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ADDISON OOXJnNTT'Y iTOURlX'AL .
YOL. XLVIII.
MIDDLEBURY. VT.. MARCH 16, 1883.
NO. 11
Pfoitlclwrg $cgitcr
t'UUMSIIHU KVEIIV KltlDAV.
THE nEGrlSTEXl Oo.
TKIIM 81
One copy one ycar, In advanec
' " ir not pnid m advanec.
.. " 0 montha
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ArivertfsniK ltntoo:
.81.50
.. 2.00
,. .75
40
Ono coluinn 1 ycnr
One-liaircoluimi 1 ycnr
One.quarter coliimn I ye:ir
One incli one liisci tloii
Encli subseiiuent Inscrtlon
Iluiiness Cnrds oncdiall incli 1 ycnr.
..$1011.00
... 60.00
... 25.00
...50cts.
...25c(s.
5.00
8.00
liicu l yea
llcndiugnoticos, pcr llne, cacli iiisertlou...l0ct8.
BUSINESS CAKDS.
Atr II. KINOSIjUTt Dintlst.
V Up stairs In Alk'ii Hlock,
Ollici! liours from 9 a. m. lillSp. in.
44 Middlebury. Vt.
JAMES M. SLADK, Attorneyanil Cotinsol
lor t l,rtv, aml Solicitor nnd MnBter In
l liancery. OOlco in Hrowstor's Illock.
Middlebury, Vt., AprilS. 1877.
T7A W. .IU1I.
1i. M.iniifniMiiror nnd dcnlcr in all klnds 01
Aincricnnand Fuielgn Marblc.Uranlte Work.&c.
Wltli Old Jlliuuumiry aiaruio uo. m
J" S. GIIANDIiKK, Pomlon Attorney,
RIPTON. "7"T-
Prosccutcs all pension nlalms on modcrnle
trcms.
ADVIOE GHATIS.
TtSuStato case carcftilly aud cncl nta etamp to
ciisurereply.
Q.EORCE E. LAWRENCE,
ATTOKNEV AND COUNSEl.OK-AT-hAW
AN1
VKX8IOX A VTOltXKY.
Spccial attcntion glen to iirnserullon of pcn
Bion claims, bounty-laiid warrants, .tc.
HUTI.A.NU, VT.
II
XENRY S.rFOOTE,
ATTOllXEY AX1 COUXSVhOlt AT LA
Espccial attcntioii given to the cxnniinntlon ol
litlPM jind rnnvnvnncinir. tlio mirchubc. tliu Bale
and exchanite n'f rcnl cstate, and llio rnllrrllnn of
rcute. Ollice in lluttolpli illock, Middlebury
vt. tr
I..K. Mollen, D.O.S
Duiltlst.
OHlcelionrH.SIii 12 A.
LM.i 1 lo 5 l. M. UtllCO
uvcr Kiank A. Farns-
worth's storc.
MiDDi.Kiumv,
Vermont
Lauglilng gas adininiBterd.
AUVIN'S l'UOTOQIlAl'U GAM.E11Y
A llcns' Hlock Middlebury, Vt. l'hotographs
in all tlie itylos, at most reasonable prlccs. Ap
pomtincnta sollcltcd. 1'rompt nnd careful at
tontion will bo glvcn. All work guarantocd.
J. E. GAUVIN, Photngraphcr.
TIIE CKNTRAL lMIOTOflKArll JAI.
I.EKV, ovor Alden'B variety Btoro, Muldlc
bury, Vt. Fine pliotogiapliio portralt a sperial
ty. Old iiictures rarellilly copied and enlnrged
to any dcslreil sizc and flnishrd in colors or
India iuk. Tlianking my frionds lor tlicir liueral
patronage during tbo jiast ycar 1 shall cndcavor
to murit a contlnuancc of tlio samo by l'urnielilng
tbem wltli good work nlfair prioea.
C A.V. llKOWN.I'hotoerajilier.
THE M SALINE STAKDARD MlWu
Manufactured by J. G. GltOSS & BltO., Sallnc
Micli.,
IS THE KIN6 OF MILLS I
No power Is choapor than wind for
ralslng wator from the doop to
any hoight. Why thls Stnn-
fln r rl lo thn Hnot- nnrl tAjHu
buv it:
Firat It ls tlio niinplpat, Blrongoet and lcaet
couiniicatcdwind cncine made.
