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(J THE JiUJRLINGTON, VT., FREE PJiKISlS, Fill DAY, FEBRUARY IT. 1hS. HERR PAULUS. CtH RISE, HIS CREATNESS AND .HIS FALL. SSy U'nltur Itoxant, Author of "All Sorts unil Conditions of Man, etc.) etc. mio Slight of Translation la Reserved.) HOOK TIIK TII1HD. ClIAFITKli IV. Tun FlltsT H1.0W. It Is now my cruel duty to record tlio sucxessUn of cruel blows which one lifter theother shattered Paul's elf-tmtlsfiictlott, They begun the very day lifter that bllsa f 1 talk with Hetty, part of which has letu preserved from oblivion. 13 ich no -whs unexpected ; each was moro severe thau its predecessor. They wure blows tit 'lit by Nemesis, who is nlwnys unexpect ed, always silent in her approach, and who rtlways chooses the moment when her vic tim is at Ills happiest and his proudest, prancing -tally along tho way, believing himself to be admired by everybody, ex ulting in his Imaginary triumph. Nothing, for instance, could exceed the respect, admiration, gratitude and alTec tiou with which 1'aul was at this moment regarded in this house. No one could have been more conscious of this admira tion than himself. Yet all was taken from him, in three days, as you shall hear. I began In the study. Mr. llrudenel was going through his correspondence. Paul sat in an arm chair with n cigarette iiu'l fue paper. Peace and serenity lay upon their brows. "lei-e is a letter from Annn Petrovna yot; remember her, Paul i" ' Anna Petrovna ? Of course. She gave a letter to you. I have never quite understood whether Anna is more dupe than knave or the opposite. You see the two characters very often overlap. There in Lavinla Medlock, for example. She be lteves In everybody but herself; she envies all other mediums ; and she despises her sseif. Anna is like I.aviuia, with less con science.'' Any one who took nn interest in this yoeus man would have observed that a jjrei'.t change had fallen upon him in a single week. Things external do not alter the shape of a man's features unless he engages iu a prize light or goes welshing to a racecourse. Formerly Paul's lace TvaB thoughtful, reticent, and authorita tive. There was always a watchful look upon it. This watchfulness made Rome, like Sibyl, suspicious. To others, as to Hetty, it conveyed assurance of reserved power. Now the watchfulness had gone out of his face and the reticence. I Us ex pression was frank and candid, lie told everybody, freely, that he had lost his power. That explained the change com pletely. "Anna Petrovna writes to me that they have a wonderful medium in St. Peters burg ouu Olga something by name. She wishes to send her over here." Mr. liru denel looked dubiously at Paul, as if un certain how he would take it. "I thought you were not going to have anything more to do with mediums." "Not with the common sort. But there are mediums of the higher class. As for the common kind, you yourself cleared the house of the lying spirits, Paul." "Yes." "And, of course, you would not wish us to become perfect unbelievers. After nil you have yourself done here, that would be impossible." "I wish nothing, Mr. Brudenel. As you know, I am no longer qualified to give an opinion or to advise anybody. I know very little, but I should say that it will be time to treat the subject seriously when you get a message worth having which tells us by means of the rappings, some thing we could not Had out tor ourselves. Ah for me and my Message you saw what j ou saw." ' You found me in uncertainty, Puul, floundering among quicksands. And you placed me on the Solid Rock." "On the Solid Kock," Paul repeated, Im' without enthusiasm. "We have learned," Mr. Brudenel went on, "that there are wise men to whom space is nothing. I have been myself trans ported daily in the spirit, thousands of mils in a moment. We know that life is cou( 'nuous, and that some have acquired the power of seeing anj conversing with the spirits you yourself could do so." "Perhaps. But 1 have lost my power." ' We have learned that the incidents of uu"iirthly life have no significance unless Vm v nil ect the March of the Soul. All thi j " j have learned from you and from yj.