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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
General 1lens.
CONGRESSIONAL.

SeD0te.-Wednesda the 18th. the
Interstate commerce bill was passed. A.
to I. -Thursday the general pension
bill was debated.-Friday public build
ing bills involving an expenditure of
81 ,225. 900 were passed and further debate
had on the pension bill.-Monday a
resolution was introduced providing for
an equestrian statue of Zachary Taylor
in Washington.-T the pension
bill was again up and occupied the ses-
sion.
HouSe.-W Wednesday. in committee of
the whole. the army appropriation and
the diplomatic appropriation bills We're
discussed and on Thursday the latter was
the subject of debate.-Friday routine
business was disposed Monday
there was passed the Senate bill provid-
ing for the study of the effects of alcohol
and narcotics on the human system in
the schools of the District of Columbia.
Tuesday the Senate amendments to the
po,t-ollice appropriation bills We're con-
Sidcred.
-NoteS. - The appropriation committee
of the House has completed another ur-
gent deficiency appropriation bill. 1t
appropriatc> SG.0OO.0OO for pensions.
500 900 for public printing. 92O0.ooO for
pay for the army and 5000 for expenses
for advertising for Indian supplies -
The President has transmitted To Con-
grc>> Il report of the secretary of state
with accompanying papers in respect to
the location of Il frontier line between
Alaska and British Columbia. Mr.. Bay
ard says the British government j. pre-
pared to take part in preliminary inve>-
LEGATION of the boundary question and
that nothing now delays action but the
want of an appropriation by Congress to
enable this government to take part in
the Survey.-The Senate has confirmed
the nomination of Mrs. Thompson to be
poStmistress at Louisville. Ky. There
were bur six opposing votes. about equal
ly divided between the two parties. -
The legislative. executive and judicial APP
preparation bill, as reported by the sub
committee of the House appropriation
committee, makes total appropriation
for the next fiscal year of S20,1l0.611.
a bill has been introduced in the
Senate providing for board of national
defense, the duty of which will be to
adopt and put into operation plans and
methods for the construction and arma-
ment of the national defenses by land
and water.-A large number of petit
tions are coming to the Senate relating to
oleomargarine and other limitations of
butter. The great majority of the petit
tons are from agricultural and dairy as
sociations and favor the bill proposing an
internal revenue tax of 10 cents a pound
on the product and regulating its manu-
facture and sale; while the opposing pc
titions are from produce exchanges and
similar commercial bodies protesting
against any such tax, and suggesting
thar it would be sufficient for Congress TO
require that such products be properly
| labeled.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
County 11ems.
BRIDPoRT.

There was severe frost Monday night.
Rev. n. G.. Parker arrived here ON
Tuesday with his goods.
large amount of butter was taken in
ON Tuesday at Benefits.
The household furniture and effects of
the Hill estate are being disposed of by
Mrs. Herbert j. Howe.
Waldo Bristol's hired man, Tom short,
took Il load of oats over the lake last
week for Mr. Bristol, and has since
"turned up missing" Mr.. Bristol found
where his team was left.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
GENERAL COUNTY ITEMS,

The fish wardens are very lively at
present Ill their efforts to execute the fish
laws. Several large nets and fishing
tackle were destroyed by State officers at
Larrabee's Point the other day, a number
of fishermen have been arrested in other
sections of the State and many seizures
of unlawfully caught fish made.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
WEYBRIDGE,

Decoration day will be observed here
on Sunday. Memorial sermon at the VI.
E. church at o'clock p. m. by the Rev.
,. l.. Il. Speare of Middlebury. No for
mai decorating of graves will be had but
those desiring to do so will be shown the
usual courtesy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21

