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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-08-12

Manufacture or have for sale
No White Michigan Flour,
No. Spring Wisconsin L"
No. l State
Extra White Graham
" " Buckwheat "
" Winter Rye
Choice Dat Meal,
Sfted Corn "
I" Rye
Coarse Flour,
Provender,
Meal,
i SS 5ss5 Wheat
Oil Meal,
Ashton Salt,
Onondaga
Turks Island 4"
Table and Dairy Salt,
Bradley's Superphosphate of Lime,
Stevens Mineral Fertilizer,
Nova Scotia Plaster
Calcined Plaster,
Rosendale Cement
Lime and Hair,
Sheething and Tarred Papers,
We offer our stock cheap for cash or ready ex
change, and by close attention to the wants of III
public, hope to induce liberal patronage.
GOODRICH & BARTON.
Middlebury, Nov. 20, 1872.
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THE GREAT RESEDl t--.
C0MSUMPIltla

C0NSUMPTgG) Il
which can be cured hv
timely resort to this ~talri
ard preparation, as has bori
proved BY Tie hnaGrcG>
testimonials received by ,he
proprietors. 1t is ackno,sl1|
edged by many proini.
physicians to be the lno,l
reliable preparation eyer in1
troduced for the relief and
cure of all Lung complaints
and is offered to the publirI
sanctioned by the experience
of over forty years. Whel,
resorted to in season it sell
dom fails to effect Il speedy
cure i'll the most severd
cases of Coughs, Bronchitis,
Group, Whooping Cough,
Influenza, Asthma, Colds,
Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
ness in the Chest and Side,
Liver Complaint, Bleeding
at the Lungs, &c. Wistar's
Balsam does not dry up a
Cough, and leave the cause
behind, as is the case Witfi
most preparations, but it
looscn~ and clcanscs the
lung, ana allays irritation,
thus removing the cause of
th" complaint.
PREPARED DY
sLTE W T0V'LE & SONS, Boston, Mass,
And ss.d hy y. ggi-;s and Dealers generally
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-08-12

gloss dad freshness Of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always.
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that new
growth Of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruff. which is often so un-
clearly and offensive Free from those
deleteriou, substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable
Containing neither oil nor dye, it do
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
.ong on the hair, giving it q rich, glossy
lustre, and grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. J. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
LOWELL, MASS,
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a Fact.

An artist had a lot OF leather.
Made to order in fine weather;
In style and beauty unsurpassed
Adjudged by all to be first class;
Now It's offered by the pair,
In boots and shoes at prices rare,
At Barbour's counter selling cheap
To all who do this notice keep.
At Barbour's truly each one gets
The best of goods and best Of fits,
Then surely seek this mart of trade
Whore tip top bargains can be made,
At N. P. Barbour's cheap ca,h store,
From Beckwith's counters just one door.
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WORKING OXEN.
Best yoke B year, old and over. 20
ID do do do 10
81 do do do 10
Best yoke yrs old aud under 5. 20
I'd do do do 10
3D. do do do 10
RULE--Cattle to be tested on draft.
JUDaEs-Henry s Morse, Shelburn
jesse l. Billings, Rutland Charles X
Sanford, Orwell
STEERS.
Best yoke 5 years cid. IL
I'd DO dc 10
Sd do do 7
Best yoke years old, 10
I'd do do 8
3D. do do 5
Best yoke yearlipg steers, 6
I'd do do 5
Sd do do 4
JUDGEs.-Lawrenc Brainerd, St. Al.
bans Edwin Morse, Bethel; A Smith
Cramton, Rutland.
MICH COWS,
Best Mich Cows (any brced), 10
I'd do do 8
Sd do do 6
JUDoEs'-Elijah Ceaveland. Coventry /;
Obed Whipple, jr, Pomfret; David Car.
penter, Bennington.
FAT CATTLE.
Best pr. Oxen yrs old and over, Is
I'd do do do 10
Sd do do do 8
Best Fat Ok or Steer, 4 yrs old and
over, II
Cd do do do 8
Best Fat Cow yrs old and over, ~
I'd do do do 8
Sd do do do 5
JUDGEs..-David Goodell, Brattleboro !;
Julius G. Thomas. Orwell Y. IL. Can.
field, Arlington.
TOWN TEAMS.
Best Town Team consisting Of not less
than 10 yoke Of Oxen, 40
I'd best Town Team consisting Of not
less than 10 yoke of Oxen, 80
Sd best Town Team consisting of not
less than 10 yoke of Oxen, 20
JUpoEs.--Peleg Winslow, Putney; H
N Solacc, Bridport; Ira Cochran, Dorset.
Concluded next week.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills

For the relief ai|
cure Of all derang|
ments in the stoi|
ach, liver, and bod
els. They are a mil
aperient, and d
excellent purgativ|
Being purely vegl
table, they contai
no mercury or mini
raj whatever. Mud
serious sickness AM
suffering is prevent
a1 hx- fbair tit,aall
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never forgotten that, and never shall
I have never killed any harmless crea-
ture for fun since and now, my dear
boy, [ want you to remember this while
you live, and when tempted to kill an
other poor little innocent animal or bird,
think of this; and mind, God don't al
low us to kill his pretty little creatures
for fun"
More than forty years have passed
since and I never forgot what the good
man said, nor have I killed the least
animal for fun since. Now, you see, it
is ninety years since this advice was
first given, and it has not lost its inhu-
ence yet.
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FAMILY CIRCLE.
STYLES OF GREETING.

"How do you do p That's English
and American. "How do you carry
yourself ?" That's French. How do
you stand ~ That's Italian. :sHow
do you find yourself?'' That's German
.sHow do you fare ?" That's Dutch.
"How can you?" That's Swedish.
x How do you perspire?" That's Egyp-
tian. "How is your stomach? Have
you eaten your rice ?" That's Chinese.
" How do you have yourself?" That's
Polish. "How do you live on ?"
That's Russian. MAY thy shadow
never be less - That's Persian-and
all mean much the same thing.
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DROWNING A SQUIRREL.

A Bit Of Advice for Boys.-When I
was about six years old, one morning,
going to school, ground squirrel ran
into its hole before me. I thought now
I will have fine fun. AS there was a
stream of water just at hand, I thought
I would pour water into the hole till it
would be full, and when the little fellow
put up his head I was going to kill
him. got trough from behind a
sugar-maple, and was soon pouring the
water in on the poor squirrel. I could
hear it struggling to get up, and said,
90, my little fellow, I'll soon have you
now" Just then l heard voice be.
hind me. Well, my boy: what have
you got in there?' I turned, and saw
good old man, with long, white locks,
who had seen sixty winters. Why"
said I, II have ground-squirrel in
here and am going to drown him out u
"When 1 was little boy," said he
more than fifty years ago, I was en-.
gagged one day just as you are, drowning
squirrel, and an old man like me came
along and said to me, " You are little
boy; now, if you were down in mar
row hole like that and should com,
along and pour water down on you t
drown you, would you think I was do
ing as I'd be done by? God made tha
little squirrel, and life is as sweet to i
~ it is to you, and why will you tortur
to death an innocent little creature tha
God has made p Said he, s'I h.v
: = s s - " : s
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SPELLING-MATCHES.

Most American children-at least,
those who have been to district schools
in the country,-have pleasant recol.
lections' of spelling-matches. They
occasion great excitement, and furnish
much sport in the neighborhood.
When held in the evening in the
school house, a great crowd gathers,
and the good spoilers enjoy their
laurels. Horace Greeley, in his au
photography, tells Of his early feats in
these trials of skill, and Of the fame he
acquired when scarcely out Of the
cradle.
Il was first sent to school," he says,
"when just three years old and if you
should ever happen to pass through
the High Range Of Londonderry,
near. an old weather-beat school,
house, which was red thirty years ago,
you can easily pick up some monstrous
exaggeration of my infantile achieve
ments as scholar. Spelling was my
forte, as is natural for a child of tena-
cious memory and. no judgment; and
I recollect that it used to be the GUS
tom that the head Of the first class and
the next should choose sides for a
'spelling-mateh' once week or 50.
Now, I could spell we'll enough to be
head among thirty or forty num-
skulls, whose incapacity of learning to
spell is even now puzzle to me; but
I had not wit enough to choose good
spoilers. On the contrary, l would
choose little children. my playmates,
who could not spell at all. After
patience and counsel had both been ex.
hausted, it was found necessary to
break the old rule, and let the two
next choose sides. Some of these spell
ing-matches were held in the evening
and it was di6cult to keep such bab1
as awake. When the word came to m,
I had to be walked up to spell it; anl
I have lately found a story quite cur
rent that I could and did spell just a
we'll asleep as awake.
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A PUGNACIOUS RAM.

