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THE MIDDLEBURY REG1BTER. SHOOTS HUSBAND- MRS. JULIA C R DORR. MIDDLEBURY LOCALS. Eyes nro not renewablo like teetli or limba, yet n great niHiiy peoplu nover give oni nioinent ofthought to their eyes until, hIhb, it is too lnto. We nro not nlannists, but we caunot emphnHize too strongly the need of being forelmnded with your eyes You should have your eyes exninineil without further delay. Otir Oplicnl Service is un purpa'sed nnywhere. A. D. BARTER 10 Mnin Street, Middlebury, Vermont. SEE Alioiit Your Eyes Xt Addison KIousc Tucsday, Jamuiry, 2S Start the New Year right and try hw Toric Lein. MAKEYOUREYESICOMFORTABLE All errorB of re Irnction cor neted by prop c r I y fi t t e d lenses. Ourex nminntion o f i ii r itn gunr nntees you a perfVtu fit o f Rlapws, Wh grind ur ow p li'iiFrn Kepair work by ninil leiunrtd Nmie day received. GIIBERT RI8T OPTICAL GO. Cliuroh St niirlii'ctnn. Vr OTHCR KIND Wo cll Shawmut Rublrerti H. S. Lazarowitz, middlebury. - Vermont E M PLOYM ENT Youngmen.if you wish posltions that will bring you advancement, attcnd the for a course of special stucly in NIIOHTMAM), TyrEwniTiNb ani Uuukkeli'Inc, The demanj forour men urailuates is tfreater than the bupply. Send for catalogue and particulars. Carnell & Hoit. Albany. N Y. JEWETT & GO Milk, Cream, Butter, Buttermilk, Skimmilk, Dutchcheese " STERILAC " SANITAItY STIUINER TOP PAILS. TI1E DEST EVER. YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU AIIE NOT SATISFIED. L. C.LI TCHF I E LD MANAGEIt. Mrs. A. B. Grlffln Central Flgure In Jericho Tragedy. Jericho, Jan. 20. -Mrs. A. B. Griflin in a fit of nngcr and despondcncy shot and seriously injured her husband, a civil war veteran, at their homo hcre Saturday night and then inflictcd in juries to herseif, which causcd her death Sunday morning at the Fanny Allcn hospital to which placo she wns hurriedly taken. Mr. Grifliin was shot in thn neck and is now in a serious condition at the liome of a neighbor. Despondency and discouragement is put down as the causo of the shooting. Mr. Grifliin and his wife had fre quently quarrclled, it is said, over household matters and particularly as to keeping n domsstic, the hus band believing that it was too ex pensive. They had quarreled Saturday night, according to the neighbors. "For a long time," the veteran said last evening, "my wife acted queerly. I think she was insane at times. Some tnnes she wouid become angry over nothing. I can't undcrstand it all yet." Mr. Griffiin was warming his hands over the kitchen fire when his wife crcpt noiselessly upj behind him and taking aim at his hend with a revolver, fired. The ball cut into his neek and as he felt the twinge and the warm blood trickling down clapped one hand to the wound and rushed out of the house cry ing loudly for help. His wife followed him and fired twice more, the shot going wild. Then she retraced her stops to the kitchen, and standing in front of the stove placed the pistol to her head and fired again. She fell to the floor unconscious. Neighbors heard the shooting and came in, and a physician was hurriedly summoned. The woman subsequently was conveyed to the hospital. She did not regain consciousness. The body was removed to Waterbury, her former home. The couple had been residents of Jericho for many years. He enlisted in company F, 16th Vermont, Septem ber 3, 18G2, at Whitingham, and was discharged for disability on October 23 of the same year and receives a pcnsion. He is 75 and his wife was GO. No llut'kurlip nr Klilnc.v I'nlliM It you lmve pains In tlie back, urlnary, bladder or hntney troublp, d'zzincsg and lack of encrsy, try MuthcrUray's AltOMAl IC-I.LAI'. the plnas ant herb rrincdy. As a tonic laxativr' it has no iiiu.tl. At It imjr'.tp, or by mail, ."fir. Ask to la. SA.Ml'I.K FUr,.-.. Addrota The Mother Gra Co., U'Kuj. N. Y. 3t4 Assets Neirly $2 000,000. The Winooski Savings bank corpora tion lielii its 44th unmial meeting Wid nesday at the bank and rt-elecU-d the odicers and board of trustees, and al-o elected as a trustee Guy W. Bailey, wlio is serving his third term as sacrc tary of state for the State of Vermont. The officers are: Piendent, Ormond Csle; first vtce president, Emory C. Mower; secoml vice president, Oiman P. Ray; treasurer, H. E. Gray. The trus tees are: Ormond Cole, Emory C. Mower, Ormon P. Ray, C. H. Shipman, R. J. White, G. B. Catlln, F. E. Big wood, H. E. Gray and Guy W. Bailey. The bank has assets of $1,920,260.28, an increase of $144,828.40 during