''' ''' = ONOiteu oNeT
VI o'c'l-ol-l' roniise case win damages laid
At 7@''ooo' Drought ny MISS Lucy b. Hor-
i''ie VI helltucky against Nathan +. Har-
a,,., ~, -ulsS iiorrl'ie Is ~
=
nv annual meeting OF the American
ni'ie socie'y was held at New York
iiiu's'al' Inc receipts for the year
Nv, n.y. '-''1lo ana EXPENSES Sl9999S.
ii'0 'eeh l'f'Hifo Bibles, Testa-
''''"'H' e'c'' issued OF which 5S4.GO3
"0"' ~ i''V'S" Minus
"racle Morse, eldest daughter of Rev.
J'b' Morse, larrytown. y. Y. has eloped
WIN tile FAMILY cOachman.George Minton.
MISS Morse Is about y years old and
hlghly accomplished. Her mother is Il
i.e'e Vi tile la'e commodore Vanderbilt.
Nv O'"''''i''h l. ABOUT 23' aud has been
~ '''' 'i''Pio3 Vi 'ie family Tor year.
rive anarchists were arrested at San
rrahclsco sunday while haranguing IA
crowd. The most prominent of them. j.
l. hudeizky, Pole, advocated going to
Nop NH ana sacking the residence, of
vi MeSsrS' stanford, Croker and Flood
anu distributing what money and vau-
aples they found among themselves.
The number of victims of last week
Tuesdays hurricane at Kansas CRY. Mo.
is now known to be 20. Sixteen of tbe.o
met death in the wreck of the Iathron
school-house. 1t appears that repair.
were made upon this building after if
ll'u peeh condemned second time, and
II was considered safe by the board of
euucatloh' The total damage to proper
'N III 'ile city Is roughly estimated at
ol'o'ooo' part OF which is covered by
storm assurances. The loss is chiefly in
small amounts Other places in Missouri
also sustained great damage.
OF the Polish and bohemian rioter.
who RECALLED themselves with liquid re-
freshments when they sacked the DRUG
store at Chicago during the recent ont
break. eight have died and at least four
more are known to be beyond homes of
recovery. \ physician who attended
some of the victims SAYS that the men
had been poisoned by drinking the con-
tents of the bottles in the wrecked druv
store. The stuff taken was mostly wine
of colchicum. which greatly resembles
WINE anu mas Il strong smell of
''''i' iie N'lu III Is Nlruleht
P''>''i anu i almost certain death if
u INV 'iio Nl'l'''VII Ill any quantity
'''' It 'o'> l'oohlui'
Dr. frederick y. Palmer. Boston
physician OF nigh standing. jumped over
poafu Win MS little grandson from the
boston ana Portland steamer John
hro"k> while OUT at sea. one night last
week. Nothing can account for the
tragedy hut temporary insanity. The
u"ct"r left hi> West Chester Park home at
boston about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon
taking along hiN four-yearS-old grandson,
wendell H. smith. for walk. The
grandfather seemed in the best of health
ana spirits and dearly loved the little boy.
Inc FAMILY lIad been told that they were
simply going to take usual afternoon
STROLL: put 1t seems that they wandered
u"Wll I" the WhalNc>. where passage
was engaged on the steamer leaving that
afternoon Tor Portland. Dr. Palmer was
once postmaster at B@ttleboro.
ON W.duo.do,- ui,,I,+ofl,.+ ,1- H.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25
STORIES OF THE RAIL.
Locomotives That Love and Hate and Ell
hibit Other Human Passions.

Locomotives That Love and Hate and Ex-
hibit Other Human Passions.
Locomotives are funny things"
said an Erie engineer, land I've seen
them sometimes when ] believed they
were actually human. They get the
sulks and have balky streaks, and
when they're in such moods you can't
make time with them any more than
you can fly. Then again they'll be as
clipper and willing US thoroughbred
horse, and you actually have to hold
'em in to keep from running into sta
tons ahead of time.
81 suppose the stubbornest loco
motive that was ever put on road was
one of the Twin Sisters couple of
splendid machines built by the New
York Central few years ago. They
were made exactly alike in every par
tlcular, from the same patterns, by the
same workmen and with the same ma
terials. There wasn't a man on the
road that could tell which was which
until their numbers were painted on
them. They were beauties, and the
engineers who were assigned to duty
On them were the envy of all the BOYS.
When the engines were put on trial one
of the locomotives developed amazing
power and speed. She could take
freight train up grade with scarcely
az sGort, and with passenger train
n:..aae fifty miles an hour with ease.
The other enc wouldn't go at all. Even
when pulled wide open she would
simply give few spiteful puffs of black
smoke, a few turns of her driving
wheels, and then would stop. The
way she exhausted steam showed that
she was vixen. She was taken apart,
and not single thing could be found
wrong with her mechanism. Different
parts Of the locomotive that was SO
great success were exchanged for the
same parts in the stubborn one. The
willing locomotive ran as well as ever,
but the stubborn one refused to move a
peg. They tried half dozen different
engines rs on ner-for WOW must know
that Sc nctimes a locomotive is par
.icular about the man that handles her
throttle and will do work for one that |
she ,,fl:es to do for mother; but she
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25

