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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-11

FRUrf JoHNNYCAKF. Two cups Of
sour milk, one teaspooOiui OF saleratus,
one tablespoonful OF butter. one heaping
tablespoonful Of sugar. one cup OF ready
cooked fruit which You happen to have,
that will not color the cake. AS apple,
pear. peach or ounce sauce, salt and
thicken with corn meal and bake quick.
FRIED RnEAD UDDING.-Take a stale
loaf OF bakers bread cut in slices; beat
up six eggs, stir them into Il quart OF
milk; dip the slices into the milk and
eggs; lay them upon q dish, one upon
another, and let them stand about an
hour; then Try them to light brown in
a little butter; serve with pudding sauce
or syrup.
CREAM POTATOES. Pare an cat the
potatoes into small squares or ROUNDS.
cook twenty minutes IA boiling water
and little salt. Turn this Oh. add a
cupful OF milk, and when this bubbles
up n Tablespoonful OF butter, with a tea
spoonful of water; wet - with cold
milk; also Il little chopped parsley sim
mer five minutes ana pour out.
BUrrERED APrLEs Peel q dozen ap-
Piles, first taking out the cores with
thin scoop. Butter the bot ON of a
nappy or lin dish thiekly; thon put the
apples into 1t. Fill up lie cores with
powdered sugar. Siil powdered CHINA
mon or grated Lemon poels. Pour a
little melted butter over them and bake
twenty minutes. Serve with cream
sauce.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-11

And the same people say "Ist das
wetter um Weihnacht gelind, 30 wshrt
die kelte gewoehnlich lapge bis Freuh-
jahr hinein." when the weather is
mild at Christmas cold weather lasts
into. spring" All of which proverbs
receive important modification when
applied to this our North American
climate.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-11


The burning Of tho clay OF Il garden ID
en old and often n very ooiaplgte method
irepdorlng the soil permanently mellow
and friabl2, and Of greatly adding to is
fertility. a little English MANUAL,
" Manures for the Many" gives .
method of doing It OF q large scale, and
the J01sYR9l of HOrtt,Nh,ic says there il
no doubt OF ita ilnmedisle and perma-
nent advantage. II this were always
Che case, one should EXPECT to see the
sites of briokbilBs and other large fires
over IN by luXuriant weeds from flying
seeds, instsad OIL remaining sterile tor
length OF time, rs frequently observed.
IL IS easy, however, TO test The matter IN
n small way where tough clay makes
gardening all but implaciicahis. The
roasting Of earth Tor polting flowers is
common, but il is resortcd 10 chiefly 10
secure the destruction of pestiierous
ssads, germs and insects. The clay le-
ferred TO in the pamphlet was so touch
and adhesive before being fu ueo inat
the workmen were obliged to din theiF
opadcs constantly In .stairl 10 cause IL 20
slip on the metal. ! stack of NO d was
built up five feet across and high, with
kindliug in the center, aud q cutter 10
supply draft. The c,eyarouud. EXCEPT
ing that of the somewhat improved sur-
lac, Taa tnfN THROWN on Tn Hueu rr.r
10 about At ioai ue Il, and -. ufc
and watched. Fresh cny Nt8 a
whc1 any Fart o. tic clay on The ila
became burning lot. Wrc1 this stsL
was heated, a long hooked iron rod YVas
used to break doga aud distribute lie
ire SO IS to enlarge IL. More wood was
mid on, fiat this time. and over it more
clay, which had been taken ont ready so
that tho N-qp1 GOULD ia 0r.-frs.sf cstfaiy1rr
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-11
Amputation Of the Leg.
W. 10 liza
ras saa Family Physician ut tauit-pr
p.yla Ksnnsdy the SUCCESSFUL Surgeon.

