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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27
Receipts for Farmers.

To CATCH OwLs.-If troublesome to
your poultry, set a steel-trap on the top
Of pole, near the hen.loost and they
will certainly be caught Il
To MAKE STICKING SALvE Three
pounds rosin, half a pound mutton tallow,
half pound beeswax, and tablespoon.
ful OF sulphur melted, poured into cold
water, and worked and pulled an hour.
KEEPING CIDER SWEET. A pint Of
mustard seed put in barrel of cider,
will preserve it sweet for several months
have drank fall cider iD the month Of
May, which has kept sweet BY this means.
- Cor Name Farmer.
KEEPING PoULrRY.-The late Judee
Buel- kept poultry in winter more than
two months in perfect state of preser.
vation, By filling them after they were
dressed, with powdered charcoal. and then
hanging them in an airy lott
SCOT in Chimneys by taking fire, and
dropping burning cirders on dry shihsle
roof, causes many eonhaerations Most
fireS in the country originate in this way.
Be particular to clean or burn ont SCOT
once month when the roof is wei.
To DESTROY MlTEs IN CnREsE.--A
piece Of woolen cloth should be dipped in
sweet oil, and be well rubbed on the cheese.
II one application be not sufficient TO dc.
stroy the mites, this remedy may be used
as often ms they appear. The cheese
shelves should he well washed with SOAP
and water 1851,
To KNIT HEELs.--To knit the heels of
socks double so that they may thus last
twice az long as otherwise, skip every al
ternate stitch on the wrong side, and knit
all on the right This will make i; doub-
lie, like that ST double ply ingram car
pet.
A RAT-TRAP.-A writer in Moore's
Rural New Yorker, says he fills swill-
barrel full of good swill--the rats soon
learn TO come and eat After few days
six or eight inches of the swill are dipped
out, when they still find their way into
the barrel, but not out Sixteen rat.
were thus caught in one night.
CEMENT FOR BRoKEN CHINA-Stir
plaster of Paris into thick solution Of
gum arabic, till it becomes viscous paste.
Apply it with brush to the fractured
edges. and draw the part. closely togsth,
er. In three days, more or less accord
ing to dryness and temperature of the air,
it will be perfectly dry, and the article
cannot be broken in the aame place 1t
is white and does not show. e' ao' ..
HAsHzp Murros Mutton and beef
should be done very rare, they are 50
much better to hash. Take two or three
slices of pork, fry them out. take them
out, slice two onions into the pork fat,
-four the fat and let it brown turn in
all the gravy left, add catsup and wine to
your taste, and simmer the mutton till
boiling hot '''
EXCELLENT CLAN CAKzs.-Twenty five
clans washed and put over the fire in &
pot till they open /; then take them out
and chop them fine; add two eggs and
thicken the liquor with -four as thick a.
pancake batter fry in lard
SCRAMBLED Eaes.-Put a tea cup full
Of milk on to boil; put in piece of but
| ter the size of walnut salt and dredge
in a little -four have three eggs we'll
beaten and stir them in quickly when it
boils; stir till it lie thickencd, not cur
dled--it is much improved BY being turn
ed over buttered toast in deep dish
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

WHAr is IA Western pettifoggsr
once broke forth in the following indig-
nant strain tai-st '"
Sir, we're enough for ye, the hull OF 70
BE and my client can't never be intimi-
dated nor tyrannized over; mark that
And, sir, just so sure as this court decides
against US, we'll FLEA writ of prograndsr
air, and Me-" .,ylO .t5 iar,.'eni 81,
Here he was interrupted by the coun-
Sci, who wanted to know what he meant by
d writ Of progrander. '
Mean !? Why sir, writ of prograndsr
is a-a--a its avail don't just re-
member the exact word. but its what'll
knock thunder ont of your ons-hous
courts any how -o,+. .... .3
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

