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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-12-21

Norrkoping, in Sweden, is a manu-
featuring town of $4,000 inhabitants,
situated on both sides of large river,
whose beautiful cascade and rapids sup
ply the power necessary to propel the
extensive wooden and cotton mills
which furnish employment for the
greater portion of the people.
At this place Mr.. Eli johnson, o
Brooklyn, addressed two temperance
meetings in theatre, seating two
thousand persons. The place was
crowded to overfowing. AT the close
Of the second meeting it was found that
six hundred ard thirty-two had signed
the Total Abstinence Pledge. These
crowded around Mr.. johnson and con-
tinued shaking his hand until his arm
ached.
One old gentleman, after pressing Mr..
Johnson's hand between his own, rails
ed it to his lips and kissed it. Then
placing one hand upon Mr.. Johnson's
head and pointing upward with the
other he passed on with the tears flow
ing down his cheeks.
The following cheering letter is the
first tidings Mr.. johnson has received
from Norrkoping since leaving that
Souhht ,, hCaii. car dSO'
NoRRKoPNG, September 2i, 1877.
ELI JOHNSON, Esq:
Dear Brother-It is with great joy |
am going to inform you of the blessed
results of our temperance work here.
Immediately after You had been here
we held meeting in the large building
of the Elementary School. About two
thousand persons were present, and
among them were a goodly number of
Christians. These people gave the same
token as that which was given when
YOU were here, viz: the raising of
hands, signifying that they would not
only stand up for Jesus, but change the
already organized Temperance Society
into one of total abstinence. Immedi-
ately after this meeting a reading club
was formed, where hundreds have met
in the evenings, not only to read, but to
converse and sing praises TO the Lord.
In connection with this club Work
ingmen's Association was formed, COM
posed of Young, total abstinence men.
AT the side of the reading club tenn
perance eating house was opened,
where hundreds take their meals every
day. These are some of the fruits of
our humble efforts, and the whole has
been fraught with blessed result. Not
among the least rejoicing fruits are that
the barriers, which separated christians
before, have been to great exteut
removed, so that they now cooperate
harmoniously in furthering the temper
ance cause.
Finally, would say that the Lord
has greatly blessed me both Temporarily
and spiritually.
Your humble brother in Christ,
DANIEL BAcKsrRoM.
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A Peculiar Japancnse Industry.

