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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
A War Story.

Henry J. Savage, one of the Soldiers
Home veterans, tells the following thrill
ing war story: The ftmooted question
WAS ever a desperately wounded soldier
shot dead, at his own earnest solicitation
by comrade" his answer in the affirma
tive by your humble servant. 1t happened
as follows: The writer, member of G
company, First Delaware infantry, wal
then attached to the Third brigade Web
er's), Third division (Frenchs), Second
corps (Sumner's). After wading Ante
tam creek, plunging through plowed fields
stubblefelds and corntelds, his regiment
was finally located within plain view Of
the enemy, when the welcome command
rang along the line to load and fire al
will" 1t was then that our daily target
practice at Fortress Monroe came into ex.
cellent use, as many poor chap Of
the Sixth Alabama learned to his cost.
After firing eleven rounds the writer
rear. While retreating in good order,
but making most excellent time,
his route led him through a portion OF
the Irish brigade. Here he saw sight
that capped the climax of horror. A
member of that devoted brigade was
aimlessly stumbling around with both
eyes shot out, begging some one, "for the
love of God" to put an end to his misery.
A lieutenant of the Fourth New York
was passing by, and seeing the poor
fellows condition and hearing his
appeal, he halted before HIM and asked
if he really meant what he said.
sob, yes, comrade," was the reply,
81 cannot possibly live and my agony
is uncomfortable.
Without another word the officer drew
his pistol, placed it to the victims right
ear, turned away his head, and pulled
the trigger. A half-wheel, convulsive
gasp, and one more unfortunate had
passed over to the silent majority.
1T was better thus" said the lieuten-
ant, replacing his pistol and turning
toward the writer, 'for the poor fellow
could"
just then a solid shot took the lieu
tenants head off, and the subsequent
proceedings interested him no more. -
4HilWaukee Sentinel.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
WISE WORDS.


BY others faults wise men correct their
own.
The secret of living is to say everything
that can be said on the subject.
Popularity is not infallbiity. Errors
exist only while they are popular
1t is more difficult to dissmuate the
sentiments we have, than to simulate
those we have not.
We ought not to Judge of mems merits
by their qualifications, but by the use
they make of them.
In all the affairs of life the lifting
power of the lever depends upon where
the fulcrum is placed.
Conscience is the great ally of reason;
the two are what give to man the dignity
and Importance which he possesses.
There is nothing so true that the damps
of error have not warped it; nothing SO
false that a sparkle of truth is not in it.
The more faith, the more humility the
more hope, the more cheerfulness; and
the more charity. the more divinity we
possess.
The curiosity that prompts us to search
out valuable truths is honorable, but
there is great deal of idle curiosity thai
only hunts with its nose.
He that waits for an opportunity to dc
much at once NAV breathe out his life il
idle wishes; and regret, in the last hour,
his useless intentions and barren zeal.
Sincerity is an openness of heart; tit
found in a very few people, and tina
which we see commonly is not it, but 8
subtle assimilation to gain the conf
dence of others.
knowledge, economy and labor are the
shining virtues of civilized man. TheI
form the most enduring basis of society
and the surest source of national and in
dividual welfare.
We are all adventures, each sailing
out on voyage of discovery, guided
each by private chart, of which there
is no duplicate. The world is all gates
all opportunities strings of tension wait
ing to be struck.
Whatever study tends neither directly
or indirectly to make us better men anc
citizens is at best but a specious and in.
genious sort of idleness; and the knowl
edge we acquire by it only a creditabls
kind of ignorance, nothing more.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
PhysiOg monies.

A phySiognomist in the Pail Mall Cd
sette says: a scholarly person will hav|
good length of brain from the openin|
of the ear to the root OF the nose, AMI
will be full all across the brow TIL
mechanical man has a wide head at TIL
temples upward and forward of the cal
The poet is expanded in the upper paa
of the temples. The commercial mai
has broad head just forward of thu
ears, where the desire for property
represented. The quarrelsome man
broad above and behind the ears; suc1
men are inclined to be warlike, or ver
forcible and energetic in business. Th
pious and sympathetic person is do
veloped in the top head. Those VIII
have lordly, proud, dominating natur
are high at the crown of the head
Those who are social, warm hearted, Low
ing and affectionate are largely developed
in the back part of the head, and th
distance from the opening at the ear
long.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
The Wall of the Red Man.

