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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
COUNTY NEWS
RIPToN.

P.B. Cloyes, of Middlebury, was in
town on the 4th inst
George Adams, wife and daughter, OF
Middlebury, visited in town a few days
ago.
&c. Rogers, of West Cornwall, was
in town on business Thursday.
Will Clark has bought small piece
of ground of S. Murray near the Powers
house and has begun the erection OF
house.
Salisbury and Ripton base ball teams
met here again last Saturday. Game
closed at the end of the sixth inning
on account of rain, the score standing
nine to two In favor of Ripton.
Bread Loaf Mountain was white with
snow last Sunday morning.
A. ]. Fisher has gone to Warren and
will probably stay during the winter.
The Methodists have built new fence
on the back side of their church lot, and
cleared out the blind sluice to prevent
the water from surrounding the church.
Mrs. Patrick Martin has moved her
household goods here. placed them in
storage, and entered the employ j. h.
Goodro.
The Rev. Mr.. Wood, of the College,
gave a very appropriate, timely and
powerful address at the Sunday morning
service in the Methodist church. After
the address, the pastor received class
of six on probation for church member
ship, making two classes thus far for
the year. The Rev. Mr.. Maggs, also of
the College, preached very acceptably
last Sunday evening at the church.
Last Sunday afternoon the Rev. Messrs
Maggs, Wood and Hall held services In
the Bowen house that were well at
tended.
John Robbins has branch of red ra-p-
berries. some are ripe. some green, some
three-fourths of an inch in diameter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
A Business Opportu nifty.

A manager TO take charge OF office and also
do road work in connection with Magazine
Subscription Agency established twenty
years, doing business of s2OO.C0O per year. A
person who is responsible and expressive in
meeting people and canvassing, who will not
object to appointing agents and working with
them in his territory. To such a person we
will pay a monthly salary. commission. and
also further interest in the business OF said
territory that will bring in permanent re.
turn and income. Address THE HOME
MACHINE, Box l6. indianapolis Ind.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
HANCOCK,

Ross Goodyear has moved from New
Haven and is working for Farr & Ken.
needy.
Mrs c. j. Fiske and children visited
relatives in Middlebury recently.
H. r. Perry visited his brother in
Mortified last week.
F. Whittier and R Claflin are engaged
in the manufacture of cider.
Frank Whittier made business trip to
Ripton few days ago.
The Peoples Telephone Company are
extending their wires up the Brapch
toward Middlebury as far as R. Clafiih's
Lewellyn Perry has returned home
after two years stay in Montana.
c. j. Stockwell and family are taking
an extended carriage drive to Peru and
other towns of the State.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elliott. of Warren,
were at E. j. Goodyear's over Sunday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
A LUCKY PosTMIs1Ress

is Mrs. Alexander, of Cary, Me who
has found DR.. Kings New Life Pills TO
b. the best remedy she ever tried for
keeping the Stomach, Liver and Bowels
in perfect order. You'll agree with her
f you try these painless purifier that
iniuse.new life. Guaranteed by w. ii.
Sheldon, druggist. Price PIC.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
Office Of the Addison Railroad
CompanY.

RUTLAND, VT, October 2, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that an annual
meeting of the stockholders of this COM
pany, for the election of directors and
the transaction of such other business as
may be brought before the meeting. will
be held at the Office of the company in
Rutland, Vermont, on Tuesday, the 10Th
day of October, 1905, at II o'clock a. m.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
A. G. ADAMS, Clerk.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our thanks to those
friends who so kindly extended theil
services and sympathy in our recent be-
reavement, occasioned by the loss of oul
husband and father; also, for the beau
tiful flowers.
Mrs. GEORGE PECK.
MR. and MRS. HENRY PECK.
MARTIN j. PECK.
Mrs. EVA ANGEL.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
COLLEGE NOTES.

Prof. Wetherell is to have charge of
the rhetoricals in women's department
this year.
AT meeting of the freshmen class the
following officers were elected: Egbert
Hadley, president; Miss Marie Henckels,
vice president; Ray Fisher treasurer
and Ruth Hawley, secretary.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
DEVILS ISLAND TORTURE

is no worse than the terrible case of
Piles that afflicted me 10 years. Then l
was advised to apply Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and less than box permanently
cured me, writes L. S. Napier, of Rugles,
Ky. Heals all wounds, Burns and Sores
like magic. 25c at w. H. Sheldon's,
druggist,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12
THERE is NO USE FIGHTING NATURE

DIR. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy does
nothing of that kind. 1t acts tenderly
and in sympathy with what Nature is
trying to accomplish. Do you have
trouble with your digestion, your liver
or kidneys? Does rheumatism pain and
rack you? Is your head thick and
heavy? 1t will charm away these all
ments almost ere you are aware.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-10-12

