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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
County 21ems
NEW HAVEN MILLS,

Orrin Plain went on business trip to Pitts
ford on Monday.
The fire in Jonesville Sunday evening was
visible in this section.
Edward Zeno visited his parents on Satur-
day, returning to Rutland on Monday.
L. J. Carpenter of Rutland was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Zeno over Sunday.
Nora +. Jones goes on an extended visit
to relatives in Wallham, Mass, on Saturday.
Carl Brown of Bristol began work in the
vanishing rooms of the Company on Tuesday.
Today is Arbor Day, and whoever plants
tree bestows a goody inheritance to future
years.
J. S. Flint of Burlington has been in town
for number of days attending to his farming
interests.
The interior Of the church is being papered
and painted under the auspices of the Ladies'
Aidso ciety.
Vernon c. Pitridge, an employee of the Com
pany for nearly year, returned to his home
in Brandon on Tuesday.
P. w. Sautelle has finished trimming his
orchard, and for well chosen variety of APP
Piles his trees are not surpassed.
The Ladies' Aid entertainment on Friday
evening was atsended by some 100 people,
and a handsome sum was added to the funds
of the society.
Z. w. Kempton has the contract for draw
ing the creamery butter to Beldens the pres
ent season. A shipment of 1852 pounds was
made on Monday.
Ella Jacobs, who has been in the office of
the Manufacturing company for the past year,
has entered Rutland Business college for a
course in stenography and type-writing.
The employees of the New Haven Mills
Manufacturing company met last Monday
evening and organized base ball team, with
F. c. Briggs, treasurer, secretary and manager;
a. +. Cove, X. S. Shedrick, +. n. Billings,
directors; the captain to be chosen by the
board Of directors. The team is ready to ac-
cept challenges from any team in the state.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
PROMOTE THE STREAM.

a gentleman who has recently become
resident of Middlebury, with the pic
turesque location of which he is much
pleased, suggests in. the following letter,
and, we think, with good deal of rea-
son, the proprety of calling the stream
which divides our village Otter River,
instead of Otter Creek:
"The current of water which fairly
bisects the business portion of the village
of Middlebury, and is constant charm
to those who cross our Rialto, the bridge,
both because of the lovely view it pre-.
sents to the south, and the picturesque
cataract which it forms on the north-is
an object of admiration and perennial
Joy to our appreciative citizens. 1t is
not an Amazon nor Mississippi in size,
and the fall lacks very much of being a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
SHOREHAM,

DR.. w. n. Plat returned from Boston
Wednesday.
Miss Catlin is suffering from severe attack
of rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Slavery are at NJ. P.
Cooks for few days.
Mrs Marion Carr of Cornwall is with her
daughter, Mrs. +. +. Platt.
Mrs. F. G.. Livingston spent Sunday with
her mother, Madam Lamb at her nephew's,
John Jones's.
Mrs. Farnham, who with her daughter has
been two days at II. w. Jones's, returned to
Sudbury Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Collins, who spent the
winter with Miss Plat, has returned to her
home in the village.
Saturday morning we had our first thunder
shower when several telephones were burned
out In the evening there was another heavy
shower with very bright lightning and heavy
wind.
Word was received Saturday of the death
Of Mrs. George Catlin at Scranton, Pa. Mr.
Catlin is native of this town and with his
wife has spent many summers here. He has
our sympathy in this bereavement
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
RIPTON.

f. Brainard of Hancock was in town on the
2oth inst.
a Miss Morgan of Lincoln is teaching the
school in the village.
John Hodges of Burlington was in town
last week on visit to his brother.
Everybody is so especially busy with their
business that they have no time to make news
a Rev. Mr.. Long occupied the Methodist
pulpit last Sunday in the interest of the
Anti-Saloon league, speaking more especially
against the local option law. He gave the
proposed measure some hard raps.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
why the Beef Trust Must Go.
Now York World.

