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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11

With the most lavish expenditure of
money that the Addison County Agri-
cultural society has ever made for the
purpose of exploiting the annual meet
ings of the society it is safe to assume
that every resident of Addison county
has, during the past six weeks, been
made acquainted with the long list of
attractions that are down on the schedule
for September .. 6, and s, the dates of
the greatest county fair ever held in
Western Vermont.
The grounds of the society show inn
provements whichever way one turns.
The "Inside Inn which occupies a
prominent location as one passes down
the line" is but one OF the new features
that the management have inaugurated
this year.
The exhibits this season will doubtless
eclipse all previous years as already the
management are receiving assurances
from the leading farmers and stock
raisers of the county that it is their in
tention to be on hand with larger ex-
hibits than ever before. The improve
ments, the list of vaudeville attractions
secured, the assurances being daily re-
ceived by the management promising
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
Mrs. Flora White Boynton.

Mrs Flora White Boynton, wife of
Superintendent F. ID. Boynton, of the
Ithaca schools, died at an early hour
Tuesday morning, July IS, after long
illness. The death of this most estimable
woman will cause sadness not only in
her own home, but throughout the city,
for in a larger degree than is usual she
was known and esteemed and there is
hardly circle in Ithaca that will not be
affected by and mourn her departure
Possessed of those qualities that sweeten,
dignity and enoble, she was a type of
the ideal woman and her passing away
is a distinct loss to the community.
Mrs. Boynton was the daughter of
Alonzo and Julia White, and was born
at Nicholville, st. Lawrence County,
this state, April %, 1864. In 1886 she
was graduated from the State Normal
School at Potsdam, and ON June 90 of
the same year she was married to Mr..
Boynton. They came to Ithaca, July l.,
1893, and since that time have been resi-
dents of this city.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11

cooperation, indicate only success for
the sixty-fifth meeting of the society
The program of the various events does
not contain the proviso weather per-
hitting" for whether it rains or shines
the fair managers propose to carry out
every number down on the long list of
attractions.
Last year during the busy day of the
fair a Register photographers made a
snapshot of a part of the crowd of 5000
people who We're on the grounds and the
picture is shown here. While 5000 was
the high water mark in attendance it is
a good wager that this years meeting
will bring an attendance of several
hundred, if not thousand, better.
The premium list which is issued this
week shows a lberality upon the part of
the management III purses and premiums
that has never been equalled in the three
score and more years of the eXistance of
the society. With an appropriation of
S44OO for premiums, purses and vaude-
vile attractions surely little will be
lacking to make the coming fair not
only the biggest and best that Addison
county has ever had but it will eclipse
everything that Western Vermont has
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11

Besides her husband Mrs. Boynton is
survived by four children, Frank David
IT,, and Barbara, twins. aged 8 years,
Paul W., aged seven and Beatrice aged
two.
The funeral service was held at the
residence No. ia South Geneva street,
Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock,
the Rev. Wallace E, Brown officiating
On Thursday morning the body was
taken to Mrs. Boynton's birthplace, at
her request, and laid beside the remains
of her parents, brother and sister, she
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11

having been the last surviving member
of her family. Final services were held
in Nicholville, on Friday.-Ithaca IN. "
journal.
Mrs. Boynton was the wife of F. d.
Boynton who graduated in the class of
1891 at the local college. The deceased
was at the time of her residence here
teacher in the graded schools.
The Register and the New York World
one year for S1.65.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11

ever produced. While we may seem to
be breathing" upon certain features of
the coming fair in writing of them surely
they will stand all the exploitation that
printers ink can give them and the
Register has not the slightest hesitancy
in saying that the siXty-tifth annual fair
of the Addison County Agricultural
society not only promises to be the
biggest but the best ever held by the
society.
The management decided early in their
advertising campaign this season that
newspapers afforded the best form of
publicity to be obtained in advertising
the fair and accordingly man was de-
tailed to prepare announcements for
each issue of the county papers for a
period of many weeks in advance of the
opening of the fair on September ,. This
weeks Register contains on another page
the press agents announcement for the
present week which states that, among
the long list of attractions down on the
vaudeville olio, the world renowned
family of aerial artists, the Gillmors, are
to appear daily upon the elevated stage
fronting the grandstand. Not only are
the Gillmors top-notchers in their line
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
OBITUARY..

