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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-10
Estate of Eber f. COggswell.
Application for License TO Sell Real
Estate.

GTATE OF We tMONr,l BE 1t remember
IDDIsTMCr OF ADDISON. ed, that AT n SEES
sion OF the Probate Court holden at Middle
bury. within and tor the district of Addi
son on the 81 day OF Febru Try. lSg}.
Present. Hon, james VI. Slade. Judge.
Whereas, j. A. Douglas, executor OF the es
tate of Eber +. Coggswell, late OF Miadlebury
in said district, deceased, has this day pre-.
scented to said c6nrt his petition IN writing,
setting forth that il will he necessary to sell
Il part OF the real estate OF. said deceased for
the payment of the debts and charges OF adj
minlstratiun; and also that il will be benefc-
ial tor all parties interested therein To sell
the whole of the real estate OF said deceased,
and therein making application 10 said court
for license to make such stle. II is ordered,
that all persons interested in the estate of
said deceased be notified to appear before
said court ut he probate office in Middle.
bury, in said district on the 18Th day of Feb.
ruarv. A. ID. 1893, at 10 O'clock II. m, by pub
location of thi order three weeks successive.
" previous thereto In the Middlehury Regis
ter, newspaper printed NJ Niddebury
aforesaid, To show cause, II any they may
have, why said license should not he granted.
by order OF Court.
Attest, JAMES NJ. sLADE, Judge.
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What is

Castoria is Dr. aue Pitchers prescription
Children. 1t contains neither Opium Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for ParegOrc, Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor
1t is Pleasant. Its guarantee thirty years. use by
Millions of Mothers. CastOria destroys Worms aays
fevcrishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Curd
Diarrhoa and Wind Collie. CastOria relieves
teethng troubles, constipation hatulency.
CastOria assimates the food, regulates stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
tOria is the Children's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
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JET FEfsoN' being such a conjunction
only six times in the first two centuries of
the governments existence, or once in
thirty three instead of once in seven years.
But little less curious was the result OF
the meeting Of the first congress in 1880
As six congresses convened in the last cen.
fury and the seventh in 1901 it results that
the calculation as to the number of any
congress turns on the alleged "unlucky
number"-l3 Thus, to determine the num-
Der of any congress, add thirteen to the
year it first convened and divide by two
the quotient is the number of the congress
Conversely, double the number of any con
gress and substract thirteen, and the re
mainder will be the year it convened
Ninety-one and thirteen are l04, the half of
which is fifty -two-the number of the pres
rnt congress. For the next century add
ll3, and so on.
Though we have had twenty-three pres-
dents, but nineteen were formally inaugu-
rated, and but sixteen of these on the 4th
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has given any account of it wH.HARRIsoN.
says that all eyes were directed to Wash
ington, and as Jefferson stood on the other
side, "A rather tall and commanding figure,
the new president really seemed overshad-
owed. He spoke at some length, eulogized
Washington very highly, denied quite EN-
phatically that he favored stronger gov
eminent than that ordained in the consti
tuition and pronounced the oath after the
chief justice of the United States.
Adams is distinguished in our history for
many things, and one is, unfortunately, for
being the first president who refused to par
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Notice of settlement.

CTATE OF VERMONT The Probate
oDIsTRICT OF ADDISON. court tor the dis
trict ot Adds IN:
To all persons interested in the estate of
John stokes, late OF Shoreham, i'm said dis
trict, deceased. GREETING:
BY the authority of the State OF Vermont
Won are hereby notified 10 annear before the
said Probate Court, nj the Probate ONCE in
Middlebury, in said District, on the 9Th day
OF March, A. ID. 1888, at 10 o'clock II. m, to
show cause If any yOu have, why the account
OF II. ". Jones. administrator of the estate Ot
OF said deceased, should not be allowed. and
also why the residue OF said estate should not
be distributed to the parties entitled thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district this
Goth day OF January, A. ID. 1888.
BY order OF court.
Attest, l.. ID. ELDREDGE,
Register.
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the constitution the Con- JOHN ADAMS.
federation congress then in session fixed
the day by a sort of accident. And yet it
is fact, and very curious fact indeed,
that the day does very rarely fall on Sun.
day, though at first view it would seer
that this day or any other day would do 81
one time in seven.
The first day set was Wednesday, and
the years 1900 and 1900 are contrary to the
four year rule not leap years The first day
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VAN BUREN. occasion there were more
people in the city than at any other time in
its history. 1t was positively the only
time, said the oldest inhabitants, when
1.-THE city crowd was completely over
whelmed and lost in the country crowd "
His second Inauguration, in Philadelphia,
Monday, March 4, 1893 presented an al
most ludicrous contrast He took the oath
in the senate chamber in the presence of
both houses OF congress and made brief
address, and if anything unusual occurred
the journals of the day failed to mention it..
