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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23
THE MAIDEN,s LAST FAREWELL

IN TUE DAY OF CREMATION.
Then the night wore on, and we knew the worst,
That the end Of it oil We nigh:
Three doctors they had from tie very first
And what could one do but die?
"ob William" she cried, " strew no blossoms Of
spring,
For the new apparatus might rust.
But say that handful Of shavings you'll bring,
And linger to Sc me c0mbust.
"oh, promise me, love, by the fre-hole you'll
watch,
And when moui ners and stokers convene,
You will see that they light me some solemn,
slow match,
And worn them against kerosene
at would cheer me to know, ere these rude
breezes watt
My zen IS fer to the pole,
That one whom love will look to the draught
And have a fond eye on the coal.
" hen prom me, love and her voice fainter
gsw-
"while this body of mine calciGes,
You will stand just as near as you can to the fiue
And gaze while my gr ,es arile.
" For Thompson Henry-has found out way
(0f his process you've surely heard telD,
And you burn like a parlor- -hatch gently away
Nor even offend by smell.
q So none of the dainty need sniff in disdan
When my carbon floats up to the sky;
And I'm sure. love, that you will never hplsin
Though an ash should blow into your eye.
d" Now promise me, love and she murmui et
low
" When the calcifcation is DER
You will sit by my grave in the twilight glow
mean by my furnace door
" Yes, promise Inc, love, while the seasons re
volve
| On their noiseless axles, the years,
/ You will visit the kiln where you saw re
solve,
/ And leach my pale ashes with tears"
| JOHN PAU n Hdrpe,'s Mage -ia.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

SECURING SALMON EGGs.-A corre-
spondent writing from the Maine breed
ing ponds says; The fish are dipped out
Of the pens one by one, and brought to
the principal operator, who sits on Il
stool with shallow tin pan before him.
First q female salmon is taken in hand
and her eggs pressed out into the pan
without any water other than that con-
tanned in the viscid fluid that comes with
them from the fish. In clear water the
eggs would soon lose the capacity of fe-
cundation, but in their natural fluid they
retain it for long time. AS soon as
the fish has yielded all her eggs she is
slipped into bag and weighed, placed
on bench and measured, marked by at
taching small stamped metal tag to the
back fn, and placed in one Of the pers,
where she soon RECEIVERS from her ex
haustion, and whence in due course of
time she is turned out into the brook or
carted down to the river The eggs are
also weighed, and then replaced before
the operator, who now takes male sal
mon aud presses his mit into the same
pan. This is The most important part
of the whole process, for without the ie-
cundating influence of the milt the eggs
would never develop into fish. 1t was
formerly the practice to let eggs and mit
fall from the fish into dish Of water
but the mit, when in watar, loses the
power of acting upon the eggs even
quicker than the eggs lose the capacity
Of being acted upon, and it thus often
happened that the intimate contact essen
tial was not effected soon enough to in-
sure formulation. From this cause "a
large percentage of eggs commonly failed
A Russian gentleman made the discovery
that it water were kept away from the
eggs until fresh milt had come in contact
with them, nearly all we're formulated
This is the method pursued at Bucks
port, and with such success that, on the
average, not more than two or three per
cent. of the eggs fail to be iecundated
The rate of formulation is obtained by
very careful observation.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

FLowERs FOR THE SICK In an upper
room in poor tenement house lay a sick
child, wasted with fever and the prostra.
tion which followed. 1t had SCENE d
impossible to rouse him, or excite the
slightest interest in anything The young
lady who had carried her flower. .bask ct
to the room selected a bunch of shining
golden buttercups, and held them up be.
fore the child. The dull, languid eye
frightened. toe tiny, emaciated hand
opened to receive them too feeble for a
spoken word. the smile that fitted across
the wee white face was eIoquence enough
The fingers closed tightly over the sim,
pie flowers that were like yellow sunshine
to the little sufferer. When a second
visit, with fresh flowers was made, the
boys mother said, Jimmy would not lay
the flowers out of his hand while he was
awake; only when he slept could put
them in W. or to freshen bit, for he
must have them in bis hand again as soor
as he walked" Sure enough, the little
fellow still held his witbered treasure
which had been moro to him than doc,
tors visits or prescriptions, Fresh flow
ers from the basket brought a smile aud
look of grateful recognition to his face
the long weary hours of convalescencs
were lightened and frightened for one
little sufferer by the Flower Mission.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