Among the many industries of Japan
is the manufacture of birdlime. 1t is,
of course, principally employed for the
snaring of birds and animals. BY its
means animals as large as monkeys are
caught. When once they get the stuff
on their paws they soon cover themsel-
YES it, and so exhaust themselves
in trying to get rid of it that they fall an
easy prey. Birds also as large as ducks,
and every variety of smaller ones are
taken by it. Rats are easily caught by
spreading small quantity on piece OF
board or paper, and placing it near their
holes. 1t is spread upon bamboo Leaf,
and used during the summer for catch
ing flies or other insects. Flea traps are
made for its service, and occasionally
used by the Japanese in bed. Birdlime
is also used by the Japanese for medicin-
al purpose, and is considered one of the
best cures for wounds. Japan is the
only country where it is regularly man.
ufactured OH large scale, the principal
tree from which it is made being dark
evergreen from the mountains in the
south.
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tsrT Of the Neiopal ~ ~ ,pS1 az bs b
cago Convention.
woy,,,srr, o,, 1877
ro.''' A-n, ~, w. = io'...
WI DLnls , hiAND.I were ~ possible
lor me 70 pe IL, TWO places at the same
.inio, = ,.''lih .le oe.,er nan Oh me Woulu
pc IN lineage Oh the z4tl 10 the z'th 0i
OS.VpeI IU -,
nat won4er1u, WORK you are per
M lr,i..eu " uo .nc ollan Shrlstiah
temperance oocletes' Ior tne pefmnh-
vnc success VI our noole REFORM we
nave lau eAclIements ana Whlrlwinds,
auu a,. son.e.i,ncs cyciohe, Wheh every
thlng withlh its range appears to give
way, uut lhclr raiiHe ~ hnliteu, Whlie
your steauy, persistent WORK Is lillni-
.auie ,s III us sEopc, rcacnlng ueep INTO tne
heart as well as the far outskirts of So
o,o.! en'i nc,er lorHeI ne mrs,
,o.lls a., a.'v''ucu ~ Aenia, ONO, hei"
Dy .no "1inen III .lic nist cruSaoe move
~ H.. y y,.i,a1 io. "os i s.,'ieu with me
aa my sa.nereu ,oge.ner, coming III
u'o;a io;,, .i,en pos.s u ouservu,lon, from
NV W., p,a;,cas ,as. anu si"sins' u report
"cn 'uc! sung
one more DAY IS WORK for Jesus"
ana when the venerable president ad-
dressed the assembled women (about
4OO) and turning TO me said, "Why are
the women engaged in this work to-
day! because we have no protection
from the laws, no help from man; we
nave cared for our wounded husbands,
our hurt sons, and have often covered
the dead face and turned away to
mourn; but now. we have brought our
cause TO- the Lord of Hosts, and appeal
ed TO Him; we have told Jesus and
nave asked, and are now asking His
hclp;. and when she had finished
speaking offered so simple and earnest
a prayer, l felt Here is power. Here
IS the beginning OF work such as we
nave never seen before"
AS saw the work in Columbus, Pitts
burg, aud other places, the more was
confirmed in my opinion, that never
before in the history of the temperance
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tAlkO, NoVenDer ~, lSIi
DEAR FRIEND-Yourk kind letter of the
10th instant is at hand, and thoroughly
appreciated. God gave us a great vic
tory in Cairo. Two thousand people
signed in five days, and the work Is
going on. guess that 1 am glad to
have the prayers of thousands of good
and pure women going up for me aud
my work (under Him.)
You speak of criticisms upon my
work; my reply is that my whole inhu-
ence is against cards and billiards, and
always has been.
As for the ministers, I can say tha,
they have been my right hand men, aud
much of my success as Reformer is at
tributable to the earnest, active CO.
operation and right hand of fellowship
that has been extended to me by the
ministers of the gospel and by the
Christian people. | have been enter
tanned largely by clergymen at their
homes, and treated with marked kind
ness, courtesy and charity by them;
and instead of speaking lightly of them
the exact contrary is true, and no man
can deny it. will do all that can for
the paper with pleasure. Pray for me.
please, and may God bless you.
Yours cordially,
HENRY A. REYNOLDS.
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Probably the largest and highest rock
in the known world is the South Dome
of Yosemite. Standing at the fork of
the upper valley, it rears itself, a solid
rocky reef, 5000 feet above the ground.
A more powerful hand than that of a
Titan has cut away the eastern half,
leaving sheer precipice over mile in
height. No man ever trod the ton of
this dome until last year. Former visi-
tors gazed in wonder at the spikes driy-
Ell into the rock by hardy spirits, who
had repeatedly endeavored to scale il.
The shoeds of rope dangling in the wind
told the story of their failure. Last
year, however, after thousands of dollars
were spent, several persons found their
summer two sheep were discovered
browsing on the hitherto inaccessible
peak. Mrs. A. j. Murphy, wife of n
late hotel proprietor in the valley, writ
es to lady in New York as follows;
John Anderson is building stairs up
to the top of the South Dome. You can
go up now by holding on to rope, but
1t is quite tircsome trip. A few ladies
IN the valley have made the ascent. and
am sorry | did not attempt it. But
am one of the few who have seen the
sun rise on the top of Clouds Rest, and
its glory will never fade from my
memory.
Strange to say, two sheep found their
way to the top of the South Dome this
summer, dam and her lamb. How
they ever got there is more than any one
can tell. They found bunch grass and
shoots to cat but of water-only the
dew that fell on the Dome at night.
Anderson was going to carry them up
some water when left.
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A Fine Microscope for Few Cents.

