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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
Minute Writing.

1t was thought wonderful achieve
ment, when Paris was besieged by the
Germans, to photograph one side of a
newspaper on tissue paper small enough
to be enclosed in tiny quill. A carrier
pigeon conveyed the quill out of the be-
leaguered city to those who read its con-
tents through magnifying glass.
But neither photography nor the mi
croscope was known in the days Of
Cicero, yet he mentions that the whole
of Homers Had had been written on a
piece of parchment so small as to be en-
closed in a nutshell.
A Frenchman, after years of practis-
ing, wrote the four canonical prayers of
the Roman church on one of his finger,
nails. lie was proud of his exploit, but
a poet is mentioned by pliny who ex.
celed him in the art of minute penman.
ship. He wrote a couplet in letters OF
gold, but so minute was the writing that
the bit of paper on which it was in
scribed was enclosed in the husk of 3
grain of wheat.
Again and again as one reads, he muir,
murs to himself SolOmOn's words, There
is no new thing under the sun. y Youth
Companion. r..
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

A reporter of one of the New York
papers recently visited the shop OF one OF
the many "Herb Doctors" to be found
in that city, ard obtained the following
information of his wares, his customers
and the business generally:
"My business has extended over a
number of years, and were to tell you
all my adventures with herbs, and with
the faithful, to whom a root is some
thing to swear by, l would fill your
newspaper. l obtain the greater part of
my stock from the wooded country
around the town of Hancock, Berkshire
county, Mass. The herbs are gathered
by persons of considerable botanical
knowledge, and are shipped to me in
cases. Among the herbs | receive from
Massachusetts are tansy, catnlp, winter
green, white oak bark, birch bark and
elm bark. When they arrive here dry
them, and sometimes weeks elapse be-
fore they are in proper condition to
sell. l gather a quantity of herbs in
New Jersey, around lloboken and Wee
hawken, and receive few others from
the South and West. Last season
sold over ton of birch
bark from which birch beer was
brewed 1t makes what Is called tenn
perance drink. l sell large quantity
of hops for making hop pillows. 1t is a
very old remedy for insomnia, and is pre-
scribed by every elderly woman in the
Eastern States. That there is great vir-
tue In them there can be no doubt, as l
have tried them when troubled with
nervousness and wakeful nights, and
they have invariably relieved me. l
fancy there is an increase in the herb
business, not generally but in the lower
part OF this city. A large number Of
colored persons have settled in the Eighth
ward and their demand for herbs is as
tonishingly large. A few years ago the
market was overrun with Indian herb
doctors. They have all disappeared
now, and l do not know of one that is
left to continue the business There i
an Indian living in Macdougal street who
is one of my best customers. He will
not take a prescription from physician,
but when he feels indisposed he comes
here for that particular herb which seems
to meet his wants. Among the herbs
that are commonly used as tonics are
quassia wood and wild cherry bark, and
gentian wood gives the strength to bit
tiers. Gentian wood is used also as q
substitute for chewing tobacco"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
An Animal Apple.Gatherer.

Gathering fruit is a frequent practice
of animals, and yet there is a stratagem
attributed to that walking bunch Of
tooth picks" called the hedgehog, which
is curious enough to deserve special men
ton. 1t seems that fruit is frequently
found in the hedge-hog's sleeping apart
ment, and its presence there is explained
in this remarkable way: 1t is known
that hedgehogs often climb walls, and
run off upon low boughs, and instead of
scrambling down in the same manner,
they boldly mako the leap from the top
to the ground, sometimes ten or twelve
feet They coil into ball in the air,
strike upon their armor of spincs, and
bound away unframed. In taking this
jump, they have been seen to strike upon
fallen fruit, which, thus impaled upon
their spines, was carried away by them !;
and this has given rise to the opinion that
in some such way they may have stored
their winter homes. Nicholas.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.


