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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

The FAMINE IN PARIs.-The correspon.
dent of the N. Y. World in Paris, writes
under the date of Nov, 10th:
Rats have begun to appear at market.
They readily sell at Is cents each. Cats
also are on sale. The price is 60 cents.
The quotations are firm, with decided
upward tendency. | saw a turkey sold
this morning for SIG, gold. l saw rab-
bit (not a very large, fat one) offered, for
which 81 was refused; 50 was asked /; it
would have fetched 81 in ordinary times.
Lard is one dollar pound. | offered 50
for an old chicken cock this morning; the
owner would hear Of nothing less than
So. Eggs are Is cents apiece.
Yesterday morning at the Great Mar.
kets, the fishmongers, whose occupation
has gone, have taken to selling "horse
beefstakes" and "horse beef" They yes
terday asked 80 cents pound for horse
sausage, and 20 cents pound for horse
blood pudding. Buyers were so furious
at this advance, they being numerous
seized the sausages and blood puddings
(both are sold in intestines), and belabor-
ed the fishmongers about the face with
them. Billingsgate in Paris has as foul
a mouth as Billingsgate in London, and
stout arms. A fierce battle issued, in
which words and blows, spithets, fists,
sausages, and blood-puddings flew thick
as canister shot. A wagon laden with
blood-puddings came up at this moment.
In jiffy it was overturned,and hundreds
ofpeople trampling under feet the blood
puddings. National Guards restored or
der after while, but the market remain.
ed closed all day.
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The Temperature of the Sea.

The attempt to ascertain the tempera.
ture at the bottom Of the sea at any given
time, is surrounded with as many Difficult.
ties as the procuring Of water from certain
depths. The thermometer is subjected
not merely to the influence of temperature
but to the pressure of the water by which
it is environed. This pressure becomes
enormous when the descent is measured
by thousands of yards. As yet no per-
fectly reliable marine thermometer has
been constructed but results have been
reached sufficient to satisfy the physicist
that the view once held that the sea has
uniform temperature below a certain
line, is untenable. Its surface is hottest
at the equator, and coolest at the poles.
Between these extreme ATTITUDES there is
succession of diminishing temperatures,
greatly interrupted, however, by marine
currents. The same causes also complicate
the temperature according to the depth,
hot and cold currents flowing one above
the other and crossing each other in var
ious direhtions. Recent thermometric
soundings have rendered it probable that
in certain parts of the ocean, at very
great depths, the water has temperature
even below the freezing-point of fresh
water. Scribner's Monthly.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

NOVEMBER WEATHER IN OLD TINES. -
The following are extracts from Deacon
Benjamin Kimball's weather record, kept
at kimball's Ferry, Concord, N. II.
1S20.-Nov. II. A severe snow storm;
snow fell six inches, and good shedding
for several days.
lS23-Nov. IS. Passing on the ice
very cold fall. Nov 30, teams passed
the river on the ice.
1S24-Nov. 3. Considered the cold
est day ever known for the season,or time
Of year.
1s25-Nov. %. People on foot pas.
sed the river on the ice.
1S26-Nov. 81. First snow, when
there fell six inches.
lS27-Nov. 8, 10, IL. Three cold.
est days ever known at this time Of year;
the river froze over; extremely cold
month not pleasant day from the 18th
to the 2Sth day; an uninterrupted sue.
cession of n. w. wind for fifteen days
Nov. 20, passed the river on the ice with
horses, Nov. 90, so, rainy.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20
4 Touching Incident,

The world is full Of mournful incidents.
How little do we know of the poignant
sorrow myriads of our felow-creatures are
compelled to suffer. The following touch.
ing event We take from the Boston
Journal:
An express man upon reaching his
office early one cold morning in January,
observed on the sidewalk, long, heavy
box, which his practiced eye at once iden-
tilted as containing a corpse, Upon the
end of the box, shivering with cold, sat q
little half-clad boy, about seucn or eight
years of age. Addressing him kindly, he
said:
MY lad, don't sit there, you will
freeze come in and sit by the stove"
Bursting into tears, the little fellow
replied. No, | can't come my moth
er is in that box and | promised her thai
| would not leave her until we go
home"
Deeply affected with the touching de
votion Of this brave little fellow, he final
ly succeeded in convincing him of the en-
tire safety Of his precious charge, and tax
ing him to neighboring restaurant, ,gav,
him warm breakfast, and then Learned
the particulars of his story. His fathe
died about year previously, in remot,
village in Minnesota, leaving his mothe
in poor health and nearly destitute. Sh'
died but few days before the boys sat
journey, charging the little hero with tn
duty Of conveying the remains to he
friends in n distant State, aud furnishing
him with (all she had) n sum of none
barely sufficient to carry them both b
freight car with his melancholy trust
never for q moment losing sight Of il.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

