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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04
Mr.. Stacy's Experience.

AT meeting held under the auspices
of the Sons ofTemperauce In Brooklyn,
N. Y, recently, MIR. s. Stacy, who has
been for eleven years proprietor of a
saloon In New York city, told his ex-
man take his first glass Of liquor 10 my
place who afterward filed suicides
grave. l have seen man after man,
wealthy and educated, come into my
place, who now canaot buy his dinner.
For eleven years 1 sold liqnor. had
one of the handsomest soloons In New
York. Some said 1t was the best. God
help the poorest. 1 can recall twenty
customers, each worth from $4,000
to $500, 900, and only two of them now
are able to buy dinners for themselves
To you, Cadets of Temperance, l would
advise that You take rather o glass oil
prussic acid than glass of liquor. II
you must die, 1t is better to die at once
| Ifa Gospel friend ever takes you by
the arm and seeks to restrain you from
drinking don't turn and say to him:
| ".I know what Pm doing; be kind
enough to mind your own business
| "Pye seen young men stand at my
bar, with this blue ribbon on the lapels
of their coats, drunk. NO, no. these
young men would say, I've taken the
pledge. I'm obliged to you all The
same.' They had no business there
That was not their place. Liquor is a
deadly enmity with q blue ribbon
Pretty soon II would be well I'll TAXI
q glass of CIDER 1 knew knew,
knew what that glass of cider meant.
"The rum seller 10 Q good fellow
He's liberal with his money. He's 10
vial. When customer enters his dool
he says: Hello, Johnny; where hav,
you been these two or three days2 oBu
he's calculating all the time how mucl
money the customer has In his poke
and how much Of it he can put into hi
till. He Is q thief. He takes none
for which he gives no benefit in return
ain all of my eleven years behind tn
bar I can recall only one agreeabl
thing. A young lady came to me an,
said: Il wish you would not give fathe
anything more to drink laughed, a
Irumsellers are accustomed to do in sue
cases, but she persisted, and finally
promised 1 wouldn't let him have
drink. don't know what possesse
me, but I promised. When next tn
father came in be saidl "Well ! CUES
I'll take q drink No, cir, not here
said l. 'Whatr said he. I repeate
what had said and also ordered m
barKeeper never to let him have drin
on pain of dismissal. The result was
quarrel, and threw him out into th
street. He was a smaller man than
There was struggle outside the dool
but as he rolled over the curb at th
edge of the side walk he seemed to los
all his strength. Looking up to me, h
said:
Here l am in the gutter, an
turned out offs rum shopp
"That man to-day is member of d.
Armitage's church."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04
SALES OF REGISTERED SHEEP

JR Rice, Bridport, 10 J A Wright,
Middlebury, one ram; to ID e Grove
nor, Bridport, one ram.
David T Holden, Pittsford, to
Messrs. Twitchell q Wheaton, sevon-
teen rams and TWENTY-FIVE owes.
John Ii Mead, West Rutland, to
Messrs. Wood 4 Kennedy, Michigan,
twelve rama; to John Ellis, Fsirhaven,
Ave ewes.
n ID Il Grovenor, Bridport, 10 Samuel
Jewctt, Independence, Missouri, one
ram bred by X Rice, Brldport.
Cherbino & Williamson, Middle
bury, TO Charles Deeds, Licking Co.,
Ohio, QUE ram bred by z p Crane,
Bridport.
James Forbes, Jr., Shoreham, to
Cherbino q Williamson, Middlebury,
four ewes from his own flock, two
! from that of II Adams, two from thai
of Ii w Jones, five from that Of 3 /
Stevens. and one from each of the fol
lowing focks, v N Forbes, ID g Bar
bour and William p Hall.
Thomas Deland, Ticonderogs, Il
John Russell, Shoreham twelve ewes
WI Nash, New Haven, to A "
ISwiney, Middlebury, twelve rams
ia & VI Spear, Braintree, to Mr.
Dennisoh, Northfield, one eve.
| c P Crane, Bridport, to Samue
Jewett, Independence, Missouri, 81;
rams.
Fl c Brown, Whiting, to JIG CLARK
Champaign, Illenois, one ram; t
Cherbino & Williamson, Middlebury
one ram; to &c Ware, Malone, lllinol
one ram.
E Pond, Whiting, to Cherbino
Williamson, eight ewes.
H B Wright, Middlebury, to 8
Ward, ten ewes from the flock Of
Buttolph, Middlebury.
Z d Pritchard, Cornwall, to Samu'
Jewett, Independence, Missouri, for
rams.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04

