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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23

LET FALL HIS BLOWS WITH THE FURY OF
DEMON.
and it did not occur to me again till
later in the voyage.
The next morning after breakfast as
/ was going up on to the bridge a man
stopped me and said:
Captain. since you have sailed one
of your passengers has disappeared"
How do you know that?" l asked.
"Never mind how l know 1t. l sim
ply report the fact"
(Which one is missing?"
His name is on the list as Ebert
Carpenter"
81 will have a search made"
called for the purser. went over
the list with him and told him to find
Ebert Carpenter. He made a search
and reported that no such man was
aboard the ship. A stateroom had
been engaged under the name, but the
key had not been called for. No one
knew him, and 1t was not known
whether he had come aboard or not.
I sent for the passenger who had re-
was probable the man had been left
behind.
mo, he wasn't" said the informant.
81 saw him on deck standing beside
you when ! came aboard"
"Are you the man who came late?"
I asked.
eyes. was the last one to go up
the gangplank."
Then l remembered the passenger
who seemed to have been affected by
the others coming.
whats your name?" l asked.
"Burton-Edgar Burton"
"Well. MI Burton. will you be good
enough to tell me why you take so
great an interest in this man Carpen-
ter?"
Without reply he turned on his heel
and left me. l asked the purser what
1t all meant, and he said he didn't
know. A man had engaged passage I'M
der the name of Ebert Carpenter. but
he had seen nothing of him. He had
searched the ship and had not found
him, but admitted that it was quite
possible for man to hide, especially
by going away down into the depths
of the hold | took a look at all the
passengers-there were but twelve of
them-with a view to discovering If l
could recognize the man who had
stood beside me when we sailed. Aft
er examining them all | was sure he
was not among them.
The affair was a mystery. The OFF,
GERS made 1t topic of conversation
while on and off duty, and the passen-
gers in the smoking room talked and
made bets about it A pool was laid
based on different solutions of the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
RIPToN.

Sam Gibbs, who has been in Hubbard
ton quite while, has returned and
opened his shop
Everybody is busy at something, TAX
ing advantage of the good sleighing and
cannot spend the time to make news.
We hear that Mrs. Melissa Belden is
sick with pneumonia, with her feeble
ness and advanced age the outlook is not
very favorable.
A Christmas tree and entertainment
will be given in the church on this
friday evening. Recitations, dia-
logues, and songs by the children. Come
and have a merry time with us.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
ORWELL.

The annual Grange election resulted
in electing James Meacham, master; f.
w. Burt, overseer; Mrs George Burt,
lecturer; Mrs. r. S Hall, chaplain; h. s.
Hall, treasurer; o. S. Wiswell, secre-
tary; L. o. Bascom, steward; Harry
Goats. assistant steward; Fordyce Wis
well, gate keeper; Myrtle Burt, Ceres
Mrs. WI E. Brock, Pomona; Ceres Pur-
CELL Flora; lady assistant steward, Rens
Purcell; Mrs. L. o. Bascom, organist.
Senator HIT. Cults and r. c. Young
have returned from Montpelier.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
G. l.. Hammond December 10.
The annual ball of NJ. w. A. camp
will be held in the town hall January ID
Schools CLOSED last Friday and will
reopen January 2.
Miss Flora Griswold suffered a shock
of paralysis in Florida, where she had
gone for the winter. Word has come
that she is gaining and hopes to be able
to return soon.
There will be a Christmas tree witt
exercises at the town hall Saturday
evening.
Moses Stedman was in town Sunday
Rollin Smith returned from Schenec
tady, n. Y, recently,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
(OUBLES THE NUMBER OF EGGS