Our YoUNo Folks for JANUARY, ha.
a capital fullpage engraving" ,"The Skaters
and another quite as good "A Christ
mas-Tree under Difficulties" drawr
by the boys favorite, Eytinge. There
is profusion Of other good illustrations
and stories poems and sketches by F
F. Trowbridge, Marian Douglas. Mrs
Diaz and ether admirable writers for tn,
young. Among the writer's for next
year will be Mrs. Stowe. Elizabetl
Stuart Phelps, Augustus Holmes, Mrs
Austin rnd others. The Magazine nevel
stood higher with its readers, who arr
not all young by any means.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

COVERING UP THE ScAR.-~When an
eminent painter was requested to paint
Alexander the Great, so as to give per-
feet likeness of the Macedonian conquer.
or, he felt difficulty. Alexander, in
his wars, had been struck by a sword and
across his forehead was an immense scar.
The painter said :-''IfI retain the scar,
it will be an offense to the admirers of the
monarch and if omit it, it will fail to
be perfect likencss-what shall do ?"
He hit upon happy expedient he rep
resented the Emperor leaning upon his
elbow, with his fore-fnger upon his brow,
accidentally, as it seemed, covering the
scar upon his forehead. Might we not
represent each other with the finger of
charity upon the scar, instead of repre-
senting the scar deeper and blacker than
it actually is Might not Christians learn
from heathenism lesson of charity of
human kindness and love?
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

The Manchester (N.H.) Mirror says
that scoundrel named Edmund H. Blood,
lately residing in Nashua, wheedled his
wife into selling house that she had
earned by working in mill, pretending
that he had great chance to make a
fortune in Pennsylvania, saying that she
should go to that state with him. She
sold the horse for S4OO, the money being
paid to the husband, who straightway fed
for parts unknown. He left note saying
that he was bound for California, and
that she might get IL divorce if she
wished to.
The French settlement at Adelescat
Dakota Territory, has curious origin
A party of French emigrants were jour
neying up the Missouri river, when 1
pet cat escaped from its mistress, Adele
A stop was made to catch the runaway
when the emigrants, struck by the ad
vantages Of the location, halted ant
formed the new settlement.
A pleasing incident occurred at a wed
ding in tine Universalist Church at New
Haven Conn.,, Wednesday evening. A
the doors were opened to admit the brida
party, dove few in and alighted nea
the happy couple, and remained as
spectator Of the ceremony.
Last Monday morning the dwellin
house of Robert Leary, in the north par
of Manchester, VT, was entirely consume
by fire. 1t is supposed to be the wor
} of an incendiary. Insured in the Ven
mont Mutual
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

EVERY SATURDAY for Dec. II, is filled
with illustrations from the best American
and foreign artists. There is "Going to
Court" by barley; Emigrants Landing
at Castle Garden, by Eytinge; De.
cember,' by Gavarni; and numerous
war scenes of great merit. The reading
matter is varied and attractive, and will
soon be reinforced by serial story by
Edmund Yates, which won the hearty COM
mendation of Charles Dickens, Erery
Saturday has made room for itself with
the American people.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