Obt OAhIs
Mr. Darius Severance, whose recent
death occurred at the residence of his
son in the east part of the town, was
the last surviving member Of a large
family of one of the early pioneers of
Middlebury.
Mr. Severance was born Feb. IS, 1914,
and died July 81, 1905, being 91yrs.
5mo. and 12days old at the time of his
death. He was the youngest of eleven
children, of whom only one died in
childhood. He belonged to family of
great longevity, their united ages at
death being a little over 74S years, and
five of the family averaged over 80
years.
In 1889 on the 18th of March Mr..
Severance married Miss Emeline Eliza
Rockwell of Eaton, N. Y. In due time
they established their home on farm
about three miles east of the village
where fifty years from the date of their
marriage in their new and commodious
home their friends to the number of
about two hundred gathered to cele-
Their children and grandchildren were
all present, and two clergymen from
Middlebury with kinspeople and other
guests made it happy and joyous
occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Severance were blest
with two children, Edward C. and
Edith (who married DR.. John Avery
both of whom are now living in Middle
bury, also four grandchildren. three
daughters and one son, children of Dr.
and Mrs. Avery.
Mr. and Mrs. Severance early united
with the Congregational church of Mid
dlebury in whose fellowship they re-
NAMED till they joined the church tri-
umphant Mr.. Severance at the time
of his death was the oldest member of
his church.
The death of Mrs. Severance, which
occurred Oct. 8, 1898, terminated their
pleasant and lifelong companionship.
He never fully overcame this supreme
sorrow of his life. a deep sense of loneli-
ness seemed to follow him as the shadow
follows its subject, leaving an impress
that was never to be effaced from his
memory while he tarried in the flesh,
though he bore up with Christian forti-
tude under his affection. He still had a
pleasant earthly home, and kindly hands
and loving hearts to administer unto him.
But his mind naturally turned toward
the sunset. He longed for the reunion
that he felt sure was awaiting him on
the other side. He had passed the sum-
NIT of his earthly ambitions, and was
willing and ready to descend the west
ern slope. Death had no terrors for
him. He saw in vision that his rest
would be glorious, and longed to enter
upon it. In answer to his own prayers
we believe the Master took him.
In mental ability Mr.. Severance out
classed the ordinary mind. His memory
was intensely tenacious of important
events. He loved to read the great
speeches of distinguished men, and the
most telling passages in their oratory
he would repeat afterwards as occasion
demanded Their great thoughts so inn
pressed him that he easily retained the
language in which they were conveyed.
He knew history, both ancient and
modern, as few men do who are not
giving their time and attention to his.
torical subjects.
Had he possessed liberal education,
he would have had large influence in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11

but no cleverer team of horizontal
performers than Rice and Elmer,
are to appear at the fair, have e
visited Vermont. The children will
to know that Professor Law
and his troupe of trained dogs arej
perform daily upon the stage. Not on
will the children be interested in 1
trained dogs but doubly so in the
nouncement which the fair manag
made last week that all children in VI
mont are to be admitted free on Chi
rens' day, the last day of the fair. ,
only admitting the children free satisfi
the management but they have prevail
upon Governor G. J. Bell to be pres,
and every child that desires to do so n
have the opportunity of meeting
Governor.
The Addison County Fair is one
the best all-round fairs held in y
England. The attendance is alw;
large, comprising people who are direc
interested in pure-bred stock, therefor,
is pre-eminently the exhibition
breeders of fine horses, cattle, she
swine and poultry to exhibit at.
better advertising medium in the wo
can be found than the premium list a
space in the book always commands
premium. This year it was necess
to refuse several advertisers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
SPECIAL BARGAINS


dqaE nd
bra for oweeso unIh
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
No Gloss Carriage Paint Made

will wear as long as DEVICES, No others
are as heavy bodied, because Devoe's
weigh to 8 ounces more to the pint.
Sold by A. Calhoun & Son.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
NOTHING MoREiDANoeRous

than cutting corns. The Foot Ease Sanitary
Corn Pad cures by absorption. Something
entirely new. The sanitary oils and yapors
do the work. Sold by all druggists 25c or by
mail. sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen
S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04
The Polite RurrInrn.

