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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
ORNAMENTAL TREES.

These facts as to the growth attained
by ornamental trees of various species
are given in the Co,mtrg GcnHcD,oR.
They are based on observations made at
a Rochester On. W nursery:
Norway spruce, II years old, feet
in diameter, go feet high, with 10 feet
spread of branches, which sweep the
ground, and which have lost none of
their ornamental effect, the beauty of the
younger trees having passed into the
magnificcnce of the older.
"Some trees of SeqUoio Wgontco. the
big tree of California, planted in 1857,
when about , feet high. are now 46 feet
high. and the larger ones measure %
inches in diameter a few feet above the
base. The trunks are conspicuous for
their straight and uniform taper from the
ground to the sharp summit. forming
perfect elongated cones. This tree j.
slightly tender, and the outer shoots are
sometimes touched with intense winter
cold.
"PjHuS poBderoSa. the hcavy-wuodcd
pine of California. has been planted -
years. and is now - inches in diameter,
and rs feet high. 1t is full of health and
vigor.
"Austrian pine, Is years old, 10 inches
in diameter and % feet high. White
pine { p. StrobuS). 10 years old. % inches
in diameter. with 10 feet spread of the
| branches. \ fine specimen of Nord-
mann's fir, on the grounds of Mr.. Ell
wangcr, is 20 feet high.
Among the MagnoliaS i, specimen
/ of VI. SOUi0Hgi0Hd, 30 years old, and !
! foot in diameter; and one of ". mdcro-
/ phyiio, - feet high. in full bloom at the
time of our visit, the flowers measuring
! II inches in diameter. and the leaves
over , feet long. There were several
trees of this species. and it has proved
quite hardy
"Spccimens of the European larch.
planted 20 years ago, are 80 feet high
and Il inches in diameter. They are
branched almost to the ground and grow
in groups 10 or II feet apart
"A variety of the Scotch elm. called
the Supcrba. measured 3 feet inches in
one direction and feet / inches in the
other. the stem being slightly tlattcncd,
The spread of the branches was 60 feet
and the height 80 feet. giving to the tree
Il rounded and magnificent appearance.
1t is 81 years old.
Among other deciduous trees. i IA
weeping ash 10 years old II inches in
diameter. 30 feet high, with spread of
3G feet. with rich and varied outline
and the branchc, sweeping the ground
a fine SaliSbura. 30 years old and 10 feet
high: a purple beech % inches in diam
ctcr, with Il round and full head - feet
high and 30 feet spread. and a cut-lcaVcC
beech II inches in diameter. There i d;
. fine collection of the purple Japan Maple.
among which i one - years old, & fee
high. with a handsome and rounded
form"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

nv colts in this county, but | don t
ow but few of them now.
Yours truly,
{. l.. ROBERTS.
OswEGO, Feb. 20, 1855.
sEPH BATTELL. ESQ.
y ours is Just received. In answer |
II say that YOU read my letter right,
|. Tinkem was banker in Chicago at
E time. the name of the bank was f. |.
nkem Bank. Chicago. A. to the year
time that my father got the horse ito
t remember. but think it was about
IS or 81, when he was sent to me he
Is very badly foundered, but in six
,nths got him pretty well over it.
ut him about two years. then sold him
e.. Finch for $500 If | had kept him
other year could have got SlUOo Tor
n.
Yours truly.
c. l.. ROBERTS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
CTATE OF VERMONT.
hi-a..iel nG a II isnn : :

