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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08
Granville.
Mrs. Ira Patrick is failing.

Mrs. Ira Patrick is failing.
Mary Jane (McDonald) Burrows died
the 9TH, of consumption.
VIII Ferno moves on to f. & ST. Hub
bard's hill farm the lst of March.
Walter Vradenburg has gone to Water
bury to look for a place to move to.
Jacob V. Wilson has gone back to
Mortified to work on Joseph w. Gould's
dwelling house.
Fred \. Lewiss brother has come from
ohio, with his family, and Fred is intend
ne to build large barn in the spring.
\. ). ~ A. c. Ralph have repaired
their engine. that was burnt. and have it
running again. They received 500 in
STRANGE.
O. +. Kennedy has received an increase
of pension; and Alpheus George. Henry
jackson and ErastuS Church have made
application for an increase of pension.
On the lth.a portion of Frank II. Bow
ems personal property was sold on chattel
mortgage. All the property secured by
one mortgage sold for less than one-half
the face of the note. The balance is left
in the cold.
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New Haven.

A brother of Mr.. Charles Peck. from
Wisconsin, has been in town several
weeks.
Miss Jessie Squier has returned from
visit to Boston.
1t is with regret we learn of the i'm
paired health Of our young friend, Miss
Alice Conant.
Hon. f. 5. Dana is reported to be i'm
proving, after the serious retrogression
of last week.
Judge Oliver Smith has been confined
to his room week or more. He is sufl-
ering from a lung difficulty.
Mr.. Eldred. from Minneapolis. has been
visiting his sister, Mrs. j. 4. Caldwell.
He is Introducing the Bell telephone.
At present writing Mr.. Ira Brown
lies very i'll with pneumonia. His recov-
cry is considered somewhat doubtful.
Messrs. Mason Il Wright were in Rut-
land county, last week, buying sheep
Mr.. Wright proposes leaving here soon
with Il shipment for Texas.
The bible studies conducted by Princi-
pal Cove have resulted in a large
amount of valuable information to the
students and others interested.
III was voted AT the last church meeting
that the present week should be observed
rs week of prayer for the church, Ac-
cordngly, meetings have been held every
evening, with good degree of interest.
The Ladies' Aid society met with Miss
Charlotte Fisher on Thursday afternoon
of last week. The next work contem-
plated is the preparation of barrel of
clothing to be sent to the colored people
at Atlanta.
A hundred or more of the friends and
neighbOrs of Mr.. and Mrs. 5. ID. Doud
surprised them at their residence on
Town HILTON the evening of Feb. /. Ele-
giant refreshments were served, prepared
by the ladies, and good time was en-.
loved by all.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08

pioneer in Northeastern Vermont. born
in Waterbury, Conn. became somewhat
acquainted with the saving of marble at
New Milford, twenty miles from his
birthplace, and which town in manhood
he had probably visited. discovering the
marble in our town. determined to under
take the enterprise here, and giving his
idea of the working of the machinery to
the Ingenious Markham, model was
made. after which the machinery used i'm
his mill was patterned.
In this connection it is well to remind
ourselves that new devices, inventions
and discoveries of like character appear
ut distant times, and, too, in different
countries at the same time. and to each
inventor or dscOverer his result has been
original.
Reaping machines. driven by horse
power, were used in the days of Pliny.
Museums of Europe have in possession
patterns of revolvers of great age. Yet
we are accustomed to regard both of
these as peculiarly American inventions.
In chemical science like discovery has
been made at the same time and by Who'll
ly independent observers. Two math-
ematicians may at the same moment be
successfully engaged on the same astron-
omical problem. SO the same mechanical
problem is presented to different minds
in faraway times or places, and thi,
problem is successfully wrought out into
an invention, original TO the worker, and
for which he should receive due credit.
Still, when we make Il record of inven-
tors we inscribe the names of such as first
applied and made known the invention.
With this fact in view, while we accord
due honors to the inventors of Middle
bury, we may not with propriety inscribe
any name from among us as the first in
ventor of the process of saving marble
by water-power.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08

