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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-04-16

An old Scotch woman 10 the Highlands,
accidentally m Getting minister, had many
perplexing questions to ask him. First
she said She knew that good God had
made the Scotch, but who made the Irish ?
The minister replied that the same good
and wise Being who had made the Scotch
had made the Irish also. Well, replied
the good woman, suppose it maun be
SO but (aiter moments thought) he
will rue that days work as long as he
lives.
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A Modern Wife.

You're pretty girl to be married !''
said an aged aunt to her nece. "Why,
what do you know about housekeeping
just from boarding school. am sure
your husband has need of mint of mon.
ey."
La aunt, expect to board you
need not think / shall bother my head
with domestic concerns. Everybody
boards now, that gets married gcnteely,
the first year"
"What shall you pay week for such
kind of living 2" inquired the aunt.
"Mr. Hyde says he can get first class
board accommodations for fifteen dollars
two rooms beautifully situated and
am sure that is cheap enough. What is
Hyde's salary? Why six hundred dol
lars now and the promise of promotion,
perhaps eight hundred before the year is
out"
80 you arc going to live on the per-
haps, are you? Now let me tell you Su-
sic, you talk foolishly. If your husband
is at present receiving six hundred do you
lay Wy JUG vi tutuis IL I'LL UOUseUSe 10
60 beyond your means"
"Wny, Aunt nobody would respect
us if we did not live as stylish as other
people. There is great deal in begin
ming"
True, child that is what | am trying
to impress upon you"
The year passed away. Susan lived in
style, paid fifteen dollars for board, re-
ceived her genteel acquaintance, worked
some fancy netting, drew few sketches
from old painting grew tired of boarding
and was just entering upon fashio nable
housekeeping, when 10 a defalcation
came out. Hyde had taken money un-
lawfully: was arrested, held to bail, and
a prison stared him in the face.
Susie did not believe him guilty; they
had always lived so economical, and it
could not be.
But the trial proved otherwise, and he
was convicted, and sentenced to impris-
onment for years
"How came you to do SO, Hyde ask.
ed the good old aunt.
ITO please my wife's fancy" was the
reply. "She wanted to live like other
people, and | wished to crafty her, and
in this way | committed nv first breach
of trust.
The broken hearted wife lamented the
beginning she had made, when, also it
was too late to rectify it. She found re-
spectibility preferable to gentility. She
now lives OF her fathers with a worse
than widows sorrow to harrow her feel
ings, and takes in sewing for livei.
hood.
The plain road to ruin is here clearly
marked out. We see what must have
been the result of such a course-but are
not thousands of others sacrificing their
husbands reputation by less obvious but
still as certain courses of extravaganza.
Off with the nonsenscal thought that
gentility demands such sacrifice beyond
ones ability. If you value the opinions
of the truly worthy and estimable, you
will find them always on the side of pru.
dent expenditure and economical living
"Cut your garment according to your
CLOTH" is an old maxim-but the senti.
ment is as true now as in olden time. A
life of gaudy show may do for butter.
fly, never for man or a woman who ex-
poets to survive one season.
The wife should strive to aid the hus.
band in the tolls of life, and honest indus.
try hardly ever fails of bringing health
and contentment. Then, young man look
we'll ere you make choice of life part
ner.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-04-16

A rich sugar planter in Louisiana, who
lately died, left cne-third of his million
estate to the work of popular education,
having special reference to the education
of the colored people. Besides this, he
left a claim against the government Of
several hundred thousand dollars ior sup
plies furnished to our armies, and o c.
third Of this, also, If recovered, he dsdi.
Gates to the public schools.
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pUSslAN q SIBERIAN APPLES.