A live Indiani, lecturing in this coun-
try on "The Red Mans Wall, says Bur
dette in the Brooklyn Eagle. We have
heard 1.-THE wall, not the lecture Most
earnestly do we hope never to hear ii
again. 1t is unlike any other wall in the
Zoo. When the red man walls it is sign
of relief. He is sorry that you are so far
away. And as he walls he tries to edge
up little closer, And when you DIS
cover that when you get clear down to
your inside record you can only hitch
away at the rate of twelve miles an hour,
while the wailing red man is bashfully
edging up at an eighteen mile gait, with
plenty of reserve force still left, there is
in the sobbing cadence of his wall a
longing, wierd, titful yearning, wild
thrill of pathos with hair on it, that
makes you recklessly willing to trade off
the whole CGurd Alene country for just
ten minutes right of-way four feet in
side the New York State line.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
Signs Of the Zodiac,


1t was the belief of many Of the
ancents that the sun was torch and
that the stars were tapers which were
periodically lighted and extinguished.
Their philosophers developed this idea
and endeavored to explain the connection
of the stars with the earth-one of them
advanced the idea that the stars were
meteors, that is, terrestrial eifluvia. And
every reader of classical literature is &C
quainted with the belief of the Greeks
and Romans as to the influence of the
stars on planets and animals-a belief
which found and held its sway even to
modern times. The zodiac was the
heaven which exactly correspondent to
the earth; and it was the zodiac that
protected the earth, taught the earth its
duties, and pointed out not only days
and seasons but also the proper work for
each day and season. The zodiac was
the first book that lay open for all to read
written in runes, as the Scandinavians
thought; in min and cliff, as the
Arabs interpreted it; and in the heiro-
glyphics of animals and sym
bols, as the Assyrians and Egyptians
held. This conception, believed by the
early astronomers, was, however, OBJ
scured by the continued displacement of
the zodiac. Thus, in judicial astrology,
the sign under which child is born is
always Aries, as in our almanacs it is the
first sign of the year. Thus, also, the
sign of Jupiter, in slightly altered
state, still heads our prescriptions. Ag-
ricutural and political life was at first
regulated directly by the zodiac, then
through the calendar, and the zodiac APP
piled as we'll to civil life. 1t was by tho
days of the week, each placed under a
protection of some stellar deity, that the
priests regulated the whole civil life of
a nation, its law courts, its markets, and
its marriages. The philosophers pre-
tended to explain the earth by the
heavens, as the first study of the heavens
embraced and led every other attempt to
silence but as those philosophers
proceeded from the known to the I'M
known, they explained, in fact, the
heavens by the earth, and in particular
by man. After various shapes and SYM
bols, the universe as a perfect and har-
monious idea is conceived as the highest
organism to be found on earth, a huge
animal; this cosmical animal, owing to
the interlacing Of religious ideas, image:
and symbols, was supposed to influence
the different parts Of the body. The
Egyptians peopled the consultations Of
the zodiac with genii; the rain was lord
of the head, the bull of the neck and
shoulders, the twins of the arms and
hands, and the fishes of the feet Al
certain times these parts were affected
for good or otherwise, and health, fertil
ity or misfortune was traced to these
bodies. 1t is related of Dante "tht
glorious stars pregnant with virtue, tc
whom he owes his genius, such as it is
Astrologers consider these consultations
as favorable to literature and science. -
/ ChicdQ0 Inter- OCEAN.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
Elephant Training.