the year; deposits of $1,795,331.73, which includes the January interest to deposi tors, and is an increase for the year of $138,526.52; and an actual net surplus of $186,866.27, an increase for the year of $17,364.79. The number of depositors is 3,500. It has paid depositors for the past year $64,900.42 interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum and paid taxes to the State amounting to $12, 298.79. In the early days of the bank money was loaned by individuals at the rate oi seven, eigni anu even lu per j cent., eight per cent. being the prcvail-, ing rate. Frequently, holders of six per cent. serial mortgages sold thenotes at a one anu two per cent. per annum discount. The reduction of the interest ratcs to the present prevailing rates is due in no small measure to the savi ncs banks of the State. The reputation of the savings banks 1 of Vermont for. careful, conservative j judgment in making loans account i 1.. r - i. : re : ' deposits throughout the State. This bank has no loan in Vermont or else where that draws over six per cent. semi-annual interest, believing that safety is the first consideration at all times. The bank has not lost a dollar frnm nnv lnnn mnrip in tho nnf flf ' and has today no paper of doubtful yalue nor upon which it expects to meet a Iobs, The bQnk's depositors are receiving the benefit cach six months from the large surplus which is reserved as pre scribed bv the laws goveming savings banks. The surplus at the same time stands between the depositors and any possible loss the bank may meet that would jeopardize their money. This bank h .s ahvays paid as high a rate, of interest as all' wed by law and consist ent with safety. There is no present reason why the Winooski bavitig bank Mrs. Julia Carolina (Ripley) Dorr, aged 87 years, the wcll-known Ver mont writer, died nt her home "the Maples" in Rutland Saturday. The end has been anticipated for weeks. It was brought about by senilo debility. Mrs. Dorr had been ill three months. Just before Christmas her lifc was despaired of but she rallied to such an extent that relatives who had been summoned returned home, expecting recovery. Mrs. Dorr sank rapidly after a collapse Friday and only her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Harry R. Dorr, was with her at the end. The funeral was held at 2:30 o'clock Tucsday af ternoon at the Congregational church. Mrs. Dorr was the last member of the famous group of New Englnnd writers that includcd Emerson, Holmes, Longfellow, and Lowell, and that gave Boston the title of "Modern Athens." All these were her intimates. At the Longfellow banquet in New York she was the only one present who knew him personally and at the 75th anni versary banquet at Sherill"s for Wil liam Dean Howells she was a guest of honor. After more than 60 years of work, her first poem being published in 1849. Mrs. Dorr's mind was still active and within a few days of her death, when she was too weak to hold a pen, one of her greatest regrets was that she was unable to finish a sonnet, nearly completed last October, that is con sidered one of her best efforts in the form of verse. Mrs. Dorr was born February 13, 1825, in Charleston, S. C., the daugh ter of Zulma DeLacy Thomas and William Y. Ripley. Her paternal an cestry in the Ripley family is well known. Her mother was the daughter of Jean Jacques Thomas and Susanne DeLacy, both natives of France, but for some time residents of San Do mingo, where Mr. Thomas was a mer chant, planter, and ship-owner. Dur ing the insurrection of the slaves under Toussaint l'Ouverture he fled to Charles ton with his family, where his daughter was born soon afterward. Mr. Ripley was a merchant in Charleston and there met and married Mrs. Dorr's mother. When Julia Caroline Ripley was about eighteen months old her mother's failing health made a change of cli mate necessary and the family returned to her father's native town, Wey bridge, but the mother died the day after reaching there. Until she was 10 years old Julia Caroline Ripley lived part of the time in New York and part in Miiullt bury. When she was 12 years old her father movcil to Rutland. In 1847 she was married to Seneca M. Dorr of Columbia county, N. Y., latera well known Vermont jurist, who died De cember 3, 1884. Judge and Mrs. Dorr made their home inlGhent, N. Y., until 1857, when they moved to Rutland and built "the Maples", celebrated for Ub rose gar dens and its beautiful situation on the banks f Otter creek, commanding a view of Mount Killington. It