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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13
WISE WORDS.

Doubt INDUCED becomes doubt re-
allied.
Thinking is the talking of the soul
with itself.
We are shaped and fashioned by
what we love.
Children have more need of models
than of critics.
Wherever affection can spring, it is
like the green leaf and the blossom
pure, and breathing purity, whatever
soil it may grow in.
Mankind has been learning for six
thou sand years, and yet how DIV Rave
learned that their fellow beings are as
good as themselves.
In all life's doings there are circui-
tous paths and nine times out of ten,
when a mar seems to be doing one
thing, he is doing another.
Charity toward the weakness of
human nature is Il virtue which we
demand in others. but which we find
very hard to practice ourselves.
Old age is the night of life, as night
is the Old age of the day. still, night
is full of magnilicence; and for many
it is more brilliant than the day.
Man is greater than a world, than
systems of worlds there is more
mystery in the union of souls with
the physical than in the or alton of a
universe
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13

captain john" of the Bodie New
Piutes, has hit upon a happy way Of
curing the Indians OF his tribe of
getting drunk. The Free Press says
that he keeps a long rope in his pri-
vate Office, and when the drunk reels
to the wickiup he is captured. John
calls on two of his lieutenants and
they march the prisoner to a deserted
shaft forty feet deep and lower him to
the boom. He is kept there forty
eight hours. During the Indians i'm
prisonment he is fed on bread and
water. Capita John says that this
system of treatment will be thorough
ly tested. and if it fails to have the
desired effect some other plan will be
devised for destroying the taste for
Bodie whisky.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13
SELECT SIFTINGS.

The Indian Territory is as large as
the six New England States.
A silver dime was found in the yolk
of an egg recently broken at the Plank
inton house, Milwaukee,.
An e%ight-day clock that had been
given to the wife of Douglas Ottinger,
of Erie. Penn, as a wedding present
by her husband, stopped at the very
moment she died, and cannot be start
ed again.
In a certain part of Texas, many
miles from the coast, lie the remains
of a ship, high and dry in the prairie
grass. She Is of Spanish build and
supposed to have been driven inland
by a tidal wave
Silver spring, in Georgia, is said to
be the largest spring in the world.
1t is the source of the Oklawha river,
which is sixty feet wide at the start,
ten feet deep and with a current flow
ing two miles an hour.
The oldest son of Farmer Saunders
of Richar ls)n county, Neb., cut out
the tongue of his younger brother be-
cause he had threatened to tell their
father of some offense that the elder
brother had committed.
A well-to-do farmer, living near
Realing, Penn. created a sensation by
bringing his three young and hand
some daughters into court Is the
plaintiffs in three separate actions for
breach of promise of marriage.
Seven inches from the outside of a
log in a Pennsylvania mill, the saw
passed through Il walnut which was
imbedded in the solid wood. The shell
and kernel of the nut was sound. The
growth of the tree shows that the nut
is at least fifty years old.
a man living near Lake Louise, in
Manitoba, picked up an armful of
sticks, and. carrying them home, threw
them under the stove. In a few
moments two of the sticks began
crawling away, having developed into
good-sized moccasin snakes.
A railroad train in Virginia ran into
a COW and cut the animal in two, the
forequarters falling on one side of the
railroad track and the headquarters on
the other side. The COW was with
calf at the time, and the calf was left
on the outside of the rOadbed alive,
The owner of the COW raised the calf,
which grew to be a COW, and was
killed near the spot where her mother
was killed in 1853.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13

1t is better to yield a little than to
quarrel a great deal. The habit of
standing up, as people call it, for their
(little) rights is II of the most dis
agreeable and undig liiied in the world.
Life is too short for the perpetual
lickerings which att nd such a dis
position; and unless a very momentous
affair indeed, where other peoples
claims and interests are involved, it is
a question if it is not wiser, happier
and more prudent to yield somewhat
of precious tights than squabble to
maint lin them. True wisdom IS first
p' re, then p~cac2able and gentle.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13

