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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19
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ORWELL LODGE, NO. 40.

Orwell lodge meets every Wednesday
evening at I 80. All temperance work
ers are not only cordially invited, but
earnestly reques ted to unite with the
lodge. The work in the lodge is pro-
crossing, and for the success of the
work the mt etings should be well at
tended and each member should feel
that share of the work belongs to
them. Each should not only seek to
gain new members, but each member
should live up to their pledge and obli-
CATION, and, in addition to the regular
ritual work, see that an interesting pro-
gramme is given. Our lodge seems to
have this object in view.
A good delegation attended the Dis
trict meeting, of which a favorable re-
port was given.
We are glad to welcome Sister Mar
garet Lilly after an absence of three
months in Primes sanitarium, Burlng-
ton, where she had been for medical
treatment.
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A pleasing testimonial to the resources
the English language was given at
Manchester. An inquiry was being held
+ to a house reputed to be used for gam
ling. 1t was frequented by poor Jews,
|hd they were stated in a general way
have spoken their own Yiddish-ex-
Fpt when they wished to swear. Then
hey used English. Our oaths appear to
f simpler and stronger than those of
by other tongue. The Spaniards' +,
bough it must be admitted they are
barser, are too elaborate. They swear,
pit i'll words, but in sentences. The
me may be said of Italian excavations.
french oaths are failure. They beat us
slang, but in simple objurgation they
Re nowhere. German imprecations
can a good deal, but that is just where
fey fail. The essence of a good round
|th is mystery. And that is why Amer
an swearing, though sonorous, misses
mark. There is too much thought in
+-St. James Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19

Fathers, mothers and dear young
people, enter our fold. Let us work
earnestly together. We love our dear
old country, with its stars and stripes.
Let us, then, do what we can to free it
from the bond of slavery, still so tight
around us.
1t is better for every one TO be an alb
stainer, even If he has strong will,
for then he will be on the side whose
example will cause no one to fall. Come,
and let us, hand-in hand, henceforth go
forth nobly battling for our cause, so
when the last great day shall come and
we are called to meet our Maker we may
be able to hear those loving words
"Well done, good and faithful servant,
enter thou into the Joys of thy Lord"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19
HUMAN FOOD FOR VULTURES.
The Uncanny Methods by Which the Par.
sees Dispose of Their Corpses.

The Parsee towers of silence are among
the most curious of the many burial places
of the eastern countries But little is
known of them, and no tourist has sue
ceeded in gaining entrance to one of the
towers, no matter what pretext he might
devise nor what amount he might offer.
The Parsees keep vigilant watch over their
dead and resent any attempt on the part
of foreigners to pry into that particular
part of their peculiar customs and habits.
The towers are perched on top of the ia
nous Malabar hill, just out Of the city Of
Bombay. Nobody but priest is allowed
to approach within a certain distance of
them, and guards are kept posted at every
possible avenue ot approach to stop the
curious from getting too near. When a
corpse is taken to the tower, tie mOurners
are compelled to stop at the line drawn
where + tests may enter, but others are
debarred 1Ie holy men take the body
from there to its final resting place Each
body has "a Sc .,urite tower, and the position
of the tower is gagged by the sex, age and
social position of the corpse before death
They are not protected and the body is
lett to the mercy of the wind and rain, and
the beaks of the ghoullike birds that may
be seen perched upon the walls drawn
thither probably by the odor of decomposi-
ton, finish OFT the flesh in quick time.
The bones of the body pass under the in
huence of beds of quiclllime and are thus
consumed, while the fluids are conducted
by underground channels to the sea-
There have been many grewsome finds re-
ported in the neighborhood of the towers
of portions of arms legs and other parts
of the bodies being found by passersby
which have been dropped by the vultures
in their flight. Bat of all this there is not
word in verilicGtion. They might come
from the towers or from some other place.
The Parsces maintain their strict secrecy
in all cases. The burial places are well
named the towers of silence.-New York
InnrInl
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RUTLAND RAILROAD.

