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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28

presented herewith shows the old
grandstand. The present structure is
within ten feet of being twice as long
as the one showed here.
In front of the grandstand, between
the artistically designed pavilions in
rustic wood for the judges and mu-
sicians, is the new vaudeville stage,
where the colored troubadours will
perform and the marvellous Kramers
exhibit a part of their bicycle dexteri-
ty. 1t is of ample size, quite open to
the view, and is arranged with dres-
sing rooms underneath the stage that
ought to accommodate a whole opera
company. This vaudeville feature
will be a pleasing innovation to the
young folks and to the ladies who do
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28

double, admitting both teams and
pedestrians. The ticket boxes are
double, facilitating quick handling of
a big crowd, and the whole structure,
gates, fences and tiny offices, are neat
ly built, attractively painted and spell
prosperity and thrift across their very
faces. No one entering the present
fair grounds can fail to observe the
business-like appearance of the front
of the house"
Immediately inside the gates, i'm
provement begins. The old mud-roads,
winding along uncertainty, have given
place to straight, graded turnpikes,
built up laboriously with hundreds OF
loads of gravel The grass plots are
neatly turfed and set off, a rustic
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28

If there is one thing, more than
another, that Col. Illsley and the fair
officers are proud of, 1t is the poultry
barn. This building is modelled on
the very latest designs and contains a
full outfit of the new spindle coops,
arranged in two tiers, with large side
windows in the building that can be
raised to show the contents of the
coop. 1t is promised that one of the
very finest poultry displays ever seen
in the county will be exhibited in this
model building.
Beside the long lines of cattle-pens
along the fence, there are now two
new and handy sheds, each containing
twenty stalls for fancy cattle, giving
access to the animals on two sides
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28

not care so much for the races.
Last, but by no means least comes
the track. Money has literally been
expended on this by the thousand. 1t
was designed and laid out by the veter-
an horseman, George Delaney of Bur
lington, and has been worked on stead
lily ever since. Today, through the
steady work of L. w Train, known to
all Addison county, it is hard as a
floor, level as plane and is calculated
to dry out in two hours after the heav-
lest rain. If records ale not broken
on the track this year, it will be be
cause the horses cannot travel fast
enough, not because the track does not
permit.
ii. l.. HINDLEY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28
DOlN BIZ PULLED mo DUIi>u
SOMETHING ELSE.

AFTER what have taken and done
1t is no wonder am glad of an oppor.
tunity to recommend what cured me to
my friends.
l suffered intense agony from gravel
for nearly fifteen years
For five and six weeks at a time I
could not work, the pain was so great
My kidneys and bladder were in horrible
shape. My back ached so | could not
sleep. | had no appetite at all.
| tried about every doctor in Syracuse
but they failed to help me.
l used nearly all the advertised medi-
cines without any benefit.
This was my discouraging condition
when l began the use of DIR. David Ken.
nedys Favorite Remedy 1 used only
four bottles and I consider myself cured
L have no backache at all, no pain il
passing urine, my appetite is splendid
1t helped me from the start and /
gained twenty pounds in weight"
FRED HOFFMAN,
1911 Lodi St., Syracuse, N. Y.
Dr. David Kennedys Favorite Remedy
is vegetable help to the stomach and
bowels. 1t overcomes and permanently
cures dyspepsia Indigestion, biliousness
and rheumatism. 1t is absolutely harm
less and purely vegetable. 1t contains
no narcotics or minerals in any form, no
dangerous stimulants, no mercury or
poisons and is the only kidney medicine
that does not constipate.
Druggists sell it in New so Cent Size
and the regular S1.00 size bottles.
Sample 6oftis-enoneht for trial. free BY mail.
Dr. David Kennedy Corporation, Rondout, N. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28

sanitary box stalls, as well as the or
binary kind and membership cards
tackled here and there show how well
they are appreciated.
The sheep barn, wing of which
used to project across the road and
reduce passage-way to a narrow alley,
has been remodeled and the offending
wing has been pulled around, leaving
ample room for the passers-by as well
as for the lively and ever amusing
Midway. This barn, as indicated by
It's large ground space, is roomy and
well appointed, and it will contain the
finest and largest exhibit of sheep
ever seen in Addison county. At this
writing almost every pen has been
spoken for
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28
Have You Anything to Sell?