The ATLANTIC MONTY FOR JANUARY,
ls7l.-Opens the new year brilliantly
and strongly, and in a way which looks
as if it could wear well too The first
article, on " A Year in Venetian
Palace" by W. d. Howells-who could
not write poorly if he tried, and is never
likely to try-is exquisite for its descrip-
tions. and is also as instructive as guide
book. "Miss Moggaridge's Provider''
is one of Harriet Prescott Gifford's best
stories. "The Valley of Gartein," by
a mysterious " II. H." is a mixture Of
travel, sketch and story, quite pleasant
to take mentally. Col. Higginson mar.
rates in his charming style - Madam
Delia,s Expectations" As beginning in
serial cf'' Castilian Days" Mr.. John
Hay gives A Field-night in the Spanish
Cortes, vividly sketching Prim, Cls.
telar, and the other present notablities
Of Spanish politics, "Our Eyes and
How to Take Care Of Them by DR..
Henry w. Williams, is an article abound.
ing in useful information, especially il
this part of the country, where eye-com
plants seem to be peculiarly prevalent
"Kate Beaumont" is a very readable
story by j. w. DeForest OF Senate
Wilson's q New Departure of the Repub
lican Party, our readers have alread,
had a fair taste. Our Whispering Gal
lery," by Mr. Fields, devoted in tn
present installment to Thackeray, open
admirably, and promises to be the grea
feature Of the coming numbers. Evidentl
the Atlantic means to maintain its ascen
dency in American periodical lteratur
during 1871 at least.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

Picnics are the seasonable sports of
Terre IIaute.
Plum wine is the Western Farmers s
tipple.
1t is a maxim Of prudence, to leave
things before they leave us.
Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is a
flower without perfume.
No man is master of himself so long
as he is slave to anything else.
When our vices quit us, we aatter
ourselves that it is we who quit them.
AS we often hear of flying bricks, we
ought not to be astonished at hearing a
chimney hue.
"le-winks-at-the-sky" is the name Of
famous western brave. He generally
writes it II. W. A. 7, Sky"
Insults are like counterfeit money-we
can't hinder them being offered, but we
are not bound to take them.
Absence cools moderate passions, and
inhames violent ones; as the wind blows
out candles, but kindles fires,
English breakfast parties find favor
among our fashionables, and promise t.
be feature of the social season.
Cards for wedding ceremonies a
church retain their immense and some
what superfuous style this season.
Heightened young gentlemen lin theil
own estimation) have appeared will
white satin lining to their dress coats.
Fashionables are making an effort t.
have the German begin earlier this seasol
than usual. Ma and Ma are delighted
Punch thinks it would be real bless
ing to mothers, if somebody could inven
a soap that would enable mammas to ge
their daughters of their hands.
At Funchal, Madeira, it is the fashiol
to wear white boots instead of blacl
ones. A lump Of chalk serves instea'
of the blacking box and brush.
Some impertinent old bachelor says
} Show me all the dresses that woma
has worn in the course Of her life, and
will write her biography from them"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20
Keeping House in New York.

1t is an old saying that all is not gold
that glitters, and the history of the New
York Fifth avenue, will prove that the
golden hue of luxury is generally little
more than a deceptive show. If you
live in this fashionable spot you must pay
either $4,000 for home (perhaps
slO0,0O0). or you must give an equiva-
lent rent. Think of $4,000 rent to begin
with. You cannot furnish this house at
less expense than $4,000, and if pic
lures and statuary be introduced. you may
treble that figure. To this is to be added
your carriage and span of matched horses,
worth $4,000 at least. Then look over
your payroll Of servants. Here is the
coachman, who, with his family, lives in
furnished room over your stable. He
must have $500 per year and will have
it, even if he is obliged to rob the oat bin
in order to meet deficiency. Next is
the footman who on public drives is perch.
ed on the rear Of the carriage and wears
the same uniform as the driver. He must
have $50 per month and board. Add to
these the cook at SIG per month, chamber
maid at 80 per month, and nurse (for
the children must not be neglected) at
Sl2 per month. The hoasekeeper cap
the list, for fashionable lady would as
soon take care Of her children or do any
other unbecoming work as to attend to
housekeeping duties, and no housekeeper
can be got for less than $50 per month.
l have only put down half dozen SER
wants, which is moderate number but
when we consider that each of these may
be thief, it is as many as you really
need, and if you can meet the expenses
and peculation which your establishment
involves, you must have an income OF
S25, 900 at least.-N. y. Paper.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

