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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31

has passed bill making it unlawful to
treat to spirituous liquors in any saloon
or barrOOm.
Several New York retailers have been
indicted for selling goods marked
"sterling silver" that were below the
legal standard.
Milton Boyer, the inventor of the
pigs in clover" puzzle, was arrested in
Anacostia, d. c., recently, charged with
house-breaking.
The $500 employees of the Calumet and
Hecla Mining company at Calumet Will
have their wages restored 10 per cent,
the amount of the reduction in 1893.
DIR. Edward Eggleston, the we'll
known author and lecturer, and Mrs.
Eggleston had narrow escape the 9th
er day from drowning in Lake George.
Owing to the refusal of the Dominion
government to give financial aid, it has
been decided to postpone the holding of
the proposed Worlds fair in Montreal
in 1896.
The Consolidated Wire and Nail COM
pany, operating at LOckport and Joliet,
H., has notified its 5000 employees that
their wages will be advanced 10 per cent
June /.
The rapid transit line at Manitou, Col,
has been completed from the Colorado
Springs station to the Manitou and
Pixies Peak cog roao station. a distance
of two miles, making continuous line
from Colorado Springs to the summit of
the peak.
The New York chamber of commerce
has decided to enter upon crusade
against free silver coinage. A general
committee of IS members, including
| leaders in every line of business in the
metropolis, has been appointed to direct
the work.
Frost has done over $1,000, 900 worth
of damage in Allegan, Ottawa, Van
Buren,, Barry, Muskegon and neighbor.
ing counties of Michigan, to say nothing
of the damage along the southern tier OF
counties. Fruit and vegetable raisers are
/ in despair.
a New Y orlk lawyer is authority for
the statement that Joseph Choate of thai
city, who argued against the constitu.
tionaltv of the income tax, is TO receive
500, 900 for his services. with the under
standing that if the decision of the court
was favorable to the opponents of the
tax, he was to get 100000 additional.
The announcement is made that more
money will be paid to the stakeholder:
of the Worlds Columbian exposition be
fore the books are finally closed. The
additional return on the Investment will
amount to at least two and half pei
cent. The stockholders have already
received ten per cent. The cash asset;
amount now to $500, 600
The Pacific Mail steamship Colima was
wrecked the 9th inst. on the Mexican
coast She carried 1872 persons, and only
10 were saved. There were 10 cabin pas
sengers, 81 Storage, 10 Chinese, and thu
crew numbered -. Most of the cabil
passengers were bound through to New
\ ork. a break in the machinery caused
the vessel to spring a-leak and lshe wen
down in very short time. The acct
dent occurred In the night
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31
OBITUARY..


I6ylvester Doud OF New Haven passed away,
Hithout moments warning, ON the morning
of the 9th OF May, 1928, in the s9th year OF his
age. Although he was permitted to live
many years beyond the common age of man,
he did not cease to take an interest in every.
thing passing, and few men in middle life
were better informed in regard to the events
OF the present than was the subject of this
sketch.
During twelve months of the years IsO6 and
1907 arwin Warner, Ezekiel Hanchett, John
Matthews, Gustavus V. Cook, Sylvester Doud
and Julius l.. Eldredge first saw the light in
the town of New Haven. All lived years he
You'd what is termed the prime of manhood
ana were respected and useful citizens, and
with the exception OF MIR. Matthews, who
made his residence without the State after
reaching MIDDLE lite, All spent the whole of
their business lives in their native town. Each
OF them was repeatedly honored by his fellow
loWnsmen with such Office and distinction as
rs are given to the most trusted citizens OF our
New Eulgand towns. All without exception fill
ed up the measure of their DAYS as friends to.
getherand hve OF them II I'VE gone beyond ,leav-
ing the history OF well spent lives and the kind
rememprances OF those lett ON this side the
river, Mr.. Eldredge being the only survivor
OF the six. 1t may be true tnat Dr. Warner
AZ professional man, placed in Il wider
sphere OF action and being not without a taste
Tor public life, may have been in his prime
! TIE best known man of the six. But none OF
, them possessed brighter mind or gave HIM.
! sell more Il CROUCH culture than did Sylvester
| Doud. He was II church going man, having
! identified in early life with the Congre'
! gational church in New Haven. He was In the.
DRY and practice strictly temperance man.
HIS influence was Always and positively for
! Inc pest from personal knowleee the writ
er is confident that no man III New Haven
! Tor 20 years Immediately prior to the civil
war; unless the late James Meacham and
samuel liurlburt, the pastors OF the church
during those years, did more by example and
/ by direct EFFORT to give right direction as to
good habits and intellectual and moral cul-
lure TO class OF young men that grew up
there ana went, the most of them, from theii
, carry homes in that town into nearly all the
avocations OF lite in many States; and to this
effect would they testify if called upon. From
the pubic schools and debating schools OF
! New Haven young men went to and were
graduated from the colleges OF their choice.
Mr.. Doud, in experimenting the schools, in
establis hing libraries and by personal asso.
citation with the young men, always to their
advantage did IA work that will follow him
! Tor generations. Without dispa ~ ement of
the 1nestimable labOrs Ot other citizens of
/ that town, most of whom have gone beyond,
II Is lifting al this time q cast Il laurel wreath
watered by tear OF earnest friendship upon
/ the resting place OF sylvester Doud. For
Goods hnger touched him and he sleeps.
ANXIOUS.
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REOENT DEATHS.

