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7SY W. W. PllESCOTT.
MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1884.
VOk. 79. 4048. NO 31.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14. 18St.
Currcnt .Hentloii.
St. Aliianh now haa telephonle connectlon
wlth tlie Burlington and Montpelier oxchanges.
Tme Votmont Homopathlc Modlcal Socioty
holda lts thlrty-fourth nnnual meetlng ot
Montpoller, Juno 4 and 0.
PosTJiASTEita ato belng notlfled that tho
postal cards o( new dcslgn wlll be supplled as
aoon aa the old onoa aro exhaustod.
The flfteenth nnnual meetlng of the Ver
mont Editora and Publlshers' Associatlon wlll
be lield at Saratoga, July 3d, 4th nnd Cth.
Senatoh Edmunds, who Is now talked ol by
detractors as worth mllllons, makos thls return
to the assessors at Burlington: PerBonal prop
erty, 8GG,825; real property, 816,120.
Amid all the distractlona of the prealdentlal
oanvass lt ls certalnly encouraglng to be assur
od by a corrcspondent that " In the town of
Benson one hardly hears a dlssentlng volce to
the nomlnatlon ol George F. Edmunds."
Tiik Vermont delegation to the republican
natlonal conventlon at Chlcago wlll have thelr
headquarters at the Palmer house, tho pailor
and rooms nsslgned to them belng adjacent to
the quarters occupled by tho atate delegation
in 1880.
Sknatoh Moiuiit.ii haa offerod a reaolutlon,
whlch was agreed to, calllng on tho secretary
of war for n report aa to the damage done to
the breakwater In tho harbor of Burlington by
the recent gale, and foran estlmate of tho ex
pense necessary to repalr the damage.
A wiUTEitin the Boston HeraUl la reaponslble
f jr the atatemenl that thero was once a f unny
column ln tho Free Press that was really mer
ltoriona, and that the ltema tbereln contalned
were not only copled throughout thla country
nnd ln England, but were translated into con
tlnental papera.
Otrr of over one thousand taxpayers in Mont
pelier, only twenty-one wero oither doubled or
assessed, while in Burlington, of nearly four
thousand taxpayera, only about one-thlrd gave
In thelr lista, and about twenty-five hundred
lists were made by tho nssessors. Thla ia the
worst record of whlch we have learned yet.
Tiik Caledontan puts thla tlcket into the fleld:
For governor, SamuelE. Pingree of Hartford;
for lleutenant governor, S. M. Dorr of Rutlnnd;
for secretary of state, D M. Camp of New
port; for treaaurer, William II. DuBols, of
West Randolph; forauditor, Charlea D. Braln
erd of Danville. We ahould move to amend
by strlking out the enactlng clause.
1t is a poor week when the North Star does
not furnlah ita readers wlth at least one fllght
of eloqaence over sotne local matter. Thla
time it is a fire, and our Danville contemporary
BOllloquizea thua: " We read of brave men in
anclent daya, but none more so than thoae who
foaght the fHmes till thelr faces and necka
were bllstered, and ln raany inatances thelr
clothlng in flames. All bonora to these brave
workers." Weconcur.
Tiie Boston Ilerald haa the temerity to refer
to our esteemed contemporary aa "the rural
Argus" and as "n newsp.tper pub'.ished in
the unpavcd districta tryiag to keep up wlth
the procession," wbich " really wantR all the
information it can get from the Ieadlng orgnns
of ita party." Thls ia rather a severe snubbing
for " the one independent paper of Vermont"
whlch delights to refer to the metropolitan
press as " our esteemed contomporaries."
Two passengera ln the branch train at Mont
pelier Junction, Monday mornlng, had en
grossed the attention ,o( a car full of fel!ow
travelera ln a watm theological dlscusslon,
while the train was awxlting the nrrlval of the
local passenger going north. One wbb appar
ently a clergyman, the other a layman of sotne
antagonlstlc bellef. At a moment when there
was a auggestion of " flre and brimatone" ln
"the theologlc war," Conductor Bailey appeared
nt the door and settled the point directly at
issue by announclng, ln atontorian tones,
"Passengers going north, change cars!
Thla innocent intorpolation was exceedingly
appropot and convulaed the llateners wlth
laughter. Thoso" going north" obeyed the
Bummons wlth unwonted alacrlty and the
others took shelter in Montpelier.
Our eateemed contemporary, the Argus and
Patrtot, was voclferously shoutlng in Decem
ber about " the chlefa of the rlng whlch runs
the republican party in thls Btate." Tiik
Watciiman urged the Argus In the most per-
anasive terms lt could employ to do Ita full
"duty torepublicans" andexpose thia "ring"
and Ita " chlefa." The Argus Suddenly lost ita
volce. For weeks and moutba it has been un
able to artlculate the word "rlng" and ita
" republican patrons " have gadly mlsaed the
volee of their " gulde, phllosopher and f riend."
Last week the lost volce waa found long onough
to lndlvlduallze tbe ring ln incoherent accents
aa " ex-Governor J. Gregory Smith and those
assoclated wlth hlm," and to Bay that it
"would be glad to have those gentlemen
' gmaBhed ' polltlcally," for the beneflt the de
mocracy would derivo from the "smashlng."
Aa usnal tbe Argus blundera while it essays to
toady. Tho"rlng" and Ita" chlefa" have been
much moro correctly deserlbed by TiieWatcii-
man. Our contemporary opene ita long pent-
up moum oniy 10 put ita loot ln lt.
When Vinnle Ueam was modeling her Btatue
of Farraguttbe admlral's old boatswaln vialted
ber studio. Slie asked hlm to look while slie
workod, and tell her lf there was anything he
llkedj "And anything you don't like, elther,'
she added. Ile Btared and Btared, nnd pres
ently ho began to laugh aoftly to hlmaelf. She
tnrnedqulckly: " What'B the matter?" "Why,
yon've gone and left ont tbe trumpet, and the
old man never would 'a' left lt off that day,'
The flrst idea was to repreaent the historio
" swear-sword " scene at -the passage of the
forts. "Why, to be Bure," bIio Baid; "and
what olse? But Jack's courage was gone, and
hehemraed and hawed; she nrglng hlm wlth
qneations, uutil he burst out wlth: " Wellnow,
looka-here; the old man waBn't suchu
fool as to go Into a ilghtwlthhis best clothea
on, and you've togged hlm out there like
house a-flrel" Then he fled precipltately
"leavlng rae," tho sculptor Baid, " face to face
with the nwful fact tbat I had put hlm ln full
dresa unlform. I sent nt once to Mrs. Farragut
for a ' fightlng sult,' and she let me have the
very one he wore at Plaquomlne Bend, of wbich
thls laafac-slmlle."
