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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08

where it obstructs views perhaps alone
worth the cost of journey; the avoid
ance so far us possible of those terrible
drawbacks to country driving, railroad
crossings; the cutting down of steep
grades and filling up of ravines; and the
reclamation of pieces of bad road by use
of the principles of Macadam. The
horse-scraper, which has been introduced
largely of late years, is a great assistance
in road-making; but instead of being
seized as the means and opportunity of
more perfect bodybuilding, it is too often
availed of as the way of doing still more
hastily and cheaply the work which was
done too poorly before. The scraper
should be matched with a roller, but
roller is of no use unless it rolls. The
secret of getting good interest on the
cost of machines of this character is to
keep them going.
Every State ought to have a highway
association of persons interested in high
ways to arouse interest in the subject. di-
w 'iiN Iiipbtl lONlS, Dllr UP
the laggard and work for general ends
and purposes. Not a little good would be
accomplished by circulating elementary
works on bodybuilding and bridge-build-
ing suitable to New England. The rail
roads have State commissions and large
literature, besides being managed by the
best civil engineers they can command.
The peoples roads shift for themselves in
a happy-go-lucky way. The country can
win back the population of the city, at
least for portion of the year, if it will
take livelier interest in these subjects.
But the chief value of it lies in the i'm
provement of the property directly bene-
fitted. We need "A highway association
very much in every State to contest with
the railroads the possession of the high
ways. How many important thorough
fares are rendered unsafe to driving by
railroad crossings which if they cannot
be replaced by grade crossings, might at
least be tagged: Who will take up this
work and be the missionary of highway
reform and highway protection?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
LIKE A LAVEROCK IN THE LIFT

Its we two, it's we two, it's we two. tor ave.
All the world and we two, and Heaven be orr
stay.
Like n laverock in the lift, sing. O bonnv
bride!
All the world was Adam once, with Eve bv
his side.
What's the world, my lass, my lovel-what
can it do;
am thine, and thou art mine, life is sweet
and new.
If the world have missed the mark, let it stand
by;
For we two have gotten leave, and once more
We'll try.
Like II lavcrock in the lift, sing, O bonnv
bride!
It's we too, it's we too, happy side by side
Take II kiss from me, thy man; now the song
begins:
t'All is made afrcsh for u.s. and the brave
heart wins"
When the darker days come, and no sun will
shine,
Thou shalt dry my tears, lass, and III dry
thine.
Its we two, it's we two, while the worlds
away,
sitting by the golden sheaves on our wed ling
day.
Jean Mgei,ir.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08

1,;thout a soul. "Should l." said he to
himself. "by good or ill fortune, chance
to encounter some giant, as it is common
in .lnight-errantry, and happen to lay
him nrostrate on the ground, transfiXed
with my lance, or cleft in two, or, in
short overcome him, and have him at my
mercy. would it not be proper to have
some lady to whom | may send him as a
tronhv of NV valour? Then when he
comes into her presence, throwing him
Golf at her feet, he may thus make his
humble submission: Lady, | am the
giont Caraculiambro, lord of the island
of Malindrana, vanquished in single
combat by that never-deservedly-e nough-
extolled knight-errant Don QuiXote de la
Noncba. who has commanded me to cast
myself most humbly at your feet, that it
NAV please your honour to dispose of
me according to your will" Near the
nlace where he lived dwelt cookbook
inc country Girl, for whom he had for
merlv had a sort of an inclination,
tboupb. il is believed she never heard of
it. nor regarded it in the least. Her name
was Aldonza Lorenzo, and this was she
whom he thought he might entitle to the
sovereignty of his heart; upon which
he studied to find her out a new name.
that might have some affinity with her
old one. and yet at the same time sound
somewhat like that of princess. or
lady of quality; so at last he resolved
TO call her Dulcinea, with the addition of
del Toboso, from the place where she
was born; name in his opinion, sweet,
harmonious, and dignifed, like the 9th
ers which he had devised
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
BILL NYE's EXPERIENCE IN MILKING

when was young and used to roam around
over the country, gathering watermelons in
the dark OF the moon, | used to think | could
milk anybody's COW, but do not think so now.
| do not milk a COW now unless the sign is
right, and it hasn't been right for a good
many years. The last COW | tried to milk was
IA common COW, born in obscurity; kind of Il
sclfInade COW. | remember her brow was
low, hut she wore her tail high, aud she was
haughty-oh, so naughty l made common
place remark TO heroine that is used in the
very best of society, one that need not have
given otfense anywhere, l said 80" and she
"soed." Then told her to "histe" and she
"histed," But Thought she overdid it, just
then heard something crash through the
window of the barn and fall with dull, sick
ening thud on the outside. The neighbors
came TO see what il was that caused the noise.
They found that | had done II in getting
through the window. l asked the neighbors
If the barn was still standing. They said it
was Then asked il the COW was injured
much. They said she seemed to be quite
bust. Then requested them TO go in and
calm the COW a little and see If they could get
my plug hat of her horns. l am buying all
my milk now of a milkman. l select gentle
milkman who will not kick, and feel as
though could trust him. Then, If he feels as
though he could trust me, it is all right.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
A STRIP OF BLUE.

