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COMMUNICATIONS.
MethoaIsm and the Theator.

MethodiSm and the Theater.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER.
 Whatever justice there may be in the crit ieism of your correspondent "D," I think its effect is very much diminished by the spirit aaainsels from which it proceeds Had he written with more kindness and cour tesy he would have called forth more gene ral response, and produced more lasting i'm pression.
 Christian churches are human organiza- tions with much of the infrmities of human nature in them. They may be criticized or censured, and sometimes deserve to be, but the great and primary object for which they are established and the amount of good they accomplish should never be overlooked or lost sight Of s"D.'' says that a Methodist clergyman. after encouraging amateur theat- ricals in his own church, preached sermon in which theater goers were consigned to perdition Now we all know, both from the creed and history of that church, that even if our Methodist brother thought theater- going henious offense he would have said,
 .'While the lamp holds out to burn.
 The vilest sinner may return'
 You may collect and if you choose pile up mountain high all the peculiarities, incon- sistencies and eccentricities of Methodism, yet the fact remains that having been in ex- lstence little over a century they have done more for the elevation of the human race than all the atheists and infideIs that have lived since Christianity was first instituted, not excepting even Herbert Spencer" to whom t'D." alludes.
 Consistency is 8 beautiful thing. We all admire it. It has been compared to the thread that holds together the necklace of pearls. It might also be compared to an iceberg in mid-ocean at monday. refecting all the prismatic hues of the rainbow like the iceberg, it gives neither heat or Stoical indifference is consistent, but it freezes us by it's coldness. Christian 1 charity melts us by it's love" The apostle l Peter was at times very inconsistent, but his l valor and boldness at the right time far | more than compensates for his want of con l and even now his memorable words | either arouse our combative faculties or call | forth our admiration. ''There is no other | name given under heaven whereby we can be | aved." J. A. D, I
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It must have been terrible state of affairs that caused the Psalmist to ask ssWho can stand before his cold ?'' Tn his day the rem edies were few and doubtful how much hap pier should this generation be that has as household remedy Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup j; so wonderful has been it's cures that millions rise up and call it .sblessed.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29

-, thou knowest my hunger and thirst, How could almost burst Into that unknown land
 Nor wait the Lords command. Thou knowest how here one breath Seems but lingering death. And how my sad heart ponders Ever upon those wonders -- Ever on the end of earth And the wondrous spirit birth. Oh, wondrous birth and life Calmness succeeding strife; Joy in the place of sorrow And forebodings Of the morrow: There, the Eternal presence, Here, constant evanescence; There, rest in full assurance, Here, pain and mere endurance; There, the exultan& shouting, Here, the fearing and the doubting There, sure and blest abodes, Here, wandering on rough roads; There, mighty organ swells, Here, constant tolIing bells. Oh, rest of that land of blias Oh, weariness of this. And canst thou not, my friend, Some of thy new light lend To one who loves thee so, Yet waits and longs below? Canst thou not feed his yearning With something thou art learning? Some hint of the life divine, Some unmistaken sign? watch with my every sense, listen with soul intense: But not whisper comes, And chill my soul benumbs. But out of the sky at last word on the void is cast; On the void single word. But it comes as that of the Lord: As hearken my breath bate, But that word is only-"Wait."
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29

Leading physicians and clergymen use and recom- mend BROWNS IRON BIT- TIERS. It has cured others suffering as you are, and it will cure you.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29
Wait.
BY JOHN HOOKER.

 My friend in the spirit land, With whom I, hand in hand, Have walked so oft on sarth. And till thy new great birth: With whom, as we sat or walked, Of deepest things talked, And of the mysteries vast That we should know at last, Awful and vaguely told, Yet should one day behold;
 -, thou hast beheld them now, Their Fight Is on thy brow; No longer veil between Thine eyes and the once unseen; . No longer from thee concealed, The awful and unreveaIed; In the shadow still stand, But thou in the sun1it land Oh, tell to my longing ear Of thy lffe in that new sphere Oh, tell to my longing heart Where, near or far, thou art What art seeing those eyes of thine That so lately looked in mine? What is hearing thy ravishsd ear That so lately listened here? Oh, lips that So lovingly spakel Can ye not the silence break? Can not the immortal breath Wh .sper the secret of death :?
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29

