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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

HOUSES OF THE ENGLISH IN INDIA.-
We have here no bells, no door-locks, no
carpets, curtains, chimncy-picces, fire.
places, 'no hall (though about twenty SER
vants,) no garrets, no gas, no housemaids,
laundryma.ds, dairymaids, etc., etc. l
could give you Il still longer list of etce-
teras but, lest you should think your
correspondent has lupsed into savage life,
| must proceed 10 explain how NIL these
are made up for. Instead of bells, we
use our own good voices; and there are
so many selvl lnts that one is sure to turn
up as soon as we call out "l}oy !"
well-known sound in Indian houses. -
'Boy" corresponds to the French gayco,
and is very probably answered by boy
Of threescore and ten. Instead of door
locks, there are bolts, and sometimes only
! hooks und eyes. As the doors do not
shut very close with these, il is convenient
for letting out the musk-rats, as | found
last night in my room. Our feet are too
hot already, without carpets mats do
much better. Everything hung on the
walls is n refuge for mosquitoes. 80 cur
tains are supcrtluous, except, of course,
mosquito curtains, without which we
should be eaten up bodily. 1t would be
dreadful to think of blazing hearth or
a warm freside here; so CRATES, Chin
neys, chimney-pieces, and tire.scrcens are
unknown in Bombay. Just look at the
plan of the house, and you will see how
well one can do without house-door, re-
mcnbcring that veranda runs before the
house, and there is always man sitting
in it doing nothing whose duty it is to
announce visitors. Instead Of passages,
the rooms all open into each other and
into the veranda. This, like many other
good houses here, has no second floor, so
there are no stairs. As for housemaids
and all sorts of maids, their work is done
by various sorts of men; it is very we'll
done too, and not like John, who sue
cecdcd 50 i'll in milking Tiny, in the old
song. A servants hall for servants meals
there cannot be, where no two Of the
servants will mess together; they are of
all castles, and live apart, some having
their wives on the premises. Letter from
Bom5oy.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

| PRESENTATION OF a FOREIGN MINIS
rER.-A Washington correspondent re-
la'cs the following OF Old Hickory -
Mentioning the foreign Ministers, it calls
to mind an anecdote of Gen. jackson and
the Portuguese Charge dAfTlirs, which
Bailic Peyton used to tel. with great eff
feet. When Mr.. McIane was Secretary
OF State. new Minister arrived from
Lisbon, and day was appointed Tor him
to be presented to President Jackson
/ The hour was set, and the Secretary ex-
pccted the Minister to call at the State
Department for him but Mr.. McLane's
| French was rather difficult of compre-
hension, and the Portuguese misunder-
stood hin, and proceeded to the White
House alone. lie rang the bell, and
JENNY O'Neal, Martins predecessor,
came to the door.
'Jc suis venu vor, Monsieur lc Presi-
dent" said the Minister.
"What the mischief does that mean ?"
muttered Jenny. "He says President,
though, and s'pose he wants TO see the
gneral."
"Ou, oui," said the Portuguese, bow
ing.
SO Jenny ushered him into the green
room, where the general was smoking his
corn-cob pipe with great composure. The
Minister made his bow TO the President,
and addressed him in French, of which
the general did not understand word.
"What does the fellow say, Jenny ?"
"Div:l know | knows-I reckon he's
a furriner."
TRY him in Irish, Jenny" said Old
Hickory. .,
Jenny gave him touch of the gen.
uine Milcsian, but the Minister only
shrugged his shoulders, with the same
usual ''plat-il."
''Och," said Jenny, she can't 90 the
Irish, sir-he's French, 10y St. Patrick"
"Then send for the French cook, and
let him try if lie can find out what the
gentleman wants"
The cook was hurried from the kitch-
en-sleevcs rolled up, apron on, and cary
ing knife in hand. The Minister, seeing
this formidable apparition, and doubling
that he was in the presence OF the head
of the nation, feared some treachery. and
made for the door, before which Jenny
planted himself, to keep him in. When
the cook, by the generals order, asked
him who he was, and what he wanted,
he gave very subdued answer, to the
astonishment of the cook, The President,
and Jenny, who now discovered for the
first time the character of the stranger
In this stage of the business, Mr.. Nc
Lane came in, and the Minister was pre-
ssnted in form. But the matter could
not be alluded to in Old IIickorys pres
ence, without putting him in passion.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

