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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06
SOME CURIOUS TABLE MANNERS.
Nhe Good Old Days When Knives and
Forks Were scarce-The snItcelInr.

The Good Old Days When Knives and
Forks Were Scarce-The saltcellar.
II was late in the Fourteenth century
when the first evidences of art in tht
shape Of silver cups were noticeable Oh
the buffet The dishes were made OF
pewter or wood and spoons Of bone,
wood or silver. Knives were rare. and
On that account guests invited to feasts
carried their own knives. Forks came in
general use still later, and for long years
after their introduction they were con-
sidered ridiculous atfectation and foppery,
and not nearly so convenient as ones
own fingers. The lord and his lady
dipped their fingers into the same plate
and slipped their wine from the same cup.
Even the queenly Elizabeth, with all her
elaborate ideas of etiquette was content
to carry her food to her mouth with her
fingers, and at first despised the newly
invented forks as unseenly and awk-
ward.
Very gradually the dining hall grew
in comfort and splendor. Dishes Of gold
and silver We're made, and so eager were
the mobiles for them that they would sac
ritice anything to possess them. The
saltcellar was for long time the article
OF highest importance on the board It
was great affair, and it stood directly
IN the center Of the table; il was the di-
vidlng line; the mobiles were seated above
the salt, the commoners below; hence
grew the proverb, Below The salt. - The
passing Of salt was a ceremonious custom.
the guest throwing pinch over his left
shoulder and murnuring blessing.
The saltcellars were of the most curl
GUS device. Sometimes they represented
huge animals, sometimes a great. full
blown flower, or a long, slender stem.
and again they were in shape Of a chariot.
mounted on four wheels, on which they
were easily run down the table.
The first glass cups came from Venice
during the Sixteenth century, and from
that time on society began to lose many
Of its primitive ways, and became, in a
sense, more refined.
Henry VIII was born with luxurious
tastes. He had his banquet chairs sup
piled with velvet cushions. and about
this time the parlor or talking ROOM"
as it was called, was introduced, and
here it was that the danes took refuge
when the dinner had advanced beyond
prudent limits, as it invariably did before
the finish.
The cook that presided over the kitchen
IN those days was not the counterpart of
our Nineteenth century Bridget, but he
was an artist, and generally a man of
quality. The ladies of the household,
even those Of noble birth, attended to
many domestic duties, making the
bread, preserving the fruits, while to
understand the proper use Of starch was
considered a great accomplishment
Title May Forney in Woman.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

Vegetarian propagandists were unusually
active in London last summer There IS q
society devoted to this ism, 81 and during the
season vegetarian dinners were given to city
missionaries and their wives. members Of
leading professions, clergy, physicians, farm
ers and others. At one dinner 900 guests
were entertained. Vegetarian dinners were
given to the Salvation Army, Congregational
clergymen, Baptists, Unitarians, Wesleyans,
Positivists, Quakers, Good Templars and tho
poor at city missions. There are twenty
three vegetarian restaurants in London,
exclusive Of vegetarian ''homes, where vege-
tartan travellers are accommodated. Several
seaside vegetarian homes have been estab-
lished, and one Of chem is called "Cerealia. y
Good Housekeeping.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06
For dry shampoo. or a wetshampoo,
Kern's is the place to go,
For a nice clean shave, and haircut too,
He can't be beat I know.


