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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08
Water in Food.

One OF our best writers on agricultural
subjects. Mr.. Alexander Hyde, in discus.
sing the subject of roots says:
1t is objected sometimes to roots that
they contain from 50 to 90 per cent. OF
water. It is true that they contain this
large amount OF water, but this is no OBJ.
lection to their use. Most of the natural
food Of all animals contains large per
cent. Of water, and whero it is not natur.
ally present in sufficient quantity, water
is added to prepare it for digestion and
assimilation. Tho dry -four fro,n which
we make cur bread contains Ii per cent.
Of water aud "a per cent. of solid matter,
and when it is made into bread we add
80 per cent. more water SO that with cv.
cry $50 pounds of bread We consume, we
take O6 pounds Of water, aud we still
think it very dry food, unless we have a
cup Of water or tea with which VIC can
dilute it as we eat. Lean beef contains
IS per cent. of water and blood-ful as
much water as is contained in the potato,
which has only ~ per cent. water Eggs
also contain "A per cent. of water-onIy
per cent. less than the potato, and 8
less than the carrot.
Milk, another highly nutritious and ac.
ceptable form Of food contains 81 per
cent. Of water, as it comes fresh from the
COW how much it contains when it
reaches consumers varies with circum-
stances. All the fruits, which are so
grateful to the stomach and are so easily
digested, and on which the inhabitants OF
tropical climates mainly live, are largely
composed of water. Plantains contain
~ per cent plums and other fleshy fruits
70 per cent; apples, strawberries and
other small fruits so per cent, while mel
ons contain over 90. Now experience
shows that all this water is essential to
our health, and if at any time we take
what we call dry food, that is, food in
which less than one half is water, we re.
quire. beside the saliva, to wash it down
and assist in its digestion, some accom-.
panying fluid.
We have the highest scientific authori-
y AOi suJi my lhdi tuc iHOSt WuOlcsOIue
food is that which is largely diluted with
water but the universal practice of men
is sufficient testimony on this point. As
our bodies are composed OF three
fourths water. it is absolutely essen
tial that the food which nourishes these
bodies should contain, or be accompanied
by similar proportion of liquid and,
when the liquid is contained in the food
it is generally more palatable and nour.
ishing than when added extraneously.
Thus juicy apple is always moro ac.
ceptable than dry one. which requires
little water to wash it down aud q
piece Of meat which has been roasted or
broiled till the natural juices are all evap.
Grated, becomes mass Of dry fiber, and
is about as uupalatablc and indigestible
as so much leather. The objection there.
fore, to roots, that they contain large
amount of water, is mere prejudice.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08
Kinder Lookin' for it,"

"Do you answer to tho name of Aier.
rifeld Scott ~ inquired the Detroit
court.
"Yaas."
lie was young man Of four and
twenty, aud the "duds" on his back
wern't enough in bulk to make q good
sized mop. His hair was down to his
eyes, there was coal.dust and dirt all
over him, and he moved about with slow
and solemn step.
"Well, sir" resumed the court, "you
are charged with vagrancy. The war.
rant says you have no home, no occupa.
tion, and that you couldn't buy q lemon
it they sold them at cent million.
Straighten up, look me in the eye, and
give me your candid opinion about it."
"Ther' hain't no work" drawled the
prisoner.
"Have you sought for work ?"
"Yaas."
"Where ?"
"Wall, Two been kinder lookin' all
around town"
"And youi efforts have not been
crowned with the successfulness of sue.
cess ?"
"Naw."
"Mr. Scott" continued his honor, as
be fastened his teeth into an apple and
drew the whole side away at once, "sup.
pose that Daniel Boone had kinder look ed
around in his young days-whcre would
Kentucky be now ?"
81 Dunno" sighed the prisoner.
Suppose, Mr.. Scott, that Storey of
the Chicago Times, or Sam Bowles Of
the Springfield Republican, or Dana Of
the New York San, had spent their
early days in sitting on hydrant and
watching the operations of the pile.driver
would they have ever had half dozen
libel suits at once, and been able to pay
a coal bill on sight?"
81 tell you work is mighty skercc -
exclaimed the prisoner, seeming to be an.
noyed at the questioning.
"Well, I'll put you where you'll have
steady job for six months. | make
your sentence for that time, and if they
are an economical set there they won't
try to wash you up, but will just take
your hide'off and raise . new man. De.
trOit Tree Press,
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Humorous.

