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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18

How TRAIN BECAME A "WoMAN's
RIGHrs" MANA little incident occurred
while Train was in Australia which will
illustrate one phase of bis character. A
possible President was about to be born to
him, and Georgt Francis was unwilling
to spoil the chili's prospects of succeeding
Washington by forcing it to catch its first
streak of sunshine among the savages of
Oceanica. 1t was midawinter, and a
ninety days voyage, but Train suddenly
shipped his wife for Boston The lady was
alone, and the voyage was tempestuous
onei but, after narrowly escaping ship
wreck. she landed safely in this country.
Here the child was born, and-a uas a
girl! This mistake as to sex, however,
will have no material effect on the child's
presidential prospects, if Train and Mrs
Cady Stanton succeed in their attempted
Revolution. -idckdrdS Monthly,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18
w D u LID Y OU


ny A. u. FooTE.
Baby, growing on your knee.
While, you sing some little ditty.
Pulls your hair or thumbs your "ee;'
Would you think 1t wasn't prettyP
Tell me, could your
If you owned "the baby" would your
Wife, with arm about your neck
Says you look just like the baby;
Wants some cash to make "spec,"
And you would refuse her-may be?
Could youP Should you?
If you owned "the woman =" would YOU ?
Little labor, little strife,
Little care, and little cot;
Would you sigh for single lifeo
Would you murmur at your lot,
Tell me, should you9
liyou owned "the cottage" would youY
Health and comfort. children fair:
Wife to meet you at the door;
Fond hearts throbblng for you thereq
Tell me, would you ask for more?
Should you? Could YOU?
lfyou owned "the baby" would youe
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18

Punch sets down some of the uses of
adversely as follows:
You wear out your old clothes,
You are not troubled with many visitor.
You are exonerated from making calls
Crossing sweepers do not molest you.
Bores do not bore you.
\ young minister, whose reputation for
veracity was not very good, once ventured
to differ with an old doctor of divinity as
TO the efficacy ofthe use of the rod, Why
said he, the only time my father ever
whipped re was for telling the truth.
swell, retorted the doctor, sit cured you
of it, didn't it,"
WoOD ASHES FOR STRAW wBIRRIEs.--
There is no better fertilizer for strawber-
ries than ashes. We remember that one
of the best crops we ever bad VAS raised
when the only manure used was wood
ashes. All soils will not alike be benefited
by such an application but il is always
safe to use ashes in connection with other
manures. If ashes are only used, there
are fewer weeds, as no seed can be intro
duced by the manure.
WORTH kSowING. - The invention of
the circular saw originated in MiddIe-
bury.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18

UNDERGROUND RAlLwAY.-Tho New
York Legislature has Incorporated the
New York City Underground Railway
Company, and it seems probable that the
experiment of a Subterranean railroad will
be tried in that city, as the incorporators
comprises William b. Ogden, w. b. Dun.
can, James NJ. Brown, George Griswold,
and other leading citizens. The road is
to begin at City Hall Park, and passing
under various streets, terminate al IIar-
lem Bridge on Third avenue, The cor
porators are required to begin the work
within two years.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18
TREE Ma-Tbs season for NJ.