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that is, the paper is sent one year, with
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If to be delivered free to any part of
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The EcLEcrIC.-This valuable mag
azino enters upon a new volume with
the January number, which has just
come to hand. Tho number is rich in
interesting and valuable articles, in
cluding Prof. TyndalPs famous Bir-
mingham lecture entitled "Science and
MAN." an article on "Russians, Turks
and Bulgarians at the Theatre Of War;"
by Archibald Forbes, the famous war
correspondent Of the London News !;
the continuation of the history of Thorn
as Beckett by j. A. Froude, .'The Sci
ence of Electricity as applied in Peace
and War;" A Study of Thoreau," by
Tom Hughes; and sketch of Rev. Jo-
seph Cook, with portrait, which last
will be of much interest to our many
readers who remember hearing the now
popular lecturer. Now is good time
to subscribe. Terms s5 per annum.
Il. II. Pclton, publisher, New York.
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The first original work by Praxiteles,
the famed greatest of Greek sculptors,
that the modern world has ever seen has
been found in the temple of Zeus at
Olympia. 1t isl colossal marble statue
of nude youth, of which the lower
part of the legs and the right forearm
are wanting; absent, also, is the form
of little boy which had well rested
upon the LETT arm. The sculpture is ex-
quisite, and the head is marked by the
finest and most spiritualiz0d youthful
beauty. The statue perfectly agrees
with the description ofa marble Hermes
carrying the boy Dionysius, by Praxi-
telcs, which was recorded by the histor-
ian Pausauias rs a gift to the temple
in his day. This, of course, ranks
among the most valuable legacies
which Grecian art has left us.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-12-21

Ex-Gov. Dingley, of Maine, presents
elaborate statistics TO show that there is
not proportionately one-tenth of the
liquor sold and used in that state that
there was forty years ago, and that
drunkenness, pauperism and crimes of
violence having their origin In the use
Of liquor have largely decreased.
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Gone from Earth.
WRITTEN BY MRS. ANDREW JAMES. OK THE DEATH
OF HER GRANDSON, ERNEST WHITE.
published by special request)

A little angel voice Is calling,
Calling nom the other shore,
Where our darling waits to greet us,
When the tolls Of life are o'er,
In the cold, dark grave we laid him,
When the earth was clothed In green.
But the word of God has promised,
"Sow In tears, In joy you'll reap"
Silent Is our home and dreary
Since the hour he went away;
Long the days, and sad, and weary,
We can only weep and pray.
flushed now are all his prattlings.
Busy hands forever stilled;
Prattllng tongue Is cold and silent,
Loving heart by death is chilled.
Lay aside his toys and playthlngs,
He will call for them no more
Did adieu to little Ernest;
His short life on earth Is DER.
His little brother, lono without him,
Calls he vainly for HIM now,
still too young to learn the lesson
How we all to death must bow.
still too young to long remember
Aught of him who once was dear,
Or to know he had a brother
Who has reached holier sphere.
Yet within our hearts wcIl cherish
Memories OF our little one
Memories that will never perish
Till our work on earth is done.
But the angels now are calling.
Calling from the other shore,
There he waits; and soon, IL faithful
We shall meet to part no more.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
MTDDLEBURf.

