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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13
The Invention OF Cotton. Spinning.

To Sir Richard Arkwright the world
is indebted for the manufacture of cot
ton cloth. Arkwright was born in
Lancashire, Eng, December %, 1872.
lie was the youngest child of family
of thirteen, and his family was so very
poor that they could give him no educa-
ton whatever, and he did not even learn
to read until late in life, after he had be-
come celebrated through his invention.
lie followed the business of barber in
small way until he was twenty. eight
years ord, when he became dealer and
invented a dye through which he was
able to make little money. He then
began to study the principles of ma
chinery, being led to do so by hearing 1t
said that the government would give an
enormous sum of money to the man who
would discover the secret OF perpetual
motion. Fortunately, however, his at
tention was soon drawn aside from
that delusive object to improvements
in cotton-s pinning. At that time,
what were known as cottons were all
made with linen warp, as it was thought
impossible to make warp thread of
sufficient fineness and strength from cot
ton fiber. In 1868 Arkwright produced
| luc IuOuCl VI MS ldluOuS COJlOu-Spluuln
frame by which thread could be spun Of
any required fneness and strength and
with great velocity. After several truit.
less efforts to interest some rich per-
sons in his invention, he at last induced
a wealthy firm of manufacturers in Not
tingham to take hold of it. The first
mill of the new kind was soon estab-
lished, to be driven by horsepower A
machine to work by water-power was
soon after set up in mill in Derbyshire.
The first patent was granted to Ark
wright in 1869, and others in 1915.
These patents were more or less success.
sively contested, but in 1885 decision
of the courts gave him a monopoly OF
the new method of spinning cotton.
He encountered the bitterest hostility
from the manufacturers, but he tri
umphed over all opposition and acquired
a fortune OF $500, 1000. Arkwright wa.
knighted in 1856. His invention en-
abled one man to do the work that had
hitherto required 1870 men. 1t is esti
mated that 100000 persons would
scarcely suffice TO accomplish by hant
the cotton spinning now done in Eng.
land alone by Arkwright's machinery. =
Inter- Ocean.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13

Washington City has great deal CT
money invested in statuary, and some
of it may be looked upon as a mighty
poor investment. Greenough's naked
sta.ue of Washington cast. $40, 900, and
the statue of liberty away up there on
the capitol dome cost $25, coo. Clark
Mills, the sculptor, received great sums
from the government, though he died
comparatively poor Fifty thousand
dollars was the price paid him for An.
drew jackson, who sits upon rearing
horse opposite the White House, and he
received another $50, 600 for his eques.
trian statue of General Washington in
Washington circle. Another $50, 600
statue is that of General Thomas in
Thomas circle, and it must make the
taxpayer happy as he looks at it to re-
mem Der that Congress paid $25, 900 for
the pedestal, and that the four bronze
lamp posts around the base cost
81, 900 apiece. Away off to the
east of the capitol, in Lincoln
square, three thousands pounds Of brass
represent Abraham Lincoln giving free
dom to the negro. The statue cost SIT, =
900. but it was paid from contributions
made up by the freedmen Of the South.
General Nathaniel Greene stands in park
northeast OF the capitol at a cost of $50, e
600, and in Scott circle, General Win.
field Scott has been embodied i'll bronze
for SO, 900. Winnie Ream's statue of
Farragut cost SEQ, 900. The statue OF
Mcpherson, together with its pedestal,
cost about $50, 600, and down in Raw
Inns square, southwest of the White
House, there is bronze statue of Gen.
eral Rawlins which looks just as well, at
a cost of $40, 600. In addition to these
there is the statue of Professor Henry in
the Smithsonian grounds, which cost a
small fortune, that of Admiral Dupont,
opposite Blaine's, which represents q
large enough sum to pay several times a
Congressman's salary, and the beautiful
bronze statue of Martin Luther in front
OF the Lutheran Memorial church, which
cost but s., 900, and is as fine piece o.
statuary as you will find this side of the
water Carp, IA Cleveland Leader.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13

