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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

BY Z. o. o.HAvEN. IL u.

No lover of hi, kind, no christian can
be indifferent TO the ever VARYING as
pect of the warfare against the greatest
scourge the world knows. the use of
alcoholic stimnlants. 'Oh. that all the
people had but one neck, that | might
smite off all heads AT once" was the in
sane exclamation of a tyrant. There is
an opportunity for an equally efficient
art, of benevolent kind, if ii is within
the power of man TO execute The meth
od. The monster has many heads and
but one neck. Strangle intemperance
and the triumph Of honesty and relie-
ion is not far off.
Only half century AGO alcohol
rcigned almost without opposition.
Even in America, it was the custom of
all to drink: ministers, physicians. all.
AT weddings. at funerals. at church
dedications, everywhere. 4 majority
of the men died from the effects OF
strong drink. The alcohol was no pur-
er than now. notwithstanding off-rc-
peated assersiOns 10 the contrary. and
even if it had been there is no worse
poison in common use than pure alco-
hol. Drunken braWl- were common
among Americans, and never since has
anything like so large a portion OF The
native American stock of the pcoDlo
been accustomed 10 use Intoxicating
drink. Many of them. too. died Young
from intemperancc. The great tempe
rance reformation was prc-Cmincntly
American. 1t sprang up in republic.
II was spontaneous uprising Of good
sense and christian obligation. Men
were surprised to learn that lhcv could
live and labor without alcohol. The
consequence was an immense amount
of discussion and work. Every neigh-
borhcod organized 4 temperance sOcie-
~. The pledge was signed bv hum
dreds Of thousands, and in less than
twenty years a third of the nation was
saved from dram drinking.
Other nations soon felt the influence
of this new discovery and now doctrine.
and now the prepondercnce of scientific
and physiological testimony is in favor
of total abstinence from alcohol. while
then common opinion was altogether
on the other side. Not only have mill
lions become total abstainers. but mil
lions more by strong effort are more
moderate in their use of alcohol than
they otherwise would have been, and
drunkenness is very largely banished
from open sight except in certain elias
ses, unhappilY 50 ignorant or 50 siiua-
ted a> to be but little affected bv np-
peals TO their reason or conscience.
There is. indeed, n sprinking OF
drunkards among the fairly educated
of the peoplc-but who constitute the
great mass of drinkers at the present
time! Those who minglc much with
the people have no difficulty in answer
ing this question. Is there not pres
ent growing demand for genuine
temperance revival? Arc NOT ihans-
ands of the Younger men. and many.
more advanced in years, actually per
ishing for lack OF know ledge. and cs-
pecially for lack of thought aud con
cert of action and encou segment:
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tram's heart was made glad by the an
nouncement of her niece's engagement
to Mr.. Manfred Lowth.
| think il was upon their wedding
day that Nellie showed Manfred Lowtl
a shining brown hair, carefully preserv-
ed, which she had found in her stocking
that March morning, and it was very
much like Mr.. Lowth's own.
So much for the sign of the first robin
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
MIDDLEBURl


COngregdfiOndi-Corne Pleasant and Main sts
Rev. f. L. Hooker, pastor. Sunday services al
10 A. AN. and 30 PM. Thursday evening prayer
meeting ut 30.
Aefhodist-North Pleasant st. Rev. W. ii. Row.
som, pastor. Sunday services at 10 :45 AM. and
10 pm. Thursday evening prayer meeting al
30. Glass meeting on Friday evening at 80
Episcopal-St. Stephens Church-Main.st -
rector. Sunday services at 10 30 AM
and 3 :O0P.M
Roman Cathohc-Wey ybridge-st. Rev. p. Gun.
nmgham, pastor sunday services, alternate Sab.
baths, High Mass at 10 90 AM, Nespers and bene
dcton at G 30 PM.
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
Mgfhodist-Rev. IL. Vandecar, pastor. Sunday
services at 100 PM.
vERGENNES.
Bapfist-Rev. Charles Hibbard, pastor. Sunday
services at 10 45 AM and 4: 80 PM. Weekly
PRAYER meeting on Thursday evening at 80.
lfethodist-Rev II. n. Munger, pastor Sunday
services at 80 and 730 PM Weekly prayer
meeting ON Thursday evening at Z so.
Episcopdl-St. Pdups Church-Rev. G. l. Chaplin
rector. Sunday services at 10 45 AM and 80 NJ
Friday evening at 80
Mission Chdpel-Dr. III. A. Ingham. Sunday
services at 10 As AM. and 80 PM Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening
Roman Catholic-Rev. =. Cunningham, pastor
Services, alternate Sabbaths, High Mass at 10 0C
AM, yespers and benediction at ;00P.M.
Congregationdl-Rev George E. Hall, pastor
sunday services at 10 45 AN. and 30 PM. Week.
ly prayer meeting ON Thursday evening at $780,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