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a NOVEL CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT
In the village of North Bennington few
miles from Troy an old Universalist
church is occupied jointly for service by
the Methodists in the morning and the
Uhiversalists in the evening. The other
day the Universalist preacher, Rev. Mr..
Carson Parker, who was deposed a few
months since from the ministry in the
Methodist church, announced in the pa
pers that on the following Sunday even
ing he would preach upon the death of
the Devil AS matter of courtesy
the Methodist clergyman, Rev. S. W.
Clemens, officiating in the morning, an
nounced the services for the evening, and
did it in the following quaint and origin
al way. Said he: "This evening, my
friends, there is to be a funeral in this
house. One popularity about the SER
vice will be the fact that the son preach.
es his fathers funeral sermon. Mourners
and relatives are invited to take the body
pews." This was said in the gravest
manner by the speaker, but it is needless
to say that quiet smile ran over the
faces of the worshippers. Whether the
body pews were occupied or not at the
funeral dcponent saith not.-Troy
Times.
Entire abstinence from all intoxicating
drinks as beverage would, with all its
attendant blessings, in the course of sim
gle generation, carry comfort, competence
and respectability, with but very few ex-
ce2tious, into all the dwellings in the
land. This is not matter of probabili-
ty and conjecture. 1t depends upon
principles as certain and fixed in their
operation as those which regulate the
rising Of the sun and the revolution Of
the seasons.-Hoaee Mann,
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4 CUMBERLAND SUPERPHOS.


have the agency of this fertilizer for Addison
County, and can supply it in large or small guam
titles. It is made at Portland, Me-, under the
direction of Mr.. Goodale, the Secretary of the
Maine State Board Of Agriculture, and is pro-
nounced by Professors johnson and Collier one Of
the most reliable and valuable fertilizers in mar
ket, Also pure bone meal for COWS, and also as
fertilizer. ALBERT CHAPMAN.
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FOR SALE.

A house and lot situated IN Middlebury Village
On the west side Of the Creek, near the Graded
School House. Said house il in perfect repair
and contains seven rooms. The above property
will be sold at low figure, For particulars cali
at the Register Bookstore 52;tf
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1T NJ. SLADE, Attorney at Law and
Lie Solicitor Of Claims before the departments
in Washington and Congress. Pensions, Bounties
&C., particularly attended to- After nine years
experience a, Department Clerk, FIVE of which
were spent in the Solicitors Office of the Treasury
Mr.. slade feels assured he can do full full justice
to any matters in Washington entrusted to him.
Office with the County Clerk of Addison County
Middlebury, VT 2i.Gm
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+ AIDES ATTENTION. Millinery
La Fancy Goods at No. Sherman Block
Vsrgennes. A handsome assortment Of Hats and
and Bonnsts, constantly on hand to suit the most
fastdious. French and American Flowers Of
every shade and fashion. Also line Of Fancy
Goods, consisting Of hosiery, nubias, ladies ties,
the celebrated X. kid jewelry, &C., &c, which we
noD closing out at cost. Call and examine
Mrs. 2. @. Warner & Co., No. sherman's Block
Vergennes. 3T;tf
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HEMLOCK OINTMENT

The proprietor has, by the as
sistance Of eminent physicians and
chemists, succeeded in utilizing the
medicinal properties contained in
the Oil, Pitch and Resin Of the
Hemlock Tee, and obtained val
liable preparation to be applied as
o Salve or Plaster for rheumatism,
Group, Pain or Soreness Of the
bnck, chest or stomach, Piles, Salt
Rheum, Scurvy, Sores, Ulcers, Bun
ions, Soro Corns, Frost Bites, Chill
hlnins. Sore Breasts and Nipnles.
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Ringworms, Chatting, and Skin Diseases Of an in
fammatory nature C. W. SNOW CO., Whole
sale Druggists, Sole Agents, Syracuse, n. Y.
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IRA w. CLARK, Attorney O. Coun-
1 sellor at Law md Solicitor in Chancery.
al MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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J u r u B T B A

Long and successfully used in its native country,
as a powerful tonic. and potent purifier Of the
blood, it is found even to exceed the anticipa.
tions founded on its great reputation. According
to the medical and scientific periodicals Of Lon.
don and Paris, it possesses the most powerful ton-
ic properties known to Materia Medica
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HEALTH.

