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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
LEICESTER.

Wilfred Ostguy has moved to Sud-
bury on the James Ketchum farm.
Loyal Alden has found employment
at the Howe Scale works in Rutland.
Leicester can again boast of "A black
smith in the person of Willard Sticknex
our eX-constable and collector. y
Mrs. Alvin Oliver died Friday. April
4, after short illness, of inflammation
of the bowels, aged 81 years. Funeral
services were held April g. Rev. j. 5.
Topper officiating.
\Mrs. Betsey NORM, widow of Samuel
NORM, has made application for a pen
sion for military service rendered by her
husband in the war of 1872.
The wind of Friday injured the wind
mill at the Junction which fills the tank
for the use of the engines to such an eX-
tent that it must be repaired before it
can be used again.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
WHITING.

Hon. F. D. Douglas is improving in
health.
q. >. Walker will occupy the old par
sonage, lately vacated by the Chatter
don family.
+. W. Atwood is loading hay for the
eastern and the New York market at
this station.
,. IL. Foster has received his pension
papers, and as he is sick it will be well
come to him.
DIR. {. III. W. Baldwin has returned to
New York, after having spent two weeks
with friends here.
Mrs. Lille Pierce came home Nom
day from Proctor, where she had been
visiting friends for few weeks
Frank Williams has bought of G. A.
Webster the farm known as the mineral
spring farm. It Is in the south part of
the town.
Mrs. Peck and daughter were with
the formers sister, Mrs. j. f. Parker,
last week, but returned to Castleton on
Monday.
Frank Hubbard was home over Sun
day, returning on Monday to Middle
bury, where he will work for F. A..
Bond another year.
Will Foster did not go to Port Henry,
as it was reported he intended doing.
He has entered the employ of c. N.
North. the Shoreham merchant.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
ORWELL.

Sugar-mallers are looking forward to a
speedy close of the business. The season
has proved favorable.
Mrs. w. G. Hack is still very sick with
rheumatism and at last reports was no
better John Wood is reported slowly
improving.
The roads are rapidly settling and in a
short time, should we have fair weather,
it will be good wheeling, which our
people will greatly appreciate.
Miss Marietta Knox, whose severe sick
ness has been mentioned in previous re-
port, died Fridav evening of last week.
The funeral was attended Tuesday of
this week from the residence of her
brother. Miss Knox was born in town
and lived in the same school distric'
where she died from early youth. She
was very quiet person. very seldom
leaving her home, where she and hel
brother. John Knox. had very quietly
resided for many years. He has the
sympathy of all.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
The ElRSI STEP.

Perhaps you are run down, can't eat,
can't sleep. can't think, can't do anything
to your satisfaction, and you wonder
what ails you. You should heed the
warning, you are taking the first step in
to nervous prostration. You need a
nerve tonic and in Electric Bitters you
will find the exact remedy for restoring
your nervous system to its normal, heal
thy condition. surprising results follow
the use of this great nerve tonic and
Alternative. Your appetite returns. good
digestion is restored, and the liver and
kidneys resume healthy action. Try a
bottle. Price soc. at Shedon's drug
store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
WEYBrluEE.

q. l.. Harrington is quite sick.
Stephen Stewart is quite sick.
II. A. Boies has sold his chestnut colt
to parties in Middlebury.
There will be Easter services held in
the Methodist church April 20.
l.. c. Sturtevant is in Boston this
week, looking after more horses.
Services were held at the Methodist
church last Sunday. John Fort Of
Poultney oflicated
Ihere Will be maple sugar party at
the Methodist parsonage, Wevbridge.
Wednesday evening, April 1G. The
Cornwall cornet band will be in attend
ance. All are invited.
Watson c. Sturtevant. a LEADING NOM.
Der of the NJ. Z. church and nrominant
citizen, was given surprise party at his
residence on Friday last by the members
OF the church, his friends and neiobbors
considering the awful roads. a largo
number were present. Coffee and cake
"ele serFeu ana pleasant time enioved
by all. Just before leaving Col. w. B.
Hurlburt, in behalf of those present.
In firm well-chosen words thanked Mr..
oturtevant for the interest he had al
ways taken in all church work and
congratulated him on his standing in
town and success in life. Col. Uurl-
burt also remarked that Brother Sturte-
want had during the past year paid more
than his proportion of the church ex-
penses and handed him package which
expressed the feelings of the church on
'hat matter. Mr.. Sturteyant replied in
IeeIing manner, thanking all for their
kindness and for the good fellowship
winch had always been shown him bv
his neighbors and the church. Let us
all be more neighborly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
BRISTOL.

