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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
Care of the Ear.

People who are inclined to deafness
should 1.-Two apart from the loud noises
Of railroads, factories, iron mills, etc.
They should avoid with great carr ex-
posure to cold and damp, and especially
should not wear thin shoes in walking
on damp ground II saturated brick
pavements. Children ought never to
be struck on the ear with the palm of
the hand, even in sport I; sudden deaf
ness results sometimes from boxing the
ears, as we'll as the rupture of the tym-
panum. Often the sudden jar OF shock
with the conclusion of air on the ear
drives in the stapes or inner..bone, des-
troying its function and diminishing
the sensibility of the nerves. A snow
ball thrown with force on the car, or an
accidental blow with q ball or bat, may
easily cause deafness. As o cold in
creases deafness, it should be avoided il
possible. Delicate persons should avoid
draughts on the ears, sitting in wet
clothes, sudden changes from the
heated atmosphere of crowded rooms ia
cold winds, and other similar exposures.
Tobacco smoke is injurious to sensitive
nerves and sometimes induces a peculiar
diseased condition of the eustachiar
tube. Smoking in the open air should
be especially avoided by persons whose
hearing is impaired, as it injuries the
throat, and the opening between the
throat and ear. No instruments
should be introduced into the ear, as
the delicate lining membrane is apt tc
become irritated.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
Sawdugt,

In New York there are about five hum
dred vendors of sawdust, having q capital
oftwo hundred thousand ollarsinvested,
and doing a business amounting TO more
two hundred thousand dollars annually.
Forty years ago the mills were glad to
have the sawdust carted away (; twenty
five years ago it could be bought for fifty
tents aload but the price has increased,
and now it brings three dollars and fifty
cents q load at the mills. 1t is used al
the hotels, eating houses, groceries, and
other business houses. 1t is wet and
spread over floors in order to make the
sweeping cleaner work. Plumbers use
q great deal about pipes, and builders to
deaden walls and floors. Soda water
men and packers Of glass and small arti-
cles of every kind use it, and dolls and
some living creatures are more or less
stuffed with it. Washington market
takes two or three loads a day, and a
great deal is spread on the piers, and
stables require many loads n day. yell
low pine makes the best sawdust, as it is
the least dusty, and has a good, healthy
smell. But any white wood dust will do.
They make a great deal Of black walnut
sawdust, but it will NOT sell, and it is
burned.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
Unpunctual People,.

You may take it for granted that IN
punctoA people are thoroughly selfish.
Their own inclinations are paramount
to the convenience of others. The un-
punctual man is apr to think that the
greatest evil he occasions by his special
infrmity is temporary Inconvenience or
disappointment. But this is not SO. II
me OF his delays should disturb only
the arrangements for one day of a single
person, he may congratulate himself.
What bitter disappointment, and what
serious annoyance and loss, may come
from o letter q little too late for the mail,
a bill paid after the promised time, an
appointment not kept, q commission de-
ferredi Note for yourselves and think
on these things. Punctual people are
always reliable. Do all that you prom
Use to do, and all that you are rightfully
required and expected to do, as GER
tainly, 80 far as it depends upon YOUR
self, as the sun rises and sets, so that
the hearts Of all with whom You are in
any way connected may safely trust"
in you. Then you will become "pillars
Of support" in the family and in society
instead Of broken reeds. Let your word
be as good rs your bond, and when you
ay You will do q thing, do 1t.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
Chinese Beds.

There are two kinds Of Chinese beds,
and both are arranged for a complete
shutting in by means Of hanging cur
ains and tapestry. The expensive
kind is like a sort of cage, having a fiat
wooden roof, Just the size of the bed
proper, supported at a height of about
eight feet from the floor on four corner
posts and two intermediate ones. Then
here is a sort Of frieze or entablature
work running around horizontally, above
and below, SO that when you are in bed
you are safely penned in a sort of cage,
and cannot possibly tumble out. The
carving of these beds is sometimes very
rich, and they cost much (; but the Or
binary and cheaper kind is made Of two
frames of wood shaped something like
the skeleton Of an old-fashioned "settle"
which are stood up on the floor, facing
sRsh p~qtbeEnneA p@afat tstrs6sfs liz ss|qqaf&h ST.
and q couple Of slight sticks across the
top then curtains and hangings shut
all in, and make it look as pretty as the
taste and money of the owner are able.
Inside, there is q cotton quilt, laid on
the mattress franc. The occupant of
the bed lies on this, having o little roll
of stuff for the head and for the covering
avery thick cotton guilt
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
.s.,.,.s MI

