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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-16

The LAWYER AND THE FAGMER.-A
sharp old Quaker who had read the sto-
ry of the lawyer and farmer and the
gored OK, called upon neighboring g
lawyer and said:
"Friend Foxcraft. very much desire
to ask thy opinon."
"I am all attention." replied the law
yer, putting down his pen.
"Supposing, friend FOxcraft, that my
dog hath gone into thy pantry and stol-
en- leg ofthy mutton. what ought to
do?,
''Pay for the mutton. nothing can be
clearer"
Exactly, friend Foxcrait, and now
know thee that thy dog, 'Pinchcm,' hath
stolen leg of mutton from my pantry
worth exactly one dollar, and now what
art thou going to do"
''Pay for the mutton, of course here
is the change"
The good Quaker took his dollar and
was about to depart, when he was STOP
ped by the lawyer with:
"Hold on a moment, my friend.
have little bill against YOU which |
hope you are ready to payn
"Bill against me, friend Foxcrafl?- p
Thou art surely laboring under mis-
take. | am sure owe no man shil-
ling"
"No mistake at all. Ichargc YOU my
regular fee of five dollars for professions
al services in this case"
'Then verify must pay thee; but
allow me to give it as my opinion, friend
Foxcraft, that have touched pitch and
have been sadly defiled.'
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An Extraordinary Sentence by n Judge.

The following extract is taken from a
sentence recently pronounced by Judge
Reading, of Chicago, upon the liauor
dealers who had violated the law by
selling to minors. 1t will pay careful
pcrusal
BY the law you may sell it to men
and women, if they will buy. You
hayc given your bond and paid your
license to sell TO them, and no one has
a right TO molest you in your legal bus
lness. No matter what the consequent
ces may be, no matter what poverty
and destitution are produced by your
selling according TO law, you have paid
your money for this privilege, and you
are licensed to pursue your calling.
No matter what families are distracted
and rendered miserable; no matter
what wives are treated with violence
what children starve or mourn over the
degradation OF parent-your business
is legalized, and no ono may interfere
with you for it. No matter what
mother may agonize over the loss of a
son, or sister blush at the shame of II
brother, you have a right to disregard
them all, and pursue your legal calling
you are licensed. You may fit up
your lawful place of business in the
most attractive and captivating form:
yon may furnish it with the most costly
and elegant equipments for your law
ful trade; you may fill it with the al
lnrements of amusement; YOU may
use all arts to allure visitors; you may
skillfully arrange and expose to view
your choicest wines and captivating
beverages; you may induce thirst BY
all contrivances to produce raging APP
petite for drink, and then you may sup
ply that appetite to the full, because it
is lawful; you have paid for it-you
have license. You may allow boys
and children to frequent your saloon;
they may witness the apparent satisfac-
ton with which their seniors quaff the
sparkling glass; you may be schooling
and training them for the period Of
twcnty-one, when they, too, can partic-
ipate-f0r all this is lawful. You may
hold the cup to their lips; but yon
must not let them drink-that is un-
lawful. For, while you have all these
privileges for the money you pay, this
poor privilege of selling to children is
denied YOU. Here parents have the
right to say, Leave my son to me until
the law gives you right to destroy
him. Do not anticipate that terrible
moment when can assert for him no
further rights of protection. That will
be soon enough for me, for his sister,
for his mother, for his friends, for the
community, to see him take the road to
death. Give him to us in his childhood
at least. Let lis have few hours Of
his youth, in which we can enjoy his
innocence, to repay us in some degree
for the care and love we have lavished
upon him.
"This is something which you, who
now stand prisoners at the bar, have
not paid for; this is not embraced in
your license. For this ofiense the
court sentences you to ten days i'm
prisonment in the county Jail, and that
you pay fine of seyenty-five dollars
and costs, and that you stand commit
ted until the fine and costs of this pros
ccution are paid.
We have not heard from any source
such an arraignment of the license law
as this.
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The Sort of Man MorrIssey is.

