The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-06-07

neeu fl.UUU,UUU IDS. TO
supply their machinery yearly, and that
this amount fails TO supply one half of
the amount called for by our yearly con-
sumption. OF this II 100000 lbs. of
wool VIC only grow 53,000000 lbs
Hence it is seen that VIC grow only three
fourths Of what we manufacture, and
only oue.third of what we consume. The
ontrc production of all the wool pro.
ducing regions of the globe, now amounts
to a deficiency, without a resort to cot
ton and old rags. The higher prices
now paid for labor, in England, France
and Germany, in consequence of the emf
grafton to Australia and America, has
caused rise in their wooden fabrics, and
hence must tend to favor the price of
the raw material everywhere. It's now
generally admitted that these nations
have not any old unexhausted stocks of
goods, and but slight surplus of new
We have nothing to fear, but much to
hope from that quarter Our manufac-
turers have barely sufficient to last until
the new clip is ready for them.
Any depression that may have oc.
Cured in the prices of woods, during the
fall and winter months, was attributable
to the strngency of the money market.
rather than to fall in the staple. In con.
sequence Of the fearful mania of build
ing thousands of miles of railroads up
on paper credit, the more prudent bank
ers deemed it best to restrict their is.
sues and call in their loans This was
followed by others, and the general con.
sequence was scarcity of money This
for a time affected prices, but it was
wholesome and needed restraint. and
should bo so considered. The result will
prove, that when the wool clip is thrown
upon the market, our banks being in
sound and healthy condition, will be
ready to furnish ample means to gather
up this large item-tho product of Amer.
lean industry at cost Of some $685.
100000. This we confidently predict
will bo the case, if wool growers do not
suffer themselves 20 be duped by the
Tom-foolcry of these hocus.pocus opera
tors-Mr. Say So " and They Say
So,"-wth whom they walk tho street,
arm-n arm, daily. Alas, they are being
fast whipped into the ranks of the silly
fisherman who cried "stinking fish," to
the contempt Of his own commodities
and calling
This work of keeping wool growers
from braidng a halter with which to
hang themselves, is about as difficult as
to melt the ice around the North pole,
and create there a paradise in which
shall grow oranges, citrons and flowers in
constant and perpetual verdure Thoy
will not read, they will not reflect, but
"on they trudge, unconscious how they're
houoht,
And whistle as they go, for want ofthought'
Knox Co, Ohio, April, 1854.
*Thcrc was over 1000 miles being built
which would demand over S2,000,OOO.
TEurn STRANGER THAN FIcTIoN-
Certainly two Of the most singular his
tories on record, are Of tho grandmoth-
CPS of Louis Napoleon and the present
Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Medjid These
two worthless. the Emperor aud Sultan,
are grandsons of American Creole girls !
AS this seems incredible, their history
will not prove uuinteresting. We give
it on the authority of the Pittsburg
Post. These two croole girls, grand
mothers, were Josephine dc Tascbor and
a Miss s., who were born and
raised in the lovely West India Isle of
Martinique. They were of French or.
igin-lhoir father being planters and
near neighbors At the death or her
father, Josephine went to France, and
was married to NJ. de Beauharnais, by
whom she had one son, Eugene, and a
daughter. IIortensc.
Some time after the death OF Beau
harnais, Josephine was married to Ma.
poleon Bonaparte and became Empress
of France. Her daughter, Hortense, was
married to Joseph Bonaparte, then
King of Holland and the present EN-
peror of France is her only son by that
marriage. The history of Miss S. is
moro wildly romantic and singular
This lady quilted the Island of Martin.
iquo sometime before her friend. The
vessel, carrying her to France was at.
tackled and taken by the Algerine Cor
sairs, aud the crew and passengers made
prisoners. But this Corsair ship was,
in turn, attacked and pillaged by Tunis
pirates, and Miss S. was carried by them
to Constantinople and offered for sale as
q slave.
Her extraordinary beauty aud accom-.
plishments found her a purchaser in the
Sultan himself. and she soon become the
chief lady of the Seraglio and Sultana
of Turkey. MaLmoud II, was her son;
and the present Sultan, Abdul Medjid.
is the son of Mahmoud. What bis.
tory Can the parallel be found in any
true record The Sultan died in 1911,
tho Empress Josephine in 1914. Their
grandsons now rule over two wide and
powerful empires, and ara entering, as
friends and allies, upon one of the most
momentous and sanguinary struggles in
which Europe has ever been involved.
How little could it be guessed by those
two lovely Creole girls that their early
fiedships were to result thus
1t is said that many ofihe relatives of
this Sultana left the Island of Martini.
que, and settled at Constantinople, where
their descendants still reside, aud enjoy
the favor of the Sultan Those whom
Josephine elevated to power arc almost
guides of the destiny of France.
TO REsufcfrATE Persons WHEN
STRUCK nv TdGuTNINc This :. ,bo
season when deaths from this source oc
cur and few, who do not look to the
summary, know how many there are. In
all cases where persons are struck BY
lightning, use cold water upon the body
for hours don't be discouraged if i'm.