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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-06
4 Bank Tor Losiu"s.


On the chief lhorouglilirc OF His cit.
| often pass Il stately SociHgS BaHF
built of ireeStonc. and see group, of
working people going in 10 deposit
their hurd-calncd money. Some are
mechanics: some are Irish donrsiic-
some are poor widow, LAYING hy teN
dollars for their tilthcrlc-s children.
But on the same street the Tenpirr
has opened more than one Boni' Iof
LOSjngs. In some parl- of the city there
is one at nearly every corner. inalmo-i
every rural hamlet. TOO. there i II SIM
lar institution. New \ FORK eli! contains
-iX thousands ofthem.
In each of these Bank i0r l-o-in9> j.
II counter. on which old men aud Young.
and even some wrctchcd women. lal
down their deposits in either paper on
coin. The only interest that Is paid on
the deposit, i, in redne>, of eyes. and
toulnc.s of breath. and rcmorSc of con-
science. Every one who makes Il dc
posii gdinS 4 loss. One man goe~ into
the bank with Il full pocket. and comes
out empty. Another g0C, in viii "a good
character and cOmr- out with the word
d'Nak written on hi bloatcd cuulic-
nance. have even -uen mechanic
cnlcr in IL bran-neW coat. and come
away again IL il the mice had been nib
vnuny rlc,t IN lr,,c hi. ...i,,at;n,,, i.,.'
hind linn in one Of thr Devil. U,,.ls
E,,. Jnx;an< several nro.nor,u. t,.,},.
mon Lavn last ali fIei,. hnsinrss tl.r,,.
rburlh nan,hc,l hnvr hrcn lnov.o f.,
ra,.I o,n from tLnsn srdnrtivr hmm. 49,
tr,.in,r tn ,vall. .troioIt h,it L,rIs,;L,,,
nj every Sion. Whnt !, vor-l or Mi
thou.nnd- of neonlr go iu tl,rlp and In-r
thnir Immortal .hu).
II thn ro.hier. nt. those ir.,itn,i.,..
vc,c honc.t the, wn,lld rn- un ,Ir
Ionr .n,nr ~,cI, nniirn. ~ il,,is.
..nanL. fin. Io.inos Ono, ai .Al
hnurs \ofhin~ taliou IN hnt ,+,",I
mnmcv Volhino noid out Luf di.6r,,.,.
and d;snos, and dno,n,lotinu and .inntL
An rXfra Dividend nt Jrj;,Jy,, i.,,r,,,,
viii he .rivcn to old deno,ito,. fire.,
mas to J,e,,jriou "ivcu ia ,ho-n who
INV we'll nj the counter. also ti,kei, IN
i:,oon,,.onI ana othn,. co,netn,io. ,i.tit-
,;nt, hn Loid"r ~ ~ n D,a,'Il''.,Ts i.'I,.,.,
Ali thn ch;id,cn ~ dcno.;aors .c,,,' o'i,l,.
onf choran i-t' tn tho o,,,hon ,l,.lu,' ~. n.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-06
A Toothpick Adventure.

went down to Smyrna last week to
look at a horse. AS was riding along
the road with Maj Barry we passed d
couple of fields that were filed with
such wild, tangled confusion of bushes
that they resembled jungle.
That" said the Major, sis Mcrri-
hew's Toothpick Plantation
81 don't understand"
"You see, Mcrrihcw owned that farm,
and he got along well enough until one
day an idea struck him. lie came to
me and nc said, Barry, Eve got just
the biggest idea you ever heard of.
Barry says he, there are about eight
million menin this country, amt there?
Well, how many toothpicks does each
man Use in year? Say four a month
on an average that's about fifty year
apiece, or four hundred millions wear
for the whole nation. Now what Is the
best toothpick in the world? It's a
thorn - say two inches long, hard,
smooth, with sharp point, and not
likely to break. I've got bush full of
them on my place, and I'm going to
grow 'em, fill the whole farm with ,em,
introduce 'em to the trade, and make
my fortune
$50, sure enough, Merrihew went to
work and sowed about 175 acres in
those thorn bushes, and the next sum-
mer he had the awfullest crop of 'em
YOU ever saw. Filled the whole place.
When the thorns were grown Merri-
hew employed twenty men to pick 'em.
Ii took 'em about month at two dol
lars day for each man. That was one
thousand dollars. Then he got the
Ia In. 10
sent 'em up TO the city. After shining
around for five or six weeks, irving in
vain to sell EN-, a man offered him forty
dollars for the lot, and he accepted the
bid.
"The forty dollars just paid his board
bill and carried him home. Two davs
afterward the man had him arrested
for fraud, because the tOothpicks pois-
oned the mouths of his customers, and
the court made him refund the money
and pay the costs. by the time the
case was settled the thorn bushes had
grown so fast that an elephant clad in
sheet iron couldn't have made his way
through one of the fields and when
Merlihew got some of his friends tO
come out and advise him what 10 do,
they decided that il would cost more to
clear off the land than the property
was worth, and they counseled him ia
let ii alone. SO he did, and now he is
driving mule team for man in
Smyrna for dollar and half a dav,
and the toolhpick plantation is going to
seed. The very sight of toothpick
sets Merrihcw crazy, and it's no won'
der, is ity'
Any man who feels an interest in
toothpick culture can find good open.
ing down near Smyrna. Mcrrihew
wants 10 sell t. Max Adcler.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-06
1 Phrn.e Oi u Gnmhlcr,s Life