To be successful with poultry re-
hires a great deal more careful atten-
on than many are apt to think. The
buse should be large and warm. The
owls should have plenty of exercise;
nt, more than that, the fowls should
given as food what their nature de-
ands and what, If allowed free range,
ley could procure for themselves.
Pages Perfected Poultry Food" con-
ins these ingredients In carefully
mpounded ration. A. A. Olmsted Of
puth Newbury, Vt, has the following
say in regard to this food: 1--WE have
zen for some time using your Per
cted Poultry Food with such good re-
Its that we thought it proper thing
tell you. 1t keeps our hens well and
good laying condition and, we think,
ubles the number Of eggs. Being in
ood condition, lice do not trouble"
n you want to know more about
Is food and the best ways of using 1t,
rite to c. S. Page, Hyde Park, VT,
his booklet, profitable Poultry" 1t
IL be sent free, postpaid, to anyone
Pntioning this paper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
nRIDPoRT.

Several in town are badly afflicted
with rheumatism.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Pratt and Bert
Palmer attended the State Grange al
Burlington.
A regular blizzard visited us the If
teenth.
Harry Riley has been quite ill with
quincy.
The several schools in town will re-
open January I'd.
Walter Briggs killed two hogs last
week, the pair weighing about one thou
sand pounds,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23

left tie bridge in charge OF the first
mate and went below to make an eX-
animation BY this time the passengers
knew that the ship was about to go to
pieces Passing through the cabin, l
found them all except Burton. grouped
while one of them was praying.
Are we lost, captan?' asked all at
once
Il am going to see | replied and
hurried away. Passing down a COM
panionway. | entered lower deck.
1t was dark. but not so dark that l
could not discern objects. And this is
the sight saw through the gloom.
There was the long bodied, short
legged carpenter defending himself
against the stilted Burton. Carpen-
ter's weapon was a heavy furnace
poker. Burtons cutlass that he had
stolen from among a lot of old arms
years. Burton made his thrusts and
let fall his blows with the fury of a
demon. while Carpenter though on the
defensive. had been driven to bay and
was no less wildly vindictive. Both
men were covered with blood.
The contrast between this picture
and that of the huddled passengers l
had just left occurring under the
frightful conditions made my blood
run cold The ship and passengers
were in my care. | was going to find
out how great was the damage from
the strain-whether indeed. we had
minutes or hours before being engulf-
ed-and yet my steps We're mOmentari-
ly arrested by the sight of two human
beings seeking to kill each other in
the very presence of another, more
fearful. ending. Yet it was but a
glance | gave them, then hurried on.
l found the strain great, but there
were braces that bid fair to still hold
the ship together for some time. Hav-
ing noted this. | hurried back to the
bridge by another route than that by
which | had come. for | desired to
shut off both the praying passengers
and the fighting enemies. AS soon as
| reached the deck | noticed hull in
the wind and saw a yellow strip of
light on the horizon in the direction
from which the storm had come l
sent an officer to the passengers be-
low to tell them the hurricane had
passed and there was hope that the
ship would not break in two.
1t was not till the next morning
that | considered the danger past.
Then ! went below to announce the
good news to the passengers. All
were i'm the cabin except Burton and
Carpenter As | left them | heard
the voice of passenger raised in
Thanksgiving for having been spared.
! went on into the place where | had
left the two men fighting and found
them lying stone dead. What the ele-
mental tempest had passed over the
storm of hate had taken.
Their secret died with them. Moth
ing ever afterward came up to give
clew to the nature of the feud be
tween them. We buried them at sea,
sliding both over the ships side to-
gether.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
MONEY BACK.
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and Stomach Sickness.


