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The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

It has been shown that the bad effects
Of 4 fog were felt mcst by tropical plants
which. in state of nature, We're ex-
posed to the sunlight. Plants which
grew under the shade of forest trees did
not suffer SO much. Soft, tender plants
and aquatic vegetation seemed to come
off worst
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
A Mournful Acconpanim.nt.

Best Man fat church wcdding)-Gee-
Whitaker! You Anticipated oldapology!
What in the creation arc You tolliny the
bell for?
New Sexton-Sure, didn't OF hear
tn young Teddy say wild 'er own lips
that she'd be married wild a ring?-New
York Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

Among the Congo negroes when 4
man wishes wife he secures one and
keeps her on probation q year. IL her
temper and department. are satisfactory
he ut tho end Of the year formally mar
ries her. But should she prove an in
cumbrance he sends her back to the pa,
rental roof.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

Those who say that our soldiers cost
as much as Gerlnany's count tho expense
of the pensioners with that Of the regu-
lar army. On the average there is about
one commissioned officer to every twelve
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

He Crying to play trump card)-As
Ipassed your house last evening I thought
heard an angel sing.
She (stiflyl-I was at the theatre last
evening. Mrs. Mulhooly and her twins
were at our house visiting the cook
Good News.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
Following the Precedent.

cousin Ethel, want you to be my
wife"
Family history establishes quite an
other precedent, Henry; my mother was
sister to your father. I think we'll fol-
low the precedent. ."-Harper's Bazar.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
Ese of Alnnnoni:,.

IN medicine the solution Ct ammonia
il; employed as means cf rousing the
respiratory and vascular systems, and Of
the alleviation of spasms. 1t is also
used as local irritant Gnl antacid. 1t
can used as wash in water for tho
scalp and in the bath without danger
Herald of Health
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

In France steam races are not per-
mitted. Instead, an Official test of itlle
power, speed and steadiness of locomo-
tives on different lines of the republic
has been inado, and prize awarded to
the winner
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21
What He s1oxt Ncedea

Uncle Charles-And are you going to
buy me something for my birthday
Millie-Yeth, thir, gueth tho.
Uncle Charles-Piease may know3
Millio-Ycth, thir. I'm going to buy
my dear Uncle Charlie mithionary.
Uncle Charles-A missionary! I'm no
cannibal.
Millic-lla. But grandma thays you're
= puffeck heathen.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

Meerschaum is imported in boxes, say
10 inches in length, foot wide and Is
oH.1S inches high, and holds about so
pounds. A box costs from $75 to 500,
and as high as $225. The price all de-
ponds upon the quality.
The Dickinson press., 1891-02-21

The process of eating well is science.
The food should not be bolted and hur-
ried into the stomach before it is ready
TO be placed there.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

In demonstrating that sulphur melted
at ll5 degs. can be cooled in paper, VI
Charles Lepierre happened to use IA litho
graphed card, the edges of which were
turned up. Upon taking away the card
he discovered that the Autographed char
acters were clearly impressed upon the
cooled surface of the sulphur, and re
manned after hard friction and washing
BY repeated experiments he has been able
To secure very tine results, removing the
paper each time by "A simple washing and
rubbing process.
He finds that sulphur will receive i'm
pressions from and reproduce faithfully
characters or designs in ordinary graphite
crayon, colored crayons, writing ink, typo
graphical inks China ink-colored or un
colored--and others He states, too, that
it will reproduce geographical maps with
remarkable eXactitude.-lron
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

