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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09

A friend of the Listener who has
been paying a visit to the quaint and
salty old town of Kittery, was espe-
cially interested in the village burying
ground, which is picturesque and
even more attractive than most old
burying grounds here in New Eng
land Many of the inscriptions tell,
as might be expected, a story of death
at the hands of the sea, which has
even within the present year strewn
the shores of Kittery with wrecks.
Here is one odd epitaph, which, the
Listener has no doubt, has been copied
before, but which for all that lie fan
cies may be as new to a good many
others as it was to him. 1t is appended
to the record of the death of Margaret
Hills, consort of Oliver Hills wives
and widows are never anything but
''consorts' and 'relictsn on old grave
stones, who died in 1903:
| lost my life in the raging seas
y sovereign God does as he please
The kittery friends they did appear
4 My remains they buried here
Boston Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09

Benedick, a well known man about
town, having resolved to marry,
thought it wise to draw line between
the HE he had led and the new life
which opened before him. To this
end he had invited some two dozen
cronies to farewell dinner at an up
town restaurant. at which every one
enjoyed the wines and viands, and
the feast was prolonged to late hour.
Finally the host arose and spoke these
words:
Gentlemen the moment has come to deliver tn
little speech that have prepared FIR this coca
sion. You were invited to meet Inc here for the
purpose Of closing interesting chapter f my
life thank you for your company and have
passed delightful evening Be good enough now
to give me your serious attention. Ny idea being
to turn over new leaf, and not to live as J. mar
ried man the kind of lie lived as an unmarried
one, have to announce to you that from this mo-
ment the Dencdck whom you have known is dead
dead and buried. lno longer shall circle in your
orbit nor you in mine Permit me, however, to
leave to each one of You little souvenir and to
wish that each one Of you may. as speedily a.
possible, follow my example. My servant will
now read You my last will and testament. Fare
well
So saying Benedick disappeared; the
servant remaining read the will as an
nounced. BY this document each one
received some portion of the goods of
the defunct bachelor To one lie left
his card table, to another his side
board, to a third his collection of pho
tographs. y postscript announced
that Benedick was going to settle down
in Jersey and lead the life of country
gentleman. There he proposed to
spend the greater part Of the year,
visiting the metropolis for a month or
two in the winter, perhaps. When he
reaches the city he Immediately az
ranges for sitting at a fashionable
church on the avenue, and there he
may be seen every Sunday with his
charming wife. Never was there a
more complete conversion, and never
was a penitent more blessed.
York Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
NINE MONTHS WHIT Err,

And the other three late in the fall aptly
describes the seasons of the year as expe-
rienced in Northern New England. With
warm weather comes the Tired Feeling,
Languor, Sleepiness, Inability to Work ;
in fact a multitude of lazy feelings that
are really symptoms that the system needs
bracing up and invigorating. Anti-Apo-
plectine is great Spring Medicine. 1t
cleanses, purifies and gives tone to mus
Giles and nerves. DR.. f. :. Hutchinson
& Co., Enosburgh Falls, VT, will send
you testimonials. Your druggist will
sell you a bottle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
Music and Love.