-r a'iemls. If the Russian medium i is able to continue this teaching, 1 W' .d keep her here as long as she would coi out to stay." I' ul made no reply. Paul," Mr, Biuilenel went on, "put sir- in communication once more with iz k Itm Menelek. Try. Stand over me ; ou used to do. Look me in the eyes its u tibed to do. Trv, Paul." I t'il threw away his cigarette. I w. 11 try. But it is useless. I know it he1' -ehand " It was useless. After teuluiinutes Paul deslhted. "You have lost the compelling look In your eye," said Mr, Brudenel. "I thought once that I was going oil' ; but It was only my right foot goue asleep. Do you think he will ever resume his teaching, Paul ? Bo you think 1 shall ever remember what he taught?" "I do not know. My power bus left me. If I call 011 l;:;ik 11m Menelek, he will not reply. I am forgetting who he is. I want you to understand that if he has used me he has uow cast me aside. I have been an instrument I cannot advise, help or Sroin'-eyou anythiHg in the matter. I ik w not what, Is going to happen. Prob-ab- nothing. Yon have learned what it w.is intended that you should learn. Per'a ins you will be left entirely to your self Perhaps not." A'ter nil, to have learned so much as Pa .1 -ad taught was a considerable boon on 1" part ot a person of whom Mr. Brit tle 'd never heard. If all of us felt our fee' as firmly planted on the Solid liock what an age of Faith would be again cotimencedl Mr. Brudenel would have rtr ltd, but he was intenupted by a ser viur who brought In a card. !h our friend, Athelstan Kilburn. iKtaow Mr. Kilburn here. You remember Athelstan Kilburn, Paul. Ho was present at 'w or your evenings." Jf 'in nodded. Mr. Athelstan Kilburu was, in general, A -iiison extremely well hatisllcd with elf. Men who are well satislied with 1 1 M to h F . y , elves frequently have loud voices, 'hslstan Klltitirn had a loud voice. . ho are well satisfied witli theni ?re frequently of a portly presence. hcistmi Kilburn was portlv. But ..e was perceptibly smaller, and tune ol voice was shrunken. m not interrupting, I hope," ho ' I know that you are always In tidy at this time, Brudenel, ami . .1 -in fact " v.-lll return presently." said Paul, l.T.ng to his feet. "You hnvo bus! up: me s with Mr. Brudenel. I will leave you No. no," said Mr. Brudenel. "Why should you leave us? Paul knows all my swereta if I ever had any. Shall he stay Jvllbnrn ? Is it very private bustuesa 1" "Private- business of your own your awn- Brudenel." "Then Btuy, Pan' Now, Kilburn, lake a chair and go 011. What Is the limit -r, tn v dear lltend ? You look 111. hat is it?" "I am ill. Who would not be ill ? Bui clonal, 1 am come for an explanation." "Certainly. What am I to explain ?" "It is now five weeks ago since I sought your counsel on some Investments. ou wrote me a letter. Have you forgotten that letter?" Mr. Brudenel Jumped in his chair. "(Jood Heavens 1" liu cried, "I had clean forgotten that letter." "I will read it. Then you will remem ber. Then Ilerr Pauluswlll know. Then yon will be aide to give me an explana tion." Mr. Kilburu pulled out his pocket book and turned over tho papers. He found the letter ho wanted, and opened it and rend it slowly. "Dear Kilburn,' this," he explained to Paul, "has been our ,yle and title he tweou each other for forty years. It Is more than forty years since wo became united by the bonds of a common pursuit, During the whole of that time wo have been the closest friends. I will now go on. You shall draw your own inference, Herr Paulus, and Brudenel will perhaps be able to give an explanotlon. 'Dear Kil burn, since pitting with you I have con sidered the qucsti 11 of your Investment. It is truo that gas keeps up and that water is a thing which everybody must use. At the same time the interest you get for your money is not much It occurs to me that you would do better by purchasing as many shares as you can get they do not often come into tho market of my old Company, Brudenel and Company. At present prices they bring in about five and a quarter per cent. The shares have gone slightly ud every year since the Co 1 puny was formed. I hold, myself, Bbmes to the extent of many thousand pounds. Think tills over. Yours ever, Cyrus Bru denel.' Think this over," repeated Mr. Kilburn, "I did think It over." "Good Heavens !" Mr. Brudenel cried, a second time, "I had completely for got It n that letter." "I did think it over," Mr. Kilburn re pented, hammering at ills point. "And I bought those shares. I am not a rich man Herr Paulus, but for a