chair, his face perfectly livid, his eyes
and mouth wide opened. Penn drew
forth letter from his pocket, unfolded
it. and as If utterly unconscious of the
storm he had raised, resumed:
"You have addressed this letter to
Mr.. Robert Fleming, the father of
Phyllis, the young lady to whom YOU
have been paying your addresses. 1,
for family reasons. with which you are
quite familiar, prefer to be known in
my circle of acquaintance as Robert
Fleming. Phyllis is my daughter, and
Ire"
mo, no! don't go on" shouted
Greysark, in voice Of supplication.
In the course of few weeks PHYLLIS
Penn became Mrs. Jonathan Greysark.
and the style of the firm in Rood-lane
was altered to Greysark, Penn & Co.
'd"9 Truth.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25
THE SOD HOUSE OF DAKOTA.

passed it far out on the prairie,
The house of necessity born;
No lines OF its dinginesS vary.
So somber, so dark, SO forlofn.
1t is bounded by measureless acres:
Not fence or a tree is in sight:
But, though plain as the dress of the Quakers,
1t stands in the suns brOadeSt light
The badger near by makes his burrow,
The gopher his hillock of soil,
And plows. with their mile lengths of furrow,
Go round it with infinite toll.
With poultry and pigs, are outside;
The clothes line is wondrouSly human
In look. and the vista-hOw wide.
You can go to the sunrise or shutdown
In straight lines. the left or the right,
And leagues of long level are run down
Before you escape from its sight.
The roof is well matched with coarse grasses;
A stoye-pipe peers ont to the sky
It's picture whose plainness surpasses
All objects that challenge the eye
Twisted hay serves its owner for fuel,
He twists it at ease by the roar
OF a hav fire. which parties the cruel
Harsh bite of the wind ut the door.
Sometimes in an ocean of color
In summer It's yellow or Creen)
1t Stands in November Il Guiler
Broad carpet about it is seen.
1c winter. while blasts from the praire
Bring billiards that cease not to blow,
IT as warm an isle of Canary.
Deep under the tempest and snow.
Joel Benton, in Hdrpsrs Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25
SECONDHAND DINNERS.
A New Trade Which Has Lately Sprung
Up in Large Cities.


The immense business of the big
hotels and the amount of refuse turned
out of them have been the cause of the
institution of new trade. 1t is that of
"broken-food collector" There is 3
shorter and more pointed term applied
to the class by those who deal with
them. But this appellation best ex-
presses their business. 1t may not be
generally known, nor may it be APP.
petizing to persons who live at some OF
the very cheap restaurants about town.
that part of the provender served has
already made its appearance in far
more delectable quarters. But such is
the case. Chops and steaks and even
other edibles which have occupied the
plates of diners in heightened hotels
and have only been nibbled are turned
out among the refuse of the kitchen
and bought up by big dealers who find
all of it available for some purpose,
and who make profits of many thou
sands of dollars at the business, and,
first of all, these find a market among
the ''brOken-food collectors" Still
shapely steaks and cuts, embarrassed
chops and joints that retain their fiber
and juices, are gathered by the col
lector and by him retailed among the
cheap restaurants, where they are
served up anew to customers less
fastidious or unaware OF the "chest-
nut character of their meal. Of
course. this praxice has been general
" kept under cover by restaurateurs in
Difference to the feelings of their own
captious patrons. But of late few of
them-notably one on the extreme east
side. little off Grand street, have
boldly put themselves forward as
champions of the secondhand dinner
and announce themselves as such. |
What 10 more, there seems to have |
been no falling off in their custom. In |
fact, it has increased. And doubtless !
the philosophy that sends a man to i.
dealer in insists or secondhand cloth /,
ing with an expectation OF finding !
of superior texture and cut at |
very low rates has led the patrons of ,
these restaurants to willingly expend a
small sum for savory viands which |
they think but little discounted by |
having lain on some less hungry but |
more wealthy beings dish.-M Y |
Herald.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25
A FRIGHTENED HUNTER.
How . Sslf-Possessed American Managed
Three Savages.

