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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
How German LabOrerS Live.

"Will you describe to me in detail
the condition and methods of living
among the laboring classes of Germany"
asked Chronicle reporter of F. Bruch,
who has recently returned from visit
to Westphalia.
In the particular section where
came FROM" was the reply, "there are
large coal mines, and the miners, who
would rank as artisans, receive seventy
five cents day, and an occasional few
who are particularly adept may receive
one dollar day, which is likewise the
wages usually paid to iron workers.
Each class works eight hours day. The
unskilled laborers in the neighborhood
receive from thirty-five to fifty cents
day, and days work with them is
twelve hours. The conditions in West
phalia are however, in the German view,
exceptionally favorable to the laborer.
There the expense OF living, taken by the
month, for family of four or five, is
House rent, 81. so; groceries Gncluding
dried and salt meats and bread), $12;
beef Sundays, $3.50; beverages, So !;
taxes, So. Total, $22.
In explanation of this schedule l
would like to say that the laborer usual
ly rents. He so rarely-I may say never
owns house free of encumbrance.
The house which he occupies in country
sections and villages consists of three or
four rooms, and is sparingly furnished.
Some of these houses have few of the
modern improvements, but this is de-
pendent upon the ease and cost of sup.
plying them. My father keeps a grocery
OF hat ~
monthly expenditure of the laborer is in
that direction, and it ranges from eight
to sixteen dollars month. 1t is Gus
tomary for all grocers TO handle dried
and salt meats and bread, and my father
conforms to the usage.
1.-The laborer obtains his main sus-
tenance from peas, beans, potatoes and
sauerkraut. Sunday is day of festivity,
and then beef is eaten-the only day in
the week. During the working days,
when it can be afforded, pork is eaten
at one meal day, usually at midday,
and then it is cooked with one OF
the other of the vegetables named,
in kind of broth. In the absence of
meat diet for at best the supply is al
ways limited), | presume it becomes al
most a necessity for the laborer to sustain
himself largely by the use of beverages,
and these are more generally INDUCED in
by him habitually than by the naturalized
0r native American citizen. Clothing is
an item scarcely to be considered The
laborers and peasants son, when con-
iirmed, dons new suit larger in leg and
body, arms and tail, than present require
ments, which is carefully folded after the
ceremony and ASSUMED again at his we'd
ding. A new suit is, in fact, obtained
only once in four or five years, and is
then of the coarScSt and cheapest mate
rial. The last il Al on the schedule is that
of taxes. At present there is general
complaint at the excessive tax which the
labOrer is compelled to pay, amounting
to one tenth of his annual income. You
will observe from the figures | furnish
that it is only by the strictest economy
and successful management that the la
borer can make the two ends meet. -
San FrdHciscO Chronicle.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
The Cucumber.

Among the numerous surprises which
the progress of analytical science has
sprung upon our modern cuisine is the
announcement that the cucumber, nearly
always partaken of with certain inward
misgiying as to consequences, is a diges-
tible, wholesome food; and that, well
grown and properly prepared, it may be
unhesitatingly received on a familiar
footing. This is something to say; for
prejudice has parleyed with the cucum-
Der in the character of possible enemy
for more than 5000 years. Even with
the memory of John Evelyn it was &C
counted in England as little better than
poison, and perhaps no other fruit ever
succeeded in inspiring the same amount
of mingled esteem and dread. Among
ourselves the latter feeling has till quite
lately predominated; and most persons
are familiar with the old fashioned adj
vice to ''pare your cucumber carefully
and after well peppering it, cast it forth
with out of the window into the kennel. ~
So common was the feeling thus ex-
pressed that Gay made it the subject of
a smile in stanza of the "Begger's
Opera"
When Polly's drest with care and cost,
All tempting, fine and gay,
As men should serve a cucumber,
She fings herself away.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
The Thimb1e.

