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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
City Taken by Strntagem

Zutphen eventually fell through the
genera.ship OF Sir Francis We're. Prince
Maurice being about to advance toward
it, We're pushed forward with his own
corps, sweeping the country of its cattle
and forage to straiten the garrison. Ad-
joining the town stood strong fort, the
possession of which promised materially
to forward the operations of siege; but
which on IA former occasion had cost
Leicester heavy loss ere he succeeded
in reducing il. Ofthis fort We're resolved
to make himself master, and he chose
the following stratagem for the purpose.
Selecting certain young men of his
corps, he apparaled them like Flemish
country women. and sent them forward
with well-filled baskets on their backs,
but with swords, daggers and loaded
pistols under their aprons and fardin-
gales. They travelled toward Zutphen
in groups of two and three together to
elude observation. and about dawn OF
day found themselves close to the fort,
where they deposited their baskets as
If waiting for ferryboat. No suspicion
that they were other than that which
they appeared to he, market women,
arose among the garrison. The Spanish
soldiers opened the gates as usual, let
down the bridge, and many came forth
to converse with the country people,
who now run to meet them with loud
laughter. till they gained the covered
way. Then they drew their weapons,
overpowered the barrier guard, and
maintained themselves in the archway
till body of troops sent forward
swiftly and silently by We're to their
support came up. So the castle was
taken. and Zutphen. which depended
upon it as a principal bulwark, sur
rendered after a feeble resistance.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05

A French publication contains tabu-
lar statement of the production of wheat
in the countries of the world. Accord
ing to this authority the total average
annual production in Europe is l,29S,- :
100000 bushels; in the world, l,7O2, $780,
900. France leads Europe, with 1885,
1000; Russia is next, with 224. 600, 900 !;
then come Germany, Spain, Austro-
Hungary, and Great Britain. The
United States produces 422, ,OOO, 600 |;
Auseria, %, ,2C9, 900; Canada, Egypt and
Australia, 10, SOC, 900 each. This coun-
try produces nearly one-half of nearly
all supplied by the world after France,
Russia, Germany and Spain are ex-
cluded. The principal exporting coun-
tries are given as the United States.
"a 100000 to l46, ,OOO.OO bushels; Rus
sia, $4,000 600 to AZ 0OO,O 900. and six
others aggregating $4,000. .0CO TO 46,O00.-
900. Principal importing countries,
Great Britain, 1000, 900 to l29 900. 600,
and four other European countries ag-
gregating 2S,OOO, 900 to $4,000, 900.
Great Britain thus appears from these
figures to take about one-hAlf of what
other countries have to sell.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
A UO rriCyiug Situation.

A German butcher named Hans Wig
ner becoming fatigued sat down by the
roadside near Harrison, Ark, and fell
asleep. He was suddenly aroused by a
clutching of his legs. Looking down,
such sight met his eyes as would have
made the stoutest heart bound with
agitation. Clasping both legs were two
rattlesnakes of the diamond species,
coiled and looking him greedily in the
face from both sides. 1t was n moment
to try the nerves OF the bravest hero
known to history, and Mr.. Wigner
trembled from head to foot, but know
ing that his salvation was inaction
rather than action, lie dropped back and
lay as one dead. How long he remained
in this predicament is hard to tell, but
some time after dark both snakes slowly
uncoiled themselves, and after wiling
under his neck and round his head
several times, moved quietly away.
Wiger made track for the nearest house
and fell fainting. After some little
trouble he was revived, but it was found
that during his lying still blood had
Cozed from his eyes and mouth, and his
hair, which he said before was raven
black, had almost al iron gray cast.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
A Famous HOrse.Woman.

