The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-12-24

Judge Turner who practiccd law in st.
Adams some fifty years ago, while max.
ing plea in County Court used language
not very complimentary to the Judge
presiding The Judge, with the view u
'heckiug the utlornty.requestcd him not
10 be too free with his small shot. where.
upon the wary lawayer replied, inlay it
please your honor. | always proportion
the size Of nay shot to the size OF m,
game" We all knDw that while the tin,
shot reaches the heart OF the rabbit it
Ilances harmle,sly from the irunclad tur.
lie, or the thick->ct pickctS t tho porcu
I,inc. Now would not like to call
brother bec-Eeepers either turtles or por-
cupine, for it might prove very "onplcas.
ant" 70. me 70 10 i,h 6ie to their mupuz
nes they might mskc 1t too warm
round my ears. Nor would lkcr
he bee Keeping readers oil the FARMEL
% game, although they have often bee,
nade game" OF, by vendors Of patcn
,ves aud other su-called improvement,
'ud "sod' too. But u thought Of tn.
diversity Of minds, dispositions aud cir
,unstances with which we have to dca
n writing TO bec keepers, suggests th'
bove illustrations. Aud if were capu
lie Of selecting, | could hardly tell Wha
manner or method would be most likvl
reach and benz fit the mass.
When the tu'h is honestly and fairly
resented II few earnest m,nds perceiv
and embraos it,nany more pass on uncor
clous vi It's pieNence; aud when 1t
net by storm OF opposition. Some dl-.
Ike it simply because it Is new; other
ate TO be disturbed ID thei. old stereo
lped wuy OF Ihiukiug Some who CO,
ider tn, m>elvcs teachers 6ud their sell
owe wounded 10y the TACT that new devel
lments are bringing their lifelong stud
To nought; that they must really becon
Jurils is quite too much. St other
'hard-shells." wrapped in mantle
eli sutfcieucy, are font lied, aud prid
themselves Oh having Steamed the lid
It humbug (lmprouencut) for half cen
fury, aud when forced to acknowledge =
'ew aud important truth, reply. That
ust so: have always known it."
nay be that the same obstacles have I,
'e overcome in advising improvement,
II other avocations, for We bee keeper
would not like to have more than GU
share OF human weakness imputed to u,
Sat it seems that no other pursuit
'oomed to struggle against, aud couten,
With, so much prejudice, superstition, az,
euorance. 1t is very encouraging to Sc,
iairymen, fruit growers, &c, bv associa
lou procuring the aid OF the best talen
n the country, aud uuaiIiug ,hemselvc,
II the practical experience Of the mos
'uccessiul III their respective calling.
lnis is the shortest anl only sure way I,
mlnent success, and its happy results It,
o farmers as u class. With few hon
orable exceptious.tbcy are pursuing Tia.
curse in which thousands have lost. nn
ubdrcds inore have failed to realize un
'lgnal SUCCESS. Some Of this class ours.
he luck, aud bee keepers generally ::
'theis ac ept their losses and disIppoint
nents with Il sort Of Christian resignation
Providence, never drerming that mos
their calamtes are the r. suit of thei
wn (pardou me, | cannt help but say iD
dup'dafy, aud not necessarily conuectc'
'i'h or chargeable to either Proyiicnc,
bookkeeping.
Now it 1t seemed best. and c3nll finl
me, l would next tell what know .
zee keeping. or better, some thing, tina
| know aud other things that don'l
snow, for, like the Chuppuqua farmer,
ave more to learn yet. On! WAIT.
West Georgia. Nov. 7.