A looking-glass will often deceive
cats and birds for hours together, and
lead them to amusing efforts to find
their new friends. But an amusing
event occurred in Lexington, KY, that
shows that rams cannot be INDUCED in
such e8eminaoies -,
A flock Of sheep were going along
the street in one direction. and drove
Of cattle in another. The latter so dis
concerted the former as to drive them
in every direction. This disturbance
greatly aroused the combativc propen.
sites Of sturdy ram that had strayed
on to the sidewalk, and had his atten.
tion momentarily attracted by certain
varieties in the windows, at which We
nay suppose he looked very sheepishly
Passing by a glass door, he espied his
own reflection in the glass. and not be-
ing we'll posted in optics, he imagined
that some other rascally ram had placed
himself there. in a belligerent attitude
This was too much for his proud spirit
and, collecting all his physical force hi
made desperate leap, with the inten
tion Of butting out the brains of his an
tagonist: He dashed through the glass
at one bound, and alighted in the store
the glass offering no resistance to hi
hardy head. The reader can imagin.
how the parties were surprised at tn,
abrupt arrival Of such a strange custo
mer. But the people outside were a
first not less surprised ts conceive th'
cause that prompted the Animal to per
form such gymnastic feat without any
apparent provocation.
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FLOWERS.

Botanists term bright, blue-eyed
flower "Forget.me-not," but every
heart has its own "Forget-me-not."
10 the cold, weary-hearted statesman,
who has climbed fame's dizzy height,
the simple white rose recalls the bush
that grew by his fathers door, and his
heart feels the old thrill as he remem-
bers the buds that he culled and
fastened in Jessie's ourls. Some of the
greatest minds of earth have felt the
influence Of these memory keys.
Napoleon often spoke tenderly Of his
fathers garden in Corsica. The Medi.
an Queen Of Nebuohadnezz.r pined 80
sadly for the hills and flowers of her
ohildhood's home, that the hanging
gardens Of Babylon we're reared to COM
fort her. A geranium always bloomed
in the library Of tho great statesman
Fox; it had been his mothers favorite
flower. Pope, when almost ol.zed by
the keen shafts Of Lady Mary and Lord
Harvey, would retire to his seat near q
violet bed. When loved and loving
child, one corner in his tiny garden
was appropriated to violets.-Od
Gq,ard.
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HOW A CUNNING FOX MAN.
AGED TO GET THE MILK.

AGED TO GET THE MILK.
A tame fox, that was kept in stable
yard, was on very friendly terms with
several Of the dogs, but he could never
induce any Of the cats to come near him.
Cats have \ very keen smell, and the
odor arising from the fox was displeas.
ing to them; they would not walk on
any spot where he bad been standing,
aud kept at as great a distance from
him as possible. The fox soon saw the
distaste of the cats to his company; so
he made use Of his knowledge to cheat
them out Of their breakfasts. AS soon
as their allowance Of milk was poured
out, he would run to the spot and walk
around the saucer, knowing that none
Of the cats would .ppro.ch' the defiled
place. Day after day were the cats de-
prived Of their milk, but the trick Of
the fox having been discovered, it was
removed to some place whore he could
not get it. The fox not liking to be
deprived Of his morning drsught, fell
upon another plan Of obtaining it. The
dairy-maid was in the habit of passing
through the yard where the fox was, so
he managed to go up to her and brush
himself against one of the pals the
milk was Immediately so tainted with
the smell of the fox, that the dairy-maid
did not venture to take it into the house :
so she poured it out into vessel and
gave it to the cunning animal. He re-
peated this several times with success ;
but when the spoiled milk was given to
the pigs, he left off troubling himself
about it.
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BE THANKFUL.

