The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-02

sunset the previous evening, when the
rattlesnakes had retired for the night, he
took the precauion of stufing a number
of the dens in that part Of the prairie
agreed on for the trial with a sort Of
weed that is most noxious to the snakes
rendering them torpid for many hours,
and unable 10 crawl or strike. This is
how Yankee ingenuity triumphcd over
brute strength, and Bendbow was ever
aftorward obliged to knock under to lIa.
bakuk Sans, when personal forttude was
the subject in hand.
LEADING PRoDucTs OF TIE STATES. s.--In
Maine, hay occupies the first place and
dairy. .husbandry the second hay and
stock raising are of equal Importance in
New Hampshire dairy.husbandry stands
high in its predominance in Vermont in
Massachusetts,, hay first, market.garden-
ing next the garden and the dairy divide
the honors in Rhode Island and tobacco
stands first in Cinnccticut There Is
much diversity in New York, but dairy
husbandry is far in advance, being the
choice of opc.third Of the counties,
There is much variety in New Jersey,
though-market gardening stands first.
In Pennsylvania, manufacturing and
mining make varied production most
popular, few counties indicating very de-
cided preferences though wheat (as few
would suppose holds the first place in
one.sixth Of the counties. In Delaware,
tobacco in Maryland. tobacco and fruit
growing. Oi more than fifty Virginia
counties expressing decided preferences
IL favor tobacco, : mixed husbandry,"
e corn, ) stock.iasing, , market.gardcn-
ing, and others peanuts, sbcep.husband
ry, uit,growing and wheat. In North
Carolina corn stands numerically before
!, cotton In Florida sugar.canc is prefer
red, while cotton prcdominaics in South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
and in Texas. In Arkansas corn stands
first and in Tennessee hay and corn ate
preferred In West Virginia, corn and
stock growing in kentucky tobacco and
corn in Ohio, great diversity aFrear5--
sheep.hu,bandry, corn, general cropping
wheat hay, aud lruit'growing aul in
> Michigan similar variciy-whca' dai-
> rying aud l'cuit.growing. Corn i. ling
in Indiana and hay prime minister Corn
: is also fir IN Illinois aud wheat next
|, In Minn"so'4 wheat. ia Wi-c.n-in.
wheat and lh" dlfy IN Iowa aDl. Mi
: souii eiock - wing com. and eSAcat.
'rhe order ia Kansas and Nebraska
: whcai. ,rocl growing, and corn In Cal
5 ilo,nis wheat hoop.husbauiry, 3ni
t fur ,,p,'og In Oregon, wheat 80
l. sl,,+ loving Depqrimen' Rep9rL
e I.ooh AFTER THE EYEs.-MuItitdl.-
e Of men and women have made their aYrs
l. weak for life by the too free uso Of tAe
Il eyesrLt, reading small print and doing
inc sewing. In view Of these thior. j,
/ is well to observe the following rac- ia
the use Of the eyes:
g Avoid all sudden change. between
II light and dakeess
e Never read by twljobt, or on q yary
Y, cloudy day.
}; Never sleep 50 that Oh waking III,
r eyes shall open on the light Of the win
|. dow
r Do not use eyessht by light SO scant
'e that it requires an effort to discriminate.
e. Never read or sew directly in front ct
A. the light Of the window.
ID 1t is best to have the light from
s. above, or obliqncly, or over the left
. shoulder
,e Too much light creates glare aud
pains and confuses the sight. The mo
IN ment you arc sensible of an effort to dis
V. tinguish, that moment stop and talk walk
or ride.
IN AS the sky is blue and the earth green
a. it would seem that the ceiling should bC
TO blush tinge, the carpet green and the
he walls Of some mellow tint.
C. The moment you are instinctiyely ia-
ut clincd to rub the eyes, that moment cease
or to use them.
<. If the cyelids are glued together OF
re waking do not forcibly open them, but
tn apply the saliva with the finger, and
then wash your eyes and face in warm
'o water.