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fte -AJacL AI31DISONr COITNTY 0-OTJ3FtnXT-A.IJ. VOL. L. MIDDLEBURY, VT., SEPTEMBER 18, 1885. NO. 38. MILTON A. BROOKS, SUCOESSOR TO STAPLETON & BROOKS, Insurance INSURANCE 1'LACED IN TIIE LEADING English and American Fire Companies. Life Insurance in ACCIDENT INSURANCE IN THE FIQELITY AND CASUALTY OF NEW YORK. POrdcrs by niail or telcgraph will rccoivc proinpt attcntion. Ollicc in I'rohiitf Itlovlc. .lliddklnirv. VI. Middlebury, Vt.; Aug. 151, 1SS5. New Furniture Store Having sccured n (irst-class C1TY UPIIOLSTER, I can Upholster kinds of Parlor Fiiriiitnrc. I also keep on hand a largc stock of Lounges, Pat. Rockers, Student Chairs, OTTOMANS, FOOT RESTS, BOOK CASES, WTIAT-NOTS, .fce. Parlor Suits, Chamber Suits, SPRING 13EDS, MATTRASSES, RECLINING CIIAIKS, DINING CHAIRS, &c. BENJ. B. HOPE. NO, 19 MAIN STREET, Daniel Lambert ! WILL STAND AT- Thc Bread Loaf Stock Parm, Middlebury KORTY Mares liave bcen covered, moro approved mares will bc taken. TPRMQ Sl 00 to warrant ; S75, i uiiiiiv niaro not provc in foal Record, 229, Will stand at tbe Weybridge stablcs at very low prieo of $25 with privilege of leturn. Two niares from tion's colts liavc been sold at auction dozen of his colts aro as yet 4 years his colts rank with the fastcst m thc BAIIEL LAMBERT is not yet produced. II e las now J 'J inorc othcr living horse : and wc belicve liko equal estabhslicd nient have never bcioro been ollercu so low.J JOSEPH BATTELL. Midllebury, Vt., May 12, 1885. CO TO THE NEW MARKET, (Valletto'e Block) for FRESM AND SALT MEATS, FRESH AND SALT FISH, (FltF.SH FlSll 1JKCE1VKU KVEltV TllUlISDAY) AND A KULL UNK Of- General Groceries. And alao CANNKO GUODS of tlio bcst quallty to bc. liad, Iloncy, U'orchesterslilre Sauce, Durkec'a Salad Dreaaing; Ilaklng l'owdcrs, wlth wlilcu clilna cnps and pitelicra are glvcn; Alixcd l'ick. ela In gallon Jara and amaller packngea; Mother HubbardSoap; Ivorlno (for clcaning), a ailvcr tcaapoon witli evcry packagc; Fruita in tbcir aeaaon, Datcs, Ciindy, (JIGARS, TOBACCO, Etc. STOCK ALL FRESH. Oive us , Call 8. H. BRACEY, Middlebury, May 13, lttoi. Jigent. New York Life. MIDDLEBURY. VT, or are alroady booked to liiin. 20 with privilege of roturn should ; S.)0, eash, for thc season. saino owner, $40. Two of Mo at over $500 cacli. Lcss tlian i old. We confidently expect to see Country. onc ot tne. Krcatest trottinc sircs, it the greatest, that thc world has trotters witli recorus tlian any the Bcrviccs of a sirc of anything BLANCHARD CHURN Tlvo sizea mwlo for Fauiily Dalrica, Five blzea lor Factory uwj. l'crfect stock aml tho beat work. Stroug, nimplo. eiucient. convenleut aud dur able. Tbey coutlnue to bo THE STANDARD CHURN OF THE COUNTRY. TRY ONE. Send for full Descriptive Circulars to PORTEIl RLANCJLUtD'S SONS, CONCORD, N. H. SMITH & ALLEN Kccp on liand, or furnlali on aliort notlcc, all klnda Ituilders' Hardware (Kmbracing, wlth tlicold varictlea.tho new and relebratcd Nilcagooda), ATailN, ooin, Sasli, ISUihIn, UOSENDALE ft POUTI.ANl) CEMKN T, ItliACK AND WHITE 1.1ME. Also I.UMHEIt of cvery variety, I.ath, Clap. boards, l'ure Ileart Kliinglea, i8-lnch Bprucc.nlno and co lar, alao innnulacturcra of all klnda of llouae