1t Is said that even the most gentle
manly of our burglars have much to
learn from Japan In the way Of polite
ness, if one may judge by description
of the manners of robbers in that coun-
try. Three men broke into a dyer's
house while he was away, and one of
them gently asked the wife how much
money there was In the place. She an
swered that there was just little In
the house The robber laughed and
said:
You are a good old woman, and we
believe you. If you were poor we
would not rob you at all. Now, we only
want some money and this" placing
his hand on fine silk dress
The old woman replied: "All my hus-
bands money l can give you, but beg
you will not take that, for 1t does not
belong to my husband and was con
fided to us only for dyeing What is
ours can give, but cannot give what
belongs to another"
THAT is quite right" approved the
robber, and he Immediately withdrew
with his confederates
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04
Locomotive Fie1ded Ball.

In the baseball annals of Texas, Bal
timore county, is an incident which,
whether an actual occurrence or not,
has been repeated so often that it is
invested with the force of fact.
On hot Fourth Of July back in the
eighties, when the catcher held his posi-
ton behind the bat without a mask
and the pitcher knew of no curve or toe
plate, there was a game of ball be-
tween the Texas Sluggers and the tt
monium Little. Potatoes, but Hard to
Peel. The Sluggers had got in some
good stick work early in the game, and
the visitors were just feeling the biz
Texas pitcher. 1t was the fifth inning,
and the Little Potatoes had two men
on the bases, one on second and the
other on first, when one of their home
run hitters, who had been asleep I'M
til this moment, struck the ball. 1t
cleared the entire field and would have
fallen on the railroad track, but just at
that moment a train came along, and
the ball disappeared in the smokestack
Of the engine. The train was going at
lively speed up grade, and the force
of the puffs elected the ball The mo-
men+um of the train carried 1t until 1t
fell in the third baseman's hands, and
double play was the result. After
as to whether the play was fair the side
was retired, as the double play made
three hands out.-Baltimor Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04
THE OCEAN DERELlCT.
1t Is the Most Patent of All Dangers
That Threaten Senfarers.

1t Is the Most Patent of All Dangers
That Threaten Seafarers.
OF all the spectacIes of the seas none
is so tragic as the derelict, the Grant
of the trackless deep. Weird beyond
description is the picture presented by
some broken and battered hulk as she
swings into view against the sky line,
with the turgid green seas sweeping
over her moss grown decks and a
splintered fragment Of mast pointing
upward, as If In protest against her
undoing. 1t is a sight also to arouse
fear.
For the derelict is the most potent Of
all the dangers that threaten the sea-
farer. Silent, stealthy, invisible, it is
the terror of the mariner 1t Is the
arch hypocrite of the deep. Against it
skill of seamanship, vigilance in watch
ing, avail not. Lights and whistles,
beams and buoyS proclaim the proxim-
ity of land; the throbbing of engines.
the noises of shipboard life tell of an
approaching vessel; icebergs and foes
betray themselves by their ghostly ra-
dance and surrounding frigidity Of
air, but the derellct gives no warning,
makes no signal. The first sign Of its
existence is the crash, the slckenlng
tremble and quaver of the ship sudden
ly wounded to death.-P. Z. McGrath
in McClure's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04
Human Ear WagEers.

