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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-27

zeal seminary at Columbia, ). G. lie
had been connected with that institution
for - years and was 80 years of age nj
the time of his death. lie was graduated
from this college In the class of 1922.
The listers, in compliance with the
law, have lodged in the town clerks
Office an abstract of the individual lists
for the inspection of taxpayers. Parties
who think themselves a%ggrieved will be
given a hearing at the town clerks Office
at 10 a. IN. on Tuesday next, May /.
. Rev. George w. Scott of Fitchburg
Mass. a member of the class Of 1864,
will deliver the Grafton before the alumni
at the coming commencement. Rev. f
L. Hooker of Lawrence, Mass, the
former pastor of the Middlebury Con.
gregatienal church, was chosen to per
V form that part, but finds himself unable
to do so.
! The Graded school listened with grea,
Il interest to an excellent address OF
Berlin by Prof. Foster, on Friday
: the 10Th inst. Last Friday the Higl
school had an hour with Tcnnyson. III,
Grammar school had an exercise OF
:, Franklin. of which the following is al
outline: /. His Youth. IL. AS a Printer
Ill. AS a Scientist. w. As a Diploma
tist. V. His Death. vi. Epitaph. VII
II Estate. VIII. Miscellaneous Facts. IX
Destinations Extracts from Franklin
speeches, 1.-The Federal Constitution,
r ''God Governs !" Grafton at unwilling .
k Franklin statue at Boston. Y. Reclta
t. ton from Poor Richards Sayings. NJ
II Concert Reading from Poor Richard
Sayings, from the blackboard.
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And he was capering about the. -,
with wild joy. 80 luOm
" Beant they Elegant. motherp 4.
mother, look! Did We liver sec Il !,
lolkes? An twas April-Fool 4 sns
fetched emit says April-E'ool a. ', .ha
paper! Sure, it's foine onld o on Inc
man he is. Oh, mother. it's crv; S.rs st',
gladness | am, sure! Twas Anr;lI NJ VI
fetched 'em till me. y 4-rOOl
Then ApriLFool never did a battau
piece OF work, " said Teddy, feeling 1y, M
a pit ashamed Of the tears that fillesa Nv NJ.
own eyes almost to oEeraoBino. s.Rnt mo
say, old fellow and he began ~ y.
laugh. Dsan J"
l.think you can not imagine two ,,,o,.
astonished boys than those who ia ia
softly away from Mrs. Lanahan's WIN
dow and fastened offhome 4 the dst NJ
ness. Wy N"tA n
"such good joker laughed Fred
! In never was SO glad Of anything in nv nv
We'll pay for those shoes, ANYHOW },
it, Frede'f s77 ~ ulu
Il think twas Flo and Flora. J, Fraa
answered. Anyway, I'm almost sl,ra
Flo had finger in the pie. y 80
lie was quite sure of it when. a IT'LL
later, he opened the hall door at home
For plump little form glided mn 10
him, dimpled little hand tucked ftself
under his arm, a rosy little mouth was
placed close to his ear, and a soft little
voice whispered "April-fcol!'a-Har.
per's KOuag People.
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servation it takes to settle many of the
facts in the lives of the birds, animals
and insects. Gilbert White was all his
life trying to determine whether or not
swallows passed the winter in a torpid
State Ia the mud at the bottom of ponds
and marshes. and be died ignorant of
the truth that they did not Do honey,
bees injure the grape and other fruit by
puncturing the skin for the juice The
most patient watching by many skilled
eyes all over the country has not yet
settled the point. For my own part. ]
am convinced that they do not. The
honey-bee is not the rough-and-ready
freebooter that the wasp and humble
bee are; she has somewhat of feminine
timidity. and leaves the first rude as
saults to them. / knew the honey-bee
was very fond of the locust blossoms
and thatthe trees hummed like a hive
in the height of their Towering, but /
did not know that the bumble-bee was
the sapper and miner that went ahead
in this enterprise, till one day / placed
myself amid the foliage of a locust and
saw him savagely bite through the
shank of the flower and extract the
nectar, followed by honey-bee that in
every instance searched for this OPEN
ing and probed long and carefully for
the leavings of his burly purveyor.-
Ereb1g1oe
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Postal Notes.