Capt. J. l.. Lincoln continues very i'll.
Z. X. Wilson has been appointed census
enumerator for this town.
Work is progressing rapidly on David
Whites new house on Maple street.
The Baptist society have begun extern
sivc repairs on their church building.
Geo. II. Orcutt has rented a part of his
house on Maple street to Frank Hill.
The spring term of the Graded school
opened Monday with good attendance.
DR.. L. +. White has moved into G. II.
Brooks house at the head of Spring
street
Dea. William Grant and wife have
moved back to their farm on Bristol
Flats.
W. F. Chase has severed his connection
with the store of X. ID. Stewart and gone
to painting.
Geo. II. Brooks of st. .Johnsbury has
been in town attending to the burial of
his father and to business matters.
James Dean, formerly of Vergennes,
and later of Troy, n. y, is very low
with consumption at the residence of
Mrs. Betsey Durfee.
Henry Brooks was buried from the
Commercial House last Sunday. He
was a veteran of two wars, the Mexican
and the Rebellion.
Libanus lodge, F. and A. NJ, chose
these officers at recent meeting w. NJ.
5. w. Hatch; ). W., c. w. Hewlett
j. W., j. S. Dodge; treasurer, II
b. Williams; secretary, 5. F. Hasse
tine; S. d., Wallace Frank; j. d., Frank
Greene; stewards, A. NJ. Green, Z. 5
Follansbee; chaplain. ID. A. Roleau
marshal, W. a. Lawrence; tyler, II. p
Sherwin; finance committee, c. w
Norton, c. l.. Beers, j. A. Caldwell
The lodge has Sl3G in its treasury anC
no liabilities.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
NEW HAVEN,

Mrs Parthena Barton is failing.
Miss Nellie Miner has the school on
Town Hill.
Miss Addie Wright teaches in Waltham
this summer.
Charles Wait has rented rooms at the
Dexter house.
Charles Palmer, station agent, went to
Chicago last week.
Miss Hattie Mason is in Amesbury,
Mass. is a millinery store.
G.. w. Barton has returned from a few
weeks absence in the South.
Miss Carrie Mason is again at her form
er post teaching in the Gore district.
Leroy Russell was home from Castle
ton for few days, returning on Mon
day.
G. d. Hinman and wife are expected
from the West soon, to locate in town
again.
Mrs. Chas. W. Mason, who has been
in Los Angeles the past winter, is eX-
pected home in May.
Mrs. George S. Russell has been very
/ i'll with pleurlsv. but in the early week
was more comfortable.
The place recently occupied by Paul
Wetherbee has been sold to Miss Eliza
Sprague, Mr.. Wetherbee having after
his wifes death moved to Town Hill.
At the last society meeting on Tues
day, the committee were instructed to
purchase the Barton corner for the new
church site, which matter had been un-
der consideration for many weeks.
We notice in a recent exchange that
Rev. DR.. Hubert, former pastor here
but now of East Hardwick, expects to
remove to GAINESVILLE, Ohio, to engage in
literary and religious work. His son-in.
law, Rev, +. +. Rogers, lives there.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
:'o:ELECTUARY!.a: '2'

Bay Stallion. foaled 1887, Il hands 3
inches high. Bred by Hon. Leland STAN
ford, Palo Alto Stock farm, Cal.
Sire-ELECTlONEER sire of Sunol
2:l04, Palo Alto 2:l34, Manzanita = :l6.
ElectiOneer is now acknowledged the
greatest of sires, having 40 to his credit
with records of , 30 or better; thirteen
of them with records of = 20 or better,
surprising in this respect all sires living
or dead. His produce trot early and train
on. Dam, Maria, by Don Victor; second
dam, Minnie, by Sparkle, by Hambeto-
MAN; third dam Laura Keene by Ham
bletonian.
ELECTUARY is a bright bay with
black points, good name and tail, fine
neck, intelligent head and eye, with plen-
ty of bone and size. Bold, open, rapid
gated horse, having trotted a quarter as
a two-year-old in ~ seconds. Terms SIS
the season.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
EAST MIODlEBuRY.

