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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

THE DlLwORTH MANSION.

ship turned into a local residence, a man
sion built in "troublous times" with Sc
cret stairways, unexpected trapdoors and
Processes in the wanscoting" to which
access is gained by secret panels and in
which cOnspirators once concealed their
weapons, how conveniently these do lend
themselves to the uses of fiction. America
is too new to be rich in such materials, but
she already has some very interesting old
houses.
| In Newcastle county, Del. within
mile of Port Penn on the bay and in the
Richest farming region in the state stands
the oldest habitabc dwelling in the United
States north of Florida. 1t is of brick,
with walls thirteen inches thick and won
derfully solid, is at least 200 years old and
seems good for 200 more. 1t is the home
and property of Thomas +. Dilworth, who
holds all the deeds, including an original
not now decipherable. The oldest deed
that can be read is of registry March I, 1856
and is from Oalla johnson to IIendrick
Vandonbrough, but as johnson signed
with an Indian mark it is supposed he was
civilized Delaware with Swedish
name. In 1895 Robert and George Crow
sold land and dwelling to William Hill
great grandfather of the present owner
and they have been in the family ever
since.
/ The tradition then was that the house
was built in 1851 by Dutch settlers left
there by Jacobeen Mey, the navigator who
gave his name to Cape May. The shingles
were fastened on with cedar pegs instead
of nails, the latter being too valuable for
such uses. Captain John Aldrich, another
ancestor of the present owner, was born in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
why the Bet Was Not Paid.

Jonathan Cilley, the congressman who
was killed in II duel, met his fate before he
could discharge a singular obligation. A
Maine man has discovered among his pa
pers the articles of agreement of IA wager
between Jonathan Cilley and Nathaniel
Hawthorne, dated at Bowdoin college Nov.
A. 1924. Hawthorne wagered barrel Of
old Madeira that he would not be married
twelve years later He won. but Cilley
was slain before he could pay
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Holland, but became a Swedish citizen and
SO a settler of Delaware. There is a tradi-
ton at Port Penn that William Penn first
landed there. There are several other old
mansions thercabouts. but none so old as
the Dilworth house.
Another curious structure is the hull of
an old whalcr which has been made fast at
the foot of Thirty-siXth street, Brooklyn,
for many years On it Il chapel has been
constructed, and its bell three times every
week calls to worship the sailors from all
jacent vessels In this "Bcthel," as it is
called, the Rev. Timothy Lane has preached
for twenty years. All that time he has
been saving money to buy a lot for Il
church, and having accomplished it at
last will soon sell the hull, and as it is in
good preservation il may piow the seas
again.
The original bark was built by Captain
John Tam, who is remembered only by the
oldest whalemen. For many years he
commanded IA 500 ton brig, but she was
struck by whale and sunk He then
built this bark of live oak and haclma-
tack at Belfast, Me. He and his crew
made fortunes in their new vessel and re-
tired, after which the bark was changed
into propeller and ran some years in the
India trade Then the vessel was changed
to Bethel" and lay for seventeen years
at Pier II, ON the Hudson, and in 1886 was
moved to her present place
The Old World of course abounds in his
toric edifices. When one considers the
frightful wars, it is really wonder that
there are so many, and every now and
then antiquarians learn with regret that
another one has been destroyed. The last
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

after year and half of service, and a
few days later returned to his old home in
Marion. mi. Tie reason i,iV,n for his
resignation was that private business in
tprestS demanded his attention IN the east.
He has since been elected president and
general manager of the large Krupp gun
plant recently established in Marion.
1t is generally believed however, that
Governor Steele has further political as
pirations and it is regarded by his friends
as reasonably certain that he has been
promised the pension commissioncrship in
the event Of the resignation of General
Raum
Abraham j. Seay. the new governor of
Oklahoma, il fifty years old, stOutly built
and six footcr Though bern in Nir
ginia. his life since cary youth has been
spent in southern Missouri, and he is II
typical westerncr. When he attained his
maiority he starte ed out for himself
equipped with good health the ability to
read and write and well developed am
bitiOn. BY daily labor he earned the
money to pay his way through the academy
at Steelville, Mo-, and also to pay his eX-
penses while reading law in the same town
Soon after his admission to the bar news
came of the firing Oh Fort Sumter, and all
thoughts of his profession were driven
from his mind. Most of his ncighbors and
relatives sided with the Confederacy, but
young Seay joined the Union army For
four years he fought valiantly on many
battlefields, marched with Sherman to the
sea, and was mustered out Il colonel.
He returned to Steelville and began the
practice of law, winning in his profession
the same success he had achieved in the
army. He was successfully county at
torney and circuit attorney, and from 1915
to 1887 lie was circuit Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

