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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
Estate of AlmOn II. Upper.

StTATE OF VERMONT, ! BE ii remen-
! DDISTRICT OF ADDISON, IS. bered, that at a
session of the Probate Court holden mt Mid
dlcbury, within and for said district, on the
81 day of March, A. ID. 1890.
Present: Hon. W. II. Bliss, Judge.
Whereas, Charles S. Murkland and Helen
Murkland, executors of Almond Z. Topper,
late of Middlebury in said district, deceased,
have This day presented to said Court their
petition in writing, setting forth that II will
be beneficial for all parties interested in said
estate to sell the whole or part of the real
estate of said deceased and therein making
application to said court for license to make
such sale.
1t is ordered, that all persons Interested
in the estate of sand deceased be notified To
appear before said court at the Probate Office
In Middlcbury, in said district, on the 2Gth day
of March, a. ID. 1900, mt 10 O'Clock a. m, by
publication of this order three weeks success
sively previous thereto, In the Middlebury
Register, newspaperprinted ut MiddlebuIy
TO show cause, If any they may have, why
said license should not be granted.
10 NJ. J. BLISS, Register
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
CORNMEAL WAFFLES

To the beaten yOlks of three csgs add
one quart of sour milk or buttermilk,
cornmeal TO make a batter little thick
er than for pancakes, one teaspoonful of
salt, one Of soda dissolved in little
warm water then the beaten whites of
the three eggs To make dressing for
the Waflies pat On the stove half cuptul
Of cream, tablespoonful of butter and
two of sugar; when hot put TWO table
spooniuls on each waffle as you serve
them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
WASHINGTON oMELET.

Let one tedcupful Of milk come to a
boil and pour 1t over a teacupful of bread
crumbs, and let it stand a few minutes.
Break six eggs into a bowl; stir (not
beaO till well mix d: then add the milk
and bread mix well, season with salt
AID pepper and pour into a hot pan in
which a large tablespoonful OF butter
has been melted; fry slowly, cut into
squares, brown or both sides and serve
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16

Add to a half cupful of cream six eggs
beaten very light, season with salt and
pepper and pour into frying pan with
a tablespoonful of butter; drop in a
dozen large oysters chopped fine with
parsley and fry until a light brown
Double over and serve at once on hot
platter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
PHILADELPHIA sCRAPPLE.

Mix cold leftover potatoes and
meat and chop into dice (other cold vege-
tables may be used); turn into fryi g
pan with the meat gravy from the pre-
vious day; stir up until quite dry and
crisp, resembling very dry hash; serve
hot In deep dish.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
MENNONITE TOAST.

Beat thoroughly three eggs, add pint
of sweet milk and a pinch of salt: cut
slices of bread one inch thick, remove
the crust, dip in the egg and milk ard
fry a rich brown in hot, deep fat, butter
and sprinkle with powdered sugar and
serve hot.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
LENTEN BUTTER

Take a teacupful OF sugar, three eggs
butter the size of half an egg, and beat
all we'll together; add the juice and q
grated rind of one lemon, place in pan
set in a kettle of hot water and stir until
thick This viii keep long time in jars
and may Le used as filling for tarts,
cake, etc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
PICKLED ARTICHOKEs.

Rub off the outer skin with a coarse
towel and lay in sailed water for one
day; drain and pour over them cold
spiced vinegar, adding piece of horse
radish to each quart of artichokes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
BROILED OYSTERS WITH PORK.

String a hairpin shaped wire first with
a plump fresh oyster and then with a
thin Slice of pork, and so on until The
wire is filled, fasten the ends OF The Wire
with long wooden handle and broil he
fore or over fresh fire. Season with
salt ana pepper little melted butter and
serve hot.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
Se0al Notices.
Estate of ROllin j. JOne =.