PROCTOR GROSS 6 MGDIREl. BARGAINS FOR THE COMING WEEK. Ladies, NTerino Pants and Vests, $1 Goods
  CEildrem's A1I- OOI Fancy Hose, 95c. Goods
 PAIR. All our $l, $l.25, $1.5O, $l.62 Cardigan Jackets
  Farmers Satin and Felt Skirts at S to $5 50
 MARKED DOWN FROM soc TO ss. All Silk MerveilIeux, i'm New COlOrings,
 YARD. The Best Prints offered i'm New Haven
 5 CENTS Yard-Wfde Cambrics, lga cent Goods,
  FuP-Trimmed Satin DOImams at SS9.5O.
 REDUCED FROM sicilian Domans Fur-trim at
  selling at 1Oc and 12 1.2c Silk goods, Handkerchefs 17c. aadies ssR 5c each to Real Crochet Collars, always al RealIr selling at $12 watson Armstrong Damask soc  HIarselIes Quilts S1.5O former price good coors, 75c-now 5Oc AZ inches wide. at 37 1-2c
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29

President Eliot of Harvard says something bout .sthe decline of the ministry'' which is
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29

It is estimated that only 2,0O0, GOO of the 10000, GOO voters of France are genuine and steady Republicans. About 2,O00, ,oOO are Monarchists and Imperialists, and 6,Ooo, 900 are Republicans, Monsrchists or Imperialists according to circumstances. If this division of the voters of France is correct the Repub- lie cannot be said to be out of danger.
 Utah Commissioner Pettigrew thinks pc lygamy will die of itself. He has observed that the young men of education are not polygamists. He noticed as singular the fact that only thirty five persons out of 35,ooo who registered last year were polygamists. He attributed this to the advice of the wiser men among them that polygamists should not attempt to vote under this Commission, lest they be placed in the act of opposing it. Their present attitude seemed one of concili- ation.
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{PROF. NARSTON'S NEW WORK

' tl8E M1Ea1tWTVgt v BHEtB HVIFW and acquaint himself with fhe many vital facts therein set forth regarding the various |caI BehflitY, Sexual Decay and other disorders produced by Endiseretions or Ex- cesses. l. eLnhodies the large experience of an eminent physician who has made these diseases life study. Illustrated with coI- pred plate. The MEDICAL WEEKLY sayu, :. Every nan will profit by it's perun&l." Un- til the present edition ig exhausted . copy will be sent free on application to the
 IEDT C0., 19S Fulton St., New York.
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Logansport, Ind. Dec. T, 1880.
 For long time I have been a sufferer from stomach and kidney disease. My appetite was very poor and the very small amount I did eat disagreed with me. Twas annoyed very much from non-retention of urine. 1 tried many remedies with no success, until I used Browns Iron Bitters. Since used that my stomach does not bother me any. Mya appetite is simply immense. My kidney trouble is no more, and my general health is such, that I feel like a new man. After the use of Browns Iron Bitters for one month, 1 have gained twenty, pounds in weight. O. B. SARGENT.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29
Priceg FOur Cents.
,MyBaCk!

That's a common expres- sion and has a world of meaning. How much suf- fering is summed up in it.
 The singular thing about it is, that pain in the back is occasioned by so many things. May be caused by kidney disease, liver com plaint, consumption, cold, rheumatism, dyspepsia, over work, nervous debility, &c.
 Whatever thecause, don't neglect it. Something is wrong and needs prompt attention. No medicine has yet been discovered that will so quickly and surely cure such diseases as BROWNS IRON BITTERs, and it does this by commencing at the foundation, and mak- ing the blood pure and rich.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29

The movement to save Niagara Falls and it's surroundings from modern vandals is worthy of support. The association recently organized in New York to secure the opening of the land around the Falls and it's preser- vation for public park desires to enlist the cooperation of everybody who is interested in the movement. People are asked to sub scribe membership fee of S1o, and with the funds obtained in this way it is proposed to keep up agitation of the matter until something is accomplished. The Legislature will be urged to authorize the purchase of the land for the State and adopt the plan for it's Improvement proposed by ths State survey in 1879. Subscriptions may be sent to the secretary, Robert Lenox Bslknsp, IT Broad street, or the treasurer, Charles Lanier, 2G Nassau street, New York.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-29