TREE PLANTING. The season for at
tending to this important and pleasing du,
ty has come round again, and will soon
pass by. Deciduous trees should be put
in as soon as any interval can be gained
from more driving matters; evergreens
will answer any Tina in the month of May.
Every man who has a few rods Of ground
will be apt to find that he has something
to do in this line. And here @ question
arises at the outset. The great majority
OF those who have anything like home.
sted are pretty sure 10 discover that s'some
one has blundered" themselves or
their predecessors-in this matter Of sets
ting out trees. Either a tree has been
put down and is growing beautifully just
where no tree at all is wanted, or there
are too many crowded together, or there
is the wrong kind in the right place--and
what shall be done about it? As a gen.
eral rule, the wrong ought to be righted
at once. 1t is better to uprcot the noblest
tree than to have it become nuisance by
interfering with the convenience or health
Of the family. Besides, there is consn-
ual pleasure in these little endevors to
get things as they should be and to keep
mother nature within bounds.
The principles and mechanism TO
use a phrase OF the standard work on
tactes-of the planting ought to be well
understood by this time. They are mainly
these: to keep the roots Of the tree as far
as possible from becoming dried; to shorten
in the limbs about in proportion to the loss
OF roots, and if anything little more so
TO set the tree at about the same depth at
which it originally grew; to see that the
earth is pressed closely against all the roots
"a pailful of water dashed under is good
help to the process and to mulch thickl7
during July and August of the first season
after transplanting. With regard to tho
selection Of the kinds of shade trees, refer.
ence must be had chiefly to the situation
Do you want a screen, or an over arching
shade with an uninterrupted view under,
meath, or something ornamental to look
upon9 There are trees adapted for each
requirement, and having, too, each its own
defects. The elm has the noblest top, but
is apt to be thin and scraggy. The oak is
hard 10 transplant. The rock maple is
clean and has beautiful foliage, but is of
very slow growth, especially when frat
;ransplanted. The silver maple, on the
other hand, is Of rapid growth, but does
not make dense shade nor color its leaves
deeply in the autumn. The horse chestnut
comes out early in the Spring and holds
its leaves late, but is too dense for some
situations and is rather set in its habit of
growth The mountain ash ought not to
be planted where its berries will fall upon
walks, as they are a nuisance. Every
one, then, before he sets out tree, ought
to consider what he wants for that partic.
ular situation, and make his selection ac-
cordingly, If, in addition, he looks ahead
and thinks of the size of his trees in
dozen or twenty years, he will be likely
to hit right and to DO piece of work
which the lapse of time will only render
more and more beautiful and benefcent,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18

A SHOWER OF WORMS. The Port.
land (Oregon) Courier says that during a
shower at Sheridan, in Yamhill county, on
the 18th of March, there fell what seemed
to be kind Of hail, but on examinas
iicn was found TO be composed of peculiar
whitish worms-milions of them. Each
worm had the power of doubling up and
skipping foot or more. They were from
an eighth TO quarter of an inch long,
with small darkish spot about the head.
They appeared to die very soon.
An exchange says that farmer cured
his daughter of the Greclan bend by ihrow-
ing water ON her, and then laying her in
the sun till she warped back TO the old place
again.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18

"Gracc Greenwood" complains that ed
itors have assigned her too many amiable
consorts. She says: "The same disclaim-
er | now put forth for the benefit of DR..
Lippincott, must apply 10 Mr., j. B, Lip
pincOtt, the great publisher, and to Gen
Lippincott the Lite doorkeeper Of the Sen.
ate, They are all honorable men doubt,
less, but they are not my husbands; and
| hereby warn all persons against trusting
me on their account
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-05-18
lDoetrp

SOME SIXTEEN YEARS AGO this poem was
published anonymously in the Rutland (Vt.)
Herald, and went the rounds of the newspaper
press and many magazines throughout Chris
tendon and though written by our friend
bureau, the name of Alfred Ward somehow be-
come attached rs the author, and IL was, in one
instance at least, so set to music. Are our musi-
cal composers all old bachelors or what is the
reason that none of them have succeeded In
the several efforts than have been made to give
1t would be ono of the universal Songs Of
bnna.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21
TILE HIRGLNLA PRAYKR.

A Committee of notable Virginians speaking
only for themselves and the small meeting of
prominent citizens who sent them, but probably
capable of bringing to the polls, in support Of
any adjustment they may secure at the hands
of Congress, majority of the men who formed
through the four years war the bulwark of
the Rebel cause, sought in Washington some
plan by which they and those like-minded
could be enabled to support the attempted
Reconstruction in their State. Wise and ex-
perienced members of both Houses advised
them to request certain notifications OF tho
Constitution for Virginia-framed last year, but
not yet submitted to the people as
fundamental conditions precedent to its
adoption by the State or its accept
ance by Congress- Through tho Senates Judi
ciary Committee therefore, they ask the erasure,
l. OF all provisions for disfranchisement or
disqualification.
g Of the article reversing the former policy
Of the State as to Church property, and en-
abng ecclesiastical bodies outside the State to
take the churches of Virginia from the congre-
cations that built them.
3. Of the cumbrOus machinery for local or
ganization, government, and police.
4. OF the extension Of the existing laws
granting prospective homestead exemptions, so
as to apply also, by constitutional enactment,
to past indebtedness.
5. OF the limitation upon the power Of taxa
ton for school purposes, which they wish
changed in mode, though not asking that it be
reduced in amount
Of these notifications, all excepting the first
relate TO details of State policy, and are of
local interest. They seem reasonable on their
face and the memorial in which they are
urged is temperate, conciliatory, and dignified.
We trust Congress will consider it candidly
and kindly; and, If the things asked appear
just and the mode of doing them seem clear
from troubles, yield so much to the wishes of
the large and intelligent class whom these
gentlemen represent. AS to the first there can
be, we think, no doubt. We are for the
immediate removal of the disfranchise-
ment. We would welcome these Yirginians
who come to us seeking once more the bless
ings of the Government they once sought to
overthrow and are now ready to sustain. To
this complexion it must come sooner or later.
Everybody sees, everybody acknowledges that
Why not come to it at once, and have done
forever with a prolific source of irritation and
discontent7 We ask it because since it is sure
to be won some time it may better be grace
fully accorded now; because It is wise policy
in itself; and because it brings with it the
certain guaranty of equal rights for all.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21
R0nE TILE SIX HnNnRED.s

