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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-09-09
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WINE Two HUNDRED YEARS Obj
The only thing in the former city (Bre
men) which we had time TO visits. was
the CO ehrated Ra'hskellcr, or cypt of
the old Hall of Council This is re
nown throughout all Germany for tuns
Of Rheni-h wine. Of the most undoubt
ed antiquity They are kept in great
vanlts, distinguished by different titles
Tha, Of the "Twrlve Avo,tles" has been
immortalized by Hauf and Heinc. bu,
the apostolical wines are not 50 fine a,
those authors would have us believe
Each cask bears the name of one of the
Apostles they contain wine Of the VIM
tago of l7lS which has now | was in.
formed, pungent. acid favor That Of
Judas alone, retains a pleasant aroma
and the sinner, therefore is in greater
demand than all the saints together. In
the Rose Cellar" are enormous casks
yot filled with Hocbbeimer (Hockl OF
the vintage of 1924. For a couple OF
centuries it was carefully treasured but
the city Fathers of Bremen finally dis.
covered the longer it was kept the worso
bottles at a moderate price.
We sat down in the outer cellar, and
had bottle uncorkcd Think of drink
ing wine which grew whom the Plymouth
Colony was but tour years old of the
same vintage which Aristo might have
drank and Milton. and Cromwell. and
Wallensiein and Gustavus Udolphus -
Shakespeare had been dead but eight
years when tue grapes we're trodden in
the watts and Ben Johnson may have
sung his "Driuk to me only with thine
eyes," over the goblet of the golden Juice
We filled the glasses with great solem-
nifty as these thoughts passed through
our mind-admired its dark. smoky col.
or, shifted up revently ils musky. mum.
my like odor, and then tasted Fancy a
mixture Of oil and vinegar favored with
a smell drop Of kreosote This, a. |
aftcrward recognized was the impression
made npon the palate, though my i'm
agination was too busy at the time to bo
aware of it We all said, 1T is not so
bad as | expected" and. by keeping the
fact of its age constantly before our eyes,
succeeded in emptying the bottle So
pungent. however. was the smoky oily,
acidious flavor, that it affected my palate
for twenty-four hours afterward, and
everything | ate aud everything | drank
in that time seemed to b. Of the vintage
of 1924 Bayard Taylor.
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a BosTON CLERGYMAN IN THE FIFTH
AVENUE. The New York Evening Post
tells the following story of a we'll known
clergyman If Boston
Having come to this city few weeks
to supply the place of rusticating broth.
er, he was stroliing about town on Sat
urday afternoon, aud in the course of his
rambles naturally took a glance at Fifth
avenue. Seeiug one of the churches open
and the sexton making i, ready for the
services of the next day, curiosity temp
ted him to look into il, He was about
gratifying that propensity, when the sex
tor called out to i'm in a gruff voice,
'You cant 90 in there, sir
merely desire to look at the church
moment" replied the clergyman, sdvaD-
cling towards the inner door.
Stop, sir = cried the sexton, in q rago
at the visitors audacity; we don't allow
that"
The clergyman surprised at the mans
violence, me, ky rejrinSd, DON'T you al.
low any one to see your church p
mo, sir. These are my orders, sir; not
to admit anybody"
oh very well if those are your or.
der', I will of coucscsgo. paid the cleri-
cal gentleman, looking blandly through
bis suecticIes but any time when any
of your people are in Boston, and desire
to look at my church, they are always
welcome to do so "
The sexton, with most profuse and
humble apologies. for having mistaken
him for layman was now equally anxious
to chaperon him through the church as
he had heeu to drive him away. Bat tho
clergyman declined the civility, express
sing himself entirely satisfied with what
be had already seen,
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How to tell the age of Ladies.

OF course, all our readers are awarr
that to ask a lady her sgc, is equivalent
to direct declaration of war We have
always looked NJ on il as such still, wo
have felt an irresistible desire to know
the ages If some ladies but bless their
dear souls we would lot ask them for
the world We have AT ieneth come
across a method ty which the sweet
ones may be made to divulge the great
secret, without knowing what they arc
about; and thus young gentlemen can
at once learn whether they are paying
their devoirs to seventeen or thirty -
The following table will do it. Just
hand this table to the lady, aud request
her to teIlyou in which column or columns
her age is contained Add together The
figures at'thc top Of the columns in which
the age is found, and you have the ereat
secret. Thu- suppose her age to he
seventeen. You will find the number
seventeen only in two columns viz 'ha
first and fifth and the first figures at
the head of these columns, make seven
teen. Here is the magic table
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-09-09