81 am not good enough to answer youi
expectatit Ds, MIR. Handy You must look
elsewhere for the kind Of woman who will
satisfy you.
Handy started, and his face flushed Ell.
gerly. He was about to speak. Cynthia
caught the tightening of his eyes bu
when they rested on her face, he saw thai
her words were not wholly sincere, and the
look faded. a cd
"You are not dealing fairly with me,
Miss Cynthia, nor yet with your own heart,
he said, little bitterly. You are not
convinced of what You said this moment.
You think in your heart 1 am foolish
fellow, and that | ask to much You do
not think that Cynthia Simpson falls short
of the reasonable ideal of any man "
al don't know why you should say such
things" said Cynthia growing angry and
nearly ready to cry. 1t was the first time
any offer had been made to her which had
not left behind it selfsatisfed feeling OF
triumph and yet here was Frank Handy
as incompariably superior to any other
suitor she had ever had as -----. Well, no
matter
Miss Cynthia" said Frank, ''when
man loves woman, as l have long loved
you, he singles her ont from the whole
world as his representative Of womanhood
and there is that in her before which be
bows down, doing homage to the womans
nature within her. But this does not i'm.
ply unconciousness of her faults. he may
see where she comes short of her own ca
pability. And that marriage is true un-
ion in which the husband, up to whom she
looks, and on whom she should lean,
strengthens her better in its struggle
against her worse nature" at
They we're walking toward. the home
stead, and walking fast Cynthia was
angry, disturbed, and mortified Was this
a time to dwell upon her faults She ad
mitted that she had some Vague confes
sion by no means implying that Cynthia
knew that, at that moment, she was proud
vain, insincere petulent, and that she was
crushing down the better feelings of her
heart to give the victory within her to the
worst. IF Handy wanted her, she thought
he might WOO her with more respect to her
pretensions And he shoNid WOO her If
he loved her as he said he did, she knew
her power was great. He should bring
his homage not coldly to the womanhood
within her, hut to herself--to Cynthia Su.
san Simpson, in spite of the full dis
play Of all her faults, and even in op-
position to his better reason She was not
to he defrauded of her triumph /; and it
wound be great one, indeed, il she forced
him, by her assaults themselves, to surren.
der at discretion
They reached the steps over the stone
fence which led on to the highway. In
their path lay a disabled grssshopper.
Frank set his foot on it and crushed it
firmly. Miss Syntha," said he, ''few
women have the courage to treat rejected
suitors thus. 1t is the true humanity"
He helped her over the steps, and paus-
ed He took the hop-wreath carefully
from his arm and gave it into her hands.
She took it with an Indifferent air, and,
as she took it, crushed some of the green
blossoms. She would have treated him
with more courtesy (had Frank ut known
it) if she had been entirely Indifferent to
his admiration
(Concladed nert ,eeek.)
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27
From Morris and Willis Home Journal.
I Nevor have boon False to Jhee

BY GEoruE r. NORRIS.
| never havo been false to thee
The heart | gave thee stl i. thine:
Though thou hast been untrue to me,
And no moro may call thee mine
I've loved as woman ever loves,
With constant soul in good or III;
Thou'st proved, as man too often proves.
4 rover-but love the stin'
ret think not that my spirit stoops
To bind thee captive in nv rain
Loves not flower, at sunset droops,
But smiles when comes her god again
Thy words, which fall unheodej now,
Could once my hestt.s' rinss mally thrill
Loves golden chain and burning vow
Are broken-but love the still,
Once what a heaven Ut bliss was ours
When love iispelled Ihe slcuds OF calr.
And I ime went hy with birds and howers,
While sons AMI incense flied the sir
The past is mine the present thine
Should thoughts Of me thy future lil,
Think what destiny to mine,
To lose-but love thee. false one, siill
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

A SURE CURE FOR CRYISe BABIEs.-A
babe. nine or ten months old, step-child Of
Abraham Wittiemeyer, who lived between
Miftiin and Perrysville, Pennsylvania, was
frozen to death one recent cold night The
inhuman parentst tried to break it of crying
by putting it in its cradle and pushing il
back under the bed They did SO one
night, and the child cried until it was ex.
hausted the parents fell asleep, and in
the morning when they awoke it was dy'
ing, or dead--both legs frozen to the kuee'
and its arms stiff up to the elbows.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

We saw an actor the other evening.
who, in "suiting the action to the word,'
indicating an entirely new locality for that
important organ, the heart. The scene
was something like this Actor (roman.
tically-"The angel I have her picture
here-I always wear it next to my heart p
And here he produced the precious dagusr-
reotype-A-not from his bosom--but from a
pocket in the tail Of his coat There was
some laughter about that time among
the jollier sort of spectators while the
sentimental and romantic were shocked by
this unexpected turn Of ''stage business, ~
and hid their bushes in their handker-
chiefs. - Boston Post,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27
POETRY.
nr OLIVER wrsDriA HOLMES.

