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BELLOWS FALLS, VI, FRIDAY,

must be done; but to the heart mourner
it brings kind of shudder--a thrill of
agony.
The undertaken stood for moment
with decent propriety, not wishing to
manifest rude haste, but evidently desir-
Gus of being as expeditions as possible.
just as he was about to close the coffin,
the old wife turned back, and, STOPPING
down, imprinted one long last kiss upon
the cold lips of her dead husband, then
staggered to her seat, buried her face in
her hands, and the closing coffin hid him
from her sight foreverl
That kiss Fond token of affection,
and of sorrow, and memory, aud fare
well / have seen many kiss their dead
many such seals of love upon clay
cold lips-but never did sec one so
sad, so simply heart-touching and hope
less as that! Or, if it had hope it was
that which looks beyond coffins and char
mel houses, and damp, dark tombs, to the
joys of the home above. Would you kiss
the cold cheek of infancy; there is poe
try; it is beauty hushed there is ro-
nance there; for the faded flower is still
beautiful In childhood the heart yields
to the stroke of sorrow; but recoils
again with elastic faith, buoyant with
hope. But here was no beauty, no poe
try, no romance. The heart of the old
wife was like the weary swimmer, whose
strength has often raised him above the
stormy waves, but now exhausted, sinks
amidst the surges.
Why should the old love the old, or
kiss the old, unloving lips? All il why
shouldn't they? Does affection grow
old? Does the true heart feel the in
trinity of years? Does it grow old
when the step becomes unsteady, and the
hand hangs down?
Who shall say that the heart of the
old wife was not as young and warm as
in those early and brighter days, when
he wooed and won her? The temple of
her earthly hopes had fallen; and what
was there left for her but to sit down in
dependency, among its lonely ruins, and
weep and die Or, in the spirit of a
better hope, await the dawning of an
other day, when hand divine shall
gather its sacred dust, and rebuild for
Immortality its broken walls.
May the old wifa's kiss, that linked
the living with the dead, ethe token OF
holier life, that shall bind their spirits
in that better land, where tears are wip-
ed from all faces, and the days of their
mourning are ended
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brings us his method Of curing hams, as
follows: m N
CURING HAMs.--To 100 lbs. pork,
take lbs. ground alum salt, 2 oz. salt
petre, lbs. brown sugar, II OF. potash,
and gallons Of water; mix all together
and pour over the meat after it has lain
in the tub fsr two days; let them remain
six weeks in the brine, then take them
out and let them dry several days before
smoking.
The following is from late number
of the Neac England Farmer, and though
similar to Mr.. Willard's we make room
for it:
sALTING HAMS.
/ have this day been sailing my pork
hams after the following method: 8 gal
Ions water, Al lbs. salt, u lbs brown SUI
gar, pint molasses, ounce pearlash.
Boil and skim. Let the hams remain in
the mixture from four to six weeks
When taken out soak them twelve hours
and smoke to your liking. have prac-
ticed this method for thirty-two years.
| have never eaten any hams that would
equal them in goodness. The meat is
tender, sweet and juicy not salt and dry
as most of the hams are that we buy at
the stores. L. L.
Long Plain, Mass. Nov. q, 1868.
We copy still another:
MIR. sHELDoN's WAY OF sALTISG BEEF.
For 100 lbs of beef take lbs. of salt,
pounds good brown sugar, and if you
wish for salpetre you may put in one or.
When the beef has all its animal heat
out, cut it into pieces as near alike as
you can, that it may pack even in the
barrel. Sprinkle some sugar and salt
over the bottom of the barrel, then rub
every piece of the beef with the sugar
and salt, and pack in the barrel as solid
as possible; pounding down with solid
hardwood stick, as you put in the layers ;
before pounding, however, place piece
of board under the barrel and inside Of
the chine, for fear Of forcing the head
out When you have completed pack
ing, pound the surface on top as even as
possible, and if you have mind to add
one or two pounds of sugar on top of the
meat, you can, as there is no danger of
hurting it with sugar; but be sure and
not add but 4 quarts of salt to 100 lbs.
of beef, and no more than one ounce OF
Esaltpetre; and if you dislike it, you may
omit the saltpetre entirely. But, above
all, be sure that drop of water never
enters it. After putting either fiat
stone or piece of hard wood plank on the
meat, fit stout stick or piece of joist
from this cover to the beam overhead,
and drive in wedge over the standard
This wedge will want starting little
once a day, for two or three days, as the
meat settles; in forty-eight hours the
meat will be covered with brine. When
the meat is all used, the brine may be
boiled and skinned, put in light yes
sci and kept for future use.
After meat put up in this way has beer
kept two weeks, there is no change in il
for one year. These facts know from
forty years experience. ! think if bee
was put up in this way for ships crews
it would add greatly to the comfort o
our sailors. A. G. SHELDON.
Wilmington, Mass, Nov. 16, 1868.
The JUDGE's sMIsTAKE.-A most anus
l..
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Punch says it is dreadful to hear Of
child only month old taking to the bot
tie. 8 sa
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-01-01