Second Tlio iceand elcet cannot irccnt ita
running
Tlilnl it lia more jiowur, owing to iU con
fttruction and nierlianlflin.
Fourtli ltia Bell.regulating, tliercforo always
on a balancc, bo a cliild ran baudlo it.
Filth Tlils iHiill liaa all of tlio uiiibinatlons
wliicli makCB it Becond to nonc, posseBsing great
capacity anildurabiiity. Kvcry mill l wairanted
to do all wo clalin for it. l'artiea deHiring wliul
mlllB will do U'II to call and get our prir.es
beforo looking clucHliore. Kciid for our illiiB
tratcd DamnliletB and nrlos. or call at Karl A.
llariuim'fl. wliern ne will bo tound on Monday n(
eacli weck. Orilcrs irll nt Karl .t llarnum'B
store will roceivo jirouipt atlention. Aguula
wauted ln evcry county. Addresa, wltn etaiup,
J. A. WATTS & SON,
(Gcu'l AgentB for Vermont).
61; Middlebury, Vt.
FURNITURE STORE.
1 wonld licreby notify tlio
publlc t ) 1 liavv
nponed n Furniturr Storc in
A. P, TUPPER'S BLOCK,
wherc I eliall keep a fiill aud
FIRST-CLASS STGCK,
which will bc sold as loiv as any ilcalcr in Addi
son county.
It Will Pay Yon
to call and cxamlne iny stock beforo purchasiiig
A ilnc nnd entirely new stock ol
CoffinsandCaskets
And Xlolaos.
kcpt constantly on hand. Tlio nsc ol'an
ELEGANT HKAltSE
rurnlelicd Frceol eliargc.
PETER
Middlebury, Dcccmbcr,
CHAMPA6NE.
1, lSf'2.
'S
NEW JMFKOVED
EIGHT-FLANGE
Fire-Proof Safes.
THE ONLY 8-FLANGE SAFE IN THE
WORLD,
AND COKTAIXING
Aloro Improvcincnts tlmn atij' Safo
mndc, siieh as
THE PATENT
Insicie Bolt Work,
Moro sei'iirc from Burirlara than
any other Fire-ProofSai'o, and
no expenso in rcjmiring
Bolts or Locks.
Patent Hinged Gap.
lour-Wheel Locks,
Inside Iron Linings,
Solid Angle Corners.
Thesc Safes are now bciiic sold 111
this Statc in
LAKGE NUMBERS.
And givo tlio
GREATEST SATISFACTION,
Beiii; tlio Most IIilily Finislied
BEST MADE AND GHEAPEST FIRST
GLASS SAFE EVER PRQDUGED.
Theso Cclebrated Safes had tlio
Champion Record
IN TIIE
GREAT CHIGABO, BOSTON AND
HAVERHILL FIRES,
Aud siuco that timc Ukkat and
Impohtant Imi'kovements have
bcen madc.
Eelbrc yiving your order to any
otlier conecrn,send for priees and
deseriptivo Cataloguo
BOSTON, MASS.
PATENTS.!
AN1IEHNON A NMlTIt,
rtollcltom of II. H. and For.
flxn i'ti'iu. No. 71 td-vi'iith
Hlrrct. ror. ll.iiDn. II. H. 1'h(.
rnt Ofllcr, Wnsldngtou, I). O. ('orrcspoiiiU'ncn to
llcltcil. .VoclmrKnfi'ruili lci'. No rte cliarKrd uu.
Ipss I'atent ls alloweil. Iteferoncvi. Lewis .lolinsoa
A C'o., Ilankprs, aud I'OBtinagttr, W'acliluKtoa, li. O.
1 auioumi 01 .iimruciiuu ircu.
MORR
I ii
1
nmiLi
SAVINGS BANK
OF RUTLAND,
Is now rcady to rccclve dcposllsj cspccial
attontloii will lio glen to I'acilltalo llic liuslncss
of deK)Bltors living at a dlstnnco Iroin Uutland,
wlio may wlsli to do lnislncs by Hiail
Scnil fnrblaiik lorms lo lic uscd lor IhN pur-
p08c. Moncy n'ccicd on tlio lBt dny or any
lnontli will drnw InlcrcBt Iroin Ibatilale. Mnnpy
rercitcd allcr tlic 1st day of nnv nmiitli will
lraw InlcrcBt Irom llic 1ft day of tlie succectling
lnontli. AddrcsB,
EDwARD H. RIPLEY, Pros.
