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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-24
An EmDprOr's Kindness.

Emperor William, of Germany, is n
kind-hearted old man. Two anecdotes
are tod which illustrate his natural dis
position: An official of the German civil
service and his wife celebrated recently
thcirdiarnond wedding The emperor,
in his retirement, heard of this event,
and sent n medallion portrait of himself
in golden setting, Ornamented with the
imperial arms, by way of wedding
pr, sent, and at the same time sent his re-
gret that his inability TO write prevented
his appending his autograph, which,
however, he promised as soon as he was
able to do 50.
The other incident is as follows: Two
children of a butcher, in a village Il
few miles from Berlin, having heard Of
the emperor's fondness for blue corn
flowers (Our bachelors buttons), gath
cred Il great noscgay of them i'll the
fields, and, without saying anything to
anybody, started off on the Berlin
highway, trudged all the weary miles to
the city, found their way to the palace,
and handed the flowers to the lacky " for
the good emperor"
Their appearance attracted attention,
and when questioned they told tbeir
simple tale. They were taken into the
palace and given a luncheon, which was
probably tn. best they had ever eaten,
and then, as the emperor divined that
the parents must be by this time in
great anxiety. the two little dusty and
wayworn children were sent home IN
one of the imperial carriages, an honor
which made them the most distinguished
residents of their little village.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-24

WHEN a man leaves our side and goes
to the other side, he is traitor, and we
always feel that there was subtle some
thing wrong with him. But when
man leaves the other side and comes
over 10 us, then he is man of great
moral courage, and we always feel that
he had sterling stuff In him,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-24

AN ingenious locksmith in this city
has invented new front door lock
which by clockwork arrangement be-
comes deaf to the entreaties of latch
key after twelve clock at night. When
ever you pass house at two a. nj. and
see man sleeping on the fence you may
know his wife has purchased one on the
olv
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-24

Cyrus CARD was married the other
day, and on his wedding notices were the
words, 1" No cards" But then he doesn't
know what might happen.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-24
THAT'S WHY HISS YOU, sHn SAID.

Our Daisy lay down
In her little nightsOTn
And kissed me again and again
on forehead and check
On lips that would speak,
But found themselves shut, to their gain,
Then foolish, absurd,
To utter word,
Lacked her the question so old,
That wife and that lover
Ask over and over,
As II they were surer when told
here close at her side,
"Do you love me?" cried
She lifted her goldcn'crowncd head
A puzzled surprise
shown in her gray eyes
why, that's why kiss you, she sad
-- UpkHolrn Eychdr0e,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-24

ArsTBALIA's gold yield has been de-
clining for years.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-24

A BRITISH Consular report from Per-
sia says that almost every child in that
country is taught to read and write
The Koran is the text book. But as
thereare no printed books in Persianchar.
acters among the people, the condition of
popular intelligence is that of five cen
turies ago. Few new books are read,
tbecost Of manuscript being too much for
popular circulation, and few are written.
The Persians adhere in chemistry to the
old idea of four elements. In astrOn-
omy they believe that the sun moves
around the earth. In other sciences, rs
presented in printed books, their posi-.
ton is the same although, of course, the
highly educated are better taught. In
the actual processes of art and manufac-
lures, with samples OF Western products
before them, they are skillful imitasofS
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

III 1t sue gests thought when one
learns that Judge Whitaker of Lousi-
ana has assumed jurisdiction over case
in which one Lavice is charged with
embezzlcment. Judge Whitaker has q
practical knowledge of embezzlcmcnt
which gives his judicial faculties in such
case vast advantage over those OF
any other judge in the country. Why
wouldn't it be good idea TO have all
embezzlcrs tried by Judge Whitaker
In the same way some man who has
been guilty of murder could be appoint
ed a judge TO try capital cases. Some
individual who has made a midnight
raid upon his neighbours hen-roost
would be competent justice to try
sneak thieves, and so on through the
catalogue. The trouble with our Judges
is that their knowledge of crime is TOO
theoretical, too much founded upon hear
say evidence. fla town desired TO have
an examination made of the condition
of a highway bridge, would il employ
our venerable chief justice, or practi-
cal bridge builder? SO in examining a
burglar. What does the judge know OF
burglary? OF course, he has theorci-
ical knowledge, he knows the technical
definition of the crime. But no one
would pretend that for real, sound,
practical knowledge Of the craft he
would compare with an expert burglar
who has won emincncc in his prolcs-
sion, and surely practical knowledge
vastly enhances the value of n judicial
decision. In short, the thought OF
Judge Whitaker, the champion cmbcz-
zler of the decade, sitting in Judgment
upon a brother cmbczzler, strikes the
reader with a sense of eternal fitness
and inspires wish for some more OF
that same.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

