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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
RIPTON,
ass is looking splendidly.

Grass is looking splendidly
II. c. Powers is expected to deliver the adj
dress on Memorial Day.
Mrs. Sophia Kirby has recently had an adj
ditional shock of paralysis and is quite low.
J. Z. Goodro has at last been placed on
Uncle SANS pension roll Should have been
there before
s. d. Damon on the morning of the 9TH
had an incipent runaway with his stage team,
whereby the wagon pole was broken, but no
other damage done.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET.
From Wednesday,s Boston journal.

From Wednesdays Boston Journal
The butter market continues in buyers
favor, with decline of 4 to | cent from the
quotations of last week. This has been
caused by the increased receipts and the
irregular quality of the lots offered, most
sellers being anxious to clean up at the best
bids they can get. some of the late receipts
show fine grass flavor, but the major part is
more or less mixed, and full grass stock,
suitable for storing, may not be on the
market for n week or two more.
Buyers were around yesterday in larger
force than on Monday, but they were slow in
taking hold. They naturally looked for
lower prices than last week, but were not
fully prepared to make plump bids, and for
this reason it was hard to get reliable selling
rates. Receivers OF vermont ana New
Hampshire creamery asked lGis cents for
their finest lots in assorted size tubs, but
very few sales were made in trade lots AT
over IS cents and most dealers considered
that the top of the market for the day. For
fancy lots in boxes Il cents was paid, and
others not just so good sold ut lG6 cents.
There has been moderate trade in cheese,
with no material change in prices. The oil
stock Is cleaning up pretty well nj s. TO
cents, ana occasional fancy lots 60 higher
The new make is coming along in small lots
ana selling "a to cents, with specials AT
a higher rate.
There has been Il fair demand for eggs the
past two days nj IL for the best selected
Western, and l0il TO 1875 cents for good Ia
choice. Some fancy selection run up to III
cents, but most buyers refuse to pay more
than IL cents for the best. Eastern range
IRON lex to ii cents, with some fancy lots al
"a higher rate.
The bean market is steadier, and choice
marrow pea are held at Sl40 to Sl45 per
bushel, with sales on spot at the latter rate
Mediums are scarce and held at : 80. Extra
yellow eyes are quiet at 81 30 to SLIGO and red
kidneys at s2lO To $3.50 per bushel
Potatoes are in liberal supply, with sales
of Eastern hebrOns nj s. To 30 cents, and
rurals and green mountains at 80 cents to 81
per bushel The new arrivals from the
south are rather poor and sell slowly nj "A To
81 per barrel.
Choice hay i'm steady demand at SlGal7 per
ton. The medium and low grades are dull
SIS to so per ton. Rye straw is quiet nj S9alO
Dat straw mt S7g1 30 per ton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20

will connect at Westport both ways with the
Vermont.
The Salvation Army troubles with Monkton
people, which was given a start in the Yer
gennes police court Friday last and continued
to this date, is expected to show up con-
siderable all around and bring out material
for six-volume book by Mark Twain or
some other coNic and TRAGIC author.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
HANCOCK.

Mary Church is at work in Rochester
viii Goodyear is home from Rochester for
a short vacation.
Mrs NIaNham is moving from Bethel back
to c. NJ. Robbinss.
David NIonger and family are occupying
Geo. Blare's tenement.
Mrs Richard Boyden, who has been i'll all
winter has had relapse and is again quite
seriously sick.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20

Edwin Butterheld has let his farm and
moved into the NJ. f. parsonage at the Center
and is now night Waterman for the Lincoln
Lumber company.
The funeral of Burton Rock was held
Thursday in the NJ f. chnrch at 1 p. m.
Rev. L. A. Bigelow oficiated. The inter-
ment was in the new burying ground by the
side Of his wife, who died just two months
previous.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
LEICESTER.

Burt Capron and John Horton are quite
poorly.
Mrs. Alice Fisk and children of Ludlow
spent Sunday with the lady's mother, Mrs.
Brownson.
Mrs. Sarah Hitchcock, who has been with
her daughter in Connecticut the past winter,
came home Friday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
LINCOLN.

