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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
DESTROYING Ticks.

A lady tells in the orange county
F0lWe1' how her father destroyed ticks
on lambs and sheep. She says: "Ile
took all old-fashioned tin morn, which
had become useless from the mouth
piece being broken of, fitted a wooden
plug in the large end, bored a hole IN
the plug large enough to admit the
nozzle of a bellows, filled the horn
with tobacco, put in a coal of fire, and,
stopping up with the wooden plug,
insert the bellows and it is ready for
use. Instead of waiting till he had a
flock of lambs to be good food tor
ticks, he would take the old sheep in
February or March and, opening the
wool along the back, would fill the
fleece with tobacco smoke, and in a
few minutes the ticks would be done
for. ] never knew it to take mor
than two applications to rid the sheep
entirely of ticks. | have helped him
smoke 100 sheep in a day, and it is
much better than making a bath OF
tobacco. The same process will kill
lice on cattle"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
What They Are Made of.

Young men, have you been enticed
into the use of cigarettesp DO you
know how they are made? | will tell
you. Old, castaway ci~gar-stumps are
used in their manufacture. Boys are
employed to gather them from hotels,
bar-rooms, sidewalks or wherever they
are thrown. Collectors buy them, aud
send them to the manufactures by the
barrel. No MISTER how disgusting the
spot from whence they are picked
whether from the spittoon with its
dangerous saliva. or the gutter with its
lilth-the foul refuse finds its way into
the mouths and nostrils of the cigar
ette-smoker. But even this is not the
worst of it. These cigar-stumps have
been in the mouths of all sorts of men
-drunkards, fast young men, rotten
old roues, whose very kiss, or touch,
or even the pencils they have held in
their mouths, might communicate the
foulest and most fearful disease that
comes to a human being. knowing
this, can Won ever put a cigarette in
YOUR mouth again? Commence the
new year with the resolution to let
smoking alone and let nothing tempt
you to swerve from it, Christian Id
rOcdte.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
Shcep Snfcresf.
Value Of Eve lambs.

The tempting prices obtainable for
really choice early lambs has yearly
proved q greater temptation than
many owners could resist, and the
result has been that quite a number of
W lambs are sacrificed at the sham
bles, TO the serious detriment of flock
Improvement; rs well as ultimate loss
to owners of the country. As in a
majority of instanccs the sires of these
lambs are better bred animals than
are the dams, their preservation would
prove a long stride in the direction of
flock improvement, and if the owner
feels compelled to restrict the number
of animals handled, a rigid culling
from the older ewes and filling their
places from the choicest W lambs,
should be a policy from which no tenn
porary demand tor ''lamb and spring
peas" tempts him to deviate. So long
as the eve lamb is a superior bred ami
nal to its mother (and the breeder
who does not have it so has mistaken
his calliug), it will prove the mor
profitable to retain in the flock. Not
only does such retention insure the
commingling of fresh and better blood,
but il reduces the expense and dangers
of management by the omission of ami
mails which have passed their prime,
aud filling their places with those that
in the nature of things will grow bet
ter instead of worse, for at least sever
al succeeding years. Those who have
not carefully compared results fail to
appreciate how materially the loss
from ''natural causes" may be reduced
by a careful observance of the policy
of neutrality-suspicious. for increase in
numbers or maintaining any desired
number-young and growing animals,
and rigidly excluding such as have
passed the meridian of life and vigor-
Gus improvement. The advantage in
this respect alone is sufficient to offset
any temporary top price for eve
lambs, and when to it is added the tide
of improved blood that comes on
through young animals, every prudent
ilock-manager will find warrant tor
steeling his face against the offers for
young females.-BrecderS' Go+ctte.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
Temperance Books in Normal Schools

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Vermont is an efficient organ-
i%zation, and it was through their efforts
that the law was passed providing that
Construction be impaired in public
chools in elementary physiology and
hygiene, which shall give special
prominence TO tie effects of stimulants
and narcotics upon the human SYSTEM
In pursuance of this measure, the
Union have placed a number of scien-
tific temperance books in the three
Normal schools of the State, for the
use of the pupils. Prizes are also
offered for the best essays upon the
subjects Of stimulanls and narcotics.
The proposed constitutional prohibi-
tory amendment was defeated in Ver-
mont at the last Legislature, on the
ground that the present statutory laws
are sufficient, and better ECongeliSt.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
Beer and Railway Building.

