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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-20
A Telling Lecture.
W. 90 T. u

We are indebted to DIR. Cuyler for
the following touching story: A friend
gave me, lately, 1.-The experience of skill
ful professional man in about the fol-
lowing words: "My early practice
said the doctor, "was successful, and !
soon obtained an enviable position.
married lovely girl; two children
were born to us, and my domestic hap
piness was complete. But 1 was invit-
ed often to social parties where wine
was freely circulated, and l soon
became slave to Its power. Before |
was aware of it l was drunkard. My
noble wife never forsook me, never
tainted me with bitter word, never
ceased to pray for my reformation.
We become wretchedly poor, so that
nv family were pinched for daily bread.
One beautiful Sabbath my wife went to
church and left me on the lounge Sleep
ing off my previous nights debauch:
I was reused by hearing something fall
heavily on the floor. ] opened my eyes
and saw my little boy six years old
tumbling on the carpet His older
brother said to him; "Now get up and
fall again. That's the way papa does.
Let's play we are drunk" l watched
the child as he personated my beastly
movements In way that would have
done credit to an actor. rose and left
the house, grooming in agony and re-
morse. walked off miles in the coun-
try-thinking over my abominable sin
and example was setting before my
children. l solemnly resolved that,
with Gods help, I would quit my cups,
and l did. No lecture l ever heard
from MIR. Cough moved my soul like
the spectacle of my own sweet boys
playing drunk, as papa does.'"
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Sheep Shearing at West Rutland.

A publio-shearing of choice Merino
sheep was held at the Mead farm, West
Rutland, May 8, when quite number
of the noted sheep breeders of the
state, mainly from Rutland and Addi-
son counties, were present. Mr.. Mead
sheared of his ram tegs the following,
sired by "Pony": No. 250-carcass So,
fleece 10 lbs. s ozs; No. 251-carcass
LOG, fleece II lbs. 8 ozs.; No. 252-sire
"Bunker"-carcass SO, fleece 16 lbs. 10
ozs; No. 257-carcass 88, fleece 16 lbs.
8 ozs., sire "Bunker Wrinkley." Mr..
Mead sheared of his eve tegs: No. 23O
carcass &c, fleece II lbs. Is ozs. No. 23S
carcass 65, fleece Is lbs. 10 ozs. =;
(sire of last two "Pony"); No. 234-
carcass SO, fleece Is lbs. ozs. No. 235
carcass 67, fleece IA lbs, sire "Bnnk-
er Winkle"; No. 209-carcass 60 fleece
Is lbs. ozs., sire "Bunker"; No. 239
carcass SO, fleece 16 lbs. IA o., sire
Mead's "Woolly.head."
Henry Collins of Ira, exhibited fine
stock ram, "Woolly." Lemuel Fish OF
Ira, sheared fine eve five years old
which sheared IA lbs. and ~ ozs. Mr.
Fish also sheared one eve teg-carcass
81 lbs, fleece IL lbs. and IL Ozs.; one
ram teg -carcass "a lbs, fleece ~ lbs
6 ozs. Messrs. Charles and Samue
Boardman sheared fine two-year-old
ram, Atwood blood-a fine large frame
and not wrinkly-carcas 127 lbs.
fleece 10 lbs. 4 ozs. There were pres.
ent at this gathering, of those who have
distinguished themselves in this branch
OF husbandry, E. N. Bissell, V. Ricl
and IL. s. Brookins of Shoreham, j. s.
Benedict of Castleton, Pitt Hall OF
Pittsford, Edward Kinds of Brandon
and Bradley Fish of Ira.-1 Herald &
Globe.
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SALES OF. REGISTERED SHEEP.

Dennisen Blackmer, Brandon, to E.
ID. Hindes, Brandon, nine rams.
VIM. p. Wright, Whiting, to A. IL.
Hubbard, Whiting, three ewes; to Geo.
d. Bush, North Orwell, one ram.
II. Witherell Il Son, Shoreham, to G.
r. Witherell, Cornwall, twenty ewes.
j. II. Close, st. Clairsvillc, Ohio, to
Joseph White, Johnstown, Ohio, three
ewes from his own flock and one from
that of A. f. Ellsworth, Whiting; TO M.
G. Parsons, Hartford, Ohio, one eve
from his own flock, two from that of A,
f. Ellsworth, three from that of A. Ii.
Hubbard, Whiting, like number from
that G. ID. Bush, North Orwell, and
one from each of the focks of III. F.
Dean, West Cornwall, and l.. Towner,
Shoreham; to ID. Il G. Roby, Sherrods-
vile, Ohio, two ewes from the flock OF
w. ii. belong, West Cornwall, and
two from that of f. G. Corners, Brid-
port.
+. N. Bissell, East Shoreham, to
VIM. Lane, Henderson, N. Y, one
ram; tolAmos Lane, Henderson, N. Y,
one ram.
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A storms Terrific work.

