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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
SELECT SETTINGS.

Smuggling, instead of cutting the han,
is said to seal up the ends and prevent
grazing.
Dates were first affixed to grants and
assignments in 1890. Before that time
land was transferred by undated deeds.
The motto of England dates from the
battle of Gisors, 1913. Richard, the
Lion Hearted, used the phrase as the
watchword for the day.
Just before Hindoo woman dies. she
is placed on a "durree," spread on the
ground for the purpose, and q COW is
brought in, so that she may hold its tail
as her soul leaves the body.
When Liebig succeeded in ascertaining
the composition of fuminic acid, Gay
Lussac, with whom he was working,
waitzed with him, and coolly explained
to him that that was his way of ceebra-
ting new discovery.
The caul is membrane found on some
children encompassing the head when
born. 1t is thought good omen to the
child itself, and the, vulgar opinion
is that whoever obtains it by pur-
chase will be fortunate and escape dan
ger.
A clock made of hardened bread is on
exhibition in Milan. 1t is the work of
Peruvian, who, being too poor to buy
any material for the work, saved his
bread, eating the crust and using the soft
part, which he hardened in a mineral So
luton for his clock.
There are Russians still living who re-
member when their grandfathers were
compelled to follow the example of the
Mongols and to use nephrite hatchets, and
it is said that thirty years ago there were
Cossacks in the valley of the Irkut who
understood how to jade tools.
A boy, aged ten years and half, died
in Washington, d. c., after long suffer
ing from q swelling of the abdomen,
which defed diagnosis. The small in
testine contained twenty large plum
stones, a copper cent, a nickel, tooth,
two buttons, and other foreign substan-
ces. The liver was enlarged.
A British bark which recently arrived
in Philadelphia reported that when about
500 miles southeast of Cape II; tteras, the
crew was for several hours much incon-
venienced by dense mist that had the
odor OF burning pine. a northwest gale
was blowing. which would have swept
away the smoke of recent fire in few
minutes. 1t was impossible to see more
than few miles through the mist, and
the sun only feebly penetrated it.
An account is given by Dr. John Shaw
in the journal of the Linnean society,
volume IA, that the genuine good name
Of the grass family for innocence and So
briefly does not extend to all its members
There is Drunk grass, so called by
the Dutch colonists, a species of Melica,
which in some parts of South Africa in
toXicates" cattle to an alarming extent
and the evil is spreading with the increase
of sheep farming; the sheep, he says, sort
out the other grasses, while they totally
abstain from this.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06

1t has often been noticed that good
many New York detectives look like
gamblers. They have the same sturdy
figures and the same carefully wrought
mustaches as the gamblers
There are many mddle-aged men,
with gray boards and white hair, who
are as enthusiastic patrolers of Broad
way as the Youngest of the providers.
Some of them are eX-army officers, others
retired business men, and many of them
men who have been unsuccessful and
who are out of employment. but who
seek amusement with the crowd. Every
day there are fresh recruits from the
country who stroll up and down in open
mouthed admiration, and follow with
intense interest the noted figures who
occasionally pass them. All the men and
women who are more or less famous in
New York pass up and down Broadway
at some time or other. In fact it is said
that all the famous people of the earth
must in the course of time stroll by the
Fifth Avenue hotel. This applies as truly
to Lord Coleridge the lord chancellor of
England, as to Sorakichi, the champion
wrestler of Japan. OF the hundreds of
the well-known faces of famous actors,
popular politicians, well-known bankers,
and notorious people of various sorts
nothing need be said. They have been
written about so many times that they
now take the parade up and down Broad
way as much for an advertisement as
anything else.-Neoo York. Sun.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
Odd Articles of Food in Mexico.