W'hiti.no from Burlington, a correapondent
of the New York Evening l'ost saya of Senator
Edmunds: " Ile comeahome usually BBsoonaa
the eoislon cloaea, throwa opeu hla honae nmong
the trees, and procceda to tako llfe eaay till he
has thoroughly reeted; then his favorlte dlver
sion out of doors ls wlth the fishlng-rod. In
the use of thls ho is nn cxport, thoy say. Wlth
Goneral Klpley of Butland, Edmund W. Peck,
Genornl llcnry, nnd somo othor dovoteea of tho
rod, ho spreada dlamay nmong tho snlmon nnd
the trout of tho Kostlgoucho nnd the wntera of
northern Now York and Cannda. He haa no
habby to rlde durlng tho recesaea of Congress.
He la not a farmor, nor a sclentlst, nor a aport
Ing man, nor a hlatorlan. Ho has contrlbutod
nothlng to lltorature, oxcept 0cca9I0D.1l articles
ln tho magaztnes. Ho hns no yncht on the
lake, no tent on the mountalns, nor any fast
horaea ln his stables. A personal frlend and
admiror horo Bums up the wbole of thls matter
by saying that ho ls not n gushing man. He
takes no part ln local polltlcs, andjnever ap-
proaches the rolo of a boss. Indeed, the polltl
cal atmosphere on tho east aido of Champlain
ls manlfostly purer than lt la on the weat aido.
The sovcn-by-nlno cuatom-houso nt Plnttsburgb,
N. Y., ha, been nblo to dlctato tho electlon of
two Arthurdologates in tho north-eastern dls-
trlct of that Btate. Over here ln Vermont the
custom-houao la no more trouble to local pollti-
clana than tho post-oHlco Is."
In ita Issue of March Cth tho Argus charged
Tnit Watciiman with publlshlng aa corres-
pondenco what waa wrlttcn in its own ofllco
by one of lts edltora, "becauao it dld not dare
to sny such thlngs edltorlally." It character
ized this performanco as a dodge whlch long
ago " was abandonod because lt had become
lly-blown and a stench ln the pabllc nostrlls,"
and expressed a great deal of vlrtuous snrprlse
that The Watciiman should expect to thus
Impose on tho publlc. It was entlrely in ac
cord wlth the dlslnterestedneaa of our nelgh
borthat lt should thua rush Into the breach
nnd provent the publlc from so great a decep-
tion, and lt ia nlso another instance of its
characterlstic conslstency that it haa tried the
very trlclc whlch 11 falsely charged npon thls
paper. Tho Argus of last week contalned n two
column letter whlch was tbe product of the Bame
braln whose eff uslons have made its edltorlal
columns ridlculous, and the paper a laugblng
stock, for the last alx montba. Tho only dls-
tingulahlng teaturo ls that the pseudo-commun
lcation is, it posslble, a trlfle more pretenttoua
than the odltorlals. Tho burden of the letter
Boemed to be to tell what " I thlnk," " I be-
llove," "I heard," etc, and that modest pro-
noun of tho flrst person occured slxty-one
times by actual count. Of courae the republl-
cana whom the Argus systemattcally abusea
were Berloualy drubbed, but, in additlon to
thla, under covor of thls correspondenco tho
paper slurred B. F. FiOeld, Eaq., in a way that
it would not caro to do edltorlally. To cap the
climax the Argus comments edltorlally and ap-
provlngly upon this communication, written in
ita own offlce by a member of ita edltorial staff
And thls ls tho modol newspaper!
The flrst annnal conventlon of the Rutland
Muslcal Featival Associatlon, and the most
notable festlval ever held in Vermont, closed
last Friday evening. Never before has Buch
an array of artlsts and solo talent been
presented to the pnblic, outslde of the largest
citles of New England. The orchestra coa
slated of twenty-aix plecos, all of the perform-
era belng membora of the Boston Bymphony
orchestra, and the sololsts consiated of the
followlng accomplished artlsts: Mrs. Minnle
E. Dennlston and Mlss Ella Earle of New York,
nnd Mrs. Helen Amea of Boston, sopranos
Miaa Alma Dell Martln of New York, contralto
Mr. Albert L. Klng of New York, tenor; Mr,
Ivan E. Morawskl of New York, baritone; Mr,
D. M. Babcock of Boston, basso; Mme. Julla
Ulve-Klng of New York, pianist; Mr. Wllhelm
Rietzel, Mr. E. Strasser and Mr. E. M. Bagley
of the Gormanla Band of Boston, flute,
clarionot and cornet sololsts, respectlvely.T he
chorus master and accompanist was Mr,
George A. Meitzke of Rutland. Misa Jennle
E. Kent acted as asslstant accompanist. The
chorus comprlsed about two hundred and
flfty volces, includlng four dlfferent societlea
and was Baid by Mr. Zerrahn to be one of the
beat he ever conducted, and Buperior to many
of those of the large citles. The selectiona
performed were almost excluaively worka of
thogreatoat composera. About thlrteen hun
dred people llatened to the performance of
MendelsBhon'a oratorlo of "Elljah" on Friday
evening, and the audlence Thnrsday evening
waa nearly aa large, The expenses of the
festival were over $3,000. A guarantee snb
scription fund, made up by sixty of Rutland'
leadlng citlzens, secured the management
against loss. The olllcers of the associatlon
are aa follows: Presldent, Aldace F. Walker
vlce-presldenta, John W. Stewart, William Y
W. Klpley, Charles II. Sheldon; secretary and
treasurer, E. A. Morse; chairman executlve
commlttee, John N. Baxter; chairman music
commlttee, Georgo A. Meitzke.