New elephants, Mr.. G.. p. Sanderson
tells us, are trained as follows: They are
first tied between two trees, and are
rubbed down by number of men with
long bamboos to an accompaniment oil
the most eXtravagant eulogles of the ami
nal, sung and shouted at it at the top OF
their voices. The animal, of course,
lashes out furiously at first but in n few
days it ceases to act on the offensive, or,
as the natives say, "Shurum lugta hal ~
1T becomes ashamed of itself, " and it
then stands with its trunk curlcd up,
shrinking from the men. Ropes are now
tied round its body, and it is mounted
at its picket for several days. 1t is then
taken out for exercise, secured between
two tame elephants. The ropes still re-
main round its body, to enable the ma
hout to hold on should the elephant try
to shake him off. A man precedcs it
with spear, to teach it to halt when
ordered to do so, while, as the tame Gle
plants wheel to the right or left, the
mahout presses its neck with his knees,
and taps it on the head with a small
stick, to train it to turn in the required
direction. To teach an elephant to
kneel, it is taken into water five feet
deep when the sun is hot and, upon be-
ing pricked on the back with pointed
stick, it soon lies down, partly to avoid
the pain, partly from inclination for a
bath. BY taking it into shallow water
daily it is soon taught to kneel even on
land
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
PLANT A HOME.

Young beginners in life's morning,
Don't forget the rainy day;
Sunshine cannot last forever,
Or the heart be always gay.
Save the dime and then the dollar,
Lay up something as you roam
Choose some blooming spot of beauty,
Some fair lot, and "plant home"
You, too, who have babes around you,
Coming up to take your place;
Give them something to remember,
Homestead memories let them trace
Would you feel the pride of manhood,
Let the sun your dwelling greet,
Breathe the blessed air of freedom,
Own the soil beneath your feet.
You, too, who perhaps have squandered
Life's fair morn-'tis not too latel
Start at once to WOO bright Fortune,
Rail no more at so-called fate
Sow the golden seeds of saving
In the rich and quickenng loan;
Spend your last days not with strangers,
Enter Heavens gate from home.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

the place of which he had once spoken
to Bella, and there he went at work.
People wondered at the vast supply Of
pearls he gained, and great effort was
made to buy him off But he maintained
his exclusive right for the season, and at
the expiration of that time stood second
only to Sir John in wealth among all the
men of the country. But this was only
secondary in his life-cup. That one
prize, which he gained when he went
down amid the mad waters of the Ben
gale, was the brightest jewel in his
crown of life-the ''pearl of great price. y
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
lie Was Resigned.

Old Mr.. l., according to the Bos-
ton Globe one of the best of men, is an
invalid, but always maintains, despite
his. sufferings, a cheerful exterior.
GLOW do you feel to-day, sir" queried
a friend recently.
I'm feeling very poorly, thank God, "
he answered, chcerfully.
"Why is thati' asked the friend in
establishment. "You are suffering, and
yet you thank God"
anybody can thank God when he is
feeling well, was the reply.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
Begin Alright.

A frowning face or unkind word may
shroud whole household in gloom the
entire day, while CHEEKY smiles, like bril-
liant sun rays, fill the atmosphere with
glowing warmth and happiness, Let us
cultivate the habit of good humor and
sing with the poet;
Ozark clouds away and welcome day;
With night we Danish SORROW.
Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, aloft,
To give my love good-mor,ow."
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

The boy who stole up behind the ham
mock and cut the rope at the head-end
under the impression that his brothd
was in it, and let his father down on til
stoop so hard that it shot his artifici]
teeth out of his mouth and half wa
across the lawn, will never undertake d
cut another hammock if a sol
opinion may be based on sound. And thu
boy will never forget how mean an
crest-f fallen and low-down he felt whd
he saw his little brother, whom he hal
set out to play the joke on, lookin
around the corner of the house while til
old gentleman was prescribing the spri
of Usage orange .-Puck.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

No medicine has ever been known 50 ed
fectual in the cure of all those diseases arisinI
from an impure condition of the blood 4
ScovilIs Saraparilla, or Blood and Live
Syrup, the universal remedy for the cure d
scrofula, Whit swe.!ngs, rheumatism, pin}
pies, blotches, eruptions, venereal sores and
diseases, consumption, so.tre, b1ils, cancers
and all kindred diseas :. There is no bettel
means of securing a beautiful con:plexio]
than by using Scovill's Sarsaparill, or Bio u
and Liver Syrup, which cleanses the blood
and gives permanent beauty TO the skin.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

Many ladies who for years had scarcel
ever enjoyed the luxury of feeling well hay
been renovated by the use of Lydia Pinkhani
Vegetable Compound.
THE conductors of horse-cars in Valparaiso
Chilli are women.
DR.. Graves Heart Regulator cures all form
Of Heart Disease, nervousness, sleeplessness
THE Beers have made Cetewayo's son kin
Of Zululand.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