Tea, coffee and cocoa are three admis-
sibe drinks, but none in excess. For
the voice cocoa is the most beneficial. 1t
should never be made too strong, and
those cocoas are the best that have been
deprived of their oil. A cup of thin
cocoa, Just warm, is more to be recon-
mendcd between the exertions of singing
than any alcoholic beverage. Tea must
not be taken too strong nor when it has
drawn too long, for tea then becomes
acrid, and has bad influence on the
mucous membrane that lines the throat.
There is always dry sensation after
having taken cup of tea that has been
allowed to draw too long. A vocalist
had better do without sugar in tea and
only take milk with it, or, if an exhila-
rating drink Is needed, mix some claret
wine with the tea, putting in slice Of
lemon and some honey.
Coffee should never be taken too
strong and not too often. Two cups a
day is all that can be allowed without
sugar is best. Very strong coffee heats
and makes the voice husky. In fact, no
drink should be taken too hot or too
strong; the voice wants an equable, mild
temperature, that will keep up constant
moisture and tlexibility in the vocal or
gans.
These are OF all classes and are now
universally taken, but am sorry to say
that the chemical ingredients Of the syr.
ups used with them are often very injur-
ious to the voice. Soda water is refresh
ing when pure, but when mixed with all
kinds of aromatic substances actually
dries the throat instead of moistening it.
Ginger ale, cider, and such manufactured
drinks are only serviceable TO the vocal
st when of the very best manufacture,
otherwise they are heating and drying
instead of cooling. SO few fruit syrups
are now made Of fruit that it is difficult
to know where to find them, and the ar
tihcial syrups are really dangerous to the
voice.
Water is to be recommended wher
pure, but not too much ice-watcr. In
any case, it must be filtered water, and
never 100 cold. a spoonful of pure
syrup or honey in glass of cold water
is better than acrated drinks. Water t.
excess is also injurious to the voice.
Milk in excess is also injurious, while q
glass of fresh milk in the morning is
most helpful to the voice. 1t not only
softcns it, but nourishes it and puritic'
the blood.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13

again. II the person is too modest or
gallant to get the lace in that way let
him catch toad, kill it and wear it
around his neck in bag until the
stencil sckens him. His nose will never
bleed again. If a person has cramps in
the legs or feet at night, he has but to
place his stockings in shape of a cross
on the floor in front of his bed when he
retires, or lay his slippers under the bed,
soles upward. Placing the shoes under
the coverlid at the foot of the bed 80
that the toes of the shoes protrude' is
also sure preventive of cramps. No
one who wears snakeskin around his
head need ever have headache. If one
feels sly coming on his eye let him take
a hair from the tail of n black cat, rub
the eye with it nine times before mid
night on the first night OF the new moon,
and the sty will die. A ringworm may
be dispersed by simply holding between
the thumb and fingers pinch of hazel
ashes before breakfast for three days and
saying
"Ringworm, ringworm red!
Never mayest thou speed or spread!
But aye grow less and less,
And die among the ash"
These and many more strange super.
stitions are part of the faith of the simple,
honest and thrifty farmers of English
Settlement.
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The Longest Word.

Far behind most foreign languages
ancient and modern, comes the English
language as regards length of words.
Except in the word Observation-Disclosures
ity"-which, though it exists in literature,
is, OF course, a mere manufactured piece
of absurdity-we have, | believe, no
word extending beyond seven syliables.
To some European nations this may APP
pear contemplate enough. In this re-
spect, however the old world can teach
a lesson to the new. In a work to which
/ hope some time to make more direct
refcrence,, have met with an Aztec word
of thir.y-two letters, ''amatlacuilolit-
quitcatlaxlahuilli. 1t is satisfactory to
learn that the Specification of the word
is worthy Of its proportions. 1t means
payment received for having been
bearer of paper with writing on it,"
So far as regards the number of letters
employed accordingly we are far more
sxtravagant than the Aztecs. Gallstin,
in the transactions of the American
chronological Society" supplies from
the Cherokee language word even
more portentious, This is "Winitawt-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" which
means, They will by that time have
nearly done granting Cfavors) from a
distance to them and to me-" With a
vocabulary OF this kind perfect com
mand of speech and writing must be a
matter of some difficulty. Gentleman
Magazine
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13

A correspondent Of the Chicago Times
saws in letter from Switzerland: Stone
houses are very rare in Al pine districts,
and | remember quite a cnmmotion in a
little village, where | was staying with
some friends in their own chalet, by a
presumptuOus lowlander setting at
naught the ancient traditions of the place,
and building house of stone. lie was
rather looked upon with mingled awe
and resentment as an innovator of the
deepest dye. In most Swiss communities
the handsomest building is the school
house, with separate sections for the boys
and girls; and it is pleasant to see the
clean, cheerful faces of the little lads
and assies as they pour in and out of
the great doors, with eager steps and
bright looks.
School, indeed, is no bugbear to the
Swiss child. The education is simple
and practical, though capable of high
development. There is nothing, accord
ing to all one reads, hears and sees, of
which the Swiss have so much reason to
be proud, and to which they pay so much
attention, as their system of education.
The school house may almost be consid-
cred the most characteristic, as well as
the most charming, feature of their
national life.
Hepworth Dixon tells an amusing
story of a little Swiss girl who, accom-
panying her father to Paris, was taken
by him to see the 'glories" of Versailles,
and on the first view of the colossal pal.
ace clapped her hands and cried out,
"Oh, papa, look, look at the school
houseln 1t is only on the other side of
the Atlantic that the same Importance is
attached to instruction, and that it is
given with the same equality and liber'
atty, and all honor to both republics, TO
the small as well as the great, for the
highest and wisest gift government
gives its people.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13
ClnYnr Sailor Rats

