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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

A young theologue, in the course of
his examination for ordination, was
asked to give an account of the death of
Jezebel, which he did as follows: "And
Saul said unto his armor bearer, Throw
her down. And they threw her down.
And he said, DO ii second time.
Aud they did il second time. And
he said, DO II a third time And they
did ii third time. And he said, DO
ii seventy times seven And last OF
all the woman died also. And they
gathered up of the fragments that re-
NAMED twelve baskets full. Then he
said unto the woman, GO, and sin no
more, lest worse thing come unto
thee"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
A Boy's Composition on ..The seasoAs.'

The New York Mail expects people
TO believe that boy eight years old
wrote this: "Wintcr is the coolest sea-
son of the year. Ii comes in the months
of January, February and March. In
some countries winter comes in the
summer months. How pleasant that
must be. | wish winter came in sum
mer in this country. which is the best
government the sun ever shonc upon.
Then we could go skating barefoot and
slide down hill in linen trousers. We
could SNOWFALL without our fingers get
ting so cold, and men who go ont sleigh
riding wouldn't have TO stop at every
tavern to warm as they do now. Ii
SHOWS more in winter than il does at
any season of the year; this is because
so many cutters and sleighs are made.
Then ice forms much better in winter
than in summer, which was very incon-
ycnicnt before the discovery of ice
houses. Water that is left ont doors is
apt 10 freeze at this season. Some peo-
pie take in their wells and cisterns on a
cold night and keep them by the fire,
so they don't freeze. Snowballing is
another winter sport. | have snow
balled in the summer. but we used
stones and hard apples. 1t is not so
amusing as ii is in winter"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
AnchOring a Horse.

They tell good story on an old mar
incr who keeps little hotel down here,
writes correspondent srom Coney Is
land. His wife was very anxious to
have horse, an animal in which the
old gentleman took but little stock, and
the old lady finally won her point and
got her horse. The steed was of an er-
ratio and playful disposition, and used,
on the least provocation, to tear madly
along the beach, and succeeded in spill
ling the old lady out several times. AT
last the captain, who had never driven
the beast, volunteered to break him of
his vicious habit. So getting another
old salt to assist him, he procured a
kedgc anchor with stout line attached.
Fastening the end of the line around the
axle, and putting the anchor in the
wagon, the fiery untamcd was hitched
up, and the two old gents started out
for drive along the shore. Soon the
vivacious charger espied something
which gave him an excuse to run away,
and Immediately dashed off with fright
ful velocity. The captain dropped the
reins and summoned all hands TO ''let
go the anchor" The anchor was let
go, and caught firmly in the sand. The
unsuspecting quadruped pranced joy
ously along until he got to the end of
the rope, and then he paused-paused
so suddenly that the wagon was dcmol-
ishcd, and the two old gentlemen shot
up into the air like couple of sky.
rockets, coming down in fcarfully di-
lapidated condition. The captain after
ward said that he knew it would break
the horse, but he didn't suppose il was
going to break him.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

PROHIBITION vs.. LICENsE.-At the
Centennial celebration of the battle of
bennington, where a great crowd con-
gregaled, the prohibitory laws of Vcr-
mont stood guard over the sobriety of
the people, and there was no liquor-sel-
ling and no drunkenness. But at the
celebration of the battle of Bemis
Heights at saltwater, N. ", where IL
censc prevails by order and sanction of
the state, 10000 gallons of liquid death
were poured down the throats of the
thirsty people, and drunkenness abound
ed on every hand. IL New York state
desires peace and good order ins her
midst, and protection of her sons hnd
daughters from drunkenness, heavy tax
alton, crime, misery, and death, she will
vote to prohibit entirely and forever
this deadly traffic.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

The Cincinnati Gazette says: "Mr.
Conger, the witty congressman from
Michigan, has love history which is
quite remarkable. His present wife
was his first love, but they quarrellcd and
each married. Twenty-years afterward
he, widower, was in Congress, and
she, widow, sat in the gallery and lis
tened to him speaking. 1t was the first
time they had met since their lovers
quarrel. She sent her card and invited
him to call on her, which he promised
to do if he might visit her as he used in
the days of her youth. Her consent
was given, and the old love revived. and
they were soon married."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
CHURCH DIRECTORY.


