7t$Y W. W. PRESCOTT.
MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 2, lSSd.
VOIi. 79. 1012. NO. 25.
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WEDNESDAY, AP1UL 2, 1681.
Ilcpubilcnn DMrict ConTontlon.
A republican conventlon for the Second Con
gresslonal Ulatrlct ol Vermont wlll bo lield at
Montpelier on Tuesday, Aprll 29, 1884, at
half-past ono o'clock, r. ji., for the purpose ol
elcctlug two delegates and two alternatea to
attond the republican natlonal convontlon at
Chlcago, 111., on Tueaday, Juno 3, 1884, and for
tho transactlon o( such othor buslness as may
proporly como beforo sald convontlon. Town
wlll bo represonted ln said conventlon by thelr
delegates, chosen upon n bnsls of ono delegato
from each town, and an nddltlonal delegato
for e.ich ono hundred votea or fractlon of ono
hundred votcs over lHty east for tho repnbll
can candtdate for governor at the state electlon
of 1880. 1'arsnant to a vote of the last conven
tlon held In thls dlatrtct, the commlttce dlrects
that the delegates of tho several towns be
chosen at prlmary meetlnga to be held at tho
nsaal place of holdlng such meetlnga ln fiald
towns, on Saturday, the 10th day of Aprll, 1884,
at such hour of the day as the town commlttees
sevorally may deslgnnte; and that the ballot
boxes used ln the electlon of delegates, remaln
open for one hour. The distrlct comraltteo aro
empowered to act as a committee on creden
tlals, and delegates wlll provlde themselvea
wlth the proper credeutlals, slgned by the boc
retarles of thelr reepectlve prlmary mectlngs,
and immediately on thelr arrlval at Montpelier,
present them to tho distrlct committee at thelr
headquartera the Pnvllion. Tho several rail
roads wlll extend the usnal courtesy of fareone
way. Delegates over the Vermont Valley and
Snlllvan rallroads wlll procure of tho con
dnctors return checks at the time of Burrender
Ing thelr tlckets. On the abovo basls towns
wlll be entltled to representatlon the same as
for the stato conventlon, the detalls of whlch
were published In Tiik Watciiman of March
10, to whlch our readers aro referred.
Cnrrcnt Mention.
Tiir attentlon of llaters 1s speclally callod to
the letter of Hon. Levl K. Fuller in this paper,
glvlng his rulo for tho appralsal of bank stock.
To clean the nlter from sugar pans put ln a
little water and add salsoda. Then lot it boll
a few moments and lt wlll como off by a little
scraplng. Try It.
Connecticut and Passumpslc rallroad stock,
preferred, is jolling ln Boston at 77J; Rutland
rallroad, preferred, 21J; common, 3J; Consol
idated rallroad preferred, 28; Natlonal Car
Company, 89.
Rutland IIhhai.d: "Thore is blood on the
moon: Iliram Atklns, W. II. II. Blngbam, Dr.
Uanrahan and L. W. Redlngton were closeted
in deep consultation last nlght. The republl
cans of the Btate wlll do well to keep watchful
eyea on the democratic party."
Tiik Bennington Iianner, ln speaklng of a
publlc meetlng in that " anclent and patriotic
borougb," says that It "gave Bennington's
Thomas Jefferson an opportunity to air hls
notlons of matters and things." We havo a
lurking susplclon that thls may refer to A. P.
Childs.
In speaklng of the salarloi of Unlted States
Judges, the Rutland llerald says: "The sal-
atlos of our own ttite judges are so shamefully
low that no lawyer of large income can afford
to accept the p'.nce, and no lawyer of small ln
como is likely to be Independent of favors that
no judgo ought ever to accept."
Tiik republlcans of the first congresslonal
distrlct wlll meet in conventlon at Rutland,
Thursday, Aprll 24, for the purpose of electing
two delegates and two altornates to nttend the
republican natlonal conventlon to be held at
Chlcago, and for tho purpose of nominating a
candldato for representatlve in congress, for
the term commencing March 4, 1885.
Tiik Methodist boundary commisslon whlch
meetsat Burlington to-day consists of thefollow.
ing mombers: On the side of the Vermont con'
ferenco, J. D. Beeman, P. N. Granger, H. A.
Spencer, R. Morgan, J. R. Bartlett. On the
side of the Troy conferonce, Homer Eaton, H.
Graham, D. W. Dayton, W. II. Hughes, W. J,
Heath three of the latter boing former pas
tors of the church in Burlington.
Receiveh Iticu has instltnted sults against
the St. Albans Trust Company directors to re
cover the sum of 570,000. The sults aro
brought under the section of the charter whlch
provldes that In caso any loss occurs throngh
improper loans the trustees or directors shall
be personally llable for the same. The old
snits whlch were begun by attorneys ln behalf
of depoBltors are to be carrled further.
An Amorican Devon Cattle-breedera' Club
was organlzed at the EaBt End Hotel, Plttsburg,
Penn , the 2(ith. The offlcers are: J. M. Mlllcr
of Hlckory, Penn., presldent; J. D. Hicks of
NaHhville, Tenn., vlce-preaident; F. W. Reed
of Jonesville, Ohio, secretnry ; James UucUlng
ham of Ztnesvllle, Ohio, treasurer. Thegen
eral management is lefc to an executlre cnm
rnlttee, one of whom 1b John P. Flsh of
Washington, Vt.
Tiik Aryus twits Tiik Watciiman wlth lack
of enternrlse ln reportlng the dotngs of the re
publlcan Btate committee at lts late meetlng in
Montpelier. We reported all the committoo
did, and it the Aryus had conilned Itselt to
facts and coopered its imaginatlon, lt would not
now be ualng so much space ln explalnlng lts
mlsatatementa. AsJoah Billlngs says: " Bet-
ter not know so much than know so many
things that aln't so."
Tiik town Buperlntendents of Washington
county met at the court-liouso yesterday, and
organlzed by tho cholce of Dr. Galo of Cabot ns
chalrman and C. A, Hralcy of Northfield as
secrotary, Tho tlmo for tho sprlng cxuinina
tion of teachcrs was fixed for Saturday, Aprll
2Ctli. Rcv. L. Tcnney of Barre, Prlncipal Hltt
of Northfield and Prluclpal Davls of Water
bury were chosen a committeo to oxamlno
those wisljing for county cortlficatcs, and a list
o' questlona was doclded upon for uso ln the
town exaininatlous.
