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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-01
WIPED OUT. BY FLAMES.
Two Children Burned tO Death Near
Ouebec-Other Fires.

Quebec-Other Fires.
QUEBEC, March 2S.-The residence of
Marchand st. VALERIE de Batustrode, in
an eastern township, was burned last
night. Two of his children persisted in
the flames.
New YORK, March 27.-Fire last night
in the six-story building 105 Chambers
Street, caused $4,000 loss to Hines &
Mansfield, produce dealers; fully in
sured.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-01
NOTED EDUCATORS DEATH.

Or. Wickersham, ex-Minister to Den
mark, Passes Away.
LANCASTER, Pa, March 25.-Dr. James
p. Wickersham, ex-state superintend-
ent of public instruction, and minister
to Denmark under President Arthur,
died here early this morning from heart
failure induced by grippe, aged IS years.
He was one of the originators, and pres
ident Of the National and State Educa-
tional associations, and one of the most
prominent educators in the country
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-01
Minister Assassinated.

A Sofia dispatch of the 9th says: CAT
s o'clock this evening, while Premier
9Stambuloff and NJ. Baltcheff, minister
of France, who we're walking together,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-01
Vetoed by GOV. Merriam.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 26.-Gov.
Merriam to-day vetoed the bill provid-
ing that trust companies should come
under the provisions of the state bank
inc law
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-01
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.

A Jury Fixes the Punishment of John
Brennan, tie Chicago Murderer.
CHICAGO, H., March 27.-John Bren-
nan. who killed Minnie Martleson last
December, and whose trial has been in
progress for two days, was this morning
found guilty and the penalty fixed at
twenty-five years in the penIteutiary.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
State O1eps.

The Jury docket for the September term
of the Rutland county court contains 90
cases.
The fall term of the st. Johnsburv
academy opened on Tuesday with nearly
300 pupils, the largest attendance in the
schools history.
Wayland Strong of Barre, who at
tempted to commit suicide by hanging
last Friday, has been taken to the insane
asylum at Brattleboro.
Joseph Benolt jumped from a train at
Burlington and was picked unconscious
with bad cut over his left eye and a
terrible bruse on the back of the head.
Barnard is said to have a girl thirteen
years old, perfectly healthy, who weighs
DPS pounds, and there are three women in
the town whose united weight is 1000
pounds.
Eugene Roberge, aged lG, was accident
ally shot in the forehead at Burlington
on Friday while handling "A revolver sup
posed not to be loaded. Physicians are
unable to locate the ball, but there are
some hopes of his recovery.
Professional pickpockets got in some
telling work at St. Johnsbury the other
night IN the great assembly of people
who gathered there to greet the pres-
dent. One man in the crowd lost $50 in
money and several notes, and several
others were out greater or less sums.
Charles Sekondne, fireman in the
employ of the Campbell knitting mills
at Bennington. attempted to kill his wife
late Monday night, and stabbed himself
four times afterward. Mrs. SekOndine
defended herself vigorously, and succeed
ed in escaping without serious injury.
One of the self-intlcted wounds penetrat-
ed the cavity of Sckondne's stomach
while the others are but flesh wounds.
SeliOndine is under arrest. Jealousy
prompted the act.
The rains on Thursday of last week
Idletu Tic W dliOOlllSlS IiNtl 81 THAT at
midnight Bennington people were called
out of bed by the fire alarm to find the
streets flooded and danger threatening on
every hand. An exciting night ensued
This stream has not risen so high since
the summer of 1863. In the midst of the
excitement, Crawford & Carney's shoddy
mill, running night as well as day, be-
came undermined, tipped over and burn
ed up, the workmen barely escaping.
The fifty-eighth annual session of Uni
versalist churches of Vermont and the
Province of Quebec was held at Rutland
last week, closing on Thursday. one
hundred and fifty delegates were present.
These officers were elected President,
\. T. Foster; vice president, George W.
Tilden treasurer, willard Chase; secre-
tary, Rev. 5. \. Parker These delegates
to the general convention were appoint
ed Rev. F. w. Whippen, Rev. F. W.
Sprague, Rev. f. A. Hoyt, Ira Calef,
Edwin Aller, Charles Booth, II. Mann,
Jr.. and Newman Weeks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
County 21eps.
BRIDPORT.