Princess dresses are gaining new pop
ularity.
Queen Victora's favorite novelist is
George Eliot.
Striped homespun cloth is good ma
terial for girls wear.
Nearly all the professional beauties of
London are married ladies.
Miss Cleveland, the Presidents sister,
is an accomplished linguist.
Broader hens are seen on handker-
chiefs, both white and colored.
About $1S, 900, 600 worth of corsets
were sold in the United States last year.
There arc 113, 900 English school
teachers, nearly all of whom are spinsters.
Bodices quite distinct from the skirt
are becoming more and more the fash
ion.
Grcnadine or lace polonaises will be
made to wear with satin, MORE or faille
skirts.
All basques, if fitted at all, set to the
figure with the closeness of the cuirass
bodice.
Miss Julia Pease, a graduate of Vassar
College, cultivates 6,0O0 acres of land
in Texas.
For the first time in twelve years
Washington society possesses a Vice
Presidents wife.
A great deal of velvet and velvet rib
bon will be used for trimming even the
lightest fabrics, both as to texture and
color.
In cotton veilings or colored cheese
cloths there is a great choice in color.
Light yellow and delicate heliotrope
are particularly noticeable.
Removable trains are sent home with
most evening toilets. They are very
useful and if well cut and arranged
should never betray their adjustable ma
ture.
All skirts for the smallest girls are
made quite long, reaching to the ankles;
those for girls of four or six years are
shorter, yet these must fall far below the
knee.
Tailor-made dresses employ great va
riety of material in their making There
are dresses of cheviot, English serge,
tweed ladies' cloth, and the new home
spun cloths.
A farmers wife in Indiana, who runs
the vegetable garden Of half an acre, not
only kept large table beautifully sup
piled, but sold last year more than 500
worth of vegetables to the town folks a
few miles away, This half acre was of
more profit than any four acres which
the husband cultivated.
New parsols are square in shape, gay
in color, and are trimmed with pro-
fusion of lace. Grenadine parasols are 3
novelty intended for piazza use at water
ing places and mountain resorts. The,
are lined with colored silks. The
handles are all made of exquisite wood,
and are very fanciful in design.
Young ladies in Vienna wear their in
itials worked in silk and gold on the
front of their jackets. "Young ladies
who are engaged" it is pointed out by
the correspondent who sends this news,
may wear other initials than their
own" Presumably it is meant that they
may wear the initials of the favored
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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
HEALTH HINTS,

Copous injections of milk are recon
mended in nasal catarrh.
Half a teaspoonful of common table
salt, dissolved in cold water and drank,
is recommended for heartburn.
Chronic coughs, of obscure origin,
NAV frequently be found due to collec.
tons of impacted wax in one or both
ears, and VIII be relieved by its
removal.
Dandelion root is laxative and some
what tonic. Dandelion seems to act es
peciallv on the liver The root stepped
and the decoction drank is good for dis
cases of the skin and kidneys.
If the bleeding from a cut or other
wound cannot be checked by the ordl-
nary means, and, as is sometimes the
case it is impossible to apply llgature,
a quantity of sa aratus in the water used
for bathing will, it is said, check the
flow.
To cure a fclon, fill lumber with
equal parts of fine salt and ice; mix well.
Sink the finger to the centre, allow 1t to
remain untilit is nearly frozen and numb,
then Withdraw it, and when sensation is
restored renew the operation four or five
times, when it will be found the disease
is DESTROYED. This must be done before
pus is formed.
An excellent glycerine ointment for
chapped hands is made by melting, with
gentle heat, two ounces of sweet oil OF
almonds, half an ounce of spermacetl and
one dram of white wax. When melted.
remove from the stove and add an ounce
of gycerine, and stir until cold. The
ointment can be scented with any per-
fume to suit the fancy. Keep it In wide
necked bottles.
In speaking of minor ailments con-
nected with digestion, DR.. Lander Brun-
ton said recently that headaches were
usually dependant either upon the pres
ence of decaycd teeth or some irregular
itv in the ewes, more especially in the
difference of focal lengths between the
two. As persons who were subject to
headaches in their youth grew older,
bilious headache was very apt to be
replaced by giddiness, and this change
cam, when people needed spectaclcs.
A number of French observers have
reported remarkably good results from
the use of euphorbia pilulifera in asthma.
An infusion is made by stepping one
ounce of the fresh weed or one half ounce
of the dried plant in two quarts of water
and reducing by simmering to one quart.
The dose is a wineglassful. DIR. Marsset
reports nine cases where great benefit
was obtained in organic or spasmodic
dyspnpa by the use either of the above
infusion, or of an aqueous extract OF the
euphorbia. He recommends giving three
or four wineglassfuls of the infusion
after the evening meal. One OF the pa
tients who had been unable to work or
even to lie down for months was cured
in few DAYS.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
Worse Than Firearms.

