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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16

A Partisan banker has the misfortune
to possess wife who is addicted to
gambling Year after year she goes to
Monaco and loses large sums on the
green cloth. Her husband has been at
his wits end to stop the evil without re-
sorting to harsh measures. At last
happy thought struck him. Calling to
him confidential clerk named Armand,
who was unknown to his wife, he
gave him instructions to follow the
lady and to attend daily at the gaming
table. Armand was tod to watch
carefully the way that she s:aked
her money, and also always to
place a similar amount on the opposite
color. BY this means the banker hoped
that he would be able to hedge the
sums staked by his wife, and that the
only loss he could possibly experience
would be the general expenses incurred
by his clerk. \ short time elapsed, and
the husband received among his CORE
spondence one morning two letters from
Monochrome from his wife, the other
from NJ. Armand. Opening the first, he
found but two lines, but those were to
the point. The lady had experienced
loss of 60, 900 francs and wrote for more
money. Turning to the next letter, with
some satisfaction at his own shrewdness,
he read as follows:
"Kind friend and patron, have i'm.
plicitly followed your instructions, but |
have never worked so hard in my life.
Madame arrives at the casino at midday
and never leaves the table till midnight.
Twelve hours without eating or drinking
is no joke. However, | have nothing to
complain Of / have won go, 600 francs,
and as am not ambitious, am content
to stop there. Istart ut once for Mont
duvon, charming little town where
was born, and where my cousin awaits
me, to whom am about TO be married.
Knowing the interest you take in my wei.
fare shall be indeed proud if you will
be present at our wedding. OF the
30, 900 francs, you intrus,ed me with
there remain T., PHI francs, q confines,
which | remit in a bank check. The
balance has been expended in my hotel
bill and other incidental items.
"Yours, etc., ARMAND"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
Thorough Gardening.

A common error in management, says
an exchange, is to occupy more garden
ground that can be well MANFRED and
we'll cultivated A square rod with q
deep, rich soil, thoroughly cared for, will
give better returns than half an acre full
of weeds and scant of half-grown, I'M
eatabe vegetables. Set apart no more
ground than can be trenched or sub
|soiled, thoroughly underdrained, well and
deeply MANFRED, and kept clean and
mellow the season through. Many gar
dens are too hard and have heavy soil.
This may be improved and corrected by
manure and deep tillage. There is still
another remedy, where the material is at
hand, and that is sand. Draw on from
one to four inches and spread over the
surface. Try it on limited scale and
observe its effect. Do not try to 90 over
much ground at once, but work thor
oughly. The sand will become gradually
|intermiXed by cultivation, and it will
stay there century. 1t does not waste
AWAY like manure. 1t can neither dis
solve nor evaporate. Exchange.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
A Story Of Golden Fisli-N0Oks

E. j. Smith, the county coroner has
four gold tish-hools that he uncarthed in
the South American placers. He was
mining in a river bed near the city Of
Call, in the State Of Cauca, United States
of Columbia, in 1866, when he pulled up
small tree by the roots, and there in the
sand lay an even bakers dozen of regu-
larly shaped gold fsh-hooEs of the ordi-
nary size. They are not bent in the Linn
crick fashion. Without doubt they are
the work of prehistoric Indians governed
by the Incas. When Mr.. Smith returned
to San Francisco he gave some away, lost
others and nov has only four left He
has been repeatedly asked to put his
price on these, but refuses to 90 SO. The
other day he refused an oiTer OF twenty
dollars for one.
1t was such trides rs these that excited
the avarice of lizarro and other vandals,
who tore down better governments than
ever occupied the same territory since
Tucson (Ar.s)aa) citizen.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
WHAT 4 BABY CAV DO.

