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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19
Fight with a Quaker.

We find the following amusing story
in the Token Of Il recent date. 1t is well
worth perusal;
Once there lived in a certain neighbor-
hood registering, rowdy bully, by the
name of jimmy Blander Jim was sum"
in fight, kind of pugllistic Napoleon
Many and bloody were the affairs he
had in his lifetime, and he invariably
came off first best Jim not only con-
sidered himself invulnerable, but all the
fighting characters in the surrounding
country conceded it was no use fighting
jim, as he was considered to be pat
ent thrashing machine, and could not be
improved on. In Jim's ncighborhood
had settled quite number of Quakers
From some cause or other, Jim hated
tho "shad bellies" as he called them,
with his entire heart--he often declared
that to whip one of these inoffensive peo-
pie would be the crowning glory of his
life. For, years Jim waited for pre-
text. One Of Jim's chums overheard a
young Quaker speak in disparaging terms
of him. The report soon came to Jim's
ears, not little magnifed. Jim made
desperate threats as to what he was 60
ing to do with Nathan. the meek follow
er of Penn, on sight, besides the various
bruises and contusions he meant to inhict
on Nathan's body in his chaste Ian
guage, he meant to gouge out both his
eyes, and chaw off both his ears.
Nathan heard of Jim's threats, and
very properly kept out of the way, hop
ing that time would mollify his anger.
1t seems, however, that this much desr.
ed result did not take place. One day
Nathan was out riding, and passing
through a lane, when about midway he
espied Jim entering the other end. Ma
than might have turned and fed, but his
flesh rebelled at rctreating.
IL will pursue my way peaceably," said
the quaker, Sand hope the better sense
of the man of wrath will not permit him
to molest me, or to do violence to my
person"
Nathan's calculations as to the lamb.
like qualities of his adversary were doom
cd to be disappointed
"Oh ho p thought the bully, as lie re-
cognized Nathan, II have him at last.
Now I'll make mince meat of the shad
belly L will pickle and salt him too r'
swift thou please dismount from thine
horse ~ said Jim, seizing the bride Of
Nathans horse, and mimicking his style
--"my heart doth yearn above all things
to give thee the biggest mauling that
ever man received"
"Friend James" replied Nathan
"thou must not molcst me, but let me 60
my way in peace Thy better judgment
will surely tell thee that thou canst moi
be benefited by injuring me-" 'i
SECT down, in moment" thundercd
Jim get down you cunning, lying
mischief making hypocrite. I'll drag
you down, il you don't dismount." T
"Friend James, / demonstrate agains
thy proceeding, and against thy Ian
guags," replied Nathan, "My religion
teaches me sincerity-I am neither ii
ar, misehief-maker, nor hypocrite--l
desire topursus my way quietly, let nj
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

[''This poem, published in Putin ans new
monthly Magazine" the Evening Post says,"if
We do not mistake the style, could only have
'een written by Mr.. Longfelow, and is alto
'ether the best poem called forth by the death
If the Duke of Wcllington."l
A mist was driving down the British Chan
mel,
The day was just begun;
And through the window panes, on floor
and pannel,
Streamed the Autumn sun.
1t glanced on flowing flag, and ripping PEN
non,
And the white sails of ships;
And, from the frowning rampant, the black
cannon
Hailed it with fevcrish lips.
Sandwich and Romney, Hastings, Hithc
and Dover
Were all alert that day
To see the French war steamers speeding
over,
When the fog cleared away.
Sullen and silent, and like couchant lions,
Their cannon, through the night,
Holding their breath, had watched in grim
defiance
The sea coast opposite.
And now they roared at drum beat fem
their stations
On every citadel;
Each, answering each with morning saluta-
tons,
That all was well.
And down the coast, all taking up the bur
den,
Replied the distant forts,
As if to summon from his sleep, the War
den
And Lord of the Cinque Ports.
Him shall no sunshine from the field of
azure,
No drum beat from the WALL
No morning gun from the black forts en-
brazure
Awaken with their call
No more surveying with an eye impartial
The long line of the coast,
Shall the gaunt-Ggure of the old Field Mar
shall
Be seen upon his post
For in the night, unseen, single warrior,
In SOM bre harness mailcd
Dreaded of man, and surnamed the Dcs-
troycr,
The rampant wall has scaled.
He passed. into the chamber of the sleeper,
The dark and silent room
And as he entered ,draker grew and deeper
The silence and the gloom.
He did not pause TO parley or disscmble,
But smotc the Warden hoar;
All what Il blow that made all England
trcmblc
And groan from shore to shore.
Meanwhile. without, the surly cannon
waited
The sun rose bright o'crhcadi
Nothing in Natures aspect intimatcd
That a great man was dead
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Leger stakes, Eventually, she married
Richard Aldworth, Esq, of Newman
ket, a member of highly honorable
and ancient family. Whenever ben
eft was given at any of the theatres
in Dublin or Cork for the Masonic Fe.
male Orphan Asylum, Mrs. Aldworth
walked at the head of the Freemasons,
with her apron and other insignia Of
Freemasonry, and sat in the front row
of the stage box The house was al
ways crowded on these occasions. The
portrait of this estimable woman is in
the lodge room of almost every lodge
in Ireland.
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gD- Every body is having vaca-
ion except ditors. Boston Post.

