The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-06

7 won't stand it another minute. Here
+ Tige sick i'm ~
, There was sudden convusive scratch
, ing of toe-nails at the further end Of
! big safe that stood OH the other side o
, the room. Then there was n scratchn!
, equally sudden and convulsivc where
was.
started just one square jump ahead o
that big bulldog, and | maintained my
advantage till got within about ten fee
Of the front door. Then suddenly iount
it necessary to execute quick strategic
right flank movement around pile o
boxes.
| That dog went out of doors with one o.
my coat-tails in his mouth, and | went
through side window
didn't pay much attention tc
any thing but tho work | had on hand
going home. Then, with features grim
as gravc-stone, proceeded to pile ap.
plication after application, book after
book, and circular after circular, Oh the
top of each other. Then turned all
my pockets inside out, to see if some
fragment hadn't escaped my notice.
That pile is in the house, there yet, il
my wife hasn't burnt it up. And there
it may stay, my friend. shant touch
another one of those documents, if they
get to be as old as the Declaration of In.
dependence.
Life Insurance Agent. well Others
may seek success that way if they want
to, I'd rather be a pack peddlcr.
Up MOUNT Francis Rich.
ardson and his brother William, undertook
trip up Mt.Washington on Friday last
They walked up the railroad track, star
ting at 3 p. NJ, and reached the top a
little after s in the evening. 1t was a
severe and dangerous undertaking, one of
the brothers getting so exhausted that it
was with difficulty he was brought in.
They found the snow quite deep, and
after dark especially, the danger of
walking upon the sleepers over the gorges
can be imagined. Fortunately for then
1t did not storm on the mountain as it
did all about. They found Prof. Hunt
ington in his winter quarters, but the re-
mainder of the Mountain party had not
arrived. The professor has room fitted
up in one end Of the depot double board
ed, with tarred paper between the board,
lined with felt on the inside He has a
large supply of coal and provisions, and
he intends to keep as comfortable as the
circumstances will admit. He estimatcs
that the temperature at his quarters is
about the same as in Grccnlond- the
5000 feet elevation being equal to the
difference in latitude between these two
countries. His telegraph is not yet in
working order, so he has no means Of
communicating with the lower world
The companions, who are to spend the
winter with him on the top Of the noun
tain, were expected daily. Saturday
morning the mercury was To- below zero,
and what was very striking and beautiful
there was some three feet of frost on the
outside ofthe building, with points runnins
out to the windward, like icicles.
AMERICAN WoNpERs.-1'he greatest cat
aract in the world is the falls of Niagara,
where the waters from the great upper
lakes form river of three-quarters of
mile in width, and then, being suddenly
contracted, plunges over the rocks in two
columns, to the depth Of 10 feet each
The greatest cave in the world is the
Mammoth cave in Kentucky, where any
one can make voyage on the waters of II
subterranean river, and catch fish with
out eyes.
The greatest valley in the world is the
valley of the Mississippi. 1t contains
100000 square miles, and is one of the
most fertile and profitable regions of the
globe.
The largest lake in the world is LAX
Superior, which is truly an inland sea,
being 430 miles long and 1000 feet deep.
The greatest natural bridge in the
world is the natural bridge over Cedar
Greek, in Virginia 1t extends across a
chasm 80 feet wide and 80 in depth,
at the bottom of which the creek flows.
The greatest mass Of solid iron in the
world is the Iron Mountain of Missouri.
1t is $50 feet high and two miles in
circumference.
The largest number of whae-ships in
the world are sent out by Nantucket and
New Bedford.
The largest aqueduct in the world i,
Croton Aqueduct in New York, Its
length is 40 miles and half, and it cost
sl2,500, 900.
The largest coal mines in the world
are in Pennsylvania, which supply the
market with millions of tons annually,and
appear to be inexhaustble.
All these it may be observed, are
American institutions. In contemplation
Of them, who will not acknowledge that
ours is great country?-Phre0. Jour-
nal.
a recent sleep-walking scene at New
Haven was a very singular one. The
somnambulst first jumped down l6 feet
upon tin roof, and, still asleep, delber.
ately walked off on to another roof six
feet lower. Not satisfied with this achieve