Middletown transcript., 1877-08-18
BarieHes.

Very few lazy men ever climb the
ladder Of fame.
Lyme fur sail is the Inscription on
a sign in Burlington, Vermont
Sixty deaths from violence we're re-
ported in London during the week
ending July IA
The crop of wheat raised in Indiana
this year, is almost equal to any two
years since 1856.
The journeymen coopers in San
Francisco are about to form q Scoop
ers' Union"
Mr.. Walt Whitman's portrait is be-
ing painted by one of his admirers
young English artist.
Next years tuition in the Univer-
sity Of Mississippi viii be free. The
State appropriation is $4,000.
@Shadwell, /" the birthplace Of ThOs.
Jefferson, in Albemarle county, Va. is
advertised for sale.
Wheeling, w. Va proposes to start
an historical society, to resurreet and
preserve the history Of that city.
The Burlington County New Jer-
sey) Agricultural Society viii hold its
thirty-irst annual exhibition October
9th, 10th and 18th.
A Louisiana paper says, the crops
in that State, this year-corn, cane and .
cotton-wil probably be the largest
since the war,
A Texas paper reports that a Cali
fornian has lately moved II, 900 head
of sheep from the Golden State to Tom
Green county, Texas.
Thirteen steamships from Europe
arrived at Boston in July, being two
more than in any previous month be-
fore in the history of theport.
It is easier to find a score Of men
wise enough to discover the truth than
to find one intrepid enough, in the face
of all opposition, to stand up for the
same
The Bois de Boulogne is to be en-
larged by adding land between the en-
trance to the Bois and the Notifications
of the City of Paris, at the cost of
$8O,00O.s
P. H. Sheridan is the First Lieuten-
ant Of the Montour Light Infantry, Of
Danville. 1t is not Fighting Phil,
however, but another Sheridan, with
the same initials.
Right Hon. Lyon Playfair, c. B.,
FRS, LII. D., will sail in the White
Star line steamer Britannia, Aug. 2Sd,
for several months tour in the Uni
ted States.
The death is announced at Freiburg
of DR.. Alexander Won Frantzius, well
known to the scientific world through
his works on zoology, geography and
anthropology.
The Senate Of the University of
London have, by a considerable ma
jOrity, decided in favor Of admitting
women to degrees in the other facul-
ties as well as in the faculty Of medi-
cine.
The man who will stab at another's
by insinuation and dinuendo,
is far worse than a thief. Property
may be replaced. but character, once
lost, is all but irredeemable, and, as a
great writer has said, q word is enough
to ruin a man.
The Mercury, of Quebec, urges an
increased importation Of light and
cheap wines from France, saying that
Canada's climate calls for the popular
Use of some more suitable beverage
than is now within the reach Of the
-
Mrs. Viele, Christian woman, who
has labored acceptably among the poor
and sick of Albany, left that city last
week in company with Miss Fletcher,
niece of DIR. Clarke, the two ladies be
ing bound for missionary service in
Japan.
Government officials have establish
ID a number Of monuments on the
shores Of Salt Lake to indicate the rise
md fall of the water. The Nesus says
hat since the first settlement Of Utah
he waters of the lake have risen about
ourteen feet.
A head equal to the greatest events,
md heart superior to the strongest
are qualities which may be
so secretly that a mans next
ioor neighbor shall not discover them,
lntil some unforeseen occasion calls
hem forth.
Every disease weakens the digestive
organs; therefore, in all diseases, the
ood should be light and easy Of diges-
ion. A person with a broken leg
night as well attempt to walk, as for
me suffering with fever to undertake
0 eat the same food as though he were
n his usual health. Abstinence alone
viii often cure fever.