The most popular medicine for nervous troubles
(the source of all other ailments), is DODD'S
NERvINE and Invigorator For sale by all
Druggists. Price, One Dollar. (4;D
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/ NJ TRIP Sheriff for Addison
IL County. Office in Stewards Block.
4ltf MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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~ II. CLAY, Dealer in Millinery and
He Fancy Goods, Cloaks, shawls, Furs and
.adies' Furnishing Goods.
MIDDLEBURY, Vt.
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IT w. BREWSTER, Dealer in Gold
1 IL and Silver Watches, Silver and Plated
Ware, Of every description. All kinds Of Repair
ing done at tho iawest rates. Brewster's Block,
ltf MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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Or. WELLS EXTRACT OF JURUBGSA

"a perfect remedy for all diseases Of the Blood
Organic Weakness, Glanduous Tumors, Dropsy,
Serofula, Internal Abscesses, and will remove ali
oDstruetions Of the Liver Spleen, Intestnes ter
inc and Urinary Organs.
1T Is strengthening and nourishing. Like nu-
lTicious food taken into the stomach, it assimi.
lates and ditfuses itself through the circulation
giving vigor and health
1t regulates the bowels, quiets the nerves, acts
directly on the secreti'e organs, and by its pow
erful tonic and restoring effects, produces healthy
and vigorous action to the whole system.
JOHN Q. KELLOGG, l8 Platt street, N.
Y, Sole agent for the United STATES Price 81
Send for Circular. Q;wl)
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800 Agents Wanted Now

10 sell our Sewing Silk, Linen Thread and Pic
lures. Every family will buy them. S75 to $50
per month cledred with certainty. Send for term.
at once to d. L. q ERNSEY, Concord, y H. ga
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02
NUMBER 9.

Amnesty and Sumner Civil Rights bill,
though, by mistake of one of our city
dailies, week or more since, it was re-
ported that the Amnesty bill had passed
the Senate.
Mr.. Sumner has signifled his willing
ness to drop the 7th section of his bill re-
quring all laws, both National and State,
wherein the word white occurs to be rem
dered null and void so far as any distinc-
tion Of color is required. He drops this
part of his bill reluctantly, because it
would affect our naturalization laws rela-
ting to Chinese, Hottentots, etc, becom-
ing citizens but he still adheres to his
determination to press the balance of his
bill as an amendment to the Amnesty
bill, though in thus doing he cannot hope
to pass 1t without two-third vote of the
Senate, which is impossible. Senator
Upton, on this account, yesterday de
nounced Mr.. Sumner as the enemy of the
negro rather than his friend, inasmuch as
the course he pursued would be prejudi-
cial to the attainment of any of their
rights which he SO ostentaciously pressed
upon the Senate out of season, in order
to have the post of honor alone as the
champion of race for which the Repub-
lican party was pledged. &. NJ.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02

FOXES AS SHEEP HERDERs.--The
Stockton Republican ofa late date vouch-
es for this : People often wonder at the
remarkable instinct displayed by we'll
trained shepherd dogs, but what will they
say when we tell them of band of sheep
that is guarded by foxes alone. The
story seems improbable, but of its truth
we have undoubted proof. On Whisky
Hill, in the vicinity of Jenny Lind, four
miles from Milton, may be seen almost
any day large flock of sheep herded by
foxes. These guardians of the little
lambs are three in number-one a gray
fox and the other two of the species
known as the red fox. In point of intel
ligence these novel shepherds are said to
surpass the best trained shepherd dogs.
They perform their work well, and from
morning till night are ever on the alert.
The gray one seems to control, and in a
great measure direct the action of the
other two. A gentleman informs us that
he yesterday saw the gray fox pursue and
attack hog that had seized lamb and
was making off with it. The contest was
short and sharp, and resulted in the hog
dropping the lamb and beating a hasty
retreat. The fox picked up the apparent
ly uninjured lamb and carried it back to
the flock. Dick Wilson, Superintendent
of the Salt Spring Valley Water Compa-
ny, and Sam Eldrdge, of the Bunker
Hill Hydraulic Mining Company will
vouch for the facts above stated.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02
LETTER FROM SAN JOSE.
SAN JOSE, February 10. 1879