EDWARD L. TEMPLE.ActlnuTroas.
u Cuin.
Yiilliam3 C:Yinpr Machir.::
AHE ACKNOWLKDQED TO UK THK
BEST IN THE WORLD
Tlinv liavo rpoeivod higliost Awnrdi.it tlio
(juntemiial and nt ull othiT leailing
lAliiljitiuiia lield in Kmopu
9iid Aiuerica.
eve" liAcnniE va::a!!izd cr rns l'aeii;.
Factorie4 located nt Atoiitrc.il, Canada. nnd
1'latUbuit, New York.
THE WILLIAMS MAHUFACTURIHG CO.,
317 Notro Samo Etrcct, UontrcaL
PAHKER'S g
hair n
rj J j jicitrciilie'is
iruiiicj atul li.inr-
$ jandniff, icsluics
natntal ( oTor and
pritemsbjklnebs
l) r I'l nti.l fl
tUvt At 1 tiK
Ai .tn.il.ll.U tri II
L W w t t 'iiall tn.titi E
PARKER'S
CBNCER TOBC
Anlnvlgoratinjj Medlcinc lliat Civcr lnloxlcales
'liiitdclirioiic0iiilnii.it .n of (.mcir, liuiliu,
M.nulr.ikc, htillinai i. .mil lii.ii v o I i of tlie 1k t
t2rlable rcluetlies linow u. 1 1 t ' 1 ii.orikl of
the bowtls, slomatll, lnfl. l.ulni .iimiunss, &IS
The Beit and Surcst CoiiqIi Cnrc Evcr Used.
If youaie siifTrniis; fiinn I Vm ile l niiij l nnls
Ntrousncs WalHiilnew I In iniliiill p.i
fiia.vgc or any ilie r.e or int.mii i . t il 1' tUirs
Ginccr Tonit. It will sluii'.llic.i Liam aml body
and gic you new life and vi
T O n DOLLAHS
Paldfor nn(liiiieiiiiiinoii fniiiid iu (iingrr Tonic
or lor a t.iilinc tn liclp or rrn
tit l .. nl .lix.l. r In .!n i . lj,r"i ,rlnir (ii In:
il Slie. truj fwr urul ir lu lluci V A (. .1., UJ Wiu ( ,N..
V7"OU cannot always aioid it, but tlionc-t
ueai llllllg is 10 proieci yddrbcii uy
INSURING YOUR PROPERTY
in a good rcliable Btock conipany I HBcribc my
flattcring succcbB in the innuranco busincBs tlio
pastHftcen montlis to tlio fact that I rcprcbeut
TWO OF THE BEST
COMPAIUIES
iu the world. It is not strangc, but it is truo
that 1 can insurc good riskB cheaper llian auy
agent writlng polielca In tlils uouuty, l oor rlws
donot want 011 my bookBatany rale,
OlHce wltb I.. E. KNAl'l', l'robate Itloek.
JOHN C, STAPLETON, AG'T.
$500 Reward!
Wo will pay tlio nbove reward for
any caso of l.ncr Coiiiplalut, Dyspupsia, Sick
llcndache. luillirL'BlHin. (;
uc88wc cannot curo w ith West'a Vcgctablo l.lvtv
l'ills. ulien llie diriclinns 11111 alrlclly ciillinllod
;ons(ipaiioii or iiibuvu'
wltli. lliey urn pnrcly Vegctable, and nr
lail logitu satisfni'tion, Sugar Coated. l.aru'C
buxrs, coutaluiiig 30 l'llls, 25 ccnts. For salu by
all Druggistt. llvware ofrviiutvrleits aud n.iitii
lloiiM. Tliu KCiiiiinc inanuluctiirt'il ouly by
JOHN 0. WEST. & CO.. "Tlio FillMakciB." 1B1 i
cb3 W. Madlsou St., CUicago. Free Irlal puckago
by inall prepum on receini oi u j ceui tuuip.
mt mmw
Tlio Sltater's Song.
