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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-03
Women's Rights In Mississippi.

The new code of Mississippi has cut
up by the roots all the ancient disabili-
ties OF married women, and they are
now free and equal in every respect to
their husbands. 1t Is the most radical
legislation yet had upon the subject.
Susan b. Anthony and Mrs. Meriwether
should at once move 10 that State and
not cease this agitation till the right to
vote has been secured as thoroughly as
the rights of property have been.
"Section ll67. The common law, as to
the disabilities Of married women, and
its effect on the tights OF property OF the
wife, is totally abrogated. and marriage
shall not be held to impose any disability
or incapacity on woman as to the
ownership. acquisition or disposition OF
property of any sort, or as TO her capacity
to make contracts, and do all acts in
reference TO property which she could
lawfully do If size were not married; (;
but every woman now married, or here
after to be married, shall have the same
capacity to acquire, hold, manage, con-
troll, use, enjoy and dispose of all prop
erty, real and personal, in possession or
expectancy, and to make any contract in
reference 10 it, and to bind herself per-
sonally, and TO sue and be sued, with all
the rights and liabilities incident thereto,
as il she was not married."
"Sec. li06. Husband and wife can sue
each other"
"Sec. llG9. A married woman may
dispose OF her estate, real and personal, ,
by last will and testament, in the same
manner as II she was not married"
"Sec. ll70. Dover and courtesy, as
heretofore known, are abolished"
Other sections conform the general
laws TO these radical changes. Husband
and wife inherit from esch other al
their respective property II there be nc
children, and eaclI child's part II there
be children or tie descendants of chi ]
dren. They maydissent from each Others
wills and take of each others estates ac'
cording TO law, excert that IL there bs
no children, in case OF such dissent thu
dissentient gets only hall of the estate
he or she has no estate OF his or hei
own. IL the dissentient has property o
his own or her own, equal to one-hftl
of what he or she would be entitled Il
In the others's estate, then the deicienc,
is TO be made up out of the others es
tate Memphis (7ens.) Apalanche.
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An Elephant Kills His Keeper.

Upon the arrival of ahn Robinson'e
circus at Charlotte, AE., q scene of
great excitement enso1 consequent on
the bad temper and snGape of Chief,n
the largest and M pwerful of the
elephants. ThGC (which the ami
NAL was brougI5 binding near O
crossing ou Trads1lLl Quite largo
crowd. had gathered to witness the pro-
cess OF unloading the animals. "Chief''
had been taken off the car. Nothing re-
markable occurred till the keeper Of the
elephants, John King, was hear. to CRY
out: Look out, therel If that ele.
phant hits any OF YOU, will not be re-
sponsible." Almost Immediately after
giving this warning, King, who was a
powerfully-bui man, stepped round to
"Ch iet's" head and was in the act of
turning him round when the people
heard him call the animal by name in
what they regarded as frightened tone,
In moment more the monster, who
was enraged, was seen by the crowd to
turn upon the unfortunate keeper mnd
crush him against the car. King sank
to the ground without groan, and the
attendants who were with him fled in
terror and dismay. The crowd scattered
up Trade street and the widest con-
fusion followed. The men were afraid
to approach the infuriated animal and
King was allowed to remain for several
minutes on the ground where he had
fallen. The elephant surveyed the scene
for an instant, gave short snort and
started at brisk pace up the railroad
track. As soon as he was out of reach
King was picked up apparently lifeless
and conveyed across the street TO bar
Der shop, where several doctors were
summoned. In the meantime the ele-
plant continued up the track, and the
report getting abroad that he was loose
in the streets the excitement increased.
The crowd which first collected about
the crossing and the door of the shop
into which King had been carried scat
tered up the street and all sorts of re-
ports were ahoat, no one being able on
account of the darkness to determine
the whereabouts of the elephant. It
was suggested tLat party be organized
to start in pursuit with the view of
shooting him, but befcrs any plans
could be formed it was learned that the
circus men were following him, and
would no doubt succeed in capturing
him. To do this they had to take with
them Mary, the female elephant, and The
Boy. After considerable difficulty Chief
was secured. Kings skull was crushed
and he died the same night.
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Throwing His Family to the Wolves.

