The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-11-24


forced loan, demand for II contribn'
ton to shine ia plate or flash in jewclry
10 the properly room OF the bride put on
exhibition like the sample oi Il bazaar,
and duly invcntored and authenticated
in the cntcrpriziug daily paper as well as
in the special court journal. Graceful
enough among intimate friends aud rela'
tiyes, it has now become an imposition
ard an abuse. In the consideration OF
society it i. As Imperative in demand as
the execution aud ,hcriil's levy. Fail to
respond 10y presence or giit, and you pass
under ohjurgation with biid" and brides
minds as stiugy hunk o. ',nean screw
The tax gancrer we know and provide
for the visits Of the internal revenue are
periodic but tho summons To the we'd
ding mulct has no note of warning Even
christening carries damages with it.
The only strictly social entertainment
which men of small means can afford is
funeral. You can flourish your bordered
ocket.handkcrchcf and shuttle at obse.
1uies with vacuity Of purse and au over.
drawn bank account. The respectable
corpse is put upon its travels without any
eletmosynary demands upon survivors
beyond heartlcss attendance and hollow
sympathy. Gentlemen 10 wealth or easy
condition do not ask aims for their fami.
lies and would resent as insults gratuities
to their daughters and yet there is not
wedding in which the display room docs
not glitter with goods solicited as absolut-
~ ss the Offering in the plate OF the sex
ton or the hat of the beggar. Sit down
at the breakfast table in the home Of the
new bride she draws coffee from an urn
of contribution, pours milk from pitcher,
sugar from a bowl. whose donation if for.
gotten, can be read on the indicating
card. The egg spoon, toast rack, condl-
ment stand, and salt spoon, nay more, the
table linen, napkins, and the vases Of
bowers are of oblation The newly mar
ried pair are like bcneiciaries Of soup
societies and wards Of public charity, and
are not sensible of the humiliation only
because it has conformity to social code
and obedience to common law which
pcrvades the entire community. y Sun,
TnE Arkansas QUARREL.-The cabin.
ct had three hours session at Washing.
ton Friday with all the members present
except Postmaster Jewell, and gave the
Arkansas and kindred subjects pretty
thorough discussion. Attorney General
Williams, fresh from an interview with
Judge Poland who arrived Friday morn.
ing, direct from Little Rock, presented
the various phases Of the case and sub.
mitted kilograms from Senator Clayton
and several state officers 10 Arkansas
urging the recognition Of the Smith party
by the federal government The general
opinion of the cabinet however, was that
since their last meeting nothing has oc'
Cured to alter the decision then made
namely, that the government has not il
its possession such information as justiie.
any interference with the controversy il
that state. The president will, however
present the subject to the consideration
of Congress in his annual message.
Judge Poland states that the repor
of the Arkansas investigating committed
will not be prepared until after the meet
ing of Congress, as all the testimony to
ken at the different times by members o
the committe ha, not vet been examined
: by the full committe. which must be care
: fully looked into before the report can be
prepared.
The dispatches irDm Little Rock rep
resent that quiet reigns throughout tb'
state, aud no arrests are being made b,
the Garland party. Smith and Wheele
still keep out Of sight. Congressman
Sayler Of the investigating committee ar
rived at Little Rock, Friday.
, St. Nicholas opens with handsome il
lastrated article on the celebrated Gar
den Of the Gods in Colorado. Amonl
the other instructive articles are To
,, Boy Astronomer" by 1eztkiah Butter
worth The Chickadees," by llarve,
=, Wilder "African Fashions" by DIV,
Thorne "Altorf and William TELL b,
; Emma ID. Southwick ; and"lloliday lIar
bor,' an excellent article by Mrs. S Is
G. Samuels showing the boys and girl
how to build n city, with all tho publ
, buildings, steamboats,, railroad trains, etc
necessary for its prosperity The storie
in the number are remarkably good. llel
len G. Weeks tells about fourteen monk
0 eys, aud oil the boys will want to rea,
The Comanches Trail" A poem excel
lent in itself, illustrates twelve breeds o
: dogs, There arc other good poems Tn
January number will be of unusual inter
, est. So per annum Seribner 4 Co
publishers, New York.
, WoMEN's TEMPEKANCE CoNyENTIoN.-
The Womcn's National Temperance Con
, vention was in session last week at Cleve
r land, Ohio. with one hundred and thirty
, five delegates present. from fifteen states
: The resolutions adopted pledged al
, friends Of the cause to increased zeal il
proportion 10 the intensity OF opposition
protest against the holding Of public off
ces 10y incorporate men request tn
President Of the United States and al
public officers to dispense with the use o
: wine at the private table or at banquets
urge physicians to use care in prescribing
the use Of slimulants approve IF the bill
now before Congress, providing for II com
, mission to inquire into the effect of III
! traffic ; and invite all temperance wome
to unite with the league in lis mission.
! The huge. drastic. gripping. ckenin
/, pills constructed OF crude, coarse and bulk
e ingredients. are fast being supersede,