John Brig Int, as a Quaker is opposed
to the administration of oaths. He
says; The pr actice of swearing to
tie truth of anything, makes two
kinds of truth or truthfulnoss. If
oaths are of any avail, hy so much as
they make truth more certain, by 50
much they ltssen the value of an
ordinary statement, and diminish the
probability of its truth. If ignorant
persons are not sworr, they think they
may t II lies with impunity, and their
lying is made to a large extent blan g
less in their eyes"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13

A writer in an Eastern exchange
tells in poetry what he will do "when
the flower time comes" That's all
right, but unless lie stops writing such
poetry and gets down to solid bust
ness, he will be walking toward the
wide West, looking for a job, before the
flower time There are too
many slower time poets from the
East who are now spending their lat
ter days lacking" logs in a Western
sawmiIl to be any encouragement to
this new poet.-Peck's sun.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13

To die in order to avoid the pains of
poverty, love or anything that is dis
agreeable, is not the part Of a brave
man, but of a coward; for it is a
cowardice to shun the trials and
crosses of life, not underg ling death
because it is honorable, but to avoid
evil.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13

Chicago has had sxty-nine I'M
doubted murders since the beginning
of the year 1881, and of all the muir
derers only one has been hanged.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13

Seven million rabbits haze been
killed in Australia in less than a year,
and yet there is no sign # diminution.
They have become an intnlera,hl lie Ell =.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-13

1t is well said that a man is not al
ways making a point when he gets Oft
Il sharp thing.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
Curiosities of the Cholera.

R. G. Jennings, f. r. A. S., writes
to the Pall-MaI Gazette, "to call at
tention to the attack of cholera ON
Southern and Western Europe now
due. Such visitations come with more
regularity than most people imagine.
It is remarkable that every attack on
Egypt is followed by an extension to
England. Such cholera is not of the
true Asiatic type; it makes its appear
ance first in the Hadjiz, on the tropic OF
Cancer, in the neighborhood of Mecca,
some times the year before, some
times the same year, in which it APP
pears in Egypt. In 1881 it broke out
at Mecca, the same year appeared in
Egypt, and travelled in a northwest di-
rection to England. In 1887, six years
after, it appeared in England again,
having started from Hadjiz in 1885.
In 1913, eleven years after, it broke out
at Mecca, appeared in Egypt. and
reached England the same year. In
1854, six years after, it was in En-
gland again, having broken out at
Mecca two years before, and spread to
Egypt. In 1865, eleven years after. it
broke out at Mecca, spread to Egypt,
and reached England the same year.
In 1871, six years after, it broke out
near Mecca, but extended as far as the
north of France only. In 1882, eleven
years after, another attack on Europe
fell due. 1t will be observed that
these outbreaks occur every six and
eleven years alternately; a great out
break happening every seventeen years,
as 1881, l848, 1865 and 1888. In every
instance in which Egypt has been at
tackled, Southern and Western Europe
have suffered. There has been
some delay in regard to the
commencement of the present attack;
but that is reason for believing
that the advance will be rapid. In the
other great attacks the cholera has adj
vanced from Egypt to England in few
months On the 25th of March, 1865,
the disease broke out at Mecca; on the
Cd of June it appeared at Alexandria,
killing 10000 people in Egypt in three
months; on the 18th of June, only nine
days after, it reached France, and on
the 18th of September it was in England.
1t would appear, then, that the cholera
which visits our shores is not Indian,
but Arabian-diseases generically the
same, specifically different. There are,
as I endeavored to show eleven years
ago, when I stated that the next great
attack would be in 1888, as matter
of fact, seven different species, which
descend from the atmosphere at seven
different points, situated equally distant
from each other along the tropic of Cam
Ger, and move in a northwest direction.
The Indian and Arabian streams inter-
sect in Eng land. AS matter of fact,
the Indian, from its much longer course,
exhausts itself in Russia and Germany,
and in all probability we have never had
an attack OF it, unless, perhaps, it be
when the North of England suffered in
1881. As regards the assertion one so
often hears, that all cholera can be
traced to the Ganges, what is to be said
about the cholera which commenced last
July in Mexico, and last January was
carrying off by fearful ravages an I'M
mense number of victims? Before the
present year closes expect to hear that
cholera has broken out in every quarter
of the GLOBE
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11