The consumption of beer in the camps
of the railway builders is enormous.
AT Bismarck | saw an entire freight
train of thirty cars laden with bottled
beer from a Chicago brewery. bound
for the town nearest the end of the
track. The chief engeneer of the con-
struction force said that an average of
one bottle for every tie laid was con-
sumed, and that the tie and the beer cost
the same fifty cents. Thus the work
men pay as much for { cir drink as the
company for n of the important ele-
ments of railway construction. e. Y.
SmaUey, IN the February Century.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
TEMPERANCE Notes.


The Topeka saloons, by accounts on
all sides, are closed, back doors and
front, and so far the saloon men have
kept their word, and to obtain a drink
of liquor in the city of Topeka is a diff
cult job. The council has resolved to
reduce The police force from twenty to
ten, and the street force from twenty
tour to twelve, showing that a consid-
cradle part of the public expense is
caused by the presence of Saloons
Belle PLANE Ne,cS.
Sir Garnet Wolseley leaves his glass
untouched at dinner. For many years
he has been a teetotaller, and he long
ago gave soldiers of Great Britain this
very sound bit of teaching: "The old
superstition, that grog is a good thing
for men before, during, or after a
march, has been proved by the scien-
tific men of all nations to be a fallacy,
and is only still maintained by men
who mistake the cravings arising solely
from habit for the promptings Of
nature"
The 173d apnual meeting of the New
Haven East Consolation was recently
ttlti III thC SllulCu al al lidNCH.
The delegates reported the various
churches of the consolation as pro-
crossing. The topic, "The Attitude of
the Church toward the new Phases of
Temperance Reform" was discussed,
and the unanimous feeling of the meet
ing was, that the time had come for
the church to take an active part in
the temperance movement. Over
eighty per cent of the arrests made in
New Haven last year were due to i'll
temperance.
DR.. Baer, in a recent address before
the Board of Health of Berlin, stated
that during the last twelve years the
number of drinking-shOps in Belgium
had increased from $4,000 to sc 900 and
the consumption of alcohol from 4.42
to IL litres per head. On the other
hand, in ~Gothenberg, since the liquor
shops have been reduced in number
from 61 TO 80 and the selling of liquor
on credit forbidden by law, the arrests
for drunkenness have fallen OIL two.
THU DIS, as also the number of cases of
delirium trenlens. DR.. Baer finds that
in Prussia 81 per cent. of murders and
personal violence occur on Sunday
alone and So per cent on Saturday and
Sunday together.
According to the HindoO Patriot
drunkenness is increasing in the Bonn
bay Presidency. 1t says: ain Surat
there are 100 900 drunkards of the
higher and the middle classes, of whom
IA ZOO are females. OF the lower
classes there are $4,000 drunkards, OF
whom 1000 are females. In Broact
there are 5000 drunkards. of whom
5000 are females. OF the lower classes
there are $4,000 drunkards, of whom
1000 are women. AT Barods the
number of drunkards among the high
er and middle classes is $4,000, O
whom 5000 are women; the number
of drunkard among the lower class be
ing not less than l0,000. At Ahmeda
bad there are II 900 drunkards among
the higher and the middle classes, O
whom 1920 are women; the number
of drunkards among the lower classe
hainU 16 00O
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08

Farmers should be careful about investing
their money in experimenting with new ~iertilIz-
ers. A certainty Is Away better than an uncer-
tainty, AMI the best is always the cheapest in the
end.
This is the opinion entertained by O.. n. Drew
of North Danville, VI, who writes AS follows:
"The Bradley's Phosphate purchased last
spring proved to be superior to any other fer
tilizer used. l tested it on potatoes side by side
with two other kinds, rows of equal length, and
obtained more potatoes on the Bradley's than on
either of the others. Also tried il with another
kind on turnips and corn, and the results were
largely IN favor OF Bradley's. i had one-fourth
more turnips and a much heavier growth of corr
where j used the Bradley's. o. n. DREW.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
TAKE A DOSE OF
A..n.!!. Wine

