davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

Philip II. Noble of Fiton, Del, was kill
ed on tho railroad track near Chester
Pa, Thursday, while walking on tbC
track.
Capt L. Ii. Dougherty, chief clerk
of the Wilmington (Del.) post.office i,
charged with being defaulter to the
amount Of S3000.
The man who will invent cheap irriga-
tion will be one Of the main benefactors
of the race. The man who will convince
farmers of the full benefit of drainage
will be another.
Within the past ten years the taste Of
the American people for ornamental
metal work has grown so rapidly that au
extensive branch Of industry has been
developed to meet the constantly increas
ing demand.
The seals of Alaska are become very
domestic. One traveller asaerts that
they followed him about like tame dogs
and there was a special citizen of tho
trlpc WuO sucu tedrs WIFI tue truNclcl
bid him farewell.
A fashionable authority says that''thc
true woman Of ton will endeavor, thi:
fall, by the grace and simplicity of hel
attire. to show that her husband has nei
ther robbed bank nor been the leader
of a ring
A London photographer advertises a,
follows : In consequence of the daily
increase of accidents by railway, the pub,
lie are earnestly requested to call at the
studios of the Blank School of Photo,
graphy, to have their portraits taken
that they my have some memento of de.
parted friends
A dispatch from Deunison Tex, say.
Lieut. Quimby from Fort Richardson re-
ports the Indians in that section as YER,
hostile. A family living near Ouachitt
we're butchered and the settlers fed to {
rancho in the vicinity where they wer,
besieged by large band of Indians
Two companies of soldiers left Fort Rich
ardson on Monday in pursuit of the saw
ages.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

The American Woman Suffrage Associ-
alton held very successful Anniversary
and Annual Meeting in New York and
Brooklyn, Oct. Is and II. The Con-
vention was large. The proceedings were
spirited and harmonious. Great enthusi.
asm prevailed. Col. 7. Wentworth Hig.
ginson presided and made the opening
address Letters endorsing the move-
ment, were read from Hon. George VIM.
Curtis, VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Lydia
Maria Child, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
Louisa NJ. Alcott and others. Eighty-six
delegates were present, representing or
ganized societies in fourteen States and
Territories. The Annual Report shows
that Woman Suffrage is established and
works well in Wyoming and Utah, that
it was under discussion last winter, in
81 State Legislatures, and received
majority vote in those Of Maine, Iowa
and Michigan Written reports were
read from II States Julia Ward Howe
was elected President for the ensuing
year; Lncy Stone, Chairman Executive
Committee. Among the Vice Presidents
at Large are Vice President Henry vii.
son, Hon. VIM Lloyd Garrison aud Col.
Higginson. The RESOLUTIONS adopted are
as follows:
ReSOlred, That the primary aim of the
American Woman Suffrage Association is
to secure the ballot for woman while it
INCLUDES, in its general aim, the establish.
ment Of her equality Of rights in all d.
rections.
ReS0lced, That onc-half Of the adult
population Of the United States who are
legally entitled to hold property, who are
assessed for taxes and punishable for
crime, and whose interest in the Com.
monwealth Is in no respect less than that
OF the other half, should not be deprived
of an equal cooperation of the sexes is
essential alike to a happy home, refined
society, a Christian church and repub.
licen State.
feSolced' That cur present political
system is not fairly represented, even Of
men, being largely controlled in the pri.
mary meetings by rings Of trading poll
ticians intent on private gain that
political reform must enlist more gen.
eral interest on the part Of the people in
the management Of public business and
that this would be greatly promoted by
combining the social sympathy and co.
operation Of women in the primary meet.
ings, at the polls. and in the halls of
legislation.
ResOlred, That We are tho friends of
Woman Suffrage in every locality to pro-
mote the Movement morally and political
ly, by organizing local societies, for
circulating tracts and newspapers, for
holding public meetings, and especially
for helping to elect the friends of Suffrage
and to defeat its enemies.
ReSOlred, That the Woman Suffrage
Movement, like every other reform of the
Age, laments the loss and honors the
memory of its most powerful advocate,
John Stuart Mill.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