A battered old sailor sat on the taffrail
of barkentine lying at South street
pier, and gazed with interest at a brace
of wharf rats gambolng across the
stringpiece of the dock. They were big
and untcrrifed, and spared no pains to
entertain their audience as they stole
corn from bag with a hole in it. A
young man came up and joined in the
sailors stare; then they said:
"Clever varmints, hain't they1 Allus
wuz, an air wherever We find EN-. Wharf
rats is ship rats, too. That's whar they
graduated, too. Sort O. cut their teeth
on the docks, an then take to vy'gin' /
see somethin' the other day tellin' that
Jail rats wuz smart. Well, mebbe they
be, it 'ud be strange if they didn't git
into 'em some O. the cussedness round
'em. Fancy rats Twin round with
Ferd Ward an not gettin' wicked9
But what l want to tell we is that when
it comes to right up an down git up
an git smartness, the ship rat lays over
'em all F'rinstance, one time l wuz up
in the Arctics a whalin', an we wuz
friz up the tightest way. Some O. the
boys got sick, an the ship became on
healthy. sides, she more'n swarmed
with rats. Consistently the ole man had
us camp outen the ice fer three days,
while the matches wuz battened down
an pots O. birthstone KEEP burnin' in the
hold. When the ole man got 'em
to bilin' he sed he guessed he'd got the
leeway on the rats, an so we all thought.
When the smoke got out we moved
back. 1t smelt like suthin' dreiful; like
the hereafter, the cook sed. The mornin
arter our fust night on board l wu7
snoozin' in my bunk, when heard a soft
nibble, an lookin' up, there sat gray
old sea rat a lunchin' otf'n my seal boots
an smiln' like a circus clown, with his
Here we air ag'in. We 'vestigated
an may be drowned if there weren't
jest as many rats on her as ever.
Lookin' in the snow at the side, we
foun' it full o. tunnels an little snow.
houses. You see, the cute rascals had
heerd the ole man a BLOWN about his
birthstone, an seem US move, they jes
folered SCOT. Jail rats smartl Jai
rats amt circumstance.
"Why does they leave a sinkin' ship
Cos they're smart an kin smell. They
know when the bilge water gets too
fresh an skip, that's how. "-MO Tori
Sun,
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An Astonishing Scene at Sea.

A singular scene was witnessed by
some sailors of the Irish coast a few
days ago. The sea was calm and
many birds were seen moving about with
great rapidity, occasionally disappear
ing beneath the water and coming up
again half strangled. AS the vessel APP
preached it was seen that shoal of fish
several acres in extent was visible upon
the water. A bird would alight on the
back of fish, spread its tail or wings
to catch the breeze, dig its claws deep
into the finny monsters hide, and go be-
fore the wind with such sneed as to soon
drown its victim. The bird would then
devour the fish at its leisure. -ndHcheS-
ter (Ehg.) Courier.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-13
B|L|0USNESS.

Bilious synptoms invariably arise
from Indigestion, such as furred
tongue, vomiting of bile, giddi-
ness, sick headache, irregular
bowels. The liver secretes the
bile and acts like a filter or sieve,
to cleans o impurities ofthe blood.
BY irreguIarity in its action or suS-
pensions of it's functions, the bile
is liableto overflow into the blood,
causing jaundice, salIoW COM
piexion, yellow eyes, bilious diar-
rhea, a Ianeuid, weary feeling
and many other distressing symp-
toms. BiliouSness may be prop
erly termed an affection of the
liver, and can be thoroughly cured
by the grand regulator of the liver
and hillary organs, BuRDOCK
BLOOD BITTERS. Act upon the
stomach, bowels and liver, max
ing healthy bile and pure blood,
and opens the cuIverts and SIuice-
ways for the outlet of disease.
Sold everywhere and guaranteed
to cure.
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Read what the people
say concerning the abl-
lily OF Dr. Thomas Eclec-
trio OIL 10 euro asthma,
catarrb, Group, colds,
etc. Mrs. Dora Koch
Of Buffalo Gays: "For
group 1t 10 decidedly
efficacious" Mrs. Jacob Melhsor OF Marion
Ohio, says the same thingl s. 8. Gravel, Akron,
N Y writes: Had asthma OF the worst kind,
took one dose OF Thomas Eclectrlc OIL and was re-
lieved in few minutes. Would walk fye miles for
this med cine and pay IS bottle for it." Druggist
C. r. Hall, GRANVILLE, ILL.,, says Cured an liberated
throat for me In twenty-four hours" "sat up in bed
and coughed til the clothing WAS wet with perspra
ton. My wife insisted
that ] use Thomis' Ec-
lectrlc Oil The frat tea
spoonful relieved me"
X. H. Perkins Creek
Centre, n. Y. Thomas
Electric OIL Is also
TIP-TOP external APP
pcation for rheuma-
tism, cuts, scalds, burns,
bites, bruises, etc.
When visiting the drug
gst ask him what he
knows OF DR.. Thomas
Eclectric oil; II lie has
been long in the drug
trade be sure he will
speak highly Of 1t.
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Cotton.