to go is the old Elizabethan mansion at
Bourne, in Lincolnshire, which must be re-
moved to make way for IA railway. In Red
Hail. as it is called, the notable gunpow-
der plot of 1905 was arranged, that plot
which made Guy Fawkes immortal
1t is the very irony of history that this
poor servant and private soldier is the only
one of the conspirators generally remem-
bered. while Catesby, the organizer, and
Everard Digby, his chief assistant, are
comparatively forgotten. The old hall
was then the home of Digby, and the Soci-
ETY. for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
has besought the railway company to put
q curve in its line to save the old structure.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Statisticians are continually bringing
forward figures to prove that women are
increasing all over the world more rapidly
than men. This is true even in some parts
of South America for in the city of Lima,
Peru, where in 1866 there were 5000 more
males than females, IA recent census shows
that the women now exceed the men there
by the same number. This represents Il
gain by the weaker sex over the lords OF
creation of about 10000 out of "A total popu
lation of 100000 in Il quarter of n century
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
Princeton's Good Fortune.

Princeton college has long had griev-
ance. The campus is noted for it's beauty
and there are splendidly equipped labora-
tories and classrooms but there is no
commencement hall, and the important
ceremonies of that day for which all other
college days are made have to be held in
one of the churches of the town.
Mrs. Charles b. Alexander, of New York
city, has come to the rescue and donated
the cash for magnificent commencement
hall Work is in rapid progress and the
architect promises that this will be the
handsomest structure of the kind in the
world. The general style is gothic and
the plan semicircular. The main front is
flanked by two circular towers, and around
the structure extends a cloister from
which there are seven entrances into the
auditorium. The seats in the latter are
ranged somewhat as they were in a Greek
or Roman theater. and with the gallery
there will be seats for l 800 persons.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Charles XIV of
Sweden and Nor
way. Princess
Alexandra, their
ELDEST daughter, is
The wife of the
Prince of Wales,
probable wife of
one king and
mother of an
other. Prince vii
helm, their third
child, is now king
of Greece under
the title of Geor-
gios |, by II vote of
tbaf,pnnls poti,unl
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Guatemala has just had an election for a
successor to President Burillas, and as
usual IA revolution is reported and Off
cially denied" The retiring president
telegraphs to all the world that deputies
talso presidential electors) have been chosen
in perfect peace, and later dispatches an
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

ernor Boies has
been twice mar
ried. and his sec
ond wife died some
years ago, since
which event Miss
Jessica has presid-
ed over his home,
first at Waterloo
and later at the
capital. She is a
tall, stately and
handsome bru-
nette, of lively in
telligence and win
ming manners. She
is an attendant at
the Congregation
al church, active
in its charitable
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
A Serious Situation.

The French census returns are creating
'larm in that country, There is little or
growth of population and insanity has
Increased so that the asyiums can no longer
hold the lunatics The Assistance Pub
lique has therefore decided to place some
of the crazy paupers who are harmless
with peasant families, just as it puts out
pauper infants and children.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Despite the fact that he has been long in
public life, Lord RoSebery is still compar
atively young man. His first wife WAS ii
Rothschild, and ii is now announced that
he is soon to marry daughter of Sir
Charles Tenant He is an eloquent force
full and humorous speaker Helikes things
American, particularly American works of
art And so, too, it may be said, do other
English noblemen, though they prefer the
animated feminine sort.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

DEVILS Lake - D., is soon to have a
paper which will be unique, if not success
full 1t will he known as The Lima Sappa
Wocekiye Taeyaupaba 1t will be printed
in the Sioux language, and it's editor will
be an Indian missionary known as Father
Jerome. The average newsboy will have
considerable difficulty in mastering the
name Of the new Sioux newspaper
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

study the school system. He was born in
Salania Sept. %, 1884, and ut the age of
fourteen went to the capital to study law.
He has always been IA liberal in politics
and has held several offices, member of the
national assembly, minister of the interior,
of war, etc. He is also an author of con
siderable ability and very popular with
the masses
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
PATRICK EGAN

milling firm IN Dublin, became director
soon after reaching the lawful age and at
time when most men consider themselves
fortunate with a good clerkship he was the
responsible man of this concern and head
of the largest bakery in ireland As soon
as his age would permit he also became n
Nationalist, was a leader in the movement
at twenty eight, and AT thirty, to wit, in
1871, was the chief coadjutor of Isaac Butt
in founding the Home Rule league. In
short, he almost equaled Alexander Ham
llton in political precocity and quite ex-
celled him in managing his private affairs.
In 1879 he was unanimously chosen one
OF the three trustees Of the Land League,
and so became its treasurer When the
quarrels grew hot he was accused of mis-
applying the funds, and about the same
time learned that the government designed
to prosecute him. Accordingly he located
in Paris till indicated by the Land
League. and then, after Il hurried trip to
Ireland, went to Holland and thence to
the United States in 1888 His subsequent
career Is well known to Americans.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
ROYAL MATCHMAkERS.
Remarkable Luck of the Children of
Denmark's King and Queen.