Congregational Pleasant and Main sts
Rev. +. +. Hooker pastor sunday services a
10 ii AM. and 90 I'M. Thursday evening prayer
meeting at 90.
nethodist-North Pleasant-st Rev. W. II. Row
som, pastor. sunday services at 10 a. AM and
! % I'm. Thursday evening prayer meeting al
90. Glass meeting on Friday evening nj 80.
Episcopdi-Sf. Stephens Church-Main.st. -
- -, rector. sunday services at 10 30 AM
and 3: 90 Pm.
Roman Catholic--weyb eybrdge-st. Rev. p. Gun
ningham, pastor. Sunday services, alternate Sab
baths, High Mass at 10 90 AM, Vespers and bene
diction at 30 Pm.
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
services at PM.
vERGENNES.
Bapfist-Rev. Charles Hibbard, pastor. Sunday
services at 10: As AN. and 100 Pm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening at :OG
lfeihodisf-Rev. II. n. Munger, pastor. Sunday
services at |: 100 and 100 Pm. Weekly prayer
meeting on Thursday evening at :00
Episcopdl-St. PduFs ChUrch-Rev. c. I. Chaplin
rector. Sunday services at 10 :45 AM and 90 PM
Friday evening at 90.
Mission Chdpel-Dr. ii. A. Ingham Sunday
services at 10 45 AM. and Z 90 Pm. Weekly
PRAYER meeting on Thursday evening.
Roman Cdfholic-Rev. T.. Cunningham, pastor
Services, alternate Sabbaths, High Mass at 10 :Ol
AM. Vespers and benediction at 0 ;O0PM.
Congregdtiondl-Rev. George f. Hall, pastor.
Sunday services at 10 Is AM and 90 PM. Week
ly prayer meeting on Thursday evening AT 200.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

He was wild Texan, Just from the
frontier, and had boarded the train al
Fort Worth. II was his first ride on
the "keers," and as the conductor reach
cd in his hip pocket for his punch, the
sharp eye Of Texas caught n glimpse OF
its polished handle, and quick as thought
he leveled navy six on that conduc-
tor, saying: "Put'cr mp or I'll blow
daylight through you. No man can eci
the drOp OH me"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

Two girls, of good looks, cultivated
minds, and good parentage, recently
ran away from an academy in North.
ern Ohio, and without money or cloth
ing except what they had on, got OH
board railway train, and rode until
they were put of by the conductor
Then they got on another train, and
were again put off, and after repeated
getting on and putting off they wander
ed into wood, and subsisted on stolen
food. They had been living this gypsy
life for some days, indulging in strange
antics and seeking the queerest adven-
lures, when their friends and relatives.
having been apprised of their flight,
hunted them down, and carried them
home by main force. They were in Il
sorry plight. Their garments were
soiled and in tattcrs; their hair was IT.
rctrievably tangled; their eyes were
bloodshot; they had lost their modesty
and all sense of conventionalism. They
fought against capture with tooth and
nail, and with such energy and spirit
that they rescmbled ballet girls in scan
tincss of attire when they were finally
overcome. After week ofconfinc ment
they grew tractablc. became their gentle
selves once, expressed contriiion for
their behavior, and explained their &C.
centricities by affirming that they had
been possessed of a devil.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

One of our exchanges is responsible
for the following: Lightning struck a
hive ofbecs in Kansas, the other day.
The painful story is soon told. The
misguided lightning came ont of that
hive quicker than it went in. and went
off into space with its tail between lis
legs. Moral-Ncver pick n quarrel
when You are not acquainted with tho
folks
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

