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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Annual Reunion at ChicagO-Hcn-
cral Shcrma IN on General Grant.

The eighteenth annual reunion o, the So
ciety of the Army of the Tennessee was held
at Chicago. A business meeting was held in
the morning, at which about 200 officers and
members of the society were present. General
William T. Sherman, president of the associ-
alton, was in the chair. On the stage with
him were General Logan and Governors
Marshall, Oglesby, Sherman and Fletcher.
In the body Of the audience were
Generals Belknap, John b. Sanborn, NJ. NJ.
Bone, Clinton b.. Fiske, Hickenlooper. Force
and Others. The secretary reported that
four members had died during the year,
viz: General L.. S. Grant, Colonel D.. N.
WEIGH, Captain John Z. Jones and
Major Josiah Barber. A commit
tee was appointed to draft %appropri-
ate resolutions in view of the death of
General Grant, and his widow was
elected a substitute member OF the society, as
were also the widows OF General Crafts, j.
Wright and Majo Oh Josiah Barber. After the
appointment of committees to select officers
and a place Of meeting for next year, an nd
journment was taken until 10 o'clock the
next day. At night addresses were delivered
by General Sanborn, Governor Oglesby and
General Sherman. The latter in the course
of a long address on General Grant, said:
"He knew little and cared less about
strategy and | doubt il he ever read joni
hi, Grotius, or any books on the art and laws
of war, except the West Point text books.
So with tactics, he never, so far as | can re-
call, expressed d preference for Hardee over
Scott, Casey or Morris. Still, he loved to see
order and system, and wanted his corps, divi-
sions, ~brigades and regiments handy and we'll
instructed when called for. He aimed to
achieve results, caring little for the manner
by which they We're accomplished. He be-
lieved in deeds, not words-in a war of az
erosion, not of m~anuuver-and from Bel
mont to A~ppommatox his strategy and tao
tics were the same-ever straight to the mark
till all armed resistance had cease and alb
Solute submission to lawful authority was
promised.
$50 compare Grant with Alexander, Han
nibal, Cesar, Napoleon or Wellington seems
TO me folly, for he was not similar to any one
of them, any more than the period Of time
in which they existed resembled ours. No,
each epoch creates its own agents, and Gener-
al Grant more nearly impersonated the
American character OF 1861 than any other
living man. Therefore he will stand as the
typical hero of the great civil war in Ameri
ca of the nineteenth century"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18

Mr.. w. is quite Fan elderly, wealthy
gentleman, having for his second wife a
lady many years his junior, and much
petted. Amy expressed wish of hers he
has at once gratilied, if money could be
the medium. One evening she remarked,
in her charming way: 81 saw to-day,
at - store, a lovely camel's hair shawl,
that | wan ever so much. Would you
bring me home to morrow a check? It's
only $500"
'Yes, dear" he replied, 81 will bring
the money" and the next evening, with
the assistance of his porter, he did bring
home, and placed on the parlor table,
fifteen hundred silver dollars. At the
sight Of this pie Of metal, weighing
nearly a hundred pounds, the wife eX-
claimed; "What are you going to do
with all that money!
"Why, love, its the money you wanted
for the new shawl
'Does it take all that to make 81, 500?
Why! l had no idea it meant so much.
l will do without the shawl, and will
put it all in the savings bank, if you will
let me-" She did So, and has since added
several sums to the deposit. Mr.. w.
at1irms, on his honor, that since
that evening she has not asked fol-
a quarter part so much money as before
the incident. The above is not a fancy
sketch. 1t all really happcned.-Bosto
Transcript.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
INJURIOUS TO
A Maryland Makes Charges
Against the Patent office.

