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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-23

visited Montreal, taking one of her chill
dren with her. Since returning home
the child has been taken sick and the
doctor pronounces it a case of smallpox.
A call is issued for a social reunion of
the Bigelows, and their descendants
Throughout Christendom, to be held at
Lake Quinsigamond, near Worcester,
Mass, on the I'd day of June, 1886. A
7 large gathering of the family is anticipat-
led. Address all letters of inquiry to IL.
| II. Bigelow, Worcester.
John II. Noyes, who founded the cele-
2brated Oneida community, died at
Niagara Falls on the 18th. He was born
in Brattleboro September 3, 1911, and
was licensed to preach in 1888. The
social organization of the Oneida order
was broken up some time ago, and
Noyes left the States. He had since
lived in Canada.
Rutland bank stock is thus appraised
by the listers: Killington, Clement and
Merchants National banks and the State
Trust company at par or 500 a share !;
he Rutland Trust company, 80 per cent
bf which is paid in, at $50 share; the
National bank of Rutland at $40 share
pr 40 per cent of the par value, and the
Rutland county and Baxter National
banks at 1925 share, or % per cent
premium.
w. II. II. Murray is having Sharpe
> 'acht built at Burlington. The craft is
) feet long and will accommodate twen-
Y persons. With his little vessel Mr..
Murray expects to show to the people of
Burlington the possibilities in the way of
+achting which Lake Champlain affords
lie proposes, too, to sail down the St.
lawrence to the Bay of Chaleurs, visit
he Miramchi and the Restigouche and
erhaps voyage to Chicago and New Or
|ans.
The meeting of the grand lodge
nights of Honor was held at Brattle-
oro last week. Secretary Briggs's re-
ort showed that there were II lodges in
god standing, with a membership of
bout 600. The Bennington lodge was
appended during the year for non-pay-
ent of an assessment. The years gain
membership was -, while there was
loss of 6S by suspension, death and
ithdrawal. The net gain in resources
pr the year was S420; total resources of
e grand lodge, S546, with no outstand-
z liabilities. These officers were elect
p. G. D., George Il. Crosby of st.
phnsbury; e. D., George w. Hooker
Brattleboro; G.. V. D., n. A. Bailey of
utland G.. \. D., l.. W. Redington of
utland; treasurer, \. l.. Pease of Hart
I'd; reporter, w. \. Briggs of Mont
lier; chaplain, c. l.. Piper of Rutland
tide, j. ii. Head of Bellows Falls
hard. G. \. Wheaton of Barre; senti-
|, III. f. Taylor of BrattleborO; trus-
es, o. II. Reed of Barre. a. j. Marshall
Middlebury, w. c. Nye of Barre;
representatives. to supreme lodge,
Jorge II. Crosby of st. Johnsbury two
ars, \. l.. Pease of Hartford one year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-23
STATE OF VERMONT-District of Adj

UIsOh,
The probate court for the District of Addi-
son
To all persons interested in the estate of Bet
sey l.. Beach, late OF salisbury, in said Dis
trict, deceased. GREETING:
BY the authority of the State OF Vermont,
You are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court ut the Probate office
in Middlebury, in said District, on the
3D. day of May, \. ID. lsoG, mt 10 O'Clock II. M,
to show cause, if any you have, why the
account of Charles +. Kingsley, administrator
and trustee under the will of said deceased,
should not be allowed, and also why the resi-
due OF said estate should not be distributed
to the parties entitled thereto.
Dated ut Middlebury, in said District, this
18th day of April, \. ID. lSS6.
lG}w LYMAN T.. KNAPP, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-23
STATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Ad-

The probate court for the district of Add.
son
To all persons interested in the estate of
samuel X. Cook, late of orwell, 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 ONCE in
Middlebury, in said District, on the 10th day of
May \. ID. lsS6, at 10 O'Clock IA. m, to show
cause if any you have, why the account of 5.
y. Warren, administrator of the estate of
said deceased, should not be allowed, and also
why the residue of said estate should not be
distributed to the parties entitled thereto.
Dated at Middlcbury, in said District, this
18th day of April, \. d. lsS6.
4 LYMAN T.. KNAPP Judge,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-23