BE il remembered, that nj IA session of the
Probate Court holden AT Middlebury, within
and for said district ON the 18th day of July,
A. ID. lSSC.
Present Hon. Lyman 4. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, \. +. stanley, executor OF the will
OF Louisa \. Austin, late OF Leicester in said
district, has this day presented to said court
his petition in writing, setting forth, that il
will be necessary to sell II part OF the real es-
tate of said deceased, for the payment of the
debts and charges of administration; and also
that il will be beneficial for all parties inter
estcd therein to sell the whole OF the real es-
tate OF said deceased, and therein making ap'
plication to said court tor license To make
such sale. And said \. +. stanley having pro
duced to said court the assent in writing Otull
the legatees residing in this state, interested
in said real estate, 1t is ordered, that all per
sons Interested in the estate OF said deceased,
be notified to appear before said court, AT the
probate office i'm Middlebury, in said district,
ON the 10Th day OF July \. ID. lsSd, nj 10 o'clock
"a. m, by publication of this order three
weeks successfully previous thereto, in the
Middlebury Register II newspaper printed al
Middlebury aforesaid, to show cause, Ii any
they may have, why said license should not
be granted
2s LYMAN +. KNAPP, Judge
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Purifier

Of the day" c. E. Upton, Nashua, n. H.,
writes; "For q number of years I
was troubled with humor in my eyes,
and unable to obtain relief until COM
menced using Ayers Sarsaparilla. l have
taken several bottles, am greatly bene-
fted, and believe 1t to be the best of blood
purifiers" K. Harris, Creel City, Ramsey
Co., Dakota, writes: "I have been an
intense sufferer, with Dyspepsia, for the
past three years. Six months ago began
to use
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Sheep 0nterest.
THE WOOL TRADE.

|I'hc Boston TourHH of the 10th inst.
. of the wool trade for the week end
on that date:
|.The demand for wool continues good.
ce, are firm and well sustained. and
| prospects of the trade are quite en-
|Iraging. There is every indication
\ rood healthy trade for some time to
|nc. and while we do not look for amy
terial advance, firm market is almost
certainty. as the prospects of the trade
home and abroad have taken. during
past few weeks. very decided and
|orablc turn. The market for washed
ices is now from to3 cents per pound
| her than last year, but at the same
| prices are low. The fine woods of
10 and PENNSYLVANIA are not dear at 30
| IG cents. and - cents is not high
e. for good Michigan wool, and these
now the current rates. If the trade
nS out as expected these prices will.
loubt. be sustained. The markets
Dad also continue TO present hrlh
IT. and II additional foreign NuPPlleS
needed from abroad. our manufacture
and dealers will have to pay higher
'eH for them. me sales OF the week
e been 4,S00.700 pounds.
There is better demand for comb
4 ,l,., Inv
ana delalhe ana some purchases nave
maze Tor uellNerN alleau at very
prices. ne SAFES Oh lIie week have
lOo.9oo pounds ana lhcl'luc Z'oo
mis- NO. colllblhS al % cents anu
oO pounds NO. | ON" colhplhS at -
and 1O.lOO pounds comblh% ana tie
eat from SO toss cents per pouhu'as 10
lily. The sales OF NO. colhDlhE LOT
ire delivery nave beeh at - cents anu
holders are moi now disposed 10
under 10 cents. Inc sales ol I'M
hcd comblnG have bech 2V'o"" pouil'iN
lucky. one-uuart'r blood, AT - cents
pound.
Nv '" '''''' W. WI
quite active, ana the sales nave
at tuII prices. Texas wool mas
selling at - to 70 cents Tor twelve
tbs WOOL, winch l. amour "' cents
II. kentucky mas been SOFA al =
Tor ohr-quartrr blood 'alll"rlii'
mas bceh selling on Il OASIS OF % -
IL cents per pound clean 'cor-
wool l. not offering. ANA IN New
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
AYERS
Sarsaparilla
It has effected an entire cure, and I am
now as well as ever"
Sold by all Druggists.
Price 81; Six bottles, 80.
Prepared by Dr.. C. Aver g. Co., Lowell,
Mass, q. S. A.
STATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Ad-