Mauy Clkmmkh, in a letter to the New
York Independent, apoaka of one of our aena
tors ns followa: "Senator Morrill is not only
a typlcal Amerlcan, bnt an Amerlcan senator
of the highest type. No senator of the Unlted
States movea on tho even tenor of bia way
fuller of yeara or deaerved honors than tbe
senlor senator from Vermont Free from the
angularltlea and dlscrepancies wbich rnark the
manners and the scholarahlp of so many 'solf
made ' men, Senator Morrill Is a eelf-educated
man, whom the most lavlahly dowered may
gladly take for an example. II o haa the repose
of manner and the symmetry of character whlch
many belleve to be tho Bole inheritance of nn
indulgent fortune. When a boy he was
placed as a clerk ln a country store. His long
wlnter ovenings ir years wero devoted to
laborlous Btudy. In due tlme he mastered
Greek and Latln, and later the hlgher prlzes of
classlcal BCholarshlp. At forty years of nge he
rotlred from trade, the poBsessor of an honor
nblo competency, Shortly after he wns elected
to congreBS, and In the house of representa
tives and in the senate he has eerved his
country consecutively as a leglalatoreverBlnco,
IIIs namo ia assoclated wlth some of the most
lmportant practlcal flnancial moastires ever
adopted by congress, while he ia regarded aa one
of the most scholarly and reflned of senators
His homo, ono of the most dellghtful ln Wash
ington, Is the center of everythlng beat in our
homo llfe; and thus, full of yeara and full of
honors, surrounded by dovoted frlends, one
of the b;st of Amerlcan senators, wlth
mind nnd handa stlll full of thought nnd lovo
for his country, ho ls serenely passlng on to
the hlgher llfe nnd larger reward. At his last
birthday recoptlon were nsBembled tliojireel
dent of the Unlted States, the membera of bia
cabinet with thelr famlllea, the chlef justlce
and the membera of tho supreme court, wlth
raany senators wlth thelr wlvoa and daughtera,
Tho beautlfui homo was transformed into
bower of bloom. Llght, muslc, good cheor
nnd good wlll fllled the hours from nlne till
twelve of one of tbe most dellghtful of these
ever dellghtful birthday partles, In chron
lcllng soclal ovents thero ls n genulne Batlsfac
tlon In recordlng anything bo roal, bo full of
klntlncBa nnd brlghtness as ono of Senator
Morrlll's birthday gathcrlngs."
I'orsonnl.
Cor)NKii Gkouok T. Ciiilds wlll dellvor the
Momorial day address at St. Albans.
Judcik 0. II. Austin of Barton wlll dellvor
tho Momorial day nddresa at North Troy.
Hon. A. P. Ciiilds of Bennington wlll
dellver the Momorial day nddross at Manches
ter.
Hon. E. S. Dana of New Haven, who has
been serlouBly 111 slnce November, is gradually
falllng.
C. B. Eddv, Esq., of Bellows Falls Isln Phll-
adelphla, attendlng the General Oonference of
the Methodist church.
S. B. Ueiiaiid, Eaq., of Chelsea, haa been
mentloned rb n candldato for senator from
Orange county on the republican tlcket.
Ex-Govehnou Julios Convkrse's mlnd has
becomo so impalred that his famtly find it
necesaary to keep constant watch over hlm.
J. E. Mani.ky, Eq., of West Rutland, haa
been elected a rosldent membor of tho Webator
Historlcal socioty, whlch organlzatlon hns lts
headquarters ln Boston.
PitoFEssoit Edwin II. Iliai.uv of Mlddle
bury has roturned from hla atay abroad, Pro
fossor Hlgloy hns been nbaent Blnce September,
1882, nnd haa Bpent most of tho intervenlng
pcriod ln Gormany.
Stillman Cadv, for many yenrs a member
oi tne worceater (Masa.; county oar, aiea re
cently, at his home in Baldwinsvllle, Masa.,
ngea sixty-iour yeara. ile waa Dorn in Kottli
fleld, and was a Harvard graduate.
Aldion N. Mkkciiant. editor and Dublisher
of the Rhodo Island Vemocrat, dled Friday
nlght at Provldonce, after n brlef lllness, In his
lorty-nrst year. llo liad prevlously pnbllsned
tue ucmocrat ana aenunel ol liurllngton.
A. W. Edson. nrlnclpal of tho Randolph
btate JNormal bcliool (or a number ol yeara,
has tendered his resignation, to take effect at
the close of the present term. He haa acconted
the posltion of superlntondent of schools at
Attleboro, Mass., whlch has over flfty teachers
ana two tuousand tnree uundrea scnolars.
MotitpoIIor.
C. II. Cuoss & Son are eiving thelr bakerv
a new coat oi painc.
Rev. II. F. Hill is to dellver the addresa at
Northfield, Memorlal day.
A Sunday-sciiooij concert was held at
Bethany church on Sunday evening.
OwiNO to the raln of Saturdav evening the
Dana concert was postponea untll IaBt nlgnt.
Tiieiik ls to bo a match came of base ball on
Seminarv hlll next Frldav afternoon between
picxea nines lrom uarre ana tnls place.
Hon. and Mits. J. A. Paoe. and Mrs. Me-
llssu Gould and her sister. Misa Dolla Rlchard,
son, returnea lrom Klttrell, N. U., Monday
evening.
Tiie ladlea nid socletv of the Methodist
church wlll meet wlth Mrs. H. C. Webster, on
t'.im street weanesaay aiternoon. Tno centlO'
men are mvuea to ien.
Mn. and Mna. C. C. Ramsdeu. are visltlne
frienda in Plainfield tbla week. Mr. Ramsdell
ia also spending some time in trout flshlng nt
isigger ueaa pona.
Tue recular evening servicea at the Conero-
tlonal, Eplscopal, Methodist and Unitarian
cburches wlll begln at half naat aeven o clock
nexi aunaay evening, ana nereaiter aunng tne
summer.
Moses P. Hotcuins, formerly a merchant ln
thls place, and son of the late IIou. S imuel
Ilutcblns of Bath. N. II.. dled ln Detrolt.
Mlchlgan, on Friday, May 0, nt the age of
seveniy-uve yeara.
Tiik Chlcago Tribune says of " The Planter'i
Wife : "Ihe play Is uncommonly strong,
well concelved, admlrably wrltton. and ekil-
fully adapted." At Capital Hall to-morrow
l inursaayj evening.
Rkv. T. P. Fhost and Charles II. Cross went
to rmladelpula Tuesday nlgbt, to attend the
remaining meeunga oi me ueneral (jonierence,
now ln Beaaion in tuat citv. Mr. Froat exnect
tobeabsent next Sunday and his pulpltwlll
oe suppuea.
Mucuexcltement was created on Sunday by
me report mai a corpse, recentiy mterrea ln
the Cathollc cemetery. had been stolen from
lts restlng place. A large number have viBlted
the spot only to lenrn of the entire lack of
trutu to tue rumor.
Sevkn hundred dollars were awarded by the
authorltiea to S. W. Benjamln, for the damage
of tbe Montpelier water works to his water
power at Benjamin's falls This is belleved by
uib ujiiuta to db a very nign ngure, out Mr,
DBujainin is satianoa.
Satukdav nlght one Ricbard Eennedy was
nrrested for duinkenness. Monday he was
taken before Justlce Clark. diaclosed on I..
Duke. and released on uavment of the nsual
flne. Duke wns ndjudged guilty of two flrst
ouensea ana iook an appeai.
