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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

A FABLE BY CHARLES LAND
"My dear children" said an old rat
to his young ones )" the infrmities Of
age are pressing so heavily upon me.
that have determined to dedicate the
short remainder of my days to morti6-
cation and penance, in narrow and
lonely hole which have lately discov-
cred but let me not interfere with
your enjoyment. Youth is the season
for pleasure be happy, therefore, and
only obey my last injunc ton, never to
come near me in my retreat. God
bless you ALL" Deeply affected, sniv.
elling audibly. and wiping his patterns
al eyes with his tail, the old rat with>
drew, and was seen no moro for sever
al days, when his daughter, moved
rather with filial affection than by that
curiosity which has been attributed to
the sex, stole to his cell Of mortifca-
ton, which turned out to be hole,
made by his own teeth, in an enor-
nous Cheshire cheese
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

CURIOUS FACTS CONCERNING DYs-
rEPsIA.-Thc effect of mental DISCUS
etude in producing this prevalent com.
plant, is far greater than is supposed.
1t is well known that persons in good
health, of sound digestive organs, who
take plenty of exercise, and are free
from anxiety, may eat almost anything
and in quantities which would kill those
in different circumstances. In refer
ence to this point, DR.. Brigham, an
English medical writer, observes: 1--WE
do not find dyspepsia prevalent in
countries where the people do eat most
enormously. Travellers in Siberia say
that the people there often eat forty
pounds Of food in one day. Admiral
Scripchoof saw a Siberian eat directly
after breakfast twenty-five pounds Of
boiled rice, with three pounds of but>
ter. But DYSPEPSIA is not common
disease in Siberia. We do not learn
from Captain Parry or Capt Lyon, the
Arctic travellers, that their friends the
Esquimaux are very nervous and dys.
peptic. though they individually eat
ten or twelve pounds of solid food per
day, washing it down with gallon or
so of train oil. Capt. Lyon was, to be
sure, little concerned for a delicate
young lady Esquimaux, who cat her
candles wicks and all, yet he does not
allude to her inability to digest them"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

DECLINE OF DRESS AMONG GEN.
TLEMEN.-Under this head tho Homo
Journal commences an article with the
following remarks, which We are happy
to say are quito true, and will probably
continue SO -
Beauty is about being given up to
the ladies. No gentleman, in these
days, is any handsomer than he can
possibly help. Funny age We live in
but such is tho fact. Of course,
when we say" beauty" We mean that
which is commonly nine-tenths Of it
dress. Men are abstractly very ugly
animals. The most elegant hcau lays
the greatest part of his "good looks"
on chair before he gets into bed.
Bu,,-thus needing establishment con.
siderably more than the other sex--we
ore handing over to the ladies, alto
gether, the advantages Of personal
adornment.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25
ADVICE TO CoYsuMpT,vrs.-Ins son

ADVICE TO CoNsUMpTivEs.-In some
good advice to consumptiycs, Dr.. Hall
saws:
Eat all you can digest, and exercise
a great deal in open air, to convort
what you eat into pure .healthful blood.
Do not be afraid of sudden changes Of
weather; let no change, hot or cold,
keep you in doors. IF it is rainy
weather, the more need of your going
out, because you eat as much on raj
ny day as upon clear day, and ifyou
exercise less, that much more re-
mains in the system of what ought to
be thrown off by exercise, and some
i'll results, some consequent symptom,
or i'll feeling is the certain issue.
If it is cold, do not muffle your eyes.
mouth and nose in furs, wells, and
comforters, and the like; nature has
supplied you with the best mufler,
with the best inhaling regulator, that
is, two lips: shut them before you step
out of warm room into the cold air,
and keep them shut until you have
walked briskly few rods and quick.
ened the circulation little; walk fast
enough to take of the feeling Of chilli>
ness, and taking cold will be impos-
sible."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25
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The timber cost $50 per thousand in St.
Louis. with expenses Of hauling. 1t is
fine farmers home, with kitchen per-
bars 20 by 40 feet capable Of the work
necessary to feed the large household
employed about the farm The parlor
is Of moderate size well, but not ex.
travagantly furnished adorned with a
life.like picture of himself OF full length,
with his huge riding whip in hand, and
with the portraits of his wife and chill.
dren. The centre table is covered with
beautiful sea shells.
Mrs Strawn is lady of about forty
years of age, and Of about the stature of
her husband. She is a woman of much
apparent strength and vigor of character,
united with the genileness and suavity
which become her sex. She is obliged
to support heavy cares, being the treas
urcr Of the household. aud having the
entire oversight Of all farm business
most of the time, in the absence Of her
husband. Yet she takes q warm inter-
est in matters of education and benevol.
eucc and is ready for every duty posi-.
bic to her situation
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

manly rebuke administered to this
committee by Mr.. Logan Mcknight
the only candidate on the Democratic
ticket elected to the Council. He told
them he was opposed to their whole
system, and, if elected, would increase
their license fees and shut them all up
on the Sabbath. There was the right
sense of moral accountability in a can.
didatc for public Office and that inde-
pendence which becomes an Ameri>
can.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25
Patents.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN
OFFICE.
AGENCY FOR BUSINESS.