have been enabled to take hundreds of
thousand of dollars annually out of the
pockets of the printers TO add to their
own already swelling profits. The
duty on type is now twenty-five per
cent al roloreD,, and the new bill
proposes TO increase the rate on news
and book type to fifty per cent, and on
job and fancy type to over one hundred
per cent. There are less than one
thousand persons employed in type
founding, while more than one hum
dred and twenty thousand are engaged
in the printing business. This highly
Democratic measure proposes to pro-
hibit foreign competition in order that
the dozen type founding establishments
of the country may have the printers at
their mercy. Every reading individ-
ual in this country is interested in Sec
ing that this bill does not become law
Cheap type means cheap newspapers
and cheap books. The proposed bill is
an outrageous tax upon education and
intelligence. 1t is either an infamous job
in the interest of a grasping ring, or a
piece of haphazard fooling with sub
.ject which the author of the bill knows
nothing about. 1t is to be hoped the
press ofthc country will take up the
matter in earnest.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

If One would think that people
never show SO little genius as when
they attempt TO commit suicide. Here
is Braitleboro man who tried to cut
his throat with a bread knife, and
afterwards endcavorcd to cleave lis
own skull with an AK. 1t seems as il
any intelligent man who really wanted
to shuttle off this mortal coil could find
plenty of elegant methods which would
leave him no excuse for making a
bnngling job of it. The least reflection
ought to have shown this Brattleboro
man that razor is better than bread
knife; and can of nitrO-glycerine is
certainly preferable to an AK, with the
additional point in it's. favor that il
cleans up the scene of operations beau
tifully.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

ET- There is no sentimental civil. ser
vice reform nonsense about Gen. But
Ter. Ina speech before the Senate COM
mittee on post-ofllces, last week, he
threw some of his bricks at the prcsi-
dent and Senator Hoar, on account of the
denomination of S. G. Sargent as post
master at Methuen, instead of II one
legged soldier named Coggshall, whom
he recommended. He pitched into
Hoar sharply for interfering in his dis.
trict. 1t will take surgical operation
to put civil service reform notions into
Buffers Uranium.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

~ II is said that Representative
Hale, of Maine, who has been a sincere
believer in the Southern policy of the
president, is now preparing a speech ia
prove the failure of the Cancellation pol.
icy as shown in Louisiana. "While
the speech will be personally kind TO.
ward the president, II will denounce in
the severest terms the course of the adj
ministration toward Louisiana" If, in
the course of his speech, Representative
Hale, of Maine, will indicate what Other
constitutional and prudent course the
administration could have taken, he
will confer an extensive favor upon q
multitude of puzzled Republicans OF
the North, who are unable TO see why
the administration is TO blame if the
Louisiana Democrats make internal
fools of themselves.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
A New POpe Elected.

Cardinal Gioachino Pecci was on
Wednesday elected pope. lie takes the
name of Leo XIII. The new pope was
born March 10, 1910, at Carpineto, of a
noble family, and is consequently sixty
eight years old. lie received the car
dinal's hat, Dec. 10, 1858. After the
death of Cardinal Antonclli, who had
always stood in the way of Pecci's pre-
ferment, the latter was chosen Gamer
lengo. The Rome correspondent of the
London Times recently spoke as fol.
lows OF the new pope:
Cardinal Pecci is tall, with a fine
head, a sOnorous voice, great dignity,
even to austerity of manner in public
life, but privately is atiectionate, nm.
assuming, sociable and witty. As
camlerleigo he has been the head of that
party which, without formally renoune-
ing the right of the holy see, acknowl.
edges the wisdom of submitting to the
DEGREES of providence, accepting what
seems to be an irrevocably accomp-
lisled fact. The general opinion is that
for learning, tact, dignity, amiability,
real moral worth and sincere piety, the
sacred college could not find more
deserving pope.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