SAN JOSE, February II, 1872.
DEAR JOURNAL If you have not
given Patty Prim credit mark ror her
long silence, l hope you will Immediately
do so. After letting Thanksgiving, Christ
mas and New Years go by, (not to speak
of dozens of occasions less notablc), with
out remark or comment from my cor
roded, worn out, good -ior-nothing old
steel pen, resume it to invite your folks,
one and all, to come down to San Jose,
to attend the grand Womans Sufllage
Social that is to come Off in Music Hall,
the evening of st. Valentines Day. Per-
haps some of you may not read this be-
fore that time arrives, nevertheless the
sincerity Of the invitation is not to be
doubted no matter whether you believe
in Woman's Suilerings or not, (hopo
the Pioneer won't mistake that word)
you can come and enjoy yourself I'M
mensely flirting with the pretty girls, two
of whom are TO have valentine postof-
flee, where, if you have any particular
sweetness" or SOuIneSS either, you can
secretly present them highly -colored
engraving, accompanied by some choice
and appropriate poetcal morcedSe, if you
take the wise precaution to prepay your
epistle with five cents postage. Tab
leaux, charades, n grand supper (for
these ladies boast that they know how
to cook if they are "strong minded y
and dancing after supper for the young
folks al tntinituDt, till they get tired and
"go home with the girls in the morning"
and the girls there are plenty, espe-
cially since the Normal School brought
them from all parts Of the State. All
we need now is to have the State Uni
versity brought down here to furnish
beaux for them. Haven't you got to
using the castors yet? If not, why don't
some enterprising person start Skating
rink in Weaver and engage me to give les
sons-in falling; it is easily acquired by
new beginners Two or three Of them
take hold of hands and go straight ahead,
when down they go giving scream
worthy an Apach as they attempt to dent
the chalky floor. Last Thursday night
the Grand Skating Carnival and Mas
querade came off. 1t was an immense
success, rs nearly thousand people were
there, though but fifty were masked and
skated in costume. There was the usual
array Of nymphs, clowns, goddesses, de-
mons, darkies and the traditional Yankee
never yet found in real life. After they
unmasked, the multitude made merry in
tripping the light fantastic" till into
the "wee sma' hours"
Let me chronicle one more important
event, make one request and | will sub
side into quietude again. IIorse-thieves
are getting quite numerous, altogether
too much so in fact, for two weeks ago
they quietly appropriated the riding horse
that Patty was wont to consider her own
especial property, being the only 1.-Two
she is Tor was) possessed Of with the ex-
ception of a small cat of no particular
value. If the thief or any other man
knowing the whereabouts of said gray po-
ny, named " Katy" will bring her homo
he will receive the offered reward OF 500
as well as the heartfelt thanks OF
PATTY PRM.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02

CIVIL SERVICE IN OLDEN TIMEs.-In
olden times removal from the subordinate
Governmet offices were of rare occurrence.
There were only nine removals during
the eight years of Washington's admins
tration, and only ten during the elder
Adams. Even jefferson, who, when he
came into power, found the offices filed
with political adversaries, removed only
thirty-nine persons during his two terms.
Madison removed but five in eight years.
Monroe only nine, and John @. Adams
only two. In those days men were ap-
pointed to office for their fidelity to the
Constitution, their ability and their integ-
rity, and not from mere partisan reasons.
Jackson however, made great many
removals.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02
TRINITY JOURNAL
OUR AGENTS
SATURDAY, MARCH =, 1879.