We have already mentioned the fact
that by act of the late Congress the Post
master General is authorized to issue
g postal notes '-or money orders-for
sums less than five dollars. These notes
will be issued at, and redeemed by. an
money-order postoffi ees.
The object of these notes is to furnish
something which represents money. that
can be sent by mail when it is not worth
while either to register letter or to take
out money order, and when the sum to
be transmitted is not an even amount in
dollars
The form of the postal notes has not
yet been made public, but according ID
the law they are to be made PAYABLE at
the postofiices to which they are sent. at
any time less than three months from
the date when they are purchased. If
they are not presented within that time
the. can he sent to Washington and re-
issued by the Postmaster General.
A great many people have regretted
the redemption and disappearance of
the old fractional currency. which was
called in to be exchanged for silver coin
in 1876. At the time when the exchange
began there was not far from forty mill
ion dollars of the fractional currency n
circulation. 1t is now nearly all re-
deemed-that is, all that will ever be
presented.
The provision that the postal notes
shall be presented for payment within
three months viii prevent their eircula-
ting as money. On the whole, the svs.
tenn bids fair to be one of great useful.
ness TO the people YqatEs Conpan
I0n
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.


If a farmer expects to get the most
value out of crop he must necessarily
take extra pains.
AS growth with the calves is
greater object than fat, food that will
produce muscle and bone is more de-
sirable than one which produces flesh.
Therefore oats and bran are esteemed
better food for growing calves than
corn and bran. Chicago Journal.
When horses eat their oats too rap
idly the evil may be checked by placing
some clean cobblestones in the box.
The horse will thus be compelled to
pick his oats slowly, masticate them
more thoroughly, and they will do him
much more good than if hurriedly eat
EN- in the ordinary way.-Bosto's Tran
script.
Spring Soup: Cut up some car.
rots, turnips and onions into fine strips,
warm in fresh butter until slightly
brown; boil in a little stock for an hour,
add some asparagus heads, green peas
and French beans which have been
boiled in water; pour in the necessary
quantity of stock. skim off all grease,
and, when boiling, pour into soup
tureen over toasted crusts of bread
Chicago Journal.
The small round stands seen in al
most every sitting-room are made or
namental by having a lambrequin
tackled to the edge. Cover the top of
the stand with crash. and crochet
lambrequin of the fsh-cord so much
used for various fancy articles. Make
the lambrequin just as you make the
tides, with close work and with open
spaces through which ribbons are to be
run. Finish with fringe from three to
four inches deep. Have the lambre-
duin, with the fringe added, reach to
where the legs of the stand join the
standard.-M T Post.
To kill worms of all kinds, use salt
at the rate of three or four barrels per
acre. In such quantity it not only kills
worms, but most kinds of weeds. You
need not fear to use it at the rate of
from one and one-half to two tons per
acre for root crops, including potatoes,
but for vines the rate of one or two bar
rels is enough. Salt assimilates the
different kind of plant food in the soil,
making them available to the plants,
and keeps the ground cool and moist,
however dry the air or weather may be.
1t should be sown and raked or dragged
in before the seeds are sown.-I1rou
IN y. Times.
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For Young Readers.
ATNTGHE.

The night came Garlxly down,
The brides mother said:
"Peepl Peepi
You ought to be asleep!
Ills time my little ones were safe IN lbed!"
So, sheltered by her wings in lowny nest,
The weary little birdlings took their rest.
The night came darkly down;
The baby's mother said: ,3
"Bye-lowl
You mustn't frolic sol
You should have been asleep an hour agow
And, nesting closer to its mothers breast
The merry prattler sank to quiet rest.
Then in the cradle soft
Twas laid with tenderest care.
"Good-nighti
Sleep till the morning lightp'
Whispered the mother as she breathed .
prayer.
Night settled down; the gates of day were
barred,
And only loving angels were on guard.
Josephine Pollard, Ia Our L tile Ones.
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"A scheme is proposed for lighting
the whole Of the Swiss Canton of Vsua
by electricity. The motive force would
be derived from turbines Of five thou
sand horsepower at Vallorbes, ana Ine
water supply being constant It Is re-
lieyed that gas, which is very costly Y
Switzerland, may be entirely dispenssa
with throughout the district.
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" Iha-anks. !"
+" Thanks much. "
" Thanks awfully."
" A thousand thanks
a MT. - -