In one of his letters describing life in
Mexico w. A. Croffut says: Most of these
suburban canals are covered with what
looks like a green scum but is really like
most of the green "scum" on northern
ponds, fine vegetable, sort of cress,
which frequents places of special fertility.
When Cortez besieged the city, the in
habitants pieced out their rations with
stuff skinned from the pools, and there
by postponed their death by starvation.
1t was lesson they never forgot, and the
people who dwell in these bamboo huts
make a sort of salad Of this frail blossom
of decay.
But the MeXicans eat even oddcr things
than this. There are no fish in these
great salt lakes near the city, but re-
markable spotted reptile lives in them
with fsh-like body, four legs like
lizard, and webbed feet. 1t is batrach-
ian of the salamandcr type. about ten
inches long, and its flesh is white and
toothsomc. This hideous protean is de.
voured in great quantities by the poems,
as were the toads, tadpoles, lizards and
bulrush piths by their ancestors. l sup
pose there is some truth in what an old
fellow who was fond of horse steaks told
me in Paris last summer "Why we eat
one thing stead Of another is just a mat
ter of fashion, like the cut of coat.
Everything's good to eat"
Another curious product of the Mexi-
can lakes is marsh fly called axayacatl,
which deposits its eggs in myriads on
flags and rushes, from which they are
gathered by the bushc and made into
cakes that are sold in the market and
eaten with relishl / had read the de-
scription Of this food by the monk
Thomas Care, who wrought here $50
years ago: "The Indians gathered much
of this and kept it in Heaps, and made
thereof Cakhs, like unto Brickbats, and
they did eat this Meal with as good
Stomach as we eat Cheese; yea, and
they hold opinion that this Scum or fat
ness of the water is the cause that such
great number Of Fowl cometh to Lake.
which in the winter season is infinite. :"
These eggs, looking like fine fish roe, are
still collected in "Heaps' that look like
haycocks along the mud flats of the lake
marge. The insects themselves, about
the size of house fly, are also caught in
enormous quantities, pounded into paste
and boiled in corn husks.
neglected the two or three opportuni-
ties | had to taste of the eggs, but l
atoned for that sin of omission by eating
some of the flies one morning. They are
not bad They are pretty good. About
like shrimps and the large red ants of
Brazil. Dear Newspaper! there's hardly
anything that l wouldn't do for you. /
even drank pulque for you, and the flavor
thereof fingers in my mouth as l write,
like a diabolical Renaissance.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
The OIigin of Dixie.

On Saturday night in 1859, when
Dan Emmett was member of Bryants
MINISTRIES, New York, Dan Bryant came
to him and said: dan, can't YOU get up
walk aroundP ! want something new
and lively for Monday night" Dan went
to work, and by Sunday afternoon he had
the words commencing, II wish was in
Dixie" This expression was not South
ern. but appeared among the circus
people Of the North In early fall, when
nipping frosts would overtake the tented
wanderers, the boys would think of the
warmth of the South, and the common
expression would be: "Well, | wish
was in Dixie" This gaye.the catch-l line,
and the rest of the song was original.
On Monday morning it was rehearsed
and highly commended, and at night a
crowded house caught up the refrain ana
half of them went hrme singing Dixie.
The song became the rage, and w. w. New
combs, Buckley's minstrels and others
gave Dan So each for the privilege of
using it. Mr.. Werlean wrote to Emmett
to secure the copyright; but, without
waiting for a reply, published it with
words by a Mr.. Peters. Pond, of New
York, secured it from Emmett for 5000 ;
but Werlean sold thousands of copies
without giving him nickel. Not only
was Emmett robbed of the profits of his
song, but the authorship of it was dis
puted. Will S. Hayes claimed it as his
own, Pond brought the matter before a
music publishers convention, and settled
the authorship; but Dan reaped no bene-
fit from this tardy justice. - Oakland
Times.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
Why the Wart is There.

Those who have studied the map of
Massachusetts, says the Boston Globe,
cannot but have noticed the peculiar APP
pearance of portion of the Connect
cut boundary line just southeast of
Springfield. The point referred to is a
small square block at the town of South
wick, extending from this State into that
of Connecticut. Although the peculiar
jog on the map has often been noticed
and commented upon, it is not generally
known that this very point was for years
the foundation for most bitter contro-
versy between the two States. From
1774 to 1901 the question of division
came several times before special com
mittees and commissioners from Massa-
chusetts, and town meetings were fire.
quently held to settle the matter. In
1774 Connecticut attached n portion of
land to Southwick, south of the original
colony line. Ten years afterward in
1884, a committee from Connecticut was
appointed for the purpose of establish
ing the bounds at this point, but so tie.
nacious was each colony of every inch OF
territory that it took more than score
of years to settle this very trifln3 matter
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
!" The Reliable Medicine