In the early Egyptian hieroglyphic:
we find representations of snakes bodie:
crowned by female heads; and, indeed,
this class Of serpents seems to have
proved equally attractive to all nations,
an evidence of which subtle fascination
is that the legends Of the "snake mai
dens'' still live il the nursery tales of to-
day, perennially Young and beautiful as
though their birth were not wrapped in
the mysteries Of a prehistoric age. OF
this family came Larnia, the witch Of
Crete, whose woman's heart rendered
her douhly sensitive to the degradation
she suffered during her incarceration
within her scaly prison; nor did she, on
renewing the pristine glory of her hui
man form, completely lose the essence Of
her serpent nature. Harmonic, the wife
Of Cadmus, to be a companion in her
husbands misfortunes, also took upon
herself the seTpent's shape, but being
devoid Of evil intent, never, it is said,
stunned, but rather sought mans pres
ence.
Perhaps it is but another form Of the
classic Harmonic which has become ia
miliar to us under the name of the fairy
Gentlla, who, in an adder's shape,
sought refuge with Prince Leander from
the vengeance of the irate gardeners, but
at the end Of several days dropped her
scaly mantle, and, arrayed in super
natural charms, munifcently rewarded
her protector. In some of the later ac-
counts of Melusina she is cited as a men,
Der Of this sisterhood. Jean D'Arras
represents her as a serpent ''enameled
blue and white;" thus also did she pre-
sent herself to the commander of Lusig-
nan, a fortress which she erected in the
early days Of her welded happiness. If
there he any who wonder that this union
Of serpent and woman should have
proved attractive to our ancestors, might
not the sinuous grace and enigmatical
character Of our own Elsie Venner plead
eloquently for the charms of her myth
born sisters?-North American Review.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

You are feeling depressed your appetite IS
poor, you are bothered with Headache, you are
tidgetty, nervous, aud generally out OF sorts, and
wantto "bracc" up" Brace up, but not with
stlmuants, spring medicines, or buffers, which
have for their basis very ch ap, bad whiskey
and which stimulate You for an hour, and then
leave You in worse condition than before What
you want is an alternative that will purify your
blood, start healthy action OF Liver and Kidneys,
restore your vitality, ard give renewed heath
ard strength. Such medicine you will find H.
Electric Bilters and only 50 cents a bottle at
G. W. Marshall, Drug Store
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

The Scotch estate of Mr.. Bradley Martin
covers 65,OO0 acres Of land, and is about if
teen miles from Inverness. 1t has water
front on Loeb Ness Of nineteen miles. The
deer forest includes 2s, 1000 acres, and by the
terms of his lease Mr.. Martin is allowed to
kill seventy-fve stays a season. They are
killed by stalking, not driving, as the former
is regarded as the more skillful way The
big house on the estate will hold fifty guests,
and the list for the season is already made
out. Mr. Martin has loaned a small house
near his own to Lady Alfred Paget, who will
fill it with guests largely recruited from
America.-Harper's Bazaar.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06
ENTREAY.


Idreamed there stood at Heavens high gate, one
day,
maid, ana in her fragile hand there lay
One withered rose with all its grace Of red
Wild beauty gone.
Seeing her, Peter said:
How sad these petals that your pale hands hold
Away with it, that worthless flower and oldin
''Alasi it is the very rose, =" cried she,
u gave my lover long ago; and he
laii it'sith tears in my dead clasp, thatI
Night take It for remembrance to the slxyi
Oh, let me keep il till he comes here, too,
That he may see am forever truer
I walked; my dream had fed. Good
friends, who knows
If kind st. Peter let her keep that roseY
w. C. Sheppard, in American Magazine
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06
Not romantic. but successfI,l.

"And now you promise to fondly love and
cherish me through all the future years, my
darling onee'
"Well, George, I can't say as to the exact
number Of years, for one of us'll probably pan
out first; but Ill agree to set up three good,
square meals day as long as we hang out
together"
And next morning she proudly exhibited a
solitaire ring to "Paw and Maw"-Detroit
Free Press
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06
Everybody Likes

to be called handsome, especially the young
ladies' But that is simply impossible as
long as their face is covered with pimples
biotches and sores. But wait, there is no
need Of this; one or two bottles of Sulphur
Bitters will remove all such Designations.
and make your face fair and rosy.--Fannfe
Bel, Edifyess.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

Maine claims to have sixteen men and
women who have lived more than 100
years, and no end of inhabitants who are
over 80.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

If you are weak and weary from so-called
chronic disease, don't give up. Sulphur Bit
tiers has given hope to many invaiids, where
heretofore there was nothing but despair. It
viii build up and renew your whole system
Editor Weekly. american.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06
syrup Of Figs.