Butter is easier and the demand is light We
notice sales of the best Northern and Eastern
creamery ut Is SOC; Western creamery at 30
32c; Northern dairy ut 26 a Csc; Western
dairy mt Is 20c; imitation creamery at % 4
pc, and ladle packed nj 20 pc = ID. Cheese
has been quiet and steady with sales of
Northern extra ut IL &C; good to choice at 10 a
lie; and the lower grades at SC + h. Eggs
are lower and sales OF extra Eastern ut lie,
fancy ut IA &C; New York and Vermont at
IA; Western ut l31ac and Nova Scotia at ID &c
T. doz. Beans are quiet and we quote Yer.
mont at Sl.65 10; New York at ; As : 90
and medium mt 81 30 a l3j T. BUSH including
hand-picked. Canada Peas are selling in
small lots mt 65 d &c, us to quality. Potatoes
are firm and in good demand with sales of
IIcbrons at 80 &c Rose ut 81 a SIC, and
Prolitcs ut 30 g soc T. bush. Dried apples
are in moderate demand ats a Sc Y n for
eyaporated Green apples are quiet and sales
of No. | Baldwins mt : - al.15 Dbl. Poul-
try is firm but quiet and sales of choice Tur.
keys ut IL 49, &c, and Chickens at II l3ce h.
BOSTON WOOL.
There has been n little more doing, but the
market is still in n dull and unsatisfactory con.
dition, and prices rule in favor of buyers.
WATERFOWL LIVE STOCK.
AmOuut a live stock Mt Market
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-23
MARkET s,


ranged in price from "a 25c T. h; selections,
26c y h, some fancy shade higher; eggs, l2c
T. doz.; beans, = to $l.25 y bushel; apples
81 80 Potatoes 40 l5c y bush; beef ) &c
y h; pork &c v H.; hay, $40 a Sl2 y ton;
straw. : 10 a Slo ppr ton
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The Restoration OF Faded Ink.

A valuable discovery has been made,
whereby the faded ink on old parchmsnts
may be so restored as to render the writing
perfectly legible The process consists In
moistening the paper with water, and then
passing over the lines in writing brush
which has been wet in q solution OF sulphide
of ammonia. The writing will Immediately
appear quite dark in color; and this color,
in the case OF parchm mt, it will preserve.
On paper, however, the color gradually
fades again, but it may be restored at
pleasure by the application Of the sulphida
The explanation OF the action of this sub
stance is very simple. The iron which
enters into the composition OF the ink Is
transformed by the reaction into the black
sulphide. .-toston Budget
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An Enthusiastic Lover of Nature,

Native ito tourist who is standing rapt in
contemplation OF an enormous roclv-I see,
sir. YOU are charmed by Sunset Rock, and l
don't wonder 1t is considered one of the
most picturesque objects in this part OF the
country.
Tourist-Ir is glorious-glorious.
Native-Whut point 10 you particularly
admire:
Tourist-Tho face of the rock. 1t awes
me with its grandeur.
Native-It would make good picture
Could yoa paint it!
Tourist was just thinking Of that 1t
is inst the kind of Il surface on which 20 i'll
scribe "Boxe's Bullion Bitters-;O cents 8
b, tile" never saw anything Offering a
Letter opportunity !-l;ambler.
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TIL, Biggest Blaze In America.

Professor Bau lin. Lasialle holds that the
crandest hrework ever witnessed on this
planet must have blazed aioft on the Pacific
slop, of our United States The most active
voIcanos Of the present age, Mount Etna
and Mount Sangay, have surrounded them
selves with la> a. fields varying from tn to
fifty feet in thickness and extending o'er
an area of half a hundred square miles
But the prehistoric volcano that seems to
have had it's crater somewhere on the west
crn slope Of the Cascade range, Oregon, has
covered district OF 200,OJJ square miles,
with a continuous bed of lava OF an average
thickness OF 1,eOJ feet All the vast table
lands IRON the valley os tho klamath river
in northern California to the Okanagon
rance in British Columbia must have been
deluged by fre-st"eam equal IN volume TO
the contents OF the five great Canadian
lakes and tie river system OF the Mississippi
combined. Niagara falls, pouring down
molten lava dag and night, woald have TO
flow on for half centu.'y to equal the re.
suits OF the monstrous eruption OF series ot
eruptions. DR. Felix l. Oswald.
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The National Cemetery at Antietan'.