The thimble is Dutch invention that
was first brought to England in 1895 by
one John Loftin, who began its manufac-
ture at 1slington, near London, gaining
thereby both honor and profit. Its name
was derived from the words thumb and
bell, being for long time called thum-
BILE, and only lately thimble. Old rec
ords say that thimbles were first worn on
the thumbs; but we can scarcely conceive
how they could be of much use there.
Formerly they were made of brass and
iron only, but of late years steel, silver,
gold, horn, ivory, and even pearl and
glass have all been used for making thin
bles. saw some very beautiful ones in
China, that were exquisitely carved, of
pearl, and bound with gold, and the end
also of gold.
A thimble owned by the queen consort
of Siam Is shaped like lotus bud, this,
being the loyal flower of that country,
and almost everything about the court
bearing, in greater or less degree, some
impress of the lotus. This thimble is of
gold, thickly studded with diamonds
that are so arranged as to form the lady s
name and the date Of her marriage. 1t
was bridal gift from the king, who,
having seen the English and American
ladies at his court using thimbles, took
this method Of introducing them among
his own people.
In Naples very pretty thimbles, com
posed of lava from Mount Vesuvius, are
occasionally sold, but rather as curiosi-
ties than for real utility, being, from the
extreme brittleness of the lava, very
easily broken. l have heard also Of
thimbles made of asphaltum from the
Dead sea, and of one composed of a
fragment of the old elm tree at Cam
bridge, Mass, under which General
Washington >tood when taking command
of the United States army, in July, 1875 /;
but | do not suppose that any of these
were ever intended to be used in sewing.
In the ordinary manufacture of gold
and silver thimbles thin plates of the
metal are introduced into the die and
then punched into shape. But in Paris
the French have way of their own,
quite different from ours, for making
gold thimbles that are said to be much
more durable than those made in the
usual way. Pieces of very thin sheet
iron are cut into disks of about two
inches in diameter. These, after being
heated to rcdness, are struck by means
of punch into succession of holes of
gradually increasing depth to give the
proper shape. The thimble is then
trimmed, polished and indented around
its outer surface with tiny holes. 1t is
next converted into steel by a process
called cementation, then tempered,
pht n pn1n
After all this is completed, Il thin sheet
of gold is introduced into the interior
and fastened to the steel by mandrel,
while gold leaf is attached firmly by the
pressure to the outside, the edges being
scanned in small groove made to receive
them. This completes the thimble that
will last for years. The steel used in
its construction will scarcely wear out in
long time, and the gold, if worn away,
is easily replaced -Dorcas Magazine.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

Public speakers and singers use Piso's Cure
for hoarseness and weak lungs
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
ne Crocus and the Grain speculator.

A Chicago florist said to reporter:
keep few common crocuses in stock
pc year round to supply one person.
very morning he buys buttoniere Of
|ese simple flowers, never wishing
hers OF different kind. OF course /
bow there is nothing strange in a pre-
Pence for particular flower, but his
king for the crocus is for an uncommon
Jason. Where he was born superstition
bnnects daring and the crocus. He is a
REGULATOR in grain, and he believes wear,
|g flower keeps his courage up.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

Back of the army is a possible Amcri
can MALTA force of five million men.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

1t gives us great pleasure to state that the
merchant who was reported being at the point
of death from an attack of pneumonia, has
entirely recovered by the use of DR.. VIM.
Halls Balsam for the Lungs Naturally he
feels grateful for the benefits derived from
using this remedy, for the lungs and throat;
and in giving publicity to this statement we
are actuated by motives of public benefa ction,
trusting that others may be benefited in a
similar manner.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

STEEL nails are taking the place of iron
ones.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

everywhere are refusing TO take white, lardy
looking butter except al "grease" prices. Con-
sumers want nothing but gilt-edged butter,
and buyers therefore recommend their pa
irons to keep a uniform color throughout the
year by using tine Improved Butter Color
made by Wells, Richardson e. Co., Burling-
ton, VT, 1t is the only color that can be relied
on to never injure the butter, and to always
give the perfect color. Sold by druggists and
merchants
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
What Arctic Exploration Has Accom-
Dlished.

