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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21
Agents, Read This!

800 to $500 per month made BY agents selling
THE HONE OF WASHINGTON,
or Mount Vernon and its Associations, by Benson
J. Losing. $50 illustrations, tinted paper hand
somely bound. Only book on the subject. Every
family wants copy. Sold only by subscription.
Very liberal terms given. Send for our illus
trated circular, and notice our extra terms A. g.
HALE CO., Hartford, Conn. SAW
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L LEE INSURANCE, ,

I IFE INSURANCE
IL Taking the mortality in the thirty three
companies which did business in the State Of N.
York. for four years, (65, Co. CT, Ss,) as q basis,
the cost Of nsuriag in the CONNECTICUT MUTUAL
BENEFIT COMPANY will be IS cents per week fol-
IS, 900; 50 cents per week for S2,500; it being
less than ons-third the cost of insuring in any
other company in the United States.
AMOS DOUGLAS, Agent.
Middlsbury, VT 4oyl
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There is papier mache church actual
ly existing near Bergen, Germany, which
can contain nearly 1000 persons. 1t is
circular within, octagonal without The
relieves outside, and statues within; the
roof the ceiling, the corinthians, capitals,
are all papier mache, rendered water.
proof by saturation in vitrio, lime wat
er, whey, or the whites of eggs
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

BY recent German invention water
proof dress goods may be manufactured
with some regard for beauty as well as
SERVICE and the monotonous black or dull
shades can be suFplanted by cloths in all
the bright and varied literature colors.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21
The FOllies Of Great Men.

Tycho Brahe, the astronomer, changed
color and his legs shook under him on
meeting hare or fox. DR.. johnson
would never enter room with his left
foot foremost; he would go back and place
his right foot foremost. Julius Caesar was
almost convulsed by the sound of thunder,
and always wanted to get into cellar or
underground to escape the noise To
Queen Elizabeth, the simple word death
was full of horrors. Even Talleyrand
trembled and changed color on hearing
the word pronounced. Marshal Saxe,who
had overthrown opposing armies, fed and
screamed in terror at the sight Of cat.
Peter the Great could never be persuaded
to cross bridge; though he tried to
master the terror, he failed to do so : -
whenever he set foot on one he would
shrek out in distress and agony. Byron
would never help any one to salt at the
table, nor would he be helped himself; il
any of the article happened to be split on
the table, he would jump up and leave his
meal unfinished.
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Agent for Addison County. slyi
D0WNfR. BOLTON & ALLEN
MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS. SASH. BLIND DS,
Mouldings, Arohitraves,
nro0Lots and I,un b b0r.

Bra o Y cts a auu Lu M Jul
Which are kept constantly on hand, or will be
made to order short notice.
y Planning, Wood turning, Scroll saving.
Blinds painted and sssh glazed to order.
Nswsls, Stair Rails and Bslusters on hand or
made to order.
Laths, Shingles, Cspboards, Foor-boards and
Finishing Lumber constantly on hand and worked
If desired. MlDDLEBukf, VT.
T. W. DowSRR. $. r. BOLTON. wN. n. ALLEN.
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All Holland has less than twelve thous-
and square miles, but is densely populat-
ed and in it is compressed population
of not quite four millions of people, with
language and literature Of their own.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

