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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
4 Touring Pilgrim.

Carlisle Of the Rochester Union sends
out the following, which we verify be-
licve happened to himself. Our boys
are not guilty every time:-
One Of our Mississippi exchanges tells
the following. and being assured that
the story as related is true, with hun
predS of other curious people we would
like to know the name of the ''touring
pilgrim"
1t was Il clear, bright day, when the
young drummer-who was making his
first tour through the souih--was seen
smiling complacently on II fair damscl
sitting Oh his left and diagonally oppo-
site him, on the 3 80 south-bound train
from Memphis on the NJ. < T. Railroad.
She was fair and beautiful to behold, rs
he thought, when he approached her
thus:
"My good lady, il seems ~ If YOU
were travelling alone
IL am" was the reply.
WELL" said the drummer, nothing
gives me more true pleasure than to
play the gallant to the fair sex, who like
yourself, nrc companionless, aud if do
not presume too much, will be happy
to be your escort ~ lar n we travel to-
gether."
GLOW far ARE YOU going" She said,
"To Grenada" was the reply.
II shall 90 that far myself"
''Well, then, surely We will have quite
II nice ride together
"But, pray sir, il am not too imper-
tincnt. may ask what bu-ine-.5 vou are
in?"
"Oh, moi AT all. not nj all, my fair
LADY, with pleasure, can say am Il
touring pilgrim for commercial house
In Louisville. KY"
They sped on at the rate of twenty
miles AN hour, busily engaged in con
versatiOn, until they arrived nj Station
10. Is, this time he had changed his
seat 10 the one directly behind hers.
When the train stopped their eyes fell
upon poor-lOoking donkey, when he,
thinking 10 make the Young lady blush.
was heard to say:
Fair lady. |, having been raised in
a city and totally unacquainted with the
different animals that inhabit the coun-
try, will you please tell me what sort or
kind of animal that is over the way
there! ut the same time pointing his fin
ger at the donkey.
She replied by making mischieyous
wink AT her father, no had not LONG
since taken seat near enough TO hear
the conversation:
Il, too, have been raised in the city,
and am like you, unacquaintcd with the
animals that inhabit the country; but il
! would be left to Judge. would en-
phatlcally say, from hi- looks and long
ears, he must be touring pilgrim for
III ,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
A Local Returning board.

They were playing poker, and Pomp
held full hand. His eyes glistened
with conscious triumph AS he put up n
ten cent ante and gazed at his partner
expectantly.
II raises dat len cents" remarked
Pete.
81 goes quarter more" insinuaicd
Pomp.
IL stand you and raises snuder quar-
ter" replied Pete
81 continue on de war path and tlops
down dc last thirty cents" answered
Pomp, placing six nickels on the table.
II hyers de pile and calls you,' re-
marked Pete.
''Full hand" said Pomp, turning his
cards. "What have YOU got!"
"A pair, and dc game am undecided" ;"
"What's datY Undecided? Dis yer
chile takes de pile"
''Not by long chalk. Dis ease will
now be referred TO de returnin' board
who will examine into de partickelars.
Oars plenty more good cards in de
pack, and why didn't | get 'emY Dar'=
been intimidation and fraud, and mean
while de rcturnin' board takes possess
sion OBJ dc spoils," and Pete reached out
his hands.
Then the other side denied the right
of the board 10 NEEDLE, aud when the
reporter left the horrible demon of civil
war was dancing wild dance in the
neighborhood, and policeman was
marching up to mediate'with q club.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

