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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
Death of Station Agent at Barre.

Clifford j. Besette. Central Vermont
railway station agent in Barre, died
Thursday evening, September 2, at his
home in Barre after an illness of a week
with pesitonitis brought on by acute
Indigestion.
lie was 30 years of age, was a native
of Richmond, and worked in the station
i'll Barre and Richmond before being
made agent in Barre, having been with
the railroad company many years.
His wife was Miss Inez English of
Montpelier, daughter of George w. Eng
lish, janitor of the Kellogg Hubbard
library.
He was a Mason and a Shriner. Be
sides his wife he is survived by his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Besette. of
Richmond, and one brother Harry, also
of Richmond.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

ii. N. Davis, station agent at East
Highgate, was severely beaten Friday
night by an unknown man, who, after
the assault made an attempt to rob his
victim. but was scared away before he
had time to C the money which
Mr.. Davis had in his clothes. The as.
sault, which was a particularly vicious
one, occurred Friday evening at 20
o'clock, as Mr.. Davis was leaving the
station for his boarding house. He
was still on the station platform when
he was struck from behind by a man
who had been lying in wait for his pass.
ing behind a pile of shingles.
Mr.. Davis was floored by the blow,
but on discovering that the unknown
man was searching his clothes for the
money which he was accustomed to
carry home with him every night, he
made an cutlery. At this the hold-up
man struck Mr.. Davis several times.
again rendering him unconscious, but
TIE assailant was evidently frightened
away before he had time to secure the
money
MIR. Davis was unconscious for about
half an hour. He then made his way 10
the farm house of Mr.. Greene, told of
what had happened. and medical aid
was summoned. Mr.. Davis suffered the
fracture of tn. lower jaw in two places
and was badly cut about the head.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
Carpenter Found Dead.

Andrew j. Dorman of Fair Haven, a
carpenter, who for the last week had
been repairing the Scotch Hill school
house two miles north, was found dead
abuot ll:SO o'clock Monday morning by
the children of Thomas Ranney, who
went to call the man to dinner. DR..
Lape was called and pronunced death
due to apoplexy, Dorman having been
de I'd about three hours. The body Was
taken to Dorman's home on Grape street.
Dorman WAS about 6S years of age and
is survived by his wife and two sons,
Clyde of Boston and John Dorman of
West New Brighton. N. Y, and a sister,
Mrs. Mary Rogers of Schenectady. He
was a member of Bosworth post, G. A.
r., No. SO, and one of the official board
of the Methodist church. He was also q
member of the Epworth league.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
THE DANNY

There are but few towns II Vermont
that are large enough for two newspa-
pers daily or weekly, and Ludlow is not
n of the towns. Putting two news
papers into a town that can be filled by
one, and is being filed by one, is not
good business for anyone and this c. S.
Baker, who invades Ludlow with the
defunct Dandy Mirror, will find out
sooner or later. Ludlow has in the
Tribune, published in that town, a much
better paper than Mr.. Baker can ever
hope to give the town, let his facilities
be what they may, and the survival of
the fittest simply means that some day
he goes down and out. This may seem
like a pretty cold; cruel, heartless way
of putting it but il is the plain. cold,
u~nvarnished truth and this is a case
where the truth might as well be told
in just that way.-Fair Haven Era.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
Compromise on Bequest to
hoSpitai.

st. Johnsbury hospital will get only
81 800 from the estate of Mrs. Jean L.
Babcock, a former patient of the hos
pital, who died at West Barnet March
., 1908. By the will of Mrs. Babcock
her entire estate of $40, 900 was to revert
to the hospital after the death of her five
sisters and brothers. During their lives
they were to receive the income from
the estate. This will caused some con-
TENT n among the relatives of the de-
ceased but matters have beer adjusted
and the hospital will at once receive
$4,500.
1t was the intention of the hospital
management to use the original sum de.
signated in Mrs. Babcock's will to enlarge
the building but no plans will probably
be made now until u succseeor to the
late Rev. j. A. ~Boissonnault is appointed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
Origin of Appendicitis.

