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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16
An Alleged Mermaid,

A New Orleans correspondent OF the
Louisville Oos9ier- Journal writes: The
arrival OF q veritable mermaid in this
port Is the sensation OF the day. This
sentimental, scmi-aupy being arrived
on the steamship Netley Abbey, Captain
Horne, from Panarna, few days since.
It was captured by . native Asherman,
in the bay Of Aspinwall. about two
months since, during one Of the violent
storms to which that beautiful bay Is at
times exposed. Captain Horne came in
possession Of II through Mr.. Groch, the
superintendent Of the Boston Ice com.
pany 1t Panama, and has oourteously
exhibited Tito many scientists and otheri
since its arrival.
This wonder Of the deep Ii In Q fine
state Of preservation. The head and
body Of . woman are very plainly and
distinctly marked. The features Of the
face, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, arms
breast and hair are those Of human
being. The hair on its head is Of {
pale. silky blonde several inches il
length. The arms terminate in claws
| closely resembling an eagles talons
instead OF fingers, with nails. From
the waist up the resemblance TO {
woman Is perfect, and from the wais
down the body is exactly the same q
| the ordinary mullet of our waters, Will
its scales, fms and tail perfect. Many
old hshermen and amateur anglers who
have seen ii pronounce it unlike any
fish they have ever seen. Scientists
and savsns alike are call at sea" re
speoting 1t, and say that IL the msrmait
be indeed q fabulous creature, hey can
not class this strange conner from III,
blue waters.
Mermaid or not, Captain Horn.
prizes u very highly. Il Is said tha
Adam Forepaugh, now in the city. ha,
offered thousand dollars for il, wish-
ing IL for his menagerie, which offe
was declined. Captain Horne viii sai
for Liverpool in few days and hope
to find q better market In London 10
il. Az the Arst American mermaid evel
seen In Europe, 1t may command NOR,
than It's "weight In gold"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16
Embalming.

A4A8VoAAsh6e
The origin Of the practice OF en-
balmink ID lost in antiquity, and of 1.-THE
many suggestions offered as to the
motive for 10 the most plausible one,
Apd the one still active, is the desire
TO preserve from the natural processes
Of destruction the forms Of those
specially. worthy Of honor. Whether OF
mot any Views OF the immortality Of the
soul OF Of the resurrection Of the body
may have originally led to this practice
We cannot pretend to discuss here. Il
is q tastom singularly at variance with
the operation Of natural laws, but quite
~ obviously In harmony with the nat
ural desires Of the bereaved. It has ex,
cited but small attention in this country
Of recent years, though so great mar
as William Hunter made strenuous ef
forts TO perfect o system of embalming
At the present dag the Italians are the
great profcients in the art, which il
mainly practiced by professors of an
atomy, who endeavor to keep their par
ticulsr mode q profound secret, and lei
mystery screen from view the compo
Eition Of the Ingredients used. One
element commonly employed is sail
OF xinc or arsenic. The objects to bt
aimed at, In addition to the prime one
Of the delay or entire prevention Of de
composition, are the maintenance ol
the natural contour and color and the
smallest possible disturb bance of the
corpse. The italian professors EN-,
balm without evisceration, injecting
their fluids into the aorta, and by theil
preparations they are able to preserve
the features quite unaltered, or rathel
with all the wrinkles and burrows OF age
or disease oblitersted; the body assumes
pure white color, and in a few hour,
the hardness Of marble, and is thel
practically indestructible. We have no
yet heard what method Of embalniinJ
wss employed in the case of Genera
Garfield, but from the fad that tn,
features had changed color we presamt
II was not the ualian, nor one SO perfec
] In It's results. The Italians still prac
! tice in some cases process OF petritac
Non. by which corpses become 30 hare
that thsy can be submitted to the sculp
tors chisel and preserved as articles b
furAiture or vsrtu.-L London Lancet.
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from the flock of &C Rich, two ewes
from tho flock of + 4 l. Z Moore, one
eve from the flock of Morrison e Nor
ton; to Leveret Chaffee, Byron, Michi-
gan, seven ewes from the flock of his
own, four ewes from the flock of ID j
Wright, one eve from the flock OF f u
l. Z Moore; to L w & o Barnes, By
ron, Michigan, five ewes from his own
flock, four ewes from the flock of # u
l. f Moore, three ewes from the flock
of d ] Wright, one eve from the flock
of j Russell.
E L Needham, Whiting, to w H
Simonds, Whiting, one eve.
DE Grovenor, Bridport, 10 Ransom
Ellsworth, WilIsboro, N. Y, one ram
from the flock of G P Crane.
MI Grover, Brandon, to + II Far
rington, Brandon, one eve from the
flock of f II Harrington.
A Diehl, Milford, Michigan, to W B
Watson, Holt, Michigan, one ram; to
Anson Drill, Meridian Michigan, one
ram; to Cook Bros, Holt, Michigan
one ram.
wSEidred. Hoosllck, kNfaifs N. e., one Tamf.o to Z
l. w Wooster, West Cornwall; to Z
G Farnham, West Cornwall, seven
rams; to Thomas Calvin, Whiting, five
rams.
q L Halliday, Cornwall, to III q Vim.
ton, New Philadelphia, Ohio, two rams
from the flock of II M Powers; two
rams from the flock of E Barnum, one
ram from the flock of f G Converse
one ram from the flock of F A Myrick
one ram from the flock of VIM Hanks
Il Son.
CF Church, Whiting, to II E Holden
Middleburv, seven ewes from his OWL
flock, seven ewes from the flock of G
Barker, one eve from the flock of o G
Martin,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