n Of~TtSpOHut u tnO 'N'yu"Ot
seys: "The building Of railway lines
that will center at Alexandria is likely
TO make this city q lumber manufactur-
ing point. The pine section Of the State
lies north of Alexandria in the parishes
of Grant, Vim ,Jaelasun, BienUlle, etcsi
while the Habine overland, 1T tributa1
ries furnish outlets for floating logs to-
Alexandria. Some parties from the
northwest who have ample capital are
now engaged in selecting public lands
along the Saline, preparatory to develop
ing the lumber trade and transferring
capital from Michigan to Louisiana. The
demand for lumber in the American
markets exceeds the supply. Prices have
astrong upward turn, and, unlike cotton,
there is no danger of an oversupply.
We wish these parties success in thelr
undertaking.
jay Gould and associates are running
a trial line for a road from Alexandria
northward via Monroe. A trial line is
also being surveyed under the same
management from Camden, Ark, direct
to Alexandria. The surveyors on the
latter line entered the State near the
northwest corner Of Union parish. The
line passes near Vernon, in jackson
parish, and from this point to Alexan,
dria it will pass through a level, pine
section. Should the direct route from
Camden to Alexandria be adopted, nu-
merous sawmills will spring up along
the line above Alexandria.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
WISE WORDS.

He hat eateth more than he ought
maketh more disease than he can cure.
No principle is more noble, as there
is hone more holy, than that of a true
obedience.
No one is so blind to his W faults
as a man who has the habit Of detecting
he faults Of others.
No life can be utterly miserable that
is frightened by the laughter and love
Of n little child.
The hardest thing for any man TO do
is to practically encourage one who
wishes to reform. Once down let him
stay there is the general motto. When
q man falls, says the proverb, everybody
tries to III over him.
A moments work on clay tells more
than an hours labor on brick. SO work
on hearts should he done before they
harden. During the first six or eight
years of childlife mothers have chief
sway, and this is the time to make the
deepest and most enduring impressions
on the youthful mind.
A wife must study never to draw
largely upon the small stock Of patience
in mans nature, nor to increase his
obstinacy by trying to drive him; never.
IL possible, to have emf 1t is doubt
full il a real quarrel, even ii made up
does not loosen the bond between mar
and wife, and sometimes, unless the
affection be very sincere, lasting.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02

RESCUED FROM DEATH.-William j.
Coughlin, of Somerville, Mass, says:
ain the fall of 1876 | was taken with
bleeding of the lungs, followed by a
severe cough. l lost my appetite and
flesh and was confined to my bed. In
1877 l was admitted to the Hospital.
The doctors said / had a hole in my
lung as big as n half dollar. At one
time a report was around that | was
dead. / gave up hope, but a friend
told me of DR.. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs. l got a bottle, when to my
surprise, / commenced to feel better
than for three years past.
al write this hoping every ono afllict-
ed with diseased lungs will take DIR.
William Halls Balsam, and be convinc-
ed that consumption can be cnred. |
can positively say it has done more
good than all the other medicines |
have taken since my sickness"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
A Wonderful Musical Prodigy.