A letter dated Endora, Miss, de-
scribes a terrible storm which occurred
in that vicinity In the following graph
ic language: About three O'Clock in the
afternoon attention was attracted 10 the
east by two or three loud claps of thun-
der, where cloud of peculiar
blackness was seen rapidly pushing
above the horizon, and in few min
utes appeared to be wrapped in sheets
of flame. 1t had the appearance of
volcanic mountain pouring forth tor
rents of burning lava, while from the
open crater red flames shot high above
the burning mass. Very soon heavy
sound was heard as of q distant water
fall, and in twenty minutes increased
to the roar OF hundred railroad trains.
Forked tongues of electric fire now
leaped out from the bosom of the cloud,
cleaning like the consuming flash OF
Omnipotence, and the rapidly succeed
ing peals of thunder made 1t a scene to
strike the boldest with terror. When
it crossed the Mississippi river at Com
merce and struck the timber on the
east side, it was like the crash of a
falling mountain. The large storehouse
of Fry was unroofed i'm an instant, and
twenty-five other houses dashed to the
ground and broken into fragments.
Then it rebounded from the earth, ris-
ing high above the timber, and went on
its way with its fires and thunders,
smoking, roaring, boiling and flashing,
until 1t became the very sublimity oil
terror. Suddenly 1t descended to the
ground again in the vicinity of Her.
nando, and began anew the work OF
destruction, tearing down houses, trees
and fences in its destructive march.
The large Clubhouse of Mr.. Kelley was
nearly torn to pieces. Mrs. Cores
place was literally cleared of fences aud
all outhouses, and in attempting to close
the door of her dwelling she was driven
some distance from the house and the
door shivered to pieces. Continuing
eastward it wrecked number OF
houses on Mr.. Newsom's place, killing
a woman and two children. On Mr.,
Banks place the chimney-stack to his
mill was thrown down, and the building
crushed. At DIR. Lauderdale's, six miles
northeast from fernando, his store
house was blown down to the founda-
ton, and its contents driven miles away.
The DOCTORS dwelling and all his other
houses were hurled to destruction, and
he was so much bruised that his life
was despaired of for several days. His
wife had her thigh broken, and strange
but true, his daughter, in bed with an
infant eight days old, was rolled up in
the bed and laid down again without
injury to either. An eye witness says
he saw fence rail driven through an
oak tree twenty inches in diameter,
splitting the tree open in its passage.
A barrel of salt, 800 pounds in weight,
was lifted up by the wind and carried
three miles, and put down without
bursting it. Beyond Camp Greek the
dwelling of Mr.. Ben Harwell was torn
TO pieces and he killed. Trees were
torn from the ground or twisted OIL
like cornstalks and driven away. Every
thing in its track was wreck.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-20

PROHBTIoN.-Dr. Wayland men
tons ease where sea captain order
ed state room broken open, and a
stock Of liquors thrown overheard.
The captain was responsible for the
peace and liyes Of his passengers. II
the inebriate passenger had become
srased with strong drink, he might not
only have annoyed his fellow voyagers,
but even in a frenzy leaped into the sea
and persisted. Confiscation was meas
are OF protection. So the government
should confiscate and destroy all intox-
isating drinks, and forbid their further
manufacture or sale, TO guard the peace
of society, and prevent men from rob-
bling society, impoverishing their fami-
hes, and by committing suicide leave
their children without their natural
protectors, the wards Of public charity.
II the captain was justified in his vio-
lent precaution, much more is society
IN prohibiting the manufacture and aale
Of ardent spiriis.-[From N. T. Watch
Tower.
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HASH.
A man of decision-A Judge.