BRlDPORT.
Miss Flora Lamos is visiting in Bur
lington.
Miss Lena Hemenway is visiting
friends in Salisbury.
j. G.. Elithorp of Chicago Joined his
family here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Perez Stewart of New
York city are at r. W. Fletcher's
DR.. c. 5. Merrill of Albany was recent
ly at his fathers, f. II. Merrill.
Mrs. j. II. Howe is visiting her sister,
Mrs. 5. j. Bartlett of Armenia, n. Y.
|. W. kingsland came down from Barre
on Saturday, returning on Tuesday.
The village school opened on Monday
with Miss Minnie Spaulding as teacher.
a number of our townsmen attended
the campmeeting at Queen City park last
week.
Fred C. Crane and wife of Manchester
have been in town the past week, return
ing on Monday.
Miss Antoinette Iachance of Montreal
is at y. W. Huntley's; also Mrs. G.. w.
Huntley of Elkhart, Ind.
Miss Gertrude Witherell, who has been
in Massachusetts, for some time past,
returned home on Tuesday.
Messrs. Wilcox Bros. shipped lot of
their Shropshires to Burlington on Mon
day for exhibition at the State fair.
y large party of ladies and gentlemen
from Troy, n. Y, have recently been
camping on the lake near Mr.. Merrill's.
Col. \. y. Fletcher of Middlebury,
Mrs. ). +. Reynolds and Miss Elsie
Patchen of Brooklyn were among our
visitors on Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Barbour started on Thurs
day of last week for Williamsport, Penn.
Misses Winnie and Bessie Beckwith also
started on that day for their home in
Groton, y. Y.
What might have been a serious runa-
way accident occurred here Wednesday
morning of last week. Orlie Converse
drove up to the hitch post at D. II. Ben
nett's store, and when alighting from the
wagon the horse, colt, got frightened,
making quick jump and dashlng toward
the west, dragging the driver across the
road to the Allen corner, where he let
go. The horse continued its course
around the square by DR.. Blaisdell's and
west into j. n. Spaulding's blacksmith
shop. Orlie ran down to the shop and
started to assist in righting things, when
he was taken faint and complained of a
pain in the right side, where it is sup
posed the wheel struck him. He was
taken to the hotel, where restoratives
were administered and after time he was
removed home. 1t was at first feared
that internal injuries We're sustained, but
after few days he was able to be about
again. The wagon was quite badly de-
molished, but the horse received no i'll
iurieS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
General l7eps.
Some 200 lives have been lost by a ty-
phoon on the coast of Japan.

Some 200 lives have been lost by ty-
phoon on the coast of Japan.
Two more bodies have been discovered
in the ruins on Park place, New York.
The potato disease has appeared in sew
eral parts of Ireland, due to the recent
heavy rains.
In disaster on the Louisville. Evans
vile and st. Louis railway four persons
were killed and 81 were injured on Mon
day.
Savages have attacked Forneau's Con-
go expedition, killing many of the party
and forcing the abandonment of the en-
terprise.
The weather bureau proposes to dis
seminate its weather predictions along
the railroad lines by system of signal
whistles.
The shipments of grain from New York
during August have been the largest Oh
record. About 100000 bushels are be-
ing sent abroad every day.
Advices from Buenos Ayres are to the
effect that the Argentine republic is OPP
posed to the wholesale immigration of
Russian Jews as planned by Baron
Hrsch.
Judge Blodgett of the New Hampshire
supreme court has ordered the issue of
,,rits of wanna for q snecial iurV for the
September term to be held in Woodsville
add before the members of which al
my" or Abbott will be tried.
a cyclone, which has just passed over
the San Maure, Castiglione and Casino
districts of Italy, has caused great dis
tress. a number of persons were injured
and the crops in the path of the storm
destroyed and houses damaged.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
WEST Cornwall.

B. F. Haskell went up to the State fair
on Wednesday.
A. 5. Bingham arrived home FROM Chi
cage last Friday.
Mrs. z. Il. Bingham is getting nicely
settled in her pleasant home.
Andrew Pulsa has sister visiting
him. She lately came from Hungary.
c. W. Hook and family of Felchville
have been spending few days with Mrs.
G.. w. Griswold.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Stearns of Brattle-
boro are visiting friends in the south
part of the town.
II. f. Taylor took trip to Rutland on
Thursday. Mrs. Taylor took trip to
Pittsford at the same time.
F. S. Haskell left here for New York
last Friday evening. He intended to
stop in Saratoga a while with friends.
Invitations are out for the wedding of
Harriet Hamilton to Robert Huntley of
Leicester Junction next Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock.
Fruit, especially pears and plums, is a
drug in the market. Nice early apples,
as we'll as the other fruits, lie wasting
on the ground and decaying on the trees
Miss Mary Simonds went to Boston
last Friday to stop a while with her
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
ORWELL.