A cold is much more easily cured when the
bowels are open. Kennedys Laxative Honey
and Tar opens the bowels and drives the cold
out of the system in young or old. Sold by
w. II. Sheldon, Middlebury, South Side Drug
Store Bristol
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bis arms. The Deacon tried 70 ~.
plain. but Lem he hung open the
Kitchen door and got the Deacon start
ed cnt and then he give him . kick
THAI sent the Deacon sprawling into
snow drift. Lem then foiiered him
out into the yard and when the Dea-
con got up Lem kicked him down
again. Every time the Deacon would
get mp Lem would kick him down.
At last the Deacon got tired OF this
and 10 he didn't get up--he Just layed
there and so Lem he walked hack into
the house and demanded explanation
OF his wife. She throwcd her arms
around his neck and told Lem that
she didn't love nobody but him and
that when the Deacon put his arms
around her she didn't think no more
about 1t than she would II her own
father had OF done II and 80 Lem he
forgive her. but he didn't forgive the
Deacon.
IL appears that the jury which Lcni
was serving on was dismissed Sat,ir.
day afternoon until Monday and Lem
thought he would spend Sunday at
home so he walked all the way from
the county seat and got there lust in
time TO see his wife In the Deacon =
arms.
After Lem went into tho house the
Deacon limpcd home. His wife asked
him what allied him and the Deacon
told her that he guessed his rheumatic
was coming back ON him again. Al
soon as Mrs. Butterworth found on,
ihe true state of affairs. however
which she did within an hour. because
kind neighbors and friends went
straight and told her. the way she
then layed ont tho Deacon was some
thing awful. She scored hin till A.
wouldn't light on him. She also called
Mary Brown n hussy and n mink and
as n result the TWO women are moi
now on speaking terms.
II will take this awful scandal q
long time To blow over and we ere
sorry 1t happened.
Subscribe for the Bugle. Full at
tcntion given to scandals in its col
Bingville Bugie Items in Bos
ton Post.
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Mrs. O'Gally
on Cooking

There's nothin' nicer than bein' able
TO get up good dinner fer good cook
in liz grand thing and II won't hurt
anybody to know 1t. rich or poor.
There Is chew sorts o. cookin' in
this world-poor mans and rich mans,
The ruinin' OF good ingrcgients / DON'T
call cookin' at abl. at ahl.
To make spring lamb chops tender
new peetaties and green peas appetiz.
in. and strawberries fit to eat is what
the rich mans chef does. But there's
more folks concerned with maxim
such n tasty dish with three-cents-a
poundneck o. mutton and pint OF
dried peas there won't be n scrap ia
warm up fer breakfast. and It's n far
more pertickler job.
Sirline steak niver bought n harse
fer O'Gally ner paid a dollar on our
cottage and chew lots: but it's pork
an beans that 'ud make yer mouth
water that has, not to spake of way
l have OF throwin' pancakes together
that's saved us tons of poundcake and
apple pole. Fer I've niver seen the
day I'd allow angelcake In me house
let alone In me family's stomachs
cxtry good stomachs though they be-
TOO.
My little bye Toby will come in oi
an evenin' playin' he's starved to q
skellytin an droppin' inty his livin
choomb-and the bye is tired workin
ahl day and skylarkin' between whiles
but the way he will brighten oop at
the sight Of pot OF dumplin's an
gravy does me as much good as soin'
to church. an more. joost sit there
watchin' him eat. froze to me chair
with happy feelin's. and before I know
1t I'm plannin' what I'll have fer din
ner to-morry, and my! my! I'm that
ccmfterb1e.
Feed 'em. say, man and bye: feed
EN-, but don't pampey 'em, don't spile
EN- with billed listers and ice cream.
II my little bye Toby gets chicken OF
a Soondah he wants goose fer Moon
dth and turkey the rist O. the week.
aud I'm the very same oidentical way
mvsilf. and so Is O'Gally, and there's
nc use In 1t.
Pull 'em up shart, l say; pull 'ein up
with a tinder pot roast, with a speck o.
oo,ion and tomahtah atop of 1t. Let
tho chickens live and lay eggs fer us.
ano bile up the carn-beef and cab
base. till It fairly melts on yer tongue.
You don't need 'em--these fancy
groseries-if you knows how to cook.
It's the cookin' does 1t. Nothin' ilse.
and ahl we need In this country Is fer
son abody to make cookin' fashion.
able and 1t seems to me that's Amy
doh. Chicago News.
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The Reasoning
of ''Laddie''

