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The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13


a man once gave this apparently
ambiguous maxim to his children:
'If you cannot be great in this
word, pay attention"
The first boy went away for a day,
land when he returned home he had
procured a place in 4 mercantile estab-
ishment.
"How did you get it?" asked his
father.
."Well. l remembered to pay atten.
ion, and saw the man look at my
lat, which was on my head, so l tooJ
/ off and put it under my arm"
what then, SOM"
1.-THE man said: Right, my boy,
ind hired me"
$50 you were paid for being polite"
said the father with much satisfac-
ton.
attention" said Lowell, sis the
stuff out of which memory is made. "
The large things Of this lie will take
,are of themselves-it is the little
things that count. We grow and i'm
prove by paying attention to to the
lifairs of life, the habits of good Sc
,iety, the manners of the educated
and refined. There is a story called
"a Window in Thrums," the work
If a popular author. There is a char
,cter in it named ''Leehy," OF whom
ler friends said: 'It's a pity she
cannOt make use of her eyes, If not
)f her tongue" and they rated her
for having her eyes cast down, and not
eeing or hearing what was going on.
ret she was the only one who saw
there was ''nae carpet below the wax.
in the manse; ''iuist a poker
IN the ireplace-nae tangs." And of
he minister's new wife: ''She wear,
Ter hair low on the left side to htdi
| scar, and there's two warts on hei
light hand" She had paid attention
her surroundings and was full OF
neutal notes.
To pay attention to the speaker il
jhe highest compliment that can BIO
paid. 1t saves n the modification
If being told OF the fine points that
we're missed. 1t was this faculty
which made the Dutch painters great
lrtists They painted ali the little
letails of d room, even to the string
If onions over the fireplace, and tne.d
east became first. 1t Is the capital
If detectives. Detroit Free Press
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; cffectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fever
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
20. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accent any substitute if offered;
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SUICIDE OF RATTLEsNkKEa


Gated in''sh'o
Mr.. L s. Holden OF tho LICK %
servatory writes to Nature as lollows
II notice in your issue OF June !,
1893, p. lO7, an inquiry by K. l. 20
cock as TO the suicidal habits OF scor
pions. His conclusion is that II scH-
piOns sometimes Kill themselves
verdict must BE- accidental suiciue
or suicide while OF unsound MIND, J
have no evidence to o"er as TO tne
habits Of California scorpions, out J
have myself witnessed the deliberate
suicide OF a r~attlesnake, and tnlnR
that a brief account OF IL may DC
worth recording. In the summer OF
1883 Prof. Keller saw a large rattle
snake with seven rattlesl crawl undei
the foundation OF the dome OF tne
six-inch equatorial. WIN tne nice
manipulation for which he ID famous,
DR.. Keller fastened a pair OF black
smiths tongs about the animaPs
neck, and brought him into the large
marble vestioule OF the observatory.
The snake was furious and practically
uninjured. After every Il had seen
him 10 became a question what to dc
next 1t was resolved to put MIN
into a gallon jar or wafer DE-
Keller had the task OF getting the
very lively animal (which was some
three feet long, into the jar, and OF
letting go with the tongs, while l
undertook to putt the stopper OF the
bottle at an suspicious moment All
this was accomplished very nicely and
the next step was to drown the snake
by tnvertlig the jar al Intervals.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13
FIGS N

tnat GoQ does means SometnlnR.
The thorn is as much Gods gift as
the crown.
THE truth lodges, no matter
who shoots.
THE only easy thing to do in this
world is to love.
LONG suffering always makes Gods
children gentle.
DoN'T look back and you won't
want to go back. D.,
TEMPTATIONS resisted are stepping
stones to Heaven.
SIN is not only Gods enemy, but
every souls enemy.
A FOOL thinks he is right because
he can't see very far.
SOMETIMES we take a long step by
being put Gown a bit. .
Mosr anything can be forgiven
easier than seldshness.
A STEP in the dark is very apt to
be a step toward death.
No MAN a be happy without ask
ing God to tell him how.
lNpEcIsIoN is the greatest robber
on the face Of the earth.
TIE sins that shine are the one
that have poison in them.
IT never takes a fool but q few
minutes to tell all he knows.
DEVILS might serve God, but only
His children a please Him.
I. No ONE is right with God who is
wrong with any Of his children.
TIE party who won't forgive is the
one who is always in the wrong.
Cons will Is never made known to
those who are unwilling to do it.
h. A HYPocRITE's mouth has more
death In 1t than that of a mad dog.
The first mile toward hell always
looks like a short cut to Heaven.
BEWARE of the man who always
dips his tongue in oil before he speaks.
No COLLEGE can do much for the
man who thinks he knows 1t all HIM
self.
A CHRISTIAN can not be unhappy
anywhere until he stops believing in
God.
The man who brags much on his
goodness will bear a good deal of
watching.
To FILL the measure even full is all
God asks Of anybody, but he always
runs it over.
IT never makes the church any
stronger to have the man join who is
mean to his wife.
THE grave from which there is no
resurrection is the one In which PEG
pie bury their talents.
ONE of the meanest things the
devil ever tries to do is to destroy
the religion of a child.
THERE Is something wrong with
the mans head who falls down on the
same banana skin twice.
If able preaching alone could have
saved the world, God would have sent
some of his angels to do it.
ONE Of the men of whom the devil
feels the surest is the moderate
drinker who thin ks he is safe.
Is THERE any difference between
the pride a preacher has in a title and
that a woman has in . breastpiDS
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