Rev. 5. F. Calhoun has returned from
his vacation.
The Eagle Hotel is filled to Overlooking
with boarders.
Ii. L. Cults has returned from the
Breeders meeting well pleased, having
sold all stock offered for sale at good
prices.
Mrs. Z. d. Lewis died very suddenly
August 20 from heart failure. The flu
neral was held at the house on Monday
at ? p. m, Rev. S. F. Calhoun officiating.
The Orwell town fair will be held Sept.
16. All are invited to participate. Ar
engagements have been made so that no
membership fee will be charged any one
out of town. Stalls and pens will be
provided for all where due notice is Civ
en-. A fine day is all that is needed to
make this exhibition the finest town fair
ever held in the State.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04

brother. f. o. Simonds, and assist in car
ing for little stranger in their home, a
girl.
There has been great deal of rain of
late. 1t rained very hard Tuesday after
noon, and sharp tightening and heavy
thunder accompanied it. Everything is
wet and soaked through. Much grain
has been injured by the rain.
Jessie Bingham went to Bridport on
Tuesday. From there she will go to
st. Adams with her cousin, who has
spent several weeks here in this vicinity
visiting relatives. Ladd Miner, uncle of
the young ladies, will take them by car
riage, and his own daughter will be one
of the party.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
EAST MlDDlEBURY.

School opened on Monday with d..
McCue teacher.
vent campmeeting recently held at Essex
Junction. A. Matthews of North street
also attended the meetings and reports
the interest and attendance promised
much good.
James c. Emerson and brother, Estel-
ton, of Willimanset, Mass, are visiting
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. p.
Champin. Wallace Morse and Jay Morse
and wife of the West are visiting rela-
tiyes here, and are also guests of Mr.,
Champlin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
WHITING.

Some residents here will attend the fair
at Burlington.
Miss L. 5. Walker of st. Adams Is Wis
iting friends in town.
Miss Kate Daniels is home for short
visit from Warren, Mass.
Town Representative h. d. Needham
is home from Montpelier.
Miss Mile Mcdonald has gone to visit
her parents in Queensbury, n. Y.
Mrs. j. f. Parker's brother, from Cam
bridge, Mass, has been visiting her.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Needham have an
other girl to make their home happy.
Miss Lottie Mason is spending a few
weeks with her sister at Crown Point.
The lowery weather has discouraged
the farmers who haven't finished harvest
ing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
4 u r r 4 II
FOR THIS OFFER.
co.. . KIP i,
Record. $3.50. Standard, IA, 4o5.

IL IS the only Stallion except Glllig, stand.
SO Tor service in Addison County with
cord in the 30 list. lie won his record in
:. sang of five horses at Belmont Park, Phila.
felphia, July 10, 1890, Tor purse OF $500, which
&C 'Fon in IL tour heat race, although he was too
esliy, but his natural pluck and speed com
sslHs1 outlasted them all and took him to the
1roHt- The next day but one he started in
AZ other race at Belmont Park Tor purse of
$780, in which he won second money in
gang OF eight horses, driving the winner out
IN 26 and took IA heat from him and he was
'-1ose TO the winners wheel in this race in the
1asf heat OF a gang OF eight horses and all OF
chem fast. Although he was too heshy
lad not in firstclass trotting condition he
-sRowed himself game and trotter in these
races. Col. Kip was sired by Aristos, record
@7I, and his dam Laura, formerly Lady
champion, IN turn has trOtted in 80. For
further pedigree see in another ad. in this
tpaper. He is a beautiful seal brown in color;
he stands l5A hands high; weight, about 100
pounds, and Is a sure foal getter; his service
Is irst-class. He will be found at the stable
Gt n w. PECK, West Cornwall, VT, tor
xhe season OF 1891 nj the very low sum of S25
% insure in toal. Up to April 18th he had 81
mares booked and his book keeps filling.
Anyone finding any misrepresentation in
tlls al, otherwise than through some tech
uicality, can have the service OF Col. Kip tree
OF charge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
CORNWALL.

