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Middletown transcript., 1877-07-07
Selett Aoetrp.
The Master of the House

This is the master Who but be
lWhere did you think to hnd MN y
Here III the cradle. Come and see.
why, surely we have to mind him
Wait-you must be as still as death
He is sleeping now so sweetly.
One hasn't the right to draw ones breadth
Till be is awake completely.
should he want the weddin' ring from her hand
mo matter if he would lose it).
There is not LADY in all the land
Could have the heart to refuse it.
Should he choose to reach for crown, I say
ut ia gold, and be could not break it),
Why, is there king in the world to-day
Who would not let him take its2
What cardinal would not lend him his hat,
To give him minutes pleasure
And where is the good gray beard, as to that
Which be could not pull at leisure
......But here be is ! do you see his eyes
Now what do you want ? 1t may be
He will hear you, afler his first surprise.
There's nothing you want ofthe Baby
But every thing is his, you know
And no matter whose the rest is -
From the blue little bird that chirps so low
To the oak-tree where its nest is
II is only sgork that you want, indeed
Could you do the work Of twenty,
The Baby will give you all you need.
Ask him be has work in plenty
HRS. S. H. B. Plat, in HarPer's Bazaar.
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ENOUGH IN One BED. Immigration
to the State of Michigan was so great
during the years 1866 that every
public house was filed every night with
travellers wanting lodging. Every trav-
eler there at that time will remember
the difficulty of obtaining bed in the
hotels, even if he had two or three
strange bed fellows.
The Rev. Hosea Brown. Methodist
minister, stopped one night at one of
the hotels in Ann Harbor and inquired
if be could have a room and bed to
himself. The barkeeper told him be
could, unless they should be SO full as
to render it necessary to put another
man in bed with him. At an early
the reverend gentleman went to bis
room, locked the door and soon retired
to his bed and sunk into a comfortable
sleep.
Along toward midnight be was arOus-
ed from his slumbers BY loud knocking
at bis door.
"Hallo ! you. there r he cried,
ttwhat do you want, there now 2"-par-
ticular stress on the last word.
"You must take another lodger. sir,
with you, said the voice of the land
lord.
What! another yet ?"
"Why. yes ; there is only one in
here, is there not 2"
"One why here is Mr. Brown and
Methodist minister, and myself, already,
aud 1 should think that enough for cne
bed, even in Michigan"
Tho landlord seemed to think SO, too,
and left the trio to their repose Char
lOttesviUe Chronicle.
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The Mixed trains will be run subject 10 de-
lays incident 10 freight business. Trains will
stop only 81 stations where time is given.
Mixed Train north will stop at New Castle
only 10 leave Passengers from Stations south.
Smyrna Branch TTains-Additioual 10 those
above leave Smyrna for Clayton 10 45 m
and 45 pm. Leave Clayton for Smyrna 25
m, Q 40, and 10 m, 10 make eonnec-
ton with trains North and South) from
Clayton.
CONNECTIONS:
AtTownsend, with Queen Anne's aud Kent
Rail Road. At Clayton, with Maryland and
Delaware Rail Road At Harrington, with
Junction and Breakwater Rail Road. At Sea-
ford, with Dorchester and Delaware Rail Road
AtDelmar. with Eastern Shore Rail Road, and
WicomicU and Pocomoke Rail Road
dec. 2-tf d. F. KENNEY, Sup't.
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Anttdutes.

