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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
Dome Department.
IT'S NOT AL WAYS MAY.

The sun is bright, the air Is clear,
The darting swallows soar and sing,
And from the stately elms hear
The blue-bird prophesying spring
So blue yon winding river flows,
1t seems an outlet from the sky,
Where, waiting till the west wind blows,
The freighted clouds at anchor lie.
All things are new-the buds the leaves
That gild the elm-tree's nodding crest,
And even the nest beneath the caves
There are no birds in last years nest.
All things rejoice in youth and love,
The flllness of their first delight,
And learn from the soft heavens above
The melting tenderness of night.
Maiden that read'st this simple rhyme,
Enjoy thy youth-it will not stay;
Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime,
For o it is not always May!
Enjoy the spring OF love and youth;
To some good angel leave the rest,
For Time will teach thee soon the truth
There are no birds in last years nest.
Henry JTddsCorth LongteUo,c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
ANEcDOTE OF HORACE GREELEY.
An Unpublished Incident Concerning
the Election Returns of 1884.

The New York Tribune referred the
other day to the small vote by which Ny
ron H. Clark was elected governor in 1854.
The allusion reminds me of an unpub-
lished incident which occurred in The
Tribune office during the suspense of get
ting returns of that so long doubted cleo
ton. Greeley was a careful political stat
istician, and nothing Disguised and en-
ragged him more than an error in fignres.
He had received returns from certain
western towns, and had partially tabu-
lated them, when he glanced at the 5
O'Clock edition of The Express, then a
Wing paper, and saw that evidently the
same figures had been forwarded to that
journal. So he ceased his own work and
clipped out The Express table as pub
ished and sent it to the mposing-room
Next morning, on looking over The Trib-
une, Mr.. Greeley saw that there was an
important error in the returns. He forgot
that he had clipped the table from The
Express. In great rage he went into the
composing room and wanted to know who
the - had set up that matter. Tom
Rocker examined the proofs and found
that part of it was set by old Maj. Moul-
ton, and the rest by James Bayard, who
had been in the office more than dozen
years. He charged on Bayard's tripod:
"Jim, thought you'd been here long
enough to know something. Look at
that"
whats the matter with it'"
"Matterl Why, great Scott, it's all
wrong" [Only Mr.. Greeley was never
known to say great Scott
(which part?" asked Bayard.
First 'take'-right there. See?"
"Mr Greeley, didn't do that"
"You lie! Who did," was the absurdly
impatient response of Mr. Greeley.
Bayard said he believed Major Moulton
set up the next "take." Mr.. Greeley at
once assaulted the culprit: Major, you We
been printer over forty years, and ought
to know something about typesetting.
Here you've made blanked fool of your
self and mel" The major examined the
paper, blushed and said he was sure he
had followed copy.
"'Followed copyp Followed copy"
mimicked the employer, angrily. THAT'S
what you always say when you make a
blunder Well see Come into the proof
room. There's a blankety- blanked jack
ass lying around this office somewhere
that ought to be kicked from here to Sing
Sing. I'll see, now, whether it's you or
Clark"
Clark, the proof reader, brought out the
copy, and the moment Mr. Greeley's eye
fell on the reprint cut from the Express,
he recollected that he had not finished the
table himself He collapsed, called Bayard
into the group, turned around to the win
dow and exclaimed: "Herel Kick me
Kick me! Kick meI'-W A Croffut's
Letter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21

fatally. Had not many of the people
seen the monster sweeping up the river
and fled for refuge to their cellars, the
loss of life must have been much greater.
No pen can properly picture the scene
at Sank Rapids it must be seen to be
fully comprehended.
Several miles further north the cyclone
struck farmhouse where marriage
ceremony had just been performed. The
guests were on the eve of departure for
their homes, and were kneeling at pray
ers. Without any warning nine, includ-
ing the groom, the brides mother, the
officiating clergyman and his wife, were
killed, and all of the other adults wound
ed. Some of them have since died. In a
moment this happy wedding group was
scattered, dead, wounded and dying, over
several acres of ground. A little lad
twelve years of age was the oldest one
left able to travel. Bravely he sprang
on horse and rode several miles across
the prairie to the nearest village for as
sistance.
There is one bright side to this series
of very dark pictures. 1t is the wonder
full generosity of the citizens of Minneso-
ia, as manifested toward the afflicted in
habitants of these towns. Thousands
and thousands of dollars in cash, car
loads of provisions and clothing. train
loads of lumber and building material,
squads of skillful physicians and we'll
trained nurses, everything needful for
the decent burial of the dead. the proper
care, shelter and support of the living,
were hurried forward from all parts OF
the State as fast as electricity and steam
could carry them. Besides providing
beautifully for their present needs, Sank
Rapids is to be entirely rebuilt at once by
philanthropic citizens of Minnesota. Al.
ready scores Of houses are in process OF
erection. In very few weeks these
towns will be wholly rebuilt, and all the
fearful ravages of this terrible monster
save those OF life and limb. will be re-
paired.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
An Ingenious Clock In Kerry.

