The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-07-16

O.-Ihen L snail put the trunk oil.
Y. M.-You had better not, or you
may be sorry for it.
Conductor pulls strap, stops car dumps
trunk on the avenue, starts car, and after
going some two squares, approaches the
young man, who is still as calm as a
summer morning, and in an angry mood
says Now have put your trunk off
what are you going to do about it?
Y. NJ. (coolly)--Well. | don't pro-
pose to do anything about it; it's no
concern of mine; it wasn't my trunk.
G (derccly)-Then why did you not
tell me so?
Y. M.-Because you did not ask me
and I told you you'd be sorry for it.
AT this juncture portly German
emerges from the car, and angrily says;
Mine gott, you feller, where is mine
drunk
Y. M.-My friend, l think that is
your trunk down on the avenue there
German-Who put him of? | haze
the monish to pay him. | will see about
dat
The car was stopped, and shortly after
ward the conductor was seen to come
sweating up with the trunk on his back
a part of the performance he did not
enjoy half as well as did the passengers
DIsINFEcTANTs. Ts.-M. File has publish.
ed in the ArchiceS Medicales Belqes an
interesting article "On the Value of a
Disinfectant," in which he says we must
not only get rid of offensive SMELL but of
all other products of decomposition, and
that any substance which only effects one
Of those ends in very imperfect dsin-
fectant. He then passes in review some
of the dsnfectants now in use Sulphate
of iron, he considers, is useful from its ac-
tion in decomposing ammonia, carbonate
and sui phohydrate. Perchloride of iron,
beside this precipitates albuminoid mat
ter, and acts also by its chlorine. Lime
disinfects organic matters, fixing carbouic
acid and sulphuretted hydrogen, and de-
composing hydrosulphate of ammonia.
The permanganate of potassium is most
energetic oxidizing agent, decomposing
sulphuretted hydrogen, destroying organic
matter, and acting upon all fixed COM
pounds with which it comes in contact.
Chlorate Of potassium may be used to dis
eng ige chlorine in places like cesspools,
that are not easy to reach by other means
Chloride ol lime acts by the chlorine it
sets free, anl chemically decomposes most
foul gases. Csrboic acid hinders the
formation of masms, and is, therefore, a
good preventive Of epidemics.
A CLEVER ESCAPE FROM JArL.-A man
by the name of Bullock, who had been
sentenced to Chatham (Canada) penitcn-
tiary for horse-stealing managed to effect
his escape from Jail the other day, in the
most cool, yet clever manner imaginable.
A turnkey had entered the ward to see
that all was right and to lock the prison
ers into their cells for the night, Mr..
Green, the jailer, remaining, as usual cut
side the door of the main passages. The
turnkey had locked several of the prison
ers in, and had come to Bullocks cell, but
had difficulty in getting the key into the
lock, owing as was afterwards discovered,
to some bits of iron and other refuse hav-
ing been inserted, evidently with the in-
tention of causing the turnkey to call for
the jailer's assistance, When he hoped
for chance to slip out. But he got an-
other and better chahce than he expect
ed, for while Mr.. Green was waiting in
the outer passage, prisoner in the op-
posite ward from Bullock s asked to speak
to him about some medicine, when Bull
lock at once seized upon the opportunity,
the turnkey being still engaged with the
lock, and slipped quickly out past Mr..
Green, and outside the door, which he
drew after him, and locked both the jail
er and the turnkey in, notwithstanding
threat Of being shot, to which he replied,
"shoot away" The outer entrance to the
Jail was locked, but Bullock boldly went
along the passage into the hall of the
jailer's house, out by the front door and
round by the back of the house, where he
must have got on the top of the kitchen,
and from thence scaled the wall and
jumped outside. Although kept prison
er, Mr.. Green was able to alarm the in
mates of the house, and Mr.. Wheeler was
soon on the fellows tracks, but before he
could come up with him he was out of
sight in McGregor's bush.