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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
Dog Trarel in british America.

For winter travel dogs have hitherto
been largely used, rs with light loads
they are swifter than horses. To drive
team of dogs it is said that one must
be able to swear in English. French or
Cree, while to be tirst-rate dog-driver
requires fluent command of profanity
in the three languages. Some years ago
wel.-known Winnipeg ecclesiastic
was making an extended winter trip;
the dogs, though frequently whipped,
made little progress, so the bishop re-
monstrated with the driver. That
functionary replied that he could not
make them 60 unless he swore at them !;
absolution was, therefore, given him for
the trip, and the dogs, hearing the
familiar expletives, trotted along brisk
ly. Dog-driving, however, is passing
out OF use in the Northwest, as it is be-
coming much more expensive to keep
dogs than it is to keep horses. While
buffalo were abundant and every post
and wigwam could have unlimited
pemmican it was easy for any man to
keep a kennel; but as the buffalo are
rapidly disappearing, and as the dogs
must be fed throughout the whole year
while the horses can forage for them
selves at all seasons, horses are being
used almost entirely oil the prairies,
except in the more northern districts
wheregame and fish are very abundant.
Good Words.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
A ITe0ru sfeener.

The Louisville Courier-Jour.lal says
Alexander Emerson, youth living
In the west end of this city. has for the
past six months been subject to very
peculiar and unusual attacks of somnia.
The first indication he has of an attack
is IA severe nervous headache, coming
on soon after breakfast. In a short
time, usually by nine O'Clock. he gets
drowsy. lies down, and Immediately
goes into deep sleep, which continues
for seventy-two hours-three days and
nights. He can be aroused with diff
Guilty, and rs soon as left undisturbed
goes to sleep again. On the third morn
ing his sleep is disturbed by severe
nervous chils, and as these pass off in
an hour or two, he relapses into sound
sleep which continues until the next
morning, when he wakes up very much
exhausted. During his sleep he has no
inclination to eat or drink, but rather
an aversion for either when aroused.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
JUST IN TINE.

"Oh, dear, how nice it is to be home
againin
Faith Lindsey tossed her brown straw
hat upon table, and rolling her we'll
worn kid gloves up into a tiny bali.
flung them after it.
Mother" she went on, cheerily,
"this vacation is just a blessing to me |!
I'm 30 tired of that dingy old school
room, and my almost hopeless task of
teaching the young IDEAS etc. There
are times whenI long to drop every
thing and just fly away. Oh, had the
| wings of dovep she hummed. while
her mother, q worn, tired looking wo-
man. with a sweet. gentle face, watched
her fondly. -.
"I've longed so for the end Of the
term," Faith continued, "and now it is
really here, can hardly realize my
emancipation. / was so tired of work ;
and so glad to get back to you, away
from the dusty city, here in the dear old
homer rtrr.t u t.f.. - /
Faith paused for breath. Her mother
smiled.
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
A Specimen Gambling Trick.

A singular method of lighting thu
tiger is thus related by a writer in the
London Truth, i happened, in re
sponse to a pressing invitation, to find
myself in law court, when a curious
mode of cheating at faro was shown.
The game is played thus: Thirteen
cards are spread out on the table. thai
Is TO say, an entire suit. A pack OF
cards is shufiied by the banker, then cui
by player, when the banker proceeds
to draw the cards, one after another,
from the pack, first removing one. II
player has put stake upon any one
OF the cards which has been laid out
upon the table, he wins, provided his
equivalent Is an odd card In the
pack, and he loses II 1t is an
even one. Now, 1t would seem
impossible that a player could cheat the
banker. This is, however. how 1t ID
done: In shufiiing the banker generally
shows the bottom card. When he hands
the pack to be cut the player cuts an
even number OF cards, 30 that when the
cut is put back by the banker the player
knows that what was the bottom card
will be an odd one, and knowing also
what that card will be. can stake upon
It with a certainty that he will win.
But how does he cut the number ol
cards that he choosesP By very simple
process. One side of the nail Of his
thumb Is allowed to grow straight and
little notch is made In it. Provided
the length Of the nail from the notch tr
the end be always kept the same, and
that he presses the nail against the card
in cctting, he must always take up ex-
actly the same number OF cards.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
Street Acquaintances. A