HE RAILWAYS AND THE BANKs.-It is
generally understood that the railway
companies having their business in Chi.
cago are in most cases refusing to take
shipments except on the payment of
freight in currency; that they refuse
checks on Chicago banks, and thus block
tho exchanges between the country aud
the movement Of the crops. In excuse
they allege that they have to meet an
enormous aggregate Of current expenses,
and if they fail to pay their employees
they will eventually be left without
any adequate force to conduct the bust.
ness of their roads. In other words, The
railways adopt the selfish course of at.
tempting to take care of themselves at
the expense OF sacrificing the only chan
nels through which the money exchanges
of.the country can possibly be perma-
nently conducted-the banks. We have
before explained the utter futility ofthe
attempt to make the express companies
and mails supply the place of the banks
as medium of exchange. To the same
effect ex-Secretary McCulloch says
"There is as much currency as ever but
it fingers by the way, SO that there is not
enough to do the work to be finished.
One thousand dollars do not do the work
Of 500 and the money market is
cramped.
In addition to the direct depressing
influence of the railway policy upon trade
in reducing its volume to the actual meas
ure of the amount of currency in circua-
tiop it exerts an indirect but crushing
influence upon confidence. The discred-
iting of the banks by a class of men
whose business affects every interest in
every quarter Of the land cannot fail to
prove exceedingly disastrous to those in
stitutiona. The same policy was to some
extent inauguratcd by merchants, but it
was with them the result Of panic re-
turning reason quickly taught them its
folly. The community Of interest be-
tween the merchant end the banker
through the wide ramifcations Of the
discount system, is an insurmountabla bar
equally to an extended run on banks by
merchants, and to any attempt to dis
pense with the system of banks as me-
dium for transactipg the business OF
exchanges.
Railway companies are not borrowers
in the common commercial acceptation
Of the term, and therefore not under di-
rect obligation to the banks, but theic
interest in the general prosperity is be-
yond computation, and they cannot afford
to adopt ary measure tending to prevent
that complete restoration of confidence
essential to the full resumption Of busi.
ness. There is pressing necessity that
this restoration should be prompt and
decisive. Only thirty days remain III
which to move the vast crops of the West
by the cheap water routes. The differ
encc between the cost of transportation
by water and by rail is an utter loss to
the producer hence all delays in for
warding grain now amount to loss Of
real wealth to the West. 1t is to bo
hoped that the managers Of railways will
take broad and comprehensive view Of
the situation, and so feel both the justice
and necessity of aiding in the restoration
of confidence by return to the old modes
Of doing business.-Mter. Ocean
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
Wintermute.
HIS PROBABLE DEFENsE-sTATEMENTs OF
HIS FRIENDS.

HIS fktDAELb DEF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
HIS FRIENDS.
In all that has been written or said in
regard TO the horrible affray at Yankton,
the story of Wintermute, one of the prin-
cipal- actors, has not yet appeared in
print, and as matter of justice to all we
submit the following as it was gived-in
subst1nce-by his friends to a reporter
Of the Journal, who failed to obtain audi.
ence with Wintermute himself:
They say that, from the time General
McCook first struck Wintermute in the
saloon until the evening of the next day,
Wintermute was in a dementcd state,
having been SO stunned by the blow that
he was not conscious of what was passing,
or responsible for his actions-in proof
of which they refer to his returning to
the meeting and interrupting it, and US
ing the unnatural language he did then,
as saying he had been badly whipped,
etc. 1t is also said that McCook's Lem
guage was insulting and unbearable as it
could be before the encounter that as n
gentleman. it was humiliating to bear
such treatment from one who was physi.
cally so much larger and stronger; that
any one would be justified in seeking
redress after such an encounter, even
though in possession Of all his faculties,
and that McCook's attack on him was
uncalled for and unprovoked.
Instead of waiting for him near tie
hall door, as stated by the press gener.
ally, it is said that Wintermute took the
same seat he occupied when he was first
in the meeting, and that he could not see
the General approach through the hall at
all and there was no shot used in the
hall. and that he could not see McCook
until he was in the courtroom where the
meeting was being held.
They further claim that McCook came
to the hall the second time armed, and
that, by accident, the first shot was fired
by some one unknown, near the door,
which reused Wintermute, who was sit.
ting near the stove, and who suddenly
arose, and, as he did so. drew his revol-
yer and fired, missing McCook, and then
advanced and fred the second fatal shot,
laboring under the impression that Gen.
McCook was firing at him.
To substantiate they bring responsible
persons to say that before the affray had
fairly begun ball was heard to pass over
the heads of the crowd, and that the
same lodged in the end Of the room di.
rectly opposite the door.
They also state that, contrary to re-
peatedly published statements, Winter.
mute was not, or never was, a candidate
for the office of Secretary of the Terri
tory, or any other Office, since his resi-
dence in Dakota. 1t is also claimed for
him that he was man possessed of
high sense of honor and untarnished
character.
His friends deeply deporc the sad and
terrible ending of the affair, and say
ah how truly say that whiskey was
at the bottom of it all.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

