The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-23
NE US ITEMS.

Charles Orion, brother of the Itch
borne claimant, was recently an applicant for
relief from the Lambeth (London) poor-box.
The expansion Of the immen'e body of
ice on Cayuga IN. W lake is upheaving the
stones and soil Of the shores to an additional hight
Of several feet.
An idiotic M~ilwaukoean deposited $27S
in n coal-bin TO keep ii from the robbers. and the
servant girl deposited It in the stove with n hod-
full of coal.
A Keene's Station IN. W man fell
dead upon hearing Of tho failure Of bank here
he had deposited $500, and his wife also died
from tho same cause combined with the loss of
her husband.
A man in a Paris hospital was lately
transformed into a goat, screaming for grass and
butting with his head, by means Of TRANSMISSION of
blood from ono Of those animals. That il, n cor
respondent of tho Graphic says so.
There is a crazy German at st Louis,
who used to be an attendant on the California
philanthropist, James Lick, a part Of his duties
being TO rub the invalid with bare hands. and his
insanity is attributed TO n loss Of vital forces dur
ing tho process.
Holiday has lost a suit to recover
money which n party agreed to pay him ms CON
sideration for locating the Oregon and California
railroad over a certain route, in preference to
an ~ 'n'r'eI hnu iess expensive route Inc
policy.
George Finlay, correspondent of the
London Times. Mt Athens. md prol,ablv tho last
survivor of that small band Of enthusiasts who
wont ont 10 Urceco 70 ;o;n Lord Rvron and Tho
philhellenes, and who remained stanch supporters
of the Greek cause whom success was almost hope
loss, hos just died.
A Young woman in Troy pointcd at
her head n nistol tbot was supnosod n bo un,ood.
cd. md was about To mil tbe tricgor ,sbon q
sister told hor that she was setting n bad oxomnIe
for tho Younger children. Tborcnnon sbc no;ntcd
tme weapon away, ana urea IT, sending n bullet
.,s
n farksvllle IN. " GlIl Is IN an I'M
pleasant predicamcnt. Whilo she was combinr
hcr hair in trout of q looking-glass, tho other day,
her older sister called her attention to something,
whom sho turned hor head around suddenly, and
displaced some cord, so that her head has since
remained almost in the same position.
A young Frenchman has discovered a
plan by which potatoes can be had fresh from the
roots, the year round, as VIC have them in ,July-
new potatoos-and this, despite frosts and without
hot-bcds or compost, In winter, thoy must of
| course be subjected to n subtcrranean arrangement,
similar to that given to truGlcs.
n ftolIFornto ,,r,, -. - -,oD r.
" yu'J i" =" i'Oon' casc VI
of "tho law of human nature" That n husband
may shoot tho sciuccr of his wife. They refused
to intcrpose the subterfugo of insanity. This was
the case Of Mugbridge, tho photographers, who
shot Henry Larkyns, an adventuror of gentle
English blood.
Georro Tro,l h,s ,holo,oio adua.
:, II ~ " " ""o'os"'o uun'ici
n, NJ - :. Inoevcr, WHO wants TO Know I'm the
of the translated reformer, and carry on to victory
d cHuse which nas pcch gwen not IN vain the life
"ofH anu sPlrl,uai essence oil such n moral hero
10 uooSo tinsH why NOT NY on Inc garment
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A French natont has rooor,Ir h.,o,
,ohon -. c. ,Ltts...a.:. , -
,r;no intas,inos 'nusp' Pin W ''"engr from
,hanso = soaLod ~ ,,it' 81 ,; mau" o.n' iaeInres
,hon naoh oaJ I'" a1I " IN ""'l1 'c"l IIesn'
a paste made of starch and white of egg. The
substance thus formed is to be used for glove
making, etc; tho material may also be tanned or
eurrieu'
The Birmingham News Ind flll verha.
tim renorts NJ Rri,b,s snoecb e.r;,oo, ,ho to-.
bv the timo the rrcot audience wI;ch hoord \,
ware nourine out Of no baii p-;alt ,raa Ill. :"
cd NV other sneoLors ,ybo ncornioS5 h.I h h'
and IN tha ;ntcrroI ,ba Ias, ,or1is os,hn -, -
no, .oees naa pee peen written out and put IN typo, and
tho n r f"' " i'''' ""' " -
An enterprlslng editor IN an Indiana
town carried a copy of his paper with him to n
meeting in tho Presbyterian church, the other
evening, and, by consent of tho pastor, who did
not understand his purpose. read an editorial al
vocating tho taxation of church property, and
proceeded to comment thereon. lie was brought
very GOOD advertisemont s"' ms newspaper"
n curious lawsuit Is soon 10 be tried at
Milford, Pa. In 1856 C, L. Seymour bet several
hundred acres of land with A, Westfill that Ere
mont would be elected president; losing. he made
over the land to the lattor. Lately valuable
auarries of blue-s;ono have bccn discovered nm tho
land, and now Seymour has brought suit 10 re-.
cover it, on tho ground that tho whole transaction
of 1856 was illegal, the laws of Pennsylvania pro-
-,
Inc last delegation mat PAID their
respects to Rink kalakaua, before no loft San
Francisco for home, was from the temperance
societios. The king told them that he was once
n member of the Good Tomplar association in the
Hawaiian islands, but humanity is weak, You
know, he said, 'and | don't know how they con-
slider my case now" Tho king and Gov. Kapena
were initiated into tho ancient order Of Forcsters,
before they left.
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a Detroit gentleman walking behind
two school children, the other day, hoard tho boy
shall bo there answered the miss, "but | NAV
as well tell you now that your love is hopeless.
Mamma is determined, father is set, and it isn't
right for me to encouraged your attention. | can
DO n sister to you, but nothing moro. Therefore
you needn't buy mo any valentine or give me any
more gum
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MI Nent' d leslueht OF hocnester, ~.
T., heard his door-bell ring, and, going out quick
ly, found a baby on the steps and a man running
around the corner. lie chased the man, collared
him after a long race, and discovered him to be
DR.. Elijah l.. Wood, n well-known young physi-
clan of that city. Wood had been paid $50 by
the mother of the baby to rid hor Of it in this
had just lost a little child, and so sho hoped he
might welcome this one in its stead.
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Inc curious Water-stones, as they are
called, found at B~cechworth, in the northern part
of the Australian colony of Victoria, arc dcscrib-
ed in the last number of tho published transac-
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