The trust question threatens to resolve
itself into national stomach trouble.
And if it does the popular view of it will
be rapidly and radically changed.
As to iron, steel, copper, tin, wire,
nails and hardware generally, the people
may listen more or less patiently to the
proposition that trusts are beautiful and
beneficent agencies for lessening the
cost of production, raising wages and
cheapening prices. But no argument
will avail to reconcile the mass of man
kind to the disappearing beefsteak, the
vanishing lamb stew and the shrinking
ration of pork. Owen Meredith shrewd-
ly says of men that
He may live without love-what is passion
but pining?
But where is the man that can live without
dining!
The Beef Trust has done more in a
fortnight to set the people thinking keen
ly and deeply on the problem of mo-
nopoly than all the trusts that manipu-
late unedible things put together could
possibly do. Steak at p cents a pound
is the ''price that staggers humanity"
L is the anti-climaX of 1.-THE full dinner
pail The subtletes of the economists
Will be swept away like cobwebs when
a lean larder and pinched bill of fare.
History abounds with Illustrations of
the fact that whoever and whatever in
terfere between man and his meals invite
disaste ter. The Preach revolution began
with cry for food under the windows
of the kings palace. 1t was the bread
riots of half-fed England that forced q
tory government TO repeal the taxes on
corn In very fear of what might happen
| if it did not. The American people
having always been the bestfed people
| in the world, will resent all the more
tiercely the artificial dearness and scarcity
Of food which the trusts are conspirlng
TO create.
II there IS any practical remedy FOL
this pralical raid on the peoples food
supplies in the federal antitrust laws,
President Roosevelt and Attorney. Gen
eral Knox cannot move to apply it too
quickly. tine full dinner pail was a
conquering cry. "rhe empty dinner
plate" would be a still more decisiv,
slogan. "Prosperity" will lose all it
spellbinding power if the trusts are abl'
to maintain eXtortionate prices on meat
poultry, butter and eggs, and put tn,
people on short food allowance amid thu
oven flowing plenty of the most plentiful
| land on which the sun shines
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03

Niagara, but we are content with them.
Rising among the Dorset hills of Ben
nington county, 1t pursues its sinuous
course for 10 miles, northerly and east
erly, until it debouches into Lake Cham
plain. In Its course it passes through
such centers of population as South
Wallingford, Wallingford, Clarendon,
Rutland, Proctor, Middlebury, Wey-
bridge and Vergennes, and the inhabl-
tants of all these places, as well as
thousands who are more isolated, love it
for the delight it is to their eyes. The
stream is more than 100 feet wide as it
flows through the center,of this village,
and is fairly majestic, yet it bears on the
maps and in legal documents the belit-
Ting name of Otter Creek, and thus lives,
as a rule, in the mouths of our own
people.
"a few miles to the south Leicester
River, closer to us Middlebury River,
and few miles to the north New Haven
River-all lesser streams-are tributary
which lose their identity in it during its
course. There is an evident misnomer
here. Either the Otter is not a creek, or
Its feeders are not rivers. 1t is a mathe-
NAUTICAL axiom that the greater includes
the less, and 1t should be geographical
dictum that rivers do not pour into
creeks. Whatever happens to the titles
of its tributaries, our Otter should surely
be promoted to a rivershlp, maps and
localities to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Begin the good work by always
thus identifying it ourselves in speech,
and let no man who lives within easy
reach of its banks be elected to the legs-
lature who will not pledge himself to do
his best to confirm the promotion. Maps
and gazetteers will soon follow suit"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
Our Varied Seasons.

The longest cold season in the United
States is found in the Rocky mountain
region, where it exceeds the warm by
about ten days. The warm season in
Texas and the lower Missouri valley
opens about ten days earlier than in
the region near the middle Atlantic
coast and from twenty to twenty-five
days earlier than on the southern coast
of California. In the northwest the
warm season opens from twenty to
twenty-five days earlier than in the
lake region and from fifteen to twenty
days earlier than in the north Pacific
coast region.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03

The oleomargarine bill has finally
passed both houses of congress, the SEN
ate concurring in the amendments made
by the house of representatives. The
bill went to the president for his sigma
amendments provide that the manufac-
turers of process or renovated butter
shall pay $50 year instead of 5000.
Every person who sells adulterated but
ter in less quantities than ten pounds at
one time shall be regarded as retail
trader in adulterated butter. Dealers in
adulterated shall pay SIS year. There
were also number of other amendments
changing the phraseology, etc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03