We do not claim that Hoods Sarsaparilla is "ths
any" medicine which deserves the confidence OF the
public but 10 claim that the universal voice Of ap
prova which from the thousands who have used
It; the great curative power which has scrofuia
dyspepsia, biousness and all diseases caused by i'm.
pure state low condition Of the blood and the great
SKILL experience and used in its preparation make
Il worthy the full confidence Of the public and entitled
10 be called " The Reliable Medicine"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Hoods Sarsaparlla beats all others and is worth its
weight in gold."-I. BARRISGToN, 100 Bank street,
New York City.
Mr.. j. N. Ketchum Of Barre. VT, says that his boy
had several very ugly scrofulous hiseg Hoods
Sarsaparila cured him.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best blood purher."-
T.. s. PHELPS, Worcester, Mass.
Mr.. j. " A. Proudfoot, of Chicago, says his little
ooy had discharge from his ears after scarlet fever
Hoods Sarsaparla greatly benefited him.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by druggists 81; siI for
%. Made by @. l. HOOD CO.. Lowell, Mass.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
What He Was Sowing.

A countryman was sowing his ground,
when two smart fellows came riding by,
one OF whom called out, with an insolent
air:
"Well, my good man, It's your bust
ness to SOW; but we reap the fruits of
you: labor"
"The rustic replied; "'Tis very likely
you may, for just now l am sowing
hemp
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06
KIDNEY NzsIs !

tFFor constipation loss Of anoete nd diseases the
bowels take Hawey s. ,a"b and Liver Pills % cents
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If the English tongue possesses now
twice as many words as the Greek pos
sessed, that would remind us that the
human race had doubled its treasures Of
mind and body since Homer and Pericles.
Language has become millionaire. One
idea has led to another, until there is a
paradise where once there was a sandy
plain.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-06

A paper chimney fifty feet high has
lately been put up at Breslau. Com
pressed paper pulp is stated to be one of
the least of infamable of substances, and
to make an excellent material for fire
proof doors.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-30
TRUSTEES SALE

V'RuSTEE'S SALE OF THE DALLAS
OPERA. HOUSE WHEREAS, Ihe nsl.
- 'Nvr'-.,. cnt ''ul.uuy. rr its certain decd
- ''~'' .,'-- i.i= -st'. Any 81. .t..-Jrv, A. h.
'- US |.t'utat - IA. t. uJges
... To-. 30, "a Uyg l'5,ut '..a ry,cg. l.. ID, trust
l'e.,, fisage>, "lu,, of the county ui Dai.
rs state ~ Texas, conveyed 70 the under.
signed trustee the following described rem
estate, situated, lying and being in the civ
ol pHllaS, county of Dallas, state OF Texas.
l9-wt; bcgiru.ng for us nurthe ,st corner nj
the southwest corner OF Commerce and Ans.
tin streets IN the said city or Dallas; thence
south with the u Of Austin street 900 ipCi
10 Jacks IN street; thence west with Jackson
street - ttct; thence north parallel Williams
uh street 10 ieet TO Commerce street; thence
se1S' WIN commerce street TO the beginning
on ltet together with all and singular the
rights, members appurtenaucos and hcredl.
Hihtnla thereto belonging or In any wise In.
'iu'hl OF NpDNrltlnlng, and with an and
>lhtW rune furniture and fixtures, scenery
NAt properties ot any and ali sorts whatso.
ever pertaining To the Opcru-houSe situated
upnn 'aid land. And which sale conveyance
lo the undersigned was made In trust TO 81.
cure The payment OF certain notes in said
uetd described; and whereas said notes and
Soyroi,ng interest have not been paid MS r..
CURED. Now, therefore. public motto. ls
hereby given that the underslgu nj the
request of some Of the holders OF said uoteS
anu IN pursuance of the terms of the said
dyCd OF trust, will, on Monday the l5,h day
OF December, A. II. lSsi, between the hours Gi
l,o CLOCK In the forenoon and o'clock In tue
atcTuonn oi said day, at the door of Tho
.ohit mouse OF Dallas county, Texas, proceed
nNll the said property herUlntOfore descrih,
lht public Nurt on, for cash, 10 the highest
bidder, To satisfy said unpaid n ties and In.
ar yer, tnr expenses "l carving oU' this trust
ehu Ior the purposes IN said deed Of trust s,i
1oTih. JOHN Z. MURPHY, Trustee,
nNLLNs, TFNAs, SovcmhrrI 1, lsst
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TO A FRIEND IN AFrLIoTIoN.
BY THE REV WILLIAM MuNFoRD.