long and perilous walk had to be under
taken before they were themselves in
security, when they Immediately sought
out means of deliverance for my uncle
and myself.
But il the meantime better luck had
befallen us. The noise made by our
shouting had attracted the notice of
fisherman who lived in a little cottage
under the cliffs, at place where the
shore receded. and left bare tiny
creek where small boat was moored.
He had clambered over the crag that
hid us from his sight; and as soon as he
spied the two figures standing on the
solitary rock our situation became APP
parent to him, and he lost no time in
launching his boat and coming to our
assistance. Truly thankful we were for
the timely aid. We were both soaked
to the skin and shivering with cold, and
the rock was far too small for any at
tempt at exercise. A very short time
saw us in the coy interior of the fisher
mans cottage, where a bright little fire
was burning, very welcome to us in our
chilled condition; while his kindly
wife busted herself in preparations
for our comfort, and ransacked
her humble stores for supply
of dry garments, also highly acceptable.
Little remains to be told. When we
were quite rested and refreshed, and our
clothes were dry enough to be worn,
the fisherman conducted us to the top
of the cliffs by a circuitous little path,
which in some places unpleasantly re-
called our recent experiences. We
reached the summit in safety, however,
and made the best of our way to the
farmhouse where we had left our con-
veyance The fisherman undertook to
apprise our friends of our whereabouts;
they having procured a boat at the
revenue station, and come round the
coast in her, to point out to her crew
the exact spot of our confinement.
Having literally rewarded those who
had so willingly assisted us in our ex-
tremity, we returned home. our bodies
fatigued by the varied exertions and ex-
elements of the day; our minds pene-
trated with lasting gratitude towards
the Almighty Being who had brought
us through SO many perils, and had
mercifully preserved us from the jaws
Of sudden and terrible destruction
Chambers Journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
Even With the Dentist.

A meek little man in deep black, with
tasty straw hat and dark, orange-col-
ored tie, crept up pair of stairs on
State street one evening last week I'M
til the second floor was reached, when
doctors sign was seen at one side OF
door. Suspended from string
against the door was slate bearing in
large white letters the words sWalk
i'm He did so, but the room was bar
rem of any human form. On the table
was square card bearing the words.
.'Sit down and wait. y
A CLEAN of intelligence succeeded the
look of disappointment on the little
mans face as his glance rested for a
second on a fine upholstered dentists
chair, with rack of instruments at its
side. He placed his hand up to the
side of his face, and then somberly sank
down on one knee. His right hand was
uplifted moment; then he arose. For
a short time he stood irresolutely about
the room. Then he spied the card. 1t
was but the work of moment for him
to carry this and the huge dentists
chair out into the hall. The slate was
turned, and when the silent man had
finished his work on it, the words
Dead drunk; be sober tomorrow APP
peared. The card with ''sit down and
watt was next placed under the slate,
and the man chuckled noiselessly as he
went joyfully down the stairs. His
oath of vengeance had been satisfied
CHICAGO Ne1Us.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
The Senses Of Insects.

A writer in the New Orleans Times
Democrat on the senses of insects says
there is good reason to believe that they
possess all the ordinary senses of man.
Lime and others of the old school, how
ever, thought them deprived of hearing;
but numerous observations prove the
contrary That they hear even in their
larva state is evident from facts stated
not only by Psychologists but by numer-
Gus observations made by myself. [
found once that the sound of my voice
evidently affected some caterpillars,
which l attribute to the delieacy oftheir
sense of touch; at another time, when
some caterpillars of a different species
were moving swiftly, / rang small
bell, upon which they instantly stopped
and moved the interior part of their
bodies very briskly. That they possess
this faculty in their image state is con-
firmed still more strongly by facts. [
once was observing the motions of q
snout-beetle (curculio) whose larvae de-
voured the roots of our palmetto; upon
my making slight but distinct noise,
its antenn@ started. repeated the eff
feet. A ground-beetle of considerable
size, hunting some caterpillars from the
trunk of 1ive-oak tree in the old City
Park, answered the sound in the same
manner repeatedly. Flies, | have OBJ
served, at brisk and distinct sounds,
move all their legs, and spiders will
quit their prey and retire to their
hiding-places. Insects that live in
society give notice of intended move
ments, or assemble their citizens for
emigration by certain hum. But the
most satisfactory proofIof hearing of
these animals is to be had from the
grasshoppers, crickets, ETC., and cicadas,
whose males are vocal. / kept and fed
several katydids in cabinet, which
were very merry, and continued sing
ing all the time; but rap at the door
would stop them instantly. BY practice
I learned to initiate their chirping; when
I did this at the door at first a few
would answer me in a low note, and
then the Whole party would take up the
tune and sing with all their might. |
once shut up a male in the garden, and
gave the female her liberty; but as soon as
she heard the male chirp she flew to him
Immediately. The antenna OF insects
are analogous to ears in vertebrates.
Their number corresponds; they also
stand out from the head; and what has
weighed most with me, unless they are
allowed as such no other organ can
have any pretension to be considered as
presenting the ear. If we reflect that
in every other part and organ the head
Of insects has an analogy to that OF
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11

