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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22

breeders have noticed that remark
able development of the tendency TO
lay on fat is usually accompanied by a
delicacy of constitution, a diminished
secretion of milk and loss OF fecun-
dity. Very fat animals are hot likely
TO be good breeders; in fact, the excess
siye production of tat is incompatible
with high development of the repro
ductive powers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22
Is se q 3 Ma T.


OEttI. .EEI.ir
TINUARE, ffHOM-. BAGS. MiTAt.s. nI.D
GLASSWARE nUrWFEs. ~ .IUITS,
NOTIONS And NSpI. itLT ~
KITCHEN GOopS 60 81 " J. D. D.,
EAf..A.
Save The articles IN the credit rriU,nu to iuY y
hi supply Of conicnfn OF ,,.idt -,dc Eaiai.t
We account hy exchanging uiih iuc n-d l viii
uwarrau value icceivcd.
FHIPMAN G'SMI1u
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22

A Florida man eats soup with q horn
spoon made over one hundred and fifty
years ago, and reads a chapter every
night in a one hundred year bible.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22

Virginia drinks up her entire wheat
crop Annually; aud 1t is stated that the
liquor drank in Louisiana costs SAL :
600 900 - 80 100000 more than lis COM
bined cotton, sugar aud rice crop.
The United States revenue tax on
liquor in Kansas during The year 1881
was $50, SOY ,32 less than the previous
year.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22
THOUGHT.

m,an"Rany bay, white strip in face, whitcanrjcs
nrnlnu. l's Hands, Ioalcd lS71; rit hv Daniel
''nh'lt uani liy Rysdyks llambletouinn: .. n
ScclcN 5 American star nrt,I H., =. - 80 !"
Esq, Weybridgc VI.
The remarkable breeding of THOUGHT COM
,ng IRON The two strains OF blood whirh hy long
H NV INV Prouuceh IN" mot lottcrs, warrant
, m.nieH lie Is colt of elegant action, and we
lhlmk al tue end ofanothcr sea son. IL not This he
Will enter The 30 list '''i'' NV
Alifes', Hi''
II. Il WRIGHT snnnritnnho.. .
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22

Texas expects in ten years TO raise
more wool than all the rest OF the Upi-
tea States.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22

The Two Stations
MOTION,
(RrCoRD 22a
THOUGHT, $40
,,nW Sfdndat my B0rn inst Eost :, yjJ.
o"o"'D '"f"0c for TIC Seosnn, TSSe
TERMS for MOTION. SOB
mares not with ioal may he returned next
on grass ~ cents per week
TERMS for MOTION.
$25.
MOTION.

On h. small STIR IN forehead. right hnd ankle
wmle, loaled iall of 1873, on Cream Iiill stock
neuiRrce OF dam IA being further investigated
hrcu ny Leander Comes fitchburgh, Mass
not under 20. lie IS dead game. ready r., ~,
any number OF heats, and n good WEIGHT rullrr
nc WI, un1ucsiionaby u he lives, prove a grcai
lully eqnal those OF Lambert in their ,'tion ~,
one ol mem tlus lar, hut what starts y troticr
an from good sized mares have proved of cool
line breeding. Motion is d. hands Xy,ighin a ,i''n
10 io1o inS lie IS very long Tor his size, thourh
r 70 snort on The back. Iis dam was former.
- "" mei ny ihafles u, wellington, Aibian, Me
VINO called her Never Mind. Mr.. WrIiin,gtnn,
writes mat he won several races with her. th.,
sue couId trot IN 2IO or better, and She WAS The
.laul OF ilItlc Claude, who won the race tnr 4
year 9ius NJ Maine state Fair, ls72; that LIME
Old. ~ VII" WV" "Ne YEARS
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22

20 Stdndaf mn B0tn inst Jasi - yid-
o'co"rD PHfaOc for ne Season, TSso
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15
Following the Fashion.

