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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
Flowers ON the Table.

Set flowers OF your table-a whole
nUse-gay if you can get il, or but two
or three, or a single flOwer-a rose, a
pink, daisy, and YOU have something
that reminds you II Gods creation,
and gives you a link with the poets
that have dome il most honor. Flowers
on the morning table are especially
suited b. them. They look ike the
happy Weakening Of the creation; they
bring the perfume Of the breath r
nature into your room; they seem the
very representative and embodiment
Of the every smile Of your home, the
graees Of good morrow proofs that
some intellectual beauties are in our
selves or those about Us, some Aurora
iif We are 50 lucky as To have such a
e0npanionl helping 10 strew our life
with sweetness, OF In ourselves some
masculine wilderness not unworthy
70 pussess such a companion OF un-
likely h. gain her.-Beigh Hunt
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
Useful Recipes.

TO DESTROY COTTON CATERPILLARS.
One part London purple, or Paris
green. mixed with ten parts cheap flour
or land plaster is certain death to this
pest of our cotton fields. The mix
ture should be busted on the plants
while the dew is on, using sulphur
bellows, or scattering broadcast. Be
ing very poisonous, great care must
be taken in handling the article, and
the party using it should always travel
with the wind.
UNIVERSAL WORM DESTROYER.
Two pounds of arsenic, ten pounds
bi-carb. soda, i've pounds flour, made
into a paste, will make sufficient
poison to extend over ten acres of cot
ton. Dissolve the soda in boiling
water, add the arsenic; the flour paste
will give it consistency. Mix thor
oughly and use it OH the foliage when
perfectly dry.
The primitive method of applying
it is with negro mounted on mule
with two watering pots.
TO PREVENT THE RAVAGES OF THE
PEACH TREE BORER.
It's presence can be discovered by the
borngs. Scrape away the bark and
kill the worm with probe. Take
one quart of Stacked lime to two-quarts
ashes, and apply to crown of tree,
heaping a small mound of earth to
the trunk. Wash with thin mixture
of lime or alkaline solution, as far up
as the branches, and also apply small
quantity to the axis of the lower
branches.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
That Ers1 BarreI Of Flour.

The first barrel of flour from this
seasons growth Of wheat sold in New
York City, May 7, for Sl5. 1t was
again sold in London, England, for
S25, the proceeds in both cases going
10 the Episcopal Church Of Americas,
Ga, for the benefit Of which the sales
we're made. Finally this same barrel
Of -four reached the hands Of the
Queens baker, who made a loaf Of
bread therefrOm and presented il to
Her Majesty. The seed Of the wheat
from which this flour was produced
matufed in four and one half months,
being sown November "a, 1879, on the
farm Of John l.. LanmOil, Lee County,
Ga, and harvested April 10, 1850.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
AND PRODUCTION

The late census will show popula-
tinn of about $4,000, 900 of people in
the United States showing that there
has been an increase of 30 per cent. IN
the population Of the country during
the last decade. But in proportion
there has been Il greater increase in
the number of miles of railroads bullt,
and manufactures, but the greatest
increase is in the productions of the
country it being So per cent
If fine reputation increases i'll the
same proportion for the next ten years,
1880 will give the United States
% 100000 of pe0ple-or more than
France and Ireland combined. But II
immigration still continues to IN
crease, no doubt 10000, 600 or 50, OO0, 600
will be nearer the right figures. But
the question arises, will production
keep pace with the rapid influx of
population; il will depend altogether
ON more improved and enlightened
.ygtcnI of farming. The masses Will
need more agricultural edocA'l"h' by
judicIous mantrlng ana ieftlliA''ioi''
fine same amount of soil must be made
lo increase the capacity of productions
During the eleventh ana t"eiV'h cen
turics. the wheat lands OF England
produccd from seven to eight bushels
Of wheat to the acre and now the
average crop is thirty bushels I" the
acre. and still England has to draw on
o,,r SHAREHOLDERS orfood. A few years
a.. ,,....+,r,. rorJ. nufsfrunrd all
az" inc ,N''' u ~ l'''
others III theif Plouu't'"''7 ''" ~
curdiug to the statistics, they doh'l
,.r,Ino, 81. much to fine acre, as some
>-..,,I,,,.,, .t,to,.--.,s Now
OF our NV -''' ''''''
York, Vermont and HehlIsyIFaiI"'
It has been accomplished only by a
,.,,,ra.,..to,n,tic and inprnyed system
''''' ,,,,. In ,,,rs+ Iva
OF iarIhl'lS' "l'''n WIN mus "
adopted all over the United states, Ill
order that our soil may furnish food
...'.'n,a ,,;,,ion.of noonlr, yhoare polr-
'"' nv '''''''''''''' l,ot. ',,''.
my IL mum = ~ n'.,,, ,,iil ho emma
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"'h ',' amy W '',,,,'. ,'.,,,,nI,1..
,,. ,,' , n,'It;,'atnd and Omcon Gather
inc. wife of Henry the VIII, was
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

