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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01
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Tue NEw HAaPsHIRk SNAkE Story.
The simple explanation Of tie whole
matter [of the fascinated little grill is
the following, aud We believe 1t to accord
perfectly both with experience aud sound
common sense, 1t is well known that
these reptiles are susceptible of certain
degree Of doinestication, and that toe
without any great trouble. Who bad
not heard or read Of the East Iudia Jug
glers. and their fedts Of display with the
tanned, poisonous snakes Of that oouutts;
Their performances are as much ahead
Of this girls. as their training and prsc-
tice are more extensive and perfect than
hers. The black snake, though Of re.
pulsivo aspect, is perfectly harmless, hsv.
ing neither tho inclination nor the ab.l.
ty to iuaict wound. Hence the taming
would be safe and easy process, When
all was ready, tho thing was announced,
aud the pbcnothcnon exhibited, until it
came to BE- regarded BY many as an as.
founding verify. It has lately been
brought to this city as public show. Iu'
conclusion, we may remark that the fam-
lily in which the affair originated are in
fair way-if tboy havo not fallen into
the bands OF sFarpe's-to be raised by
it from state Of abject poverty, (,hs
father, we understand, is intemperate) to
the enjoyment of a comfortable eotnpe.
tency - Concord Journal.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

STRANGE AcTivIrY OF AN INSANE Wo.
MAN.-There is a woman in Whitney.
Me who for the past ten years has been
Insane. 1t is not fully known what the
cause was that led to this very peculiar
state of kcr mind. About eighteen years
ago she lost her husband, but since that
time she has performed the duties of her
household with as much care as is COM
mon cooks, washes, does all the house.
hold work without as ssistance or guidance
But unlike most womcn, she spends no
useless time indoors. engaged on the nj
Ger kinds of lace work. or even at the
toilet She has work to do, and all
her energies are given to it. AS soon
as the dishes are washed. aud furniture
set in order, she lights her pipe and
starts for the field.
About six rods from her house are two
small hills which she is at work in levell.
ing. They are about twelve feet high,
and on the top contain nearly quarter
of an aero During the past ten years
occupied Early in the morning, with
her hoe and crowbnr, which are the only
tools she uses, she start for these hill
tops, and there works till night. She
carries the small stones to the foot of
the hill, rolls tho large ones, and hoes
the dirt down. In this way size has low
cred one more than feet, aud the other
4 l.2.
The work she has performed is said to
be more than any Que man in the town
could have done in the sauo time with
the same tUolg The stones alone Sic
has carried to the foot of the hill would
now require the labor of five men and
four oxen two months to remove. Not
wiihstapdiDg this immense and cohtinu-
Gus labor, she enjoys at this time the
very best of health
When in the house about her work she
is perfectly rational never destroys any.
thing, aud is guilty Of no cunning tricks,
such as crazy people generally are. She
uses her sons wood to heat up large
rocks, which she cannot remove without
breaking, then pours water upon them
sholling them into small pieces to enable
ber to carry them into tho valley.
Upon almost every subject of the day
she expresses herself, having ideas Pc
culiar to herself alone. In Scriptures
she is well yersed, The word Sun is
not properly spoiled-sho contends it is
Mas, because it nourishcs the earth.-
The wonderful Aurora Borealis is tho
DEVILS fire and stars are the sparks
that rise up when tho Devil stirs it
She has had occasional encounters with
this parsonage while at her work on the
hill. Once DO attempted to take her
crOi05dy from her. 1t was badly bent
in the struggle and her faco scrstehod,
but she owe rpowered him.
She has great faith in charms, or what
she calls power-stones her bed is accord
iugly filled with stones, which she takes
from the hills-also the windows, corners
and various other parts of the housc.
She puts them also around her corn,
which she plants upon tho hills, and
which grows we'll and yields abundaptly,
though all tho sell is removed These
stones, she assures people, keep of the
witches and make the corn grow.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01
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Going Ahead.
by JOIiS q. WHITTIER