Hiram c. johnson died at Vergennes Fri.
day, after II long illness. Mr.. johnson was
born at Rome, y. Y, I'm 1923, ara learned the
printers trade in that town. He entered the
United states navy i'm 1887 and served till 1874.
He then wOrk ed on the New YORK Herald sew.
eral years In 1853 he became connected with
the Free Press In Burlington fl ON which he re-
tired in le55 and bought the Nergennes Citizen,
which he conducted for We years. I'm 1850 he,
purchased the Lewiston, Me-, Republican,
which he edited tor five Years. In 1865 he pur-
chased the NerRennes Nermohter, which he
conducted until 1852, when he retired. He
was postmaster at Vergennes from 1869 to
lcoJ. y w1ic, Il son and daughter survive
him. He was an amIable man, and leaves
none but friends behind him.
Emerson Ransom Wright, n lifelong resi-.
dent OF MiddleDury ana the oldest member
ON Academy street last Friday evening. The
funeral was attended from the house Monday
afternoon, Rev. \. W. Dickens conducting
the service. The interment was in tue West
cemetery. MI. Wright was son of the late
Daniel Wright OF New Haven and was born in
Weybridge April TO- 1915. lie graduated from
Middlebury college in 1898, in one OF the larg
est classes ever sent ont from the institution
me for two years he taught in Alabama
when he returned home because of impaired
health. lie next entered the law Office in Mid.
dlebnrY of Edward ID. Barber, with whom, af
ter his admission to the bar he fOrmeda part
nership which continued tor n number o
years He was postmaster OF Middlebury dur
Ing the terms of Presidents Polk and Pierce
and IS said to have been an excellent official
OF late years he had been very infirm botl
mentally ano physically, but he will be favor
and better years tor his social qualities. Jan
/, 1915, he married Miss Clara f. Pond, daugh
ter OF samuel Pond OF Addison, who, with two
daughters survives HIM.
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EoREIoN.