The editor of an Omaha paper, in
commenting on several cases in that city
where children died from the effects of
taking cough syrup containing morphia,
remarks that opiates, poisons and mar
cotics are more dangerous than firearms.
Mothers should note this and further
more that different Boards Of Health,
after making careful analyses have GER
tilted that the only purely vegetable
preparation of this kind, and one that is in
every way harmless, prompt and effective.
is Red Star Cough Cure. Mayor Latrobe,
of Baltimore, and the Commissioner of
Health, have publicly endorsed this val
liable discovery.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
N Y n U-lS
Pertinent Facts for All.


An Augusta GA sight, the other day. q cart
drawn by two tame alligators
They are sold on their merits. That they Lame
Back. Stitches; Peurisy. Kidney Affections, Sore
Chest. Crck. Rheumatism and strengthen the parts
is amply proven by the testimony of thousands. Ask
ior Hop Porous Plaster. 25c.
Wind puffs up empty badders; opinion FOOLS
Socrates.
How is your back! Does It ache' To all who suf
fer from Backache, Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Swollen
Joints, or Muscles, Lame Side or Hip Crick Wrenches.
Kidney Troubles, Sciatca in part, the
Hop Plaster is offered certain cure. The virtues
of fresh Hops with Pitch and Gums. A wonderful
strengthening Porous Plaster. 25c.. for 81. any
dealer or by mail Insist having 1t. Hop Plaster
Co.. 339 Washington ST., Boston, Mass
Last year 1897 900 worth of chewing gum sold in
he United States.
The household remedy. Hop Porous P'aster' for
Aches. Strains. Pains. Bruises Stitches. Criok.
Lsmeness or Soreness in part. Magic in action.
go.
Sheep placed on Key West Island lose their wool In
the second year.
So unlike all others, after using the Hop Porous Pla'
ter you will have other kind They clean, neat.
possess real merit and fail. Only 25c. At any
drug store.
said that alcohol equal to that IN sde from grain
can DO procured from
When Won mt Hon ra,.r over .nv kind of pain
'nere is no doubt OF cure
One New York firm handled $50. 900 bushels of pea.
nuts lastyear.
The best external remedy for local or deop.s.Ated
main, Rbeum,tism Sc,stioa and Bockache. the Hon
Porous Plaster. Fresh Hops Pitch and Gums COM
Dlheo roweriui n-Xil'er ana strenstheh'r' @'''
case OF surgical instruments was lately found AZ
promised rener onered IN the Hop fo'oI, Ip'
~. lN.no TIo =. i--p
hey Noupes or ram IN ANY part O,enu An" 'A''A ~
A''''n Quiz ny u'usSS'S' -0' Vi '0f o.
Men lear old age without beng sure oil reaching IT,
NH D'"S''''
gentleman said; Il am a walking advertisements
your Hop Porous Plaster 1t cured my backache OF
long standing when everything else iailed'" 2oc' oil
Mummies are the only well'behaved persons who are
~" ''' ~ |s'p''
Why buy a doubtful thing when thousands of New
England people say the Hop Plaster is the strongest
anu peS' porous plaster ina1e' -'''
The mean elevation of Colorado is higher than that
OF any other State or Territory
sb.h,d l., tho u,.,, Of ho, h.o, nm, va. cu-.a
hy q la 30, p,stsr -
r,-oo .no,.,,a s,o hr,.ro, nonnd. q, wb.,.bon.
49,. ot,ai.e.a - 80 80
-"'' VIVA
A great many people suffer with soreness in the
chest. A Hop Plaster applied will the pain and
strenet hen the lungs
cAst IRON transmits s0uhu aoou' Ai'eeH ''neS ino'
quieA' 'nAn H''
! Truth in few words: The Hop Platter is the
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
A Dangerous Case.