Nor was the Inauguration of John Ad-
ans on Saturday, March 4, lT97, particu-
larly impressive affair. Thomas Jefferson
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after there was levee at which a cheese
weighing 400 pounds "a present to Jack
som was cut up and served. The struggle
for pieces resulted in a smash of furniture;
liquor was spilled and cheese trodden into
the carpet, while ladies held dainty hand
kerchefs to their noses and foreign diplo-
mats looked on in undisguised horror
Daniel Webster said the place looked like
republican palace taken by siege and
sacked by the victorious enemy, but Ben
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comparatively tame affair, but in 1s41 tie
Wings honored Harrison with grand RI
ly. Thence to Lincoln each inauguration
was much like its predecessor, and none
presented features of unusual interest. Tie
crowds however, continued to increase,
and the procession which followed DuchL1-
an reached nearly from the Capitol to tie
White House.
This was the end of the old regime. Lit
tie is the iyreat men of the day suspected
it. the id raruhlic Mas practically soon to
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but eight in the first half Of
the period to fifteen in the
second half, and a man who
is today but half as old as
the government has lived in
the administrations of two
thirds of the presidents.
Thus from 1889 to 1881 the
average ola presidents serv-
-, = i
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months and seventeen days and fraction,
while since the latter year the average has
been but three years and six months, and
this despite the fact that two of the late
presidents were reelected. Deduct the
eight years Of Grant, and the average of tho
others really appears alarningly short
The shortest service was that of w. II. Har-
rson-one month-and the longest that OF
Grant, who held the 0 re eight years and
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a day, unless indeed We
adopt the. facetious sugges-
tion of the Wings that Jack
sou really governed during
the nominal administers
ton of Van Buren,. 1t is
also worth II, ting that of
the eight presidents re-elect-
ed Jackson, Lincoln and
Grant were the only ones
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Int Regular udy. The sec MADIoUN'
ond Adams, Pierce and Garfield were in
augurated on Friday. Five inaugurations
have been on Monday and five on Wednes-
day, and the coming one will make five on
Saturday, no other day in the week having
had more than three.
1t is also curious fact that, though the
government is lA years old and we have
had twenty-three presidents, there were
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place to give list of the presidents regu-
larly inaugurated, with date of birth, in
auguration and death, and to note the in
terregnums filled by vice presidents:
George Washington-Feb. -, l132: April 30.
1889; March 1, 1888: Dec. IL, 1919.
John Adams-Oct. 10, l1lj; March l. 1877; July
1, lG2j.
Thomas jefferson April 2. l743; March 4,
1901; 1873; July 4, 1926.
James Madison March 10, l75l; March 4,
1906 1913; June 2S 1855
James MonrOe-April 2S 1853: March 1, 1917:
March 3, 1871; July 4, 1851.
John Quincy Adams-luly II, 1867: March 4.
1925: Feb p 1913.
Andrew jackson March Is, 1867; March 4,
1879; 1873; June s, 1915.
Martin Van Buren-Dec. 3, 1882; March 4.
1851; July "a, 49,.
William Henry Harrison-Feb. Q, 1913; March
1, 1871; April 4, lSil.
John Tyler-lnterregnum.
James Knox .'olk-Nov.2, 1895; March 4, 1915;
June 10, 1919.
Zachary Tayor-Sept. "a, 1884; March 8, 1870;
July 8. 1880.
Willard Fillmore -Interregnum.
Franklin Pierce-NOv. -, 1904; March 4, 1856;
Oct. 8, 1859.
James Buchanan April 10, 1871; March 4. 1857;
June |. 1865.
Abraham Lincoln-Feb. IL, 1873; March 4. 1861
1863; April 10, lh6j.
Andrew johnson nterregnum.
Ulysses Simpson Grant-April %, 1892; Marcel
4, 1869: 1873; July % 1855
Rutherford Orchard Ilayes-Oct. a. ISL
March 3, 1871; Jan. Il, 1873.
James A BRAN Garfield-Nov. 10. lscl; March
4, 1881; Sept. 10, 1881.
Chester Alan thur-lnterregnum.
Grover Cleveland March Is 1887; March T.
1885, and to be inauguraled again jIst eight
years later. the first case of the kind in our his
tory.
BENJAMIN Harrison-Aug. 20, lS;sI March 4
1889 After March next he will be the only
living eX-president, AS his successor and prede-
cessor now is.