II you have-no matter what II may be
An old wagon, a setting OF eggs, a
pillow, a bull calf, II farm, poultry
horses, cattle, sheep, anything-every-
thing from paper of tacks to an ele-
phant advertise il in the want
columns of this paper. Results are
a dead certainty and the COSTS merely
nominal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28

DR.. David Kennedy's Salt Rheum Cream eures
Ola Sores, Skin and Serofuious Diseases. C.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Champion Cotton Pickers.

James and Clifton, the Is and IT,
year-old sons of j. j. Cooper, a pros
porous farmer living near Lawrence,
III Newton county, made remark
able record one day last week for
speed in picking cotton. They had
been making pretty good showing
iii gathering the heecy staple, and the
other day their father told them he
would make them present of S. if
the two would pick 700 pounds in
one day. The boys went to the patch
about daylight to begin their task.
BY noon Clifton had picked 312
pounds and James 30S, and they in
formed their father that they be-
lieved they could make it thousand
by night, whereupon they were told
by the father that if they did he
would double the prize. After rest
ing forty minutes for dinner they re-
turned to their work and at $50
o'clock p. M, when the cotton was
weighed, it was found they had
picked LOO pounds, one getting
54S and the other $50 pounds.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
THE LIFE DIVINE.
Failure to the Individual
The Truth We Know.

There flames upon every man occa-
sionally spiritual consciousness of the
life divine. This may occur again and
again without producing any definite
results, but it is sure, says Christian
Work, to occur in every life. There is
not a man of mature years who has not
had such consciousness of his spirit
ual nature at times, and that quite
apart from any mere preaching OF the
Word. 1t may come through some per-
sonal affection, some sudden and over
whelming calamity, or some present
peril, Oh, on the other hand, it may come
without anything of the kind at all. But
even in the most goddess life there will
come such a consciousness tirgling
through the mans whole nature, and
when it does come, even for moment,
there is a threefold consciousness-of
sin, of righteousness and of Judgment.
What has Christianity that is new?
1t is the message it bears to this con-
seriousness of the divine life. There was
never day when so much was written
about sin as to-day-and perhaps there
never was less real consciousness of sin.
How are We to account for that? It Is
due to the attempt to solve the question
of sin by philosophic methods. 1t is
similar with righteousness. No one
can say that men are talking too much
about judgment to-day, for they are not.
In fact, they are attempting to ignore it.
What is it that we must do to avoid
sin? Obey the Ten Commandments?
Yes, and great deal more The law
that you know in your physical and
mental life is the law of God. To break
that law is sin. The terribly successful
effort that We so often see a man make
to take his own personality out of the
realm of law and govern himself-that
is sin. You may call the result making
failure of life. you may call it contin-
uous abnormality; call it what you will,
it remains true, whether stated in the
Bible words or not, that all the misery
that we see in the world is the result of
breaking the laws of our life, which are
the laws of God
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
ORIGIN OF THE TENT.
Talmu dic Legend Attributes Its In
ventiOn to the Ingenuity
of Adam.

can ancient Talmudic legend relates
that Adam, on his expulsion from Par
adise, encountered cutting north
wind against which his scant girdie
of iig leaves proved poor protection. :"
says Hiram M Stanley, in Outing "As
he wistfully cast his eyes over the
desolate plain of Shinar he perceived
at a great distance dead thorn bush.
running thither he crouched behind
it, and while Still shivering he saw a
wild ass come by. And Adam cried
20 the beast to lie down alongside and
keep him warm. But the ass spake
ont f"for asses sometimes spake in
those days, as SINCE" saith the COM
mentator), and derided him for not
having a warm coat of fur. Where
upon Adam waxed wroth, and slew the
ass with piece Of the thorn tree, and
with teeth and nails stripping off the
ASS coat wrapped It around himself.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
THE eoYDAys.

