The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-11-17

muddy bottom. The general impression
hat tho pearls are attached TO the shell
,f the oyster is incorrect. They grow in
10 the meat Of the oyster. Sometimes
they break through the skin and attach
themselves to the shell, but pearls Of this
description are always Of un inferior qual.
ity and generally defective in formation
IN South American waters 500 oysters
ire considered large days catch but
the average is much less than this. Cap.
Clarke has seen as many as forty pearls
'aken from a single oyster There seems
to be no rule governing the growth Of
pearls. Often q whole days catch will
prove comparatively worthless and theu
again hundred oysters will be opened 10
succession. each one which cou,tius u
ooarl. The largest specimen ever taken
oy Capt. Clark weighed one quarter Of
au ounce, and had It been perfect, would
readily have brought ia the market $50
900. 1t was however marrcd by several
serious defects, and ouly 81 900 was re.
ilized from its salc. Capt. Clark COZ.
templates an absence OF from twclye 10
eighteen months"
FLrNotN0 SHADOWS. We hav. no moro
right 10 fling an unnecessary shadow over
the spirit Of Il ose with whom we have TO
do, than we have to fling a stone and in.
jure them. Yet this flingipg shadow. is
a very co'ninon sin. and one to which wo.
men are particularly addicted. Oh.
what blessing is 4 merry, cheerful W..
man in household One whose spirits
are not affected by wet days, or little di-.
appointments, or whose milk of human
kindncss does not sour in the sunshine of
prosperity. Such woman in the darkest
hours brlshtcns the house like n little
Picoo ~ 'u"-''i"y ","'hv.. rhv ..-x.s.-
ism OF her smile, the electrical brightues.
Of her looks and movements, iurect every
ooe. The children 60 TO school with
sense OF something great % be achieved
her husband goes into the world with a
conqucror's spirit. No mattor how people
worry and annoy him all day, far off her
presence shines, and be whispers to him.
self, "At home shall find rest" So day
by day she literally rencws his strength
and energy, and if you know mau with
a bcamlns face, kind beast, and pros.
porous business, 10 nine cafes 0lt Of tsa
you Will hnd he has a wife Of this kind.
FOR nothing IL more certain than that tn,
man who i, married must ask his wife for
Perm''son To be happy and wealthy.
Blessed Is be who has . cheerful wife
the world may be valley of strife" to
him h"' hi, home is land Of Bculab.
haven "' r''-i end qniet aud hi, life i.
ma'i" AZ ct cb' crinI yesterday, and con
hden. to.no-rows.
TnE liipt llrSrEgs. 1t is estimated
that the hide hunters" OF Kanaa.. Texas.
Colorado and Southern Nebraska xiii
% o,o0O butfaloes each year for the skin.
alone; that the Indians kill three time,
that number. and that perhaps 10000 arr
killed by sportsmeu aud those pioneers
who depend on the buffalo for their winter
meat thus We have the enormous figure
OF 10000 as the annual slaughter But
this even will no, represent the grand to.
tai, tor many calves are captured to be
sold to menageries museums and private
gentlemen who desire such pets. | can.
not approach summary ofth latter. tu:
thlnk that from Eve to ten thousand would
he an approximate estimate. though low
one. | have known instances where :
hundred oil these creatures were caught
ia day By being run down sud not more
than cne tenth were alive the next. for.
though apparently strong, they canno, en-
dure much hardship. by giving the .igurs
IN round numbers We may estimate that
quarter OF million bison are destroyed
yearly ani that think, will not be far
from the exact number. At this rate Of
destruction they cannot last long, So the
present generasion will probably ~itnes.
the defamation OF the fauna of North A.
merica-one with which the history ofour
plains, pioneers and trappcrs is most clos
ly blended.