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A STRANGE CASE.

Only few days ago the next of kin Of
Lorlng A. Robertson, deceased, met in the
Surrogates Office in New York city to
divide among them his nice little fortune
of s., 100000. But this very pleasing per.
Torrance was brought to an abrupt termi.
nation by the appearance of a woman
claiming to be Robertson's wife.
The man was reputed to be bachelor
He lived alone at hotel, and marriage
was known to be abhorent to him-at least
his expression was all of that order. The
counsel for the claimant do not set up that
there was any ceremony between Robert
son and the woman, that there was any
written agreement or any other than an
oral contract to live together as man and
wife and that they did SO live. 1t is con-
tended by counsel that their client will be
able to prove her case, and that to do SO it
is not necessary to establish the publicity
OF the relation, or that there was any writ
ten agreement, or that if there was, there
was any official record of it made.
If that is the law in New York, which
we do not believe, then the approaching
Legislature in that State has plain duty
to perform. But the greater value of the
incident is found in its emphasis of the
position taken a few days ago by the
REcoRD-UNIoN in favor of uniformity of
the laws of marriage and divorce in the
United States. There ought to be such
clear, plain, simple, uniform expression by
all State laws of what constitutes marriage,
that none can mistake it. There should
be uniform law providing that where
there is no ceremony, and no written con-
tract, there must at least be publicity of
the relation sufficient to establish general
repute. The attempt to secure William
Sharon's wealth in this State bv proving
a secret marriage failed. Our chief Court
spurned the proposition that secret rela-
tions constitute marriage. We have to
congratulate ourselves upon that, and
since the reason of the law is higher than
the law, we believe that the Robertson
woman will also be defeated, though the
claim is made in another State.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-28

Now THIS is rank cruelty. Here is a
Republican Congress about to pass bill
to prohibit the manufacture and sale or
other disposal of spirituous liquors in the
District of Columbia, the law to take effect
November /, 1891, just prior to the Demo-
cratic Congress coming in. This is par,i-
sanship with a flavor of humor in it.
The idea would seem to be to give the
present Congress full opportunity to ex-
haust the stock of liquors on hand in
Washington, and leave to the Democratic
Congress no part of the proceeding. But
should the bill pass and be approved, it
win be safe to forecast that all the liquor
wanted will be forthcoming in Washing
ton, as of old.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-28
West Point.

The military academy at West Point
came into existence in 1903, and the naval
academy at Annapolis in 1845. Each Con-
gressional District in a State, each Terri
tory and the District of Columbia is en-
titled to one cadet at West Point and one
at Annapolis. and the President has the
authority to appoint ten at large to each
institution.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-28

the form a on of
dandruff; makes the
hair soft and silken;
and imparts a deli
cate but lasting per,
fume.
" Several months
ago my hair CON-
menced falling out,
and in a few weeks
my head was almost
bald. / tried many
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-28
Ayers Hair Vigor

Is the "ideal' Hair-dressing. 1t re-
stores the color to gray hair promotes
fresh and vigorous growth prevents
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But de po' oil yeah. he jes KEEP on a.divin',
An he tried wis all his might TO be DIRE fful
good an kin;
By hook an by crook, and de berry bes con-
irwin,
He KEEP safe ali de pa'cels dat was always
g. drivin,
Till der want single day lef to push de
kyart benin
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-28
DE po' an, YrAR.


0, de 20 q, yeah sm a sioVria' up his HOSES
An de whesaSa'Ssils k'iast 'ssi:,iss.---s
-ro-ns az !oasd down vii de buIdease an de
Wiz de tIials = de ttoabies, de veEetions an
IN de Cloud. am in lie sky.an de,saow am
on &c groln'.
o. I 'memhshs s-rry well ds fuss OBJ his comm,
An all De iosss from ebeEywhar was glad to
An ebery nlgs,hfs heels on. d q 40 was a,drum-
min
an all a.S de idd9s squeaE.n till. the zafsahs was
Fo' to SO alikely eaowd5' to frien dey
knoWed Rss true
IL.
o. he was miss,y tckIea ct de Cain lie was
An a de i Il Gs gss % de gr0un' an de moon
An, ober all erss fen was . lnbliness amazin,
An all de HTS glahs vas a-erowdin' an
a-gazil
Fo' 70 see sect = IRAN usF yeah wifi his train
o, lawsyl how de peagtes solks will git into
troubled
An how der berry peartness snakes EN- stan
up strong an brave!
When all der luck am Dustin like a OIL wore.out
soap bubble.
An LOADS am on der back ernough to bend EN-
double,
You nebbah sees de peartes' folks 1es git RICH,
up an cave.
Well, de yeah he KEEP &, goin', an he still was
bright an cheerful.
Aldo he'd been deserted by more an half his
train.
Oar was some dat thought Mis- Arpil was q pow
full sight too teahful,
An some days said dat Angus wifi her heat an
ous was feahful:
Dey pitched der luggage in de kyart an went
kitin' down de lane
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-28