" tB nc -. ~. HS"' N.U''S
Washington.
No &c Statc 81. "pp"Sitc Etlhv st, Boston
IMPORTANT RMAIloN 10 i'm
l. Inventors The subscriber (laie Agent
Of the U =, Patent Office, under the act o'
1880 determined 10 present advantages III
applying Tor patents, superior tothoSe off red
inventor, by Others has made arrangements
whereby on Applicant ns pieini,d ard con
,lurtcd hv him, THIRTY DOLLARS tin,
sirad Of twenty, Is paid back hy o'hcis.l will
lee rcmiited hy him in case of iailnrr 10 oh
tain p,tent and the Withdrawal hiough HIM
within thirty davs after the ftJecIioh. Ia
vets Specifications. Assignments. and all ne
cesSaiv papers aud drawings. for procuring
p,tcnt. in this and foreign countries prepared
an advice rendered on legal and scientific
matters respecting inventions, and inirlngt-
nl"nts of piienis.
Inventors can not only here obtain the
specifications on the most reasonable terms
but can avail themselves ufthe experience ui 2O
Arars' prart'r. AN extensive library of legal
and mechanical works. aud correct accounts
OF prent> granted in this and nih"r countries
besides being saved journey to Washington
the usual great DELAY there. ~ W. u n>n'l per-
snnahle trouble ia obtaining their patents.
Copies Of claims of an, patent furnished by
rcmitiin. on" dollar -AssigImcnts recorded
at Washington. II. II. EDDY,
Solicitor Of Patents.
During the tim. ! nrrmnie the office of C"iun,is
rioner at Pairnt., II ". Eddy. Fog. "f nf Bn'tnn.
did business at the Patent Onicr Suiicinr oi Fat
ent There wee few, II Huv, Prrsons ncii"g Ia ih"
r,pacity. Who had much sincs, before The p"icni
nir. ,ni there vino cnnlurt'd u With more
kin id-litv. aud SUCCESS, regnr; Nr. Eddy ono
of tn. hest n'orincd aud -kil6n patent s''r itor'
il Uu rA States nui have m "s'tnii"n IN insur'"r
Invrninrs that ihry rHumit cmpl"y peisou mTc r"m-
,-trnt aud carahr of putting their aprlirnt"ls IN n
fnrm f,r Them early aud favorable coiisid-
ctatinn Of the uat~ni oniirr.
EDMUND BURKE, I.ito rnnmui-. ion Of Patents
PArE>1 OFFiCE,---
"R. u. Enpr E,Q Boston Mas.
"Sr. YnIr ficilfirs for III" prosecution of any ln'
in~ss cnnnrred with this "fre arc enua' I" i".r "i
"ihrt agent amNrrN respectfully, You :, &c
THOMAS LWBANK, Commsioner OF Patents"
22-ly.
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NUMBER 1.
Kansas.
The following letter addressed to
DR.. Webb, Secretary of the Emigrant
Aid Society, tells its own story:

The following letter addressed to
DR.. Webb, Secretary Of the Emigrant
Aid Society, tells its own story:
KANSAS, April 4th.
Dear Doctor AS / promised, I
now write you, though / have nothing
Of Importance to Communicate. DR..
Robinson and eight good and true men
came from Lawrence, upon the recep1
tion Of my letter, and met me with sir
others at the Governors office. All
seemed quiet. The members Of the
Legislature elected BY Missouri votes;
all held a session, at Westport, to-day.
The Harris House there is filed with
the chivalry. We we're at the Cover
nor's at the hour, and waited for the
candidates to come and demand their
certificates. After about two hours
waiting and running to and fro, by
many strangers, at last the COMMITTEES
came-not the candidates themselves;
but Committee-composed Of String
fellow and Col.-, to ask the Gov>
ernor some questions. Stringfellow
asked great many questions, some
very impudent ones, and the Colonel
also asked some; but they offered no
personal insult, and went back to
Westport. / remained at the mission
until 9 o'clock, then came back to
Kansas. DR.. r. and the other men
went to DR.. Barkes'. We have just
learned that the demand is to be made
in person by the candidates tomorrow
A. NJ. 10 o'clock. The Governor has
expressed his desire that some Of his
friends be present ; not, as he says,
from "fear Of personal Violence" but
that he may be correctly rcported.-
We agreed to take our position by tho
Governors side early, and see the
thing safely through.
have 10 expectation Of any serious
trouble, but some are very much
agitated. You may be sure that the
few men we now rely upon will stand
it. They will see the thing fairly
done if the ''hcavens fall" ana not d
hair of tho Governors head will fall.
The Governor seems to be strong in
the right, and takes a noble stand -
You can'tspcak too highly ofthe Cow
ernor.
KANSAS, April 6.
Dear Si,-The Governor has given
certificates of election to s members of
the Council and 16 members of the
Houses free soil mon elected, and 3
doubtful. More certificates would
have been withheld if the protests had
been in form, and had been received
within the four days. The Governor
has stood up well. Our own men are
to blame where the elections are not
contested.
Our friends stood by the Governor
through the whole ; while the Office
was sometimes thronged with men,
boldly insulting all who did not agree
with them. We had 90 men who could
shoot $50 times without loading-and
all of them true and tried. Our pres
ence there for three days alone, it is
thought, prevented " set-to" of a
serious character. The Missourians
shot one or two Of their own men, but
that's ofno account.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

James prottier name beside;
But we had Jane that died.
They wculd say if twas Rebecca,
That shc'was little Quaker.
Editl's pretty, but it looks
Better in old English books;
Ellen's left off long ago;
Blanche is ont Of fashion now.
None that have named as yet
Are so good as Margaret.
Emily is neat and fiuc-
What do you think ofCarolinc2
How I'm puzzled and rcrplxcd
What to choose or think OF next
am in n little fever
LaSt the name that should give her
Should disgrace her or dcfamc her:
| will leave papa to name her.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

Instructive FEAn.-Dr. Gilman, in
an article on poisonous snakes, relates
the following suggestive incident
"a large rattlesnako, beheaded in.
stantly with hoe, would, an hour and a
half after, strike at anything that pinches
its tail. Of several persons who we're
testing their firmness of nerve by trying
TO hold the hand steady while the ser>
pent struck at it, not one could be found
whose hand would not recoil in spite Of
his resolution aud one man, a great
bully, by.tho-by, was struck on the naked
throat with considerable force by the
headless trunk of the serpent, and stsg.
gored back, tainted and fell, from terror,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25
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There is nothing so delightful, says
Plato, as the hearing or speaking Of
truth. For this reason there is no con
versation SO agreeable MS that Of the
man of integrity, who hears without any
design to betray, and speaks without any
intention to deceive.
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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-05

SNow.-All the weather prophets of Mich
igan do not belong in Allegan and Detroit.
We have some of these wise men in the re-
gions round about Grand Rapids. One of
the number, Deacon Young, has given it as
his opinion that there will be but very little
snow in this section of country during the
present Winter. We are sorry for that, if
the result should confirm the prophecy, be-
cause snow, besides being a protector to the
crops, afording good carriage way for trans
porting produce and merchandise, and giving
chance to enjoy the exhilarating effects of
sleigh-riding, with the merry jingle of bells
sounding so joyously in our ears, also rids us
of the COMPOUNDED mud which has been such
a despicable nuisance recently. Good Dea-
con, we humbly pray and beseech of you to
retract your prophecy. Consult the signs
anew, examine every atmospheric indication
with extraordinary scrunty, and then, if your
decision is reversed, draw upon us for one
years subscription to the Weekly Herald.
Daily Herald.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-05

G9g" The December number of Godeys
Lady's Book we are permitted to welcome
to our table editorial. Thanks to Mr. G. for
his liberality. We hope to show our appre-
citation of his kindness to lis by forwarding
an unusually large list of names as subscri-
bers to the Ladys Book, from this village,
evincing clearly, to the publisher, that our
ladies are capable, in the highest degree, of
discerning the beautiful combined with the
useful.
Mrs. BEAN has succeeded in obtaining a
goodly number of subscribers, and we i'm
derstand Mrs. WHITE is engaged in the same
good cause. Now is the time, ladies, to make
good investment. Two dollars will enable
you to reap an abundant harvest of ideas at
once rich and new, topics for many an hour
of pleasing reflection.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-05
REVOLUTIONARY MANIFEsTo.-Kossuth