Milk brought 20 cents at the creamery
last month.
Miss Ida Gale has returned to her
school in Massachusetts.
Davis Bond has gone to keene, y. H.,
to visit his brother, Horace.
Walter Atwood has begun repairs on
his house. Tuflold Anes has the Job.
The weather is very unsettled. Har-
vesting is going on slowly. Much grain
is nearly spoiled Oh account of the wet
Lewis Aines, postmaster in Grayson,
Miss, is spending a short vacation
with his father, Zeb Aines, and visiting
friends in this vicinity.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
G.. D. LANE.

(P. o. Middlebury, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
WEYRRIOOE.

Mrs. W. c. Sturtevant is quite i'll with
hay fever.
Mrs. Alice Huntington is threatened
with fever.
Mrs. C. L. Harrington has gone to
Ashland, n. II.
L.C. Sturtevant will leave soon for
Montana with sheep.
Mrs. Orissa Mitchell of st. Adams,
Miss Carrie Baker and Mrs. Frank Hayes
and son visited here this week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
RICE NNES

VERG6NNES.
Il. d. Whalen is now night operator at
the depot.
j. W. Barnes, Jr., is spending few
days at Saratoga Springs.
Our summer boarders have returned to
the marts of trade.
The City drug store, c. NJ. Soule man.
ager, is thing of the past.
Miss Sullivan of Middlebury is a guest
of Mrs. II. B. Wright of Waltham.
Deputy Sheriff Mlddlebrook made
business trip to Newport this week.
The State fair will not be a great draw
ing institution from this vicinity this
year.
Miss Electa S. Smith of st. Adams
spent last week at her fathers, Judge j.
d. Smith.
a new cider mill is the latest modern
growth in this city. Business will begin
October Is.
EXcursionists to the number of lS3
arrived on Friday last by steamer Will
liams from Port Kent.
Rev. w. II. Collins of Brattlebcro,
formerly rector of st. Paul's church here,
is in town for few days.
Rev. Mr.. Weber of Boston has received
a call from the vestrymen of st. Paul's
church here to become rector.
Sprigg q Co. and d. o. Noonan ship
ped car of hogs, sheep and CALVES to
the Boston market on Monday.
Saturday, market day, butter brought
l6 to Is cents; eggs, 20 cents; fowl and
chickens, live weight, 10 to II cents.
The fall term of the Vergennes graded
school will begin on Monday next. a.
Armagnac of Tarrytown has been engag
ed as principal.
Local sportsmen are on the war path.
their attention being directed toward
the duck family that paddles in Dead
creek and vicinity.
Charles A. Chapman of Ferrisburgh
went to Hudson, y. y, Monday, to act
as starter in the races at the Columbia
county fair this week.
F. d. Barton of Watham, Daniel
Smith of Addison and Charles. A. Chap
man of Ferrsburgh exhibit horses at the
State fair at Burlington this week. \
Luther Carpenter of Ferrisburgh, aged
90 died on Friday last at his late resi-
dance near the Center. Funeral services
WIRE held Sunday at the Congregational
church.
Mrs. Charles Shellar and daughter,
Lbttie, of Worcester, Mass, formerly
residents of Nergennes, who have been
visiting in town. will return this week to
Worcester.
John y. Child, William {. Child and
Madison Sprague of Weybrdge and p.
S. Childs of st. Louis are spending the
week at the Weybrdge cottage at Kel-
logg's bay near Fort Cassin.
The trustees of the Reform school
Messrs. Stranahan, Fiske and Lane
made the monthly examination of that
Institution on Thursday last. In the
afternoon the party, including relatives,
made trip to Westport by steamer, re-
turning in the evening.
Henry and William Pecu of Burling-
ton, sons of Joseph Pecu of West Ferris
burgh, were fined SILL each on Mon
day by Justice Barnes for breaking the
Sabbath and hunting on Sunday. The
intention was to convict of illegal duck
shooting, but as proof of this was want
ing, this method was adopted.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
Joseph II. Balls Estate.
Final Settlement.
STATE OF vERMONT-District OF AID
~ olson, IS,

son:
To all persons interested in the estate of
Joseph L. Ball, late OF Granville, in said dis.
trict, deceased GREETING:
by the authority of the State OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court, at the Probate Office
in Middlebury, in said district, on the 18th day
OF September, A. ID. 1881, at 10 o'clock a m, to
show cause, il any you have, why the account
OF II. j. Flint, administrator OF the estate 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
18th day OF August, A, ID. 1891.
By order OF court.
"a Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-04
4 Valuable Farm!