An now de po' OF yeah am slowin' up his
HOSES,
De wheels OBJ his kyart CANT hardly turn
roun';
Hes gwine tleab benin i'm all the BURDENS an
de losses,
An let de folks atten to the trials an der
crosses
Q, de clouds am in de sky, but der's res in de
groun'.
-HTfiam Zachary Glad,cin in the West Shore.
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Weather Forecast

Forecast till p, N. Sunday: For Northern
Cslifornia-Fair weather; cooler at Red Bluff
and winnemucca.
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beauty, its palatial grandeur. This fin
ished the week, and the castle was left a
monument to past pleasures.
So the winter passed and in July Kath..
crime went with friends to
'Where all the scenic beauty wild and grand
Meet in the Thousand Islands fairy land"
In August telegram reached her that
her father had died. Heartbroken she re-
turned to find that no mention of her was
in the will and all his wealth was for bis
widow.
You can stay here if you wish,n said
Mrs. LaTour, but if you can find a home
elsewhere it would be more agreeable to
u.s.
She did not answer the cruel thrust, but
hastily made preparations to leave home
She journey ed to Quebec and soon found
employment in Les College des Soeurs.n
Katherine was essentially nineteenth
century girl, Mistress of herself though
China fall, y and realized, as George Elio.
says, that "Onr life is determined for us
and it makes the mind very free if we give
up wishing and only think of bearing what
is laid upon US and doing what is given Us
to do"
Her life, though made up of work and
not all pleasure. as formerly, was pleasant
in the historical old city, the "strong Glib.
raltar of the ancient West. In her walks
she could look through nature up to
natures god" She loved best to watch
the sunset, lingering in dying sp,endor on
the falls of Montmorency. The turbulent
waters seemed like her life of late. She
would be well satisfied if at the close it
would be as calm aud pure as the water
below the falls-all sunlight and no dark
shadows. She never wrote to Paul that
her life was so changed. He had to re-
main one year more and then, he wrote,
at will be plain sailing and Katherine
had faith and patience.
Two years past, and at the close of the
first year sister of Mr.. La Tours died,
Katherine large fortune. She
to Montreal and found her old
home for sale, and no trace or sign of her
fathers widow. Gladly she bought it and
new life. She was now able
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Entered at the Postofice at Sacramento as
second-class matter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
A Fresh Brakeman.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.-On one of the
railroads to this city is "A specimen of the
impudent trainman. Such specimens are
to be found on almost all railroads. but
this particular man, as gentlemanly
trainman informed me, is such CON
summate fool that he does not know he is
fool.
He imagines himself an irresistible
masher, and never fails to render himself
obnoxious to female passengers if he
has half a chance One of his recent adj
ventures is worth the telling
A bridal couple sat in the coach The
man had fallen asleep. The trainman adj
mired the comely bride and took vacant
seat near her
a cinder lodged in the lady's eye. She
turned her face toward the waiting masher,
unconscious alike of his presence or his
purpose, and vigorously winked the cinder
filled eye. The masher returned the wink,
but she did not observe him. She winked
again, and he winked back He now felt
sure of his ground and said, Hello, sister,
where you going?" The woman for the
first time discovered that her winking in
her effort to dislodge the cinder had been
mistaken by the trainman as bid for a
Irritation. When the situation fully dawned
upon her she let fly her long right arm and
landed a singing blow full in the face of
the impudent trainman.
The passengers, who had been watching
the transaction, were convulsed with laugh
ter, and one Shakespearian student shout
ed, Lay on, Macduff, and damned be he
who first cries Hold, enough"
b. G. w
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
NOTES..