PoLITENEss IN Business. There is a
good deal of sound philosophy in the fol-
lowing which we extract from the col
umn of Wall-Nuts" in the Christian
Register:
"What pleasant thing it is to deal
with pleasant menl How much tone
helps trade, reconciles You to price,
and sends you off with nearer feeling
of an equivalent for your outlay. A
smile and thank you go great way,
and when they are SO cheap, cost 50 lit
tie, and go so far, one wonders that they
are so dear, and that so little Of minor
courtesies enter into the intercourse and
interests of men. 1t is very pleasant
thing to 60 out of store with the sense
of favor conferred. Indeed one stands
little pretty evident cheating with
placid complacency, only the cheater
adds the suavity of manner and of tone
to his art. And what an art that is
which makes you buy when you had de-
termined not to, and reconciles you to
price you know to be not only abomina-
bic, but one you ought not to pay Is
there harder thing to face than that
very insidious store-phrase, Is there any
thing else to-day? Only let man get
the right tone and manner, and you
have more moral courage than most
people if you don't begin to be rather
ashamed of the smallness of your order
or your purchase, look about and re-
member that there is something else and
so run up your bill or deplete your poek-
et-book from want of courage to meet a
stereotyped business phrase-the moral
history of which your tormentor perfect
ly understands. How mean man feels
when, walking home, he realizes the lit
tie trick of trade to which he has sue
cumbedr'
A DAMPER Gen. Sher-
man, as is now well known, is not the
neatest of mortals, and one day an init
mate friend, in the Army of the Tennes-
see, asked him why he dressed so. "Tll
tell you," said the General "When
was second lieutenant, was ordered
one day to Washington city, and went
in all the glory of bran new uniform.
was standing in front of the hotel, sun.
ming myself, and quietly smoking cigar,
when | became aware that | had attract
ed the attention of number of small
boys, who gathered around in such mum.
bers, and with such admiring countenan-
ces upturned to mine, that | could but
notice them As / did so, one of the
boldest of them spoke up in a loud voice
. and asked, Mister, whereas your engine
goin' to squirt ?" Gen. Sherman has new
er been guilty of a completely new uni
: form since; he buys his uniforms in de
I tachments, and wears them out in install
(. ments
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-01-01
Curing Hams.

Mr.. c. d. Willard of Westminster,
brings us his method Of curing hams, as
follows: d4 III
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Business Cards.

H BIXBY, Attorney and Counselor at
l'"' '''N = GRAFTON. VT.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-12-21

Hon, Justin =. Morrill,, who worthily
fills the seat left vacant by the death of
Judge Collamer and the retirement of
Of Judge Poland, is emphaticaly one Of
the 'cOrkiag men of the Upper House.
Long leader in the other House, where
he represented the most strongly. Repub.
lican district in the United States, and
prominently identified with some of the
more important financial measures Of the
decade, he has brought to the Senate an
enyiable reputation, which he has not be-
lied during his two years service in that
badly. Senator Morrill, is not an orator
in the largest sense of the word, and
makes no pretensions to such but his
opinions are sure to be carefully prepar
ed, and always command the attention Of
the country. His long speech yesterday
in opposition to the eight-hour law was Of
this character, and, while pronouncing M
opinion upon the merits Of that measure,
which is championed BY so able an oppo-
nent as Senator Wilson, we are sure that
this effort will add to the merited reputa.
ton of Mr.. Morrill,.
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up and down the hills with its heavy load
In the spring passenger car is to be put
on the road and will doubtless find passen.
gers enough to make it paying thing and
will be very convenient for those wishing
to visit the mines.
Five years will show a great change in
in this place.
The almost exhaustless amount of ore
with h,v company working it out and an
active Agent to keep things in order will
in few years. make this an important
place.
Every day some new improvement is
being made by the companys to facilitate
the working Of the mines.
One would suppose judging from the
large number and miscellaneous collection
Of men and the easy access to strong drink
that every other man one met would be
booky and the place a very bedlam.
But l never was in a. more quiet or br.
derby place.
From the want Of time and the wear-
ing off Of my mania, be it good or bad,
am now compelled to'close, and subscribe
myself.
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MOriah Iron Mines, n. Y.

