The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-11-04

It is affirmed by the collectors -oi
statistics in regard TO intemperance that
In the year 1870 there was paid ont for
Intoxicating drinks by the people OF
Germany the sum OF $3.50, 900, 900 and
by those Of France $780, 600, 900, ; Of
Great Britain, $3.50, 600, 600 and OF the
United States, S720, 900, 900 /; making
81, 700, 600, 000.
Few sights at the great industrial fail
in Boston attract more attention than
the appearance and work Of two pupils
from the Hampton institute. One OF
these is an Apache Indian, who sur
prises all spectators by his skill in max
ing shoes. Beside the bench at which
he sits are two pair of laced shoes, neat
and substantial, one made after only
six weeks instruction ut the institute,
and the other produced within two or
three days at the fan.
BY law marriage in England, except
by special license, is not legal il the
ceremony does not take place in the
morning-that is before noon. A special
license, obtaipable on payment OF o GER
tain fee to the Archbishop Of Canterbury
THAT is to n Of his clerks), legalizes q
marriage at any hour of the day or
night. OF late it has become rather
fashionable to purchase these special
licenses, and to have the ceremony per-
formed in the afternoon or evening.
Three years ago the total number OF
| steamships in the United States was
4~,717-2,221 belonging to the Atlantic
coast, $40 to the Pacific coast, 913 tothe
lakes and 1925 to the Western rivers.
The number of these engaged in ocean
commerce with foreign ports, other than
| those of the West Indies, Mexico, etc,
was insignificant and surpassed by the
smallest maritime States. Great Brit
ain has 5000 steamers, mainly engaged
in ocean commerce, with q total tonnage
of $500, 600 tons. During the year
1880 BAT steamers were built in the
United States. One hundred and
eighty-two of these were for the lakes
and Western rivers, and 141 for Attain
tic and gulf ports. The Boston Globe
points out a singular feature of the
business Of building and controlling
steamships which is, that Sootchmen in
this respect are in an overwhelming
majority.
Lieutenant D. A. Lyle has eaten
grasshoppers out West, and he lately
read a paper before a Springfield science
association praising them as food. AL.
though they naturally have a disagree
able smell, he says that when cooked
they become pleasant to both smell and
taste, no disguise being required. They
car be eaten after boiling two hours,
with pepper and-salt, and thus prepared
are not easily distinguished from beef
broth. Fried in their W oil they
have q nutty flavor. One drawback to
their use as food is the bones in the
small locusts, though in the larger ones
these can be easily removed. Some
residents of st. Louis have tried q
dinner of these skillfully prepared,
and liked it very we'll, and after becom.
ing accustomed to the flavor they were
considered a desirable addition to the
bill Of fare by some. These locusts
feed on vegetable matter, and so may
properly be classed as clean food.
The Southern States are awaking to
realization of the riches which exist il
their vast forests. The New Orleans
Democrat estimates that Louisiana con.
tains more than 1900, 900 acres Of
wooded land. The sawmills have made
little impression upon this vast supply
of timber, which comprises q large va
riety Of valuable woods. Most of il,
too, can be easily marketed. thanks tt
the bayous and water courses with which
the State is literally provided. Since
the increasing scarcity Of Western tim
Der became apparent large purchases Of
timbered lands have been made in Ala
bama, Tennessee, Georgia and Nortl
Carolina. 1t is to be hoped that this
splendid possession, the Importance OF
which the South is Just beginning to
comprehend, will be managed with more
care than has been bestowed upon the
forests of the North and West. This
country must learn the science OF for
estry sooner or later, and now is O good
time to begin.
A table of statistics prepared by the
census bureau shows that the judges Of
the supreme court and court OF appeals
are elected in twenty-eight States OF the
Union. Their tenure of Office is as fol.
lows: In Vermont for two years; in Ohio
for five; in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon,
South Carolina and Texas for six in
Minnesota for seven in Arkansas, Ken.
lucky, Michigan, North Carolina and
Tennessee for eight in Colorado fol-
nine /; in Missouri and Wisconsin fol-
ten /; in California, Virginia and West
Virginia for twelve in New York fol