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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14
NEW HAVEN.

Rumors of wedding in the near fu-
ture come floating on the air.
Mrs. Eliza Nash, at the Mills, is report
ed as having been or is now quite i'll.
The barrel sent south from the Aid So
ciety last week was valued at S4l.52.
Ira j. Twitchell left for Malone, n. y,
on Tuesday for few days absence.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Russell have been
entertaining friends from over the lake
for a few days.
The excursion to Boston last week was
improved by several of our citizens, who
wanted to see the club" and their
friends.
About o'clock on the afternoon of
Nov. 6, the house known a. the Henry
Walker place, at the East Mills, was de-
stroyed by fire. Nearly all the furniture
upon the ground floor was saved. The
insurance will partly cover the loss.
The eldest son of Reuben Bisbee, who
had been sick with typhoid fever for sew
eral weeks, was buried last Sunday from
his fathers home, Rev. Mr.. Pillsbury of
Vergennes officiating. The deceased was
a member of his church and very wor-
thy young man.
An adjourned teachers meeting was
held at Beeman academy last Friday
evening, at which a Teachers associa-
ton was organized with Principal j. b
Fett as president. 1t is hoped a great
improvement will be made in our schools
Another meeting will be held Nov. 2l. :
In recent issue of the Republican OF
Lansing, Mich, is noticed the death OF
Judge Tenney of that city, from which 4
brief extract is made, which perhaps may
be of interest to some readers: Jesse r
Tenney was born at Orwell, VT, in 1916
and graduated at Middlebury college in
1888. Among his college classmates
were John q. Sake, William 5. Howard
member of Congress from Michigan and
governor of Dakota; +. j. Wadhams
Catholic bishop of Ogdensburg, and By
ron Sunderland. He studied law Will
Judge Phelps and was admitted to the
supreme court bar of Alabama IN 1899
He travelled extensively in Europe, re
turning in 1915. A few years later he
went to Michigan, practicng law in Ian
sing, and in the meantime was prom
nent in educational matters. lie helc
the Office of United States circuit cour
commissioner of the eastern district OF
Michigan for more than 20 years; wa
an active Republican, warm friend OF
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14
WEYBRIDCE,

Mrs. II. B. Dodge is at her mothers,
Mrs. Ayers.
W. j. Newton is building an addition
to his dwelling.
Mrs. Almon Clarke is very sick and no
hopes are entertained of her recovery.
John Green is at w. c.. Sturte-
wants, where he has a stable full of colts
which he is driving.
The new dwelling at Spring Grove
camp ground is finished and the tenant is
to move in next week.
Mr. and Mrs. n. c. Hayes of St. Adams
have been visiting relatives in town the
past week. returning on Monday.
Rev. Horace Crane of Omaha, Neb.,
formerly of this place, was quite severe
ly injured in the late political riot at that
place. He has the hearty sympathy of
hosts of friends in this county.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14
GountyYNsws:
BRIDPORT.

BRIDPORT.
G. A. r. meeting Saturday evening.
Mrs. Mary Fackrell is at 4. NJ. Wheel
er's.
r. Hutchinson is repairing and paint
ing his dwelling.
Hon. J. j. Crane went to Montpelier
on Tuesday, expecting to return on
Thursday.
Miss Gertrude Witherell closed her
school in district No. 3 on Friday with
the usual order of exercises.
number of the relatives and friends
from here attended the funeral of Ernest
Wright of Waltham on Wednesday.
Byron lockwood lost work horse on
Monday with lockiaw This is the sec
ond one he has lost during the past year.
The suit on Saturday last, Scion lap
ham VS.. James Swnton, before Justice
j. II. Witherell, was decided in favor of
defendant.
NJ. II. Goddard, Esq, mail contractor
of Ludlow, was in town on Thursday on
business connected with the route be-
tween Townline and Middlebury.
The distemper that has been raging
among the young horses at the Black
Hawk stock farm for some time past has
quite subsidized, with no fatal results.
L. M. Taylor has sold his residence, OPP
posite the post Office to Mrs. d. E. Hem
enway of this town. The purchaser
will, we understand, take possession at
once.
Miss Jennie Williams has, under the
treatment of DR.. Blaisdell, so far recov-
cred from her recent illness that she is
able to ride out frequently and is gradu-
ally gaining strength.
Mrs b. E. Ladd of Maquoketa, Iowa,
is at her fathers, A. Phillips. Her sis
ter, Mrs. Battles, who has been at her
fathers for some time past, has returned
to her home in Maquoketa.
Many of our townsmen are patronizing
the seine fishing at Chimney Point, where
a "haul,' costing fifty cents. oftentimes
J brings bushel or more of fine fish to
the purchaser This is not, however, al
ways the case, as has been illustrated
with several who haye ventured to spec
ulate in that direction.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14
WHITING.