A WASH ngton dispatch states that "a
speech made by ex-senator Hamilton, Of
Maryland, at a farmers exhibition at Shep-
herdstown, w. Va, has created something OF
a stir in the patent office. Senator Hamilton
charged that there were more frauds COM
mitted against the farmers in the issuance Of
patents for agricultural machinery than
there were in any other department of the gov
eminent. 1t is understood that Senator Ham
ilton intended his remarks to relate to plows
thresheTs, wire fences and driven wells. 1t
has been contended for a long time that the
patent office has been too liberal in granting
patents for everything thai the farmer must
use, and that there is a combination between
certain manufacturers Of agricultural nipple
ments aud employees of the patent Office which
operates directly against the farmer. The
policy of the patent office has been in the
past, it is claimed, to increase the re-
ceipts of the Office as much as pos
sible by issuing as many patents as they can,
regardless of the question as to whether they
are of value or contain new ideas. This
policy has operated directly against the
farmer probably more than against any other
class of users Of patent machinery. Senator
Hamilton when in Congress was a member of
the COMMITTEES on patents, and agitated un-
successfully for several years a reform of the
patent office and its practices"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
A City of MOsaics in Clay.

The streets of Puebla are wider and
better than those of most Mexican cities,
and the buildings are finer, having all
of them two or more stories; in pleasant
contrast to the usual narrow, stony alleys,
overshadowed by Moorish casas centu-
ries old bearing the gloomy air Of an iron
age. Beside the inevitable central plaza
and alameda, Puebla r~ejoices in no less
than twenty, six public parks-all t1owery
breathing places where the %populace con-
grcgate every evening of the week. The
shop fronts and most of the houses are
built of six-sided bricks, with small
blue tiles set in between. Others are a
perfect mosaic of Dutch or China tiles
upon a ground work of Pompeiian red,
arranged in all manner of designs, and
having numerous plaques and panels,
upon which saints are carved or painted,
let into the walls. The effect is charm
ingly quaint-somcwhat startling at first
to Northern eyes, but soon becomes &C
customed to the vivid coloring and learns
to regard our common place abodes much
as a collector of ceramics look upon deli
as compared to decorated pottery San
Fr0aciSc0 ChrORicie.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18

Among the Zuni Indians of N;cw
Mexico, with a guest at the table, it
would be considered shameful for any
one of the household to cease eating
while any other remained obviously un-
satisfied and equally shameful for any
one not to cease eating very soon after
even one of the others ii a respected or
elderly one--had done so.
When guest or inmate, man or child,
ceases eating he clears his throat and
exclaims: "E'lah-kwa! S'na-yu,s Smith
maize" Thanks! | have been satisfied }
The instant reply, made by all the elderly
women, IS: 'El-i-ta." Cat welD, to
which the first speaker finally responds
"Lathl e-lah-kwa ; ha's-i-po-ti- k'ia.'
CThanks again; l I'm filled.) And the
women add: ''Ita-i-na-we!" QIaye
eaten, thenD-AiHstOne.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
SELECT SETTINGS.

According to the traditions of the
Jewish rabbis there was no physical ill
ness among men before the flood.
A Wisconsin girl has horns growing
on the sides of her head. She conceals
them by a careful arrangement of her
HAIR.
1t was formerly customary in various
parts of England to have a garland of
flowers or sweet herbs carried before a
maiden's coffin, and afterward to suspend
1T in the church.
1t is asserted that crows have twenty
seven distinct cries, calls or utteranccs,
each readily distinguishable from the
other, and each having an unmistakable
connection with Il certain class of action.
Salamanders fell from the clouds dur
ing a heavy storm of rain and nail at
Velasco, Mexico, recently. A curious
fact in connection with the case is that no
lizards of the kind are to he found in the
lakes round about.
Mr.. Carries says hat at Phyong Yang,
in Corea, the hats worn by the poor
women are baskets 81 feet long, 81 wide
and 2l deep. The men wear q similar
basket, but smaller. 1t requires both
hands to keep it in place. Women of
the better class wear a white cloak over
their heads.
A foreign paper says that a French
physician, at the time of the pestilence
at Marseilles, wore, on his round of
visits, an armor consisting of "A short mo-
rocco gown, a helmet of the same mate
rial, and a nose stuffed with aromatics,
in order that the air which carries Iinfec.
tious germs might be kept from him.
A health society in London finds by
experiment that currents of air in a room
have direction and angles definite as those
of billiards. An illness of the Duchess
of %Connaught was caught on a sofa ex-
posed to a draught of foul air from the
basement, which would not reach her
bed. Speaking tubes, pipes and hoists
are all conductors of dangerous air from
the lower regions of a house.
A Georgia paper says that before the
wal there was a bird in the South that fed
exclusively on cookie burrs. At certain
seasons of the year these birds would
sweep down upon the fields and when
they departed not a burr remained. The
smell OF burnt and burning powder for
four years seems to have been too much
for the burr-eaters, since now not a bird
of the kind is to be found in the bush.
The rope that binds a murderer is util-
lied by those who know the superstitionS
of negroes. After an execution in
Georgia a colored coachman got a piece
of the rope and wen among the rcgroe;
and sold the bits to them for charms.
He had no trouble in finding buyers, the
negroes all believing the little pieces of
white rope to possess hidden and pow
erful charms for both evil and good. He
said that he got from twenty-five tc
seventy-five cents for each bit of the
''charm rope" realizing a handsome sur
from his trade.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
Food and Conscience.