Is Natures own true laxative, It is the most
easily taken, and the most effective remedy
known to Cleanse the System when Bilious or
Costiye; to dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fevers;
to Cure Habitual Constipation, Indigestion,
Piles, etc. Manufactured only by the Califor.
mia Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

The best salve 10 the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. letter,
Chapped Hands, ChiIblains, Corns, and all Skin
emotions. and positively cures Piles. OF no pay
required. L Is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price q cts. per
box. For sale BY C. W. MARSHALL. Druggist.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06
People suseeptible % HyrnotIsn.

People Susceptible to HypnOtism.
Persons of a nervous constitution. and
in particular those subject to hysteria,
are most apt TO fall into artificial sleep
There is then produced in them a pecu-
liar neurosis, hypnotism, having psychi-
cal and physical characters of its own-a
genuine disease presenting a diversity Of
symptoms. Hence hypnotic phenomena
ought not to be called forth rashly nor
without the precautions suggested by
medical science. Women are specially
susceptible to hypnotic manipulation, par
ticularly during the period between the
18th and the Both year, when the ner-
vous system is in full activity. Young
men may be hypnotized, but it is very
difficult to produce hypnotic sleep in old
men or in children. Persons who in early
life are subject to natural somnambulism
or sleep walking are later in life good
hypnotic subjects, just as they are also
likely to be victims Of hysteria and other
nervous complaints.
Many are the processes employed for
producing hypnosis. One that is very
frequently used consists in fixing the gaze
upon some bright object placed a little
above the eyes and in front of the median
line of the forehead, so that visual fatigue
may ensue quickly, the eyeballs being
directed upward and inward. This pro-
cess, or others of a like kind, may he en-
ployed in the case Of persons who have
never before been hypnotized. But after
awhile. when the subject has, so to speak,
been educated, various more expeditions
methods may be employed. Thus let
of electric light or a violent blow struck
on a gong near the ear of the subject will
quickly induce sleep. Again, in hypno-
tizable persons, the surface of the body
often presents special points, s'hypnogenic
zones, " as they are called, analogous to
the "hysterogenic zones" Simple pres
sure upon these produces hypnosis.
Even in the case of the most susceptible
individuals rarely does sleep appear when
they. for the first time, undergo the hyp-
nothing manipulations, however skilled
the operator may be. There is needed q
complete surrender Of ones will and alb
sence of all mental preoccupation, and
on the part Of the company present abso-
lutte silence. In most cases exhibitions
Of hypnotization develop, at first, only
vague phenomena not easily classified,
foreshadowing, so to speak, what will
follow later.-NOrth American Review.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

Among the wealthy men residing in
this city is one whose hberality has made
him the prey of the impecunious on more
than one occasion. About a year ago he
received a letter from a small town in
Ohio, saying: won't you please send
me your photograph 1 have heard of
you so often that am very DESTROYS of
knowing you better" The gentleman,
thinking that the applicant was getting
up some sort of a gallery, sent the photo
graph. A few months later he received
a letter, saying: 1.-THE photograph was
received; am deeply obliged. I would
like to have something more to remem-
Der you by. Couldn't you send me a
watch and champ
This letter naturally met with no re-
sporse. a short time ago a third letter
was sent, which said modestly: Il sup
pose you have forgotten me by this time.
l wrote you some time since, asking you
to send me a watch and chain, l wish
to remind you that am still interested in
your career. Won't you please send me
a watch? I've got a chain. Washing
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

There is a Aourishing grove of $4,000
cocoanut trees at Cape Sable, the south
egnmost point of Florida.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1888-04-06

Jas. G. LeCompt,
Smyrna, Del.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
1T KNOWS MORE.