bachelor I have been comfortable. Now I am a poor man, and for tho rest of my life 1 shall be un comfortable. I took that advice, Herr Paulus, and 1 invested the half of my for tune in that Company. It is bankrupt, and tho shareholders will not get one pen ny." "I bad altogether forgotteu that letter," said Mr. Brudenel, a third time. "How could I have forgotten it?" "He niighi have made a mistake." Mr. Kilburn continued to address Paul, "Any body may make mistakes. But on the very day the very day that he wrote that letter, he wrote also to his banker to sell out ids own shares if possible, and im mediately. Well, sir ?" he turned sharply on Mr. Brudenel, "your explanation, if you please, As I take it as it seems to me you deliberately put an old friend, one who you knew would act on your ad vice, to buy shares in a Company that you no longer trusted. You knew that demand would keep up the price. You sncrillced your old friend for the sake of keeping up tho price. That is what it looks like. I sav no more. It looks like that sort of tiling men do those things constantly. Oh ! I know that very well. We mint ex pect them to be done. Hut I did not think that sucli things would have been done by Cyrus Brudenel, by whose side I have sat for lorty years and received the com munications of the other world." "This is dreadful," said the unfortunnte Cyrus. "Paul help me advise me. How can I explain it ? I did write that letter, Kilburu I did write that letter. I re member writing it very well. I gave you as I thought, the beat advice." "Yet you wrote the other letter ou the same dav.'' "Did I ? Was it on the same day ? You are sura it was the same day ? Kilburu, I declare to you that I I have no explana tion." He remembered in time that no spiritualist wonld accept the only explan ation he had to oiler. Paul offered to explain. "Mr. Brudenel," he said, "was made to sell out those shares, against his own knowledge, by nn unseen protector." Mr. Kilburu groaned and shooK his head. "Not by the Spirits," ho said. "You may think yourself happy if you get a plain answer to a plain question from the Spirits. I've been questioning for forty years, and I would not trust them an inch. As for Brudenel being made to write a letter by tho Spirits, that you'll excuse me, Herr Paulus is rubbish." "But there is no other way of explain ing the circumstance. "Spirits have very little power at the best," said this experienced persou, "I have known one lift a pencil aud write with it, but that is the most I have seen. As for taking a man and making him write against his will, that is rubbish. I have been directed by an old and trusted lriend to invest money in a concern which he knew to be rotten. Oh 1 Brudenel, to think that you of all men could have done buch a thing " Mr. Kilburu rushed out of the room. "Paul, can't you explain this?" Paul changed color and looked confused. He understood, for the ilrat time, tile great law of political economy, that if one person is saved another is lost. He nail saved one man an.', ruined another. He thought himself so clever, but he h 1 1 for gotten this simple thing, and lie had in volved Ills uulortunate irleud 11111 situ.i tiou out of which there was no way ex cept one, and that way 110 spiritualist wouiii accept. iaui, can't you Help me ?" "No: there is no hell). It is most un fortunate." Yet he had thoiuiht himself so clever so wonderfully clever. And now all Mr. isriiileuei most intimate irtends would have to believe that their leader had en trapped one of themselves a friend of forty years to his destruction, in order to save himself from loss. CHAPTKH V. The Skiokd Blow. When the tardy avenger at length ar rives within reach of the sinner and warms to his work, his blows generally lull in an increasing scale ot weight and rapidity. The first blow, for instance, caused a certain dismay and mental con fusion. It was a nasty one from an unex pected quarter. It left an uneasiness be hind it as used often to happen to school boys 111 the old days. The second wns heavier and much more painful and came more unexpectedly. In the afternoon there was merriment merriment if you please in the Hhush nf hllence and 01 communicating Spiiits. it came iruiti tne gins room. no more talk there, of Menelek and I.ak tho Falasha, and the Ancient Way ; no more solemn iinlifting of the heart to