An unavoidable breach Of the peace
the stock Of a gun.
When is man obliged to keep his
word ? When no one will take it.
Angelina Honeysuckle Thistledown is
beautiful young lady Of Providence,
r. |.
Sweet potatoes too big for stove wood
and too small for dug-outs are Kansas
productions.
The first name of the Chinese giant at
the Museum is Chang. His full name is
probably Chang High.
A young lady in Illinois, recently
killed skunk with a butcher knife. She
says the battle is not always to the strong
A learned doctor has given it as his
opinion that tight lacing is a benefit te
mankind, nasmuch as it kills all the fool
ish girls and leaves the wise ones to grow
into women.
The pupils of Miss Mary Hovey, who
Rlls the horticultural chair in the Kanss,
Agricultural College, will perhaps b,
known as Hovey's seedlings.
There is = man down east, rather a ia
cetious fellow, who's name 10 New. III
named his FIRST child Something, a. it wa
something new. His next child wa
called Nothing, it being nothing new.
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UIANTED AGENTS-To sell the OC-
w TAG0N SEWING MACHINE. 1t is H.
ceassd, makes the Elastic Lock Stitch" and is
warranted for years. Price SIS. All other ma
chimes with under-feed sold for $l5 or less are
infringements. Address OcrAGoS SEWING MA
CHINE Co., St. Louis, Mo-, Chicago, ILL.,, Pitts
burgh, Pa, or Boston, Mass. (l3 ;sm)
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Diggory says he always respects old
age except when some one sticks him with
a pair of tough chickens.
bridget, you are quite an artist how
did you ornament those pies so finely ?"
Before table full of visitors.) "1n.
dade, mum, amt it purity? Faith, did
it wild yer false teeth, mum :"
Man." says the anatomist, changes
entirely every seven years" There
fore" says Jones, "my tailor should moi
ask me for the bill contracted in 1862
| am not the same person, hence | owe
him nothing"
A veteran was relating his exploits tc
a crowd of boys and mentioned having
been in five engagements. That's moth
ing" broke in little fellow, "my sistel
Sarah has been engaged eleven times"
Uncle Jed, up country, don't believ,
in one of the Hartford inventions. II,
don't see "what on airth there can b,
beneficial about weed sewing machine
He is pestered enough with the plagu,
things without sowing them.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

The almond is native Of Barbary, but
has been for many years extensively cul-
tivated in the south Of Europe, and the
temperate parts of Asia. The tree yields
abundant fruit. and nuts are largely ex-
ported to foreign countries. The two
kinds best known to commerce are the
bitter almond and the sweet almond. The
latter is favorite article for dessert. 1t
is exceedingly unwholesome, however, as
it is very difficult of digestion An ex-
cel!ent oil is pressed from the. sweet. ol.
oil than the other kind. 1t has strong
narcotic power, which it derives from the
presence of hydrocyanic acid. 1t may be
eaten with impunity by the human species,
but is said to be poisonous to dogs, and
some of the small animals. The tree has
been cultivated for several centuries in
England, for the sake Of its delightful
shade-the climate being too cold for the
production Of the nut.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

An amusing chap, out in Kcntuchcy,
thought to have little fun the other
evening at the expense of ncighbor by
appearing before him as a ghost. The
farmer, Hercules in strength, struck out
at the ghost straight from the shoulder.
Result: Amusing chap carried home in a
blanket.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

A novelty in street locomotion is now
attracting attention in Paris. One of the
road steamers, with rubber tires to the
wheels. invented by Thompson, Of Edin-
burgh, Scotland, is running through the
streets of the French capital, dragging
behind it heavy omnibus with fifty pas
sengers, compared to which the six.
horse power engine looked like steam-
tug towing an 1ndiaman. On the report
of the French Government engineers,
leave has been granted to the road steam
er to ply over two routes, several miles in
length, and including some busy parts Of
Paris. The engineers report it more
handy and manageable than horses, and
in no way dangerous to the public. The
huge india-rubber tires save the machine
ry from jolting and the roads ruts. The
speed is that of a fast omnibus. and i
travels up and down rising ground with
out the least difficulty.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

Liebig says that science has demonstra.
ted that man is formed of condensed air
that be lives on condensed as well as un.
condensed air, and clothes himself in con-
densed air; that he prepares his food by
means of condensed air, and by means OF
the same agent moves the heaviest weights
with the velocity of the wind in fact,
that wind is man and man is wind.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

A FIRST CLASS MELODEON
IA For sale at Dickinson 4 Co.'S Only used
one yssr, and will be sold very low for oAsE.
April Is. 4tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

Jet black varnish for shoes: Dissolve
10 parts by weight Of shellac, and ) of
turpentine, 40 Of strong alcohol, in which
fluid should be previously dissolved part
of extract oflogwood, with so ne neutral
chromate Of potassa and suphate of indi.
go. The varnish is to be kept in we'll
stopped bottles. =
with arsenious acid ; and DR.. Lsle, who
has been testing this practice, says that
even in very hopeless cases it will restore
sixty-six per cent. of patients to health.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