Ignorance is the curse of God.
knowledge the wing wherewith we fly
to acknowledgements.
God has never built mansion with
more golden pavement or more Jas
per walls than the true home.
There is no truth that our young
men have to learn more important than
this-that to admire that which is right
is one thing, but to do that which is
right is another Robertson.
If man or woman either, wishes to
realize the full power of personal
beauty, it must be by cherishing noble
hopes and purposes, by having some
thing to do and something to live for.
If 1t were not for labor men could
neither eat so much, nor relish SO
pleasantly. nor sleep SO soundly, nor
strong, nor. so patient, so noble, nor so
untemped.-[Jeremy Taylor.
Mr.. Moody tells of blind beggar
sitting by the sidewalk on dark night
with bright lantern by his side;
whereat a passer by was so puzzled
that he had TO turn back with, "What
in the world do You keep a lantern
burning for? You can't see 7" $50
that folks can't stumble over me,v he
replied. We should keep our light
brightly burning for others sake, as
well as for the good of being "ln the
light ourselves.
1t is the very quintessence of absurd
ity TO consider all parts of the book
called the Bible of equal authority.
Where is the scholarly man who does
so! l could quote names-the highest
in the church-whom have heard ex-
press themselves on the question.
Several of the greatest of the reform
ers laughed at the idea. Calvin for
bade the German divines reading the
Revelation. lie certainly was ortho.
dox enough. Luther considered the
Epistle OF James ga right strawy epis-
tle." DIR. Adam Clarke thought the
"Songs of Solomon" an epithalamium,
or marriage song, composed for Solo
mons marriage. The Roman empire
was converted to Christianity before
the Second or Third of John, the Sec
ond of Peter, the Hebrews, or the
Revelation or Jude was received into
the canon. Ii is our own absolute stu
pidity that has sadddled us with such a
notion as the equal and complete and
yerba! Inspiration of the scriptures. 1
don't know man, unless O tenth or
twentieth rate man, who believes it.
could put bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal church on the stand, and, if
they will testify, they will agree with
me- kev. DIR. Burns, Methodist.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16
Publications Received.

A History of Landholding in Eng
land. BY Joseph Fisher, +. R.H. S.
j. Fitzgerald 81 Co., Publishers, l4S
4th Avenue, New York. Price Is
cents.
This work bears in its own sufficient
recommendation to public favor. The
question of Land Tenure is TODAY ex-
ercising the minds of thinking men
everywhere, and no one who has the
heart or the intelligence to take a part
In the grand contention, ON the one side
or the other, can aiiord to disregard the
results of Mr.. Fishers laborious inyes-
LEGATIONS. Tho book is temperately writ.
ten, its conclusions are firmly based ON
facts, and often the author puts well
known historical incidents in an orioi-
nal light. 1t is published as No. 27 of
the Humboldt Library, and is for sale
by VIM. s. Alden.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16
HASH.