Finlthlng Matcrial and llcc Keepera' Sup. plies. Ofllco and mill flrat door on Mlll Strnvt. MIDDLEBURY, YT. WAGQNS and III A KULL L1NE OF 11.11. Babcock&Co.'s OIPETJ and TOI? BUGrGIES! AND 3-SPRING AND PLATFORM S7W AGONS! I ii a variety of stylcs and prircs. Tlicfrc vcliiclea arn niadc in a llratlasa man. ncr lioth us regards inaterl.il and workmanshlp. mtisfactory warrant glvcn wlth cvery ono of llicm. At m CARRIAGE Repository Xcar llallroad Hridge MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT. Miiy i, 1885. Old Dr. Booth's YEGETABLE ira 11 in 111 111 A pleanant, aafe, reliablc, aml prompt romcdy l'or tlio rcmoval of atninacli nnd aeat or pln worma Irom chilil or adult. lt is cusy to takc; ncvcr i'allx ; absolulely liarmlesa and reiiuirca 110 allcr.pliyslc. l'ricc 'J." ecnta; at Hanaford'a, wisliinir to lcnrn lnisiiu'se rciiuiremcnts eliould Bi'iid for llie new caliilogue of thc .Mailcd Ircc willi niierinii'ns of ixMiiuunshiii. Ail- dn-ss Carnrll & Carliart, .11 and KJ N'. 1'carl st., Albany, . x. MONEY can bo nuido tellliiir kooi! usclul, ovcryday bo ka, tlmt pi'flplo want, i. r , Tili: l'KOl'I.Kh' ClCMH'KIHA I0.UKI Vol Bol(l). Rllll'ATH'8 UsirKD Staii:s liNTimv (Wo.ooo Vols. K"ld). ua&ki:ll'h Com. I'KNItlt'M OK FoitMS (213,0(10 Vols. sold). THE I'KH'I.KH' AT1.AS (BOOIl to bc iailicd). TllEAK- mtv ofi mol'GMt; .Mdtiikh, lloMEand Heavkn New). Tiib Wohlii, lllsturicul anrt Actual (about rcady). Actlvc Salesmi'n wanted. 9Milk Street, oppositc thc 1' O., ltoston.. INDIGESTION To struiitlicii the stomaeh, create au appetitc, and rcmou thc borriblo di-prea-(lon iiud ilesponUeiiey whicU reult from Iiullgotlou, tlicro is notblni; so ftTectlre as Ayer's Thee ViH contalu uo calonu'l or othur poisonous ilrug, act diivctly on the liut!vu aml asImilatlve oi':m, and ri'lorc lii-alth aml frtreugth to tlio I'liliio svhtciii. T. 1'. ltoimi'r, Clieatcr, l'a., writos: "I liave ui'il Ayer'a l'ills for tlio pat !!0 yriirs, aml am satUtlcd I slioiild not liavo licin atie to-Jay, U lt liud not bmi for tlieiu. Thuy Cured mo of I)ypepia wlien all othcr rcmcdles falleil, and thcir occaloual uc has kept mo in a hcalthy condilion cver sincc." 1.. X. Sniirii, Utlea, X. Y., wrltca: "1 liaw n-cil Aycr's l'illt, for l.lvcr troublej aml Imlit'-tlon, a kooiI jnany ycars, and havo alxvays fouml thcm jiroinpt and cllU'icnt in thclr m tlon." Itlvhard Xorris, I.ynn, Mnx., writes : "After lniich aufTer Ug, I hao bcen cured of Dypepsla aud l.ivcr troubles By Usiiifj Ayer'a l'ills. Tlicy havo douo mo more (,'ochI tlian any othcr tncdicinc I liave cver taken." John llurdett, Troy, Iowa, wrllcs: "l'or neaily two years my llfo vwn rendeied mUcrablo by tho horrors of l)yi.ii'pla. Meilleal treatment alTorded mo only temporary rclief, and I becamo redtieed in lleh, aml very inneh debill tated. A friend of minc, who had been ahnilarly aflllcled, ndvlsed mo to try Ayer's l'ills. 1 dld so, and wlth tho liapplest results. Jly food booii eea.eil to ilMri'xs mc, iny appetito returncd, and I becamo as stroui; aml wcll as cvcr." Ayer's Pills, I'ltKI'AItF.I) BY DB. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mmi. l'or talo by all UrugIits. M1J1M d II II II II III UUII (Sountv ntcTTosj. Bristol. Monday wns calk-d a liot tlny licro. Slrs. Carrle Orow of Itutlnndis vlsitlntr in town. Tho bitnd nre nt tliu Vcrircnnes falt thls wcok. Oco. II. Urooks islioincthis wock from Quccn Clty park. iV tcinpcnuiuu Sabbath-scbool la lild overy bumlay arternoon at the liaptlst cliuruh. Frank Urooks of ICnnsas and M. D. I'arink'c of Middlebury werc in town Sunday. A little controvorsv over tlio posscsion of a ehild. on West street, lust Sunday, mado tlilngs llvcly for a whllc. There wns a larco attciidenee at Mon- day's inarket. lluttcr wns a trllle hlKber, and trade improved nceordingly. The Urlstol Lecture association will hold a niL'etiiiK Fiiday evonlno; of tliis week l'or the election of ollleers. Jfew Hnrcn. Kcv. C. S. Sargent prcached in Shorc Imin last Sunday. Mr. nnd Mr?. G. D. llinuinn are to oc- cupy the Kont eottago thls winter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilson of Ilincs biir;li werc in town thc past wcek. Miss Minnic IJoseoc has been pursulnij hcr tnusiual studics thls sumnicr under llic instruetion of Prof. Orth of Boston. Thc young ladics of the town Rave a sneial at the town lmll on U'ednesday uvcniiiK. Itef rcshments werc served and a good time enjoyeil, all for a dime. Mrs. Alleu Katon of Hussell. Kansas, arrived in town last Saturday. She cntncs for the purpose of plaeing hcr ehildren in liectnan aoademy, hcr eldest son hav ing graduatcd from thls institutlon in '81). Tho treasurcr of tho Conjjretfatinnal Sunday school sent thls week S.0 to Hev. Chas. . Shclton to aid in his woik ainon"; the Indians in tho far West. One half of thls sum was contrlbuted by the Sunday school. Frank Steele, einployed for a few years as elcrk in the store of his unele, tho lato A. M. loeoe, elosed his labors herc thls week. IIc has been a pleasant, geiiial young inau. ahvays gcntlemanly, eourteous and obllginK to all. A host of friends will regret his departure from town and society. Ur. llenry Iliekok of Orange. X. J., oceupled the pulpit of this church last Sunday, giving an exceedingly llne dis courpe. lle was asslsted by Bev. 1'ogei' hargent, father of tho pator. The doct or has been spending his vaeation in this aud adioining luwns. IIc is a biotli- er of Klias Iliekok ot tliis plaee. Scveral persons in tliis and adjoining towns have recoived eopics of '"'llenry Doude's Deseendants," a Kcneiiloirieal work complled bv Itev. W. W. Dowd of I'ort Chester, X. Y. Henry Doudc caine from noar I.ondou,Ung.,in Holland scttlcd in Guilford, Conn., and is bclicved to bc thc progenitor of all tho Dowds or thosc ot simllar namc in Ameriea previous to 1770. Several of his deseendants eanie to Vermont in an early day. and in this countv thc namc is found in Xew Haven and Salisbury. Many otber ironiineut tamiiies ln tne couuty are uioou uonueu tions, includintr thoso of IIeddin:, Kanji' don, Walker. I'rlme, Dunshce, Sinith, Nash and others. While tindoubtcdly largc numbers havo talled to bc heard from, 12,JiO blood deseendants In teu generations have been reglstered by namc anit nuuiocr. i iiousatuts are now living. scattcrcd to nearly cvery Slatc and Ter- ritory m the L nlon anu somc In forelgn countrles. Tlic namc, during tho : years, has sull'orcd many iniitatioii. the eompiler huving lound