"Mr. President" said a delegate in
the "lndepcndent' Democratic senate
convention at Brooklyn, few evenings
since, 81 think we shall adjourn until
Saturday night. There are as minny as
fifteen delegates in this convention who
are absent"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

There are queer hooks and corners
yet left in old England. A visitor to a
country parson tells how, when hc ac-
companied him lately 10 take the duty
in a remote parish, the sexton said
"Perhaps your reverence won't mind
preaching from the chanccl, for we've
got duck siltin' in the pulpit
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

= A Texas exchange says; "W. T.,
Toodlc, a Iloustonian, has been fined
one hundred dollars for shooting one
William Barton in his trcstlc work y
Wonder if that's the polite Southern
way Off mentioning mans ribs.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

A witty French lady, who was an
adopted member of famous military
corps, when a cigar was lighted in her
presence with the remark. ~ suppose
they smoke in your regiment" said she,
'Nes, but not in my company
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

What next? Before the war the
fashionable style of ladies' dresses re-
mindedns ofan umbrella hoisted. Now
they remind us of an umbrella let down
and buttoned.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

English ladies now raise their hats in
acknowledgement of the salutations of
their male friends, but complain of the
unequal courtesy of the arrangement
when they have to elevate a three pound
hat to sixteen shilling one.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

AT the reunion OF a Confederate regi-
ment at Franklin, Ky, recently, one of
the s'boys" ''brought down the house"
by the remark that he saw more present
than he ever did in a fight.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

The humorist of the New York Times
says, il a man is fond of children he can
save time and trouble by marrying a
widow with large family.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

Prolessor-''In one evening count
cd twenIy-seyen meteors sitting on mv
piazza Glass expressed great aston
ishmeni at the sociablc character Of the
heavenly bodies.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

An editor, referring to air-iigli cof-
fins says; No person, having once tried
one of these cofiins will ever usr any
other.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
RAILROAD TINE TABLE.
TRAINS LEAVE MrDDLEBURY.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.


MAILS ARRIVE
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
Middlebury, Cornwall, West Corn
wall and Bridport, 900 A. NJ
Way mail from north, $50 A. NJ.
New York, Rutland and Albany, 1880 a. NJ.
New York, 3:ls and 100 4. NJ.
Way mail from south, 3:I5 Z. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Way mail going SOUTH 9:30 A. NJ.
Way mail going north. SCOOP. NJ.
For Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
Middlebury, Cornwall, West Corn
wall and Brdport, 3:1j p. NJ.
Closed mail for Boston and Rutland, . 80 L. NJ.
Closed mail for New York and ALBANY, : ;4j L. NJ.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

~ W. GOODELL Il CO.-lIOIl Sc,
VI. Carriage and Furniture Painters and
Grainers. Place of business James Donahue'r
shop, opposite the School House. Middlebury, VI
Middlehury, July -, 1877. i6tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
DANIEL f. BEATTY'S
PIANOS AND ORGANS

From T.. Parson, BrOOkville, Kansas:
1.-THE piano came safely yesterday, we find II al
that fancy painted and you promised. The instru
ment is handsome and its tone Is pure and full
see no reason why, with ordinary care, II may
not last lifetime. Those who, like me, cannot
afford 10 pay five hundred or Il thousand dollar,
for a name, will. am sure, thank you for saving
shem the eNorbitant profits of dealers in general
and making II possible for any Industrious man OF
woman tn be the possessor of lrsf-class organ oi
piano"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

A ton of potato tops contains iiny
pounds of inorganic salts and twenty
pounds of nitrogen.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
HIDEON Il. CLARK.
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,

Ice LaSalle st. Room SO,
Residence South Chicagol GmcA 90, Ill.
MONEY LOANED for eastern parties on frat
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
Eldrsdge, Midilebury, VI.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

l., W. JUDD, Manufacturer and deal
lLs or in all kinds Of American and Foreign
Marble Granite Work. &c. With Old Middle
bury Marble Co. ltf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