The difference between hill and
pill Is that the hill is hard to get up and
the pill is hard to get down.
The Brooklyn Union Argus asks:
"Who shall decide when doctors disa-
greer Answer: The undertaken.
When you comb your hair in the
dark why does it resemble traveller
quitting his hotel? Simply because its
a parting guessed.
A little heat that can't be beat the
window open wide: little breeze and
little sneeze and you're the doctors
pride. SIPS centsfor ten visits.
We have just read handkerchief
filtration code, and advise all men de-
string to avoid breach-of promise suits
to wipe their mouths with their coat
tails.
A huckster, at the South End, have
an inscription OH his wagon which
reads with the exception of the name as
follows: ~. Blank, smoked and pick
led fish dealer"
A newspaper editor was mistaken by
a prominent man for Brooklyn preach
er, the other day. This should teach
editors not to be flirting with every
woman they meet.
We hear of man who jnstifies his
meanness toward his wife by asserting
that he and she are one, and, therefore,
by refusing to furnish her money he
practiced The heroic virtue of self.de-
nial.
"Why are you late ?" asked school
teacher of little girl who hung her
head and said: "We have got a little
baby at our house," "Don't let it hap
pen again" said the teacher fiercely,
and tho little girl said she would not,
and took her seat.
ST. PATRICK's DAY-Milkman To
Bridget (who appears in bower of
green ribbons in honor of the day.: "If
you're not careful, Bridget, some jack
ass will be taking bite of you you're
so green" Briuget: "Try it," Milk
man subsidies.
| Genevieve Ward is shocked beyond
all expression because men and women
are compelled to sleep in the same
sleeping car. Ii is dreadful. We have
often worried over the same thing, and
been afraid to go to sleep, lest some
woman should chlroform us and kiss
us in our sleep. No man is safe in
mixed sleeping car.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
MIDDLEBURY.


Misunderstanding in the Court House, Rev. Q.
lIibbard, pastor. sabbath services at 10 40 q. m
and u. m; Sunday school at II p. m. prayer
meeting Thursday evenin at O'Clock. -
Conqregationat-Corner Pleasant and Main sts.
10: As AN. and 700 Pm. Thursday evening
prayer meeting at 1900.
Methodist-North Plcasantst. Rev. NJ. d. Mead,
pastor. Sunday services at l0:45 A. and
4 100 Pm. Thursday evening prayer meeting 81
1900. Glass meeting on Friday evening At So.
Episcopal-St. Stephens Church-Main-st. Rev
VIM. j. Tilley, rector. Sunday school at Il
AM, Sunday services at 10 AS AN. and 100 Pm.
Roman Cdthoiic-Weybrldge-st. Rev. Ed.
Mallory, pastor. Sunday services, alternate Sab
paths High Mass at 1000 AM; Vespers and
peuediction at O. 30 Pm.
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
Methodist - pastor. sunday services
at t2:00PM
Ropftsf-Rev. David +. Estes, pastor. Sunday
services at 10 AS AN. and 1900 Pm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening at :00
Methodist-Rev. NJ. A. Wicker, pastor. Sunday
ervices at 100 and 1900 Pm. Weekly prayer
meeting on Thursday evening at Z :OO
FpiscopaL-St. PauPs Church-Rev. II. 3. Fisher
ector. Sunday services at 10 :45 AM. and :OOP.A
Friday evening at I 90.
Mission Chdpei-Dr. ii. A. Ingham. Sunday
services at 10:45 AM. and 1900 Pm. weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
Roman Cdtholic-Rev. j. kerlidon, pastor
Services, every Sabbath; High Mass at l0:0
a. NJ; Vespers and benediction at 5 80 Pm.
Congregdtiondt-Rcv. George II. Hall, pastor
b unday services at 10 :45 AM. and 100 Pm. Week
prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7:oo.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