Hon. j. Sterling Morton, who was
Secretary of Agriculture under Cleve-
land during his second administration,
died April ~, at the home of his son,
Mark Morton, Lake Forest, Ill. 1t was
fitting that he should pass away at a
locality significant of a forest, as his
constant later life motto was ''plant
trees" and also that his last hours should
have come so near to the observation of
Arbor Day, which holiday was of his
Inauguration. 1t is further worthy of note
that he died on the seventeen anniver-
sary of his own birthday, he having
been born in Jefferson Co., n. Y, April
~, 1882. He was graduate of Union
College, which Institution he entered
from Michigan, to which state his parents
removed while he was very young. He
was connected in an editorial capacity
with the Detroit Free Press and, later,
the Chicago Times. In 1851, he removed
to Bellevue, Neb. A Democrat in pol.
itics, he was twice elected to the terri.
torial legislature, and in 1858 was APP
pointed by President Buchanan secretary
of the territory. In 1850 he was elected
to Congress, but was unseated after a
contest. A thorough practical farmer
the attention of President Cleveland was
directed to him when forming his cabi
net in 1897, and he was made chief OF
the Department of Agriculture, and he
performed his congenial duties with
marked enterprise and enthusiasm, being
truly the farmers friend.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
REGARD For Sacred Trees.

Throughout the length and breadth
of India the Ficus religiosa, under
which Buddha rested for seven years
plunged in divine thought, is dedicated
to religious worship and may on no ac-
count lee felled or destroyed. Witt
more universal but not less sincere rev.
erence do the peasants of Russia pros
trate themselves before the trees which
they are about to cut and deprecate the
vengeance of the deties whose rest
ing places they then proceed to de.
Oy.-Gentloman's Magazlne.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
OBITUARY..
HOLLAND AUSTIN.


Died In Bridport March I, Holland Austin
aged so years. NJ.
In the passing away OF Holland Austin,
there has left us one of earth's best men in
the noblest sense OF a Christian character
An earnest believer in the good news of the
gospel, man of daily prayer, one who loved
the House OF God. Though of feeble health
the last three years, yet he remembered
when able his place in the prayer meeting
and was an intelligent listener to the preach
ing OF the Word; and within three years, at
his request, he had several social religious
meetings at his home, with gospel hymns,
prayer, reading of the Word and testimony
OF the love OF Christ. Tie yearned for the
salvation OF all his kindred and neighbors.
He left the world in song. AS he drew back
from the table, having just partaken of his
dinner, he began to sing gospel hymns, and
In his second attempt he fell backward, dying
instantly. Thus his life here closed with
praise unto his God and Savior. Thus he
left us giving his praiseful testimony to God
best gilt, Jesus Christ, 1.-THE Lamb of God, that
taketh away the sin of the world"
"Lord, give me such faith as this,
And then whate'er may come
taste even now the hallowed bliss
Ofan eternal home" B.
Bridport, April 25 1902.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
CREAM HILL.

Datus G. Rice Of Bridport was here Tues
day.
Miss Jane Farnham is visiting her brother,
w. n. tarnham.
Mrs. Kate Iapham returned from her visit
in Peru, y. V, last Thursday.
w. ]. Danforth of Rutland was here tuning
pianos and organs Monday and Tuesday.
There will be service in the chapel on Tues
day evening, May o, at 1880, All are in
Ylted.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
PANTON.

Walter Smith of Westport, n. Y, visited
friends in town during the past week.
The Rev. Mr.. Shafer of Westport, \. w.,
gave an interesting lecture, entitled flights
and Shadows of New York." at the Baptist
Church on Friday evening. The many H.
lustrations by means of magic lantern pic
lures were enjoyed by all present.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
Estate of Benjamin f. Sutton.
COmmissioners' Notice.

The undersigned. having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the district of
Addison commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims against the estate of
Benjamin +. sutton, late of Mlddlebury, in
said district, deceased, and all claims eX-
hibited in Offset thereto, hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purposes aforesaid
N the National Bank of Middlebury on the
10th day of June and 18TH day OF October next,
from 10 O'CLOCK a. IN. until 4 O'Clock p. m,
each of said days, and six months from the
18th day of April, A. ID. 1902, is the time limit
ed by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and allow
ance.
Dated at Middlebury this LIST day of May, A.
ID. 1902. JOHN A. FLETCHER, Corniars
Is j.. Z. BUrTOLPH
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
Get to the Point.