The little black pacing beauty Allen
Maid (2lGt) has been sold to Mr.. Allen
of st. Paul, and was shipped to her new
owner Oh Thursday, the 10th inst. price,
$4,000. 1t is said that she will be driven
to pole hereafter. If Mr.. Allen has a
mate for her that can 90 up to the
Maids clip he won't take anybody s
dust on the road.
Mr.. NJ. S. Hasbrook, Benson, VT,
writes: "My horses are all looking
nicely and doing fair business. LAM
bert Chief was never in as fine shape as
today, and can show quarters at a 2:25
clip" We are glad to hear so good re-
port from this son of Daniel Lambert.
Mr.. Harris informed us some years since
that the dam of Lambert Chief was the
fastest mare ever mated with Lambert.
"Blood will tell
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
PAMlICO, 2:l7is

1t does not appear to make much diff
ference in the result whether trotters
with the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES combi-
nation are by sires of IIambletonian de-
scent from dams of Morgan persuasion,
or the reverse. they "get there Just the
same" Two of the most brilliant trot-
ting victories of the season fell to trot-
tiers of this breeding last week at Phila-
delphia, Pa. One was that of the , ~
class, Bellevue Hotel stakes, $500, on
the 10th inst. Andante, by Bostwick' s
Almont, took the first heat in 2:2l4 /.
Suisun, by Electioneer, dam by George
NJ. Patchen, Jr., (2:27), captured the
second in 81 !, after which Goldsmith
sent Pamlico, by Meander g :26!), dam
by Daniel Lambert, to the front, Win
ming the third, fourth and fifth heats in
> ia, 2:l9t, 2:l73. The following day
the 10 race was won by st. Elmo in
straight heats, time , POI, 2:20i, 2:lS3.
st. Elmo was got by the strongly in
bred Morgan, Royal Fearnaught. The
dam of ST. Elmo was Lucy Lincoln, by
Masterlode, son of Rysdyk's IIambleton-
ian: second dam by Fishes Mambrino
Chief, Jr. Where are those gentlemen
who were ridiculing the Morgan cross
so tlippantly few months since
Horse Breeder.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01

the Harpers and from Frank Leslie the copy
rights of such poems as they had pub
lished and made an arrangement with the
Turner's, of Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
to publish them in book form. The volume
proved remunerative, and some small pay
ments were received by the author, but the
Turner's were not successful and were
speedily sold out by the sheriff. The Peter
sons bought the book, and adding several
other of Watson's poems brought out
several editions which sold well. From
them, however, Mr.. Watson received very
little.
During the last few years of his life Mr..
Watson was in very straitened circum-
stances, and for the last six months was "a
hopeless invalid, though he kept up his
work till almost the very last. He lived
in a modest boarding house in Bank street
with his daughter, who is the only member
of his immediate family, excepting two
sisters, to survive him.
He was man of pleasant manners and
great culture, but was too retiring and
modest in his personality to make strong
impression on any excepting those who
knew him well. His sturdy independence,
however was shown in his refusing to ac-
cept aid when he might have had it from
many vi his IflenIls. lie repeatedly SAID
that all he wanted was an opportunity to
work and to be paid for it. An example
of the precariousness of the work by which
he lived was the article already mentioned,
which was published in The North Ameri-
can Review. He offered this to The Sun
day Mercury for which paper he wrote
constantly, and only demanded 50 for it,
The Mercury refused it, and The North
American Review paid him $40 for it when
1t was published afterward
Among the best poems which Mr.. Wat
son wrote, in addition to Beautiful
Snow" We're Ring Down the Curtain,
Cannot Play" "The Sailing of the
Yachts" 'The Oldest Pauper on the
Town." 1.-The Patter of Little Feet"
Farmer Brown" and 1.-The Dying Sol
der DAVID A. CURTIS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
BEAUTIFUL SNOW