A Yorkshire (England) authority says
that perhaps the most exciting and
enthusiastic scene ever witnessed on q
race course was at Knavesmire, in 1904,
when Mrs. Thornton accepted her
brother-in law, Captain Flint's chal-
lenge to ride race for a wager for " 500
guineas and 1000 guineas bye" The
distance was four miles, and Mrs.
Thornton to ride her weight against
Mr.. Flint his weight. A hundred thou
sand persons fiocked to the course, and
the Sixth dragons were called out to
aid the constables in keeping order. At
the start the betting was "five and six
to four on the petlicoat." When half
the course had been run it rose to seven
to four, and at three miles advanced to
two to one. During the three miles the
lady had been gradually increasing the
lead, when in the last mile her girth
slackened, and though she cieverly kept
place. 1t was said that 1000, ,OOO
changed hands. In the following year
Mrs. Thornton rode two races-one a
match for 1900 guineas and bet of COO
guineas with Mr.. BamfoId, who at the
last moment declined 10 ride, and Mrs.
Thornton cantered over the course.
The other was with famous Jockey
named Buckle. Mrs. Thornton. in pur-
pie cap and waistcost, nankeen shirt,
purple shoes and embroidered stockings,
took the lead and kept it for seme dis
tance, but was passed by Buckle, who
maintained his position for few
lengths, "when," to quote a chronicler,
the lady, by the most excellent horse
manship, pushed forward and came in
in style superior to anything of the
kind we ever witnessed, gaining the
race by half a neck" .
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
Travelling In Arabia.

Games and dromedaries are amaz'
mgly adapted for traversing the dry and
parched deserts of Arabia; for they are
so formed that they can throw up the
liquid from their stomachs into their
throats, by which means they can travel
six or eight days without water. The
camels usually carry s00,pounds' weight
upon their backs, which is not taken of
during the whole of the journey; for
they naturally kueei down to rest, and
in due time rise with tho load. The
dromedary is small camel, with two
punches on its back, and remarkably
swift. 1t is an observation among the
Arabs that wherever there are trees the
water is not far off; and, when they draw
near pool, their camels will smell at a
great distance, and set up their fast trot
until they come to it.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
THE RADIOMETER.
Cun ious Little Instrument That IL
Moved by the sums Rays.

Moved by the sums Rays.
There is on exhibition in store in
Louisville, Ky, a little piece Of appar-
atus which, to the casual observer
seems to be always in motion. Some
times it moves very fast, at other time
slowly, and at night it almost ceases to
move; in other words, its velocity is
directly proportional to the intensity of
daylight. 1t is the Radiometer of
Mr.. Crooke, the celebrated English
chemist, and is nothing less than a sun
machine. No mechanism, no springs
nor clocBwork; nothing but the simple
rays of the sun, after coming through
the journey of ninety-three millions of
miles, causes the little vane to perpetu-
ally revolve while exposed to their infu-
ence. If a cloud intervenes or a shadow
is cast upon the instrument, the motion
becomes at once enfee bled; but as soon
as the bright rays again are permitted
to encounter it, the effect is instantly ap-
parent in its revivified motion. Arti-
fetal light has a similar effect upon it.
AS philosophical toy it possesses great
end here. 1t is the portal to probably
one of the grandest discoveries that
have ever entered the mind of man.
Crooke states, and the eye OF scientific
Europeans has accepted the statement,
that this little instrument is filled with
fourth condition Of matter as diff
ferent from gas as gas is from hard
granite. His experiments 60 to show
the wonderful nature of this new body.
if we may 80 call it, how it is no longer
subservient to gravitation, and numer-
Gus other facts of absorbing interest.
His statement regarding it to the Brit
ish Association in 1879 is as follows: ::
1--WE have actually touched the border
land where matter and force seem to
merge into one another, the shadowy
realm between known and unknown,
which for me has always had peculiar
temptations. l venture to think that
the greatest scientific problems of the
future will find their solution in this
border-land and even beyond; here, it
seems to me, the legitimate realities,
subtle, far-reaching, wonderful"
These are the words of philosopher,
and his subject is scientific fact. A
new world of thought is opeued in it
that can not prove less prolific than
that known to us now in electricity.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
Can YOu

Can you tell why men who cannot
pay small bills can always find money
to buy liquor and treat when among
friendsp
Can any one tell how young men
who are always behind with their land
lords can play billiards, night and day,
and always be ready for a game of cards
when money is at stakep
Can any one tell how men live and
support their families, who have no in
come and no work, when others, W no
are industrious, are half starvedp
Can any one tell why four-tifths of the
young Indies prefer brainless fop, under
plug hat, with tight pants and short
coat, to a man with brains?
Can any one tell why it is that some
mothers are always ready to sew for the
distant heathen when their own chill
dren are ragged and dirtyp
Can any one tell why a man who is
always complaining that he cannot
afford to subscribe for the local news.
paper, and every week borrows it from
his neighbor, can afford to attend every
travelling show that comes into townP
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
Metals In the Body.

