The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-09-15

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and Odyssey in three weeks; Of Avicen-
m, who repeated by heart tho whole Of
the Koran at the age Of 10; Of Lipsius,
who was willing to recite the histories of
Tacitus word for word, giving any one
leave to plunge dagger into bis body if
he made a mistake--an idle license, for
few would have cared to run the result.
ant risk of the youth Of Corsica Of good
appearance, mentioned by Muretus, who
recited all the barbarous words the latrer
had written till he was tired Of writing,
and stopped at last Jas it was necessary to
stop somewhere, while the youth, like Oh.
iver, asked for more. Certainly" says
Muretus, " he was no boaster and he told
me he could repeat in that way $4,000
words, For my own part [ made trial
Of him after many days, and found what
he said true" This Corsican, as those
others, was no doubt of soul disdaining
silver and gold or he might have made
his fortune by offering his services to an
emperor. OF Frances Suarez, who, after
the witness of Strada. could quote the
whole of Augustine (the fathers works
would fill a small library from the egg
to the apple. OF DIR. Thomas Fuller, who
could name in order all the signs on both
sides of the way from the beginning of
Paternoster row at Ave Maria lane to
tho bottom Of CheapFide to Stocks mar.
kct, now the Mansion House OF Mag.
liabecchi, whose name is pleasantly and
permanently associated with spiders and
the proof Of the lost MS, OF William
Lyon, who for bowl of punch. liquor
of which he was exceedingly fond, repeat
ed Daily Advertiser, in the morning,
which he had read once only, and then in
the course of debauch over night. We
might extend this paper far beyond its
normal dimenfions By mention Of such
numes US Jedediah Buxton. who, if his
witness be true, could, by some strange
nnemotechuy Of his own, multiply thirty.
nine figures by thirty nine, without paper,
and amused himself when at the theater
by compilation Of the words used by
Garrick aud at another time by that of
the pots Of beer drank during twelve
years Of his lie of Zcrah Colburn, q
mere child, OF whom there remains on
record testimony that he could tell the
plumber OF seconds in titty-eight years iD
less time than the question could be writ.
ten down or Of that prodigy of parts,
Pascal, who is said to have forgotten
nothing thought, read, er done during his
rational age. This. says the author of
the essay on the Conduct Of the Human
Understanding. is a thing 30 wholly in.
consistent with our experience Of human
nature tha. to doubt il is no reprehensi.
bic stretch Of skcpticism The CoraAW
Maga-jne.
-, ENnALNlNd AMONG rnr EhrrIANs.-
ne Eeyptians' however, carried their
process to perfection by introducing anti.
S,ep',e' 'n'o me vacated interiors OF their
dead thus embaImins in their catacombs,
IL us Is e'''Ina'ed' NOT less than 400, 000,-
wv persons ueroHoiuS and Diodorus
oisuIus especially the former, have min.
u'ely explained the method of prcserva-
''on' ana from them we learn that it was
"a regular trade The ombalnors remov.
en 'n' bihih a'd the inlesiints, supplying
'he e"i 'ihe>' wiIh myTrh cassia, and
other spices and then placed the body in
na'foh Tor seventy days. Subsequently
1t was carefully la'ed and wrapped with
oahua9es oil me liuen 'mered with gum,
ana put III a wooden case shaped after
the human hgure. There were other
modes OF embalmlnS less expensive, the
rate varying from $500 to S4O0 in our
currency which was so much money in
nose days that we can not now see how
rEgyp'ains OF the ordinary class could af.
'oru 10 die. They doubtless lived longer
'nan 'hey would have done otherwise,
prompted by prudent economy to avoid
Inc extravaganza OF bural as long as
possible.
The cheapest way Of embalmiug, adopt.
ed usually BY the poor, was to free the
abdomen OF the intcs,incs by means of a
clyster- commonly the oil Of the cedar.
tree-and let the body lie in natron un.
III Inc heSh was imPleguated. Recent
Investigations indicate thar heat must
nave been applied TO the corpse after they
had been hlled with some bituminous sub
stance and cTeosote generated and diffus.
ed through all the tissues. The reason
that heat Was not mentioned by the an.
cient authorities is supposed to be their
desire to keep the process secret. and in.
hauce the dignety and mystery OF the art.
EmbaIming is still employed. The
means adopted by Chaussier and others
have been to evscerate the body and
keep 1t constantly saturated with proioch.
with the flesh, not only gives il tirmuess
but renders it incorruptible either by in.
terual OF external agencies. The i,iec.