Never go to bed in any danger of be-
ing hungry. People are kept awake by
hunger quite as much as 10y a bad con
science. Remembering that sleep is the
essential force which the whole scheme
starts, decline tea or coffee within six
hours before going to bed. If the women
kind insist, you may have your milk and
water at the tea-tablc colored with tea
but the less the better. Avoid all mathe-
mates or intricate study of any sort in
the last six hours. This is the stuff
dreams are made of, and hot heads, and
the nuisances of waking hours. Keer
your conscience clear. Remember that
because the work of life is infinite,
you cannot do the whole of it in any
limited period of time, and that, there
fore, you may just as well leave off il
one place as another. -Edpdrd Eeeret,
Hale.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
Inhabitants of Indian Terri tory.

An exchange says that the inhabi-
tants of Indian Territory consist
of 16, 900 Indians, divided into
fortv-four tribes. The Cherokccs stand
in the forefront with a population of
20, 1886 full bloods and half breeds. They
occupy a large country in the northeast
ern part of the Territory. The country
of the Creeks, next in the order of intel
ligence and push, numbering -, 600 in
habitants, is in the southeast corner.
The Chickasaws, 5000 in number, are
west of the Choctaws, on the Texas Dor
der. The Seminoles from the ~savannahs
of Florida, the Sacs and Foxes, the
Pottawatomies, and the Wichitas are
in the center. The Osages, Pawnecs,
Nez Perces, and Poncas are
in the North. The Senecas, Wyan-
dottes and Ottawas occupy a small piece
of land on the southwestern border of
Missouri. The celebrated Modocs, of
bloody memory, from the lava beds of
California and Oregon, are here. The
ArapahOes and Cheyennes are on the
west. The Kiowas and Comaches and
Apaches, once prominently distinguished
for their conquest with tomahawks and
scalping-knifc, are settled down to a
quiet life in the remote southwest part
of the Territory, and begin to bask in the
early morning twilight of their c%iviliza-
ton. OF these 7G, 900 Indians G3, 900
have adopted citizens dress, and are
engaged in the various pursuits of hus-
bandry and the mechanic arts. They
raise cattle, mules, hogs, corn and cot
ton. The C|herokees alone have this
year G7,400 cattle, los, 552 hogs, and
ID, G43 horses. This speaks Of the in
dustry of that people. Three thousand
five hundred and forty-nine of them are
farmers, while only sixteen follow hunt
ing and fishing for a livelihood. One
district of their country exported 1, 200
bales of cotton. Their cotton fields re-
ceive especial attention, and raise more
than one bale to the acre. BY the law of
the Territory, each citizen can'fence in as
much Ct the land as he can use. and oc-
cupy it as long as he likes. lie cannot
own the land, but he can own the use of
1t and the improvements on it. lie has
no taxes to pay, or any of the other bur
dens of government common to a life
among the whites. If Indians had the
energy, ability, and push of the white
people, they would speedily get rich int
country of free and fertile lauds and no
taxes, and where soil, sunlight, rain, and
temperature all combine to make a peo-
pile prosperous and wealthy.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18

The Kidneys.