Mrs. Sarah Cove is falling
Mrs. Hannah Garland is very sick.
Mrs. Layina Page is visiting in town.
Mrs. G. A. Colby and Miss Alice Siple are
on the sick list.
George Griggs, aged Is, died Tuesday
morning of pneumonia.
S. d. OByan has been a great sufferer
with asthma the past week.
Vernon Atkins of this place has enlisted in
company f from Mortified.
The prospect at present for a large crop
this season Of small fruit plums, pears and
apples is fine.
Mrs. VIM. Chase is at Sylvester Hodges
assisting in the care of Mrs. Hodge, who has
been i'll for some time.
There was no school on Quaker street
Monday ON account Of the illness Of the
teacher, Miss Mabel Purinton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20

LFnrnished by NJ. S. Carr. |


BRISTOL, May l6.-On Saturday, market day,
dairy butter sold mt 10 to II cents pound
separator butter, Is to Is cents pound; eggs
10 cents dozen; dressed poultry, 10 to IA
cents pound; potatoes, so cents oushel;
dressed pork and beef, 50 to 50 per hundred.
VERGENNEs, May l6.-Saturday, market day,
dairy butter sold at II to - cents a pound
creamery, Is to 20 cents; dressed poultry, 10
to IA cents; cheese, 9}s to 10 cents; potatoes
% cents a bushel.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
FURNITURE
for
Out Of-Town People.

We have large and increasing trade
with people from other towns. Fully
approaching this we shall continue to
make very low prices and as usual show
the largest stock in the state from which
to select. When our prices become more
fully known, as they are sure to be in
time, we expect a still fur her Increase
of trade from these desirable customers,
and we shall get it too.
We show a fine assortment of Chamber
Suites in Ash. Oak, Birch and Mahogany,
White Iron Beds, Folding Beds, Bed
Lounges, Parlor Suits, Upholstered Easy
Chairs, Rockers, Sofas and Divans.
Fancy Chairs in Oak. Birch. and Mahog
any. Leather Seat Chairs. Rattan Chairs
Tables and Work Baskets, Lounges,
COuches, ParlOr and Library Tables,
Onyx Tables, Roll Top Office Desks,
Ladies Desks, Book Cases, Combination
Book Cases and Desks, Hall Racks,
Chifloniers, Sideboards, China Closets,
Dining Tables from S4.00 up. Dining
Chairs 40 cents and up. Mattresses,
Springs, Sl.25 and up. Pictures, Easels,
Screens, Music Cabinets, Umbrella Racks,
Foot Rests, Mirrors, Baby Carriages,
etc. Lace Curtains apd Portieres at
special prices for days.
J. J. WRIGHT & co.
Successors to Geo. A. Hall.
212-214 College Street,
BURLINGTON. VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
GARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank the. friends who assisted
in the burial of our son and brother. Es-
pecially would we thank those who rendered
such appropriate music and those who gave
the beautiful flowers.
MRS. ELIZA MCQUIvEY AND CHILDREN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
THE MARKETS.

PRICES OF PRODUCE IN MIDDLEBURY.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
Best butter brings II cents a pound; eggs
10 cents dozen.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20
SLIDING DOWN. WARDS
HARD TIMES KNOCKING At THE
IDLERs HOsPITABLE DOOR.
A SAMPLE OF SIMPLE ENGLISH.
Two sides to a Mooted Question:
Bridal Presents and the Way
They Are Ackuowiedged-Nob
PIensed About Them.

Hard times have struck our part OF the
town, and we are slipping, slip
ping, slipping down the awful de-
cline Of poverty. Where once the
saffron-colored potatoe-pie graced the
festal board at the hour OF dessert, the
eye now rests on the sober brown OF
stewed apples. Where once the CORY roast
beef shed its rudy glow. we now shiyer
in the reflected glare of obese bacon, while
the sweet fragrance of our quondam ceie-
ry has been overwhelmed by the all-aD-
sorbing perfume Of cabbage. The discard
ed trousers l used to wear nave peen
withheld from my Office janitor, and now
90 TO make up the garments OF our little
bows. No more does the cook desport her-
self in the cast-off clothing OF the COM
mander-in-Chief, for these we sell to the
highest bidders in secondhand circles.
we are sinking, sinking, sinking. And so.
also, we are struggling, struggling, strug-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