New Yonif TmnuNE: "Durlng Ilon. E,
Phelps' lecture before the Yale law school the
otherday, on ' Independenceln Polltlcs,' Jnstas
he was saylng, ' Now the comlng man ln thls
country, and he is comlng Is the Independent
voter,' the door opened, and a rnlddle-nged, ln
telllgent looklnggehtlemanentered and quietly
seated hlmself. He evidently dld not under
stand the rlpple of Inughter that ran over the
audlence wlien Professor Phelps, equally un
consclous of its cause, contlnued : 'He Isthe
man whose feet are beautlful upon the moun
talns, for he brlngs glad tidlDgs,' "
Doston Hkhai.d: "A few mornlnga elnce.
when Senator Edmunds opened hls mail In the
sonate chambor, out dropped from an cnvelopo
raoat gorgeous and masterly salmon fly or,
rather, a doublo fly whlch had boen tled by
thosklllful flngors of tho sonator's frlend, Gen-
oral Rlpleyof Vermont. Tho accompanylng
noto lnformod the sonator that thls was an
Edmunds and Lincoln' fly I A qulet Bintlo
passed athwart tho keon visage of the atates
man, as he transferred the trtumph of tho
art plscatorlal to a safe place. It wlll be at
loast twelve months before Presldent Edmunds
wlll havo a chance to throw that fly Into the
rushlng wator of a salmon stream."
" Looic on thls plcture, then on that." Read
tho Aryus' orlglnal report of tho late republi
can committee meetlngi read lts crlppled ex
planatlon of last week; read tho following
' confirmatlon" of lts yarns:
St. Albans, March 14, 1834.
lo the report of Mr. Oreene's pcwitlon In your iue of
the 12lh lnntant, 1 would say that, so far my recollec
tlon Rofd, I do not Ree bnt that the facln tatd by jrou
are BubstABtlaUy the ame as told me hy Mr. Greene.
x ours iruij, o.runuto.
And thon read Luther 0. Greene's letter ln an-
other column. Such is the outcome of our
contemporary's lmbccllo consplracy to score a
point against Tiik Watciiman. Comment
would dull tho edge of the dtsclosure.
Tiik following is asummaryof tho buslness
done in this state by foiclgn fire, life, and accl
dent lnsurance companles for the year endlng
Dccember 31, 1883: Nlneteen life and accldent
companles have issued 3,740 pallcles and cer
tlflcates amountlng to 80,893,479. They have
recelved prcmtums amountlng to S3C1.177.24
and have pald losses amountlng to $181,743.
Thtrty-eight fire companles have wiitten riaks
amountlng to S2G,391,219.81, have recelved
8338.C20.03 in premiums and pald 8319,791.88
for losses, It wlll thus be scen that forelgn
firo lnsurance companles have pald over 811,000
moro for losscs than they havo recelved ln
premiums.
It Is currently charged by the stato preas
that Dr. Nichols is a rum-Beller. None of the
papera seem to have, or to present, any evi
dence that thls story is nnythlng more than a
campaign He. Perhaps the best way to arrive
definitoly at the truth of the charge, unless the
doctor'B recognlzed gponsors como forward and
dispose of it satlafactorlly, would be to nppoint
a board of newspaper expertato Investlgate the
matter. We believ such a board conld be mado
up from the Burlington, St. Johnsbury and Mont
pelier press as would find out lf llquor is sold
or glven away at Dr. Nichols' drug-store or
anywbere else ln Northfield, and thua put the
matter of the doctor's temperance record be-
yond doubt or cavll.
In 1882 tho Brattleboro Iteormer charged
that the democratic state conventlon wrb
"packed" ln tho Interest of the Central Ver
mont rallroad by the lavish distrlbution of free
passes. The democratic state committee ln
vestlgated the ch.irges at the tlme and pro
nounced them false, but the Kefortncr was not
Bfttls fiod and has been examinlng Into the mat
ter further on its own account. Last week lt
gave what, on the face of it, seems to be proot
that a large number of passes were lssned to
the delegates and used by them. At the tlme
it seeraed like a huge joke that anyone should
care to pack a democratic Btate conventlon ln
Vermont, and even lf the fact were now granted,
the reason docs not nppear to ub to be clear,
but we shall awalt developments with some
interest.
SrniNOFiELD Rei'ublican: "Tho Tiffany
caso at Bennington, Vt., reveals a capaclty for
reckless locil miagovernment of whlch a coun
try town would hardly bo Bupposed capable,
and lt has proved a dear lesson, as tho town is
to lose the handsome dowry for Ita educntional
intercst8 left by Mr. Valentlne. It all comes
of tho petty and heated partisansbip whlch ls
sometlmes allowed to dlsorganlze a town and
of tho utter disregard of the commoneat dfc-
tates of prudence in the conduct of town busl
neas. It is the fashion in some of these little
communitles, where everybody knows every.
body and has a profound fear of what ls called
getting into trouble,' to assurae that the doml-
nant cliques are all rlght and the rest of the
town all wrong. A little less heal and less
bossing and a strlcter accountabillty would be
wlse all around."
Two zealous Nichols exchanges, the Messen-
yer and Clipper, seem to be grleved becauie
Tue Watciiman did not speclally notlce the
Ind(x's little bit of editorial enterprlse in ei
tractlng a letter from Frederlck Billlngs; and
because further, in givlng some recent extractB
from the Barton Jlonitor, the mention it made
of Dr. Nlchola was omltted. Well, we plead
gullty. And we plead in extenuation ln the
first place, that Mr. Billlngs' second letter only
relterated themaln featuresof the first to Judge
Barrett. It contained nothing new. In tho
second, we had prevlously glven tbe Monitor't
Nichols record, and were chtefly conceroed to
present the latest phase, bo far as lt was dia-
tinguUbable, of that journal's oplnions and
preferences. Ltfe is too short and epace too
preclous to wpnte in needless repetitions. lie
consoled, tearful brethren.