December, 18th 1869.
Alg. EDIroR.-You may think me sui.
iering with literary mania when presume
to pick up the pen as a correspondent,
and head my letter For the Register"
knowing | am not in the literary field.
cannot give you spicy items and in.
cidents, thumped into ones head by the
hurry burly ola city, or an elaborate effu.
sion on things in general.
have only this jagged, but by no
means unimportant little settlement to draw
upon, ! often read in your paper inter.
ssting and instructive communications
from points-North, South, East and from
the far West, but never perused one
penned among these piles of iron ore
Hence my mania
Six miles from Port Henry, up among
the hills the Iron Mines, are situated
The principal companies are, The Port
Henry Iron Ore Co" and "Wetherbe
Sherman 4 Co." giving employment to,
about six hundred men.
There are five openings OF pits now
worked.
"Old Red" as one of them is called is
a yawning opening, its sides ragged and
rough. Standing on the north side and
looking dorm the first thing that attracts
attention is three huge columns of stone
supporting the rooffrom which icicles now
hang like stalactites.the dark background
giving them beautiful effect-down past
pillars an icicles several hundred feet q
pale light can now and then be seen from
our high perch and the dull clink of peck
and drill is heard. The pit is entered by
a crazy path not at all adapted to pa
tent leather boots,
The miner will treat one ~ gentle
manly way, and pleasantly answer al
manner of no doubt stupid questions.
The ore is blasted from its bed ant
conveyed from the many galleries, to thu
hosting car In hand barrows.
A powerful engine working large cylin
ders around which steele rope attached
to the car winds and unwinds, propellinl
? and lowering it, From the several pit
eight hundred tons of ore are daily hoistet
in this manner. Until recently one hun
bred and fifty heavy teams hauled this or
to the lake But the railroad, the com
panieshave 30 long been at work upon ane
at last completed, is in successful opera
ton, and the iron horse now goes moItipi
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-12-21
Ny Argument for Woman Suffrage
BY REV. ADDISON BROWN.


!. Men and women compose the human
race; constitute the sum total Of humani-
ty. Woman is part of the imam which
God created male and female"
z. Woman, like man, is a social, ration.
al, accountable being; that is, has all the
essential attributes Of humanity.
3. Man and woman constitute human
society, each being an Indispensable part
thereof
4. The character and conditions of hu.
man society make some kind of govern
ment necessary to regulate the intercourse
and transactions Of its members with each
other.
5. To-day that government is consid-
cred the nearest perfection which rests
on the consent Of the governed, and
whose will is expressed in constitutions
and laws.
q. Woman, equally with men, consti.
tute the governed" and therefore, equal
ly with men, should their consent be
given to and their will embodied in the
constitution and laws of the government
under which they live.
7. As the ballot is the only instrumen,
by which the will Of the governed can be
directly and efiectually expressed, womer
and men have equal right to the use Of
it.
s. Therefore whatever right man hal
to the ballot, natural or otherwise, woman
has the same,
9. And therefore, again, under our
\ government, which is government 20
the people, for the phople," the ballo
should be secured to woman az her IN
doubted right Vermont PhGair'
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The Wheeling and Parkersburg packet
Re6ecca ran into a pier at Parkersburg
West, Va, on Tuesday night, and sank
almost Immediately. Four or five Of the
deck hands We're drowned All tie pas
sengers were saved
The House Military Committee has
authorized bill to be reported providing
for artificial limbs every five years, or
their equivalent in money, to Union sol
diers who failed to be mustered on ac.
count of being wounded in battle or cap
tured, or from other causes not growing
out Of their own fault
a trade Of young girls has lately been
discovered in Galcia similar to that eX-
listing in Hungary. Organized bands Of
men have been engaged in wandering
around the country and marrying all the
young girls they can, and sending them
of to Turkey or Egypt.
CoseREss AND WoAAs SrllRAGG.-
The action of the Wyoming Legislature
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bring the subject directly before Congress,
as all acts of Territorial Legislature to
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sion of Hon John Morrissey, Hon vii
lard Salisbury, Hon. Parson Brownlow
Hon. Sunset Cox, and other Compression
al barbarians,
The CARDIFF GIANT.-The Syracuse
Journal says the getters-up Of the Onon,
dago giant now confess that it Is all I'M
posture. Hull, the prime mover-who
got 80 500 as his share ofthe proceeds OF
the sale of the humbug-confesses that
he, with two other men, named Jones and
Glass, went to Fort Dodge, Iowa,in June,
1868, got the block ofgypsum and took it
to Chicago. 1t was cut there, (Glass Was
the SCULPTOR, the statue was boxed and
sent to New York and buried on the farm
of Newell, hull'S relative. II cost them
$4,000.
A County Court Judge in Kentucky
has decided that the act Of the Legislature,
taxing incomes from United States bonds,
is constitutional, and the act of Congress
forbidding such taxation unconstitutional
According to Washington dispatch, the
explanation of the Spanish Minister as to
the destination of the gunboats built in
the United States, has been satisfactory
to the Peruvian Minister and it is expect.
ed that Judicial order for the relea,r Of
the vessels will soon be issued
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MARRIED.

