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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29
Acting upon Principle.

Some years ago, during sojourn in
Montgomery, it was the writer's good
fortune to be numbered among the
friends of Col, G. Tho Colonel was one
Of those in whose breast the milk of hu-
man kindness overhowed 1t was his
misfor tune that he was never able to say
no. And to so great an extent was this
weakness carried, that it had become a
notorious fact that the Colonel would
lend money to any ono on the first ask.
ing, rather than refuse it.
Brit SO often had his good nature been
imposed upon, that he had established
rule for his own government, which he
was careful to explain to applicants for
funds, aud usually did so after the fol-
lowing style: " Want ten, do you2 Well,
you can have it. But when can you pay
it back2 You see I've got a good deal
of money loaned out around, and like to
keep it circulating, but l like to know
just about the tina when it's going to
get around back to me and l hate to
BE- disappointed, A man that disappoInts
me once never gets any more money
from me-"
Thus it became notorious that he
would lend money to any one on the
first asking, and if they were prompt in
repayment, they could take him for his
pile; at least so it was supposed. Ac-
ting upon this suppostion, one K, no.
torious gambler, applied to the Colonel,
one day, for a huadred dollars rather
doubtful of his success, however. G. was
staggered; but catching his breath, and
overc omo by nature, he replied: Want
a hundred D certainly you can have it;
but whom will you pay me back I al
ways want to know when my money is
coming in, as | want to use it elsewhere.
Fix your own day, but be prompt on the
day you fix, for a man who disappoints
me once never gets any more money
from me 7
X. took the money, promising to re.
turn it on the following Wednesday I;
and punctual to the day and hour, he
did return it borrowing from all his
friends to enable him to do 50. Accot-
ding to the general suppositiou, his cred.
it was thereby opened with G. to any
extent; and two weeks after, his friends
pressing for repayment, and wanting a
stake for himself, he applied boldly to
g., nothing doubling his success.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

BEAUTIFUL AND WE CAN READILY Be.
LlEvE TRUE.-Who doubts that bird
loves2 Here is evidence from the Ma.
tional Lntelligences.
A gentleman observed in a thicket of
bushes near his dwelling collection Of
brown thrushes, who for several days at.
tracted his attention by their loud cries
and strange movements. At last, Gu.
riosity was SO much excited that he de.
termined to see if he could ascertain
the cause of the excitement among them.
On examining the bushes ho found fe
malo thrush, whose wing was caught in
such way that she could not escape -
Near by was her nest, containing sever.
al half grown birds On retiring little
distance, company Of thrushes appear.
ed with worms in their mouths, which
they gave first to the mother, then to
her yoang, she in the meanwhile cheer
ing them in their labor of love with o
song of gratitude. After watching the
interesting scene until curiosity was sat.
isfed, the gentleman relieved the poor
bird when she flew to her nest with a
grateful song to her deliverer and her
charitable neighbors dispersed to their
usual abOdes, singing as they went a
song of praise.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29
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"A shipownor belonging to Portland,
a few days since, while going from New
York to Baltimore, was robbed of his
pocket.book containing several thousand
dollars in the following manner: He
entered the cars at Jersey city with
lady, and there being rush Of passen.
gers, every one was crowding for seat
The lady in turning towards the gentle
man, saw man just Withdrawing his
hand from the pocket of her friend. She
Immediately exclaimed, they have got
your pocket.book : he placed his hand
upon his pocket and exclaimed, so they
have by - This all happened pre-.
vious to their taking their seats in the
cars. He saw rush for the door, and
he sprang forward and held the door,
seizing at the same time the supposed
robber by the collar, who threatened to
blow the gentleman's brains out if he
did not let 60 his hold But tho gontlo
man declared that no one should pass
out unless they went over his dead body.
He then called for the police the man
evidently become larmed and the young
lady having her eyes upon him saw the
pocket-book drop under the car seat and
thus by resoute boldness he recovered
his property.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Better than Diamonds.