Haydn, whose pious habit of in
scribing his scores with bits of rev.
erent Latin, will go down to pos
terity, and who, if this failed
would always be held sacred
for his oratorio. The Creation even
ne fell in love with Mile. Boselli, de
spite his wife and his piety He had
her portrait painted, and satisfied all
her little whims and fancies, which,
like those of all prime dome, were
not, of course inexpensive ones. Good
old, but inconstant Haydnl 1t is to be
hoped he stopped here, though from
quite famous compliment which he
paid Mrs. Ellington, it is to be feared
he possessed the knack of ingratiating
himself into the favor of the fair sex
generally. Reynolds had painted the
songstress as Cecilia listening to celes-
tial music. Yes said Haydn, upon
being asked for his opinion, lit is in
deed beautiful picture-jqst like her;
but-what a mistake" "Wherel' in
quired the painter. why, you have
painted her listening to the angels,
when you ought to have represented
the angels listening to her.
By way of eXtenuation for Haydn,
it must be admitted that all the master
musicians have been frail in the mat
ter of love and beauty. Beethoven's
love letters constitute quite a study in
passionate endurance, and are much
more creditable to him than the story
of his erasing the young English
musician Bridgetower's name from the
dedication of the famous SONATA in A
and substituting that of kreutzer, a
man he had never seen, because he
had had some quarrel with Bridge
tower about girl-a version of the
story, by the way, which is not Bee
thoven's. Chopin, we know, pinned
away for George Sand; Dussek was
carried off by a Polish princess; Stra-
della lost his life through becoming
enamored of Hortensia strikingly
beautiful Roman lady; Marcellc be-
came the victim of a hopeless passion
for Leonora Manfrotti; Mark Smeaton,
an English musician of the Sixteenth
century, paid the block penalty on
Tower hill for an indiscreet lingering
after Anne Boleyn; Bellini expired of
a broken heart for a sweetheart whose
father would not let her have him
Leonardo da Ninci died at the hand of
his mistress; and there are endless
other instances not less tragic-others
happier i'll every way-arising out of
this apparently inseparable union of
love and music. -Gentleman' Maya
zine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

To the EdHor-Please inform your
readers that | have positive remedy for
the above named disease. By its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have
been permanently cured. | shall be glad
to send two bottles of my remedy free
to any of your readers who have con-
sumption if they will send me their ex-
press and post-office address. Respect
fully, 4. A. SLOCUM, NJ. c., Isl Pearl
t., New York. 1y1
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09

The tea generally drunk in Russia is
taken without milk, and is of a very
light color, very strong and full fla
vored. The best class of tea found in
Russia is that imported overland from
China, and is usually pronounced by
those who have tasted it as superior
to any tea in the world. The reason
for this state of things is primarily, no
doubt, the fact that the overland jour
ney to Russia is SO expensive that only
tea of really first rate quality can be
proftably sent by this route. Then,
again, the best China tea is grown in
land, and too far removed from the
coast to find its way readily to the ex-
port harbors. Its easiest outlet is the
caravan route.-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
- TATE OF VERMONT--Dist OF
Addison, IS,

BE it remembered, that ut Il session of the
Probate Court holden ut Middlcbury, within
and tor the county of Addison, on the ed
day of July, 4. ID. lss9
Present, Hon. James VI Sladc Judge.
Whereas, IA copy OF the last will and tesla
ment of Mary \. Allen, late of Madrid i'm the
county OF St. Lawrence. and the State OF New
\ DIRK, and OF the probate thereof by the sur.
rogate of the county of It. Lawrence, in said
state of New York all duly authenticated,
has this daV been presented to this court. that
said copy may be filed and recorded in the
court ngreeably to the statute in such case
made and provided. 1t is hereby ordered
that all persons concerned he notified to APP
pear before this court nj n session thereof to
be holden ut the probate Office in Middcbury,
in said district, on the 18Th day OF August. \
ID. lsS9, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and con
test the filing and recording OF the copy of
said will as aforesaid, il they see cause, tor
which purpose ii is further ordered that a
copy OF this order be published three weeks
successfully in the Middlchury Register. a
newspaper printed at Middlebury in this
State, previous to said time OF hearing.
30 JAMES NJ SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
SUCCESS IN INCORPORATING.

Il. \. Stanley related at meeting of
experiment performed on a piece of land
which he obtained for 500 an acre. 1t
was plowed, MANFRED and sOwed to corn
fodder. 1t received the usual cultiva-
ton, but the moist soil prevented the
work from being done in the best man
ner. There was not half crop, hardly
enough to pay for the labor. 1t lay idle
one season, and was underdrained. 1t
was sown last year to ensilage corn. The
draining had already done so much good
that, although naturally wet, this land
could already be worked much sooner af-
ter rain than any other part of the farm,
high or low. AT harvest" said Mr..
Stanley, ''such field of corn | never
saw. Evenly throughout the whole field
the corn stood from ID to II feet high"
a single drain was put in another field,
and the whole field planted with corn
fodder. When it reached maturity, all
the corn was a foot higher over and near
the drain in the west of the field. Mr..
S. says that draining has more than paid
10 per cent on the sum it has cost. Our
own experiments have told better story.
OF the many miles of tile-draining which
we have laid, the whole cost has been
paid within three years by the increase
of the crops, to say nothing of the in
craa sod vo1ua of tha land
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
4 lisnn.
The Probate court for the district OF Addi