Ills a fayorite diversion with writers to
broadly divide mankind into two classes
The cassiications made by Lamb, Byron,
Mill, and later humorists, poets and ped ants,
will be readily Recalled. Newspaper readers
may be divided, by publishers and journal
lists, In the same very general way. There
are those who are too busy and those who
are too lazy to unfold paper. Both wish
to take in the news of the great outside
world at glance-the one because he thinks
he cannot spare the time to turn page, the
other because he knows he lacks the energy
These make up the larger number OF news
paper readers, and to their needs and Ca
prices the publisher must yield. Many jour
nails have; others will; we do now. Unlike
the old guard, the PRESS never dies but
sometimes surrenders its preferences out OF
affection for its friends.
This is the explanation we offer for the
change of form in our pages we suffer to-day
--,omething strange we know, somethingrich
we hope. The paper will contain even more
reading matter than before. They who are
buried will be better accommodated. They
Of leisure and curiosity will be as well enter
talned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

In the hope of effecting removal of the
Kentucky seat of government to that city,
the people of Louisville voted on Saturday
to give bonds amounting to $1,000,000 to-
wards the erection of new buildings. It is
said that the old structures at Frankfort
will soon have to be replaced anyway, and
accordingly the present is deemed favor
able time to make move for a more con-
venient location. All roads in Kentucky
lead to Louisville, and there is no doubt
that the capital ought to be there, just as
the capital of Missouri ought to be at st.
Louis, of Louisiana at New Orleans, of
South Carolina at Charleston and of Maine
ct Portland, but the country and the small
towns are always jealous of the large town,
and then there is the old notion about hav-
ing the capital near the geographical center,
which would have some force If members
of the Legislature went on horseback and
the only roads were bridle-paths, but which,
with the modern facilities for travelling is
not of the slightest Importance. The rail-
road center is always the point that is easy
to reach. Louisville is the easiest point to
get to from any part of Kentucky, and Lex
ington is the next; but the capital will
probably remain at Frankfort, as the capital
of Maine will continue to be at Augusta.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15
The Philosopher and the Flea.


This is the tale of the philosopher and the
flea:
I, The former, having been bitten by the
latter, seized and was about to dispatch his foe,
when he reflected that the little insect had only
acted from instinct and was not to be blamed.
Accordingly, he deposited the flea on the back
of passing dog.
II. This dog was the poodle Of a lady, and
she was very fond of the pretty animal. On his
return to the house his mistress took him upon
her lap to caress him, and the flea embraced
the opportunity to change his habitat.
III. The flea having in the course OF the
night engaged in active business operations,
awakened the lady. Her husband was sleeping
peacefully beside her, and in the silence OF the
chamber she heard him in his dreams whisper
with an accent of ineffable tenderness name!
The name was that of her most intimate female
friend
". AS soun as it was day the outraged wife
hurried to the house Of her rival and told the
rivals husband Of the big, big ding discovery
she had made He, being man OF decision,
at once called out the destroyer OF his house.
holds peace and ran him through.
v. The widow, when her husband was TAX
en- home to her upon the medium OF shutter,
was SO terribly smitten with remorse that she
precipitated herself from a fourth-story WIN
dow.
VI. The other lady convinced her husband
that he had wronged her by entertaining any
suspicious as to her fidelity, and, becoming re-
conciled with him, seized an early opportunity
Of poisoning him.
VII. Inasmuch as the jurors Of that coun-
try had never heard of "extenuating circum-
stances" and the Chief Magistrate thought
that he could put murderer to better uses
than not guillotlning him, the guilty woman
was duly decapitated, and the sole survivors
of the tragedy were the Philosopher and the
Flea
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15
A Pet Woodchuck.
Waterbury Americana