TIME TABLE CORRECTED TO JAN. 10, 1897.
Trains tedce Mddleburg daig, ercept Sunday,
unless otherwise noted.
Go1SG SOUTH AND EAST.
45 A. NJ. Express mail from . Adams
ana Burlington Tor Rutland, Bel
lows Falls and Boston.
:Ol L. NJ. Green Mountain flyer from Mon
treal, ST. Adams and Burlington
for Rutland, Boston and New
York.
5s p. NJ. Mixed from Burlington for Tt
conderoga and Rutland.
SOL L. NJ. Express from St Adams and
Burlington Tor Rutland.
III O2 L. Nj. Night express, daily from Mon
treal, 81. Adams and Burlington
for Rutland, New York and Bos-
ton.
GOING NORTH
945 A. NJ. Express from Rutland and TT.
conderoga tor Burlington and st.
Adams.
8 10 z. NJ. Mail from Boston, Bellows Fails
and Rutland for Burlington, st.
Adams ana Montreal.
5A2 Z. NJ. Green Mountain flyer from New
York, Boston ana Rutland tor
Burlington, ST. Adams, Montreal
and the West
IL: IS p. NJ. Mixed from Rutland for Burline.
ton.
3 81 a. NJ. Night express, daily from Boston,
New York and Rutland for Bur
lington, st. Adams and Mon
treal. Through tickets for all
points.
j. BURDETT, T.. q. ALDRICH,
General Supt. Gen. Passenger agent.
Fl. a. HODGE,
Tragic Manager.
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UNION LODGE. NO. SO.

One the finest and most enjoyable en-
tertalnments to which we have listened
for some time was given at the town hall
last Friday evening under the auspices of
the Good Templars. Miss A. J. Phelps,
assisted bya number of her pupils, and
Mrs. Hornbeck of Orwell were at their
best and all were enthusiastically encored,
while all the selections were of high
order and well rendered. Those given
by c. L. Stay were exceptionally fine
Mr.. Stay, although claiming to be but an
amateur, may well be classed as a pro-
fessional. He has rich, clear voice and
his execution is true to nature. As a
reciter we prophesy for him brilliant
future.
Our lodge is still in flourishing con-
dition, with initiating of candidates at
almost every meeting. We now num-
Der 63 members in good standing. We
can see healthy temperance sentiment
growing in our midst. A class of six
has been organized to take up the |. O.
g. 7. Course of Study.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19
A MIGHTY SWORD THRUST.
A Pacific Swordfish Penetrated Thirteen
Inches of the Irmgard's Bottom.

A Pacific Swordfish Penetrated Thirteen
Inches of the Irmgard's Bottom.
The swordhsh Is a combative monster,
and the weapon with which nature has
provided him is terrible enough when di-
rected against his natural enemies of the
sea- But it's a foolish fish that runs
amuck with an oak bottomed barkentine
and its most vicious thrust is apt to bring
more woe to itself than it's enemy, though
the crew of tho Irmgard had hard time
of it on a voyage from Honolulu to San
Francisco.
Two days out from Honolulu heavy
gale struck the ship and lasted for "a
hours Just as it subsidized it was discov-
cred that the ship was leaking 1t was not
bad leak, but the water was creeping very
slowly up the hold, and under ordinary
circumstances would not have given much
trouble
But the Irmgard had a cargo of sugar
aboard, and leakage meant big loss unless
1t was promptly checked So the pumps
were rugged, and every two hours detail
of men was set to work for 10 or 20 min
utes to keep the water down. This course
was pursued for the entire long voyage.
When the Irmgard was unloaded in
port, search was made to find the cause
of the leak. A sailor ran across the cause
In the bottom of the hold. 1t was an inch
of sworddsh sword protruding from the
bottom
Examination showed that the sword,
driven with tremendous fo6'e, had pene-
trated five inches of plankiGg and eight
inches of lining. 1t was broken off two
inches below the outer sheathing, so that
10 inches of sword came home with the
ship. The monster, after this terrific
thrust, must have exarted tremendous force
to free himself from the grip of the oak,
for he had worked u sufficient hole around
the imprisoned sword to permit of a con-
siderable leakage.
Three or four planks had to be removed
before the sword and its 8 grounding wood
could be cut out. The specimen was then
sent to the city museum. Exchange.
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Estate of Paris +. Preblc.
NnfIce nf EinnI SeIIlemenf.