nlno ditlerent mcthods of spelllng as probably buloni;- Ing to this family, but the terminal "o disappenred in tho fourtli generation and now uowu anu uouu are thc aluiost or ijuito unlvcrsal orthographics. Vergennes. J. O. Bodwell ot Xftshua, X. II., was ln town over Sunday. u. 11. hpauhiing and wltc have te- turned from their visit in Lewis, X. Y. Pears aro nuitc plentlful and rathcr drug ln the market; 50 cents per bushcl is all tlicy uriug. Cyrus llrown, who has bcen sick for scveral weeks, is not Improvlng as fast as iils many irtcnus wlsh. It Is rumorcd that Ueputy Sheritl' Mid- dlebrook has uaptured James Mltehell, who cseaned Irom liun some days slnce ; but lio lias not arrived at tliis wrltlng. Tho wifc of L. A. Holmcs died last Saturday. She had had consumjitiou for somc tltuo. Tho funeral was ncltt Alon day nnd tho rcmalns werc taken to Peru, X. ., ior intcrmcnt. F. A. Woodbridgo took all tho prizos lor i'erciicron norses at tlio btate iitlr, IIIs thoroueh-brcd Imported stallions at tractetl ennsidcrablo attcntion whcn thov wero cxhibitcd on thc track in front of tho grand stand. Vergennes was wcll reprcscntcd at tho Statc fair. W. K. Qrecno tooka prcmium onsccdcorn; O. II. Fisher ot Addison was awarded a prcmium on his pair of matched driving horses.and J. H.Sprague of Waltham took sccond money in thc 2 :4o racc. 'Majo" went to thc Statc fair, and " Majo " Is Gen. Grandoy's dog. IIo was inisscd by tho family on Monday and Tuesuay oi last weeK, anu neilnesuay 111.11 a ,1 ,.a i.v.. , 1. 1, ...i.w i.Uk ,a Dbvu nt Uoward park. Thursday tho general and Jo8so toou a trlp to tho (juccn clty and tho park. At tho latter placo tho dog was found, wlth lots of rlbbous on liiin, giving ono tho idca that hc bclongcd to tho blue rlbbou brlgade, At any rato lt wns a uurlous f rcak ln the dog to go 20 mllcs to nttcnd a fair wlien tlicro was to bo olo held rlglit hcro this wcck; but dogs will do queer tlilngs somctlmes. It is safc to say that tho gcneral's family wero glad to havo thc dog wlth theiu agaln. y Ellsl Qur cominui) YlHh itist. byth East Middlcbnry. ity was sliocked on the by tho sudden dcath of John M. Klng. IIc had been nt. tlio Statc fair, returncd to Middlebury Thursday night and stald all night at tho l'ierco" llouse. IIo arrived home on Frlday at 11 o'elock. and sald to his family, " Aro you glad to sec nic'i"' After dlnner and talk with his brothcr-ln-law, ho soon lay down. Af ter a little time thc daughtcr and mothcr stepped lnto the room nnd found liiin iu au insenslble eondltlon. Thc doetor was called, but it was soon found that life was extlnet. Ily somc lt was thoiight ho had taken too muuh oplitm thrnuuh a tnlstake, as hc had been aeeustinncd to takc it for his disoase. Tho deeeased was ii.'t years old and was born lu tho town of Huntington. Most of his years had been spent in thc towns of Middle bury, Salisbury and Jiipton. lle waslong i ueaier m lumucr, owning two (liiicrent snw-mills. For some of tlic lift years hc had run a groeery herc and had taken ous ot suninving tlio lorgc wlth eoal. IIo was a generous, open-hearted, sym pathetiu man, a kind neiglibor. ready to supply the wants of the needy. IIc leaves only thrcc sisters of a largc family .Mrs. Uloycs