CHAIRMAN MORRISON of the ways and
means committee of the national House
of Representatives on Monday intro
duced bill entitled, " An act to reduce
import duties and war-tariff taxes" 1t
provides that on and after July , 1884.
mo duty or rate of duty shall be levied,
collected or paid in excess of 40 per cent.
ad valorem or its equivalent on cotton
and cotton goods; 80 per cent. ad valo-
rem or its equivalent on metals. and GO
per cent. ad valorem on wool and wooden
goods, provided that nothing in this act
shall operate to reduce the duty imposed
on any article below the rate at which
said articles were sevcrally dutiable I'M
der" the so-callcd Morrill, tariff act of
1861. Thai act made the duty on wool
costing less than Is cents per pound. >
per cent. al valorcm; costing IS to n
cents, 3 cents specific per pound; costing
over ~ cents, 9 cents specific. Mr.. Nor
rison's bill places large number of ar
ticles upon the free list-timber, hewn
and sawed. and timber used for spars and
in building wharves; iron ore, hay, ce-
ment. beeswaX, lime. etc. The bill is
severely criticised both by the free-tra-
ders and protcctionists. The former say
that the tariff now in force is inconsist-
ent, some articles being too highly taxed.
while upon Others the duty is too low.
But this bill. they say, is so framed as to
perpetuate what they call the " absurdi-
ties " of the act now in force. Says the
New York Gr0phic, an anti-protection
paper:
A uniform reduction is the only kind
of reduction that is not wanted when a
tariff is radically defective and funda-
mentally wrong. Being constructed in
the light of no guiding principle, utterly
without discrimination as to the charac-
ter of the merchandise taxed, its mani
fest faults and glaring imperfections
should be tolerated no longer than the
men who framed it remain in power.
Almost any change in the tariff would be
an Improvement except Il horizontal
change, which would be confession of
inability to amend it or remove its de-
fects.
Protectionists will not be satisfied,
either. The bill is evidently intended to
prepare the way for free.trade, and will
be so regarded by intelligent people.
What is needed is tariff that will afford
sufficient protection to keep the indus
tries of the country, such as agriculture
and manufactures, in prosperous condi-
ton, without unduly burdening those
engaged in other pursuits. But this bill
does not do that. 1t is unsatisfactory to
all parties, and therefore seems very un-
likely to become law.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08

WENDELL PHILLIPS died at his home
in Boston, last Saturday night, of heart
disease. the same affection which carried
off his father and three brothers. His
age was y years. He was the son of
Boston's first mayor, John Phillips, and
was graduated from Harvard university
i'll 1881. Mr., Phillips then studied law
and began the practice of that profession
in his 23d year. Before he was 25 years
old he took up the anti-slavery cause,
and allied himself with Garrison. This
ruined Mr.. Phillips prospects as a law
yer. His first great speech was made in
Fancuil hall. Boston, in 1897, the sub
ject being the murder of Lovejoy. From
that time on Mr.. Phillips devoted him
self wholly to the advocacy of abolition.
He was fortunately possessed of means
sufficient for his needs. As an orator he
has had few equals, and no supeIicrs in
this country. Those who heard him in
his prime will always remember the
grace and ease with which he spoke and
the simple strength of his language. In
later years his voice had lost somewhat
of its quality, but the old manner and
diction remained. 1t is not as an orator,
however, that he will be best known to
future generations. He was above all
else great moral force. Human rights,
freedom in its best sense, he furthered to
the extent of his powers. His peculiar
makeup, that would have been against
him in other work, fitted him for what
he undertook. He was fierce partisan.
He made no compromises, employed no
policy, but went straight on in the course
he believed to be right. He was not a
logician. His Imagination carried every
thing before it; and sometimes he was
wrong, as in his speeches upon green
backism, a few years since. But no one
doubted his sincerity, even then. We
cannot more appropriately close this ar
ticle than by appending James Russell
LOwell's tribute:
He stood upon the worlds broad threshold; wide
The din of battle and of slaughter rose;
He saw God stand upon the weaker side,
That sank in seeming loss before its foes;
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Weybridge.