Of final reckoning. 1t must be borne in
mind too, thai the creditor interest had
its day of disadvantage also when our
present financial system was brought in
by the supreme needs of the nation at the
time. | would further provide that from
and after the date fixed for redemption,
no bills, whether of National banks or Of
the United States, returned to the Treas
ry to be exchanged for new bills, should
be replaced by bills Of less denomination
than SO, and that in one year after re.
sumption all bills Of less than So should
be drawn from circulation and in two
years all bills Of less than so should be
withdrawn. The advantage Of this would
be tho strength given to the country
against time of depression resulting from
war, failure of crops, or any other cause
by keeping always in the hands of the
people large supply of the precious
metals. With all smaller transactions
conducted in coin many millions Of it
would be kept in constant use and Of
course prevented from leaving the coun.
try. Undoubtedly poorer currency will
drive the better out Of circulation With
paper legal tender, and at discount.
gold and silver become articles Of mcrchan.
disc as much as wheat or cotton. The
surplus will find the best market it can
With small bills in circulation, there is
no use for coin except to keep in the
vaults of banks to redeem circulation.
During periods of great speculation and
apparent prosperity there is little demand
for coin and then it will flow out to
market where it can be made to earn
something which it cannot do while lying
idle. Gold, like anything else, when not
needed becomes a surplus, and like every
other surplus, it seeks market where it
can find one. By giving active employ
ment to coin, however, its presence can,
it seems to me, be secured and the panics
and depressions which have occurred peri.
odically in times Of nominal specie pay
ments, it they cannot be wholly prevent.
ed, can at loast be greatly mitigated,
Indeed, question whether it would have
been found necessary to depart from the
standard of specie in the trying days
which gave birth to the first legal tender
act had the country taken the ground Of
no small bills as early as 1850.
Again | would provide an excess Of
revenue over current expenditures. |
would do this by rigid economy and by
taxation where taxation can best be borne
Increased revenue would work constant
reduction of debt and interest. and would
provide coin to meet demands on the
Treasury for the redemption Of its notes
. thereby diminishing the amount Of bond
needed for that purpose. All taxes after
redemption begins should be paid in coin'
or United States notes. This would force
redemption on the national banks, Will
measures like the2e, or measures whicl
would work out such results, | see NJ
danger in authorizing free banking with
out limit.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23
THE MAIDEN AND THE LILY.

A lily in my garden grew,
Amid the thyme and clover,
No farer lily ever blew,
Search all the wide world over.
Its beauty passed into my heart
| know 'twrs very silly
But | was then foolish maid,
And it-a perfect lily.
Ono day learned man came by,
With years Of knowledge laden,
And him | questioned with n sigh,
Like any foolish maiden:
Wise sir, please tell me wherein lies
krow the questions silly
The something that my art dciics,
And makes perfect lily"
He smiled, and STOPPING pluckcd the flower,
Then tore it, leaf and petal,
And talked to me for full an hour,
And thought the point to settle:
" Herein it lies" at length he cries;
But IL know twas silly
Could only weep and say, But where
0, doctor, where's my lily?"
-Jyhn Fraser IN Scribno's Monthly
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

