The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-13

the preparation of this machinery, TO be
placed on each Of the ships carrying tho
cable, viz the "Agamemnon" aud "Ni.
agara." The former is of such largo ca.
pacity that her portion of the wire will
be placed on board in single coil. That
part intended for the Niagara is so far
advanced that the process Of shipment
might be commenced Immediately, if the
vessel was in port ready to receive it.
Groat interest is manifested in England
with reference to the construction of the
cable, and the preparations made for
shipping and laying it. AS evidence of
this, it may be stated that the Prince of
Wales recently visited the establishment
where the wire is making, 10 company
with Mr.. Field and others, for the pur.
pose of witnessing tho progress of the
work, and while there, cannon was re.
peatedlv discharged by means of electric.
ity, transmitted through four hundred
miles Of the cable.
Quite contest arose respecting the
location Of the main telegraphic Office.
at London or Liverpool but the former
was finally choscn.-Journal Of Com.
merce.
HUcH MmLER's LAST WoRK.-Our
American friends are fond of Boosting
that they beat the Britisbers." and they
do beat us sometimes in things least ex.
pectcd, The first extracts from Maoau.
lays History of England reached us from
the other lido of the Atlantic aud on
Thursday, says the Inverness Courier,
VIC received from tie press at Boston,
United States, a long extract from Hugh
Miller's last work, not yet published, and
which none of our contemporaries in Ed
iuburgh seem yet to have seen. 1t an.
pears that Mr.. Millor's Testimony of
the Rocks" is now printing at Boston,
and is to be illustrated by some hundred
highly finished cngravings. executed for
the work in Paris, We have only room
to say that Mr.. Miller argues that the
revelation of the creation, as given in
Genesis, was addressed to the eYe aud
not to the ear Of Moses The account is
description Of what Moses saw in viz.
ion. not description dictated by insp.
ration in so many words. He supposes
that the Almighty caused phantasma.
goric picture Of the Six Days to pas. be.
fore the eyes of Moses, and that be de.
scribes these appearances. He thus saw
each great Day or Kon, under it's most
characteristic aspect. This theory is not
new, but it is oxpoundcd with that poet.
ical gorgeousness Of description charac.
teristc of the lamonted author. Scotch
paper.
To PREACHERs I have found the
following rules to be Of much service to
myself. and respectfully suggest to my
rehron in the ministry tho propriety Of
testing their merits Il. Resolve to be
brief, as this is an age Of talegraphs and
stenography-2' BE pointed never
| preach all around text without hitting
It's, State your propositions plainly,
but do not stop long to pariicularize -
q. Avoid long introductions but plunge
into your sermon like swimmer into
cold waters. condensc make sure
right out, in the plainest, shortest posi-.
bic te'ms-6. Avoid all high flown Ian.
guagc; quote no Hebrew or Greek ain
to be simpls prcachcr-7. Be honest
enough to own that you do avail your
self Of help from any source But, in
using helps, be sure you never make stills
Of them when your own legs are far bet.
ter.-6. Expect the Fathers blessing
| you are bis servants and can do nothing
without ito. Stop when you ar. done.
Among the many rulos given the prev oh.
or, | have found it convenient to adopt
the above, as being such as were proii;a.
bic to me. Aud how, my brethren, if
they will doy you any good, you arc vel
como to them George C. Bancroft.
How THE BEAR CANE TO HAVE SHORT
TAiL.-A Norwegian Fable SATISFACTORY.
ly accounts for the short tail of the bear,
fox who carried load Of f,b, aud who,
in answer to the question how he had OBJ.
tanned them, replied, that he had caught
them BY angling. The bear expressed a
desire to know an art so useful; when
the fox informed him tina, be only had
to make a hole in tho leo and insert his
tail. You must stop long enough, and
not mind if it hurts you little (,aid
the friendly advisory for sensation of
pain is sure sign that you have bite
The longer tho time the more the f,h
Nevertheless, when you have a good,
strong bite be sure YOU pull out" The
credulous bear followed the instructions
and kept his tail in the hole till it was
frozen fast When he pulled the end of
the tail came off; and hence, the short
ness of the appendago at the present day.
-FraSer's Magazine.
A FEMALE RELIGIOUS DUEL-The
correspondence Havas has the following
account of female religious duel:
THE Swiss Protestants are absorbed
by serio.comic topic 1t is female
duel which has just taken place, upropos
to the unsolvod question between tho dis.
ciples of Luther and Calvin. Two young
women, teachers. of Berne, made fanati.
cal by their reading, and tho individual
interpretations which it suggested, could
not agree upon q point Of doctrine, and
fualiy agreed to resort to force to settle
the question. The place Of meeting was
the most obscure part of a neighboriug
wood, the hour fixed was two o'clock
Seconds had procured the steel weapons,