"No, no, not" cried Bella, after Allan
had informed her of the ordeal her father
had given him to pass. "You shall not
do this. Oh, all who have tried it have
died"
"But it must be So" returned the
youth, calmly and firmly. "Your father
has given me his solemn word, in pres
ence of the councillor, Sudham, that if l
bring him up the pearl shall have your
hand. If die, then so let it be; but
feel that shall not Last night had
the most pleasant and promising dreams,
and l have not single fear in the pros
pect Think If l succeed-you are mine
forevermorc. Oh, we will not look be-
You'd this! And listen: l think hold a
secret that none of the divers have fairly
considered. They have always taken the
time of the whole ebb of the tide, think
ing that the water would be more still
then; but l am sure that the most quiet
time at the bottom is after the tide has
begun to come in. At the ebb there is
surely mighty current whirling around
those rocks, induced by the subterranean
channel; but when the tide has turned,
and been half an hour on the flood l
think the water is more calm below,
though it surges so furiously at
the surface. But do not dissuade
me. know the undertaking is perilous
but what is my love for thee, if l would
not risk my life to gain it'"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

"Rough ON Pain"

Cures collie, cramps, diarrhGa; externalll
for aches, pains sprains, headache, neuralgia
rheumatism. For man or beast - and 20,
Ely's Cream Balm, for Catarrh, Cold in TIL
head, Hay Fever, etc BY its use have ovej
come a disagreeabe discharge from my nod
trils; am free from pain in my eyes and head
John w. Lane, Hardware Merchant, New
ton, n. ]. Not liquid OF snuff.
have been a sufferer for years with Cd
tarrh, and under a physicians treatment fd
over year. Elys Cream Balm gave me inI
mediate relief believe am entirely cured
C. s Davis, First National bank, Eliz4
beth, N. j.
The Hope Ofthe Major.
Children, slow in development, puny ,scrawn
and delicate, use "Wells' Health Renewern
See Here, Young Men,
that girl of mine is twice as handsome sind
she commenced using Carboline, the deodoI
lied extract of Petroleum, and would not
without it for fortune.
Night Sweats.
Headache, fever, chills, malaria, dyspepsia
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04
brought up and opened, and within was

brought up and opened, and within was
found pearl as large as a robins
egg. As the boat was near
ing the shore, dispute arose
among the divers as to who should re-
ceive pay for the pearl. From words
they passed to blows, and in the struggle
the oyster was lost overheard. 1t sank
near the rocks, and as tie oyster was
dead, it could not have moved away by
any volition of its own.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

Night Sweats.
Headache, fever, chills, malaria, dyspepsi
cured by "Wells Health Remover" 81,
SMOKING does not agree with some peopl
but it always seems to SCOT the chimney.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-20

beariLS and utf4ir, IL is marvel that
he hiss not been killtd before this by
some Of the vi,tims Of his unsorupuious
zeal and psrtisanship. BE does not seem
10 comprehend what this election means
10 him aud suoh as he. Yesterday q man
was taken bsiore United States Commits
sioner Little charged with interfering
with nited States marshal on election
day. While the case was bsing heard
John Davenport ssuntered In with an
overocat on his arm and an unlighted
Cigar in his mouth. He went straight to
the United States commissioner and began
talking TO him. 81 object" said the
prisoners counsel, 'to Mr.. Davenport
coming into this oass. He has nothing to
do with IT,"
"He will have something to do with II
before he gets through" rejoined DRven-
port with menacing gesture.
III object to Mr.. DAvenport's coming
here aud making threats," continued the
counsel.
Now some day "little Johnny" ss he
lie ususlly called, will get 1t through his
hair that he has ceased to exist as
public parsonage and powerful funo-
tionafy and II he does not overcome his
habit Of impudenoe before other people
feel this he will be likely to get the
thrashiug he hiss long deserved.
W. T. C.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-20

BALTIMORE, Nov. 16.-Mrs. Sarah
Smith, whose husband is a clerk in the
post office, made q deliberate and prob
ably successful attempt to kill herself
yesterday when she heard that the
Official vote Of Nsw York had been given
TO Cleveland. She has been greatly de.
pressed since election, apprehending that
with the change Of administration her
husband would lose his position. She
took her hushand's razor, cut cash five
inches long In her throat, and then
opened the arteries at her wrist When
her husband returned from the office last
night he found her insensible on the
floor of their house, lying in a pool OF
blood. The doctor says she cannot re-
cover.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-20
A TRUA STORY.
Abbe Rinne.


