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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01
WHAT sUNJER THINKS.

The QuIeting Effect of Small squeaky
Voice on Bad Little Girl.
No matter how hard Mamie was cry
ing. she would always stop if she heard
Bunjer's voice. 1t was funny, squeaky
voice, but to Mamie it was delightful.
She had never seen Bunjer, but she was
very fond of him. almost fonder than
she was of Santa Claus. Santa Claus
came only once year, while Bunjer
came almost any time. He did not
climb down the chimney, but he seemed
to make his home in the wall.
Sometimes Uncle Ed came in from
college singing
poor old Robinson Crusoei
Poor old Robinson Crusoei
They made him a coat
of an old nanny goat;
wonder how they could do So"
If he found Mamie with her fists
screwed into her eyes, and a noise com
ing out of her mouth which was not at all
like singing, or, at any rate, like good
singing, Uncle Ed would be likely to
say:
"Hey diddle, diddle, don't you want
to be some punl1ins?' Well, you never
will be if you don't bite this chin-music
right off short" or "Whewl what's all
this lSickapoo-rinl1um about? When
was little girl never cried"
Mamie perhaps took one fist out of an
eye to look at him; but it soon went in
again, and the noise kept right on, for,
though she was dear, sweet little girl,
she did like to have her own way.
At last her uncle always said "Well
! shall have to see what Bunjer thinks
about this, and he would go into the
corner and knock upon the wall and call
"BuDjer! Bunjerln
Mamie always listened then, and pref
ty soon she could hear the little, squealy
voice answer; Eyes, yesl here l am.
What do you want?n
Uncle Ed-Have you any thing for
Mamie, to-day2
Bunjer-Has she been a good girl.
Uncle Ed am afraid not
Bunjer fdeeidedly)-Haven't any
thing for bad little girls.
Uncle Ed-Oh, wait a minute; don't
go yet Perhaps she will try very hard.
win you Mamie !?
The little girl would choke back
sob and answer: "Yes'm."
Uncle Ed-she says she will try,
Bunjer.
Bunjer-All right If she is going
to keep on trying all the afternoon, I'll
scratch around and see what | can find
for her.
In a minute or two Uncle Ed would
turn around with an orange or piece
Of candy or handful of peanuts in his
hand.
Sometimes Bunjer did not answer the
call, and then Uncle Ed said he was
out. Sometimes he said he had nothing
to give Mamie then, but he would bring
her something by and by; and he never
broke his word. So you can see now
why Mamie liked him.
When She grew to be a big girl, there
was no longer any Bunier. She had
learned 70 be good because it was right,
and not for the sake of present; and
so there was no more need OF Bunjer.-
Francis Stoughton Bailey, in Our Little
Ones.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01
JOHN M. BROWN
80 Central Street, West Randolph, VT.
PiaSterer and StuCCO Worker.

Makes a speciality OF plastering, whiten-
ing, coloring, whitewashing etc. Is yrs.
experience in Boston and Worcester, Mass.
Ali jobs promptly attended to and salts
faction guaranteed.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01

"Now. all of You look at the board
thoughtfully, and don't speak. Per
haps some of you will discover some
thing curious. l will give you five
minutes
Before they were up, saw Fred had
discovered something, and was aching
to tell it, so, when gave the signal, he
burst out with: "They count right
straight down. Don't you see they do?"
And he rose and showed Ralph, point
ing to the tens column Sees 1, 2, 8,
4, s, 6, z, s, or
And" said Daisy, ''the units column
counts backward"
$50 it does,n exclaimed Fred. "See:
9.s,7. 8. 5, 4, 8, air. running his pointer
down the line of figures. 81 never no.
ticed that before. believe / shan't
miss now. always know 2x9-IS, and
Sx9 are 81, and 5x9-45. and 10x9-90.
and some of the rest. Now, if fellow
doesn't know Axe, all he has to do is to
take 3xe is 27, add to the ., and take
from the l. There you have it-s6l
Why is it? What makes it count up and
down SOP"
Well you see, Fred, every time you
add nine, you add 10-l, which is the
same thing. You add one ten and sub
tract one unit"
''Oh. yes. So we do" they chorused.
"And there is another curious fact that
will help Fred more still. wish had
known it when was girl. Don't you
see the tens figure each time is one less
than the number of times nine?"
$50 it Isl so it is. Hurrahl" said the
boys.
And. also, here is more help still
Don't You see the units figure plus the
tens figure makes nine every timer"
who can't say he.nines now2" cried
Fred y and equals 9. 2 and equals
?. and 9 equals 2. and equals Q,
and 4 equals 9. and equals 9. and 2
squalls 81
Why didn't we see it all before9 I'm
going 70 tell all the boys at school in
she morning. Continent
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01