A cottage industry has sprung up IN
Celtic Kerry, which needs only to be
known to secure prompt orders from all
civilized lands. The Kerry peasants, like
all the Swiss, have taken to clock making,
and the native ingenuity of the race is
wonderfully displayed in some of the i'm
provements they have designed The most
remarkable is the escapement used for the
"alibi" clock. This indispensable requisite
in the moonlighter's household has to the
inexperienced eye the appearance of a
rather clumsy cottage timepiece of the or
binary pattern 1t is always wrong both
with hands and bell, and the errors of the
two are quite irreconcilable.
That, however, is the beauty of 1t. When
the boys are on "a job" some practiced
witness sits snugly by the turf-tire boiling
the pot "agin they come in" He smokes
his dhudeen quietly, and has his eye and
ear intent upon the clock. The party
come home from their nights work and
refresh themselves with a carouse and a
game of spoil five. At the trial the witness
has three several time scales to pick and
choose from as the exigencies of the abb
demand. He has the true time, which he
knows from his neighbors; he has the
time indicated by the hands of the abb
clock; and, thirdly, the time indicated by
the bell of it, and no dexterity of cross-eX-
animation can shake his testimony. II
was ~ The clock struck. II was lli He
happened TO look at the clock. ut was
lOs" Paddy Higgins came for live coal
and told him so. A brisk trade would fol
low the advertisement of this admirable
invention. Advertisement, however, is
just what the owners perversely avoid
Cor ST. James Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
The Christmas Gift" Gold Mine.

The christmas Gift" mine in California
is one of the most singular instances on
record of man being struck with for
tune when least expecting windfall A
Mr.. Snow was out on deer hunt with
party from San Francisco. They were re-
turning home, when Snow was suddenly
missed by the others Shows horse had
slipped off bluff, and down went horse,
rider, and rifle at an angle of rs degrees,
rolling over and over in the snow, and
finally bringing up against a mass of stone
standing up out of the snow, its top COW
cred with moss He was not hurt, as the
cold, soft cushion had saved his bones
from the hard ground beneath. Scrambling
up against the rock, he noticed that it was
quartz lode, and that where the horse
had accidentally kicked off the moss some
thing glittered. His eyes bulged out, but
he did not stop to brush them otf-his
hands were too busy olawing off the moss.
The few specimens he broke off were filled
with pure ore; one small piece being at
least three fourths gold. Upon investiga-
ton tons of ore were found exceedingly
rich, and the mine became one of the most
noted ON the Pacific slope. Demo
Crat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
Farm for Sale

THE Farm in the southeast part
of the town of Shoreham, of late
the home place of William G.. Will
son, deceased, is offered for sale
This farm is supposed to contain
147 acres, consisting of meadow,
pasturage and woodland, in desira-
BILE proportion. The dwelling
house has lately been thoroughly
repaired and modernized; and is
neat, convenient, comfortable and
commodious. The out buildings,
though not new, are in fair condi-
ton, and entirely ample for the
wants of the farm. The farm is
we'll fenced, and has upon it a
young, thrifty and bearing orchar l..
This is a fine opportunity for any
one desiring a good home and a
farm with more desirable and fewer
Objectionable features, than the av-
erage of farms. If desired, easy
terms of payment will be granted.
For price and other particulars, in
quire on the premises, of
Mrs. ELIZA WILSON,
Or of E. J. ORMSBEE, Brandon.
shoreham, VT, Jan. 20, 1856. 5tf
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
For Sale
The Stallion, Star Motion.