And set of saucy young Americans
who heard of it, and who were staying
at a place very much less fashionable,
but infinitely more jolly, used to lire
the whole set off in one terrific yolley a.
each other in return for the slightest
civility. But the English lady was
right in principle, if she showed i opt
in an absurd manner. Thanks should
be appropriate To the occasion. But
above all, do not nse that curt, under
bred word: " Thanks, . when you have
occasion to acknowledge favor Say
heartily and kindly. Thank you.
The slightest civility is worth as much
as that, and it will make friends and
keep them as nothing else will The BOY
who forgets to say q Thank you, 8 Is
boy whom none viii rememterto try g
please. Why should theyP If be does
not appreciate favor enough to return
so easy an equivalent as simple THANK
you, sir" no one will care to do him
favor at all - Christian at W2rs
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''Thank You!.

once knew an old man whe was.
Jogging along on the down-hill side AZ
lie, and he was about as disa0reeahla
an old mortal as it was ever my lot Ia
meet@ He seemed to elbow, and push.
and thrust, and shove his way thro,lgb
the world, instead Of walking throuSh
life In q straightforward, honorabla
fashion. There was always a frown
on his surly old brow, and tinid
persons jumped when he looked
at them. The most confident child n,
the world never dared ask him ia r;no
refractory door-bel, and no sane dog
would ever think for a moment 81
thrlIStine. his nose into that clenched
fist. His favorite proverbs was the
selfish old aphorism: Every man for
himself and the devil take the hinder.
most" / used to speculate great
deal on what had turned Mr. Cur
mudgeon S milk of human kind.
ness into gall; finally, one day /
asked an old playmate Of his, man
who had known him since boyheod.
what the reason was. ssWhy," said nv
Informant, promptly, = Jack Curmud-
geon never learned how to say: Thank
you. He always fairly hated to ac-
knowledge kindness, and his faYorite
phrase was: No thanks TO YOU. usinv
the word mo- as an adjective instead 81
an adverb, however, This explained
everything in q moment. This world
OF ours treats us pretty much al We
treat it; if we hit it, it SURELY hits back.
II we persist in humping against, and
Jostling every one we meet on affes
pathway, we viii be bumped and jestled
in return. But if we live and let live,
and give as well as take, this world is
not such bad place after all to lyein.
In fact, we are all dependent on each
other; it is foolishlyto deny this nd
ungenerOus not to acknowledge ipenEd
the consequences are very sad for tls
person who attempts such course; an
unhappy, disappointed, miserable and
fIiendless old age will be his portion,
and would save every boy who reads
this article from such fate as that if I
could.
What a pleasure it is TO do some.
thing for grateful person. What q
task to serve one who takes all kind.
ness as matter Of course. There is
another thing to think of, we must
learn to express our gratitude while we
are young, for, after we reach middle
life, even if we have the feeling in the
heart, the tongue seems to be tied on
that subject, the words come slowly
and awkwardly, and we are unable to
express ourselves. But, while it Is the
height of rndeness and gratitude to
scant ones thanks, yet it Is quite pos
sible to 20 too far the other way, and
be too prodigal of them. The greatest
charm of gratitude is in its sincerity,
and while it is, perhaps. better topyeE
whelm a friend with acknowledgment
than never to thank him at all; vet to
thank man for giving yotf s glance
at the morning paper with as much
feryor as would be appropriate if he
had saved your life takes all the beauty
away from the courtesy, and renders i
only bore. Several seasons ago an
English lady, who was staying at one
Of our fashionable watering places, and
who evidently realized this fact, used
to grade her acknowledgements accord
ing to the size of the favor received,
thus:
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g,bere are forty thousand square
Mills If almost nnbroken forest IN
North Carolina. comprising pine, cnesr
nut. oak, maple, beech and meKosY
timber
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The United States admits tea ana,
coffee free OF duty. England taxes
them,
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1T is estimated that nine-tenths of
all the mercantile failures of the United
States are due to speculations in affairs
outside the particular lines of business
10 which those who fail were engaged.
This looks. ike an exaggeration, vet
the percentage is known to be very
large. In the haste to be rich men
make hazardous adventures, and, if I'M
successful, find themselves so crippled
that assignment is inevitable. CHICAGO
Herald.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-05
THE Philadelphia Record sensibly says:

There is demand in Philadelphia, New
York and other cities OF the country for more
school houses. There are more children of
school age than seats have been provided for
in the public schools. In New York meas
ures have been adopted to simplify and i'm
prove the methods of teaching primary
scholars. If the money wasted on fanciful
highschool education could be faithfully
applied in making room for more pupils and
giving them sound elementary teaching, it
would be forward movement of the great
est moment. Nothing more important can
This is one of the school reforms of the
future, nearer than school men may be will
ing to concede.
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HAwTHORNE's SISTER.
Death of Miss Elizabeth Manning Haw-
thOrne, at the Age of Eighty.

Salem Speci al to Boston Advertiser, Jan. l.
Miss Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne, the
oldest sister of Nathaniel Hawthorne, died
yesterday at the residence of Mr.. Appleton
at Mont Serrat, Beverly, Mass, at the age of
eighty years. She has lived a retired life for
the past thirty years in the old homestead
where she died. She was the oldest child of
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Manning Haw-
thorne, whose children were Elizabeth Man
ming, Nathaniel, the poet, and Maria Louise
wthorne. The youngest sister was lost on
the steamer Henry Clay, several years ago
Elizabeth was lady of pronounced literary
tastes and liberal culture. She was writer
and was given to much study, but so far as is
known, has never given any of the fruits of
her genius to the world. She was two years
older than her gifted brother, who often said
of her, that she could attain greater fame
than he had done if she would apply herself
to literary pursuits. An ardent admirer of
nature, she was content to retire among the
woods and flowers which she loved. She
came to reside with the family OF the late
Samuel Coles in the house in which she died,
OUTLYING the Coles family and descending
with the homestead to the present occupants
She was not a lady of large acquaintance,
nor deeply religious person, but she was
possessed of excellent qualities OF character
and sound literary judgment, for which she
was held in high esteem by all who were
brought in contact with her. Her home was
a delightful resort for admirers of Haw-
thorne and people of culture. Her last ill
ness was very brief. She was ill but few
DAYS before her death.
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extension and application to all the manurac-
lures of this great city of manufactures-Phila-
delphia Press.
THAT any fabric of religious bel eff should be
based upon these miraculous" cures is neither a
goou tnlng Tor the reputation OF prayer as a
spiritual exercise, nor for the church which ex-
poets to gain by it-ChicagO Herald,
THERE ought to be some stable foundation in
the state government, inpregnable against the
tlhkers. We nave too much legislation. Let us
leave the constitution i'll a shape that 1t cannot
DE amended, unless there is decided public sem
tlnent in favor of an organic change.-Cinc' Il
nan Commercial Gazette,
GENERAL KETCHUM's promotion to the head of
a department whose workings he certainly un-
derstands better than any man in II. Will he ac-
cepted proof of the sincerity of the profess
in the Presidents message, and will be ungrudg-
lngiy praised by all sincere reformers.-New
York Times.
GAMBETrA was the man of an emergency, and,
won terfuly as lie had developed i'll power, his
qualities were not such as enabled the republic
TO rest upon his judgment. He is gone, and
leaves nothing but memory. The voice of the
trumpet is silent; but the republic still lives. TO
be guided by stronger and truer voice. the con-
science of the nation.-Philadeph Times.
WHEN any prisoner upon whom concealed
weapons have been found is arraigned this fact
should be considered an aggravation OF his Of
Tense, and the severity of the punishment
should be increased. such persons never carry
arms to defend themselves lawfully. They
have them to commit murder with if they fall
into difficulty great enough to make IL necces-
sary to shoot in order TO escape New York
Tribune.
IF the country continues prosperous the pres
ent taxes Will continue to produce troublesome
surplus; but with bad year or two, some eau
tlous f1nanciers, accustomed to guard the opera
tions Of the Treasury with care, are inclined TO
believe that even with the present rate of taxa
lion there may be falling off of revenue which
not even the most careful economy in expendi'
ture can keep from being troublesome.-Louis
/ vile Commercial.
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GENERAL Buffers inaugural message as
Governor of Massachusetts presents some
good points. His suggestion as to poll-tax
upon all voters, and the fact of voting to
operate as receipt, is a good one, and may
contain the germ of plan how to secure a
full vote. Men will go to the polls to save a
dollar or two dollars taxation, and thus the
constantly-increasing danger of large non
voting class might be reduced to minimum.
His suggestion, also, that until the State pro-
vides for the education of all able-bodied and
strong-minded people there is no special me-
cessity to be torn up about the education of
the idiots, has a flavor of practical common
sense
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THE New York Times looks with grief