Tue following anccdote is related of tbe late
Judgo Isiao F. Redfield: " When he graduated
lt was tho custom for the senlor c'aas to elect
tbe dolegatlon to the I'hi Beta Kappa sjclety
from the class below, Ilia clars met ia tbe
evenlcg and proceedod with great unanlmity
ln the selectlon of the delegatlon from thelr
juniors until they (itme to tho last member,
Mr. Redfield votoi fora junior, who had en-
tered hls class ln the sophomore yoar, and
largely for that reason had mlssed the frlend
ship and popularlty whlch are very much a&
qulradlnthe freshman year. IIU clacsmUea
voted for another, Votlng and dlscosjl ,n pro.
ceeded uutll after midnlght, both ptrtlesex
hlbltlng great pert Ijtency. At length, findlng
further effort useless, Mr. Redfield addieited
his clasjmates, saylng ho should jlolcl to thel
proierences, anu conciuuea, - ouc marlc my
words, gentlemen, Clase wlll be themostdls-
tlngulthed man In that clssj.' On the morn
ing after tho confirmatlon of Mr. Chase as Chlef
Jtistlce of the Unltoi States, Judge Redfield
remarkel that he tbought hts predictlon had
been fulfllled."
" Tiie farmers and atock-ralsers of the Con
nectlcut valley," saya tho Free Preis, " are
groatly alarmed over the alleged exlstence of
contagloua dlseaaea, brought here from I'.u
gland, among cattle ln varlous parts of the
country, tncludlng Malne, Now Hampshiro and
MaBsachusetta. Partlcular mention is made
of a recent fatal case of foot and raouth dls
ease at Haverhill, N. II,, a town lylng npon
the Connecticut rlver, Appllcatlon has been
made to Qovornor Barstow to appolnt a board
of cattle comwisBloners In accordanco wlth
section 4018 of the Revlaed Laws. The gover
nor, however, doea not regard the sltuatlon as
alannlog, or Bncb aa could justlfy hlm In ap-
polntlng such a board at present, but, as a
measuro of prudence and precautlon, ho has
causod clrculara to be forward'od to the Beloct
men of all the border towns of tho state, call
Ing nttontlon to thocompletoand extraordlnary
powers glven by sectlons 4010 and 4017 of tho
Rovised Laws to boards of seloctmen, to en
able them to prevent the spread of Infecttous
and contaglous dlsoneea among domestlc anl-
mals, and also to tho dutles thereln Imposed
upon such boards. The governor has requestcd
Dr. II. A. Cutttng of Lunenburg!), secretary of
the stato board of agrlculture, to be In readl
ness to rospond to any appllcatlon for tnforma
tlon as to symptoms or troatment of tho dla
ease, and to glvo advice as to tho best methods
of doallng wlth lt in order to prevent 11b
eproad, In caso lt Bhould mako Its appoaranco
ln the state."
Fish-waudkn J. L. Tdttlk of Montpelier,
asslsted by Sherlff Atherton of Waterbury,
Lewis Wood of Montpelier, Sheriff Barton and
Oftlcer DumaB of Burlington, made a rald on
the vlolators of the flshlng laws at Hrg Island
last Thursday. Arrlvlng nt Swanton the party
took a team and drove across the country to
Mlsplrquol Bay. At a polnt near the rallroad
bridges half a dozen flshlng bnts were dlscov
ered. The news of the arrival of the ofllcers
had reached tho fiahermon, and a crowd nnm
berlng tblrty-five or forty had gathored to wlt
ness the spoit. FlBb-wardon Tuttle read his
commijslon to tho crowd and statcd his errand
to get thelr ncta and etop lllegal flshlng but
thefishermen laughed at hlm and sald that
whoevor took thelr nots would have to take
thelr dead bodles. After trylng to reason wlth
tho men for somo tlme the offlcers found that
the only way was for themto go nhead and do
thelr duty, and although greatly outnutnbered
by the fishermen they arrested three men and
eeized two large nets. When the fishermen
saw that the offlcers were ln earnest, they scat-
tered llke sheep, but not untll they had com
pelled tho uso of clubs and revolvers to qnell
the dlsturbance. The prlsoners eecured were
two brothers named Nat and Joseph Sheets and
Joaeph Couture. The ofllcers looked around
and discovered three or four barrels of fUh of
excellent quallty, caught that mornlng, whlch
the fishera were preparlng to ehip to New
York. Tho prlsoners were taken to St
Albanf, where a complalnt was entered
against them for reBlstiug the ofllcerB of the
law, and in default of bail ln the sura of
$250 each, they were commltted to jail in
that place. On Monday they were relea-ed,
Ilerhert DonaldBon of Swanton becomlng ro
sponslble for thelr appearance at county court.
It ls found very dlfllcult to enforce the fishlng
laws in that section, as local sympathy ls
strongly ln favor of the fishermen and no of-
ficer in Franklin county ls anxlous to take hold
of the matter.
Nkahly a twelve-month after tho dUcloaure,
reprlntlng the reports Tiir Watciiman made at
the time, tho Argus publlshes the record of
Judge Redfield's llsting frailtles. It bad pon
itlvely declared that it was " false" that any
judge of the supremo court had mado and
sworn to a false Inventory, and boen doubled
therefor. " Confession is good for the soul,"
but our neighbor returns to the subject of J udge
Redfield's taxes in no penltential mood. It
avows a wlcked purpose to show from Tiie
Watciiman's own columns thatwe have Hed
wlllfnlly, knowlngly and mallciously " about
Judge Redfield. Two counts ln lts gcneral in
dlctment are thus mildly stated :
ItR nrtnclnal lten to Belcct from a Rcore or more are
uai oiuige jteaneia wicupaiy anu maiictouiy leic a
larEOftnm out of hlft lnventorrln 182. and thttn!883
he aiiatn left out a larce euin, about 32,000, for whlcb he
waft uouoiea Dy ine usiers,aua iiiereiore covereti wun
lOAiiDg lenominy.'
Whatever of falaehood theae "BOlectlons"
may contaln has been incorporated into them
by our contemporary. We reprint these " two
lies " as they oiiglnally appeared ln Tiik
Watciiman. In our Issue of February 13 we
charged
1 That Judge Redfield made an Inventory ln the pprtog
of 1882 whlch the llsters of Montpelier found to be false,
and added a large num thereto; that in 1683 thls ftame
Judge mide an inventory wlilch tbe llslera found to be
faUe. to whlch they added by aueesnient, and then. by a
unanlruous vote doubled the totAl, aa the law dlrccta
tbem todowben. ln thelr oplnlon. a tax-payer has
maae anu sworn to a raute inyauiory.'