Selfpreservation is said to be the first
law of nature, yet there are circum-
stances in which this law should be
infringed, and the safety OF Others take
precedence of the longing to preserve
ones life from the danger which
threatens it. No one, for instance, can
read, without feeling of indignation,
the subioined incident, related by
Russian contemporary. A peasant, re-
siding near Moscow, was travelling
through deserted part OF the country
in a conveyance containing himself, his
wife and four children, when the party
was pursued by n flock of howling,
famishing wolves. The peasant urged
the horses along at full speed, but in
spite of all tie wolves gained every
minute on the travellers. A horrible
death seemed imminent, when the
father devised plan for personally
escaping from tile danger. lie took his
youngest child in his arms and deliher-
ately threw it to the pursuers. This
averted the danger for brief time, but
soon after the wolves were again fol-
lowing the carriage IN search of fresh
prey. Successfully the other three chit
dren were thrown to them and de-
voured, which enabled the man and his
wife to reach peighboring village in
safety. The poor mother, who had in
vain implored her husband not to sacri-
flee in this barbarous fashion the lives
of her little ones, denounced the unnat-
ural parent to the authorities. The
case has just been heard. and lhe father
acquitted, on the theory that he had the
right to sacrifice his children since his
own life was at stake. The law of his
country may absolye him, but every
parent will condemn him.
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"Isn't Il dreadful?" said 1.

lHu ~ tTttuIUl! SAID l.,
".,Horrid!" said she, closing her lips
as though she meant It.
"And there's a female dragon occu.
pies the floor above me and torments
me out of my life."
"Well, il this isn't remarkable CO.
Incidence" said Barbara. "There's a
detestable old crab ofa bachelor under
me, who takes all the pleasure out OF
my existence"
"Should two lives be thus blighted?'
said /.
"l-l don't think they should,' said
Barbara, looking intently at the bouquet
of pansies she held i'm her hand.
1t was past midnight when the boat
landed. Harold came up.
~ promised to see you home, Miss
Willis" said he, rubbing his hands
briskly.
"You need not trouble yourself,
Webster" said L. "I shall be most
happy" Il''
l called a hack, helped the divine
Barbara in, feeling more and more as
If fI5were walking in cloudland.
"Where shall drive to ?n said the
man.
"No. SO Ravenal street," said she,
Fourth floor"
"Whatl" cried l, ''not 10 Fernando
natsr'
Exactly" said she.
"Why, that's where live"
care you the third floor?" she cried
out, breathless. ttf
care you the fourthT / counter
questioned. .
"But you're not crab at olll"
"Nor are you dragon. On the con-
trary-"
But what matters it what we said?
Things were altered from the very be-
ginning. | took my violin up stairs
the next day, and helped my divine
Barbara out with sonata of Beetho-
ven's. / suggested new educational
theory for the hobnailed classes. lis
tened enchanted to her recitation of
Tennyson's Brook: and!at the end of the
quarter we are to be married Barbara
and l.
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Old Things,

Do you know, anyhow, don't ie'l
much reverence for old things that are
simply oldP Isuppose it Is heathenish
and awiully boorish, but can't help it.
A man shows me teapot or a tooth
brush and tells me his grandmother used
them fifty-six years and that was one
hundred and sixty-two years ago.
can't uncover my head, and 60 down be-
fore the venerable relic on my bended
kn -es, in spirit Of veneration. l feel
more like telling him it was time the old
girl got new ones. Family relics, like
family babies have no sort OF interest for
any outside of the family. Here, the
other day man bought an old spinning
wheel. Zone hundred and twelve years
old" he told me, proudly. and he was
going to take it home, and set it up in his
library and never part with it. And for
the life OF me, i couldn't see why. 1t
had no interest in the world Tor him
beyond its age. lie might have gone
out into the street and picked up. a
boulder two thousand years old with
lust as much local and historical inter-
est for him as the spinning wheel. But
that the former owner oil the spinning
wheel should sell it for money, that did
surprise me. 1t had II world of memo
ries for him. He could touch the
treadle and the whirring wheel
would Groom out the same old mono
tone that had droned its drowsy accom-
paniment to the cradle songs that had
hushed him to sleep in his baby daysi
1t would sing to him in his manhood
and in the long evenings OF his old age,
OF white-haired grandma" and a
mother with patient face and beautiful.
ewes: il would sing of thousand old
time memories and forgotten faces; it
would repeat snatches OF old songs, and
old forgotten tender words for him; 1T
would sing how the tender mothers face
grew patient and sad and careworn as
the years went on. and the beautiful
ewes were faded with tears and dimmed
with watching and the loving hand
tainted with weariness until at 'ast one
day the wnirring wheel stood still. and
its silence spread a great heavy quiet
all over the old home, only broken now
and then.b by low, soft breathing whis-
pers and the sobbing of motherless
children in the little rooms; by and by
the tremulous voice of the white-halred
pastor, and then homely voices singing
some grand old hymns of the deathless
faith that mother died in, the shuflling
feet OF the bearers, and then nothing in
the darkened room but creeping ray
of sunshine falling in through the blind,
and quiet so deep that the hum of the
bees in the old-fashioned vines trailing
about the window had strangely
plaintive sound. How the man whose
grandmother and mother sat at that
busy wheel, could sell it, cannot un-
derstand. But what 1t could be to the
man who bought it, is fully as great a
mystery. 1t will sing none OF those
songs to him. 1t would be like mar
talking Bengalee TO Spanish parrot
Bssrieffe.
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The public mind is educated quickl
BY eYents. slowly by arRnments-