A baby can wear out dollar pair of
kid shoes in twcnty-four hours. 1t can
keep it, father busy advertising in the
newspapers for nurse. 1t can occupy
both sides of the largest sized bed manu-
featured simultaneously 1t can make
the author of its beings wash bills foot
up to So week and not be feeling at all
well. 1t can crowd to suffocation the
smoking car of II railroad train with in
dignant passengers between two stations.
1t can cause its father to be insulted by
every sccond-cass boarding house
keeper in the city who ''nevcr takes chill
dren." 1t can make an old bachelor in
the room adjoining use language that, if
uttered on the street, would get him in
the penitcntiary for two years. 1t can,
in ten minutes, drive man frantically
from his home and cause him to seek the
companionship of locomotive blowing
off steam -Paiiddephja call.
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Oiling XyaEn,l Wheels.

81 have wagon of which, six years
ago, the felloes shrunk so that the tires
became loose. | gave it good coat Of
hot oil, and every year since it has had Il
coat of oil or paint, sometimes both.
The tires are tight yet, and they have not
been set for eight or nine years. Many
farmers think that rs soon as wagon fell
loes begin to shrink they must g at once
to blacksmith shop and get the tire
set. Instead of doing that, which is
often a damage to the wheels, causing
them to dish, if they will get some lin
seed oil and heat it boiling hot and give
the felloes all the oil they can take, it
will fill them up to their usual size and
tighten to keep them from shrinking,
and also to keep out the water. Ii you
do not wish to go to tie trouble OF mix
ing paint you can heat the oil and tie Il
rag TO stick and swab them over rs long
as they will take oil. 4 brush is more
convenient TO use, butt swab will answer
if you do not wish to buy brush. 1t is
quite a saving of money to look after the
woodwork Of farm machinery. Alter
nate wetting and drying Injuries and
causes the best wood soon to decay and
lose its strength unless kept well painted.
1t pays to keep little oil on hand to oil
fork handles, rakes, neck yolles, whiffle-
trees and any Of the small tools en- the
farm that are more or less exposed"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16

When drying the face always rub down,
as rubbing both ways tends to roughen
the skin.
Boiled sweet potatoes left over from
dinner are very nice for breakfast when
thnly sliced and fried.
When peeling onions place pin tight
ly between the front teeth. This pre-
vents the tears from coming.
Silver or silver plated knives should be
wiped with damp cloth and thoroughly
dried as soon as the meal is over. If left
for half hour or so, they are apt to be
stained.
Lemon fritters are delicious. To enc
cup of milk and one egg allow the juice
and pulp of one lemon. These may be
served with sauce; in that case add the
grated peel of half the lemon to flavor
the sauce.
Stale buns may be made to taste as
nicely as when fresh if they are dipped
for Il moment or 50 in cold water and
then put in a hot oven for five or ten
minutes They will turn out as light
and crisp as when first baked.
Make small square bag of flannel,
leaving one end partly open. In this
put all the remnants of soap us the pieces
become too small to handle easily. When
the bag is filed, baste up the opening,
and it makes good bath-tub arrange
mCnt.
To make steak tender put three table
spoonfuls of salad oil and one tablespoons
full of vinegar, well mixed together ON "A
large fiat dish, and on this lay the steak.
salt must now be put on the steak be-
fore it is cooked. The steak must lie on
the tender making mixture for at least
hnif an hour to side. The toughest
steak will succumb to this and be per
fectly tender when cooked.
A novel way to make tomato SCUM is
to take one pint of tomatoes, either
canned or fresh; if fresh, have one pint
after they are stewed; pick up IA teacup-
| full of nice white goldfish; to this add
three pints of water, tablespoonful OF
butter. When these have boiled for half
an hour, add one pint of sweet milk, and
Just before sending to the table, and after
the soup is in the tureen, add half q
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
MORRIS & IRELAND,
BOSTON MASS.
Continued from last ,oeek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

This process of manufacture was invented
by James Boss, who started in business in
1854, and the methods and tools used in
making these watch cases are covered by
patents. This is Me only watch case made
under this process. For many years the in
PRODUCTION of these goods was slow, owing
to popular prejudice against "plated" goods,
but gradually the public learned that the
james Boss Gold Watch Case was not
cheap gold-uashed or electro-plated article,
but was made of genuine gold plates Of
standard quality and thickness. Conscientious
adherence to the determination to make
the best watch case ever put on the market,
and the adoption of every Improvement
suggested, has made the James Boss Gold
Watch Case the STANDARD. .o,0e y s.,x
In this watch case the parts - -
most subject to wear-the bow, crown, hinges
humb-catches, ETC., are made OF SOLID GOLD.
stamp Keystone Watch Case Factories, Phila
depha handsome Illustrated Pamphlet showing how
James Boss and keystone Watch Eases made.
TO be eontinued.)
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
Too Many Doctors.