A BITTER LESSON FOR HER.-A dark
haired, slender young girl, with large
brown eyes and pleasant face, stood
at the prisoners dock in q New York
police court. She was neatly dressed,
though her attire was we'll worn, and
she stood with bowed head. while an
occasional sob shook her slender form.
Two other female prisoners stood in the
dock with her. The one on her right
was bold-fac woman, dressed in
cheap but gaudy 6nery, bedecked with
tawdry jewelry and evidently familiSr
with her surroundings. The other was
an old woman in dirty rags, which she
scarcely held upon her shoulders with
one thin and grimy hand Her eyes
were bleared and her face bruised and
bloated.
The Judge looked at the strangely
assorted trio. Then be said to the
weeping girl:
How is it that SO young a girl as you
should have come to this 7"
II did not intend to get drunk,
judge" said the girl 81 went to a
womau's house and we drank some beer
together, and somehow don'tremember
what happened after that until ! found
myself in the cell
"How old are you p
II am going on sixteen. sir"
Sixteen How do you like your
neighbOrs Look to your right: that
is your next step. 1t won't take very
long for you to reach that stage if you
continue as you have begun. Now.
look to your left that is nearly the
end of the downward path"
The young girl sObbed, but said moth
ing.
'You are young, resumed his hon
OIL. "This is your first Ofense I hope
it will be your last. You can 60"
The girl left the courtroom With
hanging head, but the woman on the
right laughed and the woman on the
left lesred as they waited for their turn.
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STocK WATER. How a reserve Of
stock water may be economically stored
up for use during drougbts. is an i'm
portaDt question for farmers throughout
the prairie region Of the West.
Two years ago last Summer, having.
with many others, suffered she inconve-
nience Of failure of the water supply
on my place, in consequence Of the long
continued drought, / dug a two hun
dred barrel cistern in my pasture few
feet from a ditch which crossed one
corner, eementing on the solid clay,
which formed the sides to within two
and a half feet Of the top, and bricking
the balance. / laid a wooden pipe from
near the top of the ditch to the cisterD,
and when the water was running the
following Spring, BY damming the ditch
below, it was filed with pure SNOW
water. The same process was repeated
last Spring, filing up what had beer
used out the previous Summer
For the last month my well has beer
nearly dry, and my house and barn els
terms both empty. Without this re-
serve supply, should have been in al
bad fix as are great many other peo
pie at this time. The water in thi
cistern, most of which has been in fo
two years, is now as pure. bright ant
sparkling as when it was first filled
It has been a wonder to me that far
mers in sections where reliable we'll
cannot be obtained, have not availe,
themselves Of this method Of storing u
water. There is no limit to the exten
to which such cisterns can be multiplied
furnishing reserve supply to fall bacI
upon when the ordinary supplies fail. :
o. C. Gibbs, an Prairie Farmer.
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A French bachelor. who is fond ol
children, declines to marry until be can
Be sure Of crowding all the true happi-
ness Of married life into one week.
His idea is to marry an heiress on Mon
day, bave son and heir on Tuesday,
see hi,n bsptissd on Wednesday. have
his mother-in-laW die on Thursday
take out letters of administration OF
Friday, bury the old lady on Saturday
and On Sunday take possession Of the
fortune.
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Aaritultural.
FeedIng Young calves.

As we have seen. fresh milk is the
best food for the young calf, and the
most natural method Of taking it is for
the calf to draw it from the udder Of its
mother. But there are many consider
ations that come in to prevent this ma
tural method among the 100000 dairy
men Of the United States. This natural
method is only practicable among the
breeders ofpure-blOoded and high-priced
stock and if such breeder of high-blood
is located in dairying district where
milk is valuable, it is quite unnecessary
that be should feed new milk longer
than two months. After that period
the calf may be fed upon the skim milk
and linseed or fax seed Cruel, with an
excellent chance of growing prize ami
NAL. In two months the calf will have
made an excellent start and be ready
for the modified diet. And if the calf
is to be taught to drink, it is better to
do this when ten days or two weeks
old. Il will learn easier at that age
than later, and the COW will give more
milk through the season than if the calf
is permitted to suck longer. The milk
being fed warm from the mother, the
calf will make a growth not perceptibly
different from one that sucks. This
blooded calf should have the free run of
a dry yard, with little hay or grass to
eat. that it may early develop its first
stomach and chew its cud A small
field of grass in Summer is still better.
When the time comes for feeding skim
milk, the ration may be made about as
nutritious as the new milk by adding to
it fax seed Cruel, made by boiling a
pint of fax seed and a pint of oil meal
in ten or twelve quarts Of water Mix
this in equal parts with skim milk, and
feed blood warm. Let the calf have its
fill twice per day, at regular times, un-
til six months old During this time
teach it to eat few oats, and in case
of tendency to scour, give, for a meal
or two, in the milk, a quart of coarse
wheat -four, sometimes called BY farm
ers, camel. It will be perceived that
the oil Of the fax seed will make good
ahe loss of the cfsam in the milk-in
fact it is ration as rich as milk itself !;
and we have seen calves raised upon it
quite the equal of calves running with
the dam. We have also used fax seed
and pea meal to make the Cruel to mix
With the skim milk, and it has proved
an excellent combination Cor. Ma
tional Live Stock Journal.
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geaister's Orders.
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGIsTER'S OFFICE.