NOtIce OF NtttIthiFHt
CNTATE OF VERMONT, The probate
> DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SIS. court for the
district of Addison
To all persons interested in the estate of
Rolin j. Jones, late of Cornwall, in said
district 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 MiddleDury, in said district, on the 18th
day of March, A. ID. 1900. at 10 O'Clock a.
M, to show cause, if any you have, why the
account of II w. Jones, administrator
of the estate of said deceased, should not be
allowed, and also why the residue of said es-
tate should not be distributed to the parties
entitled thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district, this
2sth day of February, A. d 1900.
NJ. j. BLISS, Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
FOR YOUR SCRAP BOOK.
Recipes From Many Source aud of Ac-
noWledged Worth.

noNledged Worth.
CRACKED WHEAT PUDDING.
Take one cup Of sweet milk. add one
third of a cupful of cracked wheat, about
the same amount of sugar, a little salt
and a small piece of stick cinnamon.
Place i'm a moderate oven and bake two
hours. When about done stir in the crust
already formed and it will form another
sufficiently brown. When done the wheat
will be soft and the pudding Of a creamy
consistency. 1t can be eaten hot or cold,
and raisins may be cooked in it if de
sired.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
PARCHED RICE.

Cook in a double boiler one-half cup of
parched rice in one pint Of sailed wa
ter; when done serve with cream and
sugar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-16
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-12
Long and Bitter Contest Over Locat-
ing the Capital
FINALLY SETTLED BY COMPROMISE
Congress Previously Had Expert
enced Many Vicissitudes.
X e PIT ON THE NOV

The location of the seat of government of
the United States was provided for in the
national Constitution, but many years were
to elapse before site for the capital could
be decided upon. The capital was wanted
by both the north and the south, there
being a prevalent idea that for all future
time legislation would be affected by the
surroundings of Congress. Convenience OF
location was also an element in determining
this question. A decision was only reached
after bitter contest that lasted for nearly
seven years and was brought to an end,
explained by Benton in his "Abridgment of
the Debates" by a compromise brought
about by Hamilton and jefferson. Hamil-
ton, it is stated, was urging the adoption of
funding bill and jefferson was anxious
to have the capital located in Virginia.
There sucn division CT power that 1t
seemed that neither of these measures could
go through without joining of the forces
of these two leaders An agreement for
mutual support ended the long struggle by
the selection the shores of the Potomac
of a piece Of land ten miles square, which
was the maximum area for seat OF gov
erpment provided for in the Constitution.
The influence of Washington was a.so pow
erfu in the making of this selection, Which
was approved by him.
The trials of the federal Congress before
the District of Columbia was made its per-
manent home seem strange at this late day.
The first Congress of the revolution met at
Philadelphia September >. 1T14, and con-
tinued to hold its sessions there until De-
cember u. l716, when it was compelled TO
leave by the advance Of the British army.
They adjourned to meet in Baltimore.
where they came together exactly two
months later. adjournng in the latter city
to again meet in Philadelphia March II.
In the following fall a resolution was adopt
ed to the effect that if Congress had to
leave the Quaker city it would meet at Lam
caster, Pa. On September IS 1Il7, four
days after adopting this resolution, they adj
the morning usual. but they were not-
fled of the near approach of the British by
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THE CAPITOL IN 1900

be placed on the eastern or the northeast
I ern bank of the Potomac
There was an intense-struggle for another
! month and efforts We're made to have Phil
| adelphia. Baltimore, Wilmington and other
| places substituted in place OF the site sug
| gested. On the 9th of July, 1880 the act
was passed and seven days later it was ap-
! proved.
| How Final Result Was Reached.
Benton in his "Abridgment of the De-
| bates is the authority for the claim that
i the final location of the national capital
| was the result of a compromise between
Hamilton and Jefferson. He claimed that
funding bill by which the debts incurred
! by the several states in carrying on the
| revolutionary war and amounting to $40
| O0O,030 should be assumed by the general
| government. accepted this site for the cap
! ital, and jefferson, who was greatly in
| terested in having the capital located in
Virginia, or as near to that state as nossi-
| BILE, agreed to have the Virginia delegates
| vote for the funding bill, while Hamilton
was to induce the New York delegation to
| vote for the southern location of the capt.
| tai. The bill fixing the site for the capital
| was passed on July Is, while that for the
assumption Of the debts of the states by
the general government was passed August
| 4, 1880.
Maryland had ceded her right to the Dis
trct as far back as December 3 117S and
this was confirmed by the act of December
10, 1871. Virginia had coded her portion of
the District by an act of December =, I7S9
The bill authorizing the acceptance of
these grants provided that the President
should appoint three commissioners who
under his direction, were to locate dis
trict not exceeding ten miles square, (which
when so defined and limited Chat is. by
proper metes and bounds) should be deemed
the district accepted by the act for the per
manent seat of the government of the
United States This act also required that
the commissioners should, prior to the first
Monday in December. 1909 provide suitable
buildings for the accommodation OF Con-
gress and of the President and for the
public offices of the government of the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-12