The quality of directness is charac.
terstic of all men of great executive
ability. because they value time too
much to squander it in useless and
meaningless conversation. 1t is an in
dlspensable quality of the leader or
manager of all large enterprises.-Suc-
cess.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03

The announcement comes from Chicago
that in case the government succeeds
in dissolving the beef trust under the
Sherman Antitrust law, the great pack
ers will reorganize along the lines of the
steel trust. Let them do it. Then the
with regard to the steel trust also, for
the people will not submit to food
trust along any lines.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
A CARD.

Come to my store and get twenty
five or fifty cent bottle of Greene's War
ranted Syrup of Tar and | will pay you
back your money if it does not cure your
cough or cold.
w. III. SHELDON,
DIR. ID. A. BIsBEE,
ISAAC STERNs, Middebury,
DAY BROTHERS, E. Middlebury
c. n. NORTH, Shoreham,
ID. Ii. BENNETT, Bridport,
j. ii. FLETCHER, Bridport,
+. III. DEAN, Monkton,
44w26 AVERY & PRESTON, Ferris burg
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
A capital prize of 100000 and lesser

A capital prize of 100000 and lesser
prizes amounting to $4,000 are offered
for successful air-ships to be exhibited
at the st. Louis worlds fair. An offer
such as this ought to settle the present
status of air navigation, for if there are
any "mute, inglorious" Darius Greens in
this country or Europe they will be
brought out by these figures.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03

Charley, dear" said young Mrs. Tor
kins, Il want you to promise that you
will not lose any more money on horse
races"
81 won't bet cent"
"Now, that's just sheer contrariness.
You know if you don't bet you can't
/ win."-Washington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1902.

The difference between General Smith,
of tall over ten" killing-orders fame,
and one Herod appears to be matter of
eight years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
LETTER TO GEO. kIDDER.
MJDDIFPTRY. VT.

nnlDDL>Dbhls L.
Dear Sir: The usual paint, lead and
oil, is made more durable by the addition
of zinc; as the more intelligent painters
know.
Lead and oil, they say, lasts three
years. Add zinc, and it lasts three years
with a margin, they say; but painters
generally advise to paint in three years.
Devoe lead and zinc is nothing but
lead zinc color dryer oil; but it lasts
about twice as long as painters reckon.
Mr.. Knox, an undertaken for fifty
years at Brewster, n. Y, painted Devoe
nine years ago. The paint is said to be
in about as good condition as when 1t
was first put on.
Lead and Gil don't last nine years.
Yours truly,
62 F.W. DEvOE e Co.
p. S.-A. Calhoun & Son sell our paint.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03

Before we begin to sympathise with
our British brethren on the bread tax we
might take note of the fact that during
the fiscal year 1901 the United States
government collected import duties to
the amount of over s93, OOO,O 900, on food
stuffs, which is 100000 more than
the British people had to submit to.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
THE MARKETS.
PRICES OF PRODUCE IN MIDoLERURY.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
OTHER COUNTY MARKETS.

Bristol, April 1S-Saturday, market day,
- cents pound; eggs, II cents II dozen
ginseng, 50 a pound; calf skins, 30 to - cents
each; hides. 57i cents a pound; potatoes, 20
cents bushel; live poultry, 5 cents pound.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03

Book AND JOB PRINTING in ever variety.
at the lowest prices consistent with good
work and quality of stock For information
in regard to advertising and job work. apply
to N. A. Seymour at the Register Office.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03
WARNlNo-PRosPEoT CEMETERY Asso-
CATION

The proprietors and those interested in
Prospect Cemetery association are hereby
notified and warned to meet at the school
house in East Middlebury Monday evening,
May ), mt 80 O'Clock, for the following pur-
poses to wit
lst-To elect officers for the ensuing year.
2d-To vote tax for necessary expenses
of the Association, If thought necessary.
3d-To transact any other business thought
proper to come before said meeting.
EDWARD NJ. DAY, Sec.
East Middlebury, Vt, April %, 1902.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-03

Nothing falls into the mouth of a
sleeping fox.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW.
Cotton Quiet and Steady-Wheat
LOVVer-COPn Firm,