\ gambler in his confession SAYS:
81 once knew an eccentric gentleman
who, although not osteDsibly IL profess
ionai gambler, really made short cards
II business. lie was fond OF Il little
game of draw, just to kill time. YOU
know but the result was that he always
got the best of 1t, and, mingling with
the moneyed men, his winnings were
large. | got into series of games
with him, and as well as | understood
cards myself invariably got the worst
of it. | knew there was something
wrong, and, resolved to discover il il
possible. | carefully examined the backs
of the cards, and understanding how
this sort of work is done. | was soon
satisfied myself that the backs were all
right. watched his deal. He threw
them around with great rapidity. His
shufiling was square.
One day | procured powerful mag
nifying glass, and went carefully over n
pack that that he had won with the night
before. \ long and careful search re-
vcaled in the ace and face cards a Sc
ries of concayitics. The punches were
so slight rs To be Invisible Ia the naked
eye, but upon passing my finger over
incli, touIu lt'l liltlh. ~ gambler :
fingers are or ought to be soft rs velvet.
Subsequent Investigations revealed his
work. lie had on the inside of his lin
ger ring, minute punch.
In the beginning of game he would
manage to turn the faces of the aces and
face card, one Al time, so a to bring
them against his punch, and then one
mdention or two or three IN certain
locality would designate the cards. So
nice was his sense of touch that In deal
ing he would naturally pass the face of
each card over the end of the left mid
die finger, and, no matter how readily
he dealt them, he would know the po-
sition of all the face cards in the pack
OF course this gave him heavy advan-
tnge, and the result was he invariably
WOn."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-06
Bones of the Dead--TO what Base Uses
They are put.

Bones. new and old, wherever they
can be picked up, are put to a variety of
uses. The fresher kinds Of shank bones
are used for making the handles of
knives, forks and tooth-brushes. From
some gelatine In extracted. When not
serviceablc TOR these purposes, they are
crushed into powder for manure. Bone
dust Is worth from f5 to t5 los per ton.
Farmers buy ii In large quantities for
fertilizing their fields. The importation
of this convenient fertilizer from foreign
countries is immense. Stories are told
of battle fields being plundered for the
sake of the decaying bones ofthc soldiers
who had fallen. Researches for the
material bone dust are carried on upon
a large scale in the ancient cemeteries
and pyramids of Egypt. Long ago, when
the people OF that country mnmmified
the bodies of their relatives, and slowed
them tremendously away in cavcrns
they were not aware that they were only
preserving them for manure in distant
European island. A correspondent of
the Times, writing from Alexandria,
facetiously remarks:
Clancy mutton fattcncd on ancient
Egyptians! The other day, at Sakhara,
''N h''o Nh'iiVio putlhS uON IL ilOlii titc
mummy pits to the bank of the river,
laden with nets, in which were feinora,
tibiae and other bony bits of the human
form, some two hundred weight in each
net on each side of the camel. Among
the pits were people busily engaged in
searching out, sitting and sorting the
bones, which almost crusted the ground,
On inquiry ] learned that the cargoes
L.. L.. Il. a 4
be sent down to Alexandria, and thence
be shipped to English manure manufac.
turers. They make excellent manure,
am told, particularly for Swedes and
other turnips. The trade is brisk, and
has been going on for many years, and
may go. on for many more. 1t is {
strange fate to preserve ones skeleton
for thousands of years in order that they
may be fine Southdowns and Chcviots ii
distant land. But Egypt is always t
place of wonders. FL London Scientist
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-06
Admiral Farrasut nt Tea.

