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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hecs and the Glover Crop.

Darwin and other eminent observers,
writes 9. NJ. Weed in the Bee Journal,
have repeatedly demonstrated that the
flowers of most plants must be cross fer
tilted with pollen from flowers of other
plants of the same species to produce the
most and best seed. Repeated expert
ments have been made to determine
whether seeds would form without this
cross fertilization, and the result has
usually been that very few or none have
set; especially is this true of our COM
mon red clover, which is, as rule, fer
tilted, or pollenized as some would
have us say, by humble bees. All are
familiar with the oft-repeated tale of the
introduction of humble bees into Aus
tralia in order that clover seed might be
produce ed there instead of importing it
annually. Much the same effect has
been observed in certain portions of our
own country respecting the introduction
of Italian races of bees. The tongues of
these banded foreigners. being longer
than those of the native blacks, they
could reach the nectar at the base of the
clover corollas, and as a consequence
they foraged upon it and aided the bum
bic bees in their work of cross fertiiza-
ton. Rev. L. L. Langstroth, so tittingly
called the father of American agricul
ture, once told the writer that about Ok
ford, o., the area over which the Italian
bees foraged was plainly indicated by
the increased production of clover seed.
A few years since Professor w. J. Beal,
who introduces his students every year
into the great fields of original investi-
CATION, requested some of them to in
Vestigate the comparative number of
seeds set by clover with and without the
presence of bees. In one of these in
stances eight heads which had been pro-
tected from insect visitors yielded only
five seeds, while eight neighboring un-
protected heads yielded 236 seeds. Other
experiments pointed to the same concu-
sion. He, in referring to the subject in
one of his addresses, said: "These ex-
periments, with those of Darwin and
others, make it appear as though bees
helped to fertilize the flowers of red and
white clover and cause the plants to set
seeds more freely. If humble bees do
more good than harm, as we have very
good reason to believe, we should en-
courage their production. Bundle bees
prefer the old nests of meadow mice. 1t
has been suggested that we should not
keep cats, nor allow hawks, foxes and
dogs to catch these mice, which make
nests so necessary for the humble bees
which help fertilize our red clover
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
A Spider as Big as a Mans Hat.

The largest tarantula l ever saw paid
me visit one evening and walked into
the parlor without waiting to be an.
nounced, says Nassau (Bahama) CORE
spondent of the New York Times. Sew
eral Nassau gentlemen were spending
the evening with me, and we were talk
ing and thinking about anything but
spiders, when somebody exclaimed:
There's ground spiderw Ii hand
grenade had come through the ceiling
and dropped on the floor none of us
could have been on our feet quicker.
Everybody jumped back two or three
feet, for the beast was right in our
midst. He was on the floor at our feet,
not yard away from any of us, and had
walked in as unconccrnedly as possible.
He was, without any exaggeration, as
large as the crown of mans hat. His
legs looked as thick as the neck of a
small bottle, and they were covered with
coal-black hairs, some of which were
more than an inch long. Fortunately
| was following a Nassau custom
at that time OF leaving the floors uncar-
peted, and we had no trouble to see him
against the light coored boards. There
was Immediately a rush for walking
sticks and umbrellas to fight him with |;
but one gentleman, with great presence
of mind, picked up large ottoman that
stood near and threw it at him. That one
shot put an end to the tarantula's career
don't know whether he was a grand
father spider or why he was so large but
he was big enough to make anybody,
even people used to seeing them, shud-
der to look at him. lie was soft, and
the ottoman left nothing of him but
big spot on the floor, larger than the rim
of a hat, and little heap of black hair
and legs He was too badly used
up to be kept for curiosity, so we
pitched him out and went on with the
conversation. The Nassau gentlemen
did not consider him particularly large
one but he was much larger than any /
ever saw in Arkansas or any where else,
and | have never seen as large q speci-
men in Nassau since.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
Household Hints and Recipes.

