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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17
Obituary.


D1ED.-At Fort Edward. ~ Y, at the residence
of her son, MIR. j. j. Guflcn, April H. 1855, Mrs.
Sarah Nj. smith, aged 81.
Mrs. Smith was an estimable Christian lady,
having in her girlhoUds home in Clarendon, Vt,
given her heart to Christ and become an earnest
and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. At the opening of the Fort Edward in
stiute in December, 1854, she ana her husband,
Prot James GriileD, were engaged in the iacul-
ty of instruction. As teachers they were intense
y devoted and successful for the several years of
their engagement at the institute, and when they
left to resume the work of teaching elsewhere
they bore with them the grateful love Of wide
circle of friends whom they had inspired and
aided to climb the sleeps of learning. Mrs.
Gr0ens amiable and winning manner and her
heroic Christian patience gave her n specially
VAIN place in the regard OF her many friends,
She was admirably well poised, never losing her
balance, was cminently helpful and fertile in re.
sources, without ailectation, sensible as she
was sincere, thoroughly reliable Christian wo-
man. Her sOn,who survives her, was born at the
institute.
Several years after Prof, Grinen's decease, in
1868, she became the vile of MIR. Geo. NJ. Smith
OF Middlebury, Vt, who survives her, and who,
with his children, to whom she was loving
mother, now mOurns her loss. "A long and pain
full illness she bore with Christian torttude. II
was the Masters will that she should be made
perfect through suffering. "B essed are the dead
who die in the Lord"
JOS. +. KING.
Fort Edward Col. Institute
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The Junior Exhibition.

The exhibition of the Junior class of
the college was held at the town hall on
Tuesday evening. A good audience at
tended. Prof. Brainerd presided, Presi-
dent Hamlin being out of town. The
music was provided by the Howard
Opera House orchestra of Burlington,
and was even better than that usually
furnished by this excellent organization.
The students for the most part appeared
we'll Some of the orations. however.
showed lack of care in preparation. The
writers evidently had ideas enough upon
the topics which they undertook to dis
cuss. But it was quite as plain that they
had not given them the time and work
necessary to bring out the thoughts
clearly and distinctly. We fear portion
of the speakers failed on this account to
do themselves Justice. The following
was the
PROGRAMME.
Overture -"IIome Circle" SchlepegreN
scientiac Grafton, Arctic ExpIofaIgi on
Henry l. Bailey, Moravia, \. 7.
Grafton, The Protectorate.
Marvin Hill Dana, New Haven.
MUSIC.
Selection" Heart and Hand" Lecocq
Jesse A. Ellsworth, whiting
Historical Grafton The southern Exposition
willis NJ. Ross, Poultney
MUSIC.
Waltz -"Tears of Love-" LaDtothe
Grafton, England and Egypt.
A. Varney, Bristol.
Classical Grafton,
The Origin Of Greek Mythology.
Charles Billings Ripton
MUSIC,
Galop-"Fame and Fortune" Viegand
Mr.. Bailey's effort was in defense of
Ar,. .l,,r L,
demanded for scientific and commercial
reasons. The development of Alaska
has amply repaid the cost of Arctic expe-
ditiOns. The loss of life in explorations
in these regions is not so great as is COM
ly supposed, the rate from 1919 to 1875
being only one and one-tenth per cent.
MI. Dana sketched the events which
led up to the death of the King Charles
l., outlined the history of the PROTECTORS
ate and gave a probably just estimate of
| Cromwell's work and place among the
great men of the world.
| Mr.. Ellsworth reviewed the history of
the SaXons from their origin down to the
present time and pointed out their most
prominent characteristics. their higl
moral sense. their love of liberty. etc
| lhls was. perhaps. the most oratorical OF
the evenings orations.
Mr.. Ross believed the exposition mark
ed new era in the history of the ole
slave States. 1t showed that the people
OF that section were taking an interest il
industrial affairs that they have not hith
erto shown; and predicted for them
prosperous future if they go on in thi
direction.
Mr.. Varney reviewed the relations o
England and Egypt for several years pas
with view to explaining the presen
war. His conclusion was that England
object is nothing more than to extor
money from the Egyptians.
Mr.. Billings discussed at length tn
various theories that have been advance,
to account for the mythology of tn
Greeks. lie presented his subject in a
interesting manner.
After the exhibition the usual hop wa
given by the class. Fifteen couples wer
present. The supper, served at tn
Addison House, surpassed in qualit
those ordinarily furnished there; an
they are always nrst-class. Altogether
! the exhibition and hop were quite enjoy
able for all concerned.
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GOVERNOR PINGREE has issued proc
lamation appointing May Arbor day.
his object being to aid in the systematic
encouragement of tree planting through
out our various communities; to awaken
and develop among our people, and es-
pecially in our youth, a taste for the study
of nature and purpose to take delight
and profit in an important branch of ag-
riculture: to render our homes more
homelike and attractive by the annual
setting Of thousands of shade trees in
every town and to the end that the hap
piness and comfort of our people in the
years to come be measurably increased -
The object is a worthy one and the
means taken is well adapted to the end
sought. The plan has been tried in other
States with excellent results. and we see
no reason why it should not prove equal
ly useful here But. in order that the
day and the work may amount to some
thing there must be system and organza-
ton. Where there are village improve
ment associations. they can take charge
of the matter. Their officers know where
trees should be set and what varieties
are best suited to the various localities.
Outside the villages committees appoint
ed by the inhabitants Of the school dis
tricts might direct the people. If these
committees are named at once. they will
have time to ascertain where trees are
needed and where the proper sorts may
be mad. Then. when the day arrives there
will be united action and the days labors
will have some value Unless something
of the kind is done we fear much effort
will go for nothing.
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Orwell.