ot Salisbury. Mrs. Ur. l'owors of ltipton and Mrs. F. Grant of Warren. iiierc rcmalns ol his lauiilv a wile. a daughtcr aud two sons, who scnsibly fccl their loss. with othcr relations and friends. IIc will bc misscd. The funer al was held at the mecting hou.e on Sun- oay, wnerc wns gatnereii a very largo audicncc to tako leavc of their lotig-timo clierlshed friend. Itev. S. W. Iiidwell ollleiated, taking for his tcxt Janies iv, 1J aud 11 "l'or what Is vour liteif ' IIc .....n ....M..t.l i... i.,.. r ii i. 7 Vcst Cornwall. Several of our citi.ens went to Iturling ton to the fair. Tho Ladics' Union Aid soeictv met witli Mrs. lt. A. Footo Wednesday afternoon or tliis week. A sister of Mrs. Kdgar Sanford. witli hcr daughtcr and two grand-childreu, irom tho West has lately visited her. Mrs. G. T. Dimmock and little hoy re. turned last Friday from a viit to her si-S' ter, Mrs. Frank ltargay of Ptiehville, X. Y. Mrs. Sercna Pond. who has bcen stav ing somc weeks at Kli.ur Peek's, h:i' gono to Middlebury and is at F. W Picree s. Mrs. Minnic Horton and sons, who have been boardlng at Frank WandaH'r through the sumnicr, lefta weekago last jlonday moruing for lndiana. Mrs. I)r. G. W. llond retunu d Monday from a two-weeks visit to ill noro, X l. Her uiotlier, Mr. boverani'o, caine witli her and stopned over night on h way to ltostou. Com is being eut and potatoes dti; Thcro is a llno yicld of potatoe. if tho wet weather does not causc deeay. An ples are quitc plentiful, somoof the wcll- Kept orchards breaking under their weigntoi llne lrult. L'luius aml pears are also abundant. Uc)hrldgc. ltcv. W. M. Ayres will speak at M. K. chuivli next Sunday, Supt. 20, the Mlss Lucy Harringtoii has rrturned from a season at thc Bread Loaf luu Thc last four of tlic eiirht boarders that have been at Mr. Cole's startcd for home Monday morniug. Mr. and 5lrs. Cliarles Sturtevant, ae uomiianied by Miss .lenny Sturtevant, are vlsltlng tricnus at ht. Allians. Tho school at the villagc aeadeiiiy.taught by Miss Cady,is goingontinely. A gsotl interest is already manife.'-ted and no doubt iinproveinent will be shown ltcv. Kli.abeth Delcvan is at hcr home in Xew York. Slie has been iiuahle to preacli for two Sumlays. but will un doubtedly bo ablo to tlll her appolnt mcnts horeafter. Tho Weybridge temperanee union will hold a tneoting at tlio . M. ehureh on Sundav evening next at 7 :1!0 o'oloek. Thcro will bo an nddross by ltcv. Frank rlglit aud others. All are invited. Tho sick list is not very largc jut now. Karlo Harrington has a comparntively light attnck ot typhoid fever and is doing wcll. llert Cobb is very siek with tho samo discaso aud fcars aro entertained as to thc rcsult. Chas. Moody is eouvales cent. Qulto a nuniber of tho young people ... . -fl 1.... !. ... itlU iltWiy UL tLIIUUI. ,1CI1U OIIU11CII l ilL Dcemaii academy for a three-ycars eotirse. John ihn Brittell and Hernlee TSvitchoIl and Toss Ilayward aro at Middlebury school. Mlas Susicllurlburt is at tho Troy confer cnec academv for a vcar. Whiting. Frcd Sawyer h.13 gonc to Pittsford to livo witli his tHotlier. Frcd DanicU has gone to Pahucr, Mass., to attcnd seliool. Uella Swinoy has gono to ISutland to work for Mrs. H. W. Cheney. Joseph