District of Columbia, and have given its
society peculiar character.
The District of Columbia, coming to the
manhood If states. at the opening of the
twentieth century. looks forward to a larger
and nObler career as the capital of the ma
EUn which has grown IN Is short life 30
BE- the greatest in the world. At the be.
ginning Of The nineteenth century it was
the capita If an iN-dc.nod quarter of the
present United States. with a population
uue-fouTjeeuth mat If the present. and de
splsed by Euroug. The flag waved now here
on the GuiI Of Mexico or west Of the MIS-
SisSippi, and only in scattered settlements
west OF the Nlcghcnics. The locomotive
the telegraph. the telephone and almost all
the other great mechanical inventions were
yet to come. The country ANA the govern
ment were alike poor. There was TO Amer
lean Literature. there was no American art
there was no american music, there was
no American press.
At the beginning of the twentieth CEN
fury the District Of Columbia is the capi-
Ia. of mighty nation whose nag br.ghtens
and controls the far Pacific as well as the
near Atlantic that holds the headship of
this hemisphere and leads among tie
powers of the world, ali coVeting its favor:
enriched at home with the material bless
ings which its myriad inventors and in
IEStrial Chieftains have bestowed unon all
mankind. and proud of the literary, artistic
and musical achievements OF its sons and
daughters. Made one out of many in the
fires OF civil war, and strengthened by their
tempering il is even more than the father
% his country believed that in Il century it
ccu'd become. Standing here in it's spen-
did capital. looking back with pride on it's
wonderful past. 1t can face the future with
hope, in spite of difficulties and dangers in
a confidence born of reverent and trustful
devotion still given to Him who has been
our dwelling place in all generations. and
to whom a thou sand years are but as
yesterday when 1t IL passed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-12

best-known roads in the United States has
been reduced more than ninety per cent
since 1870 and the average rate charged
by all roads in this country has decreased
sixty-one per cent during the same period
ty-three per cent in twenty years. Freight
rates in England are nearly three times
as high in the United States, and on
the continent of Europe the rates are
higher than in England. No wonder that
agriculture has prospered under these IA
VOring conditions, and no wonder that con-
ditfons are made most congenial for all
industrial pursuits when we note the ire
mendous product Of field and fold, of mine
and quarry, of furnace and of factory.
Our farms produce per annum in round
numbers thirty-seven hundred millions o.
zoe, 0O0,o00) bushels of cereals, worth thir-
teen hundred million dollars ($1 BOG. 000 000).
We grow two hundred and thirty million
(2}0,G0O,00W bushels of potatoes, worth
ninety million dollars $3.50, 600 000); fifty
five million Cj5.0000O0) tons of hay, worth
four hundred million dollars (S400.0O0 ,000);
eleven million u1 900. 000) bales of cotton,
worth three hundred million dollars $780,
OO0,O0O); seventeen bundled million 1,70O,-
O10,GoO) pounds of butter and cheese and
market two thousand million (2,0O000O.-
000) gallons of milk worth in the aggregate
four hundred and fifty million dollars $50,
00O.OOO): clip two hundred and seventy mill
ion t2IO,0O0,00O) pounds of wool. worth
eighty million dollars ESQ, 900 O0O), and sell
a thousand million q, 600, 900 OO0) dozen
eggs. worth over one hundred million dol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-12