was standing in the broad crowded
street of large city. 1t was a cold
winters day. There had been rain al.
though the sun had been shining bright.
ly, yet the long icices hung from the
caves of the houses, and tho wheels rum.
blcd loudly as they passed over the
ground. There was cloar, bright look,
aud cold, bracing feeling in the air, and
clear northwest wind, which quick kened
every step. Just then little child came
running along-a poor, ill.clad child !;
her clothes were scant and threadbare /;
she had no cloak and no shawl, and her
little bare feet looked red and suffering
She could not have been more than eight
years old She carried bundle in her
hand. Poor little shivering child
pited her. AS she passed her foot slip.
ped, and she fell With a cry of pain but
she held the bundle tightly in her hand
and jumped up, although she limped
sadly, enaeavored 10 run as before.
"Stop little girl, stop |" said swe ct
voice and beautiful woman, wrapped
in a huge shawl and with furs aroun d
her, came out of jewelers. store close
b.. Poor little child" she said, are
you hurt2 Sit down on the steps aud
tell mo-" ......t t.....
How l loved her, and how beautiful
she looked. -...
Oh, l cannot" said the little child,
| cannot watt am in such hurry,
Rave been to the shoemaker's, and
mother must finish these shoes tonight
or she will never get any moro shoes to
mend"
"To.night2" said the beautiful wo-
man, tonight ~ ao l..
".Yes," said the child--for the stran-
gers kind manner had made her bold
"yes, for the great ball tonight; and
these satin slippers must bo spaDgled /;
and" .l..-,..t,.. ....
The beautiful woman took the bundle
from the cbild's hand and unrolled it..
You do not know why her face flushed
and tEen turned pale, but !, yes l, looked
into the bundle, and on the inside of a
slipper l saw a name--a lady's name
written. but shall not toll it.
"And where does your mother live,
little child ?"
So the child told her where; aud then
she told her that her father was dead
and that her little brother was sick. and
that her mother bound shoes that they
might have bread but that sometimes
they we're very cold, aud her mother
sometimes cried because she had no
money to buy milk for her little brother.
And then | saw the lady's eyes were
fAcd with tears; and she rolled up the
tu d., quickly, and gave it back TO the
girl but she gave her nothing slae-no,
not even sixpence, aud, turning away,
went back into the store from which she
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

YOUNG NAptER's RErALrAnoN.-Gen
Sir Charles j. Napier tells the following
story of his childhood There was in
Limerick great coarse woman, wife of
DR.. -. When she hoard of my
misfortune, she said, Poor boy, sup.
pose a fly kicked his spiudlo.shanks
Being little fellow then, though now,
be it known five feet seven inches and o
half high, this offended mo greatly and
as the Lord would have it she broke her
own leg just as I was getting we'll. Go.
ing to her house with an appearance Of
concern, told the servant how sorry |
was to hear that bullock had kicked
Mrs. --- and hurt its leg very much,
and that l had called to know if her leg
was hurt. She never forgave me."-
This is very Characteristic opening of
a long life passed in public and private
warfare.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

Coal AS FUEL FOR Loco oMoTIvEs.-The
experiment of using coal instead of wood,
on the railroads, is being pushed along
with generally gratifying success. The
Providence and Worcester Road has test
ed it more thoroughly and satisfactorily,
probably, than any other road. The Wor-
cester Spy says
"All the freight engines on the road
land the freight business on that road is
very large, are now run with coal, as are
also all the passenger engines, excepting
one, and that is to be altered for coal as
soon as it can be spared from the road
long enough to have the alteration made.
By this change, it is ascertained that
about one-hay Of the ,ohols expenses as
saved. Aside from this saving in expense
the convenience of burning coal is so
much greater than wood, that we under
stand the managers of the road would not
be willing to return to the use of wood,
even if the trains could be run with it at
the same expense" t.
There is an objection to coal, as yet
for passenger trains, that it does not make
steam so fast, and consequently is not so
favorable for speed, as wood.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

IMMORTALITY. How beautiful the
following gem from the pen Of Prentice,
and how happy the heart that can see
these beauties as he portrays them.
why is it that the rainbow and the
cloud comes over US with beauty that
is not Of earth, and then pass away, and
leave US to muse on their faded lovoli.
ness2 Why is it, that the stars which
hold their nightly festival around the
midnight throne, are placed above the
reach Of our limited faculties forever
mocking US with their unapproachable
glory 2 And why is it that bright forms
of human beauty are presented to our
view, and then taken from us, leaving
the thousand streams Of affection to flow
back in Alpine torrents upon our hearts7
We are born for higher destiny than
that of earth, There is land where
the rain bow never fades, where the
stars will be sent out before us like is.
lands that slumber on the ocean, aud
where tho beautiful being that passes be.
fore US like meteor will stay in our
presence forever"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

WoMAN's HEARr.-There is a period
in the early life of every true woman
when moral and intellectual growth
seems, for the time to cease. The vacant
heart seeks for an occupant. The intel
leot, having appropriated such aliment
as was requisite to the growth of the un.
crowned feminine nature. feels the ne.
cessity of more intimate companionship
with the masculine mind to start it up.
on its second development. Here, at
this point, some stand for years without
making step in advance. Others mar.
ry, and astonish, in few brief years, by
their sweet temper, their new beauty
their high accomplishments, and their
noble womanhood, those whose blind
ness led them to suppose they were a.
mong the inourably heartless and frivo.
lous. Bay Path
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