Cling 10 arrest those awful laws or graV-
tation that carry poor folk down. It's a
plucky fight with the odds In favor Oh
poyerty. and no consolation stakes TOT
the loser. And the poorer we get ana the
longer we stay poor, the harder II is 10
bear. Here. indeed Is one case Wnere
practice doesn't make perteCI-Where
chronic pauperism gets to be an eains
cancer We are retrenching ana REFORM
ing as fast as they pull down circus tents
AT a night performance. All the extra
pegs have been removed, and we no"
stand on the memory OF what we USED
10 be. We tearfully recall the tehder
grace Of those days that are gone, ana
then. awakening from our precious reVe-
ries. we realize that the only surviving
grace we.have is that which runs on
my promissory notes. and beareth lnte-
rest as It runs.
And on the long winter evenings, wnen
the shadows OF twilight steal over the
heroicaIly-patched carpet and cloud the
struggling. ftful CLEAN from our slcKly
fire. methinks l sometimes hear sign
from the redoubtable mistress or the
manse. but this do not positively assert
Sigh or no sigh, her energy is not on the
wane, for dearly does she love to slit the
cinders. and to order down the slippered
feet that hover ubiquitously around the
mantel. In the days of pOtato-pie ana
celery little niggers In our BACK aley
used TO sift these cinders, and they were
allowed the benefits OF their labors; now
the Commander-in-Chief has succeeded
them In Office. and the reward Is ours. IL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

eye, that we hold the children In check
and thwart their tell-tale comments. So,
also on the Sabbaths we still stalk forth
on the boulevards with an air Of faded
grandeur-the shabby Commander-in-
Chief secure beneath her heavy cloak.
and I exultant in the long-tailed coat.
We linger not where the sun shines
brightest, for Sol Is the great searcher
of grease spots, but tarry In the shady
places where shadow cloaks the wrinkles
I'm old clothes. Where once the celluloid
collar and the polka-dot cravat flashed
in the MONDAY brightness, there is now
the sober tie of black and the collar
washed by the dame who also does the
cooking. When they ask US TO buy
tickets to the church fairs or TO chip our
quarters into the many charitable jack
pots now in vogue, we sigh and say;
I'VE are not going out this winter; that
we have lost a dear one" This dear one,
by the way, is the canary, who was
forced to adjourn sine die, on account Of
the lack OF birdseed In our household.
For months-yea, almost years-I have
been making a chemical analysis or
poverty, with the hope OF discovering one
pleasant ingredient in IT, but so far my
success is only equaled by the alchemists
I'm their search for gold.
But even as a healthy appetite can take
Off it's hat 10 herrings and molasses. and
thank its stars for pepper and salt, so,
also. We, in this hour OF retrenchment
and deferred payments, bow TO the ineyi-
table. and season our melancholy with
those blessed ingredients-hope and cheer
fulness.
Don't use big words. IT'S true, they're
about the only thing you can use with
out extra cost, but all the same you had
better leave them alone. They're mighty
apt TO tangle you up and throw you down
before you get through with them anu
then the fellow who had to look IN the
dictionary for their meaning VIII nave
the laugh on you. In language as III
everyday life, the longest pole does hos
always get the persimmon, but on u,o
contrary the most cumbersome poiysyi-
tables sometimes fiy back ike Dopin-
erang and mutllate you. The toio"I,e
injunctions, which, for terse and simple
Anglo-Saxon have no equal, are SoA
mended to the public, though am MOI
responsible for them: ~
In promulgating esoteric cogitatlons, %
articulating superficial sentimehtahusS
and philosophical or Psychologist 'o-
servations, beware OF platitudinous pom
derosity. Let your statements possess q
clarified conciseness. compacsed conp's-
hensibleness, coalescent consistehce, any
a concentrated cogency. Eschew an go
generations Of fiatulent garruii''' J''""'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20
How She Did Her Duty.
New York Journal.)

The big liner came up the bay, steamed
ND the river, and was soon locked at It's
dock. The customs officers were on
hand, Madame Champignon Alouette'
the celebrated French traveller was
aboard. They had been apprised OF her
coming. She was loaded with dutiaole
articles. they had been told. She must
not escape. Down the gang plank came
Madame Champignon. with a trench
noodle and a smile of similar nationality.
The officers, one and all, crowded around
her. ,,. o.,
"Have you anything dutiable, Madam? 2
eyes. messieurs. / have ten bottles Oh
bordeaux whiskey, thirty bottles of cham
nagne. 800 pairs OF kid gloves, twenty
watches. thirty chatelaines, twenty-seVen
rings six bracelets. nine pairs earrings
one string of pearls, 9n diamonds, twelve
studs. nineteen pairs cum buttons, ninety
one boxes cigars
"AIi right, madam. Re gentlemen have
all tainted"
Il thought they would. Come let us
CO."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20
ALL GREEK TO MEN.
orH INTERESTING LETTER nv
LADIES AND THEIR uEApcEAn.
THE LATEST IN MILLINERY.
N~'e''cs IN shapes and Innovations
In Material-Hass Useful ana Hats
orn@mentai-MctaI Belts and Be-
jeweiIed GirdIes.