length of the school year The annual ex-
penditure for educational purposes, exclu-
siVe of donations to crdOWmentS and for
college and university buildings exceeds
three hundred million t$:;O0 ,O0O, GOO dollar rs
per annum.
When the seat OF government was moved
to the District Of Columbia our five million
people We're dependent almost entirely upon
agriculture and fisheries Their clothing
Wearer; their grain. homegrown, was
ground to order, and their meat, mostly
''range-fed.' was generally slaughtered a.
the door of the consumer. The table of
the average American was not then debtor
thrice day to three continents for what
we now call necessariGS. Very little con-
sumed by that frugal people. salt and rum
excepted, had been transported twenty
miles from the place Of its production.
The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, published in
1880, spends forty columns of an eighteen
volume edition in describing farm ma
chinery. II calls attention to the "conspicu-
Gus superiority of British rural imple-
nents, and records the fact that'in former
times the construction of utensils of hus-
Eandry was left almost entirely to rude and
ignorant artisans It speaks in glowing
terms of a machine for Separating grain
from straw" which il declares has been
brought to a degree of perfection that few
people expected whom ii was first intro
duced" So important did these inventions
appear TO the author Of the article, and lest
their construction might become a lost art,
he describes in detail, with cuts and draw
ings all implements then known to agri-
culture. to wit, a piow ten feet in ieng' h,
a single section A-shaped harrow roller,
a two-wheel cart a drilling machine. a
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has increased twice sixty-six per cent in
the same period.
We produce, in round numbers fifty-fve
million ounces of silver per annum one
third the output of the world worth sew
enty million $50 900, O0O dollars, and three
million four hundred thousand ounces of
gold, one-quarter of the worlds output
also worth seventy million (S7O, 900 OOO) dol
lars.
We produce, in round numbers eighteen
million barrels or salt per annum, practical
ly one-fourth of the worlds output This
is twice the amount produced ten wears ago
and three times the product of twenty
years ago. Ten years ago Great Britain
and Russia each produced more salt than
We and Germany quite much Now we
produce more than Great Britain and hftv
per cent more than Germany or Russia
The petroleum industry is forty-five years
old. In 1859 we produced two thousand
barrels. Since then our wells have Welded
nine hundred million barrels The WELD in
1899 was fifty-seven million barrels worth
crude, siXty-four million 1854 600 OOO) dol
lars.
Equally favorable showing can be made
with respect to nearly all mineral prod
ucts. Our mines and quarries and wells
and banks and pits yielded last year nine
hundred and seventy-five million ($975 900 :
0OO dollars worth of metallic and non
metallic minerals, an increase Of seventy
five per cent in ten years and Of one hum
dred and fifty per cent in twenty years.
Wonderful Figures.
1 regret that the latest available statis-
ties Of manufactures are ten years old and
therefore valueless. But so good an au-
thority as Mr.. Nelson w. Aldrich of
Rhode Island. after careful consideration.
recently predicted tina: the twelfth census
will disclose manufactured products worth
more than twelve thousand million ($12,-
600. Co., OO) dollars, exceeding in value the
combined output of all the factories and
shops Of Great Britain and Germany COM
bined by more than two thousand million
($2. 600, COO 600 dollars.
The latest available statistics, giving ac-
tual values Of the tangible property Of the
United States. are found in the reports of
the eleventh census. Careful estimates In
dictate that the twelfth census will reveal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-12
nearly or quite 500, ooo, ooo. GOO accumulated


