The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-04-11

out his hotel In Cairo, ILL.,, and he goes to
st. Louis No., with the view to engage
in the wholesale grocery business
The Cairo (Ill.,) Bulletin of March
80 says:-"Why shouldn't our friend
Jewett Wilcox have a girl2 Every
reader of The Bulletin knows that he has
often advertised the fact that he was in
great need of girls. "Girls wanted at the
St. Charles" has been the burden of his
song for many months, and now he has
what he so long wanted-a fine girl. She
is small, we know, but all the more preci-
GUS for that. We do not hesitate to stake
our reputation for veracity on the asscr-
ton that this good luck has come from
advertising in The Bulletin. He who
advertises his wants in this paper never
fails to obtain his desire"
"A poor sewing machine is like poor
watch ! The more you have of them the
worse you are off. As we said last week
the country is full of cheap-made snowy
machines, made to SELL" There are ir-
responsible men lodging around the coun-
try, actually forcing machines upon peo-
pie who tell them they are not able to
buy them. nor willing, yet, they expect
that they may damage or do some slight
injury to them, and they will then force
them to buy. We say, avoid all such
fellows, and buy only of men who are re-
sponsible business men, and you are safe I;
what is wrong can be made right. The
American Over.seaming and Buttonhole
machine may be found at the Register
Book Store. This machine is unquestion-
ably the best machine for the family of
any offered for sale. This machine re-
commends itself. 1t don't need man
accustomed to all the arts of Ledgerde-
main to sell them. They astonish almost
everybody to see with what artistic skill
they do their work.
Some have proceeded upon the sup
position that clergymen will report mar
riages for publication in the local paper,
and that editors will search out and make
all obituary announcements. They are
laboring under misapprehension. 1t is not
the duty of the minister who marries q
couple to also announce it in the paper,
and he will not so report it, unless he
pleases to do SO. If you request him to
do it, no doubt he will comply with the
request. If you do not, either send the
notice to the editor yourself, or request
some one else to do SO, it may be safely
inferred that you do not wish to inform
your friends tf your happiness in that
way. All announcements of deaths should
also come from the friends of the deceas-
ed who have the data at hand from which
to make it up. Reporters will usually
take pains only to gather up information
with regard to public men. 1t W ould not
usually offend the printer to send along
with the notice trifling consideration to
pay him for his trouble, even though he
does not charge anything.
FAST DAY SERMoN.-Union services
were held in the Methodist church on
Fast Day. Rev. Mr.. Bailey preached an
able discourse to a crowded and intelligent
audience, which showed him man of
great research and decided ability His
text was from Matt. @; Seek first
the kingdom of God and his righteous.
ness, and all these things shall be added
unto you.-After illustrating the meaning
of the text by reference to Solomon and
his experience as given in the book Of
Ecclcsiastes, the preacher entered upon
the discussion of his subject which had
been previously announced namely
"Modern Civilization" First by various
definitions from several authorities he
showed that civilization was not Christian.
ity E; though it had been lifted into life
and activity from the sleep Of the medie-
val ages by the power of Christian ideas.
Second, he showed this by critical ex-
animation Of its essential elements. He
maintained thirdly that it was marked
and limited by national and individual
considerations. While Christianity EN-.
braced both worlds, civilization, at the
best, embraced but portions Of this. In
its philosophy ofprogress it was essential
ly Darwinian, man had come up from an
oyster and was going on to an angel. Its
historic ideas were partial and | United
Herodotus and not Moses was the received
father Of its history. He traced its or.
igin to Cain and the antedeluvians quoting
the views of Lange and Delitzsh and 9th
ers in support. 1t twas culture developed
from nature, while Christianity was cul.
ture developed from grace. Fourthly,
the preacher showed that the Christian
nations were mainly built on civilization.
Their standing was lofty but dangerous.
France and Paris were cited as warnings
and illustrations. The United States
were referred to as furnishing similar il.
lustration in its recent slavery and the
spirit of it which remaincd.-Finally
civilization was shown to hinder com.
munion with God. He thought with
Governor Stewart that it needed the pray.
ers and labors of all good people, not SC
much to make it more completely Chris
tan, but to render it Christian at all.
Addison County.
AN appropriation of $4,000 has heer
made for the extension of the Vergenne,
water works.
The canal boat b. F. Goss Of Yer
gennes, will be at her wharf between
piers 5 and 6 East River, New York
by the first of May, ready to receive
freight.