A i'Abty of young gentlemen Beronaded Mr.
and Mrs. Georgo W. Wilder, at thelr home on
Hubbard street, Satnrday evening. After
glvlng a few selectlons, they wero Invited
withln, wbere refreshments were served, and
an nour was pieasantiy paaaea.
BIjANCHAHD BltOTHluis hftve recentlv Iipcii
the nale of a new stvle of wire eauze. non-ex,
ploalvo, oil stoves, manufactured by Adams &
Westlake of Chlcago. These stoves are very
couipieie in aeiau ana ntiraciive in appear
ance. The Messrs. Blanchards sold seven tbe
nrst weeic.
Fiianois SiiAMiiohas contracted to bulld the
dam at Benjamin's lalls, for the Montpelier
water-worKs, ai 51 per cuoic yara. me dam
twelve feet thlck nt the bottom, nnd tbree feet
thlck nt the top nnd wlll be constructed of stone
nna cement.
Tiikiik was n muslcal concert nt the vestry
of the Church of tho Messiah Thursday even
ing uf last week, under the nuBplcea of the
Young Womiu's Chrlstlan Tempernnce Unlon.
ine prograrame conaisted 01 vocal and instru,
meutal eolos and dueta by local talent. The
attendance was not large.
We underatand that E. R. Skinner Intends
to change the entire manufacturing apparatua
nt the Montpelier gas worka thla Bnmmer, and
make nrrangements for the productlon of gas
nuer iut manner 01 tue uuriington manuiac
turers, and at a chcaper rate than nt present,
aiay buccbsh uuena uis euortsi
IlAimv Laov's " Planter's Wlfe" comblna.
tion wlll present its specialty at Capital Hall
to-monow (Thursday) evening. The play Is
an Interestlng soclety drama' iutroduclng
soiunorn me aunng tno war. rne company la
reputod to be a good one in eveiy respect, and
111 o piay iuii 01 interesc anu ontertainment.
Till! relatlvea of Mr, and Mrs. Hyde met nt
mmr uome on j.ooims sireei friaay evening,
to commemorate wlth them the elehteenth an-
ntversary of tholr1 marrlage, tho occaslon nlso
ueing tue lortletli aunlversary 01 Mr. Hvde'i
birthday, A poom, composed for the occaslon
br aomo of the relatlvea. was the sourco of cnn.
uidorable merrlment, and the entire evening
issea very liiensaniiy.
Ouu suggestion of last week wlth regard to
tho observanco of Arbor day soems to have
had a good effect on our citlzens. Many wero
seen to make thelr bough, leaf their regular
occupation, nnd enter a now urnncn of busl
ncsB. We trust they wlll stlck to it. A large
number of treea were planted In dlfferent parts
of the vlllage, Includlng qulte u number upon
the BchooMiouse grounds. The tlme allotted
for thls work has not yet explred, nnd It la
hoped tbat much wlll bo done lu thla llue. We
trust that uone wlll 'arbor any ill feeltng
ngtnnsi us on account 01 tuis item.
The new skatlng rink was openod last even'
Ing to a Bolect company for instructlon. An
expert from Windsor was in attendance. and ia
to remain here the loat of tho week, To-nlght
occura the formal openlng whon tho bnnd wlll
00 in nttendnnce, nnd nu may oxpect an en
jnyablo tlme, Mossrs. Hart Brothora, man
ngera. wlll do nll ln thelr power to raalntaln an
ordoriy management, nnd wlsh lt underatood
nmong other thlnga that tho riuk Ia not to bo
opon aiter ten o ciock in tno ovening, oxcept
on Bpecial occaslons. Good muslc ls to bo fur
nlshed nt least one nlght oach week. Now for
tho "crazo" bo common throughout the coun
try. Lkttkhs uncalled for nt Montpelier post-
offlce MnylO, 1884: Ladles Mrs. Emma I,
Urown, l.ucy u. Ladd, Mrs. Annie Maugeiy,
Mrs. Mary E. Ryan, Mrs. M. J. Roberta, Mrs.
Nora Warnor, MtB. Wlll Itowell. Gentlemen
Chester K. Allen, Ernest C. Cady, Henrv
Doussett, John EUlott, Geo. W. Flagg, E. S.
Hemonway, Thnmas Horbort, J. S. Kenorson,
F. D. Lamb. Edward McNolty. Rev. R. Mor
gan, Granvlll II. Smlth, E. P. WellB. l'artlca
npplylng for any of the abovo ruust say " nd-
vertisea" nnu give tue aato.
J. S. l'KCK, l'. M.
The balllffs on Tuesday Bocured a dcod of
the Bosworth hoo factory, between Benjamln'H
Falls and Berlin Pond, for whlch they pald
S400. By this deed they aecure tho rlght to
draw n stream 01 water ten lncuea square ien
noura a aay inrougn tno water privnego auove.
By thla meana tho rlght to nll tbo water neces
aary for tbe Montpelier water works Is ob-
tatnea at a iow prico. 1110 uentrat vermonc
rallroad company has ordered llat cars to
Burlington to brlne the plpe whlch ifl dailv ox-
pected to arrivo tbere by bsat. The jolnts,
coupllnga nnd hydrants hnve been ordered nnd
it is expectca tnat tue worK 01 taying tne pipe
wiu Degin next weeK,
Amono those who graduated nt tho Now
York College of Physlclans nnd Surgeons yes
terday were Olln W. Daley and Nat C. Klng of
Montpelier. As the resnlt of n recent comro
titlve examlnatlon, Dr. Daley has recelved an
nppointmenc as nssiatant Burgeon 01 ac.
Joseph'a hospltal at Patterson. N. J,, for one
year. ln tuts posltion ne ls to navo cnarge 01
tho hoapltal, and the overslght of more than a
hundred patlents. Dr. Klng Ia appolnted to
the posltion in tho New York colored hospltal
now occupled "by Dr. E. P. Bailey of tblspface.
ane wlll enter upon his dutles nbout the flrst
of June. He is expccted home the last of thia
week for a brlef vacation. Dr. Bailey, wo
underatand. intenda to enter into practlce at
tne termination 01 ins engagement nt tne nos
pltal.