A true estimate of what Arctic explo-
ration has gained will, in part, be reach
ed by comparison of the knowledge of
our own continent half a centuey ago
with that shown upon the school-boy's
map of to-day. The maps of 1925 ex-
hibited for our northern coast-line Baf-
fms Bay only on the east, and westward,
dots only for the mouths of the McKen-
zie and Hearne rivers, up to the icy cape
of Cook, and the Be hiring sea-all of
which was then konwn except the new
sweep of Parry's voyage in the far north.
The charts of to-day accurately dilineate
the zone of land and the cast-lines with
in the Goth and 130th degrees of west
longitude, up to Cape Parry, latitude
seventy-one degrees and twenty one min
utes a region now largely frequented by
the trader. To these add the explora-
tions in the Eastern hemisphere by the
Russians, Danes, Austrian, Dutch, and
Swedes, crowned by the circumnaviga-
ton, first in the worlds history, of
northern Asia. And now Lockwood has
extended the line of North Greenland.
Again, no Arctic expedition has been
fruitless Of commercial and scientific
gains. Cabot failed to find the passage,
but he established the claims for our in
heritance of English liberty and law.
The first attempt to find the passage by
the north east, brought from the Inflated
Willoughby, news like that from our De
Long:
"He, with his hapless crew,
Each full exerted at his several task,
Froze into statues"
But Willoughby's second ship made
the discovery of Russia's wealth "a new
Indies"-for England, the beginning of
maratime commerce on the north. Among
the direct or indirect gains of this kind
for us have been the whaling grounds of
the northeast and the fisheries of Behring
strait, a region rendered safe by the voy-
age and charts of the Vincennes, the ex-
plorations of the coast survey, and latest
by the Corwin and the signal service.
Alaska is now attracting emigration; but
its shores seemed forbidding in the ex-
IRENE before the surveys of Rodgers and
the trial observations of Dali and others
were chartered for the guidance of the
mariner. The increasing returns to the
government and to the merchant from
the fur seal and the otter have shown the
wisdom of the purchase.
Still higher results are associated with
the photography of the great oceans; the
observations needed for the further
knowledge of the laws governing the or
igin and the course of storms; and mag
netism, with its relation to the compass
the telegraph and the telephone. 1--WE
shall never accurately know" says the
president of our own geographical socie-
ty, ''the laws of aerial and oceanic cur
rents, unless we know more about what
takes place in the Arctic circle. ~ Il.
NOurSe, an the Century,.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

Since the development of tree culture,
the forests in Europe have increased from
one-sixth to one-ffth of the entire terri
tory.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

Thin People.
"Wells' Health Remover restores health and
vigor, cures, dyspepsia, sexual debility. 81.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

Mothers.
you are falling broken, worn out and ner-
vous use "Wells' Health Remover" 81. Drgts
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

CROUCH on Dentisto Tooth Powder.
Smooth, refreshing, harmless, elegant, cleans
ing, preservative and fragrant. 15c. Druggists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-07-23
{Coztin1ted from last aceek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

A plate of SOLID GOLD IA 2-10 karats
fine is soldered on each side of plate of
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
parts of the cases-backs, centers, bezels, etc.
are cut and shaped by dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit of all
kinds of chasing, engraving, and engine
turning. The composition metal gives it
needed strength, stiffness and solidity, while
the w11tten guarantee of the manufacturers
warranting each case to wear t,venty years
proves that it contains all the gold that
can possibly be needed. This guarantee
is given from actual results, as many of
these cases have been worn perfectly smooth
by years of use without wearing through
the gold. DunuouE, a.. Dec. H. 1880.
have used one Of your James Boss Gold Watch
Cases for seventeen years. I bought it secondhand
and know of its having been used before got it,
but do not know how long. It looks good for ten
years longer. Did not suspect it was filed case
until so informed by a jeweler a short time since
I most cheerfully recommend your cases to be all
they are represented to be, and more.
o. MCCRANEY, Dep. COL Int Rep. Sd Dis. lo,oo.
send cent stamp Keystone Watch Case Factories Phila
dephs Pa for illustrated Pamphlet showing how
James Boss and Keystone Watch Cases are made.
ITO be Continued.) ,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-07-23
The DandeliOn.
[From the Buffalo Express. I