Fifty persons were killed and $50 SER
riously injured Saturday by an earth
quake which RACED Parramythia. Turkey.
The total number of shocks was 26.
1t is announced that King Oscar of
Sweden will subscribe 10000 kroner to
the promotion of NJ. Andres project for
reaching the North Pole by balloon, there
by making the expedition a certainty.
The new British cruiser Terrible was
launched in the Clyde Monday She is
of l4,250 tons, with engines of $4,000
horsepower, and is expected to develop
a speed of y knots an hour. She is 53S
feet long, Il wide and has "A large number
of watertight compartments.
The French steamer Dom Pedro has
been wrecked of Cape Corrobedo, SPAIN
Her boilers exploded and she went down
in five minutes. One hundred and five
persons lost their lives and p were
saved by residents of the vicinity. The
passengers were mostly emigrants, who
were bound for Brazil and the Argentine
Republic.
The capital invested in the leading en-
terprlses of the Hawaiian islands
amounts to S36.000,O00 of which more
than S25 100000 is American. The
sugar industry, in its various branches,
represents investments of SIS. 10000. of
which Americans own SIS, 100000. The
exports of sugar last year amounted TO
SIC, 20O,0 900, of which more than 90 per
cent came to the United States.
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one of the most successful stock breeders
in the State.
But it is as an inventor that he has
won his national reputation. Several
most useful and important Inventions
were made by him before he produced
the Williams typewriter. "A machine that
probably eXcelS all others in the most
important features.
Mr.. Williams. speaking of the labor
expended in bringing the machine that
bears his name to it, present perfection,
says
"Some four years ago. when engaged
in experimental work on the the Will
liams', ! was putting in about l6 hours
per day of hard work and worry, and
came near breaking down. Although
very particular and regular in my habits
and careful about eating. my stomach
troubled me. 1t was difficult to eat and
more difficult to digest and assimilate
my food. my stomach acting ia sympa-
thy with an Over-worked BRAN. 4 friend
had sent some Paine's celery compound
to one of my business associates. and
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The old-tlme visionary inventor has
given place to the practical. hand-work-
ing professional inventor of today.
The successful inventor must now be a
business man as well as Il man of me-
'chanical ideas.
The high tension of the nervous sys-
tenn. often kept up for months and
months, makes tremendous drafts on the
health of those busy brain workers.
Many succumb to nervous prostration
when they seem just on the point of sur
mounting every difficulty.
Of all the countless recent useful in
Mentions none has passed through so
many or so rapid course of improve.
ments as the typewriter. Today the
latest perfected machine is undoubtedly
&the Williams Typewriter, which repre-
'sents vast amount of cumulative inven-
tion.
John Newton Williams, its inventor,
-was born in 1915, in Brooklyn. n. Y.
He spent his early manhood on the west
ern frontier. subsequently he settled
n Kentucky, where he became known as
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31

knowing him personally, and seeing
what it did for him, thought | would
try it. | commenced taking it before
meals, and it at once stimulated my APP
petite and aided digestion. | took two
bottles and was much benefited.
Again two years later | was troubled
with Mel vOusness and Indigestion, and
again took Paine's celery compound with
great benefit. My wife, after her long
illness last summer, and severe nervous
prOstration, and some trouble from in
digestion, concluded to try Paine's eel
cry compound, few weeks ago, and
she is now taking it with steady i'm
provement Several of my friends have
taken it on my recommendation, and are
now practical believers in its great res
toratlve powers. have found the eel
cry compound tome and restorative
that could lean upon with confidence
in time of trouble
Paine's celery compound makes people
well. As a spring remedy it is unsur-
passed.
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State lze,ps.

The graduating class of the Burlington
high school will number 30.
The State board of pharmacy will hold
pm examination at Rutland June 2G.
The Rutland Fire Insurance company
bf Rutland is in financial trouble and
he policies of the company are being
Lalled in for cancellation.
John b. Moore, Rutland city grand
JUROR, thinks his character has been in
'ured by the Rutland Herald and has SUI
I'D it for $4,000 damages.
The West Rutland town bonds for
BIZ 800 have been taken by the National
! life Insurance company Of Montpelier
'ht / per cent interest.
The Vermont Wheel club of Brattle-
'borO is to hold its annual race meet on
Thursday, August 20. The races will
attract the leading riders of the country.
George d. Sherwln of Burlington has
contracted TO build l2-mile telephone
inc connecting Grand Isle with Al
Purgh. a cable will be used across the
AXE at the drawbridge.
The village of Barton has voted to put
n an electric light plant. II will issue
fl0,00 bonds, and, if necessary, borrow
10000 more. The water-pOwer will be
gotten at a falls If miles distant.
Dr. Rich of the Burlington experiment
Station found % out Of the herd Of IS
lolsteins owned by Chafee Bros. of Rut-
+ and suffering from tuberculosis. The
diseased ANIMALS were killed Tuesday.
w. y. Tasker, a Bennington music
dealer, has been missing since Friday,
'and number of business men are
Mourning his departure. He is said to
pave left good many unpaid bills be-
hind him.
VIM. Pooler of Victory last week set
IN old log pile on ire and thought he
would burn some brush, but before the
{ ire was stopped it burned his house and
barns. He sayed nothing and had no
Insurance.
There are 1875 entries for the races at
he State fair in Burlington in Septem-
per. There are II classes, with stakes
amounting to $500 The free-for-all has
I $1,000 purse with eight entries. The
! 80 class has "a entries.
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6eneral l1ems.
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.