T object to the postal telegraph, D says an official who has given much attention to such matters, "for the reason that it will cause 8 large increase in the number of political place holders, and we have enough already. The government could not, would not and should not buy the Gould system at the fig- ures it is held. and do not believe the gov ernment should enter into competition against private companies. The Western Union, Mutual Union, and other systems now in existence could be duplicated for o,o00, 900, and they could not be bought for $50, 900, 900. The $60,00O, GOO repre- sents water, and $6o. .ooo, 900 is too much to pay for water, particularly when it is of doubtful purity. I think the government should go slow in this businessn
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E.L.WaShburn, M.D.,
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 Curvature and De-
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ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS

Orders from the Wholesale or Retail Trade prompt ly filled at manufacturers prices.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21
Potatoes Recipes by Mi 8 Corson.

SMALL POTATOES, STEwED.--Wa ash
small potatoes of even size, rubbing
the skins off with cloth if they are
new, or peeling them smoothly and
thinly; put them over the fire in suffi-
cient actually boiling water to cover
them, with a tablespoonful of salt, and
boz them fast, only until they are ten
der enough to pierce with fork; then
at once drain them, dust them with
pepper and salt, and pour over them
two tablespoonfuls of butter. melted 10y
gentle heat for each pint of potatoes;
shake them gently to distribute the
butter evenly, and then serve them
very hot.
FRIED POTATOEs.-Peela and slice
quart of potatoes quite thin, and drop
them into cold water as they are sliced;
put two heaping tablespoonfuls of lard
or sweet drippings into Il thick frying
pan, then put in the potatoes without
draining them, season them with pep
per and salt, put a cover over them,
and cook them for about fifteen
minutes, or until they are tender,
stirring them frequently to insure
even cooking, and prevent burning
then serve them hot.
FRIED HAsHED POTATOES.-Pee
half dozen cold boiled potatoes, slice
them thin, and cut them in small dice;
put two tablespoonfuls of butter or
sweet drippings in frying pan over
the fire, and when the fat begins to
smoke put in the potatoes; season
them rather lightly with pepper and
salt, stir them occasionally to prevent
burning, brown them quickly, and
serve them hot. Small bits of cold ham
or bacon can be fried with the pota-
toes, To vary the flavor Of the dish.
MASHED PoTAToEs.-Peel and slice
quart of potatoes, put them over the
fire in sufficient boiling water to cover
them, with tablesp 1onful of salt, and
boil them only until tender; then drain
them; add to them the yolk of a raw
egg, a tablespoonful of butter, pala-
table seasoning of salt, and quarter of
a saltspoontul each of white pepper
and nutmeg, and either mash them
smoothly with Il potato masher, or beat
| them with a fork; then put them
/ lightly on dish and serve them hot.
SARATOGA PoTAToEs.-Peel and
slice the potatoes, put them into cold
water containing tablespoonful of
salt, or bit of alum as large as grain
of corn to each quart, and let them
stand over night, or for several hours.
Heat frying kettle half full of fat;
drain the potatoes, and dry them on a
clean towel; when the fat is smoking
hot put in the potatoes, fry them golden
brown, and then take them up with a
skinner and put them into colander;
sprinkle them with salt, shake them
thoroughly, and then serve them.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21
SELECT SETTINGS.