The Aryus fuither quotes The Watciiman's
reports of the hcirings before the board of civll
nuthorlty last May, and It Is inferred that in
the gap whlch it endoivored to craate between
its forgery of two lies and those reports lles lts
proof of lts awful charge. As uaual, the prco!
exlats only In lts own unsupportcd ar,d unciod
Ited declaratlons. Our prosecutor ls badly
muddled ln its use of dates and facts. In its
"argument" lt seems to be nnable to preseivo
the due relatlon of time and events. In its
nsual cblvalrlc splrlt we presume lt wlll lay
the blame all at the door of some unlucky
compositor.
Pcrsonnl.
Hon. Justus Dahtt, state snpcrintendent of
education, wlll dellver the Memorial day ad-
drcss at Sprlngfield.
LlEUTENANT-GOVEUNOlt S. E. PlNQHKK wlll
deliver the addreas at the soldlers' reunlon at
South Royalton noxt September.
Ciiaiii.es E. I'AitKEit, republican, was elected
mayor of Vergennes by n large maiority. The
city government remains republicitn. ,
W. F, Paqe, formerly of the Amerlcan hotel
Burlington, wlll manage the comlng aeason the
great hitel Kaatorsklll, CaUklll Mcuntalns,
Memsiis. E. R. IIaiu) and Ilenry Ballard of
Burlington have returned from Washington,
where they have been taklng evidence ln the
Burton case.
Tiir name of N. P. Bowman of St. JobnBbury
Ia bolng prominently mentloned in connectlon
wlth the lletitenant-goveruorshlp on the demc
cratic stato tlcket,
Fiiank E. WoODitUFF, r natlvo of Underhill
and a graduate of the University of Vermont
of the class of 1875, ls now one of the assoclate
edltora of the Andover licview.
Wii.uam II. Siiaw of Wallingford has been
engagoi as prlnclpal of tho hlgh school at Rut
land for the balance of tho current year In
place o( Profetsor Atwood, who has been
obllged to toek medlcal treatment forhlseyes.
Pjiofessoii E. II. IIkilkv of Middlebury
who has bsen ln Europj since Septembor, 1882,
moet of the time in Germiny, Is expoctod to
arrive home sometlme in Aprll. Profesaor
Illgloy, it Is understood, wlll devote hlmselt
hereafter wholly to miislo. He has beeu en
gaged ns organlat of one of the leadlng churches
in Worcester, Mnss,
Rev. John Enolisii of Newbury dropped
dead on WednHdiy, Mr. Engllsh was born 1
Newbtuy In 1811, and for a number of years
f illowed the buslnetB of a ptluter, a large purt
of the tlme In IUverhlll, N, II. In 18-14 he bo-
came a member of the New Haropslilre Metho
dlst Eplscopal Couference, and filled many of
thelr best appolntinenta. A few years Bgo hls
hoalth falled from overwork, and ho retlrcd
from actlvo eervlce
Montpelier.
TiiEitR wlll bo a sucar festlval nt Good Tom-
plars' liall to-morrow ovcnlng,
Tiir snrlntr term of the Vermont Methodist
semlnary beglns next Monday.
Tiir ladlea of Chrlst church meet at Fred E.
Smlth's resldonco to-morrow aftornoon.
Tiir Methodist ladlea gave a Dleasant soclable
at the resldonco of C. II. CroBS last Wednesday
evenlng.
Tiik usual monthly temnernnco mcotlng wlll
bo held at Trlnlty church vcstry noxt Sunday
ovcnlng.
Tiir noon exnresa from Wella Rlvor on Thurs
day was dotalned two or three hours by
wash-outs.
TiiEitR Is to bo a now sticar festlval nt Trinltv
church thls (Wednesday) ovcnlng. Suppcrwlll
bo servcd from slx to ulno o'clcck.
Tiir ladlea mlsslonary soclety of Bethany
church wlll meet with Mrs. C. E. Perrln to-
morrow afternoon, at two o clock.
Citizens can obtnln Invcntorv blanks at tho
town clcrk'g oflleo, nt tho ofllco of George W.
Wlng, or at tiie resiucnccs ol tno nstors.
The cholr of Chrlst church are preDarlne
some excollont mtislc for Easter, whlch wlll
probably be renderea by a aoubie quartette.
Mits. Tehena K.. wldow Of the lato Harvoy
Gtiernaey, dled of npoplcxy nt hcr homo on
Frldar lnnt, nt tho aco of Blxty-clght years and
seven months.
A mektino of tho Methodist Prcachers' As-
sociatlon was held at Trlnlty vcstry Monday
evenlng. The topic of dlscussion was " Con
fercncc Entertalnmcnt."
While R. W. Warren was leavine the yard
of Rev. J. Edward Wrleht laBt Wednesday
mornlng, hls sleigh broko down and Baldwin
street extenslon was theroby suddenly trans
formed to the ' milky way."
TnE houso occnnlod by Davld R. Gray. near
Wrlghtsville, took fire from a defective Btove
plpe In the garret one day last week. The
flames were extlnguishod by the prompt actlon
of the nelghbors before any conslderable dam-
age was done.
Fon several months paBt boys ln tho viclnlty
of J. W. Brock's storehouse, near tho foundry,
mve brokcn class ln thatbutldlng. Tho gullty
oncs nro known, nnd some of tliera have nl-
ready boruo tho oxpenso of repalrlng'a portion
ot tno untnago.
Tiie nnnual commnnlcatlon of Aurora Lodge.
No. 22, Free and Accopted MaBona, for the
electlon oi olllcers ior tbe ensulng year, wlll be
held at masonlc hall on Monday evenlng,
Aprll 7. at seven o clock. A full attendance is
earnestly deslred.
Voiino neonle's mectlncra nt tho Bantlst
church began last Sunday evenlng, and are to
be contlnued. The hour cf the meet Ings wlll
be slx o'clock Sunday evenlng, for tbe present.
An unusual icliKlous interest ls mamlcsted
am'jng the young.
Tiie little chlld of Ilenry Blggs, fivc years of
ace. dled last Saturday of mrtlvsis resultlnc
Irom a scvcreaitnciv ot uipntneria, Bime weeKs
slnco. '1 he circumstnnces attcnuliig the case
mako lt partlcularly sad, and tlio allllctcd
parents have tho sinccro sympathy of frlends
nnd neigiibors.