Twenty-Five years ago Morrissey was
going to Buffalo. When the train stop
ped at Bergen, two men who had been
drinking entered the car in which he
was seated. Their talk, loud and pro-
fame, soon became indecent. The Ia
dies, accompanied only by small boy.
sat opposite to these two rowdies
Morrissey left his seat, walked up TO
the offenders, and said, good naturedly,
"Come, boys, let's 60 into the smoking
car and have good cigar" One OF
them churlishly declined. Mr. Morris
sey then seated himself in front of them
and asked them not to talk so loud.
,, Immediately one of them began to tell
an indelicate story. Morrisscy request
ed him to desist, and was told in re-
ply to mind his own business. "My
business" said Morrissey, sis to pro-
tect ladies from insult, and if either OF
yon says another improper word will
pitch you both out of the car" The
men rose simultaneously, one making a
pass at Morrissey, which was, OF
course, warded of. Morrissey seized
both men by the coat collars and knock
ed their heads together. The conductor
appeared and was requested to open the
car door, when Morrissey pushed one
man and dragged the other out of that
car, through another, into the smoking
car, where he left them.
Mr.. Morrissey has passed his sum-
mers for more than twenty years at
Saratoga. a clergyman who made his
acquaintance became especially anxious
to converse with him upon religious
subjects. Morrissey received him cour-
teously, and the frequent visits seemed
mutually pleasant. They continued
two or three seasons. The clergyman,
always getting Interested in general
conversation, kept postponing from
time to time the real object of his visits.
Finally, however, he said: "Mr. Nor
rissey, we have now been acquainted
for several years. You have uniform
ly treated me with attention and kind
ness, always responding to the charita-
BILE requests have made; but somehow
| have failed in the discharge of more
important duty. have always wanted
to converse with you about religion.
Are you willing to hear meT' Ser
tainly," replied Mr.. Morrissey.
81 am confident that man of your
Intelligence. absorbed as YOU have been
and are in worldly things, must have
reflected upon what concerns your li-
ture existence.
Morrissey replied that, though con-
scious of his deficiencies, he had often
thought of serious things. The clergy
man said that he presumed Morrisscy
had settled opinions on the subject, and
that, at least, he was believer. To
this Morrisscy replied afiirmatively.
"Then," said the clergyman, ''if you
are willing to stetc ii, l should like to
know just what you do believe"
81 believe" said Morrissey, sin doing
as we agree. IN New York Sun.
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A Kissing Hot Atmosphere.

Those who have never personally in.
spccted the lower levels of our mines
may obtain some idea of the degree OF
heat to be found therein by visiting the
Savage works at the change of shafts
The men-packed together as close they
can stand on the cage-are popped ur
out of the shaft all steaming hot, for ali
the world like bunch of asparagus lust
lifted from the pot. They make their
appearance in Il cloud Of steam that
pours up continuously from the "depths
proiound;" and are dimly seen until
they step forth upon the floor of the
works. As the men land and sep.
arate, each carries with him for half q
minute his little private cloud of yapor
As this passes off the man is seen TO be
naked from his waist up, his skin as wei
rs though he had Just been lifted ont OF
a pool ofwatcr. The men bring up with
them-besidcs the steain-an amount OF
heat that may be felt by the spectator as
they pass. All this is at the top of the
shaft, where it is considered quite cool
what, then, must it be hundreds of fcel
below, where the men started from
down to where the water stands one
hundred and fifty-seven degrees Fab.
renheit? Down there no steam is seen
lit is too hot for it. II is only when
the hot, moist air coming up from the
lower regions strikes the cool air To-
wards the top of the shaft that il takes
the form of steam. Down there where
the men come from You must keep YOU,
hands of the pump columns and thc
pipes, and if you pick up an iron tool
you will at once put it down without
being told 10 do so. Down there they
handle things with gloves on, or wrar
rags about the drill they are moving
and down there, too, you will learn "a
keep your mouth shut after YOU have
drawn few mouthfuls of hot air into
your lungs. Perspire? 1t is no name
for il. You are like sponge that is
being squeezed. You are ready to be.
lieve that you have ten million pores 10
every square inch of surface, or as many
more as any authority may mention, and
that these pores are rs big as the cells OF
a honeycomb. You 90 for ice water,
and 1t almost seems TO hiss as II passes
down your throat-you keep going for il
and thus, in short time, find out what
becomes of the tons and tons of ice that
are daily consumed in the mines. Re.
main below among the miners for an
hour or two, and when YOU are finally
popped out al the top of the shaft, ali
red hot and stcaming among the other
asparagus sprouts, you will appreciate
the beauty. the light aud GOODNESS of the
upper world.
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What I Lost by Signing the Pledge.