There are some new eases of the cpl
demic prevailing here. Messrs. Fisk and
Spriggs each has son quite sick with it,.
Prof. C. G. Cove, principal of Beeman
academy, will give his very popular lee
ture, Practical Hints on Education" at
the NJ. +. church in this place on Tues
day evening, Feb. II. Prof. Cove has
spoken here before to the evident salts
faction and benefit of all who heard him,
and no doubt will please all who may
favor him with their presence at this
time. All are invited
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08

Many there were who made great haste and sold
Unto the common enemy their swords;
lie scorned their gifts of fame, and power and
gold,
And, underneath their soft and flowery words,
Heard the cold serpent hiss; therefore he went
And humbly Joined HIM to the weaker part,
Fanatic-np med, and fool, yet well content
So he could be he nearer to Gods heart,
And feel its solemn pulses sending blood
Through all the widespread veins of endless
good
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Addison.

Old Mr.. Allis is suffering with a can
Ger on the face.
Mrs. |. II. Dayton is spending the win
ter with her friends in Bridport.
The farmers are busy drawing their
surplus hay and oats to Port Henry.
very destitute young lady called at
the residence of James McNealy, few
days ago. She was heartily welcomed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY s. 1884.

RICHARD A. ELMER, who succeeded
Gen. Brady as second assistant postmas-
ter-general has resigned. Henry D,
Lyman, late chief clerk of the contract
bureau. is to have the place.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08

No other medicine is so reliable as
Ayers Cherry Pectoral for colds, coughs,
and all arrangements of the respiratory
organs tending toward consumption. In
all ordinary cases it is certain cure, and
1t affords sure relief for the asthmatic
and consumptive, ever in advanced stages
of disease.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08

MASSACHUSETTS newspapers are agi-
tating in favor of biennial State cleo
tions and sessions of the Legislature.
But neither the press nor the people
wanted two years service out of Butler,
apparently.
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East Middlebury.

A military ball will be given by Need
ham Post, No. GS. G.. A. r.. on Feb ruary
II, at Good remplars' hall, for the bene-
fit of the post.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-15
Tie Mexican Congress.

A letter from Mexico, describing sit
ting of Congress, says: The members
wear faultless suits of black. Many OF
them, perhaps a majority, have white
neckties and white gloves. 1t is almost
full. dress affsir. They are q fine:
looking body Of men. Some of them
have faces to be remembered. There is
an astonishing uniformity of complexion.
Black eyes, black hair, III whatever di-
rectien the observer turns. There is
not one blonde in the building, except
among the handful of foreigners, who
are attentive spectators. Most of the
members, too, are of only middle age, or
younger. Three gray and as many bald
heads exhaust the list of exceptions to
this rule. One instinctively falls to
specializing why there are, no old men
for council here. The most natural con-
clusion is that the men of the; last gem
Grafton either failed to reach middle life,
because Of the frequent bloody political
revolutions ot their times, OF else con-
tinue to be so far behind the hour that
the present progressive age has no use
for thenl.. Modern ideas are certainly
gaining ground i'm Mexico: and it is
fitting, if not inevitable, that modern
men, and they. only, should expot1nd
them. There ought to be large at,
tendance of fair women to greet these
brave men and jealous legislators. But
there are not two dozen women In the
audience. !.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-15
The Man who Saved sem1nes.

John Lancaster, an eminent Fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society of
England, and noted yachtman, has
just died. The event would create no
interest on this side of the water were it
not for the part he took in one of the
most thrilling incidents of the rebellion.
When the Alabama's hull hsd been rid.
died, and the pride of the Confederacy
had struck it's flag to the Kearsage, Lam
caster advanced with his yacht to the
rescue of the crew OF the Confederate
cruiser, which was rapidly sinking. But
for his interference Capt. Semmes would
probably have persisted. 1t was o hu.
name and adventurous act on the part ol
Lancaster, though not strictly in &C
cordaDce with the usages of war.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-15