You know great many people you
are not acquainted with.
Your accustomed walks on the street
bring you face to face with men, women
and children every day, who grow
familiar to you, but you know them
not. .Uft.
just about SO far from the same oor-
ner every morning you meet the care
worn man, weighted with life's burdens,
his face wrinkled with the history of
struggles. You always feel like taking
off your hat to him and Offering a sym
pathetic word.
The spruce young clerk, with one
hundred and twenty steps to the minute,
glances at you sharply and whizzes by
as If the world wouldn't move till be
got there.
The dignified old gentleman who
"toes out" after the style of drum
major, slowly wends his way along,
noticing nobody, but always noticed.
The distressed looking woman, with
pale face, shabby-genteel dress and a
bit of resolution expressed by her closed
mouth, tiresomely comes down the
walk. Her face has moved you to pity
every morning for year.
What is this little breeze comingp
With metallic heel-plate clicking Oh the
sidewalk like the ring of a clog dancers
steps, jaunty hat to one side of her head,
neat costume, and saucy, piquant airP
Meet her every day, but don't dare to
speak to her.
This little toddling girl with bangs
protected by an older brother playing
on the sidewalk. with hoop and dolly.
A gleam of childhood's sunshine that
greets you cheerily.
Those two jolly fellows coming, tell
ing stories and laughing all the way TO
their work. Light-hearted, because
they were born so. You feel like turn
ing about and having a laugh with
them. but they are only street acquaint-
ances.
The "grubbing" sort OF men whom
you meet every day carrying a pipe be-
tween their teeth, round shouldered,
and having hang-dog sort of gait per-
fectly indifferent to everything. It
makes a man feel blue to see them.
The gray.haired and much-bowed
veteran, whose life Is near adjournment.
You meet him on sunny mornings only,
leaning on his staff, his white locks
streaming in the breeze, q picture which
we all look upon with reverence.
These are but few types of the peo-
pie we meet every day in the street and
know, but are not acquainted with that
are as much part Of our everyday life
as are our duties. that add as much to
our pleasure and opportunity for study,
and more than books or neWspapers.-
Net1 Haven Register.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
Eootprinfs fn the Deserf.

On the prospecting trip to the north
east OF San Bernardino, about one hun
dred miles, from which Barney Carter
and j. @. Reed have just returned, they
discovered the spot where George J..
Lee, well known In San Bernardiuo as
aveteran prospcctor. met sudden and
violent death at the hands of party of
Chimehueva Indians. Mr.. Lee left San
Bernardino last summer to explore this
unknown country, and months elapsing
without his return, his friends appre-
hended that some calamity had befallen
MIN, and search was made for him. A
peculiarity of the soil there retains any
imprint on It's surface for ages (the
wagon-wheel tracks of government
surveying expedition in 1854 can be
seen there today and the old mans
tracks were discovered and traced for
days, but nothing definite was found.
On their last trip, Mcintosh and Carter
followed his footprints. and came to the
spot where he was killed. Some bloody
clothing lay on the ground, and an ex-
animation showed that Mr.. Lee had
been walking leisurely along when
party of indians In ambush behind some
bushes fired upon him; he reeled and
sank, digging his elbows into the soft
earth (and may that impression rem ain
till the judgment day as an evidence
against his cowardly murderers). The
Indians then revealed themselves, AMI
placing his body on horse carried 1t of
into the mountains. Single prospectors
are in peril of their lives in traversing
this region. both from the rowing bands
Of Indians and the danger of being lost
and dying from starvation and thirst
San Ber,'artiipo (Cal.) Times.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
Fashion FancfeE.