TIE FIRST VERSE IN THE BImE-
This simple sentence denies Atleism--for
it assumes the being of God 1t denies
Polytheism, and, among lis various forms,
the doctrine Of two eternal principles, the
one good and the other evil for it con-
iesses the one eternal Creator. 1t denies
Materialism, for it asserts the creation of
matter 1t denies Pantheism, for it as
sumes the existence Of God before all
things, and apart from them. 1t denies
Fatalism, for it involves the freedom of
eternal Being. 1t assumes the existence
OF God, for it is He who, in the begin
ming, creates. 1t assumes His eternity,
for lie is before all things and as nothing
comes from nothing, He himself must have
always been. 1t implies HIS omnipotence,
for lie creates the universe of things. 1t
Implies His absolute freedom, for lie be-
gins new course of action 1t implies
His infinite wisdom, for komos, an order
of matter and mind, can only come from
being of absolute intelligence. 1t implies
His essential goodness for the sole eternal
almighty, allwisc and all-sufIicient Being,
has no reason, no motive and no capacity
for evil it presumes Him 10 be beyond all
limit of time and place, as He is before all
time and place.-Prof Murphy.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05
LouIs NArottoN's FntrnArr

LOUIS NAPoftoN's PORTRAIT or
CEsAR.-To these natural gifts, .devel-
oped by brilliant education, wcro ioiiicd
physical advantages. His lofty stature,
and his finely modelled and wel-propor4
toned limbs, impaired to his person a
grace which distinguished him from all
others. His eyes were dark, his glance
penetrating, his complexion colorless, and
his nose straight and somewhat thick
His mouth was small and regular, and
hls lips, rather fall, gave to The lower
part Of his fnce an expression Of kihdli-
ness, while his breadth of forehead ind-
Gated the development of the intellectual
faculties. His face was full, at least in
his youth; but in the busis that were
made toward the close of his life, lis
features are thinner, and bear the traces
Of fatigue. rs .rr
His yUice was sonorous and vibrating
his gestures noble, and an air Of dignity
pervaded his whole person. His cunsii-
tuition, which at first was delicate, grew
robust by sober living and by his habit of
exposing himself to the inclemency Of the
seasons. Accustomed from his youth to
manly exercise, he was bold lurseman,
and he supported with ease privations
and fniigues. Uabitually abstemous, his
health was not weakened by excess of
labor, nor by excess of pleasure. Never
theless, on two occasions, once at Corloya
and then at Thapsus, he had nervous
attack, which was enormously thought to
be epilepsy. He paid particular atten-
tion to his person, shaved with care, or
had the hairs plucked out; he brought
forward artisticaly the hair to the front
of his head, and this in his more adj
vanced age served 10 conceal his bald
ness.
He was reproached with the affection
OF scratching his head with only one fin
ger for fear Of deranging his hair. His
dress was arranged with exquisite taste.
Ills gown was generally bordercd with
the laticlam, ornamented with fringers TO
the hands, and was bound round the loins
by sash loosely knotted-a fashion
which distinguished the elegant and eff
Terminate youth of the period. But Scylla
was not deceived by this show of frivol-
ity, and he was wont to recommend that
people should have an eye on that young
man with the flowing sash He had Il
taste for pictures, statues and gems and
he always wore on his finger, in memory
of his origin, ring on which was en-
graved the figure of an armed Venus.
To sum up, there were found in CO.
sar, physically and morally, two natures
which are rarely combined in the same
person. lie joined aristocratic fastidi-
ousness of person to the vigorous temper
ament of the soldier the graces of mind
to the profundtY of thought; the love
of luxury and of the arts to passion for
military life in all its simplicity and rude
ness. In word, he joined the elegance
of manner which seduces to the energy
of character which commands Such
was Cesar at the age of eighteen, when
Scylla possessed himself of the Dictator
ship. He had already attracted the at
tention Of the Romans, by his name, his
wit, his engaging manners, which were so
pleasing to men, and, still more, perhaps,
to women. ..- -,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

AIM AT SoMErHING.-Arthur Gilman,
in one of his public addresses, tells what
he calls San Andover story" One day,
he says, man went into store there,
and began telling about fire. "There
had never been such fire." he said, "in
the county of Essex. A man going by
Deacon Pettinelll's barn saw an owl on
the ridge-pole, He fired at the owl, and
the wadding somehow or other getting
into the shingles, set the hay on fire, and
it was all destroyed-ten tons of hay, six
head of cattle, the finest horse in the
country" etc. The deacon was nearly
crazed by it. The men in the store be-
gan exclaiming and commenting upon it
"What a loss ~ says one. "\Nhy, the
deacon will well nigh break down under
it," says another. And so they went on,
speculatng one after another, and the
conversation drifted on in all sorts of con-
lectures. AT last quiet man, who sat
spttng in the fire, looked up and asked /:
"Dh he hit the oplF' That man was for
getting at the point of things. Let all
public speakers, in the pulpit and else
where heed the moral. Did you aim at
something, and did you hit what you
aimed at No matter about the splurge,
and the smoke, and the hay-''Did you
hit that owl I"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