The hoydays-the boydays-they were the
best of all.
through all the bushes of the years the
boydays ever call;
out OF the darkness of the night resrteT.t-
entity they shine;
ana what a wreath of memories for one
and all they Irvine! 9s
NO matter what of baser stuff the later
years may hold.
we may look up and back and see the boy
Gays all were gold &s8A
The boydays-the boydays-when come the
threads of gray,
You may live in Tomorrow. but you dream
of Yesterday;
on may look in the mirror, but the only
face you see
Is one that has the semblance of the boy
you used to be:
And, musing you may stumble on broken
bit of song
That wanders from the boydays in .
cadence sweet and strong. # ne
The boydays-- a picture with not a hue to
fade;
The glamour of the grasses where the sum
mer sunshine played:
The sparkle Of the ripple in some jolly little
stream
Whose song was built of jewels of 4 never
dying CLEAN:
S HouuillS u the roses, anu thS "hteN-
ness of the snow oft 1923 VI Va
They blend across the picture OF the cong
and long ago.
The boydays-the boydays-we never lose
them all;
The best of all the memories, they come at
fancys call
somehow they are made perfect by the
alchemy of years.
Which keeps alive the smiles they held and
never finds the tears
The heart Is but a treasure chest our pre-
cious things TO hold,
And chiefest of the goodly store is all the
boydays' gold.
Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Sympathy for Mr.. Noel.

The many friends of the Hon. E.
F. Noel will regret to learn of his
misfortune in having been bitten by
a mad dog while attending court at
Alderman, and all will wish him
success in the treatment which he
is seeking in Atlanta. Mr.. Noel
is personally one of the most popu-
lar men in the State, and, though
recently defeated for the guberna-
torial nomination, it was not on per-
sonal grounds, and every one who
knows him sincerely hopes for him a
long life and continued good health.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
The Winds of Cod

Rev. E. w. Work, D. D., speaking ON
the subject THE Winds of God said.
There is somewhere a high tableland
of the soul whence there blows now
and then upon our life breeze of in
spiration. We hardly understand it.
but we know that our life must be
breathed into or inspired. There are
high moments of the soul, when every
sluggish element is set in motion.
when all that is within us is awake
and eager to be at work. 1t is the
spirit of God rebuking our Incidence
and bidding us go forward. After
faith and conviction there must needs
come inspiration and feeling. Blow.
0 winds of God. upon the sails of our
faith, that we may feel and stir and
be inspired to do our best! Let no
man despise those high moments of
his Christian life when feeling grows
strong and there is "a sound of 60
ing Better cockle-shell that moves
with wind and wave, than "a painted
ship on painted ocean,"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Shot by His Brother.

Lion bennington, youth resid-
ing in Warren county, was acct
dentally shot by his brother Duncan
last week. The two boys were out
in the canebrake squirrel hunting
and had been separated. The
younger of the two, hearing a slight
movement in the brush near him,
raised his 22-caliber rifle and fired
in that direction, the bullet enter
ing the lower part of the abdomen
Of his brother, Of whose near pres
ence the younger was not aware.
The wound inflicted is serious and
painful, but not considered danger
obs
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Field VIII Be a Full One.

Candidates continue to announce
in the race for clerk of the Supreme
Court, and the field promises to be
full one. Petitions are in circula-
ton in every county in the State
for signers in order to get the names
of the candidates on the State tick
ct. Since these petitions have been
circulating the lawyers have begun
to look into the matter and to dis
cuss the question of whether it is
necessary to have a petition circu-
lated in each county. Judge Camp
bell takes the view that it is only
necessary to have one petition of
fifty qualified electors. Section 1862
of the Code seems to be little am
biguous, and Judge Campbell's view
is generally Endorsed by the lawyers
here who have examined the ques-
ton, but the candidates all want to
be on the safe side, and all of them
are in the field with petitions.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Through Truth to Action.

Every truth should be but the yes-
Thule to an action. knowledge is
only a means to life. II am convinced
that it is only worth while to be un-
selfish and helpful, and to live for the
welfare and happiness of Others" re-
marked one Christian man to another.
"Of course" was the brusque reply; "but
instead of discussing it, as we do, why
not find means of expressing it," The
principle is true; it needs not procla-
nation. but practices. S. Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Seven Candidates.

