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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-02-16
NUMBER 43.
IL SENATOR PHELPS, Of Vermont

IL SENATOR PHELPS, Of Vermont,
we are glad to see, has been appointed
by Gov. Fairbanks to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Senator Up
ham Mr.. Phelps is one Of the ablcst
who has held a seat in Congress from
Vermont. lie is an accomplished ju-
rist, conservative statesman, and has
had, withal. twelve years experience in
the Z. s Senate TO add to his other
qualifications for the place to which he
is now temporarily called BY the Cover
nor of Vermont.
Writing Of Vermont reminds US Of the
simple tastes and great economy Of the
people Of that sterling commonwealth.
The Governor there is paid $3.50 per
annum the Lieutenant Governor s4
day as President Of the Senate the
State Treasurer $500 4 year the Sccre-
tary of State s275 and the three
Judges Of the Supreme Court. who re-
ccivc the highest salaries paid, sl,375
per annum each The pay for service
in the Legislature is 81 per day during
the session, and there are $50 members.
or one from each town.-Ne'e York
Express.
These Vermon.ers will continue free
because they DO not corrupt their peo-
pie and tempt them from the pursuits
of honest industry by holding out Office
seeking as means of livelihood. We
dare say, although their public officers
receive such small salaries, that the pub
lie duties are no whore better performed
Certainly, from what we have heard Of
Vermont, and what we know of Virgin
ia, we should not judge that our Cover
nor performs six times as much work or
does it six times as well as the Yer
mont Governor,-aud yet we pay $4,000,
and they only $50. But it may be
said, we pay something for the dignity,
the honor, the glory, the magnifcence,
and the splendid abilities of Cover
nor and no doubt, we get the worth
of cur money for those eminent quail
ties as illustrated in Gov. Joe Tho
Vermontcrs don't know what great
Ruler is. If they could SEQ our man,
they would be able the better to appre
ciate superior cndowmcnts.-Richmond
Wig
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LIABILITY oE HOTEL KEEPERs.-A
case Of some Importance was recently
decided by Jadge. Fletcher in the Su-
preme Court of Massachusetts, settling
the law relating to the liability of hotel
keepers for the loss of the money or bag
gage of travellers The parties were
the Berkshire Woolen Company against
NJ. S. Proctor, landlord of the Marlboro
Hotel. y gentleman representing the
company went to Boston in 1919, and
put up at the above hotel. He had a
bout $1,000 in his trunk, which was used
to pay the witnesses who were in atten-
dance on a suit then in court. About
half the amount had thus been used,
when the remainder was abstracted from
his trunk. y suit Was brought against
the landlord for the recovery of the a.
mount, on the ground that travellers are
bound to be protected by landlords from
loss, while in public house. On the
other hand it was contended. that as a
safe was expressly provided in the house
for the deposit of money and yaluables,
the landlord was only responsible for
losses from that. 1t was furthermore
contendcd that the rules of the house
expressly stated that all valuables must
be placed III the safe, or their safety
would not be guaranteed Judge
Fletcher's decision is thus given
Judge Fletcher, for the Court, said
that the agent having como to the hotel
as traveller, and having been received
as such, the liability of hotel keeper
continued. whether be remained week
month or longer, or otherwise,s so long as
he was not a resident, but remained in
the character of traveller; that the
defendants were liable TO the plain
tffs for the money in the hands
of tho plaintiffs agent though said
agent only, and not the plaintiffs
personally, put up at the hotel that il
the loss was produced by the careless
ness of said agent, the hotel keepers
wero not liable, aud that a knowledge
by said agent of tho custom to deposit
large sums in the safe, and his not com
plying with 1t, would amount to such
carelessness but that unless the hotel
keeper cloud clearly prove such knowl
edge, by said agent, they must be held
liable, aud that there could be no legal
presumption that every traveller who
puts up at hotel has a knowledge ot
its particular customs and usages and
that hotel keepers are liable for the safe
ty Ct the goods and money of their
guests, and that, as travellers arc com
pelled to rely almost entirely upon theil
good faith, and as it would be almost i'm
possible TO prove fraud or negligence o.
public utility, their liability is restricted
to no particular amount, either Of goods
or money.
Judgment was accordingly rendere,
on the verdict for the plaintiffs
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Q. If you do not tell, / must throw
aside your evidence altogether.
A. Am no gaun to say onything a.
bout ma coat am no obliged to say
onythiug about it.
Witness went away; and was called
back by Lord Gilies
Q How long have you had that coatl
A. l dinna ken how lang hae had
my coat | hae plenty o'coats / dinna
mind about this coat or that coat.
q Do you remember anything near
the time have you had it year, a
month, or a week 2 Have you had it a
week
A. Hoot ay, | daresay 1 may.
q Have you had it a month";
A. | dinna ken | cam here to speak
about boats, and no about coats.
O. Did you buy the coat ?
A. / didna mind what coat l bought
or what | got.
The consequence was, that their lord
ships were forced to reject the evidence
of this witncss.-Edinburgh Ann@a
Register. 1917
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Bacon.

