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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
THE HALL OF FAME.

Field Marshal Lord Roberts is study
ing Esperanto and has Joined the Brit
ish Esperanto society
Peter Barry of Montello. Pa. aged
100, walks two miles every Saturday
morning to get shaved. lie Is the old
est citizen In Ber1zs county.
Earl Avebury of England has par
TALLY for insects. He once succeeded
In training wasp which he had
caught in the Pyrenees as q household
pet.
Major General A. W. Greedy holds
the unique record of being the first
volunteer soldier out of the 1000 1000
who entered the civil war to attain
the rank Of major general in the regu-
lar army.
-Four generations dwell under one
roof in Worcester, Mass. The occu-
pants are descendants Of Seth. James
and Daniel Fogge. Mrs. Abbie Fogge
George, the grandmother, is only
siXty-five years old
The builder Of the great paper mills
at Chisholm, Mo. and the oldest pulp
mill builder in the country is John A.
Greenleaf of Auburn. Mr.. Greenleaf
has been building mills for thirty-two
years In and out of his native Maine.
A Mr.. Kirkland of Williamsburg, Pa
announces that the members Of the
| Silent Brotherhood (of which order
he is the head have unanimously
nominated him for the presidency
Platform-radical reform in every.
thing.
The son born in England to Mr. and
Mrs. Waldorf Astor will. in the natu-
raj course of events, inherit one of the
greatest fortunes in America, mostly
in New York city real estate and con
servatively estimated now at $780,.
100000
Edward A. Prebie, for fifteen years
a member Of the biological survey OF
the United States agricultural depart
ment has been given leave of alb
sence that he may make q trip TO thf
arctic circle with his camera Grea,
Slave lake In his destination.
The fad Of Marcus NJ. Ellinwood OF
cAnSooh, AZ H., ~ llle CAlCulB Vi
specimens of every style Of carriage
that has been In use in New England
within the last one hundred years
The field near his home Is filled with
broken down vehicles Of all sorts
kinds and descriptions.
D. Collamore Heath of Boston is the
chief promoter Of q plan to honol
Lillian Nordica, one of his towns
women. 1t Is proposed to erect a suit
able marker or monument at the Nor
ton homestead. where Nordica was
born The homestead recently was
purchased by her sisters and presented
to the singer
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
PAGEANT"
Professor skest on the Proper Pronun-
citation of the Word.


citation Of the Word.
Instead Of trusting to casual observ-
ers It is far better to understand the
principles that govern our pronuncia-
ton. There is one principle in par
ticular which, rightly considered, gives
us a good deal Of help in the instance
under consideration.
In my Primer Of English Etymol-
ogy" l give some simple rules Of &c
centuation. Rule is as follows:
when the length Of q word Is aug
mented an original long vowel Is apt
to be shortened by the accentunl stress
falling upon It" Such augmentation
is due to the formation of derivative.
An easy example is seen In the case
of cone, pronounced with a long "o,"
for If we form a derlvative by adding
the suffix 'ic'' the result is comic, with
short TO-"
There Is a general principle that af-
fects the whole language and sets up
a standard habit BY way of illustra-
ton, compare bile with bilious, crime
with criminal, brake and bracken, dine
and dinner, mine and mineral coal and
collier and perhaps at least seventy
more. A remarkable instance is seen
In collie, which is merely a new pro-
nunciation of coaly. Certain dogs
were once called coaly dogs because
of their coal black markings An ex-
tension of the same principle may be
made in comparing the dissyllabic
forms agent and cogent with the allied
trysyllables agitate and cogitate.
When once such a principle has be-
come general it is obvious that word
like pageant will be influenced by the
very large number of dissyllables that
have the former vowel short, end this
is why the truly normal pronunciation
of the word resembles the "a" in Paget
l do not certainly know the origin Of
that name, but 1 suppose it is merely
the diminutive of page, in which the
"a" IS shortened as a matter of course
simply because the diminutive ''et' has
been added.
The pronunciation of primer has Of
ten been discussed, and many are they
who think that they clinch the matter
by saying that the 'i'' in the Latin
primus is long, for that proves moth
ing at all as regards modern English,
and those who have studied our Pc
culiar ways with the closest attention
are we'll aware that the normal way
is, after ALL to pronounce It as If it
were spelled primmer. We do not
therefore spell 1t with double "m," be-
cause that Is not our system. We write
tonic and comic and mimic in order to
show their connection with tone and
cone and mime. and we trust that the
unfortunate reader. after he has thus
had the etymology explained to him.
will provide the pronunciation for him
self. Such a word as pageant may be
usefully compared with magic and
tropic and agitate.-LOndon Academy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
SAVED BY QUICK WIT.
The Escape Of Sir Archibald Douglas
at Poitiers.