JASON DAVENPORT, Fire lnsur.
~ ance Agent, will write policies in the Farm
ers' Mutual and other companies represented by
NJ. ]. Francisco 10 Rutland.
Also the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New
York, Office at j. l.. Buttolphs sStore. 40
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

CTATE NORMAL SCHOOL, RAN
~ DOLPH, VT. ABEL T.. LEAvENwoRTI, A
NJ, Principal. Eighty-one scholarships. Fall
Term opens fourth Tuesday In August. Spring
Term opens second Tuesday in February. send
Tor catalogue. 44yl
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
- TATE NORMAL SCHOOL,

- TATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
- CASTLETON, VT.
WALTER Z. WARD. PRIScIPAL.
Fall term commences August 81. Spring term
commences February 3. 1877.
- Each town is entitled To one free scholar
ship.
Address the Principal. l7m9
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

BE vlriuous aud be happy.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

From X. Gilbert, DOuds Station, Iowa.
Organ Is received The accomplished organist
VINO gets II says she would not exchange u for any
organ she ever saw or heard nOmany other nae
bfy, Whatever the price. In mechanical skill,
simplicity Of construction, and purity Of tone I
have have never known its equal. II l., emphatcaIly,
The host organ for the least money.
have sold many other makes of organs, some
oi which thought could not he equaled, but, like
King saul. your organs are head and shoulders'
above ihers In the leading elements that constitute
u complete organ" l6,l
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

TAMES NJ. SLADE, ATTORNEY
- AND COUSELLOR AT LAW, and solicitor
and master in chancery. Office in lirewstcr's
Block, Mdtllebury, Vt.
Mddebury, VT, April ,, 1877.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

AGENTS WANTED, hut where | have none
large discounts made ~ have them Introduced in
new localities. Send for illustrated Advsrtissr.
(catalogueD containing testimonials iiom persOns
DANIEL y. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

A DDlSON HOUSE LIVERY STA
ABLE. ID. Rider, Proprietor. First class turn
outs furnished on short notice. Prices reasonable
Middlebury, VT 5tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

EOHN AVERY, Nj. d.
~ PHYSICIAN s. SURGEON,
SrARKsBoRo, VI. l9tf OFFICE AT REsIDESc +
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
BUSINESS CARDS.

VIZ IL. KINGSLEY, DENTIST
w Up stairs in styles new Block.
"a MIDDLEBURY, VT.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

~ T.. SMITH, ATTORNEY AND
Ls COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Ohice with
Stewart 4 Edredge, Mildlcbury, Vt.
nENSIONS. j. S. CHANDLER,
/ PENSION ATTORNEY, Ripton, Vt. No pen
sion, no pay. State case and send stamp for reply.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

MCLEOD Il SMITH &C l. A NJ
M AGENTS. Mddlebury. Vt. ST.
T. H. MCLEOD. r.. +. SMITH.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-31
The Shining Hosts.