Nettie j. Hubbard, Of Athens Ohio, is
a ~precocious little miss not quite four
years of age, whose musical abilities
Justly entitle her to be ranked as a
prodigy. She is n very delicate child
with a very large frontal development
Of brain, and possessing a highly ner-
vous organization. When a very young
infant she showed a degree of suscepti-
scarcely be credited by strangers.
When only a few weeks old her sensi-
t~iveness to such sound was very per-
ceptible, she sometimes being wrought
upon to such q degree rs to have to be
taken from the room before she could
be Quoted. When a little older certain
"pieces" would cause her to laugh,
others to cry.
When not more than a year and q half
old she began to sing, readily learning
any air she heard played upon violin,
piano OF other instrument and learning
them very accurately. Whenever she
chose to 9 am ~ n herself saf I by S drpm ~ &c
so, sometimes playing for hours. Ayear
ago she began to shut herself up alone
in the with the piano, but no at
tention was paid to it until the family
were surprised to hear her playing
chords adapted to certain airs which
she had learned. She made rapid pro-
gress, and is now able to improvise &C
compartments and plays as readily in
one key as in another. She is fond Of
playing duets, and if her assistant
makes any mistakes, which often hap
pens Intentionally, he or she is Instantly
corrected. Sometimes she will play
part of an air with her right hand and
part with her left, and again she will
play a base to the air, and when in q
merry mood will makeas many fourishes
as any modern belle.
No pains are taken to teach her. as
her brain is already too active for her
frail little body. Her tiny hands possess
more strength than one would think
them capable of. 1t is wonderful to
see the frail little fingers drawing forth
firm, resonant sounds, which might put
to shame many musicians older than
herself. The piano on which she plays
possesses what is technically termed a
hard "touch," making it the more diff
cult. Recently she has become anxious
to use the pedals, and by an ingenious
continuance made to reach up to her
little feet, she is made happy in using
them. She takes delight in playing for
her friends, EVE refusing when called
upon.
Her sweet and winning disposition
endears her to every one who sees her.
She is the wonder and delight OF her
friends and the pride and joy of the
household.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02

PIcKnED WHITE CADDAaE.-Cut the
cabbage into thin slices, put it into an
earthen pan, sprinkle with salt, and let
il lay for two days; then drain and
spread il before the fire for some hours;
put it in q stone jar and add sufficient
white vinegar to cover, with q little
mace and a few white pepper corns.
MINUTE PUDDINd.-Boil one pint of
sweet milk, and while boiling stir in
two eggs and four tablespoonfuls of
-four well beaten together. Serve with
cream and sugar.
Ice CREAM CAKE.-Three eggs, one
coffee cup Of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, two tablepoonfuls of
water, one one cup Of flour bake in
Jelly tins and let them cool. Take one
pint of thick sweet cream and beat it
till it looks like ice cream sweeten and
flavor with vanilla I; put very thick
between each layer OF cake.
INDIAN FBrrTERs.-Three tablespoon
fuls Of flour, boiling water, the yolks OF
four eggs, the whites of two, hot lard
or clarified dripping, jam. Put the
-four into a basin and pour over it suffi-
| Gent boiling water to make it into q
stiff paste, taking care to stir and beat
it we'll to prevent it getting lumpy.
! Leave it q little while to cool and then
break into it without beating them
frst) the eggs, and stir and beat all well
together. Have ready some boiling lard
or butter drop q dessertspoonful of
batter in at a time, and fry the f%ritters a
light brown. They should rise so as to
be almost like balls. Serve on a dish
with a spoonful of preserve or MARINA
lade dropped in between each fritter.
This is an excellent dish for q hasty
addition for dinner, it is SO easily and
quickly made.
APPLE CREAM CAKE.-Rub one
ounce of butter into three-quar-
ters of a pound of flour, and take
half o pint of soul cream dissolve a
teaspoonful of carbonate of soda in a
teaspoon Of boiling water, add it to the
sour cream and stir it until it froths
we'll. If the cream is very sour it may
require a little more soda. Be careful
that it is frothy, or else the paste will
not be light. Stir the frothing cream
into the flour, enough to make q soft
paste ; line a creased plate with q thin
layer of paste ; have ready some stewed
apples, sweetened and perfectly cold,
grated lemon peel mixed in before they
are put into the cake, and as little juice
from the apples as possible, or the.crusI
will be soddened. Spread the stewed
apples over the paste, leaving a narrow
margin for the top crust to adhere tc
the bottom, roll out the top crust Al
inch thick pinch the edges we'll to
gether to make it q little ornamentei
round the edge, and bake it in q quicl
oven. This quantity of paste should
make two good sized cakes, the size o
q dinner plate /; a tin plate is best t.
bake them on (; they are equally goo,
cold or hot, and are eaten with suga
and cream.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
raa AlIM IanLg