l know in grief like thine how more. than
All comfort to the stricken heart appear.
And a. the bursting cloed must spend ITS
rain,
SO grief its tears.
know that when thy little tarling's form
Had freed the living spirit iettered there.
You could not pierce beyond the breaking
In your despair.
You only knew thos precious eyes were dim,
You only felt those tiny lips were co d,
You only chung TO what remained ofhim,
Beneath the mould.
You could not see the tender hand that
caught
Your little lamb-so needless OF it, charms.
You missed him fcm your own, but never
thought
or Jesus arms.
But oh, young mother look The gate I'M
bars,
Aud through the darkness smiling from
the skies,
Are beaming on you brighter than those
stars,
Your darlng'S eyes.
nocks,
And they must mount where yet the grass is
young,
Far up the TO ks
The shepherd takes "A little lamb at play,
And lifts him gently to his careful breast,
And with It's tender heating leads the way
For AL the rest.
That quick the mother follows in the path,
Then others go-like men OF faith and
hopes
And soon the shepherd gathers all he hath,
Far up the slopes,
And on those everlasting hills he feeds
The trusting fold In green that never pals
| Look up! oh see! Your II, tie darling leads,
The shepht ri calls
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MihlAnd Mitea.

MIDLAND, Nov. % CORES poBdence.i
The most important event of the week
was the organization of the Midland
Building association. The stock is lin
tied to 1000 shares at $50 per share. The
operations are confined to Midland and
the association is Differed by residents
of Midland. The hoard of directors for
the first year are f. ". Wardlow. T. b.
Lancaster, G. ID. Palmer, +. G. Griffith
and b. X. Brant. The loan feature has
been eIpunged aud the business OF the
association is confined to buying lots
and material and building, renting aud
selling houses. 1t VII b to the decided
interest of foreign lot owners and the
members OF the Midland Town com
pany TO take shares. Lots Sought aud
paid for may be- put in as stocks, at the
prices shown by the records
OF the Town company, provided
that an equal number of cash
shares he taken. ThelaSsessment on a
cash share is 81 per month.
The Wool Growers association have
appointed MIR. Xirker inspector.
r. b. Lancaster's mother and brother
came last week. They will build at once
IN the town, and Mr.. l.. is demonstrating
his section.
After tiresome Journey Of thirty
days the school seats have arrived.
Wheat, rye and oats are sown on the
experimental farm. llsny varieties in
small quantities will be tried.
Dunn e stephens shipped twenty car $
of cattle to Chicago.
Mr.. Besner, connected with Dunn Il
stephens ranch, has rented the pretty
cottage owned 10y i. NJ. Wardlow.
The block corners have been set.
Rev. Cochran, of Abilene, preached on
sunday, and some Of the good people
organized Sunday school.
Mr.. Butler has removed his family
from Colorado, and they are now oc-
cupying their new house.
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Safe In the South.