They are the most important
secrstory organs. Into and through
the Kidneys flow the waste fluids Of
The body, containing poisonous mat
ter taken out Of the system, II the
Kidneys do not act properly This
matter is retained, the whole sys-
tenn becomes d~isordered and the
following symptoms will follow :
Headache, weakness, pain in the
small Of back and Ioins, fIushes Of
heat, chiIIs, with disordered stofn-
ach and bowels. You can thor
cughly protect the Kidneys by BUR-
DOCK BLOOD BITTERS, and when
any Of these symptoms manifest
themselves you can quickly rid
Yourself Of them by this best of all
medicines for the Kidneys. BUR.
DOCK BLOOD BITTERS are sold
everywhere al 81 per bottle, and one
bottle will prove their efficacy.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18

During the middle ages the iron crown
was the subject of much interest and
superstition. 1t was n crown of gold,
having inside of it a ring of iron, which
was said to have been forged from the
nails of Christ's cross, and it was made
by order of Princess Theudelinde for
her husband, Agilulf, king Of the LON
bards, in the year sol. The crow was
afterward given by the queen to the
church at Mona. Charlemagne used
this crown at the ceremony of his corona
ton, and after him all the emperors who
were also kings of Lombardy made
similar use of it. Napoleon l., it is said,
when at Milan in 1906, put this crown
on his head. SAYING: ''God has given
it to me woe to him who shall touch it. "
The ''great woodman of Europe" as
Victor Hugo called Napoleon, founded
the Order of the Iron Crown, which still
exists in Austria. 1t fell into disuse
after Napoleon's fall, but was revived by
Francis /. in 1916, and is now regarded
as a high honor in Austria. The iron
crown was taken by the Austrians to
Vienna in 1859, but was presented TO
the king of Italy in 1866, and is now
among the royal treasures in Naples
Inter- ocean,.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18

1IT0W us a man or woman, if you
ollUW can, afflicted with ~tOothache,
carache, headache, backache, any ache
that has sought relief in DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil to no advantage, and in re-
turn we will refer you to thousands
similarly affected whom this medicine
has restored and cured completely.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
lis Ona Minute 0urslor TuOthaGhskih lll
cRAr's SPECIFIC MEDICINE.

Fish ! em"dy. An
unfailing cure
for c IN ! II n
Neakness,Spe
m%atorrhupa, i'm
potency, and al
discas sthat fol.
lOwas sequence
of s~eli-abase; II,
loss of memory,
lps-l-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-26
Tid-Rits for the Table.

A little salmon goes great way, since its
very richness serves TO cioy the appetite OF
the partaker.
The next in value to salmon are fat hall
but, shad, whitefsh, mackerel, bluefish,
lean halibut. bass, founder, pout, cod, had
dock and cusb.
But blooded fish, like salmon. mackerel,
and bluefsh, have the oil distributed through
the body. They are nutritious for those
who can digest them, but are too rich and
oily for invaIids.
The thought of 1.-THE green things grow
ing" is pleasant one, and one longs for
the tender lettuce and the crisp radishes,
which, thanks to dollhouse culture, are in
market even now.
As the spring opens and the warm
weather approaches the appetite grows ca
PRECIOUS, and one finds ones self turning
away from the dishes that have been 50
relished during the winter, and so bring re-
lief in lighter food. Meats cease to attract
the appetite, and one turns to fish, to eggs,
and to salads.
Fish should be perfectly fresh and thor
Oughly cooked or it will be very indigestl-
bic, and sometimes poisonous. Broilmg
and baking are the best methods small pan
fish and fillets Of large white fish are good
If fried. but oily fish should never be fried.
1t spoils them by making them heavy and
greasy.
Salt draws out the nutritiye part of the
fish the same as it does in meat. and either,
when thus prepared, should be used as a
relish, and not be depended upon for nour-
shment. Fat fish are injured less than
whitelish, as the fat is not removed by salt
ing. Every variety Of fish needs an ac-
compartment Of starchy foods, like bread
and potatoes. and whtefish need beside to
be cooked with butter or fat to make them
desirable as food
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-26
,,,,,o Girls Cure = Cold.