The United States gold reserve will
with the receipt of the gold now on the
way from England, be again above the
SlO0,0O0,00O mark.
Government officials have decided that
stamps printed in blank albums cannot
be held as cOunterfeits and direct the
secret service department to restore such
of this class as have been seized.
Hon. Hugh McCulloch, who was sec
rotary of the treasury under Lincoln.
died at his home near Washington Fri
day morning. The cause of death was
"A general breaking down of the system.
due to extreme age, aggravated by lung
trouble. lie was IA native of Maine.
The government is sending out to all
the postotlices fac-similes of the counter
felt stamps that are being put out so ex-
tensively. especially in the West, and re-
quirlng the pOstmasters to keep close
watch, stop any letter stamped with one.
and "go for" the sender in hopes OF trac-
ing back the source of the issue of the
stamps. The bogus stamps very closely
resemble the genuine.
Secretary of State Gresham died Tues
day morning. lie had been i'll for a
number Of weeks with a lung disease. Mr..
Gresham was born in Harrison county.
Ind, in 1892, and became lawyer. When
the rebellion broke out he entered the
union service and made a fine record as a
soldier. lie was acknowledgement an
der Garfield and secretary of the treasury
under Arthur, who made him federal
Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31

Gold mining operations have just been
resumed hy the Ottaquechee Gold Min
ing company at Bridgewater Corners
Fine specimens of gold have been found
in the rock which assay from 81 to 500
a ton. The vein is four feet wide and
runs through walls of slate.
Chancellor Rowel has refused the in
junction petitioned for by the Estey Or
gan company and eX-Gov. Levi X. Full
Ter to restrain the Brattleboro street
railway from using electricity as a mo-
tive power and from extending its line
in the village of Brattleboro.
The cornerstone of hospital to be
built by the pastor of the Catholic parish
at st. Johnsbury was laid Monday. The
building will be of brick. three stories
high. 1t will cost over $4,000. An adj
dition of the same size will be built later
if necessary. The hospital will be open
to all denominations. 1t will be opened
next fall.
II. w. Hall of Burlington, II. L. Still
son of Bennington, o. II. Henderson of
st. Johnsbury and l.. j. Retting of Brat
tleborO, all past grand masters of the
grand lodge of Vermont Odd Fellows.
members of the committee of that body
u SclcCl size lot an Ouu fellOWS nome.
are looking for a site for it. They have
visited Rutland and Bradford, both of
which places want it, but have not vet
decided on either.
The total amount Of insurance involved
in the ST. Adams fire was SlGj, Gas, which
includes all removals of goods where
damage is small. and policies covering
three, four or five buildings. of which
perhaps but one was burned. The actual
payments by insurance companies were
S257.7l4. The best estimates bv msur-
ance men place the cash property loss by
the fire at 100000, including the gov
eminent building, which was not insured.
/. n. Vale of South LyndoAville, G5
years old, "a prominent farmer and road
commissioner of the town, died Wednes-
day of injuries caused by dynamite
explosion Monday. Monday morning
he was on the road and preparing to re-
move large stone with dynamite. TO
this end he had built a fire on the side
of the road and was warming a cartridge.
when it exploded just as he was turning
It, His right hand was blown to atoms.
his side badly lacerated, and his head
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31
CURE OF HEADACHE.

As remedy for all forms of headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the verS
best. 1t effects a permanent cure and
the most dreaded habitual sick headaches
yield to its influence. We urge all who
are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give
Hhis remedy fair trial In cases of
habitual constipation Electric Bltters
cures by giving the needed tone to the
bowels, and few cases long resist the use
of this medicine. Try 1t once. Large
bottles only fifty cents at w. II. Shell
don's drug store,
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Ote0.

kELSEY-In Burlington, May Is, 1895, Hen
rietta 5. Kelsey of Salisbury, Vt, aged Is
years, months ana II days.
Blu NT-Entered into the rest OF paradise
ut her home in knowlton. Quebec (Canada)
on the morning OF the Ascension, Elizabeth 4
(Blinn) Blunt, beloved wife OF Eber Blunt
IN the Goth year of her age. Funeral was from
81. PauIs church, knowltOn, Saturday morn
ing. "May her soul rest in peace and NAV
perpetual light shine upon her" Tie deceas
ed was mother OF the rector OF st. stephens.
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DOMESTIC.