4" | have been thinking, since came
into the meeting tonight, about the
losses l have met with since | signed
the total abstinence pledge. tell you,
there isn't man in the society that has
lost more by stopping drink than what
have. Wait a bit till tell YOU what
| mean. There was Il job Of work 10
be done i'll the shop to-day, and the
boss called for me. Give it to Law
said he. He's the best hand in the
shop Well, | told my wife at supper
time, and says she, why, Laurie, he
used to call you the worst. You've
lost your bad name, haven't youT
That's a fact, wife, says [. And il
amt all I've lost in the last sixteen
months, either. | had poverty and
wrctchedness, and Eve lost them.
had an old ragged coat and shocking
bad hat, and somo waterproof boots
that let the wet ont AT The toe as fast as
they took it in at the heel. I've lost
them. | had a red face, and trcmb-
ling hand, and pair of shaky legs that
gave me an awkward tumble now aud
then. had habit of cursing and
swearing, and | have got rid of that. |
had an aching head sometimes, and
heavy heart, and, worse than all the
rest. a guilty conscience. / thank
God. I've lost them all! Then told
my wife what she had lost. 'You had
trouble, and sorrow, and poor,
wrctched home and plenty of heart
aches, for you had miserable drunk
ard for IA husband. Mary. Mary.
thank the Lord for all you and have
lost since | signed the pledger -
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STRANGE OCCURRENCE IN An On
WELL.-Situated about four mile:
southwest of Clintonville, Venango
county, is well which, for volume OF
production, surpasses anything vet dis
covered in that county. The well was
completed upward of a month ago. Nc
oil was found, but an immense gas vein
was encountered where oil was expec.
ted. Before abandoning the well the
owners resolved to draw out the casing
This was attempted in the usual way,
but the casing stuck about a foot above
the former resting place. As it was
elevated to its present position, the
fresh water from the upper part of the
hole rushed into the we'll at the bottom
of the casing in great quantity. AS ii
did so, the gas raised it to the surface
of the earth after sending it forty feet
above the top of the derrick. There il
continues to gush and may for all time.
II is estimated that at least twenty
thousand barrels ofwater are discharged
daily. II istruly remarkable phen-
omenon.-GPittsburg Dispatch.
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Woman's Temperance Column


The following lines kindly furnished
for our temperance column BY Rev.
DR.. Farnsworth, for TWENTY-FIVE
years q missionary IN Ccsarea, Tur-
key, will be of interest in showing the
condition of things IN ii,ns ovuntry.
there is much less of drunkenness in
the East than in England or the United
states. II Is true, however (and 4
blush to say iD, that one can hardl,
llnd any considerable town in th,.
Turkish empire, where he cannot find
barrels marked "Ncw England RUM
Those who drink are not drunken be-
fore ''the third hour of the day." but
Tor the most part confinc their polations
to the night.
The interpreters of the Koran, the
sacred book of the Mohammedans, AS
sure us that the Prophet utterly forbid,
the very slightest Use of anything that
can intoxicatc. They tell lis tbal.
should single drop of such beverage
fall into bucket of water and that wa
ter be poured on TO the ground the
sheep which should eat the grass which
afterwards grew on that spot would be
rendered so impure that Il would be
improper for good Mohammedan, when
that sheep should be killed and dressed.
to cat of the mutton.
Though ardent spirits are sold 10
some extent in nearly every CITY, the
traffic is always regarded as a low, dis
honorable business, and very rarely do
Mohmmaedans engage in it. AS the gov
ornmnnt Is deSpotic, IL 10 oasy 10 exc-
cute ''Maine Law" A few month,
ago the pastor of the Protestant churcl,
in Ceserca, Cappadocia, being a mem
Der of the governors council, said to ..ie
Pasha, "Thc selling of alcoholic drinl.
is curse OF mnch evil. 1t would be "a
good thing if yon would stop it,"
cure that purpose, orders were given to
the policemen, and almost immediatel,
every groggery was closed, and in that
city of 10000, people mostly Turks,
none of the poison could be found.
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LOVE AND AsTRoNoMY.-"By Jupi-
ter, these are lovely nights! Nothing
Mars the serenity of the scene," ex-
claimed young Jones. the other night,
as he Saturn the porch meath the sill
very rays of the crescent moon, with
his arm around the waist of Venus.
But when the old woman opened the
window above them and turned pitch
er of water upon their devoted heads,
they thought they hal encountered Nep-
tune. She simply remarked TO them as
they started for the gate: "Hore, come
back! You cant comet over my daugh-
ter in that milky way" Jones retort-
ed: "Uranus off, and I'll be hanged if
| come back until get ready" and
his girl took his arm, and he start
ed of with speed like messenger
Mercury, who is said TO have wings on
his heels, and silence reigned orce
more. The old woman says she will
planet different next time.
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Monadnock Mountain.