There is no doubt that at one period
every one could move the "plnna," or
external ear, at will. The muscles for
the purpose are found In man, as in the
horse and the donkey, although disuse
has caused them to become imperative.
The Australian aborigines, the Pa
puans, and other savages, whose acute
ness of hearing excels ours, can all,
speaking generally, control the move
ments of the pima completely. So can
certain peculiarly constituted individ-
uals among civilized races, although
where these occur they are usually ex-
hibited as freaks" at shows and the
like
]. Muller, the German scientist, by
will effort and practice continued over
many years actually succeeded in re-
gaining the power of moving his ears
freely and quickly. 1t is, moreover, not
beyond probability that the progress
Of inventions, such as that of wireless
teiegraphy may lead to the redevelop-
ment in man Of the primeval car wag,
possibly with the assistance of me-
chanical additions to accentuate its eff
feet
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04
FLOUR IN CHINA.
There 1t Is Made of Almost Every.
thing Except Wheat.

There 1t Is Made of Almost Every
thing Except Wheat.
The Chinese cook stuck the end Of an
ivory chopstick into small brown bis
cult.
taste, SIR" he said.
The biscuit was warm, crisp, rich; it
was light, well sailed, nutritious-a
biscuit. in word, of peculiar excel
lence.
This biscuit, sir, is made Of -four of
lentils," said the Chinaman You
know lentils? Little green pellets
slightly fattened like split peas. Len
ills are considered the most nutritious
Of all the foods of the earth. This one
lentil biscuit, sir, is equal in nourish-
ing power to a pound and a half Of
roast beef"
He took from tin little cake.
again TASTE" he said.
The little cake was rich and good.
''It is made, sir, Of the flour Of aim
onds," said the cook-"fresh, sweet
almonds ground into a white powder
between two millstones. Such flour
is finer thing than your -four Of
wheat, ehT'
Then he lifted a great lid and re-
vealed some thirty or forty compart-
ments, one filled with pink -four, an
other with yellow one, third with a
brown one, a fourth with a white, a
fifth with pale green, sixth with a
blue, and SO on.
"All these are Chinese ffours," he
said. I'm China, sir, we make over
fifty kinds of -four. We make -four out
Of potatoes, out of sweet potatoes, out
Of peas, out Of cocoanuts, out of millet
out Of pulse, out of oats, out Of ba-
nanas- the fact is, sir, we make -four In
China out Of everything but wheat, for
In China, sir, we eat no bread, and
therefore the coarse, dry, tasteless -four
of wheat is useless to "-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04

81 am certain Mars is inhabited" said
Camille Flammarion, land probably by
people much more advanced than we
are. The year In Mars is twice as
long as ours-that is to say, it really
consists of $50 days. The public at
large does not really know the preci-
sion of some of our astronomical OBJ
servations. Thus we know the length
Of the day in Mars by diurnal rotation
to the one-thousandth part of a second,
and from observations, which have
now extended over 100 years, we find
the length Of the day on the planet is
"a hours At minutes % seconds. The
climate of the Martians Is very mild;
there are no gales, while the atmos-
phere is very light, with scarcely any
clouds. The inhabitants enjoy fine
weather, the climate being dry and
clear. We know the globe of Mars per-
fectly; in fact, far better than the
earth"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04

DC IN a pOsIIlon u OIICr you uio S1l4A.ss7
which 1 was bold enough to mention
as rendering me eligible for your
hand
His voice had become provokingly
low and husky. Now he turned to
her almost fiercely:
"You who are SO collected and calm.
what can you know of love and pas
sion? Now l realize that I've toileT
all these years In vain-no, not wholly
vainly, for I'm going to kiss you once
here, now-if it means the worstP
He caught her to him and rained
kisses upon her-her lips, her eyes,
her brow. When he released her il
was with the full consciousness that
he had committed an unforgivable
wrong. He stepped backward until
there lay between them a broad strip
Of fire lit rug.
But the woman held out her arms
to him, and the lashes of her eyes
were wet.
Sweetheart" she whispered as she
crossed her slim hands behind his
dark head and drew 1t down to her
level. "why didn't you tell me that
Bou loved me at first? That was the
saving revelationP'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04