Mesmer first published his doctrines
concerning mesmerism in 1866.
The milk of the three cows in Sitka,
Alaska, is sold at eighty cents a quart.
The largest COW in America, so
termed by the Western press, belongs
to John Pratt, of Chase county, Kan
sas. She is three years old and weighs
5000 pounds.
While Michael Davitt was in Port
land prison somebody sent him some
flower seeds taken from an Egyptian
tomb, and when planted they bios
somed. This is the second recent in
stance of obtaining flowers from seeds
thousands of years old.
A novel method is adopted in China
to protect carrier pigeons from birds
of prey. An apparatus made of about
ten small bamboo tubes is attached to
the pigeons tail in such way that a
shrill whistling sound is produced by
the rush of air across the tubes.
An exchange says: A singular feat
is reported from Ireland. A man
named Walsh backed himself to cross
Tough Neagh under water, distance
of four and half miles. in eleven
hours, maximum depth eleven faith
oms. Wash entered the water at Ard
more Point at half-past 3 and at half
past he emerged again at Kenning
Point, having satisfactorily accom-
plished his task. The man was diver
at Liverpool, and was urged on by
another diver named Quinn, of Glas-
gov. The wager was 81, 800.
The arastras used in some of the
Nevadan mines are run by sand. A
windmill runs belt containing a great
number of buckets, and these carry
the sand up to a big tank, just as grain
elevators carry wheat to Touring
mill. A stream of sand being let out
upon the overshot wheel. it revolves
just as it would under the weight of Il
move steadily on at their work. When
there is much wind the sand is stored
up for use when calm prevails, 50 the
arastras are never idle. After a suhi-
cient quantity of sand has been ac.
cumulated there is no more trouble on
that score, the same sand being used
over and over.
Captain Webb's death a. Niagara re-
calls the similar fate of a man in
Sicily just 100 years ago. FicholaS,
surnamed the diver" on account of
his many wonderful exploits, under
took in the presence of thousands of
spectators to dive to the bottom of the
Sicilian gulf, where there is a danger
Gus whirlpool, and bring up something
which had been thrown in. He made
the attempt and succeeded. Again
something more precious was thrown
in, and he again succeeded. Finding
that in the second attempt he encoun-
tered some submarine difficulties which
he had not expected, he declined to
make another attempt, but, Sicilian
nobleman throwing in a gold cup
studded with brilliants as the prize
he dived into the surf and was never
seen again.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21
American Triumph at Amsterdam.

The Mason & Hamlin Organ and
Piano Company have just received the
following cable dispatch from Mr.. c.
G. Bender, their agent in Holland, now
representing them at the Worlds Ex-
position at Amsterdam: "Receired
Diploma Of Honor, the rery highest
auard." The Mason & Hamlin cabi-
net organs were placed in competition
at this great exhibition with a large
number from the leading makers of
Europe and America, and this award
is but continuation of their unbroken
series of triumphs at all the great
worlds exhibitions for the last 10
years. Mason & Hamlin have now
won the highest awards at Paris, 1867:
Vienna, 1873; Santiago, 1876; Phila-
delphia, 1876; Paris, 1878; Milan,
1881, and Amsterdam, l863.-BoSton
Journal. /'---
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21
ty-three pounds in all He says we

ty-three pounds in all He says we
should try and make richer barnyard
manure, because it costs no more to
draw out and spread a ton of manure
containing sixty pounds of nitrogen,
and the other essentials in like pro-
portion.
An agricultural paper which strong
ly advocates the use of air-slacked lime
as a fertilizer says: Lime is the
driving wheel in the manurial labora-
tory, starting all the rest into action,
and imparting to a soil that life and
power that is necessary in the produe-
ton of good crops. Application of
lime should be made every four or five
years, and organic matter in some
form every year, and if this is done
any land will produce paying crops.
The farmer who has not tried it
should go about it at once.
The editors of the Journal Of Com
parattce Uedicine and Surgery, aveteri-
nary magazine, in an answer to a
Texas correspondent, object to the con-
tinued administration of sulphur to
animals for the purpose of curing skin
diseases or destroying parasitic insects.
They say that it is dangerous, as cit
has produced rheumatism in man and
beast" when used long and freely.
They recommend in place of sulphur
carbolic acid or white precipitate ONT
ment, one dram to an ounce of lard.
This is safer, and more sure to destroy
lice and ticks.
A writer in gardening Illustrated
finds broken pieces of bones of value
for use in draining pots. The plants
suck the fertilizing quality out of the
bones, and make a more vigorous
growth than plants drained with
broken crockery. The experiments
have been continued for three years,
and so marked las been the superiority
in the growth Of the plants in the pots
supplied with bones that the gardener
could tell at once which they were, be-
fore examining them, by the luxriant
growth.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21
Popular Sayings from Pope.

Shoot folly as it flies.
Lo, the poor Indian
Whatever is, is right.
Damn with faint praise.
Order is Heavens first law.
Guide, philosopher and friend.
Die of Il rose in aromatic pain.
Breaking butterfly upon wheel.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
Mistress of herself, though China
fall.
Honor and fame from no condition
rise.
Look through nature up to natures
God.
The proper study of mankind is
man.
The feast of reason and the flow Of
soul.
Man never is, but always to be,
blest.
Pleas'd with rattle, tickle with a
straw.
A little learning is dangerous
thing.
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread.
Willing to wound and yet afraid to
strike.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21
Farm and Garden Notes.

