The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-16
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

A convention Of humorous paragraph.
ers is talked OF. The unfortunate city
upon which this somber affection will
fall has not yet been named.
Widowers will be in the ascendancy
in Washington this season, as the
President is widower, the new British
minister is also, and 80 Is Mr.. Allen, the
Hawaiian minister, now the dean Of the
diplomatic corps. There are also sew
eral widowers In each house Of Con-
gress. Among the senatorial widowers
are Anthony, David Davis, and Jones, OF
Florida. Senator Ferry is bachelor.
A Chicago correspondent, looking
over n mercantile directory for 1879,
Guiteau, Charles j., lawyer" Turning
to the definition of the letter ~" he
finds: "Z-Income uncertain and often
precarious. Defer indefinite the pay
ment of debts. Lawsuits to collect
same would be useless. No credit OF
favors should be given"
Among the remarkable operations
performed in Germany recently by emil
nent surgeons, those in which the
stomach or the abdomen had to be
opened have been at once the most dan
gerous and the most successful. After
the achievements OF DR.. Billroth, OF
Vienna, in the removal Of cancers from
the stomach, comes now DR.. Schin.
zenger, a professor in the University OF
Freiburg, with two cases in which OBJ.
structions in the entrails had to be re-
moved. In one case, that OF woman, o
section of one of the intestines had to
be cut out and the severed ends sewed
together. In both cases speedy re-
covery followed.
Bob Oblenis. character OF note in |
st. Louis, is dead. His father was o
blue Presbyterian minister, his wife |
was from wealthy and respected family, |
and his own conduct was above reproach |
until he was about forty. Then he
killed on enemy in street encounter, |
and was sent to the penitentiary for
twenty years. His wife bought resi-. |
dence directly across the way from the |
gubernatorial house in Jefferson City,
and labored with governor after gov.
ernor to obtain a pardon, until the |
seventh granted one. But Oblenis did |
not return to responsibility. He became |
q gambler, and o leader OF gamblers, ex.
erting considerable political influence
in st. Louis, and anassing fortune
BE died at seventy, soon after becom-
uting q seemingly devo Christian.
A new method of preserving grain,
recently discovered in France, it is said,
has proven satisfactory. The cost Of
preservation is less than storage in a
granary, and the wheat is safe from fire, |
fermentation, insects and cryptogamic
negotiations. The United States Miller,
in describing this method, says that a
sheet-iron cistern, which occupies little
space and holds nearly 300 bushels and
is worked by an all. pump with pres
sure gauge to indicate the degree OF
vacuum, comprise the whole hermetic |
apparatus of preservation. One impor-
tant effect which results from the nu-
merous and continuous experiments |
made is, according to the journal in
question, that the vacuum not only kills |
the parasitic insects and prevents vege-
tation, but dries the grain at the same
time. After a detention of seven
months. wheat and -four inclosed in the
apparatus, during experiments at Vim
cennes, it is reported, were Withdrawn
in perfect state Of preservation.
strange and improbable as those told of
the gliding snake or the meek-eyed fish.
The bulk Of these stories comes from
Kansas. The latest one is located in
the vicinity of Abilene, where mother
left her infant strapped ina chair in the
summer kitchen. A wind storm came
up suddenly. From dead calm gale
arose in twenty seconds. At the first
warning the mother hurried to look
after her child, expecting to find it
quietly drinking the contents of its
thumb. To her amazement and ex-
treme horror, she saw baby and basket.
pots, pans and buckets flying promis-
cuously along with the tornado. The
wind subsidized almost as quickly as it
had risen, and the mother had the sat.
!sfaction of seeing the basket drop right
side up in pile of hay about 100 feet
beyond the yard fence. She was much
more gratifed to see that the baby had
sustained no serious injury. Its appe.
tite was good immediately after the
rescue.
HGpe's Weekly says that "the story
Of General Arthur's nomination for the
vice-Presidency is exceedingly interest
ing. After the stormy session that led
to the dropping of General Grant and
Mr.. Blaine, and the nomination OF
General Garfield, 1t adjourned till even.
ing to consider the question Of Vice.
President. 1t was conceded that the
nomination should be given to New
York, and that the candidate must come
from the Grant element. Three names
were mentioned-Levi p. Morton, Stew,
art L. Woodford and General Arthur.
When the New York delegation met,
the two former withdrew, and the lat
ter was selected by decided vote. But
General Arthur objected, as it had
already been agreed upon by Senator
Conkling and his friends that he should
be chosen to succeed Mr.. Herman in the
United States Senate. Indeed, this re-
suit was almost certain. 1t was only
after the strongest persuasion OF Gov.
ernor Dennison, of Ohio, and others,
that General Arthur yielded his own
wishes, and allowed his name to be
used in completing the ticket"