TnE Love OF GAMBL1NG.-A good
story of love Of gambling, perhaps exag-
gerated, is told in a French paper. \
roturicr, suddenly enriched by specula-
tion, is riding iu his carriage. The
footman behind, somewhat disturbed on
account Of the non.payment Of his wages,
putting his head through the windew at
the back of the coach, begs his master
no. to forget to pay him bis dues.
Chow much is it, La Fleur % asks
the master.
Zone hundred and twenty-five iyres,
may it please Monsieur"
Gall right here it is" and the master
spread the paper currency of the period
on the ecushions Of the carriage Now, La
Fleur, have you pack Of cards with you >
Certainly" replied tine obsequions
lackey, producing the cards at once,
"|ery good, Now | will be banker,
and you shall play against me. shall
take the front seat, the back one will
serve for our table you can look through
the back window, and we can have cozy
game y and so the playing commenced
Luck first turned for the master little
by little the footman's hundred and TWEEN
ty.6ve livres went. until they were reduc-
ed to five then capricious fortune took
the opposite course, and La Fleur won
all his masters money. Piqued at his
losses, the master now wagered horse
which the lackey won; then the pair Of
horses, next the harness, and lastly the
carriage. The footman won everything
"My watch now, if you say so, said
the master, against horse in the stable
at home or if lose, you shall take my
place inside the carriage, and L will get
up behind. Agreed? The king is fol
me-the queen for you. have lost.
Get in, La Fleur. You shall ride aud
will get up behind )" and the exchange
of places was accordingly made.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23
|alem Lead Company,

Warranted Pi RE WHITE LrND.-
/ fell-known throughout New England as the
fHlrEoT, FINE Il, and BEST
LEAD TAPE 5-S in. wide, on reels for
britain SticAs.
LIE Al RIBBON, from 2 l-2 to S in. wide,
reels for builders.
LEAD PIPE. of any size or thickness.
At lowest market prices for goods of equal
bality. Address
52m3 SALEM LEAD co. Salem. Mass
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

A farmer was walking with Il friend
through a beautiful meadow, when he
chanced to observe thistle growing
thriitily on the opposite side OF the fence
Immediately he sprapg over and cut il
off close to the ground, as that youl
field 2" asked the other. 80, no; but
bad weeds don't care much for fences
If | should leave that thistle to blossom
in my neighbor's field, | should soou have
plenty in nv own"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23
lTHICA HORSE RAKE,

bis rake still standc at tho head as the best In
pendent Steel Tooth Horse Rake. The unpre-
|dented demand for them has exhausted the sup
ly before the season was over for several years,
I'd many have been obliged to buy inferior rakrs
cause they could not get an ITHICA. 1t
build be advisable for those who wish to secure
EN- to apply at once, as the number can get is
|nited. BY the new lifting apparatus this rake
now easily operated by any boy old enough to
i've a horse. If they do not prove satisfactory
ley can be returned
II ALBERT CHAPMAN, Agent
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

An old negro woman was arrested and
brought before the Mayor Of Montgomery,
Ala, for picking up some drift wood at
the edge Of the river. Her defence was
that God sent the rain that raised the
river that brought the wood. The Mayor
thought it good defence and discharged
her. -
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

Bellew, the reader, however much he
may have believed 10 the axiom that
charity begins at home, does not appear
to have put it in practice for Wilkie
Collins attributes his present poverty to
the fact that he has been in the habit OF
devoting his energies to reading for
charitable Institutions rather than for the
beneh; OF his own pocket
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

A school book publisher has earned
the gratitude of children by providing
school books with silica states attached to
the inside covers. The great difficulty
with school books hitherto has been that,
after writing ones name and sententious
remarks, and drawing spirited pictures, it
is difficult to erase them. Modest genius
loves to conceal itself even from onos
beloved teacher.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23
7 IN VITE

be attention Of horsemen to my young stock
brse, PILG NJ. 1 have
led carefully for several years, from the very
st stock in the State, and think / have a horse
at will please all who will look at him, and pay
ose who will patronizc. He may be seen at my
bibles in New Haven during the season Of 1874,
kcept Saturdays, when he will be at Vergennes.
stf X. d. RYDER
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

A negro 10y was driving mule in
Jamaica, when the animal suddenly
stopped and refused to budgo, Wont
go, Ell p said the hoy, Feel grand, do
you? s'pose you torgit your fadder
was a iackass."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

