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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13
EXCITEMENT ON THE MOUNTAINS.

A Granville correspondent says that
there was much excitement in the towns
of Rochester, Hancock, Granville and
Brantree last Thursday and Friday over
the performances of man giving the
name of II. Porter and his residence as
Middlebury. He arrived at the hotel in
Hancock on Sunday, April l. On Mon
day he rented shop for the purpose, as
he said, of making a patent whifiletree.
Then he said he was a postoffice inspec-
tor. He visited the office at Rochester
and looked over the books and called up
on the postmaster to give in a report the
next morning. At Hancock he failed to
accomplish anything, as he could not
show his authority. Next he hired rig
at Rochester of Landlord Faulkner to go,
he said, to collect note he held against
G.. V. Wilson of Hancock. After various
stops he made one at L. Russell's black
smith shop in Hancock and had pieces of
iron hammered into the shape of silver
dollar. Then he appeared at the Hancock
office, looked over the books of the post
mistress, Mrs. Whitney, and made her
believe that on account of trouble be-
tween her Office and that at West Brain
tree it was necessary for her to go with
him to the latter place. She started out
with him, but soon mistrusted that all
was not right, got out of the sleigh and
hired a man to take her home. Mean
time Faulkner became excited over the
long absence of his rig and started with
an officer, in pursuit of Porter. They at
last captured him and took him to Roch-
ester, where he had an examination on
Friday before Justice Chailee. lie was
held. in $1,000 bail on the charge of horse
stealing, and was taken to Woodstock
jail in default of bail
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Next Monday is the day set for the
consideration of the Mills tariff bill in
the national House.
The Republican State convention is to
be held at Montpelier on Wednesday,
June 27, for the nomination of State
officers.
Jacob Sharp's death ends that case, but
the trial was good thing and will tend
to deter those inclined to follow Sharp's
practices.
1t is not safe thing to dispose of mort
gagged property in this State. The stat
ute provides that the fine shall be twice
the value of the property so mortgaged
and sold.
IAN enjoyable feature of the program
in st. Louis will be the final election of
Samuel j. Randall from the Democratic
party is the opinion of the Democratic
st. Louis Republican.
The New York Herald says rumor
prevails in Washington that Secretary
Whitney will succeed Minister Phelps in
England, and in that event it is supposed
Mr.. Phelps will be called to the cabinet.
Oleomargarine continues to claim at
tention. The United States supreme court
decides that a State may suppress its
manufacture, and the Massachusetts
State board of health declares that it is
preferable to poor butter.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
thinks that " the tenacity with which the
Confederates and the Dudes and the Cop
perhead Cuffs and Collars creatures abuse
Ingalls, shows that the sting of his welt
ing sentences still burns in their scanda-
lous skins"
The indianapolis Journal is inclined to
make fun of the whoops of the country
press of New York State for Depew for
President, and remarks: Sc As a discreet
dispenser of railroad passes Mr.. Depew is
believed to be without rival among
American statesmen"
Ex-senator Roscoe Conkling has been
at the point of death at New York for a
week past. The cause of his illness is an
abscess in the head, the result of severe
cold contracted by exposure during the
great storm. The latest reports are that
his chances of recovery are 25 to l.
1t is now said that President Cleveland
will within the coming week nominate
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1888.
An ABSURD POSITION.

The attempts of outside papers, like the
New York Times and Boston journal, to
make it appear that the recent State con-
yention at Burlington was Blaine
love-feast are exceedingly funny to those
who know the facts. The Boston Jour
nal admires Mr.. Blaine and wishes to
have it appear that every one else does !;
while the Times hates him and wants to
prove, to its own satisfaction at least,
that Mr.. Blaine is in the field notwith-
standing his letter of withdrawal. But
both these papers are wrong. As the
Free Press very truly says in a paragraph
published elsewhere, the delegates chosen
are for the strongest candidate, not for
Mr.. Blaine or anybody else.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13