Last Summer Mr.. Zophar Pearsall's little
daughter made quite pet OF a woodcbuck.
1t was one of three that Scott the baker OBJ
tanned In all their primitive originality from
Mr.. Fairclough Of Wolcott. The animal grew
and thfived, and seemed much attached to the
little girl, who fondled it with impunity, it
never offering to bite her. One day, as au-
tumn advanced, the little creature began to
evince the proclivities of his mother race and
sought to burrow into the garden mold for the
winter. Fearing that her pet would be lost If
allowed to shift for himself the little girl
caused nice. warm bunk to be made under
cover. But the animal wasn't used to winter
ing in that way, and showed his disaffection
by much fretting and worrying. Finally, 1t
was thought best to yield to the creatures dis
position and he was hidden good bye and short
ly afterward was seen digging on a neighbor-
ing hillside. The little girl did not forget her
pet, but often wondered what had become of
it. Those first to rise in the Pearsall residence
this morning heard a vigorous scratching at an
outer door. The door was opened, and in
walked Mr.. Woodchuck, seemingly none the
worse for his winters sleep, but with we'll
developed appetite for food.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

The indianapolis News says: 1T takes
this Congress a long time to do any. hing"
20 which the indianapolis Times rejoiDs;
''To do nothing, rather. Congress has been
in session four months, and has not passed
a single measure of value or Importance"
This sort of talk is INDUCED in with refer
ence to every Congress. 1t is not alw avs
true; certainly not in this case. The pres
ent Congress has made more rapid progress
with the appropriation bills than either of
Its predecessors for the past eight years. 1t
has passed the liquor commission bill and
an anti-polygamy bill, both of which had
hung fire, without decisive action, for the
previous 10 years. 1t has also passed the
superintendent bill with much greater promp-
titude than usual, and the anti-Chinese bill.
Besides this the tariff commission bill has
passed the Senate, and considerable prog
ress has been made upon it in the House.
The latter body was in a fair way to amend
Its rules SO that the progress of legislation
might be expedited, but Democratic objec-
tions and threats Of flbustering have thus
far prevented it. Legislative bodies gener-
ally move slowly, but this Congress has been
industrious to much better purpose than
Its Democratic predecessors, and would do
better yet but FOR Democratic hindrances
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

CHERBoURG seems to be city which the
successive governments of France have
taken under their special protection. 1t
may be said to be the creation of official
power, for the foundations of its present
maritime Importance were laid by no less a
parsonage than the Grand Monarch himself.
He was the first to perceive and to improve
its natural advantages. and under the first
Empire what he had begun was carried for
ward regardless of expense. The last Ma
poleon was also patron of Cherbourg, and
under his directions many millions OF dol
lars were expended in its improvement. Now
the Republic has taken this famous port In
to Its favor, and Improvements have been
projected which will only cost about 3d.
00o,Ooo. Whether the money will be profit
ably spent may, however, be questioned. IL
has been the ambition of French statesmen
for the last two centuries to make France
great naval and commercial power; but for
some reason or other the people do not take
kindly to the idea, and this ambition re-
mains unrealized.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

The number of blue books presented to
the British parliament each year is formida-
BILE and growing In 1870 there were PSF, in
1880 there were 292, and last year there
were 1888. The books not only increase IN
number but also In bulk, and it is intimated
that radical reform Is needed in this con-
nestion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

PHILADELpHIA North American: The
present Congress, notwithstanding all the
reproaches made againstit, appears to be
doing its work very effectivelyin the way of
maturing and passing the leading practical
legislation of the session. This arises from
the general absence of conspicuous orators,
and from the superior power Of the working
leaders of the two houses. The general ten
dency in both houses appears to be whole
some, industrious and practical.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15
Western sent,mentalism.