To slake mans thirst the rock is cleft,
and cool waters leap into his brimming
cup. To feed his hunger the fields bow
down with bending wheat; and the
cattle come down with full udders from
the clover pastures to give him milk !;
and the orchards yellow and ripen, cast
ing their juicy fruits into his lap.
Alas that amid such exuberance of
blessing, man should growl as though
he were a soldier on half rations, or a
sailor on short allowance that man
should stand neck-deep in harvest look
ing forward to famine; that one should
feel the strong pulses Of health, march,
ing with regular tread through all the
avenues of life, and yet tremble at the
expected assault Of sickness that man
should sit in his pleasant home, fearful
that ruthless want will some day rattle
the broken window-sash with tempest.
and sweep the Goals from the hearth,
and pour hunger into the bread-tray !;
that man fed by Him who owns all
the harvests should expect to starve !;
that one whom God loves and surrounds
with benediction, and attends with an
gelic escort, and hovers over with more
than motherly fondness, should be look
ing for heritage of tears Has God
been hard with thee that thou shouldst
be foreboding? Has he covered thee
with the rags? Has be spread traps
for thy feet, and CALLED thy cup, and
rasped thy soul, and wrecked thee with
storm, and thundered upon thee with a
life full of calamity? IT. your father or
brother come into your bank where gold
and silver are lying about, you do not
watch them: for you know they are
honest; but if an entire stranger come
BY the safe, you keep your eye on him,
. for you do not know his designs. So
some men treat God; not as father,
but stranger: and act suspiciously
toward him. as though they were
afraid he would steal something. It is
high time you began to thank God 70,
present blessings. Thank him for you,
children, happy, buoyant, and bounding
Praise him for your home, with it.
fountain Of song and laughter. Adore
him for morning light and evenin;
shadow. Praise him for fresh, COO
water, bubbling from the rock, leapin,
in the cascade, soaring in the mist, fall
ing in the shower. dashing against tn
rock, and clapping its hands in the TEN
pest. Love him for the grass tha
cushions the earth, and the clouds tha
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MISS NAPIER'S DOG.

The December number of Cornhs7z
Magazine has an interesting anecdote
related Of large dog kept in Algiers
by Miss Emily Napier, daughter of Sir
William Napier. This dog was sent
every morning to fetch bread from the
bakers, and regularly brought home
twelve rolls in basket. At last it
was observed that for several mornings
there were only eleven rolls in the bas-
ket; and on watching the dog he was
found to stop on his way and bestow
one roll on poor, sick and starving
lady-dog, hidden, with her puppies, in
corner, on the road from the shop.
The baker was instructed to put thir.
teen rolls in the basket, after which the
dog delivered the twelve faithfully 70,
few days, and then left all the thir.
teen in the basket-the token, as il
proved, that his sick friend was con
valesceut, and able to dispense with hi.
charity.
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OUR YOUNG PATRONS.
LISTEN TO THE KITCHEN
CLOCK. f-.~s.