Dr JOHN q. WHITTIER.
l hear the far-of voyagcr's horn
see the Yankees trail
His foot OH every iiiountan pass,
On every stream his sail.
He's whistiing rounh st. Mays Falls
Upon the loaded train;
lies leaving on the Pictured Rocks
His fresh tobacco stain.
hear the mattbtk in the mines.
The axe stroke in the deli,
fie tiamor from the Indian lodge,
The Jesuit chapel bell.
! see the swarthy trapper come
From nssissippi's springs;
And war-clicf, with their painted brows
And crcsts of Eagles wings.
Behind the squaw's light birch canor,
The steamer smokes and raves,
And city lots are stakcd for sale
Above old Indian graves.
By forest, lake and waterfall,
see the paddles show;
The mighty minglitg with the mean
thc lofty with The low.
hear the tread Of pioneers
Ofnations yet to be.
Thc first low wash of waves where soon
Shall roll haman sea.
The rudimcnts Of Empire here
Are plastic yet and warm,
The Chaos of a mighty world
Is rounding into rbr.n!
Zach rtidr and jostling fragment soon
Its ii,ting place will find
The raw material of a State,
Its muscles and its mind
Aud westcrins still the star which leads
The new world in its train
Has tipped with fire the icy spears
Of many a mountain chain.
The snowy cones of Oregon
Are ki.dlcd on its way,
Aud CALIFORNIA; golden sands
Clean brighter in its ray.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

PHYsfot oGIcAL Law AND GosFEL
The younger mau is the more be may
cat at time. ana the less frequently.
Cornaro ate twice a day in youth. in old
age four times This is vine there IS
labor in digestion. Old oge is exhaus.
ted with full meals they are excessive
labor aud exercise To eat as the birds
cat, little aud often, is best for very
young and old people; they are both
weak in digestion. But certain regu-
hrity is suitable for uisp he is constitu.
tionally fitted for it. Even birds take u
rest, aud children go TO sleep in the day
time. Man makes a compromise, aud
establishes a system Of routine which
serves the same purpose Tue quantity
is pot alone tn be considered, but tue
mode and tho time Of taking it.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

must tell you good joke The
candidates for the different local Offices
are canvnssing the country. as well as
the more aspiring leaders of tho great
parties. One of these. it is said, in max.
ing his rounds few days since oncoun.
tered on the road a voter in his county
and tho following dialogue ensue1.
Candidate--(Rciping up alongside the
other,) How dye do Jin2 Old fellow,
I'm mighty glae to meet you. spose
you know I'm running for sheriff want
you to do all you can for me.
Voter-Before I pledge myself, I
wish to know whether or not you are
ono of these Know NOtbings
Candidate (Rising in his stirrups
with virtuous indignatiOn)-No stree
Voter-Well, am, and l won't vote
for any other than Know N o,hing
Good bye.
Candidate-Hold on, Jim-don't be
in such hurry. l don't exactly belong
to the Know Nothings, but syrnpathise
with them very much.
Voter-Fery sorry indeed, sir, can't
vote for you. but | sympatbise with you
--very much Good morning"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

YrLLow BIaps VS., WEEvrLs-M Mr.
d. II. Roberts, residing on the farm of
Orson Marsh, in Colcsvilc. commuui
Gates the following A ncighboring far.
mer wished he would get gun and kill
some yellow birds. which farmers gener-
ally suppose destroy The wheat. Mr. r.
declined, ms he does not like to kill birds
Of any kind. Out Ofcuriosity, however,
he killed one of the birds and opened its
crop. when he found that The bird ,instead
of eating the wheat. cat the weevil--the
great destroyer OF the wheat. He found
as many as two hundred weovil in the
birds crop and but four grains of wheat,
which had the wcevR Ia them This is
very important discovery, aud should
be generally known. The bird resembles
the canary, and sings beautifully
Binghamt0n Republican.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01