There is q certain Senator in Washington,
the name of him to us unknown, for whom we
feel degree of cOmmiseration which Qn the
present condition of the English language) it
is impossible adequately to express. This grave
and potent unfortunate, according to a news
paper letter now before us, "has already re-
"ceived over six hundred applications for
office 1t is hardly possible to read this
sorrowful statement without recalling the words
of Scripture And the river shall bring forth
frogs abundantly. which shall go up and come
" into thine house, and into thine bed-Chamber,
and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy
servants, and upon thy people, and into thine
ovens, and into thy kneading- How
the poor Senator aforementioned must be
howling for some magic spell which shall
destroy the frogs that they may remain in
the river only ~
The benevolent mind naturally shares its
sympathy between the Senator and the seekers.
AS we cannot write by post to the honorable
gentleman because we do not know his name
we prink our pity here We sincerely hope that
he may not be murdered. Wo pray Heaven
TO save him from becoming a maniac. 1t is
useless to recommend him to bar his door,
unless he wishes it to be broken down and de-
stroyed. lie cannot abscond, while his legiti-
mate public duties keep him in Washington.
lie cannot cause to be promulgated report
that he Is dead, for his State would at
once make hot haste to elect his sue
cessor. AS for playing sick and tying
up the knocker, that would be little
too transparent; and, moreover, were he In the
article of death. the men who are haunting
him would not scruple to disturb his last med
itatiOns by asking him for his sgn-manual.
What can he do TO save himselfP We really
do not know. The frogs are large and numer-
Gus and hungry, and when they consent to
"remain in the river only" we shall think that
the Thousand Years are at hand.
But what pity it is that the six hundred
cannot be persuaded that "to remain in the
"river onlyp is the best thing they can d0j
though some of them may be jumping intolt,
Jelo dc SO fashion, with stones (and nothing
else) in their pockets, before all is over, The
report upon which we are commenting says |:
"Of the six hundred applications, In al proba-
"bility not sixty will be successful. y What o
prospect! Five hundred and forty wretches
doleful, desperate. disappointed, all their
trump-cards turned to rubbish, all their cOllec-
ton of influential autographs become mere re-
fuse, must return with free PISS, If they can
get it) to confront their neighbols and either
to be pitied or laughed at Unhappy DXL!
Desperate Light Brigade Of Beggars!
"Into the jaws OF Death,
Into the mouth OF He'll,
Rode tho ak huudred."
Much that has beep written about the in
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21

ences Of priest and landlord in Ireland; no true
freedom can be had while liberty of any sort
has to be bought by the supremacy of the one
or the other. To us, the power of the Army
seems to be a more immediate danger in Spain
than even tho power OF the Church. The Re-
publicans have to grapple with it, or their
movement comes to nothiMg. Even Republic
supported by the Army, and living OF the
favor and toleration of the Army, would DO a
poor change for the better.
The two great results, then, Of the infOrma-
tiOn laid before our readers is that there is
in Spain a Republican party, resolute, organ
lied, and enthusiastic, which has already had
its baptism of blood, and is prepared to
endure sacrifice and dare martyrdom. Next,
that the true work before them is not so
much to make Spain a Republic as to make
her q civil State. The task is difficult one.
Before the elections we were not sanguine
enough to believe that the Republicans would
win this time. We are not now Sanguine
that they will win soon. But that they
have o cause, and SEQ the way they
would go, is great fact in itself 1t is sign
that form and order are at last beginning to
emerge out Of the chaos of Spanish politics.
Once party bearing such banner appears
in good array upon the political field, a new
and an auspiciOus chapter has opened in the
history of Spain.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21