BE4- Every body is having yaca-
ton except rs.--Boston Post.
should like to have the editor who
wrote that look me in the face and an
swer the following 'catechise, and then
dare to whine after that fashion. Who
gets tickets to the Siameso boys, fat
girls, white negroes, learned pigs,
whistling canaries, clrcuscs, concerts,
and theatres ? Who has free pass
to railroad celebrations, water cxcur-
sions, balloon ascensions, anti-slavery
fights, Kossuth suppers, and great re
jjection' meetings Who has the first
great squash of the season Who
feeds on anonymous pears, and nectar
ines, strawberries, grapes, peaches,
and melons :? Who gets slice of we'd
ding cake every time couple make
fools of themselves I? and who has 'pi'
in his Office, year in and year out +?
Who has all the big and lesser literary
lights, male and female, constantly re-
volying round him ? Who amasses u
large and magnificent library, free gra-
tis for nothing ? (save a puff or two. }
Who gets pretty boquets when he's sick
from his lady contributors Yaca-
ton forsooth Don't talk to me 7
| know all about it.. The first gentle
man ever saw, was an editor I've
baen acquainted with 'em ever since |
was knee high to huckleberry i
rr.y.r--. rssr ri 81 FANNY FERN.
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The NeW-Y York Tribune.
To our Friends

new Session of Congress o1cned on Mon
day last, and Pr, sidcnt FILLMoRE's last An
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

CARLYLE gives this portraiture Of
Richard Arkwright, the great inventor
Richard Arkwright. it would seem
was not beautiful man,--no romance
hero, with naughty eyes, Apollo lip, and
gestures like the herald Mercury; a
plain, almost bag-cheeked, pot-bellied
Lancaster man, with an air of painful
reflection, yet also of fcopious, free diges-
tion; man stationed by the communi-
ty to shave certain dusty boards in the
northern part of England at half pen
ny each. To such end, We say, by fore
thought t,oversight, accident, and arrange
inent, had Richard Arkwright been by
community of England and his own con-
ent,set apart Neycrtheless,in strappiDg
of razors, in lathering of dusty boards,
and the contradictions and confusions
attendant thereon, the man had notions
in that rough head of his, spindles shut
tles,and wheels plying ideally within the
same, rather hopeless looking, which,
however, he did at last bring to bear
Not without difficulty His town folks
rose in mob round him, for threatening la
Dor, to shorten gages,so that he had to fly
with broken 'wash-pots, scattering house
hold and seek refuge elsewhere. Nay,
his wife too, as / learn, rebelled burned
his wooden model of his spinning wheel,
resolute that he should stick to his ra-
zor, rather-for which, however, he de-
cisivcly, as thou wilt rejoice to under
4 \ N
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

Mr.. EyRRErr's LETTER. - The
Washington correspondent of the n.
Y. Times says that (" Mr.. Everett's let
ter, declining the proposition for q nj
partite treaty, is the subject Of much
comment. The universal Judgment is
that as a State paper, it ranks among
the ablest in the archives Of the govern
mcnt, and entities the Secretary to a
high position among the statesmen OF
the world, living or dead
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

TIE WEATnER-Thc clemency Of
the winter is a blessing to the poor,what-
ever it be to the coal merchants. Wo
may fear, however, for its effects on
health, il there be truth in the old adage:
TWhen Christmas Is white 1R
The grave yard is lean ...
t. But fat is the grave yard '.i''
,sr When Christmas is green il
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