For q common cough, hop and bone
set candly-drops are excellent.
Apples before breakfast. well mas
Heated. are an aid 10 the digestive
organs.
II you have cold feet cit daily ct Q
window where the suns rays have unob-
structed admission. and let them fall on
the extremities from knees TO toes.
To cure chilblains slice raw potatoes
with the skins on. and sprinkle over
Them . little salt. and. a. soon - the
the dish, wash With Il the chilblains |;
ono application d all that u neoessary.
The white OF An egg and . piecs Of
alum about the siss Of walnut. slowed
until It forms . jelly . said to be :
capital remedy for sprAins. 1t should
Be laid over tine sprain on piece Of lint
and changed ~ often - It BECOMES dry.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04
Bedding mr. Cattle.

There 10 no farm work. considering
the outlay, that pays 30 large dividend1
as the procuring Of some sort of bedding
for the cattle, for 1t not only keeps them
clean-a great point In itself-but also
promotes their growth and thriftjness,
and the additional accumulation for the
manure pile will more than pay for the
labor. There Is usually large amount
of litter that goes to waste that II thu
utilized would be Of great service.
Straw, oats, cut corn butts, etc.. are
valuable, and fine sand 10 not objection.
able, for In itself Il b one of the most
clearly OF beds, and az Il Il larfs alb
sorber OF liquids. and Ii of real benefit
to clay land, there is no solid reason
why few loads OF 1t may not be jndi,
ciously used. A farmer OF our acquaint.
ance lete in the fall takes his trucks,
puts In long stakes, and makes q four.
loot deep box and gathers forest leaves.
One man gathers them with rake and
basket. These leaves are stored AWAY
In an unused stable. and what can b
crowded into q bushel basket makes I
6ne bed for stable Of COWS for . coupl
Of nights. and are fine sbsorbents. Their
Is no farmer but that can provide bel.
ding of some kind, and also have dry
wholesome stables Tor his cattle. and. Il
he consults his interests, and once fully
tests the value Of plenty OF beading, hs
will always In the future practice bed.
ding his cattle and stock.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04
Hsw He Pu, up The stove.

A short time ago an English emigrant
family arrived In that town, and being
destitute Of everything, q few kind
hearted people gave than sundry articles
70 help them to 20 to housekeeping. and
among other things stove. The donor
iorgot. however. to send along the
necessary pipe. The day being very
cold, the first thing which the father OF
the wandering dock turned his attention
70 was the making Of fire. With CRATE
mi eyes he surveyed the stove (the first
he bad ever seen) and then glancing at
the stovepipe hole In the chimney, which
was about two feet from tie ceiling.
wondered how the smoke could get up
and out Of that small hole. His eyes
soon rested uponssome hooks In the cell
ing, which former tenant had used for
drying apples thereon, and he naturally
came 70 the conclusion that thoy were
tntended to hang the stove upon. There
was no time 10 be lost, and 20 with the
aid OF chatrs and table and o good deal
Of exertion, the able-bodied man lifted
the stove mp 90 that the stovepipe hole,
which happened to be at the side Of the
stove. rested nicely in the hole In the
chimney, while his better half lashed II
to the aforementioned hooks with rope
which came around their scanty lug
gAge. After everything was secure the
patient housewife hastened to prepare
while The psrspirins father was desisn.
Ing IN his psrplexed mind some kind Of
ScS6old whereon his wife could stand to
cook the frugal meal. But his IDEAS
were overthrow by the sudden appear
ance OF the donor OF the stove, bearing
the forgotten pipe. Anexplanation was
n order, and after hearty laugh, the
beWIldered Englishman was Thoroughly
Initiated Into the mysteries Of the Amerf.
en- way q putting up stoves. = Ckatkos
(OHLl 1bibsns.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04

"When 1t was urged upon the chief
of q Mohawk tribe that he should allow
missionary to come and dwell among
his people, he replied: What do you
preach? Preach Christi 'Yes.' Don't
want Christ tho Christi The friend OF
missions persevered. The chief grew
warm, and, towering to his full height,
with volcanic light in his eye, broke
ont: 'Onco we were powerful; we
were great nation; our young men
were many; our lodges we're full Of
children; our enemies feared us. Bnt
Christ came, and brought the firewater
Now we are weak; nobody fears us
our lodges are empty; our hunting
grounds are deserted; our council-firef
are gone out. We don't want Christ
Cop
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04
In the village ofOrient. villao