Appendicitis is caused in most cases by
Indigestion. The undigested food irri-
tates the intestines. The appendix be-
comes inflamed which soon becomes
chronic Finally suppuratlon sets in, a
pus cavity is formed and an acute attack
Of appendicitis results. To prevent at
tacks Of this fatal disease cure our in
digestion with Rydale's Stomach Tablets.
They will make the whole alimentary
canal healthy from the stomach to the
lower bowels. No danger of attacks of
appendicitis if the intestines are normal
and healthy. Rydale's Stomach Tablets
will keep them so.
H: b: button Co., M%iddlebury. Vt,
f. J. Whitney, Salisbury, Vt, NJ. j.
Day & Co Ripton, VT. W. R. Warner &
Co., Nergennes, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
MlDDLEBuRY GOOD PLACE TO STOP.

The st. Adams Messenger is doing
notable service toward the project of a
new modern hotel in ST. Adams. There
is not a city in the State, with the pos
sible exception of Barre, so poorly serv-
ed by hostelries as ST. Adams. This
has gone so far that experienced travel
lers deliberately plan their trips so as
to avoid, if possible, even the painful
necessity of eating a meal in the rail
road city. Even the so-called third
class hotels are better than those that
are more p%retentious. In one way and
another, the town is banned by travel
ling men and tourists and is known the
length and breadth of the state as a
poor place to stop at. When one
sees small towns like Middlebury,
Waterbury and Woodstock supporting
good hotels, it certainly seems ''up to"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
Charged with Stabbins His wife,

Nicholas Derrick, an Italian, who was
arrested at the Rutland fair grounds last
Friday on a charge of stabbing his wife
in the shoulder with a large jackknife.
arraigned in the city court on a charge
of assault with intent to kill, pleaded not
guilty and waived examination. He was
bound over to the grand jury in $500 bail
which he was unable to furnish and be
was committed to the county Jail.
Friday evening while Derrick was on
the fair grounds with his wife he stabbed
her in the shoulder with his pocket knife.
int1icting a wound about an inch and a
half deep and an inch long. 1t was saiG
by persons who were nearby at the time
that the stabbing followed an argument
between the two, Derrick trying to get
his wife to go home with him and she
refusing.
Mrs. Derrick vas in court, being attireG
in the same clothes which she wore al
the time of the stabbing, the waist show.
ing where the knife blade entered.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
WOULD RAISE BURDOCKS.

We hear a good deal of talk along
late in the summer because some people
won't cut down the burdocks and other
weeds in certain exposed places on their
premises. We don't know how others
feel on the subject, but we would much
rather see a patch of burdock or golden
rod growing in all their rank glory,
than moved down and left to rot on the
ground, or cleared away only to disclose
an unsightly heap of rubbish. Burdocks
and goldenrod often screen worse crimes
against the face of nature. -Benning-
ton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

The Bennington Banner thinks that
this row over the dedication of the
Mormon monument al Sharon is hardly
justified by the facts in the case.
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young are
dead and the Mormon religion is fast
going the way of numerous other so
called religions that have outlived their
usefulness. Why not all join in and
get up a nice monument 10 dying Nor
mOnism? Its votaries don't know it,
but it is dead for all practical purposes.
We are willing TO help celebrate its
going to the bone yard.
The Banner may be right when it
says that Mormonism is dead, but the
activity of the sect in this and other
states during the past year would not
indicate such a condition.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
SEND IN THE NEWS.

Don't think because the editor sees
you getting on or off the train that he
ought to know who you are and where
you are going; or if he sees you greet
some friends that he knows who they
are and where they are from. We aim
to get the news, but you may be the
m we don't happen to know. We try
to become familiar with names and
faces if possible, but during the years
past we have been to church and failed
to see you there. We have hung around
the postoffice, but some of you weren't
there. We have loafed on the streets.
We've even risked our reputation on
back streets on a dark night, but you
weren't all there. AND Wen be hanged
if we know where to find you all. SO if
you are going or coming, know anybody
cutting up queer capers, let us know
and we will do the rest. Fort Coving-
ton Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
Free IN all Delivery.