mammalia, we must regard it as 1ni1
probable that these prominent organs
should not also have their representa-
tive. Admitting, then, that they are
the analogues of ears, it will follow
their primary function is related to-
hearing.
But besides receiving notices from
the atmosphere of sound, and Of the
approach or proximity of other insects,
ETC., the antenne are probably the or
CANS by which insects can discover al
terations in its state and foretell by
certain prognostics when a change OF
weather is approaching. Bees possess
this faculty to an admirable degree
When engaged in their daily labors, if
shower is approaching, though wei
can discern no signs. of it, they foreseei
it and return suddenly to their hives
IF they wander far from home and do
not return until late in the evening, it
is prognostic to be depended upon.
the following day will be fine; but ii
they remain near their habitations, and
are seen frequently going and return
inc, although no other indication of
wet should be discoverable, clouds will
soon arise and rain come on. Ants also
are observed to be excellently gif,eu IN
this respect; though they daily bring
out their larvae to sun them, they are!
never overtaken by sudden showers!
Previously to rain, as you well know,
numberless insects seek the house;
then the stomoxys calcitrans, leaving
more ignoble prey, attack us in our
apartments, and interrupt our studies
and meditations.
The insects of prey also foresee tho
approach of wet weather, and the ac-:
cess of flies, etc., to places of shelter.t
Then the spiders issue from their Turk
ing-places, and the ground-beetles or
carabi in the evening run about our cot
tages.
Passive antenne, which are usually
furnished with terminal or lateral
bristal, and plumose and pertinated
ones, seem calculated for the electric
and other fluids dispensed in the atmos-
phere, which in certain states and pro-
portions may certainly indicate the ap-
proach of tempest, or of showers, or
of rainy seasons, and may SO affect these
organs as to enable the insect to make
sure prognostic of any approaching
change, and we know of no other organ
that is so likely to have this power. I
say electric fluids because, when the at
mosphere is in highly electrified state
and a tempest is approaching is the
| time when insects are usually most
abundant in the air, especially toward
the evening, and many species may
then be taken which are not at other
times to be met with; but before the
storm comes on all disappear, and you
will scarcely see a single individual on
| the wing. This seems to indicate that
insects are particularly excited by cleo
tricity.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
They Paid No Duty.