1t is proposed to convert the National
cemetery at Antietam into national park,
to bs adorned with tho statues OF tho repre-
sentative warriors who Lore the blue or the
gray. 1t is known that 4,tj7 union soldiers
rest there, and appropriations have been
made by fourteen states, amounting to SG2-,
:,&l. The remains OF the Confederatss who
fell there have been removed to Rose Hill
cemetery near Hagerstown, Maryland. The
plan of the cemetery is that of semi.ell pse,
divided into segments Of circles, sections
and parallelograms OF varying size, accord
inc to the number of the dead from different
states Every division is marked by letter,
and the graves are numbered in regular
order. A main carriage drive extends
through the grounds, from which run IN
every direction subordinate roads and
walks The grounds ore beautifully kept,
and near the entrance stands lodge, which
is occupied by the keeper, and is also used
for the comfort Of visitors In tho centre
of the cemetery stands the colossal granite
statue of an American soldier, twenty one
feet and six inches high, standing at parade
rest, with the cape of his overcoat thrown
back from his left shoulder. The whole
structure stands forty -four feet and seven
inches, and is entirely of granite. e.-"Perley'
Washington Letter.
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FINISHING THE PARSONS wooDsHED
silI Nye Tells How the Necessary Funds
Were Raised-Too Much Zeal.

sill Nye Tells How the Necessary Funds
Were Raised-Too Much Zeal.
My DEAR SoN-I ought to Of answered
your last letter before this, but, to tell the
truth we have had another of them pesky
hoodoos at our house for the purpose OF
finishing Oft the woodshed Of the parsonage,
and I've been mighty busy. For two days
I was choring around the kitchen, carrying
wood and water, and borrying dishes OF tho
neighbors till you can't rest Since the rue
tion was over I've been mostly engaged in
thinking about it.
Our home paper gave US a good notice
and said it was success; also that every
one present enjoyed it highly. 1t alluded
to me as genial cuss, or words TO that
OBJECT, and said your mother was the life OF
the party. She was
Your mother believes that scads become
purified as quick as they light in the plate,
no matter where they come from. l am
more conservative. l hesitate to knock a
man down with doughnut and then go
through his clothes l aim to be Chris
tian, Henry, but not strongly sectarian in
views
So it hurt my feelings little to see your
mother rare around through the crowd
Tuesday night and peddlc boiiays of these
here little blamed geranium blows that
fells OIL as soon as you pin them onto your
coat and laugh onct or twict.
Somehow it made me nervous, and the
goose flesh stood out oil over me foot high.
It amt like your mother to go around at her
time of life, with boy 70 years old and
real camel's hair mustache, and learning
more blamed foreign stuff than you could
shake stick at l say it amt like her and
know she wouldn't do it if it wasn't for
her seal" as she calls it. Zeal is embittering
my declining years, Henry. Zeal and skin
games and ratfes and tee hee bee and %
cents please, and the whole confidence game
has made me prematurely sour
am no man to complain, but, Henry, II
you 60 into any church in this country to-
day you will find three quarters OF the con-
gregation is women; they are noble women,
too. God bless a good woman, Henry, Is
what say. We like to have our mothers
and our wives and our sisters christians,
even if we are inclined to be liberal in our
own views; but the kind of zeal that fills up
churches with overworked women, while the
sulky husband and father is at homo trying
to digest large rhree-cornered fragment OF
sorYel cake that was left over from last
weeks debauch and benefit, is mistake.
We have voted cradle quilts to the hand
soonest baby, plated bracelets to the most
popular young lady, and gold headed cane
to the man who wanted to be sheriff, and,
all that, but when they vote brass.lnountel
two year-old swamp.elm club to the mad
dest man in the United States, Henry, l
wish you would come home and do little
work for me- I ain candidate. Bill Nye
in Chicago News.
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stacnation at the Stock Exchange.

