem has suffered with paralysis in
both legs, making it impossible to walk
unaided or to lift his legs, and even
with the aid of crutch it was exceed
ingly hard to drag himself. As an ex-
pertinent he was advised to try tricy-
cling. Incredible as it may seem. he
became tricyclist, and can propel
his machine as well as many who have
the perfect use of their legs. He has
the sufficient strength to push down
upon the treadles, and as one pedal
goes down the other pedal lifts the
other leg. He rides his Columbia tri-
cycle to and from his office daily, and
has ridden all over the city, attracting
great attention. for he is one of the
old pioneer ship captains of Salem. and
is personally acquainted with almost
every body in the neighborhood. Re
Gently he made trip TO Swampscott
on his tricvcle, distance out and back
of eight miles. but he was assisted by
a bicyclist. who, connecting the bicy-
Gle and tricycle. by rope. towed him
part of the distance. the city authori-
ties contemplate erecting little house
Tor the machine, near his office. -Bos-
f.. H. al
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Line Rrpaircr's Story.

zone of my companions had queer
oyperience once, continued Dick,
land he was the laughing stock Of the
whole party for year. We were rum
nine line OF wire through Emra,
and were on one OF the principal
streets. jim, as we called the fellow,
SHE'D up high pole and began tastcn-
ing a wire to an insulator The cross
bar was Just in front Of fourth-story
window, and Jim was not more than
fortv-eight inches from the building
A boy on the street yelled: The pole 5
fallin',' and Jim plunged through the
open window. When he alighted in
side he found he was in a nice, cosy
little bedroom with little boxes Of
rouge, and numerous bottles OF per-
fumerv round about on the stands and
shelves. Jim hadn't the slightest
idea what to do. He dare not attempt
to climb back on the pole, and he
could hear voices in the next room.
We waited below for him, thinking he
was coming down the inside stairway
while he was trembling inside for fear
the regular occupant of the room might
enter. Finally, he tied paper to a
thread and let it down. 1t read:
What the ID shall do? I'm cooped
up here in some Internal old maid 8
bedroom We let him stay up there
half an hour longer, and then went up
and made matters right with the ten
opto ~
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Rough on Rats" clears out Rats, Mice. l5c'

Rough on Rats" clears out Rats, Mice. l5c.
Rough on Corns," for Corns, Bunions l5c
Thin people. "Wells' Health Remover"
restores health and yigor, cures dyspepsia,
&c. 81.
Rough on Toothachc,' instant relief, l5c
Ladies who would retain freshness and vi
yaclty, don't fail To try "Wells' Health Re
newer"
"Buchu-paiba," great kidney and urinary
Flies, reaches, ants, bed.bUg, rats, mice,
cleared out by Rough on Rat,,' l5c.
Rough on Coughs" trochc- i5., liquid 2ic,
For children, slow in development, puy
and delicate, use "Wclls Health Remover"
Rough on Dentist" Tooth Powder Try
ii. l5c.
Nervous Wcakdcss, Dyspepsia, Sexual De.
bility cured by wells Health Remover 81.
Mother Swan, Worm Syrup, for feverish,
ness, worms, constipation; tastclcss. 25c.
Singing, irritation, all Kidney and Urinary
complaints cured by "Buchu.paiba' 81,
Night sweats, fever, chils, malaria, dyspcp.
STA, cured by "Wells' Health Remover"
My husband writes LADY, is three times the
man since using wells Health Remover"
If you are failing, broken, worn out and
nervous, use "Wells' Health Remover 81.
Prevalence of Kidney complaint in Ameri-
ca; "Buchu-paiba" is quick, complete
cure 81
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There are more beautiful women
among the shop girls Of New York than
there are among the avenues said II
policeman abruptly, as u group VI
dashing looking women passed. you
can see some of them here, and YOU
can see some of them on Broadway;
but the place to catch them in shoals is
down on the East side. Whenever |
have any friends come to see me from
out OF town, or whenever my business
makes it necessary for me to show
some one around the city, which occa-
sionally happens, take the visitor
down on the East side. In the course
of seventeen years | have steered
good many men down on East Broad
way. and never yet failed to amaze
them by the crowds of handsome wo-
men. The best way to sec them is to
start along Grand street from the Bow
cry about o'clock in the afternoon.
take the south side Of the street, and
follow it east as far as East Broadway;
there you will see hundreds of girls
that will make you gasp for breath.
There are faces more beautiful than
you ever see on Broadway, and figures
that no man can find fault with. After
you turn into East Broadway and pro-
coed downward you will catch the da-
mond in the rough. You will see girls
there almost in rags who are more
beautiful than any girl you can find in
New York above Fourth street. don't
care who she is. They live in the ten
ement houses and over the shops along
East Broadway. 1t is social quarter
every one knows every one else and
the women are taken up with the gos-
sip of the neighborhood.
1.-The girls don't know much when
you come to talk with them, and their
ideas about ladies they won't talk
of anything else but ladies, you know
would make you smile. They work
late and work hard. Their fun con-
ssts in sitting on the front steps at
night, walking arm in arm up the
block, and going occasionally to occa-
sional picnics and cheap excursions.
We know them to be the best girls in
the city. This is because they amt ed
ucated above their station, and because
they live with their families. They are
the beauties of New York.
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.Do You Love Me, Papa?"
TO CORA.