spirit. And any one would rather hear
hearty dog bark than to hear heart
less woman sing or play. The great rea-
son there Il so little amusement, in mu-
sic is, there Is too little heart in singers
and players. Let our musicians destroy
this vain ambition for personal display
and give themselves to the Christly
thought in song and melody, namely
the ministration of comfort to others.
Let them play and sing to please and
help others, not TO please themselves,
and they will earn for themselves q
place among the saviors of the world.
Furthermore, Good conversation Is
one of the most bcwitching, instructive,
inspiring 'amusements one can engage
in. Speech is the currency of soul
commerce. BY its power souls are put
Into the sweetest and highest commun-
ion and lifted up together above things
sensual and wicked. Why is there not
more pleasure taken in good, square,
sensible conversation about the great
questions that agitate Heaven, earth
and hcllr Why is it that we have so
many afIlnnities in our lower nature,
and so few in our higher, through in
tclligent, hearty talk? All this demands
thought and the generation Of opinions,
and the ability to express them. and rc-
ouircs readin9 and study. TO be able
TO converse intellioentlv and inspir;n0-
lv ought TO be the aim of every crea-
ture that has n soul. for thia IL our only
means of soul communion. Our whole
education from Childhood ND ought 10
proceed on this basis. To know how
TO talk intellieentIy and holpfullv is a
better accomplishment than the paintin~
of fomth-ratc pictures, the mincing Of
French. or knitting tidics. EinI;no
yourself in some evening companies,
YOU would think from The dcaihly si-
lcncc that reirncd. that Intelligent
conversation was n lost art. pray for
more reading and less dressing. For
more thinking and less dreaming. For
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
4 Had Thing for the LAWYERS.

\ demonstrating woman, about
forty years old, called at 4 lawyer of
flee on Chambers street and asked the
attorney if he could see to little busi-
ness for her. lie replied that he could,
and she explained.
"My husband went 10 the Black Hills
over four months ago"
"Yes, | see. That is dcsertion. and
good grounds for divorce" he replied.
81 don't want no divorce, sir. What
| want Is for him to send me some mon
ey."
"And he won'tf'
"Well, he hasn't sent any yet"
"And what can do?" asked The law
yer.
"Put n lawsuit on him and scare him
into il, she answered.
He gloomily replied that the court
here had no jurisdiction In such case,
and that he could do nothing.
"Why, If / was a lawyer, ! could put
suit on him in an hour-I know !
couldv she protested.
lie shook his head.
swell. all right" she said, as she rose
to go. II thought lawyers had some
get up to 'em, and / always held my
breath when one passed the house, but
this thing has opened my eyes. You
don't know any more than do, sir, and
| don't know anythingl Good-iay
sir"- Law Guide.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

Hon. Henry NJ. Pollard, one Of the
new republican members of congress
from Missouri, is forty years old, IL
native of Plymouth, Vt. lie graduated
from the Chandler department of Dart
mouth College in 1857, and is the first
alumnus of that institution that has been
sent to Congress. After graduation he
emigrated TO Wisconsin and read law.
When the rebellion broke out he went
to the war as a member of the Third
Wisconsin Cavalry, and was aflerward
major of the Eighth Vermont Volun-
tccrs. After the war he removed TO
Missouri. where he has a high rank as O
lawyer. Major Pollard is gentleman
of decided ability ana has shown long
fidelity to republican principles.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

The American Naturalist for Janngrv
commences the eleventh volume of this
excellent popular magazine of natural
history and travel, and presents as usual
a varied and attractive table of contents.
Mr.. Alfred W. Bennett. the eminent
English botauist, leads off with dis-
cussion of the question whether protec-
tive mimicry is due to natural selection,
and Prof W. II. Dali contributes paper
OH the educated fleas which have recent
ly excited so much interest in New York
and Boston. He maintains that the
fleas arc not q" educated" I.C. Russell
gives an interesting description Of the
Giant Birds of New Zealand, and DR.. a.
S. Packard, Jr., describes the Migrations
of the Destructive Locust of the Wesi.
There j. also an illustrated article on
the Aboriginal Money of California, by
Lorenzo G.. Yates, and the number fur
ther contains reviews of recent scientific
books. notes on botany, zoology. an,hro-
pology, geology and palMontology.
geography and exploration. and micro
scopy, besides recent scientific news,
synopsis of the proceedings of learned
societies, and digest of the contents OF
scientific serials. This simple summary
will suffice to show the range and variety
of the subjects treated in the Naturalist,
which is now published by III. O. Hough-
ton 4 Co., Boston. Terms 81 year.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

The February Scribner, it is alnounc-
ed, will contain an article on "Trout-
Fishing in the Rangcley Lakes, =" the Sec
ond part of General McClellan's "Win-
ter on the Nile" notable paper on
'Whitc of Sclborne," the first part of
short story by SAKE Holm, etc.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

Il wish | might die" sighed a middle
aged maiden, as she hung like lamp
bolster out of the third-story front Win
dow on Sunday afternoon and espied
a man whom she had once coquettishly
rejected placidly propelliug an sl9
bNhX-cari
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
n. g. R. ATWOOD,
Wholesale Dealers and Planters in
PROVIDENCE RIVER 4 VIRGINIA
q Y STE R =