The public mind is educated quickl,
events, slowly by arguments.
Some persons are chronically sour:
you feel every time you meet them as ii
you'd been eating lemons without sugar !:
they stamp a scowl on you inside and
out.
Truth cannot long be concealed. She
Will burst the doors of her imprison-
ment and fash her splendors on the
world.
1t is a principle Of war that when you
can use the thunderbolt you must prefer
it TO the cannon. Earnestness Il the
thunderbolt. TT
A Jealous soul without meekness is
IKE chip in q storm, in danger of
wrecks. A meek soul without zeal Is
IKE a snip in a calm, that moves not as
fast as it ought. 80,
When we are out of sympathy with
the young, then we think our work in
TINS world is over. That is a sign that
.ie heart mas begun to wither--and that
is dreadful kind of old age.
There is no man who has 80 little spare
Time as the one who is thoroughly idle.
ldllng IS OF Itself business which finds
even all the waking hours Of the day not
t"ieS euiiiOiCHb iti ibS uccuSs
Do little hopeful things and speak
hopefu. words whenever you can. They
are better than pearls or diamonds to
strew along the roadside of life, and
will yield far more valuable harvest.
To be satisfied with the acquittal of
the world, though accompanied with
the secret condemnation of conscience.
this Is the mark of a little mind; but
1t requires a soul of no common stamp
to be satisfied with its own acquittai,
world.
1t is the impulse and duty OF every
rlght-minded man to secure time for
and his personal culture as well
as time for his business. The education
OF school is the mere portal to the higher
education which every one may give to
himself. In many cases, in fact, it NAV
be said that education does not begin TIL
we leave school. Use the after-bours
Tor improvement. 80
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-03
The Diary OF q Dollar.

Found myself yesterday morning IN
the pocket OF man who had promised
to love. honor, protect and cherish me
with all his might and main. And this
morning where am lP Burst. Broken.
In hundred pieces. Lying disjecta
membra, etc., in grim saloon tills or
dirty.pockets. But anticipate. was
on the reserve force and land by to pay
q bill. my comrade was fiay-cent
piece, who was expected to pay that
days expenses. Suddenly this comrade
disappeared. On dit, he was borrowed.
/ came next. l went thus: For cigar
AFTER breakfast. ten cents; for glass of
beer a. 10 A. NJ, five cents; for four
glasses OF beer for the crowd at II
NJ, twenty cents; for another glass OF
beer, five cents. Verify, what shadow
is 81 What a shadow 1t pursues.--
New York drapkic.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.