Mrs. Will Burke continues very ill.
The weather is fine. but the roads are
very bad.
W b. Wright is still confined to his
bed.
Robins and blue-birds havelmade their
appearance in our village.
There is considerable maple sugar be-
ing made, not withstanding the unfavor-
able weather of the early spring.
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gpTEt,I)-

CANFlELD-In Bridport, April >. at the reel
dcnce Of Sheldon smith, OF pneumonia, Mrs.
Phwbc NJ. Canlivid, aged - years.
SHEPARD In Middlebury April Is, Alvin,
son of James and susan Shepard, aged II months
and II days. The remains were taken to Bur
llngtOn for intcrment.
SMlTlI-ln Shoreham, at the rcsidencc OF her
16 years.
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TO INVESTORS

We Offer, this month, subject to previous sale,
SEQ, 900 In mortgages ON improved farms, bear
ing SIN and SEVEN per cent interest, payable
SEMI-ANNUALLN at our Office or any other place
the investor may direct. Interest and principal
are GUARANTEED by a fund of over Sj0OOOO,
and the security is always from THREE to FIVE
TIMES the amount OF the investment, making
these securities absolutely safe. The farms are
not located in the one.crop States, but lie in the
fertile corn, cattle and hog regions of Iowa, Ne.
-braska and Kansas. We have invested hundreds
OF thousands of dollars In these mortgages, and
none Of our customers have lost SINGLE CENT
of interest or PRINCIPAL.
We refer to any bank in Rutland and will eX.
plain fully to all nquirers our method of doing
business. We will send, on request, list OF the
securities we have on hand, and shall be glad to
forward the full application of the borrower and
the examiners report upon the value of any loan
selected. :. NJ. DORIS SONS.
Rutland, VT, April 10, 1888. Ie;u
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ANOTHER.