The human body, which seems made
up of flesh and blood, really contains
several metals and gases, and other sub
stances which perform important. offices
in the world of science. Nitrogen and
carbon and hydrogen are its chief con-
stituents; but it holds, besides, about
two pounds of PHOSPHORUS, which is
essential to the health of the bones and
the vigor of the brain. This phosphorus,
If extracted and put to use, would make
up about four thousand packages offric-
tion matches.
Besides phosphorus, 1t contains few
ounces OF sodium, and half ounce of
potassium, which schoolboys know as
a curious metal that burns brilliantly
on the surface OF water, or when
touched by an icicle. The quantity of
such In the body would be sufficient for
many experiments in a large school.
In addition to sodium and potassium,
there are few grains of magnesium,
enough to make the "silver rain for a
family's stock of rockets on fourth of
July evening, or to create brilliant
light visible twenty miles away. Who
knows but some reckless chemist may
undertake to drive profitable business
by extracting these materials from dead
bodies P-Youth's Companion.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
Annie Tree Borers,

To get rid OF these pests the Scientific
american says: According to writer
on horticultural and agricultural sub
jects, when borers have once gained
possession Of tree the only way to get
with knife or wire and destroy them.
The eggs of the parent beetle are de-
posted during the nights of June, and
are placed in the bark Of the tree at the
surface of the ground, or whatever may
surround the tree. These eggs hatch in
our latitude during September, and it Is
soon after this that the young grub may
be easily removed without the use oi
anything more than the point Of q pen
knife. A few minutes spent In this way
about the first of October each fall viii
keep the tree from this pest.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
TO ma a Flower Garden Of Ants.

A simple expedient is to lay fresh
bones around their haunts. They will
leave plants and attack these. When
thus accumulated they can be destroyed
by dipping the bones in h5s water:
Cyanide of potassium placed in small
Jumps at the entrance of the hills, or
applied in solution in their holes and on
the ground around them, viii destroy
the ants. As this material is deadly
poison it must be handled with care.
Persian insect powder applied to the
plants infested, through little bellows,
10 also efficacious. .
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
Protect Freshly mug potatoes.

Every farmer knows that exposing
potatoes too long to the rays of the sun,
or to plenty of light and air, will soon,
ruin them. A good farmer will dig and
dry his potatoes at the proper time as
quickly as is convenient, and take them
to his dark cellar without delay, being
careful not to have too many in one bin.
Potatoes which are fine and mealy when
dug treated In this manner will remain
good until until new early potatoes are
ripe. t
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05

1t is calculated that the 10000. 900
barrels of beer reported by the brewers
congress as having been sold last year
would have filed canal five feet deep
and twenty-one feet wide, extending
from New York to Philadelphia, and
that 1t would take pump throwing
thirty gallons a minute twenty-one
years to pump II dry.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
Car. of Trees Ansr Planting.

Failures in tree planting too often arise
from the mistaken notion that when the
roots Of tree are once in the ground the
work Is done. After a tree Is carefully y
planted it should be mulched with
leaves, straw. tan or any similar mate.
rial. not SO thick as to exclude the air,
but sufficiently to retain the moisture in
the soil; for, although there may be
plenty OF rain early in the season, the
chances are that drought more or lesf
severe will follow.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05

Where Is your other shirtP" she
asked, In tone OF concern. 81 have 1t
on" he replied, calmly, and then he
gazed into his wife's face with look Of
quiet endurance, and went down 10 the
office TO get out the paper.-Hatokeye.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05

All endeavors to bring the domestic
ny to that desirable state of tameness
which would prompt him to sit on the
window-sill instead Of your ear, have
proved futile.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05

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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
D. LOTHROP q CO.'S NEwlPUBLICA-
Uft TIONS. i.tifttA T.