One teaspoon of baking powder and
an egg improves dressing.
Allow one teaspoonful of coffee for
each person and one for the pot.
Equal parts of minced ham and hard
boiled egg make very good sandwich.
Boiled beet-root, white haricot beans
and fried parsnips are excellent accom-
paniments to roast mutton.
If cup of coffee is stirred few times
with pod of vanilla, it will acquire its
delciously perfumed flavor.
When a warm round of beef is sent to
the larder, do not forget to turn the cut
side downward, so as to let all the gravy
run to that part which is to be eaten
cold.
The skin of bacon or ham-generally
thrown away in this country-is very
good eating when properly cleaned and
boiled, and any amount of such skin or
rnd may be put into soupe aux choux
cabbage soup. In Bologna they make
kind of sausage, called "Zampone,"
chiefly from such material. 1t is eaten
boiled, and very delicate eating it is.
1t is said that after wiping up the
uOOT, IL sdlJ i)c ONCl ~ NhllC
damp, moths will not try that barbor
again. When making a carpet, it is rec
commended that enough be allowed to
turn under an inch or two SO that when
put down salt can be spread between the
folds, and also sprinkle salt around the
sides and corners of the room before
mailing the carpet.
When it is not convenient to take
locks apart in the event of keys being
lost, stolen, or missing, and it is desired
to fit new key, take lighted match or
candle and smoke the new key in the
flame, introduce it carefully into the key
hole, press it firmly against the opposing
wards of the lock, withdraw it, and the
lamentations on the smoked part of the
key will show exactly where to file.
A nice dish for dessert is made by
soaking half pint of tapioca in cold
water for two hours, then let it boil
gently until it softens, slice canned
peaches and put into apuddng dish,
and pour the tapioca over them. Bake
until the tapioca is perfectly tender;
serve with sugar and cream. Dried or
evaporated peaches may be used for this
dish, and if they are properly cooked or
softened it is almost as good as when the
canned fruit is used.
Buttermilk bread is great delicacy.
1t is very easy to make, and particularly
wholesome. Into each pint of butter
milk, made hot, stir flour to form
thick batter; add couple of spoonfuls
of yeast, and let it stand few hours.
Then stir in tcaspoonful of soda the
same of salt, and couple of ounces of
dissolved butter, and work in enough
flour to make nice dough. Knead
well, make into loaves, and let it rise
until light.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
Niagara's Tremendous Depth.

William Hosea Ballou says in the New
York Times: The mysterious and awful
depth of Niagara's canon are fruitful
subjects of comment. Some portions of
it are reasonably supposed to be bottom
less When the first railway bridge was
constructed here some ambitious persons
attempted to sound the canon directly
beneath it. They filled large tin pail
with stones and lowered it with a rope.
The current merely played with it. Then
they took a strong cord, attached bar
of railway iron to it, viii CHI actually
floated owing to the fierce counter cur
rents. A few years ago the United
States lake survey came here, and as re-
corder of the survey, l know of the re-
markable data obtained. We saw at once
that the currents would buoy up large
sinker, and proposed to test the smallest
possible surface with the greatest posi-
BILE weight. We took lead weight in
form of plumbob, weighing thirteen
pounds, and attached it 20 small but
strong cord. Then we secured the
services of one of the ferry boatman and
started out into the stream. The boat
man was ordered to row as nearly under
the falls as possible, and the result will
never be forgotten by member of the
party in that skiff. AS we approached
the roar became more and more terrible,
until we were not only unable to hear,
but the lips positively refused to open
and utter. sound. For several days
afterward some of the party were so deaf
as to be unable to distinguish one word
from another. The lead was cast first
near the American Falls where bottom
was found at 83 feet. Near the main
falls we found 100 feet of water.
Here the oarsmen's strength failed,
and the little craft began to dart
down stream. At every cast of the
lead the water grew deeper, until in
front of the inclined railway the old
guide and most of the party became ter
ror stricken and refused to 60 further
down stream. Here the lead told off 1913
feet. We were then able to compute the
depths lower down by simply ascertain
ing the width of the stream. Directly
under the lower bridge the water mar
rows considerably, and deepens to 210
feet. Lower down at the Whirlpool rap
ids, the gorge becomes very narrow, and
the currents terribly fierce. Here the
computed depth was $50 feet. One place
in the gorge is still narrower, and would
exceed depth of 400 feet. When the
depth of water is taken into considera-
ton the height of the canon walls above
the surface must not be forgotten. These
walls range from 270 to 800 feet in
height, often perpendicular, so that the
depth of the canon ranges from $50 to
700 feet,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

butter in winter rs in summer. With
cows long in milk, however, the butter
in winter will come slowly,
A writer, abiding to hog cholera,
thinks that the disease may often be
traced to bad treatment on the part of
the farmer. The infamous plan of leav-
ing the hog for months in wet, mud, sun
and bad weather, now and then without
food, sometimes with shelter and then
none, feeding them whole corn in their
own excrements and urine, and generally
supposing that nothing can happen to
hogs. until they are sick and nearly
dead, is one that needs reform, and that
of radical character. 1t is much more
economical to prevent disease than to
allow it to get in herd and then try to
cure it.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
Where Fashions Never Change.

