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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
Shocking Gun Accident.

Three young men, named Robert FIGHTER,
Edward Bradley and I. Scott, were hand
ling gun at Hazleton, Penn, the other
afternoon, and Edward Bradley loaded both
barrels with heavy charge of powder and
shot Just as he had put on a cap the gun
fell from his hand and the cap exploded. The
barrel being overcharged burst, and one of
the flying pieces of iron entered FIGHTERS
heart He ran about thirty yards and then
dropped dead in the road.
Scott was terribly cut with another flying
fragment about the head, face and body
and was not expected to recover.
Bradley's right arm was so badly mangled
that it had to be amputated, and he was 9th
erwse injured, his face being badly burned.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
JOSH BILLINGS.
Death of the Noted FIumOrist-Skctch
of his Life.

Henry W. Shaw, tho humorist, kaown to
the literary world as Josh Billings" died at
Monterey, Cal, the other morning, from a
stroke of apopleNy. The body was embalmed
and sent East Mr.. Shaw was sixty-fve
years old, having been born in LanesborOugh
Berkshire county, Mass, In 1920. lie re-
sided in his native town until he
had reached the age of fourteen
when he went West and for sew
eral years lead II frontier life, being engaged
in the various occupations of steering steam
boats, Keeping = country store and acting as
auctioneer in the small Western towns and
cities Finally, becoming weary OF this ir-
regular life, and being DESTROYS Of giving his
daughters & hettor education than the limited
facilities in the West at that time afforded,
Mr.. Shaw in 1863 removed to Pouch
keersie, y. y, and devoted himself to edit
ing small paper 1t was while engaged in
this work that lie wrote the first humorous
article which attracted attention, principally
by its phonetic spelling He called it "'Essa
on the Muel.' 1t was extensively copied, and
the name OF Josh Billings soon became known
throughout the land. From that time until
his death his career was one of continual
financial success. One weekly paper
alone in New York paid him
SlOO week for half column
OF matter, and his lectures brought him in a
large and steady revenue In 1873 he began
the publication of his Farmers Almanac -
book which Ia its second year had sale of
l*LOOO copies, and in ten Years had netted
the author and publisher S3l,ol0 each Mr..
Shaws humor, says New Nor,; paper, was
hidden in, and did not consist in mere pho
netic spelling and underneath the bad spelling
OF his proverbs and aphJrisms there is
at times depth OF wisdom and philosophy
which entities him to higher place in the
world of letters than that Of simple humor-
ist. He was thoroughly domestic man,
iond OF MS home and his family, and in his
daily life showed none of that eccentrici,v
which his writings would induce the reader tc
attribute to him. lie wore his hair long, not
from literary affectation, but to hide a phys
fral data,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
NELLIE GRANT.
Her Union with sartoris said 10 be
an tnhappY One.

A Washington dispatch says that ga gem
tleman who is acquainted with the facts rela-
tive to the want of harmony between Mrs.
Nellie Grant Sartors and her husband, says
that they have for n long time been known to
the intimate friends of the family here, but
from motives of delicacy and consideration
nothing has been said on the subject. Mr..
Sartoris impressed every one with whom he
came in contact here during the period of his
engagement to Nellie Grant as perhaps,
well-meaning enough but so rough
in his ways and so coarse-grained
in nature as TO be entirely unsuited to so
gentle and refined lady General Grant
never liked him, and did not favor the mar
riage: but when he saw that his daughter s
affections were enlisted he made no further
objections The late Senator Carpenter, who
vas very intimate with the Grant family, at
the instance of a number of friends called at
the White House and expressed their misgiv-
ngs as to the match, but General Grant cut
the conversation short, and said his
daughter was engaged to Mr. Sartoris
and the wedding must take place. Governor
Jewell, of Connecticut, when on his way
back from Russia to 20 into General Grants
cabinet, called, while in England, upon the
parents OF Mr.. Sartoris. In the course of the
conversation, the mother who might be sup
posed to know all about her boy, remarked
that she did'not see what was i'll Algernonon
cause he daughter of the President of the
United States to fall in love with him. This
opinion of the mother was very heartily
shared at the time by all of Nellie Grants
friends, male and female. There seems to be
no doubt that there will be separation"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