Witness the large number of doctors
in every city struggling for mere exist
encc, and see how very few out of the
whole number really do the work. See
how in almost every country village
good practice for two or three men is
picccmealed by sharp and often acri-
monious competition, to the dctrimcnt
of all. 1t would seem that in acalingso
high, SO noble, so sacred men fit for
such ministry should be sought for; but
the great question of tie young graduate
is not, "Who wants meg but
"Who will employ me-" not "Who
needs me q but Where can | get liv-
ing y In the case of four physicians
dying, each in country village, during
the last year | am credibly informed
that in one instance two, in another
three, in the third five, and in the fourth
case seven new men came to look the
field over within ten days after the doc
tors death, sometimes before the burial.
In one case ten attended the funeral, and
in another the widow had three letters
from aspirants for the vacant place while
the body Of her husband still lay in tho
house.
1t is hackneycd saving, with which
too many ears are ticked, that " there is
always room for good men" Applied
to the present condition OF our profession,
it is false. Were only good men and the
best men admitted, i would undoubtedly
be true. But all over the land in city
and country, are weil-educated, cult
waited gentlemen, honest and loyal, striv-
ing in vain to secure II competence-ycs,
a bare living even-and too often is dis
appointment mingled with shame
and modification at the success
of ignorant and unprincipled rivals.
l have said that the evil
results of the excess in numbers are mani
fold. 1t leads to over-practice and to
bad practice. The man who is hard
pushed, who has few patients and needs
more, is tempted to make much of little,
to magnify the importance of his cases,
both in his own mind and to his patrons;
to make uncalledfor visits, and to give
too much medicine; an unnecessary medi-
cation ceases te be rational. Patients are
injured in mind and body. The COM
munity is injured by teaching the people
TO attach undue importance to trivial
diseases, and to overestimate the value
of treatment therein. Legitimate, honest
practice suffers in reputation; money is
obtained under false pretences. -Ne0
York Medical Record
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
TIE WRONG PAREN 7.

"You know Blank, don't your"
quericd a citizen, as he entered a Griswold
street Office yesterday.
Yes"
Have you any influence with him9"
"Well l may have"
"Then you are the man to go to him.
He has a son about sixteen years old!"
eyes"
"That boy is on the road to ruin be-
cause his father is too goodnatured and
too much wrapped up in business. Seems
to me it is your duty to 90 to that man
and tell him in friendly way that he
must exercise more government or his
boy will be lost"
I" don't think Tn the man," replied
the other, as he chewed at a blotting- pad
and gazed out of the window.
L" But why!"
Well, I've got boy about the same
age, and I'm just going up to the police
court to pay a fine of $50 for him smash
ing up saloon furniture! Try the next"
Detroit Free Press.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
A STRONG GIRL.

"Uncle Abe" said woman, address
ing a colored gentleman of prominence,
"1'se got some mighty bad news fer yer"
"What is it, chilel'
else jes from yer house an yer boy
is dun glib up by de doctors"
Dat so? Use glad ter hear it."
"W'y, Uncle Abe, yer oughter be
'shamed oh yourself"
"Dat's whar yer's wrong. Eff dat
doctor has been workin' on dat boy now
fer two weeks an at las has ter gin him
up, it shows dat de boy is a mighty
strong chile. Had ter gin him up, did
he? ur haw, haw. Doctor fins obsteckles
in the way when he comes cr foolin'
'roun' my family. "-Arkansa,o Irareler.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16

tcaspoonful of bi-carbonate of soda;
send foaming to the table. This is very
appctizing soup.
Indian meal cake is made of one pint
meal and half pint of wheat flour.
Sift them together. Then mix n tea
spoonful of baking powder and about
the same quantity of salt. Mix three
quarters of a pound of sugar and half u
pound of butter together; beat until light
and creamy then add to this four we'll
beaten eggs, half a cup of sweet milk, q
little nutmeg and cinnamon. Then stir
in a little at time the meal and flour.
This should be baked slowly and long
time in well buttered tins.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
farm and GarGea Neto..