Christian TX and Queen Louise of Den
mark are not important sovereigns in
themselves, but of extraordinary interest
OH account of their children. No other
parents in modern times have succeeded in
arranging so many brilliant marriages, and
1t would seem that the comparative weak
hess of the kingdom has had much to do
with making their SONS and daughters
eligible for royal alliances.
Prince Frederick their heir apparent,
married Princess Louise, daughter of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

nounce that an
overw h e Inning
majority is for
Senior Francisco
Lain Fl c sta. the
government Candi-
date. This gentle
man is well known
in the Unit e Il
States, as he was
Guatemala's min
lister to Washing
ton during the
Cleveland admin
istration and had
previously travel
ed in this country
as cOnuliSSiOuprtO
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
United States Solicitor General.

Chicago confesses that her great heart is
warmed by the appointment of Charles II.
Aldrich, attorney of that city, as solicitor
general of the United States The gen
tleman was born Aug 2s 1850, in La
Grange county, Ind, where his father was
farmer. but in his youth they removed To
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

In this cubhyhole Luciano Belsano keeps
all the implements and stock of his trade
and does an active business rs cobbler, and
for it he pays four dollars "A month He is
young, cheerful i.nd active, and can work
with three other persons in the shop, but
they all have to change position at the
same time. He has n wife and baby at his
home in an adjacent section, and admits
that they are saving money-so fast, he
adds, that they hope in few years to re-
turn to Naples, live at ease and he can
"lie all day in the sun if he likes" He
does not speak English, and cares not to
learn, as all his customers are Italians and
he does not expect to stav in America
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Payne & Washburn, and was soon EN-
ployed as assistant to the attorney general
of the United States in suits against the
Pacific Railroad and Telegraph companies.
The ability with which he discharged his
duties in that place led to his recent APP
pointment. In 1875 he married Miss Helen
Roberts, Of Steuben county, Ind. and they
have one son and two daughters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Orland. Steuben
county. He was
graduated from
the University of
Michigan in 1873
studied law with
Comb Morris X
Bell, of Fort
Wayne, Ind. and
in 1876 formed Il
law partnership
there with Mr.,
James NJ. Barrett
In 1856 he re
moved to Chicago
and became n
member of the
firm of Aldrich.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

work and a member of a fraternity for la
dies which is very strong in the central and
western states. She is very popular at
Waterloo, their former residence, as well
as at the capital. In short say all the la
dies, she would make an extremely able
and pleasant mistress of the White House.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

State aid to the aged is proposition
now being discussed at London. 1t is
urged by advocates of the plan that the
government shall give five shillings week
ly to every inhabitant of the kingdom over
sixty-five years old. This would involve
an annual expenditure of several million
pounds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

London has the largest telegraph office
in the world a plant of 10000 cells is nee
essary To supply its batteries. The office
is in the general postoliice building. The
operating force consists of | 900 women and
1000 men. Paris only has 900 operators
in its main telegraph Office Half of them
are women,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

The rapid political rise of Governor Boies,
of Iowa, and the talk of him as Il presiden-
tial possibility have aroused the usual curl
osity as to his family. and the ladies are
quite in rapturcS over his daughter. Gov
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

The biggest medal ever made is the one
presented to Nirchow, the German scien-
fist, on his seventeen birthday 1t is of
gold, weighs nearly six pounds. and it's in
trnsic value is over 81 800
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Samuel Gibson, who died recently at the
age of l0l, is said to have been the last Brit
ish survivor of the battle of Waterloo
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

NJ. Jules lie Maitre, the famous French
writer, predicts that by the year 1000 there
will be NO more poets.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05

Governor Seay has long been regarded as
a leader of the Republican party of his
state. When the territory of Oklahoma
was organized in May, 1890, he was APP
pointed one of the associate justices of the
supreme court, and since then has so won
the hearts of the people that they almost
unanimously asked for his appointment to
the governorship.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
A Tiny Cobbler's Shop.

At 100 Elizabeth street, New York, in
one of the dingiest tenements of the Italian
quarter, where people are packed like sar-
dimes in a can, is the smallest workshop in
America, if not in the world. Originally a
narrow hallway admitted inmates of the
house by that way, but the lessee decided
that it was Il wicked and un-ltalian waste
to have two halls and closed it. The outer
half is now Il coDbler's shop, feet deep
and feet inches from wall to wall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

Zen Thousand Men viii Soon he at
Work on Its Line.
Ever since the Isthmus of Panama was
discovered there has been a succession of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
OLD AND HONORABLE.
THREE FAMOUS STRUCTURES THAT
HAVE SEEN LONG SERVICE.
A Delaware Dwelling That Has Been In
habited for More Than Two Centuries.
A Ship Changed to a Church-The Gun
powder Plot.

