The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-06-18

One Of the amusing peculiarities Of
Gen. Garfield is his Intense love Of the
game of base ball. There has not been
a game Of any consequence played in
Washington for years that has not TO und
him upon the grand stand, just back of
tho catcher, where he could study TO tho
best possible advantage tho scientific
curving of tho crack pitchers. lie is
such an enthusiast in the game that he
always leads In applause Of q fine play,
and his groan Of Encouragement at a
muff is not surpassed by any boy enthu-
siast.
Ono of tho census enumerators at Bu-
cyrus, Ohio, lie a young colored man
named Il. T. Williams, who several
years ago was run over by a train OF
cars and lost both arms, which were
takcn off near the shoulder. In the alb
sence Of hands, he has learned to write
by holding pen or poncii between his
teeth, and writes we'll. He writes very
rapidly, and takes an average of two
hundred namesa day. When he enters
house, he seats himself at table,
lays down his book, and with pencil
IN his teeth writes out the names that
are given to him. When he gets through
he picks tho book up in his teeth, places
1t under the short stub of his right arm,
and goes to the next house.
An expectant bride was doomed to a
terrible disappointment in Now York
on Wednesday evening. The wedding
was to have taken place at her fathers
house on Fifty-eighth street, at O'Clock.
The mansion was handsomely dcCorat-
cd and was filed with merry friends,
but hour after hour passed by and the
bridegroom came not, and at last ac-
counts no tidlngs OF him had been re-
ceived, although active search had been
made. He had, apparently, up to the
last moment intended to fulfil his en-
gagement. lie parted with bis fdncee
on Tuesday evening with tender words
and had made complete arrangements
with a Jewish Rabbi to perform the
ceremony, and on Wednesday morning
not only laid out his wedding suit, but
sent magnificent flowers to deck the
brides residence. The unfortunate la
dy is naturally Frustrated with grief
and modification.
A curious story, which will be new
to many, is told at birmingham, Mass.
Several years ago there lived at Tyring-
ham Hollow a prosperous family of
Shakers. AT one time several of their
porkers were taken sick, and they could
account for the complaint in no way
except by the supposition that the dev-
IL had entered into the swine. They
tore down the pens to find him, and
In The midst of the work wcazel ran
out from the rubbish. 1t was perfectly
evident that the devil had passed out in
to the weazel, go they gave chase. The
creature ran to the top Of the hill, and
the people, breathless and excited, fol-
lowed. At length he was captured,
killed and buried. After that time the
placs where the wcazel was killed was
called bythem "holy ground" An In
scribed monument was erected, and it
became favoritc place with Shakers
for assembling for solemn dances and
vrorchsv~ Tha monument &c hrolyo~
now, and tie place is polluted by
stranger feet. The inscription is for
gotten and cannot be deciphered, but
the story remains and the place is
known in the vicinity as "Shakers'
holy ground" People who visit it al.
ways carry away with them a piece OF
the DEVILS gravestono as a momcnto.
An engine that will pull a short
train without flame, smoke, grease, or
noise Is precisely what is needed on ell
evated railways. Such an engine Col.
onel Beaumont, an English engineer,
is said to have invented. Air is stored
in a reservoir under pressure of 1,OOC
pouhup W tiio rpuhtC iuCI, anu ucilNcT-
cd thence, first, into small, and after.
ward into larger cylinders, whence, af-
ter giving out its force, 1t passes into
the outer air. An old difficulty, that
compressed air freezes the atmosphere,
which condenses on the joints. of tho en-
gines, has been overcome; and the en-
CINE can now haul gross load of %
tons for II miles, or ~ tons for &c
miles with one charge of air. This
promises to dispose of all trouble about
flame, smoke, grease, or coal dropping,
foul smells or other nuisances which
have been 30 much complained of, and
to make the elevated road of tho future
much more tolerablc thing than the
elevated road of the past. 1t is antici.
pated in London that the new engine
will for certain functions supersede not
onlyisteam, but horses-that 1t will be
applied, that is to say, to carriages trav.
ersing common roads-which expecta-
ton, if realized, may bring about a
wonderful revolution in the methods
and economies of our daily lives.
Interesting Facts.
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