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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-22

graduating class who acquu- h mseii IN
the best manner. was awarded 20 }. A..
llaiy. There was u ,harp aud clne cnn'
petition tor this priz. aud some expected
il would fall iutO uihrr hau1s.
The committee Of award also men
toned, as especially deserving Of notice,
the ora,ions Of q. n Brainerd and W.
Ipgersol.
The benediction closed the exercises OF
the day, which were presided over with
dgnifcd' grace by President kiichel'
He had to leave the stage, however, for
q part OF the time, owing to Illness we
understand, aud his place during that in.
terval, was filed by the Rev. Aldacc
Walker, of Walling'ord. D. d.
Upon tho platform, besides the presi-
dent, members of the faculty aud mem
bers Of the corporation, were several other
distinguished gentlemen. Among them
we're the following Three members of
the class Of 1S23-Joseph Battell, OF
New York Judge Harvey Bottum, OF
Wallingford, and Hon. Merritt Clark, of
Poultney; Prof. Phelps, Of Andover
Theological Seminary Secretary French,
of the Vermont Board Of Education ;
Prof. Peltec, of the University OF Yer
mont Judge Barrett. Of the Supreme
Court of Vermont Prof d. Kellogg, of
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and Rev.
NJ. Stuart Phelps, Of Andover, Mass.
The degree Of A. B. was conferred in
course upon the members of the gradua-
ting class.
That Of A. NJ. was given in course to
the following-named gentlemen:
Ii. j. Parker, class of go; II. S. Per-
rlgo, NJ. o. Perkins, L. S. Wellington,
7. y. d. Matthews, j. G. Porter, Geo.
FL. Owen, e. F. Wright, j. +. Stapleton,
class of 20.
The Honorary degree of A. NJ was
conferred upon A. r. Sabin and I. Q.
Cronn. The honorary degree of d. d
was conferred upon Rev. Hcman Rood Of
Hanover N. II and Rev. Herman Barn
um Of Turkey.
COMMENCEMENT CONCERT.
The usual concert was given Wednes-
day evening, by the graduating class, at
which there was a general gathering Of
the visitors and citizens. A well filled house
the successful issue of the test of pop.
uarity of this occasion. The Beethoven
Qu;ntette Club of Boston, aided by Mrs
Ii. M. Smith, Of Boston as Vocalist, fur
nished the music. The Club acquitted
themselves finely, and won the good opin.
ions Of the audience by their MAGNIFICENT
playing. Mrs. Smith has powerful
clear, and at the same time sweet voice,
entirely under control, and by her skill.
full renderings won rounds of applause,
every time she appeared.
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Accidents to Submarine Cables.

Those who predicted that submarine
cables would be destroyed by the inhab-
itants of the deep sea we're not far from
being right after all, as the cables thus
far laid have suffered more or less from
the attacks of species of teredo, (the
ship worm,) from whales, and from un.
known fish. The use of preparation
of SILICA, in the form of soluble glass,
in the compound, applied outside of all
the cables, is said to be sure protection
from the attacks of the persevering she'll
fish, and the other causes of destruction
to cables are of such rare occurrence
that it is not necessary to provide against
them. The Cuba and Florida cable was
once damaged, it was supposed, by the
bite of some large fish, and similar ac.
cident happened to the China cable. The
species of lance carried by the "saw-fish"
once penetrated the Singapore cable, and
was broken off in the efforts of the fish
to extricate it. A singular accident also
happened to the Persian Gulf cable, at a
point 118 miles from shore, where the
cable hung in a deep loop over subma-
rine precipice. After the manner Of the
hog which scrapes off parasites by rub
bing his hide against a post or rail, a
whale used the cable to free himself from
barnacles that had fastened themselves
to his tail, and he probably by a FLIP oi
his tail, wrapped the cable around hi;
body, and, thus suspended in the water
died. The cable was wound up to the
repair ship with great difficulty, and the
remains of the whale, firmly secured
with two and a half turns of the cable
around his tail, were brought to the sur.
face. The tail measured twelve feel
across, and was covered with barnacles
The cable across the Var in the Isle o
Wight was once broken by bullock
which, falling overheard, got entangled
in it. Such accidents, however, are un.
common, and the only living enemy
which all cables have TO meet is the per
sistent little shell-fsh that bores his way
through wood and gutta-percha in search
of food.-PhiLadelphia Ledger.
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GETTING CLOTHES.
A Danbury Mans Experience.