We, the underslgned, bellevlng that thia year
should not pasa without a aultable commemo-
ratlon or tbe 4tb 01 July, would respectlully
ask all lnterested In the same to meet at Capi
tal Hall Wednesday evening, May 14, 1884, to
devlse waya and meana to carry on the same,
by appotnting commltteea anddolng such other
buslnesa as tue occaslon may requlre: a. j,
Slbley, C. Clark, Irish & Sparrow. L. P. Glea,
son & Co., Howe & Wheatley, H. C. Webster,
L.. uart i-ross, a. u. a arwen, v. w. rarir, a,
G. Stono, C. Blakely, A. A. Mead, T. C. I'hln.
ney, G E. Taplln, George L. Nlchols, D. L,
Fuller & Son, Putnam & Marvtn, Orrln Daley,
W. E. Adams, II. E. Slayton, D. W. Temple &
uo., iiaucocK as uuuer, ueorge vneeier, u
II. Shinman, Illram AtkinB, U. Lowe & Son
Blxby & Co., H. A. Cleveland, F. U. Bascom
w. w. l'rescott.
We notlce in the Jamestown, Dakota, Morn
ina Alert of the 1st lnstaut the obltuarv of
William B. Dodge, whose death occurred at his
farm, some two mtles from Jamestown, on the
mornlng of Aprll 30. Mr. Dodge waa bsrn ln
J'.;iHt Montpelier, and ilved ln tbls vlcinlty un
til throe years ago, when he movcd to Stuts-
man county. Dakota, and settled iu thejarm
ing bueiness. Ile hao been a Bufferer for some
years from a Hver trouble, nnd his death was
nndoubtedly bastened by an accident by whlch
he fractured one of his ribs last aummer. Ho
waa n brother of Mrs. Clark Kine of this vil
lage. Ue leaves a wife and three chlldren, one
aon and one daughter stlll living at home, and
anotuerson, w. uoage, wno is nownpromi
nent nttorney nt Jamestown. His llfe was
" void of off ense toward God and man," and
hla death calra nnd peaceful. Ue was flfty'
eigni years oi age.
Some interest ln the matter of local improve
ment nnd adornment, by plantlng trees and
by otner means, ls leit by mdlvlduals ln tbls
vlllage. The governors of Western states an'
tbemselves for n any to the labor of plantlng
trees. rowna ana vuiages nave tboir speciai
orgahizatlons to look after thla work, nnd to
devlse nnd execute otner measures ol local lm
provement and adornment. The subject of
rural Improvemeut Is discussed In the edltorial
coiumns oi inis paper and wo trust tuat sum
cient interest ln tbo matter wlll be leit at tli
capital of the Btate, ln one of the moat beautl
fui towns In the state, to organlze a rural im
provement soclety, for a perpctual exiatence
and for an energetic and eff ective prosecution
of tho work in tbe varlous branches of Buch an
organlzatlon. Mr, Northrop could undoubtedly
be obtalned to dellver nn addreaa here and thua
glve intellleont nnd succesful dlrectlon to the
BOclety'B efforts.
Thk board of civll authorlty met last Friday,
to hear the cases of those who had appealed
from the decislon of the llsters as to their in
ventories. M. C. Kinson, whose case waa flrst
consldered. testifled that he told the ltstera to
make his llat what it ahould be, bnt that he
thought lt ought not to be over 54,000. In some
way these instructions were either misunder
stood or not acted upon, and the Ilst was dou
bled. Rellef wns granted and the llat flxed at
$5,000, In the case of Babcock & Cutler lt an-
Eeared that each of these partles had given in
ls private list and each suppoaed the other
bad given in tbat of tbe flrm. The list was
flxed at SG.G03. Eliza A. Taylor, whose llat
was donbled, was awny at the tlme and dld
not have an Inventory blank. Bellef was also
granted ln thls instance ani the valne of ber
real estate flxed at 1,481 CO. Uarvey F.
Freeman, who caused bo much annoyanco by
statlng to tbe Calais and Montpelier llsters
respectlvely that his 11st was given In the other
town and who had taken an appeai, his Ilst
bavlng been doubled here, was granted no re
llef. In the cfteo of Dennls Lane the point
ralsed was merely one of law and the board
revorsed tho decislon of the llsters. Rellef was
granted to the extent of 87,000.
II. I. PitocTOit, formerly an organlst of the
"old brick church," and at present reslding in
Minneapolis, Minn., was'in town over Sunday.
....Mrs. M. M. True has returned from her
western vislt, and Is vlslting frlends here. . . .
Mark Frencb, a long-tlme restdent of Mont-
fieller, fell dead wlth heart dlsease on Friday
ast. Tho funeral occurred on Sunday, when
his remalns were taken to Birro for interment.
He was Blxty-sfx years of age. .. .WIU Pingree
has flnlshed his labors at Montpelier Junction
and gone to the station at Fabyan's, N. II., to
act aa agent for the Central Vermont rallroad
at that place.... ..Janle Klmball ls vlslting
frlends In Boston. She expccts to return on
Saturdny. . , . Hon. Charles Dewey has roturned
from his western trlp Mrs. Emlly Dleter
lost u valuable horse last week.,.. Mlss Mary
Phlnney wlll asslst the cholrof Bethany church
next Sunday... .C. C. Klng of thia place, n junior
in Harvard College, has been elected a member
of the Harvard Historlcal Soclety. ...G. C.
Wheatley, who has been wlth Howe & Wheat
ley for a few weeks asslstlng them In taklng an
involce of thelr stock, ls now at work ia the
internnl revenue collcctor's offlce Mrs,
George L. Lane retnrned home last Friday, hav
ing been nluent for aomo tlme ln Lowell, Maas.,
nnd Nashua, N. II, Uor health la much Im
proved.... Charles Ferrln, formerly In W. W.
i'ark'a atore, has accepted n Bltuntlon In tbe
ofllco of tho Unlon Mutual Flre Insuranco
Company, , . .Illram Atklna has been spending
the pnst week at Camp Watson, where he has
been flshlng and ovorseelng the constructlon of
now buildiugs. ., .Mr. and Mrs. T. J, Deavltt
aroiu Washington, D. C, thls week,
Hl'.SHNAUV HILL.
Pit0PE83Oii Bisiioi has rnoved into tho liouso
vacated by Kev. D, E. Miller.
Piikhident Bkuman wrltes that the tlier
mometer reglsters nlnety degreea ln Phlla
delphla. Ouu base-ball nlnb played n garao of ball
wlth the Lewis College boys of Northfield on
thelr ground. The college boys were vlc
torlous. Another game Is expectod on our
grouud ono week from next Saturday.
Ouu elocutlonlst, Profeasor Townshend, gave
a reading In the chapel last Friday evening. for
the benetlt of tho Btudents. He ncqultted hlm
self ln a moat accoptablo manner, Mra. Os
good favorod us wlth aomo muslc, also Mlss
Webber wlth a vocal solo.
Ycrmoiit Stnto Nows.
Music nArx, St. Johnsbiiry, ls tobo rcbulltnt
cost of 813,500.