CHEAP PLEAsURE.-Doy you ever study
the cheapness of some pleasures ? Do
you know how little it takes to make a
multitude happy? There are two or
three boys passing along--give them
each chestnut, and how smiling they
will look they will not be cross for some
time. A poor widow lives in the neigh
borhood who is the mother of half-adoz
en- children-send them half-a-peck of
sweet apples, and they will be happy.
A child has lost his arrow-the world to
him-and he mourns sadly help him to
find it or make him another, and how
quickly will the sunshine play over his
sober face. A boy has as much as he can
do to pile up load of wood assist him
a few moments, or speak kind word to
him and he forgets his toll and works
away without minding it. Your apprent-
ice has broken a mug, or slightly injured
a piece of work. Say You scoundrel -
and he feels miserable ; but remark, 81
am sorry" and he will try and do better.
You employ man; pay him cheerful
ly and speak pleasant word to him and
he leaves your house with contented
heart, to light up his own hearth with
smiles and gladness. AS you pass along
the street you meet familiar face say
"good morning." as though you felt
happy, and it will work admirably in
the heart of your neighbor. Pleasure is
cheap. Who will not bestow it literally ?
We can make the wretched happy, the
discontented cheerful, the afflicted resign
ed, at an exceeding cheap rate. Who
will refuse to do it
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02

THE Speaker of the British House of
Commons has a magnificent residence,
finished and kept in repair at the public
expense, and containing one hundred
rooms. He receives a salary of S25, 900,
and on retirement is created Viscount
and has pension of $4,000, which on
his death passes to his eldest son. Oddly
enough neither the late nor the present
Speaker, although both married men, has
any son to inherit these good things.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02

DARwIEIsM.-Monkeys are scarce in
Michigan. A saddler in Detroit kept ono
for "A pet, who usually sat on the counter.
A countryman came in one day, tho
proprietor being in back room. The
countryman seeing saddle that suited
him, he asked the price.
Monkey said nothing.
Customer said:
"I'll give you twenty dollars for it,"
laying down the money, which the mon
KEY showed into the drawer.
The man then took the saddle, but
monkey mounted him, tore his hair,
scratched his face, and the frightened
countryman screamed for his life.
Proprietor rushed in and wanted to
know what's the fuss.
Fuss !" said the customer, "fuss [
bought saddle from your son sitting
there, and when l went to take it, he
wouldn't let me have it ="
The saddler apologized for the monkey,
but assured him that he was no relation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02

A CYNICAL individual on reading a
pathetic story in one of the papers recent
ly, noted in his memorandum-book as
follows: Somebody whistled. Teacher
calls up big boy on suspicion. Big boy
comes up and holds out his hand, sullen
and savage. Noble little boy comes
manfully forward and says: "I'm the
boy that whistled, sir" at the same time
extending his hand. Teacher SINNERS
down and lets them both off. (Mem.-
Noble little boy thought teacher wouldn't
lick him if he told the truth, and knew
the big boy would if he didn't.)
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02

Tffasty COWsty German Hospital Soc
ciety, holds its Regular Quarterly Meetings at
the HOSPITAL BUILDING, Weaverville, on the
first Sunday Of March, June, September and
December, CHAS. HARTMAN,
Janl, Secretary,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02
THE SPRING ELECTIONS.

New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
Connecticut are leading off as usual in
the Presidential campaign. The Repub-
lcan of New Hampshire having endorsed
Grants administration, both parties feel
the President is on trial and will put forth
extraordinary exertions. New Hamp-
shire is proverbially close State, and
the temperance and labor issues are used
to divert votes, but the Republicans are
sanguine of success.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-02

A CONTEMPORARY says 1t is notori-
Gus fact that commercial firms who have
enjoyed the greatest renown, and have
made the greatest fortunes, have had the
shortest titles,