In the battle Of Poitiers 1880 num-
Der of Scottish soldiers fought on the
side of the French. and several Of
them We're taken prisoners by the Eng
fish. Among them was Sir Archibald
Douglas, half brother of Lord VIII
liam Douglas. Being dressed in q suit
Of splendid armor, the victors thought
they had captured-as indeed they
had-some great nobleman. Several
Of the English were about to strip of
his armor when Sir William Ramsay
Of Colluthie who was also a prisoner.
happening to catch Sir Archibald's eye,
gave him a meaning look Pretending
to be very angry, he cried out: you
rascal. how Is 1t that you are wearing
your masters armor? Come here and
pull off my bootsw Douglas, seeming
ly thoroughly cowed, went humbly for
| ward and drew of a boot, with which
Sir William began to beat him The
English onlookers at once interfered
on Douglas behalf. saying that he was
person of great rank and a lord.
WHAT shouted Ramsay, shaking
| with laughter. "He lord? Why, he
| is a base knave and, l suppose, has
slain his master. Go, you villain, and
search the field for the body of my
cousin, your master, and when you
have found 1t let me know, that may
| give 1t decent burial" All this was
acted so naturally that the English
| allowed Ramsay TO ransom the pre-
tended manservant for 40 shillings.
The money having been paid, Sir VII
liam gave Douglas another thrashing
and then babe him begone. Sir Archi-
bald lost no time In effecting his es-
cape, which he owed solely to the In
genuity OF his friend
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04

In the sudden taking away of Fred l..
Hamilton, his town and county have lost
one who was whole, warm-hearted
man. a genial associate and a trusty
friend. Aside from the great and irrepar-
able loss to his family, who have the
heartfelt sympathy of all, his departure
in the prime of highly useful manhood
is a distinct loss to the State, as Mr.. Ham,
ilton was man of great ability, untiring
energy, unfailing cheerfulness, combined
with tact that won and kept closely his
friends. Fred Hamilton was man who
believed in the universal brotherhood of
man and lived his belief every day and
all day. Though his untimely death
brings a pang to a great number, his
name and memory will always be hal
lowed by pleasant thoughts, though
tinged with deep regret.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
Human Muscles.

II the muscles In the arm Of the
average man were put together and a
nervous impulse passed into them,
their contraction would lift a weight
Of 224 pounds from the ground. Mus
cles have the unique power when stim-
ulated by nerve impulse of contracting
somewhat as rubber bands might do
If they could squeeze themselves up
shorter. They are, in fact, the reverse
Of rubber, for they contract only and
cannot stretch out-Minneapolis Jour.
nal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04

Sleep out doors. AS far as possible
adopt the sanatorium mode of living
right at home. If it is curing consump-
ton at Pittsford; if camp life is bringing
back health and happiness to hundreds,
as it surely is every season, why not
adopt, as far as possible, that manner of
living at home?-Burlington Clipper.
Oh, yes; sleep out doors, and get up,
or get helped up in the morning with a
crick in your back, your nose running
and spider in your pajamas. By all
means sleep out doors
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
MAYssPROvE FATAL
When will Vermont People learn
the Importance OF it7