A natural revolutionist-ihc earth.
An affecting sight-barrels in tiers.
Something thatsought to oe put down
carpets.
a muif-a thing that holds a young
lady's hand without squeezing it,
"Ma, when is a griddle cake inhaLit-
ed ?" why, my dear, when there is a
little Indian 10 it"
1t appears that coming copper is not
profitable business The government has
not made half cent since 1857.
"Is that clock right over there ?" asked
a visitor the other day. Right over
there said the boy, "tain't nowhere
else
The greatest feat in eating ever record.
ed is told Of man who commenced by
boiling a door, after which he threw up
a window, aud swallowed a whole story
A man Is said TO be absent minded
when he thinks he has lett his watch at
home and takes it cut of his pocket to
see it he has time to return home and
get it.
A certain Western editor, who was
presented with box of collars in pay
for an advertisement, is waiting in daily
expectation that some one will present
him with a shirt.
The son of a clergyman was delivering
college valedictory, when, in pulling
out his handkerchief, he pulled out pack
Of cards, "Hulloa - he exclaimed, "rve
got on fathers coat !"
The other day man in Milwaukee,
found four boys playing cards on the hay
NOW, and he was proceeding to give then
"6ts," when one of them spoke up an,
said ave want playing keerds. Ton
Testers mother is dead and we were VI
here showing him the pictures on th
keerds so he would not feel lonesome"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08
Eli in Love.

Did you ever do anything in a state
of Indifference, Miss Julia ?' | asked an
old sweetheart of mine, last night.
why, yes, certainly, Mr.. Perkins,
good many times"
"What did it with absolute. total in
difference 2"
"Yes; perfect, complete indifference,
Eli"
"Well, Julia, my beloved" / said,
taking her hand, "wbat is one thing you
can do now with perfect indifference ?"
"Why, listening to you, Eli
postponed proposing.
A moment afterward my beloved
grasped my hand convulsively, looked
in my face, and said
Ell, such devoted, warm hearted mer
as you often make me feel very happy
How, darling ?" | asked, too happy
to live.
why, ly keeping away from me
Eli !"
haven't proposed yet.
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The Dead Head Question.

There has lately been great deal said
by the press about dead heads, We think
many Of our contemporaries entirely lose
sight of the proposition upon which all
their remarks on this subject should be
based, which is-What is a dead head
The answer is a simple one; he who OBJ
tains, through importantly, something for
nothing, whether puff in newspaper, q
railroad or steamboat pass, or o theatre,
concert or lecture ticket, or any other
thing universally paid for by decent peo.
pie. Now can editors, because they re.
ceive many complimentary tickets and
passes, be properly cfassed with the great
army OF deadheads-those contemptibly
mean creatures who are ever on the alert
to get something for nothing We un.
hesitatipgly and most emphatically an.
swer, No and do so on the ground that
every courtesy shown an editor, in the
way of tickets and passes, is paid for al
least ten times over in way Of editorial OF
other advertisement-adveriising which
would in the ordinary course Of business
cost the parties who receive it abou
twenty times the price of the few tickets
they bes;ow, generally with AN air 0
great liberality aud as though they wer'
comforting a special favor upon the editor
while oil the time they expect "tip-;op
notice" before, and favorable commen
after their "show." if perchauce they rul
one, or numberless puiTs of"our railroad,
or "our line Of steamboats," ii connecte,
with either Of the latter, Every edito
in the land would be richer in purse an'
more independent in criticism if he woul
pay his way wherever he goes, aud charg
full rates-so much per line-for all puff
; and notices.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08
Bird Ghosts.

Birds nave great fear of death. In
illustration Of this, Madame BUST, 10 her
new book on birds, relates the following
"a hen canary belonging to the author
died whilst nesting, and was buried. The
surviving mate was removed to another
cage the breeding cage itself was thor
oughly purified, clennsed, and put aside
till the following spring. Never, after
ward, however, could any bird endure to
bo in that cage. The little creatures
fought and struggled to get out, and if
obliged to remain, they buddled close to.
gether and mopcd and we're thoroughly
unhappy, refusing to be comforted by any
amount Of sunshine or dainty food. The
experiment was tried of introducing for
eign birds, who were not even in the
house when the canary died, nor could,
by any possibility, have heard Of her
through other canaries. The result was
the same no bird would live in that cage
The cage seas haunted, and the author
was obliged to desist from all further at.
tempts to coax or force a bird to stay in
it."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08

