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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-28

Meetings every Friday evening at 80
O'Clock. Degree work every meeting. Hall
over p. +. Chapman's store.
UNION LODGE, NO. 2, +. AND A. NJ.
W. II. Bretoster, W. M
Regular communications the first Monday
evening OF each month.
POTTER CHAPTER, NO. %, r. A. NJ.
". II. Kingsley, NJ. Z. II. p.
Stated convocatons the third Tuesday even
ing OF each month.
MIDDLEBURY COUNCIL, NO. IA, R. AND S. NJ.
". II. BrewSter, r. l. NJ
Stated assemblies the third Tuesday even
ing of each month.
MT. CALVARY COMMANDERY, NO. !, X. T.
Sir Frank 4. Goss, E. C.
Regular conclaves the fourth Wednesday OF
each month
WIN. P. Russell POST, NO. 50, G. A. r..
T.. p. Russell, Commander.
Regular meetings the second and fourth
We'd lesday evenings of each month
CAMP A. S. TRACY, OF V.
Clarence Z. Taylor plain.
Regular meeting the second and fourth Fri
day evenings OF each month.
E. p. Cushmdn, Dictator.
Regular meetings the last Thursday evening
OF each month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-28
CONGREGATIONAL.

REV. A. f. KEITH, PASTOR.
Sunday services, 10 45 a. M; I 80 p. m.
Sabbath school, IL 100 m.
Thursday, conference meeting, 1880 p. M
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-28
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
REV. HENRY LANE, PASTOF

REV. HENRY LANE, PASTOR.
This is the order of services in the r. c.
church commencing with Trinity Sunday,
June5
Muss at 10 80 a. m. After Trinity, mass at al
ternate Sundays at and 10 80 a. m. Bene-
dection and prayers every Sunday at 80 p.
m. Regular time tor catechism, 3 80 p. m.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-28

A pleasant party from Middlebury,
consisting of Col. Il. Nj. Chapman and
wife, Miss Jessie Chapman, Miss Flor
ence Chapman, Miss Anna Fletcher. Mr..
p. F. Chapman and wife, Col. A. A.
Fletcher and wife, Mr.. John Higgins and
wife, Mrs. j. NJ. Slade, Miss Peake and
others, helped TO dedicate the new Eagle
Inn at Orwell on the evening of the 2Oth
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-28
METHODIST.

REV F. G. HEAxT, PASTOR.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-28
y.

Our Holiday trade has gen
orally been very satisfactory to
us. This season we wish to
Guido all previous efforts and
make our holiday business for
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-28
THE FRATERNiTiES.

LAKE DUNMoRE LODGE, NO. IL, l. o. OF o. F.
II. T. Ldngcorthy, ". G.
Meetings every Friday evening at Z 80
O'Clock. Degree work every meeting. Hall
over p. +. Chapman's store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-28
BAPTIST.


REV. A. A. CAMBRIDGE, PASTOR.
Sunday Services, 10 '45 n. m; I 80 p. m.
Sunday school, IL 100 IN.
Prayer-meeting, Thursday, 73O p. IN
Seats free.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
Asleep in a Churchyard.

An old man who sleeps by the road
side yonder, and upon whose tomb are
the familiar lines beginning, "Remem.
ber me as you pass by" spent the
greater portion of the last ten years OF
his life by his wife's grave. He came
in the early morning, and after remov-
ing any microscopic weed that might
have showed itself since the previous
evening, would light his pipe and sol
emnly contemplate the stones in his
vicinity He went away regularly to
his meals, and as regularly took his
afternoon nap on the grass by the
graveside.
Shortly before his last visit to the
cherished spot he requested me to de-
cipher for him the dates upon several
of the gravestones, and we conversed
about many whom we had known in
life and who had passed away. re-
marked that the churchyard was very
pretty place, and his face lighted up
as he rejoined: "Ah, mister, always
thought Ishould like to be buried here,
for" looking around, "you see there's
such splendid view from here" This
was uttered in good faith, and the old
man seemed convinced that neither
coffin lid nor churchyard clods would
obstruct his view. Perhaps they don't.
In few brief weeks he came to his
favorite haunts to stay. poor old
William" the flowers upon your grave
have run wild long ago, and no one
seems to remember you as they pass by.
Chambers journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
A Horses Memory.