An exchange says: "DO not throw
away your ribbons because they ale
soiled. Wash them in suds made Of
fine toilet soap and cold water, squeez-
ing them quickly through. Then iron
them between two cloths with an iron
not too hot.n
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17

Gibson county, Indiana, has ] 900
acres in wate5melons, and il Is estimat-
ed that /, Coz car load will be shipped
from that section.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
.,s ,slaS,9a sGlahS,9arientrsafne inrsa,fs5nse IsLq IbssILqng.

MS ioAs'hu ioiluiug part " Tile TERN
tory OF Accomac county. eastern shore
of Virginia, lies between Chincoteaguc
and Assateague bays. Its area is about
twenty-one square miles, and its popu-
lation 2,700. There is but one resident
physician to attend to all these people
but his duties are lighter than one
would suppose, for the islanders are re-
markably robust people.
For those who are fond of outdoor
sports, and VINO enjoy the picturesque,
this island is a delightfuls.gatering place.
Fish,game and oysters are abundant, and
excellent pilots are always at hand,
ready to take pleasure-seekers boating.
The ocean lies but four miles distant,
and though the ears OF the people are
constantly filled with the threatening
roar OF their great liquid neighbor.
the island itself is not specially subject
to storms.
In the great storm of lS4I the waters
OF the Atlantic swept every living thing
from the island in less than fifteen min
utes, so says tradition, and the tide rose
so high that houses were unroofed.
Chincoteague is known for its ponies.
hardy breed of small horses, far be-
yond the limits of the Peninsula. These
ponies feed entirely on the coarse grass OF
the salt marshes that make no small
part of the islands area.
Among the curiosities shown visitors
is the skeleton Of whale seventy-nine
feet long, that was stranded on the
coast some years since. The jaw-bone
measures eighteen feet in length while
the ribs, twelve feet in length, look
like great crooked fence rails.
Two miles south of this island lies
Assateague island, uron which stands
one of the highest lighthouses in the
United States, its height being 100 feet
and its base diameter thirty feet.
The island abounds in wild geese,
ducks. and swan.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
An Autumn Pietnre.

Sky deep. intense, and wondrous blue,
With clouds that sail the heavens through;
And mountain slopes 30 broad and fair,
With here and there, amongst the green,
maple or an ash-tree seen
n glowing color. bright and rare.
Green fields, where silvery ripples fade,
With cattle resting in the shade;
Far mountains, touched with purple haze
That, like veil Of morning mist,
BY CLEANS Of golden sunlight kissed,
Seems but breath OF by-gone days.
And clover which has bloomed anew
Since shining scythes did cut it through,
And corn-fIelds with their harvest iair
And golden-rod upon the hill,
And purple asters blooming still,
And sunlight melted into air.
Dora Read Goodaie, in Scribne,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
A Vengeance.