Little Emma, from Washington, was
sent on n visit to her cousin, who was
an officer at Fort Monroe. She became
homesick nj last, and said, "Cousin A.,
please put postage stamp on my fore
head, aud send me home in the cars"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

LITTELL's LIVING AGE.-Thc num-
bers of this standard eclectic for the
weeks ending Sept. 8 and -, respect
lively, contain ''The England of Eliza
BETH" Edinburgh Review; "a Chap
ter on the French Renaissance" Con-
temporary Review instalments of
"Green Pastures and Piccadilly," by
William Black, and of "Pauline -
"Nelson in the Bay of Naples" Black
wood; "IIarriet Martineau," Nineteenth
Century ;"Norway and the Maelslrom," 8"
Spectator; ''John and Sarah Kcmble. :"
Temple Bar; "NIurat as King OF Ma
pies" Blackwood: "Picturcs in Hol-
land, ON and off Canvas" { ntempora-
ry "Elcciricity in War; Nature;
General Impressions" saturday Re
view; besides shorter articles and
choice poetry.
For fifty-iWo such numbers of sixty
four large pages each Cor more than
5000 pages year), the subscription
price (SS) is low; while for 5000 the
publishers offer to send any one of the
American : monthlies or wcelslie-
with The Living Age for year. both
postpaid. Liltell < Gay, Boston. arc
the publisher
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

The Married Woman's Association
proposes 10 erect statue i'm honor of
the husband who empties the water out
of the basin after hc washes his hands
But the association has not found him
yet.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

Children WHO have been the pets of
the house are most invariably afflicted
with jealousy at the advent of new
baby. A lady asked little boy under
these circumstances how he liked his lit
tie sister.
81 don't think she agrees with me.
he replied.
"Why don't she agree with you:'
Il don't know" he said; ''but |
couldn't bear TO see mother kiss her
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

A famine has stricken the provinces
Of North China, now further afflicted
with plaques of locusts.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

IT. body catch II body kissing of hi,
girl, should body from his pistol max,
a bullet whirly
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.
MAILS ARRIVE

MAILS ARRIVE.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
Middlebury, Cornwall, West Corn
wall and Brdport, o: 100 A. Nj.
WAY mail from north, $3.50 A. NJ.
New York. Rutland and Albany, 1880 A. NJ.
New York, BIS and 90 =. NJ.
Way mail nom south, 3:i5 Z. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Way mail going south, 9:3O A. NJ.
way mail going north, SCOOP. NJ.
For Rpton, Granville, Hancock, East
Mddlebury, Cornwall, West Corn
wall and Brdport, 3:l5P. NJ
Closed mail for Boston and Rutland 3 SOP. NJ
Closed mail for New York and Albany, 40 p. NJ
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

- W. GOODELL a. DOLLHOUSE,
". Carriage and Furniture Painters and
Grainer1. Place Of business James Donahue's
shop, opposite the School House, Middlebury, Vt.
Middlebury July 81, 1877. l6tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21

All men are not homeless, but some
men are home less than others.
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| ASON DAVENPORT, Fire lnsur-
~ ance Agent, will write policies in the Farm
ers' Mutual and other companies represented by
NJ. j Francisco in Rutland.
Also the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New
York, Office at j. L. liuttolph'sStore. 49
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The writer of The above saws: :

IHt WHICH OF TIC uDONc says:
81 was showing my watch to my
nephew, who was about six years old.
lie pointed TO the face of the dial and
said, "Why, there is another little
watchw
said, "Thai is called the second
hand"
lie tossed his head contemptuously.
and walked oil, saving, Il wouldn't
own a secondhand watch" lie had
heard of secondhand watches. and
thought this was one of them.
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~ w. JUDD, Manufacturer and deal
: 4. er in all kinds of American and Foreign
Marble, Granite Work, &C. With Old Middle.
hniy Marble Co. ltf
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RAILROAD TINE TABLE.