NEW YORK. July 29.-Cotton frmer middne up
lands, 10 7l6c; middling Orleans, 10 916c; futures
closed easier; July, 1O.45c: August. 1O45c: Sepem-
Der, 1O.05c; October, 9.75c; November. 9.7lc De-
cember, 9.7Oc; January, 9.77c; February, 3.s7c;
March 9.98c April. 10O8c; May, 1O.1Sc, The
Post in it's cotton review, says: Prices of future
deliveries with the aid of higher quotation of spot
cotton have been advanced again il to 6-lO. At the
third call 100 bales of August brought 1O.44c; 100
bales of November, at 9.72c: 700 bales December
at 9.72c and 200 bales March, at lOc. Futures
closed weak. Sales of the day, rs 900 bales"
NEW ORLEANS July 29.-Cotton quiet and I'M
changed net and gross receipts Ill bales; exports
coastwise, 78l bales; sales 200 bales stock hand
22, $50 bales.
GALVESTON, July 29.-Cotton quiet and I'M
changed; net and gross receipts, 10 bales exports
coastwise 6 bales; sales bales; stock hand 919
bales.
MEMPHIS, July 29.-Cotton steady; mddling
10c receipts 20 baes shipments, 35l bales; stock
hand, 6,582 bales; sales, 200 bales.
ST. LOUIS, July 20. Cotton dull; middling 1Oc
sales, 20 bales; receipts shipments, none; stock
hand, 2 900 bales
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Centers.

NEW YORK, July 9-Flour-Common
grades scarce and firm. others strongly in buy
ers favor. Receipts. 1928 brls; exports, 1872,
1888 brls. Superfne Western and State, 49, a
as. Sales Of IL 800 brls.
Wheat-Receipts, ,455 bu; exports, 90, $40 bu;
spot higher, but quiet; shippers, specially
indifferent; options opened weak and lower,
afterwards advanced / &c, closing heavy, with
reaction of a lc. Sales, 4776 900 bu futures.
l62 1000 bu spot and to arrive; No. 2 Chicago. 92c;
No. Chicago, c. f. and l., 92c No hard. 81 90;
ungraded red, s4c 9$l 90; No 2 red, $3.50 eleva-
tor, 99sc f. O. b., 994c a 81. 90 to arrive; No
white 99c; No red, July, nominal at 9s2c;
August, 984 a 99lc, closing at CSC; September
81 OIL 0l.0ls, closing at sl.0ls; October, ST.. a.
81. 033, closing at Sl03.; November. $lO4I0
LOST, closing at 81. 05a; December. 81 O6s / Oh.
closing at sl.07s; January, $ll6l 0I.l7. closing
ut Sligo.
Corn-Receipts 62. 300 bu: exports, 126. 800 bu;
sales. ZIG 900 bu futures, 100 900 bu spot and to
arrive. Market higher, closing weaker. I'm
graded. 5O053!c steamer, 5llc in elevator; No.
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Oils.