IT, j. Madison Wells has written let
ter in which he characterizes the pro.
ceedings against the Louisiana Return
ing Board, and the men who are parties
to them, with n wealth and vigor of de-
nunciatiOn, attended with free use OF
epithets, such rs could be produced only
by native talent in that direction back
ed up by long practice. j. Madison
Wells may rest assured that, though
the Republican party may not be quit.
certain what to think about j. Madison
Wells, they most cordially and cheer
fully endorse his estimate of his persc
cutOrs.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

IF The Lord family quarrel has end.
ed in compromise, by which the old
gentleman conveys Il large amount OF
property to trustees, from the proceeds
of which yearly income is provided
for the maintenance of himself and all
of his children. Satisfactory provision
is made for the children after his death
The moral of which is, that wealthy
man has no rights of property which
his children or the law is bound tC
respect. We shall probably often sec
hereafter the same little game repeated
by dissatisfied children.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
CTATE OF VERMONT.

The Probate Court for the district of A,l,lisor
Toall persons interested in the estate of Ii,ulru
fneips, late of Goshen, in said district deceased
whereas, an instrument purporting 10 be- Tia.
hst VIII anu testament of Reuben Phelps late OF
Goshen IN the district of Addison. decea sed hay.
ing been presented To the Court, aforesaid ,of
probate, SAID court hath assigned the 18th ,lav oi
March, next ~. ~ 1875 at the Probate Office in
Middlebury, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon for
proving sad instrument, and in order that notice
estate, 10y publishing this notice three weeks sue
cesslVcly IN The Middebury Register n newspaper
printed at Midlcbury aforesaid previous to s,i,i
time appointed.
Wherefore you are hereby notified Ia appear
before SAID court at the time and place afur,tut.l
will. " '''''
Given under my hand at Mddlehury, this loih
day of February, A. d. 1873.
LYMAN =. KNAPP, Regi.tc..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

B- Samuel j. Tilden, the victim OF
the great " frod of last winter, is the
defendant in suit brought by the gov
eminent to recover income taxes
amounting to 131 ,S92.50, out of which
he, by perjury and other nice methods,
cheated the government between 1867
and 1872. The decision of the court
will probably be against him, and clam.
my Sammy will therefore have another
grievance with which TO capture the
sympathy and votes of his party in the
next presidential campaign.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
Hoard of A2rICu,trTe.

The following is the programme OF tho
last meeting for the season of the Board
of Agriculture, TO be held ut Montpelier
next week Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday:
Wednesday evcning.-IIon. j. w
Stewart, chairman. Introductory Adj
dress, Chairman; Development OF
Home Industries, G. III. Heath, Mont.
pelier; Emigration, Rev. G. A. Hunt.
ington, Olympia, w. II.
Thursday Fermentation. N. T.
Sprague, chairman. Early Vermont
Merinos, A. Chapman, Middlcbury
Mental Growth for Farmers, Col. +. $
Stowell, Cornwall.
Thursday Afiernocn.-IIo T.. ID.
Mason, chairman. The Butter Dairy,
Il. II. Skinner, Tunbridge; Evening al
the Farm, Miss Anna Stowell, Corn
wall; The Needs of the Dairy, q. s.
Fassett, Enosburgh.
Thursday Evening.-Maj. Ora Paul,
chairman. Better Culture, Sec. j. O.
Adams, Manchester, N. H.; Rural Ar
chitecture, j. b. Walker, Concord, N.
ii.
Friday Forenoon Hon. Crosby Mil
Ter, chairman. Corn Raising in Yer
mont, c. II. Hubbard, Springfield 4;
Special Fertilizers, Prof. w. o. Atwat-
er, Middlctown, Conn.
Friday Afternoon.-Col. A. Il. Frank
lin, chairman. Maple Sugar, j. M.
Stevens, East lIardwick, G. Nj. Fisher,
Cabot; Farmers Trials, Mrs. Laura Ii.
Boyco, Fayston; Education for Farm
ers, Col. j. b. Mead, Randolph.
Friday Evening.-Gov. IL. Fairbanks,
chairman. Canadian Husbandry, Sec.
Chas. Glib, Abbottsford, Z. O.; Work
of Department of Agriculture, Prof. =,
Collier, Washington, ID. c.
II is expected that other persons OF
eminence in agriculture will be present
but whose names are not yet an
nouncd.
Return checks and reduced rates OF
entertainment are offered those attend
ing the meeting.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
A Word to Clergymen.