At tho Berlin strect school-meetiu". last
week. a committeo was nppointed to seo what
itrrangemeut could bo made with A. & F. Jo
honnott for the pnrcliaso of their titnnery, out-
bulldings nnd lot. lt tno distrlct maKea tne
purchaso, lt wlll build a now school.houso and
some tcncmenc nottses.
Aoheemrnt has been made for the purehaxo
by tbe soclety of Chrlst church of the S. B
Colbv house. now occunled by Mrs. A. P. Hlb
bard. The buildlng Btandj next to the church
premhcs, and after undergolng thorough re
pairs wlll be used for a chapel and parBonage.
ine prlco pald ls S4,uuo.
Tiie shed of tho houso occupied by Louls
T)nnh.irmn tnnk fiio last Kridav ovcniiif? frnm
c als in somo nshes wlilch had been deposlted
tliere in tho moniiui:. An nlarm was sounded
and tho fire dcp.trtmeut called out, but the
flames woro extlngulshed by nelghbors before
tno engincs couiu re.-icii tno spot.
Tiie State Uou.se fence was adorned last
Friday wlth the neta taken by the ofllcers from
the fnhermen at Hog Island, near Swanton,
the dav nrevlous. The two nets were consld-
erably more than long enough to drape the
fence its ontire length and were hung from tho
ulckets to drv. uotn were ln cood condltlon
and thelr value ls estimated at about &Juu.
Tnn llstcrs held their first meetinc vcsterdav
mornlng, for tho purpose of org.inizing and
preparing for tho work of taklng tho lista.
Ihey intcud to make a record of all dogs
owued in town, in order to better enforce tho
law relating to dog liccnsea. After Mty 15th
tho possession ot an un lceuscd canlne subjccts
tho uwner to a fino ot 815, and tho dog to cap
ital punlahment.
E. W. Tiiomi'son has been njmninted castcrn
pjssenger fgcnt of the Chlcago, Rock Island &
l'acific rallroad, with hcadquarters at Iioston.
air. inompsoti nas been lorhotno umeairav
ellng acent for the Central Vermont, has held
a simiiar position on tho C'uadlan l'acific road,
and hls promotion Is well nierited, Tho beat
wiahes of hU friends in Montpelleraro extcnded
to hlm in this new capaclty.
Tiik gaudy zouave tinlforms worn by Cal
lender's mlnstrel band on our streets Satur
day afternoon, tbe muslc and tbe exhlbition of
sklll by the drum major, ln his maniptilatlons
of the baton, served to attrnct a large audionce
to Capital hall ln the evenlng. The entertain
ment there aflorded was superior In manv re
spects to anything ln tbe mlnstrel llne whlch
Montpelier people have witneased in n long
tlme. The programme was varled and pleas
Ing, tho slnglng good, and the jokes fresli.
Since the Central Vermont tlme table was
prlnted on our thlrd page we have recelved a
notlce of change as follows: A mlxed traln
now leaves here for Roxbury at 0:55 r. m,,
and the evenlng mail traln south ls now twenty
elght minutes later than before, 10:58 Instead
of 10:30 as formerly; the first local passenger
traln for the north now goes at G:45, and thej
secona ai ;i:-o a. m. h wiu ue soen iuhi me
raanngeinent have restored what was formerly
known ns Hall's traln, whlch wlll be a great
convenlonce to lts patrons.
Letteiis uncalled for at Montpelier post
offlce, March 29, 1884: Ladlea Mrs. Cbarlei
Brown, iUa Mary A. Callahnn, Myrtle M, Mar
tln, Mlas N. J. Martln, Miss Addle Palge, Mrs.
C. N. White. Gentlemen. G. N. Annis, A. T.
Dana, Norris A. Edgerly, Lytnan Farrar, L F,
Farrar, George Vliield, A. B. Hanlrgton, W.
F. Macomber, M. M. Peters, E. E. Robinson,
R. L. Smltb, Allen Smlth, N.'P. Taulin, John
Wllklns. I'artles applylng for any of theabove
must say "advertibed" and glve the date.
J. S. Pkck, Postmarter,
A I'eiison glvlng hcr name as MyraSmythof
Marshfield presented a check of S. D. Hollistor
for 8250 for payment nt the savlngs bank nn
'Ihursday. Edward E. Blakoly, to whom the
check was prcheuted, wssuspicluusof tho gcu
ulncncss of tho slguaturo and was ndvised to
rcfuse lts Davinent, 'lliowoman took tho check
to the Montpelier natlonal bank and Teller
Martln, who was alouo nt the time, at onco
discovered tho forgery, and llkewlse refuscd
its payment. Mr. llolllster has slnco seen tho
check and delares that It was forged,
Messhs. C. A. IlAitNAitt), I). G, Fleld. Fred
Catnp and Fred Ilaydcn formed themselves
into n committeo on sldowalks. last Saturdav.
and, nftor taklng up n collcction to Bccuresotuo
nddltlonal lielp, stippllcd thcuisolves with tho
necessary tools and organlzed n rId upon tho
sltish nnd Ice on tho sldewalk ln frout of the
Wlllard rcsidenco. Ihe rosult was verygratl
fylng to thoso who havo had occaalon to
"wntlo" by that place, and wo take tho 11b
crty to tcndor tho tlinnks of the commuiilty to
inoso gentlemen ior tneir pniiautnropic actlon,
PitoFESsoit Wh.mam A. Mownv of Provl
dcnco, R. I., wlll dellver lecturo in the vcstry
of tho Church of tho Mossinh on Frldar ovcn
lng, at elght o'clock. Subject, ''Tho Great
North-wcst." Admlssion. llltccn cents. Tho
brocecds wlll bo dovi ted to tho Montpelier pttb-
lic llbrary iuihi. rroicssor aiowry lecttircs be
foro tho academvnt St. Johnsbury on ThttrS'
dav nlsht.nud l'lcs to llurlinutou on Satttrdnv.