MIDDLEBURY.
Baptist Meeting in the Court House, Rev. Re g O.
1Jihhard pastor. sabbath services at 10 40 a. m
and p. m; sunday school a. at y Rnct P. m Prayer
I,on1regationat-Corner Plee SAINT and Main sts
Rev H. F. Hooker, pastor. Sunday services al
lO;45 AM. and I 100 Pm. Thursday evening
prayer meeting at 100. =. p.,, M n Meod
pastor. Sunday services at 1o;45 A. M. and
100 Pm. Thursday evening prayer meeting at
Eniscopal-St Stephens Church-Main-st. Rev.
VIM. j. Tilley, rector Sunday school 10 az IL
An sunday seTylceS al 1piS af Rev p Gun
ningham, pastor. Sunday services, alternate oap,
baths; High Mass at 1000 AM; Vespers anu
benedction at u: 30 PM
Methodist - +, pastor. Sunday services
at2:o0PM
vERGENNEs.
Bdpfist-Rev. David II. Estes, pastor sunday
services at 10 As AM. and 700 Pm: Weekly
PRAYER meeting on Thursday evening at 100.
& NJ A. %icsT pSstSr pWssav Sunday sunday
meeting on Thursday evening at 100;
EpiscopGl-St. Pa,ips Church-Rev. f. s: Fisher,
ector. sunday services at 10 :45 AM and 100 Pm.
Mission Chdpei-Dr. II. A. Ingham. Sunday
services at l0;45 AN. and 700 Pm. weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
Roman Cdthoiic-Rev. p. Cunningham, pastor
ervices alternate Sabbaths; High Mass at 1o:0 90
AM; Vespers and benediction at 6:00P.M.
ConqreQational-Rcv George f.. Hall, pastor
Sunday services at 10 As AM and I: 90 Pm. Week
V prayer meeting on Thursday evening at :OO.
RIPToN
Congreg gational-Rcv. j. A. Devine. pastor
Sunday Services at IL, A. NJ, andlt. +. N
Thur sday evening prayer-meeting at 1901 M
Bristol Directory.
CHURCHES.
Bapttsf-Rev. w. ID. Hail. apstor. Sunday ser
vices at 10 :45 A. NJ. and 700 p. M. Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening at :5o; Young peoples
Methodist-Rev. l.. A. Dibble, pastor. Sunday
ing Tuesday evening at 80. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 80.
AdUent-Rev. Mr.. Quimby, pastor. Sunday
Erangelicdt AdrentLRey u. Bosworth Prayer
worth's house.
MAILS ARRIVE.
From New Haven, the North, New York, Boston,
and the West through Burlington, l 80. p. NJ:
From New Haven, the South, New York, Bos-
ton, and the West. 5 100 p. NJ.
From Richmond, Huntington, Huntington Cen
er, and Starksboio, 40 p. NJ. Mondays Wednes-
ay5 and Fridays, at 80 p. m.
From Lincoln, p. NJ.
From South starksboro, three times a week ir-
regularly
From New Haven Mills, three times week ir-
regularly.
MAILS LEAVE.
For New Haven, Boston, New York, and the
South, 10 80 A. NJ.
For New Haven, the North, Boston. New York,
and the West through burlington, :0OP.M.
For Richmond, Starksboro, Huntington and
Huntington Center, 80 Tuesdays, Thursdays,
Saturdays, at 80 u. m.
For Lincoln, 100 p. M.
For South Starksboro, three times week irreg
For New Haven Mills three times week irreg-
ly.
FREDERICK LANDON. P. Nj
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-03

Apropos the Tarrytown-Audrec centen-
nial celebration a New York paper tells
the following story, which shows that
woman could keep a secret one hun
dred years ago.
Mrs. See, an Old woman living on the
Bedford road, about two miles from the
Tarrytown depot, tells picturesque
tsfe of succeeding events as it was told
by the participants. Mrs. See, falnil-
iarly known as Aunt Betsy" says
that party of "Skinners" with theii
prisoner went directly t." Mug Tavern"
near White Plains-a hosiery presided
over by Aunt Polly Reed. Strange to
say-considering her sex-Aunt Polly
was notorious for her curiosity and in.
ability to keep secret. While ham
and eggs were sizzling in the pan for the
hungry "Skinners,n Aunt Polly was
struggling to ascertain the identity OF
the melancholy young stranger, who
was so handsomely clothed in n blue
overcoat, claret. colored coat, and nan.
keen waistcoat and breeches. Finally
Paulding seized her by the wrist AMI
drew her close to him.
"Can you keep a secretf"
Yes" stammered the old woman
with hardly suppressed eagerness.
"We've got British spy"
In three minutes the Old woman had
intrusted household cares to her girl,
saddled her white horse, and was gal
Looping to the next house. in place til an
called "TwitchinQs." But the fences
and brush proved an obstacle. and Aun.
Polly was forced to make long detour
by the road. The "Skinners finished
their meal and departed, making u
straight cut across the country toward
"TYitchings." As they approached
the house they caught sight OF Aunt
Polly flying up the road on her white
horse, daylight showing between her
self and.the saddle at every leap. Her
hair streamed out behind. In one hand
she swung her huge poke bonnet by the
strings, while she shrieked in a shrill.
auayering voice: They've got the SPY
They've got the spyl"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-03
How to Writo We,I