A Texas man was sitting In a dark
DOM recently when he was attracted
by the buzzing OF q go.d-colored bug.
Taking the appearance of the bug as
! favorable omen, he followed it.
It stopped directly over an old well
n a deserted field; then the man
vent to digging and presently dis
;oyered a number of gold dollars and
soma few silver ccinA
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

The readers of this paper will be pleased rs
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stToying the foundation OF the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in dong its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
e8~ Sold by Druggists, 15c.
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A home for American girls who wish
to study in Paris is to be established in
that city. 1t is to be constructed on
the Rue de la Pompe, and will accom-
modate forty girls.
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august.
Flower"

"Ihave been afflicted with bilious
ness and constipation for fifteen years
and first one and then another prep
.aration was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admira-
ton in which I hold it. Ithas given
me a new lease of life, which before
was a burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merits should bemade
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness." JESSE
BARKER. Printer. Humboldt. Kas.@
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

IN every community there arc a number Of
men whose whole time is not occupied, such as
teachers, minister's, farmers sons and others.
To these ella ses especially we would say, II you
wish to make several hundred dollars during
the next few months, write at once to b. h.
Johnson & Co, of Richmond, Va, and they
will show you how to do it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

Containing all the post Offices arranged al.
phabetically, in States and Counties. with all
other matters relating to post office affairs can
be ordered from b. SALINGER, p. D. Box. 1882,
Philadelphia, Pa. No business maj should be
without It. Price $40 papercover with monthly;
geo cloth cover with monthly.
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Correcting on Orator.

Now, by st. Paul." quoted the
orator, "the work goes bravely on"
81 beg your PARDON" interrupted
he politician, ''hut don't you rein
Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

How nicely Hoods Sarsaparilla hits the needs of
people who feel "all tired OUT or run down.
from any cause. 1t seems to oil up the whole
mechanism of the bodyso that all moves smooth
ly and work becomes a delight.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

Teacher-What do YOU suppose was
he first thing that Columbus did ON
eaching America
Bobby-He gave a reporter his i'm.
pressions of the country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

Among ladies who are enthusiastic
in the use of rifles is Mrs. Pierre Lor-
lizard, of New York. She often goes
out with her husband for a days shoot
Ing.
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Caun-s KJauev cure IA

Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's,
Heart Urinary of Liver Diseases, Ner-
vousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. 83l
Arch Street, Philad'a, 81 a bottle, 6 for
IS, Or druggist. 1000 certificates of
cures. Try it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

IF you have used Dobbins' Electric during the
81 years it has been sold, you knolp that 1t Is the
best aud purest family soap made. If you haven't
tried ii, ask your grocer for it nOto. Don't take
imitation. There are lots of them
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THE MUSIC OF MODES.
NEW TONES, UNIQUE FIGURES, AND CUR
IoUs EFFECTS IN BLACK.
Exquisite colsrsin Useful and Beautiful Roise
Pile Materials.

| The dirge of black, the once saddles
song, in the loom music of modes, hal
! of late years been frightened in ton,
by the introduction of light notes, ir
the newer sound symphonies heard il
| the work rooms of the curious Jacquar
looms, and realized by the o
| fashion in the marvellous creations in
dress goods, in the me hue black, but
showing in that one color, numerous
tones and various figures in all degrees
of lustre, from that of the plain jet OF
mat, on and up through the many
grades of shade and gloss to II regular
song burst of sunshine in the seasons
! novelty known as solid figured fabric.
These solid stuffs, although entirely
in the finest grades of wool, show a
beautiful silken lustre, illuminating in
an unusual degree the various weave
designs and also the rich ground sur-
face.
These specialties bear the imprint of
the manufacturers B. Priestley 4 Co,
on every five yards of the selvedge, as
do also all Of their numerous new and
standard black dress goods, including
the odd Matte cloths, which come plain,
figured and striped,
Whipcords too are effectively figured
and some of the wool grapes are cur
iously striped.
Cancels Hair cloths real Cashmere
Valley and West of England Ladies
Cloths, are among the most desirable
fabrics in plain goods, while the de-
mand created by the present fancy for
black and white or gray, is beautifully
supplied in cloths of all kinds in stripes
plaids, checks and mixtures in count
less pleasing varieties.
Worthy Of note too is the revival of
silk and wool Henrietta Shawls, with
wide hem border handsomely stitched
with heavy silken threads.
Il \ II
The seasons novelties in plain orgay
colored figured orfancy silk and wooden
dress goods are rarely made up alone,
hence the call for an appropriate trim
ming or combination material that can
be used with satisfactory result on both
skirt and corsage, and no fabric seems
to fill these requirements better OIL so well
as the gracefully draping adaptives
Nelutina.
These raised pile Velutinas come in
black and in white and in all the fash
ionable tints and hues, each piece
showing a richness in bloom, a beauty
in coloring and a perfection in finish,
hither to seen onlyin high priced Lyons
silk v~elvets.
Velutinas come in corded effects as
well as in plain goods, and they are not
only used as o"rnamentation on dresses
Of other stuffs, but they are variously
fashioned into useful and elegant COM
plete street costumes, home gowns, and
charming evening robes, variously fin
ished with fur, passementerie, gimp
and laces, or form effective combina-
tons with silks, %satins, chiffons, causes
and grapes.
In a few words Velutinas are hand'
some, useful, adaptive, durable, and
comparatively inexpensive.
NJ. E. l..
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"This Is the biggest jump on record
"a Providence man has just jumped
lie State"
'aOh, pshaw. that's only Rhode Is
and! Now, if it had been Texas"
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

There is such a thing as trying to
live on blessings and starving to death.
When a man decides to say goodbye
to bis sin, one look at the cross kills it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

The la who goes too fast or too
slow is about as reliable as the clock
hat has the same specific weakness.
Properly thou hast no other knowl.
edge but what thou hast got by work.
ng.
What do you suppose angels think
OF the preacher who is always looking
for an easy place?
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

Impaired digestion cured by Beecham's Pills
Rnecham's-no Others. % cents a box.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

II all the writings on the tomb.
'tones are true, tho DEVILS work has
1etn in vain
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

Saving money requires as much gen.
ius as writing poetry, and it is of a heap
better sort.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

The Tartar takes a man by the a
to invite him to eat OF drink with them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-13

The Laplanders rub their noses
against the of him whom they
would honor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-31
COUNTY AND VlolNlrY NorEs.

The electric light plant at Brandon has
been purchased by outside parties, who
will Increase its capacity.
Harrison F. Dean of Cornwall has late
ly sold to Curtis II. james of the same
town 20 acres of pasture land, situated
between the two churches, at $50 an acre.
Frank Smith, well-known resident of
Bristol, died suddenly at the Commercial
House in that village on Saturday morn
ing. He was subject to fits and is sup
posed to have died in one.
The trotting mare Gypsy, owned by
Col. n. F. Dunshee of Bristol, met with
an accident on Monday that will ruin her
for trotting, says a Bristol correspond
ent. In some way one of her hind feet
was caught between door and the floor,
and in trying to extricate herself the hoof
was pulled off. 1t is said that Mr. Dun
shee recently refused an offer of $l50C
for the horse.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-31
RENEWED His PROMISE.

Senator Proctor of Vermont is inno-
cent enough iD appearance, but he has
II way of his own of getting rid of office
seekers. He was coming out of the
senate restaurant the other day when an
office seeker from the Green Mountain
State buttonholed him.
'Did you see the secretary for me?''
asked the applicant for office.
"What secretary?" asked the senator.
"The secretary of the treasury. You
said you would see him for me-"
"Did IL" inquired the senator.
YES, exclaimed the candidate. "You
made promise and you broke it,"
"Well," blandly replied the senator,
"then | will make you another that Will
be just as good"
And when Senator Proctor disappear
ed in the elevator the Office seeker was
still wondering if had advanced his case.
4 Washington Cor. Boston Record.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-31
FARMERS NOT THE ONLY SUFFERERS