The hair is wornsin Greoian coil or
in braided loops when riding.
Cheap foulards are made up into SIM
pie walking dresses for morning wear.
Alpaca, with black dots, is used for
travelling dresses instead Of gray
stuffs.
Plated and shirred panels are pre-
ferred to those that are plain for an
overdress.
Satin beads are used instead of those
of glass to outline the pattern on some
brocades.
Blue-black is the fashionable color for
riding habits, although light tints are
worn in summer.
Bottle-green satin Is q new addition
to the colored plaitings that are set
around the border of skirts.
Polished and lusterless jet are now
combined In one trimming, to give an
effect of light and shade.
Bridemaids wear short dresses, fand
look odd enough as they stand respect
fully about the brides trailing gown.
Surplice front dresses always lay to
the left, so as to bring the belt bouquet
that seems to fasten them on that side.
The fashion of keeping babies in long
dresses is fast going out. Short frocks
at five months Is the usual rule.
A black satin skirt Is as necessary as
black silk dress used to be. 1t is worn
with all kinds of coats, basques and
overdresses.
Stiff fabrics are to be avoided when
buying draperies, not so much because
that they will not hang well as because
of their lack of durability.
Gowns of white Indian Grape. en-
broidered with flowers and trimmed
with jet and silver spangles, are worn
in Paris. A scarf gracefully dispos I'd
always accompanies them.
The proper New York attitude for
walking is assumed by STOPPING the
shoulders, curving the back and setting
the arms akimbo. 1t is hideous, but the
girls makes no objection to it.
The old-fashioned position waist di-
vided into three points in the back is
again fashionable, but by way of slight
change each point is shirred just above
the little tassel that finishes it.
Among the oldest ways of draping
muslin train is the fashion of arranging
it in soft loops from the waist to tine
lower edge, not leaving the end to flow
freely as is usual, but turning it under.
Tucked founces are made about a
finger deep, and have eight rows of
stitching on the hem and eight more on
the tuck. They are worn with straight
underskirts to give the effect of full
round skirt.
Waists made of the most delicate ma
terials are almost invariably gathered.
They are sometimes made with long
point. and sometimes with folded belt
so arranged as to form point, and fast
ened by a buckle.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16

money-think how much It would NO.
complisbw
Sne had taken from the box ball nj
wax-such as commonly forms part OF
tnelparaphernalia OF workbox. and
toyed idly with 1t as she talked. TT
But as she finished the last sentence
her eyes met her lovers gaze, and she
blushed rosily at the thought of what
her speech implied. 7rs 'I'0
In her confusion she dropped the ball
of wax. 1t rolled across the rug at her
feet, and right into the blazing wood
fire.
Faith sprang to her feet with little
cry Of dismay.
"Oh, what pityl" she cried, brand
ishing the poker, and it's over seven
teen years oldw
She thrust the implement size held
into the flames and rolled the melting
wax toward the rug. But il was too
late to saveit.
The wax had entirely melted and lay
upon the hearth in great soft pool, and
there, before their astonished eyes, as
though magicians wand had called It
forth. glowed and sparkled something
shining. scintillating.:: With low cry
OF rapture Mrs. LINDSEY stopped and
raised it. iafN
"Max-Faith," she said, brokenly,
Aunt Patience's fortune is found at
last"
And 80 it proved. The eccentric old
lady had converted all her ready money
into one immense diamond.
How she had obtained it no one could
conjecture, but she had hidden it away
in this odd receptacle, only to be ressur-
rected after seventeen long years.
And Mrs. Lyndsey-heir at law-as
well as by the old lady's will--had no
trouble in exchanging the jewel of
greenbacks-a handsome fortune. s.
Mrs. LINDSEY insisted on purcha sing
the practice Of DR.. Shipton for her fu-
ture son-in-law, and Max accepted the
money rs loan.
He and Faith were married soon, and
with Mrs. LINDSEY went to live In a
pretty Gothic cottage just within the
city of Rochester. r.4 ..-',.
Max is popular physician now; gos.
sip says he is getting rich fast; and the
hearts OF the happy trio are ever CRATE.
full for the unhoped-for discovery Of the
fortune which came Just in time.
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An Easy Death.