The following extract is from an
article, 8 Learning to Written in Popula1
Science Monthly: We believe that The
whole of this method is a mistase: that
there is no single system of mecsnioue
for writing, and that child belonc;nG
to the educated classes would be tanghf
much better and more easily If, after he
ing once enabled to make and recotnize
written letters, it were let alone. and
praised or chidden not for its method.
but for the result. Let the boy hold his
pen as he likes, and write at the pace
he hkes--hurry, of course, being dis
couraged-but insist strenuously and
persistently that his copy shall be
leglble, Shall be clean, and shall ap-
proach the good copy set before him,
namely, well-written letter, not rub
blshly text on single line, written as
nobody but writing-master ever did or
will write till the worlds end. He will
make muddle at first, but he will soon
make a passable imitation of his copy.
and ultimately develop a characteristics
and strong hand, which may be bad or
good, but will not be either meaningless.
undecided, or illegible. This hand
will alter, of course, very greatly az
he grows older. 1t may alter at eleven.
because it is at. that age the range of the
eyes IS fixed, and short sight hetrays it
self; and it will alter at seventeen, be-
cause then the system of taking notes at
lecture, which ruins most hands, will
have cramped and temporarily spoiled
the writing; but the character will form
itself again, and will never be deficient
in clearness or decision. The idea that
it is to be clear will have stamped itself,
and confidence will not have been de-
stroyed by. worrying little rules about
attitude and angle and shape which the
very irritation of the pupils ought to
convince the teachers are, from some
personal peculiarly, inapplicable. The
lad will write, as he does anything else
that be cares t. do, rs well rs he can.
and with certain efficiency and speed.
Almost every lotter he gets will give
him some assistance. mad the masters
relnonstrances on his illegibihry will he
attended to Ike any other caution given
IN the curriculum
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Nevada's Natural Phenomena.

Nevada is a land of curious natural
phenomena. Her rivers have no visible
outlet to the ocean. She has no lakes
of any magnitude. She has vast
stretches of alkali deserts, how ever, that
give every indication OF having been the
beds or bottoms OF either seas or lakes.
Down in Lincoln county there is a
spring of ice-cold water that bubbles up
over q rock and disappears on the other
side, and no one has been able to find
where the water goes. At another
point in the same county is o large
spring, about twenty feet square, That is
apparently only some eighteen or
twenty inches in depth, With sandy
bottom. The sand can be plainly seen,
but on looking closer tits perceived that
this sand is in perpetual state of un-
rest. No bottom has ever been found
to this spring. IL is said that Il team
ster, on reaching this spring one day,
concluded TO soak one OF his wagon
wheels to cure the looseness of its
Lire. He therefore took it of
and rolled it into the, as he
thought, shallow water. He never laid
his eyes on that wagon wheel again
Our mountains are full of caves and
caverns many of which have been ex-
plored to a great distance. Speaking of
caves, redeo was helo last spring over
in Huntington valley. During its pro-
gress quite q number of cattle were
missed aud for time unavailing search
was made for them. At last they were
traced to the mouth of n natural tunnel
or cave in the mountain. The herders
entered the cave, and following it for u
long distance, at last found the cattle.
1t appears that they had probably
entered the cave, which was very mar
row, in search of water. IT had finally
narrowed so that they could proceed no
further. Neither could they turn around
to get out. They had been missed some
days, and If they had not been found
must inevitably have perished in short
time. AS it was they were extracted
from their predicament with difficulty,
by the herders squeezing past and get
ting in front OF them aud soaring them
into retrograde movement by tapping
their hats into the faces OF the stupid
bovines.-Eisrska Leader.
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You VIII Not be sVrry

For being courteous to all;
Fersdoing good to all men;
E6speaking evil OF no one;
For hearing before judging;
For thinking before speaking;
For holding an angry tongue;
For being kind to the distressed;
For asking pardon for all wrongs,
For being patient toward everybody;
For stopping the ears of a tale e-bearer;
For disbelieving most Of the ill-re-
lorts.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLE
ADDISON RAILROAD

MIXED train leaves TT at Q 20 A. M arriving ~
nicester junction at 20 A. M. n, Oh
AWiSed train leaves Leicester yuncton ~ ~
p NJ. at arriving at II 8 ;oo.f' NJ