We wonder if there is another flower
in creation that turns up so many posy-
faces to the sun as does the common
dandelion. Every rod of lawn in the
realm, it not showing from dozen to a
thousand of the brilliant blossoms, it is
only because the close-cutting lawn
mower prevents, or else that system
attic course of wedding has expelled the
thing, or by the barest luck that no
plant ever got a footing. Not only is
the dandelion at home everywhere with
us, but wherever civilization has ex-
tended throughout the globe it has be-
come naturalized and comes forth to
greet the sight of man in early spring,
a supposed native of Europe, it seems
to thrive as well in almost every land
from the equator to the poles. Its
bright flowers open and close at reeu.
lar hours morning and evening, and on
this account it was selected by Lin.
nseus for his floral cloak. It's feathery
tufts also serve as a barometer BY pre-
dieting calm or storm. In floral Ian.
guage it signifies coquetry, smiling as
it does on all and winning admiration
It not but momentary, of every one by
it's undeniable beauty. The globes
formed by it's seed have in all lands and
ages been looked upon as oracles in the
matter of affections. If yon are sepa.
rated from the object of your love, pluck
one of the feathery heads, charge the
little feathers with tender Thoughts.
turn towards the spot where the loved
one dwells, and blow, and the aeria]
travellers, it is said, will faithfully con-
vey your secret message to her feet. To
ascertain If that dear one is thinking Of
you, blow again, and if single trlft i
left standing. it is proof that you are
not forgotten.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-07-23
Miss Stratton was silent.
What reply, indeed, could she make to

Miss Stratton was silent.
What reply, indeed, could she make to
this2
Il shall insist upon the picture being
destroyed" she said at length.
by no meansl / have bestowed
much pains and labor upon it, and have
succeeded in converting lit into quite
an original and striking desiRn-one
which will be sure to please the public
TASTE"
IL will give you twenty pounds
said Miss Stratton, desperately.
Mr.. Blender smiled q superior smile.
AS the picture now is, 1 shall charge
five times that sum for ii"
"a hundred poundsl" gasped Miss
Stratton.
"A hundred pounds" he replied
calmly.
Her face flushed, and tears started to
her eyes.
Il could never afford to give that
sum; and yet to have my likeness .ex-
posed in this way to the jeers and ridi-
Guile of the public. Oh, Mr.. BENDER,
have you no consideration for the feel
ings of ,lady?"
The artist took meditative turn up
and down the floor, then seated him
self opposite his distressed visitor.
"Perhaps," he said mildly perhaps
we can come to some terms"
What terms, "she inquired eagerly.
Il will destroy the picture, madame,
upon one condition that you will have
some consideration for the feelings of
one who should be very dear to you
your niece, Miss Delphine, and by con-
senting to her marriage with my es-
teemed young friend and relative, Dr..
Irving, make two deserving young peo-
pie very happy"
"They-they are too poor!" said
Miss Stratton, taken very much by sur
prise.
~Your mothers legacy enables them
to make fair beginning, and I know of
an opening for a young physician.
which will do the rest"
Miss Stratton hesitated nervous]v
and wrung her hands.
Give me day or two toto think
it over" she said.
At the end of day or two she called
Delphine to her and told her that she
had been considering the matter of her
marriage with DR.. Irving and concluded
to let her have her own way; and that
should she in the future suffer for it, not
to lay the blame on her shoulders.
And the same day, Mr.. Blender pre-
sented her with the picture CT "Telling
Past Fortunes" which she with her own
hands cut to pieces and burned in the
privacy OF her own room.
And as to Delphine and her husband,
they have never allowed Miss Stratton
to suspect that they knew by what
means her gracious consent to their
marriage was brought about.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-07-23
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in ST1TU1 =