the coiitemnbittnii of the tilings behind tho Veil. The Veil was hanging down, as low as it nnnlil rm Nobody tried to lift it or to peep behind it. Nobody regarded it. Hero was a change. There were three girls and two young men. One of them was learnlnc tn il.mrr. and ho was so stupid that he niadu them laugh. "Oh!'' cried Sibyl, springing up from ion jiiiiin', him my piuee, nettr, anil 1 will try. Now watch Tom ai.d f'fn(.li-'- they were illustrating the art of waltzing for an example. To dunce-at anytime with one who could dance well, w.i t.Ua greatest pleasure in the world for the blind girl. "See how they turn watch their feet. You see; ho doesn't catch his neeiH.aim no Keeps nine. "hut 1 can't net round wit unit, iv.ifi, lug mine. I can beat time, but when I turn rouud to time I im lost." "Nonsenso now one two three r.nn two three. Well that Ij better now an 1 yourneeis Mgain I" Paul snt down and laughed. "I am too stupid. Give mo up, Sibyl." 'No. try again, Vm must learn f' unity, bef'iie tne dance lieu week " mey were going 10 nave 11 d.uice. 1 lie Hi use of Silence, sacrtd lo all the spirits, actually going to have a dance ! One 111, ght us well ilauce In a Chapter House, or in the sd' r.'ii cloisters of a Cathedral, or in theafi'i I alls of 11 Bishop's palace. In t!' ild times now 11 week old when the House, purged ot the evil and mock ing spirits brought, by Chick, was still haunted with solemn whispers and sacred messages, a dance would have been Im possible, How could Sages come from Abyssinia to teach wisdom, save fortunes, sign cheques, transfer shares In the most supernatural maimer, while the young people danced ? Witli what heart could the Vestal of the Cause, while she was still 1 Vestal, spin round to tiie tinkling of 11 piano ? Hut the Message hud been deliver ed, tuo hook was closed, there would be no more ntlrecles. the spirits aud the Sages had goue, the house was cleared and ready if need bo fur secular puroose. And there was going to bo a dance ! "I must give up trying," said Paul "I am too old to learn. Do you know I have never been to a dance and have never even seen one ?" "Never seen a dance ?" said Sibyl. "Well, I have seen the Germans dance 011 Sunday evenings, and 1 have seen danc ing on the tight rope at a circus. But I have never brcn present nt a dancing nar ty ot Society." "is it possible " Sibyl's voice conveyed another question, whicu it was not man ners to ask. The question was "Where in the world were you brought up?" Paul perceived that quest ion. "Since," lie said, "I have lostniy powers I have recovered tho memory of the past. I now remember the whole of my own history and I Hud myself forgetting the la'er periods. What is the use of remem bering things which have Iett no trace be hind?" "And now," Miid Tom, "you have got so far as to remember never to have been to a dance." "Wonld you like to hear something about myselt ? Perhaps it would be mine amusing than trying to make me waltz '' 'Tell it allthat you please," said Cicely, "about yourself." Tney all g altered round him, as atten tive as if he were about to narrate the ex ploits of Prince Menelek. "I was 1) irn," he began, "in a little New Kngland town, not far from Boston. It would be no use telling you the name. It was lively little place; the principal peo ple were the minister, the doctor, the law yer, the school teachers, the general store keeper, aud the hotel keeper. We uere t.iuglit religion at the Sunday school, and it wax hoped that we should get convic tion and become church members. The creed of the New Kngland ministry town is narrow, you know. As for dancing, it is considered impossible for those young people who take any thought of their fu ture state. You do not know, perhaps I am sure you do not understand how nar row my people were." "What were your amusements, then ?" "There was sleighing in the winter, and there were gatherings connected with the chapel. Sometimes 11 lecturer, nr a circus, or a show of some kind came along. As for myself I read all the books I could get. and I tried to write. Yes I wrote I dream d all day long that I should become great and famous," Here Tom aud Sibyl's eyes met. "What did I tell vou ?" was conveyed lu Tom's glance. "I thought I would lie a great poet. Oh ! no one knows the yearning that was in my heart for dis tinction. It was not