NApoLEoN's 8 ESTIMATE OF JESUS CHRIST
Napoleon, when at St. Helena, asked,
Count Montholon, "Can you tell me who
Jesus Christ was ?" The question was
declined, and Napoleon proceeded, We'll
then,I will tell ycu. Alexander, Caesar,
Charlemagne, and myself, have founded
great empires but upon what did these
creations of our genius depend Upon
force Jesus alone founded His empire
on love, and to this very day millions
would die for Him. | think
| understand something Of human nature,
and tell you all these were men, and |
am man; none else is like Him; Jesus
Christ was more than man | have in.
spired multitudes with such an cnthusias.
tic devotion that they would have died
for me, but to do this it was necessary
that | should be visibly present with the
electric influence ofmy looks, of my words
of my voice. When | saw men and spoke
to them, lighted up the fame of self-de.
votion in their hearts, Christ has alone
sucesded in so raising the mind Of man
toward the Unseen, that it becomes in.
sensible to the barriers Of time and space
Across chasm Of eighteen hundred year.
Jesus Christ makes demand which il
beyond all others difficult to satisfy. Lie
asks for that which philosopher may Of:
ten seek in vain at the hands of his friend,
or father of his children, or Il bride o.
her spouse, or man Of his brother. II.
asks for the human heart He will have
it entirely to Himself. lie demands il
unconditionally, and forthwith His demand
is granted. Wonderful In defiance O
time and space, the soul of man, with al
its powers and faculties, becomes an an
nexation to the Empire of Christ. AL
who sincerely believe in Him experienc,
that remarkable supernatural love towart
Him. This phenomena is unaccountabl
it is altogether beyond the scope O
mans creative powers. Time, tn
great destroyer, is powerless to extin
guish this sacred flame time can neithc
exhaust its strength nor put limit to il
range. This it is which strikes me mos
| have often though Of it. This it
which proves to me quite convincingl
the Devihity of Jesus Christ"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20

The READY Observation-Disclosures are
the pugilists among birds, and have no
suitable shoulder tew strike from they
strike from the heel. When a rooster
gifts whipped the hens all march of with
the other rooster il he amt haff so big,
or so hansum. 1t is pluck that wins a
hen. BOOSTERS az a class won't do emmy
household work; yu kant git a rooster
tew pay emmy attenshun tew yungone.
They spend most ov their time in crow
ing and strutting, and once in while
they find worm, which they make a
crate fuss over, calling their wives up
from a distance, apparently tew treat
them, but jist az the hens git thare, this
elegant cuss bends over, and gobbles up
the worm.
Jist like man for all the world
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20
No Drunkards There.

There is beautiful land, we are told,
With rivers Of silver and streets Of gold
Bright are the beings whose shining feet
Wander along each quiet street;
Sweet is the music that fills the air
For no drunkards are there.
No garrets are there, where the weary wait,
Where the room is cold aud the hours are lete
No pale faced wife, with looks Of fear,
Listens for steps she breads to hear
The hearts are free from pain and care
No drink is sold there.
All the long day, in that beautiful land,
The clear waters ripple DER beds of sand:
And, down on the edge of the waters brink,
Those white-robed beings wander nor shrink,
Nor fear the power of the tempter's snare,
For no wine is there.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20
Woman Suffrage Needed in vermont.

Six months ago, the constitutional
Convention of Vermont, by an almos
unanimous vote, rejected the brief ant
beautiful proposition Of the Council o
Censors that thereafter woman may vot,
and with no other restrictions than ar,
prescribed for men,"
The cause and consequence of that ia
tai mistake are both painfully evident il
a scandalous and indecent "mock session
of the Vermont Legislature, held las
week Immediately preceding its adjourn.
ment and which ought to consign to po
litical oblivion every man who participate
ed in transaction so infamous.
1t appears that it has been customary
in Vermont from time immemorial fol
members of the Legislature to hold O
mock session before dispensing, in which
the usual forms Of legislation are traves.
tied for their own amusement and that Of
large assembly of ladies and gentlemen
who are attracted by the fun and Of the
affair. In the present case Legislature
largely composed of the members Of the
Constitutional Convention which con-
demned Woman Suffrage without debate
converted the occasion into q scene Of at
rocious indecency.
A correspondent of the Montpelier
Freeman Of Nov. 30th says -
at will be necessary, for reasons en-.
tirely obvious to those who had the mis-
fortune to be present, to report the pro-
ceedings, as bills are generally read the
second time, 'by the title only For the
proceedings were so decidedly "smutty,'
to use a vulgar term, though the most re-
fined one which can be used with any
propriety in such connection as to render
the appearance Of any detailed account Of
them in the public prints not only out Of
place, but altogether inexcusable."
We are told that hundreds Of ladies,
who were unable to escape in consequence
of the crowd, were compelled to witness
scene and listen to expressions so OBJ
scene that even
"a distinguished lawyer in the gallery
himself more noted for his ability and
genial good nature than for any special
refinement of language, turned upon his
heel and swore by mighty power, as he
went out of the door, that he "couldn't
stand that" -. The crowning act OF
meanness of the whole two sessions was
reserved for prominent and otherwise
worthy member, rejoicing in the prefix Of
the Rev.--, who, not content with
aiming his poisoned shaft at Mr.. Bull,
had the hardihood to lug in the name OF
the wife Of that gentleman. So did we
see the clerical putting the legal profess
sion to the blush by reckless plunges into
the filth of the bar-room balderdish in the
presence Of hundreds of ladies. &. Heed
less of the rules of decency, they grew
worse and worse until bill came from
the Senate SO bad that both Clerk and
Speaker of even that House refused to
read it !" etc., etc.-H. B. b., IN Wo.
mans Journal.
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Iudiana's infant city is Loogootee.