The probate court for the district ot Addi.
son
To all persons Interested i'm the estate OF
Alfred H. Knapp, late of Goshen, in said
District, deceased GREETING
by the authority of the state of Vermont,
YOU are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court, AT the Probate OfliC" in
Middlchury, in said District, ON the 2Gth day of
July \. u. l>>', at IL O'Clock Il. M. 10 show
cause, if amy YOU have, why tn" account OF
the administrator Ot the estate OF said de
ceased should not be allowed, and also why
the residue OF said estate should not be dis
tributcd to the parties entitled thereto.
Dated at MiddlcburY, in said District, this
9TH day of July, \. H. l>>6.
> LYMAN T.. KNAPP, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Blood

purifier, it is very much superior to any
other preparation of Sarsaparilla. All
persons of scrofulous or consumptive ten
denotes, and especially delicate children,
are sure to be greatly benefited by Its
use" J. W. Starr, Laconia, Iowa, writes
For years l was troubled with Scrofu-
lous complaints. tried several different
preparations, which did me little, If any,
good. Two bottles of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla effected a complete cure. 1t is my
opinion that this medicine is the best
blood
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
THE LATEST News,

l. that all who have tried Laws Bluing find
ii far superior to indigo mt less expense. II Is
used for bluing clothes ana for bleaching new
or old goods to II snowy white. Also, for col
orlng rag carpets it is uncqualled, and rs an
ink IT makes one quart which flows equal to
the best writing fluid.
For sale by Bcckwith n CO., Bond Bros. and
Benedict n Bird. %
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
THE BEST

boon ever bestowed upon man is perfect
health, and the true way to insure health
is to purify your blood with Ayers Sarsa-
parlla. Mrs. Eliza A. Clough, "a Airing
ton ST., Lowell, Mass, writes: every
winter and spring my family, including
myself use several bottles of Ayers Sar-
saparila. Experience has convinced me
that, as q noMerful
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
FOR SALE !

The two story, Frcnch.root house on North
Pleasant street belonging to the estate of Mrs.
Mary +. Orchard. 1t is nearly new, well built
and in very desirable location; good-sizcd
lot. For further particulars enquire of
20It ID. RIDER, Admr.
MiddlchurY, Vt, May Il, lsS6.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Clay Lambert, 1899,

May be found mt the same place, two years
Old. sired by IIattcll's Motion, 1914 dam LittY
Clay by CaS>iuS NJ. Clay, ST, making him
standard bred. He j. registered in WalucC'S
trotting register, New York. Stands lili
hands high, weight N'j0pound~ color chestnut.
Terms, to warrant so
Brc~d standard bred animals if you want to
meet with success. All lovers of fin" horses
are cordially invited to call and look over our
stock. Good pastnring tor mares from
abroad.
VIM. M. PARTCH & SONS,
l'nm2 ProprictOr~.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

LYMAN +. KNAPP, Judge.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
A Tigers Strength.

Nothing shows more the marvellous
strength possessed by the tiger than
the way in which he carries his viotina
away, says Chambers Journal. I re:
member the first time I was shown
where tiger had dragged a full.grown
bullock. l could not believe it posi-
BILE; and it was not until after We had
killed the robber, only an ordinary
sized tigress, and had carefully gone
over on foot the ground where she
had dragged her prey, that I found
that she had not only dragged tho
dead bullock, an animal, I should
think. considerably beyond her own
weight, over very rough ground and
through dense canebrake; but that
IN some places, as the marks plainly
showed, she must actually have lifted
the fore quarters of the bullock OF
the ground in her mouth. and have
walked several yards with it in that
position. When the victim has been
dragged to what the tiger considers 4
position OF security, it will sit down
and make good meal and then 70.
tire short distance from it's prey to
some particularly thin brush or tuft
of grass and there remain until the
following night, and then return tor
another meal. In consequence of this
we'll known habit, "a kill" as it is
called. is the best of all khubber, and
in such cases. if the tiger has not been
disturbed, the sportsman is almost
sure to find him lying somewhere
close to the carcass; and if his ar
rangements are well made, Is pretty
sure to get shot at him. = ,...
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
A Muir dered Bishops Diary.