A man of decision-A judge.
Does girl cudgel her brains every
time she'bangs her hair.
When it'comes to descending ladder,
thel bravest of us generally back
down.
Many q man, says the New York
News, is open to conviction, who ought
to be, but never is convicted.
The Philadelphia Chronicle says it is
mistaken impression that dyed eggs
arc laid by sick hens.
A cow Is always afraid of death.
When she chicks the bucket" she usual
ly turns little pail.-Yonkers States
man.
"Life is a great battlefield" says a
renowned philosopher. Perhaps that is
the, re ason there is 80 much charg-
ing DONE
Rose McWhortleberry heard her mas
ter remark at the dinner-table that Kis-
met meant State" and that is the reason
she so astonished her mistress by re-
marking next day to Belinda, tho cham
bermaid: ooh, Belinda, can't hardly
walk wild the chilblains all over my
two Kismets."
A newspaper article asks: "What
are the causes of decline among Ameri-
can womanW Well, generally because
she thinks the fellow cannot keep her
in sealskin sacks, French gowns and
fashionable bonnets. When a single
man with plenty of "soap" is around
there is not any decline among Ameri-
can womn tospeak of.-Boston Bulle-
tin.
Jay Gould writes checks for 81, 400,-
900 on old scraps Of letter paper, and
the banks pay them, but If we should
write check for 1924 on sheet of vel
lum and plaster it all over with revenue
stamps and gilt seals HICKMAN who
presented it would be handed over to
the police. There is something wrong
in our civilization. Where are our
bombs ?-[ Boston Globe.
A gentleman in the New York
Swamp met a rather uncertain" &C
quantance the other day, when the lat
ter said: '1'm little short and would
like to ask you conundrum in mental
arithmetic" "Preceed," observed the
gentlemen. "Well," said the "short"
man, "suppose You had $40 in your
pocket, and l should ask you for 3d.,
how much would remainw "Ten dol
lars" was the prompt answer.-[Shoe
and Leather Reporter.
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81 don't want that Stuff,

Is what lady of Boston said to her
husband when he brought home some
medicine to cure her sickheadache and
neuralgia which had made her misera-
BILE for fourteen years. At the first at
tack thereafter, 1t was administered to
her with such good results that she
continued its use until cured, and was
so,enthusiastic in its praise, that she in
duced twenty-five of the best families
in her circle TO adoptit as their regular
family medicine. That "stufl" is Hop
Bitters.
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Neutrality-suspicious. p,,y,sr : VIC

WHAT A DISTINGUISHED PIANIST SAYS.
From Miss Belle Foster, a dlstin-
guished pianist of st. Louis:
Mendelssohn Piano Co., New York:
Gentlemen-I wish to express to You
my congratulations upon the success of
your New Scale Upright Piano. l have
never before played upon SO fine an up
right piano. 1t seems as though every
thing could be played upon it that an
artist could wish, from the softest shad-
ow of thought to the grandest fortis-
simo. The tone and touch are perfect.
am particularly surprised at the real
ly excellent bass and treble you have
obtained in this new scale.
Respectfully yours,
BELLE s. FOSTER.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-20
LITERARY NOTES.

Nasty IN EUROPE V.
Nasby proposes to edo" Europe, and
will write a series of letters for the To-
ledo (Ohio) Weekly Blade, commence
ing this month. He will, uudoubt-
edly give the American public some
rich reading. The Weekly Blade will
be sent to any address three months for
fifty cents, including an elegant, large
portrait of d. r. Locke (Nasby). See
advertisement in another column.
1t may surprise some of the Young
readers of st. Nicholas, who are enjoy
ing the rollicking fun of the serial for
bows, "Pheton Rogers" now being
published in that magazine, to know
that its author, Mr.. ROssiter johnson,
is most of the time engaged in the staid
work of editing the american Cyclic
pedia." He is already well known
among older people as the editor and
originator of the "Little Classic"
series, and the author of some admira-
BILE magazine articles and stories.
And not few Literary peo-
pie remember with admiration his
faithful friendship for that gift.
ted and unfortunate poet, Richard
Realf, and the kindly vindication Of his
memory which he gave the press few
years ago.
The short stories which he has here
tofore contributed to st. Nicholas have
been specially notable for their boy-spir-
II and the overlooking humor of the stu
ations and the dialogue; but In the pres
entIserial he has far surpassed anything
which he has done heretofore, and no
more laughable and more boy-like ad-
ventures are to be found anywhere in
recent writing than those of his inyen-
tive hero, Pheton Rogers. Mr.. john
sons power OF caricature and OF pictur-
In character is so great that 1t seems
TO deserve the title lately given. him
by an admiring reader, "The Dickens
Of Boy-literature."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-20

TIN PRESIDENT AND TEMPERANCE
Ii seems the acknowledgement recently
issued supplemental order modifying
and virtually annulling, by excepting
light wines, cider, beer and ale, OK.
President Hayes's order prohibiting in.
toxicating liquor at military posts and
stations. Mrs. Mcclellan Brown, sup.
erfntcndent of the Natinal Prohibitory
Alliance, had an interview with Presi.
dent Garfield on the subject. The Pres.
ident said he was not aware of any
modification of his predecessors order.
II any had been made It was not with
his consent. He would SEQ that the
original order was carried out.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-20

