The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-01-17

~.'aNNsa oNh NhOutt
An exquisitely dressed young gentle.
man, after buying another seal to dangle
about his delicate person, said to the
Jeweler, that he would all like to have
oh something engraved on il ah to de.
note who he was. +" Certainly, certainly;
will put cipher on it," said tho trades.
man.
What y said an cx.volunteer to
comrade, whom he found engaged in the
difficult vocation of driving q lot of
swine, ~ thought l left you in the
army" "Ab, no" was the reply. "you
see l have abandoned the sword and
taken to the pen."
To CLEAN WINDOW GLASS Take |
finely pulverzed indigo, dip into linen
rag moistened with vinegar, wine. or
water, and apply it briskly to the glass.
This method of cleansing glass inparts
brilliant polish and is far more expedi.
tiously accomplished than cleaning with
soap suds or whiting.
A bank out West has for its vignettc.
cattle and hogs in the foreground and |
church in the distance Not bad com.
ment on the age.
True merit, like the pearl inside the
oyster, is content to remain quiet until
it finds an opening
A Yankee, describing an opponent,
says, 81 tell you what, sir, that man
don't amount to q sum in arithmetic
dad Inn up 0nd there is nothing TO
carry'
Sir Thomas Browne says Sleep is
so like DEATH that l dare not trust it
without my prayers"
We should choose to bear the hatred
OF evil men rather than deserve their
just accusation after serving their base
ends.
A printer requested a Millerite to
settle for some printing, and remarked
to him, 1--WE can go before magistrate
and swear we believe you intend leaving
the State"
John"y Charlie, do you get licked
much
Charlie.-No, stree, don't; I'vegot
a grandmother.
CURE FOR PALrlrArloN A lad, a.
bout forty years old, says the Journal of
Health, who has suffered severely from
periodical attacks of pa'ptation of the
heart, from the age of twelve years. has
found immediate and permanent relief
from the use Of soda water. 1t appears
from experiments since made. that car.
bonic acid gas is the active curative
agent.
To succeed in business Advertise
and keep good-natured. The former will
bring customers and the latter will
retain them. A smile draws like poul.
tice, while vinegar,visaged clerk is
nearly as bad for trade as unripe fruit |
aud sickly summer.
An honest Dutchman, on being asked
how often no shaved, replied
dimes week cffery other tay put Sun.
day-den sbafe effery tay.
She that marries man because he Is
good match" must not not be sur.
prised if he turns out "Lucifer."
Patrick. what did you have for din.
ner to-day ?" "Praters and roast bafe "
Same as mine, sure, upon my sowl-
barrin the bafe"
Quick believers need broad shoulders.
Gas ReToRT-.The reply of one Mem.
Der OF Congress to the speech of another
Gently the dews are DER mo stealing,n
as the man s.id when he had five due
bills presented to him at once.
Avoid popularity it has many snnrcs.
and no real benefits.
He is fool who cannot be angry; but
he is wise man who will not
Sir David Baird was notorious for
roughness, etc. His mother said, when
she heard of his being taken prisoner
at,Seringapatam, and of the prisoners
being chained together two and two.
God help the mon that's tied to my
Davie % {
In the collegiate days of Royal Ty,
Ter, once Judge of the Supreme Court
in Vermont, he was called upon to re- {
cite from Locke on the Understands
ing and having failed to commit the ,
recitation,was giving of-he knew not
what-extempore, when the Professor
interrupted him: {
But you don't find that in the
book
L know it, said Tyler. 4 did
not agree with Mr.Locke, and thought
I would give my own sentiments on {
the subject.
DIDN'T GET IT We understand /
that Mr.. Baldwin Of theBaldwin House. {
in this village having sold span Of hors-
es on Monday of last week for $500. ,
and deposited the money in his wallet,
left it in his pantaloons pocket, on 90
ing to bed, but waking up during the t
night, transferred it to a snug place ,
under his pillow, for greater safety.
On waking in the morning, his panta>
looms were missing but the cash was I
not. The thief experienced the truth
of the old adage, "there's many slip ,
between the cup and the lip. "-Og-
densJurM Sentinel, I'd inst. q