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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-22
FARM FOR SALE

The subscriber offers for sale his
farm one mile South and % mile East
of Bennington Station, on Section I6,
i'll the Township of Bennington, COM
prising no acres, OH which there is
SO acres of improvements house
and barn, windmill on pump, two
orchards, one young, peach and apple;
and II acres of wheat on the ground.
For terms, etc., call on or address
J. F. RATHBUN,
Bennington Station.
REMINGTON. ADril ~ 1884 re
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17
Herald of Health

Herald of Health.
DIR. Allison, a London physician,
has been making experiments on a mon.
key. He says: "Soms time ago !
bought a rhesis monkey, intending to
study his habits. He is about eighteen
inches high, and tame. / feed him
with the same food / take myself. He
likes fruits best of all; raw grains and
cooked vegetables and potatoes next.
He prefers his potatoes without salt and
his rice without sugar. Peas and beans
he will not eat unless very hungry. He
always eats with his hands, the same
as the Turks, and as he does not wash
them beforehand, he swallaws much
dirt. When / give him hot food he
has to wait until it cools before he can
eat it, or before he dare thrust his
hands into it. / tried this plan a few
times with my porridge and stews,
and had to wart before / dare fin
ger them. / thought that if mankind
were forced, like my monkey, to eat
with their fingers, that we should not
damage our teeth and stomachs with
hot foods, nor should we indulge in
soups. Soups are very good for exhaust.
ed people, but not good for persons In
health, as they are not so easily digested
as more solid articles; In fact, the SUI
~perfiuous fluid they contain must be alb
sorbed before digestion goes III. Every
food / offered him was first of all smeli
of, and then if the smell was agreeable,
he ate it; if otherwise, he threw it down.
If mankind would always be guided by
the sense of smell we should eat less
rotton cheese, high game, ETC., thansw o
do, and consume more delicious fruits,
whose aroma naturally attract us. he
is also a nos breather, and / never saw
him breathe onc through his mouth
another good example which mankind
might follow with benefit, as We natur-
ally are nose breathers.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17

Barbara, whose agitation on beholding
her was painful to witness, bat Madge
knelt down beside the bed, and takina
the old woman's hand, she kissed il
gently.
"You loved him so we'll you grudged
him to me, did you not, poor cousin?
Well, he has promised for my sake to
forgive you, and together we will try
and nurse you back to health, and you
will on your part try to love me just
little"
Barbara nodded her head in assent,
and the doctor coming in at that memeni
ordered no more talking, so the lovers,
restored to bliss in each others society,
went down stairs into the studio, and
the old lady, with a load taken off hel
mind, was left by means of one of the
doctors draughts to have a few hours
of quiet sleep. Nor did cousin Barbara
die. She fought vigorously with death
for a day or two, and for a while she
succeeded. She would never be able to
speak quickly or sharply again, but she
managed to make herself understood,
and in expressing her deep contrition
for the past she kept her word when she
said she would always be gracious and
pleasant to her new cousin In the future.
So Trevor and Madge were married.
OF course Barbara had to give up the
housekeeping to the young wife; but
she still kept her place in the studio
window, though the white work was no
longer on her lap, and instead of it the
powerless right hand lay on her knee
as though seeking strength in the sun.
shine. From the Argosy.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17

A Florida pilot tells big stories ofthe
sharks which abound in the saa between
Pensacola and Fort Pickcns and the nm
fortunate sailors and soldiers they have
eaten up. I'D just as soon try to swim
a lake Of red hot pitch as to swim over
from Pensacola to Fort Pickens." The
sharks would be sure to get him. I've
Q 'em moving around on the bot
tom like a drove of hogs-T They gener.
ally swim slowly when not chased, but
they can work up a tremendous race
when they are chased, and I've seen one
Jump twenty feet in the air. He fur
Their remarked: "Some time ago q
Spanish gunboat dropped in there and
the officers amused themselves with
shark fishing. They had quite q circus
They would take q small dynamite car,
fridge, bind a piece of pork to it and fix
it to o float and wire and send it 200 feel
astern. Pretty soon q shark would
take il and they would fire, and the fish
would fY into a thousand pieces. y
one was wounded the others went fol
him and ate him up. "-Boston Journal
XK M
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17