Amcs and family havo moved into F. 1). Douglas' tcncuicut houso. Dr. Henry Wright was visiting his father at thc old hoino Sunday. L. J. Cloyes and son havo returncd to their home at Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Mary Goodell of Salem, Washing ton county, X. Y Is visiting friends herc. Fred Brown, Ilcrbert Holmcs and Hen ry Wells aro attendlng seliool iu Bran don. Mrs. E. F. Xcedhntn Is baek from tho West, whoro she has been visiting friends. Herman Wilson is rcpairing his houso nnd puttlng a new uudcrplnnlug ot tnar blo under it. Mrs. D. E. Brong and little daughtcr of Loekport, X. V., aro visiting hcr un ele, .1. B. Parker. Miss Kntlc lllcli has returncd to her hoino in Xow York clty. She was suin moued by telegraph to Baltimore beforc sho nrrlvcd In New York, to attcnd a I onner paticnt. .1. K. Parker & Son took the prcmium on their patent bag-holder at the Stnto fair and during fair week sold over 400 of thc maehlnes. Koh. Ituntlcy is claimcd as a resldnnt herc and hc has gono to Saxton's Itiver to suhool. Good reports will be hcard of his dolngs tluire. Only two of tho 15 Concrroj'ntlonnl eliurehes ln Caledonia couuty havo scttled paetors. Jlost of tho Iarircr nostollleps nf tlm Statc aro out of potal cards.Jand cannot gci more ac prescnt. I). C. Fau iiiL'ton of Xorth Danville. :i mill and patent inodicitic owner, has fail ed. Indebtedness. 8(1000. The L'niversitv of Vermont onenod tlio 10th at Burlington wlth a freshman class of.lOinall depaitinents. Thcro are 15 young women now in tbe university. A winter earnival. with toboiriran slldes and all tlm rest. is to bo held at Burling ton next winter under tho ansnlees nf tlm Coastlngolub. The cane rusli at tho lTn!versltv of Vermont between tho two lower class es came Saturday morning after chapcl exeroises, and rcsullcd ln favor of tlin freslimcu. Stcps are being taken bv the national governincnt towards establishlng a (luariintiiie on thc llne between Canada and tho I'nited Statcs onaecountof small pox in Jlontreal. I'nknown ncrsons entored tho cnrrl.io-n house of Ur.S.Wilcox.aphysieian ln Ben- ningion, aiut ruinetl two carriagcs by slasliing tho tops witli a knife. and bor- iug holcs iu llic box and runnlng gear. Mrs. Ur. Knihts of Snrinizllold and Miss Susan Datiiels of Grafton, ridlng between Chester and Grafton Fridav wero run awav with. thrown out and both seriously injured. Their recovory is Uoubtful. The untcrrilied of Morristown have a now seheine. Saturdav ni'ht the voters of this iicrMiasion held a tneetinir and nominated C. A. ltieli for postinastcr. .1. C. Kobinson. the prescnt incumbent, has been postmaster 2.! years. On a reeent night .Ios6ph White's fami ly at Springllcld was dist nbed by a noise in the barn. and an inyestigation showed that thrcc meii werc in tho barn mullling Mr. White's horso's feet. They ran from tlic barn, and have not bcen seen sinee. Diphtlicria is sald to be maklng seri ons ravagcs in Pownal. Gilbert Sarhuck died on Wednesday murning of diphtho ria aml tho funeral of Mrs. Edgar Mnr eliant who died of diphtiieritie soro throat was held Sunday. Othcr cascs are re ported. .laek Ackerman. onoof a party of men einployed on the farm of Smitli T'aylor of Chelsea to eut