TRAINS LEAVE MIDDLEBURY.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

wv II. KINGSLEY, DENTIST.
w Up stairs in styles new Block,
IL MIDDLEBURY, VT.
MCLEOD Il SMIT II &C l. A Nj
lM AGENTS. Mlldlebury, VT 6tf
4. II. MCLEOD. 4. l.. SMITH.
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J.. A. STURTEVANT,
As Attorney at law. Office over Clay's store
in tho new block.
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morning ENprcss..........
LEAVE LEICESTER JUNCTIC
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~ f. SMITH, ATTORNEY AND
III. COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Onicc with
Stewart x Edredge, Mddlebury, Vt.
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kOHN AVERY, Nj. d.
- PHYSICIAN s. SURGEON,
SrAaksBoRo, VT. l9tf OFFICE AT RESIDENCE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

waist line. This produces full and
graceful train. The little bias band is
edged on either side by scant ruftie
of white Smyrna lace. The neck is
cut open in small Eint, anc is
trimmed with pleating Of cashmere
edged with lace, which continues down
the whole front A deep Spanish
founce ornaments the bottom, and is
itself trimmed with three narrow
folds and edged with lace. The sleeves
are edged with cashmere pleating
ard an inner ruffle of lace. A fancy
pocket completes the wrapper. An
other much more elaborate robe de
chamJre is of the same cut as the
former, with the fullness at tie back
concealed under a large bow. The
material is an exquisite shade of pale
buff cashmere. The front has a
pointed vest of black satin reaching
slightly below the waist. At the bot
tom Of the skirt, running up the front,
is she'll trimming of black satin.
which edges each side of the vest and
continues to the back, where it forks
a point. The sides Of the wrapper
are of black satin, the seams where
they are inserted being concealed UNI
der the shell trimming. The bottom
Of these sides are ornamented by four
narrow plisse ilounces Of cashmere. A
similar peating edges the back of the
wrapper. The sleeves are trimmed to
correspond. This negligeis very love
ly, and its "make up is as novel as
it is elegant. A companion dress
that is, a similar one Of white and
| blue or white and rose c0lor-would
make a charming toilet, and one in
which any lady need not hesitate to
receive those who are privileged to
| call ut those hours when every lady
is by common conces sion supposed to
be unprepared for yisitors.-N. T..
Cor. ChicaQo Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

There was silence of moment in
the corridor, and then down the stairs
came group of coarse-faced women,
with eyes redeemed by weeping. They
wore dark cotton dresses, from which
the red shawls and kerchiefs and gold
earrings had been banished-the near
est approach they could make to
mourning; for money was scarce and
food dear, and the living had more
need of care than the dead, who were
in glory with the saints. Behind the
women walked young man with his
eyes bent on tie ground-slender and
tall, and fair-haired, with the supple
grace of the gondolier in his carriage.
Behind us a girls voice whispered:
There is her lover Giovanni.
The procession moved on across the
bridge, the painted wooden standards
borne aloft by the white-robed bows,
the yellow garment of the priest flash
ing in The sunlight, the red robes of
the becchini bright against the pale
gray of the house-fronts and the Sere
LEAKAGE on the balconies. Beyond was
sweep of canal that curved into
darkness about an overhanging portlco,
and was lost in the tawny side of a
church. The bridge had an old es-
cutcheon for its keystone, and patch
of green vine starting from the crew
ice and throwing careSslng arm
about the old monster of the crest,
and dropping against the darkness of
the inner arch. The sunlight streamed
ba ,rntn hn1 OF alyjn
with gold, and over the great boat
stakes, striped serpent-fashion, blue
and white, with golden crowns on
| them, and scarlet crest beneath.
We followed the train through a
narrow passage to where the sunlight
cleaned on the Shiny steps OF the
canal-landing. A great black hulk
| lay against the wall, painted with en-
blems of death in CHASTITY white, and
black. The becchini placed their poor
load upon the black surface carefully,
| that the pitifu4 memorials might not
be shaken, and then turned away with
a salute to the priest, stripping OF
their red garments as they went. The
! priest and two of the acOlytes entered
a shabby gondola. The women packed
themselves closely in another, and the
young man took off his patched jacket
and grasped the rear oar, while a great
! sob burst from his throat 1t was
| plain to see that the boat was his own,
and that many time the spoSa, who
| lay 50 white and cold under the pale
lilies, had sat nit, throned i'll triumph
on regatta-day, grand in her gold
necklace and the wealth of her young
beauty. - Appleton'S Journal TO,
| March.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28
DetrOit's Mean Man.