There is celebrated restaurant down
town, the proprietor of which sits, like
Zaccheus, at the receipt of custom. He
is persuasive foreigner, with a most
engaging air and that effusion of i in
ner which convinces every patron |, elat
he is the latter's closest and dearest, per-
sonal friend.
It has been for years habit of this
ingenious gentleman to say to each Gus
toner as he paid his bill and scrutinized
the cigar stand9 esl
What for you boddet. about does
cigars? Here lin a deep whisper, and
with an overwhelming wink) list some
cigars worth smoking. Dey are chen
uWine-but they have pait no buddy
(another profound wink. Only ten
cents!''
Equally flattered by being taken into
his confidence and by the receipt of
good imported cigar in exchange for
such nominal amount as ten cents, the
customer felt himself bound over and
over again by a strong personal tie to
the shrewd and insinuating gentleman
of the counter.
But alas! one bright Monday the Gus
tom-house authorities, always on the
qui vive, heard of these gen. ious trans
actions of imported cigars that had
paid no duty, and an official raid was
the natural result. A chief detective
grabbed the celebrated inexhaustible
cigar-box under the counter, and his
subordinate took possession OF some
twenty or thirty others OF the same
brand.
What's the matter?" inquired the
astonished restaurateur.
II seize these cigars as struggled
goods replied the custom-house de-
tective.
The honest restaurateur burst out into
loud laughter.
.Donnerwetter! Dose is domestic
cigars I bought in Chatham street, six
dollars a hundred,'' he exclaimed, the
tears running from his eyes.
What are they doing in these Ha-
vana boxesp" inquired the man OF the
custom-house.
81 put dem in dose boxes to suit my
own convenience said the restaura-
teur. growing bit thoughtful.
.sAll right" replied the detective,
carelessly; for he knew by hearsay the.
clever little dodge of the restaurateur;
3s.I'll take them and if you can prove
what you say you can release them.
The Belgian's brow dar1ened. To
prove his story, of course, would be to
destroy his reputation with those of his
customers on whom he had bestowed
real genuine cigar for ten cents. Ii the
custom-house officials kept the boxes
it would not be long before the murder
would out There was clearly only one
thing to do, and that was to pay the
duty.
.:How much is the lot?' he inquired,
ruefully.
Seven hundred and fifty dollars, =
replied the detective.
It was bitter struggle, but in the
long run the little Belgian's apprehen-
sions for the future got the upper hand,
and slowly and sadly he gave his check
for seven hundred and fifty dollars for
duty on about three hundred dollars
worth Of domestic cigars.
He finds some comfort, however, in
the discovery that his customers have
heard nothing about the matter, but,
on the contrary, keep on joyfully pay
ing each his ten cents for the 8 real !,
article from Chatham street.-N. Z.
World.
Takes things easy-the man who
Scnff etaba1 ~ NgfN2
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
TIE sCHooLMAR1M AND THE
THE

DUDE.
She was handsome schooimarm,
Taking her well-earned rest;
He was dudish drummer,
Shockingly oyerdrest.
She heard that he was wealthy,
While he was told that she,
Though dressing rather plainly,
Was rich as rich could be.
She was weary of teaching;l
Here was splendid show.
Capture this wealthy dudley,
Then off TO Europe go.
He was quite tired of selling
Sewing machines on time,
And being pushed too often
Down to his bottom dime.
Here was wealthy lady,
She'd be a splendid catch
Up doomed an easy future,
If he could make the match.
She was quite condescending,
Smiling to see tho way
That, through her skillful planning,
Dude fell an easy prey.
The lazy waves are FLASHING.
The sky looks soft and blue,
A happy pair are sitting
Away from public view.
Their arms are round each other,
Their warm young lips have met.
The schoolmarm feels quite happy,
And SO does he, you bet"
Alas! for human passions,
Alas! for broken vow,
They met on the next morning,
And didn't even bow.
She'd found him out drummer;
He'd learnt that she taught school,;
Opinions are divided
Which looked the bigger fool.
San Francisco NeiDs Letter.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-11
Quaker Weddings.

The wedding ceremony of the Society
of Friends is unique and beautiful. The
bride and groom, with their attendants.
march into the church at the regular
weekday meeting at eleven O'Clock,
and, after being seated with faces 'front.'
ing the audience, they arise, and the
groom, taking the bride by the hand,
says: Friends, in the presence of the
Lord and this assembly take thee, Mary
Jones, to be my wife, promising, with
Divine assistance, to be unto thee low
ing husband until death shall separate
u.s. The bride repeats the same prom
Use, and they are seated. The clerk of
the meeting then arises and reads the
marriage certificate, and invites the
congregation to write their names as
witnesses. This ended, after few mo-
ments of silent worship or vocal pray
er, the married couple and their attend
ants retire to the home of the brides
where there is usually a sumptuous
feast, followed the next day by what is
termed an ..infair'' at the home of the
groom. Chicago Inter Ocean.