Backache is only simple thing at
FIRST;
But when you know it's from the
kidneys;
That serious kindey troubles follow;
That diabetes, Bright's disease NAV
be the fatal end,
You will gladly profit by the following
experience.
IT'S the statement of a Vermont citizen.
Silas B. Moon, of 994 Main St., Benning-
ton, Vt, says: For fifteen years was
troubled by kidney complaint. My back
panied me severely at times and l had
such acute headache and spells of dizzi-
ness that l would be unable to stand.
There was also something wrong with
my kindneys as the secretions were too
frequent in passage and continued
sediment. at last went to drug store
and got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills.
They proved to be the best remedy l had
ever used, not. only relieving the pain in
my back but also regulating the tction of
the kidney secretions. / am perhaps too
old to expect permanent cure, but am
glad to know of remedy that will bring
such beneficial results as does Doan's
Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name - Doan's - and
take no other.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
Save Your Gallons,

A gallon saved is 81 or IS earned.
Two gallons saved is IS or $40 earned
Three gallons saved is S12 to SIS
earned.
Four gallons saved is $40 or s2C
Five gallons saved is $50 to S25 earned
1t costs SO or 81 a gallon to paint, be,
sides the paint; as much to brush.on a
gallon of worthless paint as Devoe.
Mr. Ezra Rathmell, Williamsport, Pa
always used II gallons of mixed paint
for his house; Devoe took 6.
A. Calhoun & Son.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
Must Explain $50, 1876 Shortage

Havana, Sept 2-Rcardo Rodr1-
guen, chief Of the bureau Of supplies
and vouchers In the Havana postoffice,
who disappeared altar the discovery
Of a shortage In that department
amounting TO $50, was arrested last
night. He was In hiding and disguised.
Rodriguez is TO years Of age and was
employed for ten years in the Philadel-
phia postoffice, entering the Cuban
service from that city at the time Of the
first American Intervention.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
SALIaBURY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Hatten OF
Lynn, Mass, were recent guests at F. B.
Nelson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emilus Hyde Of Benning-
ton visited at A. E. Whitney's last week.
Paul and Pauline Roland of Japan are
visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Rhoda
Goodrich.
Wilbur Goodrich of Cornwall and Mrs.
Archie Watson of Proctor were at the
home OF their father, Henry Goodrich,
last Sunday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04

Middlebury's election day was long
one, though the proceedings were char
acterized by good feeling all around.
The voters did their part, and did it
often and kept up cheerfulness all the
time, no acridity marring the contests.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
Ono Comfort.

They were weeping for the head OF
the house, whose automobile had gone
over the bank.
Anyway" said the widow, drying
her tears for the moment, "his death
was in the height Of fashion."-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
AFTER 33 YEARS experience millio

AFTER 33 YEARS experience millions
Of users of L. e NJ. PAINTS, claim -
First, it wears 10 to Is years-Second, it
only costs $1.20 a gallon-Third, its the
best they have ever used--Fourth, six.
teen thousand agents certify to these
facts.
Farnsworth & Co.. Middlebury, W. B.
French & Co., Orwell, E. C. Dixie & Co.,
Bristol.
T. g. NJ Paint oapta
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04

There was great deal said and writ
ten lately in regard to the presence of
General Apathy and members of his
staff. During election day he must have
been off on riding test, because he
wasn't seen around Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
Her Little Pleasures,

Husband-I wish you would stop this
everlasting picking flaws in your neigh
bors. Wife-That's just like you! You
never want me to have the least pleas-
ure!-Liverpool Mercury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
u1iooleburY Register
EDWARD p. SEYMOUR. ASST. EDITOR.

Now that Harry Thaw is in an asylum
and bankrupt and his demure child-wife
is in sanitarium, the Hams case has
cropped up to occupy the attention of
the morbid.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
keith's Tn eatre.