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is a stomach tonic and upbuilder that
taken regularly, will make the stomach
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nerves, puts rich blood in the veins, and
stops headaches and all nervousness.
Why should any reader of the Regis
ter hesitate to try this great stomach
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unless it cures.
In five minutes it will Danish after
dinner distress, nervousness, gas eructa-
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Women who desire a lovely complex
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should try Ml-O-NA stomach tablets.
They cause the stomach to properly di-
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If you have any sickness caused by
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Sold by w. ii. Sheldon and druggists
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falo, N. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
better health in that organ is obtained
quickest by proper treatment of the kid
neys. Swamp-Root corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding painin passing it.,
and overcomes that unpleasant necessity
of being compelled to go often through
the day, and to get up many times during
the night. The mild and immediate effect
of Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
is soon realized. 1t stands the highest be-
cause of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A trial will convince anyone.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take anu IS
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle and book that tells all
about it, both sent free by mail. Address,
DR.. Kilmer 6, Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
When writing mention reading this gen.
erous offer i'll this paper. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-R Root, and don't let dealer sell
you something in place of Swamp Root
if you do you will be disappointed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23

problem whether Carpenter had come
aboard, was still aboard or had gone
ceetboard. The only person frou
whom it seemed probable that infor
nation could be obtained was Mr.. Bur.
ton, but when approached on the sub
ject he shut himself up like IA clam.
The more l thought about the miss
ing man the more recalled his APP
pearance He was rather long of body
and short of leg, long neck and red
hair. his face being sprinkled with
freckes. Mr.. Burton was in appear
ance his antipodes. His body was
not long enough for his legs. which
were like stills. His complexion was
dark, and his face wore sinister eX
preston. A scar on his left cheek was
noticeable. His head was small. round
as a bullet and set down on his high
shoulders without any interval of neck
instructed the purser to continue to
search for the missing passenger, for
l had seen him. and he must have
come aboard. or course as soon as we
made port his loss would be common
property. the reporters would make a
good deal out of it, and | preferred
that we should be able to give an ex-
PLANTATION. But the purser, was told,
poohpoohed both my evidence and that
of Mr. Burton, which concurred, and
made only half hearted effort to find
the man. His theory was that Car
penter had not come aboard
I,n
mystery out of the heads of all of us.
Before sailing the signal service had
given a warning of hurricane in the
West Indies. watched the barometer
and one morning about four bells saw
it drop like lead. 1t wasn't long after
this that the wind began to send frag-
mentary clouds across the heavens. in
creasing hour after hour in violence
till it was plain that we were in the
| teeth of the hurricane.
Our vessel was of average strength,
but any ordinary ship having to stand
the wind and waves of a hurricane is
liable to give way. When wave
struck us it was as if several tons of
rock had been hurled against us out of
lue HOulu OF SlSdulc gun. lie
drops Of water beating against my
cheek struck like gravel stones. The
only passenger on deck was Mr.. Bur
ton. | was on the bridge when | saw
him come up the companionway, turn
and look at the storm. 1t seemed to
make no more impression on him than
twelve knot gale Then, looking up
at me. he sang out:
This will drive him out"
At any other time the words would
have seemed ludicrous. but now,
knowing that if the hurricane did not
blow itself out very soon our vessel
would not be able to stand up against
it, ! had no interest in what the man
meant. Indeed. soon after this heard
an ominous creaking and when the
| bow plunged down in between the
monster waves and rose again | felt
the ship bend at the waist. From that
moment | knew she was liable TO
| break in two.
1t was. half an hour after this that |
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
sHORE HAM.

Grange meeting Friday evening" the
23rd.
Masonic dance Tuesday evening, the
9th Hubert's orchestra.
The public schools. which closed the
10th, will open January 2.
Several Shoreham patrons attended
the State Grange meeting last week at
Burlington.
The missionary meeting was held with
Mrs. Ella Baldwin last Friday afternoon
on account of the storm Thursday.
Christmas exercises by the children
will be given Saturday evening at the
Congregational church. A general invi-
tation is extended to those interested.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
COUNTY NEWS.
LEICESTER JUNCTION.

There will be Christmas tree at the
church Friday evening, December %,
and one at the school house in district
No. 4, Friday afternoon; also one at No.
g. Friday afternoon.
Frank hurry, son of Joseph hurry,
died Monday night, aged 25 years, of
tuberculosis. Funeral was attended
Thursday morning at st. Mary's church,
Brandon, at 10 a. m, Rev. Father Boyle
officiating.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
CREAM HILL.