~ OLIVER NrSDEiI HOLMES
o for one hour Of youthful JOY
Give back my twentieth spring
III rather laugh bright-hared boy
Than reieu a gray beard king,
oil with the wrinkled spoils Of age
Away with lesrning's crown!
Tear cut life's wisdom written page.
Aud dash lis trophies down
One moment let my lie blood stream
From bovhood's fount Of flame
Give me one gddy, iselng dres1n
Gf ,ife ali love and flame
My listening angel heard the prayer,
And ealml! smiling, said;
at but touch thy silvered hair,
Thy hnsty wish hath sped
But is there nothing in thy track
To bid thee fondly stay,
While the swift seasons hurry back
7 o find tie wished for day Z"
All, trueat soul Of womankind
Without thee, what were life Z
One bliss can not leave behind
I'll take-my- precious-wife
The angel took a sapphire pen
And wrote in rainbow dew
The man would be boy again,
And be husband too :"
:" Aud is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears
Remember all their gifts have fed
With those diasolving years T.
Why yes for memory would recall
My fond, paternal joys,
could not bear TO leave them all
I'll take--my-p pirl-and- boys
The smiling angel dropped his PEN
Why this will never do;
The man would be boy again,
And lie father too ="
And SO | laughed NY laughter woke
The household. with its noise,--
Aud wrote my drenln, when morning brok
10 please the gray haired boye.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

ADVANTAGE OF PUNCTUATION. .--Punetu-
alton, that is the putting the stops in the
right places, cannot be too seduously stud
led. We lately read, in a country paper
the following startling account oi
Lord Palmerstons appearance in the
House of Commons Lord Palmerston
then entered on his head, white hal
upon his feet, large but well polished boots
upon his brow, dark cloud in his hand,
his faithful walking-stick in his eye, a
menacine glare saying nothing He sal
down.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

APOLOGY MAKINa.-Dr. Franklin, We
are told, once had servant who was new
er in the wrong. AT last, the devices to
which the servant resorted to cover his
deficiencies became too much for the phi
losopher. my good friend" was the
final reply, g you and must part. l
never knew man who was good at ap
excuse to be good at anything else
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

The CLERGYMAN AND THE SKKrTIo.-
eff We are to live after death, why don't
we have some certain knowledge Of itP'
said skeptic to clergyman. "Why
didn't you have some knowledge of the
world before you came into it ?" was the
caustic reply. il. vet ... .u
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

Mr.. Loriog Wetherell, of Worcester
Mass, has recently invented machine
for hoeing corn and other field crops, BY
which it is calculated that one horse will
easily perform the labor of II men in the
cultivation Of the soil.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

In pool across tie road in Tipperary
county is stuck up pole, having affixed
to it board with this inscription:
Take notice that when the water il
oveer this board, the road is, impossible" !"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

A live Yankee being awakened by the
captain of steamboat, with the announce
ment that he " mustn't occupy the berth
with his boots on" replied, "Oh. the
bugs won't hurt em much guess, they
are an old pair
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27

Figures won't lie will thsyf" NUT
tered a seedy gentleman holding on to a
lamp post, Well, perhaps they WON'T
lie, but l see figure that Won't stand
anyhow"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-01-27
A Coon MATcH.-A writer for the
Home Journal describes a couple who
were 4" not unequally yoked together :"

In short, the man was very poor
And what was worse, supreneIT lazy
A kird Of trouble hard 10 cure, i'.t
But such as rarely drives one crazy
His wife was juat his proper m atoh,
An Idle gossip, and a slattern,
Whose ffock which time and frequent patch
knew neyernore its native pattern.
They lived, as 'twere from hand to mouth
she dawdling over ppts aud kettles. BEL,
He IN constant state OF drought,
And both in ffeqaent want Of yictusls.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09
NO. As.
How to take Life,