Cherry bay, black points and small star II
hands, -, inches; foaled June 81, 1SS4; bred by
W. c. Danyew, Middlebury, VT.
PEDIGREE
Sired by Motion (2:29), son of Daniel Lam.
bert; dam, Homestead dark bay mare bred
by stephen Benton, Cornwall, Vt, sired by
Black Bill, SON of IIcmcnway horse (sirc of
Hampshire Boy which got Susie 2:2D, son of
Vermont Black Hawk; dam of dam, II bay
mare sired by Black Lion, son of Vermont
Black Hawk The dam of Black Bill was by
lIalc's celebrated Green Mountain Morgan.
The dam OF Black Lion was by smiths Lib.
crty, which got the dam of Vermont Hero, sire
of Gen. Knox, the second greatest sire OF trot-
tiers in New England.
star Motion is cllbroken double and single
and shows the purest trotting action, and
speed unsurpassed by any colt of his age in
Addison county. He has very high finish de.
cidedly thoroughbred appearance, long neck,
head carried high tail full and carried straight
and well up. His back is short, shoulder very
deep and well laid back, long hip well round
ed, long on the belly, well coupled limbs and
feet perfect.
W. c. DANNEW.
Middlebury, March Is, lsS6. II
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
Dangerous Method of Warming Cabs.

At the last meeting of the Conseil Thy
ginene ct de Salubrite de la Seine, DR..
Noisin called attention to the manner Of
warming cabs by means of hot bricks,
which give of a considerable quantity Of
oxide of carbon; several people have sui
fered severely from this method, and Lave
brought 1t under the notice of the council
Chicago News
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
PERSONAL BEAUTY.
Air aud Soap the Two Greatest Enemies
of the Complexion.

..Do Won know" said an old Pitts
burgh physician, 'that the two greatest
dest.>oyers of complexion are air and
soap. Well, it is so. l mean that there
is 100 little fresh air, properly breathed,
and too much soap. The respiration
has much to do with The dizziness or
brightness of the complexion. You
may notice any lady who takes short,
quick breaths, and she will be slightly
stopped and have Il whitish leaden col
or about her face. Such women soon
90 into consumption or contract some
other lung disease. The habit is gen
orally contracted in school from lean
ing over the desk. and to my mind the
danger from this is greater than from
curvature of the spine. Another thing
is too free use Of soap. You never
heard of a skin disease among any ,av-
age tribes who were at all clearly, like
our Indians and the New Zealandcrs.
This | attribute as much to their not
using soap as to their outdoor exercise.
If the ladies could be induced
to discard it from their toilets, and sup
ply its place with ammonia, finer and
SlCS So1llplC-NlO1lS ~ lllC
A little ammonia in the water is quite
as et1ectual as soap, and has not the in-
furious eject Of the latter. After the
additions an exceedingly fresh, soft APP
pearance may be given by an applica-
ton of oat meal. If the oat meal is
moistened and left to dry upon the
face, and then busted Off with a soft
wooden cloth, the skin will have a much
more delicate and natural-looking
bloom thar can be given by the most
highly priced cosmetic Now that it is
fashionable to be healthy, every lady
should more than ever before seek for
those aids which will improve herself
physically. So much has been said
about the efficacy of cold water that
thousands have made Il too lavish use
OF it, thereby sowing the seeds of dis
ease. Although a bath should always
be cool to the body, it should never feel
cold. A cold bath is a powerful stimu-
liant, and like other stimulants, should
be used sparingly. From eighty to
ninety degrees Fahrenheit is about the
right temperature for a bath. Very
coarse towels or brushes should never |
be applied to the healthy skin. AL
though the towels should be modcr-
ately coarse, the friction should be
given by the hands. A sponge bath
every morning, according to these IL
rections, will much improve the health.
Instead Of IL feeling Of lassitudc there
will be one of quickcncd vitality, and
the good looks will be naturally in. |
creased. '-PiUSburgh Disputch.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
POVERTY.
Men of High Station Who Can Not Pa
Their GrOcers' and Tailors' Bills.