<LOwer-COrn Firm,
The developments in the cotton mar
ket during the past week were with
out interest. May sold as low as S7Oc
on Wednesday, and as high as SS9c
the next day, finally closing at S.7Sc, a
less of 8 points for the week. July
closed only l point lower at S.84c. The
new crop months again showed evil
dences of great pressure, September
closing II points and October points
lower.
The movement continued quite large,
amounting to 16S,000 bales, against 144,-
900 last year, $4,000 in 1900, 1920 in
1885, and $4,000 in 1898. To date the
amount is S,949,000 bales, against s.
$4,000 last year. 1t is now evident
that very small crop estimates must
necessarily be abandoned, although the
small crop proper insist that the large
receipts are about at an end. Nothing
of the kind is as yet shown by the
general interior movement.
The market held up surprisingly well
considering the receipts, the good SPOT
demand continuing to be the main sup
porting influence. There was some dis
position to improve late in the week
based on smaller estimates for next
weeks movement, but this was checked
on Saturday by the imminence of a
strike at Fall River. 1t since appears,
however, that the strike has been hap
PLY averted, and this will probably
have more or less bullish effect on
Monday. Nine cents for cotton, though,
looks high enough at the present rate
of receipts.
After a faint show of strength on
7SAc, the market turned weak, and
ruled so throughout. Heavy liquida-
ton of long contracts and free short
selling followed reports of copious rains
all over the winter wheat region. MAY
sold as low as 74Bc both on Friday and
Saturday, closing only a trifle better
at 751sc, decline for the week of 25ac.
The government report of reserves in
farmers hands, although indefinite,
was regarded as decidedly bullish but
was soon lost sight of. On Saturday
there were evidences of a severe cold
wave, and if this strikes the now I'M
protected wheat. much damage will be
done.
Corn was better supported, and
closed firm at a-small advance. The
strength in corn, the bullish govern
ment report, and the cold weather
ought to be enough to cause a pretty
sharp immediate rally in wheat, par
ticularly after the heavy selling of the
past week.
VIM T. williams,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
.ou AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

T.;,on Arrives To Tow Steam
'"s Nvnssa to New YOrk-Tug
-. Observation-Disclosures of Inter-
- 10 shippers and Mariners.
r.o rug Triton arrived yesterday
New York. to tow the. disabled
.oamship Nyassa back to dry dock.
triton locked at Taggart, & Co.'S,
lp psrves to. coal. The tug Morse, also
w. New York, was expected last
ii W. she will aid the Triton in, TAX
nv .he Nvassa on. The steamship will,
H' .nrned over to Morse & Co., at New
who will have charge of the yes
while she is being repaired. Of
.se she will not fill her previous en-
'0-. cents to sail from Savannah, and
oeents who were offering freight
I'm in her have doubtless made ar
u.roents to fill their contracts by
IaseI1,ine room on another steamer.
T.. the meeting of the Pilots Naviga-
a. Toronany. on Saturday afternoon,
uoI b,einess of interest was transacted.
~ "c company owns the pilot boat John
Il. Estin.
company is being formed to start
now steamboat line between Eliza
9Th city. n. c., and Hatteras, en-
ti mel, an inside route.
,,a Depression in British Shipping.
IN rather melancholy note the Lon
am M IRON and Coal Trades Review OBJ
w. that there is scarcely port
+be United Kingdom that has not
neral ships laid up. On the Tyne
sd along the northeast coast and on
che Bristol channel-at Cardlft,
penarth. Barry, Swansea, Port Talbot,
Nswnort. Gloucester, Sharpness, Bris-
+o and other convenient ports there
are now laid up $50 to 300 steamers,
which may have total capacity OF
AN ana to 5000 tons. The northeast
wv norts CLYDE and southern ports
NAV contribute another 100, with ton
moe concentrating 10000. The with
aue,Tal IF this large tonnage, however,
tas not improved freight rates to the
vent of more than 115d to AID, and,
IN one or two cases, cd per ton, On
nh % the bulk of the insurance pol
ioes particularly those of the indem-
aity and protection clubs, fell due for
rsreval AS everyone knows, the inSur-
onces on steamers are extremely heavy
now It is believed that a large num-
bor of owners will keep their steamers
laid ND for a month, or six weeks or
two months to come, and defer renew
inc insurance policies until the turn in
The freight market warrants them In
once more placing their steamers on
the market.