Professor Mowry was at Montpelier durlncr tho
scsslon of tho Amorican Itibtltute In 1877, nt
whlch tlmo ho was secroury oi tno iissocintion,
Aiiout three hut dred of tho llthographs of
Montpelier havo been sold in thls pluce. nnd
Bomo flfty more havo been Bont away, Thore
aro stlll left a number of copleg, aud Charles
DcF, Bancroft has taken nn ncencr for thelr
snlo. They can bo obtalncd nt 82.60 each by
addrosslng hlm, or can be nrocurcd at T,
'. V.
l'liinnoy s storo at tno samo prlco. Mr. lian
croft hns overy faclllty for thelr safo traus
mlsslon throtigh tho mails, nnd coplcs havo
alrcady been Bcnt to former restdcnts of tho
town in twcnty-nlne dlfteront states and tcr
rltorlcs. BnriiANV ladles' bcnovolent soclety has pro-
parcd n chnrmlng Intellccttinl entertalnmcnt
for Monday evenlng next, nt Capital hall, Ex-
uovcrnor iMie nas very gcuerousiy consented
to favor hls fcllow-cltlzens with his lecturo
upon " Cathnrlno of Arrngon nnd Casttlo nnd
hcr Porsecutors," whlch forms one of tho most
tlirllllng clutpters ot l.ngllsn lilstory, nnd Alrs.
Averill wlll rcpeat, by spcclal rcqucst, tho
countryman's Inltnitnblo dcscrlptlon of "IIow
Huby Played," Such opportunltlcs have been
so raro thls season that lt is hoped that tho hall
may be filled to ovcrllowing.
A coitREsroNDENT bas called our attentlon
to the law relatlvo to the removal of barbed
wlre fencing, whlch he construes as nuthorlz
ing the selectmen to remove such fencing as a
nulsanco when erected wlthln the llmlt of the
hlghway. In thls connectlon attentlon Is called
to tho fact that wlthtn four feet of the much-
used sldewalk at the foot of Clay hlll, sucb a
fence has been erected atarltkof lnjury on
dark nlghts to passers-by, Wo aro inclined to
conslder tbis in the nature of a complalnt,
whlch wo leave to the anthorltles for such
actlon as they may deem advlsable.
Tiik beautlful and talentcd nctrcss. Ida Vau
Cortlnnd, and tho TavcrnlerComedy Company,
wlll appcar at Capital hall, next Tuesday even
lng. In the celebratcd drama " Camllle. This
wlll posltlvely bo tho only pcrformance that
can be glven In thls place, as the comrany has
been speclally engaged to open the fcstlvitlcs
wlth whlch Easter Monday is recelved ln St.
John, New Brunswick. The company wlll play
Maino nnd tno marltlme provlncos durlug tno
summer months, nftcr wlilch Mr. Pratt, our
cntcrprlslng local manager, wlll endcavor to
sccuro lt for n serics of porformances durlug
ino legisinuvo bcssioii
On Thursday ovcnlng ono Frank Do Carlo
from Now Hampshiro was arrested for tlrunk-
enucss nnd dlsturbiug tho pcaco. Ho mado
things llvely on tho way to hls prison ccll, bnt
his vociferous demouBtrations were exceeded
tho following evenlng by tho wlfo of ono Duffy
Klndouner, who was "pullcd ln" for druukeu
ness. Sho followed her spouao even to tho
doors of the jall, making nlght hidcous wlth
her yells. Do Carlo and Kindonuor were both
taken before Justlco Clark. Tho former clalmed
to have brought hls beverago with hlm, whllo
Ktudonner told numcrous conllictlng storics
ns to where he obtalncd his, aud buth were
frced on tho payment of tho usual fino of fivo
upiinrs and costs
Rev. A. D. Baiiiier preached at Bethany
church Sunday evenlng. ...Mlss Janle Kimbafl
nsststs the choir of Bethany church most ac
ceptably durlug the temporary absenco of Miss
ierrm....iur. and oirs. f, v. aiorse nave re
turned from thelr trlp, after an absenco of
about three weeks Joseph Gould, seventy.
four years of age, ls very slck wlth diphtherla,
an unusual slckness In one ot such an age
Medad Wrlght & Son have recently placed a
large bell upon thelr foundry Mrs, M. J.
Hall has returned to Merlden, Conu., accom-
panied by her motner, Mrs. S. u. ielson, and
her nephew, Elbridge Ainswortb Ruth
Jewett returned from Northampton on Tues
day ot last week, and Mary Reed came on
Thursday to Bpend two weeks' vacatlon with
relatlves here Mr. and Mrs. 1. L. Robblns
were called to South Dennfs. Mass.. on Mon
day by tbe death of Mrs. Robblns' father, of
anonlexv. They wlll return the last of tho week.
... .A. J. Slbley and Mrs. C. W. Billey went to
Boston on Monday, to bo absent until tho last
ot tue week Mrs. Colonel fj. 11. Wllson ls
vlsitinc friends at lall Rlver. Maaa....Mrs. E,
P. Jewett aud Miss Ruth went to Boston on
Monday.... Mr. and Mrs. George C. Shepard
and Fred returned from the West last Saturdav
evenlng Hon. G. W. Grandey of Vergennes
was In town Thursday Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Chittenden ol St. Albans were nt the Paviliou
Monday Mr. and Mrs. James T. Phelps of
Boston havo been at tue ravillon thls week
R. G. Brown and George B. Shepard came home
from Hnrvard Saturday nlght to spend the va-
cnion ....josepu roianu nas sold ms tene
ment houso on Cedar street to Mrs. Allco
Ilathaway f r 82,000. ... Mrs. D. K. Ileunett ls
about to remodel her resideuco on Barro street,
Ono story wlll bo added. . . .Georgo C. Shepard
will build a new baru ou his promlsos this sea
son. Franklin Hoyt has tho matter iu charge.
.... Elijah Seaver of Moretown, formerly well
known iu thls place, hns niovcd into ono of tho
vunttier nouses ou rtli MUn street
Mcssrs. Goodrich & Crossett havo contracted
with Merrill lUtstcll to build a (hvellinL'-houso
upon his prcmisesou East I.lberty street, abovo
ino reaiuenco oi a. u. nar.ow. .. . ti. i.as
well. a former enclncer on the Barro branch
but more reccntlv in Mcxico, is very low
with consumptiou at the Montpelier houso
Charlea II., youni'cst son of tho lato Dr. Lord
has recently acccptcd a lucrntlve position Iu
tne passenger depmment Ol tne ISaltlmoro
Ohio rallroad at Chlcago Last 'Ihursday
tilght about forty-fivo neigiibors and friends of
Jolin W. Smlth gave him n surprise, lt being
nis sixiy-uitu uirinuay. incre were n nuni
ber of uresents. thn tnnsfc wnrtliv nf nnttpft lift.