Newport is to have free delivery of
mail in the near future and the editor
of the Express and Standard of that
town evidently doesn't like the idea.
He relieves his mind thusly:
1.-The free delivery service, or what
is called free delivery service, begins in
this town with November first. To
those receiving one, two or three letters
a week, and living on the outskirts of
the town, it may be a benefit. To the
business man it is a nuisance. Not all
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

Mrs. j.. M. Brown, Dunnegan, Mo
writes: "My little daughter, thres
years old, was troubled with a very bad
cough which remained after an ATTACK
of catarrhal fever, which was a gres.
deal worse at night.
"She would wake up out of her sleep
aDd cough until L feared she could nC;
stand it.
"Nothing that we gave her seemed q
do her any good. / then concluded TO
send for DR.. Hartman's book entitled
THE Ills of Life which / promptly
received.
81 atthe same tin commenced giving
her Peruna. She has taken one bottle
in all, through which she has obtainc~
a complete cur
"She also since her birth was trouble.
with indigestion, but since she has
taken Peruna she can eat almost ans
kind Of food without any bad result.
"She is now as well and happy as an
little girl can be. When our friends
Say how well she looks, l tell the -
Peruna did it.
81 shall always be a friend of Peruna
as ! consider it the tesf medicine far
coughs INC Indigestion we have eve.
tried, and will recommend it to any Gus
similarly afflicted"
MFRS. LYDIA J.. SPOONER, San-s
1V1 Monica, Cal. writes that they as
never without Peruna in the home, thar
they end it the finest family remedy
they have ever used.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
Shooting a Rather.

"Anybody a shoot a r~attlesnake,"
said a cowboy, because the critrer it.
self takes aim. You point a stick or a
gun muzzle," he explained, "at a rat
tier. and he'll get his head right in line
with it-sO as TO strike. you know
Move your muZzle to the right. Mr..
Snake moves, too: 70 the left. and it's
just the same Many a bet I've won.
holdin' a gun about ten feet from a
%rattler. hat I'd shoot his head off with
my eyes shut. | always done it.. The
RATHER always did-or rather done-my
Amin ."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
Heavy Drains on Nations For

THE total yearly drain upon our for
ests, pot counting losses from fires,
storms, and insects, is some twenty
billions cubic feet" says R. S. Kellogg,
assistant forester in charge of the office
Of forest statistics, in a publication just
issued by the Forest Service on 1.-THE
Timber Supply of the United States
Our present forest ares of $50 mil
lion acres of mature forests, in which
the annual growth is balanced by death
and decay, of $50 million acres parti-
ally cut or burned over, on which, with
reasonable care, there is sufficient Young
growth to produce in the course of time
a merchantable, but not a full crop of
timber, and 100 million acres of more
severely cut and burned over forests,
on which there is not sufficient young
growth to produce another crop of much
value.
Taken as a whole, the annual growth
of our forests under these conditions
does not exceed twelve cubic feet per
acre, a total of less than seven billion
cubic feet. That is, we are cutting our
forests three times as fast as they are
growing. There is menace in the con-
%tinuance of such conditions. While we
might never reach absolute timber ex-
haustion, the unrestricted explorations
of u forests in the past has already
had serious effects, and it will have
much worse if it is allowed TO continue
unchecked.
White pine, for instance, which was
once considered inexhaustible, has fallen
of seventy per cent in cut since 1890,
and more than forty-five per cent since
1900. The cut of oak, our most valua-
BILE hardwood lumber, has decreased six
teen per cent since 1900, and that of
yellow poplar twenty-five per cent.
The same story will be told of other
woods If they are not conserved.
The fact that timber has been cheap
and abundant has made US careless of
its production and reckless in its use.
we lane EOO CUBIC IS6I OF WOOO per
capita annually from our forests, while
Germany uses only thirty-seven cubic
feet, and France but twenty-five. On
the other hand, Germany, who has
learned her lesson, makes her forests
produce an average of forty-eight cubic
feet of wood per acre. We have as
fastgrowing species as Germany, or
faster, and as good or better forest soil
if We protect it.
The necessity for more farm land
may eventually reduce our total forest
area to 100 million acres less than it is
at present. 1t is entirely possible, how
ever, to produce on $50 million acres as
much wood as a population much great
er than we have now will really need
if all the forest land is brought to its
highest producing capacity and if the
product is economically and completely
utilized. But to reach the necessary
conditions of equilibrium between tim
Der production and consumption will
take many years of vigorous efforts by
individual forest owners, by the States
and by the National Government. None
of them can solve the problem alone;
all must work together
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

The Congregational church at St.
Johnsbury Center observed its one hun
dredth anniversary last week, and the
members of that church We're greatly
pleased over the announcement that
Charles H. Morse Of Chicago had given
the society $1,000 IN memory of his
father who was a member of the
church. This comes as d God-send "a
this church which for years mas been
struggling along with a small congre-
gation and but little 70 pay the running
expenses. In some ways this amount
is not large, but To this church it must
seem pretty big.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
WE SHOULD HAVE 1T.