For the week beginning Labor Day,
bill has been arranged at Keith's Theatre,
which in respect to headline features
and general excellence will surpass any,
thing given 30 far this season, notwith
standing that the new idea of five and
one half hours shows has developed an
entirely new improved class of enter
tainment. Unquestionably. the most
notable feature will be "The Love
Waltz, Vienesse light opera, written
especially for vaudeville and following
the line of the waltz operas that are now
the craze. The production was made by
Jesse Lasky and is one of the best ever
given outside of legitimate play houses.
1t was produced about the time 1.-The
Merry Widow" arrived and created as
much of a sensation among the patrons
of vaudeville as the German opera did on
Broadway. Another notable attraction
will be Nat Wills, the most famous of
comedians, who up to this season had
been at the head of his own company.
He had been induced to come to Boston
for this engagement. Other strong fea-
lures will be Les Silvas, Portuguese
Company, who have distinct novelty in
a ladder balancing act; Fred Stafford,
assisted by Muriel Stone, with an enter
|
excellent mimicry: Scott & Wilson, as
gymnastlc testers; Quilan & Mack, who
are well known in the skit as travelling
dentists; Lyon & Parks, in a dancing
specially; Vanveno & Lemore, acrobatic
comedians; Creyon, ventriloquist, and
the Faith special program which includes
moving pictures, musical selections by
an excellent choir of singers and the pie
turasu1e side NJ current pVpnta
The coming season at the Boston Thea
tire promises to be one of the most i'm
portant in the history of that famous
playhouse, judging by what is already
known of the plans of Mr. B. F. Keith,
the proprietor and manager. AS pre-
liminary to the season of the Boston
Theatre Stock Company he has secured
for four weeks engagement, Mr.. Den.
man Thompson, who will appear as
Uncle Josh in 1.-THE Old Homestead" the
play with which his name will always
be identified. This engagement begins
on the afternoon of Labor Day, Septem'
Der 7. 1t is nearly four years since Mr.
| Thompson has been seen in the part in
Boston, and the production for this occa'
sion will be perhaps the most elaborate
be given with the wonderful scenic
effects, the realism that has probably
never been duplicated.
For the Stock Company season the
players who made such a wonderful
success last season are coming AGAR
with others of equal note and popularity
the company including Eleanor Gordon
Wilson Melrose, Mary Sanders, Rose
Morrison, Beverly West, Walter Walker
Frank Losee, Dudley Hawley, William
j. Hassan, Harry Edwards, John Ceary
and Joseph Sullivan. Mr.. Keith has Sc
cured all the greatest successes Of
Charles Frohman, David Belasco, the
Lliehler Company, and is preparing tc
put them on In a manner that will be G
revelation to playgoers, being able to dc
this with the splendid facilities Of the
Boston Theatre.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
Facts From France.

Paris possesses the largest public
gardens and the largest hospital
Cremation costs but 60 cents a body
In France
An army Of one legged men are to
march shortly to the French home Of
fee and ask the government to help
them. They cannot work, and the law
does not allow them to beg
Workmen engaged in pulling down
an old house in the Latin quarter of
Paris were attacked and severely bit
ten by sixty wildcats. which are be-
lieved to have bred in the cellars of
the house.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04

Said farm is located one and one-halfl
miles north of Bridport village, on the|
main road, leading through Addison to|
Vergennes and considered one of the|
most productive in town, house roomy|
and in excellent condition, with barns|
that give ample accommodation for stock
and produce. Quite an amount of pine|
and oak timber, wood for fuel and never
failing water. A good orchard, and|
school only one.quarter of mile away
Personal property consisting of farming|
tools, harnesses and other equipment
Also quite an amount of household goods.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
WEDNESDAY,.
Sept, 8

the farm belonging to the estates oil
Oscar F. and Della A. Kitchell, deceased i
containing SO acres, more or less
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04

The strongest things are in danger
from the weakest.-Disraeli.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
AUCTION

Sale of Real and Personal Estate; under|
a license from the Probate Court, the|
subscribing administrator will sell att
public Auction at the premises advertis-
ed, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m.,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04
Bidders For Naval Contracts =

Washington, Sept. 2.-Shipbuilders
and their representatives gathered at
the navy department for the opening
Of bids for the construction Of ten tor
pedo boat destroyers, not to exceed In
cost $4,000 each, and for the acquisi-
ton of three GOLFERS, not to exceed
S525, 900 each. All the proposals made
were at a figure considerably below
the congressional limit 1t Is likely
that each OF the five firms making bids
will get contract.
GA - II @ II Z "A.
Bears the 1Ihs Kind Vow Have Alsan Bought
Signature Of &H2ZzAH
An advertisement in the Register will
bring the best results.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04

TERMS: Cash for personal prop
erty for farm, $500 down, and balance
January I, 1909.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-09-04

An advertisement in the Register will
bring the best results.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-08-27

Call on John Pfarr for clothes clean
ing and repairing. ISL West Main ct.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-08-27
Miss Jennie A. Nelson.