Chief of Police Byrnes of the New
York police force has been retired.
The Michigan senate has passed bill
to restore capital punishment in certain
cases.
Politicians at Albany believe GOV.
Morton will secure the Republican nom
ination for president.
The Michigan house of representatives
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31
THE CIRCUS.

Coles circus gave exhibitions here
yesterday afternoon and evening to good
houses. While it DOESN'T claim to be the
biggest show on earth. it is big enough
and what there is of it is clean and good
The trained dogs and horses were par
ticuarly attractive features, but by no
means the only ones.
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Notice.

Bicycle aiding is strictly prohibited on the
sidewalks from the Grated school to the pas
senger depot, and every person owning a
bic> Gle Is required 10 rovide the same with
suitable alarm and a lantern to be lllumi-
mated when used after sundown.
BY ORDER OF TRUSTEES.
l9tt Middlehurv, Vi. NAV :. lSQj
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A CARp OE THANKS.

we wish to express our sincere thanks I'd
friends and neighDors ana To the Y. +. ;. u
+. and Y. r. T :. Tor their kind words OF sym
laihy in our hour ut bereavement and tbI
heir beautiful floral tributes
MIR. AND Mrs. j. w. KELSEY AND FAMILY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31
FIRE PROOF QUALITIES
STRSONGsS IMPROVED
; PLY ROOFING.

While we claim that our Roofing is
tire-prOof against burning cinders,
sparks, or pieces of fire falling upon it,
we do not claim that it will nor burn
when exposed to an intense heat, but we
do claim thar it will resist exposure to
fire without injury, longer and better
than any kind of metal or other
form of roofing. for the reason that
the materials of which it is compOs-
ed and the method of manufacture rem
der 1t practically indestructlble from
heat when in contact with the surface,
which under such circumstances simply
forms crust which retains its natural
position rs acts as protection to the
building. The fact thar it does RETAIN
IT'S NATURAL POSITION when ex-
posed to heat is selfeyident that it
would be a great advantage in protect
ing the sheathing and other woodwork
I'm cases where fire or heat come i'm con-
tact with the surface of our Roofing,
while metal roof, as soon as it comes
in contact with heat, buckles and flies
to pieces, leaving the sheathing and 9TH
er woodwork exposed and at the same
time leaving an opening through the
roof which gives the flame a draft and
causes the woodwork TO burn more read
lily; whereas SIRONG'S IMPROVED
3-PLY ROOFING has tendency to
check the progress of the fire, aud in
many cases saves the building from to-
tai destruction.
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OCCASIONALLY
YOU SEE

A man who is so far behind the times or
so ignorant about Pianos who will say
1.-The Chickeriug" was the best Piano
made, but | suppose there are others just
as good now When you pin this man
down you mud he has not seen New
Chckering Piano for years and does not
even know the name of his own piano.
II he happens to own one. The facts are
Tile Chick2ring' is the leader now and
always has been. We are pleased TO
show "rhe Chickering" to all who will
call at our store or send catalogue and
prices to those who live out of the city.
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and face mangled so much that the
sight of both eyes was destroyed.
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IL PER CENT.

All taxes are paid by the bank on deposits
OF $500 on less. Deposits are received in
sums from 81 to $1,000, and no interest will bt
paid ON any sum In excess OF this amount, eX
cept ON deposits by widows, orphans, nd
ministra'ors, executors, guardians, charitable
or religious Institutions or ON trust funds de
posted by order ofcourt.
This bank prefers Vermont securities toI
the investment otits funds and sends no mon
ey out OF the sta &c until the home demand IL
met.
No money loaned to any oficer or trustee
OF the bank.
Funds may be sent by bank check or lrafi
or postal money order and deposit book viii
be returned by next mail.
Applications for loans or for information ~
to standing OF the bank may be made to Rufuf
Wainwright, Middlebury; j. Il. Roberts, VeI
gennes, or Il. c. Dixie, Bristol.
CHARLES p. SMITH. President
e. +. WARD Treasurer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-31

Recelv Is and pays deposits daIly. DepOslti
made on either OF the first four business day
OF any month draw interest from the list. ii
made atterward interest will commence the
first OF the following month.
Interest Will be credited TO depOstOra Jan
uary st and July LIST, compromising twice &
pear. There are no stockholders in this bank
All the earnings, less expenses belong to de
pOsitors. The rate OF interest depends on the
earnings ana tor the past seven years has beer