Observation-Disclosures In Orwell Dec l4th b,
Rev VI. L. Severance, Mr. T. X Severance O
Middlebury and Miss Mary A. Laudon Of Sud
bury
BARRows-FoorE-In Middletury, on the 2Ou
inst, by Rev. L. 5. Walker, Mr. Rufus F. Bar
rows, of Bridport and Miss Bet-ey W Foote, o
Middebury.
firlps. -RoscoE.-In Bristol, On the 10th
inst, by Rey.L Walker Luther S. Fields d
Ferrifburgh and Miss Emma a. Roscoe of Bristol
WnsoN--FonD-Tn Rochester, Dec 18th BY
Rev. Geo =. Guernsey, Mr. George L Wilson ant
Mi7s Clara II. Ford, both of Granville.
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DIED.


4 JoHNs.-In Bristol on the 18th inst Mr.,
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STonRs.-In Mansfield Conn Dec 9th Mrs Clarist.
Storrs formerly of Middlebury, aged IS.
N GooDALr-In West Addison. Dec 4th, Of con
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HYSAN--In Stratton, Dec. sth, Fidelia L. Iv
man, only daughter Of Rufus Lyman, Esq, npet
about % years,
WAr-In Manchester, Dec. l3, Eben l.. Way
aged CA years.
HESRY-In Chester Dec. 18th, Hon. Hugh II
Henry, United States Marshal for the District al
Vermont, aged 50 years.
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liza Man Want o Bottle Of Whiskey. let him
buy il and take it home like a man, and not sneak
home with n bottle Of "Bitters' or Cordial p and
pretend that it j. medicine. I'll he wants a tonic
that l. something better than n temporary stimu-
liant, he Fhould get bottle Of Peruvian Syrup
Ian Iron Tonic), that will vtalile tho blood and
give durable strength to the -ystem
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EARAl FOR SALE,

The subscriber offers his TARA Tor sale. The
homestead continuing 1870 serssI also 80 acres
some ~ rods south Of she house on the roAd-sit.
uatSd one mile vest OF Bristol Village on the
north and south road. All outbulldngs necessary
in good repair good story and a halt house
with an l.. we'll arranged for two families We'll
watered and plenty OF wood, with nice young
orcharl. One o. the best grain farms 10 the
county well ADAPTED tor dairy in good state Of
cultivation with good ienees. Three miles from
Cheese Factory. For further particulars call
and see. l9;tt D0RUS 3. PARMELEE.
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DARN FOR SALE,

l. NJ, n PARSIELEE Offers his farm for sale,
formerly owned by tharles L. Smith, containing
about POO acre., situated On Bristol Flats, one d
the fnest places in New England, az miles from
Bristol Village 4 mile from New Haven East
Mills. where there Il Cheese Factory. A good
Dairy Farm, we'll fenced. Plenty Of good build
ings--one Of the largest and best Barns in the
County; plenty OF wood. and well watered with
nice brook running through the yards Sixty
acres of lnterval-yery beat for graln,-the re-
mainder clay. Said farm Is one Of the beat IN
re County, in good state of cultivation,
For further Particular call and see.
Bristol Dec. %, ises. sSu
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Have the readers of the Middlbury Register
ever used any Of Pmsoas Purgnfre RHsY II not
why not they are the best family physle, besides
being the graiest anti-biious remedy there J. IL
this country
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NOR SALE

ENOR SALE,
Il Second Baud Double WAGON Price So
Valuable Cedar Swamp lant three miles irou
Middlehury village. Per acre, price s62.
j. NJ boyce.
Middlebufy VI, Dec. llth. 1863 9stf
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The Boston election resulted in the re.
tpgp ofDr, shurtlef by msjority Of g.
5s7 over all his opponents.
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Rheumatism is cured by using Rsnnes Pain
Killing Magic Oil thoroughly We do not say 1t
cares "after the joints are turned into ohAlky
substance /" but lts early and faithful sPrs7snt'
this change.
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II your horse is lame, sore u CALLED, you should
use Johasoa's Aaodyne Liaimem wash the part
with CASTLE soap and warm water, rub dry with a
clean cloth, then sPply The l'iniment rub IN we'll
with the hand.