MfDDLEBURf.
Congregationat--Corner Pleasant and Main SITS
Raw &. r. Hooker, pastor. Sunday services al
10 IS AM. and 7: 90 PM Thursday evening prayer
meett ig at 0O
lfethodist-North Pleasantst. Rev. W. II. Row.
som, pastor. Sunday services at 10 10 AM. and
200 Pm. Thursday evening prayer meeting at
100. Glass meeting on Friday evening at 1880.
Episcopal-St. Stephens Church-Main.st -
-, rector. sunday services at 10 80 AN.
and D.: 90 pm.
Roman -weybridge-st Rev. p. Cum
ningham, pastor. Sunday services. alternate Sab
BATHS, High Mass at 10 90 AM, Vespers and bene-
diction at 9: 80 Pm.
EAST MIDDLEBuRY.
Methodist - --, pastor. sunday
services at :00P.M.
vERGENNEs
Baptisf-Rev. Charles IIibbard pastor. Sunday
services at As AM. and 100 PM. Weekly
PRAYER meeting on Thursday evening at 90.
Methodist-Rev. ii. \. Munger, pastor Sunday
services at l: 90 and 7 100 Pm. Weekly prayer
meeting on Thursday evening at 90.
Episcopat-St. Paitrs Church--Rev. C. l. Chaplin,
rector. Sunday services at 10 As AN. and 90 T
Friday evening at I 90.
Mission Chdpel-Dr. II. A. Ingham. Sunday
services at 10 AS AM. and 100 Pm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
Roman Cdthoiic-Rev. p Cunningham pastor.
Services alternate Sabbaths, High Mass at 10 90
AM, vespers and benediction at 9 PM
Congreqdtiondl-Iev. George f. Hall, pastor.
Sunday services at 10 As AM. and 90 Pm Week
ly prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 700.
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On a railway line, recently, a passen-
ger stopped the conductor, and asked,
"Why does not the train run faster ~
"lf goes fact enough to suit us. If you
don't like tho rate of speed, get of aud
walk" was the rcjoinder. II would
replied the passenger, setting hack in
his seat, but my friends wouldn't come
for me until the train comes in, and l
don't want TO be waiting around the sta
ton two or three hours"
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Six children, all under eleven years,
were arraigncd, Monday, Dec. 10, at
Columbia, 5. c., charged with murder
ing VIM. Asbell, a negro, aged eighteen
years. Asbell ill-treated them while
they were working in field, and they
made a combined onslaught, causing
injuries which resulted in Asbell's
death. They were bailed in $1,000.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.


MAILS ARRIVE.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
Mildlebury, Cornwall West Corn -.
wall and Bridport, 200 A. NJ.
wav IN Nh from north $3.50 A. NJ.
New York Rutland and Albany, 80 A. NJ.
New York B. Is and 90 p. NJ.
Way mail irom SOUTH 3:45P. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Way mail going south, yiJU A. NJ
Way mail going north, s:00P. NJ.
For Rpton Granville, Hancock, East
Middlebury, Cornwall, West Corn
wall and Bridport, J:loP. VI
closed mail for Boston and Rutland, s: 80 p. NJ.
closed mail for New York and Albany, I as p NJ
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(, TATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
CASTLETON. VI.

WALTER E. HOWARD. PRIsoIPAL.
Fall term commences August 81. Spring term
commencos February 8, 1877.
81 Each town is entitled to one free scholar
ship.
Address the Principal. Inns
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AT Shcrbrooke, Canada, few DAYS
since, a man left his little child in
barn where there was a bottle OF
whiskey. The child drank it, aud died
soon after.
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DIR. Mary Walker says there is a for
tune awaiting the tailor who can invent
q mode Of cutting psntaloons so they
will not bag at the knee,
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Egypt is rich IN obelisks. Among
tho ruins of San, the Zoan of the He
brews, in the Delta, lie no less than ten,
all overthrown and some shattered. AT
Heliopolis, an obelisk sixty-eight feet
high, which was four centuries old
when Moses was born, still stands erect.
In the temple of Luxor there is one of
seyenty-five feet in height, the mate of
that IN Paris. Karnak possesses four,
two of which are ninety-two feet high I;
aud in the granite quarries at Assouan
lies supreme monolith of ninety-five
feet, which appears to have been left
there on account of flaw in the stone.
All these keep their original places, and
the ruins of the ayes recorded in their
inscriptions lie around them. The OBJ
elsk which is destined for New York
has height Of seyenty-one feet, with a
base of seven feet seven inches aquare ;
its material is rose-gray granite Of As
souan, the ancient Syrene.
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4. CLARK,
VI ATTORNEY AT LAW,

l62 Lasalle ST. Room Sc,
Residence South Chicagol CHIcAoo, 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 A
Bldredge, Middlebury, VT.
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Two hundred thousand children are
yearly sent to the poorhouse by strong
drink, is the statement Of the district
secretary.
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- w. JUDD, Manufacturer and deal
lie er In all kinds of American and Foreign
Marble, Granite Work. &c. With Old Middle
bury Marble Co. ltf
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JASON DAVENPORT, Fire 1nsur-
~ ance Agent, will write policies in the Farm
ers Mutual and other companies represented by
N. ]. Francisco In Rutland.
Also the Mutual Life Insurance Co. Of New
York. Office at J. L. Buttolph'sS 40
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DANIEL II. BEATTY'S
PIANOS AND ORGANS