So far as can be sacertained, there
are now seven candidates in the race
for clerk of the Supreme Court, and
more to hear from. The successful
candidate will have to get both a
majority of the popular vote and a
majority of the electoral vote in or
der to win. This will, of course, be
next to impossible, with field full
OF candidates, and the race will be
thrown into the house of representa-
tives for final settlement. Where
no candidate receives both of these
majorities the house of representa-
tives must elect a clerk from between
the two candidates receiving the
highest number of votes. The cam
didates now in the field are George
G. Myers, w. j. Brown, John L.
Brady, W. j. Pickett, S. L. Dobbs,
Mr.. Minor of Noxubee and Henry
Yerper.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Mississippi State News
Another IndianoIa incident.

From a prominent Indianola cit
izen an interesting incident is
learned, connected with the Indian
ola postoffice affair, that has some
thing of funny phase to it. When
the postoffice was discontinued, or
closed, by the departure of Minnie
Cox, it seems that there was a white
man connected with the office whose
duty it was to haul the mail from
the depot to the postoflice. He was
the only white man connected with
the institution, Minnie Cox and her
assistant being colored. The depart
ment at Washington continued the
salaries of Minnie Cox and her as
sistant, but the pay of the white
man was cut off. Not long since
the white man saw in one of the pa
pers a notice Of the fact that Min
ME Cox and the assistant postmas-
ter were still drawing their pay reg
ularly. Whereupon the white man
took his pen in hand and wrote to
letter to the postmaster-general,
complaining of the fact, and insist
ing that the department was dis
eliminating against him on sac
count of his color" He urged that
it was not just or fair to him, for the
department to cut OH his pay be-
cause he was the only white man,
and at the same time to continue the
pay of the favored colored employees.
His letter was plea for his "down-
trodden race" and begged for JUS
tice. The postmaster-general has
not yet replied to the appeal.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Horrible and Fatal Accident.

L. H. Ackart, trainmaster of the
Southern railroad, met with a horri-
bic death at Greenwood last week.
He jumped off the caboose of a
freight train while it was taking a
side track, and in some manner got
his left leg caught under the wheels
ii the car, and the limb was terribly
crushed, necessitating amputation
just below the knee. Mr.. Ackart
lost much blood, and the shock
proved too much for him and he
died the next morning He was
prominent in railroad and business
circles, and was a resident of Column
bus, to which place his remains were
carried for interment.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Conduct and PrOfession

DR.. ]. Wilbur Chapman, speaking of
the Importance, of making our lives
conform to what we profess, says:
There can be no abiding power until
that day comes when we keep our con-
duct abreast of our profession; there
must be something back of our profess
sion; that something is a consistent
life. 1t is beautiful thing to hear
one who is gifted in speech and in
prayer in the prayer-meeting, but am
persuaded that there is something far
more beautiful, and that is, for one to
be able from Monday morning until
Sunday night to live Christ Here is
a power infidelity cannot assail nor I'M
belief deny. If you are travelling
through an orange country, you are
sensible all the time of the fact thar
the orange blossoms are about you:
the fragrance is waited to you the last
thing at night. the first thing in the
morning, and it even makes you sleep
the sweeter, and there is a sweetness
like that about the life that is truly
hid with Christ in Cod"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
FAITH AND REASON.

Two travellers started on tour
With trust and knowledge laden;
One was O man with mighty brain,
And one gentle maiden.
They Joined their hands and vowed to be
Companions for a season;
The gentle maidens name was Faith,
The mighty MANS was Reason.
He sought all knowledge from this world
And every world anear it;
All matters and all mind were his,
But hers was only spirit.
If any stars were missed from Heaven
His telescope could find them;
But while he only found the stars,
She found the God behind them.
He sought for truth above, below,
All hidden things revealing;
She only sought if woman-wise,
And found it in her feeling
He said: This earths rolling ball."
And so doth science prove it;
He but discovered that 1t moves
She found the strings that move it.
He reads with geologic ease
The record of the ages;
Unfolding strata he translates
Earth's wonder-written pages.
He digs around a mountain base
And measures with a plummet:
She leaps 1t with a single bound
And stands upon the summit.
He brings TO light the secret force
In natures labyrinth lurking.
And binds it to his onward car
To do his mighty working.
He sends his message DER the earth,
And down where sea gems glisten;
She sendeth hers to God Himself
Who bends His ear to listen.
All things in science, beauty, art,
In common they inherit;
But he has only clasped the form,
While she has clasped the spirit
He tries from earth to forge key
To ope the gate of Heaven!
That key is in the maiden's heart,
And back its bolts are driven
They part. Without her all is dark;
His knowledge, vain and hollow;
For Faith has entered in with God,
Where Reason may not follow
Elizabeth York Case, in Thrift.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Conflicting Opinions.