\ lady teacher in the Baptist Sunday
school at Orange recently had occasion tC
illustrate a lesson on faith" by the story
of a child who was told by his father tc
drop from an elevated place into his arm
The father could not be seen by the child
yet when commanded, it dropped. Upor
the teacher asking her class what wa'
shown by this story, bright little fellow
Immediately replied: at showed he hac
pluck
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

Incombustible wicks for kerosene lamps
are made in Vienna, Austria, of asbestos
which is boiled in wax. They last at
least year.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

A CALIFORNIA INDIANS DINNRR.-
Mr. .Cheevcr, who spent many years among
the California Indians, and studied care
fully their history and manners and Gus
toms, gives the following illustration of
their habits, in the May number Of the
Naturalist He saw an Indian come t.
the banks of the Feather River one al
ternoon. He was hungry, but had not
particle of food to eat. His first
movement was to start fire. lie next
turned over some old logs and hunted ur
some grubs. lie then pulled up some
dry reeds, and plucked few hairs from
his own head and tied the grubs TO the
bottom of the reeds, surrounding them
with circle OF loops. The reeds were
then stuck lightly into the mud, in the
shallow water of the stream, and the In
dian squatted beside them motionleS'
Presently the top of one of them began to
tremble, when the watcher put his thumb
and finger upon it, and tossed fish out
upon the grass and so continued to watch
and to catch fish until he had enough for
his dinner; all going to show that the
man who wants but little here below may
get that little easy-provided he knows
as much as the California Indian.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

A highly important discovery has been
made in Wurtemberg, Of new printing
ink which excels all other kinds at pres
ent In use. The essential parts OF the
discovery is that, by peculiar process,
the ink can be completely removed from
the surface Of the paper, at cost of half
dollar Zone guilden) for every hundred
pounds of printed and the material is
then ready for use again. The inventor
has already applied for patent.
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Miss Kellogg among the Lumatics

We do not remember to have heard
Of more interesting episode in the life
of any artist since the days Of the great
Jenny Lind, that of Miss Kellogg at the
State Lunatc Asylum a few days since.
The circumstance speaks volumes for the
kindness of heart and genuine humanity
of this great artist.
Not content, as some Of the genus ir-
ritablc of lover of art would have been
to dole out few notes to the better
class of patients that could be assembled
for the purpose, she asked the doctor to
be allowed to penetrate to the interior
and sing to the more disturbed classes.
Accompanied by two Of the faculty, their
ladies and the matron, and armed only
with her guitar, she started like an an
cicnt troubador on her novel journey
Arrived in the department devoted to
the more disturbed Of this unfortunate
class, she was not long in making her
power felt. A few notes from her Won
derful voice were sufficient to call order
out of the widest confusion, and to sti
the troubled waters of the soul. In
moment all was hushed, and except the
voice of the cantatrice, the hall was silent
as the house of death. After the first
song they gathered about her like little
children, wondering apparently what an
gel from heaven had dropped down SO
suddenly and Unexpectedly among them.
They examined her infinitely and literal
ly from her head to the sole of her foot
for one desired to be allowed to 'see the
pretty little boot with which she beat time
TO her own music
This was submitted to, and not only
this but every article of dress and jewelry
about her person she suffered to be freely
ovcrhauled. She was turned about by
these crazy ladies ike merchants lay
figure, much to her amusement. Even
when they proposed to kiss her, she not
only submitted gracefully, but tremulous
not with fear, but with genuine emotion
she turned to the grating in each instance
Such is Clara Louise Kellogg, and such
also is the power of music and kindneS>
on the disturbed mind.-utic0 Mor'1"q
Hey0N
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

