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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-04-11
THE OLD ScoTcHwoMAN's FAITH

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The OLD ScorcHwoMAN's FAIrn.-Au
English paper brings this anecdote
BY the side of ripping brook in on,
Of the secluded glens of Scotland, ther,
stands low, mud-thatched cottage, witt
its neat honeysuckled porch facing tn,
south. Beneath this humble roof, on {
snow-white bed, lay, not long ago, old
Nancy, the Scotchwoman, patiently and
cheerfully awaiting the moment when her
happy spirit would take its fight to "man.
sions in the Skies" experiencing, with
holy Paul, 1--WE knoao that if our earthly
house OF this tabeEnacle were dissolved.
made with hands eternal in the heavens. "
BY her bedside on small table, lay her
spectacles, and her wel-thumbed Bible
her "barrel and her cruse," as she used
to call it-from which she daily, yea
hourly, spiritually fed on the BREAD Of
Life" A young minister frequently called
to see her. He loved to listen to her
simple expressions of Bible truths for
when she spoke of her "inheritance, in
corruptable, unde6led. and that fadeth
not away" it seemed but little way off
and the listener almost fancied he heard
the redeemed in heaven saying, "Unte
Him that loved US, and washed us from
our sins in his own blood"
One day the young minister put to the
happy saint the following startling ques
tiou "Now, Mamie" said he, "what il
after all your prayers, and watching ant
waiting, God should suffer your soul t.
be eternally lost ?" 2ious Mamie raiset
herself on her elbow, and turning to hin
a wistful look, laid her right hnnd on tn
precious Bible" which lay open befor
her, and quietly replied, "Ae, dearie me
is that a the length ye hae got yet, man p
and then continued, her eyes sparkling
with almost heavenly brightness, "Go
would hae the greatest loss. Poor Nan
ME would but lose her soul and tina
would be great loss indeed, but Coz
would lose his honor and his characte,
Haven't l hung my soul upon His "e1
ceeding great and precious promises /?
and if He brak' His word, He woul
make Himself liar, anh a the unirers
,could rash into confusion"
BY faith the old Scotch woman ha
cast her souls salvation upon God
promise in Christ by the gospel. l
every sorrow she had found him "ver
present help in trouble :" and now. abou
to leave the weary wilderness for he
everlasting home, could she think that II
would prove unfaithtul to his word ? N
Sooner than poor old Nannie's soul B
! lost, Gods honor. Gods character, &c
l himself must be overturned, and "a u
q, unirerse rush into confusion :" Dear ol
!, , pilgrim
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Capital Misunderstanding "dears'
Gardens in which "dead beats" are
raised-Lager beer gardens.
Nobby New York has taken to Berlin
kid gloves.
Somebody calls this 'an old fashioned
winter" We never did care much for
old fashions.
A country editor asks if the "Boston
Dip" is new kind Of candle. He wants
"light" on the subject.
Cincinnati papers call Delaware's Chief
Magistrate "Governor Powder" This
is enough to cause him to explode
with indignation.
A Kansas paper boasts that there is
not a single female prisoner in the prisons
of that State" We are left in ignorance
as to the number Of incarcerated married
ones.
There is spring in Michigan-so the
papers say-so strongly magnetic that
man who had drank from it and went in.
to . blacksmith shop, found the anvil on
which he sat stuck fast 10 him, and had
to have it amputated.
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A CHARACTERISTIC LETTER young.
ster at boarding school in Paducah KY,
has written his mother the following
characteristic letter: "DEAR MOTHER
l got another licking yesterday, but had
on three pairs o'pants, and it didn't hurt
much. | was licked because | put six
pins in Mis- chair. | know they
would not stick him. and | bet that they
would not. Mr--was 30 mean and
hard that the pins could not go in. won
the bet which was dog. He is good
dog, and I'm training him to bite old
"Hardsides," as We call him, some night
when he comes home after dark, and il
Zack is as good after him as he is after
cats, won't get licked any more. Zack
and killed three cats Sunday, though
was at Sunday school and church all day,
and it wasn't good day for killing cats
either. This makes the third licking
got this week. One was because | had q
bottle of milk in my room aud the other
was because | wrote a composition on
negroes that old Hardsides did not like
| said that negro was dark subject To
write on. 1t was like a dark African
going down dark cellar on dark night
without light to look for black cat
that WAS not there. Old Hardsides stop.
ped me and then licked me for that. Send
me some more Of them pies. l made q
good trade with some Of them. Give my
love to julio, and tell her to send me
that little fiddle left in the old trunk
Your affeotionate son, BILLIE"
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Father Time.
BY MRS. A, Z. STANLEY.