HvDKVlt.i.K ls to hnvo n now marblo mlll. to
rpplaco tbo ono r.cccntly burnod.
Btini.iNOTON nldcrmen votcd 8100 to hcln
tho Grand Army post celebrato Memorlal day.
Jamkh K. IlATCiiKi.iHiiof Arlington wlll dt-
llver the&ddress at North Bennington Memo
rlal day.
Dit Cillky drovo throuch snow flfty Inclies
dcep lu ono of tho maln roada in Jericho on tho
nrst day ol Jlny.
F. W. McGkttmck of St. Albana haa beon
nppolnted Insprctor of Grand Army posts for
r ranklin county.
Tiik Rutland dlstrlct mcsscnccr tclccrnnli ls
now In full opcratlon, nbout slxty call boxes
havlng bceu ulrcady put ln.
Joshoa FW.TCHKK of Chester wns fntallv in-
urcd by belng thrown from his cnrriago In
,udlow. Sunday. hla horeo bcln2 frichtcued
by a blcyclo.
A tklei'IIONh is bclnc rmi from West Ran
dolph to Chelsea by way of East nud North
itanuoipii. iiu cxciinngo is 10 uo p.nccu iu
wcstunnuoipii booii.
The Womcn s Chrlstlan TcmDcraiico Unlon
of Rutlnnd hnvo secured tlioserviccs of Mrs. J.
lv. Barnov of 1'rovidcnco. R. I., to spcak In
scvcrm towns ia uutiand countv.
Tiie stockhbldcrs of tho Natlonal Unlon
Bank of Swanton hnr6 votcd. ufter nn cx-
amiuatloii of tho nffnirs of tho bink, n t to go
tnto llquldatlon, but tj reduco tlieciipitnl atocK
to SW.UUU.
Tiiu olllclal report of the last nnnual sheep
shcarineof the Vermont Mcrlno Slieep-shcar-
ing Asso.'iation wiu ue puunsnca ana rcaay iur
de.ivcry to thoso who nro cntitled to coples ln
n very short tlme.
A MEMOitiAi, wlndow la belni: placed ln tho
Unlvrsltv of Vermont clnpel nt BurllnKtiu
for Goumo Willla Ucnedict, a former professor
ln tbe unlverslty aud tno latnerol u. u. ueno-
dlct of tbo Free J'rcss.
The troubles In tho Flrst Baptlst church.
Burlington, in relatlon to whlch thero has been
n good deal of talk nbout town, hnvo culinl-
luica in the cxpuisiou lrom tne ciiurcu oi
seventccu of its membcrs.
Hknry McKinnkv of Ilichford, frelght con
ductor, fe'.l between two cars nt North Troy
saturaay moniiiig, ono car passiug over ium,
breaking his arni uiid cnusing luterual lnjnries
wli ca wero couslderea latnl.
A BitATTLKiioiso farmcr is sald to hnvo
"chawed" up a pouud of flne-cut tobacco
whllo grcatly ngitiited over tho breaking down
of his ox-cart, and durlng tho half-hour ho was
cugagea iu rep nriiig tno same.
TiinitE are fiftv-four firms nnd lndlvidual
ln Rutlnnd who p.iy on personal llbts of 810,000
nnd ntnvrfl. Tjist vmir thnrou'Gro fiftv-KCven.
The estate of 11. II. linxtcr shows tho hcnviest
personal list, it being Sl'Jl.OlO.
Thehe is on tho We'ls farm at Ccnter Rut
land a well dug iu 1702. It was built by Colonel
James Mcad, and to-day lt U lu ns good condl
tlon as when flrst excavatcd. 'Iho water is
clear nnd cold nnd never falllng.
The house of Judge Duntou of Rutland was
entercd by burg'ars tho other night, who se-
curea blts. uuutou s wntcii nna 90 in moiicy
belonging to the servnnt glrl,wlio nppears to
be the cnpitniist 01 tno iiouschoui.
Mits. Eunice Lakahke, ogcd eighty-four, of
Brnttlebor.i, was severely bumed by tho lace
handkerchicf whlch slie wore nbout her neck
Uiklug flre from a caudlo whlch sho was carry-
ing. ner injunes nro iiuciy to prove latai.
A Bahton Lndino man wlth a slugglsh
circuiation 01 uiooa conciuuca tno otner dny
that he needcd a "snriii!: tonic. Ho nrocuro
a bottlo of Hostetter s Uitters, whlch toned up
his eystem so suddcnlyas to effect .1 flne of
ana costs.
The Poultney Slate Works. for the ouarrV'
ing, nillliug nnd manufacturing of alato in tho
town of Poultney, with prindnal ofllco in New
York, was incorporatcd May 4. Tho capital
stocK is siuu.uuu, anu tno trustoes, rrancia 1.
oargeut, llenry li. U.iwcs nud Ueorgo r. llreed
Si-hinokield is cxcited over a flglit between
tbo local stage-drivcranan CharlcstowniiN, 11.
hotel man who keens n llverv-stablo. The lat
ter has been cfcryiiig druinmers to Spriugfleld
at redui cd rntes fn order 10 hnvo them stop at
his hotel. Tho Spriugfleld mercliauts have re
tillated by agreeing to boycott druinmers who
do u tcome uy iiiu stage.
Miis. Sai.i.y Gaok of East Burke, who Is in
her einhtvniiith year. has since the mlddle o
last fceptetnber woven one hundred and sixty
vards of raz carpeting nnd furty-elght ynrde
of flanncl, spun forty-ono pouuds uf rolls, kult
alx palrs 01 stocKiugs, nve pairs ot uouuio mit
tcns and one pair of cloves: besijes pieciu'' ur
three bedquilta nud makiug up flfty ynrds of
cottou Clutll.
Mit. Luonahi) W. Lkach of Swanton died
Wcducsdav evening from heart dlsease, nt th
ndvanced (ige of cichtv-three years. Iho de
ceascd was b.irn iu Belvldore, nnd for many
vea
cars was n resident ot iNorin I'.uosuurgii, ue
inir ono of the most promiuout aud luflucnt'nl
citlzens. Ho wns honored by nearly h11 tho
town ofllccs, aud for several years was sldo
juuge ln tne ranklin county court,
Tiie lndustrious burglar got in his work at
n llvcly rate iu Burlington, the 8th, two houses
thoso 01 tt. otanioy 11-111 nnu rrauK tv. uon
vcrso being eutered. At Mr. Hall's ngold
watcn belonging to lils brother, v. b. uall
was taken, togetber with what loose chang
could be found ln Mr. Hall's clothlng. At Con
verse's n new auit of cluthcs belouiini: to th
hlred.mnn wns taken from the latter's room
and also between four and fivo dollars Iu moncy,
PAitx of the money whlch was deposltod in
tho First Natlonal bank, St. Albans, tho day
bcforo the lustitntion close j. has been refuuded
by Heceiver lioberts. Tho cash so pald back
includes dcposlts mado by seven indlviduals at
a late hour on Monday, whlch dcposits wero
sct naldo to be returned aud were not reported
to the bank examiner as amoug tho nsscta of
the bank. 1 ho monoy should havo been ro
f unded nn Monday ulgut, as lt was cloar to tho
bank olllclals that the iustitutlon was in 110
shape to receivo money at all that day, The
refundod deposits amouut to &85G.