COLLECTED FOR THE AMERICAN ODD FELLOW

In the twentieth year of Queen Eliza
beth, a blacksmith named Mark Scaliot
made lock, consisting Of eleven piecs
Of iron, steel, and brass all OF which, to
gether with key to it, weighed but ont
grain Of gold. He also made chain O
gold, consisting of forty-three links, ant
having fastened this to the before-men
toned lock and key, he put the chair
about the neck Of fee, which drew then
all with ease. All these together, lock
and key, chain and flea, weighed only one
grain and half. Oswaldus Northingerus
who was more famous even than Scaiot
for his minute contrivances, is said to
have made sixteen hundred dishes OF
turned ivory, all perfect and complete in
every part, yet SO small, thin, and slender
that all of them were included at once in
a cup turned out Of peppercorn of the
common size. They were almost invisi-
Bile to the eye. An artist named Claudius
Gallus, made Hippolytus d'Este, Cardinal
Of Ferrara, representations Of sundry
birds sitting on the tops Of trees, which,
by hydraulic art and secret conveyance of
water through the trunks and branches Of
the trees, were made to sing and clap
their wings; but at the sudden appear
ance Of an owl out of bush of the same
artifce, they Immediately became all mute
and silent.
The most primitive post-ofice in the
world is to be found on the southern ex-
tremity of America. For some years
past small barrel has been fastened by
an iron chain to the outermost rock of the
overhanging the Straits of
Magellan, opposite Terra del Fuego. 1t
is opened by every ship which passes
through the Straits, either to place letters
in it or to take letters from it. This post
Office, therefore, takes care Of itself, it is
confded to.the protection of seafarers, and
there is no example of any breach of this
trust having occurred; Each ship under
takes the voluntary transmission Of the
contents of the barrel, il their destination
is within the limits of its voyage.
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Living in Europe.

Undoubtedly economy is leading mo-
tive in taking SO many American women
abroad, for habits there are much less ex.
pensive than here, the same article of
dress costing much less, and far less
quantity Of them being required. The
expense Of young girls there are next to
cs sHhns dress far 'Sh" @st an Tlr slegant al
in Paris, who had just got three, or four
pretty daughters to school there, with no
article in the wardrobe more snowy than
the plain black gowns of the regulation
pattern. Surely great change from our
New York fashions, which bring all the
treasures of the dress-maker, milliner and
sometimes even the jeweler, to bear upon
the pet girl of fourteen or fifteen years.
who is forced to bloom out into the pre-
cocious woman when she should be in the
dub of her childhood. Not only is dress
less expensive abroad, but the whole
method is simpler. The choice here at
home is between an expensive house and
a hotel or costly boarding house. 1t is
difficult almost impossible, to procure here
for moderate price comfortable apart
ments free from nuisances and with
proper privacy. The moment We 60 into
cheap quarters, we find that the nasty
goes with the cheap and We are lucky il
dirt is the only bad neighbor. In Dresden
Florence, or Paris-nay, even Rome we
can find good rooms generally for a small
sum and we can live and see our friends
readily and independently as if we owned
the whole block. called on two Ameri'
can ladies in Rome in November, far uI
in the old palace, and found them a.
much at home as once in their own faith
er's house on the Connecticut. They haG
their servant to look after their table, ,ant
they could have a carriage any time at thu
door to take them to concert, or gallery
or chant, or TO the campagna when they
chose, without being troubled by any on'
else in the house. Here with us thos'
ladies' would be held responsible for thu
whole establishment, and their characte
and fortune would be mixed up with tn
whole neighborhood. Such instances ex
plain the fact that so many women g
abroad to find frugal living and refne'
associations at once. There is generally
Of course some man of character to advis
them, yet a banker seems to be sufiicien
protection, and it seemed to me that som
of our most accomplished women ha
learned to take care Of themselves alto
5 gether.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

NyANTED AGENTS-To sell the HoNE
w SHUTTLE SRwIso MACHINE. Price, S25
1t makes the Lock Stitch" (alike on both sides)
and is the only licensed under-feed Shuttle Ma.
chine sold for less than 500. Licensed by Wheel
er d Wilson, Grover Baker and Singer 4 Co.
All other under feed Shuttle Machines sold for
less than $50 are Infringement, and the seller
and user liable to prosecution. Address JOHN
SON, CLARK 4 CO., Boston, Mass, Pittsburgh,
Pa, Chicago, ILL.,, or St. Louis, Mo. 13;9m)
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A GENTS WANTED.-(sl0 PEE pAr)-
Aby the AMERICAN KHrrrso MAcuIsR Co.,
Boston, Mass., or 81. Louis, Mo- (l3:sm)
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A man can give his neighbor promis.
sorry note, moistened by fluid just in
vented by French chemist, and in a
month afterwards the holder will have
nothing to show for it but little dust.
IT this fact becomes generally known,
short credit will become the ruie-in or.
der that the borrower may be compelled
to come down with the dust before his
note does
The inhabitants Of Burmah have an
idea that pulling rope will produce rain.
Two parties tug against each other. One
il rain party, the other fair weather
party. By previous arrangement, the
rain party is allowed to be victorious.
On the occasion Of the late continual
drough, this proceeding was attended
with the happest results
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21
1T DOES 1T.