HE WANDERING JEw.-1he legend
of the jew ever wandering and never
dying, even from the cruclixion of Jesus
to the present day, spread over many
European countries. The accounts, how
ever, as in all fables, do not agree. One
version is this:
When Jesus was led to death, oppress-
ed by the weight of the cross, He wished
to rest Himself near the gate at the house
of Ahasuerus. This man, however,
sprarg forth and thrust Him away. jesus
turned toward him, saying
'I shall rest, but thou shalt move On,
till / return"
And from that time he has had no
rest, and is obliged necessarily to wander
about.
Another version is that given by Ma
th,as Parisienthis, monk of the thir-
teenth century:
When Jesus was led from the tribunal
of Iilatus TO death, the doorkeeper-
named CartafIlious, pushed Him from be-
hind with his foot, SAYING
"Walk on on, Jesus, quickly why
dost Thou tarryP'
Jesus looked at him gravely, and
said
81 walk on, but thou shalt tarry till |
come"
And this man, still alive, wanders frum
place to place, in constant dread of the
wrath to come.
Still a third legend adds that this wan
dcring jew falls sick every hundred yea,s $,
but RECEIVERS, and renews his strength
hence it is, even after so many centuries,
he does not look much older than a sep
tuagenarian. Thus much for the legends.
Not one of the ancient authors makes
even mention Of such an account. The
first who reports such thing is monk
of the thirteenth century, when, as is
know, the world was filled with pious fic-
tion, oven to disgust However, the
story has spread far and wide, so that ID
has become a proverb, Gle runs about
like a wandering jew"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

HEADING OFF LAWYER - Rufus
Choato, in an important marine assault
and-battery-at-sea case, had Dick Bar
ton, chief mate of the clipper-ship Chal-
lengc, on the stand, and badgered him so
for about an hour, that at last Dick got
his salt water up, and hauled by the wind
TO bring the keen Boston lawyer under
his batteries.
At the beginning of his testimony.
Dick had said that the night was clark
as the devil, and raining like seven bells"
Suddenly Mr.. Choate asked him
"Was there moon that night %
"Yes, sir.''
"Ah, yes A MOON
eyes, a fuR mooa.'
'Did YOU Sc, it ?"
''Not mite"
"Ihen how do you know there was
moon
Nautical almanac said so, and I'll be-
lieve that soonern any lawyer N this
worl l."
"What was the principal luminary
that night, sir 7"
''Binnacle lamp aboard the Challenge
All, you are growing sharp, Mr.. Bar
ton"
"What in blazes have you been grind
ing me this hour for TO make me dull ?"
''Be civil, sir. And now tell me what
latitude and longitude you crossed the
Equator in p
''Sho You're joking"
''No, sir l am in earnest, and / de.
sire you to answer me-"
IL shan't."
"Ah, you refuse, do you p
"Ycs-I can't"
''lndeed You are chief mate of a
,clippcr-ship, and unable to answer so
simple a question ?"
"Yes, It's the simplest question ever
had asked me. Why, thought every
fool of lawyer knew there amt no ldti-
tacle ON the Equator"
That shot floored Rufus Choate.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05
POETRY.
NOT YET