| Three SavaEes.
The island of Formosa, off the coast
of China, is divided, east and west, by q
ridge of mountains, like a backbone.
The western portion is inhabited by
quiet, industrious agriculturists, while
the other side of the mountains is
peopled by race of savages, who have
the reputation of being cannibals. A
short time ago a United States expe.
dictionary steamer visited the island,
and party of officers went ashore on
the west coast. The beach was crowd
ed with people-men. women and chill
dren-the males of almost every age
being armed, as they exist in state of
perpetual warfare with their savage
neighbors of the east coast. One of
the party, in describing the visit, says:
Whenever we evinced disposition
to ascend the bushy sides of the neigh
boring hills, they became greatly
alarmed, caught hold of our clothes.
threw themselves in our paths and
made signs to us that our Threats would
be certainly cut and we roasted by bad
men who were very strong and fierce,
and who wore large rings in their ears.
We did not know what to make of this
at first, but Hartman, one of our party,
who had wandered off by himself in
search of snipe, rejoined us shortly be-
fore dark, and opened our eyes.
Having unconsciously wandered over
the low land and assembled neigh
boring elevation, he had seated
himself upon fragment of rock, and
was admiring the view which opened
before him, when his ears suddenly
caught sound as of some animal
making its way cautiously through the
bushes. He turned quickly, and saw
party of three, whom he had no diff
Guilty in recognizing as had men,
who wore large rings IN their ears"
Here was fix for our innocent sports
men. He must either retire ignomini-
ously, or face boldly the unlocked for
danger. Fortunately, he was man of
nerve, and was, moreover, armed with
shotgun, bowie knife and revolver.
Choosing, therefore. the latter alter
native, he arose with a great air of
non-she-lan-cy Gas l once heard the
word pronounced by an American who
had been to Paris) and advanced to the
nearest, tall, tine-looking fellow. and
fixed his gaze curiOusly upon him. Hart
man says that he whistled with consider
able success portions OF apopular air as
he thus went, as it were, into the lions
mouth, but never before felt such 4.
longing to be safely on board his ship.
He soon joined the princely-looking
savage, and as the others drew near, he
made careful but hurried survey of
their personal appearance, exchanged
a Mexican dollar for bow and arrow
of one of them. and then leisurely re-
traced his way, until an intervening
clump of trees enabled him with safety
to call upon his legs to do their duty.
He ran for a mile or more before
evincing the slightest curiosity to know
if he was followed. Touth's COmpan.
ion
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25
EDISON'S LATEST.
The Wizards Invention for Telegraphing
to and from Moving Trains.

The Wizards Invention for Telegraphing
to and from Moving Trains.
have just had talk with Mr.. Edi-
son, the inventor. regarding his new
invention for telegraphing to and from
moving railroad trains. The peculiarly
of this system is that a small battery
and small table for the operators in
strument may be placed in any railroad
car; and from these, by means of wire
leading to the ordinary metal roof of
the car, telegraphic messages can be
sent through the air to the ordinary
wires that run alongside the track.
The electric current is drawn by Undue
ton either to or from the wires, and it
is of such a nature that it does not in
tcrfere with the currents which carry
messages along the wires in the usual
manner. Neither is it intertered with
by these currents. No matter whether
there are two wires or two hundred by
the side of the track. Messages can be
sent or received on the car without
confusion. All that is needed is to put
in the Edison instrument at any sta
ton along the road in order to estab-
lish communication. And this ap-
paratus being near by the ordinary
telegraph instrument in the same
office, messages can be at once for
warded by the regular channel to any
station where there is no Edison sp-
paratus. On the Staten Island rail-
road dispatches were sent and received
daU fnr q xHnvy
would be in the telegraph offices that
we commonly use which have direct
wire connection with other offices. The
marvel about this system is that it re-
quires no special wire, but enables the
transmission of messages along the
common wir-s and through the air
space between them and any moving
train, be the space fifty or even two
hundred feet wide. The secrets of the
Edison apparatus have not been di-
vulged, but it is known that it gives to
the electric current musical tone
which is heard through telephone re-
ceivers. The dots and dashes of the
Morse alphabet are thus most audible
in short or long sounds. and the ordipa-
ry telegraph key is used. Mr.. Edison
and his associates, William Wiley Smith
and E. L. Gilliland. are confident that
messages may be sent in this way to
stations one thousand miles distant. be-
cause the moment the current reaches
the wires it will run any distance with
out losing its efficacy. attended the
public exhibition AID noticed that there
was not the slightest hitch in the work
ing. There are few skeptics, but the
prevaling opinion seems to be that this
practicable invention is going to be Of
great use in train-dispatching, newspa-
per reporting. police telegraph work
and ordinary business and travellers
messages. The instrument may be-
placed in baggage or passenger car
and changed in few minutes from ono
:ar to another George Parsons La :
hrop. in Miluaukee Sentinel.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25