wTA EFE9 sg7ir~ GO --f y Z
noaey I, the wiysrssi necessity, and none but
= cJpic er fool Mill AFFECT 10 despise II. MI. Alb
~ M " of Port Hwin. Ulster county,N. T.,
Ia ruallssd this truth. His disease involved the
ehpls Of his thigh bone, and the suffering man
kpphod inward. not without apparent reason, 10
tssh a. his only deliverer. His family ply stefan
reused 70 snaputate the limls--asserting ihA Tue
operation would I'M the patient on tne spot ~.
suited held different opinion and amphtated
lhs linnb. The Doctor then administered freely
his great Blood-Speci1c favorite Kennedy 10 anoru
tens and strength 10 the system, prevent the re-
turn OF the disease, and Mr.. Ellsworth remains
q This day in the bloom Of health This gentle
nans disease was the offspring of foul blood and
Ksnnedy,s Fevorite Remedy purified the blood
and restofedsto him the power once more 10 en-.
jey his life. Arc you suffering from any deseasc
trscoable 70 the same causeH Try tayorlte heln
efy. Your druggist has IL. One dollar bottle
RHar In mind the proprietor's name anu audres
Or. David Kennedy, kondout New York u &
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RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NOTES.

~
There arens,OOO white families in Ala.
bama without Bible.
Mr.. Cyrus II. Mccormick has given
100000 to the Presbyterian- Jke6loH-
cal seminary OF ChicsgoHe karhs Ben
tirely of debt az
Nr MoodyS ,@Sfmons have been
trAnslstedf iIf a rabic, and are used by
the missionaries in teaching the people
inthe several stations.
Twelve Chinese converts have been
ordained TO the ministry. of thes Church
of England. Nine Satf658kff HIibE
and engaged in the work of the church.
"a In Detroit. Mich, six Methodist
/ churches, in various degrees OF financial
1isNessi have HosHled I'd alliagceihnd
fe3tipguisbed th9t0bt of Zach, aiiasEre-
gafeof $35.t00H \ y Rh
The Presbytery OF Huntingdon re-
Gently celebrated, at Duncansville, Pa,
TIE completion OF Rev. DIR. w. j. Glib
So sot rs fifty years Pf ssyyc9 % At mister
The centennial celebration ofthe-Con-
EDUCATIONAL church of Middletown. Ct,
has been postponed until June, 1881, to
accommodate Western people who wish
to attend.
The Luthern church. has IN Nebraska,
twenty-idhr hirSsteSyahhty eonsTeY-'
lions and 1920 co&shu Mo nts.( klbe
first convention organized in 1871 with
six ministers.
The degree of doctor of laws has been
conferred bY Cambridge, ugiyeEily, Eng.
land, upoh fl)f. kitt K itslh - IYotestaht
Episcopal bishop of Long Island, in re-
coenition of his late discoutses' dn the
university pulpit.
|, Some OF the Methodist preachers of
4 Brooklyn are endeavoring TO make the
morning preaching service more ptuac-
A five to the children of thsif edlieregal
sions by giving them, every Sabbath, n
thort adarssrhsqtG b8efo shs:psual
sermon.
twenty fgk y&rs bolt l24ehfr 4 Is, fBat
have SstaAs@ S5ea6oD. d. Adil6lFtd
their contributions for the support and
nlhrgemept- OF LIAR o2sEn. zalfss.4lseslaRe
taxed for the support OF the Lutheran
State church $4,000 yearly, or orD doll
1T. At TT the coSde a d ttsien,l,ef eounl
| Gil held at St. hotlis, the report of the
secretary, Rev. DIR. A. II. Quint, gave
the following figures: New churches
4 organized. 1874; churches dropped from
the. roll, 1866; total number of churches,
1914; fetal membership. s5e, DsO.=i 0l
the 1874 churches only s95 arc supplied
with installed pAst6r# SHOUT one5Eotrth
1888 are supplied BY acting pastors
the others are vacant or are supplied
, By ministers of other denominations.
The Roman Catholic population of tho
: United States is estim ated at 6, l43 222
4 ruled by sixty seven bishops and arch
bishopa and6 ,9s9 priests, who, ministel
! in 6aG chaEchS ard chapels;. l,lst
last spring and 405,23i pupils in
parochial schools. Catholics have also
l,729 mission q stations, besides thejr:res'
| ular churchess 76s7 colleges, isefnfnarfe;
} and academies, 2,246 parochial school:
and 1873 charitable institutions, all indi
). eating hard work, and plenty of it.
~ L1-sEs 0@i - - = Is- --a
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~,During tt1eff pnco- &ertasH e0rgetSa
Ere FfeReh Sc so s We atact r. 1 hghe@