In the village of Orient, L. l., village
Of eight hundred population, there Is
not a liquor shop and the hotel has no
bar. This is not due to law, for the
excise commissioners of the town
grant licenses in other villages. but
none in this one; and this for the simple
reason that the public sentiment is so
stronghold neither they nor dealers dare
defy 1t. For thlrty-eight years there
has been q weekly temperance meeting !;
and this 10 maintained with the same
regularity as the Sunday services in the
churches.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04

To realize how il feels to be better OF
sit down on hot stoye.-Philadslphia
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04

10 mako bale Of cotton weighing 800
pounds, nom l.o00 10 l,e00 pounds Of
Sssd cotton b required.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04

40 T'waHfs g4sa af,f.
- "a Eeaaiy fhysisian 1t Fsuit--Dr.
nuSA Hsnn,ly shs Successful Surgeon.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-04

,yy!i .,sss:,y sS q nS ne s *.
- sss.a &. s Nh n: Ss ssss. 'sSesi de
NJ Of his shieh hone, and the suffering mac
lD0ked esrward. not without apparent reason, 70
kufasad 70 anputats the hmb-asserting that The
sDsraa4n yDSld XVI the patient on The spot Dr
~ iiIb. The Doctor thea administered freely
Ne srsas Biood-speeino fkvorits Remedy to anort
orr d Nc dl5<2ss, and III. Ellsworth rensin
= ihis DAY In the bloom OF health This gentle
oan's dlSsase was the ofspring Of foul blood, ant
kapnsdyf fnyorits Remedy purined the oloo'
ead restored % him the power once more 20 en-
~ bic life- Are Sou sufering nom any ueseas
Eaesahls V ths same causer Try Favorite Rem
e6y. Year druggist has II. One dollar bottle
~ n mind the proprietpr's name and addres
u. David Kennedy. kondout, New York ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-19
The Cremation Tempt, at Milan.

This temple. built in the Gr@co- Doric
style, is surrounded by columns and
pilasters, and surmounted by a cupola,
forming chimney through which the
products of combustion escape. The
furnace is in the basement and nearly
in the middle of the building. The in
terror Of the building is divided into
four large halls, in the first of which
the mourners assemble before the body
is brought into the urn or cremation
chamber; adjoining this hall there is q
room in which the bodies in their collins
are awaiting cremation. The next
apartment is large store room for
coal and wood and beyond this are the
furnaces. In an adjoining hall the
Cremation Society of Milan" has its
Office, and transacts all its business.
Here is curious collection of antique
and modern vases, documents relating to
cremation, models of furnaces. etc. The
cremating furnace is arranged trans
versely in the temple to permit of watch
ing the entire operation through small
window in the side wall of the temple.
The body is placed upon CRATE, under
which basin is placed to receive the
liquids and ashes that may drop down.
Two furnaces are now before the public
known as the Gorini and Venini fur
naces, after the inventors. In Gorini's
furnace the flames and products of COM
bustion pass over the body, thence
down fiue and under the base upon
which the body rests, thence up the
chimney. The body thus completely
enveloped in the flames, is converted to
ashes in from one and half to two
hours. Wood or coal may be used and
the expense is about one dollar Mr..
Venini's apparatus is more complicated
than that of MIR. Gorini, but it trans
forms the tissues of the body into gases
in a more perfect manner than any
other furnace.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-19
The Embarrassed Passenger.