l do not own an inch of land,
But all see is mine
The orchard and the mOwing-delds,
The lawns and gardens fine.
The winds my tax collectors are,
They bring me tithes divine
Wild scents and subtle essences,
A tribute rare and free;
And, more magnificent than all,
MY window keeps for me
A glimpse of blue immensely,
A little strip of sea.
Richer am | than lac who owns
Great fleets and argosies
have IA share in every ship
Won by the inland breeze
TO loiter on yon airy road
Above the apple trees.
freight them with my untold Dreams
Each bears my own picked crew;
And nobler cargoes wait for them
Than ever India knew
NV ships that sail into the East
Across that outlet blue.
Sometimes they seem like living shapes
The people of the sky
Guests in white raiment coming down
From Heaven which ia close by;
call them by familiar names
As one by one draws nigh,
so white, so light, so spirit-like,
From violet mists they blooml
The arching wastes of the unknown
Are half reclaimed from GLOOM
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
counsel" Have | been preaching only
pdu of Gods truth?

counsel" Have | been preaching only
pdu of Gods truth?
Earth to earth" And the beautiful
boy lay hushed in the last sleep of death.
cruel wound on the white brow. lie
drained the last glass. This was the
dregs thereof. The minister had repeat
ed 81 am the resurrection and the life:'
but over them echoed and re-echoed-Oh
did the mother hear? She who bore the
boy in anguish, she who guided his baby
steps! Did the father hear? He whose
pride was crushed in the disgraceful
death of his only son, Did the sobbing
sisters hear? Oh . had the boy even now
heard the words himself? In steadier
and calmer voice he repeated: "He that
believeth in me, though he were dead
but the echo was louder and louder: No
drunhdrd shall inherit tie Kingdom Of God.
ESTHER II. HOUSH.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
PROGRESS OF THE GOOD CAUSE

The absence of the reasoning faculty is
in nothing more obvious than the argu-
ments of drinking men against prohib-
ition. They say that drinking intoXica-
ting liquor was carried on from the first,
and will be to the last, and that lcgisla-
ton can never hinder the traffic in them
though il may regulate it, These are
mere assertions. Some nations have
lived without Intoxicating liquors, and
been all the better for their abstinence.
Several States are substantially, though
with some law-breaking, doing the same
now. There are many counties we'll pco-
Piled where there is no liquor traffic.
What one does, another may do, and the
grand reform is constantly gaining
ground.
1t is loudly proclaimed that in States
where prohibition has been voted there
is more drinking than before, but the con-
fession is made that this is not true of the
rural districts; though possibly in cities
and considerable towns the traffic may
be carried on even more than it was UNI
der the license law. Those breakers of
the law, it must be remembered, are
chiefly Germans, Irish and other foreign
ers, who are long way behind Ameri-
cans in temperance ideas; but even they
will shrink from being regarded as law
breaking criminals, and become tired OF
the constant danger they run of punish
ment whenever the law-abiding pOpula-
ton is strong enough to vote into power
conscientious public officers. But even
as the matter now stands, is it not q
great step to free State from the sin
and shame of voluntary completely Will
the liquor traffic? Licensing that traffic
makes the State an accomplice of the
tayerns, saloons and dives. They legal.
ize these for so much money to de
stroy its citizens, young and old
male and female. No machinery works
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
ALONE BY THE HEARTH.

Here in my snug little fire-lit chamber,
Sit alone;
And, as gaze in the GOALS, I remember
Days long agone.
saddening it is when the night has descended,
Thus to sit here,
Pensively musing on episodes ended
Many year.
Still in my visions goden-haired glory
Fits to and fro;
She whom loved-but It's just the old story
Dead, long ago.
IT'S but a wrath of love; yet lnger,
(Thus passion errs0
Foolishly kissing the ring on my finger
Once ii was hers.
Nothing has changed since her spirit departed
Here, in this room,
Save l, who, weary, and half broken-hearted,
Sit in the gloom.
Loud gainst the window the winter rain dash
Dreary and cold;
Over the floor the red freight flashes,
Just of old.
Just as of old-but the embers are scattered,
Whose ruddy blaze
II
battered
In other days.
Then, her dear voice, like silver chime ring
ing,
Melted away;
Often these walls have re-echoed her singing
Now hushcd for aye!
Why should love bring naught but sorrow,
wonder?
Everything dies
Time and death, sooner or later, must sundel
Hottest ties.
Years have rolled by; am wiser and older
Wiser, but yet
Not till my heart and its feelings grow colder
Can forget.
So in my snug little fire-lit chamber,
Sit alone;
And as | gaze in the Goals, / remember
Days long agone.
-George arnold.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
temperance Column.
EDITED BY THE w. G. T. U.
THE FAITH OF JOAN OF ARC.