The following is an extract from a
letter written by Prof. s. II. Smothers,
an intelligent oolored man of this city,
and il explains itself.
DEAR BRoTHER:-Tell mother that
she need not give herself any uneasi-
ness concerning my safety here. There
. nothing in the political situation in
Texas to cause alarm. Myself and fam
lily feel just as safe in Dallas as do in In
diana. Nearly one-half tho white peo-
pie o: this city are Republicans, among
whom are bankers, merchants, LAWYERS
md mechanics. But many of my best
friends are Democrats, who treat me
with all the kindness aud respect could
wish for. The lieutenant governor @ ect
is Mr.. Gibbs, Democrat, and citizen
of Dallas. | am personally
acquainted with him, and know him to
be fair-minded, honest and Just man,
and sincere friend TO the colOred peo-
pie. | and many other colored men
voted for him at the last election. The
colored men generally voted tor Judge
A. B. Norton, II publican, for governor,
hut many of us voted Tor Gibbs for lieu
tenant governor.
Though | am not personally ac-
quainted with Gov. Ireland, | take
pleasure in saying that he has made a
good governor, and believe our rights
will still be safe in his hands.
>, II, SNoTHERs.
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NOTICES.

NoTlCE-MlSS ANNIE HENDFR.ON
= has returned 10 Dallas, and wishes he r
,ilehIS ang old customers TO call ON hor g,
Mrs Robbins, 12l Elms'. noHl.l
NVhCE 10 FEEbt RS--TWu OAR
a l, ads Of good, smooth steers three. yenr.
oiu past for snlt will deliver ON railroad
ulso one cNr.loDl tat cows. Address EVEN.
NAIL y SINsoN, Pc. Box %, Pulo Pinto
InLn Pinto county noga. II
y Once. 10 on NEh- OK OUCUPAN
~ OF property In sewer districts between
NAN ana Elm streets, from Sycamore Ia
HARDWOOD street aud between Main and Com.
metce streets from Jefferson TO Mummy s,rrei.
section Of sewer Ordlnance-That privntr
sewers, water closets, ami sink ha, ms. etc
shNu be constructed In ell OF said districts io
connect With the district sewer on notire
from the city engineer, and as directed nv
sNd officer and not stherwiSc.
sun. Sec. 3. IL shall be n misdrmegnor for
the owner or occupant ofany buliinp in any
sever dlslrlot-sny position (which lsnse,i
orony purpose during any portion of The
uNy-toiail to have az least one vntlr closrt
connected with the puhlic sewer rs davs M.
yer NON 1cation by the city engineer etc.
The above district sewers are constructed
ana ready Tor use, and all parties intprpsto d
are hereby notified To comply with tho nbov.
sections q the sewer ordinance.
W. VI. JOHNSON, City Engineer.
November ~. 1874.
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LEGAL.

DALLAS COUNTY CoMMtsSIoNERs
y Court, November Term, A, ID. ISL.
November 70, lN,i.-rhe follow ny order w..
.ilbue hnd entered, to.wit Ordered Thai
we cl'rk oi TINS court be- directed 10 ndynr.
~ Tor tlod'ts for the following nn,ncsn.
70 w'ii rst-lurR sup,r,ut.nseht ~ ~,
Iolhs county ~ M from january /. ~, 20
J"uu.ry /, lisa, bidders To state sninrv w
month"; second-For a physician for iSc
haias county isrm for one year from lam
MY ], ls>', bidders To state ; tlsr, per ,no,ti,
lhitd-Fur county physician To nttenI NV,
lNll ana pluperS not GA the county f,rm t,r
vne year nom January /, lS>i. bidiers ~
sNNt salary per month. F,urth-t,r a So
s,n ior zoe county 90 bury the iudlgcnt cor
W nl year nom January |, isSi. Fifib-For
iubh sh'hg medicine io the inmutes or ,bs
IVY ahu INDECENT poor not ON the cnun n 6,rm
nl"ucts 10 state the price nor trrsc,tnii,,
W hils 10 be nled with the G unity cietif "a,
county Judge, and 10 he opened by thn con,i
ON Monday, December = lSSi, snd the couni,
ehnrtssly reserve. the hight 10 r,.ieet NM ~ ~
NJ, elas That may be presented. W
hereby certify that the above Is n true mud
soirevt copy Of the order aforesaid. ns npnee !.
term. "'N ""ue ~ 81
T. s.l-.,iven under my hand ard oe,c,o,
seAl' ~ otiice, IN the c ~ OF Dallas, ihis d.,
u"y "i November, A. ID. 1891
County Clerk Dallas county ,ITexss.