,.s the possessor OF bright.
"a Irish setter dog. "Laddie." who
.rmpied me on my many drives
n the country. My dog and
. we're inscparable friends. and
a ne we're out driving. "Laddie"
uned to take charge OF both the
= and myself: several times help
n out OF what might have re-
IA In serious difficulties. at one
catching and holding the horse
"a frightened and running away.
IA 1 could reach her. But the IN
NJ desire to relate occurred two
II ago last spring. ! was driving
u,eh a rough and hilly section OF
country. where the road was fire.
Ratfy crossed by brooks. which ut
t season OF the year. at times. as
hi large proportions, flooding both
= and bridges. I approached one
|these streams, over which was n
hc about twelve feet long and
beuhat raised above the road on
iarther side from me. The water
up to the bridge. and beyond the
kse vas pond Of water some ave
biz rods in width. dark and muddy,
several feet deep In places. A
1e vay from the point Of crossing
Fe some large rocks standing close
ether. over which the dog could
s In that manner. When ! drove
10 the bridge my horse stopped and
sed to take to the water, which
ot level with the bridge; my dog
)od sn one Of the large rocks watch
~ progress, and when the horse
Dped and refused to go on, the dog,
human intelligence and reason
tntantly leaped from tho rock
he bridge. ran up in front Of
lsrse. looked into her face. gave
PAarp bark Of encouragement, and
turned and deliberately walked
ben the bridge into the water. all
lle time looking over his shoulder
0e horse. saying. Come on" as
MY as his intelligent face could
sess those words. Then. without
orsing on my part. the horse at
Y followed the dog into the water
across the flooded strip OF road to
~ land. Mt times up to her belly
ue Hood, the dog swimming over
eeaser Of the road Just In front of
saarning some hours later over the
road. the dog. always in advance.
- moment. Just long enough to
.ne horse would make the pas
u the water all right, and when
. she raised NO objection to
a& he took to the rocks and
~ without wetting his feet
Peadae American.
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pelican Island.

In that long, narrow lagoon on the
east coast Of Florida known as Indian
river there is muddy islet three or
four acres In extent. writes Frank NJ.
Chappan in the Century. Originally
It do,ttless did not differ from hun.
dreds of similar neighboring islets;
but, fer come reason past finding out,
this is!et, and this alone. forms the
resting resort, the home, of all the pei
leans CT the Indian river. II not, indeed,
of the eest coast of Florida. The brown
pelican. unlike Its white cousin. nests
normally in low trees and bushes, and
there IL evidence that when the origi-
nal pelican colonists landed on the
islet which now bears their name, 1t
was we'll grown with black and red
mangroves In which the birds placed
their scaffolding of sticks. Exception
ally low temperature and high water
perhaps also excessive use by the
birds. which sometimes build as many
as seven nests in single mangrove-
have killed tree after tree. until at
present only three serviceable trees
remain. Still the birds come back, the
impelling motive which prompts them
to return to this particular spot be-
ing evidently stronger than that which
induced them to nest In trees.
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Quiet Spot in London
Walks Of the Charserhouse an Oasis
In Turmoil Of Twentieth Century City
Especial Correspondence