a Detroit doctor yesterday met an
ex-patent of his on State street and
called the mans attention to the fact
that he had a bill against him for
medical services.
Cant pay" replied the man.
"Do you want to pay?' sternly
demanded the physician.
"Of course do, but I'd like lit
tie time
GLOW much ?"
About twenty years.
"I'll sue this billr exclaimed the
doctor.
"Sue away, for | amt worth but a
shirt and half, and am growing
poorer every day"
Well, sir, you are a blamed mean
man." continued the doctor.
How mean am /? Please state
what grade of meanness you mean ?"
- mean" said the doctor as he
got more color in his ears, q mean
that you are mean enough to pretend
to die, so as to spite your creditors
and make your wife trouble. You
are mean enough to let them bury
you in due form. Then, if came at
night, dug you up and carried your
cadayer on my back for "A mile and a
half, you'd be mean enough to come
to life, pick my pockets, and want me
to hire you to fill up the grave again.
:" Is that your candid opinion, doc
tor?''
Yes, sir, it isr'
"Well, doctor you may now drive on.
If you have time during the day please
write me out chart, for you beat
Fowler by a length and half. Good
bye, doctor, seems like spring, doesn' t
it. - Detroit Free Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28
A Venetian Funeral.

We turned a corner and came sud
denly upon tondamento above a
canal. Women and children bare
headed, with their knitting or strings
Of beads in their hands, as though they
had Just left their seats in the door
ways, stood about the narrow en-
trance Is a house that faced the stair
case of a bridge. Their shrill voices
were hushed, and solemn awe lay up
on the faces of the children. Within
the corridor of the house stood small
BOYS in white, lace-edged garments,
with unkempt heads, graspjng long
white tapers by painted wooden han
die that had skulls carved on them.
The silence was broken but by the
wash of the canal against the wall, and
the low murmur Of achant that tloated
down the dingy stairway.
The sound of the voices grew plain
er, rs though door had been opened.
| There was a noise of feet and tlutter
of white robes at the head of the stair
way. The acolytes moved slowly down
the steps. bearing their lighted taperS
alOft. and their comrades IN the yeSti-
bule made way for them into the
street There was heavy tread on
the landing, and four figures in long
red gowns, with coarse. unshaven
faces above them, and shabby boots
and torn trousers showing under the
folds, made their way down the mar
row stair, bearing a burden covered
with 4 lace-edged white cloth. THE
btcchMii" whispered the women out
side and they drew closer together,
casting looks of terror and dislike at
the red-robed figures with the swarthy,
honest faces. The old plague-horrer
fingers in the Venetian hearts, and the
old name of the peSt-tlme servants of
the city clings To these humble sacris-
tans and grave-diggerS.
In the yestibule they paused and laid
their burden down on the treStleS, and
drew their faded red handkerchiefs
from somewhere behind their dipgy
shirt-bosoms. and wiped their hard,
scanned faces and gray, shaggy heads.
There We're wreathS of the white, Ian
guild lilies on the poor cotton cover
ing Of the coffin, and the crown Of
artificial roses with ALA mia NpoSa
49," To my betrothed' din silken let
tiers ON the white ribbon that tied It,,
and a pyramid of early dahliaS, yellow
and crimson. at either end. The priest
descended the staircase. making II
creak with the burden of his portli-
ness, and Frightening the dingy yeStl-
bule with his golden vestment and his
round fresh face with the square
black cap above it, He chanted cheer
lly as he advanced, and the acolyteS
caught up the solemn refrain IN their
Shrill boyish voices. The bscchint tooN
up their pitlful burden, and, followed
bv the priest and the acolyteS. stepped
out into the street.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