IN Roumelia, now much talked of, there
are $4,000 gypsies.
The new census in Boston shows q popula-
ton there OF $685.
THERE are produced annually in this coun.
try about II, 900, UOJ lamos.
IN China and Japan silver is the only coin
age, and nobody cares for gold
SEAsICKNEss caused the death OF yachts
man of the English coast recently.
SIXTY-THREE varieties of grapes are grow
ing on the grounds OF a physician at Lake
City, Fla.
THE department of state has published
work on the hulling and polishing OF rice IN
foreign countries
A SINGLE street car company in New Or
leans shot SO, 800 worth of mules recently on
account of CHAMBERS.
HUMMING-BIEDS are reported to be in fiOcks
OF thousands at the foot OF the mountains
west OF Edmonton, Ky.
IL Maine it is estimated that there are 49,
O0O colonies of bees, and the annual honey
crop is worth about d., 600.
IT is estimated that the ten thousand sa-
looms in New York city take in S22O, 200 per
day, or $40, OOO, Wv per year.
CATTLEMEN in Indian Territory are getting
off the reservations as rapidly "a possible,
and will be all out before cold weather.
THE Russian universities are strictly guard
ed by detachmeuts of troops quarteIed in
them at the expense OF the institutions them
selves
A NORTH CAROLINA farmer recently
bought tract OF land for $500, and the
very next day sold from ii towering walnut
tree for 5 cUO.
A SWEET potato weighing twenty-seven
and onehalf pounds and squash OIL 1904
pounds are among the latest productions OF
San Diego Cal.
A NEW YORK firm has split 1000 trade
dollars and turned each dollar into pocket
match boX-a holiday article to catch the eye
OF persons in search of cheap things to give
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
at Holyhead, England. The crew were

at Holyhead, England. The crew were
saved.
A FIRE at Fredericton. New Brunswick,
destroyed a saw-mll, 100000 feet OF lum-
Der, including eleven car loads and thirteen
tenements, the total loss being estimated at
100000.
A CONSPIRACY has been discovered to de-
throne the present sultan of Turkey in favor
Of the ex-sultan, Mourad, whose insanity has
been cured Mourad and Said, the last grand
vizier, have been exiled.
A LONDON dispatch says the sentence of
death passed on Louis Riel, the Manitoba
rebel leader, will be committed to penal servi-
tude for life.
AN earthquake shock at Palermo, Italy,
caused three-story building to fall in ruins.
Eight persons inside were killed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
Killed on the Rail.

A gang of section hands were working on
the Newark branch eff the New Jersey Cen
trail railroad at Schiller street, EliZabethport,
N j., when passenger train approached the
crossing at a high rate of speed. As the en-
gineer rounded curve near the crossing he
saw the laborers and blew his whistle. but it
was too late to avoid an accident The men
jumped for their lives, but John Sheridan
and James Flaherty were caught by the
pilot of the engine and dragged twenty feet.
The train was stopped, and Sheridan was
found to be terribly mangled and dead.
Flaherty was injured internally, and his arms
and legs We're broken.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23

AT Longford, Ireland John Cronan muir
dered his father I'm order to obtain money
which the latter had boarded A brother OF
the victim was accessory to the murder.
THE Egyptian cotton crop will not be so
large as was estimated
A MADRID dispatch states that Germany
rejects SPANS claim to the Caroline islands,
and that the six weeks negotiations between
the two countries are considered a complete
failure.
DURING the prevalence of heavy storm
the British gunboat Dwarf was blown ashore
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
Father md Son the Victims.

was filling and lighting gasoline street
lamps from cans in a wagon at st. Paul,
Mimi, few nights ago One can exploded
and burned up the horse and wagon. Clarke
was thrown out Of the wagon by the explosion
and seriously burned. The younger Clarke
was also badly, if not fatally injured.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
Five Chinese Miners Killed.

Five Cinnamon We're killed in the shaft of
the Wellington colliery, at Victoria, British
Columbia. They We're descending to the
mine when a car rolled down from the mouth
of the shaft and crush I'd them to death. Three
others in the car escaped unhurt
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
SuffOcated in heat.

Five cars loaded with wheat were ditched
on the Northern Pacific railroad five miles
east of Aitken, Mimi, and two men, who
were stealing ride, We're found suifocated in
the wheat. From letters found on them they
are believed to have been John X. Cochrane,
of Noant, Penn, and Louis Dust, Of Cham
paign ILL.,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15
An Orchard Fertilizer.

The best fertilizer l have used
for fruit trees is made Of cbip-dirt
from the woOdpile, and old ashes.
l mix in the proportion Ofone bush
ell Of the ashes to three ofthec chip
dirt, string we'll with the shovel.
About two bushels of this mixture
is to be spread around each young
tree, giving large, we'll grown trees
more. The manure is applied at
any season. Do not pile around
the trees any litter or rubbish that
would harbor mice. In summer keep
the weeds from around the trees.
Experience has taught me that this
fertilizer serves a very important
purpose, not only in supplying the
trees with suitable food, but in
mellowing the soil, and helping on
such crops as I may choose to plant
in my orchard. 1t is an excellent
fertilizer for any crop, annual or
perennial, aud the ashes from
hard wood supply the trees with
the element they most need, and
the soil lacks, namely, potash.
1t 10 a pleasure to see how a
young orchard will thrive after an
application Of this fertilizer. Some
times5 burn logs to get ashes for
this purpose, aud II l have no chip
dirt, go to a dead oak OF hickory
and scrape together the fallen bits
Of bark, and the rich earth around
the trees. 1t is a very good sub
stitate for the chip.dirt 1t is OBJ
viOus that this material is rich in
tue elements of food of trees.
4. believe In keeping fruit trees vel
fed, aud that large space around
each tree should be given exclusive
| ly to the tree from which to draw
its supplies. l never plant close
to my trees, preferriDg to have
them branch low, and to t5im down
rather than up.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15
Spring Care Of The Strawberry.