LII TEMpER.-A single person Of soul
sullen temper dreadful thing tC
have such one in house There is not
myrrh and aloes and chloride of lime
enough in the world to disintect single
home Of such a nuisance as that no
riches, no elegance Of mein, n,
beauty Of face can ever screen such per-
sons from utter vulgarity. There is one
thing which rising persons hate the repu-
tation Of more than all others, and that
is vulgarity but trust me, ill temper is
the vulgarist thing that the lowest born
illest bred can ever bring to his home
1t is one Of the worst forms Of impiety.
Peevishness in home is not only sin
against the Holy Ghost but sin against
the Ghost in the very temple of love-
Theodore Parker.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
NO.. "a.
For the Register.
BRooKsvILLE, VI.

Mr., Editor Friendship may be va.
riously estimated from different stand
points. The really disinterested friend
who is not exacting or docs not expect us
to be over communicative IN return for
little favors deicately bestowed prompt
to assist us when circumstances require +;
who does not willingly listen to scandal
or calumny that defames US, and when
appealed to for an opinion readily re-
members some peculiar merit we are en-
titled to, such friends cannot be too high.
ly priced. The intimate friend too often
proves an expensive appendage requiring
too much care to preserve the tender re.
lation intact. Who has not been remind
ed by past experience of the folly and
indiscrction of divulging too much, at
some time Of private thoughts and
schemes through an extra confidence be-
gotten by affection or familiar associations
which was ruthlessly betrayed ? There
is class of persons whose element is
to live in the sunshine of confidence, and
being once admitted within the coveted
radius Of intimacy are congenial so long
as they find anything of interest to at
tract them, and no shadows obscure the
rays of prosperity. But let them sud.
denly discover adversely in our horoscope
or become envious or jealous of rivals
who may supplant them, they soon leave
US, to form some new alliance. Fortun.
ate for US if they do not become an
efficient enemy, they at least render us
in measure defenseless. We are all
actors upon the stage in life, and should
admit no spectators behind the scenes tc
destroy the charm. Shrewd business
men are careful to place the screen around
their consultations. This same caution
is wisdom in every phase of society and
appropriate for individual practice. Dis
tance lends enchantment. The world il
our audience, let us keep them beyonc
! the foot-lights and ever remember we car
be esteemed and approached without be
ing dissected. OBSERVER.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

Of Wcbstcr's laid with such malice AMI
treachcry-we had reason afterward to
think that he had had access to hcr
writiug.desk, and so discovered her
secret-this plot, | say, on which he ha
counted to crush her utterly, had been
the instrument, in the hands Of mystic
rious Providence, of working her deliver.
ance working it after terrible manner,
it is true, but not the less freeing her
future from its lifelong shadow.
pass By all the history of those sad
days, days of sadness if not of mourning
the months Of scclusion and waiting-to
time when | could claim her for my
own before the eyes Of the world, anl
call my neighbor, my friend, by the
dearest name of wife.
Eleanor said to her on our wed.
ding.day, asking the inevitable question
which | suppose every lover since Adam s
time has asked, tell me when did you be.
gin to care for me ?
George she answered, looking at me
with the sunshiny smile in which there
was never any ice now, do you remember
my saying the day VIC met, that l was a
believer in physiognomy l think the
mischief was done when you looked at me
with your generous, honest eyes, and offer
ed me that rash pledge Of friendship
but | did not know it then, she added
more gravely, 'or l should have run ava
from you
And you dare to tell me SO p said
assuming jestiug tone, for didn't wan
those old troubles to cloud her face
Don't you know that is high treason now
From this time forth you are to consider
yourself as having no past, nothing but 4
present. The tyrant has spoken Do you
mean to obey :?
Il obey, George she said her lovely darl;
eyes looking earnestly into mine and
thank Heaven for giving me present
that makes obediance easy
took the soft white hand that was Sc
near mine. and-but 60 back to your owr
honeymoon for the rest for to use my
wiies quotation, i never kiss and tell
From The Aldine for NoremJer.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
~ MRS. W. ". THOMAS.