correspondence OF the Dispatch)
NEW YORK, February l9.-Iist to TINS
tale Of the new and beautiful in mun-
merry.
Beside the novelties in shapes there
are several innovations in material.
Vegetable silk has been turned TO
the greatest advantage for silky
plaits, ready to be converted into
hats or bonnets. They are far
less expensive than the satin straws,
and are a marked feature in the spring
modes. We are not to have dismal col
orings; the style of plating is the same
In all, showing a pointed edge on one
side and recalling the plaits that we
were ell skilful in doing some years ago.
In paper. which were made up into very
presentaole baskets. But whether these
plaits are vegetable silk or OF satin
! straw. they are quite a study in color
Turquoise, light pink, bright heliotrope
shades are used alone. burt more often
they are blended with gray. while brown
is combined with pink, blue with req,
and gray with green. There are some
/ that display opalesque effects, and these
are light and charming, and so are the
cashmerienne plaits. The straws are
Of light weight, but the vegetable SILK
is lighter still. and there is great deal
of black and white, and satin and SILK
are blended with the straw in some ex-
amples.
CAN ANY MAN READ TH1S7
We are faithful to pailettes, their reign
is not at all over, and many of the Dutch
ant n
sequins overlapping each other, wnile
some OF the toques made in black net,
worked in beads and sequins, are sur
rounded by wired rings covered with
the same texture and deliberately en-
broidered; they are all quite different 10
anything we have had yet. The shapes
seem all the more unique, from the
use OF colored plaits and the quaint shape
of many Of the crowns, often surrounded
by straw plaitings. Many tartan mix,
lures assert themselves as a bordering
to red crowns But besides straw. there
is q great novelty in the rainbow cloth'
which has a strong tenacity Of thread,
almost like horsehair, displaying chine
effects in various colorings, and always
Killed This is employed Tor the solI
Tam O Shanter crowns, set in hard CIR
cular brims, which are covered with the
same material This fabric is made In
several varieties OF tones-sometimes the
groundwork is yellow, sometimes green
mauve. blue, and pink-a bunch OF Tea
theirs mostly figures at the side.
HATS OF THE USEFUL SORT.
There is a great deal or novelty with
regard to hats of the useful kind Tor
| country bicycling wear. we nave not
| quite got away from the boat Shapes,
I hut they will not be nearly so much worn
as the sailor. though there are some
charming hats with high crowns. slightly
sunk in at the top. and narrow brims'
turning up on either side, surrounded by
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20
Beware of Ointments for Cafarrh
That Contain Mercury,

"a mercury will surely destroy the sense
OF smell. and completely deranee the
whole system when entering " through
never DO used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the oam-
age they will do IL tenfold 10 the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hairs
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by Z. j. Che
nev e Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry. and Is taken internally, acting al
recfly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. In buying HAIRS
Eatarrh Cure be sure you get the genn-
Inc. III Is taken internally, and made IN
Toledo, o.. By +. j. Cheney & Co. Testl-
monials free.
Sold BY druggists. Price. 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the eest
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

by lavender and black plumes and paste
buckle. through velvet knot in front
HEADGEAR OF MIXED BROWN
STRAW.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