have read, says Spurgeon, of one who
dreamed dream, when in great distres,
Of mind, about religion He thought h,
stood in the outer court of heaven, and ht
saw glorious host marching up, singing
sweet hymns, and bearing the banners Of
victory; and they passed by him through
the gate, and when they vanished he heard
in the distance sweet strains of music.
"Who are they2" he asked.
"They are the goodly fellowship of the
prophets, who have gone to be with God. =
And he heavcd deep sigh as he said
"Alas ! am not one Of them, and never
shall be, and | cannot enter there
By-and-by there came another band
equally lovely in appearance, and equally
triumphant, and robed in white. They
passed within the portals, and again were
shouts of welcome heard within.
"Who are they2"
"They are the goodly fellowship Of the
apostles .
"Alas p he said, 81 belong not to that
fellowship, and cannot enter there"
He still waited and fingered, in the hope
that he might yet go in; but the next mul-
titude did not encourage him, for they
were the noble army of martyrs He
could not go with them, nor wave their
palm branches. lie waited still and saw
that the next was company Of godly
ministers and officers Of Christian churches;
but he could not 60 with them. AT last,
as he walked, he saw larger host than all
the rest put together, marching and sing
ing most melOdiously; and in front walked
the woman that was sinner; and the thief
that died upon the cross, hard by the Sa-
viour and he looked long, and saw there
such as Manasseh and the like; and when
they entered he could sec who they were,
and he thought
"There will be no shouting about them, .
But to his astonishment, it seemed as II
all heaven was rent with sevenfold shouts
as they passed. And the angel said to
him
"These are they that are mighty sin.
ners, saved by mighty grace"
And then he said
BLESSED be God l can 60 in with
Them
And so he awoke.
Blessed be God! you and I, too, caI
go in with that company. cannot hop,
to go in anywhere but with that company
Such is my own sense Of how | expect I,
entar haavon and no x,,ll -, k<.-.tl -.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-31
The Pool of Sloan as it Now Appears.

Charles Dudley Warner, in a recent ar
tice to the Atidntic, says ;--0n our way
to the Pool of Sloan we passed the vii
lage Of Sloan, which is inhabited by about
a thousand Moslems--a nest of stone huts
and caves clinging to the hillside, and ex.
actly the gray color of its stones. The
occupation Of the inhabitants appears to
be begging aud hunting for old copper
coins, mites, and other pieces Of Jewish
money,
These relics they passed upon US with
the utmost urgency. II was easier to sat
isfy the beggars than the traders, who
sailed out on us like hungry wolves from
their caves. There is a great choice Of
disagreeable places in the East, but l can
not now think of any that l should not
prefer as a residence to Sloan.
The Pool of Sloan, magnifed in my
infant mind as "Siloam's shady rill, 2 is an
unattraetive sink-hole Of dirty water, sur.
rounded by modern masonry. The valley
here is very stony. Just below We come
to Solomon's Garden, an arid spot, with
patches Of stone walls, struggling to be .
vegetable garden, aud somewhat greer
with lettuce and Jerusalem artichokes.
have no doubt it was another thing wher
Solomon and some of his wives used I,
walk here in the cool of the day, and ever
when Shnllum, the son Of Col-no-zeh, So
up "the wall Of the Pool of Sllosm by tn
kings garden"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-03-31
The Wealth of Brazil.

All intelligent travellers who have visi-
ted Brazil speak in the most glowing terms
of the country. Professor Agassiz re-
garded it as the most productive and
interesting country on the globe, and the
one in which it is easiest to obtain live
lihood. Some who have sailed up the
Amazon declare that vessel can be load
ed with Brazil nuts at an expense of few
pence per bushel, These constitute a
valuable article of commerce, while the
oil extracted from them is very desirable.
All the tropical fruits are produced in
Brazil almost without cultivation. The
soil in many parts of the country will
produce twenty successive crops Of cotton,
tobacco, or sugar cane without application
of manure. No country in the world ap-
proaches the land of Don Pedro in the
variety Of its forest productions. Profes-
sor Agassiz states that he saw one hun
dred and seventeen different kinds of val
liable woods that were cut from piece of
land not half mile square. They rep
resented almost every variety of color, and
many of them were capable of receiving a
high polish. One tree furnishes wax that
is used for candles; another a pitch that
is used in the place of intoxicating liquor
There is single variety of palm from
which the natives obtain food, drink,
clothing, bedding, cordage, fishing tackle,
medicine and the material they manufac-
ture into dwellings, weapons, harpoons, and
musical instruments, Doubtless the day
is not far distant when the valuable woods
of Brazil will be used for various useful
and ornamental purposes.-M y Mer-
curU