that I longed to do great work so much as to obtain distiuc tiou." "And now," said Sibyl, sottlv, "is that yearning gone ?" "Yes," ho replied, fraukly, "it is wholly gone. I want nothing uow beyond the common lot, with a corner iu the village churchyard when I have had my life and the joys of life." Hetty blushed. Was she not going to be the chief joy of his life ? "It has finite left me. But. then Oh! it was a madness. I took my manuscripts to New York when I was seventeen, and set up business as a distinguished poet in a cheap boarding house." "well ?" "Well, the same idea, had occurred to many hundreds of young lellows at the same moment. I believe I came at an un lucky time. Perhaps the editors and pub- nsuers are inn. always peued with so many poems written by the distinguished poets of the future. No one would have my po ems. I got rejection from everybody, suineiiiiies wiin tne intimation tnat 1 might have mv M3S. If I chose tn null for it, aud sometimes without even so much grace." "And what did you do then ?" asked Sibyl. I st lyed at my boarding house till all my money was gone, Even the rejection of my poems gave me less humiliation than the thought that I should have to creep home and acknowledge my failure, mm uy suuieiiiing prosaic and undlstlu- guiMieu. men an accident happened. I tell in with a certain learned gentleman acquainted with with much knowledirf ot the kind not studied by most people " "The Ancient Way," Tom suggested. "He made ine Ills pupil. It was he who introduced me to the Friends you know who I man."' Only a week ago Paul would have referred to these sages with a confident air, ins' end of the hesitation waii wiucli lie uow spoke of them. les, we Know, 1'atil,'' said sihyl. But they have thrown vou aside nmv. yon know. They belong to the pirtot the past which is to be forgotten, do they not t" "es." said Paul, nulcklv: "let them Iih forgotten." "But why did thev throw vou aside ?" asked Cicely. "They were so wise anil great. Why did they throw you aside ?" ' "Because I disobeyed them. The warn ed me against one tiling to Keep the Pow ers with which I was entrusted. It was above all, necessary that I should keep y ' 'i eiear ami caim. Ttierelore, when I allowed my mind to bo entirely absorbed with a certain Thought I lust tho-e Powers." "Could you," asked Cicely, the only one who could not observe Hettv's self-nnn. scions blush sho knew what that '1 bought was, you see "could you not regain your 1'owers t "Yes nerhans I do not. 1 mlglit ngaltiatter many days, and when 1 had torn tho Thought out of my heart." "Don't do that," said Cicelv, quickly. "1 love to think of thu old p,mi. lint I could not have him back again nt such a sacrillee. Do not inako a mrl unhannv by ceasing to love her." "You knew, then, Cicely, what I meant ?" "Your Words COIlld hnvo hilt nun mruiii. lug. Vou will tell me some day more iiuiim nei. "es, some day, soon, Cicely," said Paul, "Aud, Paul," said Sibyl, "we are all so much luteiested in you, mid so grateful lor all you have done, and, oh! so 1111 felgnedly thanklul for the loss of tho-e Powers of yours, and so anxious Unit you should never regain them, that wo want to know what vou uro going to do next '' "Iain enjoying my holiday the first I have had for seven year- and I hardly Mke to think what I hhull do next. Frank ly, I cannot tell yon. 1 imst go back to America and llnd out what I cm do, and it it is po-slblo for me, even now, to learn 11 trade of some kind. America Is a until country for 11 man without a profession itisi. fur harder country than Hiiuland Yet 1 shall get on, somehow. That la ml I havo to tell vou, g'xid people." Presently, utter 11 little silence, Cicely spoke : "We shall miss you, Paul, Often In the night I lie awake and listen to the voice of the former Paul, I menu telling us great and noble things aud lifting up our souls. Ho Is gone, but the memory of his words remain. Do you remember them, you uew Paul V "I remeinbjrsomethiuE. Do not dwell too miuh upon thi-it thiiit' ' ' I mil-' L'hny sti'.ii l.ito my soul. Oli ' it is a beautiful tliiiu to ne very suie and certain of the world winch lies around us. I cannot see the world rm see, but 1 can feel the other thespliit world. When I am alone I seem lo hear their volcci and to feel the rustling of their robes against mi1 as they pass. Your words opened