We have been long trying to get
over that bad business of Bacon's-a
matter that
Shows like spot upon n snowy robe,
The worse for what it soils"
Bacon's faults were less his own than
that those of his age. The habit of
making presents was universal. Truth
and justice were never, and never will
be, free from the influences Of custom,
and the tenor of mems education.-
The king (Jamos 1. } and the Queen
used to take presents on all occasions
not alone from their great officers,
but from their menial servants Sir
Francis Bacon made the Queen a pres
ent of" one petticoat of white satin,
embroidered all over like feathers bill
lets, with three broad borders fair en-
broidered with snakes and fruitagc,
emblcms of wisdom and bounty. >
When Bacon applied to her Majesty
to be appointed Solicitor General, his
application was accompanied by the
present of a jewel. James l., in the
matter of gifts or brides, was far
meaner, baser "man than Bacon
The former was always in the habit Of
dirty things and his example must have
had great weight. The truth seems
to have been that James either shared
with Bacon the presents which the lat
ter was in the habit of taking, or that
the Chancellor took them to make ur
for salary withheld. No one can read
Bacon's letter to the King withou,
coming to some such conclusion-a
conclusion strengthened by the nctori
Gus habits of their Majesties.
Sir Matthew Hale burned two pool
old women for witchcraft, and we looI
tenderly on that deadly weakness
We should treat Bacon as tenderly anC
fairly, remembering his age and sur
roundings. Sir Matthew said true
thing-as good as anything the Chan
cellor ever uttcred-"Iime is the wises
thing under Heaven" But, after all
that taking of presents looks ugly fol
Bacon. 1t was sacrilege against the
divinity of transcendent genius, whicl
belongs to all countries and the mem
ory Of distant ages. Yet the Chancel
lor of Human Nature must not be con
sidered" the meanest of mankind b,
any means. Pope was wrongly
Y. Times.
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A HINT TO NArunALlsrs - Prof
Fleming, Of Ednburgh, read paper be-
fore the Royal Physical Society. the OBJ
ject of which was to guard Naturalists
against the use Of cedar cabinets for the
preservation Of their specimens 1t ap-
pears that a yapor arises from the wood,
which settles in the form Of a viscid gum
on minerals, shells coins, and plaster
casts, which greatly injure the specimens.
He recommends the American fir as de-
cidedly the best wood which can be used
for this purpose
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FAsHtoN.-The Home Journal is re-

FAsHtoN.-The Home Journal is re-
sponsible for this piece of important
information to whom it may concern :
" The disputed question-May a
gentleman wear frock coat at an eve
ming party ?-secms to have been de-
cided in the affirmative and, accord
ingly, young gentlemen take particular
pleasure in wearing that long obnox-
ious garment, with the additional inno-
walton of black neckerchiefs. White
waistcoats are generally discarded, and
white kids yield precedence to gloves
of color"
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FANCY PRAYERS. The Lowell Pat
riot and Republican says of Edward
Everett, that at the time he was pas
tor of a church in Boston, many years
ago, he made the most eloquent prayer
that was ever addressed to a city con-
gregdtion.' In our opinion it is the
case with the prayers of most of our
fashionable preachers, which are so re-
plete with striking metaphors, beauti-
ful sentences and 6ncly rounded per
iods.
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Fanny Fern on Matrimony.