During tt1eFt rnco eerta9g e0rf9tSa
French soldier was sshcAfhhhe'bead
with buhet md Sfeft On the fed for
dead, but subsequently showed sufficient
life to cause him to be carried TO the
hospital, where be finally recovered his
general heath, but remained in q men
ttal state very similar to that OF Professor
Goltzs dog. AS lie walked about the
rooms and corridors OF the Soldiers
iiome ID Paris, he appeared, to the
stranger like an ordinary nam, unless il
were ~ bis apatlctie manner. When bis
comrades were called to the dinner-table
he followed, sat down with them. and
the food being placed upon bis plate.
and knife and fork in his hands would
commence to eat. That this was not
done in obedience to thought or know
ledge was shown by the fact that his
dinner could be at once interrupted by
awakening a new train of feeling by a
new external impulse. Put crooked
stick resembling gun into his hand,
and at once the man was seized with
rage comparable to that produced in the
StIasburg dog by taking hold of his tail.
The fury OF conflict was on him; with
a loud yell he would recommence the
skirmish in which he had been wound.
ed. and, crying TO his comrades, would
make rush at the supposed assailant.
Take the stick out of his hand, and at
once his apathy would settle upon him;
give him knife and fork, and whether
at table or elsewhere, he would make
the motions of eating; hand him q spade
and he wonld begin to dig, 1t is plain
that the impulse produced by seeing his
comrades move to the dining-room
started the chain of automatic move.
ments which resulted in his seating
himself at the table. The weapon called
into new life the well-known acts OF the
battlefield. The spade brought back
the day, when, innocent of blood, he
cultivated the vineyards of sunny
In both the dog and the man lust
spoken of, the control of the will over
the emotions and mental acts was evil
IDENTIFY lost, and the mental functions
were performed only in obedience to
impulses from without. G., were eu-
tomato. The human brain is a com.
pick and very delicate mechanism, so
uniform in its actions, so marvellous in
its creation that it is able TO measure
the rapidity ofits own processes. There
are scarcely two brains which work ex-
actly with the same rapidity and ease.
One man thinks faster than another
man for reasons as purely physical as
those which give to one man n faster
gait than that of another.-Dr. III d.
Wood, ia Lippiac0U.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-11

At recent police trial in London two
individuals swore, under cross oxamiua-
ton, that " they got their living by
buying cheap violins and by dsctorine
then ~ to represent old ones, and sell
ING them rs SUCH"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-12
MINOR KILOGRAMS.
King Kalakaua has arrived in Paris.