The late Emperor of the French was
ever mindful of his relatives and connec-
tions, and helped them very literally out
of the public treasury. The overthrow
Of his dynasty has let the secret out. 1t
appears from private papers that have
lately been published that "nearly forty
members of the family enjoyed pensions,
and quite horde OF princes, princesses,
Italian marchionesses and countesses. with
their sons and nephews, all enjoyed the
bounty of their fortunate kinsman.' BE.
sides the regular grants there we're "pre-
sents and relicis," for which the connec-
tions were always importuning. Nor did
the possession of the sumptuous offices
which many of them enjoyed prevent
these greedy relatives from begging for
grants and reliefs A list of their names
would fill page. The aged Jerome re.
ceived present Of S400,000 yearly
allowance of $40, 900, besides $4,000 as
marshal Of France. He was buried at
cost to the state Of $4,000. His son
was married at the public expense TO the
tune Of S200,00 and received presents
and pensions. The Princess Baiocchi re-
ceived various large sums, amounting to
about Sl,5U0,000. The Lucien Bona
parties were provided for in the same
magnificent manner. Tho Mursts, how.
ever, were the most rapacious and insa-
table. 1t is calculated that they rcceiv-
ed about SIS 5,000,000 from the head OF
the house. Besides his relatives, Napo.
Icon was plundered by old agents and ac-
complies, and by hangers on and minis
ters In this the Fleurys and Persiguys
played a prominent part,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08

A daily talk between teacher and pr-
pills on some subject of general iniormo-
ton is suggested by the Chicago Teacher.
1t advises that FIVE, ten or fifteen minutes
be given to this tax every day, and
adds: The best time for such an exercise
is at the beginning of the afternoon session.
The scholars are apt to come in at that
time out of breath and excited with hard
play, not in a fit condition to commence
hard study at once. The teacher can take
all sorts OF subjects, or, if he choose, can
have regular series, Occasionally he
can tell or read story, or give the par
tieulars Of some fresh item of important
news that he has just been reading in the
newspapers"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08
STORE AND GOODS IN Bird.
pOpT FOR SALE

The store and gods formerly owned by =. p.
Fletcher, deceased, are for sale aud an opportan-
ity Ia now offered to purchase old and estab-
iished business, with the good will of customers
extending over period of fifty years. This is a
rare chance for some young man to 60 into bust
ness, and one that will not require a large cap
ital.
The store can DO rented or bought For terms and
particulars application must be made soon In
case the goods are not sold some party desirous
Of taking the business they will be closed out for
cash at cost. VIII sell at cost until au opportun-
ity as above preseIts
4stf GEO. c. CHAPMAN, Adm'r
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08

The scheme for tunnelling the English
Channel is not as chimerical as some peo-
pie may have supposed, Two companies
have been organized to do the work, one
in France and one in England. They
have the necessary capital and the govern
ment privileges they need, and are to be-
gin to bore at both ends. 1t is to be
hoped that they will make both ends meet
The material through which they expect
to bore is said to be, for the most part,
chalk. They thus expect to make their
mark with comparative case. The success
of this great work is only question OF
time, money, patient work, and engineer
ing skill. The tunnel will have to be
over thirty miles long, including the des'
cents at each end, and cannot be complot.
ed in less than dozen years.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08
Trouting.
ny ). Z. TRowBRIDGr.