Will Foster was in town last Sunday.
visiting.
i. W. Atwood is loading potatoes at
our station for the Worcester, Mass,
market.
Rev. w. NJ. Mavhew and family have
moved to Franklin, Vt. He Will preach
there for year.
Some of the poultry shippers do not
feel well satisfied with the returns made
by Worcester, Mass, concern. The
very best Melted the shippers only about
FIVE cents pound and the most of it
only two cents.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14

G.. A. r. meeting Saturday evening.
Mrs. Mary Fackrell is at f. NJ. Wheel
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14
SHOREHAM.

r. H. Holmes has gone to Peekskill,
n. Y, for time.
Insurance business called r. II. Prebe
to Montpelier last week.
Kendall & Grandey are shipping
apples to Providence, X. |.
Franklin Moore received a dispatch
last Saturday announcing the death of
Rev. Oliver Winchester.
The remains of Grin Cooper were
brought to town for interment in the
Lake View cemetery last Friday. He
was nearly % years of age and spent
most of his life in Shoreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14

interest in national and foreign affairs,
and was thoroughly posted on all the
great political questions of the day.
Even on the first day of her last sickness
she read aloud one of the elaborate
speeches of the late political campaign.
A truly noble spirit has passed from
among us, one whose loss will be deeply
felt, not only in the community where
she spent the last few years of her life,
but in this vicinity where so large cir
Gle of relatives and old associates remain
to mourn for her.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14
New HAVEN MILLS.

William Guyatt's dwelling-house was
burned to the ground Nov. 6. The fire
was discovered about 1 80 p. H.. but
made such Roadway it could not be
checked. 1t caught from the chimney.
A good manv things were saved. 1t was
insured. Wallace Walker owned and oc-
cupied the place good many years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14

the soldiers, and a man of literary taste
and extensive reading" In 1854 the de-
ceased married Harriet Augusta. daugh-
ter of the late Mrs. Della Edgerton, for
merly of this place, and a sister of Syl-
vester Doud, Esq =
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13
CoIning Money In Indin.

The mint in India is an ordinary Pun
jab courtyard, about twenty feet square
in the open part, entered by gateway
leading into a small apartment doing
duty as an entrance hall. the remainder
of the courtyard being surrounded by low
sheds opening into it. These buildings
are the workshops. The method Of
coming in this very primitive "mintT is
described as follows;
The silver. after being assayed. is cast
into small bars by being run into grooyed
iron noulds. The melting is done IN the
courtyard in very small quantities 10 lit
tile furnaces improyised for each occa-
sion. The thickness Of the bars 10 about
the diameter Of the rupee. and when
cold they are cut mp by hammer and
chisel by guesswork into small weights
and weighed In small balances as aeon
rately as hand weighing will permit.
These are afterward heated and rounded
by hammering into disks, and again
weighed by hand and corrected by small
additions Of silver hammered in cold or
by scraping. After this the disk is
handed over to the professional weigher,
who finally weighs it by hand and passes
it. 1t is then stamped by hammeriug,
being put between two iron dies placed
in a strong iron frame.
These dies are very much larger than
the coins, so that only portion of the
legend can come off, and the coiners are
not at all careful as to how much ap-
pears on the coin. The only thing they
do is to try and make the particular
mark of the reigning chief appear. If
they do not succeed it does not matter
much.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13