Ing an clegnnt casy-chalr.. .t ,1'rank Nowti n
of Northfield, who has been at his home sicV
for the past ten days, returned to his work a
tho shops of the I.'tno ilanufacturiug Company
last Mouday Ihero was a n'easant social
gathering nt tho resideuco of E. 1), Hyde on
rnuay eveniug, anu n siuuiur party at A. V,
r.irweu s last eveniug.
Washington County Court.
State vs. L. B. Huntington Thls case came
up on appeai irom juuce l". 11. iitnklev
court. The grand juror'scomulaint was Issued
upon the diaclosure of one Mrs. Georgianna
Nelson of East Grnnville who was arreited at
Montpelier, sometlme In the nutumn of 1882
whlle in a Btate of intoxicatiun, and dlsclosod
tnat siie obtained some beer ot the resuondent,
whlch caused her drunk. The respondent
pleaded not gullty. On the trial in county
court Mrs. Nelson's memory bad entlrely
latieu ner, aud sue could not even remembe
on what street she got her beer, or whetber it
was lager beer. naru beer. or sott beer. couldn
remember anything about the place, whero or
pen-ou oi wnom sne procureo, in lact had ior
gotten all about the matter. Her husband tes
tified that he was with her Bomewhere In an
eatlng saloon, he couldn't remember where,
nor whose, but that hedidn't see bls wifo dilnk
anything but a cup of tea. On thls evidence
tbe state rested. and the resuondent bv lil
nttorneys moved the court to order a verdlct
on tneerounu tnat no evidence tendlneto m
plicate the respondent bad been introduced by
the Btate. The state'B attorney lnformod tbe
court that he had uotbing to say as to the mo-
tlon, that tn thls case he had been unable to
find out from thewltnestoj before trlal what
thelr evidence would be, and had nothing to go
by but tho dUclosures taken by the justice.
Judge Powers suggested that a prosecution for
perjuiy niignt nave a neauuy ettect on sucn
witueases. He then dlrectcd the jury to return
a verdlct ol not eulltv. ihe eventne alter tn
trial Mr. nnd Mrs. Nelson were staggerlDg
turougn tne streets very nappy, and had evl
dently been acain uartaklne of tbe cun whlch
whllo lt cheers, lnebrlates. State's Attorney
II. A. Ilune for tho state; II. W, Komp and
jonn it, oenter ior respondent.
State vs. Iiouls Goodnature.Tkln case was
for a common drunk, aud was commenced by
grand iuror's complalnt before Justlce 0. I
Clark who found the respondent gullty, from
wuicu juagment no iook nn nppeai. tour wlt
neases for the stato testltied rquarely that th
respondent on the day charged, the 23,1 of No
vember. 1883. was drunk. and one or two testl
fied that the respondent had ndmltted the fact,
The rosDondont sworo that on the dav ln ouee
tlon be worked untll noon setting stono stepa
at tbe restdence of E. D. Hyde; thathe Btarted
for hls home on North street and fell ln wlth
some French feniale relatlves ot hls wlfe and
had a little cltcus by the way ot thelr tongues
whlch very much exclted hlm; that he then
went home to hls dlnner, but was bo exclted he
could not oat, and bo lay down and went to
sieep. wnere ue temained untll arrested bv o 11
cer Dudley. Ho sworo he had not drauk anv
lutoxlcatlng llquor that day. John Hardlgan
also testlfled that he drove tbe truck ws.cron
whlch carrled respondent tn jall, and that the
respondent ln bls oplnlon was not dead druuk,
but only sleeplrjg, when arrested, and that he
was n very eicltabto Fronchman any how. In
short, the defonce was a sort of omotlonal In
sanlty plea, such as are common In murder
tnais ot lato years. Ihelnry were out about
two hours when, much tothe surprise of every
body, lt returned a verdlct ot not gullty, and
Louls wlth great Goodnature told the jurv he
felt iust like Aooray and went his way rejolc
Ing In the fact, and that for one day ln hla life
he had a record ot sobrletv. ludlctallu lf not
Judlcloutly estnbllshed. II. A. Iluso and H.
YV. Kemp ior the state: (J. II. Heath for the
respondent. The stnto'a attorney concludlng
that such a verdlct was glory onongh for one
panel of Jury, contlnued the rematnlng Btato
caaes, whlch had not already been contlnned.
In the two cases against Thomas Corry for
mnllclous mischief, the respondent filed two
aflldavltsof his physicians tbat he was slck
and unable to attend court, he evidently har
Ing been taken very Buddenly 111. Tbe first
case was contlnued and the second one lett
with the court on a motion of the state's attor
ney for a bonch warrant. It waa noticed that
as aoon as the Jury was dlscharged, Corry erew
uetbur ns rnpiuiy tuf utj imu Kruwu B1CK, unu was
on tho street. Hls attack, seemlngly, waa
transltory and undoubtedly intenslfied by the
nervousness arislng from over-orertlon ln pro
parlng hls defense.
6(a(cvs. liviffcomo (llqnorj ihls was con
tlnued on physicians' affldavits that the re-
pondent was unablo to attend court.
Tbe 1urv waa dlsmlesed Wednesdav nleht
and the trial of court cases began Thursday
mnrning. ine nrBt case ior trial was
J. W. Brock vs. V. Tarbell. Thia waa an
actlon to recover on two promlssory notea.
The defendant pleaded payment, aet-oil, and
tue siatute oi iimuntions. it appeared tnat
one of the notes In sult was the note of Luke
Tnrbell with the defendant as co-slgnor, the
other of tbe two notes was tbe note ot the de
fendant with Luke Tarbell as co-sienor. The
date of the notes was more than slx years be
fore the commencement of thia actlon, but
there were endorsements wlthln slx yeara on
eacn oi said notes. mo qnestion waa made by
the defendant aa to hla llabilltv on hls own
note for the balance due, but he clalmed a
payment of S75 made bv hlm on the 29th ot
June, 1882. Bhould be applled on tbat note, and
tnat as ne naa never made any payment on the
other noto any payment by Luke Tarbell
would not remove tbe statute bar as to hlm.
Thero waa not much dlscrepancy ln the par
ties' testimony as to the facta, and questlon
was mostiy a question oi law ns to tne appllca
tlon of the payment pleaded whlch was not
endorsed, but tbe amount admltted. With the
court. L. L. Durant and G W. Wlng for
plalntlff ; John II. Senter and X. S. Stanton for
defendant.
