The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-05-02
Small Talk.

The sweetest words the thing me-
| lass-sez.
II is reported with considerable SEM
blance of truth that Wagner, the COM
poser, has become hopelessly insane.
"Teaspoon Corners is locality in
i'll Ingham county, Mich. II must be a
stirring place.
Blondin, the rope-walker, who q few
years ago was rich, has lost his money
through the failure of an European
bank
A Baptist council has declined to or
dain minister who denies the right of
women to speak in meeting.
The foundation for the meanest man
is laid when the small boy turns the
worm-hole in an apple for his compan-
ion to bite from.
The story is told of all Iowa man that
he has been married four times, and has
all four of his mothers-in-law living
with him in one house.
Thirteen handkerchiefs, four wallets
and two watches were found on pick
pocket who had been at work only an
hour in st. Louis funeral assembly.
A calcium light turned on from the
upper circle of theatre always strikes
the bald head of the big fiddler most
forcibly
A New Haven woman's pet dog died
recently and it was buried in an elegant
coffin, covered with beautiful flowers,
while the funeral services were elabo-
rate.
The King and Queen of Italy, it is re-
ported by an Italian newspaper, are to
formally ask Queen Victoria for the
hand in marriage of Princess Beatrice
for the Kings brother, Prince Amadeo.
OF course it had to come. "Pinafore''
is 10 be the popular name for new styles
in collars, neckties, hats and other arti-
cles of clothing CT adornment during
the season just opening.
The coming season at Saratoga is
generally expected to be the gayest and
most eventful that resort has known
for many years. The preparations at
the hotels are on remarkably extern
| sive scale.
Tie Washington papers speak of the
birth of brainless baby at the capital,
as though such freak of nature were
not common enough among even the
adult population of the city of magnifi-
cent distances.
"Oh, Mr.. Grubbles," exclaimed a
young mother, "shouldn't you like to
have family of rosy boys about your
knees "No, ma'am," said the disa.
la al he, H..
a lot of yellow boys in my poket.
NJ. V. Tyler. Detroit youngster
who saved enough as newspaper car
rier to support his widowed mother and
set himself up in the fruit and confec-
tionerp business, is much comforted by
a fortune of 100000 which rich uncle
in England has died and left him.
Eastern trout do not thrive in the wa
tiers of California. All the coast streams
have been stocked with them, but they
soon die out. This is ascribed to the
sandstone formations through which the
streams run, and which make the water
muddy.
At Springfield, H., the other day,
one of the members of the Legislature
was complaining of his room at the no.
tel, and saying how barren it was of the
ordinary conveniences oflife. "Why,"
said he, with Indignation, there isn't
even Bible to whet your razor onw
Nothing is so painful at this season of
the year as the disheartening spectacle
of a nine-year-old hen looking through
the fence at man digging a garden,
while she exercises her rugged legs and
incisive claws on the plank walk, just
deeping in practice until the garden is
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