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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-09

Lord Cockburn was one of the most
intimate friends Jeffrey had-frst his
associate and friendly rival at the Scot
tish bench Many stories, perhaps myth
ical, are current in Scotland, bringing
out the contrast Of the two friends, JEFF
frey and Cockburn-in their character
of barristers addressing Scottish juries 4;
jeffrey, the clear, Attic intellect, speak
ing in distinct, musical voice, from
which the Scottish accent had been al
most oradicated; Cockburn, the Scotch
man all over, and, what is more, the
Scotch humorist
One of the stories told was as fol
lows In one case, in which Jeffrey and
Cockburn, when barristers, were ongag-
cd, question arose as to the sanity of
one of the parties concerned
Is the defendant, in your opinion,
perfectly sane ?" said jeffrey interroga-
ting one of The witnesses, plain, stupid
looking eountryman.
The witness gozed in bewildcrment at
the questioner, but gave no answer 1t
was clear he did not understand the
question Jeffrey repeated, altering the
word.
Do you think the defendant capable
of managing his own affairs :"
Still in vain the witness only stared
the harder.
IL ask YOU again, said Jeffrey, still
with his clear English language, do you
consider tho man perfectly rational p
No answer yet the witness only star
ing vacantly at the eloquent little fguio
of his interrogation, and cxclaiming
" Eli p
Let me tackle him" said Cockburn.
Then assuming his broadest Scotch
tone, and turning to the obdurate wit
ness,
Hae you null wi ye}"
Quay" said the awakened Cimon,
stretching out his snuff horn.
Moo, hoo lang ha ye kent John Sam
son :" said Cockburn, taking pinch
Ever since he was that high was
the ready reply, the witness indicating
with his hand the alleged altitude of
John Samson at the period of his first
acquaintance with him
And dye think moo, atween you and
me, said the barrister, in his most in.
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A Vegetable Dict.

Bayard Taylor, in late letter to the
Tribune, speaks as follows of the effect
of mere vegetable dict, cycn in the
hot regions near the cquator;-
The scenery of the Nile, southwark
from Shendy, is again changed. The
tropical rains, which fall occasionally at
Abou- Hammed and scantly at Berbcr,
are here periodical, and there is no lon
ger the same striking contrast between
desert and garden land. The plains
extending inward from the river are COW
cred with growth of bushes and coarse
grass, which also appears in patches on
the sides of mountains. The inhabitants
cultivate but Il narrow stri p of beans and
dourra along the river, but own immense
nocks of sheep and goats, which afford
their principal sustenance. | noticed a
new kind of grain, called do0khu, OF
which they plant lager quantity than
of dourra. 1t is a graminaceous plant
somewhat resembling " timothy grass,
but with larger head and heavier seeds
They make from it Il coarse, black bread
which they say is more nutritious thar
wheat Mutton, however, is the Ethio
pcan's greatest delicacy Notwithstan
ding this is one of the warmcst climates
in the world, the pcol'lc cat meat ~hcn
cycr tbcr caA ret 1t, and greatly Prcfc'
IL to gcgctaLic fooA The sailors anC
camel drivers, whose principal food il
dourra, are, notwithstanding certain
quality of endurance, as 'cc0k as chill
are,l, tchcR compared with an ablc-6ocl
ied Europcan, anil they "HirerSaIly al
NiJNte this Wc0iNcSS 10 Mcir dirt. rhi
is fact for lank Sylvester Graham tl
explain My experience comedies will
that of the Ethiopians, and | ascribe NJ
small share of personal health an,
strength, which the violent alienation
of heat and cold during the journey hay
not shaken in the least, to the fact of IN,
having Jared sumptuously every day |
l had adopted diet of rice and water
or bran and turnips, | should not be her
to give this testimony.
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MADAME CATALAN, the most splendid
vocalist OF the age, made her appearance
i'll London in the year 1906 and such
was her extraordinary power of voice
that it was said, Place her at the top
Of St Paul's, and she will be heard at the
Opera House" In compass it extended
from \ in the base to G in the alt, every
note Of whch was as firm as the tone of
a trumpet Her middle voice when sub
dued, possessed quality of tone that
was delightful; the notes &, y, and b,
being produced in way similar to the
tones we make in laughing The force
of her execution was extraordinary she
would run through the scale of semi
tones with the rapidity of lightning, and
jump back again over two octaves at
once. Her soul was full of music, and
her energy so great that she sustained
the whole weight of the opera through
out Il season, driving every other com
pelitor from the stage. As a musician,
She was below mediocrity, possessing
scarcely the knowledge of a third-rate
performer, but by Il quick perception
and sensibiiity she concealed these de
fccts even from the learned
Her figure was elegant and comman-
ding. and her face could assume terrif-
ic aspect. or the most captivating smiles
As an actress. She was cnlmcntly great .