From savage pass and rugged shore
The noise OF angry hosts had fed
The bitter battle ragged no more
Whore fiery bolts had wrought their scars
And where the dying and the dead
In many wooiul heap were fiung,
While night above the Acgean hung
Its melancholy maze Of stars.
One boyish Greek, Of princely line.
Lay splashed with blood and wounded sorei
His wan face in its anguish bore
The delicate symmetry divine
Carved by the old scuptors Of his land;
A broken blade was in his hand,
Hall slipping from the forceless hold
That once had swsyed it long and well;
And round his form in tatters fell
The velvet raiment lowered with gold.
But while the calm night later grow
He heard the stealthy, rustling SOUND
OF one trailed on laggard knees
A shattered shape along the ground;
And soon with sharp surprise he knew
That in the encircling gloom profound
A fierce Turk crawled by slow degrees
To where in helpless pain he lay.
Then, too, he witnessed with dismay
That from the prone Turks rancorous eye
Flashed the barbaric lurid trace
OF hates indomitable hell
Such hate as death alone could quell,
AS death alone could satisfys
Closer the lettering figure drew,
With naked bosom red with fight,
With ruthless.fngers clutching tight
A dagger stained with murderous hue:
Till now, in one great lurch, he threw
His whole frame forward, aiming quick
A deadly, inexorahle blow,
That, weakly faltering, missed its mark
And left the assassin breathing thick,
Leveled by nerveless overthrow,
There near the Greek chief in the dark.
Then he that saw the bafiied crime,
Halt careless in his life's release,
Since death must win him soon as prey,
Turned on his foe smile sublime
With pity, and the stars Of Greece
Beheld him smile, and only they.
AL night the two lay side by side,
Each near to death, yet living each;
All night the grim Turk moaned and cried,
Beset with panes oil horrld thirst,
Save when his dagger crept to reach,
By wandering, Intellectual way,
The PROSTATE Greek he yearned TO say,
And fnilure stung him till he cursed.
And when soft promises of morn
Had wrapped the sea in wistiul white,
a band OF men with faces worn,
Clomb inland past beetling height
To find the young chief they adored;
Sought eagerly since fall Of sun,
And now in ghastly change restored.
One raised a torch OF ruddy shine,
And, kneeling by their leader, one
Set to his mouth a goure Of wind.
Then the young Greek, with wave of hand,
Showed the swart pagan at his side;
SO, motioning TO the gathered band,
That none could choose but understand,
"Lct this man drink" he said, and died.
-LfppircoTs Magazine.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

The cele brated Horn silver mine, in
Utah. has been sold TO the Cunard steam
ship company for the enormous sum of
Sl3 900. 900. Three years ago the mine
was sold by the discoverers of it for
S25, 900 TO four men, who subsequently
sold it to Jay Cooke and others for
81. .000. 900.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
Notice.

This is to certify that have this day given my
SON. John Dufany Jr. his tine during the rema
der of the term of his minority, paying no dcbn
of his contracting, nor clam ng any Of his earts
ings after this date. JOHN DUfEANYn
uRipton, September 13 1850. 253w
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

A man in Bellefontaine. Ohio,
thought that certain illusions in SER
mon by the Rev. A. ii. Windsor were
personal, and after the services he
knocked the preacher down with a
club.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

The Peruvian Syrup has cured
thousands who were suffering from
Dyspepsia, Debility, Liver Complaints
Boils Humors, Female Complaints, the
Pamphlets free TO any address. Seth
w Fowle & Sons, Boston. 2l-ly
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
TO THOSE THAT DON'T WISH II
KNOW.
BE SURE AND KNOW.

That Smith keeps Licensed Public House on
Grand View Mountain, furnished with every
thing that is required to be kept In first class
Hotes'rom LIST Of May to lst OF Noyembe-.
j. N. sMITn, Proprietor
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
MALT
UNEERM ENTED

rN HERE is no greater BloodPuriryer and Lie
l. giving principle in the world OF medicine
than MALT DITTEES, prepared by i',e NAL
BITTERS COMPANY from unicrmentcd ialt
and hops. 1t is perfect renovator Of feeble ara
exhausted constitutions. 1t enriches the blood,
soldidi6cs the bones, hardens the muscles, qu'c7
The nerves, perfects digestion, cheers tho mind,
a1d vitalizes with new life every fluid of the
body. 1t is so, because it strikes at the root
a" debility-ENFEEBLED DIGESTION and
IMPOVERISHED BLOOD. Sold everywhere.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