11V Mlt.S. W. W. IIIOM.VS,
Hurralil lnirrnlil fortho icylleld,
Tlio wind Islrosli nnd frccl
Aml tlio lalr nioonliclit bath crowncd tlio niglit
At tlie nkntcr's Jublleo.
llic froicu slrcnins, nnd tlie dinmond glcnms
Ol tliu wlntry garb (ifmiowB,
llaveimorr ofji(iwcr tlmn tlie I'estlve liour
That wllli inlrtli and Bong o'erllnw.
Tlie rlnving Btecl liatli a tncrry pcal
For our liittcnlng cata tuniglit,
And tlio bendlug nklen wltli tlicir golilen eycs
llaro batlied a world lu liglit.
Tlicn, nwayl awayt wliilo tlio bcart isgay
And tlio liiiBom Ircu from cnre;
Tlicrc'ttn gluwoflicaltli nnd 11 riinil ofwcallli
Tiibc fouiid iu tliu bracing nir.
011,011 wo plide o'crtliocrustcd lldc,
Nor Bwcrvc iiom llic clildr round:
TIiiti" is uoushl ol'wllc, tlicro Is nimglit of guilc
111 iiic inysiie circie lomm.
I.ct olliorn tcll ol llie calmcr siicll
Wlicre Itu llglits of Irieudslilp bc;
fiivu 1110 tln; mingof the gladtoinu llirong
At tlio skatcr's Jubilccj
Stato or.s.
Tlio uoxt Xiitlonul (jiianl niuistcr will
probably bc lield lu St. .lolimbury.
l'ost llwirv (J. A. H. lias bcon orsrnti
Izcd nt Clii'stur. wltli Ilon. Hugh llcnry
:is culiiiuuiKlcr.
i uu Jtiainiui uoutity uourt opcncd on
Tuesduy of tlils weeU. Tliu lerin is HUo-
ly to be siiort.
Capt. JI. B. Cariiciiter, foiinciiv of St
Alliiin. lias bet'n clcctcd city :iIIoiik;v of
Urnvcr, Colorado.
A new pOBtollici; lias bcen establisliud
at Urancli. Ui'leaiH countj', with ueoim'
Ak'nill as postiiKi'tcr.
llcnry Urcw.ster. wlio had buen con
siauie iu ntinniifjton tinrty-llvi' vcars.
(lct'linod auotliLT i'l(;ction.
Col. OeortfoT. Childs of St. Albans,
wlio is an ('lomieiit siicaUcr. (lelivers tlie
.Mt'iiiorial day address at Hntland.
A verv fiiorjretic dlsease, callod wlntt'i
cliolera. is L'liainir tlie attetit on of
about llfty persons in Xoith lieunington.
A Swanton couple, Jatncs 31. Tabor
md wife, liave tliii tv-six livinir irrand
elilldren, and liav just eelebrated tlicir
joluen wcddnif;.
inoosUi's niain strect is sald to have
only ten riiiii-sliops between tlie liotnl
and tlie Coniirejrational eliurcli. a dis-
tanee of iome '10(1 leet.
I'cnsion, with arrcars atnountlnir to
82000. lias bcen allowcd Knfus Towslev
of North licnniugtoii, wlio lost n son in
the carly part of the war.
.Tohn C. Clark. caslilor of the Fiist Xit'
tional bank of Chelsea slncc its orjrmilxa-
tion in 1S7.I. has aeeepted tlio position of
assistant cashier in the First Xatlonal at
St. Johnsbury.
Uochcster, in Windsor countv. has a
population of 1,302. T.ast year it pald
ont 81. "00 to support its poor or a sum
eiiual to about 1.10 for eaeh inan, wo-
nmii nnd ulilld of population.
A proioL't is on foot to eroet an onera
house in.St. Albans, toeost not Ies than
1,"),000. A entlciuauof lneatis otl'ers to
eontillmte 7.000 for tliis purpoe provid-
lutlie eitizens suliseiibe the balancc.
About 4 o'elock Sunday aftciiioon tlie
slate tnlll of Wllllauis llros. & Co.. sltu
ated a uiileaud a half south of I'oultney
village. was destroyed by llre. Tlu; tlre
oi l''iiiated uear the enginc room. l'ai t
ly insured.