Let the poultry into the plum orchard
and get rid of the curculo.
Fanny Field says to make duck raising
profitable they must be kept for all they
arc worth-eggs, feathers, and for
market.
Peach trees can be most advantageously
transplanted at one year old, as they can
then be lifted without cutting any of the
main roots
Fowls delight to scratch in loose
ground, and if a portion of their yard
Is dug up at intervals it will afford them
the exercise they so much need.
Soils of close, heavy texture require
thorough drainage. A LIBERAL application
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
THE WITS OF THE PRESS.
BRIGHT SMILES THAT HAUNT THE
FUNNY NEWSPAPERS.
I'm the PariOr+The yNr ng Parent
A strong GhiId-flritc n POin err
WHAT IA BABY Can DO.
IN THE PARLOR.


IN THE PARLOR.
"What does your sister say about me2"
asked a young man of the small brother
of the maiden he thought he loved.
''Oh, lots ~ sententiously exclaimed
the precocious boy.
"Well, tell me-" said the youth, in a
coaxing voice.
"Shc says you've got lots of money"
"Well, what elsel'
81 don't like to tell"
ooh, come ; tell me and I'll give you
some candy"
"Well, she says that if she ever married
you she'd loan you to Farmer Cornstalk
for a scarecrow.n
SIS that alll" he sarcastically inquired.
ooh, no! She said if it wasn't for
your ears the toppart of your head would
be an island. and that if your nose was a
little longer you could stir your coffee
with it, and if"
But the young man had closed the
front door after him and was scooting
down the street Oh a dog trot.-NcaO
York Journal.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16

Flax is still largely imported, notwith-
standing the large production of the
West, which is mostly grown for seed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16

Highlanders believe that wound
from stays horn is incurablc, and that
a dog pierced by it either dies from gan
creme, becomes paralylic, epileptic or
stupid.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17

bran. Two pounds lost by milling in
each case. This shows the dough state
made the most -four, the ripest making
the least -four and the most bran. Bran
is made at the expense of -four by stand
ing late.
BRAN as it is now made consists
almost wholly of the husk of the grain,
and is rich in oil and in phosphates.
But 1t is not SO good o feed as when the
inner husk of the grain is mixed with it.
This Is sometimes called shorts and
sometimes coarse middlings. This
mixed with the bran makes an excellent
food, as it contains gluten and starch.
For dairy COWS it is the best of all feeds
for producing milk, but for butter it is
better to mix third part of corn meal
or cottOn-seed meal or both with the
bran and middlings. A moderate ration
OF this mixed feed is three pounds daily;
full ration is six or eight pounds. It
will pay to use this even for COWS on
pasture when rich milk is desired, as it
largely increases the quantity of cream
In the milk. 1t may be fed to the COWS
dry, or may be given to them with some
short grass or clover, moistened little,
so that the meal cannot be swallowed
without adequate mastication.
Dni1D
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
kHAME.'


In grave old Egypt where the shadowy stream
OF the Nile sweeps by on its way to the sea,
And with sullen murmur slides in between
Where huge high walls frown frettngly;
High up in the cliff Ger the water's how,
There sit three carven figures of stone,
Somber and grand from a kingly throne,
Each looking wide DER the stream below.
Silent, majestic, in garments olden,
Bulwarks 'gainst time they seem to dream
Of the time when ERypts days were goldenf
And argosies peopled this old, old stream.
Nations of earth arose and fell,
And races of kings in procession swept
Before the gaze of these kings of stone
Ere Rome went warning Helen wept.
million suns with level ray
Have lighted those gloomy features, calm
A thousand storms have pitiless beat
The scars that were kissed by dews OF balm.
Oh. kingly formsl Oh, ancient of days
Oh, scepterless kings Ger fallen races
Is it true that We speak when the sun ray warns
And lights at dawn your age-worn faces?
In ecorn imperial there they are,
Seated on thrones of eternal hills;
While the Nile grows hoarse with rocks that bar,
And mans short life is filled with ills.
Wrapped in an eternal calm,
With shadows of pain in the slumbrous eyes,
They viii last till life-course is run,
And in formess dust our Nation lies.
sKhame, Land of Shadow, poedcal name 70
FQypk
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
How to Travel Without a Ticket.