Much ridicule is visited upon Eastern
men by Western newspapers because New
EngIanders sometimes object to the Western
idea of fun which shows itself in the tying
Of peaceful Chinaman to the back OF a
wild steer, or the shooting of starving In
dian who steals half enough from pioneer
camp to make morning meal, and then
humorously charging the offense OF the indi-
yidual upon the Chinese empire or the near
est tribe of red men. We are accused OF
sickly sentimentality. There may be, oeca-
sionally, good reason for the accusation. We
do not always take into account that panicky
feeling obtaining among pioneers united BY
common hardship and danger which leads
them to hold the family or tribe or nation
responsible for the misdoings or crimes Of
its units. Offenses against morality1ew
and order are often committed in this New
Orient of ours; but the offender is the one
we bring to account. Our sentimcntalism
consists in this: We do not indict and pun
ish whole race for the crimes of one of its
members; and we refuse to let the offender
go free because he is of our own blood.
The Western way is quite different All
Sin, or Manuel Romero, or Scipio johnson,
or Wild Deer is caught stealing chickens,
and is at once hanged, not because OF the
theft but because he is Chinaman, or Next
can, or Negro or Indian, as the case may be;
while Jesse James, who has killed thirty
men, il permitted To rob and murder for
twenty years Because he is white man
born on our soil and favored with privileges
unknown to the duskie. culprits. And
when Jesse James, outlawed by the State,
with price set upon his head, is killed by a
detective, cries of horror and anguish go up
from many Western paper, and loud calls
are made for the punishment Of his murder
en- We are told what genial fellow he
was, how skillful, intrepid and untiring,
how he provided for his family right gener-
ously, and what grief the bullet Of the detec-
tive has brought to that happy home. That
is how the West bowls in maudlin voice
over The greatest and most brutal brigand OF
the century. On the whole we decidedly
prefer Eastern sentimentalism to the West
ern article. Our sympathy is for the abused
and down-trodden; theirs for the red-handed
outlaw, tne hrru Of - s...e
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

THE newspapers Of the United States
alone, taking all issues of all classes for one
year, make grand total of 2,6s6, 13o, O46
copies, weighing about 1sO,0O0,oO0 pounds,
costing simply as paper sl7,2oo,oo0. TAX
ing these papers to average ~ by Al inches
and placing them in line, they would reach
1O,Olo, 944, 1924 feet, or 1,s96,391 miles, or in
other words, would more than belt the earth
76times, or reach nearly eight times as far
as the moon. The statistics are from Hub
hard's newspaper directory.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

THE city of Charleston, South Carolina,
is one of the cities which has entered yigor-
ously upon the policy Of reducing its public
debt. In 1870 the debt of he city was
S., 241, 709.77. It is now little over 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15
AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT !!
or. Kennedy,s "Favorife Remedy.


Mr.. S. w. Hicks, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchefs
Co.. N. " the son OF Mr.. E. S. Hicks, whose name
may have appeared in this journal IN connection
with an article similar to this, was like bis father,
afflicted with Stone in the Bladder, only that his
case was more serious than his fathers. On the
appearance of the disease the father advised the
son to write to DIR. David Kennedy, of Rondort,
N. u no, he said, would tell him what to do. DR..
Kennedy replied suggesting the use of az ennedys
Fayorite Remedy" which had worked so success
fully in the fathers case. Mr.. Hicks who had been
assured by the local physicians that they could do
nothing more for him, tried "Favorite Remedy" at
a venture. After two weeks use of it he passed o
stone 81 Of an inch long and of the thickness of
pipe-stem Since then he has had no symptoms of
the return of the trouble. Here is sick man
healed. What better results could have been ex-
pectsd? What greater benefit could medical science
confer? The end was gained; that's surely enough.
Dr. Kennedy assures the public, by reputation
which he cannot afford to forfeit or imperil that
the "Favorite Remedy" does invigorate the Blood,
cures Liver, Kidney and Bladder complaints, as
well as all those diseases and weaknesses peculiar
to females. CDR Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for
sale by all druggists
moh26 SIIh&Wlm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

THE Republican State Convention in
North Carolina, which will be held in June,
will have an additional importance on &C
count of the Congressmen-at-Large to be
nominated On the result of this election
the Republicans will base their hope of car
rying the State in 1884.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

sTHH Buddhist religion stands alone the
London Saturday Review says "among the
great religions of the globe as the only one
which has never been propagated by con-
quest or persecution, but which owes its i'm
mense diffusion solely to its moral power"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

THERE are now five Chinese bills before
Congress-two in the Senate, which have
been referred to The committee on foreign
relations, and three in the House, which
went to the committee on education and
labor. Sena-or Farley's and Representative
Berry's bills are Identical, and fix the period
of suspension at 16 years. Those OF Senator
Miller and Representative Page are similar,
and make the limit 10 years, while Repre-
sentative Willis, in another bill puts the
time at Is years. Senator Miller's bill was
the first introduced, will be the first report
ed. and the committee are confident that il
will pass
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

Mr.. GouLD's pleasant way of stepping IN
and pocketing every telegraph enterprise
that opsus, has set afoat the discussion Of a
government telegraph which Rochester
paper finds, the people are fast getting ready
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL Is.