MIDDLEBURY.
Congreqdtional-Corner Pleasant and Main SITS
Rev. Il. T.. Hooker, pastor. Sunday services a
lD:i5 An. and 100 PM. Thursday evening
prayer meeting at 100.
Mefhodist-North Pleasantst. Rev. nj. Ii. Mead
pastor. sunday services at lO:45 A. M. ant
200 pm. Thursday evening prayer meeting
100 Class meeting on sraay evening AZ re Rev
VIM. j. Tilley, rector. sunday school at Il
AM, sunday services at 10 AS AM and 100 Pm.
Roman Cdthoiic-Wcybridge,st. Rev. T.. Gun
ningham, pastor. Sunday services, alternate Sab
baths; High Mass at 1000 AM; Vespers ant
benediction at q 80 PM.
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
Methodist - pastor. Sunday services
at2:00PM
vERGENNEs.
Bdptist-Rev. David f. Estes, pastor. Sunday
services at 10:45 AN. and 1900 Pm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 90.
ao Md M A. N %iaksr pSs,SnT pssnv snGa, SraHe
Episcopal-St. Pdurs Church-Rcv. #. s. Fisher
ector sunday vices at 10 As AM. and 90 Pm
Friday evening at Z 20.
services at 16:45 AM. and 200 Pm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening .o.
Roman CdthOiic-Kev. p Cunningham, pastor.
ervices, alternate Sabbaths; High Mass at 10 on
AM; Vespcrs and benediction at 6 100 Pm.
Congregdtionai-Rev George f. Hall. pastor
Sunday services at 10 As AN. and 100 Pm. week
prayer meeting on Thursday evening at W.
BlPToN.
Congregdtionai-Rcv. j. A. Devine, pas.oi
Sunday services at II, A. M, andEE, 7. N
Thursday evening prayer-meeting at 20 r. Nj
Bristol Directory.
CHURCHES.
Baphst-Rev. w. d. Hall, apstor. Sunday ser
vices at lO:45 A. Nj. and 7:00P. NJ. Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening at 80. Young people Z
meeting Tuesday evening at 80.
MethOdist-Rev. l.. A. Dibble, pastor. Sunday
services at 10 40 A. NJ. and 100 r, NJ Class meet
ing Tuesday evening at 80. Prayer meeting
Adcent-Rev. Mr.. Quimby, pastor. SUNDAY
Epdngeiicdi ddpent-Rev ID. Bosworth Prayer
meeting every Friday evening at Elder Bos-
worths house.
MAILS ARRIVE.
From New Haven, the North, New York, Boston,
and the West through Burlington, 80. r M
From New Haven, the South, New YORK, Bos-
ton, and the West. D 100 p. NJ.
From Richmond. huntington. Huntington cen
err, and StarksboIo, 4A0 Nj. Mondays Wednes'
ays and Fridays, at 80 p. m.
From Lincoln, B r. NJ.
From South Starksboro, three times a week ir-
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.
For Rich nond, Starksboro, Huntington and
Huntington Center, 80 Tuesdays, Thursdays,
Saturdays, at I 80 II. m.
For Lincoln, o: 100 Pm.
For New Haven Mills three times a week irreg-
FREDERICK LANDON, p. NJ
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

The largest cotton-seed oil mill in the
United States is being erected in Little
Rock, Ark. 1t will have capacity for
using 300 tons Of cotton-seed per day.
The work will employ $50 men.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

The announcement is made that
Prince Gunther H., of Schwartzburg-
Sonderhauscn, has abdicated because he
has become near-sighted. When he
wrote his name he rubbed It out with
his nose, and his subjects felt mortified
to see their ruler with half pint of ink
smeared on his oountenance.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

A San Francisco manufacturer has
received from the interior of the State
an order for pair of boots which, IL
the numbers in use ran 80 high, would
be eighteens in size. They will be ia
inches in length and in width. The
man who is to wear them Is small, cx-
cept as to his hands and feet.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
ADDISON RAILROAD

MIxedtrain leaves III ut 30 A. NJ; arriving al
Leicester junction at 8 20 A. Nj.
Mixed train leaves Leicester junction at o".o
p. Nj. at arri wing at II ~ Z. Nj.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
MAILS ARRIVE.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
wall and Observation-Disclosures. =. 0 90 A. NJ.
wov mail from north ........ ...... IL % 2 NJ
Nexy Ynrk Rutland and Albany....... 80 A. Nj.
Wnv mail from south. :42 =. NJ.
,yov moi, going south. th................. 12 :OOM.
Way mail Going north. POP. NJ.
For Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
vail and liridnort t........ .4:OOP. NJ
Ci"sed mail for noston and Rutland 40 Z. Nj
Sioscd mail for New York and Albany 7:45 =. Nj
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

BY the census just taken in England IL
is found that Joneses carry the day and
are more numerous than the Smiths.
After the latter come the septs Will
liams, Taylor, Davis and Brown. John
son stands tenth, Robinson eleventh.
Wilson twelfth. Thompson, with a
"p," takes only twenty-fourth place,
and Clark, without an "e," twenty
eighth. Clarke, with an "e," is thirty-
eighth. Among the strange names
are Albertina Regina Victoria Gothic
Boult, Turnerico Henrica Ulrica
due Gloria de Lavinfa Rebecca Turner,
and Hostiliana Ophignia Maria Hypi.
hile Wadpe.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

SHAKER VILLAGE, n. H.. Jan. !, 1850.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