mamma laughs at him, and tells him
that it does not matter. But he knows
that it does matter to Marjorie and to
Kathrine. And then no one wants to
mash potatoes with dolly or to brush
his clothes with one. That is a ridicu-
lous way to use dollies. 1t is not what
they are for.
Do you wonder that papa is puzzled?
IN. A. Jennings, in Harper's Young
People.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01
T" THE MINES. :"


What the Children Learned at Mammals
blackboard Exercise.
''The mines are so hardp' said Fred,
running in from school the other day.
81 missed ON them Is supper most
ready. I'm so hungry. Say, mamma,
do you think you could help me learn
them?"
'Yes, my dear; after the supper things
are cleared away l will help you, and
supper is almost ready. Wash yourself,
and set the chairs around the table.
Are the girls close by?n
yes, there they are at the gate" And
in came Daisy and Nellie, and Ralph,
too.
Bright young faces soon surrounded
the Widespread board, and unspoiled
appetites enjoyed the wholesome meal
"Mammas breads the best in the
worldr' attests one eager voice, while
others chat of the days doings in
school.
Soon. the meal over. the boys hasten
TO milk the cows and bring in the wood
for the fireplace, while the girls with
deft hands wash and wipe the dishes
As get out my mending- basket,
say: Daisy, we are going TO have
blackboard lesson tonight Please get
the chalk, and write The Mines neat
ly ON the blackboard. We have black
board-one of the cloth kind that rolls
up like map-and it is very useful.
oh, good, goodv' cried Ralph and
Nellie. Mammals blackboard lessons
are always so interesting.
to tell us about the mines, said Fred
II mean to let you tell me some very
interesting things" said |, so put on
your thinking-caps, and be quiet.
BY this time the blackboard looked
hus:
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01

Jack doesn't call on Miss Goldie
now" NO; l heard he was put out
with her father I rather guess 4 =
because he was put out BY her father. i"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-13
Ch1ldren's Clothing,

Trunks, val1ses
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-13

AT sHAKEPEARE's TOMB.
Once where a spray Of apple bloom
Hung DER my garden wall
There came a vagrant OriOle
To food the music OF his soul
Full in ny open-windOwed room.
A heck Of gold, with voice Of lutte,
Within my easement swung
Ny own sweet prisoned singing-bird-
Whose tribute. which the master stirred
Left IL aghast and mute.
Thus came his fight and canticle,
Flooding Songs dawn with Day.
Thus we. athrin aud tribute-stirred,
Like my poor prisoned singing-bird,
Falter, love-dumb and stil.
EDGAR L. WAKEMAN.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-13

SHELBY ELI has returned frcm h 3
jamboree on the Stinkingwater, in
consequence Of which the Red Ludge
Picket shows up this week with three
columns Of editorial paragraphs. in
which friend and foe alike get IL in
the neck. The report thrt n Demo
cratic paper Is to be established at Red
Lodge is Dow sgitating ibis genial
sinner to some extent, and though ne
was elected as a delegate To the Park
county Democratic convention a year
or two ago, he maintains hat he has
always been a sguare-tOed iudepeu-
dent, and is liable, If the Democratic
paper shows up, TO jump into the Re
publican corral.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-13
A confederate Yst on ParoIe.