At Montpelier, Saturday altenioon,
Art'hie, a seven-ypars-old son of Charlos
Hcguin. while at play in tlie liunber yard
of tlie l.aun Manufactui'in conipany,
was killed by luiiibcr falliti on hiui,
ciusliiii liis skull.
Tlio followini: patcnts have rpcentlv
bcen issued to Vornionters : Amos II.
Urainci'd, Hyde l'aik, ycar cuttiu nia
chiue; M. Claik. i'oultney, coin testcr;
.1. C. Watd aud Ci. W. Hooker, Hiattlo
lioro, sliinjjle uiuchine.
Tho sevenlh antiual nii'eting of the
Vennont Statc Dental hociety will be
hcld iu the parlors of the Kates riuuse,
iiutland, coiiitiienein Wedncsday even
Ing, Mareh 21, and contlnuing through
Tliursday aud l'riday.
I.evi lluntley, sixty years of ace, etn
ploycd to examitie tfie'trueks anu wheels
of pasiug traius at Bellows Fulls, was
iustantly killed on Monday. 1 lu was
bmy at work iuspyeting a train, wheu
he was stfiiek by a Iniiu haeklng up on
another traek.
The fallure of Congress to pas the
river and harbor bill will not iuterrupt
work on the Burlington breakwater for
tlie prcsent, as tliis year's work is beiiu;
doiiu on last year's appiopriatiou. The
fuuiidatiou for a new erib lilty leet iu
lengtli ls belu; laid.
Ex-Slierill'Urew of Chittenden county
has sucd Bev. Thaddeus 1'. Stewart of
South Burlington for 5.000, for the al
leged statf uicut by hliu that Mr. Drew,
liaving papers iu a criininal proceeding,
uolilied the party proeeeded agalust be
fore attfinpiug lo servo thcm.
Loren Toinllnson of Westford was
awakened about inldniL'lit, the tjtli lnsl.,
by the baikinf; of his doi;. aViisiny, he
fouud tlie rorii baru and hoj; house tn
llre. Tlie neighboi s wcre al ii ined. nnd
by liaid woik saved the (lwelllng house,
the wind blowing the llre away Iroin it.
Kev. Kli Ballou, I). I'., ilied at Boyul-
tou on Mondav niornln!:, ajrea 71 years
Kev. lr. Ballou was tlie oiiicst nniver-
sullst ulcrirvinan iu the Stato aud hud a
verv wltle acdualutauee lu au parts oi it
Kor a tireai nianr years ue euueu uiu
" . .11....1 .,.
UtjmUory, tlio rniversallst State orgau
publishcd nt Moutieller.
Tlie ileath ls nnnouneed of 1'oswell
Dewey of Northtleld, aged 81 years, six
nidiiths nnd tlneo ilays. Jir. ucwuy
was boiu in I'oyaltou iu 1801, and Mareh
l'.l. 1S:!S. uioved to Northtluld. Ile was
for uiany years a pruiuiuuut inan iu the
all'alrs of the towu. belnjr surveyor, fon-
Kiuble. instiee of tho oeaee, teaeher of
niiisie. and for six vears, uuder the ad
inlulstratlou of I'rcsidcnt Llucolu, held
tho ollice of postuiuster.
tt.iv. Jnlm II. Hleks of tho Contrrcira-
tional ehurcli at Montpelier, a Yale grml-
uate. was callcd to tlie I'resuytcrian
ehuruh at Bull'alo, but decllncd to go.
Tlie war between II. K. Wakcfleld of
St. Johnsbury and tlie local t'rcsbytc
rlans has seorcd anotlier battle, Wake
lleld vletor. On liis lilgh feneo ncxt tlie
ehureh palnters had ereetrd their slaginv;.
Ile tore uown ins ience guuueiuy nm
other dav nnd broiiRht palnters atul
paint-potVto tho ground with consldeta-
bie uauiage. l no socieiy n.is ui uugiu. un
against lilin.
rnnt. tontfrnnierv of Isle La Motte
eut down an aneicnt maple ono day rc-
iu.iit v iiiul n snl t inr It o peu at inu
..intidi lin fmmd a nicce of brass about 4
liwli.-s loify bv '2 l-'J inclies wlde whlch
was ornanionted with an cagle and in
si.illw.il. ": Pluribun (Hiim,"nnd"177C.