Coreans have a national costume
which does not change its fashion with
every year, and which is worn by all
classes, the only difference being in the
quality of the material used. A ma jor-
ity of the fourth class dress in white,
simply because cotton of that color is
cheaper than any other stuff but dark
colors prevail among those who can af-
ford them The high officials at court
wear robes Of peculiar cut on state &C.
casons. with different insignia of rank,
and hats that vary from those in general
use. while the king dresses in gorgeous
brocades, wears the embroidered emblem
of royalty upon his breast, and upon his
head winged hat that can be worn by
him alone. Hats, by the way, are pre-
negative of married men, and youths and
bachelors must always go bareheaded.
There are no public means of convey
ance, and so the poorer folks travel on
foots, while the wealthy are transported,
as a rule, in sedan chairs, although the
gentlemen occasionally go on horseback.
Commercial transportation in the imme
diate neighborhood of the capital is, to q
small extent, done in uncouth, heavy
carts, but almost all the traffic of the
country depends upon pack animals,
horses being employed to some extent,
but to vastly greater degree bulls and
COWS that are trained for the purpose.
The horses, or more proper ponies, are
of puny, miserable breed, but the cat
tie are of very superior order. They
are highly bred and very handsome,
looking very much like onr best Durham
stock, and are peculiarly gentle in dis
position, even the bulls being thoroughly
tractable. Although there is an i'm
mense number of cattle in the country
and beef is universally eaten, it is a curl
GUS fact that milk is never used as an
article of diet, and our so emp Dying it
was source of unceasng establishment
to the natives. Francisco CdU.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
Loves them All.

At a recent banquet in New Orleans
Senior Don j. Raman de Ybarroa was
called upon to toast TO the fair sex.
The senior said 'Beauty and woman
hood have for me no nationality. Blonde
and brunette, black eyes and blue, raven
locks and golden tresses, wherever find
them, the whole world around. l do
homage to them. AS one of the great
poets of my own race has said in liquid
Spanish;
"'Blue eyes say Glove me, OF diel"
Black eyes say, Glove me, or l kill theem
And as | neither wish to cause the death
of one of them by not loving her, nor to
die myself because l do not love the
other, / worship them both. love
them all"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
N Y N us


A well known business man of Whining
ton y. c., writes to express his thanks for
the benefit which his wife has derived from
the use Of Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. ut is with pleasure" he says, "that
l write to express to you my gratitude for
the relief and benefit your Vegetable Com
pound has been to my Wife, who has been
troubled with liberation and tumor weigh
ing 1-2 lbs, so the doctor said. She has
been under the treatment of the doctor for
six years. Finally he said he could do moth
ing more for her. that she would die in "a
hours. Then commenced using your Com
pound, as soon as she commenced to take it
can attend to her domestic affairs as well
as she ever could.n
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
German Army Discipline.

About ayear ago an English gentle
man, travelling in Germany, came across
an officer employed in experimenting
some details of military railroad trans
port. He had been captain during the
Franco German war and had allowed his
company TO be surprised. After being
imprisoned for eighteen months he was
placed in the military railroad transport
service, and told that he was never to
receive promotion. Being surprised by
an enemy is regarded as the one unpar
donable sin by the Germans. -LOadon
Truth.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
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Union Pacific Railway, Omaha, Nebraska
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also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
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"RouRh on hats.
Clears out rats, nice, reaches, lilies, ants, bed
bugs skunks, chipmunks, gophers l5c Drgts
Frazer Axle Grease
Is the Standard Axle Grease of the world
Use it and save your horses and wagons.
One greasing will last two weeks.
"Rougli on Corns."
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns "15c. Com
plate cure. Hard or soft corns, warts bunions.
Beeson's Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap is
used to prevent, cure and heal skin diseases,
and to secure a white, soft and beautiful
complexion. 25 cents by Druggists or by
mail. Dreydoppel, Philadelphia, Pa, Man'f'r.
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Quick, complete cure, all Kidney, B III der
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If afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac
ThOmpson's Eve Water Druggists sell it. 25c
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The town in Nebraska which placed
the retail liquor license fee at 800, 900
has no licenced saloons and no applica-
lions thus far.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
THERE are in Paris $50 tradesmen who do
nothing but deal in old postage stamps.


when you visit or leave New York city ssvsbtryaxs
eIprssage and SO carriage hire and stop at the Graaf
Union Hotel opposite Grand Central depot.
ttt elegant rooms, fitted MP at cost of mill On
dollars, 81 and upward perday. European PLAZA. Flo
Vsor. Restaurant supplied with the BEST. Horse
stages and elevated railroad to all dsp1ts ia niles
can live better for less m1ney at tins Grand Uli1n
Hotel than at any other hrstclass hotel In tins city.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

The postal cards sold in this country
last year numbered 1852, $40, $50.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
CHURCH music is easy to a choir.
Kumors in the Blood