Destroyed ltwillrelieve i'm
mediately pain in any place
where it can be applied in
ternally or externally. For
cuts, bruises, sprains, &c,
it is the very best remedy
known arresting tho
bleeding at once, reducing
the swelling and inflamma.
tion, stopping the pain and
healing the injury IN n Won
derful manner.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01

In one OF several suits in the United
States circuit court, recently brought
by the Adams and the Southern express
companies against certain Southern
railroad corporations, it was stated that
these two companies cover 2l 200 miles
of railroad. employ 1900 persons, and
make 900 daily trips over o., 500 miles,
aggregating nearly 10000, 900 miles OF
travel annually. For the transporta-
ton oftheir freight, they pay the railroad
companies over 1900, 600 a year. In
1873 they carried for the government
81 200. 100000. In 1873 they carried
$66l.000. 900 for the government and
Sl.060, 600, 600 Tor the public. In
New York city Adams express COM
pany receives and delivers an average
of $4,000 packages daily, and uses 9l6
horses. The invested capital of all the
express companies in the United States
exceeds $50, ZOO, 900. The express busi-
ness has grown to these enormous pro-
portions in about forty years. 1t was in
1889 thatWilliam 1. Harnden made trip
from Boston to New York as Il public
messenger, having in his charge some
packages. commercial paper and
orders. In 1910 a rival exrress line was
started between the same two cities by
Alvan Adams and p. B. Burke. In l64l
Mr.. William b. Dinsmore became part
ner, and took charge of the New York
branch of tine business. The success OF
these pioneers led to the formation OF
other lines between other cities.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-01
Devastation.

Such complete wreck the wat
ers must lately have caused along
the railroad track, washing away
between Papago and Pontano. can
only be imagined from the debris
of all kinds, scattered in the great
est profusion and confusion all
along the course the raging waters
took; railroad ties are strewed
around by the hundred for long
distance, trees of immense growth
have been uprooted and carried
down the current as though they
had been willow wands. The scene
looks as If it had happened long
ago, in other days, SO thoroughly
is the water dried up, and but for
the green leaves on the lately fall
len trees and new work on the road
the pssser by would never dream
that it was an occurrence Of yester-
dsy-Arizonu Star.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-01
md close behind me q piteous voice

and close behind me piteous voice
calls out:
"Comrade, for the love ofl
Heaven. give me drinkW
That pain again. Is the leg be-
ing roasted over slow fire? Scream
aud shrek and clutch the grass.
and keep company with thousands
Of others who are being tortured to
iusensibility by pain or driven to
distraction by still.continusd earn
All! tits night. The falling dew
has brought more than ons poor
soldier back to life and renewed
suffering. The batteries are silent.
The muskets are resting after their
deadly work. There is silence
no! From woods and meadow and
knoll and valley, from almost
every yard Of ground on that long
battlefront, rise groans and cries
and prayers and pleadings. A
General prides himself on a STRAIT
egic movement, Colonel will be
promoted for bravery, a Major is
fiattered by the cheers of the liv-
ing, q Captain is proud that his
men stood like a stone wall, and
the result is five thousand dead aud
wounded men-fathers. brothers
sons.
This Is glory. Scream and shrek.
but some one has won fame. Pray
and plead and rave and curse, but
the telegraph is flashing the news
| Of o glorious victory over the coun.
try. The enemy has not retired as
yet, but Is getting ready to fall
back when the night grows older
Harkl Is some one movinsf
Yes, it is a step. Is it some wound
ed man hobbling away under cover
OF darkness? Nearer, nearer, and
some one looks into my face. II is
the ghoul of the battlefleld-the
hyena, who drags his talons
through blood and gaping wounds
to rob dying men's pockets.
"Go away-I am not dead!' L
shrek in his face as he bends
closer, and he leaps aside to growi
and curse and search the body OF
one whose pale, upturned face is
Just catching the silver rays OF the
new mOOus ucdI uioto StCpo
| Ghoul meets ghoui and holds a
whispered conversation, and they
separate with hands full of plupder.
Now comes q heavier step. A
troopers horse Is dragging himself
} across the field, shattered leg
ma king him utter almost human
groans. He Is more merciful than
the ghouls. He wavers and turns tc
avoid the bodies in his path-he
even halts and puts his nose
against the faces of the dead as II
he would speak to them.
So and until midnight comes
and goes, and then lanterns fash
the ghouls speed away, and
strong men carefully. lift up the
wounded and carry white faces as
they find old comrades lying stiff
and stark in pools Of ciotted gore.
And all this for-what?