hi.s grain, assaulted n fel low laborcr naitied Forrest Hollins witli a suythc and nearly sovcred his right arm. The wound is a very dangerous onc. Aekerman is at largc. A rather singttlar ineident oeeurrcd on tbe train between this eity and Uoward park Thursday evcniug. Just boforc the train reaehed the depot, a eliild who sat in a woman's lap gave two shrieks and died instantly. The ehild was about six nionths old, and seeined wcll enough aud t'heerful a moment beforc it died. Xoth ing is ktiowu as to the eause of thc little one's dcath. I'n'e I'ress. At Lyndon, tlio othcr day, 1. Page's boys wero sent to diive somo sheep out of the Held iuto tlic priture. when near tho woods a bear suddenly aroso out of some liiizel-imt lin-lies (iiite closc to tliem. llriiin prepared to givc thcm a weleonio cnibraee. advaneing crectly with outstretehed fore arms. The boys ran home fastcr than they ever thought tlicy could run beforc. A thief was oaptured at Morrisville Friday night while trying to rob II. A. Slaton it t'o's safe. Hc had been suspeet- ed of being eonnected in a reeent robbery at Knosburg Falls and was lollowcd to Morrisvillo by a deteetivc. A nuniber of men werc stationed iu the store and pouticcd on liiin wlien ho bcgan to drill the safe. His nainc is Leonard Gibbs and lie lives at Knosburg Falls. Rutland has a sniall-iiox seare. Kittle II. llaynes, a ten ycars old daughtcr ot .Josepfi II. Ilavnes of South ltoyalton. was taken siek last week at thc llouse of 1 her grandfather.nr. U.II. llaynes, on tho 1 l' 11.1... .t 1 I, eornerof WestandlClin streets.and is now thought to bo suHering from a mllu attaek of variolold. Sho wenr to sehool last week Monday and on Friday an eruption appeared w hieli thc doetors tliink Is vario loid; but tlicy say it may bo clilckcn-pox. Tho scholars iii all thi) sehools aro uu dergoiug examinatiou and thoso ncedlug it are being vaecinatcd. S. M. Blake, a Bellows Falls astronom er, identitles tlic new star in tlic East ro eently diseovered as the "Star of Bethle liem.'' lu his astrouomical icading, ho uotices tho record of a temporary star appearing m tho years '.II,"). 12tl and again in 1572, tho 'intcrvening time av eraging ;tl 1 years. Tracing tho appear aneos baek. it would about hit thc datc of the Savior's birth, and looking for ward, ho expeeted it to appcar again in 1SSI. Thus, ho reasons. it is tlic star tho wise men saw. Ho says ho wns expeet inir it. and diseovered a new star August 1 27. whleh ho bclieved was tho one. A day or so after Its diseovery was announe cd fiom tho Harvard obscrvatory. John .Mageo's son Froldie, 13 ycars old, was aeeldcntally shot through tho head on Friday at Slielburnand eannot re eover. Whllo Freddio and his brotlicr wero at work in tho gardcu thoy saw a wood ehuck, aud both ran to tho houso for tho gun, whieh they knew their father kept loaded iu a eiosct. As both boys wero anxious to gain posscssion of tho gun, ipiite a scutllco took piaec bctwcou them, and by neeidcnt tho hamnicr of tho guu caught upon soinething and was dls eharged, tho wholo heavy charge of B. lt. shot cnteriug the head of tho oldcst boy. Tho chargo entcrcd dlrectly bclow tho eye on tho right sldc, and enino out abovo the left ear. C