The want of something reliable to specu-:
late in has hung pail of gloom over Wall
street. Even last summer business was not
so completely and hopelessly dead there as
it now appears to te The cLrbstone-
brokers are all ont at elbows, and those
who have offices spend most OF their TINA
trading cigars and stories. A base ball
game or horse.race is perfect blessing,
tor it gives them an excuse to stop iditng
in their proitless haunts, and 60 OF and en-
JOY themselves II the stagnation continues
the stock exchange will be q quiet retreat
this summer, and exchange place as solitary
as O sea beach at high noon The scent
bullets are driving Delmonico out OF bust-
ness, and lager beer has comp etely sup
planted champagne as beverage The
street venders wear q hungry look, and the
dogs and cats and birds they offer for sale
are lean and starving creatures, In keeping
with the depressed circumstances that sur
round them.
Curiously enough, at a time when money
Is almost as scarce as piety at a French
ball, perfect manis is raging among the
brokers to buy works Of art The Morgan
and other art sales have made pictures
fashionable and shown, as well, that it is q
good deal safer to Eut money in them for
investment than in most OF the Stocks on
the list Such of tine connoisseurs OF the
street US deal in pictures as we'll as securi-
ties are doing quite brisk trade and get
ting much more profit out Of 1t than ous
of their legitimate business suggested to
one OF them the other day that 1t would b
q good idea to start an art exchange on the
street. and kno the Nassau street aut-
tioneers out He has the sugs sestion under
advisement, believe, and no one need be
surprised to hear of the incorporation OF
tho Great American Art Dealing company,
unlimited. York News Babe"
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An American Buying n Razor.

Within the last year there has certainly
been O great increase in the number OF per-
soas who shave themselves, il the sale Of
ralors to individuals who are not BARRIERS
is any Indication of such q fact. English.
men, as rule, attend to their own tonsorial
wants, and Americans are fast acquiring
the same habit. There is q great deal of
difference experienced by salesman i'll at
tempting to dispose Of q razor to nn Amer
lean and when trying to sell ono to an Eng.
lishman. The latter simply inquiries for n
certain make and takes the first one he lays
his hands on if satisfied that the manu-
facturers name engraved upon the blade
i, genuine The American when he pur-
chases razor, he requires at least dozen
from which to make his choice, believing
that only one good one is 10 be found in
Twelve. This is only a superstition that
prevails among Americans, who must have
received it from BARRIERS to whose interest 1t
is 10 impress their customers with the idea
that vast SUMS Of money must be spent bo-
fore IL good razor can be outained.-A u.
Wesman in Globe Democrat.
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Taking Water OIL tho Limited Express. y

just above Derry wo takp water on the
fly. A tank about three by fifteen inches,
filled witu water, is laid between the rails
for $40 or 4OO feet A scoop on the tender,
operated by the fireman by means OF
lever, dips into this tank and the speed OF
tho train forces the water through q "goose
neck" pipe into the tender, Usually passen-
Ger trains "slow up" for to king water, but
to day We have no time for that The fire.
man takes his position, firmly grasping the
lever, and at q signal from the engineer
quickly jerks the scoop down into place.
Great streams of water fly from under either
side OF tue tank, scattering every object
within fifteen feet.
Suddenly the lid covering the aanhole OF
thu tank t1ies back and stream of water as
thick as O mans wrist spurts even to the
top of the first car: The tank is evidently
full, and the fireman pulls the lever back
securely fastening it in place. One Bit
terly cold night last winter tramp So
creted himself between the tender and bag
gaze car. The train made no stops and he
was not noticed until Altoona was reached,
when the inspectors found him frozen stiff
and tighJ to the platform of tho car. The
terrible drenchings he had received had
wetted him thoroughly, and, once under the
fatal spell of cold, he was borne swiftly to
his last Observation-Disclosures Press.
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THE ISLANDS OF ST. VINCENT.
The Mystery of Navigation-A Barren
Lump of Laya-A Cottage.