Where is the baby grandmamma
The sweet young mother calls
From her work IN the cozy kitchen,
With Its dainty whitewashed walls.
And grandma leaves her knitting,
And looks for her all around
But not trace Of baby dear
Can anywhere be found.
No sound Of Its merry prattle,
No CLEAN Of its sunny hair,
No patter Of tiny footsteps,
No sign Of IL anywhere.
All through the house and garden,
Far out into the field,
They searched each nook and corner,
But nothing Is revealed.
And the mothers face grew pallid;
Grandmamma's eyes grew dim
The fathers. gone to the village
No use TO look for him.
And the baby's lost "Where's Rover?"
The mother CHANGED to think
Or the old well in the orchard
Where the cattle used to drink.
"Where's Rover? know he'd find her
Rover ~ In vain they call,
And hurry away to the orchard
And there by the moss-grown wall,
Close to the we'll lies Rover,
Holding to baby's dress
She was leaning over the wells edge
In perfect fearlessness. -
She stretched her little arms down,
But Rover held her fast,
And never seemed tc mind the kicks
The tiny bare feet cast
So spitefully upon him,
But wagged his tail instead,
To greet the frightened searchers,
While naughty baby said
'Dere's little dirl in the 'ater
She's dust as big az me,
Mamma want to help her out
And take her home to tea. .a... 49,.
But Rover he won't let me,
And don't love him. Go
Away, you naughty Rover
oh why are you crying sol"
The mother kisses her, saying
my darling, understand,
Good Rover saved your life my dear
And, sec, he ticks your hand
Kiss Rover" But baby struck him,
But grandma understood;
She said; "It's hard to thank the friend
Who thwarts us for our good"
-Bdtdtoin's Monthly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-20
ONE BY ONE.


Though from the boughs to which they've
long been clinging,
The Autumn leaves are dropping one by one,
Yet from their dust new forms OF beauty
sprinRing,
Shall smile again in Summers gentle sun.
Though one by one the pearly drops of morn.
From dropping flowers, on yiewless pinions
rise,
Wen see them yet the gorgeous clouds adorn.
With glowing arches of celestial dyes.
Though one by one the stars arc fading slowly
Thal all night long kept vigil In he sky,
The dlstantmc untain peaks.like prophets holy,
Proclaim that mornings light and song are
Ligh.
Though with slow step goes forth the sower
weeping,
And on earth's lap his precious treasure
Yet Goa es the harvest, With its Joyous reaping.
When shall be gatherer home the ripened
aheaves.
Though one by one the friends we foudly
Withdrtw from ours the cold and trembling
And leave us sorrowful, they do not perish
They yet shall greet us in a fairer land
Yes, from all climes whereer the faithful
Meath scorching suns, or arctic snow and
frost,
stainles theyll rise, in myriads without num-
All,ail,s shall meet-taere shall not one he lost
Chambers Journal
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-20
SIN Our Father's House,

NOrIOk Lanumark.
The heartfelt utterAnoes OF loyalty to
the Union from the southern people since
Cleveland's election are but 10 accord
with the actions Of those heroic souls who
have, through good report and evil, and
long years Of sore trial, kept inviOlate
their Appomattox parole. In this great
triumph Of popular rights, they rejoice
not as pArtisans, but as patriots.
They rejoice as the worthy descend
ants Of aires who were among
the foremost is laying deep and broad tho
foundation Of this great republic, aud in
giving prestige TO the American flag.
They can look now at the stars and
stripes and proudly feel that this symbol
ia no longer mensoe but 8 safeguard |;
that an insult to that Gag 10 an insult to
them that an insult to them, 40 Ameri.
can ci'izsns, will now under all oircum
stauces and in all chimes, be resented by
that flag, backed by reunited and
powerful nation. -. 5...