By MRS. A, L. sfANLkf.
Don't 60 so fast Father Time;
Twas only few days ago,
That my eye it was bright,
And my step 1t was light,
And thought that you travelled too slov
But you hurried me on, Father Time,
While wearisome burdens bore;
The sunlight, 1 find,
Is all left behind,
And the shadows are creeping before
You have stolen my youth, Father Time;
You have taken my rosies away,
And my soft, silken hair,
Which once was so fair,
You are dotting it over with gray.
was happy and gay, Father Time,
And thought that you travelled so slow;
Thig bright, little earth,
Was all music and mirth,
And my sky was all rainbows, you know
But that "scythe" in your hand Father Time
Is so savage and sharp, am told:
By the powers above!
Is there one than can love
foe so relentless and boldy
For your mission on earth Father Time,
II to bring every thing to decay;
You bring blight and mould,
You make us grow old,
And you rule us with absolute sway.
The summit is gained, Father Time,
And I'm viewing the valleys below;
One side are "sweet dreams"
The other dark streams,
That murmur with sad, fearful flow.
Now what is there left, Father Timer
All. what! but the sweet star of hope.
To illumine our way,
As we glide, day by day,
Along down the dim western slope
20, cease your repining, my child,
My mission to you, is for good;
By angels Of light,
I'm employed day and night,
To draw your heart nearer to aod.'
." When that glorious Eternal, my child,
Shall dawn on your wondering view,
And angels shall come,
To welcome you home,
Then my mission is ended with you"
"And from your serene height, then my child,
You will look with ineffable love;
And in Heavens sweet name,
You will bless Father Time,
For his labors of mercy and love-"
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and the slippery gentleman having ascer
tanned the amount of the bill, paid it il
full. The tailor having signed the recep
placed it in the hands of his late creditor
with feelings such as may be readily i'm
agined. The swindler took it, and for tn,
first time glanced at the various items o
which it was composed. He said nothnt
till he came to the last charge, which wa,
"for Advertising" when he broke forth
"Hallo ? what's this ? "For advertising p
That's an odd charge in tailor's bill
You're cheating me -
"Oh, no." coolly replied the Quaker
"that is all right. l have charged thee
the cost of publishing the advertisement
which thou just showed me.
Here the swindler savagely demanded,
"Do you mean to say that you caused the
publication of that advertisement ?"
"Truly, did" replied the Quaker, with
most provoking GOODNESS.
"You told great falsehood in it ~
quickly retorted the rogue.
"Convince me of that" said the inner.
turbable Quaker "and thou wilt find me
ready to confess the fault"
"You said in your advertisement that
should hear something to my advantage,
if l would come here"
"Thou art mistaken" Immediately re-
sponded the Quaker; al only promised
that thou shouldst hear of something to
advantage :" and is it not to the advant.
age of poor tailor to collect an old
debit"
"lf | can catch you in the street." said
the swindler, in the deepest rage, "Ill
give you such thrashing as will not
leave the breath in your body !"
Nonsense, now !" said the Quaker;
"if thou really intendest to do ANYTHING
of that sort, we had better step out into
the back yard, and finish the business at
once"
The rogue was completely abashed by
the coolness of the Quaker, and stood
speechless, and almost petrfed.
"Now," said the tailor, good naturedly,
"let me give thee piece of advice. When
next thou has occasion to get a suit of
clothes, thou had better not attempt to
cheat the poor tailor, but pay him honest
ly for then will thy conscience not dis.
turb thee, and thy sleep will be sweet and
refreshing. Farewell !"
There is no doubt of the literal truth
OF this story, as the writer received it
some time since from the lips of the
Quaker himself.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-04-11

Looking over The Army Register for
1870 one is struck with the fact that 80
few of the names ON it are known to popu.
lar fame. The war made many heroes,
but this list does not sparkle with the
luster Of great multitude of names
Military services consists of the peril Of
the many for the glory Of few. This
fact is made strikingly apparent by the
publication Of this long list of men ol
greater merit than fame.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-04-11

The ATLANTIC MONTHLY for April ha.
the following contents Footpads Cas-
lillian days, Part III; No Ring; The
Ampezzo Pass aud the House of ihe Star
Of Gold The Giant in the Spiked Hell
met ROUNDED Kate Beaumont Part
"; Our Eyes, and how to take care Of
them. Part V; Children American
Life in France A Passionate Pilgrim,
Part II Spots on the Sun Our Whis
pering Gallery; Count Rumford Re
cent Literature.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-04-11