Captain j. B. Williams. Of Alabama
ssrved during the civil war in the Tenth
Tennessee cavalry in the Confederate
army. He was captured, but released
o. parole IN May, 1865. Now. | have
nsver been released from that parole, -
he said as he stood in the Burnet lobby,
and as long as l obey the laws and do
not take mp arms against the United
States government il il In force. /
carry II with me all the time. but until
am discharged / am simply a United
States prisoner on parole. have never
aiken the oath Of allegiance on hat 40
count
But there need be no fear Of my
takfng up arms against the government
NE politicians may go ahead and do o.
~ what they please. I'll do no fight
hng against this country's government.
Bot Il any one Of those foreign people
81 into a fight with Us then's when III
come out, get my discharge and go into
TIE service The parole is yellow with
age and almost worn out at the folds.
Il b dated at Meridian, and il signed
b. Colonel W b Miles for the Confed-
crate states and BY Colonel Henry Ber
tram Of the Twentieth Wisconsin. for
de Federal government-Cincinnati
lines Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-13

What an immense sum the queen might
realize by the sale Of her watchesl The
oldest watches in the world are in her
possession, according 70 IN English au.
thOrity. She has two beautiful little gold
ones by Bregnet that are supposed o be
a hundred years old They have silver
dials, and are Of about the size Of a two
shilling piece. One is a blind mans watch:
the other IL a repeater Both go perfectly
and are In constant use. Her majesty't
f~avorite watch is a large plain gold one by
Nudge. she English maker.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-13
BIG HUNS OF POPULAR SONGS

An Author and Publisher Tells How
some Catchy Melodies Have sold.
In the year 1865 / was yachting in
Long Island sound with a young friend
of mine named Smith. We were lying
of New Haven becaimed, and although
I did not know it then, ! have since re-
allied that this period was a turning
point in my career. The doctors had
told me that if did not stop dancing
l would become a CT pple. | was some
thing at a loss what 10 turn my atten-
ton 70. as at that time / knew Of moth
ting except dancing Smith at that
time was "a clerk ID the music publish
ing house Of oil er Ditson & Co., IL
Boston
/ said to Su tn: Il believe / can
write the SOM % make "a concern
rich het US f IN a company and start
publishing IN &c" We managed TO
scrape togeth a small sum of money
and started . business. At the end of
the first two ears we were nearly bank
rupL The cause of this failure / found
20 be thar we had been selling other
publication and not u own. All the
money / could raise was realized out of
the remainder of my capital. which con.
sisted Of an old schooner. which l sold,
realizing 5000.
The first hit we made was with the
old and well known melody. ''Shoo
Fly" | did not write this, but it was
an original composition. and we sold
90, 900 copies Of the song and 125. 900 of
the galop Ny first real strike as a
song writer was made with Put Ne in
Ny Little Bed"
This was suggested to me by seeing
q picture Of the prophet Samuel in tn
window of a Boston shop as | was 90.
ing home one evening. Samuel was
kneeling by a bedside with his hands
elasped in prayer. / turned TO my son
and said. That will be a popular
song"
4 wrote the melody and the first
verse In fifteen minutes. The popular
ity of this som was immense. The
second of my successes was Come,
Birdie" The idea OF lhis song came to
me while I was lying in a hammock
under a tree. A beautiful woodpecke.
IA tapping at the bark of the tree,
and lifting my hand playfully toward
the bird | said: Come, Birdie, Come"
This was a success from the start, its
Gales Outnumbering that of Put Ne Ia
NY Little Bed" by many thousands.
The mex of my successes was entitled
Moonlight on the Lake" This was q
quartet. ovaS 500. 900 copies Of Z
were sold. You probably know thar
rs soon a a song becomes popular
musical pirates begin to write some
thing similar TO mislead the pub
lie. In order TO counteract this | wrote
two songs. when lis Moon
light" and When IT'S Starlight.
These were all waltz songs, and al
though the two latter songs did rot sell
- well as the other. still they helped
10 defeat the ends Of those who wished
TO profit from the results of my hum
bic efforts
II would be impossible for me TO
enumerate all the songs / have written.
They run 10 in the thousands. I have
written over 100 quartets. In fact. !
think | can, without egotisIn, say that
l have been the only writer Of popular
music in this country or any other
during the fifteen years. The success
of Marguerite" is well known. over
1000, OO0 copies Of il having been
printed &C. A. White in Music Trades.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-13
when Do RIu.n.h SPAN.