King Kalakaua has arrived in Paris
HEIR Wehle. counsel for Hartmann, prints
q letter from Secretary Blaine, regIetting that
while the latter disavowed the statements of
his assistants he (Baine) did not include
reprimand.
j. G. Drake a young Englishman, recently
from Kansas City, employed by Turner. Fras-
er & Co., grocers, of st. Joseph, Mo-, as trav-
elling collector, has disappeared with ST.
0C0.
In making excavations necessary to the es-
Enlistment of public garden in front of the
cathedral in the city of Mexico discovery was
made of column, portion OF cathedral
erected IN the year 1926.
A despatch to the London Post from Rome
says The police have discovered gang of
forgers employed in coming English sover-
eigns and twenty lire pieces. The forgers were
preparing to supply these CONS and to throw
them on the market as soon as gold currency
is fairly started on the peninsula.
The St. Louis Republicans Hannibal, Mo-,
special says: A bloody double tragedy occurred
at the town Of Burton, Mo-, on the Wabash
Railroad, Wednesday. A man named Jack
son. insulted lady named Langford The
lady told her husband, who at once hunted up
jackson and attempted to chastise him. Jack
son drew knife and stabbed Langford several
ford then appeared on the scene and shot Jack
son in the breast, whereupon he turned on the
woman, cut her slight ly two or three times
when he fell exhauste d from loss OF blood
Both jackson and Langford will die.
Yesterday was the hottest day of the year at
Memphis. Tenn. the thermometer at O'Clock
p. m. registering 1929.
Mrs. Mary Ann Rose of Providence, R. l.,
was badly and perhaps fatally burned last
nigh by an explosion of kerosene lamps
Richard Lynch, conductor on the Provi-
dence and Worcester r. R., died suddenly on
his train yesterday afternoon of heart disease.
The Mississippi Greenbackers have called
convention for the oath and the Republicans
for the 25th.
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Domestic Markets.


NEW YORK. Aug. 11-Evening.-Flour market
without decided change with little more more doino
trade, 10Doins
Receipts of Flour Il $40 bbls; exports 1O4 b,,s
sales ~, 200 bbls; No at 3 1904 90; Superfipe
Western and State SO95 25 good to choice IVES
tern extra at 3O@6 Is; common to choice White
Wheat Western extra 25@6 %; fancy do at 4 az
@6 5O; common to good extra Ohio at OO06 TX.
common to choice extra St. Louis at OOa6 *:
Patent Minnesota extra at 25@6 80; choice to
double extra at 6 9O@8 25, including 5000 bbls of
City Mill extra at 1895 40 for 1; 6 so for s A.
1900 bbls No 2 at 3 1O14 90; 1900 bbls Sunerfine,
81 lOG4 go; $500 bbls low extra 4 8O05 10: a.
4OO Dds Winter Wheat extra at O008 so: 7JOo
Dds minnesota extra at 8OdE8 25; Southern fionr
unchanged. Wheat-recepts 100, 626 bush. ex
por@ Ia, 300 bush; A@1 lower and less doing for
sApoTt With moderate speculative business; sales
$1,000 bush including 2S9.OOO bush on spot:
Hns1aaded Spring at IS; No Milwaukee l H.:
No do at 26@1 26z; ungraded Red at l 1ogG
5O1a; No 3 do at 26N mo Red 81 al BOZ
1at.er extreme; steamer do at 1854 al n: No 7
Red at 32A@l 321a; Mixed Winter at III: nm.
graded White at 1901 251 s: No 2 do 25: No I
wh1te, 1000 at 281A@1 281a; steamer do 2S6
~; Barley dull: Malt quiet. Corn "a GN lowss
and fairly active closing frmer; receipts q W.
bush; exports lbs, 1872; sales 1 GAG 900 bush in.
Guiding 326 900 on the spot; ungraded at 81 aenc.
No at 541acsteamer at 66@57Ac; No AT 6oS
60c; steamer White at 60c; No for August at 6ss
o9Hac, closing at 591sc; do for September at 62SS
oSc, closing bZN c;October at s@66c closing at
6oc, including 80, 900 No f o b Coo from elevator
Onis asc higher; White Mixed dull and weak: re-
z01,ooo push; No3 at 449441ac; do White 49S
4S12c; NO at 469451ac; do White at SIC: No i
at 45Aac; Mixed Western at 43046c: White Do Of
44@o3c; White State at 60@53c, including $4,000
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Sudden Death of a Foreign Minister,
NEW YORK.
Advance in the Price.