Shouldn't like to make bonfire of
all the "Hints to Young Wives" Mar
ried Womans Friends &c. and throw
in the authors after them | have lit
tie neighbor who believes all they tell her
is gospel truth, and lives up to it. The
minute she sees her husband coming up
the street. she makes for the door, as if
she hadn't another minute to live stands
in the entry with her teeth chattering in
her head, until he gets all his coats and
mufilcrs, and oversLoes and what do You
call 'om off.then chascs around(l like cat
in fit) after the boot juck, warns his
slippers and puts 'cm on. and dislocates
her wrist with carving at the table for
fear it should tire him.
Poor little innocent fool She mag
ines that's the way TO preserve his affcc-
tions. Preserve fddlcstick The con
sequence is he's sick Of the sight of her,
snubs her when she asks him question.
and after he's eaten her good dinner
takes himself off as fast as possible. bear
ing in mind the old proverb, that too
much of good thing is good for nothing.
Now the truth is just this aud 1 wish
all the women on earth had but one ear
in common. so that | could pour this lit
tie bit of gospel into it. Just as long
as a man isn't quite SO sure as if he knew
certain whether nothing on earth would
ever disturb your affection for him, he's
your humble servant but the very mo-
ment he finds Cor thinks he does) he has
possession of every inch of your heart
and no neutral tcrritory-he will turn on
his heel, and march of, whistling Yankee
Doodle.
Now it is no use to take your pocket
handkerchief and go snivelling round
the house with pink nose and red eyes
hot bit of it You have made the
interesting discovery that you were mar
red to make a sort of upper servant or
house-keepcr, and to keep all his strings
and buttons and straps on; and then kcer
him at a distance, as house keeper
should.-them's my sentiments | have
seen one or two men in my life who could
bear to be lovcd(as woman with soul
knows how without being spoiled by it
or converted into a tyrant but they arc
rare birds, and should be caught, stuffed,
and sent to Barnum Now, as the min
isters say, III close with an interesting
incident that came under my own obser
vation
Mr.. Fern came home one day when ]
had such a erucifyiug headache that
couldn't tell whether was married oil
single, and threw an old coat into my
lap to mend. Well, [ tied wet bandagc
over my forehead, and sat down to it
he might as well asked me to make him
a new one however lined the sleeves
mended all the button holes, and sewec
on new buttons down the front and al
over the tail when it finally occurred
to me, Il believe it was a suggestion o.
Satan,) that the pocket might nect
mending so | turned it inside out, ant
what do you think foundl 4 lore lette'
fromhis dresS-maker, dropped tho but
tons, | dropped the baby, tit was rE
MALE, aud thought it was just as vel
to put her out of future misery,) anC
then | hoped into Il chair, in front o
the looking glass and remarked to thu
young woman | saw there, = Fann7
Fern, yow- ayc--crer-
such-a-coufounded- fool
again" - AND WASN'T - Oht
Branch.
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Scottish Caution and Evasiveness

The following examination took place
in a question tried in the .Tury-Court
between the trustees on the Queensferry
passage and the town of Kirkcaldy.
The witness was called on the part of
the trustees, and apparently full of their
interest. The counsel having heard
that the man had got present of a
coat from the clerk to the trustees be-
fore coming to attend the trial, thought
proper to interrogate him on that point;
as by proving this, it would have the ef-
feet of completely setting aside his tes-
timony -
q Pray, where did you get that coat ?
The witness Cooking obliquely down
to the sleeve of his coat, and from
thence to the counseD with mixture of
effrontery and confusion. exclaimed -
A. Coat, coat, sir Where gat | that
coat
Q. wish to know where you got that
coat
A. Maybe you ken WHARF got it ?
O. No, but we wish to know from
whom you got it
A. Did ye gle me that coat ?
Q. Tell the jury where you got that
coat
A. What's your business wi that ?
Q 1t is material that you tell the
Court where you got the coat
A. Am no obliged to tell about ma
coat.
Q. Do you recollect whether you
bought that coat. or whether it was Civ
en- to you2
A. l Gamma recollet everything about
ma coats whan | get them, or WHARF
get them.
Q. You said you remembered perfect
ly we'll about the boats forty-two years
ago and the people who lived at Kirk
ealdy then and John Mores boat (;
and can you not recollect where you got
the coat you have on 1T present ?
4. Am no gaun to say onything a
bout coats
Q Did Mr.. Douglas, clerk to the
trustees, give you that coat
Il. How do yc ken onylhing about
that
O. ask you, did Mr. Douglas, clerk
to the trustees, give you that coat
A. Am no bound to answer that
question, but merely to tell the truth.
O. So you wont tell where you goi
that coat
A. l didna get the coat to do ony
thing wrang fort; l didna engage tc
say onythins that wasna true.
The Lord ChiefCommissionor, when
the witness was going out of the box
called him back, and observed The
Court wish 10 know from you something
further about this coat 1t is not be
lieved or suspected that you got it i'm
properly or dishonesty, or that there is
any reason for your concealing it. You
may have been disinclined to speak
about it, thinking that there was some
thing of insult or reproach in the ques
tions put from the bar You must be
sensible that the Bench can have nc
such intention and it is for your cred
it, and the sake of your testimony, tc
disclose fairly where you got it, There
may be discredit ia concealing, but nont
in telling where you got it"
Q. Where did you get the coat ?
A. Am no obliged to tell about m'
coat.
Q. True, you are not obliged to tel
where you got it / but it is for YOU
own credit to tell.
A. didna come here to tell abou
coats, but to tell abont boats and pima
ces
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EEL Harrison Winans left Baltimore