"Say, friend, you are on my horse"
said one gentleman to another as he
reined his horse before the door.
"Your horse! Oh, no; why, 1 bought
this horse two years ago."
"You did?" answered the other;
"well, lost my horse-it was stolen
just two years ago."
The conversation took place under
the far-spreading oaks of an old-time
plantation homo. A planter was sur
prised to see his horse return home
after two years, and ridden by gentle
man who evidently had bought the
horse in good faith. After some con-
versation the old owner of the horse,
with much earnestness, said: well,
sir, if you will dismount, unsaddle the
horse, and he don't go to the fence,
take the bars down, walk to the well,
and if he don't find water in the bucket
let it down the well, and then walk off
to his old stable, 1 will give up, and
that horse isn't mine!" "At your word; s;
the horse is yours if he does all that,
cried the visitor, and, leaping from the
horse, unsaddled it. What was his
astonishment when the horse went
straight to the fence, let down the bars,
crossed over, went to the WE'LL and,
finding no water, let the bucket down,
and then, as though he had left home
but yesterday, walked to the old sta.
BILE. The animal remembered the
trick, and the owner recovered his
horse. There are those living now who
can attest to the truth of this story,
though it happened years ago. st
Louis Globe Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

fashion We have lately taken up is to wear
our forked shoes almost as long again as
our feet, not a little to the hindrance Of
the action of the foot, and not only so,
but they prove an impeachment to reyeren-
tial devotion, for our boots and shoes are
so mounted that We can hardly kneel in
Gods house"
Shoemaking was pract!ced in monastic
institutions, excepting those belonging to
monks denominated "parefooted, " fl ON a
very early date, and the existence of the
practice appears to have given offense TO
Richard, the first abbot of st. Adams
Abbey, who complained of the monks and
canons ass ssociating with shoemakers and
tanners.
In Edward Wis reign, and long after,
courtiers wore high boots with very long
tops that could be pulled over the knee
and half up the thigh when wanted. The
boots fitted the leg like stocking, and
closely resembed the buskin.
The choppine was introduced into En-
gland in the sixteenth century, but it never
reached the proportions that it did in
Venice and Rome. Shakespeare, in sal
utation to n lady, writes: What, my
young mistress, by'r lady, your ladyship
is nearer heaven than when / saw you
last by the altitude of choppine."
Many of the shoes of this period close
~ fesem Die the SHOES now worn, and the
modern fashion of ornamenting shoes
with bows over the instep is evidently
copy of the fashion then in vogue. Shoes
of buff leather with slashes in their up
pers were very much worn in the reign of
the first James, when high boots again
came into fashion. These were clumsily
formed and were allowed to slouch down
over the calvas and ankles of their wear
ers, like united stockings. 1t was prob
ably from these boots that wrinkled legs
took their rise. About this time lady
is said to have admired "the good wrin-
kles of a gallants boots" These high
slouching boots were worn by pedestrians
as well as by riders.
Apart from the gold lace and silver
thread with which "shooties" were edged
at this period the shoes worn did not en-
tail great expense to the wearers.
Dramatists of the same reign and of that
of Charles |. made frequent mention of
corked shoes. The boots of the Crom-
wellian era were mostly of buff Spanish
leather. They were plain to ugliness,
and were armed with a square piece of
leather in front to keep the pressure of
the stirrup from the instep. During the
existence of the Commonwealth, and for
some time after, the tops of the boots
were Of enormous width. The shoes dur
ing the reign of Charles II. and James
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
About Necklaces.

Necklaces in the reign of Charles I.
were made of amber set in gold.
Pharaoh put gold chain about
Joseph's neck as mark Of his author
ity in Egypt.
Among the Tartars of the time of
Genghis Khan the necklace was often
made of human teeth.
The Southern negroes constantly wear
bead necklaces, looking upon them as
genuine charms.
In the reign of Henry VIII. anyone
who had not G200 per year income
could not wear necklace.
One of the most valuable and COW
eted possessions of the Western Indian
is the necklace of grizzly bears claws.
The Puritans abolished necklaces, as
they abolished everything they laid
their hands on which savored of orna-
ment.
Thousands of people place necklaces
of coral beads around the necks of
babies, with the belief that they will
assist the children in teething.
When the Saxon dynasty was over
thrown by the Normans all persons be-
low certain rank were forbidden to
wear necklaces under heavy penalty.
In South America the natives wear
necklaces of peculiarly marked seed,
which belongs to plant growing only
sn the mountains along the snow line.
minneapolis Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
His Daughter Worked Harder.