An important piece Of work has just
been brought to a successful conclusion
in Rome, in the complete renewal Of the
leaden envelope Of the dome OF ST.
Peters church in Rome. It has occu
pied twelve years, and has cost over
100000 lire, about 10000. The orig
inal covering was applied 70 the dome
in IN imperfect fashion, which made
continuous repairs anecessity, and at
last il was determined to strip off the
whole envelope and substitute a new
n o. q better system. New lead was
imported from Spain and mixed with the
old lead in the proportion Of one part
OF old to two parts Of new. The total
weight Of the new cover is given al
354, 300 kilograms. and II ii were spread
ont fiat u would occupy an ares o
about an acre and q half. In stripping
OFT the old plates three Of them were
found tebeof giIaed copper-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-17

What is the truth to believe,
What is the right to be done?
Caught in the webs ] weave,
halt from sun to sur
The bright wind flows along,
Calm natures streaming law,
And it's stroke is soft and strong
Asa leopard's velvet paw.
Free Of the doubling mind,
Full Of the Olden power,
Are the tree, and the bee, and the wind
And the wren and the brave May-hower
Man was the last to appear,
A glow at the close Of day;
Slow ~clambering now in fear,
He gropes his slackened way.
All the up thrust is gone,
Force that came from Of old,
Up through the fish and the swan,
And the sea-king's mighty mold.
The youth of the world is fled,
There are omens in the sky,
Spheres that are chilled and dead,
And the close of an age is nigh
The time is too short TO grieve,
Or to choose, for the end is one;
And what is the truth TO believe,
And what is the right to be done?
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31
Birds and Wires.

Animals great and small have ways of
avoiding danger to which their ancestors
nave been exposed. But when new
danger arises, they do not know how to
meet it. Telegraph and telephone wires
are deadly peril to birds which haunt
cities and other places where the wires
are numerous. A few generations hence
wires will be as harmless to birds as
trees are now. In the following extract
it is the wires which suffer, owing to the
size of the bird:
According to the BrasiIiaH Germania
of Rio de Janeiro, the telephone wires in
that city have found formidable enemy
in the ''assgeier," a large bird of the
vulturc species-a kind of John Crow
which, flying very low as it passes over
the tops of the houses in scavcnging the
streets, hits the wires and breaks them,
or else becomes cntangcd.
Good wire is very expensive in Brazil,
In consequence of the damage done by
these birds the telephone people are
compelled to keep up large force of
men Tor repairs. No sooner are the wires
mended in one part of the city than re-
port comes of interruption in another
part, owing to the operations of the
assgcier 1t is against the law to kill these
birds, and as a result they increase very
rapidly in number.
The ProciHcia, too, says that nothing
positively remedial can be done at pres
ent. The telephonists must wait until
the bird learns by experience that it will
enjoy more personal comfort by flying
higher.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31
The Farmer and the Editor.

"Seems to me you don't have nothin'
to do, said farmer, walking into the
sanctum of the editor, the other day.
"Well have worked on a farm good
deal of my life, and | regard editing a
so-called humorous paper as harder
work than blowing corn" the editor re-
piled.
ooh, shucks!" exclaimed the farmer
eff | didn't have nothin' to do but sit
around and write a little, and shear a
good deal, l tell yc I'd be havin' a
mighty easy time
"I'll tell you what I'll do" said the
editor, on pillow corn a day for you, if
you'll write two columns to-day for
me
Done cried the farmer.
"And I'll bet you ten dollars you can't
write two columns to day for me-"
Ozone agin. An I'll bet yer ten dol
ars more yer can plow as much as yer
orter."
81 take YOU" the editor replied.
"What am | TO write aboutN
ooh, anything, so it's funny. Remem-
Der, now, Mr.. Farmer, you are to do the
writing yourself. The matter must be
strictly original
"Nevcr mind me, Mr.. Editor. But
look We. You have got ter do good
job o. corn. plowin'. Do it jest like |
would
can right"
The editor went to the farm and set a
good hand whom he had hired on the
way at work blowing corn. The farmer
wrote a head line which read: "Killin'
tater-bugs," before the editor was out of
hearing.
In the evening the editor came into his
sanctum blithc and cheerful. The farmer
sat at the desk, vcXcd and worried into
anger
GLOW do you feell" asked the editor
used up. Hardest days work | ever
done, an two lines ter show fer it."
Sure enough he was but one line be-
yond the head line. That line. read /:
"Killin' later bugs is funny"
"Thcn I've won the wager"
eyes, but reckon I've won tother
'un."
"No, sir! I have won both. have
plowed several acres of corn, and done
it well, and I've written my two columns
besides"
Creation! How'd We do it,"
"Just like you would. hired a man
to do the blowing, and I sat in the
shade; but wrote while | sat there, and
did not sleep as you do. Fork over the
twenty"
The farmer paid twenty dollars for his
information, but the lesson was well
learned, and as he went out he said /:
stranger, | would not be an editor if
could. 1t looks mighty easy, but, by
Jerusalem, it amt near so easy as settin'
in the shade, an watchin' Their hands
plowin' corn. l am fool, an yer can
say so in yer next paper, if yer want to"
And that is why we write it.
Ihr0ugh Mail.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31