A "Traveler writes to London
Truth: {" Perhaps the following story
may be interesting to some of your
readers if they ever should be under
necessity of travelling without ticket:
The other day, on the--Railway, q
man got into one of the carriages and
presently began talking to fellow-pas-
senger. After time he asked the gen.
tleman whether he had heard the story
about how q man travelled without q
ticket. The gentleman said he had not;
SO the man asked him to lend him his
ticket, that he might show him how it
was done, and began fiddling about with
it, but pretended that the story had
slipped out Of his head, but that he
would be sure to remember it soon.
After time the train got near London,
and as the man still could not remember
the story he returned the gentleman his
ticket. This struck the gentleman as
beng very curious, and so he watched
the man. Then the man got to the bar
1ier and was asked for his ticket he said
he had given it up, but the ticket col
lector denied it, and after good deal of
alteration the man pulled some silver
out of his pocket and was about to pay for
hisfare when he Suddenly said (produc-
ing small piece of ticket that he could
prove that he had given up the ticket,
because he remembered playing about
with in the train and tearing off a small
piece, and that If the ticket collector
looked he would find ticket with the
piece torn off. On looking the ticket
collector found ticket with piece
torn off, and of course Immediately beg
ged the man thousand pardons."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
FINALLY GETS THERE.

Sealskin sacque
In the store;
Wife looks back,
Eyes 1t DER.
Says to husband.
Saint it nice %
He shuts eyelids
Like a wise.
Shakes his head
Sadly, " No !" I.
Grabs her arm,
Home they go.
Drops of water,
One by one,
Will wear away
The hardest stone.
Ere the falls
Backbone's broke,
Wifey wears
Sealskin cloak.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17

A TURTLE weighing sixty pounds was
recently captured in pond near Bowl
ing Green. Ky. 1t was placed in the
pond ten years ago, and since that time
has gained twenty five pounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17

TIE Wild carrot is one of the weeds
that should be most dreaded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17

Make crust of one pint of -four, half
of a cup of lard, half teaspoontnl of
salt, dissolved in a tablespoonful of hot
water, one and half teaspoonfuls of
cream tartar, one and aquarter cups of
-four. Cut the steak into small pieces
and stew with dozen small potatoes
and six onions. Line the dish with the
paste, put in the stew; season and cover
with top crust and bake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17

Boil ham, remove the skin and set
away until cold. Rub all over with a
well beaten egg. Mix together two cups
of rolled crackers, tablespoonful Of
melted butter and milk enough to make
a thick paste; spread thickly over the
ham and set In the oven to brown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
ROAST DUCKS.

Clean the ears and feet of the pig well
and boil in sailed water until tender.
Pack IN stone jar and cover with a
pickle made of two quarts OF vinegar,
two tablespoonfuls of white sugar, three
dozen black peppers. little mace and q
half dozen cloves, boiled five minutes.
The souse will be ready for use in three
days.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17

Three eggs, one and half cups of
sugar, one-haf cup of milk, one-half
teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonfuI of
cream tartar, two cups of -four, one-half
cup of sugar, whites of two eggs; bake
in layers, frost each layer and sprinkle
with grated cocoanut.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
SWEETBREADs.

Parboil and let them stand in cold
water for half an hour. Wipe dry and
place in oven in a pan in which has been
put a cup of water and tablespoonful
Of butter. When brown remove and roll
in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs
and return to the oven again. When
brown remove them and serve imme-
diately.