and as a tragedian, full of grace and dig
nitv. With these splendid gifts she de-
based the opera during her reign to the
lowest degree for so intoxicated was the
audience with her individual vocal pow
ers. that she was permitted to mangle
and cut up the finest compositions to
serve as mere vehicles to exhibit her ex-
traordinary powers. Soon after her ar
rival. she acquired sufficient knowledge
of our language to repeat the words of
Rule Britannia and God Save the King
which She sang in the English theatres.
and at all the music meetings. with a
power of voice that overwhelmed every
instrument in the orchestra.
when Captain Montague was cruising
off Brighton, Madame Catalan was in,
vited.with other ladies. to a brilliant fete
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Great pains having been taken in tho
recent demonstrations against the man.
agement of the Central Railroad COM
pany to insnuatc charges against, the ill.,
tcgrity and fair dealing of its able and
indefatigablc President, an investigation
has been had, which has this paragraph
in relation to the accounts Of Gov
Paine, which set The ifnputations against
him at rest
There was small need of such person
al vindication, with those who knew him.
"The committee further state that, at
the request of Gov Paine they cxamiu-
ed his account of cash paid for expenses,
from tho commencement of the cnteri
prise to this date, which appeared to be
very moderate and reasonable, (s2,9Sl,-
45) no part of which was included in
the account rendered. inasmuch as tho
same had been paid from time to time,
and reccipted by Gov. Paine. The un.
dersigncd further report that they found
balance of Si,062,64 due to Gov.
Paine.
"In conclusion, the committee arc
happy to say, that tho business transac-
tions between Gov Paine and the com
pany, as detailed in the account present
ed and adjusted by the committee; were
in every particular correct and satisfac-
tory, and highly crcditnble to him as a
man of integrity and liberality."
This report was signed by John
Smith. John Wheeler, John II. Peck,
Joseph Clark, and James r. Langdon-
-BhriingtOn Courier.
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Our American Authors.

The IriJunc said day or two ago.
it had not heard of any American Au-
thors who were able to move into free
stone edifces. The Times thus sets
the grumblcr right on this point -
Our Authors have been for the
last two or three years building them
selves substantial edifccs at very en-
couragng rate. Bancroft, besides buy
ing a '' free-stone house in the city, has
built a fine country-seat at Newport
Hcadlcy has built splendid mansion at
Newburgh Melville has bought farm
at Stockbridgc Irving and Pauldin2
have splendid seats on the Hudson
Prescott has received from the lIarpcrs
not less than $4,000 for his books
Morse has been paid more than $4,000
from the sale of his books Albert
Barnes has received from his Common
tarics over $4,000 Prof Anthon has
made over SG0,000-Stephcns over $40,
000-thc Abbotts over $4,000, &c.
SC. sc. TX Marvel. has received not
less than $4,000 profits on his books
although it is only few years since h,
began to write Headley's profits mus
have already exceeded $4,000 Prof
Davies has received more than $4,000
as the proceeds of the sale of his books
The Tribune lately mentioned that Mrs
Harriet Bcccher Stowe had refused
$4,000 for the copyright of a single
novel And the list might be indci
nitely extended
Our Authors are the last person,
in the world on whose behalf plea OF
poverty should be made English au
thors draw still larger profits from the
sale of their books. Macaulay will cleal
at least $4,000 from his History. Dick
ems will make more than half as mucl
from single novel And Bulwcr
James, and others, pocket from five t'
ten thousand dollars on each of thC
many books they write.
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of ;vv.;osmip f,unn;no unon tho paniei
loprcl and so Firth ntterlv astonisbed
mo Josn;n nressNv Nvod n ncrfcct sbrnb-
berv of mcb tokens and each symbol
Ind of course lis pleasant associative
remembrance One was given bv the
ladies of such town; another was the
Gift Of the nrcfect's wife of such n de-
partment A handsome full-length por-
trait had been presented TO the meet bv
the mupicipal authorities of Apcn; and
letter from NJ Lamartine' framed
above the climnev.picee ayowod tbewri
TORS belief that ihe Troubndour Of the
Garom.e was the Homer Of the modern
world NJ Jasmiu wears the ribbon of
the Legion of Honour. and has several
valuable presents which we're made to
him bv he late cx-kirr and different
members of the Orleans family
[ have been somewhat minute in civ
ing an account of my interview with NJ
Jasmin. because he is really the popular
poet-the peasant poet of the south of
France-tfe Burns of Limousin. Prov
epce and Largucdoc His songs are in
the mouths of all who sing in the fields
and by the cottage fresides Their sub
iects are always rural. nairc. and full Of
rustic pathos and rustic drollery. To
use his words to me. he sings what the
hearts of the peoplc say. and he can 10
more help it than can the birds in the
trees. Translations into French of his
main poems have appeared and compo-
sitions more full Of natural and thor
ouglly msophisticated pathos and hui
mour it would be difficult to find. JAS
min writes from teeming brain and Il
beaming heart, and there is a warmth
and glow. and strong. happy, trium-
phant march of song about his poems,
which carry YOU away in the perusal az
they carried away the author in the wri-
ting. I speak Of course from the French
translations. and [ can well conceive that
they give but comparatiyclv faint trans
cript Of the NTH and mower of the orig
mal The DatoiS in which these poems
are written is the common peasant Ian
guagc of the southwest. 1t varies in
some SLIGHT decree in different districts.