from pasture, and all the unmarried
girls take their pals to go milk them.
watched them do it. Some were pretty.
They said they were happy and we'll con-
tented, though one confessed she
thought it trihe dull. She had been
allowed to visit friends in Pittsburg.
Occasionally boy runs away, but the
girls do not dare to. Why with their
beer-making, mills, shops, and other in
dustries, the Zoaritcs are obliged to hire
most of their farm work done. Each
morning the fifty laborers meet in the
square, and are told off to their work.
They manage to keep up the Zoar custom
in one thing-the beer they drink.
The community has grown to be very
rich as an organization. 1t owns 1900
acres of land which. with the improve
ments is worth $500, 600. The live stock
and earnings variouslr invested are of
equal value. Two of the trustees told
me that they felt that Zoar had seen its
best days, but the people there, for all
can see, will stay and grow rich, until
they die out. - Cor. Boston Adcortiscr.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31

DR.. Forbes Winslow tells a story OF
how presence of mind saved his own
life on one occasion in his lunatic asyu-
lum at lIammersmith, England. He
had gone into the room of lady who
had displayed strong homicidal tenden-
cies, and somewhat incautiously closed
the door behind him. lie asked the
patient few questions, when she sud
denly interrupted the conversation, pro-
ducing knife, and remarking that it
was well sharpened, said 81 must
really kill you, doctor | am very sorry,
but it can't be helped, can it z" Not
unnaturally the doctor was a little taken
aback, for the lady was abnormally
strong and had already advanced TO
execute her purpose. Just one mo-
ment," he said quietly. Don't you
think it would be shame to spill the
blood on this new carpet just let me
Gail for a basin" Perhaps it would,
but be as quick as you can" So the
doctor slipped out unhurt, but little
scared.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31
Men of High Standing.

Chang, the Chinese giant, is by no
means as tall as many celebrated giants
of other nations. Chang is seven feet
six inches in height. Patrick Cotter,
the Irish giant, was eight feet seven and
one half inches. He died in 1902.
Eleazer, the Jewish giant, mentioned by
Josephus as living in the reign of Vitel-
Illus, was ten feet six inches in height
William Evans porter to Charles l., was
eight feet tall. He died in 1852. Goliath,
whom David slew, was nine feet four
inches in height Loushkin, drum
major of the Russian imperial guards,
was eight feet five inches in height.
Maximinus, the Roman emperor from
232 to 23S a. D., was eight feet six
inches tall. John Middleton, who was
born at Hale, in Lancashire, in the reign
of James l., was nine feet six inches in
height. His hand was seventeen inches
long and eight and one half inches broad
A human skeleton eight feet six inche,
in height is preserved in the museum OF
Trinity college, Dublin.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31

