The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
General Notes.

The Manchester Mirror pertinently re-
marks that neither George f. Edmuuds
nor his associate in the Senate appear to
have found ont that he lost his influence
last fall" A politician without patronage
and "A boss out of office. lose what they de-
light to call their Influence" But where
brains are re reinforced with character, and
both are inspired by patriotism, the iniiu
ence is not lost IN the turn of an election,
Boston Herdld.
A valued correspondent at Southington,
Conn, wishes us 70 tell, if we can when
these business troubles will terminate and
by what means" We answer that they will
terminate when the equilibrium of bust
ness Is restored when things are brought
down to the bed rock, when no more money
Is spent than II earned, and no more rail
roads are built and run than the public
wants require. This much is certain; but
to give the exact date would require IA pro-
phet.-N. Y. Sun.
Science destroys some of the most cher
shed popular deu-ious. Catgut Is derived
from sheep; German silver was net invent
ed in Germany, and il contains no silver;
Cleopatra's needle was not erected by her
nor in her honor POmpeys pillar had no
historical connection with that parsonage;
sealing wax does not contain II particle Of
wax: the tuberOse il not rose, but Il poly
antu; the straw berry II not berry: Turk
lsh baths did not originate IN Turkey, and
are not baths at all; whalehOue Is not
bone. and contains not any of It's proper
ties.
mo, there are not so many brides in the
! house at present as earlier in the season but
! there are a numbers dozen or So" This
was said 10y the chief clerk Of a laI ge Wash
/ ington hotel. How many brides have We
had at any one timei Awhile ago there
were something like twenty; but they have
| rather Stacked off lately" Does Washing
ton possess peculiar attractions for newly
married personsi" Il should say so, for
! Washington Is taking the lead in this re-
spect 1t used to be Niagara, but that has
! fallen Oft for some reason"
1t is reported from Washington that Mr..
! Edmunds will at the next executive session
undertake. TO show that the Clay -Bulwer
treaty ought not TO stand in the way of the
canal treaty with Nicaragua, and also that
Great Britain has from the first violated,
and Is still violating, the terms of that trea-
/ ty. These are certainly interesting prOpO-
sitions; and Mr.. Edmunds' reputation for
ability, as well as tor high standard OF
political honor fOrbds us to suppose that
if he has undertaken to uphold them, he
cannot give very good reasons for them
NeW York Times.
The statement made by the Rev DR..
Todd Of New Haven that he does not "be-
lieve there's Il professor in Yale college to-
day who can translate at sight, and without
recourse to ell.thumbed leXicons page
of Greek or Latin with which he has had
no previous acquaintance" reminds the
New Haven Conn., Register of the con.
slernation of Il recent graduate upon look
lag at his diploma He at once recog lzed
the fact that the first thing his father would
do upon seeing the certificate of graduation
would he 10 ask him to prove the benefits
of his college training by translating it, As
the old gentleman was himself college
graduate, he knew he could not hope to de
|, ceive him with bogus translation. The son
therefore, FASTENED to IA private tutor anC
had the necessary translation written down
which he committed to memory and subss
qusntly repeated to his father with th'