With slender pole, and line, and reel,
And feather fly with sting OF steel,
Whipping the brooks down sunlit glades,
Wading the streams In woodland shades,
come to the trouter's paradise;
The flashing fins leap twice or thrice
Then idle on this great boulder lie
My crinkled line and colored fly,
While in the foam -Aecked, glossy pool
The shy trout lurk secure and cool.
A rock lined, wood-embosomed nook
Dim closter of the chanting brook!
A chamber within the channelled billie,
Where the cold crystal brims and spills,
Bv dark-browcd caverns blackly flows,
Falls from the cleft like crumbling snow,
And purls and FLASHES, breathing round
A soft, suffusing mist Of sound.
Under narrow belt Of sky
Great boulders in the torrent lie,
Huge stepping stones where Titans cross
Quaint broideries of vines and moss,
Of every loyeliest hue and shape,
With tangle ard braid and tassel drape
The beetljng rocks, and veil the ledge,
And trail long fringe from the cataracts edge
hundred rills Of nectar drip
From that Olympian beard and lip.
And, see, lar on IL Seeuls u IL
In every crevico along the cliff
Some wild plant grew: the eye discerns
An ivied castle feathery ferns
Moo from the frieze, and tuft the tall,
Dismantled turret and ruined wall.
Strange gusts from deeper solitudes
Watt pungent odors Of the woods.
The small, bee-haunted Eastwood blooms
Drop 10 the gorge their faint perfumes.
Here all the wildwood flowers encamp
That love the dimness and the damp.
High overhead the morning shines:
The glad breeze swings in tho singing pines,
Somewhere aloft in tho boughs is heard
The fne note Of the phebe-bird.
In the alders, dark with monday dews,
A re estless cat-bird darts and news
Dear world, let summer tourists range
Your great highways in quest Of change,
60 seek Niagara and the sea-
This little nook suftceth me
So wild. so fresh, solitary,
/ muse in its green sanctuary,
And breathe into my inmost sense
pure, sweet, thrilling influence.
bliss even innocent sport would stain
And dear old WaltOn's art rrotane
Here, lying beneath this leaning tree
On the soft bank, it seems to me
The winds that visit this lonely glen
should soothe the sous OF sorrowing men
The water over these ledges curled
Might e"ol the heart of feyered world
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08

Persons having inventions which
they wish to have patented, or desiring
information from the Patent Office
should consult +. A. LEHMAN, So
licitor of American and Foreign Pa
tents, Washington, d. c.
He makes no charge unless no sreures you
Patent send for a Circular. 1-9m
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08

Rowell's forthcoming Newspaper Di.
rectory" shows the failure of over
1000 newspapers in this country during
the past year, the loss to publishers, sub
scribers and advertisers amounting TO
over SS,0O000 the Republic, of New
York, alone losing half a million Among
those who went into the newspaper busi.
ness and lost heavily thereby were 2,5
merchants aud adventures, 3l5 school
teachers, ~ lawyers, 1 blacksmiihs, SO
plasterers, 10 farmers, 200 fanatics o,
various classes afflicted with literary
lesion, 100 ambitious but visionary young
men who drew upon their fathers, aud
thus suddenly exhausted large margins Of
the patcrnal capital, and six lottery men.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08

As an Illustration of the limitless num-
Der OF combinations wLich the three pri-
mary colors are capable Of, it may be in.
terestiDg to know that in the Gobeln
tapestry mandatory 2S,000 distinct
shadings Of yarn are employed, each one
distinguishable by tae practiced eye.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08
BUSINESS.

USINESS.
ID The Downer, Bolton 4 Allen mill will be
put In operation for saving custom logs at once,
the csatrol of the new proprietcrs. Bring In
your logs. The sash and door branch continued
with the mill will also receive a jog,
MARTIN Tt PPEk.
December 1874 40tf
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MRS. JACKSON. HAIRDREssER

vi North Pleasant street, Mddlebury. Vt.
Has constantly on hand, for sale, Hair Switches
Of various shades of color, to suit all customers.
She will pay the highest price for head hair and
combings. Custom work done with the utmost
promptness, and satisfaction guaranteed She has
also lately added to her facilities and is now pre-
pared to straighten eombings and to bring the
roots all together. 2m3
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II. SAYRE would inform the

Ls Butter makers of Middlebury and vicni-
ty, and especially his old customers that he will
pay cash for Prime Butter at Beckwith Co.'S
Mondays and Saturdays hereafter at the stand
formerly occupied by r. T. Bristol.
Middebury, May "a, 1915. lOtf
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\1EW HARNESS SHOP HAVE

~ opened new Harness shop, in ii. L. Shell
ions Block, over Pierce's tobacco store l am
prepared to do new work, coarse and fine, and re-
pairs of all kinds, promptly and in the best man
ner. Ny terms will be as easy us at any other
place. solicit the public patronage, and flatter
myself can suit my customers.
JOSEPH z. GAUDET.
Middlebury, Vt. March Is, 1875. marl6m3
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NOTICE

Having purchased the Saloon formerly kept by
Wm. II. Ellis, 1t is my intention to keepa
FIRST-cLASS BOARDING HOUSE.
Hot and cold meals at all hours, and all the lux
uries in their season. I hope TO merit the pat.
ronage of the public which solicit.
JASPER DUNN.
Middlebury, June l, 1874. IL
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08