the other world lor me. Yon say that you have lost your Powers, bccati-e you have (alien In love. I do not understand that. It seems to me as if, when people ate In love, they should feci all the more In har mony with the whole creation. How could Love make you lose yotir Powers, Paul ? You have told us, over and over again, how all the. the other world is full of Love. Could hive dnstroy Powers that undo you see and know these things '(" "Perhaps It was dl-ohedlt'tice,'' said Si byl, seeing Paul hesitate. "Come, Cicely, we must not question too clunjly, hit us remember what wns pure and noble In his teaching, Tim re-it may go." It wns a new thing that Sibyl should be come Paul's deletider. But sIucm the gleat day of Ki'-tointlon. with that, uiiexproted letter to Tom, she felt bound by no com mon ties of gratitude. Uesldes, the super natural pretensions were abandoned, and she had penetrated Hetty's secret. This made her more than grateful. She was interested in 11 love story enactel before her own eyes. (To he continued.) Tmii AViijk. CIioomi Wliteh ! here are two usual ways of doing whnt Na ture sometimes docs Incompletely, namely, to relievo the bowel?. One is to swallow 11 dras tic purgative which evacuates prntu'ely, ab ruptly and with pain, the oilier Is to take llcntetter's Stomach Hitters the ettcct of which Im tint violent, liutsulllelently thorough, anil which ilo 's not Kilpe to lutustines. 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Tn 1i,t ii'.ir,, I.,.,.., 'or claims by d nth For matilrtd endowments Surplus let it rued tn policy-holders.. Surrendered pollcliH i:xi'i:nsks: .salaries nf ollleotsnnd clerks $1(I,."VW.M Medlc il e.v.imiiiers' lees I2.I7B ',',I"H , l!',l.7.!'!i Genetal e.ietiso account. agencies, advertising. 1) stage, printing, rents, furniture and travelling eApeiisea 174,!il7.W- llal.ince. tiet'ussetp, Dec.Hl, IS97 i.. , " Ann luiu, est ilueiiiiilneerueil Ullice. quarterly and scml-tin iiial premiums net Oross Ascls, December))!, 16S7 ( blAHIUTIES: i-ompmeu reserve t ciuries I per cent) Dentil Iim-sos In proeiss of adjustment. l'rcmiiims paid In advance, amlc.vtra reserve on Life Hate Endow ments I.iti'iilltlcs us to policy-holders Sii'phi.s by Vermont and Massachusetts standard Suipins by l'eniis.vlvaiilii standard .' Tottl' death loses niilil.. Total eiidm. mentspald Toti.l Interest received, Tori amount mild to policy-holders H.'.in llelcs issued in iss7. Insuring II II- 1'iilielcs lu lorce. In. tiring, jneie.isi- in number of Policies 111 force, 173.1. Inciei-e hi amount ol Insurance in force . . ell Mtl.IH IH'.UT.V, I'rcs dent. ElMV.UtD DHWEV, Vlcc-Prcsldont. ii 1 .i. . in.rci), Secretary -, , ,"rI:u!'i!tS:, ,','"",! l,l'l",,K1,1!m TimoMiy -.iltl?! t 1 T. ;r PECK, Agent, Burlington, Vt. The Largest Tim 1llfrnrtt Til WIN U7 this country brtnVw-bViar"' 200.nnn.nn The patrons are Paid olitilS t'ooloy The Largest Creamery Wilton, n. H. l'atroiisrecelo The Largest Creamery in Penn., ftSgJ n'1 - S . - Vail mi Wallace's Estate. STATE OEVEHMONT, I To all persons Ills! ttiiT or CiilTTKNiiKS. I concerneil lu the estate ot Valitui Wallace, late of Hurllugton, In sa d district, deceased. Guhetino. At a Probate Court, liolden at Ilurllngton, within and torthe district of Chittenden, ou the list day of Januarj, 1mm, an instrument puriiottltig to bo the lat will and testsment ot Winn Wallace, Into of lurllngton, in said DNtilct deceased, was presented tothe Court aloii salil for probate. And it is ordered by said Com- that the 2.,th day ot February, 1888, at the I'robate Court rooms In said Ilur llngton, lie assigned for proving said Instru ment ; and that notico therenl be given to all persons concerned, by publishing this otder three weeks successively In the Ilurllngton Fue I't ess, a newspaper printed at said Ilur linuton, previous to the time appointed. Thei-clore, you aie lieichy notified to ai pear before said Court, at the time and place atore-ald, and contest the probate of said will, It vou have cause. Glen under my hand at Ilurlington, iu said Ii-trict. tills 31st ilar nf January ls6. aj.wliw J F.NNI E STACY. Hcgistcr. 