Victor Hugo's description of the devil
fish, says a letter from Alaska to the
Boston Herald, has always had for me a
terrible fascination, but here in Alaska,
this land of wonders, the Indians re-
count stories equally startling, and al
most all of them substantially corrobo-
rated by good testimony. Only yester-
day an Indian hooked up from one of
the wharf-posts an octopus five feet from
tip to tip, and to the query what are
you going TO do with him." answered
Me eat him. and, in fact, with them
the flesh is esteemed great delicacy, al
though, when alive, the animal is an OBJ
lect of terror. The flesh, when boiled,
is perfectly white, and tastes something
like Gods tongues, but, while eating il,
the recollection of what the dainty was
when alive takes away all enjoyment.
1t is not such harmless amusement, this
fishing for devil-fsh, and one which
everybody would choose for an afternoon
sport.
There is only one really skillful fisher
in town, mission boy who fearlessly
wadcs into the water near their haunts.
and, selling the animal, tears him from
the rock. OF course; his Satanic ma iesty
resepts the intrusion upon his rights and
retaliates by winding one or more arms
around the limbs of the boy, but with a
quick and peculiar motion the Indian
tears them off with q noise esambling
the ripping of heavy cotton cloth, at the
same time Sitting open the sack of the
animal. 1t is adangerous proceeding, and
one which makes the beholdcr cringe to
see the soft, Shiny arm of the octopus
winding itself around and gradually
taking hold with its innumerable suck
ers, surely and gradually drawing its
victim down. Only on one occasion,
historically speaking, has one of these
creatures been found of sufficient size to
attack a canoe, and one Indian was the
only survivor.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31
Why Hair Suddenly Turns White.

1t is said that the hair and beard OF
the Duke of Brunswick whitened in
twenty-four hours upon hearing that his
father had been MORALLY wounded in the
battle of Auerstadt Marie Antoinette,
the unfortunate Queen Of Louis XVI,
found her hair suddenly changed by heI
troubles, and similar change happened
to Charles |. when he attempted to escape
from Carisbrooke Castle Mr.. limbs, in
his doctors and Patients" SAYS that
chemists have discovered that hair con
tains an oil, mucous substance, iron,
oxide of manganese, phosphate and
carbonate of iron, flint, and large pro-
portion of sulphur. White hair contains
also phosphate of magnesia, and its oil is
nearly colorless. When hair becomes
suddenly white from terror it is probably
owing to the sulphur absorbing the oil,
as in the operation of whitening wooden
cloths"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31
A Sacred FLAG.

The sacred flag, blessed by the Mahdi,
which has been presented to Queen
Victoria, is made of two pieces OF
coarse silk sewn together, each about
seven feet long and three feet broad, one
buff and the other red. On the two
sides are Arabic inscriptions, one OF
which reads "With the blessing OF
the Enlightened Prophet without COM
pare, the Noble Master of the Wisdom
OF the age, Seyid Ahmed Ibim Idris,
the only Saviour to the Scyid Ibrahim
Alraschid, the father of Mahomet OF the
Bynmee." On the other side is in
scribed, "There Is no God but God,
AMI Mahomet is the Prophet of God,
ald at all Zines every one processes the
k knowledge of God, and in the corners
OF this inscription are the names OF
Mahomet's great generals, Omar, Abu-
Vekir. Ali. and Osman.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31
Would Won Relieve IL.

Natures great remedy, Kidney Wort, has
cured many obstinate cases of piles. This
most distressing malady generally arises from
constipation and a bad condition of the bow
els. kidney-Wort acts at the same time as n
cathartic and a healing tonic, removes the
cause, cures the disease and promotes "A healthy
state of the affected organs. James i. Meyer,
carriage man'fr, of Myerstown, Penn, testi-
flies TO the great healing powers of Kidney
Wort, having been cured by it of a very bad
case of piles which for years had refused to
yield to any other remedy.
Life Preserver.
IT you are losing your grip ON life try els
Health Remover. Goes direct TO weak spots
pUREsT AND BEsT COD-IIvER OIL from selected
livcrs. on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard Il
Co., N Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken 1t prefer it TO all others
PsS sicians declare il superior to all other oils.
CnArrED HANDS, face, plmpes and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswcll, Hazard Co., New York.
Pretty Women.
Ladies who would retain freshness and vi
vacity. Try "Nells' Health Remover"
VIII buy n TREATISE ON THE Horse AND HIS
DISEASES Book of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage sta nps taken
Sent postpaid. New YORK HORSE Book Co.,
l3l Leonard Street. New York city.
''Rough on Itch"
Rough on Itch cures humOrs eruptions,
ring-worn, tetter, salt rhcum. chilblans.
A BALLOON that will carry 100 soldiers is a
new invention.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31
Aerial Navigation.