The Probate court for the district OF Addi
son
To all persons interested in the estate of
Almiih F. Boyce late of Nj idlcbury, i'm said
district, 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 l2th day of
August, \. d., lSsJ, ut 10 o'clock Il. m, to show
cause if any you have, why the account OF
Joseph VI. Boyce, admin traitor of the es-
tate 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 Middlebury, in said district, this
Goth day of July, \. D., lss9
80 JAMES VI. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
CTATE OF VERMONT-District OF Adj:

BE ii remembered, that at n session of the
Probate Court holden nj Middlebury within
and forthe district of Addison, ON the 18th day
of July, A. ID. lsS9.
Present: Hon. James NJ. Slade, Judge.
Whereas, certain instrument in writing
under seal, purporting to be the last will and
testament of Titus Hutchinson, late OF Han
cock, in said District, deceased, having been
this day presented to said Court for Probate
and duly filed i'm the Probate ONCE Therefore
it IL ordered, that all persons interested in the
estate of said deceased be notified to appear
before said Court, ut the Probate ONCE in
Middlebury, in said District, on the 18th daV
OF August, 4. d. lsN9, ut 10 o'clock II. m, by pub
licaton,oi this order, three weeks excessively
previous thereto in the Middlebury Register
II newspaper printed AT Middlebury to show
cause, If any they may have, why said in.
strument in writing should not be proved
and allowed, as the last will and testament
of said deceased.
81 JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09

BE il remembered. that at session OF the
Probate Court holden ut Middlcbury within
and tor the district OF Addison, on the 3lst day
OF July, \. ID. lSs9.
Present, Hon. James VI. Slade, Judge.
Whereas, "A certain instrument in writing,
under seal, purporting to be the last will and
testament of Peter LAPEL, late of shore
ham, in said District, deceased, having
been this day presented to said Court for pro-
bate, land duly filed in the probate office There.
tore 1t is ordered, that all persons interested
in the estate OF said deceased, be notified to
appear before said Court, ut the Probate Office
in Middlebury, in said District, ON the 26th day
of Augu I, A. ID. lSS9, ut 10 o'clock II. m, by
publication OF this order, three weeks success
sively previous thereto, in the Middlebury Reg
lister, n newspaper printed nj Middlebury, to
show cause, il any they may have, why said
instrument in writing should not be proved
and allowed, rs the last will and testament
of the said deceased
81 JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09

"Bury me-bury me-" said the dying
statesmen, "bury me in New York"
"Why in New York;" asked friend.
81 have horror" gasped the sinking
mortal, "a horror of monuments. = Chi
cago Globe.
-''Ive found an Irish name in the
Bible" said Higgins to Virgins the
other day. ''In the Bible?" Eyes, in the
Apochrapha, at least" "What is it?''
asked Virgins. "MacCabes," was the
reply New Haven Palladium.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
WAS HE MURDERED?

is question often asked, when a person
is found dead that had previously enjoy
ed good health. The verdict often is
"ApopleXy or Heart disease" Samuel
Carvitt of Fairbanks, Me-, says; "Last
August ] was taken with the palpltation
of the heart; | could not lie in bed; had
to sleep in rocking chair: | procured a
bottle of Anti-Apoplectine it relieved me
at once so | could lie down and have Il
good nights rest, and have ever since.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
"Try Ayers Pills.