According TO their own account, their
new liue did not vary an inch eastward
or westward OF that which had been es-
tnblished by previous surveyors; $50
that. after all" says Mr.. Latrobe, " the
slghtlng along poles and the rude chain
measurements ct l76l and 1852 would
have answered every purpose had the
lraprletors only thought So"
lie gives minute account of the pro,
gress OF this WORK from time to time, aud
thus continues:
The line whose history has thus been
gwen was directed TO be marked In
laf'icuinr manner, both by the agree.
ments Ct the PARTIES and the decree OF
Lord Hardwickc and the surveyors ac-
cordireiy planted at the end Of every
nth mile, storc craven with the arms
tf the Pcnns on one side aud OF the Bal
,im"fe family on the other, marking the
iht'Imedla'e miles with smaller stones
heving J. on one side and an NJ on the
other. he stones with the arms were
all sent from England.
1hls was done on the parallel OF lat
49, tN' 49,
all wheel transportation ccasing III lfIo,
the further marking OF tue line was the
vista OF eight yards wide, with piles of
stones on the crests Of oil the mountain
ranges built some eight feet high, as far
as .he summit OF the Alicghany, beyond
winch the Inc was marked by posts,
rrouio whlrh stones and earth were
thrown the better to preserve them"
All the efforts OF Mr.. Latrobe to dis
cover some Information in regard TO the
characters and personal appearance OF
these two romnfkablc individuals proved
ifult'ess' Their letters" DC says. are
thc mcrcst business letters, their journal
IS The most naked OF records" ana he
therefore amused h'mse'f by div''ing
'htlr characters from Their respective
autographs FROM these he very inge'
n'Vus'y ucuuccs 'hat Mason was cool
deipcfa'e' rainsfak'ng man. never IN
hurry m"n OF 4uiet couiage. VIII"
crossed the nonohgabcla with fifteen
men because IL was his duty to DO so,
'houGh ne would have much preferred
'"'lco me number at his heels
~ !" ''h"" q 81 iSh"'uit hc IHlciS 'ndt
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01
The Winter of the Heart.

Let it never come upon you. Live
so that the good angels may protect you
from this terrible ovil-the winter of tho
heart.
Let no freezing influence freeze upon
the fountain of sympathy and happiness
in its depths; no cold burthen settle
over its wthercd hopes like snow on the
faded 9ower, no rude blasts of discomfort
moan and shrek through its desolato
chambers.
Your life path may lead you amid
trials which for time seeih utterly to
impede your progress, aud shut out the
light of heaven from your anxious gaze.
PenurY may take tho place of case
and plenty your luxurious home may be
exchanged for single, lowly room-the
soft couch for the straw palct--tho rich
viauds, for the cuarse food of the poor.
Summer friends may forsakc you, and
the Implying world pass you by with
scarcely look or word of compassion.
You may be forced to toll wcarily,
steadily on, to earn a livelihood you
may encounter fraud and the base avar
ice which would cxtort to the last farth-
ing, till you well nigh turn in disgust
from your fellow beings.
Death may sever the dearest ties that
bind you to earth, and leave you in fear.
full darkness. That noble, manly boy,
the sole hope OF your declining years,
may be taken from you, while your spir
it clings to him with a wild tcnacity
which even the shadow of the tomb can
not wholly suLdue.
But amid all the sorrows, do not come
to the conclusi that nobody was ever
SO deeply afflicted US you arc, and aban-
don every sweet anticipation of better
DAYS" in the unknown future.
Do not l'sc your faith in human ex-
cellence, because your confidence has
sometimes been betrayed, nor believe
that friend ship is only dclusiun. and
love bright phantom which mclts away
from your grasp.
Do not think that your are ftcd to be
miserable because you are disappointed
in your expectations, and bafi1ed in your
pursuits. Do not declare that God has
forsakcn you, when your way is hcdgcd
""""e "i'u 'H"'ho' VI TcHiic siHiuiii
when he calls your dear ones to The land
beyond the grave.
Keep a holy l,ust in heaven. through
every trial, bear adversely with forti,ude
and look up in the hours of temptation
and suffering. When your locks are
white, your eyes dim, aud limbs weary,
wheu your steps fal'ct on the verge Of
Deaths gloomy vale, c,still retain the fresh.
ness and buoyoncy of spirit, which will
shield you from the winter Of the heart.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