HEofRESs
PUFF PASTE WITH MnK.-Mix with o
bpoon three-fourths Of pound Of butter
With one pound OF flour, then add milk
enough to moisten the whole, 30 ss to
roll easily. Do not mold IL with the
hands at all, or as little as possible, and
she crust will be found much nicer made
this way than by the old methods re-
quiring more labor.
APPLE TRrrLE.-Scald rs many apples
~ when pulped will cover the dish you
design to use to the depth Of two or
three inches. Before You place them
In the dish add to them the rind of half
lemon, grated fne, and sugar to taste.
Mix half o pint Of milk, half pint OF
cream and the yolk of an egg scald il
over the FIRE, keeping it stirring, and do
NOT let it boil add q little sugar and
let it stand till cold then lay il over
the spples and finish with the cream
whip.
PuMPKM Pm.-Cut the pumpkin into
- thin slices as possible, and in stew
ing IL the less water You use the better
stir so that it shall not burn when
| cQoked and tender stir in two pinchef
os saas nssss thoronghfy and then straiy,
through q sieye while hot add tapIe.
spoonful OF butter for every measured
quart Of stewed pumpkin, add quar-,
Of warm milk and four eggs, beating
yolks and whites separately sweeten
with white sugar and cinnamon and nut
meg TO taste. and o saltspoonful Of
ground ginger. Before putting your
pumpkin in your pies it should be scald.
Ing hot.
RoAsr MEAT.--An old housekeepe,
whites would like to tell "Young
Housekeeper p" my way di cooking a rih
roast. which is very good piece tc
bake. Have your butcher take out the
ribs and roll up the meat nicely and
keep it together by tying piece OF
clean cord around IT,; skewers are in
the way and prevent carving nicely
Have your oven about as hot as to bake
bread and keep the same heat until the
meat is done. A five-pound roast re-
quires quarters Of an hour in the
oven II you like it quite rare. Pepper
and salt your meat and put it in the
dripping par without any water or drip.
ping to be perfect it must be basted
with the drip from the meat. When
done remove the meat, set the pan on
top Of the stove and stir in as much
-four as you need to thicken the gravy
When brown thin with boiling water.
Mocha PuDpMo.-Beat up the yolks
Of four eggs with one-quarter pound oi
powered loaf sugar, add gradually two
ounces Of -four and two ounces Cf potato
-four. lastly the whites of four eggs
whipped TO q stiff froth. When the
whole is we'll mixed put it in q buttered
plain mold and bake. Turn out the
cake when done, and when it is quite
cold cover 1t evenly all over with the
following icing, ornamenting it with
piping Of the icing pushed through q
paper cone. This last operation must
be done with care, lest the heat Of the
hand warm the icing. When the cake
ID hnished IL should be ptk In cold
place or on ice till the time Of serving.
The icing: Take half Q pound Of fresh
butter and quarter Of . pound Of pow
dered loaf sugar, and beat thsm 10 @
cream In bowl, adding, drop by drpp
during the process, halt Q tescupful oi
the strongest coffee that can be made.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16
HERE AND HEREAFTER.
The Bird with a Broken wing.

walked IN the woodland and meadows,
Where sweet the thrushers sing,
And found on bed Of MOSES
A bird with broken wing.
j healed the wound; and each morning
II sings its old sweet strain;
But the bird with broken pinion
Never scared 80 high again.
/ found a youth, life broken
BY sins seductive art.
And touched with Christlike pity
took him to my heart.
He lived with n noble purpose,
And struggled not in vain;
But the soul with a broken pinion
Never scared SO high again.
But the bird with the broken pinion
Kept another from the snare;
And the life that sin had stricken,
Raised another from despair.
Each loss had its cOmpensations,
There were healings for such pain;
But bird with broken pinion
Never scars so high again.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16
Itching PIles..symptOms and Cure.