Would YOU like To know hnW | wa-
enabled 10 serve my country Ii wu>
all owing 10 a resolution formed when
| was ten Years of age. My father ";
sent down TO New Orleans with the lit
tie navy we then had, to look after the
treason of Burr. | accompanied him
as II cabin-boy. | had some qualities
which | thought made man of me.
could swear like an old salt: could drink
rs stiff a glass of grog as i'll had doubled
Cape Horn, and could smoke like n 10
comotive. | was great at cards, and
fond of gambling in every shape At
the close of dinner one dav. my father
turned everybody out of the cabin. lock-
ed the door, and said TO me. ''David,
what do YOU mean TO beI' II mean Ia
follow the sea-" 'Follow the sea YES.
be poor, miserable, drunken sailor be-
fore the mast. kicked and culled about
the world, and die in Il fever hospital in
a foreign cline" NO" / said. I'm
tread the quarterback, and command as
You do" ''No. David; no boy ever trcd
the quarterback with such principles as
you have, and such habits H. YOU eNhib-
It, You'll have to change your whole
course of life ifvou ever become a man.
My father left me and went on deck.
! was stunned by the rebuke. and over
whelmed with modification. ~ poor.
miserable, drunken sailor before tie
mast, kicked and cufled about the world,
and to die in some fever hospital!'
That's my fate, is il? I'll change my
life, change il at once; will never ut
ter another oath; l will never drink a
drop of intoxicating liquors; will ncv-
er gamble" And, as God is my Wit
ness, | have kept those three vows 10
this hour.
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woman's Temperance Column.
"1He lori IF Hosts IS riM ne, the COD
ofJacoJ IS oW rct1ge."
Rum and Law.

The following, from the Baptist IN
ion, will be of interest to. Middlcbufvs
readers, Mr.. C.. c. Lathrop being
graduate Of N1iddlcbury college, and
brothcr-in-law Of Mrs. e. n. Tildcn
and Miss Jane Nichols Of this place:
Civil war RACES all over the land.
One example may stand for every city
and town in the land. In Newark, y.
j., liquor sellers have long delicd tlie
laws. Recently Il Temperance Brother
hood has been prosecuting and inin9
them for selling Oh the Sabbath. The
weak yielded; the strong could afford
to pay the fine and keep their places
open. and did it. One large, fashion,
able place was defiant. The time to
renew license came: bank presidents,
lawyers. church members signed the
petition for thi- defiant saloon. The
application was made. backed by Il
powerful support. One man was found
brave enough to face the tlrong in OPP
position. Bro. G.. c. Lathrop argued
that man who dctied the law could
not he legally or safely licensed; that
to grant the request would invite anal-
clIv: thnt the integrity of all law i
involved in the question at issue. His
argument was cOgcnt. powerful. and
won. Then came meeting Of the
Brewers Association which controls
million. of capital. II was resolved
that. In retaliation OF the cndeavor of
G. G. Lathrop to close Waldcrman'> ~,i-
loon on the sabbath. they each and sew
orally bind themselves 10 cease trading
with the firm of Lathrop & Co.. OF
which MFR. G.. G. Lathrop is member.
and furthermore. that they will not
encourage by giving any work to amy
blacksmith, wagon-nakcr, ,coopcr.pluni-
Der. machinist or stcan-liitcr who trades
with the firm of Lathrop " Co.
The threat was immediately enforced.
and the business Of that noble man per-
fectly paralyzcd. Such i thc power of
the great Newark brewery. that Tie
people were afraid to buy OF Iatlrop n
Co. Worse treatment is also threat
encd, and very likely will be executed.
So it i. all over the country. The liquor
power Is in rebellion against law. order
and morals. 1t is war of barbari-m
against civilization; an attempt TO re-
verse the wheels of progrc~, and make
the people british and sensual, CiWi>-
tians must face the storm. and upprcs-
it. on il will desoatc the land.
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Australian Blacks.