We DO not read anonymous letters and comm an
cations The name and address Of the writ are In
sl cases Indispensable not necessarily for tDhes-
t ID bat as guaranty Of good faith
Ne cannot undertake TO return or preserve CON-
N anicssio;,s that not ured.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

-A ETER the transit saf .Esnus-pAxt -naeam
that interesting event again, at least from a
terrestrial standpoint, till June s, 2004. A
hundred and twenty odd years is a long
time between transits. "a
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

From the Scotch census of 1881 1t APP
pears that of the total population OF $780,
$50 those who speak Gaelic number 23l, ooz'
There are eight registration districts in the
entire country, and Of these that in which
reside the greatest proportionate number
who speak Gaelic is the northwestern,
where III, PA out of the total 1896 speak
it. That in which the least number reside
is the southern, in which the proportion is
81 in a total of 200, All. Of counties, the
three greatest Gaelic speaking ones are In
verness, with so, ATT; Ross and Cromarty,
with sc, 1871; and Argyll, with 80, ll3; the
three least are PEBBLES, with 8; Selkirk,
with 8: and Kirkcudbright, with IL.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

DAvIDS. TURPIE and young Will Eng
fish, the son of his father, are the Demo-
cratic candidates for Congress in the Indian
apolis District. Mr.. English has the inside.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

GooD luck has come back to the french
policy In Tunis. With the submission OF
Bou Amena's fierce tribe comes the simuita-
neous announcement of the surrender OF tne
troublesome and pertinacious hordes endan-
gering the peace with Tripoli. To add to
French cause of graduation, the English
Government, which at first indicated DIS
position to make the Tunis invasion cause
of war, now gracefully consents to recognize
accomplished facts, and France becomes the
undisputed suzerain of the historic shores
that for time disputed the sovereignty OF
the world with Rome herself. The effect
will serve TO greatly rehabilitate the disgraced
Ferry ministry and vindicate Gambetta's adj
roit policy in holding on to the territory,
even though disappearing the methods oil It's
conquest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15
a CARD.
r. @. THOMES

WeuId return his thanks for the liberal
patronage received during his short stay
In Portland; and being obliged to leave
for the West for q short time wal Eaa leave cave
press ST.. who Is one of the eldest Drug
Fists Ia the city, and whose experience
In fitting Of Trusses Is second to none In
the city, will De sure guaranty OF
fair and honorable dealing, and will in.
sure q large share Of patronage: While
absent, Mr.. Dana will apply them and
gnarantee to hold all cases treated by
him or refund the money. -
portland. Auril 4. 1882, ap4d2w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-04-15

A NEW YORK paper regards Mr.. Arthur's
method, which makes himself individually
responsible, as the strongest kind of policy.
National Republican., 1882-12-15
Alexandria Affairs,

There is talk of establishing cotton fac
tory here, and it is believed that with cap
ital of $4,000 one can he started that will
pay ~ per cent. on the money invested. One
gentleman has offered to put $4,000 in the
concern
The schooner Five Sisters has been sold for
$500.
Two of the cars of the fast mail line train
from Richmond jumped the track at Quantico
yesterday on account of broken switch. No
one was injured
A number of presents from Col. John s.
Mosby, consul at Hong Kong, have been re-
ceivcd by Capt Frank Beattie for distribu-
ton among the colonels friends.
The tugs Zeta and Gilmore Meredith are on
the ways at Mcssrs. Agnew & Co.'s shipyard
for repairs. The timbers for the keel of the
new schooner to be built at that yard have
arrived, and the carpenters are now at work
on the vessel.
The ladies' union relief have opened rooms
at the orphan asylum for donations in aid of
the poor.