poor ones too, in most cases) of the rough
metal tmepicces imported from Europe.
In that year, however, the art of Ameri-
can clockmaking was inaugurated by an
individual as original in his way as the
crude "chronicers of the flying hours"
which he turned out. 1t is the manufac-
ture of these first clocks which it is pro-
posed to commemorate.
Eli Terry was the person who may justly
be considered the founder of the great in
dustry which now forms so large part of
the wealth of Connecticut, and upon which
thousands of persons depend for their daily
bread
Eli Terry was not born with a silver
spoon in his mouth. More color might be
gwen to story alleging that he had made
his debut with jackknife in his hand, for
1t was to that homey but indispensable in
strument that young Terry owed all of his
financial success and much of his great
ness as an inventor.
1t was at first intended that the celebra-
ton mt Terryville should be to a great ex-
tent local in its nature, but this plan did
not meet with popular favor, and it is rea-
sOnably certain that the affair will take
the form of great American clockmakers
exposition, to which all manufacturers in
America will be invited to send exhibits,
not only of their present output, but as
many of their old style timepieces as posi-
BILE.
This will serve to bring together a suffi-
cient number of "odd things" to make the
exhibition attractive to the general public
outside of the trade. 1t is believed that all
Connecticut people will do their utmost to
make the exposition a success, inasmuch
as, Terryville not being now a clock man
ufacturing town, there can be no local
jealousies on the part of rival cities. Be-
sides, it is the most appropriate place that
could be selected, for it was there that Eli
Terry whitfield out his first clocks. That
he made durable, if crude, timepieces is
best evidenced by the fact that one at least
is still running in the hail of the residence
of his grandson, the late James Terry, at
Terryvine
The little shop, scarcely larger than a
closet, in which Eli Terry began the manu-
facture of clocks is still standing in an ex-
cellent state of preservation. 1t is pro
posed to make this dminutive factory a
feature of the Terryville celebration, and
the entire exhibition will probably be
transferred to Chicago, to be there given a
conspicuous place in the Columbian eX-
position.
Eli Terry was born in East Windsor,
Conn, in May 11i3. From the time he
learned to talk he was engaged in making
his mothers life miserable by spiriting
away the sharp knife which was kept in
the kitchen rs potato and apple parer.
The disappearance of this knife was always
sure to be followed by the appearance of
sundry i'll formed and only partly rounded
wheels which The youthful mechanic care
fully concealed under the house.
When he was about eight years old
relative gave him iackknife AS n Christ
mas present, and this may be truly said to
have been the beginning of Terry's re-
markable career His rough little wheels
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

A song altogether of Fife origin and
authorship marks the commencement of
the period OF modern ballads. IL will be
acknowledged that Aud Robin Gray"
has few superiOrs, either among its prede-
cessurs or successors, thOugh to call it the
"king of Scottish ballad,V Is Chambers
does, is to raise it to d dangerous emf
hence, which it would not be prudent even
for the most patriotic native Of the king
dom" to claim for it. For our present pur
pose 1t is more to the poiut to observe its
modern character and sentiment. This
cannot Ire better shown than by an extract
from the letter Lady Anne Barnard wrote
In 1873 to the author of "Waverey," who
had referred in the pirate" to "JeaBlie
Gray, the village heroine in Lady Anne
Lindsays beautiful ballad"
"Robin Gray" Lady Anne, then an old
lady, writes, $50 called from its being the
name of the old herdsman Of Balctrres,
was born soon after the close of the year
III. My sister Margaret had married and
accompanied her husband to London.
was melancholy, and endeavored to ainuse
myself by attempting a few pOetica tribes.
There was an ancient Scotch melody of
which ! was pa,siOnately fond. Sophy
Johnstone used to sing it to us at Bal
cares; | longed to hear old Sophy's air to
different words, and to give its plaintve
tone some little history of virtuous distress
in humble life, which might suit it. While
attempting this in my closet called to my
little sister, now Lady Hardwicke:
"'I have been writing ballad, my
dear. | am expressing my heroine with
many misfortuues. | have already sent
her Jamie to sea and broken her father S
arm, and made her mother fall sick, and
given her Aud Robin Gray for a over; but
wish to load her with fifth sorrow in
the four lines, poor thing! Help me to one
pray Steal the COW, sister Anne said
the little Elizabeth The COW was imme-
diately lifted by me and the song com
pleted. At our fireside, among our neigh
bors, Aud Robin Gray was always called
for. | was pleased with the appreciation it
met with"
70 which Sir Walter Scott answered: 81
wish to heaven could obtain an equally
authentic copy of 'Iiardyknute,' and then
! think old Fife might cock her crest il
honor of her two poetesses. -Biackwood'
Magazine
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04