TuuT1"u '"rHH' my 70 I1oogoUt1c'
Frisco has 100000 roller skaring
clnb.
Detroit is disposed to find fault with
the rain.
There are 294 loaves of bread made
from barrel Of flour; which at ten cents
a loaf would yield s29 80 barrel.
-Labin Bradley Of Sheffield, has a
wife of 275 pounds, daughter 10 years
old, $50 pounds, aud daughter l2 years
old, l5O pounds.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-20
The Spanish Legislative Bald-IIeads.
By JOHN HAY.

Any one entering the Session Chamber
Of the Constituents Cortes, at Madrid, on
the hight of the 10Th of March, 1870,
would have observed a state of anxious
interest very different from the usual list.
lessness of that body. For week or
two before, the Budget had been under
discussion. The galleries were deserted;
The hall showed vast desert of red!
plush benches. A half.dozen conscien-
tious members, with a taste for figures,
cried in the wilderness, where there was
no one to listen but the reporters. Span
ish finances are not a cheerful subject,es-
pecially to Spaniards. So while these
most important matters were under dis
cussion, the members lounged in the lob
bies, and gave themselves up to their
cigarettes, and the idle public Stunned
the tribunes, as if the red and yellow
banner Of the SPANS that waved above
the marble portico were hospital flag.
But on this night the galleries were
crammed. The members were all in their
places. The gaslight danced merrily on
the polished skulks. l have never seen
so remarkable disproportion between
gray hairs and bare pates as in this as
sembly. There are scarcely half dozen
white heads in the house, while large
majority are bald. This rapid increase
of calvity is one of the most curious symp-
toms Of the unnatural life of our day.
Formerly a hairless head was a phenom-
enon. The poet mentions this feature of
Uncle Ned as striking proof of his ex-
treme age. A king of France who was
deficient in cherelure passed into history
as Charles the Bald. But now half the
young bucks in a Partisan cotillon 20
spinning about the room bareheaded as
dancing dervishes. In fact, wearing hair
is getting to be considered in the gay
world as quaint and rocco. The bill
liard-ball is the type of the modish sconce
of the period. This is perhaps one effect
of the club life and cafe life of the time,
the turning of night into day,-bum-
ing the candle of life at both ends and
whiting at the middle Nowhere is this
persecution of the very principle of life
carried farther than in Spain. The fru-
gality of the Spaniards only aggravates
the evil | believe these long nights in
the crowded cafes, passed in smoking
countless cigarettes and drinking seas Of
cheap and mild slops, are more deteriora-
| ting to tho nervous system than the mad
wild sprees Of the American frontiersmen.
; Passion eyanorstes NV vords as or;o,
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WANTEp.-Wanted, several iust class
yung men, with mustash, tew hang around
the vestbules ov the different churches
in amerika, and stare at the females az
they pass out.
Yung men who understand the use ov
tobacco perfered.
Nc yung men accepted who kant
stare the brass buttons oph from a mill
tary coat, at twenty PAGES.
This il a rare chance for yung men ov
real genius.
Salary payable weekly.
References unchanged.