TO CORA.
Love thee, my child2 Why, precious one
The flo were that brighten all the plalh'
And thou were taken from my side,
Would waste their sweetness nut in valh'
Such blindness would o'erspread my eyer
neer could look on them again;
Such tears would flow from out mine eyes
Flow down and fall, rs from dark Skies
The drops of rain.
Love thee, my child? Why, MS the sun
Sends light and glory 10 the day,
So dost thou brighten AL my he
with Inv purc love each sparkling ray;
And tho the stars might glimmer bright
could but grope through dnrksomc night
And lrcmble as with rude alright,
Vert thou away.
Love thee. my child? We're it need
NV life for thine I'd forfeit make,
And bHst the hand to strike the dow,
Or bina me to the Il ming stake; .u
Love holds DER me such strength ny 'hraii'
''''' Papa.
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when, in a sudden cessation at the mu-

sic, an old gentlcman's voice contin-
ued, inadvertently high and loud:
elbow do YOU manage your calvesP
That was what he said. He was
looking straight at the girl; but COM
pretended, from previous knowledge
that he was noted breeder of fancy
stock, that he was talking to his COM
panion about cows young 'uns. But
the girl thought the calves he referred
to were her own real or assumed ones,
She just turned pale and quiyercd-all
vi which made me almost believe that
she had forced u symmetry which ma
ture had denied her.
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cream which is allowed to remain on
fifteen minutes. This is then rubbed
off with piece of fine, soft white nan-
mel, and the arms and shoulders are
covered with "baby" powder and rub
bed very thoroughly. This finishes the
operation. When this is completed
they look like polished marble, and
the skin seems to take on wonder
fully fine and beautiful texture. Some
one has suggested that the face might
be treated in the same way with good
effect, but this would be next to impos-
sible as the texture of the skin on the
arms and shoulders is always different
from that on the face. The face should
always be washed in water that the
chill has been taken of. of. Warm wa
ter is not good for the complexion, in
spite of all that has been said to the
contrary; neither is real cold water.
The one makes the skin tlabby, and in
time wrinkles it; the other roughens it.
Cosmetics of every kind should be
avoided. They are always disgusting
and even little powder put on on a
warm dav to "take the shine off, " is
Objectionable. Powder and paint al
ways stamp a woman as common, no
matter how small quantity may b6
used. Oatmeal and lndian-meal wa
ter are both excellent for washing the
face and hands in. The meal softens
the skin and gives it delicate flush
which is very becoming. The majority
of women will also find that salt water
will help their compilations. Get ten
cents worth of rock salt every month
and wash in basin into which good
lump of it has been placed. Rain-water
is an excellent thing for the skin, and
there is as much truth as poetry in the
old saying that the 'early dew of the
morning will make like the face OF an
angel the woman who bathes in it,
~ Y Mornirag JOurRaI.
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A MISTAKE.

Clara Belle writes from Newport that
black stockings are generally worn.
especially on occasions of dancing.
The silhouette effect of the jet feet and
ankles under light dresses is exceed
ingly picturesque, especially when the
quadrille or german assumes risky
and skirt disturbing aspect. We walk
demurely through the figures until we
come to the 'ladies' chain" or the
promenade. 1t is permissible here
to add little swinging step and grace
full dancing movement to this stately
promenade. Some of the figures of
the german border on the romp. One
of these is called La Corde. A rope is
stretched by the leading couple across
the room, and the fellows jump over
it to reach their partners. Much
amusement is occasioned by those who
are intentionally thrown by the raising
of the rope. After all have gained
their partners they perform a waltz
and regain their seats. This sometimes
becomes rollicky In the extreme. Now
it is fact well known in art that a
black object looks smaller than white
or bright one. Actresses are well
aware of that optical delusion. and they
are accused of adapting bulk to circum-
stances. That is to say, their black
silk stockings are bulged more than her
other ones. 1t is not for me to scruti-
nize amateur dancers too closely, but
ut Newport ball was led to suspect
that the devices of the stage are not
unknown to the hotel parior. A
girl had just been a tritle reckless as TO
the switching of her skirts in the hur-
ly-burly episodes of the quadrillc, and
there had been no hindrance at all to
public admiration of her blackly stock
inged ankles. She was barely seated
Gladstone In Private Life.
SAW Mr.. Gladstone first when he
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being detained had been obliged to
walk home alone so late. She did not
mention Silvre,to's name; and she new
or saw him again.
And Billy did not 90 to India, for he
was not. like his Uncle Edgar, "disap-
pointed in love" And Billy did marry
his "iirst love"