DIR. Sam johnson was dear lover OF
tea, and drank it freely. On certain
occasion he chanced to be taking tea in
company where was present woman
who not only held the fragant herb in
holy horror, but who believed it to be
poison. She sat near the doctor, and
beheld him receive his sixth cup. She
had borne it thus far in silence, but
when she saw the good man about to
empty another cup, after having drank
five OF them, she felt 1t her duty to
speak, which she did, feelingly and en-
phatically:
what you are doingP Doyou know that
you are drinking poisonf If you are
given TO that habit, you may be sure 1t
is killing you" N
Ths burly doctor looked at her, first
in amaze and then quizzically, with the
waiting cup suspended. With a rev.
erent nod he replied; ltm...iI
Madam, i thank, you for your con-
Germ in my welfare, but ON my account
you need not be alarmed. have been
many, many years at this work. and II,
rs you say, It is killing me, 1t must be
an easy death TO die. Let me hope that
your exit may be as vigorously health
full and rs calmly placid" iaiA
And ne raised his cup to his lips.
A physician who had been called to
attend fontenelle found the great au-
thor slipping coffee si .s. .f..'1.trl-.fll
my dear sir, do you expect medicine
can cure you VIII le you persist in drink
ing the infusion Of that pernicious ber-
ryf Coffee, SIR, Is q slow poisonl'
81 should say slow" replied Fonte-
nellie. slipping away at his beverage. II
have, within my own remembrance,
been drinking II, daily and freely, for
He lived 70 be 100 years old. 'na'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
What women should he

Very few women are qualified either
by nature or training to play the part of
judicious domestic providence, unre-
strained by any other influence; and the
abdication OF the husband is generally
attended by humiliation and suffering
to the rest; for without balance of
power we may expect abuses to steal IN.
whether states or families are victimized
by an unfortunate adjustment of cir
cumstances. For 1t is men on whom the
stern and more serious responsibilities
of existence fall. Men who bear the
burden and heat Of the day, husbands
and brothers who give their lives for
their country, and die by thousands of
every lingering torture under a foreign.
sky, they must act often under heavy
mental pressure and distress; while
women, who are generally led by any
other bias save their Judgment and in
tellect. may indulge in hysterical views
Of everything at their ease and at home.
Marriage protects women, who in re-
turn are expected to embellish life,
soften It's tr1als WIN Womanly graces,
smiles and kindness, avert the threaten
ing clouds Of adversely from bursting in
unchecked violence on the family circle.
1t is fine field of enthusiasm. action
and enterprise, in which women may
enlist. and the more highly toned their
moral ethics the better; they may form
character. direct aims. soothe despair.
and by their delicate tact. instincts and
perception assist in mitigating much
cruel suffering and disappointment.
Women should represent beauty'of some
kind or another. There Is nothing n
man so much dstests as a masculine
woman; she expects to share his equal
lily, while at the same time refusing to
accept his claims and responsibilities
Taslsy's Ma0asins- s..-
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
Home Attractions,

When love and affection are banished
from home life loses its greatest charm,
Toconstitute truly happy home, thert
should be pretty little personal adorn'
ment on the part of the wife, who
thereby shows a desire TO please hei
husband and add to the general attrac.
tions of home. A pleasant word on her
part, when the overworked man CONES
home. often eases any raw edge OF some
trouble on his mind. and draws out o
corresponding desire to be both agree
able and respectful. which character
istics are always recompensed by affec-
ton; while roughness and impatience
are soon followed by insolence, and
when sweet temper gives way to anger
and discord the home circleis no longer
attractive. A disrespectful manner on
the side Of the husband or wife lead 10
disastrous consequences.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16
Rats.

Rats are great pest in every city and
town, and, indeed, everywhere in this
country. 1t seems nearly impossible TO
get rid of them, and any method that
promises to secure this most desirable
end is worth trying. Somebody recon-
mends covering stones, rafters and every
part OF cellar with ordinary white
wash, made yellow with copperas, put
ting copperas in every crevice or Granny
where rat may get, and scattering 1t In
corners on the floor. He has tried it
repeatedly, and the result has been n
general retreat of both mice and rats.
not one of which had at last accounts
returned. 1t is said that coat of this
yellow wash, given each spring to cell
lar, will not only Danish those vermin,
but will prevent fever, dysentery or ty-
phoid. Everything eatable should be
carefully secured against the ravages of
rats, which are so intelligent that they
will soon abandon premises where they
get next to nothing to eat. The rat we
are most troubled with is the brown
rat, much larger, stronger, fiercer and
more ravenous than the black rat,
which has almost entirely disappeared,
having been driven off or exterminated
by the more formidable species. The
brown rat is frequently called the Nor
way rat, from the erroneous impression
that it came from Norway, which coun-
try it did not reach until It had become
abundant in Britain and America. 1t
appeared first at Astrakhan in the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century, and
gradually spread over Western Europe.
whence we have derived it. 1t was
once known as the Hanoverian rat, be-
cause the British Jacobites were pleased
to believe that it came in with the
house of Hanover.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16