Take life like man. Take it Just as
though it was-as il is-an earnest, vital,
essential affair. Take il just as though
you were personally born 10 take merry
part in it-as though the world had await
ed your coming. Taie it just as though
!, was a grand opportunity to do and
achieve 10 carry forward great and good
schemes to help and cheer suffering,
weary, and it may be, heart-broken
brother. The fact Is, life is undervalued
by a great majority of mankind. 1t is not
made half as much of as should be the
case. Where is the young man, or young
woman, who accomplishes tlhe of what
might be donea Who can no; look back
upon opportunities lost, plans pnachieved,
thoughts crushed, aspirations ulfulfilled,
and all caused from the lack OF tn neces-
sary and possible effort, If we knew how
10 take and make the mos, of life, IL would
be far greater than II is. Now and :hen
a man stands aside from the crowd, la
bors earnestly, steadfastly, confidently,
and straightway becomes famous FOR wis
dom, intellect, skill, greatness of some
sort. The world wonders, adnires, idol
Izes; and Vet II only illustrates what each
may DO If he takes hold of life with pur-
pose. If man but say be WILL, and
follow II up, there IS nothing III reason he
may not expect 10 accomplish. There IS
no magic, no miracle, no secret TO HIM
uho is brave in heart and determined in
spirit.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09
Caught on the jury

The following which we have heard
told as fact some time ago, NAV be BEN
efcial to some gentleman who has a
Young unsuSpeUting wife:
A certain man, who lived abant TOY,
miles from K, was in the habi, If
gong to town about once a week and Get
ing on regular spree, and would not re-
TURN until he had time TO cool off" usu-
ally two or three Gays His wife was
ignorant Of the cause Of his staying out SO
long, and suffered greatly from anxiety
about his welfare. When he would re-
turn, of course his coufiding wife would
inquire what had been the matter with
hIn, and the usual reply was, "that he
was caught on the jury aud couldn't get
of.
Having gathered his corn and placed il
IN iargesheap, he, according 10 custom.
determined to call in his neighbors and
have a real corn husking frolic. So he
gave Ned, faithful servant, Jug and
an order 10 60 10 town and get gallon
of whiskey-a very necessary article on
such occasions. Ned mounted a mule and
was soon III town, and, equipped with the
Whskey, re-mounted to set out for home,
all buoyant with the prospects of fun at
i" huskng."
When he had preceded a few hundred
yards from the town, he concluded TO try
the stuff, and not satisfied with once, he
kept trying until the world turned round
so fast that he turned off the mule. and
then he went to sleep, and the mule to
grazing 1t was now nearly night, and
when Ned awolie it was Just before the
break of day, and so darL, that he was un-
al lie TO make any start towards home un-
til light. As soon as his bewildermnnt
had subsidized 50 that he could get the
" point" he started with an empty Jug,
the whiskey having run out, and on foot
for the mule had gone home. OF course
he was contemplating the application Of
an old hickory as be went on at the
rate of two-forty.
Ned reached home about breakfast
time, and :" fetched up at the back door
with decidedly guilty countenance
" What in thunder have you been at,
you black rascal g. said his master.
Ned, knowing his masters excuse to
his wife when he got on a spree, deter
mined to tell the truth if be died for il.
and said:
Well, master, to tell the truth, was
kolched on the jury and couldn't get off.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09

FUTUBE PRosPEcrs.-The future pros
poets of safe and healthy business III
this country for several years are good
Most people who had set out TO live bv
their wits, have concluded that ii is safer
+, to depend on their hands, and have gone
10 work IN that way. This looks sensi-
bic, and is even better than il looks
When the majority of healthy people be-
gin to cast about and con;rlve to shirh of
hard and honest work, look out for break
erS. for they are right ahead. On the
contrary, wheE most people pull off their
coats and go into The warfare rs If 1t were
a pleasure to overcome physical difficult
tleS-:hen the country improves by be-
coming richer as we'll as wiser, as ii does
az the present time. When we look
round and see what has been done IN
seven or eight years, we conclude that
there IS no room for despondency at any,
thing visible to moderately hopeful peo-
pie in the future. A cheerful mind, good
health, sood hope and good courage, will
do wonders IN knocking off the sharp cor
uers of difficulties, particularly of those
that exist only IN the imagination, as a
/ large proportion of them always do. The
skies are always bright where men reso-
+ Iulely insist that they shall be So Such
a noble country as this it cannot suffer
/ long, cheered on as It IS everywhere by
the smile Of a merciful God, stirring warm
hearts and giving strength TO willing
/ hands Galena Gazette.
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An hour before, she spoke Of things
Ihat memory TO the dying brings
And kiss'd nae al the while
I"en, after some sweet parting words.
ahe seem d smong her lowers and birds
Until She fell asleep.
was summer then, t Is autumn now,
The crimson leaves falI OF the bouah,
And s'rew the gravel sweep.
wander down the garden walk,
ana muse On all the happy talk
We had beneath the lines
Aud, resting on the galdeu-seat.
Her old Newfoundland a my feet,
/ tLiak of other times
Cf golden ewes, when sac and
Sat watching here the TIA. hing SKY,
The sunset and the sea
Or heard lac children in the lanes,
Following home the harvest swstins,
Aud shouting in their CLEO.
Bat when the day light dies away.
And ships grow dusly Ia the bay,
These recoIlections cease;
And. in the stiffness Of the night.
Bright thoughts, that end in dreams as bright,
Communicate their peace.
wake, and see The morning star,
And hear the breakers On the bar,
The voice on the shore;
And then, with tears, long 10 be
Across dim, un-ounded sea,
With her, foreverulore.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09