When a woman buys an article of
wearing apparel, it is all right. She is
not counseled to take il back because Vf
this or that defect. She ignores mans
knowledge in the matter, and he is only
too glad to escape to make any protest.
But when he upholsters himself in any
particular, she gives the article examin-
alton, and in nine cases out of ten hur-
ries him right back with it. Between
that mans regard for his wife and fear
of the merchant, he losses a great deal
that rs pleasant in this world. 1t is al
SO little singular what a wonderful
effect the store where you have made the
purchase has upon the fit of the article.
l have known a man to go back three
times with coat. The first time it
pinched him a little under the arms.
The dealer had him try it on; then pull
ed it down in the back, stood off and
squinted at it, and then said, "How
does that feel now?" The man, perspir-
ing at every pore, and feeling that he
was guilty, in some way, of taking un-
fair advantage of trusting fellow-mor-
tai, confessed that it was much better,
and went off
The next day he appeared, with the
impression that there was no wool in the
cloth; his wife said so. The salesman
gave him such a pitying glance, and
whipped the coat over from one side to
the other 80 rapidly, and talked so fast
about texture and wool, that the misera-
BILE wretch was glad to get the garment
back and get out of the store.
Two days later, he sneaked in again
with the coat under his arm. This time
it pinched across the back. The tailor
had him try it on again, and then rub
bed it across the back and pulled at its
front, and said he never saw anything fit
like that in his life; and the man went
off with similar belief. He didn't go
back any more; but he used to stand in
front of that store, when no one was look
ing, and shake his fist through the win
dow at the tailor, and think up the
things he wanted to do to him, which
there appeared no immediate prospect
of doing.-Daubury Nelcs.
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MISCELLANY.
A Man with Three Hundred ThOus-
and Dollars a Day Income.
Washington Cor. of the Chicago Tribune.

Washington Cor. of the Chicago Tribune
The late Consul General of the U. S.
at Cairo, George Butler, is in Washing
ton, and have derived some fresh and
interesting information from him. Said
Pasha is described by Mr.. Butler as a
person of culture, speaking French with
ease, and English little; fully educated
at the Polytechnic School IN Paris, and
wearing the dress of Christian people.
He is a shrewed and rich merchant, and
not Soldier by propensity; and his in
come and the luxury of his court exceed
the tales of Haroun al Raschid's splen-
dor He has an income of $110, 0,0O0, 900
per annum, or more than half as much
as the whole annual expense of the Uni
ted States government, inclusive .of the
cost of the public debt. To keep over
$4,000 or 10000 Office holders, our army,
our navy, do the building, etc, requires
S17 100000 month. Said Pasha, who
has no more subjects than the citizens
of New York State, has by Mr.. Buffers
careful estimates, between 81, ,0O0, 900 and
S10,00O,000 month, or about 100000
a day. He has twenty seven palaces,
all the corporate property-or that
which with us would be controlled by
corporations-in the country, and no
law whatever but what he can think of
or will from day to day. He has four
an1 hnsr
unwise husband, does not know all his
own children; yet he is temperate pru-
dent, and still he is not happy. He
wants to be a king; but the domination
of Turkey sits upon his dreams like
the gobler on the full boy after a
Christmas dinner. Turkey is put above
him by European treaty which dates
back to 1910, and from the treaties of
Europe
Whatever links you strike.
Tenth tenth thousand breaks the chain alike.
To neutralize Turkey the Khedive
has been for a long time concillating
Europe, and the power he sets most store
by is Russia. The Consuls General at
Cairo are men of the first class and the
greatest astuteness, being really foreign
ministers without name, as the Khedive
is only Viceroy Mr.. Butler says he
could have had absolute power under
this viceroy over the life of any Amer
ican in Egypt. He was on such inti-
mate terms with the Khedive that some
of the complainers wrote to Mr.. Fish
that he was in that rich barbarian's
pay. "But ALL" says Butler, "that he
ever did for me was to give me steamers,
yatchs, a troop of horse, etc, when
wanted to entertainmy visiting friends" +"
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Romance Of Arithmetic.