For rheumatism, Neuralgia, and Gout.
Stephen Lansing, of Yonkers, N. Y,
says: Recommended as cure for
chronic Costiveness, Ayers Pills have
relieved me from that trouble and also
from Gout. If every victim of this dis
ease would heed only three words OF
mine, could Danish Govt from the land.
These words would betty Ayers
Pills."
by the use of Ayers Pills alone, 1
cured myself permanently of rheuma-
tism which had troubled me several
months. These Pills are at once harmless
and effectual, and, 1 believe, would
prove specific in all cases of incipient
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
notice.!
J. W. PECK, WEST CORNWALL, VT.
TERMS, $40 TO WARRANT.

He stands Is hands high and is n beautiful
chestnut and well proportional. He has won
three successive races without losing heat,
with n large field OF horses against nm ut
Burlington, Plattsburgh and Lake George.
He has the size, style ana speed combined
which farmers want TO breed from, rs large
carriage horses bring high price. while small
Come and see him, as there is not another
stallion ofihis age in this vicinity that has won
the same number of races without losing II
heat. He was got by Aristos, :27a; toaled
June, 1856. His dam, Lady Jane, is the dam
OF Goldmine. For further particulars call on
or address j. A. FLEMING, Agent,
lG;3m or j. w. PECK,
West Cornwall, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
Rheum atiSm.

No medicine could have served me in
better stead" &C. G. Rock, Corner,
Avoyelles Parish, La.
G.. F. Hopkins, Nevada City, writes
81 have used Ayers Pills for sixteen
years, and | think they are the best Pills
in the world. We keep box of them
in the house all the time. They have
cured me of sick headache and neuralgia.
Since taking Ayers Pills, l have been
free from these complaints"
81 have derived great benefit from
Ayers Pills. Five years ago / was
taken so i'll with rheumatism that l was
unable to do any work. l took three
boxes of Ayers Pills and was entirely
cured. Since that time l am never
without a box of these pills" Peter
Christensen, Sherwood, Wis.
Ayers Cathartic Pills,
PREPARED BY
Or. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Dealers in Medicine.
The Portland daily press., 1889-11-27
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Samuel j. Randall is seriously ill. and it
seems probable that he will not be able to do
any work the coming session of Congress.
The demand for the copper cent is So in
creasing in the South and West that the
mint cannot supp y it. Heretofore nothing
smaller than five cent piece, or even quar-
ter Of dollar in some localities, would pass
In the West and South.
A national pageant" was given in New
York Monday in honor Of Mrs. Lille Dever-
eaux Blake and her twenty years of public
work for women. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore
was the lecturer. Mr.. James Gordon Emmons
was Columbus, and Mrs. H W. Chaplin of
Boston was Queen Isabella. Miss Pond de-
claimed a portion of the Declaration of In
dependence" aud Mrs Louise Vescelius-
Sheldon sung the Star Spangled Banner"
Mrs. Blake watched the performances from
q box.
The Portland daily press., 1889-11-27

ment on his taxes. while the owner of unim-
proved real estate was taxed to the full ex-
tent OF standard which the law set up for
the taxation OF real estate. The effect OF
this system was to greatly promote thrift
and facilitate the requirement of freeholds.
The industrious mar was encouraged; the
wealthy speculator was discouraged. Men
could not afford to hold desirable lands idle
for term of years, waiting for the increase
to make them wealthy without industry.
This is only one of many experiences in tax
alton that instruct the student of the subject
that the way the taxes are assessed may
have great effect on the business and in
dustries of communities. Because system
has been long in operation does not prove
that 1t does not need amending. The Maine
commissioners cannot do a greater public
service than to give to their task the most
earnest inquiry and study; and make their
recommendations without regard to special
interests and for the benefit OF the people of
the whole State.
The Portland daily press., 1889-11-27
WHY you FEEL WEAK AND
TIRED.
Aud the Cause of Your Nervousness.