CTATE OF VERMONT, The Probate
oDIsTRICT OF ADDISON, SIS. Court Tor the
District of Addison:
To all persons interested IN the estate OF
Paris f. Preble, late OF Biidpurt, in said
district, 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
Mlddlebury in said district, on the goth day
OF March, A. d. 1897. at 10 o'clock a. m,
to show cause, il any YOU have, why the ac-
count of a. c. Preble, administrator
OF the estate OF sand deceased, should
not be allowed, and also why the resi-
due of said estate should not be distributed
TO the parties entitled thereto.
Dated at Mddlebury, in said District this
9th day OF March, \. d. 1897.
BY order OF court.
IL Attest, JAMES NJ. sLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19

Mistress-Why, Bridget, what on
earth are you doing with all the broken
dishes on the shelf?
Bridget-Sure, mum, yez tOwld me
Oh wur to replace every one Oh broke. -
London Answers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19

The Friend-Didn' the parson S visit
console you?
The Widower-He's a poor hand at
consolation.
The Friend-Why, what did he say?
The Widower-Said she WASH dead,
but gone before. ILLUSTRATED Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19

K. E. Turner Of Compton, Mo-, writes
us that after suffering from piles for
seventeen years, he completely cured
them by using three bUXes of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Ii cures eczema and
severe skin diseases.
ISAAC STERNs, Middlebury.
CLAYTON n. NORTH, Shoreham.
b. f. HASKELL, West Cornwall.
ID. II. BENNETT. Bridport.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19

It's surprising what ''wee bit of a
thing" can accomplish. Sick headache,
constipation, dyspepsia, sour stomach,
dizziness, are quickly banished by De
Wits Little Early Risers. Small pill.
Safe pill. Best pill.
ISAAC STERNs, Middlebury.
CLAYTON n. NORTH, ShOreham.
B. f. HASKELL, West Cornwall.
ID. II. BENNETT, Bridport.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19

One Minute is all the time necessary to
ecide from personal experience that
|ne Minute Cough Cure does what IFS
anne implies.
ISAAC STERNs, Middlebury.
CLAYTON n. NORTH, Shoreham.
B. F. HASKELL, West Cornwall.
d. H. BENNETT, Bridport.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19

itching, scaly skin erup-
ms, burns and scalds are soothed at
zee and promptly healed by DeWitt's
itch Hazel Salve, the best known cure
r piles.
ISAAC STERNs, Middlebury.
CLAYTON n. NORTH. Shoreham
3. F. HASKELL, West Cornwall.
D. II. BENNETT. BridpOrt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19
DeWitt's Collie & Cholera Cure.
Pleasant, quick results, safe TO use.
lc Morgan Horse and Register
OW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION

NV hEAD1 fOh DIS Ill bD1 lNDN
The Morgan Horse and Register, Vo
containing history and pedigree o.
stin Morgan, founder of this remark
Pc American breed of horses, and o.
/ most noted sons and grandsOns, an6
ne 5000 other stations foaled before
81, tracing to him in male line, anc
pc horses registered according to th'
es of the Morgan Register. Also his
/ y and breeding of old pacing Pilot
lose blood appears in so many of th'
test trotters and PAGERS of the country,
th account of the great Canadian
! ing family from which Pilotdescended /;
o breeding of the famous brood mare
e, Seely's American Star, sire of dan
Dexter, ETC.; together with appendiS
notable trotters, and other statistics
JOSEPH BATTELL,-al gathered from
ginal sources and much of it now for
first time published. A book OF
put 1900 pages, printed on superior
per, substantially bound in halt
brocco and with about 200 illustrations
the popular price of So. sent by mail
stage-paid, to any address in the United
.Rtes or Canada. Local agents wanted
7ders now received. Address
EGISTER PRINTING COMPANY,
MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19

COUGHING LEADS TO CONSUME.
FoN. Kemp's Balsam stops the cough a
Ice.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS,

IS. WInslow's Soothing syrup mas Deen Us
by millions OF mothers for their children
bile teethIng. IT disturbed at night and
oxen OF your rest by a sick child suffering
d crying with pain of cutting teeth, send al
Ice and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's
othing Syrup tor children teething. II will
ieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
|pend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake
out it, 1t cures diarrhRa, regulates the
bmach and bowels cures wind collie, soft
IS the gums and reduces Inflammation, and
Fes tone and crgy to the whole system
Is. Winslow's Soothing Syrup tor children
tthing is pleasant to the taste and is the
bscriptiOl and discovery of one of the old
and best female physicians and nurses il
United States. Price twenty-five cents 8
title. Sold by all druggists throughout the
lrld. Be sure and ask for "MRs. WGNsLow's
|OTHING SYRUP"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 81.