01iv:r Gorton's Estate. STATE. OF VEHMON'T. I The Honor DisTitiCT oi' Ciiittk.niik.v. ss. falilo the I'ro bate Court for the District of Chittenden. To the heirs and all persons interested in tiie estate ot i ducr Goiton, late ot Hunting ton iu said district deceased GllHKTINO : WIIEHEAP, application hath been matte to this Court in writing, by the Administrator ot said estate, praying for license and au thority to sell she wholu of the real estate of said deceased, tor the pas ment ot debts and charges of adininist ration, setting forth there in the amount ot debts due from said deceas ed, the charges of administration, the amount of personal e-tnto and the siiuation of the real estate. Whereupon, tho said court appoint ed and assigned Hie lsth day of Feliruaty, lsss, nt tj,c Probate Court rooms, in said District, to hear aud decide up on sa d application and petition, and ordered public notice thereof to lie given to all ter sons inteiested therein, by publi-hiug said or der, together Willi the time and place ol hear ing. Hi lee weeks successively ill the Ilurllng ton Fu e Pics,, a newspaper which circulates in the neighborhood ol Ilioe persons inter ested in said estate, nil which publications shall be prc ions to the day assigned lor hear ing. Therefore, you are heieby notified to ap pear belore -aid court, at the tune and place av-igm d, then and there in said Couri.to make your objection to thegtautingot such license it you ee cau-e. Gli en under my hand, at the ProKite Court niolns this Uf it, i- ul' F. Iirmit-i- ls.ss Jennie sta'cv, itegistcr. H.'.wlw ,1 oiintli.iti Ti) lot's Ivstittc. STATE OF VEH.MON'T, I The Hoiiora DlsTiiiiT of CniT'rilNliKN.ss. bio tho Probate Court tdr the iliirlet ot Chittenden. To all persons Interested lu the estate of Jonathan Taylor, late of Shelhiirn, in snid illtrirt, iIlc'cii-ciI. GitKirriMi 'Vhcreas. said court has assigned the Soth dayol February next, for thu settlement of the Administrator's account, and tor a do erie ol tho residue id said estate to tlin heirs ol said deceased, and ordered that public noticothoreof ne given to all persons inlcreslcd In said estate by publishing tliia or der three wc eks successively previous to tho day assigned, .u tho Ilurllngton Fico Picss printed lu Ilurllngton in said district. Iherelore. you ate heieby notilled to ap pear at the Probate Court looms lu Hurliiig lon, ou the day assigned, then ami the.ru to contest the allowance ol said account if you ste cau-e. and to establish your r'cht as heirs, legatees and lawful eiaimauis ot said residue. Given under mv hand, this 1st day ol Fcbruaiy, A. I). lfs. J EX NIK STAC V. Itegfstcr. o2.i.bv If You Want a Steam Engine, please investigate the merits of tlio ATLAs ENGINE. Over 61 00 in operation, -VO 111 New England, ,.4cs, 10 to "llil horso power. Portable and Si.uionarv. Plain Slide Val ". mid Automa tic Cut-oil, with Balanced elide Valve. Single md Ilwiilile Engines. Fli'st-cia-s in every ie oect, and sol i lor les- mom. inan any otner ilnglue of cipial valiii . Lidgewood Mfg. Co 's Hoisting Engines. MUditlerent st lesand sies. Over J101 in use. .1. E. iioruuTox, Sole N. E. Agent, 159 Friend Street, and GG Canal Street, ItOSION, MJ..N.,. ltcfer to t Ii Id paper. ai.wlt lo Ills i:collency Hon. K. ,1, Orinsbee, Giiwrnnr of .Statu of Vuiiiiont. 1 hereby tender my resignation as commis sloner and collector ol taxes lor Avery's Gore, Chlitetideu County, Vt, I. L. STHONG. Ilurllngton, Vt., Feb, 11, 16S3. 3d,d&wl A mil line ot nutter I-actory Suppllri, Including Enoines, Huii.ers, Ckem Vats, Ciioths, W oiikebs ic. bend for Illustrated circulars, l'lans ana Estimates f urnUhed free to purchasers! VEI13I0XT VMUl MACHINE CO., Jiellows Tails, VenuouJ, ..$3,M".n;e.n IN 1887. .$!il,niV89 . ahi.M'.tj; i. lajsil.Ts $I,IS7,II7.!U JW1.42I.T7 .S-'I2,I7P,77 .. l'-UiVi.W . HC.IKI47 .. mJIHUJ U5,'.I),'S -ta,Sl').U $ 870,179.78 . g 1,380,91 l.W) t 114.IC0.23 $70 74,:i'i.t- i,H.2J 3 434 2tfy.57.!H ..81 7!W,7IO.fil ..$ f.sit,073.m UJWJJ.U) Iil7.:i57.lll SWA.VR.1!, . 2,i:(IH,.,77 01 . 4,r-j!i.'.'a7. . MT'.tmto .2i.tii!,:t;4,w l,W8,!j.C0 J, C. HOUGHTON". Treasurer. OSMAX I). CLARK, Asst. secretary. 