Conflicting reports come in from
the cotton crop and conflicting opin-
ions are expressed as to the damage
or loss to the crop from the recent
unfavorable weather. Some bullish
opinions are expressed that the crop
in this State has suffered heavily
by the cold snap because it is so
late. The bears come along behind
this and tell you that the crop is not
as late as it has been considered, but
is well up to the season and the cool
weather has not hurt it. They say
that the plant was already too heavi-
ly fruited before the cold weather
caught it and that the bolls caught
would have been thrown off in the
natural course of events. Certain
it is that many bolls have been killed
by the cold; as to what proportion
of the crop was beyond being hurt
by the weather, it is difficult to get
two opinions alike.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Mchenry Eire.SMent.

Last week fire destroyed many Of
the business houses Of McHenry.
The houses burned were four hotels
and restaurants, five general mer-
chandise establishments, one drug
store, one barber shop, one livery
stable, one millinery store, the Meth
odist church, postoffice, one law Of
flee, five residences, one dental par
lor and two freight cars on the Gulf
& Ship Island siding, one of them
loaded with household goods.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
St. Andrews in New Home.

The parish of st. Andrews Epis-
copal Church, at Jackson, held the
last service in the old church last
week and will turn the property over
to the purchasers. The old church
was built shortly after the war. The
new st. Andrews Church is very
handsome structure on the lot oppo-
site the governors mansion. The
new bishop of the diocese, DIR. Brat
ton, will be consecrated in the new
church.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
HELPFUL AND TRUE.

Heaven never helps the man who will
| not act.-Sophccles.
God is good worker. but He loves to
be helped.-Basque Proverb.
Remember that to change thy opinion.
and to follow him who corrects thy err
ror is as consistent with freedom as It is
to persist in thy error.-Marcus Aurelias
Disappointment are shafts sent to the
very bottom of our souls and whatever
is there whether gold or only copper
they bring it to the surface.-Edmund
Garrett.
If, instead of gem, or even flower.
we could cast the gift of lovely thought
into the heart of friend, that would
be giving as the angels must give
George Macdonald
las l have loved you," means love
that is sweet and gentle to all menNwho
have many rudenesses and meannesses.
who are selfish and faulty, who have
sharp corners and vexing ways.-Rev. ].
r. Miller, D. D.
Kindness adds sweetness to every
thing. 1t is kindness which makes life's
capabilities blossom and paints them
with their cheering hues and endows
them with their invigorating presence.
Frederick W. Faber.
Sereneness will never come to me in
this world. Yet have such possibilities
of calm! But 1t would be very selfish to
sigh for quiet when it is most unde-
served blessing that one is permitted to
work, to be co-worker with God.-Gail
Hamilton.
There is natural wretched indepen-
dency in us, that we would be the au-
thors of all our own works. and do all
without Him, without Whom, indeed, we
can do nothing. Let us learn to go more
out of ourselves, and we shall find more
strength for our duties, and against our
temptations.-Ro Leighton.
At times the best way to progress is to
stand still. An ocean steamer, caught
in fog in dangerous channel. wisely
drops its anchor and waits. To every
life come times when it should simply
stand still and wait To go backward is
needless; to go forward is rash. Just to
be still and see what God will do, is often
highest faithfulness, as it is always the
hardest duty. Waiting is severer test
of faith than workings. S. Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-10-02
Dr.. J. M. HoyIe for Speaker.

Lee county presents the name Of
her distinguished son, DR.. J. M.
Hoyle, as her candidate for speaker
OF the next house of representatives.
He served three terms in the legis-
lature-in 1878, 1884 and 1856
and took rank with such contempo-
raries as Tison of Lee, Gen. w. F.
Tucker of -Chickasaw, Lieut. Gov.
Stands of Tate, Congressman
Spight of Tippah, and Judge Fl. C.
Niles, now on the Federal bench.