RIcn AND OiLy-New Bedford, tbs
richest city in the world in proportion TO
its population, hum bsrs among its heavy
taxpayers twenty-niue who are worth
$500 oc0 each, four worth 100000, a
lady worth $500, ,o60, one man who has
5000 0e0, ono worth $500 900, two worth
81 900 900, and any number that eau
show frog, $4,000 TO 100000 Many
Of these persons baye 9aae their msusv
from .bA vhalibk tusinsds
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

HypRoPnoBlA is said that in cv-
cry instance where person is bitten by
a mad dog, small pustules make thcir
appearance sooner or later on tho under
side Of the tongue but generally in from
six TO nine days Tncso pustulcs must
be opened with sbarp,pointed instru.
rneDt, as they are too tough to break of
themselves aud the matter must DO dis.
charged and spit out or il will be reab.
sorbed which reabnorptiou is said to
cause the paroxysms termed hydropho.
bia.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

The LAw.-Mr. Dunn Brown remark.
ed, the other day, that it was all very
well to ssy, never 60 to law" but what
was fellow to do when the law came to
him ? Mr. Browns observation was
called forta by an obloDg piooo of paper,
with which an ofscer had favored him.
There is II great deal of force in Mr..
Browns way of putting The question.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

A sharper remarking that there was
no knowing ono's friends till they were
tried, was asked if most Of his friends
bad not been tired already.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

The Journal of The Academy Of Medi.
cine at Turin statcs, among other things,
that tall men live longer than those Of
small stature or course they do, and
lie longer in bed
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

Tue way to make tall man "shoyt" is
to ask him to lend you hundred dollars
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01
Tho Deluge.

CLARK MILLS, VINO Decutno iamouS Oy
his equestrian, seli-poised statue OF Gen.
Jackson, has brouched the following new
theory of the formation Of this continent
and the consequent dcluge which destroy
cd oil mankind save Noah and his family.
We quote the conclusion Of bis article :.
"The rising of the American or West
ern Continent was, as before stated, the
effect of internal fires. The fountains
hero of the great deep being broken up,
the waters must have retired in great
agitation to the east and west from the
sides of the rising continent The length
of America being nearly from nofth to
south, from the eastern side tho waters
would be rolled to Europe and Africa,
and from the western side they would be
driven 10 Asia. South America. OK
tending further to tho cast than North
America, would give the current, which
was to overspread the entire continent q
direction to the north east. This cur
rent bore with violence tho shells and
fishes of the ocean to the plains and
mountains of Europe, and the vegetables
of Europe and Africa to the eastern parts
of Asia. There tho current was met BY
'a,. ".oec 80; 1ta. W." ~,
snrnoat s,a.ad l., ;,s da,,,r,,;ua
career by opposing each other and thus
immense deposits were made. This rush
of water, with the filming ocean beneath,
generated an immense evaporation. The
~ ,ns, .omnJ ,k., aI"ho .aD" o'J
donIv nbstrrn,od hn ,t, ,o,ro.;n, hurn.
ing mountain, Tbov rolled bock as II
osion;sLed ~, tho unS ,'hnnomonon l,Jnr
viii tLo r.rota 81 ha;i;nn nooam TLn
clouJs in ,h";r svbiimo nvofu,;nns rod
in tho d;roc,;on ~ ,bo wa,nr, ~ ,ho nos, I
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01

Why was Adam like Sugar Piauter7
Because be raised Cott
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-04-10

%LAsr FALL, the Fusionists swept
over Ohio 10 the tune Of 10000 ma.
jority. Every Congressional District
almost every County. passed into their
hands. There was not tho semblance
Of contest. for the democracy were
at the onset, borne down by an over.
whelming superiority Of numbers, and
utterly routed.
Six months have elapsed, and the re-.
action has progressed wonderfully. In
Portsmouth, only. can the Hindoos ex.
hibit a gain. But in Cincinnati, where,
last October, they had 5000 majority,
and where, this year, the severest strug.
gle in the State took place, they are do.
feated. Their very desperation shows
that the hunted tiger is bounding about
within the enclosure that Is rapidly mar.
rowing around him. Soon he will be
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-04-10
LATER FROM HAVANA,
Excitement against Capt. General.
BALTIMORE, March 30