Hon. James Gallagher and Hon. Thorn.
as Brinley, couple of prominent Con.
necticut Democratic politicians, engaged
in very vigorous personal encounter in
New Haven on Monday. Both of the
amateur pugilists were badly bruised.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-04-11

An Ohio paper publishes its social an
nouncements under the heads of "Hatch-
ed. matched" Patched" "Snatched,"
Detached" and despatched" as an
improvement on Born" Betrothed,"
"Married," "Eloped," Divorced" and
Died"
An English writer thinks the American
early potatoes will come to an end ere
long, for as each new variety is claimed
TO ripen about ten days earlier than any
other, the time between planting and dig.
ging will sooa be used up.
Although George Francis Train is call
cd the "wildest" lecturer on the platform
we notice that there il on it one Marshal
p. Wilder.
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IL w. JUDD, Manufacturer and deal
ALs er in all kinds Of American and Foreign
Marble, Granite Work, &c. With Old Middle
bury Marble Co. ltf
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~ TEWART L. ELDREDGE, Attor-
y neys and Councillors at Law.
MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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IRA w. CLARK, Attorney l. Coun.
l. sellor at Law and Solicitor in Chancery.
Al MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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WANTED-AGENTS, (s2O per day. to sell
w the celebrated HoNR SHUTTLE SEWING MA
CHINE Has the under feed, makes tho clock
stitch" (alike both sdcs,) and is fully licensed
The best and cheapest family sewing machine in
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Boston, Mass, Pittsburgh, Pa, Chicago ILL.,, or
st. Louis, Mo. U;w4)
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III w. BREWSTER, Dealer in Gold
1s sys5 and u plated
ing done at tho 'Awest rates. Brewsters Block
ltf MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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An old Kentucky "settler, Whisky.
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\ZRO MEACHAM, Dealer in Ready
~ Made Clothing, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Va
iisos Furnishing Goods &c. BRANDON, VT.
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8. T. ROWLEY, Eclectic Ply
- sieian. At his residence on Seymour St.
9u MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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the cotton plant grew from seed, and
Irvine was made from it, being spun
and twisted by mechanical contriv-
ances, invented by such a sbeing as
man
Are there superior intelligences that
look down upon us and watch our ways,
as we do the birds ? Are we surrounded
by results, which they have produced
by methods as far above our comprehen-
sion as the process of twine manufac-
ture is beyond the intelligence of the
birds? Do they smile to see us approp-
rate some of their spiritual ace to very
small ana uniting uses? We, who
are prone to think that earth, sun,
moon and stars were made for re es-
pecial commentator, may appear to
them as short-sighted and self-ab-
sorbed, as to us seem the birds, all
unconscious hat the mighty elm-tree
grows for aught but to sustain their
nests.
Do intelligences above us know as lit
tie of us as birds know of the fishes ?
Ordo they know more of us than we do
of the birds? Do they, metaphorically
speaking, furnish us with Irvine and
threads, wherewith we weave our men
tai structures, all unconscious whence
the materials comet
1 began with the ho~p-ity-skip of a
little robin, and he has sent the balloon
of thought up, up, till it has got lost
among the stars.-THe Golden Age.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25
You Haven,t Tried Them.

- Fl EE -
Victim of debility. who is responsible for your fee
bleness7 Not yourself. you will say, for you've done
all you could to cure it. That's a mistake ON your part
You haven't tried Hostetter's Bitters.
Gloomy dyspeptic. with an uneasy stomach and a
w~orld-wssry face, of course you don't think yourself
responsible for your torments. But you are. 1t is
easy to see from your condition that you haven't tried
Hostetter's Bitters. E-rL.-- EsttE
Bilious sufferer, it is not your fault, you think, that
your symptoms grow worse day by day. Blue pill
doesn't do you any good. Very likely. But you can
be brought round for all that.
Why haven't you tried Hostetter'sB itters2
Friend. on whom fever and ague alternately blows
hot and cold. and whose brain seems to be bursting
with the effects of some powerful drug. do you assume
the responsibility o, mol You've taken piles of quiz
nine. and all the regulation medicines. What could
you do more? One thing more-the very thing that
would have exempted you from all the pangs that now
rack you.
You have never tried Hostetter'sB itters. -. ~
Nervous invalid, what have you to ssy7 You plead
that you have taken all the nervines of the pharmaco-
peia. If they have done you no good. it is not your
fault. You are not responsible. Wrong, all wrong.
You have. in reality. nobody to blame but yourself.
Why haven't you tried Hostetter's Bitters2
For all the above-named complaints, the Bitters are
absolute specifics.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