Tho dlvorce case of Ida ilemam vs. Ilorace
Merriam was finlshed and dlvorce granted for
Intolerable severlty. II. W. Kemp for Ubel
lant; no appearance for llbellee.
The dlvorce case of Mlner L. Smlth vs. Mary
A. Smith was partlally heard, as was the case
of L. T. Kinney vs. 3. ,S Goodwin (assumpsit),
wuen tno court at nau-past two tn tne aiter
noon Thursday, took n recess untll Tueaday at
nlne o'clock in tho forenoon.
The case of Kinnev vs. Gnodwln was cnn.
cluded yesterday and is now wlth the court.
The dlvorce sult of Lyman vs. Lyman, Water
bury patties, waa men taken up and is now on
trial.
middlesex Ccnter. School raeetlnc locked
Its usual oxcltement thls year, L. R. Wella was
elected committee, C. C. Graves, clerk
Professor Ober'a Binglng-school closed with an
albday's sing last Saturday. Qnite a crowd
was iu attendance in the evenlng, notwith
standlng the "bllzzard."....Aa an illustratlon
of what constltutes a defective chlmney we
note n case whlch occurred at a nelghbor'a a
few daya elnce. One of the familv hanneninc:
to vlsit the attic for somethlng, discovered a
hole ln the chlmney, where the brlcks had
crumbled and fallen iu, large enough " to put
a bnt through wltbout touchlng it." It ia
needless to remark that fires ln that chlmney
have been susnended until the travelline: wlll
admlt of procuring brlcks, etc. . . . Jerry Miles is
recovering from bls recent lllness Fnrmers
were somewhat consoled for the severe cold
snnp ot Sunday by a crust Monday whlch
would bear a team and Ioad anywhere ln the
fitlds.
Eust Calais. Carrie Abbott of West Ran
dolph Is vialtlng her aunt, Mrs. Pratt. ...C. J.
Alnsworth ot Uardner, Mass., Is Bpending a
few weeks with his barents. ...Oscar Gtiernsev
ls a pioud and happy man. It ls a boy this
time . . .Tho stage made lts first trlp on wheels
from thls place to Plainfield last Fiiday. ...At
the recent school meetlng E. R, George waa
elected committeo ln distrlct 2io. 12. . . . Very
little pugar hns been made thus far, and the
pro ect is not as favorable as was hoped at
first Pneumonia and lung dlfflcnlttes are
qulteprevalent ln our mldst. But few people
eecape. . . .The f uneral servlces of Jacob Whee
lock were held In our churcb ou Sunday after
noon, after wbicb tho remains were placed ln
the tomb to awalt a sultablo season for buiial.
The body wlll be interred wlth the honora of
the Grand Army of the Republlc under the aus
plcea of Stowe Post, of whlch he was a member.
East Montpelier. The " Little Helpers "
met last Friday and though the roads were
very bad there was more than the uaual num
ber present. They wlll met with Lottie Wood
ward, Friday, Aprll 11. . . .Old Boreas " set up
oppoaltlon" to the miaslonary concert last
Suuday, but ln splte of the wlnd and snow
thero was n fair attendance.... James Wlng
hns taken Mrs. Nancy Merritt's faim on shares.
He moved from Berlin and took possession last
week. Mrs. Merrltt remains at her old home
for the present. ...Ed. Foster ls on the slck
llst. . . .Mrs. A. II. Cutler is getting better. . . .
Wearo informed that the Mr. Maifield who
rented the Ormsbee house has found employ
ment at Barre and wlll not more here aa ex
pected. Middlesex. Joel Foster, admlnlstrator of
Augustus W. Mead's estate, has traded the
farru belonglng to that estate wlth John Q.
Hobart for his farm in Moretown, known aa
the "Thomas Fltzgerald place," recelvlng
81,500 ln exchange L. D. Ainswortb haa
removed to Winooski and O. II. Rlchardson
has taken possessiou of the house and prem
ises vacated by Mr. Aiuaworth. Sarah J. Wil
liams hns removed to Waterbury Center.
Julius Ward has gono to St. Albans to com-
mence work as rireman Ell Bruco of Mill-
ersburgb, Ohio, brother of Mrs. J. II Holden,
is now stopptng wlth hls slster for a short tlme.
Oscar Hllls and wlfe of North Adatns, Mass.,
are stopplng wlth hls father, J. B. Hllls.
Worcester. Friday waa qulte a day for ac
cldtuts here. Friday mornlng Leonard ilamb
let went out on hla veranda, sllpped down,
and broke hi arm. Wldow Thomas Reed met
wlth nn accl ent the same mornlng, sllpping
donn and fr.icturing her thlgh. Mrs. Rted ia
elghty-flve years of age and Mr. Hamblet over
elghty. .. .Amos Corey has lost a valunbln cow.
. . . .llosea Brown of Calais Is not expected to
live, being very low with pneumonia... It ls
very rlckly ln town, there being a good many
lung compla!nts....Roger Hovey ls making
good progress on hls new houso. ...Mrs. Wll
llaru Maxham of Norwich ls lu town vlsitlng
friends.
East Roxbury. Tho funeral of Ilenry
Baker was attended S.turday at tbe rcsidence
of J. T. Edson (where he has been slck the
past year), Eldsr L. W. Brlgham of Crafts
bury oillclatlng. Mr, Baker's brother-In-law,
Ileniy Edrou of Lowell, Mass , and Mr. Dur
ell ot Tunbridge attended the funeral . ..V.
T. Pope hns been 111, but Is better.
Calais. Newell Nelson bas Bold hla farm
and stock back to bls father, Aura Neh? on, and
moved to Montpelier. In hls removal the town
losea A good cltlzen. . . Frank Taylor Is back
ugatu from New York, and Is wlth J. V. R.
Kent....A. N. White and wlfe left the 25th
for Ellot, lowa, wbere be bas a p:sltlon In a
bank.
FuitNiTUitK. Palne's Mnnufactory on cJnal
street, Boston, is f urnlshlng a large number ot
liouses ln thls viclnlty with curtains, wlndow
shades, latnbrequlns, upbolstered parlor and
settlng-room turnlture, chamber, dlntng.room
and llbrary sets in ash, oak, mahognny, wal
nut, and iniported fancy wooda. New patterna
aro now being introduced. One great advan
tage In BOlectlng from thls place Is tbe large
assortment nnd low prlces for tho superior
quallty of the work, whlch Is warranted to be
ln every iespect as represented.