Vie your Head 1ches.
If you are bilious.
When vou aye Constip0fed.
If UOur SKIN is SdTOtC.
III vou hare no Energy.
When yOu haze had breath.
When yOu feel DizsU.
If Uour Side Pains yOu.
When uour food does not Digest Property
If UOur BfOod needs P~urifying.
when the Sysstem Needs strengthening.
When UOhr LtU'r IL Torpid.
II gOur Appetite is Poor.
II non need a LiCer Medicine.
IT POSITIVELY X
Irregularity, Retention, Suppressed and Irregu
lar Menstruation (no matter how severe or
of long standing), Impotcncy, Loss of
Nigor, Nervousness, Low Spirits, In
digestion, General Debility,
Change of Life, (both of
Maiden and Middle age.
1t has in this alone saved hundreds from the
Consumptive's grave. IL is the most valuable
ever known for Painful Monthly Sick
ness. There is everything to he gained by tax.
ing it. 1t will give you good rich blood and
plenty of it. 1t will restore those that are all
run down and are poor and emaclated. 1t will
regulate the Stomach and Bowels. IL acts on
the Liver. II acts ON the Kidneys. You can not
estimate its value for those in advanced age.
II is just what they need to tone them up and
give them strength.
Il. ORCHARD, Agent, Middlebury, Vt.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-08
Temperance.
w. G T. u

W. G. T. u
1.-THE Lord of Hosts is aCith as, the God
of Jacob is our refuge"
President. ............M Mrs. u D. TwITCHELL
Recording Secretdry......MRs GEO. C.WALKER
Corresponding Secretdfg... Mrs. A~BkRNETHY
Treasurer. ............ Mrs. Wv. BLANCHARD
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
How a Mountain Man Loves.

A tall, broad-shouldered, gray-bearded
miner from Montana, while viewing the
sights about town, strolled into one of
the theaters the other evening and took
a seat near the stage. During the per-
Torrance he became deeply interested
in one of group of females who were
disporting themselves on the stage. The
dark eyes and rounded form of the siren
completely captured the heart of the
rugged miner. and he lost no time in
gaining an introduction 10 the fair en-
SLAYER, and he made an engagement to
meet her at rehearsal next day. The
miner was punctual in keeping his APP
pointment, and waited patiently until
the artistic had finished her rehearsal.
He then brusquely invited her to take Il
walk, and she nothing 10th consented.
This promenade was probably the most
profitable one in which the actress ever
engaged, for her companion led her into
a dry goods store, and without much
ceremony began purchasing such ar
ticles as he seemed to think she needed.
Fine hosiery and underwear. a richly
trimmed cloak and a handsome lace
collar were among the purchases which
the man from Montana made for the OBJ
ject of his affections.
On the following day another walk
along the leading thoroughfare was
taken by the pair. The snow was fall
ing, and the generous miner took his
companion to a stored and bought her a
gossamer cloak and a pair of rubbers.
As they left the place he requested the
woman to accompany him to the depot.
Arriving there the miner bestowed fond
look upon her and said, with pathetic
smile:
: "You think I'm a funny Teller. now,
don't you? Well. now. rlltell YOU what
I'll do. I've taken fancy to YOU. and
if you II marry me and go to Montana
I'll buy YOU $500 sealskin sacque. OF
course you needn't go if you don't want
to; it will make no difference in my feel
ings for youif you don't. ashanti think
hard of you if you don't. Now, what
do You say. yes or no?'
The favOrite of the footlights turned
her head and hurriedly reviewed the
situation. The thought of forsaking the
glare and glitter of the stage, and APP
plause and attentions of the habitueS of
the theater was too much for her, and
she flatteringlv replied:
Il don't think 1 will accept your
offer"
"All right; good Dyer exclaimed the
miner as he hurried into the train, and
thus they parted.
On arriving at the theater that evening
the actress was informed that package
had been left for her. 1t was found to
contain ''love of hat" which she had
admired when out walking with the
miner, and handsome morocco pocket
book well filled with gold pieces and
bank-notes.- Chicago NeUS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
"SeaSOnable Weather."