ENA A printer, having been rebuked
by an irascibfc contributor for careless
ness in the punctuation of his article.
replied :"I'm not q pointer but setter" ."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

E& Four hundred years have elaps-
cd since the invention of printing, yet
books are not in circulation all over the
globe, while the use Of tobacco became
universal within fifty years of its discov'
cry. 1fs ~ re
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

When you are asked to buy of a
peddler, just ask him to trust you for a
year---that is the way to talk to him.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

Whatever may be the reputa4
ton of man while alive, when dead he
is generally allowed to be finished
gentleman.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

EE A Philadelphia critic, speaking
Of SVntags vocalism, says: We hang
upon every note" This, says the Dis-
patch, is a proof Of the lady's remark
able power Of execution. .siGI9e q
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Laws of Vermont, Session of 1862.

No. SO - An act relating to the collec-
ton and distribution Of the school
fund. .....
It is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. |. The note executed BY Geo.
w. Benedict and others, on behalf of
the corporation of the university Of
Vermont, to the commissioner of the
school fund, December 10Th, ls43 is
hereby cancelled and discharged /: yr0ri-
dca, that the said corporation pay to the
treasurer of the state the sum of nine
hundred aud twenty dollars, on or be
fore the first day of March next
Sec. 2 The treasurer of the state is
hereby directed to collect the remainder
of the school fund now due, exclusive
of said note) which, together with the
nine hundred and twenty dollars afore.
said and such part of said fund as has
been collected since the nineteenth day
of November. ls5 | shall be paid over
in equal sums, to the president and fel
lows of Mddlebury college, and to the
corporation of Norwich university
Sec 8 All acts or parts of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pcaled.
Sec 4. This act shall take effect
from its passage
Approved, November Is, 1852
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ZH- A man behind the time should
bO fed onketch-up. i fftf .He I
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No. 42.-An act in addition to chapter
eighty of the compiled statutes, re
lating to the grand list.
IL is hcreJy enacted, DC.
Sec. /. If the listers in any town in
this state shall neglect or refuse to per
form the duties required of them in sec
tions forty-six, forty seven, and forty
eight of chapter eighty of the compiled
statutes, then either or all of such lis
ters, so neglecting or refusing shall for
felt and pay 6nc not exceeding one
hundred dollars, to be recovered by th'
states attorney in said county, in an ac
ton in the name Of the treasurer of the
state.
Sec 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved, November Is, 1852.
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No 4l.-An act to repeal section fifty
six of chapter eighty of the complied
statutes. relating to the grand list.
IL is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec /. Section ffty-six of chapter
eighty of the compiled statutes is hereby
repealed.
Sec. q This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved, November 0, 1859.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-19

The Weekly Tribune, oae year, is....... .26
The Daily Tribune, ono year. .....s....i 56
Tho Semi. Woekiy Tri5aac, one wear j. -. 50
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No. 40.-An act in addition to chapter
eighty of the compiled statutes, rela-
ting to the grand Est
II is hcreJy enacted, &c
Sec /. In addition to tho blanks
now provided for in section fifty-two of
chapter eighty Of the compiled statutes,
and in section seven of an act to amend
section twcnty-scven and forty-si1 Of
said chapter, the clerk of the house of
representatives shall, at the expense Of
the state, furnish each town annually
with suitable blanks upon which to make
the returns required by the last clause
of section twenty eight of said chapter.
Approved, November %, 1852.
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No. 43.-An act in addition to chapter
eighty of the compiled statutes, in re-
lation to the grand list
10 is hereby enacted, &c. ,li
Sec l.. All bank shares, or stock in
any of the banks of this state, the resi-.
dence of the owner or owners of which
shall be unknown to the cashier Of such
bank, or the owner or owners Of which
reside in any unincorporated town or
gore in this state, shall be set in the list
of the town where such bank is located,
in the same manner, aud subject to the
same liabilities, us is provided in sec
tions twcnty-threo, twenty+four. aud
twenty five of the chapter 10 which this
act is in addition, in relation 10 stock
owned by persons residing without this
state
Sec q 1t shall be the duty Of the
cashier of the several banks in this state,
in which any stock is 50 situated, to re-
port the same to the town clerk of the
town where such bank is located, as is
provided by sections fifty -four and fifty
FIVE of said chapter eighty, in regard 10
other shares in said banks i il
Approved, November, II, 1852.
No ii.-An act relating 10 the grand
list ''" --.h ~ ''7--. .aii i''
10 hereby e'raetcd, &c. M slsl.
Sec. l. The listers in the several
towns in this state may, in their discre-
tion, omit to set in the grand list of their
respective towns, the polls Of such per
sons as are extremely poor, aud such
persons as will in their judgment be
most likely to leave the town before a
tax could be collected, .-r...
Sec. 2 This act shall take eject
from its passage baais-baug
Appro7ed, November, Q, 1852
No 45--An act relating to insurance
on health BY foreign companies
n is heycby enacted, &c. M asa +
q. Sec. l. No health insurance compa-
ny, unloss incorporated by the legisla
ture Of this state, shall make any oon-
tract of health insurance within this
state, until such company shall have
complied with the provisions Of this
act M
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TERMS;
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beg leave to report in favor Of the resolutions Of
the Board of Aldermen concerning Orleans Fire
Company No. 81, and accompanying resolutions.
All Of which is submitted.
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Bureau de Ia Compagnse de Canal ct de Navi-