Chicks should not be fed Immediately
after they are Matched.
Where the grass is not dewy sheep
should have drink. Salt once week
is needful
Remove the weeds from the high
ways skirting your farms before the
seeds mature.
Mr.. Isaac Bearse, of Meddybemps,
Me, whose farm is situated in woods,
credits crows with keeping his potato
field free from beetles.
A half bushel of lime and eight
pounds of powdered sulphur make a
whitewash for trees and outbuildings
to kill insects. Put some on chicken
roosts.
Leading members of the Kansas
State Horticultural society agree upon
the following distances apart to plant
trees: Apple trees, thirty-two feet
each way is none too much; pear,
standards, sixteen feet; dwarfs, ten
feet; peach, twenty feet; plum, ten
feet; cherry, twenty feet.
Every fowl-house should face the
south, and, if possible, be upon dry
ground. Any available ground pro.
tected by groves, hedges, stone walls,
or by buildings of any kind, may lie
used for this purpose. Fowls suffer
very much from cold storms and wind,
and any protection against these is
very valuable as a preventive of colds
and Group.
Harris, in his "Talks on Manure"
says: We draw out ton of fresh
manure and spread it on the land in
order to furnish the growing crops
with twelve and three-quarter pounds
of nitrogen, six and half pounds of
phosphoric acid and thirteen and a
half pounds Of potash-less than thir-
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21
Old Methods of Lighting.

Young and even middle-aged people,
accustomed to the convenience of the
modern lucifer-match, can hardly i'm
agine the time when the Undertook,
with its clumsy flint and steel and
broad birthstone matches, was the only
means of procuring a light. Some
people We're more skilful than others
in striking a light and blowing the
spark and match to a flame; but of en-
On wintry morning it was weary
work with the servant who had to
kindle the first fire if the finder hap
pened to be damp, or worn out, or the
lint and steel =" in temper" Indeed,
in some houses arushlight was in some
bedroom or other always burnt, so that
in case of sudden illness, or any disas-
ter, there might be light ready. The
rushlight, having, as its name implies,
rush wick, was about fifteen inches
long and was burnt in huge perfo-
rated shade: it was the farthing rush.
light" which very poor people We're
said to use for other purposes than a
night-light. The picture of half
starved seamstress in her garnet would,
in those days, have been incomplete
without the thin rush candle; but its
flame was so feeble that 1 can hardly
fancy any eyes could have served to
thread a needle by it.-L0ndon Society.
q
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-21


Extending to the end of my toes and 3
my brain
(Which made me deliriousl
"From agony.
" 1t took three men to hold me on my bed
at times.
"The doctors tried in vain to relieve me.
But to no purpose.
Morphine and other opiates
Had no effectl
"After two months was given up to del
"When my wife
Heard neighbor tell what Hop Bitters
had done for her, she at once got and gave
me some The first dose eased my brain
and seemed to go hunting through my sys,
tenn for the pain.
1.-THE second dose eased me so much that
| slept two hours, something had not done
for two months. Before had used five bot.
ties was well and at work, as hard as any
man could, for over three weeks; but worked
too hard for my strength, and taking hard
cold, was taken with the most acute and
painful rheumatism all through my system
that was ever known. 1 called the doctors
again, and after several weeks they left me
cripple ON crutches for life, as they said. J
met friend and told him my case, and he
said Hop Bitters had cured him and would
cure me. 1 poohed at him, but he was so
earnest I was induced to use them again. In
less than four weeks l threw away my
crutches and went to work lightly and kept
on using the Bitters for five weeks, until
became as well as any man living, and have
been so for six years SINCE 1t also cured
my wife, who had been so for years; and has
kept her and my children we'll and hearty
with from two to three bottles per year.
There is no need to be sick at all if these
Bitters are used.-J. J. BEBK, ex-Supervisor.
"That poor invalid wife!
"Sister!
"Motherl . = =,
cor daughter!
"Can be made the picture of healthl
"Wth few bottles of Hop Bitters!
"WtH you let them suffer-"