MESsKs HIGGINS, GREENE HYDE
Dear 81 cheeriully recommend your L.
ana e. Compound as being an excellent mixture
tor sore thrOats, coughs and hoarseness Ihad
great difficulty in speaking last Monday night at
Rutland. am very glad to say that the hOarse-
ness mas entirely disappeared, my cough has
stopped and consider ii the best cough mixture
| have ever tried, and wish you every success,
and remain, Yours truly,
JOHN j. WILLIAMS,
"PECK's BAD BOY"
With the Atkinson Bad Boy Co.
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sentative man." The town loses good
man. the church one they could not well
spare. and all alike mourn the loss of II
friend. lie leaves wife, one son and
three daughters, one living in 1.-THE ,far
West, who have the sympathy of the en-
tire community in this their sad bereave-
mput
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FRIDAY. APRIL Il. 1885.

ACCORDING to the doctors statements
Gen. Grant is in no worse condition now
than he was week ago
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Only 20 POTATOES Fill HaIf.bushel.

SO. NEwBURY, VI, November, 1854
Gents II used Bowkcr's Hin and Drill Phos
phate on potatoes, cabbage, turnips, beets and
vines with excellent results. gathered 20 pota-
toes that filled halt-bushe heaping full NV
cabbages were the best ever raised.
II. II. RUNNELS.
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S. II. BRACEY
Treasury Department,
OFFICE or
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY,
Washington, April |, lSsj. )

OFFICE or
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY,
Washington, April |. lssj.
Whereas by satisfactory evidence presented
to the undersigned, it has been made To appear
that The National Bank of Middlebury in the
Town OF Middlebury, in the County of Addison
and state OF Vermont, has complied with all the
provisions of the "ACt of Congress to enable
National banking Associations to extend their
corporate existence and for other purposes" ap-
proved july l., lSS2. Now therefore |, Henry Vi.
Cannon, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby
certify that The ,tiOnal Bank Of Niuldcbury, ia
the Town OF Miidlcbury, in the County of Adj
dlson ami State OF Vermont, Is authorized to have
succession Tor the period specified in its amend
ed articles of association, namely until close of
business ON April >, 1903 In testimony whereof
witness my hand and seal of Office this LIST day of
April, leSj.
~ II. W. CANNON,
~ Comptroller OF the Currency.
"" No. 1875,
- l5Wl
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MAISISIIED.

GEE--SrENENSON-m Mddlebury, April -,
10y Rev. +. Il. MalOney, Charles f. Gee and Clar,
Il. stevenson, both of Ripton
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CORINTH, VT, oct. 20, 1854.
GentS,-l experimental with BOwker's Hill
and Drill Phosphate this season, and consider 1t
the best fertilizer ever used. | have used fer
filters tor six years.
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Said a noted man of GO years, ''my mother gave
me Downs Elixir for coughs and colds when |
was boy"
Rheumatism is quickly cured by using Arnica
4 Oil liuiment.
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A Veteran Speaks.

Fort Edward Col. Institute.
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With the Atkinson Bad Boy Co.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-04-04
Pitiful Scene in q Court Room.