From r. Parson, Brookyilie, Kansas;
THE plano came safely yesterday, we 1nd Il all
that fancy painted and you promised. The instrn-
l see no reason why, with ordinary care, II may
not last lifetime. Those who. like me, cannot
AFFORD 10 pay five hundred or thousand dollars
for a name, will, am sure. thank you for saving
them the exorbitant profits of dealers In general
and making It possible for any industrious man or
woman to be the possessor Of 4 drstclsss organ or
piano"
From X. Gilbert, Doud's station, Iowa.
"Organ Is received. The accomplished organlst
who gets IL says she would not exchange Il for any
organ she ever saw or heard from any other fac
tory whatever the price. In mechanical skill.
simpncity OF construction. and purity Of tone,
have never known its equal. II Is, emphaucally,
he pest organ for the least money.
i have sold many other makes Of organs, some
odwhich thought could not be equalled, but, like
King saul, your organs are head and shoulders
above hers the leading elements that constitute
complete organ" 46yI
AGENTS WANTED, but where have none.
large discounts made 10 have them Introduced in
new localities. Send for Illustrated Advertiser,
(catalogue,) containing testimonials from persons
some Of whom you may know, sent nee. address
DANIEL +. BEATrx, Washington, New Jersey
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ARDWELL HOUSE.
- RUTLAND, VI.
J W. q r NJ 2 TON, PRoPRIETo
Good Livery connected with the House. II
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~ w. GOODELL & DOLLHOUSE,
W. Carriage and Furniture Painters and
Grainers. Place Of business James Donahues
shop, opposite the School House, bIiddlebury. Vt.
Middlebury. July 81. 1877. LETT
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CTATE NORMAL SCHOOL, RAN
~ DOLPH, VT. ABEL L. LEAvENwoRTH, A.
NJ, Principal Eighty lone Scholarships. Fall
Term opens fourth Tuesday In August Spring
Term opens second Tuesday In February. Send
tor catalogue. 4iyl
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England and Wales have 9e4 ,sos pau
pers.
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Woman's Temperance Column.
"1he Lord of Hosts Is uith as, the God
of Jacob is our refage.v
WORCESTER, Oct. l, 1877.

Letter received by tho Corresponding sccre-
tary, Of the National W. &. 7. T., read at The Chi
cago Convention.
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1,TEV EMS HOUSE.
- VERGENNES, VT.
S. $. q Al N L S. PRoPRIEroH
Carriage to and from depot. Good Livery con-
nectcd with the House.
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TAMES NJ. SLADE, ATTORNEY
u AND COUsELLOR AT LAW. and solicitor
and master in chancery. Omoe in Brewster's
Block Middlebury, VT
Middlebury, VT, April 9. 1877.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-10
Disease Crows Apace,

like an i'll wind, and cannot be mastered
too early. What is a trifingsattaek of
sickness to-day may, if unattended to, be-
come serious case in a week. Small all
ments should be nipped in the bud before
they blossom into full grown maladies. Ii
this advice were attended to. many a
heavy bill for medical attendance might
be avoided. When the liver is disordered,
the stomach foul, the bowels INSTRUCTED, OF
the nerves disturbed, resort should at once
be had to that supreme remedy, Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters, few doses of which
will restore healthy action and put the
system in perfect order. It is wise pre-.
caution to keep this Incompatible prevent
i've in the house, since it checks, with un-
rivalled promptitude, disorders which
breed others far more dangerous, and in
their latest developments are themselves
often fatal.