One instance out of hundred shows
how quick Actor W. j. Florence was to see
talent and to infuse his own spirit. He
was playing some years ago in the west,
and one of the characters was portrayed by
a quite young girl, a member of the com.
pany. She was taken i'll suddenly and
there was no one to fill her place. a little
maiden in the town who had recited quite
effectively in Sunday school affairs was
sent for and Mr.. Florence himself coached
her in her part. When evening came he
encouraged her SO that she went through
the task not only without break, but
very creditably. At the close of the per-
Torrance Mr. Florence led her forward
and made neat little speech, ending: 1T
was my idea before the play that this little
girl might possibly by study become an
actress, but | am now satisfied that nature
has already made her one. Yes this little
girl is "A born actress, whom the world will
hear from later"
The chlld's mother was a widow and
poor and from that day on the mothe re-
ceived money regularly from Mr. Florence
to educate the girl. who is now eighteen.
and already making a name for herself.
She has never seen Mr.. Florence since and
her ambition WAS not To see him until the
day when she could feel that she had de
served his kindness and cancel the money
obligation, which he probably had forgot
ten long before he died
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04
Man and Tiger.

Bidel, the famous lion tanner, passed
most of his childhood in menagerie. Be
fore he was twenty years Old he had be-
come 50 accustomed to the presence of
wild beasts and had learned so well how
to treat them that he entered their cages
as calmly as he would have entered his
own room, and seemed to consider their
threatening jaws and snarlng lips as a
smile of welcome.
Early in his career he was at Bayonne
with a menagerie. The afternoon enter
tainment was about to begin when a terri
BILE cry was raised "Athir has escapedw
Athir was young royal tiger, notorious
for his savage disposition. 1t was easy
enough to manage him in the menagere,
but at large, tempted by easy prey, the
danger was terrible. Every one fled, rush.
ing into houses and climbing trees.
u set out to hunt for him" says Bidel
"For a long time | traced him walking
from place to place under the burning sun.
Some one WHISPERED to me from a window,
fearing apparently that the tiger would
overhear, He j. there The finger of this
hero pointed cautiouslyt to an iron workers
shop, the door of which stood open.
rushed in.
at was black as night For ten seconds
! could see nothing. Then in n corner,
crouched ready to spring, his jaws open,
his eyes on ire, saw the runaway. \ sec
ond more, and he would have bounded
forward. seized and torn me- was ahead
of him; it was who sprung. Then what
roaring, what foamng at the mouth, what
anger! That hand to hand struggle in the
twilight, ! breathlcs,, he mad with rage,
was short. Ii it had not been, | should
have been lost.
81 seized him with both hands by tie
skin Of his back, raised him on my back
ANA under this enormous weight without
stumbling or tagging, | walked with a
firm ana equal step toward the men3.crie.
You may imagine how ! was cou2ratu.
latedr'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

Officer Thompson, of the Eighth pre-
clint, has pipe made from the right fore
knee cap of a gray mule. and since he came
into possession of it nothing but good luck
has attended MIN. He Is rather reticent in
talking OF the queer pipe, but Officer Hut
ton, who il familiar with its history, says
that should it get lost MS brother Officer
believes some i'll luck would at once befall
him, and for this reason he keeps "A cose
watch over it. The pipe was made, it il
said, by an old negro who lived years ago
on the Bladensburg road, and WAS pre-
scented by him TO a colored girl to who's.
charms he had succulnbed. The girl was
arrested, and when searched the pipe wa.
found in her pocket.
After it had passed through the arrest
ing officers and the station keepers hands
she refused To receive il back, saving that
the "Chalm M was lost since "A white man,
hand had touched it. Her Reason for beiiev
ing thi, was that the Old negro had warue
her never to let white man even look al
it, and if she did she would nave bad luck
and finally fail into the hands of the might
Doctors 80 strongly did The girl believe
this that when released she went out OF
the station sobb.ng
Strange a. ii may appear, the girl di,ap
peared from home within few days, aud
has never been heard OF since Whether on
not her body ever reached the di,,eclin-
table no one can say. Whatever became
of the old man i not known, but he disap
peared, evidently not at the hand, Of
might DOCTORS because his personal eff
fccts disappeared at the same time
Tins story reached the ears of Office,
Thompson, and he determined to fall he'll
to the queer pipe aud he did it. 1t is said
thar since he began smoking it he has had
perfect health. This, perhaps is the only
pipe of the Kind in existence, and there are
few men who could be found who would
smoke it.-Washington Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