A venerable man, hale and hearty,
stood before Justice Duffy at the
Jefferson Market Police Court yes
terday afternoon. Although the
SHOWS of nearly seventy winters had
whitened his head and moustaches,
he was as straight as an arrow. He
had the Roman features, the flashing
gray eyes, and the ruddy complexion
of Major George w. Mclean and
other veterans of the Old Guard.
He held silk hat in his left hand,
and his attire was faultless. A small
er man, made prematurely old by
dissipation, stood at his side. His
clothes were shabby, and he twirled
his frosted moustache with tremulous
fingers. His hollow eyes had a fe-
verish lustre, and there was deep
lines in his face. His manner WIS ap-
prehensive, and he moistened his lips
with his tongue as he pleaded with
the whte-haired gentleman.
"Judge," said the Roman faced
veteran in a courtly manner, Il wish
YOU would commit my son to the
Island. He is hopeless drunkard.
It is my only hope for his reforma-
ton"
aFather, oh, father!' exclaimed
the man at his side, in accents Of
grief, "Not this time, not this time!
Please give me one more chance"
There were tearsin his eyes. The
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depot for the storage Of powder is
in itself harmless and innocent, hut
the erection of huilding for such
purpose in the. centre of . crowded
city becomes, from the surrounding
circumstances, dangerous TO the
community. and is consequently not
allowed. The same is true in refer
ence to FIRE works in large towns
which is sometimes forbidden for
similar reasons. So it may be said
of the traffic in liquors, that not
withstanding it may be innocent per
sc, it may, By force 9f circumstances,
be iniuri0us 70 the public welfare
and dangerous to the public peace.
And if this be so, the private right
of sale has become subordinate to
the greater one 81 public protection.
We conclude, therefore, that no man
has natural or civil right to indulge
in a traffic, which renders lite and
property insecure, which promotes
immortality and creates. public pau
pers to be supported at the public
expense. IF it appears that the traf-
fic in liquor does all this, the justice
of the principle that would prohibit
and stamp out the whole miserable
traffic cannot be denied.
States possess by the law of their
existence, certain rights or powers
which are the inherent attributes of
sovereignty. Among these is what
is known as the police power. Fichte
terms thispower "the Mediator be-
tween the State and its citizens. :
No one denies such power to the
State. Jeremy Bentham describes
"police" as a system of precautiOn
for the prevention of crimes or ca
lamities, and distributes its business
into eight distinct branches, three
of which we desire to consider, in
connection with the duty of the
State toward the traffic in intoxicat-
ing liquors, These are,
l. Police for the prevention of
offences.
2. Police of the public health.
3. Police of charity.-Princeton
Review.
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GLEANINGS.