The plato was so llriuly iiubedded in tlie
wood that tho leltering was embossed
on the maple. 4
Tlie Veriuont Sliadc-lJolIer conipany
of W.i irnniii's lias bcen convertcd iuto
toek conipany. Tho stock is liinlted to
800.000. The" conipany held tlicir tlrst
im.(.lnrr Suturdav. Willard Cianc of
Burlington was eiected presideut; 11. F
l.'oss. siiiiierliitendent: Arthur Crane,
spciel.Hrv and treasurer. Proiuinent
lmnber dealers in Burlington have taken
stock in tlie conipany.
Iipnnrtiniiit Coniiiiauder VnlctUiuc, G
A. !.. announces the following addi
tional appointinent upon his dpparttnent
stall: Kittredge Haskins, Judge advoeate
general. Brattleboro; 11. E. Taylor,
chief iiiustering olllcer. Brattleboro;
aids-de-cainp, II. W. ICiugsley, Kutland;
V. y. I'nllnr. Bennington: U. K. Itus
sell. Bellows Falls; J. M. Tarbell, Wes
ton; A. .1. Xoves. Bennington; K. J .
Collby, Windsor; C. W. Carr, Brandon
While A.X. Batbcrof Charlotte was
ii!phiiMv iliiiniti!r water from a shallow
well for stock. he lost-hls balanee by rea-
son of ice aud uitclied head llrst mto tlie
well. but succeeded iu catching hold of
the stonc-i sulllcient to stop hiniself wltl
head and shoulders uuder water. The
well was sniall and it beoanio a (luestlon
of backhiL' un and out or turningaround
He succeeded in doinir tlie latter, and
canio out of that well witli the slncerest
pieasurc.
Emerson Goss of Waterford, while
snwiuir wood with n horse power. fell in
souie way nnd was drawn feet llrst iuto
a snace four and one-half inches wide
between tho lairs nnd tlie atbor and be
foro the inachiue could bo stoppod he
was ln aliuost up to his anns. The only
wav to rescue hiui was to unscrew and
take oll" tlie lairs. whicli was done. It wn
sunnosed that the Iniuries would ncccS'
sarily prove fatal, but upon exa'nlnation
no bones woro uroKon or (iisiocatcu
neitlier eouUl there be discovercd auy
serious Intcrnal injury.
.lureiniah Frost. a Canadian desperado
has been nrrestcd at Feachani and takcn
back to St. Albans. 1'iost was llrst ar-
restod at St. Albans. in April last. at the
instance of Canadian ollicors. He was
then a fucitivc froiu iustico and was
tracked thero by Slierill'l'ickel of Swcets
bunili. Ho is wautcd in Canada for :
niurderous assnult and highway robbery
cointnittcd on FrcdXewton nt Stuckely.
Frost was held for extrndltlon last spring
by order of a Unlted States t-otniii Issioiuii
toawalttlie arnvaior necessa-y requisi
tion n:iiers from the Canadian authori
ties. but beforo they canio to lunid ho tun
neled out uuder the St. Albans jall and es
capcd.
On Friday last. at Bellows Falls. a llre
orijrlnatinj: in the four-storv huilding.
occupied by tho Vermont Farm Alachino
conipany lor mauuiactunng tarnung lin
plcmcnt's, and Osgood & Barbcr. nta
cliinlsts. cntiicly destroyed the buildin
and its contenU. The llre was got uuder
control wlthout extending to other
buildiuirs. The losses aro as follows
On buildlng, owned by tlie Bellows Falls
Canal conipany, lo,000; Osgood
Barkcr's loss, 8:10,000. The Vermont
Farm Machine company's loss is about
84D.O0O. Tho cause of thu tlre Is un
kuown.