Professor GoOde thinks that there "a
probably a spawning time for bluedsh In
early spring. or even In winter, and that
then, urged By a migratory instinct. the
fish move northward along our coast. In
DIR. Henshal's study ~ feb in southern
Florida he notice tae hncing Of a single
specimen thres inches long. taken %
Lemon bay.-HsW York Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09

The procession of the e|quiuoXes is a sub
iect intimately connected with the zodiac,
for wherever the verual equinox occurs the
first sign of the zodiac begins.
The point where the ecliptic and equator
cross each other is called the equinox, be-
cause day and night are there of equal
length. The crossing point, however, is
not the same every year. The equinox is
moving westward, or retrograding on the
elliptic, as if it advanced to meet the sun
at each annual return.
The motion was called by Hipparchus,
as long & rs 10 b. c., the procession of
the equinoXes, and the name is still re-
.aiued, though recession would be more
appropriate 10 the retrograde movement.
The recession is 50.2 seconds of a degree
each year, aud small as the distance APP
pears it has amounted TO 80 degs. in the
asst 1900 years.
As the vernal equinox j. the astronom-
cal starting point, from which longitude
S reckoned, its %retrograde movement must
cause a corresponding increase in the
ongitude of the stars. The result is that
.he consultations of the zodiac no longer
agree with the signs, and that star maps
lave to be renewed at intervals Of fifty
years to give the true position of the stars.
Youths Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09
LIMITATIONS.

"If youth could know!
How many needless fears were stilledl"
We tell our hearts with trembling lips.
"'Twere then less sad that May time slips
Away, and leaves dreams unfulhlled,
II youth could know"
Gould age forget"
Again we cry, with tear dimmed eyes,
Our lips would wear less sad n smile
For hopes that we have held erstwhile;
Earth still would seem like Paradise,
Could age forget!'
If youth could know.
'Tis pitiful TO gropc through light!
And yet-and yet if youth had known,
Mayhap the heart had turned to stone.
'Twere hard to read lile's book Alright,
If youth coH,d know.
Could age forget!
IT'S pitiful too late to learn!
And yet-aud yet If age forgot,
There were sweet thoughts remembered not.
To hardness sympathy might turn,
Could age forget.
"If youth could know!
Could age forgct!'
We cry; but would We have it SO?
Were fewer eyes with lashes wet?
We hug our limitations yet,
While crying, as lies moments go,
could age forget.
If youth could knows
Charles Washington Coleman in Harper's
Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09

An Instance of sympathy or %telepathy,
which has been related to me is in some of
its features uncommon, so far as | know,
even among strange visions. Two young
men, brothers, one being an officer in the
British army and the other a well known
and highly imaginative popular writer,
were sleeping i'll the same room. The Off
Ger, my informant, was reused by moaning
cries from his companion, as of extreme
terror and distress.
Shouting loudly to awake him, he asked,
"What was the NATTER" To this question
his brother, when fully awakened, would
give 10 answer; he declared that he could
not then tell the cause of his distress.
While wondering at this, my informant
himself began to fancy that there was
something in the room. Gradually in the
gloom, half way between the foot of his
brothers bed and the opposite wall, there
developed itself a dusky figure of forbid
linz aspect.
"What is thatf' he exclaimed, but his
brother said he saw nothing. After
awhile, to solve the mystery, he rose from
his bed and approached the figure, which
disappeared as he did so. The next morn
ing the dreamer explained TINT he had
seen standing at the foot of his bed a fig
ure "hlcn HiIe' MN WIN intense horror'
1T was the devil"
1t is very remarkable that in this in
stance it was not until after the dreamer
had ceased 10 believe in the specter as a
reality, and not until after the image had
so far faded away that when awake he
saw nothing, that the telepathic impress
sion made upon the mind of hi, compan-
ion gradually gathered strength enough to
develop itself rs a fearful shape.-Black-
woods Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09
How One Clergyman Was Raised.

MY mother" said Rev. Robert Collyer,
gave me the foundation for whatever
success | have achieved in life, in the Judi.
.ious one which insured me "a sound and
healthy body. She fed US on oatmeal
morning, noon and night. At noon we
had it in IA certain kind of meat soup.
Neat was dear, and my mother knew a
title trick which was calculated to con-
serve it. We were old at dinner that the
>new who ate the most soup should have the
most meat. We accordingly stuffed our
'elves SO full of soup that we could eat no
neat, and THIS the meat was saved for the
leXt days dinner. Cor. New York Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09