The Rev. G. King, of Australia,
makes the following Interesting state
ment; "The Australian black has no
notion of Supreme Being. He knows
nothing Of moral Governor of the
world, nor has he any idea of moral
government in the universe. But he il
very superstitious, and timid at night,
and fears shadows. He has Il vague no.
ton of an evil spirit which he calls Gym
gar, and employs one of his tribe, who
acts as an cxorcist, to expel the shad-
owy enemy, and remove the curse which
they suppose to accompany the presence
of an unwelcome spirit. These blacks
also believe in the transmigratiation of
bodies, and often fancy some stranger
has the life and spirit of some departed
black friend, and treat him as brother.
They imagine that departed black fel-
low after burial rises from the grave,
and finds his way to small star, called
the emu STAR" which will be seen in
dark field near the Southern Cross
(CrUr AuStralis), and that the region
there abounds in kangaroos and cmus,
and oil kinds of game. And when ask
ed how he finds his way thither, the ma
tive raises his finger slowly up toward
the horizon, and asks you to look at the
Milky Way, and all the bright stars
there, and solcmnly AYERS that the chain
Of stars from the horizon to the emu"
Is Il spiritual ladder to conduct the de-
parted home. They are very acute OBJ
servers of nature, and might be styled
acute naturalists. They are naturally
truthful, but soon learn from Europeans
TO invent falsehood. They are also
gentle and hospitablc by nature, but
when injured very reveDgeful. They
are very active and enduring; and one
grand trait oftheir character Is gratitude
for benefits conferred on themselves or
their children. They are capable of
of much moral and intellectual improve
ment, and learn quickly To read, write,
and commit to memory. The girls,
when taught, work beautifully" On
referring the matter 10 Mr.. Dunkin, OF
the Royal Observatory, he says: "The
star alluded to by the Rev. G. King l.
evidently an unnamed star alluded to by
the late SIR John IIerschcl in the follow
ing words: After this il Ohe Milky
Way) Immediately expands into broad
and light mass, inclosing the stars n and
b Crucis and b Centauri, and extend
ing almost to q of the latter constella-
'i'h' ih tift VI tlils
surrounded by il on all sides, and occu-
pymg about half its breadth, occurs a
singular dark pear-shaped vacancy, so
conspicuous and remarkable as to attract
the notice of the most superficial gazer,
and to have acquired among the early
northern navigators the uncouth but OK
pressiye appellation of the coal-sack. In
this vacancy, which is about eight de-
| H.. l. Il A
only one very small star visible 10 the
naked eye occurs, though it is fur from
devoid of telescope stars, so that its
striking blackness is simply due TO the
effect of contrast with the brilliant
ground with which II is on all sides sur
rounded" | have no doubt whatever
but that this small unnamed star in the
'coal sack is the Emu star of the Aus.
tralian black. This small star Is almost
the sixth magnitude, or perhaps little
fainter"
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Old Leather Made into New, and How
it is Done.

On old used leather, says Scotch pa
per, there have been various schemes of
utilization. BY dissolving the leather
by steam and certain acids, il is possible
TO produce printing rollers for cotton fab
RIGS; but 1t seems preferable 10 cut the
leather in pieces, mix them with cc-
mcnting liquid, and then squeeze the
whole into mass ofdiftercnt thickness
es, according TO the process required.
such Us material for making up the soles
and heels of boots and shoes. With a
quantity of paste and the force of a
steam engine, shrcds are made to assume
the appearance of cakes of leather-tcch-
nically, pancakes or pasted stock-which
are largely used in the wholesale shoe
manufactures of Massachusetts. There
is another method in that country ofus-
ing up shavings and scraps of leather
These are ground to powder rcscm-
bling coarse snuff. and this powder is
then mixed with certain gums and 9th
er substances 50 thoroughly that the
whole mass becomes kind of melted
leather. In short time this dries Il lit
tie, and is rolled out to the desired thick
ness. perhaps one-twclith of an inch: il
is now quite solid. and is said to be ell
tirely waterproof. There are various
processes patented for melting down
leather waste and producing large sheets
of artificial leather, possessing water
proof qualities, but we have not space
to go into any account Of them.
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when she faltered, and broke down, in
tones scarcely audible. Wiping her
face and suppressing her sobs, she ad-
ded clearly and calmly, yet with tones
of conjunction,
"This elegant rose, had shaken |, less, &c.
The contagion had now reached every
one of her audience, and they sobbed as
she closed with labored emotion.
In no part of this exercise was there
any apparent affectation. II was read
as if 1t were living reality, and the
scene Il part of the drama of human life.
Surprised at this new and unexpected
version of this old familiar poem, 1t has
been remembered as an exhibition of
effective reading. There was not the
slightest anticipation of the enchant-
completely transfixed with the charm.
1t was Il gift, mainly natural but ac-
quired undoubtedly in part by the
teacher, to convulse an audience by her
own impressive eloquence. II Is a good
teacher who impresses himself lastingly
upon his scholars.
In due time the pupils of that class
succeeded to their desired vocation, in
spired with zeal before unfelt, each
one intuitively initiating their late teach
or as their model. In all their plans, In
their methods of teaching, especially as
reader, she was ever before them as their
polar star. This teacher, wherever she
taught, failed not to make an impression
upon her pupils that has been life-en-
during, but she was soon called away to
the spirit land. The little sonnet refer
ed to, is here subjoined. Although art
less and unpretending, it may perhaps
be read with interest
"The rose had bsen washoj, lately washed ia a
shower,
Which Mary to Anua conveyed;
The plentiful moisture oncumbe-ed the flower.
And weighed down its beautiful head.
"The cups were all filed, tie lea,,s were All wet,
Aud seemed to tanciful view,
To weep for the buds, 1t had left with regret
On the aourishing bush where 1t grew,
81 hastily seized II, unfit as 1t was
For q nosegay, so dripping and drowned;
Aud swinging 1t rudely, too rudely, alas!
1 snapped it,-it fell to the ground.
"And such, I exclaimed, Is the pitiless part
Some act by the delicate mind.
Regardless of wringing and breaking heart,
Already to sorrow resigned.
This elegant rose, had shaken IL less,
Might have bloomed with its owner HwhiIe.
And the tear that Is wiped with a little address,
May be followed perhaps by smile"
NORMAN CLARK.
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void RelinhIe.n