A PAiuiEit in one of tho southern countles
of the state pHced in his cellar last autumn
somo moro than n dozen barrels of clder for
famlly use. His wife shuddered at the thought
tbat ner boiis mlgbt lreeiy unnk 01 tno lutox
icntlug olemciit, aud, bclieving that physlcal
forco would work well ns demonstratlvo evi-
deuco ol tho same, and feeling assurcd tbat
tbo earth would not grow utigry nor stagger
irom n iree use 01 ciuer, sno entcrca tue ceua
ono day with nxo in hand, aud smashcd ln th
heads of ab mt twelve barrols then remainlni
unused, glviug the cellar bottom ono good
ilrlnk. And it ls Bim ner imsbaua romarkod
"I don't carefor thls, lf my wlfo wlll behav
now,
Wohkmen for tho past few days htve been
ong'igcd ln dlgglug up tne pipa that cmveyi
tho overflow of water from tho watcriug trougl
near tho Clemcut bullding to a sower, a stop-
pige bavlng occurred. ihn pipo is n common
sowor pipe, flve Inclies ln diamcter, each picco
shuttliig into another, tlnn inaklug a complcto
llno. Iho workmeu dlscovered noar tho aepot
narlc that tho root of a willow treo had crovvn
over tho pipo nnd n tluy shoot from tho root
linil forced itsolf through ouo of the jolnts,
where upiiarontly no opcitiug cxistcd, and had
dovelopeii insldo tho pipo, llilliig tho sauio for
a dlstauco of over n rud whli n flbrous bnlry
growtb, of tho consisteucy of a spongij, whlch
complctoly sluit oll tbo llow of water. Tho
growtli must havo boou rapld, ns tho pipo has
beonin posltion oulyayoaror two, liutland
Uerald.
Tiik nnnual meetlng of tho Connecticut Itlvcr
Valloy Medical Associatlon was bold lu Bellows
Falls ou Tuesday of lait week, wlth n fair nt
tendnnce. Tbo followlng olllccra , wero olcctod
for tho coming year; Dr, R. T. Stuith of
Alstcad, N. 11., presldent: Dr. W. F. Eddy of
Chcstor, vlce-prcsldent; l)r. E. Albeo of Bel
lows Falls, secretary; Dr. E. U. Campboll of
Bellows Falls, treasurer. The usual number of
delegates to slstcr assoctatloiis wore choscn.
Tlionnmial tllunor was given nt tho Town hotel.
Dr. Allen of Acwurth, N. U., read n paper on
" Abscessoa of tho Ilvcr," Dr, Woods uf South
Imdondorry ouo upon " Rupturo of tho ure
tha." Papers from othor membera upon varl
ous aubjccts wero offcrod, nud reports from tho
whole iiold covered by tho nssoclutlon bIiow
tho gcncral licalth good, wlth no prevalllng
epidemle.
Tun Ornngo county Good Tcmplsrs' Unlou
Ctllttbo Christlnn chiircli. Wmt Mnmlnltili.
hlirsdnv of last weok. niul. Rnnxlilnrlnff tlin
tinfnvorablo wcathcr. a fair number wero In
nttendatico. Tho motnlng scsslon wns devoted
to reports of lodgos nnd other gcncral buslnesa.
Tho. nfternoon scsslon, wbich wna open to the
publlc, was opcncd by pntycr nud iiiubIc. An
cssay was rcad by a momlior of tho Cleveland
lodge, nlter wblcli followed muslc nnd n reclta
tlou. Then camo tbo lmportant fcaturo of tho
fternoon.ndlsciiBsloii: Ilesolved. "'Ihatthocd.
ucatlon of our chlldren ls to provo n moro lm
portant factor lu teinpcranco work than leglsla
tlvo actlon." Tho dlscussion wns llvcly nnd
Interestlng, many persons maklng brlof but
polntcd Biiggcstlons. Tho ovening sesslon was
a'so opcncd to tho publlc, tho Mcchanics band
iurnisneu music and uov. lt, U, Allen, pastor
of tho Chrlstlan church, .dcllvered an excellcnt
address upon temporance work.
SilEltlFr Athi:hton of Wn'orburv made a
point ncalnst illccal fishorman In tho vlcinltv
of Albnrgh, on trlday, nnd relleved them of
soverai nots. incso llslicrinen bavo growu
siup'cious of late, nnd watch tho tralns prctty
closcly to noto tho nrrlval of nn ofllccr. Ather-
:on on tius occaslon dlun t take tbo trnln. but
mado a rouudabout trlp aud was brought to
Ainurgn irom 1110 nortu in a wngon. 110 uia
covcred a group of llshormeii on tho ndjacent
Bhoro haullug in 11 selno, aud landcd ln their
mldst, but yet for somo little time his ofllcial
character was not auspcctcd by tho fishermen.
ai icngtii 11 aawneu upon ono 01 tne group
that his prcsenco nicant mischlcf to them, and
this ono comimiuicatcd his stispicioi to the
rcst. . Tho work of liauling ln sii'fdeu'y ceased,
a'd then Atberton gcnerously offored to hclp
inem puu ltousnoro. inoymauo no rcsist
ance, belng falrly caught. Iho olllccr appro-
lriated tne selno, wblcli wns n new ono elglity
cet long. nnd bitrut It 011 the spot. Then ho
irocecded to a placo a little south of the
urldge nnd captured two or three pound nots.
onptyinff many barrels of fish back into the
lake. Altogethcr ho mado n good day's work
of it.