A m0n who promised his wife on her
death bed never to marry again, offers a
reward for some one who will convince
him that lie is justiGablc when it is
told to soothe the last moments of the
departing.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

An arsenic mine i'll England is said to
produce enough Of the mineral in month
to poison the entire population of the
world.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

An exchange, in its advice to CORES
pondents. says: "lf you ever studied
punctuation at all, punctuate but if YOU
have not, let it slide "
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

A Kansas man sent his wife after the
cows, and she came home dumb as an
oyster, all of which suggests Il now prob
lem in acowstics.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

Every nation, says professor Sumner,
will have that portion of the stock Of
gold in the world which is proportioned
to its trade. Each nation will have just
as much as it needs.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

1t has been estimated that the world
uses 250,000,000 pounds of tea, and
7lS,000, 900 pounds of coffee every year.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

y Cuban dollar bill bugs a drink Of
soda water in New York. How is that
for imitation?
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

l,ergh wishes to know the number Of
animals that pcrished by the food
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

Krupp, the proprietor of the mammoth
gun factory in Germany, has received SO
many orders from European powers that
he adverIises loan of 81 ,500,0 to en-
large his shops. This looks like cultivat-
ing the arts of peace.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

1t is not uncommon in giving advice to
uewly-murried yonug ladies' who marry
poor young men to allude to the fact that
Eve married a gardner, but they don't t
say anything about the gardner losing
his situation on account of that match.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

Gid big knave and little honest men
will worship him.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

NJ .TRIPP Sheriff for Addison
. County. Office in Stewards Block.
|4ltf MIDDLEBURY, VT.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

IL S. PUTNAM would inform the
L spcople of Middlebury and Addison County
at the old Cotton Mill is in full operation, and
at he is prepared 20 furnish carpet warp and
tting of a superior quality, at the lowest cash
ice.
.Middlebury Dec I3. 1872 3g.tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

The best thing to take before singing
breath. i,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

~ w. JUDD, Manufacturer and deal.
i. er in all kinds of American and Foreign
|arble. Granite Work, &C. With Old Middle
kry Marble Co. 1tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

All write-the editorial business.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-23

er having been made for the most part Of
cambric, taifeta, milinct, gauze, and
linen, and the latter of lawn, holland.
linen, taffeta, muslin, mlliuet, down
through the gamut to check, homcspun,
and tow. Their hats, bonnets, and hoods
we're of beaver, satin, and bright colored
silks and velvets; their cloaks OF worst.
erd, broadcloth, camlet, gay colored silks
white and black satin, purple and black
and blue velvet, and especially Of brill
liant scarlet flannel or cloth. Their
dresses were formed Of an endless variety
of materials. The common short gown,
which seems to have been generally af.
fected wher they we're not in full toilet,
was Of kersey, hollaud-linen, worsted,
wilton, calamauco "a STUFF resembling
prunella), check, homespun, and linsey.
woolsey Their long gowns were of
check, striped cotton, worsted, striped
homospun, calico, "beughten" calico,
muslin, chintz, outside chintz lined with
calico. white holland, blue and striped
holland black and blue durant (the fab
ric known as "everlasting'), groset, bonn.
bazine, blue aud black russell "a species
of inscy -woolsey), moreen, popliu, French
tabby, velvet, aud of lutestring, white,
crimson, and other colorcd silks and
satins For The hands they wore gloves
Of thread, knit stuffs, silk, and leather ;
their stockings were of thread, cotton
muslin, yarn, linen, worsted, and silk
and their shoes were of cloth, prunela
calamanco, leather, and silk, Shawls
were of CLOTH cashmere, and taffeta
handkerchiefs and kerchiefs abounded in
their wardrobes, and were of linen, cam
brio, taffeta, muslin, gauza, and Barcel
ona. aud other thin silks. OF shifts anC
petticoats their supply was nearly mex
haustible, some ladies recounting the los
Of twelve, fifteen, and twenty of each, tn,
former hlving been constructed of home
spun and muslin, but chiefly of fine five
and six hundred linen, and the latter o
linsey, tow, flannel, kersey, dimity, bonn
bazine, and caamanco. d
DEsuLEs, in Harrer's Magazine for July
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-20
MISPLACED AFFECTION.
The Offer of Hand and IIcart-.A
Disappointed Lover--.He Seeks
SuTCease of Sorrow.