u. Bean has rented the j. Severance
place over the river.
Miss Charla Sumner is visiting her
sister. Mrs. II. l.. Townsend in Bird
port this week.
Horace Laquee has moved into house
near the forge and VIII Tisdale into a
part of John Grants house.
School opened on Monday. The teach
crs are Miss Hattie Boardman in the up
per department and Miss Grace NJ. Seely
in the second.
Some miscreants broke through the
window and entered the basement of the
grist-mill last Saturday night. 1t is
hoped that the next attempt of the kind
may place the invader in the House of
Correction. -
A very pleasant affair on Thursday
evening, April 3, was the marriage of
William WeatherwaX of Schuylerville,
n. Y, to Miss Giulia, only daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Palmer of this village.
The invitations were mostly confined to
the relatives of the bride and a few
friends. The rooms were handsomely
festooned with evergreens and at 30
o'clock the bridal party entered, taking
their place under an arch from which was
suspended bell of evergreens and flow
ers. Miss Nora Peck acted as brides
maid and ii. p. Hill Of st. Adams a:
groomsman. Rev. j. Hall, pastor of the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11

BRIDPORT.

BRlDPORT.
DIR. ii. L. Townsend is in Plainfield.
Sheep shearing is rapidly progressing.
The select school taught by Mrs. S.
Searle closed Friday.
MISS Gertrude S. Witherell opened
school in district No. 9, Monday.
The church was very lastly decorated
with plants and flowers on Easter day.
Messrs. Kingsland and Russell are on
their annual trapping expedition at the
lake.
The village school opens Monday next
with Miss Lizzie Gibbs of Cornwall as
teacher.
j. p. Russell has the agency for "EX-
plorations and Adventures of Henry NJ
Stanley.
w. 5. Huntley of Ripton was at his
brothers, A. W. IIuntley, the early part
of the week.
We understand there is to be fourth
blacksmith shop in town; this one will
be located near the hotel.
Mrs. Frank Price of Port Henry, with
her children, has recently been visiting
at her fathers, |. ID. Fletcher.
II. Sessions of East Middebury recent
ly purchased pair of horses of Harvey
Peck, and single driver of Theodore
Richards.
Shooting fish is the popular sport these
days. Willmarth Allen brought home a
string of twelve pickerel from the lake a
few days since.
w. j. Melvin started Thursday for
Chicago, where he has secured a posi-
ton as clerk and time-keeper for an ex-
tensive iron company. He has leased
his farm to o. +. Muzzy of this town.
Our mail carrier, Mr.. Cole, unfortunately
has but two horses with which to make
his daily trips through this more than
hard going. The third he has not been
able to use since getting into the Fair
some time in the winter
LIS. Doty started the early part of the
week for North Attleboro. Mass, with
horses Morgan Wilkes and others from
the Black Hawk stock farm. Fred Crane
also went to Morris Plains, y. j., with
the three horses recently purchased here
by Mr.. McAlpin of New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11

W. +. Howard on the 18th inst found
and killed a striped snake.
Robins and blue birds made their adj
vent on the 18th, while other spring birds
arrived on the 9th.
Nelson Kirby has sold his farm to Geo.
Whittemore and gone to Rochester. Geo.
Whittemore has taken possession of his
new purchase.
There is to be debate on Saturday
night, he 10Th inst, at the town house
on the old vexed question of license VS.,
prohibition, in which A. n. Brown, W.
5. Huntley, o. F. Hurlburt and II. c.
Powers participate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
WEST ADDISON.

Lizzie GoOdale is visiting at home.
George Adgate left Tuesday for Maine.
and Mrs. Chas. Goodale are sick.
Charles Bowers has moved to Bridport
on the Brooks farm opposite Crown
Point, n. Y.
Edward Stilwell of Beekmantown, n.
Y. is at F. W. Fishers. where he intends
staying this summer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11

Methodist church, performed the cere-
mony. The bridesmaid wore olive
green satin, and the bride was prettily
attired in brown corded silk. After con-
gratulations of friends, refreshments
were served. There was also the usual
miscellaneous collection of wedding
gifts each bearing the testimony of KIND
lcgarus ana best wishes of friends. Mr..
and Mrs. WeatherwaX left on Wednes
day for their home at Schuylerville. + I
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
SHOREHAM.

Mr.. and Mrs. +. III. Farnham are the
happy parents of a fine boy.
NV. Foster of Whiting is the new
clerk at C. n. North's.
Fred Hathorne is home from Salem
for his Easter vacation.
Fast day passed so quietly that some
of our good people forgot to observe it.
Mrs. NJ. ID. Smith of Middlebury spent
Fast day with her sistsr, Mrs. Town
send.
The Forbes sugar house was burned
last Thursday morning; loss estimated
at $3.50.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11

The boys from town who are attend
ing the Vermont university returned to
Burlington last week.
II. NJ. Powers and family left town,
Monday afternoon, for their new home
in southwestern Virginia.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11

day of last week. Among those from
Middlebury were Col. Thad NJ. Chapman,
Col. a. a. Fletcher, p. f. Chapman, W.
H. Brewster, W. II. Kingsley, c. w.
Earl, G. ID. Earl, w. NJ. Cushman, Ed.
Towne, f. o. Severance Shelbu.n was
represented by G.. E. Blair, F. r. Hart
and IL. 5. White. A meeting was held
at Masonic hall the same evening.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
SALISBURY.