minority. In other words QOr this is the exact
meaning of the above diatrbe) The Post is
about to execute its long-meditated return to
the Democratic party, and is only lingering nom
inaly with the Republicans in order that it
may more effectively damage them.
But we are used to being called hard names
by The Post, and are not moved by them. 1t
can say nothing worse of us than it did OF our
fathers, who framed and passed "the Black
Tariff of 1928, which it was sure would
destroy our Industry Commerce, and Revenue;
yet all these fourished under that Tariff as
they had never done before. 1t DETAINED us
as recklessly when we passed the TarlH OF
1s42; yet that Tariff lifted the country once
more out of the slough into which Free Trade
had plunged it, and made it so prosperous
that its enemies could only subvert it by
fraud, even though they had the Slave Power
at their back, with King Cotton on his throne,
and British influence and money uphOlding his
scepter.
When The Post shall have openly proclaimed
its hostility 20 the party it now treacherously
stabs we shall have closed out the Slavery
controversy and be ready for the struggle 1t
now invokes-a struggle in which we shall
have the support of hundreds of thousands of
artifcers, artisans, and mechanics, who are now
deceived into opposing us by the catchwOrd De-
mocracy There was never yet an issue fairly
joined on the question Of Protection Us. Free
Trade on which decided majority of all our
countrymen who could read did not vote for
Protection. The ground is familiar; the issues
have already been tried Let, then, our adver-
saries come on! We ask but an open field
and fair play, and these we shall hope to Sc
cure.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21

Mr.. Wilson's new Army bill, arranging the
higher grades on a new scale, seems to be con-
triyed on the double plan of leveling the sala-
ries up and the Offices down. Our army system
has always been imperfect and anomalous. The
present is doubtless an effort to bring its Offices
moro nearly to correspond with those Of certain
European models and, if we were seeking to
place our establishment on war footing,
would perhaps be wise. But we distrust any
multiplication Of high offices now, and
utterly condemn any direct or indirect effort
toward hiGher salaries.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21
JOHN SnRRATT

The confessions of Arnold and Atzerodt relative
to the assassination of President Lincoln give
us the testimony of two participants in tile
crime and yet dsinterested witnesses, taken
while John Surratt was fugitive In Canada
very clearly to the effect that John Surratt was,
next to Wilkes Booth, the presiding organizer
of the assassination. Arnold, who Is now sery-
ing out his time on the Dry Tortugas, but
whose confession was taken four days after the
murder, shows that during the earlier stages Of
the plot, and while it was merely q plan 70
kidnap the President, the minor actors in the
tragedy saw little of Surratt, but Wilkes Booth
was always "pressed with business with Sur
ratt, and in daily and apparently engrossns
confidential communication with him. sr-
ratt was present at the first meeting Of the
seven conspirators, and seems to have arranged
a very sly and safe role for himself. While
Arnold was to rush into the private box
of the theater and seize the President, and
Atzerodt and Booth were to handcuff him and
lower him to the stage, and others were to put
out the lights and carry him to the coach, all
of which was an obviously hair Drained scheme,
Surratt was to wait "on the other side Of the
Eastern Branch bridge TO facilitate escape
1t would seem strange that Booth should need
constantly to advise with one who was to bear
so slight and cowardly hand In the business
if Booth were the originator Of the crime
But if Surratt were the insprer Of the murder
it is easy to see how he might have nodded
the bold courage of Booth to carry out the
promptlngs of his more guilty and subtle
heart, and how Booth himself may have been
so impressed by Surratts superior boldness In
guilt as to have overlooked his Superior
caution in avoiding danger. Arnold denounced
the plan as impracticable, and withdrew from
the entire conspiracy before it had developed
into plot to assassinate.
Atzerodt declares that the plan to kidnsp
was first changed to one of assassination az
eight o'clock on the evening of the murder.
About the middle of March, the seven con
spiratOrs-Booth, Surratt, 0'Laughlin, Arnold
Payne, Atzerodt, and Harold-had q plan by
which the others were to capture the Presideut
and Surratt. rs the best driver, was TO drive
the coach over the Long Bridge into Virginia
1t failed, because the President did not pass
the place at which they were expecting aud
waylaying him. When the plan was changed
from kidnapping Surratt had just had an
interview with Booth. The impression left by
these confessions is that Booth was the bold
fanatic. and Surratt the cunning and cautious
inspirer of the deed.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21