but not more than the broad Scotch of
Forfarshire differs from that of Ayr
shire As for the dialect itself. it seems
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of the experimental school Many diff
culties have been encountered, and are
yet to be overcome The trial school
was connected with the Asylum for tho
Blind. The permanent school for idiots
must have location of its own,
and in moving must lose the most impor-
tant and excellent supervision Of DR.
Howe A note, however, to the report,
states that Dr. Edward Seguin, of Paris,
has consented to come to this country
and REMAIN long enough in the school to
introduce his sytcm of training and edu-
cation. Thus has noble charity becn
perfected, and it is matter of congrat-
ulation that other States are following
in this thing the example of Massachu-
setts. Bitter as is the curse of idiocy
upon community, We thank Dr. Howe for
his direction of the mind in regard to it.
-ManchcStcr 1merican
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Nor was Madame Catalan confined to
songs of this deafening cast; the air Of
Pacsiello, Hope toW a Rattcring talc, she
sungwith great tenderness u IL Ha/iano
interposing occasionally avowel to pre-
vent the collision of consonants
Her origin, it is said, was that of a
match-girl of Rome but in her career
she visited every court in Europe. where
the most profusc presents were shower
ed upon her by kings and princes. Hay
ing amassed treasures in money and jew
els. her voice and beauty gone, she re-
tired to her domain and plazzo in the
country that gave her birth
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l. Subscribers who do no. give eypr'ss no
tice to the contrary, ave col. il. red a. fisAhG
to continue thuir subsclipicH
II. II ubsciihers ctl,ril' d'.cwiuumcc
of their papers, t4y rub'i.h'. may continue to
send them iili all that is dua lc paid.
Ill If subscribers negl-ct refuse to take
their papers from the office 10 which they are
directed. they are held responsible till they
have settled their bills and ordered their pa
pcrs discontinued.
". If subscribers move to other places,
without informing the publisher and the pa
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V. The courts have decided that refusing
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sinuating Scotch manner, "that there's
onything intill the cratur}"
IL wudna lippcn him wi bull calf"
| would not trust him with the guardian
ship of an infant bull, was the instant
and brilliant rejoinder-Thc end was
attained, amid the convulsions Of the
court what Jeffrey could not do with
all his clcverness, Cockburn had done
by dint of his inveteratc Scotchism.
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The FARMER.-If any man On earth
is Independent, il is the hard-handed,
warm-hearted, and honest tiller of the
soil who is free from embarrassment and
owes no man anything save charity
and good will Skilful labor is all thas
the earth requires of man, and it yields
a generous return. No man can truth.
fully say of his farm, II have served a
faithless master" The birds never sing
to deceive-thc flowers never bloom to
hide deformity-"nature never smiles to
betrayn
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Eemingtoa's Bridge.

Some few years ago, the Remington
bridge was spoken of all over the coun-
try as mechanical wonder, and the mod
el excited much attention in London.
One was built at Montgomery, Alaba-
ma, of which the Sfdtc Register gives
the following account -
Rcmington's bridge, after standing
for months in very tottering condition.
has now broken in two about the middle,
and fallen into the ravine Soon after
its completion it was tilted to one Side
by the wind and its own weight and new
er righted-the slope being to great to
allow the passage of vchicle3 1t stood
unused monument of humbuggory, for
moro than year and we presume that
its destruction will convince even the
most decided believers in Rcmington's
theory, that his plan will not answer for
long and heavy structures, which, as in
the case of the bridge here, will break
with their own weight, after losing their
original balance, by the action of the
weather The bridge, we believe, was
never accepted by the Council, and
the city, therefore, loses nothing by its
unlitness and demolition. 1t was built
under the supervision of Remington
himself, and must have been a costly
work.
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(From a cia,ct and olve., by A. b Rerch.)

(Ftom - C.afet and owe" by 4. b Rs1ch.)