was here that Mrs. Dorr did most of her literary work. Mrs. Dorr is survived by a son, Rus sell R. Dorr, of St. Paul, Minn., and a daughter, Mrs. William H. Steele of Brooklyn, N. Y., mother of Frederic Dorr Steele, a well-known illustrator. She also leaves a brother, Gen. E. H. Riply of New York, whose summer home is in Mendon, and a sister, Mrs Charles E. Parker, of Vergennes. There are 10 grandchildren. Miss Eleanor Fradette is at Brattle boro. Mrs. J. F. Hahar has returned to Brandon. Miss Cnrrie Dewcy, who has been ill, is able to be out. Mrs. Almon Lovett, who has been ill with the grip, has recovered. Mrs. Margin Bishop and child have gone to Leicester Junction for a few days. Oflicer Jerry Degray is again on duty after a few days' absence on account of illness. T. H. Ormsbee has returned from Rutland, where he was called by the death of a relative. Herline Mclntyre who was badly bit ten by a dog a week ago, has recovered sufficiently to be out again. George Kidder has gone to Montpel ier, where he attended the annual meeting of the State Bakers' associa tion. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tabor have re turned home from a three weeks' stay with friends at Worcester and Boston, Mass. Mrs. Frank Gilmore is in St. Albans visiting relatives. Ernest Mumford has been called to Hartford City, Ind., by the death of his father. Mrs. Charles A. Piper and young child have gone to Ticonderoga, N. Y., called there by the illness of Mrs. Piper's mother. Mr. and Mrs. William Pryor have returned home from Proctor, where they vvent with the remains of his father, who died at his home on Pleas ant street. Officer Jerry Degray arrested George Moran Sunday evening for intoxication. On Monday in Judge A. W. Dickens' court he pleaded guilty and was fined $5 and costs. Not able to pay he was sent to the county jail for 15 days. W. K. Foster sold three fine Morgan colts this week which were shipped to parties in Brattleboro. The cattle shipment from the local station Monday consisted of three car loads for New York and Boston mar kets. Misses Ilelene Lapan, Mable Huestis and Bernice Kidder spent Sunday in Burlington. Mrs. Angelo Getti was taken to Rut land from this village Saturday night and taken to the hospital for an ap pemlicitis operation. Winfield G. Penniman and Miss Stella G. Gove, both of Athol, Mass., were' married on baturday, the lth, at the Congregational parsonage, Athol, by , Rev. Charles O. Eames. They were ! unattended. They will reside in their j new home on Brattle street. should not continuc its usual rate of interest of four per cent. and at the same time maintain its percentage of surplus to deposits. LADY WANTED To Introduce our vcry completo Sprinir line of teautlful wool BuitinKS. wash fabrics, fancy waistlnKi. silke. etc, h dk'fs., laces, and petti coats. All up-to-date N. Y. City I'atterns. Kln est line on the market. DeallDK dlrect with the mllls you will find our price low. I'rofits. J 10.00 to $30.00 weekly. Samplea and full imtructiona packed In a neat tample case, ehlpped express prepald. No money required. Exclusivo terri tory. Write for particulars. Be first to apply. STANDAM) DKKSS GOODS COMI'ANY. Dept, 610, Uinshamton. N. Y. 3t3 Hot Water Bottles iCAR LOAD OF NEW SLBIGHS VVe have on hand a fine assortment of Hot Water Hottle with all thenewest attachments. This is one of the most necessary thinjrs to havt in the home . Call and see them. We have them at all prices. Just in, including Delivery, Two Seaters, Top and Spring Sleighs and the N e w e s t Thinfj Out the Fore Door ! Sleighs. To appreciate this new style you must see them. i .... ' . . ... I ney are beautie.s and nothing equals them for comfort. Also a fine lot of Black Robes. Prices right on all, at E. H. THOMAS THE CA11HIAGE DEALKIl Middlebury, Vermont. CUBES PD 17 17 Send usyour dealer's r JLxl iB i name and we will cnd yu a box of Oxo Cuhcs free. At luncheon or dinner between meals when you are tired after shopping any time, a steaming cup of Oxo Bouillon is appetizin?, delicious, refreshing. No work, simply put an Oxo cube in a cup and add hot water. A Cube t3 a Cupfcl A Cupful in a Minute Qro Cubcs in lins kccp indemilely Tins of 10 cubss, 25c. Tins of 4 cubcs, iOc. Tinsof 50 and 100 cubcs cost less. CORNEILLE DAVID & CO., Sole AgenU Dept. 9 North Moore Street New York Cct Ozo Cobct from any of the following dealerc F. W. liECKWITII. R S. IJENEDICT, IS.it ell lllnek, PAUK IiRUC STO'iK. GOIMIAM & SONS, UKOUliK T. KIDniJR, ::H.!' V N liRt'CiSTORE. William