Senator Gray of Delaware for chief JUS
tice of the supreme court. He is 4S years
old, graduate of Princeton college and
Harvard Law school and went into the
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by Sem
ator Bayard taking place in President
Ceveland's cabinet.
The striking business reached climax
at Cheyenne, Tuesday, when friends OF
the striking engineers of the c. B. and
@. road flooded the city with flaming
handbills reading Boycott Mrs. James
Brown Potter; she patronized scab
road, the Chicago, Burlington and Quin-
cy." The actress reached Cheyenne by
branch of that line and played to a small
house that evening.
Mayor Hewitt of New York is in
trouble again over the flag business. He
refused to order the display of the Irish
flag on the city hall March II, whereup-
on the aldermen made an order transfer
ring the power to display flags on the
city hall from the mayor to the alder
men. Now he has vetoed the order in
a long message, which the aldermen re-
ceived with jeers.
Mr.. Blaine has, it is reported, engaged
his steamer passage for the United States
and will sail on the 10th of June; which
leads the Washington Capital to remark: +:
1.-The convention at Chicago will meet
on the 10Th of June and will nominate
Mr.. Blaine, who will at this time be about
midway across the Atlantic. His sail
ing three days before the convention
meets will cut off all personal commune
cation with him and enable his friends to
rush his nomination through the conven-
ton without any question as to whether
he will accept it,
a remarkable deadlock in the national
House of Representatives was to have
been broken yesterday. 1t began on
Wednesday of last week, when the
Democrats resorted to filibustering to
prevent a vote upon the direct tax bill,
which has already passed the Senate and
provides for the refunding of the direct
!
Wednesday evening and decided to ad-
journ yesterday, with the understanding
that the committee on rules report a
special order, setting apart December 6
next for the consideration of the direct
tax bill, three days to be allowed then
for debate and the final vote to occur at
4 p. m. the following Tuesday.
Minister Phelps sailed from Southamp-
ton, Eng, for home last Friday. Mr..
Smalley cables to the New York Tribune
as follows regarding his trip: "Many
reports have been set afloat about Mr.
Phelps journey. According to one, he
has resigned, and goes home because his
policy respecting the fisheries was not
adopted by the administration. The best
answer to this is the fact that when he
engaged passage home he engaged cab
in to return by the same line on the shir
leaving New York on June l3. will
venture to say on my own authority that
Mr.. Phelps errand to America Is neither
one of protest against the treaty nol
with any public view whatever. This is
his first visit since he took up the the ap
pointment as minister. He finds, after
three years absence, that there are pri
vate affairs at home requiring his atten
ton. Those affairs and nothing else are
the cause of his Journey"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13
CURRENT OPINION,

The plan inaugurated among the farm
ers for holding discussions on the tariff
question should be encouraged and gen.
orally adopted. Such discussions will
result in net profits to the farmer every
time. Let the farmers supply themselves
with tariff facts and figures, study both
sides thoroughly and discuss the subject
earnestly Detroit Tribune.
When man comes into the office and
planks down the cash and says, Z" Send
me your paper for a year." that means
business. When one says, 81 want your
paper but haven't the money now," that's
all right. When he takes it out of the
Office for several years and then sends it
back refused, that's meanness. When Il
man spends from ten cents to dollar for
cigars or beer, and says he can't afford to
take his home paper, that's lie Rich
ford Gazette.
Some one telegraphed in advance of the
Vermont State convention that the dele
CATION would be "sold for Blaine" and
now all the papers which can see but one
man in the Republican party are shout
ing that the Vermont delegates are sail
for Blaine" If the delegates are all for
Blaine, why did not some of them say so
We do not believe there are over one or
two men in the delegations, if there are
so many, who do not accept Mr.. Blaine's
withdrawal as final, or who will go to
Chicago with any expectation that he
will be the nominee. Their attitude as a
delegation was expressed by Gen. Nc
Cullough when he said that he should
go unpledged and unprejudiced for or
against any man, to select the nominee
who would make the strongest candi-
date Burlington Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13
EXPERIENCES OF TWO MIDDLE
BURY MEN,


