The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-11

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passengers. Burr, like Cain. bore till
death the mark Of great crime.
DIsMARCK'S DAUGHTER.
Iu number Of the Boersen Courier
of Berlin, an incident is related of Prince
Bismarcks domestic life which is uncom.
monty interesting. Most people who read
the newspapers have heard of the great
Chancellor's daughter. The young lady,
though not beautiful, is amiable and nc.
compished, and accustomed to the HON.
age Of the high society in which she
moves. With her father she has been
great favoriie ever since she grew up.
When in Berlin he has been wont 20
spend with her whatever leisure moments
he could snatch from his laborious occu.
pations, and in the country his idle hours
have usually been passed in her society.
The Prince observed with concern that
his daughter repelled al! proposals of mar.
riage made to her. Though wooed by
the most eligible sutors, among the heirs
Of the richest families, members of the
most ancient nobility, gentlemen filling
the highest official positions, even prince,
the young lady declined them all.
After brooding for a long time over the
possible reasons of his daughters conduct,
the Chancellor, believing at last that he
had fathomed the secret of her severity,
opened his heart to her on the subject
He told her he felt sure that she must
have become profoundly attached to some
person inferior to herself in position and
wealth. He then begged her to mention
the name of the man to whom she had
given her heart, as he, her father, was
rich enough aud powerful enough to
change the conditions which might seem
to render her lover an ineligible match.
With flowing tears the young lady con.
fessed that she did cherish such an affec.
ton as her father suspected, an affection
that was returned, but that her lover was
simple lieutenant tn the army
The next day the lieutenant appeared
in the presence Of the father. The Chan.
oollor hardly gave HIM to speak before
saying 81 know why it seems to you
impossible to become my son.in law; not.
withstanding the difference OF social po.
sition, your wish shall be accomplished.
Though do not know you, the love OF
my daughter is to me sufficient guarantee
Of your worth.
But instead OF the joyful thanks which
the Prince naturally expected he received
a reply of the following teuor II thank
you for your infinite goodness, but this
union is impossible. 1 belong 10 an old
Catholic family. cannot take home as
my wife the daughter of him whom my
family regard as an enemy Of the church,
whom | myself am almost compelled to
look upon as such'
The officer then sadly took his depar-
ture, leaving the Chancellor utterly con.
founded. Having summoned his daugh.
ter, the Chancellor told her that the off.
Ger wholly refused her hand. and that she
must forget him.
The daughter becoming paler than ev.
er, replied q" lie is 100 honorable to de.
ny his religious faith will not ask OF
him such sacrifice, and if he desires it
l-less believing than he-wil adopt his
religion, render our marriage possible. "
The father saw his child become more in.
cousolable from day to day, and at length
he was thrown into state OF fearful ex-
cltement, which was not without conse.
quence. So things stand at present.
Nor ANYBODY FooL.-A sad.eved
hoy, with dirt on his chin and tear on
his nose, called at one Of the police stations
in Detroit aud asked the sergeant if he
could he sent to the reform school, he
being i homeless waii. AS he had com
mitted no eilence, he was told that he had
better 20 to the workhousc, but he re.
piled that his brother was a. the reform
school, and he'd rather 20 there lie
didn't want TO 90 out and steal anything
or smash some ones plate.glass window
and his anxiety to 90 touched the heart
ola gentleman who had called on business
He consulted with the sergeant, and then
said to the lad II guess we can fix it.
I'm going to leave my wallet on the desk
and the sergeant aud will go up stairs,
II you take the wallet it will be stealing
and you will tc sent to the reform school. >
The wallet was left. the men went up
stairs for Il moment. and when they came
down the lad was nowhere in sight, nei.
ther was the wallet containing 500 and
to be- brief atout il, lad and money are
slil missing.
TIM NATURE OF TuE PLAGuE.-Tht
gras>hopper plague, which is ravaging tht
Northwest, says a Detroit paper, is one
of those phenomena Of infnitessimal agen
cics aggregated into gigantic and omnip
otcnt force. 1t is an enemy which ha:
come in ike a Hood upon the farmers o.
that region. It is as terrible aud un
quoncha5le as the fires Of the dreadfu
autumn three Years ago. 1t "cleans out
entire counties Clouds as heavy and
thick as wiulrr's storm pass athwari
the sky Tor Tour or i've days in success
sion Wherever they remain tney STRIP
the fields Of everything They eat the
wheat head and straw. They de-
stroy the smaller crops upon which the
farmer depends for his present food
corn, potatoes, peas. Pumpkins alone art
spared. They devastate great section,
of country, and leave the inhabitani.
with absolutely nothing to eat for the
coming fall and winter, The appeal
which has been made to aid these people
is au appeal in behalf of people literal
ly on the verge Of starvation. The in
sects are called grasshoppers, but are oil
an unusual variety and allied to the 10
Gust family. Their vitality is wonder
full One of them was hung up by 0
string Tor a week, but seemed to grow
lat on it,
A man who wus about to be hanged il
Alabama sang joyfully, as he stood will
the moose about his neck "Oh tn,
bright angels are waiting for me.
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