The subscriber offers for sale
his Farm of PIG acres, situated
in Cornwall three miles from
Middlebury and the same dis
lance from Cornwall church.
The location is one of the best
in New England. The Farm
is well watered, productive and
in high state Of cultivation,
and there is plenty Of wood on
it. 1t yields fruit Of all kinds,
including pears, apples, plums,
currants and a variety of Der
ries. The buildings are ample,
comprising two houses--one
nearly new and the other in
hrst-class repair-and barns
equal to every need.
Satisfactory reasons can be
given for selling. Would take
a small farm in part payment.
Terms will be made very
easy.
G. D. LANE.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-02-12

A good Scotch Collie dog in caring
for sheep or cattle is worth a couple of
ordinary hired boys. The Collie is in
telligent, kind, faithful, and sagacious.
There are two breeds, the rough haired
and the smooth. They will not worry
nor kill sheep. They are not absolutely
necessary but they save a man many
steps.
Every farmer should learn something
about the properties of different kinds
of feed, viz: what produces flesh, fat,
milk, etc. Everyone should take good
agricultural paper; every issue will give
information worth hundred times the
cost. Western farm papers are better
suited to the West than those printed in
the far East. In addition to The Farmer
and Breeder, already mentioned, we
might name The Northwestern Agrichl-
turist and The Farm, Stock and Home,
of Minneapolis, and the Orange Judd
Farmer and The Western Rural, of Chi
cago, Colman's Rural World of st.
Louis, The Indiana Farmer of Indianap-
oils, and The Ohio Farmer of Cleve-
land. Every local home paper should be
taken too.
With these foundation rules observed,
Notwithstanding that sheep are at the
top price, and more likely to decline
than advance in value, fair degree of
success may be anticipated, to be fol-
lowed with years of increasing expert
ence, by a profit of from Is to 40 per
cent. per annum.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-02-12

ments makes better job and does the
work more quickly than pillow, and so
makes what is termed "dust blanket"
that prevents the moisture ascending to
pass through it and then be carried
away by our enemy, the wind.
The dotted line again represents the
seed sown with a press drill, running
east and west. Here the seed and young
plant is in happy juxtaposition to the
base of moisture supply by reason of un-
broken capillaries making good connec-
ton, and overhead the dust blanket
plays the part of "Jonah's gourd" and
protects from sun and heated winds.
ADDED SUGGESTIONS TO THE FOREGOING.
We close this article by making few
points that space forbids charging
upon:
First-Seed with press drill east and
west, so that the north and south winds
prevailing in spring. will fill the drill
marks with fine soil, good for crops and
saving to the land.
Second-Spread manure on the sur
lace aIUor sowing, OF upon clover
growth. Such manuring makes an
other kind of mulch and aids the dust
blanket of the pulyerizers.
Third-In case of dry seeding time,
particularly when the surface soil is
fine, run slanting-tooth drag over the
seeding. The seed is beyond the reach
of the harrow tooth, and you will de-
stroy the growth of the surface weed
seeds that always will grow, and perfect
the dust blanket already made.
Fourth-How shall we break up the
hard sub-soil? Set clover plants at
work. They will send roots down
through the sub-soil, will parallel the
capillaries, but will not destroy them.
There are sections Of this great dry
prairie region where the clover plant
may not be successfully grown, but
over the larger part it can be grown.
Glover is cheap laborer, pulling up
from beneath and leaving at hand for
the crop much that we need. It is also
the cheapest kind Of a breaking team.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-02-12

stones, but when conditions are changed
the feet must be cut back. and no i'm
plement is so good as these clippers
which are also useful in trimming
the hoofs of calves and colts. Sheep
with overgrown hoofs never do well.
In fact, no animal will do it's best
which is uncomfortable for any cause,
and sheep or calf or colt with
overgrown hoofs is as uncomf Portable as
boy with tight boots on at Sund ay
school picnic.
No other animals can compare with
sheep for enhancing the fertility of the
land on which they are kept, and if for
no other reason than this small flock
should be owned by every farmer.
of the best quality may be had at pleas
ure, which for farmers distant from
towns is quite treat.
Costiveness is one drawback to sheep
husbandry. The fockmaster should
know that dry food, especially of the
fat forming variety, tends to produce a
costive condition. This kills as many
sheep as anything else.
It is never profitable to keep old sheep.
At the age of 3or A years all inferior
breeders should be culled out and sold
to the butcher.
By aiming to get the best mutton you
will be certain to get the best wool,
which will always sell, no matter what
breed it belongs to.
Keep them free from parasites; dip
made of tobacco stems is good, so too
are some of the patent preparations.