THE LAST SNAKE Story A correA-
pondent of The Abingd0n Democrat. wri.
ting from Walnut Hill. Lee County. Va,
who is as The Democrat assures its
readers, IA gel tlcman in whom ru plicit
confidence may be placed" gives the
following account Of the killing of
monster reptile in Harlem County, KY:
About three weeks ago five men went
to gather wortleberries iu the mountain.
Gus part Of Harlan County Ky. and in
their travels came to small hra uch at
tho foot Of a steep ridge, whore they dis.
covered a smooth beaten path, or rather
slide, that led from the branch M the
ridge Curiosity tempting them TO know
its meaning. they followed the trail to
the top of tho ridge, where, to heir as
constituent, they found about an acre Of
ground perfectly smc 9th aud destitute of
vegetation. near the centre OF which,
they discovered small sink OF cave,
large enough TO admit a salt barrel
They concluded to drop il few stones.
and presently their ears were sala:cd
with loud rumbing sound, acGompan-
led with a lattliug noise and so enor-
nous serpent made his appearance, blow
Jog and spreading his head and forked
tongue protruded. The mou werc struck
with wonder and alright and suddenly
the atmosphere wa. filed with smell
So uauseating that three Of the Eve men
were taken very sick; the other two
discovering the condition of their COM
panions dragged them away from that
abode Of death. About ten feet of tho
suake had to their judgment, made its
appearance, when they hurried home and
told what they had seen to their neigh
bors The next day were mounted some
ten Of the hardy mountaineers, armed
with rifles determined 20 destroy tho
monster. On approaching within one
hundred yards of tho dwelling of his
snakeship theT horses suddenly became
restive, and neither Kindness nor force
could make them 20 any nearer. The
men dismounted. and hitching their hors-
es, proceeded on foot, with rifles cooked
to the mouth of the cave. They hurled
in three or four large stones, and fell
back some fifteen steps, when the sama
noise was heard as before, and out came
the dreaded reptile, ready, as his looks
indicated, to crush the intruders. About
the same length of the snake had appear
ed from tho hole, when eight OF ten bull
let's went through his head. and, as
the monster died, he kept crawling out,
until twenty feet of that hugo boa lay
motionless on the grouLd Il was raj.
tesnake with twenty eight ra.tles-,he
first was four inches in diameter, the
rost decreasing in size to the last. With
difficulty the men dragged him home.
and his skin can now be seen ~ the
curious in Harlan County"
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The Llama.

Returning from the mine We net
drove of llamas on their way from toe ma
cienda. This is quite an imposing sight,
especially when the drove is encountered
suddenly at a turn of the road. The lead
er. which is always selected on account of
his superior height, has his head dee grated
with tufts of colored woolen fringe, hung
with little bells; and his extreme height,
(often six feet,) gallant and graceful car
riage, pointed ear, restless eye, and quiv-
ering lip, as he faces you for a moment,
make him as striking an object az one
can well conceive. Upon pressing on MIN
he bounds aside, either up or down the
cliff, and is followed by the herd scram-
bling over places that would be impa sable
for the mule or the ass.
They travel immense distances, but by
short stages-not more than nine or ten
miles per day. 1t is necessary, in long
journeys, to have double the number re-
quired to carry the cargo, give
them relays The burden of the llars IS
about one hundred and thirty pounus. no
will not carry more, and will be beat to
death rather than move when he is over-
loaded or tired. The males only are
worked the females are kept ior the
breed. They appear gentle and docile,
but when irritated they have very saw
age look, and spit at the object OF tloir
anger with great venom. The spite is
said to be very acrid, and will raise Lis
tiers where it touches the skin. We saw
none in the wild state. They are bred on
the haciendas in great numbers. We had
no opportunity of seeing the guo,0tco or
alpaca, (other varieties Of the Peruvian
sheep,) though we now and then in cross
ing the mountains, caught glimpse of
the wild and shy vicuHo. These go in
herds of ten or fifteen females accompan.
led by one male, who is ever on the alert.
On the approach of danger he gives warn
ing by shril whistle, and his charge
makes off with the speed of the wind.
The wool Of the vicuna is much finer and
more valuable than that of the other spe-
cies-it is maroon-colored.
A good and learned Presbyter, DR.. Cab.
rera, whose portrait hangs in the library
at Lima, by patience and gentleness, sue
ceeded in OBJ aiming cross between the
alpaca and vaouna, which he called p0co
yicuna, the wool of which is said to com-
bine the fneness Of that of the vicuna
and the length of staple of that Of the
alpaca. The value of vicuna wool. at
the port of shipment, was, in 1888, one
hundred dollars the hundred weight that
of the alpaca, twenty-five dollars; and
that of the sheep from twelve to fifteen.
Peru shipped from the ports of africa.
Callao, and Islay, during the fo"r years
between 1887 and 1910, inclusive, wool
of the sheep, alpaca, and vicuna, to the
value Of two million and forty-nine thou
sand and thirty-nine dollars. (Castelnau,
vol. 4, page 100
Were any care taken in the rearing Of
these wild sheep Of Peru, the country
might draw a great revenue from tue ssls
of their wool.-Herndon s ExploJataon
ofthe valley of the amazon.
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AN ExTEN,IvE FAMILY IN VlRGivlA.