NO1 Ell.
Not yet My heart too sad too sore,
To say the words you lid me speak
would not have these tides run o'er.
That beat so madly on the shore,
As ii their bounds must break
Not vet! thy heart hath made its choice;
Thy maiden eyes with joy are wet,
And wouldst thod have me join my voice
With those who over thee rejoicc7
Not yet lost love, not yeti
Not yet knew the gulf was wide
That rolled between my soul and thine;
But love and faith could span its tide,
And still fingered by its side,
And Hope still called thee mine.
Not yet The love long have sought,
Clides from me like ship at sea.
Whose form is for a moment caught,
Then in the darkness fades to naupht,-
So fades thy love from me.
Not vet Too many 4 happy wear
OF hope and love and trembling doubt
Has struck its decp-sunk fhers here,
Ard time must bring Oblivion, ere
They all are rooted out.
Not yet All, give c time, until
These tevercd, thro'bng pulse, cease;
Till He, who walked in kinglv will
And bade the wild seas waves lie It'll,
Speaks to my spirit, ''Pcace!"
Not vet The lose bear thee now
Shall calmcd and tanned and con' uercd be
But time must drive his heavy llw
Across my barren heart, ere thou
Canst bc less dear to me.
Not yet | look not back again,
Nor waste one hour in vain regret;
But time will cure the aching pnin
Of heavy heart and whirlnu brain,
Not yet. lost love, not yet!
Not yet All Gods best blessings DO
Upon thy fair young forehead set !
But though, in time. thou shalt in mo
\ friend and not a lover see,
Not yet, 10. love, not vet
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

To DESTROY ANrs.-The following
suggestions are offered for the destruction
of these pests: The farmer is often an
noyed by their depredaiions on his straw
berry beds and garden patches. Sprink-
ling the bed thoroughly with loose dry
salt will kill them. Kerosene oil will
prove n perfect preventive to their en-
croachnents on the domestic. The salt
viii prove an advantage rather than de-
triment TO the ground, while the kerosene,
with the exception of its offensive scent, is
perfectly harmless
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

SEEING DoUBIE,-A devotee of Bac-
chus stepped cut of a hotel at Elmira the
other evening, and his perspective facul-
Ties not being particularly distinct, tum-
bled unawares into the canll. After
padding around about half an hour, he
succeeded in getting out and obtaining
admittance into tho house. Shaking his
by the stove, he exclaimed; 81 say (hic)
mister, this may be darn good tavern,
(hic) but thing your house (hic) has got
Il l-e-e-t-l-e larger eistern that it can well
afford"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

A NEw WAY or MAKING MONEY
On learning through the Courier des
Etats- Unis that one William Snyder was
fined ten dollars in the United States for
having obtained kiss of Miss Phebc
l., without her consent, the charm
ing Blanche d., of Paris, exclaimed
''ungrateiul country you shall yet
have my bones. Like Lafayette, | viii
emigrate in noble cause to the land of
Franklin" t
"And what would you do there p ia-
quirod one of her intimate friends.
"Whatl why would let the men
kiss me-withOut my consent I"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

YEAST, HOME MApE.-Boil in two
quarts of water, a handful of hops. Pare
your potatoes, and boil in the same
When the latter are done, take out and
mash well, mixing tablespoonful of
flour, (and salt if wished,) Strain the
hop water, and pour over the whole, stir
ring the while. When nearly cool, add
a cup of lively yeast, then place the jug
near the stove for couple of hours,
when it will have risen sufficiently to car
ry down cellar or into the store closet -
With US this has proved never failing
rccipc.-MdSs. lL1ioaJhu0nl
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

A laugh has been got up at Paris
club at the expense OF not over-inlelli-
gent young French traveller, who has been
making the grand tour of London during
the most promising months for seeing life
and fashion. He lodged at house wbero
no French was spoken, and he spoke no
English, except that which is very com
prchensible 10 an English lodging house
keepers mind, namely, putting gold iufo
his hand. The joke against him is that
his letters to his friends during Ibis mos
mentous visit were dated, ',No. 4 Bill
siiekers Beware, Leicester-squire." This
he declares was the name Of the street hs
ived in.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

A country gentleman was slrolling out
with cockncy friend-a genuine cock
ncy-when they finally approached a
meadow in which was standing a glori-
Gus crop Of hay. The cockncy gazed mt
1t wonderingly. 1t wasn't grass-it
wasn't wheat--it wasn't turnip-tops.
"Vy, vatever does you call this stuff!"
said he TO his companion. "rhat--why,
hay, to be sure! !" was the reply. "IIiy !
he, he F! come, that's cutting it little too
thick If that's hay, just show mo the
ay-corns-come, now !"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

FRIeNps-Josh Billings says of friends
81 got mine and manage to keep them by
not asking them for anything but advice
you cant ask anything of a man that he
loves 10 give more, and costs him les,
than advice"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

A Petroleum millionaire-one of the
Kerosene aristocracy-wrote the other
day to a well-known firm in New York
city, TO the following brilliant affect -
"Send me per Express, to Eleven Barrel
City, a good set of Dem.il for my wife,
and mark g. O. d." ..a-
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

ca Who was the fastest woman mem
Toned in the Bible , Ans.--Herodias !;
when she got a head of John the Baptist
on a chaqer.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

e2- When is quarrelsomc woman like
a ship Ans.-When she anchors
l'aAery aflera storm,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05
EOR SALE.
ITCH ITCH ITCH!
SCRATCH! SCRATCH !!
SCRATCH |!
u Whaata,a,e Ointpaa.,f


