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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26
A New Use For Birch Bark.

To the many decorative uses to which
the bark of the birch tree is nowadays
put by amateurs of artistic taste the
new and attractive device of employing
the bark to make pictures has Just been
added. A whole collection of these
novel pictures are now exhibited by an
etching dea er in upper Broadway, and
attract great deal of attention from
the promenaders of the thoroughfare.
The pictures are made by cutting out
outline figures of animals and men and
women and children and FASTING them
on black cardboard, and afterward fill
ing out the otaer details of the picture
with white lead. The combination pro-
duces pleasing and striking silhouette
effect. Different hues of the bark are
empl yed in imparting contrasted color
to the odd pictures. The series of pic
lures on exhibition indicate that the
bark can be used to produce comic or
purely artistic effects, according TO the
within of the picture maker. India ink
is used to fill in minor details of the
figures, like eyes, hair, buttons, or the
trimmings of dresses.
The birch bark collection includes
figures Of pigs, horses, cows, dogs, chill
dren, pretty Girls, negroes, coaches,
farm yards, debating society folk, sol
diers, sailors, angels, yatchs, steam
boats, everything in fact that is usually
worked out with a pencil or a brush in
ordinary sketches or paintings.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26
FOREIGNERS WIVES.
How They Help Their Husbands in
New York.

Speaking OF women, says the New
York correspondent Of the Boston Tran
script, do my marketing in a part OF
the city where women are an important
feature in commercial life. They are
all foreigners, mostly French, though
! there are some Italians among them.
What interests me is the way they take
lipld of the business and help their hus.
bands. American women of the same
c.ass would be at home devising means
for spending their husbands earnings.
At the Italian grocery, where l do most
of my buying, not only the wife but the
oldest daughter HELPS along the cause.
The daughter keeps the books and the
mother waits on customers, keeps the
clerks in order and superintends gener-
ally. The husband does the buying and
attends to the outside interests Of the
concern. He has to be away a large
part of the time, and who could so well
see that everything was running proper
ly ut the store rs his wife Nor does
she neglect her househol duties in the
meantime. She has large family of
small children, and they are well brought
up, too. Though they spend their ten
der years on the sidewalk in front of the
store, they are never allowed to go upon
the street alone after they reach their
teens. By this concentration of family
interests they have built up a big bust
ness, and have one of the best stores of
its kind IN New York. And yet am
told that when they first came to Amer
lea the husband had corner fruit stand
while his wife turned the crank of pea
nut rooster with one hand while she
rolled the baby carriage with the other.
Now it takes several wagons to deliver
their orders every morning, each wagon
having the arms of the Italian family of
the same name emblazoned ON its Sides
In a popular French restaurant ON
Wooster street, where OF a winter even
ing you will see dozen men in dress
suits dining, the wife of the proprietor
and the proprietor himself do all the
waiting. Madame Henri not only car
ries in the smoking dishes of good
things, but she can draw cork with the
ease OF head waiter, placing the bottle
firmly between her knees, and, with a
pull, out it comes with pop
that speaks well for the life of the liquid
within. Across the street another
French woman not only kept the res
taurant but she did the cooking and
waited on the table as well, until sus-
ceptible young artist came along and
induced her to marry him.
On South Fifth avenue there is a sue
cessful French butcher whose wife not
only makes out the bills but who Yields
the cleaver with adexterity that is usu-
ally supposed to come only with mascu-
line muscle Her husband was not a
butcher when she married him, but
when he decided for that kind of bust
ness she went to work and took practi-
,al lessons in cutting up such animals as
are used for food, and now | really
-hink that she has more skill with the
znife than he.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26
What Irrigation Might Do for an
Arid Region.

From the one hundredth meridian
westward to the Pacific ocean, distance
Of over ], 400 miles, and from the British
Columbia line to the Mexican boundary,
a distance Of at least 200 miles, there
is a vast area in which less than 1000,
600 people are now living, but wherein
Mt lelst so, 900, 000more might find pros
porous homes.
In this immense area the rainfall
varies from three and one-half to twenty
inches. The average annual rainfall for
the entire region is about thirteen
inches. though there are some favored
spots where the precipitation is much
greater. San Francisco Chronicle.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26
Artesian Wells of Antiquity.

It is worthy of mention that it is cel-
tain that artesian wells have been com
mon in China from a very remote antiq-
uity. Some Of the Chinese wells are
said to be 5000 feet deep. The simple
method used by the Chinese-where
the drill is raised an let fall by a rope
instead of rigid rod-has lately been
employed in Europe with advantage
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26
Borneo Rubber Fields.