o the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and the earth below!
Over the house tops. over the street
Over the heads of the people you meet,
Dancing,
Flirting
Swimming along.
Beautiful snow! 1t can do nothing wrong
Flying to kiss fair lady's cheek;
Clinging to lips in a frolicsome freak:
Beautiful snow. from the heavens above,
Pure as an angel and tickle as lovel
the snow, the beautiful snow
How the flakes gather and laugh as they go!
Whirling about in its maddening fun
1t plays in its glee with every one.
Chasing,
Laughing,
Hurrying by,
1t lights up the face and it sparkles the eve;
And even the dogs with bark and bound
Snap at the crystals that eddy around.
The town is alive and its heart in glow,
To welcome the coming of beautiful snow
How the wild crowd go swaying along
Hailing each other with humor and songl
How the gay sedges like meteors flash by
Bright for a moment, then lost to the eye!
Ringing.
Swinging,
Dashing they go
Over the crest of the beautiful snow:
To be trampled in mud by the crowd rushing by;
To be trampled and tracked by the thousands Of
feet
Till it blends with the horrible filth in the street.
Once was pure the snow-but fell
Fell, like the snow flakes, from heaven-to he'll:
Fell, to be tramped as the filth of the street:
Fell, to be scoffed, to be spit on and beat.
Pleading.
Cursing.
Dreading to die
Selling my soul to whoever would buy
Dealing in shame for a morse of bread
Hating the living and fearing the dead.
Mercifu God, have fallen so lows
And yet was once like this beautiful snow!
Once was fair as the beautiful snow
With an eye like its crystals heart like its glow
Once was loved for my innocent grace
Flattered and sought for the charm of my face
Father,
Mother
Sisters ALL
God and myself have lost by my fall
The veriest wretch that goes shiverng by
Will take a wide sweep lest wander too nigh;
For of all that is on or about me | know
There is nothing that's pure but the beautiful
snow.
How strange it should be that this beautiful snow
Should fall on a sinner with nowhere to 20!
How strange it would be- when the night comes
again,
If the snow and the ice struck my desperate
brain
Painting,
Freezing,
Dying alone,
Too wicked for prayer too weak for my moan
To be heard in the crash of the crazy town.
Gone mad in its joy at the SHOWS coming down;
To lie and to die in my terrible woe
With bed and a shroud of the beautiful snowi
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01

mont by the same Mr.. Hall. Mr.. Hall
lived at Muckwanago, Wis. This Halls
Black Hawk was kept for several years
for stud purposes at Mukwanago, after
wards sold to go to Springfield, Wis,
then, it is thought he went to Burling-
ton, and from there East. Now if some
of the readers of your paper can tell me
anything about the breeding of this
Halls Black Hawk, also whether he is
alive. and who owns him. they will con-
fer SPECIAL favor on \ SUBSCRIBER.
We trust shat some of our Vermont
or Wisconsin subscribers may be able to
put us on the track of Halls Black
Hawks pedigree. ED. H. b..
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE-E of
" Francis ID. Douglas.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court tor the district OF
and adjust all claims and demands oi all
persons against the estate OF Francis u. Doug.
las, late OF Whiting i'll said district, de.
ceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto. hereby give notice that we will meet
TOR the purposes aforesaid at the late resi-.
dence OF said deceased in said Whiting on
the 2jth day OF August and Both day of Decem.
Der next, from O'Clock until ) O'Clock, u. M
each OF said days, and that six months from
the 81 day OF July, a. ID. 1880, is the time
limited by said Court tor said creditors to
present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at Whiting, this 9th day OF July, A.
ID. 1890
\. II. HUBBARD, jc,
~ EDISON q. FARNHAM, com s.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
WHO WROTETHE VERSES?
CONTROVERSY REGARDING "6EAUTI-
Full SNOW" ReoPENEO.
Sketch of the Life OF James w. Watson,
Who Died Recently in New York, and
Whose Claims Seem to Have Had the
Best Authority.

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, July 30 1t has happened to
many men who have worked fora long life.
time patiently and well that they have
achieved fame by some single piece of work
that seems by comparison no better than
many other things they may have done
Such fortune as this seems especially to fall
toliterary men, and one of the most conspic-
Gus recent examples was James w. Wat
son, who died only the other day in this
city. He had been for fifty years "A writer
and by no means an unsuccessful one as
the business goes; yet of all his writings
only one poem is fairly to be called famous
and curiously enough the authorship of
that one led to one of the btterest contro-
versies in the histoy of American literature.
No reader of the present generation can
be ignorant of the dispute that lasted for
years over the question as to who really
wrote Beautiful Snow" 1t was origi-
nally published in Harper's Weekly, in No
vember 1858. 1.-THE time of its publication
the Harpers were not in the habit of pub
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
( COMMISSIONERS NOTICE-Estate of
" Charlotte A. Miner,

The undersigned, having been appointed by
tne hon Probate Court tor the District OF Adj
olson, commissioners receive, e examine and
ADJUST all claims and demands OF all persons
against the estate oil Charlotte A. Miner late
OF Bridport in said district deceased, and all
claims exhibited in Offset thereto. hereby give
notlce that we VIII meet tor the purposes
IN 81 idport, on the 9th day OF September and
Both day OF December next from O'clock N.
m until O'Clock p. m. each OF said davs and
that six months from the 18TH dav of julv A
ID. $3.50, Is the time limited by said Court tor
said creditors to present their claims to us
for examination and allowance
Dated at Bridport, this 18th day of July. A.
D., 1880. 49, -
j. j. CRANE.
81 NJ X. BARBOUR, Comrs
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
Searching for n Goblet.

