The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A sun shade-An eclipse.

Road to matrimony-Ab bridal path.
A four in hand is worth Two in the
bush.
Electric lights are talked of for Lon
don streets.
There are nine tenant-farmers in the
British parliament.
The individual who points with pride
is the woman with handsome ring.
The State of California has 5O.OOO
people less than the city of philadelphia.
Franco has SO, ,OOO, 600 people and $780,
100000 revenue-the largest ratio
known.
The cattle bells in the Harz mountains
are made 30 as to harmonize with one
another.
One-half of the household, says
critic, does not know how the other
half lives.
A barber is not always wise man il
his labor is mostly head work.-Wdter-
10 Observer.
1t was the man caught by a prairie
fire on his own section of land who ran
through his property rapidly.
An amateur farmer sent to an agricul-
tural society to put him down on the
premium list for a calf. They did so.
No man, says the Oil City Derrick, is
capable of gracefully licking a postage
stamp in the presence OF q pretty post
mistress.
When two young men meet they af-
dress each other as "Old Man !" and
when two old fellows meet they say
MY boy"
We do not know as green apples be-
long to any secret fraternity, yet they
seem to have the grip.-Mdrdth0n I,ade-
pendent.
1t is contradiction of natural philos-
ophy, but cold, cold ice cream will
warm up her heart.-Neto Haven
Register.
Beware of the grocer's scales, for
they're tightening, and il often strikes
more than once in the same place.
Waterloo Observer.
Among the pOstoffices recently estab
lished in the United States were Baby
Mine," BLOW Horn" mo Go"
Buss" and Necessity"
Henri Rochefort, French editor and
agitator, was welcomed ON his return to
Paris by 5000 persons, who sang the
Marseilles" and cheered him.
John l.. King, few years ago mil
Eonaire. who lost his possessions in oil
speculation went as pauper to the
Pittsburg poorhouse recently.
1t is claimed by some medical men
that smoking weakens the eye-sight.
Maybe it does, but Just see how il
strengthens the breath--RdUkeve.
Discharged soldiers of the United
States in applying for pensions on ac-
oonpf nf wounda raeaiya6 w IA In II, fha
service, can have their pensions date
only from the time of application.
Chicago had but lO9. 26O inhabitants
in 1851. and was then the eighth city
in the Union. 1t had 2YS, ,977 in 1870,
and was fifth in rank. 1t now has 495,-
900 and is four h.
Lie is too short to waste
In critic peep or cynic bark,
Quarrel or reprimand;
Twill soon be dark;
Ay mind thine own aim,
God help the mark!
Fred Ito Tom, who has looked
through Fred's MS.): "You didn't
know was an author, ehw Tom Ito
Fred): "No, l didn't; and if you take
my advice, you won't let anybody else
know 1t If you can help it,"
II didn't know a man could be 30
much made up of water" said hot man
on the corner yesterday, wringing the
sweat from his brow. 'Oh, yes," re-
marked hotelkeeper who came along,
my experience is that man is a regu-
lar sponge. Chicago Journal.
A merchant whose time for the past
year has been so much taken up that he
has been unable to remain at home ex-
cept at meal time, concluded to take
vacation. A Fl lend asked him where he
intended to go, and he said he would 60
home and get acquainted with his fam
ny.-R0me SexttnoL.
There are many reasons why children
are adapted 10 picnics. If the cake gets
jammcd into the pickle jar, as long as
the frosting doesn't melt it makes no
difference, ,and trifle Of leaf mold with
few black ants scattered over the GUS
tard pie answer TO nutmeg with them.
Children's palates would make good
sole taps. they are so tough.-Net0
HGven Register.
With the development of New Mexico
and the increased value of grazing land,
the old system of ranges over which the
cattle roamed at will is rapidly being
replaced by that of individual owner
ship and fencing. 1t is claimed that the
added security of stock and the lessened
expense of herding much more than pays
for the interest on the investment, and
it is probable that five years from now
il will have become the almost universal
custom to fence all ranches.