r., SUCCESSORS TO OFFICE z ROOMS.
cHAs. +. Ia4AR5E Nd, pres't Physician In Charge.
NELSON GRESHAM. Treas. 1 Business Manager.
This Institute has ample facilities and an ex-
business, which has been established for years, it
will aim to extend its edical and surgical prac-
tice, giving skillful and scientific treatment to
CHRONIC DISEASES e. u 1as H asd , spFt1 as,
sages, Heart, Liver. Stomach and Bowels, Rheum-
atism, Dyspepsia, Consump ton and Asthma
B 3D.! ee?o @Pu !R!l s; sssSs
DEtukMl lis fnr ts WryoS si 1 diseases s
OF the Joints, Piles, Fistula, Rupture, etc.
WEAKNESS and wasting diseases in old and
n6nEtSLOO young men, also all diseases OF
the genito-urfnary organs.
ES0RI irregularities and weaknesses. cauS-
] lmnL6 ing pain In the back or side, etc.
Personal interviews with patients are always
preferred. Those unable to visit the Institute will
betMrnishe ed with blank lists OF questions that will
aid them in making full staten cnt OF their cases
and If not requiring surgical operation they can
DC successfully treated by correspondence, and
medicines sent by mail or express. To enable US
10 send proper list OF questions applicants should
give a brief statement OF their trouble.
4 The Treasurer of the corporation is of Nelson>
t:hesman Co.. Advertising Agents, and refers to
the publisher of this other newspaper in the
United States or Canadas regarding responsibility
Consultation at Office by mail free and invited.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-07-23
The Working Glasses in Mexico.
from the Catholic World l.


The material condition of the Mexi-
can working classes is much worse than
that OF laborers in any part of America.
Thirty cents day is the common rate
OF wages in the country, and for that
they are contented to perform the
heaviest labors. Fsrm-work, mining,
factory labor, and domestic service are
all alike paid low. The custom of max
ing loans to laborers to be repaid by
work is common and tends materially
to prevent their social advancement.
The large factories which are not un-
common in certain districts are thus
enabled to retain their hands as long as
they desire. The latter are not al
lowed to leave their employment until
they have paid their debts, and that is
generally impossible out of wages that
are barely enough for support, the
debtor continues virtual prisoner to
his ife's end. The food, clothing. and
lodging of the Mexican laborer is of
very poor quality, though in general
the. mildness of the climate and tho alb
sence of overcrowding makes his con-
dition less miserable than that of the
lower classes in the cities of Europe.
Amid all his privation the Mexican
laborer is cheerful and polite, The
spirit of discomfort with his lot or envy
of the condition of others is far less
shown in Mexico than either in Europe
or this country. The ties of family are
warmly preserved among them; and
however poor a Mexican may be him.
self, he is ready to share whatever he
has with his more needy fellows. That
the Mexican poems are much behind
the standard of either this country or
Western Europe in book learning, in
general knowledge, or in self reliance
must be admitted. The conditions
under which they have existed for gen
erations may, however, be reasonably
held accountable for many of the
deficiencies shown by them in such
respects. In intelligence they are by
no: means lacking. They acquire the
skill required for the manufactures and
trades as readily as most European
races, and the children exhibit marked
quickness in picking up knowledge at
school. A certain degree of precocity
is, indeed, to be noted among the chill
dren of all classes, but it does not seem
to be accompanied by the same tenden-
cy to early decay as in other countries