H. Nlchols. William H. Nichols died January 15 at his home in Randolph after a long period of ill hdalth. Mr. Nichols was born in Braintree December 29, 1829. In 1S5G he was graduated from Middle bury college and then studied law with the late John B. Hutchinson in Ran dolph. In 1857 he was admitted to the bar and began to practice in Randolph, teaching school in the winter. In 18U0 he removed to Cedar Falls, Iowa, and there practiced till the out break of the Civil War, when he en listed as a private. He served at Vicks burg, New Orleans, Red River, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, capture of Mobile and in other engagements. He was wounded at Corinth and at the end of war took up farmiug on the father's place. Mr. Nichols filled several important offices, representing the town in the legislature and in 1874 was elected judge of probate. He was one of the oldest members of Phoenix lodge, No. 28, F. & A. M., and was acharter mem ber of U. S. Grant post, G. A. R. Greater Vermont Notes. The conference of representatives of Windham county organizations called by the Brattleboro Board of Trade to consider the formation of a county agri cultural association was very hucccssful. Fifty-three gentlemen were present, representing seventeen towns. A pre liminary organization was afTected. The county will be canvassed for mem bers and funds, and a meeting for per panent organization will be called with in two weeks. This week's Factory Site Bulletin of The Greater Vermont association cnlls attention to the fact that the Sterling company of Reading, Mass., which manufactures hardwood household novelties, mops, handles, etc, has rep resentatives investigating throughout New England for a suitable site for the establishment of a new plant. Any play which can play to packed houses for eight consecutive weeks at the Globe theater in Boston is worthy of much attention. This is what "The Rosary" did last winter. It comes here Wednesday, January 29. The Champlain Valley Traction com pany will hold their annual meeting in the Addison house parlors on Thursday, February 6, at 1.30 o'clock. The shipment of hay to the city markets has been discontinued, owing to the rough condition of the roads. There is yet a large amount to be shipped as soon as good sleighing comes. Mrs. Harry C. Shaw and three chil dren of Bristol have been the guests of Robert Easton and family the past week. Itisrumored that Middlebury is to have a new industry which will be a concern to manufacture candy. It is understood that they will wholesale and retail their products all of which will be made here. William Steinbach, who has had charge of the constructionof the under-1 pass at the railroad station, left on Sat- j urday morning for Georgia, where he j will have charge of a large contracting i job. His family on Seminary street j will remain in Middlebury for the present. Mvs. Margaret Bessette, wife of Mar cus Bessette, died at her home on Washington street Sunday evening at C:45 o'clock. Mrs. Bessette was 82 years old and was a resident of this village many years. She had been ail ing for some time and her death was due to old age. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late honie and the burial was in the Catholic cemetery. The bearers were Ira H. LaFleur, Isaac Lavonche, jr. , Necy Dorion, Napoleon Boudreau, Pat rick Dillon and Daniel T. McCormick. The Register is in receipt of a copy of "The Star Spangled Banner" of November, 18CG. It is a four-page paper, 10x11, printed at Hindsdale, N. 1L, and is in a good state of preserva tion. Also a five-dollar state bill issued by the Troy, (N. Y.) City bank under date of January 1, 1813. The bill is in cxcellent condition and is made payable to W. Howard. The namo of S. K. Stow appears on the bill as cashier. There isn't a section of the country that Rowland and Clifford haven't sent a company of "The Rosary" this year. The play is still proving a big hitevery where and will be seen at the Middle bury opera house on January 29. Our January Mark Down Sale is 4m Still On! The most Extraordinary Bargains of The Season. BUTTERICK. FASHIONS Just Out "Butterick Fashions" lllustroting Spring's Newest Styles fl'ER 600 nnv, smart, prac f I tical Spring sftlts! Over 2, 000 dhthict illustrations ! An absolutely complete assortment of desinns for everything for family wear. A superb issue! Any Butterick Pattern FREE WITH EVERY COPY-25c Call at the pulltrn counltt anj luy a ropy to-Jay E. P. CUSHMAN & SON Thone 36 2 Middlebury. Vermont