gaunt, aggard-looking man,
whose business keeps him rushing from
the opening until the close of every
work day, was sympathized with few
days ago by friend.
81 tell you, old man," said the friend,
"you work too hard. Why don't you
take things easy? You've got money
enough to let things wag their own
way now."
"We are hard-working family" was
the reply, "and when L get home 1
shall find the whole lot of us just as
tired as [ am, and nobody in the house
feeling bright except the servants.
looking until she began going into So
ciety, and how she ever stands it now
is more than can tell. don't know a
man down town that works as hard as
she does, and she keeps pegging away
at it when I'm sleeping"
what does she do, for heavens
sake?"
well, I don't know everything she
does, because [ haven't reached that
point of interest in her mode of enjoy
ing herself to keep notes. She's in So
ciety. Don't you understand that
Well, / don't either, but that explana-
ton seems to be all that is necessary
from her when | advise her to let up
and take q rest. L suppose she's got
an end to keep up, and she's struggling
hard to keep it elevated, / tell you.
Yesterday she was up at s o'clock, be-
cause she had to go out shopping. She
came in at luncheon pretty well tagged
out. Then she had dozen calls to
make, and when she came in to dinner
she looked so poorly felt tired for her.
There was a reception somewhere at
night, and just before I retired dude
came around and carried her off to it..
She came in along toward midnight,
but this didn't prevent her from get
ting up this morning at 8 o'clock again.
30 tar, she belongs to literary club
that meets on Tuesday, Dorcas circle
that meets on Wednesday, debating
club that meets on Thursday, q dane
ing class that meets on Friday, and q
missionary club that meets on Satur-
day. Then her nights are taken up
with a bowling club, progressive
euchre club, q theater club, receptions,
balls, parties, and the aforementioned
uuuo. DHnuWlCHeu DebWeen all tneSe
are innumerable social calls, luncheons,
and such things. Sundays are roaring
days with her, too. She is teacher in
Sunday school, and she never misses
evening service. OF course she has q
good many other things to look after
but can't recollect what they are just
now. I lead lazy life as compared
with the life she leads. Being in busi
cietY."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
Her Resolutions.

In looking over a woman's list of
good resolutions for the new year, we
fail to find the following:
l. Never to stop horse-car on o
curve or on an inclination.
2. Always to signify to the driver or
conductor in some way save by an up
lifted eyebrow that she wants the car
to stop.
3. Never to get into deep conversa-
ton with friend, and forgetting her
street till she is block farther, blame
the conductor for not stopping more
quickly.
4. Never to lay her wet umbrella
down on the silk-goods counter in
store.
3. To carry the same umbrella up
and down and not in and out.
6. To buy more than two postage
stamps at time.
7. To mend her old clothes before
she gives them to the poor.
s. To refrain from joining any more
committees.
8. To refrain from telling every one
she meets what her grippe symptoms
were and what she did for them.
10. To refrain from writing 1889 any
farther than into March, 1S90.-BoS-
ton Saturday Evening Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

aging them by voice and example, his
shouts of defiance were answered by
yells of rage from his dusky foes, who
strained every nerve to capture him ir
order that they might wipe out the
bloody score by horrible tortures at the
stake. A body of redskins blocking
his way, he wheeled his horse and rode
at the utmost speed toward Wheeling
Hill. Again his course was stopped
by crowd of his enemies, who sprang
up in front and began to close in upon
him. AS quick as light he turned
again, only to find escape cut off by o
third band of warriors. The only way
now remaining open to him was toward
the brow of a steep cliff, $50 feet in
height, at the bottom of which
flowed Wheeling Greek. No at
tempt had been made to shoot
him, although he was in easy range
of the fire of his pursuers, and his
quick mind appreciated what this
meant They had devoted him to
lingering death by all the reinements
of savage cruelty of which their hellish
ingenuity was capable. His chance was
a most desperate one, and as he mo-
mentarily reined in his horse and gazed
upon the rapidly narrowing circle of
his foes their yells rang in his ears as
they saw him at bay, and, as they
thought, completely within their pow
er. They stood gazing at him in won
der as he struck his heels against the
sides of his horse and dashed toward
the precipice, which they had thought
would prevent his escape in that direc-
ton. 1t was chance of life against
certainty of death in its most awful
form at the hands of his enemies, and
his decision was quickly made. Turn
ing in the saddle he was encouraged by
q cheer from his friends in the fort, and
then shaking his rifle toward his rap
idly advancing foe, he grasped the
trusty weapon in his right hand, gath
cred his reins in his left, and urged his
horse toward the brink of the chasm
that seemed likely to be his grave.
AS he approached the edge the saw
ages stopped spell-bound at the con-
temptation of his action. Bracing
himself in his saddle and again dash
ing his heels against the sides of his
noble beast, which seemed animated
by his masters spirit, they made the
fearful leap outward. Down, down
they plunged, without obstacle or i'm
pediment, fully fifty feet; then the
horses feet struck the smooth shelving
rock, and the remaining distance was
slid and scrambled over until they
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