1. Iter.m id. ChsVics Dewey, W. II L II limihnra A. 1). II SHEE. M. I)., Medical rxamii er Greameryinthe United States rrnnrn.H,, - , 27 Ccn tn for cream equal to a pcum System ofCrcnjii Gather: icund of butter. licruii in New England 13 run ty n. wuitino & so, nn nritTn rnre,.i,- ... ... Llin I O ccmaltoanoundofbutter IStllOTltOVCllEAMEllV, nn PCIITP w natrons nrn now nnlri Jf l.rn W Per Pound. WbW V I 1 I W Application for License to Sell Ileal Estate. STATE OF VEIt.MOXT. The Honorable Piobate Court for the District ot Chittenden : To all persons Interested in the estate of Maigaret E. Williams. Wilson T. William?. Hubert . I. Williams, James 11. iMIiiams and Harry It. Williams of Vlnecnncs, State of In diana. GtiKr.TiNo: hereas, application in writing hath been mudu to this Court by the gmrdian of said wards lor license to sell the whole of the real estate ot said wards setting forth therein that said wards own an 'undivided 6-7 of u ceitaln pi' ce of land In Charlotte i.i said District ot about 60 acres, lately set out, to them nnd others In the distribution of tho estntiof James W. Williams, lute of Charlotte, deceased, and that it would be conducive to the interest of his snid wards to sell and con vert the same Into money for tho purpose of putting the proceeds thereof at interest. And thereupon the said Court appointed and assigned the 27th day of February. A. I). Iss8, at the Probate Court rooms. n Kli ,1. trlct, to hear and decide upon said application I and ordered public notice thereof be glren to all persons interested therein, by pnulisd lug this order tnree weeks successively, in I the Ilurllngton Free I'ress.a newspaper which circulates 111 tho neighborhood of those per sons interested therein, all ot which publica tions shall be previous to the time appointed for hcai inv. Therefore you are hereby notified to appear I beloie said Court, ut the time and placeatoro said, then and there to object to the granting u phvii (iii-i.st;, 11 juu rcu cause. Given under my hand, at the Probate Court Hooms, this 7th dav of February, lsss. Iw3w JEXXIE STAC'V, Hcgister. Lorenzo D. "Whitconib's Estate. , STATE OF VEIt.MOXT, I The Honora I niMTitii'T Ol' oitiTTCMir.N.ss. f ble the Piobate eourt ior me uisinci 01 enittcuuen. To the heirs and all persons iLterested In the estate of I.orcnzil). Wtipc mb late of Essex, in said district, deceased. GmnrriNO. Whereas, application hath been made to this Court 111 writing, by the itdnnnist uitor ot the said estate, praying tor licc'so and authority to sell tho whole ot the leal estate o said 1I1 ceased, reptesentlng to said Court, that it would Ii tn'netlclal to the heirs and all per sons interested 111 the 1 state of said diceas 'd, to sell the whole of the real 1 statu of said de eeasi d. and convert the same into 111011 y. And liiliiiiitig into Couit the consent and npptuhatioii In writing, of all the hens to inl estate residing in tins State, and ttlug lortli the situation o' the 1e.1l estate. Whereupon, the sutl Court appeiu'eil and ass gned the 2.1th day of Fcbruaiy lss, at the Pmliatc Com t rooms, 111 s. id d strict, to hear and decide upon said application and petition, and irdeicd public, notue theieni to ne given to all persons Inteiested thcuin by publisliiug said order, together with the tune and place ot hearing, three weeks sucessiv, y in the Hui Huston Free Press, a news pa per which cir culates in the neighborhood 01 these pel sons Interested hi said estate.a I which publications shall be previous to the day assigned tor hear ing. Therefore, you arc hereby notified to ap pear bctoiv said court, at the t Im- and place unsigned, then and there in said court to mako 1 our objections lo the grim 'lug ol such license if you see cause. Given under my lianr1. at the Probate Court rooms, this suit day of lYbruan . IssS. JEXXIE STAC V, Hegister a.w3w A XF.W Seed Store. If youwantpuro fresli see s, call oil or write to R. NOTT, lit 111 1 vr. tox, Vt , Who intends opening up next inon'li a choice lltl of these goods , the Ited More, JO.1 ll.inb Slieet, close bj . Howard Opera House Seed grain nf all kinds, native and Imported seed corn, peas and po "Sr: taii'i's; ve" table anil lluiwr se, o-. an 1 the cleanest and best G H ASS a ail Cl.OVEH SEED In Northern Vermont ; a sn nrnainonttil an 1 small Iruit and iiuisen st, eks. all liar 1 a 1 tollable. Fa" MillS -tV? tU,; 0.1 1 im kmnn pysasyiu-, 1', ,.s moil s' r r , 1 1 ' 1 f , ar (i ,i's. ui-.- n In. Wll, t. Hu k In ,t -1 h w , ta IF 11 l . , iiralmui. H,- a 1,1 Wl , ,t lici in M nutritious. High, si matket iirici s paid Im ii ci, ex. m Sceii giipn. Now on sue at the same f St, 1, ,1 ,to, .i . f-t-r5 SELECT "gh llySi'AbDlNG & 11EACM Feb. 1, lSeS. P-.'.wlm WEEKLY FREE PRES3 one dollar a year. ' 1 11 ,11 mm