T.arca nuantities of cedar poles aro bo-
lug shipped tliis winter from railroad
stations at New llaven, Salisbury
Leicester Jimctlon, Vergcnues aud North
Ferrisburh. The poles are for use iu
growlng hops. llop-growors are nmk
i titr extcnsivo preparatious for an iu
creased prodiictiou. It is claluied thu
bops can be growu at tlfteen ccnts
pound with prollt. The poles briug at
the various railway stations SC.'i per 1,000,
Large uuantltles ol "story poles," used
around the outside of hou-vnrds. are al
so uelug tiougnt. Tllrv are not less tnan
twcuty-two leet long and from three to
llve inches at the butt. aud scll at 8100
per 1,000. Several tnillious of theso
poles have beuu shipped from Vermout
to tho hop-jrrowing sections lu New
York aud Massacliusetts during thu
prcsent w lutcr, and a large force of meu
and teams are stlll busilv entrntred
ln
cuttlug nnd haullng from the swamps.
very sad nll'alr is reported froiu
Fletcher. Carlos II. Furnswerth of
Fairfax, a deputy sherltl', sturted early
Tliursday uiorniug for Biughamville, iu
1' letclier, to summous it wltncss, aiter
whicli he started back honie, golng soine
what out ot a ilirect courso to summous
another wltness. About 7 o'elock h
was fouud !u the road, dend, with a cut
across one eye. ! roui appearauce, it ls
supposcd thut his horschadgotoutof the
road, iuto the decp suow, hreaklng one
of the shafts of the slelgh; Farnworth
had uuhltchcd the horse for tlie purpose
of gettiug out. of the dilllculty moru eas-
ily ; iu his etlorts to do so he had buen
struck iu soine way, and tho ellects of
the hlow, with tliestlngiugcold weathcr,
rcndered liliu helpless and ho perished.
Wheu fouud he was only about llfty
rods from a house, aud had becn deatl
but a short thnc, as only portlons ot the
body wero niuch fro.eu. Mr. Farns
wotth, hesldes being (Uputy sherltl', wns
cngaged to soine exteut lu lustirnuce
buslness. and was also a nrosperous
fariuer. navlnir strlct attentlou to the
breeding ot Jersey cnttle. Ho was about
slxty years old, aud leavcs a wife aud
ouo sou. OSt. Albun Mcssenytr.
Temperance Golumu,
KWiED nr TIIE
W. C. T. TJT.
'2V(c Lord of Hosis iswilh us, the Ood
of Jacob is our rcfuijc.11
PraUhnt Mrs. U. I). TwiTCin:!.!,.
llecording accrrlnry Mlift. (,K. C.Wai.hi.i:
Corremmmting Stcntury Mrs. Aiii;um;tii V.
Treasurer Mrs. VAV. liLAKCIIAltli.
Oiuliioiis Figures.
In a lcttor rcccntly pulilislicd iu tho
Lonrton Times. Mr. WUIiam llolyo
ulvcs 8omo facts nnd fiirures concern-
Ing tho liquor traillc iu Grca' lirittain
that aro rcally appalluig. Tlio cx-
ponililtiro on drink tho past, ycar was
$300,372,300, a sum 23,975,925 in cx
coss of tho cost of llio preceding ycar.
Thc consuinption of beor alono atnoiitil-
ed to 970,788,504 gnllons, thc cost ol
which was 304,045,710 leaving tlio
cnst of othor intoxicants at $271,32G,
590. Tho drink bill lor tho past. ten
vears atnounts lo tho cnorinoiis stnn of
37,180,000,000, or noarly Iwico the
national (lolil ol tlml comilrv. Tliis is
shnply tho cost of tho liquor withnut,
countiiig tho iuilirpcl losses growing
out ot its ttso. If theso tvcrc aildcd
tho gross total would oxcecd heliol.
As it is, the avorago ycarly cxpcmli
tnre for drink is about 035,000,000, or
7,500,000 more than tho icutal of all
llio hotisoB aml land In tho Uuitcd
Kiugdoni. Tho dcvelopuiontof crimo,
paiiporisin and iusanlty kcops paco
with tho incroascd cousuuiptioii of
tlrink. Whilo twenly years as:o tho
couviclioiiB t'or critno avoragod 259,011
uuuually, lor tho past three yours iho
aniiual average has bcon 520,028, au
iiicrcnse ot more than two luiudrcit
porcout. The nuinhor of vagrautRaiul
lunatics has iucieascd in siill grcatur
proportiou, while tho cxpeiiditures lor
poor ralcs and polico rates wore grcat
cr in 1880 than at auy previous tinio iu
rdiglish lustory. Tlns is a terrible
picturo for a country which prol'esaes
o Btaml at tlio trout ot Uhristiau na-
tious. Tlie Times may well say,
"(Iriiikiug hallles iiJ, confounds us,
slmiiics us aud ni(i1:ks us at evcry
point. Kvcry olhcr iustitulion lloitu-
dcra in hopoless (lifliculties; the puh-
lic houscholds its triutnpliaul coitrse."