Those who like good pipes and still OBJ
Ject to paying large prices for imported
specimens will be glad to learn that de
posts of meerschaum have been found on
the Sapello creek, twenty-five miles north
Of Silver City, \. NJ, and near the alum
deposits of the ella river. The principal
vein is inches in width, and cubical
blocks, with faces TO inches in length,
have been obtained. One block inches in
thickness by feet in width and feet in
length has been sawn from the deposit
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

were brought out from their dusty place
of concealment, notches were whitfield into
some, Others We're "triced mp" until on
his ninth birthday Terry exhibited to his
startled mother rough windmill, =" about
two feet high, which when put upon a
table or other level surface, would whirl
Its fans rapidly, the motive power being
supplied by "A stone attached to a piece of
strong Irvine. This so encouraged Ellis
parents-they had previously believed him
deficient in intelligence-that they deter
mined to apprentice him to carpenter.
But the boy appeared to develop so many
traits of shlftlessness that this plan was
abandoned.
Terry continued to whittle with his
Jackknife, and having seen some of the i'm
perfect affairs called clocks which Wind
sor man had made, he concluded that he
could do no worse and he accordingly set
to work, Being out Of employment at the
time he obtained permission to build the
little shanty mentioned above) on the
bank OF the Pequabuck river, which at
first served him both as workshop and
dwelling. His existence at this time was
a most precariOus one. He started three
clocks, and after "A good deal of patience
and numerous setbacks he had good
timepiece embodyng a new principle,
which was that of the "windmill" which
he had made twelve years before. The
magnitude of Terry's original undertaking
may be appreciated when it is remembered
that he had only some augers, a saw, ham
mer and jackknife to aid him in the con-
struction of the rather complicated and to
him entirely new machinery.
The young mechanics clocks kept good
time" and he found little difficulty in dis
posing of them ut twenty five dollars
apiece, but as the number of persons who
could afford u indulge in such an expen-
siv" )" tremely limited in those
liged to make trips over
New York to dispose of
lie was able to make
he kept up this prim-
tut eight years, when,
NJ greater than the
etter tools, employed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

OLD fASHlON ED CONN CLOCh.
could I've so altered that it would require
to be wound but once in twenty-four
hours. Terry told her he could make the
necessary change very quickly. He jumped
into his wagon, drove to the store at 'the
corners" tied IA piece of string twice as
long to the weight, returned within the
hour and got his extra five dollars.
Eli Terry may also be said to have been
the first drummer, or commercial traveller,
as it is now called, for his business having
grown apace, and his new factory having
developed capacity for turning out work
far beyond his expectations, he found it
necessary to devise some new plan for dis
posing of his wares He hit upon the idea
of making semannual trips to the princi-
pal trade centers, notifying the dealers in
each vicinity sufficiently in advance to en-
able them to arrange to meet him. In this
way he found no trouble in getting orders
for more clocks than he could make.
Seth Thomas, whose name is synony-
nous with the word "clock," was a work
man in Eli Terry's factory, as also we've
several others who afterward becam-
noted in the business.
Terry died "A wealthy man, and might
have been Il millionaire but for his great
philanthropy. Almost all of the impor-
tant Improvements in the foundation prin-
cipeS Of clockmakiug We're the inventions
of Eli Terry, the king of the jackknife,"
the original peddler, the first drummer and
the founder of an important American in
dustry. OCTAvUS COHEN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04
<wo assistants and devoted much Of his
time to selling the output

two assistants and devoted much OF his
time to selling the output.
1t required genuine imam of business"
to make a success of this department, for
the pay was seldom in cash, almost always
being made in butter, wool or other farm
produce. a shrewd man like Eli Terry at
once saw the opportunity to "double up"
on his profits, and he was not slow to avail
himself of it. He sought and obtained
orders for farm produce and then traded
his clocks for what he wanted, always re-
quiring from the man of crops a higher
price on account of the lack of ready
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

In these days of coeducation and the
competition of males and females on the
plane of equality recent utterance of
President Adams regarding the feminine
students in Sage college, Cornell unlver-
sity, is of interest. Mr.. Adams says, "a
vast majority of the young women are not
only earnestly devoted to the working out
of great and noble purposes, but are also
disposed on every occasion to exert their
influence in behalf of a cultivated and re-
fined social life.'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04
The Big Bridge at Memphis.