ABoUT FLowERs.-ln every age of
the world, flowers have been revered );
but the more enlightened and refined peo-
pie are, the more attention they will pay
to tie cultivation of them Thev are
welcome everywhere; they beht every
time and place they send forth their per-
fume Of cheer to the pleasant cottage, and
they add charms TO the palace they
adorn the brow OF the Joyous bride, and
are twined in the hair OF the dead /; they
are planted on The grave of the loved and
speak of undying affection; the lover
chooses them to convey the deep and re-
fined feelings Of his sou! TO the maid he
loves the maiden calls the sweetest flow
ers, which breathe her love in every Pc
tai. Evil thoughts viii find but little
space in the heart which loves the gentle
flowers"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09
I0DusrR1ous Teach your

IxDusrR1oUs HAB1Ts.-Teach your
children to be industrious. Il IS the best
preventive Of crime-the best guardian
to virtue. Read the history of hundreds
who fill our prisons. and learn that idle
ness was the cause Of their ruin. Young
men Of industrious habits are seldom
found in the sinks of polluton-disgace-
ing themselves and their parents. The
increase OF crime among Us IS chiefly
caused By the dlstas;e of honest Iabor-too
many would rather steal than work. Il
we would preserve the coming genera
ton from those sins and vices which de-
grade the present times, teach them good
trades and bring them up to industrious
habits. IdIeness, late hours, and disre-
gard Of The Sabbasei. drs. 'lng and the
perusal of obscene and unPrInci pied sheets
are causing the ryin OF millions.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09

TuE CosEr.-Our fiery-looking visit
art IS now passing off rapidly 10 The sorih;
it VIII soon disappear, and no man now
living upon the earth viii erer after look
upon It's face again. The. path CT Venus
and that Of the Comet approach each 9TH
er, but they will not meet, as Venus will
have been gone on her journey about a
week, and viii be aho1a eight millions Of
miles OF, or onc-hatf The length OF no
Comets tail
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09

DRoP TEAR.-Many t6uching incl
dents of the loss Of the AUSTRIA have
been related, and many an eye has been
dimmed in their psrusal by the tear Of
sympathy; but the following is certainly
the most affecting that we have seen. 1t
Is related by one of the rescued
. An English lady, who came on board
at Southampton with her husband, had
three children with her, girl about five
years old, boy about three, and u babe
in her arms. The husband had Jumped
over, and as the flames grew hotter and
burning more ferceiy. she took her little
girl, kissed her and threw her into the
water She then took the boy, a fair,
healthy little fellow, embraced him, gave
him her last kiss, and threw him in He
struck on his back, and struggling very
hard. Rising to the surface three sepa-
rate times he called out - Mamma each
time. In the most piteous tones. then sank
to rise no more. The poor woman then
clasped her baby to her breast and jumped
in with it, kissing it repeatedly as they
sank to the bottom"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09

A Brave BoY-A lad of twelve
years, took charge of an infant, only ten
weeks old, a child of his sisters, who
died at Iowa City, and carried ii from
that place to Harrlsburgh, Pa, carefully
attending the babe Ga-ing the whole
Journey At Prisburgh, the boy and his
charge attracted the attention of the pas
sengers, and particularly of the ladies',
who relieved him of a duty which had
nearly exhausted his power, by occasions
ally taking care of the infant.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-09
f.NE Daniel Webster penn

fs- Daniel Webster penned the fol-
lowing: IL we work upon marble it viii
perish; If we work upon brass, time viii
efface it; if we rear temples, they Will
cIumble into dust. but if we work upon
cur immortal minds--if we imbue thefi
with principles, with the just fear OF God
and of our fellow men, we engrave on
those tablets, something which VIII bright
en- 10 ali eternity"