Often manifest themselves in the spring months.
Eruptions, such as hives. pimplos and boils, salt
rheum, scrofula other affections caused by mpur-
ity or low state of the blood are cured b. Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t Purfes vitalizes and enrches the
blood and gives renewed strength the whole body.
Try this spring medicine and blood purifier,
II was for some time troubled with boils. having
several of them at time. After enduring about all
could bear in suffering. took Hoods Slrsaparilla.
-Four or five bottles entirely cured me, and have
had symptoms of the return of the boils. "-E. N
NIGHTINGALE, Quincy Mass.
Last spring was troubled with boils. Two bot
ties of Hoods Sarsaparilla cured me- and 1 recom-
mend it to others troubled with affections Of the
blood"-J. ScHocH, Peoria, Ill.
Il suffered with boils years. Hoods Sarsaparilla
cured me"-R. NJ. LANE. Pittsburg, Pa.
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"RouRh on Corns."
Ask for Wells "Rough on Corns n15c Com
plete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts bunions
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Frazer Axle Grease
Is the Standard Axle Grease of the world
Use it and save your horses and wagons.
One greasing will last two weeks.
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ROuRh on Rats.
Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies ants, bed
bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. l5c. Drgts.
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Friend. Coupled with this entreaty I
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practice ~ years. have never known 1t
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Treatise on woman" mailed free.
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For sale by all Druggists
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If afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac
Eye Water. Druggists sell it. pc.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-02

stitution might be complied with BY the
officer elect, and the spirit wholly vio-
lated II the incumbent could not legally
discharge the duties of the Office until
the actual induction into Office Of the
successor. While IL has been decided,
as to an officer who Il not required TO
keep his Office At any particular ofces
that upon the election and qualification
OF successor the powers Of the outg0-
ing officer is at an end, yet - to an Of
place IL Is certainly doubtful whether
such ought to be the rule. Suppose M.
Greene bad lived, he had already given
bond, and suppose be had taken the re-
quirec oath Of Office In . remote part OF
the county, or In some other part OF the
state, and had not appeared at the once
provided for the Clerk Of the Dubois
Circuit Court, 1t the expiration Of the
term Of the defendant, the letter Of The
constitution il complied with by the
election and qualification Of the succee-
sor, but its spirit IL grossly violated, IL
the defendants would not have had the
legal right to discharge the duties Of the
Office for the benefit of the public until
the actual appearance in person or By
deputy, Of the officer elect at the proper
place. or until his place was properly
filled BY appointment The case Of Peo-
pie, ex rel. vs. Potter, ~ N. Y. 375, 10
an instructive case, nearly akin to the
one at bar, wherein the letter Of the con-
stitution of New York, Is borne down
in order to avoid evil and absurd results,
and the trne object and meaning -
serted. Upon the election and commits
sion Of Mr.. Greene the term Of Oflice Of
the defendant expired on the 18th Of
August 1895, il was Of no consequence
to the defendant or to the public wheth-
er he had or had not qualified before his
death, he was not present at the expira-
|tion Of the defendants term, his absence
was occasioned by death, hence ther0
was vacancy-but whether he had or
had not qualified, the defendant had the
lawful right and Il was duty be owed
to the public to continue to discharge
the duties OF the Office; upon the ap-
pointment Of the relator and his quail
|ificafion he represented the clerk elect,
there was then . living successor elected
land qualified, and the rights Of the de-
fendsnt longer to discharge the duties
OF the Office were q an end. This, /
think. would BE in accord with the spir-
liz and meaning Of the constitution Of
this State.
The constitution Of Ohio upon this
subject il in all respects similar in letter
and arrangement to that Of Indiana
See section 2, page 1475, and section 10
page 1850, part 2, Charters and Con-
stitutions.
The Supreme Court Of that State in
the case Of State, ex rel. vs.. Hopkins, 10
Ohio St 500, held that the death Of the
person elected before qualification ore
ated vacancy 10 be filed by appoint
ment. The demurrer to complaint =
'overruled.
ON. WELBoRx, Judge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-02

A woman, or a man for that matter
don't have 70 dance very long until hei
knees are too stifi 10 bend IN prayer
Huntingburg Independent
The above explains why the Oakland
CITY girls have forgotten their prayers
= Petersburg News.
And also why good many men, as vel
AZ girls in Petersburg, as well as YAK
land, and in fact every where, cant pral
Inc mselves, or kncel when others do.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-02

Nimrods Just returned from Dubois
county report the woods and fields In
the country adjacent to Huntingburg
abounding In snipe. quail, pigeon, tur-
key, duck, woodcock, squirrel, and, In
some instances, deer. A hunting party
composed Of about dozen Evansville
sportsmen will leave Tor Huufingburgh
early next week, and expect to come
back loaded down with game.-EYans-
vile Courier.