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

Vermont is entitled to two Senators and
three representatives ; and she takes care
to send her best men. More than this.
| know not how it is in the present Con.
gress but iD the 39th Congress there
were eighteen Vermonters. The great
Commoner was one of them Solom Oh
Foot was another. If health had not
failed, and he had held the chair of Vice
rresident a little longer, he might have
been the President of the United States.
and would have rounded off a certain
presidential term with glory that does
not belong to it now.
In view of the origin of the popula.
tion,--a wide.awake sitting, cross
among the most forward men of the time
it is no wonder that observation has often
confirmed the conclusions to which | ad.
verted at the commencement of this ar.
ticle. would say then to the president
Of tho college who made the above re.
mark, and to every other teacher who
has the training of this erratic and fiery
race it is true there is in it combiDa-
ton of forces that needs much care lest
they break out in wrong dire ,tions but
if they be brought under proper control
they will work wonders in the land. Steam
is powerful agent for good when con.
troAed. No matter how much you have
if you can use it. Why, the boiler does
not burst because the steam is too great,
but because the boiler is not strong en-
ough. Make your boiler large enough,
and hoop it around with bands and fasten
it with bolts and make it strong enough,
and you may put Vesuvius into its
bowels, and run your boat with velocity
that shall do away with the telegraph,
and with force that shall run down an
island, plow through the Isthmus and
make highway for the nations round the
globe. Educate the young men and wo.
men Of the Green Mountain State, teach
them self.control and send them forth on
the high mission of good aud they will
hasten on the millennium.
ALUMNus.
THE SHAH AND HIS PEopLE.-The Shah
of Persia has arrived in England. Ex.
tensive preparations we're made for his
reception, and Great Britain proposes TO
show Nassr-ed-Din the full glory of her
kingdom and the extent and sources OF
her prosperity. He goes to Buckingham
Palace, where he and his suite will be
accommodated. There will be a grand
review and march through London,
which last is really the most effective
means of impressing the Shah with the
force at the command Of the Queen. No
city in Europe can turn out so large a
crowd, and London is but fraction of
England The Persian king will visit
Manchester and Birmingham, and there
behold somewhat of the impulse which
labor gives to empire. There is deep pc.
litical significance in the visit, so far as
and England are concerned and the gov.
ernment Of each of these countries is ex.
ceeding arxious to secure the good will
of the Prince. not because he is power.
full, but because he stands closely related
to their dominions in A. 90" "-a h~~~---
Persia is field soon to be opened to rail-
ways and manufactured goods. The Shah
has come with liberal purse. He has
some s20,000,000 pnt by for his travel.
ing expenses. These, however, are borne
chiefly by the governments to which he
pays visits. He will, doubtless, scatter
largess with a liberal hand, and make
many purchases. The Shah wears a robe
which is valued at Sl,000,000. H.
brought an assortment of wives with him
but they were too much for his Persian
temper after he reached Europe, so he
sent them all back from Moscow, to raise
breeze in the harem, and vilify their
absent and unreasonable lord. The ab.
seuce of these gentle danes will be a re
lief to the good Victoria, who has keen
sense of propriety. The Shah is very
rich; he has absolute sway and
he absorbs the revenues of the coun-
try and adds them to his pri.
vate fortune. His poor subjects are
crushed by poverty and public burdens,
and within the last two years thousands
VI tuoh hSNo Peiieueu iIoh ianiue,~ ~uut
luxurious Erulers have added to their
boarded treasure and paid no heed 10 the
want and misery which devastated tbs
Kingdom. The Shah, in August, 1871
returning to the capital, was met at the
gates by " thousands of bowling women,
who were dispersed by the police. He
issued an order that bread should be sold
at nominal price, but the bread did
come. He then ordered the Vizer oil
the town to be pu; in chains, the chic
baker to be cut open, and the other ba
kers to be roasted in their ovens. Strang,
as it may seem, bread by this means, wa
made no cheaper, and now the Shah j
wandering around to see with how littl
wisdom A" other lands are governed