Aud the Cause of Your Nervousness.
(From the Boston Globe.)
The cause of that weak and tired feeling is that
there Is an exhaustion of the nerve powers and
prostration of the nervous vitality. This will be
readily understood when it is considered that the
nervous system is the handspring, so as to speak
Of the body; that 1t controls the action of all our
organs as well as all our movements, and is the
force and power by which we live. 1t is PLAN
therefore. that when, for any cause, the nervous
power. energy, and strength are weakened or ex-
hau,ted, physical and nervous prostration must
inevitably follow.
sure and positive cure will be fonnd in DR..
Greene's Nervura, and we promise our readers
that II they will use this wonderful remedy, they
VIII De restored to perfect health, strength, and
Sigor. Its wonderful effects as a nerve cure and
strength restorer to the weakened and debilitated
system are wthouta parallel In the history Of
medicine
The Portland daily press., 1889-11-27
Concerning Methods Of Taxation.

1t Is safe to say that In this generation the
land theory Of Henry George will not be put
10 practical application anywhere on this
continent But Mr.. George will have many
Interested hearers wherever he may set forth
his opinions, because he is assailing system
that Is recognized, even In common fame, to
be exceedingly defective and unjust. A
question asked Mr.. George at his recent APP
pearance In Auburn gave him an opportun-
ity to level at our system of taxation blow
shat would be appreciated in ny audience.
1t did not In the least tend to prove Mr..
Georges position; but 1t discredited the sys-
tenn which he assails. and hence of course
benefited him. The Rev. Mr.. Root asked
why the poor OF the great cities did cot move
out upon some Of the abandoned FARMS"
as they are called, of New England. Mr..
George replied that II they could get to them
1t would be good idea for them to do so;
but he qualified that remark with thought
shat has come many times to every thought
full taxpayer in the land. "If any man I'M
der the present tax system" said Mr..
George, 'goes to an unoccupied piece of
land today, and begins to improve 1t, down
comes the tax gatherer and fines him for do
Ing So" How many times has the truth Of
this been brought home to some man who
has taken pains to make his house and
grounds neat and tasteful emily to find that
he has thereby attracted the notice of the
tax gatherer, who mulcts him while he fav-
ors neighbor with equal property but less
taste and industry? It is not the tax gather
er's fault. The assessors have thankless
and difficult task. and they are forced to tax
value where indications of value appear. 1t
Is the system that Is wrong; and the fact
that the system is admitted on all sides to be
wrong is what gives agitators like Mr..
George SO much attention fer their glittering
put lmpracticable theories. No surer way
Oh depriving such men of their influence can
Dc found than by remedying the injustices
that give them their grounds for attack. But
10 eject these reforms-there is the rub.
State after State has appointed commission
after commission, only to see their reports
RELOCATED to lumber garrets as useless or as
too revolutionary. Maine has already had
one at least OF such impotent commissions:
and, under an act Of last winter. another has
been appointed. And, while not wishing to
discourage the gentlemen who compose that
commission. candor compels US to prophesy
that their report will 60 the common way
unless some circumstances not now apparent
snail impress Its recommendations upon the
public mind. Yet the method of lowing
taxes have been much improved In various
States OF late years, and II the report from
the Maine commission shall make no public
impression. it will not be because there are
not an abundance Of reforms that the ex.
periences Of other States nave proved to be
useful. In the matter Of the taxation OF i'm.
provements, for instance. the early history
OF Ohio affords most instructive example
Twas the practice there to allow to the
nan who improved his holdings nm abate-
The Portland daily press., 1889-11-27
SETTLED DOWN TO BUSINESS AGAIN
CLARK, THE CLoTBIER.

Pheasant social intercourse for years.
These considerations make 1T inn
peratiVe, as it seems to me, that l re-
main In Portland and see what can
DO towards reaching that One Hundred
Thousand t10O,0OO) Dollar basis in
the Clothing business here. 1t may
not De amiss to say right here that
little more home encouragement would
be good thing in Portland BUSINESS
circles. In the West, young and pro-
gressive business men are afforded all
possible facilities In the way Of bank
discounts for doing business. Here the
case is reversed. Many Of our finan.
cial institutions have snch large West
ern investments that they cannot han
die the legitimate home business
which Is offered them, and SO our pro-
gressiye young men are forced to go
West in order to get Portland mcney
to do business with.