Not many years ago, on the high
roads about Wittenberg, in Germany,
travellers frequently met an old woman
trudging slowly along, pushing before
her a light wheelbarrow loaded with
bundles and parcels. The old woman
was at least sixty, but she was so
cheerful and accomplishing that the
people had no hesitation In employing
her. She had many knickknacks and
parcels to carry to and from the city,
into which three or four times a week
she pushed her barrow, which folks
called the "Wittenberg express" This
plucky old woman walked with her ex-
press wheelbarrow at least ten miles
each trip, and her earnings, small fee
for each parcel, served to support her
self and her two invalid daughters, who
could do only a little sewing. The old
woman would allow no one to pity her.
She liked the work, she said, and was
only sorry that as she grew older she
could not make such frequent trips, for
her earnings were helping herself and
her children.-St. Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04

Hearing that large boot and shoe
establishment was giving away q
present of foot rule with every pair
of boots or shoes 1t sold, a man told
his wife about the bargain and said
that as her shoes were nearly done he
would give her money to buy new
pair If she gave him the foot rule when
she came back, as he wanted to sell
1t and so get back part of the money
paid for the shoes. His wife went to
the shop and after great deal Of
trouble got pair to please her. As
she was leaving the shopman gave her
small box, which, he said, contained
a foot rule. She went home delighted
with her bargain and, seeing her hus-
band at the door, gave him the box.
When he opened it he found, to his dis
gust, instead Of the foot rule he want
ed, a slip Of paper on which was writ
ten, "Avdd tight Shoes"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

People firt with trouble too much.
Every big fire develops lot of natu-
raj born fire chiefs.
1t is all right to select the lesser Of
two evils If you know which one 1t is
The way some people have of being
good is worse than their way of being
bad
When people say to you when you
are In trouble, what can 1 do for
your" be equally considerable and say,
Nothing"
People are hard to please. If man
gets mad easily he is called "touchy, %
and If 1t takes good deal to make him
mad he is called wooden"
1t Is a shame when the baby wakes
up once in the night and the father is
awake for ten minutes that he should
lose Ibis whole nights rest" Isn't it,
now?-Atchison Globe
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04
John Wesler,s wife.

John Wesley married widow, Mrs.
Vizelle, who grew tired Of his restless
ly laborious life and complained. He
paid no attention. and from complaint
she went ON to jealousy, thence to fu-
~. He rebuked her sternly: do not
any longer contend for mastery, for
power. money or praise. Be content to
be a private, Insignificant person. OF
what Importance is your character to
mankind? If you were buried just
now or had never lived, what loss
would 1t be to the cause of Godf" She
left him, taking with her large num-
Der of his private papers, and he dis
missed the subject by writing in his
journal: 81 did not forsake her. 1 did
not dismiss her 1 shall not call her
back"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04

OF rae nat A livery ringing or tele-
phone bells, a scurrying back and
forth of passengers, and the thing was
accomplished.
1t was Friday night. Her trunks
had gone to the pier, and in her dis
mantled room She battled with the
lass1tude that follows a whirl Of feel
ing. She was dull. emotionless, ex-
hausted. The quarrel her flight, life
itself, had ceased to matter, and she
dropped into chair It was then that
her eyes fell upon the sampler.
The small notified square of brown
canvas, with its fading letters, had in
some way escaped her attention until
now and remained pinned against the
wall For an appreciable time she
stared at its alphabet and figures. its
stin tree. its astonishingly alert birds,
and at last at the inscription that al
ways held penSive interest for her,
Amy Castle, aged eight years, 180S."
More than once she had dreamed of
that name Who was Amy CASTER
The sampler had been found fl a chest
Of inherited stuff, and no one could
recall the owner. The small hands that
had wrought those bedimmed figures
were now dust, but what had come to
them before the last resigned folding?
Had Amy, too, loved and suffered and
lost? Had her woman's pride smiled
out on the world from face drawn
with pain? Tragedy or comedy, it
mattered little now. All that remain
ed of her passing was this small, mot
tied sampler This was what it all
came to in the end-this-
With swift, eloquent gesture she
arose and literally flew along the cor
ridor to the telephone. Quick, Cen
trail, quick" she was urging moment
later. "It's-it's matter of life and
death!'
But all she could say when she got
her number was broken "Oh, Don
aldp'