The symptoms are moisture, like per-
spiration, intense itching, increased by
scratching, very distressing, particular
ly at night, as If pin worms were crawl
ing In and about the rectum; the pri-
vate parts are sometimes affected; If
allowed to continue very serious results
may follow. "Dr. Swayne's All-Heal-
ing Ointment" is pleasant sure cure.
Also for letter, Itch, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Erysipelas, Barbers' Itch,
Blotches, all Scaly, Crusty, Cutaneous
Eruptions. Price 90 cts. 8 boxes for
$l.25. Sent by mail to any address
on receipt of price in currency, or three
cent postage stamps. Prepared only
by DIR. Swayne q Son, $50 North Sixth
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, to whom
ALTERS should be addressed Sold by
prominent druggists. Ally
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

A TIMELY HMT.--ln our climate
with its sudden changes of temperature
It IL no wonder that our children
friends and relatives are SO frequentl,
taken from us by neglected colds; hal
the deaths resulting from this cause
A bottle Of DIR. N. G.. Whites Pulmon
ary Elixir kept ir>the house for i'm
mediate use, will prevent much sick
ness, and by the use of few doses
save many doctors bills. For sal,
everywhere
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

My opinion is that any proposition
TO return to the old system OF licensing
dram shops would be defeated In this
state BY ct least seventy-fve thousand
majority, and II the women could vote
-snd / wish they oould-the rum
power would be buried without hope
Of resurrection. e 'i ~ hIt ~
Trusting that God may abundsntly
bless the good cause everywhere, / am,
Very truly yours, b.
JOHN p. Sr.JoHN.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

NoTIcE.-The soak Hall Outline
Book for Juvenile Artists" is the pref
tiest Christmas offering we have seen.
A box OF superior Water Coiors eoes
with each book, and prizes are offered
70 Juvenile artists who return the best
colored books to the publishers before
req. l. -Four Of these books, and four
BOXES OF colors, are sent express paid
ior si'oo' Read the Oak Hall advertise
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

Il Is hard to psrsopa4e and cot . part
long, for wbese ty6th u nos g. tne
bottom. nature WI alysys be elqeev
osing 70 seeusn. 81 3 ResR saS ana
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

Luck or chance is the nutriment
that ignorance feeds 10 fools. The
wise pursue desired ends by we'll de.
fined lines of action; such . policy being
founded In good sense. IL often vindi'
Gated By success.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

When q cough sounds like Group
that Is. dry and hard-do not delay an
instantl Give Downs Elixir often
enough to keep the cough loose, and
the danger will soon be over.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

The glucose produet Of this copatly
4. .aaid 70 be over one Million ponndsh
day.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16
(a$toria -ss .: Dose.

O3b cents. A MOthcrs'
remedy for sleepless and irritable
Children. The Recipe of Old d..
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg-
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

THIS PAPER FAX p ss iPSGs g:
Advertising Bureau osprnce sS Tnsre ereS eaSs5& WT
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EDITOR AMI.
I E II M s.;
Advertising Rates;

Mr.. 7. II. Bates, Newspaper Advertising
AGENT. Al Park Row (Timesi Building), New
York. Is authorized to contraction advertisements
in the Register at our best rates.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16

The fol lowing letter from Governor
st. John to the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union in convention at
Washington, d. c., was read before
that body October 81, 1881, and order
ed printed for general circulation:
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

PRECEPT VS.. EXAMPLE.-People in posi-
tions whose authority clothes them with the
privilege and duty of regulating the conduct
of others-especialy the young-conuot be
too careful of their conduct or too apprecia.
tive of the superiority of force of example
over that of mere precept. 1t is said that up
on the occasion of the recent examination of
the cadets of the Annapolis Naval Academy,
the Otficla. board of visitors recommended
that the Use Of tobacco be prohibited, dwell
ing at length upon its pernicurious effects,
while at the very time they were discussing
the subject each ''potent, grave and seignor''
of the board was vigorously putting away at
ligted cigar. They no doubt thought edo
as | say, not as l do" a good enough injunct-
ion for the cadets, but the boys probably had
their own ideas of the consistency and SINGER
ity of the advice administered.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

really elegant and eligibly situated residence
of Mrs. Doctor Houston is offered for sale at
a bargain. The lot is large and has on it an
abundance of fruit of all kinds. 1t is alto
gether the most desirable property of the
kind now on the market Only small pay
ment required; balance can remaiu on mort
gage. Call on the premises.
july 7. Mrs. HOUSTON.