One Of the chief products of Auckland
New Zealand, is Kauri gum, the semi
fossil resin Of Dammara auStraliS. 1t is
obtained in no other part of the world.
The resin is found at depth Of from two
to three feet from the surface, the depo.
sits extending over large area Of land
once covered by Kauri forests, but now
barren and almost unfit for cultivation
In these waste lands there is DO restric.
tion enforced by government as to the
right Of digging for the resin, and it is
calculated that in various parts of AucS-
land as many as two thousand men have
found employment at one time digging it
Up. This number, however, is now con.
siderably reduced, owing to the demand
for labor in other directions nevertheless,
as large quantities OF the resin are requir.
ed by varnish.makers in Great Britain
and elsewhere, the Maoris continue to
bring considerable quantity to market.
There is perfect rage now in Europe
in the establishment of secret societies to
counteract in part the numerous clerical
orders Of the Catholic Church, which are
absorbing the working classes by the
hundreds of thousands. The Church has
always fought, and is now fighting the
order Of Masons, which seems to flourish
under the opposition. Not long ago the
Odd Fellows we're introduced to the Con.
tinen', and have spread considerably.
But the Order Of Druids' seens to find
The most favor at present, and is spread
ing rapidly. 1t was first founded in Lon
den in 1881, and is now gaining a firm
footing in Germany, though only two
years old there, 1t publishes an organ
known as the Archdruid, and lodges have
been established in the principal cities OF
Germany. Their inaugural ceremonies
resemble those Of the Mssons.
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DAINTING.

have opened Paint shop over Lucia
Deweys carriage shop on Cross Street where,
having twenty years experience. will do any
thing in the line Of Carriage, Sign. and ornamen-
tai painting on short notice, in the best manner,
aud in modern style
ln3 GEO. W. NICHOLS.
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II should he glad TO accommodate
you" said 40 Iowa damsel, to whom
young Bostoniau had proposed "but am
partially engaged already. There's ma,
though, who's ouly thirty.dve, and wants
10 marry again, and | think she is just
now without an engagement. The young
man took the next train east.
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TnE PORTLAND AND OGDENsBUKG RAIL.
RoAD.-Wo arc informed that the rail-
read bridge across the Connecticut river
at Dalton, n. H., is under contract and
ihat work on it has already begun. The
bridge will be completed ct al early day
aud it is expected that trains will run
from Johnson, Vi, TO Portland, Me-, by
the first Of August. The road is doing a
paying business, and an extra train is tc
be put on about the first of June to ac,
commodate the Mount Mansfield trave
via st. Johnsbury and Wells river, unit
the completion of the Eastern Division o.
the p. and o. Railroad.
Nommodoro Vandarh;lt 10 81 vaars ola
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TOHN G. MANNEY, successor {

OHN z. VI AN n III IoucCtssOr OF
- James IL. Benson) Dealer in Teas, Col
fees, and other groceries, Pickles in bulk, Catsup,
Fruits fresh and canned, Spices, Porfumery, and
Fancy Goods, Tobacco, Pipes &c. lee Cream, So
ia and Saratoga water on draught. Parties sup
,ied With ice cream. ll-3m
ALIENS BLoCK, MiDDLEBURY, VI.
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Old Gent,-"What YOU do wear specs
for, boy?" Bootblaek-"Cos | puts
such a shiny shine on gentlemen's boots it
hurts me eyes"
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II S. PUTNAM would inform the
4 L speoplc of Middiebury and Addison County
that the old Cotton Mil is in full operation, and
that he is prepared 20 furnish carpet warp and
batting Of u superior quality ut the lowest cash
price.
Middlebury, Dec. l3, 1872. 39;u
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BOARDING.

BOARDING.
ID A limited number of ooardefs received,
and rates reasonable. Meals furnished TO order
and ice creams in their season. All appointments
are frst-class. ooms in Buttophs Block.
ISAAC GO0DR0
MIDDLEBURY, Nr. l0-3m
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Why must logic have legs ?-Becsuse
il stands to reason.
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JASON DAVENPORT, Fire 1nsur.
- ance Agent, will write policies in the Farm
era Mutual and other companies represented by
NJ. ]. Francisco in Rutland.
Also the Mutual Life Insurance Co. Of New
York Office at ]. L. Euttolph's Store. 49