Even the most comprehensive survey
of the country fails to give more than 3
faint conception of the vast sums which
depend upon the maintenance of the
average conditions of the weather pecu-
liar to each month and season.
Next to n cold, unfruitful summer, 8
warm open Winter causes the greatest
disturbance TO business. There is nc
doubt that the resumption of prosperity
after the panic of 1873 was greatly de-
layed by the warm winters of 1856 and
1857, which made the whole interior
a vast sea of mud through which travel
was almost impossible. except by rail.
The consequence was farmers and others
could not get to their market towns, the
unsold goods of the retail merchants
filled their shelves, collections became
impossible and business languished to
stagnation.
The mild weather of last winter had a
most disastrous effect upon business.
Naturally it manifested itself most in the
clothing trade. Dealers, as usual, laid
in at the beginning of winter a stock of
goods as large as their credit would adj
nit of. The sale for these during the
winter was not to exceed thirty-three
per cent. of the average. The result was
that when spring came, with its matured
bills, and its need of another stock OF
seasOnable goods, the dealer found two
thirds of his winter goods still on hand.
and only funds enough to pay a very
small part of his liabilities. He was EN-.
barrassed, the jobber who had extended
him credit was also embarrassed, and
this trouble was greatly enhanced when
the spring proved as unreasonable as the
winter had been, and left the dealer with
another quota of unsold and unpaid for
goods.
This marred the general business sue
cess of the prosperous season of 1882.
Wool growing, wooden factories and
allied Industries naturally sympathized
very keenly with the depression in
clothing, and languished through the
year. A host of other industries suffered
fearfully, though the injuries to them
were not so apparent as to those we have
mentioned.
Though there has been reason at times
for thinking that the matter was some
what overdone the weather this winter
has been so seasonable as TO highly favor
business activity. There has been a
splendid trade in all kinds of goods,
farmers have been able to market their
productions, at good prices, they have
had good travelling to and from their re-
spective towns since the winter began,
and consequently they have bought
freely. Another thing; deep SHOWS and
hard frosts are invariably followed by
enormous fruitfulness in field and tree,
and there is no doubt that next Summer
will be a most bountiful one for the
husbandman.- Toledo Blade.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
The Common Fowl.

In the face of all that has been done ia
improve the breeds of poultry, it cannot
be denied that the common fowl isSstill
the favorite with farmers. This is due
to several causes. The common fowl
receives but little attention, and from
long usage to exposure, has become in
stinctively habituated to the farms that
contain poultry. as custom rather than
profit. The improved breeds are bred
for certain qualities, and, unless the con-
ditions are favorable, do not come up to
popular expectation. III placed under
adverse circumstances, they disappoini
when compared with the common fowls,
but it is due more to failure on the part
of the improved breeds than to merit in
the common kind. Nocommon fowl ever
lived that can compete for eggs with tie
Leghorn blood. There is another point
in favor of the majority of common
fowls, which is that many of them are OF
the very best blood, being crosses of
several breeds. They are mixed, mot
ley crowd, and on any farm we may visit
there crops out the signs of Brahma,
Cochin, Leghorn, Hamburg, or Polish
blood. This is one of the causes of sue
cess, for experience has demonstrated
that crossed fowl has greater strength
and vigor than a pure-bred one. The
crossed fowl is better adapted to general
purposes, and while they are not bred
for special results, experience teaches
the average farmer. who has no time to
bestow on them, that they suit him better
than any other. He supposes they pay
better because he has not given the others
D fair trial.-PrdcticdlF Farmer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
TragIc Death Of a Father.

Jacques 10 Canadien. character well
known to sportsmen, was blacksmith
and n voyageur of La Torente. He at
tcnded fishing excursions. and had two
sons, to one OF whom he left his proper
". The other. hearing that he had been
disinherited. repaired to his fathers
house and upbraided him with the fact.
Words ran high. and the father proceed
ed TO thrash the son. why have YOU
robbed me and left all to a canaille?"
demanded the son. Why" replied
Mr.. Jacques, in paroxysm of rage,
-'why. because have two canailles of
sons; il does not matter which leave IL
60. You are just as" The words
died away on his lips. and Jacques fell
dead in his wife's arms. while his son
fed terror-stricken from the house. IL
was rumored at first that there had been
murder done by the son, but syncope of
che heart was the verdict Of the Coroner's
iury.-zoronto GLOBE.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
What the Telescope Did for Astronomy.