Oh, not when the harp Of the budding spring
is flushed with o weight song,
When the flashing rils Of the mountain sing
Where the bue-eyed yiolets throng,
Oh, not when the world in its waking dream
T. sweet as hanquct's breath,
Wonll I bnthc my feet in the silent stream
That flows THROUGH the ai-lcs of death,
Oh not when the grace of the summer sleeps
In the wealth of the cmcrad plain,
when the roses shine. and the swallow keeps
Her nest in the moldcring fine.
Not then would 1 watch for the solemn glow
That over the pathway lies.
v here the myriad souls Of the weary 60
t. the shrine of tho upper skies
Oh, not whom thc cayes OF the forest foar
With the burst of stormy pride,
When II wAiioncd hand glides coldly o'cr
The seals of tho crystal tide,
How lonely the depths Of the grave must bee
In the gloom ola winiry skyl
Kind Angel bring mott pail lormc
Whom the drifts in the churchyara lio'
But OH whom tho haunts Of the amber wood!
Arc thrilled with tho huntsmans horn.
When the yellow light of the folds and Hoods
Lies over the tnssellod corn,
when the Nesper song has grateful chime.
And the rills have pensivo breath,
IN tho holy calm Of the harvest time.
I would look on the reaper, Death
And then should the waiting vain bo rite
With the sheavcs I'd gla lily fold,
And the homcward way to the Lord Of llo
BE the moonlight track Of gold
To the glorious Land whero the garner wide
Hath houudless store OF good.
Whore the boom of the soul shall immortal hido
And never decay intrudc
prospect Home" Mddebury, Vt
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

Alexandria in Egypt has grown more
rapidly than any other city on the eastern
continent. In 1912, its population was
shout 0,O00, and now it is nearly 300,.
600. Some idea of the immense labor
which has been expended in improving
the harbor may be formed from the fact
that breakwater is in process of con-
struction to be, when completed, mile
length. 1t is to be composed of 10000
blocks each one of not less than twenty
tons weight, placed upon bed of smaller
stones. This breakwater will enclose a
haroor with superficial area of 1900
acres nowhere of less depth than thirty
feet. In the midst of the grand cana. a
company of English engineers is at work
blasting out rock and employs constantly
about ., 900 men and forty steam engines.
In 1877 the exports amounted to 300,-
100000 and the imports to l75,OO0,O0O
francs.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

A rough North Carolinian, going West
with his dozen children and two dozen
dogs, recently got on board steamer at
a Kentucky landing and his first question
was, "How much will you charge, Cap'n.
to take us to St. Louis?" "Will you g
on deck or in the cabin?" "Wal, ,Cap'n,
I've lived in cabin all my life and |
s'pose the cabin'll be good enough for me
now"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

A man one hundred years of age went
to have pair ofshoes made, The shop
keeper suggested that he might not live
to wear them out, wnen the old man re.
tortea that he commenced this one hun
dred years good deal stronger than he
did the last one,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