Text of the Lesson, 1 Cor. tx, 10-a7-Mem-
DRY Verses, a5-27-Golden Text, Cor.
tx, documentary by the Rev. ID. NJ.
Stearns.
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woMAN's RELIEF CORPS.
Reports of the President, Secretary
and Other National Officers.

BUFFALO, Aug 26.-The fifteenth ma
tional convention of the Woman's Relief
Corps. auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
Republic convened in Music Hall to-day.
The hall was crowded. fully two thousand
women being present National President
Mrs. Agnes Hit, of Indianapolis, was in
the chair. After announcement of the usual
committees a delegation from the women's
local committee was introduced. headed by
Mrs. Jewett wife Of the mayor, and Mrs.
Fulton. Addresses of welcome to the city
were made and acknowledged. Mrs. Agnes
HIT president. then delivered her annual
report Mrs Hit said: While the order
had held it's own for the last two years it
had not increased as it should. There were
many reasons for this one being the finan-
clal depression throughout the country.
With the view of increasing the member
ship she recommended the appointment OF
a national organizer to organize corps in
States where there are no departments and
to assist departments when called upon.
For number of years resolutions had
come to the national convention asking
that the comrades of the Grand Army be
admitted to membership. Considering that
they owed their existence TO the Grand
Army and that tho Sons of Veterans and
all other allied societies admitted them to
membership. it seemed only right that the
Woman's Relief Corps should extend to
them the welcoming hand. In carrying out
the great principle of the order flags had
been placed on schoolhouses. and patriotic
primers and charts put in the schools; but
in their zeal in accomplishing this they had
forgotten that there was nothing in their
ritualisuc work indicating their allegiance
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which has failed this year How far that
country will be able to regain its lost
ground cannot be said, but it is not prob
able that it will be able to pour it's Co.
O00o0O bushels of wheat into the market
next season.
There are other considerations. For years,
at the close of the crop year. the wheat
in sight has been falling off 1t was the
small quantity of wheat in sight about the
tor in giving prices a decided upward
turn. If the volume of wheat in sight had
been large the fact that the European crop
is IL per cent below the average would
not have advanced prices as they have adj
vanced the past four or six weeks. With
the reduced crop this year the wheat in
sight" next June is sure to be a small guam
tty and that will tend to keep up prices
for season unless the worlds crop should
be an unusually large one.
1t is a notable fact that the hundreds
Of millions of bread eaters are never a full
crop from possible starvation in the event
of worldwide failure. In recent years the
average wheat crop of the world has been
about 2,40000O,OOO bushels and the consump-
ton trife less. a crop 200, 900 900 bushels
in excess of that figure has caused general
depression Of prices. If there had been 20O,-
100000 bushels of wheat in sight June 30
it is not probable that dollar wheat would
have come despite the light crop. The mar
gin between a short and full crop is very
narrow, but it affects the price in a most
marked manner
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to the country's flag. She recommended a
change in the ritual acknowledging this al
legiance
After referring to the trouble in the order
at Washington, ID. c.. Mrs. Hit recon-
mended that the Department of the Po-
tCnLac be remanded to detached corps. She
also recommended that hereafter no ap-
peals Tor contributions, however, meritori-
Gus, should be sent out unless they emanate
from national headquarters through the
president with the advice of the council.
IL was with great satisfaction that she said
az the obligatiOn due the national organi-
zdtloh from the departments and detached
TUIPs had Deen met. For the first time the
WomanS Relief Corps was neither debtor
SON OF the q. a. r.. had given the corps
loyal support and Endorsed it's work and
the department commanders Of the G. A. r.
We're deserving Of thanks for their kind
cooperation.
THE SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The annual report of Ida S Mcbride. ma
tional secretary. showed that there we're
now thirty-fiye departments and fftv-fvs
detached corps, with a total membership
in good standing of ll1.633 She was sorry
she could not report all in good standing.
The amount in the general fund June 80
1897. was $l0l 40l and in the relief fund
$5i,967. The apparent Joss in both these
funds was due to an effort made in several
departments to correct errors that had
crept into reports. by reason of which in
correct figures had been carried from one
quarter to another. The following table
SHOWS the number of members and corps
IN good standing in the different DEPART
mentS.
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OTHER REPORTS.
Membership June 30 Was 319.456-
S21O.694 Expended for Charity.

