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Girls and Young Men.

There is thing of which ! want TO
speak, and that is the behavior of girls
toward young men who are not lovers
but simply friends. Let me tell you
plainly that our sex were not meant to
be wooers. The custom prevalent
among a certain class of young ladies
Of asking, directly or indirectly the at
tention of young gentlemen, is not an
admirable custom. "My son" said a
lady to me not long since, sis much
prejudiced against young girl whom
admire, because she Is constantly send
ing him notes inviting him to be her
escort here and there and, planning to
have him with her." A modest and
dignified reserve, which is neither pru-
dent nor affectation, should distinguish
your manner to gentlemen. Too great
familiarity and too evident pleasure in
the society of young men are errors in
to which no delicate and pure minded
girl should fall.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

The Emperor of Brazil had very
narrow escape recently. He was stand
ing on the track at Kings Bridge,
Dublin, waiting for the train which
would take him to Killarney. He did not
happen to be watching the movements
of the locomotives and suddenly his
imperial majesty was struck by a train
of thought which caused him to recol-
lect that he had ten minutes to spare.
He quickly inquired of those about him
whether there was any place he could
see in that time. The royal hospital
was suggested, and the emperor started
off and dashed through the building in
few minutes. He returned after this
crowning feat just in time to take his
place in the train. He therefore mar
rowly escaped losing the train.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

The editor of the Madras Times, a
member of the relief committee, writes
August l. "The population in South
ern India more or less affected by the
famine numbers 100000. In the
most favorable circumstances. at least
one. sixth of the people will die. The
famine here is immeasurably greater
than was that in Bengal. In Madras,
no camp OF 5000 rises morning after
morning without leaving 80 corpses.
In the interior the distress is the most
fearful. One gentleman passing down
a valley in the Wynaad district counted
29 dead bodies on the road. A coffee
planter seeking shelter in hut found
six decomposed bodies in it. Every
day mothers are seen in the streets OF
Madras Offering children for sale while
the founding portion of poor houses
are full Of infants found by the police
on the roads deserted. Since the FAM
inc commenced 100000 people have
died of want and distress. The first
big tragedy may be expected in Mysore
province. Two cases of cannibalism
are already reported
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

How THE FUNNY MAN SEES IT.-The
circus is coming again, and once more
we will have the pleasure of witnessing
the cheerful spectacle Of seven church
members taking one little two-year-old
child "to see the animals" 81 don't go
in to the circus department" said good
deacon, after the last moral show was
here, "but dropped in to look around
the menagerie few moments with my
little grandson; and do think that the
man who tied his legs in bow knot
round his neck, and then crawled
through the hoop, was alone worth the
price fadmission."-Burlington Hawk
eve.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14
"Not at Home.,

'I never" says a lady, "sent that
message to the door but once. and for
that once shall not forgive myself. 1t
was more than three years ago. and
when / told my servant to say Not at
Home TO whosoever might call, except
ii was some intimate friend, | felt my
cheeks tingle and the girls look of sur
prise mortified me exceedingly. But
she went about her duties and | about
mine, sometimes pleased that | had
adopted convenient fashion by which
| could secure to myself quiet, some
times painfully smitten with the re-
proaches conscience Thus the day
wore away, and when Mr.. Lee came
home he astonished me with the news
that very intimate friend was dead"
"It cannot be-" was the reply, "fol
she exacted ofme q solemn promise thai
would alone sit by her dying pillow
as she had something of great importan
ce TO reveal to me. You must be misin
formed; no one has been for me-
Here, suddenly, a horrible suspicion
crossed my mind.
"She sent for you, but you were no
at home," said Mr.. Lee innocentlv
then he continued: 81 am sorry fol
Charles her husband: he thinks hei
distress was much aggravated by YOU
absence from the fact that she callet
your name piteously. He would hav,
sought you but your servant said sh,
did not know where you had gone.
am sorry. you must have gone longe
than usual, for Charles sent servan
over here three times.
81 never i'll all my life experienced
such a loathing of myself such ute
humiliation. My servant had gone fur
ther than | in adding falsehood to false
hood, and had placed it out of m
power to reprove her, by my own equiv
ocation. felt humble to the very dust
and the next day | resolved over tn
cold clay of my friend that woul,
never again under any circumstances
say mot at home.''
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Only a Tramp.
sHANDr MAGUIRE.

"He was only tramp" said the papers,
When telling the news of the day,
Ofhow poor man was discovered
Just breathing his last by the way,
And this was the epitaph written,
And scarcely his spirit had he'd
Till many around him gathered
To morally gaze on the dead.
Messieurs let us pause and consider
Right here oer his mortal remains,
clue we, perchance, may discover,
Rewarding us all for our pains,
. trom whence he had come, and bound whithe
His birthplace and name to denote
What's this? All, Messieurs tits letter
Concealed in the breast Of his coat,
Wen read-"My dear husband, this letter
| write you, hoping twill be
Another strong link In loves fetter
That binds you so closely to me;
My hearts dearest throb ofafiection
send to you, darling and pray
Kind heaven for health and protection,
And speedy success on your way.
Our children are peacefully sleeping
| many times bless them for you,
But Freddie Is ailing from weeping,
And baby is troublesome too.
Yet, cheerfully, darling, labor
Till you some employment secure,
Pm helped by kind hearted neighbor,
Who feels for the friendless and poor.
This morning our Jenny came sprightly
To kiss me; she whispered me, Ma,
Sweet angels converse with me nightly
And give me good tidings of pa
God favor my little romancer
With virtuous dreams all her life
Impatienty waiting your answer,
Your faithful, affectionate wife"
Then silently stood each spectator
Their eyes oerfowing with tears,
Their lips-where the name of Creator
Had never been mentioned for years
Were now breathing prayers ofpity
To God with an earnest desire
For those in q far distant city,
Deprived Of husband and sire.
The tale can be told by hatletter-
Denied of employment at home,
His starving condition to better
Away DER the land he did roam,
Repulsed by continued denials
He came to seek rest on this sod,
At last there's an end to his trials,
He rests with merciful God.
And "only tramp" said the papers,
When telling the news of the day,
Of how poor man was discovered
just breathing his last by the way,
And thus was the epitaph written,
And scarcely that letter was read
Till many Samaritans gathered,
To pay the rites of the dead.
-Dundalk Paper
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That old orthodox hymn, much used

That old orthodox hymn, much used
at prayer meeting and camp-meetings,
file filled OsS with blood has oen If iUSeiSt receSed
severe criticism from unorthodox sour
ces, but now the Chicago Advance
gives this utterance to its repugnance
to the sentiment of the hymn: 1T is
mere doggerel, utterly unworthy of the
theme; and that rolling over and over
the one bold materialistic conception OF
a visible streaming fountain of visible
blood is not good for the mind of a
child or adults, in fact, decidedly
harmful.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14
Woman's Temperance Column,
ON THE RIGHT ROAD AT LAST.

After finishing my duties at the Office
! have been in the habit of stepping in.
TO lager beer saloon near by TO in.
dulge in couple of glasses of thai
"mild beverage" as then thought it
ere l took myself TO bed. For some
time past had noticed young mar
ordinarily seated at particular table
What first attracted my attention wai
the inordidate quantity of strong liquor
which he drank, and still he did no
seem to become intoxicated while | re
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

To DANISH RATs.-Rats can be BAN
ished by covering the floor near the raj
hole with Il thin layer of moist caustic
potash. when the rats walk on this Il
makes their feet sore. These they lick
with their tongues, which make theiI
mouth sore, and the resalt is that they
not only shun this locality, but appear
to tell all the neighboring rats about it
and eventually the house Is entirly aban'
doned by them.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

The public can place the most explic-
it confidence in MIR. ID. f. Beatty, OF
Washington, New Jersey, who manu-
factures and sells his Justly celebrated
pianos and organs. Certificates from
the officials and prominent men OF
his own city, commercial reports and
testimonials from thousands who have
dealt with him, all verify the statement.
See his advertisement. 2l
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14
TRAINS LEAVE MIDDLEBuRY.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
MAILS ARRIVE.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, BY