The Chinese potters are guilty of the
grossest swindles in the produc lion of
bogus old porcelaius What are known
as single color porcelains, that is, pot
terry in one tint, like the beef's blood,
liver, blue, peach, apple green and other
colors command almost fabulous prices
from collectors. The value of ancient
Chinese ware in their estimation rests on
its perfect color and its age. The
modern potters of China initiate the
coiors and the trademarks OF the ancient
potters on the bottoms of vases and
other objects. There they dispose OF
the forgeries to the agents of American
and English houses who reside in China
and are constantly on the lookout for
such prizes. Every great piece of pot
terry manufactured in China in the past
has been counterfcited The leading
collectors of the world, public and
private, have been imposed on with these
forgeries. They arc next to impossible
to detect, except by the Chinese them
selves, but there are few experts in
this country and abroad who can be re.
lied on to form fair judgment Of the
false from the true. They go mainly by
the sound Of the pottery when it Is
raped rather than by its colors. Al
though the sinful Celestial Of the present
day can initiate old colors aud old sig
natures, he cannot, it is said, reproduce
the peculiar quality Of clay ont Of which
the ancient pottery was made; and the
ring Of his productions is harshor and
less musical than theirs. 1t is by this
that the experts detect his dishonesty
Nen York Melrs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13
Romance Of a Long Lost Mine.

1t will be remembered by old timers
the excitement cngendered in 1865 by
the silver bearing rock brought to Fort
Simcoe, Washington, by an old Indian
named Zokescye. During that summer
Mortimer Thorpe, Charles A. Splawn and
Others put in their undivided time look
ing for the mine. A man named Walker
gained the confidence of Zokeseye, who
promised to reveal the location of the
treasure; but Walker, after visiting the
rock, which showed up marveiously rich,
died before again reaching this place, and
Zokeseye dying soon afterward the secret
was lost. Since then there have been
many searching parties for the ledge, and
probably no one has been more persistent
in the hunt than Captain j. T. Simmons.
Of Yakima, who on Wednesday returnei
from the mountains with -four sack fun
of specimens, and, with some pardonabIe
mystery. claims he has found the long
sought Zokeseye mine. He says it is no
wonder the location has not before been
rediscovered, as the place is so inaccessi-
BILE that even his sheperd dog could not
follow him to it, The rock has been
deposited in the First National bank, and
is the wonder of these who are com.
petcnt 70 judge ore. Experts say it will
yield 900 per ton.-Y-sima Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13
rnEsanv1Ne EGGS For MARKET.


An even temperature and protection
from the air are the leading features in
the preservation of eggs. The pores of
the shell must be stopped for two rea
sons to prevent evaporation and the con-
sequent drying up of the contents of the
air which in due time adde's the eggs.
Of the various plans for stopping the
pores the most popular and effective
modes will be considered.
Lining is the most practical and eff
fective method for preserving eggs in
large quantities. This method consists
in placing the eggs as soon as gathered
from the nests in barrels, kegs or watts,
sufficiently filed with preventative
mixture of lime water to cover them.
The eggs are left in this lime water until
they are required for use or for sale,
when they are carefully dipped out into
open crates, washed and drained. The
milk of lime is made by dissolving quick
lime in water at the -ate of about one
peck of lime to eight gallons of water.
Salt and small quantity of cream of
tartar are often added. Say one and a
half pounds of salt and five ounces of
cream OF tartar to eight gallons of lime
water. The lime water should be run
through a sieve and the hard Jumps
either crushed or removed. Where
smaller quantities of eggs are to be pre-
served for family use the French plan of
Amounting fresh eggs with mixture of
olive oil and beeswax works WELL In
eight ounces of hot olive oil dissolve four
ounces of beeswax and rub this over the
eggs with rag; then pack the eggs,
broad end down, in wheat bran and keep
in cool place. Correspondents have
reported success with the plan of pack.
ing eggs, broad end down, in dry salt.
Other smear the eggs with hnseed oil and
pack in wheat bran. Preserved bywhat-
ever method, it is imperative that the
eggs be fresh when packed and that the
packages be kept in cool place, where
the temperature will be even as possible.
-Neao York World.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13
An 1912 Naval Battle.