ROCHESTER,, June l, 1882 'Ten
Years ago l was attacked with the most
Intense and deathy pains in my back and
Kidneys.
Extending to the end of my toes and to
my BRAIN
(which made me deliriousl
"From agony
at took three men to hold me on
at timesl
"The doctors tried in vain to relieve Inc,
but to no purpose.
Morphine and other opidtes |
"Had no effectl
After two months 1 was given up to
diel
"When my wife
heard neighbor tell what Hop Bitters had
done for her. she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my brain and
seemed to go hunting through my system for
the pain.
The second dose eased me so much that
slept two hours, something l had not done
for two months. Before had used five bot
ties, was well and at work as hard as any
man could, for over three weeks; but
worked too hard for my strength, and taking
hard cold, l was taken with the most acute
and painful rheumatism all through my sys-
tenn that ever was known.
al called the doctors again and after sew
eral weeks, they left me a cripple on crutches
for life, as they said. l met friend and told
him my case, and he said Hop Bitters had cured
ullH anu WOulu cure lne. pOOueo dV hiiiij
but he was so earnest l was induced to use
them again.
In less than four weeks threw away my
crutches and went to work lightly and kept
on using the bitters for five weeks, until l
became as well as any man living, and have
been so for six years since.
1t has also cured my wife, who has been
sick for years; and has kept her and my
children well and healthy with from two to
three bottles per year There is no need to
be sick at all if these bitters are used. J. J.
BERK. Ex-Supervisor.
THAT poor invalid wife.
"Sisterl
"Mother
"Or daughterl
"Can be made the picture Of healthl
"With few bottles of Hop Bittersl
"WiU you let them suferf"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

CO00 000 IN presents gfren array. Send
mail YOU vii gel nee psckspe Of goofs Of large
value, that will start you ia work that will at
bring you in oney faster than anything else in
America All about the $2OO,tOl in presents with
each box. Agents wanted everywhere, OF either
SEX OF all ages, for all he time spare time only,
to work for No at their own homes. Fortunes for
all workers absolutely assured Don't delay.
IL. HALikTr Co, Portland, Maine.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

Palpitation, Dropscal Swellings, Dizziness,
Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness cured by
'Wells Health Remover"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

slfg-None genuine without bunch Of green
hops on the white label Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with "Hop" or Hops" in their
name
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

A tortoise has been known to live to
the age of 107 years.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15


is that of any man or woman afflicted with
disease or arrangement of the liver, resulting
in poisonous ac,umulations in the blood
scrOfulous affections, sick headaches, and dis
ease of the kidneys, lungs or heart. These
troubles can be cured only by going to the
primary cause, and putting the liver in a
healthy condition. To accomplish this result
speedily and effectually nothing has proved
itself so efficacious as DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" which has never failed
TO do the work claimed for it, and never will
ITALY has 100000 lemon trees, which
produce POO 100000 lemons annually.
What can be more disagreeabe, more dis
gushing, than to sit in a room with person
who is troubled with Catarrh, and has to keep
coughing and clearing his or her throat of the
mucous which drops into it'll Such persons are
always to be pitied If they try to cure them
selves and fail. But if they get DR.. Sages
Catarrh Remedy there need be no failure.
A CONDEMNED murderer was married in his
cell at Los Angeles. Cal, recently
y Rupture radically cured, also
pile tumorS and fistulas. Pamphlet of par
ticulars two letter stamps Worlds Dispen-
sary Medi al Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
THERE are nearly million more females
than males in Great Britain.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