Bureau de Ia Compagnse de Canal ct de Nsvi.
cation d0rleans
Nile Orleans, &c % fevrier, 1858.
A PHon. A. d. Crossman, Marie.
Mon cher Monsieur-Le soussignk demaude
appeler 'attention de votre Honneur sur lie vujet
dun pont sur lie Bayou st. Jean quill sers ne
cessaire de placer un endroit pres du pont ac-
tuel, lequel deyrait etre snleve le plus tot pos
slble.
lily trois endroits qu'on suggare respectueu
sement CONNIE convepables pour le point on sera
place lie nonveau pont, tous trois acceptables par
la Compagnie, SAVIOR rendroit on passe la
rue de PEsplanade; d un point central entire le
pont actuel ct lie tour que fait lie Bayou, au pied
du chemin de la Metairie; ct rextremite de la
rue dc FHopItal, au Bayou. Les deux premiers
seraient dependant preferables au dernier. LIE
genre du pont sera determine par les autorites
de Ia vile Eouverture ne devrait pas ayoir
moins de quatre vingts pieds. LIE basin situ6
Ia jonction du canal Carondelet ct du BAYOU sera
termine yers Pepoque on le pont sera fat.
On espere qu'on s'occupsra immediatement
cette question.
Tres respectueussment,
Votre obeissant seryiteur,
Voigne) P. C. WRIGHT,
Drcctellr. etc
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Lecture est fate dune Communication du
voyer su sujet de La construction dun Sgodt
dams la rue Claiborne, audessous du site on SO
construct lie nouyeau marche mais ellie est de-
posee sur lie bureau, sujette appel
NM. Gasqust, Sewell ct Lsbstut prennent
leurs sieges.
I'm etat des amendes eollectees par le Recor-
der du Second District, pendant le mois de f.
vrier 1858, est refere au comitk de Finances.
Une petition de r. Tramontana, demandant
qu'on lui reimburse la somme de vingt cinq pias-
tres, est referee au comite de Finances, ayec
pouvoir d'sjir.
Une copie des resolutions adoptees une as.
semblee en- masse DIES ouvriers ct artisans de
notre vile, tenue ! rArcade de Banks. Il Iupfii.
Il du courant, au sujet de la take impose sur
eux par lie Conseil de Vile de la Nile Orleans 81
transmse au Conseil par lie comite nomn,e Get
stfet, est, sur motion, referee au comite de Fl
nances.
M. Clark, rapporteur du comit6 DIES rues ct
debarcaderes, rapporte en- favour de concourir
la resolution No 80 du Ccneeil des Assistants
Aldermen, ayec les amendeuents seivants |;
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The following resolution, offered by Mr.. Leeds
was read and adopted, the rules being suspend
ed, unanimously by yeas and nays:
Resolved, That the Surveyor be instructed t.
make the necessary repairs to the Armory il
Broome street, at cost not to exceed two hun
dred dollars-to have repaired the fre-places .
jackson School-house, First District, and t
have the basement and yard of Jefferson School
house, First District, paved with shells.
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A letter from the Surveyor, submitting an
appraisement of the property Of Liberty hose
Company surrendered to the city, was read and
referred to the Committee on Fire.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-17

On motion of Mr.. Place the resolution Of the
Board of Aldermen authorizing the payment Of
$500 to f. Buisson, was read and rejected