The Offer of a Hand and IIeart-.A
Disappointed Lover--.He Seeks
SurCease of Sorrow.
1t was one OF AlleghCny's fair dsmsels
who was the bewitching cause Of little
trouble that may yet end in the blasting
ayoung gentleman. The signing swain
was Mr.. Ernest Bleidt,an adolescent youth
OF come eighteen summers, who had been
lowering around the vivacious charmer
for a considerable period, under the
pleasant conviction that he was the
foremost horse in tho race, so 10 speak.
With this ecstatic inspiration urging him
Oh, and blisslul in the prospect oil seal
Ing his happiness, he called upon
the adOred one few evenings
since, and gave expression to the oulguah.
iugs o! tender and allabsorbing StEec-
ton, with the fond anticipation OF recciv.
ing an answer OF acceptance 10 his profier
OF hand and heart. But alack, alas bis
fond anticipations proved delusion and
a snare, for his own eager heart.throb-
blngs found no responsive pulsations in
the adamantine structure, which served
as heart for the charmer, and her reply
shrivelled his hope into nothiugness.
Thus far the victim Of woman's in
cOnstsncy had acted with due propriety,
but his subsequent course was o sad mis-
take throughout. Retiring from the pres.
ence Of the adored one, mourniui musings
took possession Of him, and after brooding
over his misfortunes for several days, he
concluded to "tako up arms against
HE sea Of troubles and, by opposing
end them" With this design in view,
last Tuesday evening he procured o vii.
famous weapon OF warfare, and while in
his home on High street, Seventh ward,
Allegheny, sent bullet on IN investi-
eating tour into his left breast. The
leaden messenger went on lts way sing
ing, and produced very painful and
rather serious wound. The doctors who
couldn't minister 10 mind diseased were
all right when 1t came to physical IN
jury, and being called in they did all that
was In their power TO relieve the unhappy
victim OF Delighted affection, who had
so fOolishly attempted to take his own
lite for such an intinitesimally small mat.
Ter as q mitten from woman. The
young gentleman was suffering somewhat
last night, but 1t is thought ho will re-
cover.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-20
shares Of 800 each
Chicago.

CHICAGO. November 1O.-Flour-Quie,
and unchanged. Wheat-Steady, moder.
ate demand; No. spring 02c; No. 3, S8Ic
cash; S9Sc seller December; 0OIc seller
January; No. 3, s4taS4lc; rejected 8Oa
Sic. Corn-Active; No, 9 mixed 70fc
cash or seller November; 75c bid seller
year; Tic seller March; rejected, old 75ic.
Oats-Steady and In moderate demand,
No. 2, 6Otc cash; 40Rc seller year; re-
jected 4Sts4Oc. Rye-Demand far and
market firm at DOC. Barley-Quiel; No.
9, 81 20. Pork-ActivC, closing quiet;
SEQ 90 cash; $40 IS seller year; SEQ Asa
20 90 seller February. Lard-Steady at
1910 cash; 1910 seller year; 1910 seller
February. Bulk Meats-Demand fair and
market firm; shoulders &c; short rib mid.
dies 0talOc; short clear 104C, all loose;
partly cured green hams 1Ofc Tor Is lbs
average. Whisky-Steady, moderate do.
mand at 99c.
On open board in tho afternoon wheat
closed at s9fas0Ic seller December; Ole
January. Corn soc ear; 75ta75tc seller
year, Oats-Steady in moderate dc.
mand at 5OtC seller November.