You may have been passenger on a
street car at time when some one
picked half-dollar off the cushions or
q dollar-bill from the straw and anx-
iously inquired for an owner. At such
a time every man instinctively feels in
his pockets. Every man feels like say
ing that he is the lucky party, but an
inward voice somehow restraints him,
and he remembers that George Wash
ington could not tell lie. The money
is invariably pocketed by the finder,
and he is set down in the opinions of
his fellow-passengers as contemplate
and mean.
On Woodward Avenue car yester-
day young man purposely dropped a
greenback on The door and at a proper
moment he picked it up and observed:
Who lost this dollarp"
Every one looked at him and every
mouth watered.
:. Did any man drop this billp" con-
tinued the young man as he held up q
corner.
There was another embarrassing
pause. Then man reached out for It
with the remark:
Il dropped it, sir. You are an hon.
est man to return it.
" Are you sure you dropped it?"
am. l am not liar.n
:" But-you see = you" stam-
mered the young man.
% You give me my money or I'll wiring
your neckr' interrupted the other, as
he reached out for his victim.
The young man gave it up. He looked
white and green and he felt so bad
over it that he soon dropped off the car
and took to the icy walk. Detroit Free
Press,
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| to do with me the better fer 'em; an
got kind O discouraged, an hadn't no
conf lence in myself, an Numbered
dreadfully in doin' what could.
After awhile somebody told me of a
town where work was plenty, an / sot
out to travel there. inquirin' my way
along, an feelin' more like man
cause I was able to say where was
a-goin', an what / expected to do. But
when got 10 the place at last, the kind
o. public works that had been a-goin'
on for some time was about finished up
an there was lot o. help discharged
Already, an no room for any more; so
you see there was nothin' for it but jist
to trudge along ag'in a-beggin' my way.
felt SO much more comfortable in
my mind, though, with findin' some
place or other to steer fer that always
after that was a-goin' to this town or
that, sometimes-Lord forgive me,
mem-forgettin which one / was
a-goin' fer in my last story, an so git
tin dif'rent directions at the next house
! called.
Don't believe I'm hardened, mem,
when l tell We all these weak things o.
myself. s'pose sometime I'll get so
used to the tramp's shuffiin', equiv ca
ting ways, that won't think enough
about 'em to feel ashamed an make ex-
cuses; but now, as we see. mem, have
a kind o. sneakin', shamefaced way that
/ can't seem to git rid of.
What dye say? Would l like work
stiddy, honest workP Well, mem, if We
don't want me to take it ye'd better not
offer Especially if it's anything ! feel
/ can do.
Gardeningp Gardening, memp God
bless We, win We let me tryP ] used to
dream about it. when 1 was a boy, an
work an till in the little bit O. ground
around the tumble-down tenement
where my mother lived, an she used to
say: Martin. my child. some day we
will have little garden all our own,
mebbe, or a few acres in the blessed
country, who knows?"
But the poor mother only got the lit
tie plot of earth. mem, that comes to
us all at last; an the strange. shiftin'
things that turn us every way but the
one we'd like to go, have drifted me
clean away from the work feel. mem.
that I would love above everything to
do. So ii you jest let me take hold an
be patient with my ign'rance till jest
get the right o. things do b'lieve that
I'll be worth somethin' yet. An then
-oh, my soul!--an' then if I could find
my boy Willie an have him call me
father! Dye think couldp Mem! Did
ye say ye'd help me? Did We? The
good God bless We, mem! I'd serve We
till the day O. my death. An, oh, I'd
be SO strengthened up an happy, mem,
I'd feel as though could do most any
thing.
.Ye're so kind to take a friendly in.
terest in poor tramp like me, mem,
an help him to feel ike man an q
brother. Mebbe yen be disappointed,
though-mebbe-but I'll do the best l
know if yen try me well.---Annie L.
Mxzzey, in Arthur's Home Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-19
THE EARLY BIRD.

"Come. little pet" the old bird said,
In most endearing term,
"You must be early out of bed
IL you would catch the worm
The smallest Of the feathery herd
puny little thing
Oufsprang the tender baby-bird
To grub for worms and sing.
And loi she found an early worm
II was monster, too
She chirped, 20, you may writhe and squirm,
But will gobble your
That birdling's chirp, the rest affirm,
Was never after heard,
And it's surmised II was the worm
That caught the early bird.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