Early Hoino-rrolcctlon.
Ilish'ip ltowman, iu au address at n
great tctnpcranco inccliug I'tiring tho
scssiou ot thc iiritisii wesioyau cou
I'eroticc, August, 1878, roforrcd to an
itnportaut ilucision by his parciits, as
follows:
"Wheu I was a little boy, sir, I slept
on a truckle bed in my luothcr's room,
aud one night, when, no dottbt, sho
thottght uio aslcep, 1 hoard hcr say.
'I aui gettiug very uiieasy about our
only son carrying thu liquor to tho
work pcoplo.' Fathcr mat'n auswcr.
'What shall wo tlo then?' 'Well,' said
tnother, 'I will tnnko strong collce and
sttpply thoin with it while at work,
aud at the closc of tho day give one
shilling to each ot the forty cinployed.'
Sir, I carried out the cotlee, aud that
day all hande wero contout, aud not a
bad word was used. Fathor gave
mother pcrmissiou to pull out thc tap
aud let tho liquor ruu away. Sho
quickly did so, prayiug all tho time."
Tempernitcc Xotcs.
Ex-Seuator Merritnon of North
Carolina, in a rccent proliibition uieet
ing iu that State, said: "I have never
meddled with liquor! I have ncver,
druuk it,liave Imrdly kcpt it as incdicino
in my family, aud yet it lias tneddlcd
with iue, has mado my boy a wander
iug ragabond, has brokon my wifc's
lioart; vcs, wlion I was aslecp, think
ing li'uu at liotno iu thc house, ho was
beiug made a di'uukaid iu thc Imr
rooins ot lialoigh."
A lady has just givoi 0,000 to tho
teuiperanco cause, who n l'ew years ago
was tokl by hor husband that as teui
peranco was being agitated iu their
btate (Virglnia), he tliought ho would
eign the tctnperauco plcdgo to hclp tho
canso. With great prido sho said, ''L
should bo ashamcd of a husband wlio
would thus surrcndor his personul lib
erty. " Ouo year from that titno ho
dicil of dcliriuin tretucus, and hursoii",
learuiug to drink al their uiothcr's ta
ble, have both diod drunkards. C'oh
greguttonulUt. 1 iiudcrtake to inniiitain ttulUiicliing
ly what Mr. Uladstouo has said, that
tho intctnpcranco of tho Anglo-Sax'iti
races, cspecially of Knglishmou, Scotcli
nien nnd Anie'ricans, has iujitred us
moio tlmn war, pcstilcnco aml faniiiic.
wo are the most druukcu uation on
earth. It is not too iuucli lo say that if
We could shake oQ iuteinperauco as
thoroughly as the Iliudoos aud Turka
havo dono, wo should probably double
tho iiicomo et the Uuited Kingdoui.
Josepli Cook.
Last sttuimer, at a great public
meotiug iu Exeter hall, Loudoti, His
Kiiiiiicnco Oardinal Mnuiiing said:
"What is all our poliiics compared
wltli thls questloui' t wish some
ol our great statcstneu would walk
through our great towns, aud would
go from house to house, aml eeo.tho
conditlon of tho people. 1 wish they
would coino and hoar tho biographius
ot intense tuisery which aro tound
iiudor tho huiublest rool's; and wheu
thoy have heard theso lliiugs, nnd
fouud that thoy aio to ho tracod up to
one b'ack fotiutaiu iutoxicating
drink I bolievo they would lay asida
thoir political qucetioua aud coutlicts,
aud lake iu hand that which touchoa
tho very root of the lito aud uiorals of
tho peoplo. How ls it that mcn
who profoss to bo statesiuoii aud pol
iticaus cau wasto their litne, aud tho
tituo of tho lcgisluture, beforo they
take tliis subject iu huud'i"'