John Ruskin wants the sewing na
chine to 60.
In Scotland they are trying divorce.
and like them.
Arab Pasha is teaching school at
Colombo, in Ceylon.
Statistics show that women graduates
are about year older than men on the
average.
The word '.helr' appears eighty-siS
times in Shakspeare's writings, ane
heaven 500 times.
Mrs. Diaz, wife of the Mexican presi-
dent, is only p years old. She was 2
Rubie before her resetting.
One of the Washington Treasury
clerks is able to count 1000 new notes
an hour fer seven hours a day.
John Bright says that Queen Victo
ria's reign in England has sacrificed
$750,000,000 and $4,000 lives in war.
The old moss found more than a foot
thick in various parts of Sweden proves
an excellent materialfor paper-makirg.
Old. broken-nosed pitchers which
during the recent 'anclenI craze
brought $400 are now worth only 80
cents.
Practical anatomy is taught in some
of the public schools of New Haven,
CT, by the dissection of dead cats and
rabbits.
Miss Anthony. it is remarked, seems
to grow younger as her years pile up.
She is now 64 years old, and her face is
no more wrinkled than at so.
In Madagascar no one could read
sixty years ago, but now there are near
ly 800, 900 on the island who have some
part of the bible and read it.
A postal card is not mailable with
any writing or printing on the address
side, except the address, nor with any
thing pasted or pinned to the other
side.
A tendency to build cheaper houses
is noted both in New York and in
Brooklyn, in the anticipation that low
er rents will be imperatiyely demanded
during the next year or two.
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State Treasury for their tuition
equal in amount to the cost to the
State of the pupils at Oxford OF
Starkville, whose parents are finan-
cially able to board them from home.
At the very least, they are entitled
to ten months free tuition per an
uum, and this can be had by curtail-
ing the school curriculum and linn
iting the schoOl-age, as advocated in
the first paper.
In concluding this series of arti-
cles on Public Schools, we take oc-
casion to append herewith brief
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS
in favor Of education by the State.
1t teaches children that they are
to become citizens OF the State. at
initiates them, n a manner" sayr
Talleyrand, s'into the social order,
showing them the laws by which it
is governed" F"
It's debt which society owes to
all, and which it must pay without
the slightest deduction.
1t is not only proper as an act of
justice, but expedient as measure of
policy. England is said to pay for
pauperism and crime FIVE times as
much as for education while, on the
other hand, Switzerland pays seven
times as much for education as for
pauperism and crime.
1t produces more public and pri-
vate virtue, more social and political
stability.
To the objection that universal
education uLfits the members of a
community for the lower and more
laborious pursuits of life, reduces
the ranks of mechanics and day la
borers and increases unduly those of
tie professions, thus diminishing
producers and increasing consumers,
it may be replied:
The education of the masses will
not extend beyond elementary edu-
cation.
Those from ldwly positions rise to
cminence by means of native talents
whose exercise is beneficial to the
community.
Many styled non-producers, by in
ventions and discoveries sometimes
increase the producing power of
labor hundred per cent. The in
ventor of the steam engine, the cot
ton gin, or the sewing machine,
might never have done days work
in his life, yet on that account he
certainly could not be regarded as a
non-producer.
The educated intelligence and in
dustrial skill, and not mere muscu-
lar power, constitute the most pro-
ductive part of a nations capital !;
and this is best maintained and aug
mented by a system of Public
Schools.
Without free education, our dem
ocratic institutions will prove fail
ure.
God demands it. The talents of
the children we dare not hide IN a
napkin and bury in the earth
X. Y. q.
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In these days of improvement in
all the mechanical arts, there is
small need for any person to wear
false teeth. Proper care and treat
ment begun in early life will pre-
serve to almost every person his or
her teeth to good old age. There is
no one feature which more disfigures
q woman's face than bad teeth.
Even though r1atDFe aiEes the most
perfect cupid's arch for mouth,
black, decayed, or false teeth will
utterly destroy it, and ruin an 9th
erwise pretty face. The curves
about the mouth are almost invarla-
bly, ruined by the plate upon which
false teeth are fastened, and the
face takes on hard, repellant look,
which is quite foreign to it natur-
ally.
A good dentist should be consult
ed even about childs first teeth,
because the manner in which they
grow and are lost has a great effect
upon the second set. The longer
the first ones are preserved in good
order the better will the second ones
be. Crowded or projecting teeth
may easily be re-arranged if taken
in time.
Care of theteeth should be one of
the most stringent Of home rules; no
child should be allowed to have its
breakfast until the teeth have been
brushed, and no child should be al
lowed to grow up without being
taught that good nights rest can
not be obtained without thorough
brushing of the teeth before retiring.
This will require great care and pa
tience on the part of the mother or
nurse, but if the welfare Of the child
be at heart the duty will not be neg
lected. Choose rather soft brush,
and use only clear water OF a bit of
fine soap with it. Another very es
sential habit to be taught child, is
to use a wooden or quill toothpick
after each meal; Tins, needles, or
metal toothpicks alould never be
used, as they crack the enamel very
soon.
There is wide range ofsubstances
and preparations used to cleanse and
beautify the teeth, and also to act on.
them through the medium OF the
gums. One lady whose teeth are
beautifully white, declares that she
has never used anything but tepid
water and commonltable salt. An
other AYERS that pure soap has been
her only dentriice, and that nothing
could serve her purpose better.
Charcoal recently burnt, acts me-
chanically and chemically in clean
ing, whitening, and deoderizing the
teeth, and thus undoubtedly super
ior to all other substances as a den
thrice.
Pumice stone il fne powder is
very generally present in the various
advertised dentiffices which are es-
teemed for rapidly cleansing and
whitening the teeth. 1t is consider.
ed highly Objectionable ingredient
in tooth powder intended for daily
use, bat it may be used twice or
thrice mouth withoutiinjury. Bath
brick is another substance ofa simi-
lar nature, though somewhat less
gritty, and, like pumicerstone, should
be only occasionally and cautiously
employed.
Powdered rhatany-rC0t, cinchona,
bark, quinine and alan are often
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laughed at, we went on, and the re-
suit is there is no whisky sold with
in thirty-eight miles of Shubuta
either way. When we secured .
majority petition for the county,
and our county Incorporated against
the sale or giving away Of whisky,
wine, beer, bitters, or anything that
will intoxicate, they cursed ps, and
now nearly all the county bless the
Shubuta Temperance Society for
the good its efforts have accomplish
ed. w. III. PATTON.