The matches consumed in the United
States require wood to the annual value
of $3,29S,56
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
CELERY COMPOUND

Tor $500, and may be obtained of every wholesale and
retail druggist in the United States OF the proprietor,
NJ. X. PAINE, Windsor VT.
" To introduce The Celery Compound in
places 0seye aeIllys 40 not haze IL g sfolk will on
receipt of two dollars send bottles any address
IN New England securely packed and express charges
pad To your nearest express office.
A. G. FISHER, General Western Agent, 81
W abash Ayeaue, Chicago, Ill.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
CELERY COMPOUND

IHu 80 YtdTs experience IN conn
It's ingredients are purely vegetabl,
herbs, banks, seeds and flowers, the
given on the label of every bottle.
cine in the world for aged people,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

ITALY has 4.s)0,0OO lemon trees, which
produce ], 200. OOO, OOl lemons annually.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
BLOOD PURIFIER AND TONIC
To the General System.

Cares Nlalarial dis
eases, and to all suf-
caused by malaria it
& a healthy action Of
its forms.
Is a Nerve Tonic
which never fails. 1t
us system, and pro-
Is the best medicine
for Kidney Com
all Of the best RENE
ails to cure.
Immediately relieves
and permanently
piles, sick headache,
bowels, with none of
t powerful cathartics.
gthens the
stomach, and is 4
organs, making it one
STA, indigestion, etc.
Is never known to
fail to relieve and
In severe and obsti-
one-fourth ounce of
then use the medicine
nd it viii cure you.
Is the safest and
best remedy in exist
to females, as thous-
Is prepared by an
apothecary who has
pounding medicines.
!. consisting of roots.
!, names of which are
Ii is the best medi-
quoting, bracing and
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

THERE are nearly million more females
than males in Great Britain.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-03

- Z essM liz RspskI|sss 1dspss
What mSye could az Kepubliesu party
ark lhsp u be forced into oppositicn y
ne Dcmccracy II the lAaser refused y
pess tho billg What better opporsn-
nity could Il desire for "An-
tasonixipg the policy Of tho par
~ IN power and keeping be-
fore the people knowledge Of what
they would get in decrccing chsngcs''
Already Republican Senate can lay
claim TO having passed the bill. and for
the Democrats in the House not TO neu-
tralixc the effects Of this claim would
be to play directly into the hands Of
the Republican party and give Il solid
foundation upon which TO build up a
popular policy give il ian oppor-
tunity to present and press an az
nrmativc substitute policy which
would have one recommendation at
least which, in the eyes Of the
people, would cover a multitude Of
sins. The Democratic party is in posi-
ton to become the party of progress
the progressive spirit Of the age demands
the passage of the BLAIR bill. Let the
Democrats in the House recognize this,
and they will have taken an advanced
step in keeping the Republicans on the
defensive.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-03

8t*<~f-~~~ ~
rorooto tont.) special says Resi-
dents Of the town Of Mcdfsrd, on 0eor-
r;.n say were greatly startled ycster-
day morning At daybrcak by hearing
the roar OF water rushing past 'ne'r
doors on Front street. They were soon
sst;r and found that VANS mill-dam
had been broken by the constant washing
ofthe waters driven by the wind against Is
and letting an immense volume Oh wafer
into the place. There was small leak
discovered in tho dam day or two ago.
which the proprietors had intended 70
have repaired shortly, but during the
night before it broke it became larger
and lei a great stream OF water through,
which in few hours washed away
nearly the entire dam. Much damage
has been done to property and many
valuable buildings have been washed
away by the food, which has IN
undated nearly the whole town;
Frunt street, which is the princ'pai
thoroughfarc of the town, is now
the bed of a rapid-running river. The
water was still rising st last accounts.
and il is feared that if strong west
wind should set in it will blow the wa
tiers Of the bay through the broken
dam and sweep the whole town away
The amount Of damage by the water Is
great. but cannot yet be ascertalned, as
little intelligence has been obtained
from the telegraph Office there to-day
A handsome bridge structure has been
swept away.