hbGiO 1LR . UT HOE,
New Castle County, April 9th, 1877.
Upon the application Of SAMUEL \ WILSON,
Administrator of John A. MooDY, late Of
Peneader Hundred, in said County, decd,
it is ordered and directed by the Register that
the Administrator aforesaid, give notice of the
granting of Letters administration OF upon the
Estate Of the deceased, with the dale OF grant
ing thereof, By causing advertisements 70 be
posted within forty days from the date ofsueh
Letters, in six of the most publicp places of the
County o. New Castle, requiring all persons
having demands against the Estate to present
the same or abide an Act Of Assembly in such
case made and provided and also cause the
same te be inserted within the same period ia
the MIDDLETowN TRANscRIPT, a newspaper pub
lished in Middletown, and 10 be continued
therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal Of Office Of
-, the Register aforesaid, at New Castle,
Ills. in New Castle CouRty aforesaid, the
l-.-J day and year above written.
S. C. BIGGS, Register.
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THE SrRANGBR's SPEECH. At the
Chicago market. the other day, pale
faced, solemn man took of his bat,
smOothed back his hair. and said =
my friends, we know not how soon
We may fall by the wayside. We stand
here to-day next week we may sleep
with the dead feel that | have only
few more days to stay. and | wish
some Of you would lend me City cents,
so can get dish of baked beans. y
The crowd at once moved away.
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A cooper who was in need of hoop
poles beset man to furnish him with
some. "Where can ] get them 2"
questioned the man. Anywhere /;
steal'em if you can't do better" The
hoop poles were furnished and paid for,
when the cooper happened to inquire Of
the seller where be got them "Stole
'em. as you told me to. /" was the answer.
Where did you steal'em ?" Oh, up in
your woods. returned the man, jingling
his profits.
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REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
Norr Naztla Houpfv Max

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County, May 25th, 1877.
Upon the application Of Sereck F. Shallcross
and Jacob K Long, Administrators of George
Barnholt, late of ---, deceased, ii is
ordered and directed by the Register that the
Administrators aforesaid, give notice of grant
ing Letters of Administration upon the Estate
Of the deceased, with the date of granting
thereof, by causing advertisements to be post
ed within forty days from the date of such
Letters. in six of the most public places of the
county of New Castle requiring all persons
having demands against the estate 10 present
the same or abide by an Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided. And also cause
the same to be inserted within the same period
in the MIDDLETowN TRANscRIPT. a newspaper
published in Middletown, and to be continued
therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal Of
-, Office of the Register aforesaid, at
LIS. New Castle, in New Castle county
written.
S. C. BIGGS, Register.
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FAcEr1oUs AND GALLANT. WHO
is that lovely young girl ?" exclaimed
the witty Admiral Farragut to his
friend, President johnson, as they we're
walking arm in arm along Pennsylva-
MIA Avenue. That" said the Pres
ident, sis Miss Glass of Tennessee. !"
"Glass p reiterated the facetious old
sailor Il should often be intoxicated
should | put such a glass to my lips. "
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Down. Del Nav 7. ls

