The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-05-13

AT the recent election IN Minneapolis,
where women voted, they wreathed the
balot.boxes With flowers to cover up the
Tobacco juice decorations of last year
Tho grave of Joseph Guibord, whom
they had such fuss about burying at
Montreal, q few months ago, already looks
neglected; it is depressed several inches,
as though the earth had settled after the
excavation had been filed in, and no
headstone or monument marks the epot.
Instead of tho six regular "resting
days" 10 each month recognized from
time immemorial, the Japanese govern.
ment has substituted four, corresponding
to The Christian Sunday, and they have
also adopted the old New England Gus.
tom Of considering the latter part of
Saturday as a time for rest or recreation.
A rural female beauty alighted from the
stage coach in front OF the American Ho.
tel, in Glens Falls, N. Y. the other day,
when q bit Of ribbon detached itself from
her bonnet, and fell into the bottom of the
coach. "You have left your bow behind"
said lady passenger mo amt, he's
gone ishin'," innocently replied the girl.
A little six-years.old boy went into the
country visiting. About the first thing
he got was bowl of bread and milk.
He tasted it, and hesitated q moment,
when his mother asked him if he didn't
like it. ayes. ma'am." he replied,
smacking his lips, II was only just wish.
ing our mlkman in Allentown would keep
cow"
A Santa Clara county (Cal) justice
decides that man carrying an umbrella
is bound to keep cut of the way Of people
who haven't any, and awards S299 dam.
nges to man who had his eye pretty
nearly ruined BY another mans sticking
the end Of his umbrella into it as they
were trying to pass each other, the um.
brella.bearor having helped bring about
the collision by turning out to the left.
The last manuscripts Of Voltaire have
fallen into the appreciative hands OF
Arsene Houssaye, who samples them for
tho Tribune. The thoughts are sceptical.
cynical, shrewd, here is one that, in his
day stung: "Inscription for print re.
presenting bcggars Rex fecit.'" And
here is the essence OF Voltaire 1--WE
must have religion without believing 10
priests, just as We must observe regl.
men without believing 10 physicians"
The completeness Of the Centennial
will fall short if the managers neglect to
provide representation Of new.fangled
country editor. Let's see-posed with one
foot on the neck Of the office boy, the
other On the treadie of worn.ont lob
press, his left hand holding receipt for
half bushel o turnips, the overwolke
brain OF his right arm vigorously plying
the band-saw on chunk Of editorial
ready set" matter. and the picture is
complete.--7urner' Fails Reporter.
The sinking Of the grave Of Capt.
Jack, the Modoc warrior, who was hanged
and buried near Fort Klamath, Oregon,
in 1873, created much speculation in that
neighborhood last summer. and, to set
all doubts "a; rest, The grave was opened,
lew days aga and nothing but an emp.
ty pine box was found It is believed
that the bodies o Capt. Jack and Of the
other Indian. hanged with him we're
brought Fast and embalmed, and
that they will soon be found in possession
OF Z Snowman.
Postmaster General Jewell has denied
the request OF the author of the De Souza
Cabral wedding hoax, that the letters
sent to Brazil by his victims be delivered
to him. Many pi these letters contained
stamps ior rcsGrn postage, aud photo.
graphs OF the writer's; all OF them begged
for something, from small sums of money
to sewing. machine and an independent
fortune. The clerks Of the dead letter
office enjoyed the reading of this beggar's
opera, and sent tie scorea back to the
composers
A curious suit has just been decided
at San Francisco Ncally six years ago
Prof. Thomas Price gave lecture iu that
city on eliminating Gases" and in
making one Of his own experiments an
explosion occurred, by which w. l.. Ur.
ton, one of the audience in the front
seats, lost his eye. He sued the professor
for s25 900 damages, and, after numer.
our postponements. the case has just been
tried, the jury awarding him $500 he
has also received the same sum from the
owners Of the hall in which the explosion
occurred.
a Missouri negro, who had pleaded
guilty Of murder in the second degree,
was recently sentenced to imprisonment
for ninety.nine years. The reason for
this was that under the law of that state
man sentenced to Imprisonment for life
may claim and get his discharge at the
end Of fifteen years, which was what the
court wanted to prevent. STILL under the
three fourths rule, good behavior sill re.
duce the ninety nine years to seventy.
four, and if the prisoner is Of the family
of Gen. Washineton's body servants, he
will live long enough to breathe the air
Of freedom once again.
A wealthy Chicago merchant being
i'll, tho other day, a clerk sent 10 the
house to get the number by which the
combination lock Of his safe was opened,
and received the reply "ls76." The
clerk labored oil it till he was tired out,
and then sent up again, receiving the
same reply. Finally, lie went to the
merchants house himself, and asked him
if he wasn't mistaken, Mistaken :" he
replied Docs this look as if | was
mistaken p and he showed the clerk his