This great problem mas been solved, il
tine French journals are to be believed
Captain Renard at Mucdon, France, sue
ceeded with cigar shaped balloon in
navigating the air for four hours; that
is, he was enabled to work against the
wind on very calm day. His motive
power was electricity, stored in Sic
mems accumulation of ten-horse power.
This is the most important news of the
century. 1t is now 101 years since the
Montgollier brothers assembled into the
atmosphere by means of hot air. Since
their time there have been hundreds of
thousands of ascensions; but the only
Improvements on the first one have been
the substitution of hydrogen gas, and the
use of mechanical contrivances in the
construction of the balloons. But until
Captain Renard's experiment at Muedon
every air vessel has been at the mercy of
the winds They were 50 large and light,
and afforded so great surface to the air
currents, that they could not be con-
trolled. 1t has long been suspected that
electricity would solve the problem, be-
cause 1t can furnish power with very lit
tie weight This is rendered possible by
the aCcumulators of Siemens, in which
the electricity is, as it were, stored as in
a reservoir. The defect of this motor,
however, is the speedy exhaustion of the
power and hence only short journeys
can be undertaken: but, according to
the proverb, it is the first step that costs.
Once establish the fact that an air YES
sci can be moved directly or obliquely
against the wind, and the inventive
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31
Tired All Over

This is the way many people express that terrible
feeling of languor debility and lassude which is often
the forerunner Of disease 1t should be
come at all hazard and Hoods Sarsaparlla the best
medicine for the purpose. 1t throws of the tired feel
ng and gives new vigor to the whole body.
II become more and more impressed with the efec
.ual qualities Of Hoods sarsaparilla. use it con.
Ttany in my family and believe that the health we
constantly enjoys due to its uss 1t is pleasant to
lake, and makes one feel like man. e. t.
ORoM, Editor Westve Ind. Indicator.
II was all run down. had appetite my food would
iot digest, and was troubled with nervous debility
On taking Hoods Ssrsapara commenced feel the
fleets of it at Have taken four bottles and
:an say feel like a new man. ~. II. MCCALL
Rochester, n, Y
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31

certain spring, or the privilege of en-
campment by special we'll
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Words OF Warning and Comfort.

Words OF Warning and Comfort.
"If you are suffering from poor health or
1anguishing on bed of sickness take cheer
if you are simply ailing, or if you feel
weak and dispirited,
without clearly know
ling why, Hop Bitters
will surely cure you.
If you are a minister, and
have 'ertaXed yourself with yeur
pastoral duties or a mother worn out
with care and work, or a man of business or
labor. weakened by the strain of your every
day duties, or man of letters toiing over
your midnight work, Hop Bittcrs will most
surely strengthen you.
If you are suffering from over-eating OF
drinking, any indiscretion or dissipation, or
are young and growing too fast, as is often
the case,
"Or if you are in the workshop, on the
farm, at the desk anywhere, and feel
that your system needs cleansing, tom
ing or stimulating, without intoxicat-
ing, If you are old
blood thin and impure pulse
feeble, nerves unsteady, faculties
waning, Hop Btters is what you needto
give you new life health and vigor.'
II you are cosve, or dyspeptic or suffer
ing from any other OF the numerous dls-
cases OF the stomach or bowels, it is your
own fault II You remain in. II
you are wasting away with any form
OF Kidney disease, stop tempting death this
moment, and turn for azure to Hop Bitters.
If you are sick with that terrible sickness,
Nervousness, you will find a Balm in Gill
cad" in Hop Bitters.
If you are frequenter, or a resident OF,
"A mlasmatlc district, barricade your sys-
TEN against the scourge of all countries
Malaria, Epidemic, Bilious aud Inter
-mlttent Feyers by the use of Hop Btters
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II you are frequenter, resident OF,
"A mlasmatlc district, barrcade your sys-
TEN against the scourge of all countries
Malaria, Epidemic, Bilious aud Inter
-mittent Fevers by the use of Hop Bitter
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-10-31

If you are sick with that terrible sickness,
Nervousness, you will find Balm in Gill
ead' in Hop Bitters
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Hoods SarsapariIla

Sold by all druggists. 81 six for s.. Made only by
= l, HOOD CO., Apotbecaries, Lowell, Mass.