10 Commercial Street. Boston.
We are selling large PROVIDENCE
RIVERS fresh from their beds daily. at si.2O
per gallon. solid. vIRGINIAs at 80 eta. per
gallon. Also, PROVIDENCE RIVER NATIVES
AND PLANTS in the she'll BY the bushel or
barrel. 50
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

Don't think of knocking ont another
persons brains because he differs in
opinion with you. 1t win be as rational
to knock yourself on the head because
you differ with yourself ten years ago.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
CTATE NORMAL SCHOOL,

CTATE NOhM a II SCHOOLI
RANDOLPH, VERMONT.
ABEL E. LEAVENWORTH, A. NJ, Pr.a d,si
A SISTED by Four Capable Graduates Of Normal
Schools from three states
New features for Fall TORN. 1878. Capacity
Il building doubled. Model and pTeps atory
ieVartnaents added.
EsIl Term opens fourth Tuesday 10 Augu,
Spring term. fret TUESDAY In February
SEND For CATALosus.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
OONsIPATION Is CURED

II lannon's DYES COLOR SILKS. WOOL.
IL ems, Sottons; color anything. Druggists sell
them. A book giving full and s9plieit directions
cora W&nkA R1aSapssa 4 Co., RSrfin efbn, Vt
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
.NIliEON Il. CLARK.

VI ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1872 LaSalls ST. Room -
Residence South Chiesgul CHICAGO, Ill.
MONEY LOANED for eastern parties Gu GIst
mortgage security on improved real estate in and
near Chicago and South Chicago at rates netting
ten per cent per annum to tho lenders.
Reference by permission to Messrs. Stewart
Eldredge, Middiebury, Vt.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
p HI N N X Y

VI PHINN EY.
vi. Once more announces that notwithstsnd.
log his ioas by the great are-hsving had every
shiog barned-he has been encouraged to open
sdbthsv shop, where he Intends to Keep gooi
Ksoitlnen Of
HARNESSES, HORSE NETS,
WHIPS s. SSUMMER LAP ROBES,
VACUUM g. YEATS FOOT OIL
~ kEPAIRNo done at short notice ana on
.asosatls Wms.
SHOP, No. 3, siIELDON'S BLOCK.
Middlebsry, Jaue IL. 1916.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

Ben Hill has grey eyes and yellow
hair. What atrocious taste.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13
- TATE NORMAL SCHOOL,

- TATE NOKMAL SCHUUL,
CASTLETON, Vt.
WALTER E. YARD. PRIscIrA
Fall term commences August 81. Spring term
aomme aces February 8. 1877.
II idiisoa County is eatiiisi IL $ f. IN
FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
Ali,sss the Principal. l7ms
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

A lecture delivered in the Methodist church at
nlonS FALL, Nov. ~, by Rev. J. !. Clymer.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-13

The following dialogue recently oc-
Cured in one of our rural justice
courts:
"Do YOU know the prisoner, Mr..
Jonesi"
eyes, TO the bone"
"What is his characteri"
Didn't know he had any"
Does he Ii, Z near you"
$50 near that he has spent only live
shillings for flrewood In eight years"
"Did he ever come in collision with
you in any matter?"
"Only once, and then he was drunk
and mistook me for lamp post"
''From what YOU know of him, would
you believe him under oathY"
THAT depends upon circumstances.
Ii he was SO much intoxicated that he
did not know what he was saying, l
would-if not, wouldn't"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

One Main schoolmistress is thus de-
scribed: ''She is an imposing human
structure, not far from seven in height,
and weighing not less, I think, than
300 pounds. Her voice is fitted to. her
size, and Ler strength equal to either,
She is pleasing to behold-very hand
some, the Anaklm would probably call
her." She was sent for once to reduce
disorderly school to submission. The
boys, almost men in stature, had elected
a teacher by force. and smashed their
desks. The account continues: She
walked the floor, making her exordium.
Her ruler was like weaver's beam.
She told the school why she was there's
and serenely invited those who designed
to make trouble to begin it at once.
Not creature stirred. After some
weeks one young fellow of twenty-one
years, who considered himself beau,
began to air his pretentions rather OBJ
noxiously. One stride and she was along
side the dandy, one grab, and the dandy
was across her knee-Ncks, bowls, and
scratches were efforts thrown away;
and amid the struggles of the boys not
to rend the air with laughter, and the
hysterieal shueks of the girls, Adolphus
was disciplined in style and to a de-
gree that he will remember to his de-
parting day."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29
A Solemn Sermon.