AN ExTEN,IvE FAMILY IN ViRGivlA.-
We learn from aur friend, A Scatter.
lay, of this city, who has jns returned
from a visit to our neighboring County
of Wctzel. Of the existence Of most re.
markable family in that neighb0rhood.
Mr.. S, in his peregrinations over the
county. observed that in almost every
precinct there lived three or four fami
lies by the name OF Morris, and having
some anxiety TO learn the extent of the
family, made inquiry, and was directed
20 the mother OF the whole tribe for in.
Illumination, having been previously told
that she still lived though upward Of
ga years of age. Mr. S. interrogated
the good old lad politely and gently,
and succeeded il ascertaining that she
was the mother Of 25 children, II sons
and daughters. She has i2l grand.
children, ls ereat.grandchildrsn, and
one great great Grand child. all with the
exception Of 6re drad-two girls aud
three buys) now living in one neighbor-
hood. One of her sons has I6 children
one l2 and another | One of the
EillH u 'Hc w CillluFtU. anu
another of l3; all the rest Of them pro.
ducod between five and seven. One Of
the sons, who is now quite aud old man,
lives within seven miles OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, but never saw rail.
road track until q few days ago The
father, grandfather, and great.grand.
father Of this whole kingdom of Morri.
ses, died at the age of IT. twenty-ono
years ago The 25 sons aud daughters
all lived to be grown up men aud women.
We venture to assert that this uniyersa
family stands without parallel in point
of frui'fulness. The old lady was sorry
to say that two of the girls were never
married, and that three of the boys were
similarly unfortunate. They are repre-
sentod to be quiet, inoffensivo people, en-.
,iTsly free from the small vices which
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-09-09
POETRY.
MY God 1 Know That I Must
Die,

olSs
hsTn Cot Lh ,ceis ,cohl oqss Ish as,dt.'
Ny God know that must die
My mortal life is passing hence:
On earth either hope nor try
10 find lasting residence.
Then teach me by Thy heavenly grace,
Win JOY and peace my death to face
My God, know not wlen die.
What is the moment OF the hour
How soon the clay may broken lie,
How quickly pass away the flower;
Then may thy child prepared be
Through Time to meet Eternity.
My God know not hoic die
For death has many ways to come
In DARK, mysterious agony,
Or gentle rs a sleep to some
Just as Thou wilt if but tlo
Forever blessed Lord, with thee.
My God / know not uhore die,
Where is my grave, beneath whit strand,
Yet from its gloom do rely
To be delivered by Thy hand.
Content take what spotis mine
Since all the earth, nv Lord, is Thine.
My gracious God when must die,
oh bear my happy soul above,
With Christ, my Lord, eternay
To share Thy glory ard Thy love
Then cones it right and well to me,
When, whero and how my death shall be.
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LAzINEss. -Lazuess is bad disease.
and, like many other kinds. is often self
imposed. Ia the case Of many inhivid.
uals it is an inherited malady. aud conse-
quently hard to oust from the system.
But it is oftener the case that this dis.
gusting distcmper is brought on persons
by their own deliberate selfisbuess by
dispo'iti n 10 shirk the ineyita.
BILE burdens incident to living decent
life, Laziness of this kind is one of the
cardinal sins, and should suhjDc, tho OBJ.
noxious offender to the discipline of the
tread-mill, More particularly is lazi.
ness offensive in the young and healthy.
To learn to work, cheerfully is the cel
tral lesson of life. Begin to learn il
early-eschew laziuess as tho most dis
gusting If all faults aud one that will
surely end in hopeless Inisery,-for de-
pend upon it. none can be 80 insensible
thr ough laziness as 20 be, in the end,
incapable of suffering Nature is in the
event of non.paymeDt Of her demands.
stern and mer ciless creditor. There
fore boys aud girls, off jackets and su.
perabundant crinolincs and square your
accounts with her.
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A CRowD. Some people estimate
minister precisely as they do horse
by his market price others as they do
drummer who hunts up customers, and
secures trade and others sill, simply BY
the crowds which A ok to hear him preach
We are reminded of an incident in the
life of Bishop Horne whenever we think
of this class
Bishop Horne had his dignity some.
what taken down when he took possession
Of the Enisc ,pal palace at Norwich, 10
1901. He turned sronnd on tho steps
and exclaimed. BLESS us bless nc what
a multitude of people !' % my Lord,
said bystandor, This is nothing to the
crowd on Friday last TO see man hang.
ed -
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A Preacher in q Fix.