A,-ou,,r woman i'm a Fourth street car took
. al o,fIi1ed silver box from her handbag
carefully removed an onyx cover. plncheu d
few Grains OF snuff-colOred powder on tEe
pink TIPS of her dainty fingers and pushed
il mn her uo,trils with a deXteronS grace
that a confirmed snuf-taker would nave
puyfpd. Half dozen passengers stareu 1T
her IN amazcmemt She smiled placldly'
brushed off her upper lip with lace hand
kerchief and remarked TO her companion
'.Oh. I've such d cold
'.So'vc ." was the meek response
OF came the onyx cover again, the silver
box was passed over as a man hands OUT q
pappI.of tobacco and another pinch OF the
brown powder vanished up another charm
mo little nose. Both girls sneezed once,
yery mildly aud got of the car
4 fashionable jeweer said: I'VE nave
3reaueut call, for snuif-boXcS, silver ana
pod ones. from young men as well as young
women. IT is simply what you might cal
notion | can't say. whether anything
is pul in the boxes. but do know that sew
eral people buy them and carry them.
An MIDTOWN druggist said: ION, no: II
wasn't snuff. The girls have an idea that
II is fashionable 10 carry those boxes ana
naturally enough they want something to
put i'm them. Genuine fermented tobacco
snnG would make them sick. We NIX
them up harmless compound, pertpmeG
like sachet powder, put in a little pearlasi'
10 keep it damp, and just enough Scoich
yellow to tickle them a little and make
them snceze. When q girl puts one OF those
boNe, ON the counter and says that sh,
wants something TO clear cold in the head
We know what She means.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-26
a New Wrinkle Adopted by the Dear Girls
to Cure Colds in the
Head.
Regular Exercise the Only Medicine Re-
quired by Women Suffering From
Debility An Example.
The Accidental StOcktng--Fashion
Fancies--Table Talk--Chat
About Women.
What Clara Belle Saw in the swell
Dress Making Establishments
in Gay Gotham.
Spring Fever.

AS result of the trying weather OF
February and March, during when IL was
impossible for any but robust people to be
Out of doors to any considerable extent
MANY women are suffering IRON deDiIlts
and keen to their rooms and lounges. hey
are not i'll enough 10 require physician
but are wretched and unable to take any
comfort i'm life. If these people would
only exercise a little wiil-p0wer, and de
terInine to 20 out regularly into the fresh
airand sunshine. their ldssitude would soon
depart and they would be blessed with new
life and yigor. There is no medicine that
can take the place OF life-giVing sun. ten
tIe exercise only is to be taken. But 90
non walk block or two and then go INTO
the yitiated air Of a store. Shopping Is MOI
conducive to shattered nerves. BE cafeIuI
not To become fatigued. Many women VINO
wish to overcome their nervousness D! inc
inhalation of fresh air and Dy exercise
oyerdo the matter. and their last state IS al
most worse than the first. lhey walk ultI
comDletely tired out. and return hoiiie eA
hausted. having received no dement, anu
then resolve that exercise IS a delusioh ana
q snare. r.,. e.,,,,
\ gentlewoman who was suffering rom
p complication OF troubles when induced
extreme nervousness put "4lICi WI
of a sort to comfne her to her bed, came 10
the city for treatment by one OF our cale-
brated specialists. She had insomnia; coViu
only sleep under the influence OF chIofaI;
was unable to take any exercise. and hat
become utterly Respondent The phyai-
riau told her She must take regular eXer-
else in the open air. The patient declared
il was IMPOSSIBLE for her to walk. She
could scarcely move about the house. The
doctor. however. told her she must go ont
and walk if it were only for one block, but
She must not tire herself This advice was
followed reluctantly. The first day two
blocks were accomplished; the second twice
the distance; at the end Of the week the Re
patient found no difficulty in walking half
a mile. The regular exercise soon enabled
the sufferer to sleep well, and her genera
health was re-estabIished.