the influence of champagne jag that m an
forgets his sorrows and sometimes his
wife. He calls upon everything in reach
to contribute to his enjoyment, and the
greatest sufferer is the pocket book. Tho
cost of champagne Jag, if the jag is
rightly celebrated, is never known until
the bills all comein.
No two jags are alike, no matter if
they are acquired in the same way
The straight whisky jag is the jag of
sorrows. 1t has no redeeming features
and the man who indulges in ono should
be hanged. The artist could not do JUS
tice to the straight-whisky jag. It has
two pints in its stomach and pint in its
pocket, and it goes behind house and
drinks all by itself. 1t rolls from one
side OF the street to the other, and it
yells like a. Comanche uatil an officer
takes it to the station. Then it gets
sick, oh, so Sick and it's head hurts, and
the police judge depletes its pocketbook.
Nobody pities it and nobody should.
Even tho bootblack SHES stones at the
straioht-whiskv lag. The plain whisky
jag is at the bottom of the ladder and
the champagne jag at the top.
But the young mani The new young
man who goes out with o friend is the
happiest of all those jagged. He is
proud of his jag, and long before he has
any excuse for feeling hilarious he gets
gay. And he drinks sherry wine here,
and port wine there, and sweet wine,
and sour wine, and he gets gayer and
gayer Such jagl He finally orders
champagne. for he has lust received his
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

everybody has caught on. The express
sion is not elegant, but it has a meaning,
and has probably come to stay. Jagged"
and tagging" will come on apace, and
then somebody will add few pages to
the dictionary.
There is no prevailing style of jag for
the very simple reason that no class of
society can run a corner on it
The champagne jag is the happiest of
all jags, because it is the most sociable.
Who ever heard of man evolving q
champagne jag without the assistance of
one or more friends? Mean men use
straight whisky in game of solitaire,
and their jag is as uninteresting as the
subjects are miserable and unhappy. But
the champagne jag, provided the wine be
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

main matter of conjecture. The earli-
est efforts of foot clothiers were, in all
probability, confined to protecting the
soles and consisted of safeguards and
fastening appliances. For these linen,
rushes, broom, flax, wood, bark of trees,
hides OF animals, and even metals were
employed.
From the Greek and Roman classics it
is learned that boot, shoe, and sandal
making was practiced as an art at very
early period, and that differently fash
Toned footgear was prescribed by legal
enactments to be worn for the easy dis
tinguishment of both rank and profess
sion.
Plautus in his "Bacchides" introduces
q rich man who wore shoes with soles of
gold, and Seneca records that julius
Caesar wore shoes formed of the same
precious metal. In Domitian's reign the
streets of Rome were so crowded with
shoemakers and their stalls as to necessi-
tate the passing of an edict for their re-
moval. In Rome the shoes worn by the
patrician order were made to reach higher
up the leg than those worn by the plebe-
ians, while the boots of the common peo-
pie were fashioned of wood, and slaves
are known to have gone barefooted. 1t is
impossible to name the variety of boots,
shoes, and sandals worn by the different
classes of Greeks and Romans; not only
were classes distinguished by their foot
gear, but even the divisions of classes.
Every grade of military and civil life was
known by the mode in which the foot was
clothed. Writing of Ascension week in
Venice, Evelyn tells how at its great fair
he saw noblemen stalking with their
ladies on choppines. 'Tis ridiculous" ="
! he writes, "to see how these ladies crawl
in and out of their gondolas by reason
Of their choppines. And what dwarfs
they appear when they are taken down
from their wooden scatfoldsl"
1t is possible that the Romans first set
the example of using boots and shoes as
instruments of torture Gnd degradation
The Romans used shoe of iron, as the
early Christians know to their cost. The
instrument known as the boot" is de-
scribed as being made of a slip of parch-
ment. This was placed on the leg wet,
and by its steady yet violent contraction
caused intolerable pain to its wearer. A
boot into which wedges were driven was
employed for like end.
The brothers Crispin and Crispinian,
two shoemakers of Rome, on adopting
the Christian faith were expelled from the
city. They wandered into France, preach
ing and working by turns in the several
towns through which they passed till they
arrived at Scissors, where they suffered
martyrdom on Oct. 25, 3OS. These broth
ers, in accordance with an old world
Catholic Gust ON, became the patron saints
of shoemakers, and ON each succeeding
anniversary of their martyrdom it is still
practice in many countries for shoe
makers to pay tribute to their memories.
With reg ard to the mode in which this
was done in England an old rhymester
wrote:
"On the 25th of October
Seldom a souters sober"
The shoes worn by the Belgic Britons, +"
says Meyrick, were made of raw cow
hide" Such shoes are known to have
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