Seventy-five years ago the British ship
Endymion captured the American frigate
President. At Bermuda shortly afterward
the inhabitants presented the officers with
goblet. The gift was ito be considered
as attached to that or any other ship which
might bear the gallant name of Endymion "
Now a new Endymion is being completed
for the British navy, and an active hunt
has been set afoot for the goblet, which
disappeared from public view several years
ago.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
NOMMISsIONERS'N OTICE.-Estat.o,
~ George l.. Hartmann

the Hon. Probate Court tor the District of Al.
olson, Comnis sioners, to receive, examine and
adJust all claims and demands of all persons
late OF Weybridge, in said District, deceased
ana all claims exhibited in offset thereto,
hereby give notice that we will meet for the
deceased In Weybridge, on the 7th day of Aug.
ust and Goth day OF November next from one
O'Clock p. m. until five o'clock p. m, each of
salu DAYS, ana that six months from the l4th
day OF July, A. d.. 1880, is the time limited by
SAID Court Tor said creditors to present their
claims 10 us tor examination and allowance
A. ID. 1890. 10Y
MARTIN +. sPRAGUE, co,.
~ LOYAL HUNTINGTON. Noms'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
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ceiyed the GOLD AND JEWELLED MEDAL
from the National Medical Association for
this PRIZE ESSAY on NERVOUS and
PHYSICAL DEBILITY. DR.. Parker and corps
Of Assistant Physicians may be consulted. conf
dentially, by mail or in person, at the Office OF
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No. Bulfinch ST.. Boston. Mass. TO whom all
directed as ebove-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
To THE OAlRYMEN OF ADDISON
County

The undersigned has recently purchased
new and improved machinery for the
manufacture of Butter Tubs, and is now
prepared to furnish tubs of SUPERIOR
QUALITY at the lowest market prices
Samples can be seen at Beckwith & Co. s
J. f. GOODROE, Ripton, Vt.
May |, 1890. Isl
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-01
Il Il AL ESTATE
Fo1 sAT."

me real estate belonging to the estate of
the late sheldon Smith, consisting of the home
farm OF 80 acres in Bridport; the Baldwin lot,
so'cailed, containing 81 acre of meadow land,
anu me Houghton farm 1903 acres, situated
one and a halt miles north OF Bridport villa 0e
For particulars inquire OF
Post ONCE, Townline, VT. 47.tf
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-07-03
County Convention.

The County Convention for Samp-
son to elect delegates to State, Judi
cial and Congressional Conventions,
will be held in Clinton on next Sat
urday, July 9TH. The primaries to
elect delegates from the various
townships to this convention were
held on last Saturday. The follow
ing are the delegates elected:
Hall's-J. H. McCuIlen, r. w.
Bass, S. NJ. Weeks, ianiel LOckamy
and James Darden.
Honeycutt's-S. A. Howard, John
II. Parker, Alex. Herring, J. H.
Honeycutt and w. c. Tew.
Lisbon-A. w. Lamb, Tod. Fen.
nell and Thos. Sloan.
Fraklin-N. II. Fennen, l.. d
Highsmith, W. II. Russ, Il. J. Her
ring and w. G. DeVane.
North Cliuton-Richard Page, J
E. Chestnut, E. Ship, w. S. Thorn.
son and Abram Hobbs.
South ClInton-H. Z. Faison, J. r.
Beaman, Jr., Abner Robinson, DR.
r. II. Holiday and David EzZell.
Taylor's Bridge-Col. l.. A. Pow
ell, Charlie Williams, PHI. Murphy
Levi Kennedy and DR.. G. w. Nose.
ley.
Piney Groves. II. Daughtry, A
III. King, d. NJ. Kornegay, Nathan
Weeks and NJ. w. Clifton.
Little Ccharie-StreetB Brewer, w
Seasons and F. H. Howard.
McDaniel's-J. O. Rich, w. r
Owen, JIG. Wright, WV. Herring
and B. F. Smith.
Mingo--W. r. Warren, n. A. Lay
ton, j. C. Draughon, Autry Baggett
| and Enoch Alderman.
Dismal