General Kaufman has presented to the
geological garden Of Moscow a hairless
horse of Central Asia. The animal be-
longs to the hybrid species. and is con-
sidered a great rarity; 1t Is well formed.
but its skin is red and without the
slightest trace of hair, snd in ocld Mos
COW IL has to be covered with blankets.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16

TJNHERE is no greater Blood-Purifyer and Life.
i giving principle in the world of medicine
than MALT BITTERS, prepared by the MALT
BITTERS COMPANY from mlermented malt
and hops. 1t is perfect renovator OF feeble and
exhausted constitutions. II enriches the blood,
solddiles the bones, har,lcns the muscles, quicts
the nerves, pcrfects digestion, cheers the mind,
and vitalizcs with new life every fluid of the
body. 1t is so, because it strikes at the root of
all debility DIGESTION and
IMPOVERISHED BLOOD. Sold everywhere.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16

The steel industry of the United
States is now the second in the world,
and in another year will lead that Of
Great Britain.
Recent official reports show that the
adulteration of food and drugs has
largely decreased in Great Britain un-
der the operation Of the legislation
against 1t.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-16

A young man boasted that he had a
well-stored mind, whereupon q young
lady murmured, "What . pity we can {
find out where lie stored itr'-Dstroit
Free Press.
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RAIN ON THE HAY.

d. i
With pleading look tow'rd heaven for grace,
The earth turned up its sunburnt face,
And the farmer said, "My work Is vain
Unless we speedily have rain. h'lh
The Lord looked down with pityinQ eve
Upon thcsnnd Bll scared and dry, ''i'Hfii.f
And said, "Man's work shall not he vain,
For viii send refreshing rain,
Cloudless the sky dry and hot the day
The farmer went out 20 make his hay
But suddenly, ere the morn had gone,
On his new mown hay the rain came down.
No thanks the farmer gave for rain,
All he did was Just TO complain
And SO he grumbied, grumbled away.
For the rain had wet his new-mown hay.
Tho corn leaves shed bright, Joyous tears
And promised the farmer golden ears"
But still he grtfmbled, grnm blcd away,
For the rain had wet the new mown hay.
The waving grain grateful bowed lis head
And promised the farmer "sich oaves OF bread,
But still he grumbled, grumbled away.
For the rain had wet his new mown hay.
Beneath their load of diamond drops,
The trees willing bent their lofty tops,
But the farmer grumbled, grumbled away,
for the ram had wet his new mown hay.
The happy birds held a jubilee, rirs,L
Though their nests were wet as wet could be,
But the farmer grnmbled, grumbled away.
For the rain had wet his new Inownh hay.
The golden lips Of the butter cup
In eager haste drank the cool drnught up.
But the farmer grumblcd, grumbled away,
For the rain had wet his now mown hay.
The brook 70 express its humble thanks,
With joyous bound went kissing its banks,
But the farmer grumbled, grumbled away,
For the rain had wet his new mown nay.
The cattle put on grateful look,
OF the cool wet gras great mOithfnls took,
But the farmer gfumbled, grumbled away,
For the ram had wet his new mown hay.
The toad stepped out from his leafy bower
By wink of the eye said he liked the shower,
But the farmer grumbled, grumbled away,
For the rain had wet his new mown hay.
The rain which came was gold IN disguise,
Drop't by the Fathers hand from the skies,
OF this, the farmer had nothing to say
For the ram had wet o little new hay.
All nature praised the God OF heaven
For the gracious shower in mercy given,
The farmer appeared to have no soul,
Doubtless he had, buthe wanted the whole.
Hinesburgh, Vt.