London, Oct. 2S.-The diary Of
Bishop Harrington, who was put to
death by order OF King Manga OF I'm
gauda, Africa, has been published,
giving the details of the last week OF
his life.
He describes the arrival OF his par
ty at Lubawas> where g. chief at the
head OF a thousand troops demanded
ten guns and three barrels OF powder.
The chief asked Bishop Harrington
to remain with Forday and the latter
complied. While taking a walk the
bishop was attacked by twenty ma
tives. He struggled with his assail-
ants, but became weak. He was
dragged violently a. long distance by
the legs. When his Prosecutors halt
ed they stripped and robbed him
and imprisoned him in q noisome
hut, full OF vermin and decaying ba-
nanas. While he was lying there i'll
and helpless, the chief and his hun
dred wives came out OF curiosity to
feast their eyes on him. On the next
day he was allowed to return to his
own tent. He was still guarded, how
ever, by natives. He remained in
bed the following days, parties OF the
chiefs wives, out OF idle curiosity,
coming daily to see him. He was o.
lowed to send messages to friends,
but believed they were intercepted.
On the seventh day, he writes, the fe-
yer continued. At night the place
swarmed with vermin. The guards
were drunk and noisy and he was un-
able to sleep. At last he became de-
lerious. On the eighth day, Oct. 20,
he was conscious. His entries on this
were brief: mo news; a hyena howled
all night, smelling sick man; hope
he will not have me yet"
This is the final entry. It is beltev-
ed that shortly after writing this he
was taken out and put to death.
Throughout the week there were fre-
quent entries referring to the com fort
he derived from reading the psalms.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
Where to Dig tho Well.
From the Annals Of Hygiene.

From the Annals OF Hygiene.
Let us remember that we'll will
drain an area with a diameter equal
to twice it's depth. Therefore, a we'll
twelve feet deep will drain an area the
diameter of which is twenty-fo feet,
that is to say that it will drain the
surrounding soil for twelve feet in ev-
cry direction. Obviously, then, the
privy should be more than the depth
OF the we'll away from it, and more
than this again if it is proposed to
place it on a higher level, which, how
ever, should never be done. The we'll
should be lined inside thoroughly with
mortar, so that percolation cannot
occur between the crevices of the
bricks, and it should be we'll covered,
so that surface drainage cannot get
into it, for you want to drink water
that has come into the we'll from the
bottom, after it has been purified by
filtration through the earth. Thus,
then, these are the precautions to be
observed in locating and building your
we'll in the country. How about the
city? Well wat in the city should
never be used; the sources of contain
nation are too numerous and too
hidden to be avoided.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
Currants.

Fall is the time to set out new cur
rant sprouts. e. P. Roe writes: Cur
rants are but half appreciated by the
world. People rush around in July in
search of health. Let me recommend
the currant cure. If any one is Ian
guild, depressed in spirits, inclined to
headaches, and generally "out of
Sorts" let him finish his breakfast
daily for q month with dish offresh-
ly picked currants. He will soon al
most doubt his own identity and may
even think that he is becoming good
man. He will be more gallant to his
wife, kinder to his children. friendlier
to his neighbours, and more open hand
ed to every good cause. Work will
soon seem play, and play fun. In brief
the truth of the ancient pen will be
verified. '"That the power to live a
good life depends largely upon the
liver Out upon the nonsense OF TAX
ing medicine and nostrums during the
currant season. Let it be taught at
the theological seminaries that the cur
rant is a "meaas of grace" 1t is a
corrective, and that is what average
humanity moot needs. They are tast
growers; every cutting of young wood
six inches long will make a new plant
in ~ single season. And they will
thrive almost anywhere.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
The Point Of Death. .