The Democratic party today is in much
the same plight as was the historic youth
after he had fooled with the hind legs of
the mule; it isn't so handsome, but it
knows thing or two it didn't clearly
comprehend prior to Tuesday. The New
York Sun puts the case forcibly when it
says, in its leading article of Wednesday :
When party deliberately buries out
of sight the principles on which it was
founded, and of which it has been for a
century the custodian and trustee; when
it sends some of its best men to the rear
and surrenders the management of its af-
fairs to syndicate of cracked intellects
and theorist-enthusiasts with just enough
shrewdness to half disguise their ulti-
mate purpose; when it abandons politics,
in the sane sense, and makes itself an en-
gine for the propagation of a theory-in
short, when it goes in for an educational
canvass, somebody is bound to be edu-
Gated. That was what happened Tues
day.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The moon, it. was observed Wednes-
day evening, had an extraordinarily long
face, but it was as nothing to infinitv as
compared with the physiognomies of sew
eral local Democrats.
There hasn't been such a gloomy day
in Tory Britain since the pirate Alabama
was sunk by the Yankee Kearsage in the
English channel, or since Richmond fell.
/ Boston Journal.
DR.. j. Harris Rogers of Washington
undiscovered new method of telegraph
ing by which, he says, 200 words a min
ute may be transmitted. 1t is to be hoped
he will have his system in operation four
years hence; present methods are too
slow for election returns.
The New York Sun the other day ask
ed: "Are the United States finally
to fulfill Mr.. Cobdens prophecy? Are
the free traders in the end to see the con-
federate constitution. in which free trade
was proclaimed and commanded trans
ferred substantially to the United States,
and the long-cherished principle of the
South replace the uninterrupted policy
of the general governments" The pre-
sent indications are that Mr.. Golden was
off his base, so to speak.
The immigration bill before the legisla-
ture is receiving the attention it merits.
Gov. Proctor appeared the other evening
before the committee having it in charge
and read a letter from Governor Bodwell
of Maine in regard to the success OF the
Swedish colony in that State. Names
chief magistrate said that they made hon
est. sober and industrious citizens and
were contented and happy in their new
homes. Gov. Proctor agreed with this
description of them-and he has had
many in his employ and ought to know
and said they would make desirable i'm
migrants for Vermont. 1t really looks
as if something would be accomplished
in the direction of increasing the labor
ing population of the State, thing the
farmers, especially, most ardently desire.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
PERSONAL.
Senator Edmunds has returned from
Washington to his home in Burlington.
H., W . WoLI lo- ,.;,.o.. c1ooo e.

Senator Edmunds has returned from
Washington to his home in Burlington.
DR.. w. S. Webb has given $1,000 for
the new Y. NJ. c. a. building in Burling-
ton.
Mrs. James Brown and daughter of
Oak Park, H., are guests of friends in
Cornwall.
Mr.. Charles Parkill. who has lived in
the far West for several years, is visiting
friends in Weybridge.
The 25th anniversary of the pastorate
of Rev. L. G.. Ware over the Burlington
Unitarian church was observed the other
evening.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Aldace F. Walker and family left their
home at Rutland on Tuesday to go to
Washington for the winter.
Homer E. Royce, Esq, who has recent
ly begun the practice of law at Ner-
gennes, was married at Providence, Il.
l., Oct. 81, to Miss Christiana, daughter
OF BlsnOp burgess.
Mr.. Henry r. Dorr has been elected
president of the Euclid Park Land and
improvement Co. of Topeka, Kansas, and
also director of the National Loan and
Trust Co. of the same city, Rutland
Herald.
Hon. f. j. Phelps, the American min
ister, will make the annual address be-
fore the Judicial society at Glasgow
Scotland, Nov. -, and thereafter will be
rendered a banquet by the municipal au-
thorities of Glasgow.
/Tbe' death is announced of Hon. Sam
uef Miller. He was born at Williston,
yChittenden county, March ., 1901,
and died suddenly at Santa Barbara, Cal
ifornia, Oct. 20. He graduated from Mid
dlebury college in the class of 1922 and
was a lawyer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
TBxAs.