Friend, stop that cough DO not neglect u com
mon cold even for day. II may end in consump-
ton and death. REV. N. ii. DOWNS ELIxIR has
cured thousands, both old and young; and II will
cure you, if taken freely and in season. This
ELIXIR has been before the American people
forty-sN years. and has never failed to give relief
to all who have used IL. IL has won It's way 10y
actual service, until 1t has become n household
physicians use and recommend IL. Clergymei
and all public speakers are its best patrons. Rail
road employees, much exposed 10 colds, coughs
etc, should always use it, Farmers, lawyers
merchants and everybody, old and young, speak
highly in its praise.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

~ The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon Probate Court for the district of Addison
commissioners, 10 receive, examine and adjust ali
estate OF David Selleck, late of Middlchury, in
SAIL district, deceased and all claims exhibited IN
for the purposes aforesaid at the late residence n
the deceased, in Middlebury, on the nth ,lay of
March, and the 18th day Of August next, from one
T.. NJ, until two PM, each of said days, and that
six months from the goth day of February, A. d.
1875, Is the time limited by said court for aa.
creditors to present their claims to US for eXaini-
nation and allowance.
Dated at Middlcbury, this Goth day of February
A. ID. 1873. GARDNER CADY
AZ ROBERT JOHNSON, O"ml7'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

How COUNTRY PosTMAsTERs EKT
OUT THEIR SALARIEs.-The officers al
the Post Office Department estimate
that the revenue department is now
suffering at rate of not less than $3.50
900 per month by the flood of stamps
sold by postmasiers at small countr,
offices at n discount, for use in elite,
and towns. The postmaster at st
Louis alone, shows conclnsively thai
his Office was defiauded of revenue IL
the amount of Sl0O,0O0 per annum IL
this way. A dispatch has been receiv
cd at the department, from special
agent in Maine, stating that postmas
ter there confessed to having peddlet
$1,000 worth, and offered TO rcstor,
$500 If the department would not pros
ecnte him.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
TN RANKRIfpTC...


u IN the district court of the United STATE. far
the district of Vermont
In the matter of Myron Page, innlrunt
To the creditors Of said bank ilipt ana All nti,,
whom II may concern The undersigned a. Ina =.
OF The estate of said bankrupt hereby gives .ic,.
thai II has been ordered by the district court co.
SAM district, that the second and third pcn.in,
meeting of the creditors OF said bankrupt he held
~ inc once oi stewart Eldrcdgc, in Middlrhur,
in said district, on the 25th dav Of FrhruoIy 4 T.
1875, AT 10 o'clock \. NJ, before W. g. \ras,.,
register IN bankruptcy. for the purposes nau,e,i
~ the ,,th ana 2slh sections of the Bankrupt,
Act of March ,, 1867, and this is also to rive nnti
that have filed my final account as assi.uo.. "A
sans bankrupt, and that at said time and place 4
shall apply To said court for the settlement of ,.l
account, and for discharge from all liability a.
assignee of said estate in accordance with the l,l,
visions Of said 2sth section.
Dated at MiddleLurv, in said district This a.,
day of February, ISIS.
~ e. d. TWITCIIEIJ Nsa;,,,,c.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
A Remedy that Never Fails.

HENRY n JonNsoN's ARNIcA AND OIL LINZ
MENr is an external remedy for man or beast, for
curing wounds, sprains, strains, Sores cuts,
bruises, burns and ulcers of every kind, including
skin diseases generally; and while its application
is harmless and never painful its effects are most
wonderful. As family liniment it meets the
wants of every household Warranted to satisfy
all who use IT,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
Mihhlpburp Rr9ister
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1878.

ES- A slight excuse for the passage of
the silver swindlc bill by the Senate is
found in the fact that a large percentage
of that honorable body were drunk dur
ing the session in which the bill passed.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

IT, The Bellows Falls Times is q
rough and ready reckoner. 1t says,
there are probably hundred items OF
state expenses in which saving may
be made of from $50 to $500 each. This
average alone would save total to the
state of $4,000 annually" The state
ought to employ Brother Swain to save
this amount on shares.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

II One of the pickpocket jobs, of
which the proposed new tariffbill elm
bodies so many, is the increased duty
on imported type, which is direct
blow at one of the most important in
terests of the country. The only thing
that keeps the price oftype manufacture
ed In this country within reasonable lin
its is foreign competition. But for this
the type founders of this country would
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
IN BANKRUPTCY