Messrs. Judson \. Wright and V. Z.
Burdick of this place were among the
passengers on train wrecked at Rock
ingham last Friday night. 1t was the
night express north, which left Bellows
Falls at IL o'clock. At Rockingham, five
miles north of the Falls, it encountered
a washout. The engine, baggage and ex-
press car and passenger car left the track.
The engine was dumped over the bank
and nearly into Williams river, 80 feet
down the embankment. and the engineer,
Moses Pratt, and fireman, John Pratt,
were instantly killed. The baggage and
express car took fire and burned. The
passenger car was left almost on end at
the foot of the embankment. and the
passengers in it were hurled to the lower
end in heap. The sleeper stopped just
on the brink of the chasm. The injured
were brought north on Pullman car in
care of DR.. Mead of Rutland. At the
scene of the accident the road for some
distance runs along on high embank-
ment at the base of which flows Williams
river. On the east side runs series of
hills, and down their sides rush the wa
culvert had been built some distance be-
low capable of carrying Off all surface
water, but the brook which is very mar
row changed its course and followed the
line of the track. At the point of the
wreck the soil is sandy and the water
probably leached through for hours. un-
dermning the track, so that the weight
of the locomotive caused the track to
give way. The body of Engineer Pratt
was found terribly mutilated near his
engine. The body of the fireman was
found some distance below, between the
tender and the baggage-car. Both were
killed instantly. Moses Pratt was res
ident of Rutland, about 80 years of age,
and had been employed on the road over
30 years. He leaves wido w and mar
ried daughter. John Pratt, the fireman,
was about 80 years of age and had worked
on the road several years. He was mar
ried and leaves a widow.
Mr.. Burdick was in the passenger coach,
and was thrown almost the entire length
of the car when it struck. How he got
out he doesn't know. but he finally did
so and was brought home on the morning
train Saturday. Mr.. Wright was i'm the
sleeper. which remained at the top of the
embankment, though it was thrown from
tile track. Ihe passengers in 1t were
badly shaken up, but none of them was
hurt. Mr.. Burdck suffered numerous
and severe injuries. One ankle was
sprained and one hip partially dis
located, he was cut about the head. bruis-
ed about the body and his back was in
jured. Mr.. Wright telegraphed for a
carriage to meet him at the station and
Mr.. Burdick was taken to his home on
South street in it. He is attended by DIR.
Russell, who thinks he is getting along
nicely. Saturday and Sunday he was
delirious, but is now all right in that
respect. Mr.. Wright's telegraphing led
to the belief that Mr.. c. II. Witherell
OF Cornwall, who went away to Boston
with him, had been hurt but Mr.. With
erell was not on the train. Mr.. Burdick
in the confusion of the accident lost a
bag containing 5000 in coin. 1t was
found in clearing up the wreck and res
tored to him.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13
THAT LOST Boy.

Young Hurlburd, the Ripton youth
whose disappearance from home is noted
in our correspondence from that town,
was in Salisbury on Sunday and spent
Sunday night at John Foley's, near
George Hammond's, in this town. Mon
day morning he started on north. He
confessed to one who asked him his in
tentions, that he had run away from
home, and said he wanted to find place
to work. Where he went from Mr..
Foley's had not been ascertained yester-
day afternoon.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13
THE SECOND DISTRICT CONVENTION.

Lieut-Gov. Fuller presided in the I'd
district convention held at Montpelier,
the 5th inst. Samuel d. Hobson of Brigh-
ton and Henry G. Ide of st Johnsbury
were elected delegates to the national
Republican convention at Chicago. The
platform adopted by the State convention
at Burlington was heartily indorsed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13
CTATE OF VERMONT-District of Ad-

Be ii remembered, that at a session of the
Probate Court holden at Middlebury, within
and tor the district OF Addison on the lot day
of April A. ID. lsSS.
Present: Hon. Lyman f. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, "A certain instrument in writing,
under seal, purporting to be the last will and
testament of Julia Clay, late of Middlebury,
in said District deceased, having been this day
presented to said Court for Probate, and duly
filed in the Registers Office: Therefore il is
ordered, that all persons interested in the es-
tate of said deceased, be notified to appear
before said Court, at the Probate Office in
Middlebury, in said District, on the Both day
of April A. ID. lSsS, at 10 O'Clock a. m, by
publication OF this order, three weeks success
sively previous thereto in the Middlebury
Register, newspaper printed at Middlebury,
to show cause, If any they may have, why
said instrument in writing should not be
proved and allowed, as the last will and tesla
ment of said deceased.
Is LYMAN f. KNAPP, Judge.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29
THE IGNORANT FARMERS. !"
Manchester Mirror.l