When the long wintnr evenings came
on. it was determined to bold series fex
ira meetings. Hitherto | had avoided
preaching before my senior bnt further
it was impossible. The arrangement for
us to uccupy the pulpit on alternate even.
iues was 50 paIably just that could not
dfmur Nv elder brother opened the
campaign with a thrilling sermon.
Coul'! any one have seen my fcverishly
pacing my room on the following day,
hey wonld have judged me 10 he con
domnod criminal, rather than a herald Of
the Gospel The fear Of man bore beavi
ly upon me, and in my extremity, | did
hot flee to the 'Munition of Rocks" with
saving ccnfdouce. When my mind was
crazingl y entargled, caught sight of a
volume Of skeletons that had long been
gathering dust in my library. A well
intentioDed friend. during my college
course. had rursuadcd mo tn purchase i
but hi 'berto | had avoided it as some.
thing evil Now it seemed God send
With trembling eager hands l clutched
ard opened il. Instinctive,y | turr ed
to the revival department, and selected a
stirring appeal from passage in Ezeki"l.
A few moments sufficed to transfer its
leading thoughts TO a slip ofp1por These
c'm'n'eu toge'her win ht'ie uh'cm,
p'reu mortar OF my o"n' ana spahgIed
,ho "ho'e win an OCCASIONAL anecdote.
| now brcathed easier, yet, as I wondeG
my way TO the crowded chapel, I felt
very muen IKE Sampson ai'cr ne was
s""'" VI ms iocks. Preacn'u anu i
'n'oh' Preacneu wei ior beginner yc,
was ever conc'ous OF suostratum oi
Shane'
The nexs evening my senior, though
well enough TO be present, was sutiiciont I.
" hdlsnosed to engage young Freewill
Baptist brother to occnpy for him. AT
ter the prelimlnarles, to my utter dlslDay
he announced for bis toxt, the Identical
verse | had--rather The Sketch BOOK
hha-n'scourSed from the previous night
Brohthlessly | listened, as in'comica fdt'
Sen0 tone he sqnacked ont the very eX
ordium had used. My heart beat at
most aud'bly my blood rushei hetray-
iugly rushed from II cold clainmy
sweat stood out IN beads upon my fore
mead and tr'ckled tncomfnrtIv down the
sTinai soiump. hoped that III the eon
raj DIVISION, he would very suihclen'iy
TO Gertroy tho identity OF the sermons
Aios l was do nmed TO disappointment.
As water flows ai"ne the channel scoop
ed out tor It, so oe--as did 'wonty'tour
hours previ'uS-poured along tue valley
OF Dry bones
foy have perhaps read of the luxury
OF er'et and perhaps experienced It -
but miue was tho luxury OF 'mbarr!ss'
mont. MY eye "a' ri'e'ed as 1t by ias
ci"a',on upon tne speaker as ne shr'''y
p'p'd ,hr,ugn d'I''ion ni'Sr d'v'-'1n H'
Tue u"'uchy 'te'cr A'' Tue wh''e , .e'
every eye ih the chal o' upon mo Attor
revei',ng 'or moro man an nour IN NOR
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usually Lcset humanity tier, are no
dru, kards in the family, and few of
them make use Of rrofane language
Their conduct aud course Of life is in.
variahly characterized by honesty, up.
rightness aud s'r,"t integrity. We chal.
!cngo tho vorid To- produce another such
family as the N.rri,c' -- IPheeiinq In.
tcl(tgencs
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A Capital Story.