The list of publications which d.
Lothrop & Co. has prepared for the fall
and holiday season is longer and more
attractive than ever before, and will
appeal strongly to that class of buyers
who demand good insides as well as
beautiful outsides to the books which
are to lie upon their tables or fill their
shelves. No publishers in the county
pay stricter attention to the character (
the works they issue than the Messrs-
Lothrop, and tie result is that in their n
tire catalogue OF one thousand differel I
titles, there is not stnpid book. an III
interesting took, or book which doe
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05

NT ENTAIL and Physical Exhaustion, Nervous
lNl ness, Hysteria, Night Sweats sleeplessness.
Cough. Emaciation and Decline are at once ar
rested by MALI BITTERS.a This original and
incompatible Food Medicine is rich in nourish-
ment and strength 1t feeds the body and the brain.
1t regulates the stomach and bowels. cleanses the
liver and kidneys, increasest he appetite, and en-
riches the blood. Health, strength, and peace of
mind are sure to follow its dailyuse. Prepared by
the MALT BITTERS COMPANY from Unfermen
I'd Malt and Hops, and sold everywhere.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05
Bristol Directory.
CHURCHES.
MIDDLEBURY.

Bapt,st-Rev. w. ID. Hall, apstor. Sunday ser
vices at 10 :45 A. NJ. and z 100 p. NJ. Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening at 80: Young peoples
meeting Tuesday evening at 80.
services at 10 AS A. NJ. and 100 p, NJ. Glass meet
ing Tuesday evening at 80. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 80.
Adpen-Rev. Mr.. Quimby, pastor. Sunday
Evangelical Adoent-Rcv ID. Bosworth; Prayer
meeting every Friday evening at Elder Bos-
worths house.
, 1880-10-20
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Stocks Active, but Weak and
Strong by Turns.
Rumors About the Southwestern
Troubles-New York Central,
Foreign Exchange 1lcavy-ThG
Currency Movement.
Tho Produce Markets More Active, and Irregular
Provisions Unusually wcak.
Wheat Easier, anl Rel Io. yery Duli-Darlsy Strong
.-0lAtr Grain Steaditr,
FINANCIAL,

Thcrp was a lnrgn amount OF business done IN
stockst hut tho tctnpcr nf speculation whs not
all uf one Kind. TtlGEo werp tnatncnts OF cons
siderable wpukness, especially In Jersey Ccntrnl
It wns xnltt ri, whnt is claimed to 10 tho best
n.lt1orlty, that tho troilbluHtonR tho sot'tt,-
wcsorn r,afls In tEAssenncr rate. had been e1ss'-
startinity settled. Tllorc WINS, In consequence,
str0nK buying Of wnt,Ash, st. 1oe, and n1rl!ng'
ton & Quincy. nut tho burlington & Quincy
ctIn,,r III New York profess to know nath,nE
about my such settlement. Quo Of tho rnor.
bWcha OF tho Tiny wis TINT New York Central
stock was tO he ,!talhltti, itlt tnto to my per
cont per nntl.ln1. Atrfcea from New York
describe tho nlnrktt ns b,llish, anil stuto TINT
when tho nlorket fcnctcl thorn were p!nnty OF
buyers tn usko Nil tho stuck that wns offered.
Thtto wcto few. considerable gnfus rs tho re-
silt 0f tto days fluctuations. llurEnatsn &
Quincy 1na.,o 2. tn no, after selling Mt HOE;
lst,ck Island e, to Il0; Now YDrk Central 4, to
E!5N; Lnko Shore Il, 10 ll3s Eric ], to 49H,
nfter aclllng ut ~; tho preferred X, 10 ~;
Northwestern III. IL 1lJs., tho highest Of tho
tiay: tho preferred Il, to IN; st. 1aul IL. to
VII, f1ftcr sof!ng Mt D7at; WnhAah III, to A0S;
tho preferred III, 10 n nf.cr aclEng ut M; st.
lnr Z. to 4la;, nftcr selling nt t1!s; tho pro-
frrrc.l \. to g'A, nftcr selling at eSh; khi.sRs
Toxins ~, to sS; Lackawanna " ia
e's' >!a'l",tnn 4, to ssI. ntter u,, ,,I. sell.
sHA ~ tFfb' ohhHA uGluo I!4s ~ N"'At A."'s
MUttntaln Ii. to II; Western Union II, to I03i;
C.. c. &: l. c. Il, to l9Al; Ontario Il, toa5
Tho insscs wurr: C., T., G. I. Il, to T.a: Nor
ris Il Esscx 4. to 1Ia!s; Illinois Central ", to
1tats; Michigan Ccntrtsl u, to 1Hl'a; Vt. Paul
preferred Il. to tiJM; Ohio x, to al!s: lnofsc
Nmii u, tn4tK: lsondEng Il. to G5: Louisville Il.
IL 1ast; Chattanooga ., tn 0lh; Lake Eric &
Western Il, to Ti,s. Northern rAulf1u y, to .ssi
O,nahn Il, tu 43,l; Mobile & Ohio Il, To =; Chi
curn. st. Louis i Now Orleans Il, tu:7!t.
Tho following shows tho fluctuations Of tho
ncttve stocks yesterday:
, 1880-10-20
REAL ESTATE.
The following Instruments wcro flied for roc
orl1 Tuesday. Oct. 10:

The tnllow1nR !nstfNnletltB Wcr0 He'd Tor roc
c,r,. ,r,ur,n,<
,uo ctlt aN"rk"rf
NH r. aa.od tlel idtl:stasu ot naya i.ao 10.
,Allnlg .s......",......,,........3u u0
sa,,t- a!liHnry st0.npo u Iol,n liSaai.knmn. ECU
''nM in,tovr 'n ~ ~ ~; ~ -, n Y ,,i;ei ,Hi;ei Gx!1 II
Ss..hi,urti sh uAs'e Wv !" Nt"ipp HUI ~ t"st ,n,,
JUUos ii. III ii ii 'rhlrty.fi y 81; i:sx r. ors>
Asnia Nv ~, III Thistys,iSn iSnta5':i ~ e
GpugilinI... -. " .......'..., y =" i'p' nm
f. alr iii H. tussi Snnt iii H. Nnt.JJ,,sH,M nIsJ ~
Ef.ton Ensa av G!sss, scr 81 Lm
INle 4. Wict;xj.,,.;. r.. .,',..',,. ~" ns'" Inn
HawNt1i st iii II Il IL Etunuittli Xii;1;iif.
&lHieh Dcs II tf'rnGn Jnnuk Ii, Tss TetUr !
SclluGnhafGn 1tr1WnK l-nftplnyt,....,,, $50, Ey10
eaufnrt ~, nct !st1htatntit NHI NtnbS1nttl
~, Y !. sG ai-iul e y Mllsy t!nted Ut. II
,3WlaM l!rusn % MnTy =, C!ask) );....:....: 100
, 1880-10-20

Thos1 figures show m Incrcnse tlllrIng Inst
weok Of 497,l0l hu whoat, 1G5 CT! ~ o.sts, 4i,lH
bn rye, 2, 900 bu hurley. ad 1t lcnroaBo OF :,iB7
bu corn. TotaI incrcnso, 7G.,, ,:1D b,s.
Tho following wcro tho nggrugnto receipts OF
tho articles na1c' In this city stnca tho clt,so of
Inst year: ELI, tho brls Hour, 1881 , h,l whcnt,
S20l7,0 bu corn, IL. .IW, los bu onts, r. ;6 b
rye, s,ss9 OK: bu barley, 1a14i7,x3 tbs tlax-accd,
II. ,59s lbs hog tneats hl0ii+, lbs lgr', hi.-
ha,hs7 lbs butter, 4uil8ll hogs, 1,0sl.1s rattlo.
:dI,7s1 shoop, E,l7US0s lts hide. 2u,,G9.aaN lbs
wool, .Gi, ,4Il tons conl 60 l8l 200 foot lumber,
0l1.Bl7 Iris anlt.
Tho following tnblo shows tho distribution Of
tho lroatEstu!gs sh'nped from this city during
aast, ,Aepk, tho tutnl of r,il movement including
TINT oy'.r tho tt,als not SPECIALIZED: