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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
Terms for the Electric Force,

About the middle of the last century,
through the genius of Franklin, light
ming became identified with common or
FRACTIONAL electricity, but the language
referring to this great natural force con-
tinued to be the same as when men were
ignorant of its nature. They spoke, as
we still speak, Of thunderstorm, and
of thunder and lightning. and thus, as
in other cases, mistook, as we continue
to do, at least in our mode of speech, the
effect for the cause. 1t is commonly
said that the = er turns to sourness
the milk and the beer; that there is
thunder in the air, and the smuggling of a
tree by lightning twas due to the thun-
der last night as its owner informed
me a few weeks ago, Even Scott, in
The Heart of Midlothian" speaks Of
1.-THE shattered and thunder splitter
peaks of Arran.'
Our gratitude is due to those gifted
men who have been able to divest
natural phenomena of the ignorance
and superstition that formerly encum-
bered them, and so to bring them under
the dominion of scientific laws which
appeal to the good sense of all students
of nature.-Notes and Queries.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

"How do | remember which passen-
gers have given up their tickets?" said a
Western railroad conductor. "Ihave no
way in particular, but just get used TO
1t. While | may not recognize every
one who has paid, can spot one from
whom have not received a ticket at
once. Then if l am in doubt sharp
look usually does the business. Most
people would like to have the collector
skip them, but they are so impresse d
with the idea that we know they have
not paid that sharp look acts like a
lodestone to draw out the cash.
"Of course it is possible for hardened
sinner to bluff a collector, but few try
1t. After we have once made round
there is no trouble, for at stations we
stand where we have full view of the
train and see exactly what persons go in
and out of every car. "-Cincinnati
Times-Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
One Woman's Life story.

am twenty-five years old and have
been married four years. My husband
was visiting at my home (Which was in
England) at the time of my birth, there
fore was acquainted with me from ear
liest infancy. AS we grew up we were
frequently thrown into each others
society, but when he arrived at the age
of seventeen and | was twelve we were
parted, my husband coming to America,
where he staid five years, at the ex-
piration of which time we were to be
married; but unfortunately he lost all
his money in Liverpool, and on arrival
at my home was penniless. Consequent
ly we could not be married. My hus-
band returned to this country to work
for another year to earn enough money
to pay my passage over, as we We're en-
tirely dependent on our own exertions
At the end of twelve months he again
started for England, but had to return
again on account of collision Finally
he arrived in England, where we were
married a short time after and sailed fol-
New York AS soon as we landed
was taken very sick, was taken to hos
pital and went under dangerous opera
ton, which cost every cent of money we
had in the world. At last got better
we hired couple of rooms, my hus
band succeeded in getting work, and al
though we are very poor we are very
happy. l am the proud mother of two
children.-Cor. New York Recorder.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
Porse Department,
THE MORGAN REGISTER.

A Register intended to include all stations OF
merit that trace in direct male line to justin
Morgan and having at least one sixty.fourth
OF his blood. All such stations foaled III or
before 1850 are admitted free. fee of one
dollar is charged tor registering each stallion
foaled.
Any animal in either OF the following two
classes is eligible to registry in the Morgan
Register:
L. ANY meritorous stallion or mare that
traces in direct male line to the original JUS
tin Morgan Horse, and has at least one sixty
fourth OF his blood.
=. The produce. OF sire and dam ooth
registered in the Morgan Register.
The first volume. the final sheets OF which
are now being revised tor the press,
will contain about four thousand pedigrees,
sketch OF the origin and history OF the great
Morgan family, and much other new and orig
inal matter The book will be illustrated win
portraits OF Morgan horses, ana handsomely
and substantially bound. The price is not yet
fixed, but will be as low rs can be Afforded so
that the work may be widely distributed
The work has been done throughout on the
OF getting ana verifying Information, dlscrlm
mating rigidly between what is known ana
what is unknown, and setting down nothing
as ascertained which is in doubt. sources OF
information will be given III each pedigree so
that every reader can verify the work tor
himself. Full descriptions of the animals reg
tstered will be given, and tables showing the
merits of the Morgans, rs compared with 9th
er families for both speed and endurance on
the track, will be appended. Entries VIII be
received tor a short time further, and blanks
furnished on application. Address
JOSEPH BATTELL,
NiddleburV, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
THE BREAKING OF RECORDS.

This an age of extreme rapidty, and
the passion for speed in every form of
movement appears to grow more intense
with every year. The demand for the
saving of every minute that can possibly
De saved in crossing the ocean is so
strong that the steamship lines have felt
compelled to build bigger and swifter
steamers one after another, although the
outlay involved has been something pro-
digious. So marked progress has al
ready been made in cutting down the
time required in crossing the Atlantic,
and so many vessels have already been
built or ordered, that in a few wears the
transatlantic fleet, for the number of
huge ships employed, for the marvellous
celebrity of their passages, for the splen-
dor of their appointments, for the luxury
OF travel by water, will exemplifv the
marvellous development of the nine
teenth century in way that must might
lily impress the whole civilized word.
But 1t is not only on the water that peo-
pie wish to move with the greatest rapid
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
The Truth Worked.

One of the members Of the regiment
told story Of Honest Captain Wood"
The incident occurred in very cold
weather, and at an important crisis.
cat nighttime" said the narrator,
when we pickets arrived at the out
posts Captain Wood said, 1t is too severe
for the men to face this storm all night.
There was small house close by, and
the captain directed that we should build
a fire in it and shelter ourselves as best
we might.
1--WE did so, and weary with march
ing and lulled by the warmth we all fell
fast asleep. When the officer of the
grand rounds came our way he found a
regular Sleepy Hollow.
"Of course we were reported, and in
the morning we were summoned to head
quarters. Naturally we were terribly
frightened, for sleeping on picket is a
serious offense.
1--WE were ushered into General Will
sons tent. He sternly repeated the
charge. Had we been guilty of sleeping
on our posts! We had. 1t would have
been useless to attempt any explanation,
but Captain Wood, who was present, an
ticipated any that we might have at
tempted.
General he said, the blame does
not rest upon these men. | am RESPONSE
bic for it all. | gave them orders to
take shelter in that house and build a
fire there, and | am to blame. They
would not have been asleep but for me.
How long have you been in the serv-
ice, sir| asked the general sternly.
" a few months, general
"I thought so. If you had been here
longer you would have come up here
full of excuses and ready to shift the
blame upon any one at hand. You can
go. Your honesty has saved you. -
Lewiston Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
COUGHING LEADS To CONSUME
TON. kemp's Balsam stops the cough at
once.

a reported outbreak of cholera at Hal
malta, \. j., created much excitement in
that vicinity. Investigation showed that
the disease was not cholera but violent
dysentery which is almost as severe and
dangerous as cholera. Mr.. Walter Will
lard, prominent merchant of James
burg, two mile from lIelmetta, says
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rh@a Remedy has given great satisfac-
ton In the most severe cases of dysen-
terry 1t is certainly one of the best
things ever made. For sale by drug
gists, Middlebury' also Z. G, Dyer, West
Salisbury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

They were enjoying a moonlight walk
In the park. His was nature strongly
hnSed with romance. Her nature leaned
decidedly toward the practical side of
life.
us this not positively enchantingy' he
exclaimed rapturously. 1--WE can now
drink to our fill of the beauties that
nature has so lavishly bestowed upon
this lovely retreatw
Yes; but, George, don't drink" re-
piled the Young lady prosaically.-New
York Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
JOSEPH BATTELL,
Middlebury, VT
CANADIAN PEDIGREES.
LIGHT THROWN UPON DARK PLACES
THE LAST OF THE "ENoLlsH THOR
oUGHBRED SIRE" FICTION, FOR
TROTTlNG HORSES, Elk

PLODED.


Among the first of Canadian pedigrees
that we got was that of Petit Coque,
one of the most celebrated Canadian
sires With much pleasure we received
his pedigree from a valued correspond
ent. 1t was in the usual form-''by an
English thoroughbred sire from French
dam" As this was our first one of the
kind, we swallowed it at one gulp. very
much as friend Parlin takes down that of
the dam of George Wilkes, by Henry
Clay; second dam by Bakers Highland
er. When, several years after, we visit
ed the town in Canada where Petit Coque
was bred, and talked with the son of the
breeder, and learned that there was not a
known drop of thoroughbred blood about
him, but, instead, large amount of
American trotting blood, with perhaps
some French, we had an object lesson of
the doubtful character of French ped-
gree.
Vermont Boy, sire of Reconstruction,
etc. had a similar foreign pedigree. only
more intense, as he was said to be i'm
ported by that celebrated importer of
thoroughbred horses and cattle, LOUIS
Barboo. But when we had succeeded in
placing this reputed tariff fighter, Louis
Barboo, we learned that he never i'm
ported anything. though he did deal in
Canadian stock, horses, cattle and sheep.
The same fiction came TO us with
European, sire of the Morse Horse: with
the Crawford Horse, that went to Maine {:
with Jean Baptiste. that also went to
Maine, sire of Deceit, 2:30, and other
trotters; of st. Lawrence. and has been
indistinctly stated of Columbus, Moscow
and number of other noted Anne rcan
sires. In all of these cases, so far as we
have been able to trace, there is no Eng
lish thoroughbred sire, and hardly drop
of reasonably well established thorough
bred blOod.
The Bullock Horse is another instance
but though the horse that got the Bull
lock Horse had thoroughbred charac-
teriStics of slim name and tail and was
not broken to harness, yet he was >aid to
be owned by an American. Possibly
he was the runnug-bred horse. Sir
Walter, but we have a. yet no proof of
that.
Still with the repeated testimony of the
falsity of such French pedigrees. that of
Canada Grey Eagle and Brandywine re-
manned in our works as got by the Eng
lish thoroughbred imported sire. They
renamed so because fortified by more
direct evidence. In both cases breeders
were given, and in one the name of the
imported sire. Our recent visit TO
Canada has dispeled the delusion. We
succeeded in tracing Gray Eagle to his
breeder, when, as usual, the thorough
bred part of the pedigree entirely dis
appeared, and, instead of it, American
trotting blood was discovered. SO. too.
we found the original Brandywine was
a stallion imported from the States. We
have not yet proved the falsitv of the
pedigree of European, and perhaps shall
not be able to, but we may all of us rest
assured that if the breeding could ever
be traced the French imported sire
would disappear and in its stead an
American trotter would appear
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

throughout the air. Possibly in the
next century we may see people fitting
to and fro through the air on some sort
of atmospheric bicycle, which will move
at such rate of speed that even the
Zimmermans, the Johnsons and other
riders of the flying wheel may pass out
of public memory.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
Teaching Dancing.

In some of the private schools of the
city teaching the minuet is part of the
course of physical culture. Skirt dane
ing will be an easy translation from this.
and it may expected TO be included in
the course shortly.-New York Times.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04
THE MEXICAN SOAP WEED.
A Plant that Forms Cleansing and Pleasant
LaIher In the Usual Way

The prickly pirate Of the plains the Mex
lean soap weed Is being converted rapidly
into Il delicious toilet soap by west BOT
toms manufacturing compnny,s0ys the kan
sas city Times. The soap weed since time
began or slnce( ,he Kansas prairie was
an inland sea, has thrust its roots deep
into the soil Of the unsheltered plains and
tlourished. There has been nothing until
now TO diminish the supply or eNterminate
the species. The hot sun, the baking
winds and the dc0rth OF that moisture
which Is supposed 10 be absolutely ncccssa.
ry 10 life harmed not this hardy sentinel
nlnnt Of the plains Wet or dry, hot or
cold, It's rupler like blades, sharp us cam
brio needle rndiated allke from given
spot on the surface Of the earth.
The root VI this weed IL now being gath
cred by men who drive their wagons over
the plains Of Western Kansas, A sharp
spade Is driven down deeply by the side
OF the plant, the earth IL broken and the
thick brown root secured. The top, with
It's long spincs, Is thrown aside. some
times lopg,sharp tool Is required 10 fea ~.
greater part OF the root. Like the prairie
dog, "it goes down 20 water me root has
ben known TO extend ms far az twenty feet
into the soil. but only from two TO three
feet OF the upper portion, which Is about
two inches thick is worth digging for
This root Is brought by TIE wagon load TO
Kansas City, where toilet soup company
The roots are first washed, then cut up
and boiled out in big vat, where other
ingredients are also placed, When this Is
dried ont TO such degree that II will sol
idify II IL nodded Into semi-transparent
cakes that slip around IN the hands de
lightfully while being used. one OF the
most wonderful things about this weed is
that while growing In a region where al
kali pools dot the ground, and where the
soil Is white with the chemical, none OF
Il ia found In the root Many Of the poorer
settlers who occupy 'dug-outs" ind the
root IN lis natural state panaoea for many
his. They cut II mp into convenient pieces
and use Il as n cake Of toilet soap
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04
THE GAzEFTE: FL WORTH TEXAS FRIDAY NOVEMBER a 1872

Republican candidate for ,o,.,-,. 49,,
me aggregate OF the Ropnhlcan WI, ~
i, crksess, ~ = also assumed that the
i; rs, question ,id not influence Repuh
a nan IN voting Tor congressman. and The
uulneIchee named Is .-,telore added ~
sne hepunlican vote for governor. mai.
sllE ulnt vote l22,T62 neductins ihsse
tI5i Republican votes from tbe 49, 49,
ocratie column leaves the uroner n lo,n
oeerauc strength 63,5i4. and this adJed
70 the vote of the candidate al thn Al.
nance gives an estimated pan,,iis,
strength OF 1882 To this l. ajded
ohe-third OF the 5l.000 estimated for
tne Increased vote. thus swelling the pm.
uist column to 1873 and giving the
allied forces majority of 301SI 1Gis
Is named rs the minimum Of tho Pom
ullst majority next month. and accordin,.
70 The poll Of the state made nv ths
chairman Of the Democratic state ~
eguuYe committee. is 5000 less than is
SHOWN ny their reports. The estimate
credits the Populists with but one-third
OF the increased vote. aud any falling
on from this vote would cut more deep.
~ into the figures given the Repubii.
cans than those given the populists.
Chairman Breidenthal does not tbinI
the aggregate will be as large as estimate
ed by the Democrats. hut believes tbe
Populist majority will exceed the Dem
ocrauc estimates, His calculation that
the Populists will get nj least one-half Of
the increased vote would bring the esti-
mated majority Of the Democrats nm 10
the Populist figures
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04
DEcAYEp PLANTATIONS.


A map in the advertising columns of
the Morning News tells the story Of
the wonderful changes going on in the
South. The Savannah river, from this
city for 100 miles westward, has many
historic plantations which, from the
days of the colonial government TO the
end of the civil war, were nOtd for their
extent and fertility, Ms well as for the
hospitality of their owners. Possibly the
bystknown of these places near this
city was the Potter plantation, or, more
properly plantations, as there were
three places. There were principalties
extending from the islands opposite the
mainland on the southern bank Of the
river miles back into the pine lands
Potter's grove, as part of the blum,
covered with MASSIVE, moss-festooned
oaks, was known, WIS as famous, as
Bonpventure, In whites Statistic
published nearly fifty years ago, is a
full-page Illustration Of the spot. These
places, as grand as ever In natural
beauty and productiyeness, are still
there, but the old plantation life aud Gus.
toms are no more. The descendants Of
those who were once lords of the man
or now live at the north and feel no in
tcrest in the homes of their ancestors,
The Potter place, nearest the city,
known as 1.-THE Grange" which was
sold several years ago, promises TO he
come farming settlement. The river
front Is high bluff, covered with ma
iestic trees, A good road extends from
thnts point through the center of the
plantation TO the Augusta road and the
Charleston and Savannah railway, a
distance of two miles, The land on each
side is laid off in small farms. Prob
ably there Is no spot in the country
so well adapted for truck gardening.
The land is fertile and the means Of
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Parties Ansveriug advertisements beisu must
address the advertiser and not TIE GAxnrrR
- this paper haa nothing V DO with tbs advsr-
tlaement further than 70 prfntt IL
TIM CAEnrxn cannot undertake 70 forward
teplies unless prepaid and Addressed Envelopes
accompany advertisements.
panied By the nAnae q advertiser.
Advertisers should remember that letter. a.
fectcd " iniyAls only, are not delivered through
the poetofies. II initials are used they should
BE directed 10 Ne care q come peraoa, nriu or
poatonoe bon. Advertisements can 10 left Al
ser ofnoe, or scat through the mall 70 TIKI Ca.
NrTTn. Fort Worth. rcx
In answering sAveriissnsntA meAtlon this
pApar
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

most curious Of the many nat.
seis consists of half.pint glass
y plece Of muslin and a leech,
4 avt oe put In the water and the
yer me top of the glass SO that
~ iSahnot get out again. When
I'm 70 be the order OF the day
N ~, teiliain At the bottom OF the
H!ess; II rain Is to be exneeted
" 70 me top OF the glass. md re-
uutll there Is a likelihood ~
n" sather. II there II 10 be "A
xvi n1 me little animal VIII comfort
LIS and sguirm about. Foi,
~ oI thunder Il will keep out
Ionsl1st' n , al OF the time, and
Ibiaay move It's body In n con.
, ,2h' For frosty weather Il
w. W. same manner as Tor ma.
rat,, SNOW IN the same manner
ian'-Detrolt Free Press.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

! for TuE GAzrrrE
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Maj, 7. b. Gibson
IA veteran Of two wars, will
kaufman, Monday, October
q, Friday, November 4.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Hon IL. +. O'Neai.
4 Springs, November 8.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04
TRANSFER.

p h. BiNYoN'S Freight Transfer, moving OF
Il safes and machiuery a specially, Pays Nil
rs ~ ehaFgos AID collects on delivery. Cor
1906.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

h. aeh., Nov. Especial. IA
midnight freight train nigbt
III" Va ., run over by the train,
~ 'ne amputation of one
l,sd icon, zone yesterday by the
~ "a surgeon here, assisted by
died last night.
ives Dan sheehan and he
" York City. He ma Nm sl9
n, Tex. wal Vi d laiior'
buried here to-day N.
,,ps ~ ~, sne rest being made
al y ueie- The railroad com
|sien,,9i, DO more than furnish
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

A highly nickle plated combination
of a sei-inking rubber stamp, pen and
nencil. with your name In rubber, linked
readv for immediate use, mailed TO any
address on receipt Of is cents. Manu-
factured by W. II. Lisbony, Galveston,
Texas
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

A footpad was lately captured Ia
Hungarian town and with him bear
that he had tanned and taught TO Crap
pie with pedestrians whom he desired
To rob
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

.Judgc ~ ~
Inc Appointments made for
IN, ". G. Veal as follows:
Il. Friday November l.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Able LISTS first concert programme,
when ho was only 9 years old, has been
discovered. II bears the date OF 1920.
The performance was given in Olden-
burg.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Dr. w. X. Robinson.
pint, November a.
Poro, Noyember5.
\ ! a. m, November 7.
~ . p. M, November I.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

81 Breathss there q man with soul so dead
who 10 himself hath not said,
IN get my plano tuned TO stand
Nv collins & Armstrong compauy's man."
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

q A T1mg-FEW AND sECOND.HARp
MA n HIS SAFES for aais b IL W. Peak.
Its Houston rtreeh Fort Worth, Tex hontlos
The Port Worth gAEetla
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Asa preventive Of the grip Hoods
sarsnparilla has grown into great favor,
Il fortiaes the system and purities the
blood.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Pianos tuned and repaired. All
work warranted n Collins & Arm
strong company.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

We are selling agents in Fort Worth
for Chase a. Sanborne's roasted Mocha
aud Java cohees.
TURNER & DINGEE
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

prof Huxleyosays that an oyster is a
far more complicated piece Of machin-
ery than the finest swiss watch.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Use Ponds Extract for every Pain or Sore
nessi Il Htops bleeding from the lungs, nose.
mouth, stomach, etc. Aroid chap and wofth-
tees subsfAuteF
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Fifty-one metals are now known 10
exist. -Four hundred years ago only
seven were known.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

No well regulated househal1tshouid BE Win
ontAnEostuTa Filters the C. ly'.I he'd appetizer.
Minuisctured BY Df J. @. X slegertG sons
Ask your druggist
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

W. G. walsh.
lead, November h
November 5,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

Yale university had its beginning In
Saybrook, Conn, in 100, and removed
70 New Haven in l7lB.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

In snowy weather In Sweden and
Norway trusses Of straw and hay are
tied to the lamp posts for the birds.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04

DoY-wantod good strong country hoy II
Dor N yeara old who wants q good home and
10 learn a good trade Address George care
Gazette. -