Men of High Station Who Can Not Pay
Their Grocers' and Tailors' Bills.
A few days ago l SAY a regiment of
the Imperial Guards drilling in the
Mars field, preparatory to a grand re-
view to be held on the day of Epiphany.
The Colonel in his glittering uniform.
riding on a fiery charger, made a beauti-
full picture. and l could not help cx-
pressing my opinion to Il Russian re-
porter that he (the ColoneD occupied
an enviable position.
''On the drilling grounds answered
the reporter, she is indeed. a grand
figure, but in private life he is us poor
a devil as the rest of us. He belongs to
the honorable but miserable class O fthc
educated poor. You ought to see this
brave Colonel N. trembling before a
%janitor who comes to collect the rent
which has been w or three months
due"
On the hint of my comrade l made a
little study Of the educated poor in this
capital. learned of Il Judge of the
District Court who. as a rule, leaves his
house by a backyard door for fear of
meeting clerks from the various stores
with their bills. | was told that
Prof. r., Of a college of this
city, having a big family, never
changed his rooms without the policies
assistance-in other words, he
was usually turned out by landlords for
n~on-payment of rent. | saw a chief of
( one of the numerous departments of the
imperial administration, who lives in a
distant Suburb and comes to his de-
partment by the six o'clock freight
train Though the office hours begin at
ninc), for he is unable to pay the fare
| charged in passenger trains. [ heard
of several Captains and Majors who
never see their salary, for it is collected
by landlords and different stor,s. l
have found out that, as a rule, the pro-
f~essors, doctors, and lawyers of aver
age ability, judges. the civil and mill
tary officers of the middle ranks, engi-
neers, priests. journalists, and, in fact.
men of all professions to which are adj
mittea only those who have received a
higher education, are working hard to
make both enc, meet.
The common salary for these men
only is about two thousand roubles,a
year. Twenty-Five years ago that
amount of income was considered suffi-
cient, but the conditions of life have
greatly changed since then. Still, the
Imperial Government sticks to that two
thousand roubles standard, and She re-
suit is that the highly educated and
Woodworking men, who in all other
countries earn q comfortable liyinr
here in the Cars country are misera-
bly, poor, always trembling for the fate
of their families. l am told that most
of the professional men of this country.
when they die, are buried by subscrip-
tions among their friends, and that
their families become paupers.
The Car controls the amount of sal.
airy of his officers; and all the educated
men, except merchants, are somehow
imperial officers; but his Majesty can
not control the price of the necessaries
of life, and hence the trouble.--St. PEI
ters5urg Cor. Chicago Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
GENIUS.
Tho Great Composer Disappoints Hi
Mother, HUI Raachea His Goal.

NAOt1lcCs IbUV kS6ACn00 k1lo UOAls
Once 1 heard him relate the story of
his early difficulties. His mother was
poor, but tried to educate her ons. He,
Charles, suffered to see her working
day and night in order to give him an
education, and did not like to disap-
point her.
The mother wished him to enter the
normal school, but he knew he must be
a musician. He told her his plans, and
she replied: care you scrious9:"
"Certainly."
"You will not go to the normal
school:9'
"Never."
"And you intend to 60 whereO
L the Conservatory of Music
'lt is my turn to say never"
The poor woman was beside herself
because of the gesture of decision made
by her son, and continued: "We shall
sec. Your studies will be doubled. If
in drawing lots you are unlucky and
become Il soldier, l shall not pay for a
substitute. Rather q thousand times
that my son shoulder a gun than be-
come a BOhemian!'
''Mothcr," replied the obdurate
genius, Il shall double my lessons,
because you wish it; but 1 shall not be-
! come a soldier, because l do not wish
it."
"What will 1 do:o' ,
81 shall be exempted because I shall
have gained the Grand Prix de Rome
The mother called to her aid the dean
of the college. He sent for young Gou-
nod, and said to him: "Do YOU Wish to
be q musician?"
Eyes, SIR" dryly responded the Gull
prit.
"Pooh! music is not a profession"
"What? 1t is not a profession to be
a Mozart, Weber, Rossini?"
ITO wish is not to be Mozart. AT
your age Mozart was celebrated. Show
me what you a do. We shall see.
There l will give you some words, and
you will set them to music"
Two hours after Gounod returned
with the music.
'Now sing it, said the dean.
"Sing? And the piano?'
piano? And for what purpose?"
"To accompany rlyself. Without
the piano you cannot appreciate the
harmony"
Il do not care for the harmony. 1t
is the musical sentiment l want"
Gounod sang, and when he had fin
ished turned his head timidly toward
his Judge. The dean was conquered
tears ran down his checks as he took
Gounod in his arms and said: 'Be a
musician, my son, we can not fight
against genius
The mother was obliged to submit.
but in taking her son to his first teach
er sh. said: ''Make his life hard. Show
him all the difficulties" At the end of
a year the teacher said: Resign your
self, madame; he is gifted. can teach
him no more"
Gounod kept his VOW, and won the
Prix de Rome just in time to be exempt
from conscription.-N. Y. Mail md
ErDreSs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

By a late legal decisionin England
bread pcddlers are obliged to carry
scales with them to weigh the E'ead in
the presence of their customers. This
is to prevent cheating by u~nderweight,
which had grown to alarming proper.
tons.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-13
A Murderer cantured.