DUFAhi IVI'i MY v 4o'I'
Mr. s. W. Hope: In answer to your inqui-
~, "What do you think Of my Evaporated
Fruit2f answer that have for two years
seen aud used your eyaporated peaches, and
pronounce them decidedly the finest of any l
have seen, coming out in color almost, if not
quite as light as it went into the evaporator.
R. NJ. JONES.
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A GENTLEMAN coming 10 an inn in
Ohio. aud seeing the Ostler expert and
tractable about the horses, asked how
long be had lived there. aud what
countryman be was. .'Pm Yankee. .
said the fellow, 'und have lived sixteen
years here" Il wonder" replied the
gentleman, "that in SO long time, SO
clever fellow as you seem to be, have
not come to be master Of the inn your
self Aye" answered the Ostler,
but tn, landlord is yankee too"
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NnTInE-

All persons having claims against the Es-
tate Of lhe deceased mnst present the same,
duly attesied, to the Administrators on or
before April 9th, 1878, or abide the Act of
Assembly in such case made aud provided.
SAMUEL Y WILSON, Admir-.
Address-Newark, Del may 26, IN.
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REGISTERS ORDER,

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County. June sth. 1871.
Upon the application of Vim C Spruanee,
Executor Of Susan Thomas, late of Appoqnin-
mink Hundred, in said county, deceased, it
is ordered and directed by the Register that
the Executor aforesaid give notice of grant
ing Letters Testamentary upon the Estate Of
the deceased, with the date of granting there
Of by causing advertisements to be posted
within forty days from the date of such Let
ters, in six of the most public places of the
county of New Castle, requiring all persons
having demands against the estate to present
the same or abide by an Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided. And also cause
the same 10 be inserted Within the same Pc
rod in the MIDDLETowN TRANToRrPT, a news
paper published in Middletown, and TO be
continued therein two months.
. Given under my hand and Seal of
Office of the Register aforesaid, at
h'H. aforesaid, the day and year above
written. S. C. BIGGS,
Register.
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NEAR DOVER. Del. May 8. 1877.

NEAR DoNERs Del-l may O. 1911
Mr.. S. W. Hope. have visited several of
the fruit drying establishments, and can safe
ly say that your eEaporated fruit far sur
passes any have seen, both in color and fla
vor, and fully comes up TO all you claim for
il. j. HANSON.
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u TIE OLD
a ~ AND
.lsa2l.Sls..12aR.EIIARI,E. E

THE undersigned respectfully informs the
i citizens of Middletown and vicinity that
he is prepared with excellent Horses, Wagons
and Carts, to do ell kinds of HAULING at the
lowest rates Coal and Lumber hauled at
short notice and on the most reasonable terms.
Orders for baggage or otheH parcels left at
the Post Office will receive prompt attention.
Good Building Sand always on haud.
janl-77 W. W. WILSON.
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Rtaister's Orders.
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGIsTER's OFFICE,

hbGiO Eli , Vt
New Castle County, June 10th, 1871.
Upon the application Of Edward W. Lock-
wood, Administrator G. 7. a., of Edward A..
Miller, late of ST. Georges Hundred in said
county, deceased, il is ordered and directed
by the Register that the Administrator atore-
said, give notice of granting Of Letters OF
Administration G. T. A npon the Estate Of
the deceased, with the date Of granting there
Of, by causing advertisements to be posted
within forty days from the date Of such Let
ters, in six of The most public places of the
county of New Castle, requiring all persons
having demands against the Estate, to pre-
sent the same or abide by an Act Of Assembly
in such case made and provided. And also
cause the same to be inserted within the same
period in the MDDLETowN TRANscRIPT a news
paper published in Middletown, and 10 be
continued therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal oI
-, Office of the Register aforesaid, al
LIS. New Castle, in New Castle county,
t-~) aforesaid, the day and year above
written.
S. c. BIGGS, Register
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S. c. BIGGs, Register
NnTICE.