\ There lisa p6tth n theJrish sea called
The Isle of Man. On o sunny day the
highlands of Ulster, in Ireland, and of
Galloway, in Scotland, are visible from
It's western shore, and fromthe summit
of Snaefell mountain, England is see
fretting in the golden haze across tho
sBA. Small as this island is, it has a
government of Its own, and a thrilling
and eventful history. Hawthorne found
it out while he was q consul at Liver
pool, and has praised it in his "English
Notebook" Scott gathered material
for "Pevesil of the Peak" from its TO-
mantle scenery and legends, and Words
worth commemorated q visit to it in a
sonnet.
In it's greatest length the island meas
ures about thirty-throe miles, and in
its greatest breadth about thirteen. In
circumference it is seventy-five miles,
excluding the s~inuosities Of the bays
and it contains o superficial area of
about one hundred and thirty thousand
acres, or two hundredand three square
miles. Enjoying the benefits of the
Gulf stream, the climate is s%ingularly
mild and genial, and there are few other
places in the world where the differ
ence between summer and winter is so
slight. As to the healthfulness of the
climate, you would find proof in the
native girls-rosy-cheeked, plump, &C.
tive and gleeful ; and the men are as
stalwart, masculine and handsome q
race as breathe sea air.
Most of the coast is rocky and wild,
boar with the foam of the turbulent sea
that surrounds it, and indented with
capacious harbors and innumerable
creeks but in the north the land sinks
into a low pasturage, and meets the
water on the ~glistening pebbles of a
smooth beach. The interior includes
nearly every kind of natural scenery
heather-clad, balsamic hills, plains
richly cultivated, wide reaches of prick
ly gorse as drear as Yorkshire moors,
and the prettiest of cascades. The en-
chantment of northern land dwells in
its subdued light and on its mist-crown-
ed heights.
Sleepy villages are perched on the
cliffs where once the b~eacon-ires Of the
wreckers allured many a goodly ship to
her doom. In the bays where the pi-
rates hid themselves of old, fly the
white sails of pleasure boats. The pre-
sent invaders are not Romans, Picts,
nor Scandinavians, but aggressive tour
lists, bearing krapsacks instead of eagles
and walking-sticks instead of javelins.
These confront you in nearly every part
of the island and the primitive charac-
ter of the natives is fast changing under
the influence Of the town manners
which the visitors bring with them.
Many of the superstitions have been
laughed away, but there are not a few
honest folks who yet have n steadfast
faith in mermaids and fairies.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02

DoNT TRUST THEM.-When You feel
badly, and have pains here and there In
your body that you don't know how to
account for, it is the most foolish policy
I'm the world to take the advice of peo-
pie who say: Oil there's nothing the
matter with you. Let yourself alone
and you will come out all right" They
know nothing. about 1t, and may be tri.
fling with your life. You may have
kidney or liver trouble. Send right
to your druggist and get a bottle of DR..
KenDedy's "Favorite Remedy" or
write to the doctor.at Rondout, N. y,
aud you soiH be all right.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
Not His Handwriting.

"Sir," said a fierce lawyer to a wit
ness, ''do you, OF your solemn oath,
declare that this is not your handwrit-
ingY'
II think not" was the cold reply.
"Doea it resemble your handwriting2"
Eyes, sir, ] think it don't"
'Do you swear that it don't resemble
your handwritingT
well, 1 do"
"You take a solemn oath that this
writing does not resemble yours in a
single letter Z"
"Ye-e-e-s, sir"
"Now how do you know"
"Cause 1 can't and never could WRITE"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
Rupture

shermnn. He is the author and inventor of es
popular system, he imparts his secret TO no ohm
1t is applicable 10 all classes and cases, and nm
der his reduced rate, within the reach of almost
every one.
Patients can receive treatment and leave for
home the same day. DIR. ShcTman's Book on
Rupture gives convincing proofs iron profes-
sional gentlemen and others of his successful
treatment. 1t is illustrated with photograph pic
lures of bad cases before and after cure, and is
sent TO those who send l0cents. Principal office,
25l Broadway, n. y, Branch office, 43 Milk street,
Boston. Days in New York-Monday, Tuesday,
Saturday. In Boston-wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Oily
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
X GREAT
N ROUTE.