wealth.
When the act was passed making the
city OF Washington the capital Of the wa
tiers no one hadt ever seen steamboat. a
railroad. an iron pillow friction match.
or thought of aLe electric telegraph or tele-
phone or dreamed of an automobile. Es-
tablished highways were few and poorly
constructed. Generally, at least, 1.-The road
was built on Adams plan, and not Mead
ANS II
The frstEaiiroad was constructed in 1880.
Since then We have built. in round num-
bers. two hundred thousand miles. These
lines Of commerce have become the track
of empire, the Rpneer of civilization. The
unsurveyed frontier of one hundred years
ago is now can eastern metropolis. while the
unknown wilderness has become verb
table garden of flowers and a paradise of
fruits Happy millions, housed in what
our fathers would have called palatial resi-
dences, now dwell where then no white
man was or had been from the making
of the world"
The close of the most remarkable century
in the flight of time finds Americans the
best housed, the best fed the best clothed.
the best educated, the vest churched, the
most profitaby employed and the happiest
because the most hopeful Of any people at
any time or under any sky. Marvellous are
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Court has called the constitution of the
District" 1t provided in pace of the gov
ernor ana legislature a board OF three Coln-
I ~ ne appptiI - W &c ror.,res.
with the eouitabIa I1rovision thar Congress-
should appropriate for the expenses halt
from the District tax funds and half from
me natiohal treasury. AZ, Jug a. ny
rational canitaI taxation without represen.
tation is the principle of government 1t Is
generally admitted that for the District OF
Co!uhpld the present toiln "a SoN q nitit
bas 6oI,bIed IN nnDuIatiCn and in wealth
I-rdar il II has become the most beautiful
capitaI in the word
Free from me sitghtrst sIlsnicio1 of scam
tai successive boaIIs of commissioners of
he highest character have administered
he affairs of the Dis1rIct more eficientIy
md economically than The affairs of anv
1tEer American municiuaLIy have been adj
r,linGstered and to such general satisfaction
hat there has been no lasting criticism
The compact between the national govern
rnent and the ntouIe of The DISTRICT of Co
Iumbfa for the equal division of its ex-
penses mas worked so well that no adverse
comment is now made upon it,
,, . " ~,..
NS -AeS"'e III All >@eS'
AS the larger patriotism makes the ma
ton deJrer than the state 50 the capital
of the nation claims the allegiance of the
citizen Of every other CITY even aboye thai
itch H., ,ri,-a, 70 bic n,,.,, ,.it, rbis is
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General Washington's aid, Colonel Hamil-
ton. and they met at Lancaster On the 2Ith,
Meeting there they adjourned to meet at
York Pa. then called York Town, where
they came together on the 10th and re-
manned until June -, ITS, when they re-
turned to Philadelphia, meeting July ~.
ITS.
Soldiers Wanted Their Pay.
The Continental Congress had been made
a fugitive body by the vicissitudes of war.
But it was to experience still further trou-
Bile, brought about by the citizens of the
young republic. There was much dissat-
isfaction because of the inability of the
government to pay the discharged soldiers
and officers, a large body of whom marched
on Philadelphia with the avowed purpose
of demanding redress of Congress, then in
session there.
This was In 1888. on June 81 of which
year Congress informed the supreme execu-
tive council of Pennsylvania that the au-
thorty of the United States had that day
been grossly insulted by the disorderly and
menacing conduct of body of armed sol
diers and appealed to the council for pro-
lection. The Pennsylvania authorities re-
piled that they could do nothing, as they
could not rely on the militia to support
them. The governor and masters OF Prince
ton College, New Jersey, then offered Con-
sress the use of their library hall, and in
yitations to meet in their towns were re-
ceived from citizens of Princeton, Newark,
Trenton and other places. Congress ad-
iourned to meet at Princeton June 30, 1888.
The citizens of Philadelphia evidently re-
GREETED that the national legislators had
been driven from their city and on the 18th
of the next month these citizens joined in
an invitation for them to return, assuring
them full protection. On August l a motion
was offered that they adjourn on the Sth to
meet at Philadelphia four days later and
remain until the last Monday of October,
when they we're to remove to Annapolis
unless a different arrangement should be
made in the meantime.
Claims of North and South.
The delegates from Pennsylvania present
ed to Congress resolutions of the general as