The following poem from juvenile
book, entitled Aunt E&e's Rhymes, u
has in it a. fine moral for our young
readers. 1t teaches us to be patient, u
g. truthful, - '' active" and :: obliging; u
and now let US read the poem:
Listen to the kitchen clock!
To itself it ever talks,
From its place it never walks;
Tick-tock-tick-tock,"
Tell me whstjt says.
" I'm very patient clock,
Never moved by hope or fear,
Though rve stood for many year;
Tiek-tock-tick-tock,'
That is what it says.
"I'n, q very truthful clock;
People say about the place,
Truth is written on my face;
Tick-tock- -tick-tock."
That is what it says.
"Im very active clock;
For 60 while you're asleep,
Though you never take . peep;
Tick-tock-tiok-tock."
That is what it says.
"1'm most obliging clock;
If you wish to hear me strike,
You may do it when you like;
ick-tock-tick-tock
That 10 what it says.
, What . talkative old clock
Let us 500 what it will do
When the pointer reaches two,
"Ding-ding.-tiok-took."
That is what it says.
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!
WHAT SHALL WE DO: WITH
OUR DAUGHTERS?
From the Christian Standard.
Bring them up in the way they
should 60.
Give them good substantial, com,
mon school education.
Teach them how to cook a good
meal of victuals.
Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.
Teach them how to darn their own
stockings and sew on buttons.
Teach them to make their own
dresses.
Teach them to make shirts.
Teach them to make bread.
Teach them all the mysteries Of the
kitchen, the diuing-room and the
parlor.
Teach them that dollar is only /.
hundred cents.
Teach them that the more they live
within their income the more they will
save.
Teach them that the further they
live beyond their income, the nearer
they get to the poor.house.
Teach them to wear calico dresses,
and do it like a queen.
Teach them that good, round rosy
romp is worth fifty delicate consump-
tives.
Teach them to wear thick, warm
shoes.
Teach them to do the marketing for
the family.
Teach them to foot up store bills.
Teach them that God made them in
his own image, and that no amount Of
tight lacing will improve the model.
Teach them every day, hard prac-
tical common sense.
Teach them selfreliance.
Teach them that good, steady farm
or or greasy machanic, without cent,
is worth a dozen oil-pated loafers in
broadcloth.
Teach them to have nothing to do
with Incorporate and dissolute young
men.
Teach them to climb apple trees, go
fishing, cultivate garden, drive road
team QF farm wagon.
Teach them the accomplishments
music, drawing, painting-if you have
the time and money to do it with.
Teach them not to use paint or DOW
der.
Teach them not to wear false hair.
Teach them to say no, and mean it.;
or yes, and stick to it.
Teach them to regard the morals,
not the money Of the beaux.
Teach them the essentials of life
truth, honesty, uprightness-then at
a suitable time let them marry.
Rely upon it, that upon your teach
ing depends in a great measure the
veal or woe of their after life.
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LITTLE BERTHE, four years old. is
something Of gourmet. At family
prayers, not long ago, when all we're
repeating the Lords Prayer in chorus, he
added to the petitions and asked, as
earnestly IS possible, "Give us this day
our daily bread and meat and pertaters
too, please"
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curtain the sky, and the foliage that
waves III, the forest Thank him for q
Bible to read, and cross to gaze upon,
and Savior to deliver-Rev. T. D.
7al'mage. -
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THERE is but one guide-board in the
whole State Of Rhode Island, and that
points the wrong way-snd if man
asks directions they set dogs on him.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-26
The state Convention.

Evidences pour In upon Us from
every direction that the new State
movement is to be 8 complete sue
cess, and we have no doubt but that
convention will be largely attended.
Mississippi VIII send up 8 large del
egation composed of her ablest and
most influential citizens. They
come imbued with the feelings of
hate against the negro and carpet
bag rule, and are determined to ally
their fortunes with the coming State
of jackson. Our people are ready
for the influx of delegates, and our
hospitality win rise equal to the &C.
casioR.
And here, we may state, that we
have seen a map Of the new State,
drawn by our friend F. w. Camp
bell, in the very best style. 1t shows
3 compact symmetrical seveignty,
well proportional and formed by
nature for the home of large pop
ulation. This map will be on exhi-
bitioR during the sitting Of the
Convention, and will speak most
eloquently in behalf of the new
community, ''into whose nOstrils
the convention will breathe the
breath of life," Standing in the
ashes of our great fire, we still have
enough vim left, to give three cheers
for the State of Jacksonl
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-26
Origin of the Fire.

We have been frequently asked how
the fire of last Sunday morning origi-
mated. We answer that we are salts
fed it was the act of an incsndiary,
and no man who has Investigated the
facts can come to any ether eonclu-
sion, The Insurance Companies are
investigating the matter, and we hope
they will not pay to suspected parties
one cent, until this huge crime is sift-
ed to the bottom. If such fires are
repeated annually in Jackson, her on
ward march as city is checked for
ever, and grass and weeds will soon
grow upon her thOroughfares. No
property holder to-day feels other
wise than in terror, not knowing ut
what hour the torch may burn to ash
es the labor of years. Let Us have q
vigilance committee, and upon whom
we can fastsn the guilt of this last
fire, let him or them be punished at
once.