The following resolutions were passed
by the Salisbury w. G. L, L. or tho
death of Mrs. f. W. Avery:
WHEREAS It has pleased our Heavenly
Father to remove from our midst by death
our beloved superintendent of press depart
ment, Mrs +. W. Avery, therefore be 1t
ResOiced, That while we, the members OF
the w. G. Z. &. of Salisbury, keenly feel and
mourn our great loss, yet we are consoled
by the belief that our loss is her gain; rs she
expressed it, "My rest is sweet in Jesus"
and that we will ever hold in sacred memory
her genial and loving spirit and increasing
efforts to advance the cause OF temperance.
ResOiced, That we rs Il Union have tender
memories OF our former corresponding sec
tetary, Miss Mary +. Avery, daughter of Mrs.
>EAW. Avery, whom we all loved and whose
AQSS we mourn.
Resoired, That the sympathy of this union
be extended to the immediate relatives OF
our late sister, and that these resolutions be
placed upon the record OF our W. G.. T. L. and
copy when printed be sent to the sOa OF
the deceased.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
WHIPSTER!

Bay Stallion, foaled 1886. Bred by
Hon. Leland Stanford, Palo Alto Stock
Farm, Cal. Sired by Whips, record 2 :275,
son of the great Electioneer, sire of SUI
hol :l0t; dam, Maybird, out of the dam
of Manzanita, four-year-old record 2:l6,
Wildnower, two-year-old record 2:2l.
ES~Terms $50 the season. Mares will
be kept in stable or on grass, and care
fully looked after, on reasonable terms.
Send for Cut, Descriptive Circular, &c.
HERRICK e. ELLSWORTH,
1874 405 Main ST., Worcester, Mass.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-23
THEATRICAL NOTES.

The exhibition of Prof. Campbelps flying
machine at Harry Davis Museum is drawing
crowds, and whether it is the vehicle of the
future or not it certainly possesses one nautical
property, draught. The machine is hung in
the main hall where everyone can see ir, and
the inventor explains its mechanism fully and
shows how the paddles and wings work. The
theatrical performance and other attractions
are good.
In answer to All. C.'s query it may be stated
that Mr. Roland Reed played here in The
Woman Hater'' last season, the week of Octo-
Der %. As to why he does not appear in his
new comedy, .Lend Me Your Wife," Mr.. Reed
alone can tell our correspondent. That The
Woman Hater'' is popular is proved by the
large audiences.
JAMES T. POWERS, whom Pittsburgers
doubtless remember in comic opera, will make
his stellar debut at the Bijou next week. 1t is
said that "a Straight Tip"-the farce comedy
in which he appears-is somewhat delicate
satire upon the noble science of racing. and
that he is very funny in it. Some clever people
support him.
THE royal Chinese dwarf, Che Nah, is a
curious departure from the common run of
Idliputiau freaks, and seems to interest great
many of those who have been hocking to the
Worlds Museum in Allegheny this week. The
Dockstader Specially Company is giving
clever entertainment
"ARoUNp THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
is exceeding its previous record as a winner at
the Bijou. Nearly all the standing room was
sold Tuesday and last night, A new dance by
nrettv Miss Allen has been added to the fnal
ballet.
Joseph MURPHY with "Shaun Rhue'' and
Kerry Cow" Is booked for the Grand Opera
House, the advance sale opening to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-23
ILLUSIONS VS.. DELUsIoNs.
They Are Interestingly Distinguished and
Accounted For by DR.. Abbott.
Ero,,, fte Iondon Eneetaforl