a0VduC0 Al tuo TC1C0s
New YORK, Aug. 1.-Packing box manu-
facturers in this city and vicinity last evening
decided, in view OF the increased cost of lum-
Der, to advance the price of boxes on and after
the 10Th.
Death Of Ex-President Fillmore's Widow
BUFFALO, Aug. 1O.-Mrf. Fillmore, widow
OF the ex-President, died tonight, aged TO-
She left no children, and an unmarried son
OF Mr.. Fillmore, by his first wife is the only
survivor of tho family.
Cattle Dealers in Council.
SARATOGA, Aug. 1.-The Cattle Commits
sion devoted to-day's session to discussing and
preparing quarantine regulations for cattle i'm
ported from Europe, also to preparing regula-
tions for disinfecting of cars to be used in the
export cattle traffic and to devising means for
definitely ascertaining the extent of infested
ed discrimination on the part of the Canadian
government against American cattle was also
considered. DIR. Thayer's report on the con-
tagious cattle diseases prevailing in Nova Sco-
tia was read. A commission was permanently
organized with Prof. James Laws, chairman,
aud j. II. Sanders as secretary. They decided
to make searching investigation at the great
western centres of the cattle trade, to ascer-
to certainty that these points are free from
infection. ------
The Bankers.
NIAGARA FALLS, Aug. 1.-Three hundred
American Bankers today. The first paper
read was written by Hon. VIM. Window, Sec
rotary of the Treasury, on Government
Finances" The address was read by Secre-
tary Randolph. Mr.. Window was unable to
be present on account of the critical condition
OF the President. His address was an inter-
esting document dealing carefully with the
subject Of reduction of the national debt by re-
funding at 81 per cent. Geo. s. Coe of New
York, President of the executive committee
read an address on the subject "What shall be
the currency of the future" John Jay Knox,
Comptroller of the Currency, was introduced
amid great applause and read an exhaustive
address on the Banking and currency of the
country"
The old board af officers were elected with
the following exceptions: President, George
9. Coe, New York; first vice president, L. J.
Gage, Chicago; vice president for Ohio, Hon.
3. NJ Eggleston of Cincinnati; for Virginia,
George A. Branch of Richmond; members of
the executive council. Mr.. Henry of Buffalo,
W. Halliday Of Cairo. Ill, j. H. Linden
berger Of Louisville, J. D. Vermilyea of New
York, 81. ID. Lynch of Indianapolis and E. D.
Randolph of New York.
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No Q for August 40s4 94Ozsc; 5000 do September
at 39c, 5000 do October at 1885 d391ac. sugar
weak; YelowC at 71aeS7s4 G; White Ex c $500
Ss4 C; Yellow do IT'S a8A standard A at 9H@
9$sc; Confectioners at 9ss; crushed 1885; pow
dered 101s@lOA; graduated at 95S ld9s4 Cubes
go14c. BAoInsses quiet. Petroleum frmer unit
ed at 74ss; crude in bbs at 61s@71a; refined at
7hs. Tallow is steady; sales $4,000 Tbs. at 6 8
dull; new mess on the spot at II 75 do August and
Sept IL So; do October at II 70. lard heavy and
about 1919 lower closing dull and weak; Gales 515
at IL 25; 80 No do 621sldS IS; refined for Con
tinent IL 35. Butter firm. Cheese verv firm on
strictly fne State 891 poor to choice Western
Freights to Liverpool frlner; Wbest y steam G.
CHICAGO. Aug. 1l.-Flour quiet. Wheat closed
weak No Chicago Spring at L 1858 for September;
1874 for October: 10 all year; No do at O5td
September; 155s@1 1873 October. Corn is Jun
settled and higher at 5334 cash and August; 54ss
for September; 5514e for October: 1855 a53s4 c
3413414c for cash. $3.50 for August: 32$4 c for
September; 1924 bid Oct; rejected 32A6321ac,
Rye UNCHANGED. Barley firm: Pork lower at II so
lower at IL ID for cash; II 221s for September
IL 25@11 271s Oct. Bulk Meats easier; shoulders
at g sO;short rib at 45; short clear at 60.
At the Afternoon Call of the Board Wheat sales
l,65o, 600 bush, and Corn 2, $50, 900 bush. Wheat
TENDER; 161s@1 l614 for October. Corn active
and higher at 53A @54c for August: 54N C056c
for September; 557 @56c October; SAC all YEAR
Oats irregular at 331ac for August; 1924 (dS2Zs G
for September: 3311sc for October Provisions are
easier but not quotably lower.
Keceipts-22, 600 hbls tour, 80, 900 bash whest
405 SEQ bush corn, 81 900 SuEh oats. 5000 husa
rye 500 bush barley
shipments-1 .oo0 hbls -Four, 10Y 500 bush wheat,
2OS000 bush ccrn,i 10000 bush oats, $500 bush
rye 200 bush barley.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. l1.-Flour is unchanged. Wheat
lower: No Red Fall at 2214 for cash and Au-
gust; 24A for September; L 81 October; 1 % W
for November; 30$s December; 1855 all year;
No do at ! 151a@1 1874, according to location;
No A do 111a@1 11M. Corn lower 56c for cash;
5614c for August and September: 56ssc October;
R67s for November; 56Iac for December; $3.50
all year. Oats steady at 34$sc for cash: 3414c for
August; 34s4 for September; 354ac for October;
341sc all year. Pork lower; jobbing 18 40. Lard
Kecsipts-4 600 bbls -four. $4,000 bush wheat,
10000 bush corn, 26, C00i bush ostz, 1000 bush
rye 900 oush barley. ~
shipments-6 600 bbls dour, 10 GOO bush wheat,
5000 bush corn, IL 900 bush oats OO, Coo bush
Barley, 0.OO0 6ush rye
SAVANNAH, Aug. 1l.-Cotton steady; Middling up
lands III 4c.
MOBILE, Aug. 11.-Cotton is dull; Nliddlipg up
lands at 114c.
New ORLEANS Aug. 11-Cotton steady; Middling
uplands 11Tsc.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 11.-Cotton quiet; Middling up.
lands af
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-12
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Meeting Of the Civil Service Reform Asso-
citation OF the United States.