Prof. J. j. Holbrook, of Kccne, n.
H., and Ira j. Prouty, assistant, have
just completed series of dwellings,
over seven miles in extent, for the ac-
curate determination of the altitude of
Monadnock mountain, in Cheshire
county, n. H., and for the purpose of
testing the accuracy of the work done
by the Coast Survey some years since.
The series, ending al the summit, be-
gins at Troy, on the line of the Cheshire
railroad, the surveys for which give al
titude of the track at the station as L.
OO2 feet. The survey just completed
makes the altitude of the mountain
S,l69.3 feet. by triangulation the coast
survey made the altitude, according to
the geology of New Hampshire, 3,isG
feet.
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BE Kind to the book-agent. lie has a
father, perhaps, and a mother, who
knew him in his innocent youth. Pre-.
haps even now, in some peaceful New
England village, fond hearts are beat
ing for him, and sweet lips breathe
loves dearest prayers for his welfare.
Therefore kill him as kindly as possible,
lay him down tenderly, fold his hands
peacefully on his breast, and close his
eyes gently as YOU put him to rest un-
der the branches of the weeping willow,
where the birds carol all through the
summer days their softest songs Blu;
plant him deep-plant him deep! The
angels can find him.
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Few people realize that there is as
much difference in the quality of mus
ical instruments as there really is.
From the immense sales and fiattering
testimonials received by Mr.. Daniel
F. Beatty, OF Washington, New jersey,
we are forced to the conclusion that his
pianos and organs are first class In
every particular. Before buying, we
would earnestly recommend all to
write TO Mr.. Beatty. See his sdyertis-
ment in this paper. 81
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Looking at ourselves in mid-lifc We
see only the glow faded, the freshness
brushed away. Therefore we must
not look at ourselves, but at the work
the Master has given us to do, at the
brothers and sisters the Father has Civ
on Us to lovely Mrs. CHARLES.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
MAILS ARRIVE.

MAILS ARRIVE.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
Middlebury. Cornwall, West Corn
wall and 5rdport, 900 A. NJ.
WAY mail from north, $50 A. NJ
New York. Rutland and Albany, Z: 80 A. NJ.
New York, 3;ls and 100 p. NJ.
WAY mail ifom south, . AS +. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Way mail going south, $3.50 A. Nj.
Way mail going north, 800 L. NJ.
For Rpton Granville, Hancock, East
Middlebury, Cornwall, West Corn
wall and Brdport, 3:l5 =. NJ.
Closed mail for Boston and Rutland 5 5:3OP. NJ.
Closed mail for New York and Albany, AS z. NJ.
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INIDEON Il. CLARK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW

lG2 LaSaiie st. Room sc,
( Residence South Chicagol CaIcAao, ILL.
MONEY LOANED for eastern parties on first
mortgage security on improved real estate in and
near Chicago and South Chicago at rates netting
ten per cent. per annum to the lenders.
Reference by permission to Messrs. Stewart 4
Eidredge, Middlebury, VI.
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We have heard liquor sellers say
they wish TO see drunkenness and in
temperance decrease. If they did they
would quit the business.
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A man in Birmingham, while drunk,
fell upon his infant daughter us she was
playing on the hearthrug and killed
her.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
MfDDLkDuRi.