NEW YORK, July 29.-The petroleum market
After one1na al 99 9u nd Ii esr at go
it slowly declined to 9S5sc. In the afternoon the
price rallied to fraction above 99c, and closed at
9S3sc, bidwith sales of 4, 923, 600 barrels.
OIL CITY July 29.-Nationai Transit Company GER
tifcates opened at 994c; highest price PlO0;
lowest price 9S34c; closed at 99l2c Crude oil sales
1855 600 brls; clearances 8.O5G, 600 brls; runs.
1862 brls; shipments, 81 1923 brls charters, 4762
brls
BRADFORD, July 29.-Natonal Transit Company
certificates opened at 9938c and closed at 9938c;
highest price, $10O lowest price. $780, runs, 70,
632 brls: total shipments 1O ,6O2 brls; charters,
4,762 brls; clearances, 4,648, 600 brls.
TITUSVII4LE, July educational Transit Com
pany certificates opened at 9938c; highest price,
$1.0O; lowest price. 983ic; closed at 993ec; ship
ments, 101, COZ brls; charters, 4762 brls Closed
weak.
PITrSBURG, July 29.-The petroleum market was
quiet but steady to-day. National Transit Company
certificates opened 99a4c and closed at 1885, high
est price, 9934c lowest price, 985sc
LONDON, July 29.-Spirits of turpentine fat; spot,
28s Cd per cwt August 2Ss Cd
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ST LOUIS. July 29.-Cattle-Receipts. 3 900;
shipments, 1000 The supply was mostly Of grass.
fed cattle, which slow and weak; all prices
down shade: native shipping steers $l75O5 so;
native rass-fed cattle. 81 25 al 60: native butch
ers steers 50 40 "a go mixed butehering lots So. rs
03 rs; stockers and feeders, SD 25 G450 CRASHED
Texas steers, $30375; CRASHED Texas cows, Sc. so
03.
Hogs-Receipts $500; shipments. 16cO The
butchers grades, $48Oa4.90; packing hogs, $4.25
"a 5.
sheep-Receipts 80; shipments, none. The mar
ket was quiet only best grades wanted common range
stuff and stockers $2@2.5O: fair to choice muttons
$2.75 03. 65; Texas sneep, $1.7503
NEW YORK, July 29-Beeves-Receipts. 163
carloads for the market and carloads for exporta-
ton. Early sales of good and prime steers at
full Mondays prices Inferior and common cattle
dragged rom the start and the market closed dull and
weak with a number of carloads to carry over.
Extremes for native steers, $4.5005.25 ~ ewt
live weight for Texas steers So 1906 25: bulls aud
cows 2.5O044O. Shipments, 1.400 cattle; 2,46O
quarters of beef and 300 carcasses of mutton.
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts 46 carloads market
steady for sheep, trmer and higher for lambs ex,
tremes 81. 90 04.5O p cwt for sheep and $500
ZOO for lambs.
Hogs-Receipts 81 carloads; none for sale alive;
nomnally irmer at "A. 80 80 y cwt.
KANSAS CITY, July 29.-The Live Stock Indi.
Gator reports: Cattle-Receipts l. 1875; shipments
1921. The market was weak and slow; exporters,
So. 2005.40: good to choice shipping 81. S005. Is:
common to medium, 81 5004.75; stockers and feed
$3.3004.3o; cows,$2 $3.50; grass Texan steers,
Hogs-Receipts, 11243; shipments, $685. The
market for light Zoe higher; heavy and mixed
steady; light and assorted, $4.4004.60; heavy and
mixed, $4. 25 043o.
Sheep-Receipts o45; shipments. none. The mar
ket for good sheep steady; fair TO good muttons
81. % az. so; common to medium. $l.4D02.20.
CHICAGO. July 29.-The Drovers journal reports;
Cattle-Receipts, 1000; shipments, 2 300. The
market rather steadier shipping steers, 81 400
5s5; stockers and feeders, So 04.4O; cows bulls
and mixed, $1.7504.25.
Hogs-Recepts, 13O00 shipments. 900. The
market stronger: rough and mixed, 81 20 al 45;
packing and shipping. $44004.75; light weights,
81. SOFAS. 80; skips $3. 043O
Sheep and Lambs-Recepts 800: shipments
900 The market was steady; natives, S2942O
Texans, $l75d375.
EAST LIBERTY, July 29.-Cattle-The market
was dull but steady; prime, $5.7506 fair to good
81 rs as. 80; common, S4 04.25. Receipts, 1913
head; shipments 1870 head.
Hogs--The market was active firm and higher;
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If it is desired to have comb honey of the

If it is desired to have comb honey of the
whitest and most attractive appearance, it
should be removed from the hive as soon as all
the cells capped over. Those who produce
honey for their own use only and care less for
the looks and more to avoid the extra trouble
the hives until late in the season it will be well
cured and obey will also learn that while it will
not be SO white. it will receive an extra coating
of wax over the cappings, which will render it
less liable to be affected by moisture when kept
for use later in the season. Besides, it is fact
that unless it is kept under most unfavorabe
circumstances such honey will retain its flavor
much better when held for some time than that
which is removed from the hive as soon as
capped over.