1t is this simply, that for the last 20
years, no matter how hard the farmer
worked, how well he managed, or close
ly economical. he has found himself,
under any ordinary conditions, steadily
growing poorer. He might, by scratching
hard, scrimping or saving, get IA hundred
or two dollars into the savings bank or Il
Western mortgage, but as he came to
balance accounts at the end of the year
he found that the market value of his
farm had run out as much or more.
Like the frog in the well, every time he
jumped up foot he fell back two.
Thus does the Brattleboro Retorner
explain how it happens that the farming
interest of Vermont has gone backward
rather than forward for the last decade
or so. 1t is a plausible explanation but
is it true? We think not, or at any rate
only partially true. 1t is fact that no
one will deny, that the value of farms
and farm buildings, expressed in dollars
and cents, steadily decreased for num-
ber of years. But that is not strange,
nor does it mean, necessarily, that the
farmer whose farm was worth $50 an
acre in 1868, say, and would sell for $25
an acre today is any poorer. The dollar
about which he and his neighbors talked
in those days was a different dollar from
the dollar of today; it would buy just
about half as much as a dollar of this
year of grace will purchase, whether
of land or calico or almost anything else.
The value of nearly everything imag-
Unable has fallen tremendously during
the past 20 years, provided that the dol
lar is taken as the standard of value.
But it is not safe standard for compar-
isons of this kind, as it has changed in
value.
Moreover, were the decrease in the
money value of their ferns the sole
cause for the encouragement of the
farmers, as our Democratic contempor-
ary AYERS, ought not merchants and
other business men to have fallen into
the dumps in much greater degree
Their stocks decreased in value every
year up to within tolerably recent date,
so that for a long time goods could not
be honestly lnventoried at what they
cost six months before. The same de-
crease in money value has been seen in
village property in nine out of ten towns
of Vermont. In other words, the pur-
chasing power of the dollar, which is
its real worth, has been increasing
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-31
ADDISON COUNTY FARMING.
AS TO SELLING HAY AND OTHER FEAT
UREs OF THE BUSINESS.
CORNWALL, VT, March 2s, 1898.

CORNWALL, VT, March 2S, 1898.
Editor Of the Register Il wish to add
few words in behalf of my fellow
farmers. Mr.. Sanford's impressions re-
mind me of j. G.. Saxe's story of the
blind men who went TO see the elephant;
as he saw load after load of baled hay
going to the stations and noted the
numerous stacks, he concluded that we
were shiftless, unthrifty and labor only
to support life. 1t is a threadbare
theory that selling the hay from a farm
will soon exhaust the soil. For the past
% years from 20 to 200 tons of hay have
been sold annually-the latter figures
being reached in the crop of lS91-from
the farm where l live, and there are
many other examples to show that it
can be done if the meadows are cared
for. | do not advocate stacking, but
many of the stacks seen are swale or
packing hay, worth in an ordinary year
81 ton in the stack. They have more
lumber than hay in the back counties.
1t makes difference whether lumber is
worth Sl3 thousand or So in building a
barn. Mr.. Kinds shows conclusively
that 1t does not pay to keep stock; but
in the same example, if he had sold the
hay or part, the account would be very
different. Which is better, to keep
stock and lose the farm. or sell the hay
and clear the mortgage? The plan of
selling hay is certainly more profitable
than exclusive dairying for us in this
locality.
AS noted by Gov. Stewart, the State
and government spend annually large
amount of money on the experiment
station and board of agriculture which
all appears to be absorbed by talking
COW or on dairying. We do learn in
one bulletin that it pays to grow pigs to
not weigh over $50 lbs, provided you do
not have to buy the pigs to start on.
Some time ago | sent to the station a
sample of chickory-a weed which will
ruin any meadow if not rooted out, ask
ing them how to get rid of it. After
some delay was informed, in substance,
that it was advisable to keep it out, clean
the fence corners, etc. Why do they
not investigate these subjects and give
us some assistance on horses and sheep,
instead of spending all their energies on
the dairy?
Now, Mr.. Editor, | believe we have
as many thrifty, industrious and econ
omical farmers as any county in the
State. Morgan horses and Merino sheep
are not things of the past here, as will
be seen at the Columbian exposition
Gillig, Leicester and Thought are not
horses of the past; and those few who
"labor only to support life" do not sell
hay our farms are not ''abandoned". We
have even supplied members of the board
of agriculture; and think it would add
to the efficiency of the board if Addison
county were again represented.
A. w. FOoTE.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-03-31
4EBURY, VERMONT, MARCH 81, 1893.

steadily since the close of the period of
initiation growing out of the civil war.
All descriptions of property, personal as
well as real, has therefore apparently,
though not actually. declined in value.
A dollar will today probably buy a
greater amount of goods of almost any
conceivable description than it ever did
since Columbus discovered the country.
The inevitable conclusion Is, then, that
agriculture has not suffered to a greater
extent than any other business from the
decline in values, or, to state the case
accurately, from the appreciated value
of the dollar; it has simply taken its
share of nominal loss with the rest of
the industries of the country.