IN tnc ulhlflti court of the | nitpl Stui,s for
tine district of Vermont.
In the matter of Norman f. Rider, bankrupt
10 the creditors of said bankrupt, and all other.
whom IL may concern: The undersigned, a.
signec OF the estate of said bankrupt, hcr,.i.,
gives notice that il has been ordered by the I'll q.
tilci court OF said district that the second amt
lhih general meetings of the creditors of said
bankrupt be held in Middiebury, VT, in said d..
rict, ON the 18th day of February A. d. ISIS, al 10
o'clock a. NJ, al the once OF Stewart n Eldrcder,
before W. g. Neazey, register in banLrupic, lni
NE purpose named in sections 5,G2 and 5ier %.
the Revised Statutes of the United States and TIM,
Is also To give notice that have filed my final az.
count as assignee Of said bankrupt and thai at
SAID time and place shall apply to said court to-
settlement ol sald account and for dischai %
from all liability rs assignee of said estat,. in i.
cor,iance with the provisions OF said 5,arti
section.
Dated at Mhidlebury in said district this 4iii
day of February, 4. u. ISIS.
Ii J. l.. BrrTOLPH, Assignee
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

tB Even college students generally
would hardly claim that the disturban-
ces at Princeton, mentioned elsewhere,
can be passed over with the remark,
go, the college boys must have their
little fun"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
MARIkltlS.
Middlebury Retail Market.
WatertoWn Live Stock Market
For THE WEEK ENDING FEB 10, 1873.

r"N THE " EEh r4N1IN" rEH' 10 To'o'
Market Bcef-A few choice $s.OOas. 90 extra 1.5Oa
7.15; first quality 6.JOa1OO; second quality 5JOs
$500; tlir,i quality $i5Oas5.tO
Prices OF Store Cattle-Working oxen per pair
from 800, $780, and lGj
Milch Cows and Calves from 49, 5OaGj.
iearlngs Sl0a20; two years old llaas; three
years old 2iaiU.
Western fat SWINE, 4 3-4c per H..
Sheep and Iambs-In lots, 81 so, $500, 3.tOaS 1i
each; extra $5.00a5.1j per head. or from 3a5 3-ic
per Id.
6 34c per h.; Country hides &c per H.; Brighton
tallow lie per H.; country tallow BE-.
Pelts $laS 80 each. Calf skins 10allc per ID.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
Have You Yellow Eyes?

Bakers Mandrake Bitiers will certainly cure
you. Ifyou have any liver difficulty, indigestion
constipation, pain In the right side, try these bit
tiers at once. and see how much good you can re
ceive for - cts. 3gyl
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22

A little girl said 10 her mamma,
"Mamma, have you heard of the man
that got shot ?" "No, child; how did he
get shot?" asked mamma. ooh" said
the young precocious, che bought en-
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
Trouble in Princeton ColIegc-A sopho
more shot.


Princeton, N. j., February l9.-Trou-
BILE has again broken out among the STU
dents of Princeton College. This time
the freshmen are the aggressors. DIR.
McCosh seems TO he unable TO subdue
the savage spirit of his Young men, al
though he has frequently administered
to them severe rcbukcs, but all appar-
emily TO no purpose. Last night num-
Der of freshmen entered a sophomore s
room. They tied several sophomores
TO chairs and shaved their heads. Amer
the freshmen had retired, they werc
followed by other sophomores, who
were burning for revenge. The two
parties came to blows and SO serious
was the afIray that shots were exchange
ed. One of the combaiants, Mr.. After
bury, was wounded in the thigh.
To-day the excitement in the college was
intense, and IL is feared that bad feel
ing will break out and result in serious
trouble. DIR. McCosh and the professors
are making every effort to preserve
order.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-22
MARRIED.

4 NASII-SMITH-In Middlcbury, Feb. 10, at the
Congregational parsonage, hy Rev +. +. Hooker,
John NJ. Nash and Miss Ida Smith, all of Middle
bury.
BOlES-STU RTENANT-In Weybridge, Feb. 10,
at the residence of the brides father, Mr. Charles
sturtevant, Esq, by the Rev q. &. barnes of the
W. NJ. church, Mr.. Henry A. Hoes and Miss
Alice NJ. Sturteyant.