WILL cURRE THE ITCH IN 4s HOURS.
Also cures SALT RHEUM, ULCERS Chilblains,
and all Eruptons Of the Skin Price SO cents-
For sale by all Druggists.
BY sending GO cents 10 Weeks & POTTER, Sole
Agents, 1z0 Washington ST., Boston, ii will be
forward by mail, free Of postage, to any part Of
the United States.
.s8- Fem & futile, Rntland general agent for
Vermont. 47,a
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

CT Why is widow like growing po-
tatoes Ans.--Because her better.halt
is under ground.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05

sS-lIoS long did Cain hate his broth
err Ans.--As long as he was Abel.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-04-05
CEED POTATOES.

Cuzco Potatoes, bushels raised from quarts,
good to eat and very productive few bushels
or Sale by II. A. SHELDON. 39tf
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-05
Il III IL N A v "

SECRETARY WALES TO VISIT rHe NAVY YesD TO
DAY.
The Secretary Of Tho Navy expected to visit the Navy
Yard at Brooklyn to-day
THE LATE ROBBERY ON BOARD THE UNIFIED ST ArEs
SHIP D0NEGALs
court Of inquiry Is now In session ~ the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, for the purpose Of gaining information in
reference to the abstraction Of the Psymasors SAFE
tainng three thousand dollars in greenbaclss,
board Of that vessel
rHH RHODs ISLAND TO SAIL SOON
The United States steamer Rhode island is expecting
TO receive orders sail Immediately Her destination
unknown but il is supposed that she going on special
service.
TIKI SHIP ONWARD TO 40 INTO COMMISSION.
The ship Onward will go into commission in day or
Two. THO following officers have reported
Acting Volunteer Lts.tenaM CoHmosdr Pierre Giraud.
Acting Aastsr-J 8. Plunketl
AotinQ Emsigas-J. r. Pennook, g L. Grimm, James
Henry, J. II. Chapman
Aatss--E Dexter, T. Whitaker: W. A. Prescott, G. A.
Olmstead.
Faym0ter--H NJ Denniston.
Acting Pulsed ASSISTANT Savoeon-w. +. Hutchinson.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-05

The Thra shing OF jon. Davfs' BroxheR.
fn.LQW.

CARD FROM CAPTAIN GEORGE ". HUssRr, ONE
HUNDREU AND FIFrY-NINrH NEW YORK.
ra BaE EDITOR or TEE HERALD.
SAVANNAH, Georgia, August IL, 1885
Knowing thu circulation witch the HERALD has all
the county respectfully request the publication
in it OF ahrof statement from OF an affair which,
much to- my roTret, has obtained publicity Of
character that may do great injustice, refer to
difficulty which recently had At the Pulaski House,
with two parties na'ned Short and Howell the formor
late major 10 Tho rebel army, the latter relative
Of jet Davis. make the public explanation, not fog
the sake Of but rather TO avoid It, set myself
tight with NY friends and acquaintance, and to avoid
some anpf frances In the way OF correspondence from
parties ~ho msconstrue my action On the evening OF
the currence as descending the stairs al the Pu
lasl House. party at the foot. in gray clothes
e of them evidently under the influence OF liquor who
were talking loudly disl0ysly and 10 manner espe-
cally offensive any Yankee Ofcer After waiting
moment for friend pissed them WIN some d,mcuy.
capitalization profsne and vulgar for publicationwhich
were evidently intended for my ear Ireplied '' ""'
do not use n.t'e Wore rs'peo'f"' = ~.
with OosrSs ps5so...:~ 20 compel you Ne responded
80, insni. 70 ne and Knocked him
uown AS &as walking away Sajor Short accostSd me.
turned and said to him. ~ don't want any
with you" He replied, ''God damn yout don't want
any conversation with you" struck him. and just then
the guard previously summoned ny soiae ~rty wl1hou
my knowledge, came in and arreste bowen and Short
do not wish the impression TO obtain that am pu
gust ana rowdy, and have stated the ~c,s 70 sho"
what my provocauon really was am YER, respect
Iuiy, your obedent servant, GEO W. HUS3EN =
Captain 1j9th New York regiment,