MINISTER BANcRoFT.-A Washington
special says: 1t is reported that Minis
ter Bancroft has positively resigned,
and that his successor will be appointed
at once. The report is not well found
ed. 1t is well understood that it is Mr..
Bancroft's desire to be relieved, but the
reference of the San Juan boundary
question to the Emperor of Germany as
arbitrator, has put a new phase on the
Berlin mission, and the President and
Mr.. Fish, it is now understood, desire
Mr.. Bancroft to remain until the matter
is disposed of, so that the Government
may avail itself of his very thorough
knowledge of the subject.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

The LITTLE CORPORAL for June closes vol
ume twelve of this valuable Juvenile.
The next number begins a new volume, and
also a new story, by that best of writers for
children, Emily Huntington Miller, entitled,
" Summer Days at Kirkwood." ALI new sub
scribers beginning with the new volume
will receive the June number free. Terms,
$1.50 a year, or IS cents for six months.
Address John E. Miller, Publisher, Chica-
go, Ill.
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of a young girl. LIE Mot d Ordre and
LIE journal du Soir pretend there have
been discovered in Picpus Convent,
where Gen. de Lafayette aud Count de
Montalambert are buried, instruments
of torture, skeletons Of fetuses, a
library of works on abortion, with all
the necessary surgical instruments, a
tunnel leading to another convent in
the neighborhood, ball dresses and
cages in which three nuns were i'm
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

FACTORIES and machine shops should
not be allowed to run a day without
Johnson's Amodyne Liniment. In case of
a sudden accident, an immediate use of
it may save weeks of suffering, and per-
haps a limb, or even life.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

SANE AT LAST y" For FIVE years" writes
a gentleman at Harrisburg, Pa, 81
was on a ~wild-goose chase after remedies
for dyspepsia. 1 have taken first and
last enough " infallable cures'' to float
a jolly boat, and the more I swallowed
the faster I got no better. Luckily, or
rather proyidentially, it came into my
head to try DIR. WALKERS VEGETABLE
VINEGAR BITTERs. This was about five
months ago. In less than six weeks not
a twinge remained to remind me of the
complaint. I am perfectly well, and
nave only one regret-thatI did not DIS
cover The true specific sooner
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

ASTONISHING DIscovERIEs.-The latest
mail advices from Paris received in this
country state that strenuous efforts are
made to rouse the lower classes against
the clergy. Quite a mob was collected
in front of st. Laurent church, where
it was rumored that sixteen skeletons
had been discovered, among them n
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

THERE is sound philosophy, or rather
physiology, in the practice of prefacing
a meal with soup, especially to those
who hurry from work to dinner. When
the body is weary the stomach partici-
pates in the general fatigue, and cannot
bear the shock of hastily masticated
beef, for example. A light soup
strengthens the system to receive and
be nourished by more substantial food.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

mornen5, and then the latter said, "You
know that your son was the cause of
my ruin The Judge bowed his head,
and when he lifted it again tears were
in his eyes, and he said in a broken
voice, "Let her go, for my lips a
never condemn her."
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

CAN anything be more sorrowfully in
structive than this picture of a court
scene in Galena, Ill, where a Judge
found before him a young girl arrested
for disturbance in the street. Judge
and prisoner gazed at each other for a
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

BE TRUE and faithful to yourselves
and to the truth, and you shall see its
glory, feel it's power, and be directed by
it to everlasting blessedness.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

ISLANDER is like the tin kettle tied to
a dogs tail-a very good kind of kettle,
so long as it isn't our dogs tail.-BI-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

:. THERE are several kinds of worms
which trouble horses; the pin-worms
(pointed at both ends) are the most
common and most dangerous. Sheri-
dams Cavalry Condition Poa0ders will in a
few days eject the worms, and the horse
will begin to thrive.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

NOTHING is more contrary to the spirit
of charity than rash and hasty censures.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

MEN are often warned against old
preiudices. Let them also be warned
AGAINST new conceits.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

EVERY member of The Mutual Life of
Chicago is equally interested in its sue
cess. -..fr.- Goo .g III
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

MANY a man breads throwing away
his life at once, who shrinks not from
throwing it away piecemeal.-Howe.
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! A 1901 business habit and reputation
is ALWAYS money.
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To RELIEVE A CHoKED ANIMAL.-A
correspondent furnishes the Rural NeaO-
Yorker the following as his mode
When the animal is ehoked, take a
loaded gun, slip up by the side of the
animal, place the muzzle directly be-
tween the horns, about three inches
forward of them, and discharge the
piece. A sudden spring of h animal
backward results, and the obstruction is
removed.