The most romantic of all numbers il
the figure nine, because it can't be null
tiplied away or got rid of anyhow
Whatever you do it is sure to turn mp
again as was the body of Eugene Aram's
victim. One remarkable property of
this figure (said to have been first dis
covered by Mr.. Green who died in 1794)
is, that all through the multiplication
table the product nine comes to nine.
Multiply by what you like, and it gives
the same result. Begin with twice nine,
Is; add the digits together, and ! and 8
makes 9. Three times nine. So it goes
on, up to eleven times nine, which gives
80. Very good; and the digits, Q and 9.
Going on to any extent it is impossi-
BILE to rid of the figure nine. Take 3
couple of of instances at random. Three
hundred and thirty-nine times nine are
3,051; add up the figures and they are
nine. Five thousand and Seventy-one
times nine are $3.50; sum of these digits
is 81; and are nine.
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How LONE PINE Was "RuN" NJ
GEORGE WATsoN.-LoBe Pine is q
town in California. II can't be much Of
a town, but appears to be too large for
one man to run It. George Watson had
to leave il months ago on account Of
some numbering he had done there
He made tour of the minds under an
other name and came back TO Lone
Pine with q reinforced opinion Of his
ability to stay there, and some money
in his pockets-the fruit of his wander
ing and theiving operations among the
miners. He was in the habit Of killing
or robbing a man whenever he took q
fancy TO such amusement, and having
been quite successful in these snterpri-
ses he came back to Lone Pine with
arms and ammunition and announced
his intention 10 "run the town. His
FIRST act Of government wAa 10 beat and
nearly kill an inoffenaive Englinh-apeak-
Ing Indian because be was an indian
The same evening, pistol In hand, h
turned all the occupants ont Of a saloon
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The case of little Oily Curry, of Der
by Vermont, shows how important it is
that small boys should be put through
acourse Of practical instructions before
they are trusted to drown cats. olly's
parents had neglected to instruct him
in this important branch of learning.
The result is that when the little fellow
went out the other day to drown his
first cat, his grand-aunt's big Thomas,
and had waded out in the creek for that
purpose, the feline fastened himself up
on olly's head and struggled 30 that Oh
ly was drowned, and then that Thomas
cat swan ashore.
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A HINT FOR YOU'VE MEN.-Not lon

A HINT FOR YOUNG MEN.-Not long
ago a young man of this city had fav-
orable opportunity to enter business
house in this State, at a large increase
over his present salary, with prospect
of soon getting place in the arm. His
recommendation were first class, and
the officers of the institution were de-
cidedly pleased with his appearance.
They, however, made him no proposals
nor did they state their favorable i'm
pressions. A gentleman of this city was
requested to ascertain where the young
man spent his evenings, and what class
of young men were his associates. 1t
was found that he spent several nights
of the week in billiard room on Main
street, and Sunday afternoon drove a
hired span into the country with three
other young bloods. He is wondering
why he did not hear from the house
concerning that coveted position
| SprigfeSd Union.
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wound through the heart and Tell dead,
and the coroner was unable 70 tell Who
did it. That Is the way George Watson
"run" Lone Pine.
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The tale was ended, and the smiles on
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