Omaha, Feb. la Herald special
from Valentine. Neb, says Henry Paul
son has been arrested for the murder of
a farmer, Henry Stevens, committed last
week, fifteen miles east of here. Stevens
was called from his house at night by
some noise, and was shot twice while
standing on his door-stoop. Suspicion
fastened upon Paulson, a neighbor with
whom Stevens had had q quarrel. The
investigation showed that Pau1son had
mysteriously disappeared from home on
the night OF the murder, riding away on
his best horse and leaving behind three
horses and eleven head of cattle, with
no n to look after them. The sheriff
followed up his trail and captured him
on the Middle Lays, ten miles from
hare
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-13
The Dakota Divorce Not Good

Boston special: A. FL. Hurd, who
died In Dakota in 1885, aud secured q
divorce there from his first wife, a resi-
nent of Massachusetts, to whom he had
previously vailed his property, and on
his death-bed he w1lled everything to
his second wife, whom he married in
Dakota. A decision was given yester-
day in a contest over the will by which
the first wife is granted the property
here, while the Dakota will is admitted
to probate. This virtually decides the
Dakota divorce not binding 10 Massa-
chusetts and gives the property to the
second wife subject to the first wife's
one-third interest. The sscond wife
will appeal.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-13

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. l2-The gorge in
the river still holds fast, although the
water continues to rise. This afternoon
= large cake Of ice broke loose on the
east side of the river, and following the
current which has set across the river
from that side to the Missouri shore, it
struck the steamer City of Vicksburg
lying at the foot of Chestnut street,
knocked a hole in her side, but her
pumps have kept her aloat, and efforts
are being made to stop the leak. Pass
ing down the ice struck boat No. 40, of
the Mississippi Valley Transportation
company, and sunk her. 1t also pushed
the little steamer Gen. Meade twenty
feet up the river bank, and showed the
towboat A. J. Baker and two coal flats
out on shore. The large wharf boat of
the Mississippi Valley Transportation
company, which was stove 10 yesterday,
was sunk to-day.
st. Louis, Feb. 13-Rivermen to-day
regard with apprehension the probable
results OF a final break up. There is an
ice gorge in the river aG this point and
the damage already done TO the ship
ping interests by the slight movements
of blocks OF ice have been by no means
inconsiderable. Two or three river
steamers have been sunk and as many
more sustained less damage, while still.
others have been driven upon the shore.
A movement of the ice ct an early hour
this morning caused many to think that
. final breakup was about to occur, but
the motion ceased after a short time and
the gorge still remains.
THE GORGE BREAKS,
st. Louis, Feb. 13-At 2:25 the gorge
in the river broke at this point and the
ee began floating out.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-13
The Secret OF Life.

SCOXILL'S SARSAPARTLLA OR
BLOOD SYRUP, is the remedy for the
cure Of ScrofulousT faint, Rheumatism,
White Swelling, Gout, Goitre, and all
diseases arising from. IN impure condi-
ton of the blood. Certificates can be
presented from many leading physicians,
ministers and heads of families through.
out the land endorsing SEOYILLiS
BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP III the
highest terms. We are the most reIia.
bic ,aources, and We Recommend il as
the best remedy fer above diseases.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-13

night at S:45 on the Ontario and West
ern railroad ran into a washout about a
mile west OF Liberty, Sullivan Co., at
6 o'clock this morning. The engine,
baggage and express car and coach We're
thrown from the track and the engineer
and fireman killed. Three passengers
were seriously injured.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-13
Oysters. oystersl 7nvstars,

am still handling oysters in cans
and bulk. 1 have a new brand direct
from Baltimore 10 bulk selects, the finest
in the market. Try them once. Owing
~ the blockades ! have been unable to
get them regular or as good, but hope
hereafter to keep them continually. j
also have plenty Of fresh smelts,
mackerel, founders. Holsters and lake
fish. l respectfully solicit your patron
pge. NJ, 4. Downing,
City Fish Market,