Mrs. w. N. Farnham and son Ray
mond were in Middlebury Tuesday.
Leslie Corey of Addison was here FRI
day and Saturday on business.
Henry Bigelow is home from Amherst,
Mass, for the holiday vacation.
Mayme Wright of Middlebury visited
friends here on Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs Mary Wolcott, who has been
quite i'll, is improving.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23

"Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is the best
remedy for that often fatal disease
Group. Has been used with success in
our family for eight years. Mrs. l..
Whteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23

If You Are A Trifle Sensitive
About the size OF your shoes, it's some salts.
faction to know that many people can wear
shoes a size smaller by shaking Aliens Foote-
Ease into them. just the thing for Patent
Leather Shoes, and for breaking In New
Shoes. Sold Every where, 25c. sample FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, n. Y. STA
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23

tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
a1lowedto advance
neutrality-suspicious.
ed blood will at
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-23
The Cause Of Many
Sudden Deaths,

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14

treasury of the parent company, and the
letters written by Sanders at this time
prove that 1t was in a hard plight How
on earth do you expect me to meet draft
of $275 without a dollar in the treasury
and with debt OF $4,000 staring us in the
face"
This was one of the queries put to Hub
lard by the overwhelmed Sanders. Wallis
salary is small enough" he continued in
a second letter, but as to where it is
coming from l am not so clear. Bradley
is awfully blue and discouraged. Williams
is tormenting me for money and my per-
sonal credit will not stand everything. 1
have advanced the company $1,000 today
srd Williams must have 5000 more this
month. His pay day has come and his
capital will not carry him another inch. If
Bradley throws up his hand 1 will unfold
to you my last desperate plan"
And If the company had little money 1t
had less credit Once, when Vail had
ordered a small bill of goods from a mer-
chant in New York the merchant replied
that the goods were ready and so was the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14
Merry Def of Two Girls

stood as still as that old horse did for a
minute. Then 1t set to galloping in a way
which would have been a noble example
to him.
There lie no terror to me quite like that
/ feel when caught in q crowd which is
laundering blindly around under the stress
of some emotion. 1 found that the eli
max of that particular terror is to be not
only in such a crowd but the object OF
its emotional surge. However what had
been the ruling principle of my conduct
for the weeks just past was strong enough
to come to the front even then. l smiled
with sort of playful intimacy as IL 1
said:
Thanks awfully for the Joke! Oh,
but you are the witty onesl We love wit.
we love you. We love everything that's
Spanish. viva la Espagnar
"Oh, however they say II. Ugh! The
more 1 look as If butter wouldn't melt
in my mouth-which it wouldn't have just
then, for my heart was In my mouth and
my heart was uncommonly cold-the more
we smiled Practically, the worse they
crowded, the leerier were their faces and
the more untranslatable became their re-
marks.
Finally one Of those at a little distance
from the carriage stopped picked a hand
full of gravel from the roadway and threw
it at us. Immediately dozen others fol-
lowed suit.
CHAT was too much even for our driver,
who stood up and dashed his horse into a
gallop as mad my hearts. The crowd
gave way. 1t had to. Lurching and
plunging we fled down the street, followed
by shower OF dirt and stones.
IAN of a sudden my terror vanished.
saw red. I was furious, enraged. mad to
retaliate. don't know why in the world
1 didn't shake my fist or throw something,
anything at the crowd.
What we did was so foolish, so stupid
somehow And yet 1t came absolutely
spontaneously from US both. We had little
American flags In our poclSetbooks. Fever
ishly extracting them we rose In our places
waved them wildly in the air and
screeched:
Remember the Mainel'
Yes. honestly, ] give you my word both
OF us did II with one accord. or course
the flags we're so tiny our insulters couldn't
see where they were, and our battle cry
means nothing TO them.
But we put all there Is Of defiance into
II and when We oareened around the COR
ner and lost sight of the crowd we sank
back into our seats with the utter col
lapse Of those who have thrown down the
gauntlet and fought over IT, was great
and 50 perfectly foolish. New York Sun
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14
Finds himself Through Fine.