MGDDLEDuRi.
Iongyeadtiondl-Corner Pleasant and Main sts
Rev i. P. Hooker, pastor. sunday services al
10 40 AN. and 90 Pm. Thursday evening prayer
meeting ut 90.
Iefhodist-North Pleasant st. Rev. W. II. Row.
som, pastor. Sunday services at 10 :45 AM. and
90 p.N. Thursday evening prayer meeting at
90. Glass meeting on Friday evening at 80
Episc0pdi-Sf. Stephens Church--Aan-st -
= -, rector. sunday services at 10 80 AM.
and 100 Pm.
Roman Cafholic-Weybridge- Rev z. Gun.
ningham, pastor. Sunday services alternate Sab.
baths, High Mass at 10 90 AN. Vespcrs and bene-
hction at @ 30 Pm
EAST MDDLEBURy
Methodist - - -, pastor, sunday
services al 90 PM.
vERGENNEs.
BAPTIST Rev. Charles Hbbard, pastor. sunday
services at 10 As AM and 90 pm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 90.
liethodist-Rev II. \. Munger, pastor sunday
services mt 90 and I 100 Pm. Weekly prayer
meeting on Thursday evening at 100.
Episcopdi-Sf. PauPs Church-Rev. &. |. Chaplin,
rector. Sunday services at 10 45A.M and 90 Pm
Friday evening at I co.
Mission Chdpei-Dr. II. A. Ingham. sunday
services at 10 AZ AN. and Z: 90 Pm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
Roman Cdfholic-llev. L. Cunningham, pastor.
Services, alternate Sabbaths, High Mass at 10 90
AN, Vespers and benediction at o 90 Pm
Congreqdfiondi-Isev. George Il. Hall, pastor.
Sunday services al 10 i5 AN. and 90 PM. Week
~ prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 90.
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JASON DAVENPORT, Fire lnsur.
81 ance Agent, will write policies in the Farm
ers Mutual and other companies represented by
N. j. Francisco in Rutland.
Also the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New
York Office at J. l.. Buttolph's Store. 40
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TATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

CASTLETON. VI.
WALTER h. WARD. PRIScIPAL.
Fall term commences August 81. Spring term
commences February 8. 1877.
- Each town Is entitled to one free scholar
ship
Address the Principal. Inns
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A famine is feared in Siam, and the
king has forbidden the expectation OF
rice.
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~ w. GOODELL & CO.-HOUSE,
VI. Carriage and Furniture Painters and
Grainer3. Place of business James Donahue's
shop. opposite the School House. Miidlebury, VI.
Middlebury, July -. 1871. left
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DANIEL f. BEATTY'S
PIANOS AND ORGANS

From u. Parson, Brookyille, Kansas:
The piano came safely yesterday, we md II all
that fancy painted and you promised. The insru-
ment Is handsome and It's tone is pure and full.
see no reason why, with ordinary care, Il may
not last lifetime. Those who. like me. cannot
afford 10 pay five hundred or thousand dollars
for a name, WILL Rm sure, thank you for saving
them the exorbitant profits of dealers in general
and making II possible for any industrious man or
woman to be the pos-essor of 1rstclass organ or
plano"
From X. Gilbert, Doud's Station, Iowa.
"Organ IL received The accomplished organisl
who gets 1t says she would not exchange il for any
organ she ever saw or heard nom any other fac
tory, whatever the price. In mechanical skin,
simplicity OF construction, and purity Of tone, 1
nave never known its equal. II is emphatcniiy,
the pest organ for the least money.
have sold many other makes of ORGANS, some
ol which thought could not be equalled but, like
King saul, your organs are head and shoulders
above theirs In the leading elements that
a complete organ" 4Gyi
AGENTS WANTED, but where have none,
large discounts made 70 have them introduced In
new localities. Send for Illustrated Advertiser.
(catalogue,) containing testimonials from persons
some Of whom you NAV know, sent ffee. Address
DANIEL h. BEATTY, Washington. New Jersey.
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Knowledge is proud that he has
learned so much! Wisdom is humble
that he knows no more.
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CTATE NORMAL SCHOOL, RAN
~ DOLPH, VT. ABEL f.. LEAvENwoRTH, A.
NJ. Principal Eighty one Scholarships. Fall
Term opens fourth Tuesday in August. Spring
Term opens second Tuesday In February. Send
tor catalogue. 4iyl
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To live long it is necessary to live
slowly.
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Never Judge a man by the color of the
patch ON his pantaloons.
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~ 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
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A DDISON HOUSE LIVERY STA
ABLE. ID. Rider, Proprietor First class turn
outs furnished on short notice. Prices reasonable.
SIiddebury VI 5ti
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II f.. SMITH, ATTORNEY AND
lI. COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Ohlce with
Stewart \ Eldredge, Middlebury, VI.
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TAAIES NJ. SLADE, ATTORNEY
y AND COUSELLOR AT LAW. and solicitor
and master In chapcery. Office in Brewster's
Block. Middlebury, Vt.
Middlcbury, Vt, April 2. ls.1.