! From the Baltimore Daily News. 6
Although usually it is easy to tell
when dissolution has occurred, yet
there are cases which occur from time
to time rendering the matter one OF
very grave uncertainty. The point at
which the soul relinquishes the body
is among the most difficult things to
establish. Perhaps this uncertainty
is one Of the reasons why there is such
curiosity as to death.heds and last
words. We are anxious to know how
affairs appear to those who are pass
ing away. They are undergoing the
great change through which every one
must pass. How does it look to themf
Very little more information is to be
gathered from the dying than from the
dead. Certain differences may bedrawn
from the surroundings-the departing
color, the cold, deepening stare, the
groan, the rattle in the throat, the
stlffening limbs; but they are likely to
mislead as not. And the same may
be said of the death sayings. They
are as enigmatic as the declarations Of
the oracles. We may take sometimes
half dozen meanings from them, as. for
instance, Goethe More Light! WAS
it the sense of earthly darkness grow
ing around HIM, or was it the break
ing of the eternal light upon his vision,
or was there yet some deeper signiti-
canoe in the exclamation? Medical
works show that people have been
resuscitated fifteen, twenty and even
thirty minutes after apparent death.
Heldon, the highwayman, is said to
have been dead three-quarters OF an
hour. His body was cut down after
hanging that length of time and was
handed over to his friends after thor
as we'll as ever, except for a stiffness
of the neck. Pryce, the Norwich lniser,
was dead as Caesar, according to those
about him, and until some thoughtful
person, distressing the warmth OF his
hands, administered a stin.ulant. He
arose and lived years afterward. Cases
Ofmere trance are almost innumerable.
Supposed deaths from drowning show
that resuscitation may take place
thirty or forty minutes after all life
has apparently left the body. The
question is to what becomes Of the
soul in this long interval is the one
which puzzles many. But the CHIEF
point Of the matter is that the physi'
clans and friends should not too readily
accept appearances in the critical hour.
There may, as in the Fraser instance,
be yet some spark of life remaining.
AS DR.. Lackerstein claims, there is
absolutely no reason why, with the re-
sources he employed at hand, any one
should die of an overdose of chloro'
form or from shock whila undergoing
a surgical operation.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
European Education Of Girls.

Correspondence OF the Buffalo Courier.
The system carried out in Vienna
for educating girls is entirely worthy
of notice. They are kept at thier stud
les until they are Is years Of age.
Then they 90 through course of
taching in the pantry and the kitchen
under some member OF the family,
sometimes under trained cooks, for g.
year or two years. Thus they learn
to do everything themselves and to
know the value of things long before
they commence houseke eping on their
own account, and though they may
never be required to cook a dinner,
they become independent of cooks
and servants. The Austrian women
are most affectionate wives and moth
ers. They are as accomplished as an
English goverress, are as witty in So
ciety as Partisan, and are among
the most beautiful women in Europe.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
Ignorant of ChicagO's Greatness

While the Park theater was burning,
several men in hotel near by was
talking about it. One was Chicago
man and he had a good deal to say.
A New Yorker, who probably had not
Travelled much, was a listener. The
Chicago man recalled the big fire out
there.
"You remember the Chicago fire ?"
he said.
mo-" said the New Yorker, "Inever
hearG of it. Had a fire, eh? Did
anyone put it out?"
did anyone put it out ?" T.
eyes. Gotsome engines, Isuppose."
"Why, sir, we've got the best fire
de-
ooh, then it was put out. Pm glad.
Hope no one lost anything"
The Chicago man turned away, but
pretty soon came back. A remark
about the theater's being himsy led
him to say:
"a theater like that would not be
allowed in Chicago; no, Sir, not be
allowed"
Then the New Yorker Clipped in with:
"Have you really a theater in Chi.
cago?"
"Have we what?"
"A theater. You were speaking
about theaters. Do actors 60 out
there?" -
The Chicago man did not answer.
He seemed to be getting riled. The in
nocent New Yorker spoke again:
"Would there be q chance to start
a church in Chicago? I have q friend
who feels that he was born to be a
missionary, and he thinks if he got in
to some new settlement-'' IKE L.
The Western citizen was getting real
mad. He squared himself and said:
.'Sir, you and your friend may 60
to Halifax. Hyou ever come to Chi
cago-"
s'Well, medde / will. I should like
| to see one Of those new places. How
do you got there? Any railroads p
When tho meeting adjourned the
Chicago man looked as If 10 wanted "a
lick somebody right away.