From the turmoil and hustle OF
smithfeld and the noisy thoroughfares
around. 1t is a strange contrast to pass
through the gates into the Charter
house. Twentieth-century London is
left behind. and we are back in medic
val times. Over Its quaint courts and
quadrangles. It's wainscoted walls. Its
antique balustrade staircases. its his
toric chapel. monastic stiffness
Ieigns. Our passing footsteps rouse
weird echoes in the old gray cloisters.
What varied scenes they have wit
nessed-those old gray stoncs!
BY them the whl,c-robed Carthusian
monks. emerging in solemn silence
each from his separate cell. passed in
slow procession 10 ofrer their mid
night mathis; there in later times.
Queen Elizabeth walked. attended by
gay throng OF couriiers and ladies'.
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.ssa and looked very hard q
4 v1sh could see whether you are
me.ing nun Of me or not" ho said,~
Little Fanny was more pushed than
ever. They went along some distance
N silence. Then Fanny thought she
wouid like wax doll for her second
wish. The old gentleman stopped
short. SN
i gave you wax doll on your
birthday" he said rather severely.
Poor Fanny did not know what Ia
say. Just then a voice cried, from
. large house near by:
why, Uncle John, where have you
Deen! And where did you find that
pretty little giri?"
Why Isn't she our Fanny?" the old
man asked. She called me Grandpa
Perry"
ranny saw the mistake at once.
NO. mol" she cried, laughing. 81
asked you II you were fairy"
And you are so blind and deaf tina,
yon did not understand" said the
smiling young lady who had Jus,
come out of the gate.
yes, yes." said Uncle John. CSC
you took me for a fairy. did you? And
you had three wishes. Well come In
and receive the first. I will buy my
niece Fanny another hoop"
Soon after. little Fanny skipped
home. thinking. as she went that q
nearly blind old gentleman. in gray
Is Just as good as the fairies in story
books.
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e boy the same deep religious earnest-
ness he afterward displayed as man.
and nicknamed. half in fun and hnif
In tenderness. the Philosopher. gener-
ally shortened into "Phlos."
The name Of the greatest surely
among all the old Carthusians-W
lam Makepeace Thackeray-it IN nat
rral to reserve to the end. But, wner-
ever Thackeray Is read. the name Of
the Charterhouse must always be ter
derly remembered. The picture tie
great novelist has drawn of the usa
Gray Friar school. OF Founders nay,
and the Latin creation, of the serv:ee
In the chapel, where rosy-cheeked
boys, full Of life and health, stood b
striking contrast to the old gray-head-
ed STOPPING figures OF the black
gowned pensioners-that picture h.s
immortalized the school.
A. to Colonel Neweome.
And the figure @. Colonel Newcome.
depicted by the same genius, has BE-
come such a living reality it is hard b
believe that his name was never II
fact on the roll. And when the scheme
to sell portion of the ancient Char
terhouse site was before the House Of
Commons in 1886. one OF the strongest
arguments used in opposition was the
plea for the aged pensioners, ''the sue
cessors of Colonel Newcome." Long
may those eighty old pensioners b
able In their historic hall to Join ID
the old Charterhouse song:
Then blessed be the memory Is ~
OF good old Thomas sutton,
Who kave us misunderstanding,
Aud hc gavo us beef and mutton.
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5nr 90 lNpsAg.

.. i e.. ~ sssss, a. & ~
~ s,,r,n wn,s' ny sesp>e m. sus
~ "a riows my hate.
rock them face 20 faos-
~ ~ nsshcorislnE fools
~ - Train the hand that's red TO
~ ~ n aliens tools
..,rrs TO my tribe lesa hope
- mearer that grim hour
on1 ,hs closing OF the hAud--the
~ ~ mans throttiing power.
~ medicine / make on yondsr
I ~ n. great god Manitou TO grant
= @ one last prayes'
49,, ,omc day, from far shores. a
" ~, ,ac. may he led
- and engulf tho white. as
e.eS,, e.neS,,s has quilted the red.
....,...s cat my bread. and for my
ssnss ssL burns my teepee nrc. but
e,feoN red CLOVIS my hate.
s Denver Republican.
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HIGH LIFE SCANDAL
TOWN or BiNovILLE sTiRaEp 'ro
lTs DEPTHS.
Deacon suttsrworth Felt to Be the
Victim Of Unfortunate cireun.
stances, but His wife Has BY no
Means Been Convinced.

There was terrible scandal hap
pened In Bihgville last Saturday night.
the news OF which few all over town
like wIldHre and since then our resi-.
dents amt got nothing done but talk
about II with bated breath. Schc oil
was closed for day on acct. of 1t AID
80 was the +. o. Work Is at stand
still and the terrible recital OF what
happened is on everybody's lips.
On Wednesday morning OF last week
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Statue Ct Founder.

resplendent In silks and satins and
jeweled array: these old walls for
more than 250 years have sounded
with the shouts OF the Charterhouse
boys ut ''cloister cricket" and there.
still. like shadows OF the past. the
black-Sowned pensioners go softly by
10 their daily service In the chapel.
. 20 floreat aeternum Carthusiana Do
mus is II prayer in which every lover
of old London will join with every old
Carthusian. For the tide OF London's
trade and business Is washing higher
and higher against these ancient
walls. and more than once the old
monastery has been seriously endan-
gered. Yet u building with historical
associations dating back 10 more than
five centuries ago might surely be
deemed sacred. For Charterhouse. the
original Charterhouse OF which some
portions still remain. was founded in
1871.
In that year the gallant Sir Walter
Nanny established on the site Car
thusian monastery. Among their other
auties, the monks were to offer
masses for the souls OF those whom
Sir Walter NANNY had killed In battle
doubtless goodly number. since
the knight had earned great fame as a
warrior in the French wars of Edward
Ill.
In the Troubled Times.
The monks made gallant fight for
their faith In the troubled times un-
der Henry VIII; indeed. the prior and
not few OF the brotherhood lost their
lives owing to their resistance.
Eventually, the remnant of the order
had to seek refuge at Bruges, and the
monastery and its lands then passed
through several hands within a COM
paratively brief period. 1t was there
that Lord North entertained Queen
Elizabeth on her journey from Hat.
field to London On her accession to
the throne. and again, three years
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Sent the Deacon sprawIina.