The fact that three presidents died on In
dependence Day is indeed extraordinary. AZ
but twenty-oh1 have died the chances ol
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ticipate in the Inauguration
of his successor. 1t was in
deed a very trying occasion
for him. There have been
some heated campaigns
since, but none in which per-
sonal animosities played so
great a part as in 1900. Nova
days partisans call each 9th
aY. ttroholp ~ stt,n;+ o.,,,, 81
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ors-assembling the elect
ors in their respective states
and commencing pro-
ceedings." As a matter of
fact, the first Wednesday in
March, 1889, fell on the 4th,
and three years later that
date was fixed upon for all
time. But there is nothing
extant to indicate any spe-
I'LL ...,.-.. g.. "a L. e...4I.
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of March, if the first tine
only be counted, for Wash
ington took the oath the
first time on April 80, and
Taylor and Hayes were
inaugurated on Monday,
March 5. The same is true
of Monroe's second inaugu-
ration, but his first was ON
L
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was just eleven years before
the close of the century, and
thus it has resulted that the
day has fallen on Sunday
but three times in the first
hundred years and will not
again fall on Sunday till
1917. Thereafter it will so
fall only in 1913 and 1878 in
the next century, the result
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Hamlin also died on that day. Nearly a.
the presidents have lived to an advanc,
age, as it was natural they should be men
of great vitality and temperate lives to at
tain the homer. John Adams was the old.
est, lacking hur few weeks Of ninety-one,
while, omittirg Lincoln killed at fifty -four,
and Garfield } Tiled within few weeks OF
fifty, the youngest dying was Polk at fifty.
four.
Another curious fact is that, including
the presidents of the senate who succeedt d
to the functions of the office, there have
been n ore vice presidents than presidents
to wit, thirty -four, though Clinton, Temp.
kins, Calhoun and King each served in two
administrations.
From Adams the father to Adams the
son, as aforesaid, the inaugurations were
mild affairs, but jackson came in with a
breeze, and the occasion was indeed breezy
He set the example of taking the oath on
and delivering the inaugural from the east
front of the Capitol, and then, making all
reasonable deductions for the partisan spite
of those who described it, the scene which
followed did indeed "beggar description "
The largest crowd seen in Washington
down to that time was in attendance, and
the mud was, in southwestern phrase, "halt
bootleg deep" on Pennsylvania avenue
Through that mud the crowd rushed to
the White House, where all the doors were
thrown open and punch served out in bar.
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cal reasOn Tor II. In truth, JHOh9VN'
it is at almost the worst season that could
have been selected and as the matter is en-
tirely within the discretion of congress, and
Washington was inaugurated the first time
ON April 30, the argument for a change to
that date is strong.
Every reader has had enough on the first
Inauguration of Washington. Suffice it to
repeat that the day was fine, that Chancel-
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garded it altogether in ais
daily life; that the conven-
ton of 1887 did not fix the
day, and in fact could have
no means of foreseeing when
it would be possible to name
II day, and that when it be-
came possible by the adj
hesion of the ninth state to
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ton, Felix Grundy and men
of that class thought it just
rs we'll to let the boys have
their way once i'll four
years" 1t was the last see e
of the sort, though JAG =
sons second Inauguration
also attracted a large crowd.
The next inauguration-of
Non Rttror IN 1897 xvao a
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Castoria.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY
Boston, Masn.
ALLEN G. SMITH, Pres,
urray Street, New York City.
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security dTU TtpOSV UI IIIIs OKANT.
confederacy forbid interference or colonial
ton by any foreign power" And Presi-
dent Buchanan in his said, Let every
American reflect upon the terrific evils
which would result from disunon to every
portion of the confederacy." What storm
such use of that word would now raise!
The impending change was indicated on
March 4, 1861, by the first military display
of real consequence at an Inauguration.
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commencing proceedings under the said con
stitution.
From this it will be seen that there was
exactly months time between each of the
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bled in Washington. Cor
respondents celebrated the
occasion in many hundred
columns. Citizens of Wash
ington still tell with glee
how the visitors sat the
night through on chairs, on
benches in the parks and on
the steps of public build
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WASHINGTON. remarkable and interesting
fact has gradually given rise to a legend t.
account for the fact. 1t is pleasing story,
but there is no proof of it whatever, and
there is almost conclusive proof to the con
trary.
II is certain that Trs,iKlin bothered him
self very little above the distinction be
tween sacred and secular lays, and disre
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lor Robert r. Livingston,
of New York, administered
the oath in the presence Of
some 10000 people, and that
the centennial celebration
of that event in New York
city in 1889 was a really
wonderful success. on which
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took the oath as vice presi-
dent in the senate chamber,
pronounced a high compli-
ment on Mr.. Adams, who
had just vacated the chair,
and then led the way to the
chamber of the house, where
the inauguration took place.