Police Judge McGannon Of Cleveland
looked down from his bench the other
morning upon a well dressed man, who was
charged with intoxication and whose case
was marked special"
What's your manner? asked the judge.
''Well, sir, Judge. It's funny, but do you
know I've forgotten 1t altogether replied
the man with a smile.
Maybe a fine Of s. win help you TO re-
member" said Judge McGannon, and the
court also smiled.
mo. judge, you've fined man whose
name l don't even know"
well. be a good Samaritan now and pay
this strangers fine"
i've always been stung, when have es-
sayed to do things for folks l did not
know" the prisoner replied.
YOU'RE stung now" said the Judge. Il
fined the stranger IS. and now l fine you
S also-tlO in ALL"
by Georgew exclaimed the prisoner,
that makes me think; my name Is Brown.
Yes, sir, that's IT, and let me say II is
worth $40 TO find myself even II am In
the company Of a more or less disreputable
stranger"
And stepping up TO the clerks desk, the
man tossed down a $40 bill and walked
Gway-Cleyeland Leader.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14

well fear IT. but 1t is represented there by
one man only, and he has propably as
much as he can attend to outside Of the
telephone. For you to acknowledge that
you cannot compete, with his influence,
when you make 1t your special business,
Is hardly the thing. We must organize
companies with sufficient vitality to carry
on fight, as it is simply useless TO get
company started that will succumb to the
first bit Of opposition it may encounter"
Next having encouraged his agents, Vail
proceeded to build up a definite business
policy. He stiffened up the contracts, and
made them good for five years only. He
confined each agent to one place and re-
served all rights to connect one city with
another
He established department to collect
and protect any new inventions that con-
cerned the telephone. He agreed to take
part of the royalties in stock when any
local company preferred to pay Its debts
in this way. And he took steps toward
standardizing all telephone apparatus by
controlling the factories that made it.
These various measures were part of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14

their Improbable exchanges. In the eff
fort to conciliate hostile public the rates
had everywhere been made too low. Hub
bard had set price of $40 year for the
use Of a telephone on a private line and
when the exchange started the rate was
seldom more than 50 a month.
There were deadheads in abundance;
mostly officials and politicians. In Buff
falo the opposition was so keen that the
whole service had to be started free of
charge. In st. louis, one of the few cities
that charged sufficient price, nine-tenths
of the merchants refused to become sub
scribers. In Boston the first pay station
ran three months before it earned a dol
lar.
Especially in the largest cities the lives
Of the telephone pioneers were packed with
hardships and adventures. In Philadel-
phia, for instance, a resolute young man
named Thomas e. Cornish was attacked
as though he had suddenly become pub
lie enemy, when he set out to establish the
first telephone service.
No official would grant him permit to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14

Wells plan to create a national telephone
system. His central idea, from the first,
was not the mere leasing of the telephones,
but rather to create federal company
that would be a permanent partner in the
entire telephone business. Even in that
day Of small things, and amid the con-
fusion and rough and tumble of pioneering
he worked out the broad policy of today
1t goes far to explain the fact that there
are more telephones in the United States
than in all other countries combined.
Van was scarcely seated in the mana
gerial chair before the Western Union
threw all the Bell forces into confusion
by launching thee Edison transmltter. 1t
was beyond all argument better than any
thing owned by the Bell company. and
subscribers clamored for something just
as good. This couldn't be had in fifty
and the ensuing five months were the
darkest days of the telephones early his
tory.
The new general manager had to fight
every inch Of the way Four of his agents,
those in Boston, Worcester, Chicago and
New York, quit and he had to take over