Q1O A DAY-Business entirely new and hon.
@lO orable. Liberal inducements Descrip-
tive circulars free Address ]. Z. RAND 4 co.
Biddeford, Me. lS;3m)
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DR.. Livingstone writes that he spent a
year exploring the section Of country ly-
ing south Of Lake Tangamjaka, which,
containing many small spring or lake.
fountains, he asserts is the true source of
the Nile. If this be so, the Nile is by
far the longest river in the world. 1t ex-
tends from latitude 10 or IL degrees
south, to latitude 81 degrees north, dis.
tance, in straight line of nearly or quite
5000 miles, or much more than the whole
breadth of the temperate zone between
the Tropic of Cancer and the Polar Circle
within which lies nineteen twentieths Of
the Continent of North America.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

u r. CLAY, Dealer in Millinery and
ILs Fancy Goods Cloaks, Shawls, Furs and
Ladies Furnishing Goods.
MIDDLEBJRY VI
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The Scientific american says: "A
useful cement for closing up cracks in
stove plates, stove doors, etc, is made by
mixing inely-pulverized iron, such as
can be procured at the druggists, with
liquid water-glass, to thick paste, and
then coating the cracks with it. The
hotter the fire then becomes, the more
does the cement melt and combine with its
metallic Ingredient, and the more com.
pletely will the crack become closed"
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nICKINSON & CO., Dealers in
- Watches and Jewelry, Books and Station.
cry, Blank Books, dc., No. l. Severance's Block
Middlebury, Vt.
o. 3. DICKINSON. 4D +. d. MUNGER.
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within which lies nineteen twentieths Of
the Continent of North America.
We have just received receipt for the
cure of diptheria, from physician who
says that of one thousand nine hundred
cases in which it has been used, not sim
gle patient has been lost. The treatment
consists in thoroughly washing the back
of the mouth and throat with wash
made thus of table salt two drachms ;
black pepper, alum, golden seal, nitrate
of potash, one drachm each. Mix and
pulverize, put into tea-cup half full OF
water, stir well, and then fill up with
good cider vinegar. Use every half hour,
one, two, and four hours, as recovery pro-
crosses. The patient may swallow lit.
tie each time. Apply one ounce each Of
spirits ofturpentine, sweet oil, and aqua
ammonia mixed every half hour, to the
whole of the throat, and to the breast
bone every four hours, keeping flannel on
the part. -
The worst Of the great epidemcs o.
the Middle Age was the Black Death
This celebrated plague, standing alone il
! in its colossal horror, originated in China
. in the earlier part OF the fourteenth cen
tury. Its Accomplishments were ghastl,
and terrific in the last degree. 1t overraI
!. three quarters Of the globe, and swep
off hundred million Of human beings
Twenty-Five millions perished under it
stroke in Europe. During its prevalence
!. = pestilentisl gale blew over the island o
Cyprus, beneath which the inhabitant
. instantly fell dead in hundreds, as
: death had opened forge in the air AM
blasted them with fire, ln the city O
Venice, over hundred thousan'
died in few months.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-21

4 MOS DOUGLASS, Agent for Bick-
ford's Family Knitting Machine. Price
s25. Enquire of Mr.. Heath at DR.. Harris's, or
address the Agent at Middlebury. 27:y.
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A J. STYLES, Photographer, OPP
~ posite Post Office.
Pictures Of all kinds made In the most perfect
manner. Frames, in Gilt, Black Walnut and Rose
wood. Albums in great variety. N. B.-Partie.
ulsr attention paid to copying and snlsrging old
pictures. Photographs finished in Oil, Water Col
ors, or India Ink MIDDLEBUkY, VT.
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III w. BREWSTER, Dealer in Gold
- and Silver Watches Silver and Plated
Ware, Of every description All kinds Of Repair
ing done at the lowest rates. Brewster's Block,
ltf MIDDLEBURY, VT