August IA, 1918, the American sloop-
of-war Argus, Captain Allen, hauled
down her flag in the British Channel to
the Pelican, Captain Naples. The six
sloops launched in '13 were the Wasp,
Peacock, Erie, Ontario and the Argus.
June IS, 1918, the Argus sailed from
New York with Mr.. Crawford, then re-
Gently appointed Minister to France, on
board; and after a passage of twenty
three days she arrived at POrient. About
the middle of July the Argus sailed from
rOrent on cruise, and her exploits on
the British coast for the next few weeks
recall those of Jones, Wickes and Con-
yngham during the Revolution. Captain
Allen kept his brig for some time in the
chops of the English Channel, then went
round the Lands End and shifted his
cruising ground to the Irish Channel. He
captured twenty sail of merchantmen,
most OF whom he destroyed, intiicting
damage to the extent of $4,000, 900. Ga
August 13 he had just set fire to a prize
from Oporto to British port when the
Pelican was seen standing down. She
mounted sixteen thirty-two pound car
ronades, four long guns, and one twelve
pound carronade. The armament of the
Argus, by crowding guns into the bride
ports, was eighteen twenty four pound
carronades and two chase guns. The
enemy was so much heavier that it may
be doubted whether the Argus could
have captured her antagonist under any
ordinary circumstances. Within four
minutes after the commencement OF the
action Captain Allen was MORALLY
wounded by a round shot carrying OF a
leg. He refused to be taken below, but
fainting from the loss Of blood he WIS
carried of the deck four minutes later.
Four minutes more, and Mr. Watson, the
first lieutenant, was severely wounded in
the head by a grape shot, which stunned
him, and he also was taken below. But
one lieutenant remained, Mr.. w. ii. Allen
(of the same name with the Captain, but
no relative), who continued TO fight the
brig in very gallant manner. In twenty
five minutes from the beginning of the
action the wheelrores and nearly all the
running rigging being gone, the Argus
became unmanageable. For the next
twenty-five minutes the enemy was able
to take up his position at pleasure, throw
ing in rakiug or cross fire. At the end
of that time the colors were ordered to
be hauled down. Captain w. II. Allen,
her commander, was born at Providence,
r. l., and was the son of Major William
Allen of the Revolutionary army and his
wife, sister of Governor Jones of that
5tate.-Nec York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13
WORLDS FAIR SITES.
jackson Park aud the Lake Front Sc
IrCtrd.

jackson Park and the Lake Front Sc
IrCted.
The directors Of the Worlds Fair. at a
meeting rcafirmcl their choice Of some
months ago, and selected the dual site of the
lake front and jackson Park as the place for
locating the great exposition. The lake front
is a long grass-coyered common on the edge
Of Lake Michigan, aud bordering the business
center Of Chicago. 1t contains ut present
about ninety acres. 1t is the design to place
thereon the grand entrance to the exposition
aud the buildings for the fine arts and kim
drcd displays. jackson Park is also on the
lake shore, about five miles from the court
house, and is to have the agricultural, live
stock and other exhibits of that nature, be-
sides others of general interest. Over five
hundred acres are available in jackson Park
and the approaches thereto, which were re-
Gently added to the original tender. The two
sites are to be so connected by rail and water
accommodations that but few minutes will
he spent in passing from one locality to an.
other.
The final aud decisive ballot on the site
question resulted: Lake front and Jackson
Park, %; North side, T. West side. S. The
choice Of The dual site was then made unani.
NOUS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE

Mr. PowDERLY dresses neatly in black
and his linen is always clean and spotless.
His head is bald and he wears gold-rimmed
spectacles.
JAMES G. HILL, president of the Great
Northern Railway, has given $4,000 TO Mac
alester College, an institution under Presby-
terrain auspices.
ELLA CHAMBERLAIN, aSwampscott, Mass,
beauty has developed talent for whistling,
and will 60 abroad TO contend for court honors
with Mrs. Shaw.
IN addition to the profits from his books,
Archibald c. Gnnter is reapiug harvest in
the royalties Of his plays, of which he now has
three before the public.
THE most gigantic member of the British
peerage is the Marquis of Drogheda, who. IS
o. years Of age, aud who stands six feet hye
inches in his stockings.
DHULEEP SINGH used to hop-nob with adj
vocaies of physical force in ireland, and was
once mentioned as possible candidate for
Parliament in an Irish constituency.
Miss HATTIE BLAINE, the y, ungest and
prettiest daughter of the Secretary, is an in
trepid canoeist, and her skill as displayed at
Bar Harbor is admired by many spectators.
CAPTAIN JAMES BEND, who saved the
lives of 29S persons, wrecked off Long Beach
on the ship "State of Georgia, in December,
1880 ,,;tt L.. - tha o,,s al on naar Roach
1917 sun iiyeS at tue age vi ~ near pe'o'
Haven, Nd
RUpYARD KIPLING is now said to be Henry
G.. Bruce the sou of missionary TO India,
and graduate of the Harvard class of 'S7.
Mr.. Bruce is now in DuXbury, Mass, for
brief holiday.
DR.. NoRyIN GREEN, the head of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, lisa kentuek.
ian of giant fame, nearly 70 years of age. He
was a practicing physician iii the early days
of his career.
MISS GARNER a oousin of Lady Vernon
Uarcnnrt and an American beiress is en-
PACED 10 marry Sir William Gordon Cum
ming a colonel in the Scents Guards and a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13
An Experience With Electricity.

A Kansas City gentleman, Edward E.
Wilson, who is frequently guest of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, told
me here that he had been following
Reminders case with deep interest, be,
cause of an experience of his own in
which friend was killed by lightning.
The incident occurred in July, 1882, in a
thunder storm on the prairie. The thun-
derbolt struck his friend on top of the
head as he was riding on horseback and
passed downward to the earth, killing
him instantly, as well as his horse. His
hat was burned so that it fell to pieces.
The electricity separated on top of his
head and passed down on either side,
meeting again at the neck, which was
dislocated, one current being stronger
than the other. In leaving the body the
fluid tore hole in its victims trousers
at the knee of one leg, and tore a hole
through the boot on the other leg. The
collar buttons at the neck of his shirt
were fused into shapeless mass ofmetal.
A gauze undershirt was literally burned
to ashes-fine powder. A two thousand
dollar diamond shirt pin was also de-
stroyed, the setting being reduced to
mass of shapeless metal, and the only re-
minder of the diamond being black
streak OF carbon on the shirt front
my friends face began to get black
shortly after he was killed." said Mr..
Wilson. "Then the body followed suit.
1t also swelled, so that it filed the cof-
fiji, and we could not let even his friends
look on the dead man. had been ex-
pecting that kemmler's body would show
similar marks of the burning and scorch-
ing of the electric fluid, aud was not dis
appointed. l don't believe this age is
ready to burn up murderers. "-Neo YOrk
Star,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13

Women are not slow to
comprehend. They're quick.
They're alive, and yet it was
man who discovered the oae
remedy for their peculiar all
ments.
The man was DR.. Pierce.
The discovery was his Fa-
vorite Prescription the boon
to delicate women.
Why so round with one
foot in the grave suffering in
misunderstood when
there's a remedy at hand that
isn't an experiment, but which
is sold under the guarantee
that if you are disappointed
in any way in it, you can get
your money back by applying
to its makers.
We can hardly imagine a
woman's not trying it. Pos
sibly it may be true of one
or two-but we doubt it.
Women are ripe for it.
They must have it. Think
of a prescription and nine out
of ten waiting for it. Garry
the news to them
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-13
COOP ROADS 1Nro FIELDS.

A farmer should take care to keep easy
and safe ways of ingress and egress to his
cultivated fields. More wagons are broken
down by going through deep burrows OF
over ridges than by twice the travel on
smooth highways. Often in repairing a
road the pathmaster will, if not pre-,
vented, spoil the way in or out of field
that the farmer has made. The farme,
should not allow this to be done. The
field, if good for anything, ought to load
a wagon many times during the year, and
will also require good many heavy loads
of manure. The easy entrance to the
field may therefore be quite as important
to farmer as to have good roads in the
middle of his highway.-B0ston Cultioa-
foF