WACO, Texas, Nov. 7.-R. Q. Mills has
been reelected by over 1000 majority. He
defeated Jones in all his strongholds, and
carried wards in this city that never be-
fore went Democratic. The State has
gone heavily Democratic.
OREGON.
PORTLAND, Nov. 7.-Enough returns
are in to justify an estimate of from 1000
to 5000 majority for Harrison.
THE OTHER STATES.
In California the Democrats claim a
majority of 5000 and the Republicans
concede that the State has gone Demo-
cratic by about 5000.
The electoral vote of Delaware will be
for Cleveland, but the Republicans have
safe majority in the legislature.
In Maryland Cleveland has plurality
of 5506, against IL, lis in 1884.
In Colorado the returns received indi-
cate the election of the Republican ticket
by from 5000 to 10000.
Cleveland has a plurality of perhaps
10000 in Missouri; of nearly 10000 in
kentucky; a majority of probably 20, 900
in Louisiana. South Carolina sends a
solid Democratic delegation to Congress.
In North Carolina the Democrats have
very probably elected their Congressman
in the first district and lost in the second
and fifth.
In Tennessee II. a. Clay Evans, Re-
publican, defeats Greed F. Bates, Demo-
crat, for Congress from the third Con-
gressional district by majority of s6.
This is the first Republican Congressman
ever elected from the district.
Arkansas goes for Cleveland, but indi-
cations point to the election of Clayton
Powell, Republican, for Congress in the
second district.
An estimate based on returns from ey-
cry county in Kansas gives Harrison TO-
600 majority over Cleveland, and $4,000
for the entire Republican State ticket.
The legislature is almost solidly Republi-
can.
Michigan returns indicate the election
of eight Republicans and two Democrats
to Congress, Republican gain of two.
The associated press has completed its
count on the Illinois gubernatorial vote,
and says that Fifer is elected by 1000
majority.
Estimates from returns received by the
State Journal give Nebraska to Harrison
by between 1000 and $4,000. For gov
ernor, Thayer, Republican, has $4,000
majority.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
LADIES WEEK AT MONTPELIER.

A Montpelier correspondent writes us I:
"A pleasant custom has sprung up at the
capital in the last few years of designat-
ing one week during the session as La
dies week, with the purpose of bringing
together at a particular time as many as
possible of those ladies who desire to Wis
t Montpelier while the legislature is con-
yened. The seven days commencing
with November II have this year been
set apart for that purpose, and the annu-
al ladies' reception will be given the eve
mug of Thursday, the 18th, to attend
which general invitation is extended to
ladies throughout the State"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
ADDISON COUNTY AND THE ELECTION

If there is any small region of the coun-
try which should rejoice over the triumph
of the Republican ticket, it is Addison
county. Her chief industry, sheep-breed
ing-an industry which has made her
known the world over, almost-was threat
ened with extinction by the Mills bill.
measure which is now but matter of his
tory. Perhaps we shall never reach the
point once attained, so far as prices of
sheep are concerned; but every one,
whether engaged in the sheep business
or not, will feel that those in power are
friends of the Northern farmer and manu-
facturer rather than of the Southern
planter, and that there is some hope for
the future. Money will be more plenti-
full, because those who have dollar will
think they can get another and will
spend the one they have. Business of all
kinds will revive with us; and, whether
We are in point of fact more prosperous
than now, we shall all think we have a
fair chance to become so, and henceswill
take hold with better spirits. In short,
Addison county looks upon the change
coming about next March with great
satisfaction. Let us celebrate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09

attempts to "educate" them to the con-
trary are, for the present at least, in vain.
They are in favor of tariff reform, but
they prefer that those who carry the re-
form into practice shall be friends of
protection rather than of "a tariff for
revenue only"
The Republican party has much to do,
now that it is in power. The tariff needs
revision there are several territories
which should at once be admitted; there
is navy to be constructed; the fishery
dispute requires settlement. In these
directions and in others which might be
named the party has great opportunities
for usefulness-andi it will improve them.