The Manchester, N. H., Union says:
AT last the New York Times has ar
rived at the conclusion that the attrac-
tons of New York as a place of summer
residence are chiefly measured by the
facilities for getting away from it. A
goodly part of New York's loss in this
respect is New H%ampshire's gain"
Part of it should be Vermont's gain, and
it will be some day. Montpelier Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

All Evelyn Thaw wants is $500, 900.
1t would be foolish to give it to her,
but no more foolish than was the gen.
eral public who paid good American
dollars to see her perform on the stage.
Poor EVELYN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

Sunday baseball in Minneapolis has re-
ceived ministerial sanction, evidently.
A clergyman recently preached a ser
mon on the ball field previous TO the
game. In the course OF his remarks he
said that he thought the only sin of
Sunday baseball was for the home team
to lose. What would our good old Pill
grim fathers say to this?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
THAT CHAMPLAIN MEMORIAL.

Well, if New York state does not
want to play Champlain monument in
our yard, let her take her dolls and go
home. In the meantime, if Vermont
has to erect such a memorial alone, by
all lei let it be done on some island
in sight from the steamboat channel
and not in any towns park. st. Adams
Messenger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

Gov. Prouty has selected Fred l..
Davis of Pomfret for State Cattle Com
missioner to fill the place made vacant
by the death of H. S. Wilson. Mr..
Davis has done good work as secretary
Of the State Fair, and with his expert
ence in this line and his wide %acquain-
tance throughout the state he will un-
dOubtedly make an excellent official.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

The Enosburgh Standard remarks
that 1.-THE village bylaws regarding BIZ
cycle riding on the sidewalks are being
daily violated. Why not enforce them"
Middlebury has nc bylaws covering
such cases, and apparently no attempt
is made to enforce the state law. Why?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

An exchange has an article headed
Mr.. Taft as an Athlete" Wouldn't
you like to see the President with his
three hundred odd pounds, doing the
neutrality-suspicious.? 1t would be worth
more than seeing Evelyn act.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

The New York Champlain tercen-
tenary commission has decided to locate
their monument to the memory of
Champlain at Bluff Point. Now if the
Vermont commission could decide on
some location all would be well.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

The Enosburg Standard showed COM
mendable enterprise last week by pub
fishing a four page illustrated supple
ment, showing some or the business of
that hustling community. The work
was done by A. H. Townsend of Bur
Iington, n. j., who did similar work for
the Register last spring.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
The Home Baptist, perhaps.

Instead of buying an automobile for
your son, buy him a newspaper, as
Frank Stiles of Springfield did for his
son, now the editor of the Swanton
Courier; he can run it without breaking
any speed law. Barre Times.
Maybe he can, but it will cost him
more.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

The question of the hour seems to be,
why did not DR.. Cook bring back the
North Pole with him? 1t would make
al excellent drawing card for the Add
son County Fair. We already have
about everything else worth looking.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

st. Adams to make the town fit to live
in by the casual %sojourner. The state
at large is interested in the effort of
the northern neighbor to make herself
.endurable. Rutland Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

We are told that a Washington man
has invented a muzzle for ROSTERS, a
scheme to prevent this %barnyard fowl
from growing. For our own part we
wouldn't give a cent for a rooster which
couldn't crow.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

II you haven't the time to exercise
regularly, Doan's Regulets will prevent
constipation. They induce a mild, easy,
healthful action of the bowels without
gripping. Ash your druggist for them,
25c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
SOME CLIPPINGS.
What the State Newspapers are
Saying on Topics Of Interest.

That ''quick-pulsed" Caledonia
county fair is attracting some atten-
ton in the state papers. If its pulse
beats oftener in a minute than the Rut-
land fair, it ought to take a sedative.-
Rutland Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
THE SLEEPY 7

The Middlebury Register has an ar
ticle on why we sleep in church. -
We had 10 idea that Brother Crosby
would plead guilty in this way, but he
forgot to tell US what church he owed
for sleeping fares. - Burlington Free
Press.
The Home Baptist, perhaps.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
State School Money Divided.