Adjutant General Charles F. Burmester's
report contained the following figures: The
total membership of the order in good
standing June 80, 1896, was 1902 posts, with
$40. go members; on Dec. 81, 1886, 1926 posts,
with 327 412 members; on June 30, 1897, 7,106
posts, with ,456 members. The gain by
muster in was 1884 by transfer, 1881; by
reinstatement, 11.2O7; from delinquent re-
port, 6,S07; total so, 929. The losses were; BY
deaths, ISIS; honorable discharge, 1857;
transfer, 4,642; suspension, S071; dishonor-
able discharge All; by delinquent reports,
1881; by surrender of charter, Cos; total
541S9 Including the members remaining
suspended June 3d. 1897 (4356W, the total
borne on the rolls, 302,S16
1T will be seen from the above" said
the report, that a new element of loss has
introduced itself which might be said to
mark the beginning of the end'-the loss
by surrender of charter One by one the
boys have dropped away joined the
posts on the other shore, until there are
not enough left to keep up the organization
and the charter is surrendered and the re-
mainding few affiliate with another post
in the neighbOrhoOd, or remain atioat with
a transfer card. 1t appears to me that right
here is where 5000 work can be accom-
Dlished with the system of 'OutpOstS' pro-
vided by the last National Encampment TO
keep these orphan members within the
organization"
The following table shows the member
shin by States June So 1897:
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BULLS HAD REVENGE.
Chicago Shorts Forced to Bid Wheat
In 21.O3 LIZ EARLY Yesterday.

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-To day, for the first
time since the present bull campaign in
wheat was started, the price of September
wheat sold above the dollar mark in. Chi
cago Ten minutes after the opening S1.O319
was offered, an advance over yesterday S
closing price of ga cents. Even at that
tempting figure the bull clique refused to
let go of their holdings Enough wheat
came on the market to break the price to
9S7s cents by the time the closing bell
sounded but brokers who are engineering
the deal stoutly denied that it came from
them. There wasss perhaps, shade of
righteousness in thesway they forced shorts
to bid prices up. 1t was currently reported
on Monday when prices, broke SO sharply st6I y,
in margins They certainly had their re-
Venge to-day. The rise was plainly due to
to include Joseph Letter, George r. French,
Allen Grier & Co. and James Keene, OF
Wall street. The only leader-GeOrge r.
French-who appeared distinctly above the
surface, makes no secret that he has a line
of 100000 bushels CT September wheat.
There is not more than 100000 bushels Of
contract wheat in Chicago, with hardly
anything coming and an immense short
line of cash wheat sold for export. This is
the situation as it now plays into the hands
The sudden rise of September was not re-
Elected in any other large market in the
lis. where September bounded from 80 cents
to 81. ST. Louis advanced 2 cents at one
time, but relapsed to the opening prices for
December Although statistics were not
given much attention, one item of foreign
news had distinct influence. The foreign
potato crop shortage. is estimated at the
enormous total of l 900 CO., 600 bushels, which
was expected to increase the demand for
American wheat. Its influence was espe-
cialy felt in December wheat, which is not
supposed to be under the thumb of any
Clique.
Corn and provisions were both affected
by the excitement in wheat. In corn the
trading was enormous, and, although an
advance of but 11sG11a cents was recorded,
the feeling was very strong at the close.
Closing prices for provisions We're from 10
to % cents higher than Yesterday.