glntleman- God love him-as lint me
tne dollar in the storm this day week.
ices may cave yer fine cane, Misther
Chadock, for another fine thafe like YER
self; Tor thsving it is, and no less, OWN
money as ye does to your betthers
Faith, know ye we'll, Yees had bet
ther pay back the thray hundred dollars
yees borrowed OF Mistfer Wright when
ne had the plenty, than be batting an
henest man wild your upholy sthick, It
IS yerself as would have the swate
throuble if j tells Misther Wright how
yees put up the mind OF dhirty LAWYER
to chate him out OF his own legacy. II
it bes the gurril ;yess would dscaiye
away from him by yer thricks to kape
him down wild the poor, then wees had
betther be goin' back to the ould coun-
thry to the ill-trated colleen who ought
to be your thrue wife"
The girls cheeks burned scarlet as
she listened. In an instant she had
sprung from her seat and flung open the
door, and stood gazing with scathing
contempt down upon Willis Chadock,
who was perceptibly uneasy, although
there was brazen assurance and an
odlous sneer stillsupon. his isicountenance.
Miss Eve, my dear girl, !" he began.
mellitiuously; but she interrupted him
by an imperious gesture.
81 believe all this poor man has as.
serted" she said firmly and hauehtily.
And as he bowed submissively and
turned away he understood that thence.
forth he must be o stranger to her and
hers. d,
At the sound Of her voice the old man
tottered to his feet and extended toward
her large and rather grimy envelope.
sit bes for Misther Wright-the gin
tleman as lent me dollar, /" he explained,
as he turned and hobbled away.
And while she marveled at the oddity
Oft all, Reuben himself came slowly
through the drifts and assembled the
steps.
81 have come back to make peace
with you. Eve," he said simply; sI
mean if you still have any faith and af-
fection for one so unlacky as I am."
81 am sorry | grieved you, DEAR" she
answered with charming franiness
9But goodness! what does it all mean?"
she cried as she glanced over the paper
he had just unfolded.
"It means, my darling" he said in
wonder, "that my beggar is not beg
gar at all. He is one of the most &C.
centric men in the city, miser by rep
utation, and very wealthy. This is his
check-.a loan until 1 shall have pros
pered sufficiently for convienentpayment
for an amountquite enough for me to
re.estabiish my business, and to claim
my bride whenever she may be pleased
to come with me-
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-15
Irritable Mr.. Cook.
Norwich IN. Y, Cor. New York Times,

Norwich IN. Y.> Cor. New York Times.]
The recent performance of the Rev.
Joseph Cook at Keene, N. H., has
brought to light performance of his
while on his way to lecture in this VIII
lage last January. The night before he
had lectured in Syracuse and left that
city by the Syracuse & Chenango Val
ley Road for Norwich. The train which
left Syracuse at noon was slow accom-
modatlon train, one OF the kind of trains
which runs to accommodate the en-
ployes of the road. The train reached
Earlyille, a station where connection is
made with the New York & Ontario
Road, three hours late, butyet in plenty
of time for the passengers to reach Nor
ysich that afternoon. However, it was
necessary to wait some lime at Earlville,
| place evidently not agreeable to the
Rev. Joseph. In the Earlville station a
man took out his pipe and tobacco and
prepared to while away the time. This
raised the ire of Mr.. Cook, who began
to abuse him and asked ''if he was
raised in a STABLE" He continued in
this strain and the man stopped smok-
ing. Yet this action was not sufficient
to quiet Mr.. Cook, who continued his
abuse. Then Mr.. Smoker said he would
smoke anyway, and again prepared for
smoke. The station agent appeared
on the scene Of action and told the gen.
tleman that he could not allow smoking
in the sitting-room. This even did not
| satisfy Mr.. Cook. He continued to talk
at the man who had smoked, and found
fault with everything, especially the
railroad. A lawyer from De Ruyter,
whose language is much more forcible
than elegant at some times, was in the
sitting room, and kept quiet until Mr..
Cooks abusive talk became unendura.
BILE. Mr.. Cook told the lawyer what he
thought of him and his conduct, but the
lawyer was full match for him, and
very soon he was terribly enraged. Mr..
Cook called the lawyer drunkard,
whereupon the lawyer offered to bet that
Cook had bottle of whisky in his
satchel. At this point some ladies en-
tered the waiting-room, and the station
agent told Mr.. Cook to stop his noise or
leave the room. After few words with
the station agent, in which Mr.. Cook
found out that it meant business, he
took seat in the corner and kept very
quiet. The best of it was that neither
the station agent nor any others in the
room knew that they had silenced the
Rev. Joseph Cook.
Afterl leaving Earlville, upon the train
to Norwich, there was a lady with lit
tie child. The child, who cried little,
disturbed the peaceful thoughts OF Mr..
Cook. Thereupon he requested the
conductor to have the mother and child
removed to the baggagecar It is need
less to say that his request was not COM
piled with.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-15
ian, Cyprian and Syrian bees work on
redsclover, and SO many make it less de-
pendent on the bumblehees.

ian, Cyprian and Syrian bees work on
redscloyer, and SO many make it less de-
pendent on the bumblebees.
PRoF. SAMUEL JOHNSON, of the Mich
igan Agricultural College, speaking 1T
the experiments with ensilage at that in
stitution, says: "It is to be regretted
that SO many extravagant statements
have been made in relation to the value
of ensilage the number of cattle that
could be kept from the product Of sim
gle acre, etc. Practical, thinking men
have been deferred from investigating
this subject and giving it such attention
as it really deserves, because Of the wild
statements OF impractical enthusiasts" !"
But he continues in these words: 81 am
confirmed in the belief that three tons
of the ensilage is equal in feeding value
to one ton of hay. The yield of ensil-
age corn was eighteen tons per acre,
equivalent in feeding value as COM
bined ration of six tons of hay. Ensil-
age means the growing of an equivalent
to six or ten tons of hay per acre"
V1cK's Magazine has the following
plan for catching slugs: Take some
pieces of slate or fiat stones, or fiat
pieces of tir, and lay them about in the
garden among the plants, distributing
them very literally; just at sundown go
out and place teaspoonful of bran on
each piece of slate or tin, and the slugs
will soon become aware Of it and begin
to gather and feed on it. In about two
hours when it is dark, go out again with
lantern and pail containing salt and
water, and pick up each piece on which
the slugs are found feeding, and throw
slugs and bran into the brine, where
they instantly die. 1t is well also to go
around in the morning, and many sIugs
will be found hiding under the pieces of
slate and can be destroyed in the brine.
By following up this method persistent
ly for a few weeks the garden may be ef-
fectually rid of the nuisance.
Brown BRoTHERs, of Norfolk County,
Mass, furnish the New England Home
stead this testimony in favor of feeding
ensilage to COWS: awe fed ensilage to
twenty COWS from October Is, 1882, to
April 20, 1885. Then hay was bought
and fed until rye was large enough to
cut. This was followed by oats; then
sweet corn and Hungarian was fed.
The silo was filed with corn and opened
October 1, 1888, and the ensilage rations
again commenced. The COWS have done
splendidly, They are plump and healthy
and can be got ready for the butcher at
short notice. Dry COWS and bull have
been kept in better condition and at
less cost on ensilage than on the best
English hay. Our crop of ensilage corn
was poor last year, because we didn't
plant it early enough and because the
season was dry. We have proved to our
own and our neighbors' satisfaction that
sixty pounds of ensilage is as good as
twenty pounds of the best hay. The
work of SLIDING corn is no harder than
haying, and less expensive. Ensilage
will be fed as long as the world stands;
the more farmers investigate it, the
more ensilage will be fed"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-15
A Source of Chronic Misery,

Weak nerves is a source Of chronic misery. Slight
noises jar them terribly the most trivial causes pro-
duce acute mental discomfort, the slightest excite
ment prevents sleep, an unaccustomed flavor do
stroys the appetite. That superiative neryine and
tonic Hosteters Stomach Bitters, changes NIL this
It promotes digestion and blood nutrition, and a
proportionate share of the vigor impaired by 1t to
the entire physical structure Is appropriated by the
nerves. supersensitiyeness of the nerves diminish
es as they gain in vigor, and as q consequences Of
this restored tranquility sleep and appetite improve.
Dyspepsia, particularly when united with constipa.
ton and pousnets, is fruitful cause of nervous
ness and the Bitters which the first neces-
States by It's regulating and invigorative action the
disappearance Of the latter. Rheumatism fever and
ague and urinary troubles are also obvated by this
comprehensive medicine.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-15

New YORK has just had swell, titled
wedding. The Baroness Nadine de Hup,
man was welded at st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral to Count Krakowski. We have not
learned whether the Baroness will con-
tinue to let rooms on the second aud
third floors to lodgers, although we nn-
derstand that the count will continue
business at the same old stand, fourth
chair from the window, left eide as you
30 in. Sea foam ten cents extra. -
HaaDkeye.