The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-08-04

Baptist church, Wednesday. lie is in O
serious condition at present.
Mrs. John OConner has gone to
Burlington to attend the funeral her
nephew, Geo. w. Morse, who died
Wednesday after a prolonged illness
lie was young man of much promise
Last Saturday Mr.. Ileman Lang
worthy climbed cherry tree to gather
the fruit, when limb broke under him
and he fell striking his head OIL a fence,
and was considerably stunned, but not
seriously injured. Mr.. Langworthy
evidently needs word of caution about
climbing trees.
- There is a coughing epidemic pas.
sing around, which manifests itself
chiefly in severe and long continued
spasms of coughing, chiefly at night
when in bed. Many children are afilc-
ted with it. Not much matter is rails
ed, and the cough appears to be due
simply to some irritation or other ORR
gin in the throat.
The value of advertising was never
better Illustrated than at Alpena, Mich
igan, a few days ago. A farmer desir-
ing additional harvest hands, went to
town and inserted an advertisement for
two boys. When he returned home
that night he found that his wife had
presented him with twins, both of the
male sex. There's nothing like adver-
Using.
Mrs. Simeon Holton has night
RSo@ s sBSAP yh iaa has R Reep
Monday evening there were three
blossoms open at once. There were
many visitors to enjoy the beautiful
sight and fragrance. Three blossoms
had opened previously at different
times, and there were seven buds left
to open since.
Before our next Issue the much
talked of Jumbo will have come and
gone, and then we will have a short
respite from the worldly Jumboic ways
that infest our village. These deludcd
mortals are in their glory at present,
and in no place is person safe from
their attacks. May this monster of by
gone ages follow his predecessors, 10
return no more.
AS Miss Alice Twitchell and her
friend Miss Hattie Porter of New York
city were returning from drive in
Cornwall the forward wheel of their
carriage came of, which frighteded
their horse into run, but by the pres
ence of mind and good management of
Miss Twitchell it was finally stopped,
and by the timely arrival of Mr.. Chas.
Witheral their wrongs were made right.
1t was considered by those who saw it
a very narrow escape from what might
have resulted in very serious acct
dent.
We regret to announce that III. A
Howe has gone into insolvency, and
will close up his business in Middle
bury. Harry has kept nice store,
and one which all would have been glad
TO have seen him keep up as one of the
permanent features of the place. His
billiard rooms have been well kept and
made a quiet, orderly place of amuse-
ment, which has quite disarmed any
prejudices which may have been felt
against it at first starting. We under
stand he intends to establish himself
elsewhere. c.
Mr.. A. l.. Bingham, of Cornwall,
brought out and left at the Star Mill
bundle of rye which he claims to have
grown from wheat seed. The field,
which was harvested this week, was
two acres in extent and was covered
aging about six feet in high" with
stout, coarse straw and heavy four
rowed heads. There were very few
scattering heads of wheat in the field.
The seed wheat from which the crop
was obtained isl from four successive
crops of wheat. The wheat is known
in Cornwall as the Dean wheat, having
been first introduced and raised by Mr..
F. ii. Dean. Mr.. Bingham has every
year had heavy crops of wheat, sowing
seed each year from the crop of the
preceding year. Mr.. Frank Randall
sowed some of the same seed this year,
which he purchased of Mr.. Bingham
which also has turned out a decided
crop of rye. Mr.. Bingham has raised
no rye for years, and has ground the
flour for his family use this year from
the same wheat which has produced
this rye. He further states that the
seed wheat was run through a separa-
tor last fall, and out of handful con.
tanning about four hundred kernels put
through for test only two grains of
rye were separated. He claims that
the straw is wheat straw, but though it
does present that appearance, close
shows that this is mis-
taho and that the whole plant is clearly |
rye. But he thinks there can be no |
possible mistake about his wheat hav-
ing turned into rye. He does not con-
slider it any laughing matter, either, as
the deceiving crop wss his dependence
for flour.
1t is evident that Mr.. Bingham is |
thoroughly honest in the matter, and is |
not engaged in an attempt TO deceive |
anyone. Nevertheless, the age of mir
acles is past. Sudden transformations |
of this kind are not seen in our day. |
Some years ago there was a warm dis |
cussion in the agricultural papers over
alledged instances of the conversion of |
wheat into chess, but it was finally set |
tied that those who thought they had |
witnessed such change were victims |
OF delnsion. Wheat and rye will not |
hy-bridize any more than dog and a |
cat, and much less could one be trans |
formed into the other in single |
growth. Such would be the belief of
every man at all oOnversant with the |
science ofplant and animal life. 1t is
with no desire to impeach Mr.. Bing-
hams honesty or judgment that we
say it would require the testimony Of
many witnesses capable of forming |
correct conclusions in such matters, |
and thorough investigation of all the
attending the history of
the seed and the field in which il was
sowed, to establish bare presumption |
of the fact of such change.
How is it, then, that Mr.. Bingham
has field of nearly clean rye grown
from the wheat which lie sowed?
There is no doubt of the fact Thn ox