The evening was closing, and the mist
stealing over the Garonne, when we came
alongside the pier at Agen \ troop
of diligence coNdNctcUyS and canal tout
crs Immediately loaped on board, to Sc
cure the passengers for Toulouse. either
by road OF water Being fortunately, not
Of the number who were thus taken pris
oners. | walked up through the sultry
cvening-for we are now getting into
the true south-to the very comfortable
hotel looking upon the principal square
of the town One Of my objects in
stopping at Agen was. to pay literary
visit to very remarkable maE-JAsMIN.
the pcasant-poct of Provence and Lang
uedoc-the Last of the Troubadours,n -
as. with more truth than is generally to
be found in ad c0ptanium designations,
he terms himself. and is termed by the
wide circle of his admirers: for .Jasmin's
songs and rural epics are written in the
patoiS of the people, and that pafois is
the still almost unaltcred L0nauc d
Oc-the tongue of the chivalric minstrel
sy of yore. But Jasmin is a Trouba-
dour in another sense than that of mere
" availing himself of the tongue of the
nicncStrclS He publishes. certainly
conforming so far to the usagcs of our
degenerate modern times; but his great
tfiumphs are his popular recitations of
his poems. Standing bravely up before
an expcctant assembly of pcrhaps n couplc
of thousand persons-the hot-blooied
and quick Drained children Of the South
the modern Troubadour plurees over
head and ears into his laws. working both
himself and his applaudine audience III
to fits of enthusiasm and excitement
which whatever may be the excellence
of the poetry. an Englishman finds il
difficult to conceive or account for. The
raptures of the New Workers and Bos
touians with Jenny Lind are weak and
cold compared with the ovations whicl
Jasmin has received. At recitation
given shortly before my visit at Auch
the ladies present actually tore the flow
ers and feathers out of their bonncts
woye them into oxtempore garlands. anc
fang them in showers upon the pantin,
minstrel while the editors of the loca'
papers next morning assured him. il
floods of fattering cpigrams, that, hum
bic as he was now future ages would ac
knowledge the divinity" of Jasmin
There is feature. however, about rhes,
recitations, which is still more extraor
binary than the uncomfortable fits O
popular enthusiasm which they produce
His last entertainment before | saw h n
was given in one of the Pyrcnean cities
Il forget which), and produced 2OO(
francs. Every sous Of this went to tho
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MovlNG West" Philura. dear, said
a loving husband to his loyal spouse, who
was several years the junior, what do
you say to moving to the West ?" 20,
Tn delighted with the idea. You re-
collect when Morgan moved out there,
he was as poor as We are, and he died in
three years, worth hundred thousand
dnllnrsn
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Ef Some men devote themselves so
exclusively to their business, as TO al,
most entirely neglect their domestic and
social relations A gentleman Of this
class having failed, was asked what he
intended to do Il am going home said
he, to get acquainted with my wife and
children 2
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A MlsArrRrnENsloN.- Are you fond
of novels, Mr.. Jones l"-' Very" re
sponded the intcrrogated gentlemen,
who wished to be thought by the lady
qucstioncr lover of literature, "Hayo
YOU" continued the inquisitivc lady. "ev.
or read Ten Thousand a ar2'-"No,
madam never read so many novels in
all my life"
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EEA Kentucky paper says it isgeti
to be very fashionable in that quarter to
enclose dollar with marriage notices,
when sending them to the printer A
good custom, that ought to prevail ovo-
rywhere.
Six dollars, to printer and priest,
No sensible man could refuse
Five dollars to render him blest,
And one to publish the news
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EE To do justice to a mans merits,
he should be dead or unknown to you
We can never discover any genius in our
most intimate friends Men are like
hills; the nearer you approach them the
less lofty and steep they appear TO be.
Probably no one was more surprised to
hear that George Washington was elect
ed President, than the dirty boy who
used to shoot marbles with him.
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EH- They tell of a man who refused
to take one dollar bill because it might
be altered from a ten; and prefers stage
travelling to railroads, because the for
mer rides him eight hours for dollar,
while the latter only rides him ono.
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EE""I never shot bird in my life
said an enthusiastic naturalist. His
friend rejoined-" nor did | ever shoot
anything in the shape of bird, except
squirrel, which | killed with stone,
when it fcllinto the river and was drown
cd
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E" How is your husband this af
temoou, Mrs. Squigg "
Why, the doctor says as how If hc
lives till mornin, he shall have somo
hopes of him but if he dou't he is afeard
he must give him up"
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ES. Never put implicit faith in .
man who has once deceived you
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EE The virtue of prosperity is tenn
perance the virtue of adversely is for
titudc.
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EI Saloop, a specific for Rheumatic
affections, is toa made Of sassafras chips.
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zx- Be at peace with all mankind
but at war with their vices
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EE Is charity covers, so mode.ty
prevents, a multitude Of sins