riod nor can we interpret condolences
SO universal, so minute, so remarkable,
without coming to the conclusion, that
they both sprung from one common
source. The Chinese Fusang is no 9th.
er than the American California and
Mexico and the Oriental discoverers
consequently claim the honor ST the dis
covery, a thousand years earlier than any
other nation .,F trcI q
The period when the continent was
first discovered, may still remain mys-
terry, hidden in the deep recesses of the
past. IF over it befound it will he mos.
likely in some of the Oriental records,
for in them we find the most ancient his
tories, whose dates reaching into the
night Of time, inform us of races now
extinct, whose crumbling monuments
attested civilizatio on different from that
Of the modern world. These ancient
races progressed in some arts which to
US are almost unknown and they must
have attained degree of refinement,
which many Of US at present know but
little Of Yet witha!, they seem to us
to have been in ignorance. because We
can but see them through the dark
clouds from which we have issued
James Hentley, Chinese Interpreter.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29
POETRY.
The sycamores of Haverhiil.

~ oohioA GO "a hdNerHil.
Green memorials of the gleeman
Linking still the river shores,
With their shadows, cast by sunset,
Stand Hugh Talents sycamores !a-Q-
When the Father of his Country .f ,-i.
Through the north-land riding came,
And the roofs were starred with banners,
And the steeples rang acclaim. .f
When each ar.scarrcd Continental,
Leaving, siniihy mill, and fam, lclo'
Waved his rusty sword in welcome, rcI VI
And shot of his old king's-arm--i goif -r
Slowly passed that august presence
Down tho thronged and shouting street
Village girls, as white as angels,
Scattering flowers around his feet. '"
Midway, where the plane-tree's shadow
Deepest fell, his rein he drew;
On his stately head uncovered
Cool and soft the west wind blew
Andhe stood up in his stirrups,
Looking up and looking down,
On the hills of gold and silver,
-Rmming round the little town.
On the river, full of sunshine,
10 the lap of greenest wales,
Winding down from wooded headlands,
Willow-skirted, white with sails.
And he said, the landscape sweeping
Slowly with his ungloved hand,
have seen no prospect fairer
In this goodly Eastern land"
Then the bugles of his escort
Stirred TO life the cavalcade;
And that head, so bare and stately,
Vanished down the depths of shade.
Ever since, in town and farmhouse,
Life has sped its ebb and flow;
Thrice hath passed the human harvest
10 its garner, green and low.
But the trees the gleeman planted,
Through the changes changeess stand
As the marble calm of Tadmorl
Marks the deserts shifting sand.
Still the level moon at rising
Silvers DER each stately shaft:
Still beneath them, half in shadow,
Singing, glides the pleasure craft.
Still beneath them, arm enfolded, o.! Ds
Love and youth together stray; 81 .r
While, as heart to heart beats faster,
More and more their feet delay
Where the ancient cobbler, Keezar
On the open hill side wrought
Singing, as he drewhis stitches,
. Songs his German masters taught
Singing with his grey hair floating
Round his rosy ample face;
Now thousand Saxon craftsmen
Stitch and hammer in his place.
All the pastoral lanes so grassy,
Now are Traffic's dusty streets;
From the village, grown a city,
Fast the rural grace retreats.
But, still green, and tall, and stately,
On the rivers winding shores,
Stand the occidental plane trees,
Stand Hugh Talents sycamores
John g. Whittier.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

Colonel, let's have couple of hun.
dred for day or So, will youP Can -
says G. Sorry, but cant really-you dis.
appointed me so alont the last and |
told you that man who disappointed
me once, never could get any more mon,
ey from me- Disappointed you said
X. Why, Colonel, you mistake your
man; lpoid ycu TO the hour and min
ute f--'Ahl exactly said G., that is
just it, You see, never expected to get
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29
l.l.t %. Il - HNI 'lAf .
To a Rat, Caught in our Printing
.HiHAN' Of1na

Thou long tailed, ebon-eyed, nocturnal ranger
d What led thee hther mong the types and cases2
Didst thou not know that running midnight ra-
ces. eAg pruJ l4 h .i
Ger standing types is fraught with imminent
danger
Did hunger lead thee Didst thou think to find
Some rich old cheese to FIJI thy hungry nav
Vain hopel none but literary jaw
Can masticate our cookery for the mind.
Perchance thou hast literary taste mrafa
love for letters and that sort of thing;
Bnt why, thou wire-taed imp--thou vermin-
king
Did thou but yesterni ght devour our paste, ,aai,-
And throw our types in pyramids Of pi!--
Thy doom'd decreed HERE Towser at him
6y. .f fa.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

When the humorous Judge Dawes
was on the bench of the supreme Court,
in giving charge to the jury he had
occasion frequently to make use of the
words mortgagor and mortgagee The
foreman Of the jury asked the Judge
the meaning Of the words, candidly con-
Tossing that he did no. know their i'm
port. His honor factiously explained
them thus
nod to you-you notice me,
I'm the M0d-or, you the ROd-es
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

A gentleman with glass eye was
about to exercise the right Of suffrage,
tho other morning when he was accosted
by political opponent, with i say, mis-.
ter, what are you doing here ? you can't
vote, you're not natural-eyes'd, The
joke was taken in good part and created
general merriment u1 .I
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

OoNsoLAroN.-A younger brother
had espoused an old and ill.tempered
wife, but extremely rich. He used to
say Whenever l fnd my wife cross, and
my own temper giving way, retire to
my library and console myself by read
ing her marriage settlement .e f..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29
Little Graves.