REVOLUTIONARY MANIFEsTo-Kossuth
Mazzini, and Ledm Rollin, have addressed a
manifesto "to the Republicans of Europe"
They say that now that Sevastopol has fall
en- the war is irrevocably and indefinitely pro-
longed; that Sevastopol is the first work of
a grand war in which the people of Europe
are to have the last word. The time is now
for action; unity is the one thing needful, and
they offer themselves as the center whence an
initiative may spring. For Italy, Hungary
and Poland, revolution is war-they need al
lies and favorable disposition of chances
for France and the rest it is merely an inter
nal movement, and they have but to be unan-
imous and to will. The triumvirate contin-
ueS
"The governments are now divided against
themselves. The thought of the Holy ALI
ance only exists; the fact has disappeared.
The only force which could meet the revolu-
ton of 1S49, the collective force, is at an
end. The enemy's camp is broken into four
the Russian, the Anglo-French, the Aus
trian and the Prussian. Each people has
but single enemy Russia is defending her
self, Austria protecting her frontiers, France
is drained by the Crimea and her menaced
northeastern frontier, and exhausted Eng
land is reduced to accept the few recruits Of
fered by foreign poverty and venality to sup
ply her ranks. This is the opportune mo-
ment; tomorrow it may pass away. The
liberal party is from this time forward res
ponsible for all the blood shed on scaffolds
and the slow fortunes of which Europe is the
secret theatre, for it can conquer. The sword
of the rising revolution alone can trace the
map of the Europe of the future. Revolu-
ton alone can regenerate Italy to third life,
and say to Hungary and Poland exist! 1t
alone can unite Spain and Portugal into an
Iberian Republic, create a Scandinavia, give
material existence to Illyria, organize
Greece, extend Switzerland to the dimen-
sions of an Alpine confedaracy, and group in
free fraternity and make an Oriental Swift
zerland of Servia, Roumania, Bulgaria and
Bosnia"
The manifesto concludes with an exhorta-
ton to Republicans to "unite, organize, dare"
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-05

KANSAS NEws.-Judge S. D. Cady, APP
pointed in place of Hon. R. Gilmore, has ar
rived at the Shawnee Mission, to enter at once
upon his duties. The latter still adheres to
his determination to contest his claims to the
Office.
The ceremony of breaking ground upon
the site of the future capital Of the territory,
was performed with great ceremony, at Lee
compton, on the oath ult. Governor Shan
non delivered an address on the OCCASION
His Excellency, in the course of his remarks,
avoided any allusion to the subject of slave
~.
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-05


CHANGE OF Policy WITH REsPEcr TO THE
INDANs.-The Washington correspondent OF
the st. Louis Republican, under date OF the
10th ult., says w. b. -
81 learn that the President has determined
on a new Indian policy for the Government.
Heretofore, the policy has been ren'oval.-
So Soon as any questions would arise between
the white man and his red brother, involving
any serious difficulty, instead of meeting
boldly the questions and settling them, the
previous policy Of the Government has been
to remove the Indians further into the will
derness and stave off the responsibility of the
issues. 4 The very necessity of the case now
forces the Government to change its policy
for their is no longer any West to which to
remove the poor Indian. The white popula-
ton Of California, Oregon and Washington,
will soon demand that this incumbrance be
started on the opposite track, and that the
red mans path shall be eastvard. In this
crisis, President Pierce has determined to
adopt the opposite of the old policy, and con
tinue the Indians on their reservations-cur-
failing their boundaries instead of charging
them. This will force them to turn their at
tention to agriculture and mechanical pur-
suits, and tend to their rapid ciyilzation.-
They will be surrounded on all sides by the
music of the ploughman's merry whistle and
the busy click of the mechanics hammer;
and these influences must affect in greater
or less degree their wild and savage nature.
On Lake Superior, several tribes who have
been thus surrounded have become excellent
citizens. One of the Saginaw tribe is now
largely engaged in ship building, and has a
large capital invested in the business. 9th
ers of the same tribe are engaged in the var
ious mechanical trades, and are doing well
under the force of precisely the same policy
which the Government has determined to
adop toward ALL
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-12-05

FooD IN FRANCE.-It is stated that meas
ures are in progress all over France to provide
and cheaper the food for the poorer classes.
The Municipal Council of Orleans has voted
100000 for the works public utility, and for
the distribution of btead tickets. In the de-
partment of Loirst the wealthy people have
formed commission for the purchase of rice
at wholesale in the seaports, and selling at
reduced rates to the poor. AT Marsailles
similar association is importing oxen, and sell
ling the meat at cost. The manufactures in
different parts furnish their workman at low
rates with bread. .oN