The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-07-06


Out Of l49 even games he won III, lost |
10, and l3 were drawn. OF 80 blindfold
games he won 20, lost one, and II were
drawn. Of 50 consultation games he won
H. lost 2. and 16 we're drawn. Giving
the pawn and move he won | 8 games, lost
2, and were drawn. Giving pawn and
two moves he won Ia games, lost 2, and
] was drawn.
The following is from the Williams
town IN c. Mercury -
Persons wishing to see the editors
will generally find them at the printing
office In their absence. however, invita-.
lions to dine and challenges to fght, should
be left either with the publisher or in our
table drawer"
SCRIPTURAL ADULTERY.-The Western
Christian Advocate says. At the late
session of the Wisconsin Conference the
case Of Rev. j. w. Wood occupie GOOD
deal Of time. He was charged with
Scriptural adultery in divorcing his wife
on the ground of '0,/ijI l,Settoa instead
of af"heyY and in marrying another wo-
man Brother Wood is a strong man, has
stood high in his Conference, was finishing
up his fourth year on the Janesvile dis
trict and was an old member Of tue Con-
ference. Sympathy ran very high for the
elder but at late hour on the night of
April 9th, he was expelled from the
Methodist Episcopal Church 70 voting
for expulsion and none against. There
were but few dry eyes in the house
N. P. Willis in the Home Journal
says;
Those who raise horses for the market
should be made aware that the hardest
thing to find in New York, at present, is
a first rate saddle horse, and that the de-
mand for the article, at the same time, is
about to increase very greatly When
it is remembered that speed is not wanted
in this class of animals, and that there is
many fne-looking horse in the country
who has not been sent to the city, simply
because he was not fast" one source for
the supply of the deficiency will be poin-
ted out. But the main demand is for
partial change in the style and structure
of the animals from which the colts are
to be raised-everything having been sac
rihced, hitherto. to gain the points which
constitute fast trotter, and those points
being the very opposites of what is need
ed for the saddle. Reference to any good
book upon horses Frank Forrester's for
examplc) will give all the information re-
quired rs to the difference in the make of
animals for the two kinds of service.
1t is important for the protection of hu-
man life, let Inc here insist, however, that
horses should be bette, broken than is
usual in our country, and, particularly,
that the most common and most dangerous
of all tricks In riding.horse, that of
singing, should be patiently corrected
In most cases kindness and forbearance
will accomplish it,and if freedom from
this fault be positively insisted on by buy
ers, as an indispensable quality in ri
ding-horse, it would soon be more care
fully attended to. Much of the greater
part of the fatal accidents to lady eques-
trians and inexperienced riders would thus
be prevented, and many would take this
admirable road to health who are now de-
tered by dread of our half.broken
American horses.
INCIDENTS OF TIE WAR. An English
lady resident on the Lake Maggiere, re-
ceived the visit of detachment of Aus
trans. She hoisted the British flag over
her house, and courageousiy warned them
not to enter. They sulkily obeyed, but,
in pure wantonness and Notwithstanding
that money was offered them to desist,
they cut down much cherished plantation
of fine orange trees, the prime ornament
of the grounds. They wanted wood they
said. Wood was offered them in album
dance, of kind better suited to their
purpose, but the Vapdals persisted, and
our countrywomen sits among faded or
ange blossoms. and mourns the pride of
her garden.
A letter from Casae in the .Sa(ut
PubEc of Lyons, says Il met in the
Piazza Savone French light infantry
soldier with sparrow perched on his
shoulder smoking, the sparrow chirruping.
You breed birds, my brave fellow ?"
said [. The man smiled, and answered.
"This is an orphan from Montebelo.
The day of the fight, on leaving the Will
age, we chased the Austrians across the
fields. Bullets whistled among the trees
like hail, and this poor bird, quite young,
being terrified, fell from its nest on my
arm. l thrust it into my shake, which
had been pierced through by two balls,
and thought no more Of it until, on retur-
ming, felt something scratch my head,
and then l said, 1t is my little prisoner,
and to the surprise and great amusement
of my comrades l produced him. have
kept him since and now We love each
other dearly-do we not, Nontebello ?"
And as he spoke he held out his finger to
the bird, which hoped on it without hes
iation.
IMPERIAL GIFT TO THE LADY OF CAPT
HUDSON Emperor of Russia has
presented to Mrs. Hudson. wife of the
Commandant of the Navy Yard, u mag
nificent diamond cluster brooch, valued at
$4,000, as an acknowledgment of the
courtesies extended by Capt. Hudson,
when in command of the Niagara, to sew
eral Russian officers who were on board
the ship when she was laying the Atlantic