The reduction of rates ofinterest by the
Banks and the probability of a
advance In the value of all
kinds of dividend-paying stocks, insures
q welcome for loan peculiarly suited
to the popular demand. Such is Cou-
pom dividend stock, Of the Globe Com.
pany, Of Boston, to whose announce
ment entitled "a Popular Loan" else
where In this paper, attention is called,
Golden Rule, April 0, 1881. F.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-20

COMPOUND OXYGEN IN EPMEPsY.-
The following is an extract from a
letter received from patient who had
used Compound Oxygen for Epilepsy.
II is dated March, 1879: l commenced
taking Compound Oxygen last April
(lB7S) for epilepsy, and have taken four
months treatment. 1t has helped me
more than all the medicines which I've
taken for the last five years. Have only
had spasms one time since l commenced
taking the Oxygen. l think l am en-
tirely cured Of the spasms, and l have
not taken the Oxygen regularly for sew
eral months. and my health Is better In
every way than for several years be-
fore.n Our Treatise on Compound Ok
ygen, which is sent free, will be found
Of great value to all who are suffering
from any chronic disease. Address
Drs. Starkey & Palen, ll09 and I'LL
Glrard Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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The work Of Miss Frances F. WI

The work of Miss Frances f. Will
hrd, president of the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union in the
Southern States, has been warmly re-
sponded to by the leading people.
Without exception, tho Southern press
has spoken highly OF the movement,
nearly all the leading cities, prepare
Tory to more thorough and specific
work next year. Miss Willard expects
o reach forty towns and cities In four
teen Southern states. Her associate,
Hrs. q, u. Mcleod. OF Baltimore, has
ako DON >sssllent service.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-20

A Kentuckian who was killed the
other day by falling from his horse,
named his five children Avenue Belle,
China Figure, London Judge, Hebrew
and Southern Soil. elbow
much happier those children would be
to- day." thoughtfully remarks the Jer-
se y City Journal" If their father had
fallen off his horse and killed himself q
year before the oldest was born"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-05-20
Fat Wives.


The people In portions of Africa
have many curious customs and super
stitions, and among the former may be
mentioned the fashion of having fat
wives. Being introduced to a grea
chiefs wife, Spoke thus describes her.
l was struck with the extraordinary
dimensions yet pleasing beauty Of the
immoderately fat fair one. She could
not rise, and 30 large were her arms
that the flesh between the joints hung
down like large, loose, stuffed pud-
dings. The chief, pointing to his wife,
said:
ssThis is the product of our milk
pots; from early youth upward we
keep these pots to their mouths, as 1t is
the fashion at court to have fat wives"
A sister-in-law of the king was a
perfect wonder of hypertrophy. She
was unable to stand except on all
fours. Spoke unblushingly requested
permission to measure her. This is
the result:
Ground the arm, twenty-three in
ches; chest, fifty-two inches; calf,
twenty inches; height, five feet eight
inches. All of these are exact except
the height, and believe l could have
obtained this more accurately If / could
have laid her ON the floor. Not know
ting what difficulties should have to
contend with in such piece of engi-
neering, tried to get her height by
raising her up. This, after infinite
exertions on the part of us both, was
accomplished, when she sank down
again fainting, for the blood hal rush.
ed into her head. Meanwhile, the
daughter had sat before us sucking at a
milk pot, on which the father kept her
at work by holding the rod In his
hand; for, as fattening Ia the first duty
of fashionable female life, it must
be duly enforced by the rod, If neces-
sary."
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SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
MASONIC.

MASONIC.
Union Lodge, No. los, meets First and Third
Wednesday of each month
Union Chapter, No. 16l, meets Second Wednesday
evenings of each month.
Northern Commandcry, knights Templar, No. l6
Meets fourth Wednesday each month.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Towanda Lodge, No. 300. Meets every Tuesday
evening.
Endowment Rank, Section lO1. Meets Third Fri
day i'll each month.
ODD FELLOWS.
light.
Bradford Encampment, No. Il. Meets Second and
Fourth w Wednesday night of each month.
Leon Lodge Degree of Rcbeka. Meets First and
Third fiday evenings of each month
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
crystal Lodge Meets every Monday evening
Mystic Lodge, X. and L. Of H. Meets Second and
Fourth Friday evenings of each month.
G. a. II.
watkins Post No. 6S. Meets every Saturday evening
KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN RULE
Towanda Castle No. 5S. Meets at X. of p. Han
every "Wednesday evening.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Towanda Council, No. 532. Meets first and tbird
FRIDAY OF each month in X. y. Hall.