The relative value Of the rubber
fields of the world has lately been dis
cussed, and prominent among these Is
Borneo. Borneo rubber Is the product
of two, fnot more, species of plants Of
the genus Willoughbeia, acreeper which
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26

up for the fall trade. A first-rate lap
robe of catskin is worth $40 or $50
Yes, indeed, pussy is beginning to be
recognized as fur-bearing animal,
and, instead of drowning the kittens,
people will before long be propagating
them for their pelts. - Washington
Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26

Mike-Paddy, wake mp, it's like q
dead mon yez look, lying there aslape.
Paddy-Faith, and its dend mon
Oil have to be before Oh get q wake
fKearneY Enterprise.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26

THERE recently arrived at Castle
Garden an old German peasant whose
experience is an example of how for
eigners are duped by tales of American
wealth. He had been told by an emf
grafton agent that gold was so plenty
in this country that the people gave
golden trinkets to the children to play
with, and trimmed the carriages, build
ings, and street lamps with golden or
naments. He accordingly sold his lit
tie place, and after buying ticket for.
New York spent the remainder of his
money, with the exception of few
francs, in giving his neighbors a ban
quet. On his arrival here he had Just
seven francs left. The old man was
deplorably ignorant, but when it
dawned on his mind how he had been
duped, he wept like child.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26

The last fool who attempted to cross
the Atlantic in fourteenfoot dory has
been rescued few hundred miles off
the coast, half-starved, blind, and help
less. He has learned so much about
navigation that the next time he wants
to cross the ocean he will wait till they
bridge it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01
Sarm Copies.
FEEDING FOR EGGS.

A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
thus writes as to the care of fowls intend
ed for egg production: When hens are
confined to yards they are too frequently
gorged with food which makes fat instead
of producing those elements which 90
to make up the egg. AS general thing
corn is fed to the exclusion of almost
everything else, and while it is fattening
it is poor food for laying hens, espe-
cially if the hens have but small run.
No single food contains all the necessary
elements in proper proportion for egg
production; variety must be sought.
The most successful poultry raiser is he
who is willing to read, study, and put
into practice what he learns. The recog-
nized authorities assert that the egg pro-
duct of hen in her prime is about three
times her own weight yearly; and in
view of this fact the Importance of sup
ments which make the egg is at once APP
parent. An egg contains all the elements
of living chick-flesh, bone, sinew,
blood and feather, besides the shell mat
ter, which is mostly lime. The principal
elements in the egg are sulphur, oil,
phosphorus, lime and nitrogen. The
food which is given the hen should con-
tain all the elements which exist in the
egg. These are found in wheat, oats,
corn, bran, linseed, crushed bone, mus
tard seed, sunfiower seed and vegetable
matter. A reasonable mixture of all
these, varied more or less, with the aid
of crushed limestone or gypsum, would
afford every element called for to pro-
duce a constant yield of eggs. But there
is another point. A prominent writer on
the subject rightly remarked that one of
the greatest mistakes in feeding fowls is
over-feeding. When persons get the
chicken fever they get enthusiastic in the
cause, and stuff their fowls instead of
feeding them. If the hens are allowed
to run to grain in the barn they eat twice
as much as they should-and the result
is short supply of eggs, and failure
in reaching the desired results.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01
TATE OF VERMONT--District OF

BE it remembered that at a session of the
Probate Court holden at Middlebury, within
and tor said district on the 10th day OF DC.
tobcr A. D., 1889.
Present, Hon. James NJ. Sade, Judge.
Whereas John +. Weeks, administrator of
the estate OF John j. Kelsey late of Sails.
bury, in said district, deceased, has this
day presented to said court his petition in
writing, setting forth, that it viii be neces.
sary to sell II part of the real estate OF said
deceased, for the payment OF the debts and
charges of administration: and also that it
will be beneficial for all parties interested
therein to sell the whole OF the real estate of
said deceased, to wit: the home farm said to
contain 200 acres of land in Salisbury atore
said and therein making application to said
court tor license to make such sale. And
said John f. Weeks, administrator, having
produced to sad court the assent in writing
OF all the heirs of said deceased residing in
this state, interested in said real estate, 1t is
ordered, that all persons interested in the
estate of said deceased be notified to appear
before said court, mt the Probate office in
Middlebury, in said district, on the 18th day OF
November, A. d., 1889, mt ten o'clock in the
forenoon, by publication of this order three
weeks SUCCESSFULLY previous thereto, in the
Middlebury Register, II newspaper printed AT
Middlebury, aforesaid, to show cause, if any
they may have, why said license should not
be granted.
AZ. JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01

For one reason or another, the ma
jorty of flower users are not flower
raisers, and necessarily the few must
supply the many. In the city or large
town all can procure their needed
flowers from professional florists, but
in many smaller places there is no
small demand constantly being made
on the amateur who raises choice
flowers. 1t is a real pleasure to give
ones pretty town girls the dainty
corsage bouquets they ask for, and
each Sunday morning to supply the
neighbors children with their little
button hole bouquets. 1t is crafty
ing to ones pride to have a dozen or
more persons call each day Just to
see the flowers" quite expecting and
in fact receiving, nosegay each, and
1t is almost IA privilege to send flowers
to adorn the bride or TO place on the
bosom of the dead; yet if all these
flowers, for all these varied purposes,
must be furnished by one, that person
must use some forethought or else see
his or her flower beds robbed of half
of their beauty. Vick's Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01
The Color of the Sea.