~, BALTIMORE, March 80.
Iho Isabel arrived at Charleston.
bringing Havana dates to Sunday
Much excitement prevails at Havana
Don Ramon Pinto was executed on tho
morning Of the 22d inst. TO such a
pitch has the feeling on the subject
reached, that the Capt. General had non
been seen in public since tho event.
Inc Dody' instead Of being exposed tho,
usual time, some twelve hours, was ro-
moved within three. The indignatior.
evinced by the populace rendering such
measures percmtorily necessary. This
state OF affairs was brought about in
consequence Of the vindictive conduct
OF the Capt. General. Some informality
having taken place on the trial, tho
Minister OF War refused TO countersign
the death warrant, on tho ground that
the evidence convicting Pinto had en-.
anated from one who had served, two
apprenticeship at the chain gang. Tho
Capt. General thcreupon convened a,
council Of four, and after due considers.
tion, two OF them declared themselves
in favor of death and two for acquittal.
The casting voice was thus left with
lhe Capt. General, who condemned his
iormer Secretary and friend 10 the gar.
rotte. hence the indignation.
Thd trial OF Estrampes and Folk
was to have taken place early this week.
Consul Col. w. Robertson had protest.
ed mos encrgctically against their trial..
and insisted on their liberation. The
result Of the application was not known
when the Isabel sailed.
The French vessel Aregripa, at Ha.
vana, had rescued the crew Of the Amer.
lean brig Catherine Mary, bound from,
New York to the Indies, was abandoned
at sea in sinking condition at Koy
West
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-04-10
Another Ward TO be Thrown Out !
TAYLOR DECLARED ELECTED.
+ U N 4 He 4 D!

AT eleven o'clock this morning, the
shrewdcst calculations at the Times Of.
flee could not make the figures say that
Faran's majority was less than iOO.-
They tried hard, but the integers were in.
(ernally stubborn, and the returns per.
sistently perverse. At other places Fa.
rams majority was said to be from 800
10 roo.
About 70 o'clock. there was much
shouting in the vicinity of the X. N.
headquarters on Third Street, known
among outsiders, at least, as "Bunker
Hill" and large crowd speedily col.
lectcd. The cry was again, "Hurrah for
Pap Taylor" and many voices were ex.
citedly procIaiming, "Pap Taylor is
elected" We inquired the state of facts,
and with some difficulty learned that the
new CLEAN Of hope for "Pap" was re.
port that in the Twelfth Ward ft1y.thrcc
more Uotcs were found in the 6allot.5or
than Dcre recorded. and that consequent.
ly, the entire uote Of the Ward would
be throum out, and Pap declared elected.
So said the Third Street crowd, and vo.
ciierous was the shouting. The X. Ms
would hear to nothing but that Pap was
elected, whether he had the largest mum.
Der OF votes or not.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-04-10


ard of his adopted country, or Of It's laws, when
ealledby the Duties ofpatriotlsm. The gay, the
versatile, the philcsophic Fsenchman. accom-.
odating himself cheerfully 10 all The vicissi-
tudes OF life, incorporates himself without
difficulty in our society. But of all foreigners,
none amalgamate themselves so quickly with
our people rs the NATIVES or THE EMER.
AID ISLE. In some Of the visions which
have passed through my Imagination, have
supposed that IRELAND was originally part
and parcel Of this continent. and that by some
extraordinary convulsion Of nature, it was torn
from America. and drifting across the ocean, il
was placed in the unfortunate vicinity of
Great Britain. The some open heartedness !;
the same generous hospitality; the same care
less and nncalculating Indifference about hu.
man life, characterize the inhabitants of both
countries. Kentucky has been sometimes
called the Ireland Of America. And have
no doubt, that If the current Of emigration
were reversed, and set from America upon the
shores Of Europe. instead Of bearing iiom Eu-
rpe TO America, every American emigrant to
Ireland would there find, as every Irish emf
grant here finds, hearty welcome and hap
NJ hOne'