hat I am about to die, do make this my last
will and testament, hereby revoking all form
er wills that | may have made; do give and
bequeath the sum of ten thousand dollars
$1,000, money at interest in the CONNER
cial National bank of Boston, to Jane Bryson,
widow of William Bryson, late of Rockport,
Or her heirs, as an act of restitution for a
wrong lone the said William Bryson in the
year IS. by which he was ruined financial
ly and his death FASTENED.
l give and bequeath to my brother, Samuel
Karch. Of Hillsdale. y. Y, the residue Of
my estate, or in event of his having died pre-
vious to the execution of this my last will
md testament. | give and b~equeath said resi-
due to Jane Bryson, herein before mentioned,
Or to her heirs, making her my sole lcgutee.
Iappoint John Wilson, Esq, of Sedgwick, to
be my executor.
Signed and sealed this 10th day of July. in
the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred
and -. JASPER KARCH.
Scrawled below the will, with its tumble
of legal phrases, was the following:
have been tempted to seek treasurer King
Solomon's tomb, and l have suffered a just
punishment for my sins against God and man.
A rock has fallen upon my leg. | am bleeding
to death. God have mercy on my soul.
JASpER KARCH.
As the closest scrutiny of the instrument
served but to establish its genuineness, it
was presented for probate by the gentle
man named by the testator.
The news travelled quickly to Rockport,
where Frank learned of his good fortune.
1t was flashed over the electric wire to the
poor woman in Boston, who, on her knees,
thanked the giver of all good for his
favor to the willow and the fatherless. 1t
was a great fortune to Mrs. Bryson, but
she felt that the legacy could be in no
a,c n .cn,, tanGntinn for thn e,rro,,. md
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09

Some idea of the vast changes which the
iarth's outer shelf has undergone in the
ormation of Long Island was suggested
~ Il piece of red sandstone picked up by a
pedestrian on Bedford avenue, near the
Williamsburg Gaslight |company's build
ng, a small fragment evidently from one
# the larger chunks dug u at IA distance
# thirty feet below the surface when the
Xcavation was made for the foundation.
Che fragment bears the exact imprint of a
willow leaf. Similar specimens from the
anne place are in possession of several resi-
Tents in the Eastern District Brooklyn
eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09
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send tor circular and iull particulars. Ad
dress in confidence, GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co.,
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-09

He saw a flight of irregular steps rising to
a ledge, which like a gallery extended
along the landward side of the cave. 1t
took him but a moment to spring upon the
owest step, the foaming waters pursuing
him as he assembled. He was soon in a
place of safety. Here he could await the
subsistence of the tide, for it was clear that
the waters never reached this elevation.
From his perch he watched the inlowing
Of the sea. The floor upon which he stood
was now covered, and Solomon's sarcoph-
ngus was being rapidly swallowed up
A faint green light filtered through the
waters that filled the entrance, which
glowed dimly like an immense emerald.
The candle which the boy held in his
hand had hitherto burned quietly and
steadily, but now it suddenly ,llared and
was e~Xtinguished by a strong current of
air which seemed to issue from the back of
the cave.
Remembering hat the gallery extended
some distance beyond him, he moved for
ward cautiously, feeling his way with
hands and feet. He desired to obtain IA
more sheltered position before relighting
his candle.
Darkness, thick and impenetrable, sur
rounded him. Thu light from the outer
world had grown fainter, seeming to re-
cede to an unreasonable distance.
Frank was not reckless, neither was he a
coward, but the tension of body and mind
were well nigh intolerable. He painted
and trembled, but pushed bravely on. He
was now beyond the reach of the current
of air, which began TO sob and moan as it
was driven TO and fro through the unseen
passage by the rise and fall of the waves.
Frank now paused, sitting down upon
the rock floor and extending his hands in
order to acquaint himself with the nature
of his immediate surroundings.
His fingers in their search encountered
something, he knew not what, but it
seemed to be a human foot incased in a
shoe. At the same time the horrible odor
of putrefGction greeted his nostrils. 1t
TOOK but a moment Tor the boy to assure
himself that his conjecture was true, and
an Involuntary cry burst from his lips.
Nrol'@ht up almost to madness he would
have ued but Tor the lnprlsonlng dark
ness.
When with trembling fingers he sue
ceeded in reI1ghtlng his candle he saw the
BODY or a man lying before him, his feet