MAILS ARRIVE.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
wall and Bridport, s:OoA. NJ
WAY mail from north $50 A. NJ.
New York Rutland and Albany, 1880 A. NJ
New York 81 ls and o 90 p. M
Way mail from SOUTH 3:45P NJ
MAILS CLOSE.
Way mail going south, $3.50 A. NJ.
WAY mail going north 3:OOP. NJ.
For Ripton, Granville, Hancock East
Middlebury, Cornwall, West Corn
wall and Bridport, 3:l5PM
Closed mail for Boston and Rutland, o 80 2. NJ
Closed mail for New York and Albany, 7 As p NJ
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

"Say, MASTER" said small boy to one
of the assistants at the Boston public
libary, 81 can't find the books want to
git into these here catalogue. | wish
yer'd find i'm for me-" "What work dc
you wish to draw paternally inquired
the official. "Weil, hev yer got Multi
gan the Masher, or the Cory Galoot OF
Galteesl" The man shook his head
swell, I'd like Red Headed Ralpo, oil
the ranger of the Roaring Riato.'" "We
don't keep any of that kind of trash my,
boy" "Wot sort of library is this, any.
way" retorted the gamin; "wy, it,:
just like everythin' else in this country
run for the rich, an the poor WORK
ingman gifts no show at all"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

That dog of yourn flew at me this
morning and bit me OIL the leg, and
notify you that l intend to shoot it the
first time | see it," "The dog is not
mad" "Mad? know he is not mad
What has he got to be mad about? It's
me that's madw
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

Artist (who asked the great art-critic
Growler really candid opinion of his
picture): But, hang 1t, according 10
you it's all beastly, I suppose the cows
beastly, tooW Growler; "Unfortu-
nately, no; that's what they ought to
be"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

Brigham Young tried hard to make a
successor to himself out of Brigham ,Jr.
He sent him to Europe and raised him
to the highest dignity in the Mormon
Church there; but there was nothing OF
him except his name. He is the pic
ture of Jim Fisk in everything but
brain. While he was in England his
aping of the aristocracy was very costly
to the Mormons. He travelled in prin-
cely style and kept up one suinptuous
repast. On one occasion he drove into
Hyde Park with an outfit beyond that
allowed to any person out of the royal
house, for which he was heavily fined.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

A novel libel suit was brought in
England recently. A man who didn't
like his neighbor sowed mustard and
wattr-cresses on his own ground in such
a way that when they grew the words
Whitehead is scamp were seen.
The court decided the act to be libelous,
and that vegetables-had no right to
grow in that style
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

A judge joking young lawyer, said =:
''lf you and were turned into horse
and ass, which would you perfer to be?'
"The ass, to be sure" replied the lawyer.
''rve heard an ass being made Judge
but horse never
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14
| TATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

IATF NUhMA SCIOUL,
- CASTLETON, VT.
WALTER Il. WARD. PRINcIPAL.
Fall term commences August 3 |. Spring term
commences Februarys 1877.
81 Each town is entitled to one free scholar
ship.
Address the Principal. 17m9
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GIDEON 4. CLARK,

VI ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1872 LaSalle st. Room SO,
Residence South Chicagol CHICAGO, ILL.
MONEY LOANED for eastern parties on first
mortgage security on improved real estate in and
near Chicago and South Chicago at rates netting
ton per cent. per annum to the lenders.
Reference by permission to Messrs. Stewart 4
Eldredge, Middlebury, Vt.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

JASON DAVENPORT, Fire lnsur-
~ ance Agent, will write policies in the Farm
ers' Mutual and other companies represented by
M. ]. Francisco in Rutland.
Also the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New
York. Office at j. L. Buttolph'sStore. 49
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14
School Teachers I

your salary by devoting very small portion OF
your leasure time 10 my interest. do not expect
you 70 canvass for my celebrated Beatty Pianos
and Organs unless you see dt TO; but the service
require Of you Is both pleasant and profitable.
Full particulars nee. Address, DANIEL II.
BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

~ W. JUDD, Manufacturer and deal
aLs or in all kinds of American and Foreign
Marble, Granite Work. &c. With Old Middle
hurry Marble Co. ltf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

~ W. GOODELL Il CO.-HOUSE,
W. Carriage and Furniture Painters and
Grainers. Place of business James Donahue's
shop, opposite the School House, Middlebury, VI.
Middlebury, July %, 1871 l6tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

SNTEV EMS USE.
~ VERGENNES, VT.
S. $. q A l N f. S, PROPRIETOR.
Carriage to and from depot. Good Livery con-
nected with the House.
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CTATE NORMAL SCHOOL, RAN
~ DOLPH, VT. ABEL +. LEAvENwoRTH, A.
NJ Principal Eighty one scholarships. Fall
Term opens fourth Tuesday in August. Spring
Term opens second Tuesday in February. Send
Tor catalogue. 44yl
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TAMES NJ. SLADE, ATTORNEY
y AND COUSELLOR AT LAW, and solicitor
and master in chancery. Office in Brewster's
Block, Mddlebury, VT
Mddlebury, Vt, April 2. 1877.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

A DDISON HOUSE LIVERY STA
ABLE. ID. Rider, Proprietor. First class turn
outs furnished on short notice. Prices reasonable.
Middlebury, Vt. 5u
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BUSINESS CARDS.

II s; CH AND AN D Err, PENSION
increase cheaply. Address him. with stamp, at
Ripton, VT.
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{, A. STURTEVANT,
kLs Attorney at law. Office over Clay's store
in the new block.
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DAYTON, Ohio, May II, l>7.
MY DEAR FRIEND First let me say. "God
bless YOU, my more than ilicnd-my henciacior1
Since | last saw YOU have kept my pledge oftotal
abstinence, and need add, am now convinced
that have done so solely through the goodnsss
and gracc OF Almighty Cod These words NAV,
and doubtless VIII, surprise you- Wei, Imay say
they surprise me a. well. | know not why, lut
seem 10 have forgotten that | ever was an infdol
in thought on word. surely thi- Is Cod work,
not mine. have thought many times since leii
YOU of our argument over moderate drinking"
You may remember that ga man Who cauld not
stop without pledge, had but liltle manhood iu
him" Aud later, that 81 knew had hec'uc
dinkal,l, hui was not ready 10 surrender iNN
mainly independence 10y signing q pledge"
have changed my mind since then. ! can ncH ~.
allie that 81 have escaped nom slavery hv .itu-
ing the pledge and am now free; and oh. how
happy | repeat 'tsod bless You lur you Kind
words aud good advice / am already pleasant
| ~ and permanently located in business, and have
| a prospect already of being promoted 10 hettfT
position ON the editorial stan OF the paper. au
/ rcconciled 10 old friends cor whom cared murh
am healthy, happy ana hopeinl-hepeml oi my
you, am about TO Join the church, and hope, by a
life OF future usefulness, 10 atone IN measure for
the follies and errors Of the past. Write L. me
often, my brother" may say p and believe me
Your ever grateful hiemd, D. Il. ".
Reader, what argument have yon 20
offer against the logic contained i'm The
above liie-slSetchF Are YOU any strong
er than was my well-meaning. kind
hearted chance acquaintance? Do YOU
still sickle for you ''libcrty" to drink,
and perchance become a drunkard? ?
Take warning in time. Stop drinking
Stop while you can, ere il is too late.
Place no reliance in your own weak ma
ture, but appeal TO the Master. Ask
for aid from above. "Watch and prav,"
and you will live to bless the day when
you became total abstainer from the
use ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS World.
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on the valley of the White River east of
the mountains, judging without accur-
ate measurement This noted inn stands
on prominence jutting out from the
rim of the old mountain basin. Joseph
Battell, the proprietor, is the nephew
of the late Joseph Battell of BROOKLYN.
of the iron firm of Eggleston & Batiell
of South street, New York. He is and
has been for several years, the represen-
tative of his mountain town in the state
| Legislature. A bachelor, Of marriagea-
BILE age and eligible condition and pros
poets, he ought to consider it important
that the credit his famous inn is giving
TO his town should survive in the COM
ing generation.
There are now about eight guests at
the establishment, among whom arc
found Professor Phelps and his family,
| from the Andover Theological Semin-
ary; Mrs. Dclong, of Montreal, a sister
of the late Congressman Woodbridge OF
Vermont, and others of note and stand,
ing. There are some visitors from
Brooklyn, including Miss Cady. Il
has been the aim of the proprietor to
keep the place clear of sporting mel
and gamblers and other doubtful char
acters; and the guests bear the appear.
ance fthe highest respectability, though
with the free and easy abandon of rura
enjoyment, they have cast of thr re
straints and conventionalities of fashion
able society. The ladies play croquet
roll ten pins, work at worsted and en-
broidery, sing and play on the plan,
and other musical instruments. A bath
ing-house. enclosing an eddy in thu
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MI. Partners Melancholy Matrimonial
Partner
detroit Free Press. ]