The word Shenandoah means s.ths
daughter of the stars"
Daily Republican., 1886-03-17
He wanted . Liss,e Fun.

An old fellow who had served dur
ing several weeks on an Arkansas jury
created sensation In court by arising
during o trial and addressing the
judge.
"Squir," said he. '.jes listen to me a
mint, II you please. / recOnnize the
fact tibet have made big mistake. /
come here an hung roand tryin' to git
on the jury, an at last / got thar"
"Wen, what Is the matter with your
the Judge demanded.
"I'm comm to that. / got there, as
| told you, an we lit into business. ]
thought that l would hear all about
how fellers got killed an how some
body was murdered, an thought
that we'd say some Teller was hung,
but was disappointed. Here come a
lot O. cases about fellers removin'
mortgaged cotton, an all about Mr.. s.
and S. sum each other, but / ain,
hearn nothin' bout KILN nor n1thin
iDterestin' yet"
81 am powerful hand for fun, jedge
an l never could stand dry details.
wanter hear suthin' that makes my
hair stand up on end. l thought tina
a iuryman had fine time. ! though
that with him it was q regular show
but as I've tole you, I've been deceived
Wy, must stay here a month foolin
with SIGH stuff, an even then wouldn'
have nuthin ter tell the boys when
got home, so jedge, If yer doan't give
me a chance TO hang q Teller, I'll hsv,
to jog long toward home"
Daily Republican., 1886-03-17

There is probably no human faculty
that is more in need of faithful and
patient cultivation than the judgment,
Tor there is none that has more COM
plications to deal with or more diff
culties TO overcome.
Nevertheless, there is, perhaps, none
which receives less sympathetic disci-
pline or upon which people generally
are less willing to expend their labor
and thought. They train their chill
dren's memory, exercise their powers
Of expression, school them in habits
of industry, endurance, patience and
self control, but seldom discipline their
Judgment or teach them how TO draw
Just conclusions.
That, they suppose, is something
which time and experience will do for
them; yet, when they see what hasty
opinions and ill-advised judgments are
continually formed by older people,
they might infer that some definite
education in this respect was necessary
for both young and old.
All, from the humblest TO the high
est, need to cultivate a careful and
accurate method of thought in all
things.
The cause Of things and their true
relations to each other do not lie on
the surface waiting to be picked up,
but are often far down out of sight,
and must be dug for to be discovered
Daily Republican., 1886-03-17
The Cooperative Question.


In perusing your paper of Monday p,
M roh Is. the re came under my notice
IL piece inserted in your columns re-
3 lrdiDg the X. of L. proposing 10 com
m ance the manufacture of morocco
fran India tanned stock. have no
do lbt in my mind Whatsoever bat that
tbs enterprise will be successful. II
will give them q chance to select good
workers of mechanical skill, who
thoroughly understand their business
rs professional hands, and will be able
TO dispense with foremen who command
from $40 to $25 per week for instruction
TO boys, which In the future would be
of no material benefit to themselves
only during their Apprenticeship. After
serving three or four years for q small
pittance OF "a or 81 30 per week for this
specified time their services after this
period are not required by their en-
ployers, although the parents OF these
boys who spend their time in learning
this business are blind to tie fact that
It is no better In q manner than o com
mon laborer. With few exceptions 1t is
not only ipjuring the boys who serve
this lost time but to their parents, and
their whole expectations through life
o o foiled. j. B.