-lh0 oldest postmaster IN Mauo -
Captain johnson of North Harpswell,
who is eighty-seven years of age.
Ears are worth 81, 500 apiece in Ver-
mont. At least that is the amount re-
covered by man whose ear was cut oil
in railroad accident.
The names OF towns and SETTLE
ments in Arizona possess the merit OF
originality. Here are some of them:
Tombstone, Good Enough, Tough Nut,
Contention, Family Fuss and Discipline.
Ten years ago the center of pop
ulation in the United States was near
the City of Columbus, o. It is now just
over the Indiana border on bee line
drawn between Cincinnati and Indian
apol.s. The movement has, therefore,
been little south as well as west.
Nothing more forcibly illustrates
the value OF an incessant supervision of
every mile of railroad track in time OF
extreme cold than the report of track
walker on the Chicago q Grand Trunk
Railway, who found nine broken rails
on his beat.
Charles Dudley Warner, in recent
lecture upon the character of English
people, said: To speak the truth in
word and deed is an English trait, and
can be clearly traced in the character of
the people. To lie is unbecoming an
Englishman, not to lie is proverbial of
the people"
Miss Marianne North. a pretty En-
glish artist, is making tour Of the
world with very high credentials. for
the purpose of painting the distinctive
flowers that grow wild. Sir Joseph
Hooker, director OF the Botanical Gar
dens ut Kew voucnes ior her artistic
powers, her botanical knowledge and
her intrepidity ~ an explorer
William Lunger died recently at
Johannesburg. N. Y. His widow died
on the day Of his funeral. his two sisters
died u few days afterwards, and lady
who attended the latter during their
illness died also. The victims were at
tacAe1 ~ cniis, the na.ure OF winch ID
not iuly understood. rive otner per
sons OF tne same fanny were also AZ
tackeu' put tney nave recovered
Among the rich men in Russia
Baron Stieglitz is said TO be the first.
with fortune Of eighty millions Of
roub'es. After him comes Prince Yus-
supof, who owns estates in sixteen
provinces. yielding q revenue of two
and half millions. and the third on the
by no means short list is Count Str0g-
anof. the owner Of nearly one-quarter
OF the province OF Perrin, with an an
nual income Of one and half millions.
Saws the Altoona (Pa.l Dailv Mems:
When Mr.. William g. Warinp. ofTyrone.
went to Colorado somet6ihc over 4
wear 400 for the purpose Of scceptino
the position of stenocrapher IA the
courts of Denver. a daughter Of Mr..
George Hull ACCOMPANIED him. who
was aiso skilled IN the Same vocation
Miss Hull had in her possession 400.
which she Invested IN : minino claim
Fortune favored her and recent,y she
was offered a25 OOO for her Investment
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-19
Hale win have to deal Win

Hale will have to deal with .
knotty question when he enters the
Senate. It probably has already given
him serious concern AZ Blaine,s sslit-
lie bnb" can he consistently speak to
Conkling. or must he wait until tbe New
York Senator makes advances?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-19
: A New York machine man saw

- A New York machine man says
that Hayes is an awkward man to fight,
because he has no feeling. you ham,
mer him on one side, he Just turns over
on the other. and he never strikes
back" We should say, II this be true,
that Hayes is not an awkward. or any
other kind of man, to fight. He Is
evidently true Christian, who being
smitten on one cheek turns the other
also. Since this was said. Hayes has
sent in his New York appointments and
the machine man may have changed his
views about his awkwardness and his
not striking back.-Detroit FIRES Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-19

An Ohio correspondent says that
Garfield did not invite the colored del
egates to dinner, but thst he invited
party of white men from the South.
most of whom were Confederate
oficers;and politician who has talked
with Garfield says that NO man win 20
into the Cabinet simply because he il
black.
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lit Il denied that Mr.. Stanley
Matthews is q brother-in-law Of Mr..
Hayes. He is . brothet-in-Iaw Of Mrs.
Hayes. Under these circumstances,
the Presidents disinterestedness in the
appointment u too clear for question.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-19

CuaG 1lQO8 WAS lOSC 10 me, an never
would give me pleasant word nor look
agin, an that I wasn't likely to see the
boy, l felt as though I'd like to get clean
away from the place where I'd been SO
happy an so miserable, mem, an
started of fer nowhere in partic lar,
workin' an beggin' my way long with
out much notion as to where l would
fetch up at last. 1t was queer, dread
full life. wasn't used to trampin' yet,
an l didn't know what to say nor
how to act with all the doubtin' ways
an the strange looks that folks give
me when l stopped to ask for a bit of
supper an nights lodgin' that took
often in barn, though sometimes was
forbid even that, fer l seemed to be a
very s'picious char cter, an was looked
at as though / was arplottin' to rob an
kill, when Lord help me, mem,
wouldn't q hurt afiy.
If ye mind, mem, tramps be always
goin' somewhere-they have an aim
ike other folks; an I found couldn't
struggle along day after day without q
reason to give to them as were contin'-
ally askin' it. An true as We live,
never could tell anybody the story I'm
Q tellin' you, mem, because somehow
nobody ever looked at me as though
was kind o. human. as you do. mem,
an would believe that I had any material
feelin' an desire TO be somebody if
could.
At first asked fer work as / went
along, an once in while there was 4
little job that was sort o. dotbtfully
trusted to me out o. charity as 'twere;
but oftener my askin' was answered by
. gruff s'No," or an indiff' rent shake
o the head. as though the less folks had