There are many reputed remedies for
that very prevalent disease, Chronic
Nasal C,.tarrh, hut none which have Civ
en- general satisfaction and become
standard preparations, except DIR. Sage S
Catarrh Remedy. IL continues to en-
joy an unprecedented popularity. This
reputation has been earned through the
permanent cures which il has wrought,
having proved itself specific in the
worst forms of the disease. Pierce's
Memorandum Books are given away al
drug-stores.
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FORESTS OF OREGON.-There are prob
ably no more valuable forests in the
world than those of Oregon. Washing
ton Territory and British Columbia
The yellow fir, which grows there to a
great height and mxuriancc. scarcely
has an equal for ship building. The
supply at present is very abundant and
accessible; but there is danger that
waste will change the pre- sent abundance
into scarcity before many years. The
rule is LET those who live latest have
their timber turthest." and in seeking
the best now. much that is really good
and valuable iS ruthlcssly destroyed.
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Old Mr.. Thorp went into the parlor
the other night at the witching hour of
quarter to twelve O'Clock, and found
his daughter and very dear friend,
one OF the dual form of garmenture va
riety, occupying the tete-a-tete In the
corner. "Evangeline," the old man
said sicrnly, "this Is scandalous."
"Yes, papa" she answered, ''it's can
dleless because times are so hard and
lights cost so much that Ferdinand and
said we We would try and along with
just the starlight" And the old gentle
man turned about in speechless amaze
ment and tried to walk out of the room
through a panel in the wall paper.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-06

EMERSON on THE CELTs.-The highest
American literary authority, Ralph
Waldo Emerson. in his essay on "Race,"
pays the following tribute to the ancient
but ever young and potential Celtic
race: ''It is the oldest race in the world
the Celtic. Where are the Greeks? !?
Where are the Etrurians? Where are
the Romans? But the Cclts or Sidon-
ides are an old family, of whose begin
ming there is no memory, and their end
is likely to he still more remote in the
future: for they have endurance and
productiveness. They planted Britain.
and gave to the sea and mountains
names which are poems, and initiate
the pure voices Of nature. They are ta-
vorably remembered in the old recorde
of Europe. They had no violent fcudal
tenure; but the husbandman owned
the land. They had an alphabet, astro-
nomy, pricsily culture, and a sublime
creed. They have hidden and precal'-
ious genius. They made the best popu-
lar literature of the Middle Ages in the
songs of Merlin, and the tender and
delicious mythology of Arthur
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\. g. R. ATWOOD,
Wholesale Dealers and Planters IN
PROVIDENCE RIVER 4 VIRGINIA
OY STE R =

10 Co nni-roial Street. Boston. i
We are selling large PROVIDENCE
RIVE RS fresh from their beds daily. at Sl.20
per gallon. solid, yIRGINIAs at 30 cts. per
gallon. Also. PROVIDENCE RIVER NATIVES
AND PLANTS In the she'll BY the tushel or
barrel. 80
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CONSTIPATION Is CURED

T LANNON'S DYES COLOR SILKS. WOOL
IL ems, eottous; color anything Druggists sell
them. book giving full and ex plict directions
will be sent to anyone by addressing Che proprie-
eors, wruts RnansRpsus a Co.. Burlington. VI
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Why is Berlin the most Incorporate
of all cities! Because il IS always on
the spree.
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II PHIN n Ely.
VI. Once more announces that otwithstand-
ipg his loss by the great hre--having had every
tb&Dg burned-he has been encouraged to open
subther shop. where be intends 10 keep good
assortment Of
HARNESSES, HORSE NETS,
WHIPS g. SUMMER LAP ROBES,
VACUUM e. MEATS FOOT OIL
y REPAsRIs6 done at short notice and on
aassnsbis terms.
SHOP, No. 2, sHELDON's DLOCK.
NtddlstuTy, June IL, 1916.