* Harrison Winans left Baltimore
few years ago, poor boy, but with an
improved mind acquired at a country
school, with genius. ambition and enter
prise. He worked his way in Europe to
the head of the machinists and engineers,
and became leading contractor on the
great railroad between Moscow and St.
Petersburg 400 miles long He made over
81 100000 On his return to Paris he
married talented. amiable and beauti-
full lady, and will soon build cage for
her, in the shape of villa and park of
three acres, beautifully ornamented
where rich and poor may feast their eyes
on indigenous plants and rare exotics He
goes again to Russia ic fulfil a contract
with tie Emperor, on public works, by
which he viii bring $500 600 in gold for
his mental labors
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Hy~JuNIUs SMITH, Ii. D., who
has occupied a prominent place in the
public regard for some years past, died
recently at Astoria, aged y years.
His name has been associated with
some of the most important CONNER
cial and economical enterprises which
have been agitated, among which may
be specially mentioned, the carly at
tcmpts at Ocean Steam Navigation,
and the cultivation of the tea plant.
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SrEEcn LESS EXPRESSIVE THAN SIGNS
To say leave the room y is less ex-
pressive than to poiat to the door
Placing finger on the lips is more for
ciblc than whispering Do not speak
A beck of the hand is better than "ComC
here" No phrase can convey .he idea
of surprise so wildly as opening the
eyes and raising the eyebrows, A shrug
Of the shoulders would lose much BY
translation into words. OF Hawthorne
the author. it is said his principle seem
ed to be, if man cannot understand
without talking 10 him, it is quito use
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@AEgISgg@II
ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION.

Tho Spring Term begins Feb. 24,h, with q
full corps Of Assistant Teachers Vocal and
Instrumental Music Crayon, Mono and Poly
chromatic, Linear & Perspective Drawing OIL
Painting and Water Colors, and Pcnmanship
by competent Teachers Tuition as hereto
fore, hut payable the middle of the term
Board 81 81 per week.
srExua DRILLS for the Teachers class
L. o. STEVENS, Principal
Bakersfield, Jan. 20, 1853 40sw
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CHURCHEs.-The number Of churches
of the several denominations in the
United States is as follows Methodists
12,4S3 Presbyterian 1890; Baptist
S,797 Congregational 1,674 Epis-
copal l ,430 Lutheran ,205 Roman
Catholic 1,11S. Of the several de-
nominations, the Unitarian takes the
lead in outside show. The average
cost is as follows Unitarian, thir-
teen thousand dollars Episcopal, sew
en- thousand Roman Catholic, eight
thousand e; Lutheran, two thousand
Baptist, one thousand Methodist
one thousand.
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IsB- A boy in the country writes to
another in the city to come aud visit
him. lie proposes to him to get his
fathers consent, aud says it night be
done in this way =" Ask your sister
to ask your mother to ask your father
to let you come"
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EARNINGS OF IRE PEN-It is stated
that $500 was paid the late j. Fenni-
more Cooper, by Graham's Magazine, for
tho Islet of tho Gulf and $1,000 for
ten Naval Biographies, besides $1,000
for twelve other articles 1t is said that
during the last three years Sartains
Magazine has paid $4,000 for literary
articles. Godey's Lady's Book has also
expended large sums in the same way.
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nS-A wasgish chap fell on the
slippery walk the other day. As no
sat on the ground he muttered, ~
have no desire ~ see this town burnt
down, but desoutIy wish the streets
were idid in ashrs."
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~ The total yield of the Austria
lian gold mines, for the past twelve
months, is stated at sccenty,fre millions
Of dOkkars.
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ED~ Boys are like viuegar-thc
more mother there is in them, the
sharper they become.
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less to talk, because it is immaterial
whether such man understands or not
-Ha-crS Magazine
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EE Punch wittily remarks that the
end OF mans life is glory and that the
END ofwoman's life is about two-and-thir.
~.
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81 Fish for no compliments, for
they aru crught generally in shs,.tw wa
ter.
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~ Prof Sears C. Walker, the as
tronomer, died at Cincinnati on the 3oth
ult
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EE Never Opon your mind al you
know what there's in il