The color of the sea is not uniform,
though it is generally described as
blush green. In the tropics it is gen
orally indigo blue. The cause of the
change of hues is explained as de
pending on the action of suspended
particles of solid matter on the light
which traverses the water. Light on
entering the water is refracted and
therefore more or less resolved into its
primary colors, especially if the water
is of sufficient depth. The red, orange
and yellow rays do not penetrate the
water to so great "a depth as the blue
and violet. Now, the presence of mi
mute solid particles causes some of the
light after entering the water to be re-
tlected, and the color of this reflected
light will depend upon the depth at
which the reflection takes place.
If the PARTICLES are large, and freely
reflect from "a moderate depth, they
will also prevent reflection from a
greater depth, SO that the rays coming
from the eyes of the observer will be
green; but if the particles in the upper
strata are minute, and the reflection is
from considerable depth the color
will be more nearly pure blue. Pro-
lessor Tyndall, it is said, while making
a voyage In steamer, had white
plate attached to cord cast into the
water at moderate depth, and when
1t reached the proper point of observa-
ton It's color was green. although
that of the water was blue. Montreal
Star
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01
congress

The house was built of Indiana field stone,
with tile roof and copper facings, and was
considered secure from fire. 1t had many
broad porches paved with tile and supported
by marble pillars. The main hall was the
embodiment of all that wealth and taste
could procure, and beyond it was the grand
staircase, with its three flights of broad, low
steps, and landings covered with rugs. The
drawing room was done in the colonial style,
the wood work being in pure white and gold.
The mante was of Mexican onyx, the chande-
lier of oxidzed silver, and the furniture
mahogany, upholstered in leather. The re-
ception room was done in white ano blue
Between the drawing room and reception
room was beautiful little alcove in which
stood group in marble of the three children
of MIR. Studebaker 1t was highly valued by
Mrs. Studebaker, but persisted with the other
things in the fire. The dining room was stu
ated beneath the drawing room. In the
buffers pantry was stored the family china
a beautiful collection of priceless Dresden and
Sevres This unreplaceable collection was de-
stroyed by the fire, as was also the art gallery
on the third floor. This gallery was filled with
rare works of art, which it will be difficult to
replace. A very interesting place was the so
called "Den" of Mr. Studebaker, where the
fire originated 1t was situated back of the
main hall, the windows commanding a view
of the stables 1t contained many comforta-
bic leather chairs, lounges and desks. Over
the mantel was a stained glass window of
very unique design. 1t showed a blacksmith
shop, embowered in the trees Upon the front
was the inscription, John Studebaker,
Blacksmith In the foreground were the
| figures of man and horse
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01
A HAWKS REASONING.
How 1t Came to a Wise Conclusion Which
Hunter Interfered with.

Hunter Interfered With.
Birds of prey generally possess in
stinct enough for all ordinary emer-
gencies. There are, however, special
occasions on which call is made for
unusual sagacity, and it is then that
we see how near these creatures come
to reasoning in the same way as our
selves The author of "'TwiXt Ben
Nevis and Glencoe" gives, bearing
upon this point, a story which he had
from the keeper on an estate in that
neighborhood.
One day in July the keeper in ques-
ton, happening to be out after vermin
with his gun, saw coming in his di-
rection a bird which he knew to be
ner of fight puzzled him extremely.
1t was beating up the wind toward
him as if with a sorely wounded
wing, manifestly impeded in some
way that caused it to zigzag and strug-
gle strangely in its fight.
Seeing that if it kept its course it
was likely to pass within easy shot, the
keeper quietly retired into a clump of
ferns on one knee, with his gun ready
for action. He had, however, to wait
longer than he expected, for the hawk,
meanwhile. alighted on the top of a
large gray bowlder a hundred yards
away, and seemed very busy about
something, though what it was the
keeper at that distance could not make
out.
In about five minutes, however the
hawk took wing again, this time with
a much more steady and even flight.
He was soon overhead, and near
enough to drop to the keepers gun.
On going up TO his prize the keeper
found that it was, indeed, hawk,
and beside it was lying plump par
er's surprise, almost altogether stripped
of its feathers.
On going TO the bowlder on which
the kestre had rested for a while, all
the missing feathers of the partridge
were found scattered about, and the
keeper instantly took in the state of
the matters from first to last, and ex-
planned it thus:
The llestrel, having struck down the
partridge, was carrying the dainty
morsel to his greedy fledglings in their
nest The wind, however, was strong
and gusty, and adverse to the kestrel's
line of flight; and of the wind, the
wings and tail, limp and pendent, of
the partridge caught 50 much, that it
was only with great difficulty the
plucky little captor could make any
satisfactory Roadway.
Getting tired Of the struggle at last,
he must have reasoned with himself
somewhat after this fashion.
My partridge burden is more diff
cult to get along with than it really
need be. | am heartily ashamed of
myself, acting thus like a BOBBY. l
will take rest on yonder bowlder
and pluck away all the wing and tail
feathers of my dainty bit of game, an
operation which, while it leaves my
partridge quite as big and good to eat
as before, will enable me to bear it up,
and carry it against the wind with
comparative ease"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01

The Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Grace, recently
appointed archbishop by the pope, was born
in Charleston, S. c., Nov, q, 1914. At
the age of 10 he began the preparatory
studies to taking the holy order at the semi
nary at Cincinnati. One year later he en-
tered the Dominican order at the Monastery
of St Rose, in Kentucky. He then went to
Rome to pursue his studies entering the Col
lege of the Minerva. Dec. 81, 1899, he
was ordained a priest at Rome. In 1874 he
returned to America and Immediately began
work in Kentucky. For over thirteen years
he had charge of parish in Memphis, Tenn.
July "a, 1859, he was consecrated bishop
of St Paul The ceremony of conservation
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01
CTATE OF vERMONT-District of Adj
The Probate Court for the District OF Addi.

The Probate Court for the District OF Addi.
son.
To all persons interested in the estate OF
Moses Wimett, late OF salisbury, VT, in said
district, deceased.
GREETING
BY the authority OF the State of Vermont,
you are hereby notified TO appear before the
said Probate Court, ut the Probate Office in
Middlebury, in said district, on the 4th day of
November, A. ID. 1859, at 10 O'Clock n. m. to
show cause, il any You have, why the account
OF Isaac Wimctt and NJ. NJ. Doud, administra.
tors OF the estate OF said deceased, should
not be allowed and also why the residue of
said estate should not be distributed to the
parties entitled thereto.
Dated at Middcbury, in said district, this
18th day OF October, A. ID. 1889.
AZ JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01

ion and general build. He was born at Alex
ander, Genesee county, N. Y, Sept. 20, 1887,
and Is therefore SO years old He entered the
railway service on reaching maturity, and
was successfully clerk, paymaster, purchas-
ing agent and assistant general superintend-
emit OF the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad, and later general manager OF the
81. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba railway.
There he continued till the present year, and
sfter brief tnterregnum was made president
Of the Santa Fe system. The name at pre-
emit Is only nominal, a. the initial eastern
point OF the road Is practically Kansas City.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01
STATE OF INSTRUMENTATION Coun.
ty, IS.
ZEBA LAMB,
IN CHANCERY.
FRANK LAMB AND
ADELLE LAME PIERCI

ADELE LAMB PIERCE.
Whereas, Zeba Lamb OF Granville, in said
county, has filed his bill of complaint to the
court OF chancery next to be held at Middle
bury, within and tor the county of Addison,
aforesaid, on the first Tuesday OF December
A. ID. lss9, against Frank Lamb of Boston, in
the county OF Suffolk and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts,, and Adele Lamb Pierce of
Concord, in the county of Merrimac and State
of New Hampshire, setting forth in substance
that your orator on or about the 10th day of
July A. ID. ISIS, conveyed his house and lot,
situate in West Randolph, county of Orange
to said defendants, without consideration and
by reason OF misrepresentation of said de
PENDANTS; and praying that said defendants
may be ordered to deed said honse and lot
back to your orator.; and that your orator
may have such further and other relief in the
premises as the nature of his case shall re-
quire.
And II appearing that the said Frank Lamb
and Adele Lamb Pierce reside without this
State, so that said bill cannot be served upon
them: II is ordered that the said Frank Lamb
and Adele Lamb Pierce be summoned to ap-
pear and answer the foregoing bill, on the
hrst day OF the next stated term OF said court,
to be held on the first Tuesday OF December
A. ID. 1889, ut Middlebury in said Addison
county, by the publication of the substance OF
said bill, together with this order. in the Mid.
dlebury Register, published in said Middle.
bury, three weeks successfully, the last OF
which publications to be at least twenty DAYS
prior to said term OF said court.
Dated at Middlebury, aforesaid, this Gath
day OF october, A. d. 1889
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Clerk.
j. ID. DENTSON solicitor tor Orator 43