They Are Interestingly Distinguished and
Accounted For by DR.. Abbott.
From the London Spectator.l
DR., Abbott gave an interesting lecture at
Toynbee Hall last Saturday on "IIlusions"
which he distinguished from "Delusions' as
being natural and, so to say, healthy mistakes
which lead to their own correction; delusions,
on the other hand, he described as morbid and
unhealthy mistakes. which show that the mind
is warped on a false track. He pointed out
that Bacon had spoken of God as playing a
game of hide-and-seek with his children in
which he desires to be found out-in other
words, as stimulating us to disentangle for our
selves the true from the apparent. Thus men
naturally suppose that it is The sun which
moves and the earth which remains relatively
fixed; and for the greater part of human his
tory, that was the illusion which science ulti-
mately removed. So, too light conveys to us
the notion of something that exists at the mo-
ment we see it, whereas there are fixed stars
which have ceased to emit light for many years
before we cease to see them; and. again. we
suppose clap of thunder or the report of a gun
to occur when we hear it. though it really oc-
CURED few seconds earlier.
The love of the marvellous was, he said, a fire.
duent source of illusion; and the Illusion of
neighhorhood-i e., the illusion due to exag-
gerating the importance of what is close to us
lis another not less frequent. Then there is
the illusion of ignorance-omne fgnotum pro
magnifco-and the Illusion of distance, which
leads us to put God to an immense distance
from us. instead of seeking for him in our
hearts. 1t is impossible. DR.. Abbott said. to
escape Illusion. What we have to do is to try
and discover the sources of subjective error to
which we are most liable and to allow for them
The lecture seems to have been an excellent
one, though We are not sure whether Dr. Alb.
bott warned his hearers against illusions Of
incredulity to which we are at least as liable
as to creduous illusions, and perhaps more
specialIy liable in the present age, as the Duke
of Argyll hints in his interesting letter pub
l,shed in another column,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-23
RECKLESS RAnRoADNa.

The terrible railroad accidents which oc-
Cured yesterday, one in Kentucky and the
other in Alabama, were the direct results of
inconceivably reckless carelessness on the
part OF the railroad men. The collision of
the trains in the Sloan's Valley tunnel could
not have happened had the road been con-
Quoted on any sane system. In the other
case disregard of most ordinary caution was
attended with equally frightful results.
1t does not make such methods in
railroading any the less reprehensible that
the chief offenders paid with innocent
persons the forfeit of their lives. In this
part of the country such perilous practices
are happily unknown upon our railroads,
and most of the fatalities that do happen
are due to accidents against which human
wisdom and care cannot provide.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-23
EXEMPTION FOR MILLIONAREs

A remarkable illustration of a very COM
mon practice in the way of lodging taxa
tion has just been brought out by the
Fassett investigation in New York. 1t was
testified there by the President of the city
tax department that the original personal
tax assessment of the Vanderbilts was S40,-
100000, which everyone at all informed on
the subject will recognize to have been
moderate. Mr.. Depew, who represented the
Vanderbilts, did not dispute the correctness
of the assessment, but declared that il it
were persisted in, he would arrange matters
so as to remove the entire property beyond
the reach of the tax department Conse-
quently a compromise assessment was made
of IS, 900, 900.
As the Fassett committee is generally
supposed to be investigating for evidences
of Democratic crookedness, it must have
been an embarrassment of riches to run
across case in which leading Repub-
lican, supposed to be slated for the New
York Senatorship, deliberately bulldozed
the public officials into wiping out the great
share OF the Vanderbilts' assessment, simply
because he had the power to infict that dis
advantage upon the public. Because it was
possible by sharp practice to- get the Van
derbilt millions out of the reach of the tax
collectors, therefore Mr.. Depew insisted that
four-ffths of their personal property must
go untaxed. Taxation has been successfully
evaded by many other wealthy people; but
it would be hard to imagine bolder and
more unqualified assertion of the principle
that millionaires must not be taxed than
was made in this case, by the eloquent Mr..
Depew.
OF course the tax department officials of
New York were wrong to accept this COM
promise. 1t was less important to get the
taxes from this f tn of the Vanderbilt prop
erty than it was to insist upon the rule that
all people shall be taxed on an equal assess
ment If the great millionaires adopt Mr..
Depew's plan of removing their property
beyond the reach of taxation it is the
part of public officers to let the
fact be known. II the people had
understood the claim of Mr.. Depew, that
the millionaires must pay only one-fifth as
much taxes in proportion to their wealth as
common people, it is quite possible that a
very effective remedy for the matter would
have been found before this time.
Yet frankness requires it to be said that
the Vanderbilts make better showing in
the point of actual payment of personal
taxes than any of the other money kings
Mr.. Gould's personal assessment is reported
at the munifcent sum of $500, 900; and a
great many other of that class manage to
escape taxation for practically all of their
personal property. The general idea that it
is all right to dodge the tax assessment
works in the case of these financial mag
mates, to the result of making the common
people pay taxes on immense sums which
ought to be assessed ON the millionaire.