THE New York Times looks with grief
upon the message of its protege, Governor
Cleveland. 1t says:
"On the whole, the impression produced
by the message is one of disappointment
1t raises fear that Mr.. Cleveland's qualfica-
tons for the duties of the executive office
may prove to have been overrated. Independ-
ence of character and honesty of purpose
are good things in any combination with
other qualities and in any station in life, but
they will not of themselves supply the place
of large capacity for dealing with public
duties"
These Democratic toys, with which certain
Republican papers now and then amuse
themselves are likely to prove disappointing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-05

LONDON fogs are more than simply gigantic
inconvenience to traffic and enjoyment.
Statistics show that for the week ending
Dec. 16, no fewer than 637 persons died in
London from diseases of the respiratory
organs, under the influence OF the almost
continuous fog" The Pail Mall Gazette of
Dec. 20, says:
at is quite possible, judging from past ex-
perience, that to-days fog may cost US as
many lives as Tel-el-Kebir, and that the fogs
of December may befatal to as many subjects
of the Queen as the whole of the Egyptian
campaign"
1t is fact not generally known that fogs
fully as dense as any in London are expe-
rienced in Paris but are not as in the case OF
the British metropolis, supplemented by
smoke. AT times in Paris fog has been so
dense at MONDAY that drivers of hacks have
lost their way i'll crossing the Place de la
Concorde, the streets have been lighted, and
a great deal of inconvenience has resulted.
1t has been SO in the early morning that the
electric lights in the Avenue de POpera were
not visible at greater distance than hun
dred yards But the fogs of Paris are
neither so frequent nor so long continued as
those across the channel
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THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

COMMUNISM in this country MS represented by
Most ahd the Schwab cranks in New York in
stead of being dangerous is ridiculous-Terre
Haute Express
NOTHING could be smoother or more generally
satisfactory than the working of Parliamentary
institutions in Germany at the moment when
Bismarck announces that he can with safety
give his high place to ''other men. New York
Times
JUDGE GiLDERSEEVE expressed the opinion
that "whatever is necessary to the reasonable
comfort of the citz N" is not prohibited by the
Code. II this policy had been pursued in the
enforcement of the law there would now be
little popular demand for its amendment.-New
York Herald.
THE old apprentice system Ia thing of the
past. Nor in this day of great factories is it pos
sib.e to re-estahlish Ii, hut what is needed is
that our cOmmon-sc hoOl system should take its
part by training its scholars for parts in the
great army of industry on whose labor and skill
prosperity chiefly rests. The work has been be-
gun elsewhere aud commenced here but it needs
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it has lost some of the features that gave that
paper its value to those who liked that
sort of a journal. AS we said yester-
day, the Commercial Gazette can be neither
the one nor the other of the two papers swal-
lowed up, and cannot possibly be satisfactory
to the former friends and admirers of either
But we are surprised at the total extinction
of the Gazette, and its loss will be sorely
felt by thousands of readers in Ohio,
and in Indiana as we'll, who through
many years, had learned to rely upon it with
the confidence given to faithful friend.
The Commercial Gazette of yesterday was
about as fine a specimen of an ill-edited i'll
digested, ill-arranged newspaper as ever came
to the exchange table.