'We need the faith of Joan of Are.
that faith which ranges the soul on the
side of the conquering powers, and en-
lists in a service which is sure to win.
And we need to see our visions, to hear
our voices, as did Joan hers: those Wis
ions which open to us from the SUBMITS
of our hottest resolve, our highest endeav-
or, our most painful abnegation; those
voices which lay on us most strenuous
commands, and whisper to us in secret
chambers of our beleaguercd souls; words
of conviction, of courage, and cheer. God
grant we be not unresponsive to that
angel voice, that we be not disobedient
unto the heavenly vision"
These true words are from the pen of
Elizabeth Cleveland, and appeal to every
earnest heart upon whom is laid the duty
of the hour. We must distinguish be-
tween the earthly voices, those which
lull us into inactivity, or win Us to the
broad, accustomed way, and the voice of
God which may be heard above the noise
of the waves of the Red Sea, beside which
we stand. and which bids us 500 for
lr0rI :"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08

The sails like flakes of roseate pearl,
Float in upon the mist
The waves are broken precious stones
sapphire and amethyst,
Washed from celestial basement walls
BY suns unsetting kissed.
Out through the utmost gates of space,
Past where the gay stars drift,
To the widening Infinite my soul
Glides on n vessel swift;
Yet loses not her anchorage
In yonder azure rift.
Here sit l, as little child;
The threshold of Gods door
Is that clear band of chrysoprase;
Now the vast temple floor,
The binding glory of the dome
bow my head before;
The universe, o God, is home,
In height or depth to me;
Yet here upon thy footstool green
Content am l to be;
Glad when is opened to my need
Some sea-likc glimpse of thee.
Lucy Ldrcom.
We don't know what good deal of this last
poem means but having copied it we are
bound to print IT, Lucy's ideas are somewhat
loo TiiIllcu lor us. W e Inlnk InlS might De
called chemical poem, and quite good one
We feel quite inclined to hand it over to Prof
seely of the college to translate. In the mean.
time, rs an antdote to-all fustcration caused
by it, we will close the poetry for this week
with one ofthe beautiful soncts of Shakes.
pcarc, entitled: "When DO Count the Clock
that Tells the Time: :"
When do count the clock that tells the time
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night
When behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls, all silvered DER with white
When lofty trees see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summers green all girded up in sheaves,
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard
Then of thy beauty do question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves for.
sake,
And die as fast as they see others grow.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08

amused by balloons dancing to the beat
of mbOurines-anmals which. if they
DO not get all the happiness they deserve,
at least well fulfil their mission in minis
tering to the pleasure of myriads by their
absurd antics and grimaces. Or we see a
chained lioness put through her PAGES or,
fatigued by the part she has been forced
to play in life, and unable to escape from
it by suicide, is sleeping heavily on the
pavement. But one of the most common
spectacles of Teheran in the late after
noon-a sight which always draws a
crowds a match of trained wrestlers,
or athletes exercising with clubs, at both
of which the Persians are very expert,
although they make no great figure in
jugglcry.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-03
npnpa y said Amclln. when Che