them our troubles. They, too, have con-
tributed orange-spoons and sugar-tongs,
and they too, are bid to accept many
thanks for their beautiful present a
card has likewise been used TO convey
the gratitude TO them. BY this time we
have the rabies-we avoid water (as we
generally do in cold weather, anyhow,
and we continue to evlnce symr toms Of
hydrophobia. Finally we reach one
household where the expressions OF
thanks are different. Here we find an
individual who has been told that I'VE
that is, the newly-weGded objects or
our contempt are so much obliged for
your pretty and useful present" This
information is also conveyed on the back
Of a card. Why this sudden outburst OF
originality we ask? The reason is plain.
Two persons in the same house cent
presents. One received our formula. The
other got a second vote OF thanks,
which. at least, was different from the
insipid utterances that evoked our wrath.
But there are two sides 10 every ques-
ton. While we thus bay at the moon.
the bride, having now broken her pes
tiferous new shoes, assumes the duties
of wife and dseoverer Of her husband $
mean qualities. Returning from the trip
on which her spouse pretended that
money was no object to him. she takes
a look at the presents which once so de-
lighted her. Then she signs. Eighty
nine OF them" she says, land every
bless-taked one to be acknowledged. Now,
who did send those sugar tongs? / told
them 10 keep a list. It's a pity there are
so many berry forks. l wonder what's
this for. Not single piano lamp, though
everybody knew 1 wanted one. Eighty
nine? Yes. eighty-nine. Well, I guess
might as well get the job off my hands
though the people don't think a bride
ever needs rest. wish Jack would hurry
and come home" And then she gets Qua
the ink and the cards and the stub pen
and unwinds her huge, angular chiro-
graphy into bright. sparkling ideas like
those quoted above. She is too smart 10
mention the present for which she Is
grateful. for she fears she has gotten
them mixed up and wishes 10 take no
chances. Out go the cards and she is
satisfed-that is, II Jack comes home
early, while we are very, very mad.
TIE IDLE REPORTER.
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tailed coat; il Is the perforatlon Vl ny
careworn trousers. Neither do wear
galoshes. from fear OF imagined damphess
on the streets, but out or deference "
NV shoeIess socks. We are slipping. Slip
ping. slipping; and, like the road 10 AVER
nus. we ind the descent Is easy.
The children didn't know anything was
wrong I'm the beginning, and on the nrst
day. when stewed apples were substituted
for pie. they chuckled with delight at the
change and ate so much that we al
most concluded the pie would nave oeen
cheapest So. also, on the second day
they rejolced in bread toasted with
molasses and besmeared their happy
fangs with most liberal allowances OF
this diabolicsi compound. But by and BY
when the mantle of indulgence began 10
rest heavily on cur shoulders, there was
a Juvenile rebellion and stewed fruit and
molasses were repudiated. Pie was en-
dorsed by a unanimous vote, and candy
was demanded for the idle hours or the
dav. Grover Cleveland arose in his Juve-
nile might and protested against MS SUIT
that was made out Of pas cast-on
nants." because. forsooth, the neighbor-
ing urchins recognized the cloth as OF DID,
and commented thereon, as only mean'
bad boys can do. Marmaduke wept De-
cause he could not go to the circus ana
refused 10 be comforted when l tried to
tell him that the parade was far better
than the performance. We are slipping,
slipping, slipping. Down, down, the awful
grade we go, but the Commander
in-Chief Is dying game, and maybe, the
outside world doesn't know. When com,
pany comes, pie once more relgns, and
II is only by the most supreme enorts
and many winks from the Commander
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

The San Francisco Chronicle Is au-
thority for the statement that there was
a speculative CLEAN In the eye OF GER
tain Mr.. Lease, OF Kansas, when he was
informed that an Illinois man had sold
his wife for SO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

In his new book Mark Twain has the
following tribute TO Cecil Rhodes: II ad-
mire him. / frankly confess II; and when
his time comes, shall buy piece or the
rope for a keepsake"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

by lavender and black plumes and paste
buckle. through a velvet knot in front
HEADGEAR OF MIXED BROWN
STRAW.
The first hat in our second column Is
mixed brown rough straw, bent into
becoming curves. At the left side. iiiling
IN the tilted brim. is a chic bow OF orange
velvet. A second bat-eared bow OF brown
velvet surmounts this and a wreath or
shaded green and brown Ivy leaves nearly
covers the outside OF the hat
The second hat is a shepherdess. a
coarse braid Of pale-yellow, with flowers
and ribbon loops for trimming. The third
hat, toque, is composed entirely or
violets It's great style consists in the
finishing touch being given by bow or
sapphire-blue velvet. The next model is
for country wear, and the last one or
varieties OF the new pompadour Shapes,
has violets and green leaves only FOR
trimming.
GIRDLES AND BELTS.
Some OF the new metal girdles nave a
profusion of jewels set in them and little
of the metal can be seen. Real gems are
used in many cases. Gold, silver, ana
oxidized metal are the favorites just
now. Peacock feathers have always been
considered "hoodoo," or. in other words,
very unlucky. but the "hoodoo' is now
Offset by using in connection with the
feathers a common bean This lucky
bean takes the place of small iocket,
and some are mounted with gold ana
others are studded with jewels. The belts
with peacock decorations show sometimes
the entire feather, sometimes merely the
eye.
Suede leather belts studded with steel
are among the novelties. The two oeits
we illustrate are examples Of the velvet
belts studded with jewels and the draped
satin girdles confined by Jewelled slides
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

fastened by an enamelled buckle
a Marguerite, now favorite of the 'frencn
women. -
The dainty blouse we give this week is
a taffeta covered with diamond paliece-
work OF chiffon ruches.