Lem Brown left BingyIlle for the 60.
seat. where he was drawed up TO seive
on Il jury. Lem understood that he
would git all through serving 80 as he
could come back hom. Friday night
and he told his wife so. Before he
left Bingville Lem made arrangements
with Deacon Butterworth TO feed his
COW and pigs while he was abscnt.
and look after things around the
house generally Lem has always
been great friend Of the Deacon s,
being as they both belong to the Blig-
vile church and set side by side in
the amen corner every Sunday.
Well. the Deacon looked after Things
at LENS place in good shape so far rs
we can learn. Between chores Tie
Deacon would go into LENS hou.e
and take on his mitts TO warm his
hands at the kitchen stove. while
Mary Brown, that's LENS wife. would
give him Il doughnut, mebhy. or Il
cookie. II she happened TO be making
any. The weather was so cold that
the Deacon spent considerable OF his
time In the kitchen talking TO Mary.
but nobody ever thought anything OF
II, being as Mary is terrible hand
some and agreeable woman. Her maine
before she was married was Mary
Simpkins and she lived out the Pike
four miles west of Bingville. daughter
of old Sam Simpkins. who is dead aad
gone. 10. these many years. When
Mary was n girl of Is II was said that
there wasn't prettier girl in til
county than just her. She was the
belle of Bingville. And since We come
to think of II, this amt been such IL
long time ago and SO far as We ar.
able to see. Mary amt changed muc,
since. Personally. we think she Ia
now better looking than ever. And Sc
nobody blamed Deacon Buttcrworth
for spending probably n leetle mite
more time in the kitchen than was
necessary. although he is n married
man hisself.
Well. Friday night come and went
and poor Lem Brown didn't come back
from the Co. seat. and there was no
word from him. When Lem didn't
turn up Friday evening, when he said
he would. Mary begin to get awful
restless and oneasy and when the Dea-
con come around to do the feeding
the next morning she invited him into
the house and told him her worst
fears. She said something told her,
although she couldn't say just what,
that something awful had happened to
Lem. The Deacon he told her she
mustn't give way like that because 1t
was his opinion that Lem had been
unnecessarily detained and that he
was in good health and spirits and
would turn up sooner OF later and ex-
plain all.
It took the Deacon good while to
explain this. He eat nine doughnuts
while he was doing 1t. When Deacon
Butterworth come back again in the
evening he walked into the kitchen to
see II Lem had come back ami he was
terrible surprised to see Mary stand
ing by the window weeping. The
Deacon asked her what she was a-cry-
ing for and she sad for poor Lem. who
had deserted her like as not. AS soon
as Mary said this the Deacon's sur
prise was took place by pity. He
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symbols of betrothal and the term
"spooning" is thought to have originat-
ed as the result of either the Welsh
or English custom. Welsh love spoons
are generally decorated with entwined
hearts or symbols OF a similar kind.
others have handles In the form of
chains, loose rings and balls and are
cut from single block of wood.
The art of spoon carving has almost
become extinct. although a curious
specimen was acquired less than q
dozen years ago by museum in
Wales and represented the work of an
old quarryman living in the north of
Wales. The "loye' spoons have gen.
orally double shafts or double shafts
and bowls. with a common handle, in
dicating the union of heart and soul.
Spoons at one time were regarded as
an important item In a domestic out
At, and to the fact that Wales was
poor country is probably due to the
prevalence Of the wooden spoon. The
fiat upper portion OF the handle af.
forded the best scope for artistic orna-
mentation, and 1t was made use Of to
the fullest extent by the spoon carv.
ers. In the accompanying Illustration
are seen love spoons and the ordinary
carved variety Of Welsh origin.
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Laid out the Deacon.

hated like thunderashion to stand
there like q gawk while she was sob
bing her eyes out, and her SO pretty,
with her eyelashes all wet with tears
and her rosebud mouth dropped down
so. The Deacon couldn't say nothing for
n minute. What can man say any
how in a case like that? He can't say
nothing.
Then the Deacon couldn't stand 1t
any longer 30 he walked acrost to
Mary and put his arms around her
IA pressed her 10 his hux4ninm and
40 fsid her head On his hF5aat and he
n,noo{hsd back her hair end kissed
~ a. ths ear. Jtst ~ ~ Nag delns
tnis Ten 6pthed ~ tees ~ ~
I { I