1t was among the cultured outlaws of the
lower wards of New York, the educated an
archists. Of Chicago, the accomplished plug
uglies of Baltimore, the lettered lazzaroni Of
Jersey City and the polished denizens of the
San Francisco sand lots that reform
spread like an epidemic and Cleveland ran
like race-horse, and it was among the hard
listed farmers OF the back woods, the hard
headed grangers of the piairies and the close
calculating wool growers of the Rocky
Mountains, who work six days in week
and attend church on the seventh, who sell
dom get farther away from home than their
own village, and who are deprived of the
privilege of sitting at the feet of the states
News, that Ben Harrison was elected. Yes,
It was "the ignorant farmers" who did it.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29
CURRENT COMMENT
THE RIGHT WELCOME.
r2ion,e Advnoota
GIVE THANKS, UNGRATEFUL AMERICANS
TZI0n's Herald

Paul said, "in everything" We seldom
do it in anything. The American is proverbi-
ally ungrateful. The conventional word
may rise with some stereotyped regularity to
the lips, but it does not break forth impul-
sively and heartily. There is reason for this
unhappy popularity Our blessings have
come to us as an Inheritance. We never
knew. what 1t was to live without them We
are like the boy born in the home of luxury
and privilege, who will never feel grateful
impulse for unusual benefits until they are
snatched from him. 1t would be WE'LL there
fore, IL the recurrence of this annual festival
could teach us something of the lesson of
gratitude.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29

as retail butcher, testified that the three
dresBed.beef firms that had regular houses N
Pittsburg, where they sold meat, were Armour q
Co., Swift Bros and Nels Morris Wnetner tney
had an understanding among them as to prices
witness did rot know, but the three firms sold
meat a. about s Sse prices o Inc fsGu G
nearer two thirds, during the last few years. A
few years ago many Pittsburg butchers bought
regularly on the 81 Louis market, but that mas al
been done away with. 1t was getting so now that
farmer could not sell one or two bullocks TO
local butchers, and ii he raised five or twenty he
was compelled to ship them to Chicago, and take
his chances on the market. farmer nowadays
was about compelled TO ask Armour and the
other dreSsed-beef men whether he could
raise any steers for meat Or not. JET.
and shipper OF cattle testified that the continuous
decline IN prices the ranchmen received for their
steers was always matter of surprise to them,
when they learned that prices TO consumers in the
East were not declined at alt The witness went
to Hartford, Conn.,, and found that meat was
higher than 1t had been when prices were up.
This was true in New York hotels and in the New
England butcher shops-eyerywhere witness went
to enquire and look at bills paid for meat There
was sudden drop In prices from SIT TO 35 head
down to an average OF SIT head. These cattle
would run from $50 to 1900 pounds head. Wit
ness examined the meat and was impressed with
the fact That It was mostly range meat from his
part OF the country-Texas and New Mexico. He
asked these men why they did not come directly
10 the west and take advantage of low prices and
they replied that they were afraid to do so on ac-
count count OF Inc opposition OF the heavy dealers at
Chicago.
Is it so that the beef barons of Chicago are
controlling the meat supply of the country,
using their power to diminish the profits of
the producer Of beef and increase the cost to
the consumer? This is question of great
interest, and the country will be anxious to
know what the Honorable Senators find out
about IL.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29