c1aClOn OF the United states.
NEWPORT. r. l. Aug. 1.-THE Civil Ser
vice Reform ssociation of the United States,
met at the Ocean House parlors this afternoon
at 2. 30 and organized with choice of George
William Curtis, New York, chairman and
Arthur Hobart Of Boston, Secretary. Upon
taking the chair Mr.. Curtis said this was the
first National conference ever called on the
subject of civil service reform. Civil service
reform associations have existed as local organi-
this conference for the purpose Of interchanging
thoughts and ideas from different parts of the
country on the subject. The following resolu-
tions were presented in the order named:
By Mr.. Curtis-Endorsing the bill introduce
ed in Congress by Senator Pendleton for the
remedy of abuses known as the 'spoils sys-
tenn"
By DOrman B. Eaton-That it is an impor-
tant part OF the system of competitive exami-
nations that there should be local examina-
lions of candidates and that these examina-
tions and local boards conducting the same
should be under the supervision Of the Ma
tiOnal Civil Service Reform League.
By Carl Schurz-That sexisting civil service
reform organizations be invited to form an as
ISOLATION under the name of the National Civ il
Service Reform League, and that the execu-
tive committee of the New York association be
authorized to act as provisional central COM
mittee OF said league; also making all other
civil service reform organizations subordinate
to the league.
By Everett P. Wheeler of New York-En-
dorsing the bill introduced in the House of
Representatives by Mr.. Willis of Kentucky. at
the last session as practical measure for the
remedy of the abuse called political assess
ments and pledging the association to use all
honorable means to secure its passage.
By Mr.. Schurz-Resolved, that we are I'M
compromisingly opposed to arbitrary removals
from Office as we'll as all interference by Mem
bers Of Congress with the exercise of the ap-
pointing power.
After brief address by Mr.. Curtis the con-
vention adjourned sine die.