As soon as the cold weather
is over the winter covering of the
strawberry bed should be removed
and if the vines have been permit
ted to run together, paths should be
hoed out so as to give chance to
gather the fruit without treading
on the vines. AS a rule it will not
pay to hoe strawberry vines that
are to bear the present season, for
unless the work be done very early
in the season, and done with great
care, it will so disturb the vines
that it will reduce rather than in-
crease the amount of fruit; and II
the soil be stirred mach the fruit
win not be clean, unless the vines
be welspulched. strawberry beds
that were kept as clean last au'
tumn as they should have been,
will not be injured much by weeds
OF grass until after the fruit is ripe;
then the vines should be thinned
out and kept well cultivated until
cold weather, if another crop OF
fruit is expected.
Wien only a small bed of straw
berries are grown in the garden, to
furnish fruit for the family, it is
easies aud in ga betteFtO Set'new
vinesevery year, and as soon as
the fruit is gathered, plough the
vines under and plant some late
garden crop; in this way the land
may be kept very free from weeds
and grass, ohich it is almost i'm
possible to do when an attempt Is
made.to run a bed long enough to
get twocrops q fruit.
AS soon in April as the land will
work easy the ground should be
ploughed for new bed, and the
vines should be set before the end
of the mouth. Many make a mis-
take by not setting strawberry
plants before the middle of May,
especially when the weather rs
somewhat dry. Plants set early
will get well established before the
spring rains are over, and viii make
a much better growth during the
summer than If not set until late in
the season.
AS the strawberry needs a strong
rich soil to grow web, in preparing
the land for the new plants man
ure should be applied very literally
and it should DO 50 applied as to
be very thoroughly mixed with the
soil. Those who best understand
how to raise large crop Of good
strawberries, are not content to
simply pisash the land once, bat
plough it several times, and then
stir the soil with an improved bar-
row so as to make the soil fine, and
mix the fertilizers with it that
when the plants are set every root
will find something to feed on A
moderate application OF manure to
q soil that is thoroughly mixed
with it will make the plants grow
better than a large quantity ap-
pIed to a soil that is not properly
prepared, but for crop Of straw,
berries it pays best to manure well
and prepare the soil Thoroughly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15
Sanitation On The Farm.

We are in receipt of bound vol
ume containing the eighteenth an
nual report of the Secretary of the
Connecticut Board Of Agriculture,
and also the annual report OF the
Connecticut Agricultural Expert
ment station. Both reports con-
tain very much that is of interest
and value to farmers. Wenotice a
discussion on the question Of sani-
tation on the farm, q subject TOO
much neglected by country people
One of the speakers is reported as
saving: The farm cellar should
not be damp, and the house should
be on dry soil. A wet cellar is
dear at any price. There is no
longer any question but that a
damp site promotes rheumatism,
consumption, malaria, and host
of ailments. There are a kind OF
people who can live in swamps, but
they are not the kind that clvlliza-
ton is madeof, ar LA. .rr
Cellars, Ia another way, are Of
ten a source of i'll health. The
farmers cellar is usually, in winter,
a stOring.place for some Of the vege-
tables. Spring comes, and with 1t
bosy days so the cellar is neglect
ed until far into the summer, and
refuse potatoes, foul cabbage-stump
old apples, and other decaying
materials, send their calculations
into the air, TO rise through the
house, where they do much harm.
The cellar cannot be too clean.
'Nannre is an Incidental and i'm
pOrtant product of every farm. 1t
is not clean, and, therefore, not
wholesome. We can stand some of
it, in the country, with no great
harm but too much of it any,
where, in city or county, is bad
for the health. The farmer should
so arrange his buildings and es-
tablishmeht that the value Of the
manure shall be as great as pos
sible, and its evils as small as pos
sible. This means that it should
not be kept or stored too near the
house, that its drainage should not
pOllute the well.wster, and it's
gases the air. How this can best
be done depends on the local con-
ditions about each farm ; and each
farmer must adapt his methods to
his wants and conditions.
Shade trees and shIubbery about
the home do much to beautify it
but it is possible to have too much
OF them. We need sunlight more
than we do shade. The latter is
pleasant, and certain amount is
wholesome ; bat if too much, or too
dense, then the house is dark and
damp. The healthiest climates are
dry and sunny climates, and l know
many New England country homes
where less shrubberry aud more
sun would much improve the gen.
eral tone Of health of the house
hold
There is a great deal more plain
talk on this subject Of sanitation
and cleanliness which every farmer
would do we'll to read. ,f
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15
DuttsrnIIk For c,IIss AAa Pigs,

We are asked the value Of but
tetmilk for swine aud calves, and
why 1t is not considered as safe to
feed without any additional food,
as skinned milk Buttermilk, If
10 good condition, has a value very
similar to skinned milk. 1t is
slightly richie, In fat, having one
per cont. and slightly less albu.
minoid matter. 1t is figured at
twenty-five cents per one hundred
pounds. 1t will produce . rapid
growth on calves OF pigs if it does
not derange the stomach. But but.
termilk is apt to be in a strong
condition of ermentatiOn. This
very soon produces a bad form of
scours, which, unless taken quickly
may end fatally. 1t Is hardly safe
to feed buttermilk Without mixing
one-half pound Unfinished middlings
Cwhat farmers call 'canet0 per gal
lon of buttermilk. If it is quite
sour it should be boiled with the
middlings. The heat will neutra'
lie tire scidity, but twill not be
as valuable as before fermentation
has eaten up some ofthe food ele-
ments. We often recommend keep
ing a little faEseed on hsad for use
in checking scOurs, and it viii be
most useful here. Boil one quart
of haxseed in six quarts of water.
This will become like Jelly. Stir a
little q tho boiled Aaxseed into the
ration Of each calf or into that for
several calves or pigs. The emOl-
lient effect Of this is soothing
70 the stomach. Feeders should not
consider few bushels of daxseed az
adding to expenses, for At Is worth
all it costs, fed in small quantities,
as promoting rapid growth. We
always use this instead Of linseed
oil, for there is danger of getting
impure oil, but the seed can be re-
lied upon.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15

An Iowa where prObition OF the
manufacture or sale of alcoholic or
malt liquors prevails by conSti-
tutional amendment paper tells
how the game Of blind tiger is
played in some Of the towns OF that
state: tAlNM RttNH
The sblind tiger Is being work
ed 10 some of the towns Of this
State. The blind tiger is house
where people can get whisky but
do not know from whom they get
it. There is a hole in the side of
the wall with printed instructions
above. You place your money and
bottle in the hole and both disap-
pear, but for a few minutes your
bottle returns full of whisky. Not
a word is spoken, and not a sound
is heard except the rolling Of the
bottle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15
Miss Nellie Kent,

Wellington, Lorain county, o., writes:
apr. S B. HARTMAN & Co, Columbus.
o., Gentlemen: have been great suii-
rer from chronic catarrh, bronchitis and
neuralgia Of the face. / have been taking
your PRRUNA for one month. The ncu-
ralaia and catarrh Is almost well, and The
cough is much better. like your Peru
MA very much
C.E. Dupler, aged ihirty-four years, OF
Equality, Illinois, had been affected with
a chronic catarrh which he first discoy-
cred six years ago. In succession hc lost
his smell, taste and hearing. The disease
was so malignant that it not only attacked
the softer parts, but destroyed the bony
partition Of the nose and seriously affected
the external parts. lie could only hear a
watch ticking by holding II close to his
ear, He suffered intense pain in the nose,
from which green, dry clots Of offensive
odor fell. In this condition he presented
himself to DIR. Hartman several months
ago. He can now hear a watch eight
inches from his right and six inches from
his len ear. His tsste and smell are again
returning, and the external part OF the
nose is quite well. Few more grateful
patients ever len physicians Office than
Mr.. Dupler. lie said, Why in the
world wa PERUSA not prescribed for
me long agol"
Cramps Of the Stomach.
We have the privilege of reporting the
following case. Those similarly affected
can get the name and address OF DR..
Hartman. The lady does not want her
name in the papers. For year, or years,
1.-THE writer does not remember the length
OF time J this lady had cramps, the most
fearful, Of the stomach, every day and
night, (which would be followed by that
terrible weakness, which was something
wonderful" The suffering and distress
of this lady was indescribablc and almost
uncomfortable. After all the physicians
and medicines had failed, and all hope
had almost fed. DR.. Hartman was con-
suited, and from the first day OF taxing
his PERUNA, the cramps and all bad
feeling left her, and now for over month
has been entirely free from every symp-
tom. A more thankful patient no doctor
ever had.
Mr.. Boggs, druggist, ChaTlcstown,
Kanawha Co, VIVA, writes: "PERuHA
sells we'll here and gives good satisfaction.
Customers speak well OF IT."
DR.. /. Anderson, Coshocton, Ohio,
writes =" Your PERuNA sells well and
gives good satisfaction. | consider 1t
splendid medicine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-15
SOUTH BOUND.
PULLMAN SERVICE.


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