With how much income should man be
satisfied? is not not bad question for
Thanksgiving Day. Doubtless every one
well be able to answer this question more
definitely for somebody else than for himself.
But it can hardly be said to be general rule
of nature that mankind is apt to be satisfied
with less than superiuity of this worlds
goods. AS the number who enjoy what they
consider superfluity is exceedingly limited,
the great majority of mankind must belong
to the class of the mildly or violently dis
satisfied. In the December number of the
Forum Magazine Mr.. Edward Atkinson pre-
sents some plausible and apparently correct
arguments in relation to the subject of an
nual income that ought to change the dissat-
isfaction of some into satisfaction, though of
the discomfort of others it will only increase
the bitterness. The conclusion of Mr.. At.
kinson's reasoning is that the net income, on
the average, to each workingman or woman
who is not in the public service or sustained
by the taxes is not ever five hundred and
twenty dollars year; or rather what five
hundred and twenty dollars year will buy
for their own consumption. The calcula-
tions were based upon the census of 1880;
and probably the people of America are
little better off than they were eight years
ago in this worlds goods. But there cannot
be much difference; and the general fact
must remain that the mass Of the people of
this country are dependent upon bread-win-
ners who get less than six hundred year.
"In $780, writes Mr.. Atkinson, 1.-THE aver
age family group consisted of five persons !;
the working group consisted of fraction
under three persons, one of whom sustained
two others. The time had not yet come,
when the work of women and children for
gain or money payment could or can be
spared; 1t will be many long years before
the head of every family of five persons can
produce enough, or can procure enough by
his own exertions for the support, in COM
fort and welfare, of four persons dependent
upon him. This would be true If we we're to
consume for mere subsistence everything
that we produce. If the total product were
divided evenly and consumed, there would
not be enough to raise the general level much
above what it now is, and the next genera
ton would then suffer want because we had
eaten up or worn out that part of the product
which ought to have been saved in the form
of capital" To make up for the abundance
Of the wealthy. who are usually esteemed the
fortunate, many incomes must of course fall
to very modest figures indeed to preserve the
average. Every breadwinner may conclude,
If we are to trust Mr.. Atkinson's reasoning,
that whatever he has over six hundred dol
lars year in the necessaries and comforts
of life is standing reminder that his neigh
Dor is having less than the SIX hundred
And to-day is the best day in the year to
heed this reminder.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29

Casimir Maremma, Sir Arthur Helps
thoughtful novel, which includes with its
agreeable story some keen considerations of
modern English life, is reprinted in Messrs.
Roberts Brother Handy Library Of standard
literature. 1t belongs to the Kingsley school
of fiction, is suggestive, wholesome and
charming,-in every way to be recommended
to American readers. Portland: Loring,
Short & HARMONY
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nications The naLe and address Of the write,
are IN all cases Indispensable, not necessarily TO-
publication but as guarantee of good faith
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications Il a are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29
Police Notice.

TIME regular monthly meeting of the Police
mon Council Room, in the City Building on
TUESDAY EVENING, Dec. A, 1888, at 7.3o
O'Clock. JOHN +. THOMPSON, Chairman;
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29

The Parnell commission is still beating
the bush. In other words it is still hearing
testimony tending to prove outrages in
Ireland. As the Parnellites are ready to
admit the outrages, it seems waste of time
to 60 through the formality of proving them.
The point which the public is interested in
and which the commission was constituted
chiefly to settle is the genuineness of the
letter attributed by the London Times to
Parnell. In time perhaps the commission
may reach this point. but as all the commits
sioners are mortal it would appear to be the
part of wisdom to hurry up little.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29

Mr.. Hart, the Republican candidate for
Mayor of Boston, has been endorsed by a
convention Of Citizens" and IL the citizens
movement represents any considerable num-
Der of voters Mr.. Harris election would seem
to be assured When party lines are drawn
taut Boston is Democratic by large major
ity, but in municipal contests of late years
party lines have to considerable extent
been disregarded. Last year Mr.. Hart came
very near an election, though he was then
only party candidate, great many Demo
Gratis preferring him to Mr.. O'Brien. An
other year of Office has by no means tended
to increase the latter's popularity. and the
opposition in his own party has undoubtedly
grown stronger. There would seem then to
be little doubt of the election of Mr.. Hart.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-29

The canyassing board of Louisiana and
the Governor Of Maryland have concluded to
issue certificates to the Republican candidates
for Congress in those two States who appear
to be elected. This is encouraging, and tends
to indicate that the Democratic managers
have concluded to drop any ischeme, they
may have meditated for stealing the next
house. 1t may be that the managers have
abandoned it on account of its wickedness,
but it is more probable that after delbera-
tlon they have come to the conclusion that
the wickelness wasn't going to pay enough.