some years sinc,, 10 eccentric old gen.
tloman. whom for ivenieao, We will
call Barnes empln ,e1 bv a farmer living
in town somo ak mll,s westerly from
the Penobsco,t river, 10 dig w,l-
The soil and snbs'rnlum being mostly
snud old Barnes, nficr having pr nressed
dnwnwlrls about foftg, fee. fplrd one
morning upon going cut early to hiS
work that the well hAd essentially caved
in. and vas fnll ncnrlv 10 the top. So
having that desire which men have Of
knowing what will be said of hem after
they are dead and no one being ,e' astir.
he concealed himself in rank growth
# hurdocks bv the side of a boar fence
near the mouth If the welt. having 6rst
lcfr his hat aud frock upon the wIDdlass
over the well.
At length. breakfast being ready. a
by was despatched ~ call HIM 10 his
meal when 10 it was seen that Barnes
was buried in the grave unconcipusly
dug with his own hands. The alarm be-
iug given and the family assembled. it
was decided first to cat breakfast. and
and his wife and childleu. Such apa-
thy lid not flattcr Barnes self esteem "A
bit, but he waited patiently, determined
to hear what was to he said. and see what
was to be seen.
Presently all parties came ind began
prosp p3cting the scene Of the catastropbo.
as people usual DO in such sasea At
length thev drew together 70 exchange
opinions as to what should be donc.-
The minister gave it as his opinion that
they had better level up the we'll and
let Barnes remain for said be, he
ia now beyond the temptation to sin;
and in the day of judgement !. will make
no difference whether he is buried five
feet under sr und Or fifty for he is boaud
to come forth in either case"
The coroner likewise agreed that it
would be a needless expeusn to his fam.
lily or the town. to dislu,er him when he
was 80 eil'cctually buried, and ,heref,rs
entirely coiocidcd with the minister
His wife Thought that a. he had loft
his hat aud frock, it would be hardly
worth while to dig him gu, for the rest
of his clothes, so il was settled to let
him remain.
But poor old Barnes who had not had
any breakfast, and was not at all pleased
with the result Of the ipq1est Law 1uiet
until tho shades OF eve ing stoic oyer
the landscape then be quietly Y dqcanped
to parts unknown.
After remaining incognto fpr abuut
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The Farmers Wife That Would
Re

Tam wild aud laughing girl.
Just turned Of sweet sixteen
AS full of fun and mischief
As any yon have seen
And when am women
No city beau for me;
If e'er marry in my life
\ farmers wffe III be-
Let other girls who love it best
Enjoy the gloomy town,
Mid dusky walls aud dirty streets
To wander up and down;
But howery fields and shady woods.
And sunny skies for me
If Ger marry in my life,
A farmers bride I'll be
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TO THE MUSICAL WORLD!

VUST received, large lot Of New Sheet Mu-
~ sic and Cramer's School for the Piano, which
will be sold cheaper than the cheapest. Call At
the Daguerrean Rooms, in Stewart's Building
A. j. HIRN EY.
Mr.. II. has entered into arrangements with all
the Publishers. to receive their best productions
daily. Mnsic nrhers sent daily.
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De captitate the devil and you have his
cha-acter-evil.
Drop the 20 and you have vile strike
out the W and it leaves it el, which an
Englishman will roughen into an uucom.
Portable locality-hell.
OF a truth the devil Is the word.
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J. G. o. REDINGTON,

h1ddleDury, ,,...... vermont,
A GENT for Musical Instruments. Melodeons
~ of any maker, (even of Prince X Co.. FUR
nsned. personal warrant, in addition to that
Of manufacturers, gwen 10 selected instruments.
A sample melodeon can be seen Al all times.
Dealer in sheet music and music books. Or
ders for music sent regularly to New York Oh
Tuesday Of each weeA aud returned by express
within three days.
Charge. IN all cases, the prices fixed by the
board Of Trade, with the usual discounts to
Teachers. Seminsries aud Churches.
Teacher OF vocal and instrumental music.
Middiebury June, 1867.
Mr. W. q. Myer. will attend to Music orders for
three weeks.