Sermons are not preached by minis
tiers and from pulpits only. They.zare
addressed to us by myriad voices, and
from all the scenes oflife, and if we on
ly had an ear to hear, how impressive
would be their admonitions, and how
salutary. Some one saying to Arch
bishop Leighton, "You have been to
hear sermon 2" II met sermon"
was the response, ''a sermon de facto,
for met a corpse" Those who read
the daily and weekly newspapers, meet
sermons there, and of the most solemn
character.
The obituary record is such a sermon.
1t may be unheeded, like other sermons.
1t may be glanced over as mere mat
ter of curiosity; as a simple item of
news. And yet what sermon could be
more worthy ofour regard! On the ia
Bile by which l write lies weekly secu-
lar news paper. turn to the record of
mortality, and find there the names of
twenty seven of my fellow travellers to
eternity. They were all strangers to
me. l never saw any Of them, and new
er heard their names, or read them till
now. But what does it mean? What
signifies this record? 1t means that
these individuals are gone from the
world: that they are forever done with
all things here below that they have
entered upon an eternal and unchanged
BILE state Of joy or Of sorrow. Some Of
them were cut down in their infancy
some in the bloom and beauty ofyouth;
some in the yigor Of manhood; and
some in old age. But they are all gone,
forever gone; and the places that have
known them, shall know them no more.
Last week there was in the same
place in the paper like chapter, and
next week there will be another, and
soon my own name will be there. 1t
becomes nae, then, to lay these things
to heart. Instead Of living to secure
wealth or fame, or to enjoy pleasure, as
he great multitude do, it becomes me
10 make diligent and seasonable prepal-
alton for my last great change, so that
t may be said to me by the Master in
,he last great day: "Well done, good
and faithful servant; enter thou into
he joy Of thy Lord"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29
Communion with God.

There is no communion so sweet, so
safe, so honorable, so advantageous, as
communion with God. There is that in
it which exactly suits, fully satisfies,
and infinitely delights the sublime Ca
pacious powers of the immortal SOUL
Sensual delights are momentary, and
rather surfeit than satisfy, often leaving
-CFUrr. the SOuI mas us center ana rest.
Here the soul returns to God who gave
it. Here all the scattered beauties IN
the wide creation are found collected
together. Not the most exquisite paint
ing to the limner's eye, nor the sottest
strains to the musicians ear, not yet
the sweetest fragrance to the smell, or
most delicious food to the palate, are
worthy to be compared with the bless
edness of communion with Ged. What
can be more honorable than to visit and
be visited, to walk and talk. and have
Joint interest with the King Of kings
Here we need fear no evil, neither loss
nor disgrace. We are safe IN the wilder
ness, and shall not be less so in the
shadow of death. The beginning Of
this fellowship is the beginning Of heav-
en- below, and the perfection Of it will
be the perfection Of heaven above. 1t
is that communion which no power,
however great, which no place, however
distant, can for moment interrupt
Death itself, which breaks up so many
connections ana fellowships, does not
destroy, but rather brings this to perfec-
ton. How blessed it is to be walking
with God By so doing we shall be-
come like him, and ere long be with him
| forever and ever
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29
P oETIc Al.
RAIN on THE ROOF.

The author of.the sweet and tender little poem
entitled Grain on the Roof" was recently the vic
tim of thunderbolt in far away, wild and desc.
late spot among the Black Hills, whittier he was
stroller and an outcast. The author, Coates Kim
ney, was once Journalist of rare ability. We ap.
pend two stanzas:
When the humid shadows hover
Over all the starry spheres,
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in raining tears,
What a joy to press the pillow
OF cottage chamber bed,
And to listen to the patter
Of the soft rain overhead.
Every patter on the shingles,
Has an echo in the heart,
And thousand recollections
Into busy being start
And thousand busy fances
Weave their bright hues into wool,
As we listen to the patter
OF the soft rain on the roof.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

