The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-26
the failure is truly deplorable. If the

the failure is truly deplorable. If the
work of the household cannot be &C
complished by order, system and mo-
derate work, without the necessity of
wearing heartbreaking toll, then for
the sake of humanity let the work 60
The woman who spends her life in I'M
necessary labor is, by this very labor,
untitled for the highest duties Of home.
She should be the haven of rest to
which both husband and children turn
for peace and refreshnent. She should
be the careful, intelligent advisor and
guide of one, the tender confidante and
helpmate of the other. How is it pos
sible for woman exhausted in body
as natural consequence in mind also
to perform either of these offices?
Her disposition is ruined, or temper is
soured, her very nature has changed
by the burden which, too heavy to
carry, is dragged along as long as
weared feet and tired hands can do
their part
Lieutenant Bove, who was one of
the officers of the Vega in her cele-
DRAFTED voyage around the world, has
lately returned from an expedition to
South America, preparatory to one
which he proposes to make to the An
tarctic continent. His discoveries in
Terra-del-Fuego confirm the report of
Magellan, which has always been
doubted, that patagonia was at one
time inhabited by gigantic race. In
wandering over the island, Lieutenant
Bove found human craniums and bones
of such an enormous size as to prove
the existence of q race which has now
disappeared. A painful spectacle was
presented to the voyagers on arriving
at Cape Horn. There is not Il ridge on
the coast which does not record a ship
wreck. Every part was covered with
broken planks, masts snapped in pieces,
iron-work twisted by the violence of
the waves. Bove searched among
these fragments in the hope of finding
some data, but, excepting an oar of a.
float, which had the italian name of
Nergeri and a board on which was
written in English, "Yess," he found
no other indication. The Yess was
lost on the island of Nouvo Ammo in
1880. She was magnificent iron YES
sci Of 1900 tons register, and she was
on her last voyage to Valparaiso, laden
with coal and spirits.
The Detroit Free Press has word
to say editorily on the extra
vagance of wealthy people: "The deca-
dence of Rome was marked by the
lavishness and extravaganza of the
rich. The eXpensiveness of their din
ners was one of the most pronounced
symptoms of that unbalanced state of
society in which the few are very rich,
the many poor, If history reports it.
self, this country is on the downward
road; for it is one of the signs of the
times that the very wealthy people in
the country who are puzzled for ways
in which to get rid of their money are
spending it in eXtravagant and luXu-
rious feasts. They vie with one another
in the amounts thus lavished. A
famous dinner given recently by w. X.
cost $4,000, there being 100 guests
present. The furniture, the silver, the
glassware, porcelain, flowers, menus
and wines, are said to have been of the
very choicest. The ladies all wore a
new and special costume. made for the
occasion. The wine bore astoundingly
high prices, and everything was done
upon all features of the entertainment.
Indeed, this was about the only re-
markable feature. The guests were
stupid, except one who was sharp
enough to say that not single good
thing was said between the oysters
and the coffee"
The German geographical society and
similar ASSOCIATIONS the world over are
waiting with eager interest for the de-
tails of Lieutenant Wissmann's explor-
ing expedition in Africa. He has made