The foundations of physical astrono-
my were laid in the invention of the tel
escope. Every one has heard of the
emotion which filled Europe at the an
nouncement of the discovery of an in
strument which had the power of making
distant objects appear rs if they were
near. 1t was at that time that Calico,
having only learned that such an instru-
ment existed, discovered its arrange
ment, constructed one, turned it toward
the sky. and, with this aid, fortified by
his genius, made a series of magisterial
discoveries. These discoveries belonged
pre-eminently to physical astronomy, and
form its first courses. If we except the
sun and moon, which have very sensi-
BILE diameter, and admit of some obser-
vations without the aid of the telescope,
al the stars appear to the eye only as
brilliant points, and admit of no studies
except of their motions. Therefore, an
astronomy without the telescope would
never have permitted us otherwise than
as matter of probability to consider the
planets as like the earth in form. consti-
tuition and Office. But when it was seen
that these brilliant and almost blazing
points were resolved under the
telescope into well-defined disks,
showing indications of continents, clouds
and atmospheres; when satellites were
perceived around these globes play
ing the same part TO them as the
moon plays to the earth--then probable
tiles gave place to clear certainty,
Telescopes, then, are the instruments by
means of which the constitution of the
solar system has been definitely unveiled,
and the earth has been assigned its part
and its rank in the system of the planets.
The discovery of the spots on the sun
and of its rotation completed the con-
'ception of the solar system and prepared
for the theory of its formation. Here is
marked well-determined phase in the
history OF human ideas respecting the
universe, and il is characterized by the
great name of Calico
Was it possible atonce to go beyond
this? Was it possible to question the
stars in their turn, and inquire if, like
the sun, they had sensible disk, spots.
a rotation. and planets revolving around
them; was it possible. in Snort. TO extend
20 the stellar universe the notions we had
already acquired concerning the solar
system? The methods in use did not
permit this.-JuLes O. Jansen, IN Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

by means of telephone q clergy.
man was enabled to have an audience
forty miles distant from the one before
which he preached in New Britain,
Conn.
Plymouth Church. last year. paid
out S20.0 for Mr.. Beecher's salary.
$1,000 each for Assistant Pastor Halii.
day and the sexton, and sc, GOO for music.
The Independent.
"A Pharmaceutical school, for the
education of women only. has been or
ganized ut Louisville, under the au-
spices Of the Kentucky Polytechnic So
ciety.
There are Christian converts In
Japan so poor that when they change
their residences they can carry all their
possessions on their backs, and yet their
contributions average eight dollars per
annum.-ChUrch Union.
"A deep and widespread religious
awakening is spreading over Sweden.
The Queen continues to take the deepest
interest in the work. and wherever evan
gelistic services are held. mt any hour of
the day, great crowds attend.
That was n pleasant way Of giving
notice 90 pastor that the wind had been
raised which was illustrated by the par
ishioners OF Rev. DR.. Cliff. of Newark.
y. j., who received fan made OF bank
notes from the members of his flock
B1ptiR Fcctly.
The annual report of President Eliot,
Of Harvard College. favOrs the shorten.
ing Of the college course To three years.
II l. believed that the plan will enable
the students entering professions to begin
their studies in that direction earlier.
and those desiring % study four years
can devote the extra year to studying
for an a. M.
The ministers meeting in Hartford
recently discussed Herbert Spencer phi
losophy. The idea prevailed that he is
greatly ovescstimatcd in this country.
that his celebrity is groundlesS. and that
his philosophy will soon be- looked upon
as ridiculous. II was stated that Presi-
dent Potter had endeavorcd TO take sew
eral Of MS classes through Herbert Spen-
GERS rirst Principles. and that they had
given up the work in disgust before com
pleiing it.-NctC HdreH Register.
between MAY and December 81
of last year. the Congregational Building
Society received $50. 262.S9 for churches
and S3, 1874 for parsonages. Besides
this IL received 80, S6L30 in gifts for par
ticular churches. IL has disbursed Sig,-
. 1880. and So has aided fifty-eight
churches and three parsonages. Ii has
also made grants for one hundred and
fifteen churches in twenty States and
Territories. The treasury is now over
pledged Sl7.Gi6. and calls are being
made upon il continually. Golden Rule