I.v tho carly dya of Vermont the assemblv
cuacted a lnw that to provent any ono from
uecomiug a town cnarge wno mignt movo into
a town, u nutlce must bo served on them to
depirt the town. Amoug other notables who
met with such a summons on settling ln Roy
alton was .loseph Smlth, the father of Mor-
momsm. Tho process nud rcturu may not be
uuluteresting to tho reader of to-day. " State
of Vermont, Windsor County, ss. " To elther
constablo of Royalton: Grcetiug. You are
hcreby requircd to summon Joseph Smlth, now
re.-iuing 111 uoyniton, to depart sald town.
llereol fafl not. but of tb's precent wlth vonr
dolugs tlieieon. duo return make according to
law. Given under our hauds, thls 1st day of
De-embcr, 1809. Slgned by Dauiel Rix, Jr.,
Kouoipuus uewcv ana j.icou aimtii. seiectmen.
At Uoyilton, thla 8th day of December, I
served thls summons on the withln named
Josenh Smith. bv lcadln tho same to hlm and
leavlng a true nnd uttestcd copy of tho orlginnl
summons wlth sald Joseph Smlth. Attest,
i-.uenezer rarKiiurst, constab'e. ltecoraoa july
10th, 1810. Attest, Jacob Smith, tawn clerk'
lliere were tlilrty-slx slinllar Btimmonses re-
corded iu Royalton from 1805 to 1810.
East Calais. At the Washington County
Good Templars Unlon to be held ln thls church
next Friday, the afternoon and evening ses
slons wlll be open to tbe publlc. The evening
wlll be devoted to a lecture by rrank riumiey
of Northfield. . . .There waa no preachlng last
Sunday, as was expectod, but Mr. Perry writea
that he will be here the 17th and preach the
18th Charles Bnrnap's house, whlch has
been closed so long, is to be opened agaln.
Lools Martin of North Calais haa rented it and
takes posaeasion at once....Henry Rlckardof
Woodbury has rented Lewis Harrfngton's farm
and taken possession....Mrs. E. L. Wllbur ls
expected back to her old rooms at A. D.
Pearce's thia week. . . .Twenty new Instruments
for the band came Saturday. Saturday even
ing the playera were choaen, parts asalgned,
and work ia to begln rigBt away. . . .Mrs. Nel
son Baldwln was thrown from a bu'ggy, while
ont driving last Thursday afternoon, strlking
on her head and shouldera. She waa rendered
unconacloua by tbe fall and remained so durlng
the nlght, but lt Ia hoped that no serlous re
sults wlll enaue. . . . It looked almost like money
thrown away when the East Hlll folks took so
much pains In flxlng over the old school-house
in such nice shape last summer, wlth not a
half dozen chlldren In the dlstrlct, but itseems
they knew what tbey wero about after all.
First, Cllff . led off with a glrl. Now, Herm Bnl
lock swings out wlth a ten and a half pound
boy....Dr. G. II. Gray says althonghhels not a
resident ot EistHUl now, he does not Intend
to be outdone by any of his old nelgbbors and
proudly announcea the arrlval of a daughter nt
his house Monday mornlng. . . . William Chapln
h& been confined to hla bed for several weeks,
but is lmprovlng slowly. ...Mrs. Edwin Has
kell bas not improved much for the last few
weeks, not belng able to slt up over thirty mln
utes during tbe day. ...Albert George has
improved the looks ot his house by glvlng ita
coat of palnt. .. .F. 0. Silver Is through work
for W. C. Peck, who has hlred II. W. Burnham
ot Williamstown to take the vacant place. .. .
W. C. Peck has commenced buying eggs for
nmket. He bought 450 dozen last week. . . .
A. D. Pearce Is cutting down his ahade trees,
tbeir decay showing the result ot age..,.
George Balentine has hlred out to II. E Bur
nap this summer. ...Ojcar Guernsey's hlred
help have flnlshed thelr summer's work.
Worcester Wldow Thomas Reed dled on
Sunday of last week, aged eigbty-five years.
She was one of the first settlers in town, hav
lng lived on the same farm slxty-flve years.
The funeral was held at her late resldence on
Tuesday, Rev. P. II. Carpenter ofllciating....
Wldow E. S. Kellogg dled at Hanover, N. H.,
at her daughter's, on Wednesday of last week,
aged elghty-two years. Her remalns were
brought here and her funeral waa attended at
the Congregatlonal meetlng-house on Friday,
Rev. Mr. Howard olllciating. She, too, waa
one of the early aettlera of the town, having
ltved here some slxty-two years. She waa one
of the twelve membera of the Congregatlanal
church when it waa first organized in 1820.
There Is but one more left and that ia Mrs. A.
Rlchardson, who is now living wlth her son in
New York. ...Burt Harrls dled at his father's
resldence on Satuiday evening. Ue was a
young man of much promlse. He leaves a
wlfe, to wbom he was married last New Year's.
. ...C. M. Ladd met with an accident, whlch
came very near provlng fatal, on Tuesday ot
last week. Ue was superlntendlng about bia
mlll when the sawyer, George Stone, holated
tbe gate for the purpose of drawlng ln some
loga from the pond. The chaln broke, strlking
Mr. Ladd on the aido of hla nock and face ana
throwing bim on to the blg belt. Had lt not
been for the timely aaatatauce of Stone he
would probably bave fallen upon the saw.
Middlesex Centcr. The funeral of Mra.
Eunice Morse was attended from the house of
L. M. Bruce last Tuesday. She was a few
months over elghty-nlne years of age
Badger & Martln wlll carry on the Cameron
place agaln thla season Tbe schools are
raostly iu runnlng order. Some of the teachers
are ns followa: No, 4, Ruth A, Nowball; No.
7, LauraC. Durfeo; No. 10, Isola A. Iludson;
No. 13. Carrle 0. Clark.... II. A. Sawyer is
sick wlth lung fever. . .E. Smith ot Cabot has
beon buying cattle In thls vlcinlty the past
week. togo to IUverhill, N. II On Friday
the street comralsstonera wlll assume the man
agement and repalrs of the hlghways, and
hlgbway aurveyors wlll be n thlug of the past
ln this town, for ono yoaj at least. This new
arrangemcnt wlll save the farmers some vexa
tlon aud bent boe-handles at a busy geason of
tbe year. Whother It wlll work to thelr po
cuulary advantage or not remalns to bederaon
stratod. Wk do not as n rnle allow ourselves to use
our edltorial columns to speak ot any remedy
we advertlse, but we teel warranted in saying
n word for Hood's Sarsaparllln. Sarsaparllla
has been known ns a remedtal agent for ceu
turles, and ls recognized by all schools of prac
tlce aa a valuablo blood purlfler, It Is put up
in forms of almost influtte varlety, but Messrs.
Hood & Co. (Lowell, Mass), who are thoroughly
rellable phaimaclsts, have lilt upon a renlody
of unusual value. Certalnly they havo vouch
ers ot cures whlch wo know tobe most extrnor-dlnary.
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