Lump of Laya-A Cottage.
After Lisbon came an illustration Of tho
wonders of modern life. Our steamer with
out fear or hesitation shot out into the
darkness and storm and sea to hit narrow
pass between the islands Of St Vincent,
1000 miles away. On We went night and
day, sun and fog, on and on, rocking, sway
ing, pulling, rafting, till we passed the peak
of Tenerife, standing up in the clouds II 600
feet high. A cloud wrapped about the
mountain halfway up gave US a naked,
sharp peak towering above the clouds for
full mile into the clear sky. 1t seemed bit
of enchanted mockery to have the land so
long desired appear in the sky, above the
clouds, beyond our reach.
So we pushed by, and steamed on and
on, till by and by an officer said In lew
moments we shall see the islands and the
passage between them to ST Vincent Sure
enough, soon his word came true In boy
hood I wondered who guided the birds OF
passage as they went on over plain and for
est, over lake and river; 50 now came to
wonder at the Cotopa1i shooting across the
sea as if she had a divine instinct in her
prov. How a man can direct his course
LuEOuRh oO IudHy oGoi LhS aAAo uh6h S'oA
such wide, trackless wastes by the worlds
above, and then refuse to direct his life by
the light from the skies, is hard to under
stand. Great is the mystery Of navigation.
St Vincent gave US the best oranges we
had Florida and southern California do
something in this way, but nothing after
one has eaten from the trees Of these tropi-
cal islands. We also received bananas lex
cellent), straw hats (moderate), and coal
dust (abundantI. This tropical fruit grows
on the island of ST Anthony, which lies just
across the narrow strait and bay from st
Vincent, not ten miles away. Strange
enough, St Vincent is q barren lump OF
lava, where it never rains, or, if at all, not
more than once a year. While on St
Anthony the rains are full and frequent
Above st Vincent, on the side Of the cinder,
some European connected with the coaling
business has built a cottage as summer re-
sort Hs has painted it white, and has
painted the lava back Of and around his
home strong green to represent trees and
q lawn. To this summer resort he retires at
night to be refreshed by fresh water brought
from the pools Of st. Anthony. bishop
bowler in Chicago Nowa
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On the Island of Kcdonda.

One of the strangest communities in the
world lives on the island Of Redonda, which
is one of the British West Indies, between
Nervis and Montserrat 1t is very rocky
and barren, anu contains no vegetation, but
has extensive mines OF phosphate of alumina
and ircn. About fifty nen work i'll tiess
mines, they being the only persons on the
island with the exception OF tho foreman S
wife 1heir provisions have to lie brought
from Nervis and Montserrat in small boats
The men live in small wooden hut' built for
the purpose. The climate OF Redonda IS
beautiful and healthtu and the working
men enjoy perfect health The harhor is
excellent and we'll protected, the highest
point on tie island being l,O0J feet above
the level of the sea.-Foreign Lett.r.
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HAvANHs SHOPS AND CAFES.
Richness and Taste III Display-Dress OF
the sulesmen-Cleaulineas.

Richness and Taste IN Display-Dress Of
the snlesmnen-Cleanliness -.
In America it is the effort, Of merchants
to get goods Of every earthly description
under one roof Here the shops are. more
characteristic and individualized, as. a. rule.
One will deal in silks and trimmings; an.
other only in velvets and velveteens: an
other may show superb lines Of linen;
gloves, fans, parasols and umbrellas may be
found at another; again shop will sell
woolens exclusively; another prints and
cottons; and rarely will you find the no.
ton store So, too, outside of the textile,
fabrics these divisions in trade are rigor-.
ously observed A photographer Is not an
artist: bronze goods do not include pottery;
the jeweler sells jewelry, not clocks and
watches; the woodenware, ironware, and
basket-ware merchants are not each all the.
others; and wine merchants do not sell soap. /
In all these shops there Is richness and
taste, but not obstrusivenesa, in display;
and from one end Of the city to another thea
neatness, brightness, lightuess, and airiness
of the shop form much Of Havana's attrnc-
tiveness All this, too, is in despite OF yarf ;
architecture that would preclude delicate
arrangement among more stolid people
But the Spanlard ana Cupan ootn possess Juss
enough etfeminacy to make dainty nest
out of an old ruin anywhere Again the
dress OF merchants, statesmen, and the most
menial keepers adds to the pleasing effect Of
the shop. Nearly all are attired in inen,'
pure white or in dainty stripes The white
uecktie is universal, and, it Is refreshing
1t is clean thing, too They are only pre-
tentious or slovenly who relsgate it to full
dress use anywhere
Many salesmen are clad only in patent
leather CATERS and linen pantaloons and
shirts, but these are spotlesa Indeed, the
Cubans are the cleanest people regarding
their dress eyer'k knew. A stevedore will
load .molasses on vessel whole week and
you will hardly find a spot upon his white
linen sdit when Saturday night comes
Somehow your sense Of propriety Is not 9f.
Tended when you see cash boys, erratd-boys
and keepers Of all sorts In skin.tight, loosely
woven cotton shirts, as airy breeches and
slippers Often, too, for change, here will
stand three or four negroes, packers or box
ers, or something Of the sort, with bare fest,
spotless pantaloons held by gay sash, and
with naked, cleaning waists, arms, and
shoulders Edgar L Wakeman's Cuba Let
for