reached the bottom alive, and without
serious hurt. Pushing his horse into
the stream he was soon halfway across,
and by the time the savages had
reached the edge of the cliff and were
peering over, expecting to see the
mangled remains of horse and rider at
its base, he had reached the opposite
shore, and, with a shout of defiance,
had plunged into the woods and was
out of their range.
The numerous additions to the gar
rison of the fort and the hopelessness
of overcoming the defenders while in
spired by such an action as they had
Just witnessed, disheartened the In
dians, and, after first putting the
torch to the remaining property of the
settlers, they beat hasty retreat the
morning after the event just narrated.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
lMPATIENCE.
BY ozIAs MIDSUMMER.

/.
1--WE left the bright, bright valley where flowers
No flowers are here but the thistle and thorn.
My days are as darkness and cyclones and
wish was dead or had never been born"
While thus sang lady when nearing the shad-
Which fall after twilight in lifes rugged way
A voice at her elbow reminded her gently
-1is true as prophet Each dog has its
day."
For there by her side on a rustic seat sitting
Her lover OF youth had returned bronzed and
His form yet erect, his mustache yet a beauty,
His pockets well filled with bright silver and
gold
They sat in the garden that bright balmy morn
Beneath the buds, blossoms, and leaves OF a
tree;
With sweet gentle zephyrs of spring for their
breathing,
Much happier far than young lovers could be
"Come," said the old truant, "lot us gather
And make a grand bouquet OF briars and
thorns
Como out in the darkness, the cyclones and
tempests,
Come into the wilds of the winds and the
storms"
They went from the shadow, but found only
sunshine;
Deaths nearest approach then seemed farthest
He searched for the thistles; she found only
flowers;
He gave up his task and received her bouquet.
NO. II.
I'm sitting In doubt mid the trembling OF pas
sion,
And quenching my fears mid the flames of
loves fire,
For Robin insists we must be in the fashion
And wait yet q year, notwithstanding DESIRE
Oh could but quicken his flame to my notion,
And stir up the ombers that smolder and pine,
I'd bask in the heat that would give my hope
And fiji his soul full OF that burning in mine.
/ know Robin loves me with his understanding
And seems to appreciate fervor and fear
But that is not what my loves life is demanding,
IL wants IL love unafraid to approach near
1t wants love that will draw me to its folding
And cover my soul with its comforting bliss;
1t wants a love that as me in its arms holding
VIII welcome my love with lovers warm kiss.
To-day as we sat on the sofa conversing,
My soul was enraptured with hopings the
more,
But not u thing happened he went on rehearsing
The same old old story hod told me before
Oh i how my heart ached for drink at its lei.
sure
oh how my lips parched how my bosom did
SWELL
How trembled my limbs how longed without
measured
And how, spite ofal these, disappointment as
we'll
Oh Robin, come love mo. The doe on the
mountain
Is never so free as thou mayest be here.
Come stay mid the pillows, come taste at tho
fountain.