compatibility of begging with the dJg' d
human nature, must be stuff and no E'
To be sure, we do not believe that one ~.
six hundred would like TO stand dpoa. fp'
pavement all day, with the right hand M =,
ously extended and with o placard oIba
chest bearing the inscription, Il AM BIZ x
There is nothing, however, derogatOiy
begging, if you only beg for enough Tw
plous old lady comprehcnded this when Il
prayed for competency, adding: "And l@
y Lord, thou shouldst not understand wk,,
mean by competency, permit me TO stat.
that l mean one thousand dollars per annn.,
satisfactorily invested" The man who woaA
blush to ask for the loan Of half-a4doHs,
(Butier currency experiences no agony !,
mortified pride in petitioning for a Post -Otsce
or CoIlectorship, or an Embassy. Mr.. Masen
of Virginia, who was as proud as PUMA
begged to be kept in his place abroad until bs
bad saved money enough to pay his debk
and his creditors thought all the better of him
for not allowing his dignity to interfere with
his duty. But the prime pang is in asking "a,
place and not getting it; and this is WIN
our bowels yearn kindly for the six hundred
or rather, to speak accurately, for tie five
hundred and forty. "What did you getF
asked friend of returning fisherman. aI
"gOt tired" was the reply. How sadly
"tired" the great mass of the unappointed
will get!
We have sometimes thought that 1t would
be good plan to give no man anything who
asked for it, office-seeking being taken w
l. IL
Commissions might be sent out Qest the pub.
lie service should suffer- in pursuit Of modest
merit. Truth might be sought in the bottom Of
the wells, fidelity in corners, and capacity
among the unobtrusive But these are dreams
No man can be considered fit to serve the Re
public in the humblest position, unless be has
twenty-five yards Of signatures in his pocket
Perhaps, not even then. This is world in
which some are happy and some "mees-er.
"able" We must take it as IL goes
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21

The Times accords preposterous space end i'm
portance to the allegation that during the pro-
gress of the Vicksburg campaign Gen. Banks
was once ordered to supersede Con. Grant aud
that he took the responsibility of disobeying
the order. As no proof whatever is offered, it
is not easy to see whether the story
is true; but there is 10 difficulty in
seeing its present motive. In tho midst of the
Cabinet maneuverings it is not far to seek.
Whether such an order ever really issued from
the War Department or not, the fact is per-
feetly well known that 1t was long and Sc
riOusly urged from influential quarters. No
body knows or has known this any better than
Gen. Grant himself.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-21
Smustmtuts, &t.

BROADWAY TuEATER--This Evening Mt "a New
v b John Broaelsm; The Emerald Nrg" M ana Mo DAnJ
WILLIAMS
BRYANTs' NEW MINSTREL HAII, Iammany Build
t,S Forsotist adjoining Academy Of Music BIZ
Trovstor GeDevtvt ds Bryalt 1Aoer 'Ae NeAs
BrysRS Minsirels-De Sols. the Infant Tenor
GRAND OPERA House cor. Eighth-ave ana Iwen-
t,tbr5 - This Eyeuipg az g." Ia PeIchoie' Nile lrnG
Nsy-YCRK CIRCUS FOurteenth-st.-Ihis Evening
,t7i-Dspa Of Athletic skill Melville, ROLAND, Sackney, etc
NKw-YoRK THEATER.--This Evening at g." The
P,sls Of The Cloth Of Cola" Wor.el Sisters
NmLo's GARDEN-This Evening at g." After
pAt; or, Loadonb BY Night"
OLYMPIC THEATER.-This Evening at -"Humpty
Dsnpy" Q. L. Fox Nile Sangah etc
BAN Francisco MINsTRELs, No. 5S5 Broadway
This RVsulpg-" Bone Squash Disbo"
SNRDECOR's ART GALLERY, No. 76S Broadway
This Day.-Fres Exhibition Of Paintings and ChroWoE
THEATRE FRANCAIs.-This Evening at S-Opera
Bouae: =" LQl Cre1e."
TIE TAsnNANY.-Tammany Hall, Fourteenth-st'-
Tbs Evenings ~ -
WAIIACK's THEATRR - Tins Evening 9t p
4,pp Of The Watch" WooicooEs Little Game Lester "AhAe|
WOODS MUSEUM AND METROPOLITAN IHEATER
Broadway and TbireihsTh Esenng mi 9r 3i, us
Horn Of Dilemma and Iion" Throughout The Da DO singer
sBd CombustOn aud Grand Mensges 0 Living VIA ANA"