posed to rapid radiation, and conse.
quent loss of its heat. This chill 10
more likely to occur when the sky il
perfectly clear. l have often SLEPT in
the open air in India, on clear summer
night, when there was no moon: and
although the first part of the night
may have been hot, yet toward two
or three o'clock in the morning. the
chill has been so great that | have
often been awakened by an ache in
my forehead, which | as often have
counteracted by wrapping a handker
chief round my head and drawing the
blanket over my face. AS the chill is
likely to be greatest on very clear
night, and the clearest nights are
likely to be those on which there is
bright moonshine, it is very possible
that neuralgia, paralysis, or other
similar injury, caused by sleeping in
the open, air has been attributed to the
moon, when the proximate cause NAV
really have been the chill, and the
moon only a remote cause acting bv
dissipating the clouds and haze (if it
do so), and leaving perfectly clear
sky for the play of radiation into
space. "-Galaay for March.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

and all people who appreciate the value OF
keeping memorandum of business trans
actions, daily events, and items of interest
or importance, for future reference, should
call on their druggists and get DR.. Pierces
Memorandum book free. The Doctors
Grand Invalds Hotel at Buffalo, which costs,
when finished, two hundred thousand dol.
lars, will be opened early in June next, for
the reception of patients afflicted with
chronic diseases and deformities. 1t viii
afford the most perfect facilities for the cure
of such affections, and its Faculty of physi-
clans and surgeons will embrace graduates
from both American aud European Medical
Schools who have become distinguished for
their skill. The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, by Dr. r, V. Pierce, work
of over nine hundred large pages, illustrated
by two hundred and eighty-two engravings,
and elegantly bound in cloth and gilt is
sent to any address by the Author on re
ceipt of one dollar and fifty cents. Almost
one hundred thousand copies have already
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S A. CRAIG, Esq, druggist, Of West Alex
ander Pa, says ~ sell more of DR.. Pierce's
preparations than all others combined. They
give satisfaction in every case and | can
cheerfully recommend them to the public"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28
Aching Heads and Uneasy Nerves

Are often soothed by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, because that searching corrective
completely removes the causes of brain and
nerve excitement which are to be found in
arrangement of the stomach, and of its asso-
cate organs, the liver and bowels 1t is
truth which cannot be too earnestly insisted
upon, that the effect of mere sedatives and
narcotics, like bromide of potassium, valerian,
choral hydrate and opium, is less appreciable
the longer they are used and that they can
never permanently relieve nervous excitabil-
ity, because they cannot remedy the weak
ness and organic arrangement which lies at
its roots Hostetter's Bitters, however, can
and does cure nervous maladies, for the rea-
son already stated. Sick headache, restless
ness at night, vertigo, mental heaviness, and
depression of spirits, as well as the dyspeptie
condition of the stomach, and torpidity OF
the liver and bowels, which give rise to them,
are entirely obyiated by this benign Alternative
tonic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28
Ladies' Wrappers.

There is probably nothing SO indis-
pcuSable to lady as a wrapper. and a
wrapper suitable Rot only for mere
convenience and repose, but one ,u0-
clrntlH attractive for receiving those
moIc intimate friends who aUr some
bow received when one Is "nn, ut
home Go mere acQUaIntanCeS. An
exceedingly pleasing one Is of pale
blue flannel OF cashmere. The front
Is cut lu priuceSse shape. while the
center oi the back is Shirred e. bias
band some five OF six inches below the