Old and queerly constructed buildings
are the delight of novelists. feudal
castle made over into ii modern dwelling, q
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-05
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
Something About the "Baby" Territory's
Two Governors.

For three months the territory of Oklaho-
ma was virtually without governor. On
Oct. Governor George w. Steele resigned
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-21

WHOEVER considers the study of an
atomy believe will never be an atheist;
the frame of mans body and conference
of his parts being so strange and para
doxical that l hold it to be the greatest
miracle of Nature.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-21
One Way to Succeed.

1t takes patience to succeed in estab-
fishing a foothold in the most desirable
combinations of men and women, and l
am often amused by those who tire of
the chase and seek to buy their way
Such persons hire excellent cooks and
give dinners at which famous entertain
ers assist. They have cards printed,
with receiving days announced upon
them. They aim to leap into social rec
ognition with a bound. Alas! the only
women who come to their houses are
the women who are in the same social
strait-women who smile upon one an
other and yet despise each another. 1t
does not work. They drink their own
wines and eat their own dinners, that is
all.
The surest way to succeed that know
of is to begin young and never rest or
marry until as dancing man, or a
beau, or wit, you have made your
self desired everywhere that your male
friends go. Then if you marry in the
best set to which you have the entree
you will start well on the road. Is it
worth the devotion of a bachelors life
and energy? All, don't know. judge
so from the scenes witness around me,
from the lives study daily. 1t must be
worth a great deal if it is worth the
anxiety and money and yearning and
struggle that men give to it wherever l
see them.-Cor. San Francisco Argo-
naut,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-21
He Missed the Point.

Almost his first effort in a newspaper
Office was to condense an account of a
golden wedding. He did his best and
handed it in. His editor looked it over
and handed it back, remarking coldly:
"You seem to have got everything in
except the point. Try again
Greatly abashed, he returned to his
desk and toiled for nearly an hour over
the thing, finally taking it falteringly a
second time to his chief. That function
ary read it through, and then with calm
contempt looked the young man over.
Don't you see that the striking thing
about this incident, and the only thing
which makes it worth our while to print
it at all, is that each of these individuals
now celebrating their golden wedding
has been married once before. Probably
an almost unprecedented thing. You
have carefully left the main point out
Of both your condensations."
The newspaper man went on to say
that he never forgot that experience. He
thinks he owes his success to it, for he
has come to be one of the foremost ''con-
densers" on the press. Things come to
him from all parts of the country to be
''boiled down." ''Since that maiden eff
fort, which was such total failure" he
says, II always look for the point the
first thing. Her Point of View in New
York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-21
where spools Are Made.

"Oxford county. Me-. turns out nearly
all of the spools IN which the thread of
this country is wound, said wholesale
notion dealer. The spools are made
from white birch timber. and they are
produced by the million in Oxford coun-
ty. There are many other points in west
ern Maine, also. where the industry is
important. There are many sawmills in
that part of the state which are kept
busy the year around saving white birch
logs into strips four feet long and from
one to two inches wide and of the same
thickness.
These strips are sent to the spool fac
tories, where they are quickly worked
into spools by most ingenious labor saw
ing machinery. The strips of white birch
are fed into one machine. and they are
not touched, in fact are hardly seen,
again until the spools, all finished for
market except polishing, drop out by the
bushel from another machine several
rods away from where the strips started
in. The spools get their gloss by being
rapidly revolved in barrels by machinery,
the polish resulting from the contact of
the spools in the barrel.
I'm the backwoods villages of Oxford
county one sees scarcely any other in
dustry but spoolmaking, and every one
is in some way interested in the business.
The factories have been eating into the
Maine birch forests for years, but there
seems to be enough left yet to feed them
well for years to come. Hundreds OF
thousands of feet of logs are cut and
sawed into spool timber annually
New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-04-21
He Faneied the Coat of Arms.

A secondhand bookseller had bought
at country sale some 200 or 300 vol
umes of handsome but unstable old SER
mons, books on theology and the like.
Having placed few of these outside, a
stylishly dressed man entered the shop
and said, "Fll take these books, and, say,
have you any more of this kind with
this shield on to them?" pointing to the
bookplate attached, which bore the arms
and name of good old county family.
"That box, sir, is full of books from
the same house." answered the book
seller.
Whats yer fgger for themF' inquired
the customer. ''See here, start back
to Chicago tomorrow. I'm going to
start ibery thar, and these books will
just fit me, name and all. Just you sort
out all that have that shield and name,
and send them around to the Langhsm
at sharp. I'll be around to settle up;
but see, now, don't you send any with
out that name plate, for that's my name,
too, and reckon this old hoss with the
daggers and roosters might have been
related to me some way."-Walter Ham
ilton in Ex-Libris Journal.