The structure that is to span the Mis-
sissippi river at Memphis Will, when COM
pleted, take its place among the great en-
cheering triumphs of the age. Its entire
length will be 5000 feet; bridge $500 feet
iron viadGct, 1890 feet, timber trestle, 3, 100
feet. Its eight piers are TO be III To 1917
feet in height. The deepest foundation is
l3l feet below low water mark.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

The people of Wyoming figure on having
big canal at an early day which will cost
at least S2,000,0OO, The Platte river is to
be tapped in Natrona county, and canal
eight fee. in depth and 100 feet in width at
the top will be pushed $50 miles through
an arid country, thus retaining 10000
acres of land.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

There has just bloomed for the first time
In England Il plant whose blossoms have
hitherto shed their fragrance only ON Lord
Howe's island, tiny spot of green in the
waste of ocean to the east of the Austria
liam continent. The plant belongs to the
Iris family, and is known as the wedding
flower. The blooms, which are pure white,
save for a golden yellow, crescent shaped
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

his state and a
cheering iilustra-
ton of the posi-
bilities of Ameri-
can manhood. The
orphan boy of
Mount Vernon be-
came governor of
his native state,
the enthusiastic
and middle aged
politician changed
in a day to "A brave
and remarkably
efficient soldier.
ard the wearied
diplomat rested
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04
Old Creelor.

the grandest Morgan of the grandest of all
families-the Morgans-anu now nearly cN-
tinct.
His sire, Creeper, was the greatest speed
size except Swigert in the West, and the
greatest sire of individual horses, readers
and carriage horses ever known on the con.
tinent.
No Arabian SURPRISES him in the exquisite
beauty OF and head Iace; no horse has II richer
dark chestnut color and that with Il heavy
waving main and tail.
He is a typical Morgan, with the best limbs,
best disposition and showing more style. ami
nation and beauty than any horse offered tor
sale. Sound as betel, true, kind and sure
in the stud. Any breeder can be proud of
him. He is an ornament to any stable
His dam is of the Mambrno Patchen breed.
ing, now the greatest speed element in the
brood mare, and with Geo. Wilkes, Red
Wilkes, AXtell, Allerton and Nelson deep in
the Morgan, who can estimate the future OF
this stock:
He would not be sold except 300 acres of
my farm are to be sold to a syndicate for man.
uiacturing interests. Also
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

The Meyerbeer centenary does not occur
until 1894, but already there has been a
preliminary celebration of the event at
Paris. Three years from now the anniver-
sary of the great composers birth will he
commemorated throughout the civilized
world
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. WINsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used by millions of mothers tor their children
while tecthing. If disturbed ut night and
broken of your rest by II sick child suffering
and crying with pain OF Cutting Teeth send
al once and get II bottle OF ''Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing syrup" tor Children teething. 1t
will relieve the poor little sufferer immediate.
ly. Depend upon il, mothers there i no mis-
take ABOUT il. II cures Diarrhra, regulates
the stomach and bowlcS, cures wind collie,
soitcns the gums and reduces Inflammation,
and gives tone and energy to the whole sy--
tenn. "Mrs. Win~low's soothing Sprup" tor
children tecthing l. pleasant to the taste and
i the prescription OF one OF the oldest and
best female physicians and nurse, in the
United states. Price twenty five cents Il bot
tie. sold by all druggists throughout the
world. Be sure and ask Tor "MRs. MISSIONS
SOOTHING SYRUP" 40
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-04

blotch at the base of the alternate or outer
segments, measure each over four inches
across. They last only one day, but once
the towering season begins it extends over
long period.
Inc specimens at the Kew gardens
reached England twenty years ago, but
the lack of the subtropical conditions to
which they were accustomed kept them
from displaying their natural beauty
until of late