"Papa," said Amelia, when the
morning sun stood high in the heav'
ems, Papa" she said, accent heavy
on the pa, "did you tear Williams
coat last nigh, aud hi, him across the
shoulder blades with = window
stick"
"My daughter" exclaimed the old
gentleman. n utter amazemcnt,
Papa" sine said. accent same as
before. .6o not attempt to deceive
inc. Did you throw the porch steps
and Orc the door mat after him."
MY child" he said, in pleading
tones, "sm | your father, or am | a
tough of the Blood tub gang?"
"Dil YOU tell him If you caught
him around here agaiu before Lent
you'd rip out his langs with nail
grab?"
any daughter said the old man
tcudcrly. 81 did not SEQ William
when he went away. cannot be at
the office all day and then sit up all
nigh, But | met him at the door
when lie came and babe him wei.
come kindly, for your sake, al
though YOU know l love him not,
and FOR your sake, ! asked him to
come often aud stay late. This was
all that passed between Us my darl-
ing. Go;you mus, rest; you were
up last sven aud these are nervous
fancics TIA distract your brain"
Aud the father kissed Der tender
".
The girl wea,, but her face Was a
study for house, sign aud orn'men'
tai painter aud sla2ier. She nodded
her head thgicc, and her lips were
set hrnly as the adamantine post
holes that strew the broo&s in Val
lambrosa.
"Ah ha," she said, "William Gran
GER, you have lied to me, and my
own father, that you might tide over
the church fair and theatre session
Until lent, indeed! Wait till l see
him just once more
And the old merchant, chuckllng
merrily on Ii, way to the street car,
sail:
Il have cooked that Young mans
goose. lie may come back once
more, but h'll never try it again, an
my daughter has not lost the temper
she used to havc.r
It is hard TO fight the fatss.--Bur
lington Hawkeye.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-03
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Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-03
The AstOnishu ent.

A very large man, desperate
fellow who had often boastel that
lie could not bc whipped, became
involved in i quarrel with 4 small
man. Well, after the fight was
over, 4 friend OF the desperate man
said:
IVY, Abe, he tore you all to
pieces"
Yes"
"MoPped MP the township with
you"
That's what"
Bit oil one Of your ears"
That's villa, lac does"
"RgInol your clothes"
Yes"
"puIled one Of Your eyes out"
Believe he did,,
Knocked out couple of teeth.
''Recken you're right
"As doa't weigh hunlred pounds
si,her.r
"Dont b'lieyc he does"
81 suppose you hate to Be whip.
pei.
"Oh, no, Billy, l don', mind be-
ing whipped, ken stand to lose my
ears an' teeth, but thar's one thing
about the affair that makes nc mad. T"
What's that, Aba?'
Wy the surprise of the thing. |
reckon hate astonishmert worse
ihanany man in the world. Wy, |
thought | could whale tina, fellow
with one hand, but never was so
astonished in my life. Wy, the way
that fool fcllew fit shocked meas
tonished ms, tell you. Oh, no, l
don't mind the whipping but Billy
why didn't he go do it gradually SO
wouldn't Nv been so surprised? i
DONE like that fellow."--Arkansas
Traveller.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-03

Jno. Quinn, ofMeridian, says the
Starkvillc Times, started from home
recently with his ride to hunt squir
rels. While in the yard he threw
his rite across his arm to placed cap
The ride went off by accident, the
bullet going through Mrs. Quinn's
head, and she fell dead in the midst
of her six children. Newton Dis
patch.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-03
PLAID SHAWL GIVEN AWAY I

Farm AND uoUsrnoLp. DO, a, uar,fsrd.csan.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-03

Little s>year'old Harry Johnson
exclaimed, as he was looking at bis
pretty sister, mamma, dosen't
like to look at Daisy's eyes"
why, Harry why nOt9" asked
his mamma,
"Well, mamma, doesn't like the
way the blinds are hung.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-06-03

When you haven't any money,
never mind. That is philosophy
Hustle around aud earn some. That
iscommon sense. Philadelphia Call.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-07-10

Mrs I. w. Gillette purchased a
G.. A. R. to San Francisco and
return on the 7th she will stop at
Salt Lake to visit her brother where
her husband will join her about
July 25th.
Mrs R. S. Strahorn and Elk SEN
ator Caldwell of Leayenworth
Kansas paid US a short visit on
the Sth.
Jno Rumsey and ST Calderhead
celebrated the 4th at Shoshone
Falls-They are very enthusiastic
over their trip.
w. II. Douglass was G.. A. R.
passenger for San Francisco via
Portland, on the 18th.
Tickets are now on sale at the
depot for the National Teachers
Association to be held at Topeka,
Kansas, July 18th to 10Th. The
round trip fare is SOS 20-tickets
returning good sixty days.
G. A. r. Tickets are now on sale
at the depot at the following ex-
tremely low rates to San Francisco
and return: by way of Ogden, GO
ing and returning $i5; going and
returning via Portland, $50; going
via Portland and returning via Og-
den, or going via Ogden and return
ing via Portland, SAT so. Tickets
will be good going until August Sd,
and returning any time after August
Sd until October 9th. The limit
on return portion of tickets will be
extended sixty days on payment
of $50 additional at San Francisco
or Portland. Parties desiring to
change their route after arrival at
San Francisco or Portland will be
charged so so additional for the
change of tickets. The steamer rates
above quoted include meals and
berth.
Major Bird, attorney for the C. p.
Il. r., and Joe Barnett, Cashier Nc
Cormick q Co., Salt Lake, paid us
a call on the 7th.