ANECDoTE OF LORD PAM.-The lat,
Lord Palmerston, like most men who hav'
become famous in literature or politics
was capital raconteur, and enjoyed
keenly the telling of good anecdote
Lord SALISBURY, one Of the most phil
anthropic men of England, married Lady
Palmerston's eldest daughter by Far
Cowper, her first husband. Lord Palmer
ston was never weary of telling storiet
about his son-in.law whose religious yea
he did not much believe in or care for
and Lord SALISBURY always took them
in good part. Many years ago Lord Z
called across the table to Lord Johu
Russell, who sat reading a newspaper IA
the 'Garrick :
Russell, have you read Tony's (tht
nickname by which he always designated
tie Earl of SALISBURY, whose name is An
thony Ashley Cowper) speech last nigh
before the parishoners and paupers at Ex
cter. Hall 2
L have not, my lord replied Lore
John. whose priggishness never permit,
him to treat or address any person famil
iarly.
We'll, read it. It's devilish good, and
the examination of the children at tbe
close, | am told, was better still
How so p
Tony was asking the children Il varic
ty ofquestion of Scriptural nature, tc
which he had received very satisfactory
answers. Just as he was concluding, he
addressed girl somewhat older than tbs
rest, and among other things inquired
WHO made your vile body?' Please my
lord, responded the unsophisticated gr
'Bestey Jones made my body, but | made
the skirt myself
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
- ESTAURANT

The Eating Saloon in sheldon Block, which
has so long been the popular resort Of hungry
visitors in this village, formerly kept by Mr.
Henry Sheldon, and latterly by myself is kept
up in frst-class condition in cyory respect and
prepared to furnish every luxury in their season.
Oysters kept constantly On hnud, and warm
meals furnished at all hours Tho continued
patronage Of the public solicited.
ISAAC Il. GOODROW.
Mddebury, Nov. !, 1873 SLY
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

A traveller, on returning home to
Washington short time ago, brought a
mummy with him, and it is alleged that
a coroner insisted on holding an inquest
on the deceased, to ascertain the cause
and circumstances of his death.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
Middlebury, Nc
FLORIDA.

l. From November to May Florida is the IA
vorite resort for northern people, but its limited
hotel capacity prevents many from making it
their winter home who would otherwise do so IT
is proposed to build large hotel at some point
in the state to meet the requirements Of those
who desire superior accommodations My expo-
rience at the St James Hotel jacksonville, last
winter, enables me to speak confidently rs 70 the
success Of this enterprise. For information as TO
plans ETC., address 1. II. ORYlS,
33m2 Equinox House, Manchester, Vt.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
III ILL Il DEAN

Desire to announce to the public that they lave
leased the rooms formerly occupied by smith Il
Lister, in the Door Factory building, and arc pre-
pared to do all kinds of Cabinet work, Upholsier
ing, Repairing and Turning 10 the most satislae-
tory manner and at reasonable prices All uIders
promptly attended to. 3j;3ms
W. IL. HILL. H. DEaS.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

An Irishman, writing from Philadel-
phia the other day, to his friend in tho
old country, concludes letter thus "If
iver it's me good fortshun to live till
dye-and God knows whether It's So
I'll visit ould Ireland afore l lave Phila
madelfy."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

The last Of the Canada Pacific railway
surveying parties for this year left Col
ingwood, Thursday, for Neepigon terrific
~.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
HOUSE,

4 VEN INAL IIUUSt,
~ RUTLAND, VT.
On both American and European plans, complete
with rooms, en- suite aud single. Location uu-
surpassed being in the very center Of fashion and
brilliant Rutland life. Meals served mt all hours.
Oysters served in every style, and for sale in
large or small quantities.
30;m6 J. A. SALISBURY, Proprietor.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

Troubles are like dogs the smaller
they are, the more they annoy you.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11
w EEKS q BARBER,

DEALERS IN
FURNITURE, CARPETS. PAPER IIANGINGS
CROCKERY, CHINA AND GLASS.
No. OPERA House BLOCK,
Rutland, Vermont.
NEWMAN WEEKS. GILBERT BARBER
27:ly
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-11

Mrs. Il. j. MARTIN, Fashionable
WI Dress and Cloak maker, has constantly ou
hand all the latest and most approved patterns.
Work executed with satisfaction and despatch.
Also sole Agent for the Grover and Baker Elastic
and Lock stitch Sewing Machine,
Middlebury, Vt. 5i;cm