The following is told of a grave dig
ger in cathedral town in the North Of
England: One day, while gathering in''
the remains of an aged parishioner, he
observed some women weeping by the &
grave side. Turning around he sharply
demanded of thems "What are ye cry-
ing for? Ifye dmna bring 'em at 80,
when wad We bring 'em?" =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

A girl that is never allowed to sew, all
of whose clothes are made for her and
put on her till she is ten, twelve, fifteen
or eighteen years of age, is spoiled. The
mother has spoiled her by doing every
thing for her. The true idea of self-re-
straint is to let the child venture. A
child's mistake are often better than no..
mistakes; because when a child makes
mistakes, and has to correct them, it is
on the way toward knowing something.
A child that is walked up every morning,
and never wakes himself. up; and is
dressed, and never makes mistakes in
dressing himself; and is washed, and
never makes mistakes about being
clean; and is fed, and never has any
thing to do with its food: and is watch
ed, and never watches himself; and car
ed for, and kept all day from doing
wrong-such child might as well be a
tallow candle, perfectly straight, and
solid, and comedy, and unyital, and
good for nothing but to be burnedup.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

Many sweet girl, with tender, 'Iov-
ing eyes, has wept away the moments
of loves young dream while the young
man who was to tell her all about 1t IS
pleading with the livery stable man try
ing to hire four dollars worth of horse
and buggy for a dollar and half.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

s'Why is it, my dear SIR" said Waf-
fles' landlady to him the other day,
''that you newspaper men never get
rich?'' II do not know was his reply,
'sexcept it is that dollars and sense do
not ALWAYS travel together.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

Some amusement was caused not long
ago, in an English court, by a female
witness, who, on the oath being admin
istered, repeatedly kissed the clerk in
stead Of the book. In was some tine
before she was made to understand the
proper-or, at least, the legal thing to
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

TRUE PoLITENEss. Polite youth:
s'Excuse me, sir, but you've dropped
your cigar ash on your trousers" Crusty
old Gent: swell, sir,what then? You've
had fusee burning in your sleeve fol-
the last quarter of an hour, and never
interfered with you ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

Its proof of the singular operation
of the human mind" says mental
philosopher, THAT when two men acci-
dentally change hats, the man who gets
the worst tile, is always first to discover
the mistake.o
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

Z. An old bachelor who died recently
left will dividing all his property
equally among the surviving women
who had refused him. Because" said
he, ssto them 1 owe all nay earthly hap
pinessv ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29
N0TARIES PUBLIC.
JUSTICES OF TIE PEACE.

DAVIS DIsr.-Dr. c.. A. Brown, obed Funk aud
Jno. Il. Sparr.
sToNEwA11-J H. Grabill,sE Cofelt, snowden
Whitaker.
JoHSsEeS-J Il. Rodeffer, Martin Strickler,
Levi IL. Cullers.
MAD1soH.-samuel c. Campbell James J.
Coffman, Samuel Rinker.
Asuav.-sa,nl. Hannaan, Samuel Kingree, Jacob
Z. Miller.
Len. White williamson D. p. zirkle, John N.
Pence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

In two recent attempts to sound the
Northern Ocean with lines one mile and
half in length, no bottom could be
found. sos -e
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

A Mkyor out West has determined to
kill hsI the dogs in the city and tan
them Is with the bark Of the other
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

Frowns blight young children as fros-
ty nights blight young plants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

This hotel has been recently improved by
the erection of brick addition to the main
building which will give considerably more
room, and afford ample accommodation for
he travelling public.
THE TABLE will be we'll supplied at all
times with the best the market affords, and
10 pains shall be spared to satisfy the wants
of guests in this department.
THE BAR will be stocked with the best
Liquors A full supply of Wilson's pure
Rye whisky, (the only homemade whisky
sud in the county can be found by those
wishing pure article for MEDICAL purposes
Jurors attending court will be boarded
or their fees per diem, and their certificates
aben in payment if desired
Charges Modersse A call respectfully
olicited.
ROBLRT WILSON.
May 1t
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29
.ElR. \. L. BELEW

DENTIST.
Having rented rooms in Woodstock will visit
them on the first Monday ii each month and re-
main two weeks The balance eff the month he
viii spend in Edinburg.
Esr- RrrERE.x 1E-The Faculty Of ths Baltimore
College Of Dental Surgery.
Jan 1T.