There's many an empty cradle,
There's many a vacant bed,
There's many n lonesome bosom.
Whose joy and light is fled;
For thick in every graveyard.
The little hiliocks lie
~ --'rrov WILCOX REPRESENTS
An ANGEL IN THE sKI.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

A LESSON FoR WIvEs.-Tbe following
touching, simple, sorrowful memorial Of
his wife, was written by one Of the great
statesmen of England-Sir James Mack.
intosh-in a private letter to friend :
" She was a woman" he writes, "who,by
tender management of my weaknesses,
gradually corrected the most pernicious
of them. She became prudent from af.
fection and, though of the most gener-
Gus nature, she was taught frugality and
economy by her love for me. During
the most critical period of my life, she
preserved order in my affairs, from the
care of which she relieved me. She CONT.
ly reclaimed me from dissipation, she
propped my weak and irresolute nature,
she urged my Incidence to all the exer.
tions that have been useful and credita.
bio to me, and she was perpetually at
hand to admonish my heedlessness and
improvidence To her 1 owe whatever
am-to her whatever / shall be. In
her solicitude for my interest, she never
for moment forgot my character. Her
feelings were warm and impetuous, but
she was placable, tender, and constant.
Such was she whom I have lost and I
have lost her when knowledge Of her
worth had refined my youthful love into
friendship, before ago had deprived it Of
much of its original ardor. I seek re.
lief, and find it, in tho cousolatory
opinion that a benevolent wisdom inficts
the ohastisement, as we'll as bestows the
enjoyme of human life; that this drea-
ry aud wretched life is not the whole of
man; that q being capable of ouoh pro
hciency in science and virtue, is not like
the beasts that perish that there is a
dwelling.place prepared for the spirits
of the just that the ways of God will
yet be vindicated to man ln
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

"A person looking at some skeletons
the other day, asked young doctor pres.
sent where he got them. He replied,
We raised them"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

Ty-yam in the Indian language is
night, Ti-yam in the Chinese means q
god Of the moon, or night Hee.m in
Indian is the sun. Hee-ma 10 Chinese
means Che god of the sun or day. Wal
lae is word commonly used among the
Indians to designate il also means man.
Walla In the Hindostanee means q man,
Numbers Of other words could be given,
but shall mako these suffice for the
present,
No doubt need be entertained con-
cerDipg the assertions Of the Chinese in
coming to this continent at an early Pc
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

What did Adam and Eve do when
they were expelled from Eden2 They
raised Cain. ....... ......
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

DooKsA AND STATIONERY. A large invoice
ID of School and Miscellaneous Books, Blank
Books, New Publications, and Stationery OF all
kinds, styles and qualities, at very low prices, at
=. COPELAND'S NEWS ROOM.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29

CtHEESE and Wash Tubs, Keeers, Wagon
u and Door Mats Wagons and Carts, ! y
Pals, for sale at CHAPMAN & BARBOUR'S.
june 10.
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NUMBER Is.
For the Register.

Green County-Its Productions
and Bxports-Rum and Demoera-
cy-Mode of Electloneering.-Th The
Facetious Farmer, m
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-03-07

4 IL KINDS OF PRODUCE, SUCH AS
"A Wheat, Corn, Butter, Eggs, Potatoes, Pork,
and anything the farmer has to sell can find
market at my store. j. NJ. BENTHALL.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-03-07

The Manchester On, H. Mirror says
that there is now on exhibition in that city
man 35 years old, six feet three inches
high, who weighs only 88A pounds
When he was 10 years old, he weighed
$50. He is mere frame work, skin and
bones, and great curiosity. He was
born and brought up in West Grofes-
, town, few miles from Manchester.
Men are like bugles-the more brass
they contain, the farther you can hear
them. Women ale like tulips-the more
modest and retired they appear, the bet
ter you love them.
vtH
LADIES MEAsUREMENT.-We are Curl
Gus to know how how many feet, in fe-
male arithmetic, GO a mile, because we
never met with lady's foot yet whose
shoe was not, to say The very lsast, ga
mile too big for her."
l.. There is slave in Memphis who IL
said to possess an estate worth $50, 900
This negro belongs to his wife, FREE
Boston Medical art"re name the prop
chronicles case in Shrewsbury, Mass
where child was born without eve
1t is healthy boy, developed in ever
other respect. There were eye-lids, b,
no eyeballs.