ALL persons having claims against the
Estate Of the deceased, mHst pre- sent the same
duly attested 10 The Administrator on or before
the 18th day of June, 1878, or abide the Act
of Assembly in such case made and provided.
EDWARD W LOCKWOOD,
Administrator, O. T. A
Address-MIDDLETowN, DEL. june26
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For Rent.

The House, in Middletowu, on Crawford
Street, now occupied by Mrs. Sophia Miller.
Possession can be given at short notice.
ED. W LOCKWOOD,
June 26-H Administrator, &c.
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NOTICE

All persons having claims against the Es-
tate of the deceased, must present the same
duly attesled to the Executor on or before the
9Th day of June, 1878, or abide. the Act ol
Assembly in such case made and provided.
WILLIAM G. SPRUANCE, Executor.
Address-Wilmington, Del. jel9-2m
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nnrrn Nav Q 1877

Dover, May 8, 1877.
Mr.. s. W. Hope In reference to your Dryer
must say that the fruit from it is as han /
some as any one can wish, and don't think
the quality can be disputed by any thing
have seen in the shape of dryer.
JAMES H. TODD.
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AT DOVER.
On WEDNESDAY, MAY %, 1877.

On WEDNESDAY, MA Z 70, 1911. /.
This dryer was invented for the purpose Of
saving a part of my own crop of peaches in
1875. Thousands of baskets Of fruit had
rotted in my orchard The Smocks and Late
White peaches were ready to dry when be-
gan, yet the peaches dried after that with
common stove without crate bars, sold for
two hundred dollars. I improved the dryer
greatly in 1876 and this year, and claim that
Il will dry fruits and vegetables SO that they
will be nearly as light and rich in color when
they are dry as when put fresh in the evapor-
ator. That which darkens more fruit than
all else, is the vapor that is thrown of in
drying, and remains in the dryer until it
passes through all the fruit in the way to the
outlet.
NY invention by the use of tubes takes the
greater part Of that moisture out Of the main
chamber without its passing through the
fruit, and also supplies DRY HEAT to every FIVE
trays continually, thus retaining the natural
color OF the fruit by quick drying. When
the fruit is nearly dry it is slid into mllder
heat in the finishing chamber.
The following certificates show what is
thought by those who have seen the fruit for
two years:
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REGISTERS ORDER.

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County, April 25th, 1877
Upon the application of THOMAS T. ENos,
Administrator of CHARLOTTE PHILLIPS late of
St. Georges Hundred in said County, decd,
ii is ordered and directed by the Register that
the Administrator aforesaid, give notice of
granting of Letters sofAdministration upon the
Estate Of the deceased, with the date of grant
ing thereof by causing advertisements to be
posted within forty days from the date of such
Letters, in six Of the most public places in the
County Of New Castle requiring all persons
having demands against the Estate, 10 present
the same or abide by an Act Of Assembly in
such case made and provided; and also cause
the same to be inserted within the same period
in the M1DDLETowN TRANSCRIPT a newspaper
published in Middletown, and to be continued
therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal of Office of
-, the Register aforesaid, |, at New Castle,
LIS in New Castle County, aforesaid, the
~ day and year above written.
S. G. BIGGS, Register.
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Nnr1nE1

NO1lOE
All persons having claims against the Es-
tate of the deceased, must present the same
duly attested to the Administrator, on or be-
fore the 25th day of May, 1878, or abide the
Act of Assembly in such case made and pro-
yided. SERECK F. SHALLCR0SS,
JACOB K. LONG,
Administrators.
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DOVER HUNDRED, May 9, 1871

DUVEH IIUNUhHDI HuJ . TOT
Mr.. s. W. Hope: The peaches dried by
your Evaporator are the best and brightest
ever saw The apples and pears you dried
for me are certainly handsome.
CHAS. G. BABBITT.