"'Sall on count of my wifeW ex-
claimed James Partner as he walked out.
"That woman is bound to be the death
of meu'
" l thought it was on account of beer"
Mr.. Porter's excited eyes.
t" Yes, but what made me drink that
beerT' exclaimed the prisoner. If it
hadn't been for that Mary Ann of mine
would have rushed out for beerT'
"Don't ask me conundrums, but go
ahead with your explanations"
Well, sir, I've been married to this
woman for five years. She's what they
call the melancholy sort. She sits for
hours and looks out of the window, and
it isn't more than once month that she
gets up in the morning before ten
o'clock. I've got two children, and that
ere woman will sit down on the corner
of the kitchen table and look out into
the back yard for straight half hour,
while them young 'uns are bawling loud
enough to make dead dog turn over in
his grave. When [ get up I have to
cook my own breakfast. When l come
home to dinner it isn't ready. When
my days work is done, there's no sup
per for me unless l cook it. Last night
l went home and found my wife sitting
on the back steps, no fire, no supper,
children bowling, and the cat curled up
in the teakettle. | Just went to pieces
in minute. I knew I'd either have to
box my wife's ears, lick the children,
kill the cat or get drunk, and 1 got
drunk"
"Anything more?" asked the court,
as he hesitated.
Nothing. 1 don't care two cents
whether go up or go home. If 1 live
with that woman any longer Pm going
to hire boy to pound tin pans, fire off
pistols and blow horns around the house
and see if can't rouse her."
cts a pretty tight squeeze, but you
can go this time" said his honor. "Per-
haps your wife will soon turn out a
poetess. I've heard that they always
NOPE around that way for three or four
months before they strike the mad Tyre
of rhyme"
Well, druther she'd be mad liar
than a NOPE" sighed Mr.. Partner, as he
reached for outdoors.
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Tho Formnr and His Mopav

King Frederick of Prussia, when he
was out riding one day, saw an old
farmer who was blowing his field and
singing cheerfully over his work.
"You must be well off, old man"
cried the king. "Does this acre belong
to you on which you so industriously la.
bor?"
"No, sir" replied the man, who of
course had no idea that he was speaking
to the king; "I am not so rich as that
/ plow for wages"
How much do you earn each day?'
asked the king.
Eight groschen,"' returned the man.
That would be about twenty cents of
our money.
"That is very little" said the king
"can you get along with it?''
Get along! yes indeed! and have
something left"
"However do you manager"
"Well," said the farmer, smiling, I"
well tell you. Two groschen are for my
self and wife; with two pay my debts,
and two [ give away for the Lords
sake"
"This is mystery which I cannot
solve." said the king.
"Then I will solve it for you," said
the farmer. az have two old parents at
home, who kept me and cared for me
when I was young and weak, and needed
care. Now they are old and weak, I
am glad to keep and care for them.
This is my debt, and it takes two gros
chen day to pay it. Two more spend
on my children's schooling. If they
are living when their mother and l are
old, they will keep us and pay back
what [ lend. Then with my last two
groschen support my two sick sisters
who cannot support themselves. Of
course I am net compelled to give them
the money, but 1 do it for the Lord IS
sake"
"Well done, old man." cried the king
as he finished; now | am going to give
you something to guess. Have you ever
seen me before?'
"No," said the farmer.
'In less than five minutes you shall
see me fifty times, and carry in your
pocket fifty of my likenesses."
"This is indeed a riddle which cam
not solve," said the farmer.
"Then / will solve it for you," said
the king; and with that he put his hand
into his pocket and pulling out fifty
gold pieces, placed them in the hand of
the farmer.
"The coin is genuine" said the king;
q for it also comes from the Lord our
God, and am his paymaster. l bid
you goodbye"
And he rode off, leaving the old man
overwhelmed with surprise and delight
at the singular interview.