The town school money amounting to
SIS. 945.10, to be distributed under ser
lions 1922 and 1923 Of the public statutes
has been sent out by State Treasurer E.
H. Deavitt. The division by counties If
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
ADDISON COUNTY OFFICERS.
Below we give a complete list of High sherffs, Clerks and Treasurers

Below we give a complete list of High sherifs, Clerks and Treasurers
Addison County.
COUNTY sHERIFFs.
Noah Chittenden, Jericho, 17s5-17ss
Gamshel Painter, Mddhbury, l7S6-17s7
Samuel Strong, vergennes, 17s7-17s9
John Chpman, Mddebury, 17S9-1sO1
William Slade, Cornwall, 1901 1911
Jonathan Hoyt, Jr, New Haven, 1811-1s12
John Willard, Mddebury, 1s121s19
Samuel Mat@ks, Mddebury, 1s13-lsl5
Jonathan Hoyt,. Jr, New Haven, 1sl5-lsl9
Abel Tomlnson, Vergennes, 1S19-1s24
Stephen Haight, Monkton, 182-1s2s
Seymour Seneck, Mddlebury, 1s2S1S31
Marshall S. Doty, Addison, 1s3l-1sss
Azanah Rood, Mddebury, 1888 1885
William B. Martin, Mddebury, 1835-1S36
Azar1ah Rood, Mddebury, 1836-1837
Ethan Smith, Monkton, 1s37-1sSe
William B. Martin, Mhddebury, 1sse-1s4o
Abnah Smith, Mddebury. lS40-1a42
Gaius A. Conamer, Bristol, 1872 1874
David S Church, Mddhbury, 144-1s5e
William JosHn, Vergennes, 1859
G. A. Conamer, Brsto, 185s-1se
Isaac M. Trip, Mddebury, 1s67-1s7s
Noble F. Dunshee, Bristol, ls78-l8s4
Howard Clark, I'd, Lincoln, 1ss4-lse2
Kent W. Merritt, Shoreham, 1928
7. M. Chapman, Mddebury, 1S9S-19N
o. A. Smith, Addison, 1904
COUNTY CLERKS.
Samuel Chapman, Jr, vergennes, 17s5-l78e
Roswell Hopkins, Vergennes, 1886 1903
Darius Matthews, Mddebury, 1903 1908
Martin Post, Middebury, 1908 1910
John S. Larabee. Middebury, 181o-1814
Samuel Swift, Mddebury, 1s14-lS46
George S. Swift, Mddhbury, lS46-l855
John W. Stewart, Mddebury, 1855
Dugad Stewart, Mddhbury, 1s55-1s7O
Rufus Wainwright, Middhbury. lS7o-144
Rufus Wainwright, Jr, Mddlbury, 1904
By this it will be seen that Rufus Wainwright held the Office for 81
which is a longer period than any other clerk n the history of the
county.
Darius Matthews, 1901 1898
Hastings Warren, 1908 1919
Justus Foot, 1819-1826
Jonathan Foot, l8ls-1826
Jonathan Hagar, 1868
Harmon A. Sheldon, ls55-ls7O
John G. Wellington, 187o-ls78
Charles E. Pnney, 1878
for 81 years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10
miooleburv Register
F. M. CROSBY, MANAGING EDITOR.

What will Walter Wellman do with
his North Pole airship now?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-09-10

Deans Rheumatic pills for Rheumatt ,n
and Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable. safe.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-12
ABILITIES


Net Present alues of all
Policies in Force ('Legal
Reserve'D ........$2 1851 ,OO4O0
Death Losses in Process of
Adjustment. ...... ..... 4,S61.50
Present value of Annuities,
Future Payments ...... 12,S66,57
All other Liabilities ....... 10,486.5l
Surplus to Policyholders 216,S42.77
TOTAL........ ........ .S506, 06l.39
DIsBURS EMtNTs.
Paid Policyholders-
Death Losses and
Aunuities ...$54,t2S.94
Surrenders and
Dividends ... 29046S9
TOTAL. ...,s 8817o.S3
Commissions to Agents. Sal
aries and Expenses ..,.$2o9,9l2,fl
All others, Including Taxes
and Licenses .,........, 94,42t.eI
Income Saved to Policy
hoiders,.,... ...........' 94'9z".'o
$482. 1857