Word was received on Thursday
last week of the death of Miss Jennie
Nelson, sister of the late Marshall
T. and John F. Nelson.
Miss Nelson will be we'll remembered
by the older citizens of Hillsboro as
bright eyed school girl of the old
seminary, as a clever, accomplished
happy hearted member of society,
then as a self-offered candidate to
the misslonfieldfrom her home church.
Her assignment to the East Indian
field and her acceptable letters from
India, published in the town papers,
are also doubtless we'll rem embered.
Miss Nelson was of Scotch Irish de-
scent. Her ancestry came to Ameri-
ca early in the 18th century
and settled in Georgia and Virginia,
sturdy stock of high average men,
tality and strong physique. Their
Scotch frmness and fresh emotional
nature we're dominating traits emf
nently fitting them for pioneer life.
John NJ, Miss Nelson's father, left
the South and came to Ohio in his
early manhood, establishing In free
state home that was always one of
free-hearted, open door hospitality, a
home though conducted on the old
time straight-laced Sabbath keeping
plan, was always a resort for the
young and gay and never without a
guest.
Reared in a family of brothers to
whom she was mother, sister and
friend, Miss Jennie was always happy
in her intercourse with and influence
over boys. She seemed to understand
them, and her work in India at Dehra
Doom was in a boys school where in
every individual of the seventy or a
hundred under her care, she was per-
sona)ly interested,
We copy a few items from Pres
byterian Church history prepared by
a personal friend.
Jane Ann Nelson, daughter of John
M. and Mary L. Trimble, was born
July Z, 1892, at Hillsboro, o. She
came of a family honored and influ.
enced in the Hillsboro church.
Miss Nelson graduated at the Oak
land Female Seminary in Hillsboro in
1850. For some years she taught very
acceptably in Cooper Institute at
Dayton, Ohio. While there she was
especially active in work among the
colored people and also as a visitor
to the prisons.
In 1871 she went as missionary to
India, and was stationed at Dehra,
Lahore and Woodstock. In all these
places she labored very faithfully and
successfully until 1878, she was obliged
by failing health to return,
Her knowledge of music, her intel
ligent and sprightliness, her affabili
ty zeal, and devotion, made her very
interesting and useful woman.
She was most highly esteemed by
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-08-27
ALL READY
For the Opening Of State Fair
Next Monday.

All arrangements are now complete
for the fifty eighth annual Ohio State
Fair and Industrial Exposition, which
opens in Columbus August 31st next,
to continue FIVE full days. Entries in
all competitive departments have now
closed, with the largest entry recorded
In it's history, while at the present
time hundreds of exhibitors are busily
engaged in installing their exhibits
and displays, so that all will be COM
plete for public inspection the morn
ing of the opening date, as required
under the rules of the State Board of
Agriculture.
Roy Knabenshue, who will have di-
rect charge of the mammoth aerial
carnival, has been in Columbus for
the past ten days and during that
time has made several successful
fights with his marvellous passenger
airship, and he announces that flights
will positively occur each day of the
Exposition. More than two hundred
persons have made application to ac-
company the Captain on his journeys
through the seas of air, and as many
as possible will be accommodated.
The engagement of this wonderful
aerial craft has aroused great inter-
est throughout the state, and, as in
addition to the passenger airship
flights Knabenshue will install COM
plete balloon farm, consisting of rae
ing and captive balloons, visitors to
the Exposition will be treated to an
aerial exhibit unsurpassed in exten-
siveness and variety of aerial contri-
vances. In this connection we wish
Co strongly impress our readers the
dates of the Ohio State Fair-August
81, September 1, 2, 3, 4-that they will
not confuse Knabenshue's carnival
with any other balloon meetings, as
his only public appearance in Colum-
bus will be on the above mentioned
dates
In addition to the aerial carnival an
unusually strong line of free amuse-
ment features has been contracted, Of
such merit as to please all visitors.
Every indication points to record
breaking attendance, and the citizens
of Columbus are making elaborate
arrangements to accommodate the
vast crowds expected.