ex-No other line runs Three Through Pas
sengcr Trains Daily between Chicago, Des
Moincs, Council Bluffs, Omaha. Lincoln, st.
Joseph, Atchison, Topeka and Kansas City.
Direct connections for all points in Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado. Wyoming. Montana, Ne
vada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and
California.
The Shortest, Spcedicst md Most Comforta-
bic Route via lIannib6 to Fort Scott, Dcnison,
Dallas, Houston, Austin, san Antonio, Calves
ton and all points in Texas.
Tho uncqualcd Inducements offered by this
Line to Travellers End Tourists, are as follows:
The celebrated Pullman u6-wheeD Palace
Sleeping Cars. run only on this Line. G., Il. &
q. Palace nrawing-l,oOm Cars. with Horizons
Reclining Chairs. No extra charge for Seats
in reclining Chairs. Tho famous c., II. & ..
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fitted with Elegant Hici-liacked Rattan Re
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class passengers.
steel Track and Superior Equipment, COM
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Route to the South, Southwest, and the Far
West.
Try It, and you will find travelling Il luxury
instead of u discomfort.
Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line
for sale at all Offices in the United States and
Canada.
An information ahont Rates of Fare, Sleep
Ing Car Accom- inDtltinns, Time Tables, &C.,
will tc c.icorfuily given hv applying to
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. on Washington St, Boston, Mass.
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
rs RELIEF M CURE AS CERTAIN. A
DAY DAY, ANY
OPERATION OR H~INDRANCE
EROM IAROR

Since the reduction of DR.. sherman's terms,
are crowding upon him Tor treatment,
gladly throwing away their gripping, irksome, dis
printing and life-punishing %trusses. His treat
ment for this afliciion makes the patient coniior.
table and safe in the performance of every Kind
of exercise or labor. 1t il n grand thing, and
those who are ruptured and do not provide them
selves it'll it must endure the dangers of that
precarious afliction and the use of trusses all
through life. Thousands Of those cured give the
most hattering testimonials Of gratitude TO DIR
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02

Have Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
always at hand. 1t cures Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough,
Group, Influenza, Consumption and all
Throat and Lung Complaints. so cents
and 81 a bottle. 21-1y
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02

There is no Cough Medicine so wei
adapted to the young as DR.. N. G
Whites Pulmonary Elixir; it relieves
Group instantly.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02

If you desire rosy checks and a fair
purify the blood by the
Use of Bakers Mandrake Bitters.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
PATENTS.

OsGOOD & co., New York and Washington
tors, and transact all business connected there
with promptly ami upon reasonable terms
once under the personal supervision of WORTH
OsGOOD, formerly Principal Examiner United
Stat ePatent Oficc.
as-An communications strictly conAdential.- ia
Correspondence invited. Terms and circular
Address ali communication to osGOOD A Co.
s~olitocrs OF Patents. Astor House, New York
MY.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02

Bakers Pain Panacea cures pain in
man and beast.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-02
HENRY'S
CARBOLIC SALvE,

The most Powerful Healing Ointment and
Disinfectant ever dis
covered.
Uenry's Carbolic salve heals burns.
Henry's Carbolie Salve cures sores,
Uenry's CarbOlic Salvc allays pain.
Uenry's Carbolic Salve cures eruptions.
Henry's Carbolic Salve heals pimples.
Uenry's CarbOlic Salve heals Bruises.
Ash for Ilenry's and use no Other.
Hg-Beware OF Counter1eits. ga lily