Almost every witness who
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Time, the regular day fell on
Sunday. John Quincy Ad-
ans revived much of the
old and solemn ceremonial,
but with him it ended, as
the country had now out
grown English and colonial
forms. And as II great break
followed this ia the nroner
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pass away, and BE- replaced
by one of vest ly increased
and centralized powers. In
all the great speeches and
state papers down to 1861
one finds the federal union
referred to indifferently as
the Union or the confeder-
acy. Thus President Pierce
in his inaugural said, The
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There were sharpshooters
on the housetops along the
avenue as Mr.. Buchanan
and Mr.. Lincoln rode slowly
to the Capitol; there were
squads of cavalry to guard
the street crossings, and
squads of infantry along
the route; there were trusty
riaapna,, Of tha ,,nrav. xx-;,,
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TtIs' DucketS, tuDS and even,
so the opposition said, wash
basins. Every room in the
house was crowded, and men
with heavy and muddy boots
stood on the finest chairs
and sofas to see what was
going on in front. Lamps
and furniture were broken,
and punch spilled till the
house WAS Il Wreck Snnn
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. g. @. OsoooD,
Lowell, Mass.
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une's death on that day are
not quite us one in eighteen,
uf two still fewer, aud q
three not one in hundred,
But that two should die on
he same day and a third
nut five years later, and the
two signers Of the Declars
zion, the chances are so II
mote as to be scarcely calcu
happened. Vice President
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next two centuries it woulG
fall on Sunday less Otter
than any other day in the
year, and this statement has
crept into a few works meant
to be historical. 1t is, how
ever, but one of the many
cases, like those of Niobe
and Lots wife, in which o
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O'1I' Ings, us the weather. WIS
fine and all the hotels overcrowded, and rail
road managers tell with pardonable pride
how they got the hundreds of thousands to
their homes in fairly good season. But all
these and other Incidents of recent inau.
gurations are still fresh in the public mind
In conclusion, few comparisons are jus
tifable. We have had twenty-thrce presi
dents in l04 years. while Rome had. dis
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INAUGURATION DAYS.
Historic Notes Apropos to t,
Coming Event of March a..
NINETEEN PRESIDENTS ELEOTI

Sixteen Were Inaugurated on March
Two on March o and One on April 3
Curious Facts Tending to Create Superss'
tion-Comparison with Other Countrie ,
How March Came to BE Selected {,
Inauguration Day-Curious and Inter.
esting Facts Connected with the Occasion
copyright, 1893, by American Press Associa
toni
There is an old story to the effect that
Benjamin Franklin selected the 4th Of
March for Inauguration day because in the
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"Castoria Is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. l hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various uack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR.. j. f. KTNCHELoK,
Conway, Ark.
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estimate. Yet two Of our b. HARRISON.
presidents have been ass.issinated, and an
other, Jackson, only escaped that fate by
an accident which apparently would not
happen one time in thousand Another
escaped impeachment by but one vote. On
the whole, though we may justly claim an
improvement over the dark past, yet there
is nothing to make us boast. Our govern
ment is by no means exempt from the evils
which affiict other nations.
j.. II. BEADLE.
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carding minor contestants,
KiXty-four emperors in SOB
years, and Great Britain has
had, beginning with VIII
liam the Conlueror, thirty
five sovereigns in s26 years.
OF presidents in Mexico,
Hayti and South America,
it would be idle to make AN
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dows of the Capitol and artillery to the
right of the east 'front.' commanding the
crowd to which the new president spoke
1t was a sad presage. General Scott was
savagcly criticised for these arrangements,
but subsequent events justified him.
Since that date the military has formed
an important part of every Inauguration,
and at Grants second induction. March 1.
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ent of any Inauguration day GARFIELD
in our history. From dawn till dark a
northwest wind so keen and cold that it
seemed to chill even the bones blew with
out an instants cessation. Scores of sol
diers and sailors who had to stand long in
place were Frustrated in consequence, while
spectators suffered so much that the aver
age mortality of the city for II short time
after is said 70 have been notably increased.
Far otherwise was it at the Inauguration
of Cleveland, ON which occasion by far the
greate,t crowd ever seen there was assem-
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Company, Murray Street. New York City
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1913, the display was such as
to excite the admiration of
foreigners accustomed to the
finest exhibits Of London,
Paris and Berlin. But it was
fatal to some of the partici-
pants and to many specta-
tors. The day has IA bad pre-
eminence as the most inclem-
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You are feeling sick and miserable, are
you not?
Yes. indeed | am.