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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-06-15
VARIOUS NOTES
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

4 novelty on trotting track was in
troduced at the opening day of the
Parkway Driving club, New York. All
the announcements from the stand we're
made through an enormous speaking
trumpet constructed of papier-mache.
1t performed its function eXcellently.
The speakers voice was heard distinctly
by every one who had ears to hear
Other tracks might advantageously use
one of these voice-helpers.
An electric householder is new in
vention for securing the regular feeding
of horses during the absence from any
cause of the stableman. The apparatus
is very simple, the law of gravitatiOn
being depended upon to accomplish
most of the work. The first requisite is
an alarm clock, which should be good
enough not to stop casually, but need
not be expensive. The electrical plant
is that needed for an ordinary electrical
bell, four cells of the Lelanche type of
battery being sufficient fol any distance
the apparatus is the feeder-that is to
say, the vessel holding the grain. The
clock, which is the prime mover of
the whole concern, may be in the house,
the harness room or anywhere, but if it
be more than 200 yards away from the
feeder a more powerful battery will be
required. To use the feeder, the first
thing is to set the alarm of the clock at
the hour at which it is desired that the
horses should be fed. The food is then
placed in Unlike biscuit box, which
is turned upside down and placed in the
proper compartment of the shoot, when
the lid of the box is drawn out; the grain
then resting upon the floor of a trap-lile
arrangement, held in its place by a
single contrivance. When the alarm
goes off a button is pressed, and the
circuit is completed. \ weight falls,
the button on the feed box is released
and the grain falls out into the manger.
To the credit of those who breed PAGERS
be it said that In the past few years
much Improvement has been wrought In
the conformation of their favorltes. The
old-time wracker was often low headed
and chunky" without racing form and
occasionally bush-bred one of the same
stamp may still be found at a county
fair. Often a horse of this form and
gait was in bygoue times the champion
'speedern of the village in which he
was owned, but the glory has departed
from him forever, much speeder and
more attractive animal haYing suppressed
ed him. 1t may be said in general way
that there are three distinct types of the
PAGER extant to-day: First, the low
headed, droopiug-quartered sort describ-
ed second, the powerfully-formed class,
and, third, the trotting-bred, trotting-
shaped PAGER. 1t is immaterial to the
present purpose which of the two last
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-06-15

vious had trotted to record of 2;291
He was ten years younger than Harry
Clay, and Robert Steel secured him for
$1,000. King Almont, by AlmOnt, then
a five-y ear-Uld without record, sold
for $500, to II. Baker of Mountainvllle,
n. v, and fifteen years later (1S9ID his
daughter Zembia ? :l55 brought 81, $50 in
the same ring. Il. $. Veech of Louis
vile, KY. paid 500 for the bay mare
Duroc Maid, then five years old, and
she proved a great Investment by pro-
ducing lnvinclble 2:l9i, Femme Sol
2 20 (sold in the same building in 1890
for $1,000, and Editor 2:259. In the
summary of the fourth sale | find Vol
taire, by Tattler, dam Young POrtia, by
Mambrino Chief, sold to John w. Conley
of Chicago for 5000. VOltaire made
his record of , 20i the year after he was
sold. The fifteen-year-old gelding
Judge Fullerton, with a record of 2:lS4,
brought $1,000, and the bay mare Amy,
of the same age, with record of , :20l,
brought $500. The fifth sale, held
March, 1881, is noticeable inasmuch as
two sisters to the great Dexter were
included in the lot. Astoria, who two
years afterward trotted III 2 ;294, was
sold to ID. w. Woodmansee, acting for
Commodore y. w. Kittson of st. Paul
Mimi, for 81. POO, and Alma cost Chas.
Backman $1,000. In the description OF
Alma the catalogue states that in lSSl
she showed trial of 2:2Si, and she
confirmed this by taking record OF
PSI, in 1881, seven months after her
sale. Good road horses were III demand
in those days, the same as they are now
Patchen PASS, chestnut gelding, foaled
1870, pedigree untraced. sold for 81 ,4jC
to J. NJ. French, Detroit, Mich, and
Hector 2;23. bay gelding. foaled 1873
to J. f. Mclaughlin of Hudson, n. Y.
for 81 $50.
SO far have given some notice tC
each individual sale because of theil
being held so many years ago, but
must from this on only menti n sale;
WITCH prices OF SOlHe OlneI lnlpOIldu'
point demands it.
At one of the sales in 1882 twelve
year-old bay gelding, St. Reno (ful
brother to st. julien 2:llD. with &
record of , PSI. sold for $1,000, and d
three ear-old colt by Harry Clay, ou
of the thoroughbred Luna, by Asterold
consigned by Gen. b. f. Tracy, brought
Sl500. This colt is described ia the
catalogue as having shown half mile
in his two-year-old form IN l 40. Al
though not trotting-horse news, there
were so many prominent trottng horse
breeders at that time interested in Jer
sey cattle that | will here give the
averages of the greatest jersey cattle
sale ever held in the institute or else
where. In 1888, 10 head were sold foi
an average of S952.59; the first day Of
the sale ftty-eight head averagel
81. 20009.
To be COncluded.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-06-15
KING CILLIC.
SEASON 1894.

This large and beautiful young stallion
was sired by Gillig, , 1874 and his dam, "A
large, handsome mare, was sired by Aris-
tos, 2;27i King Gillig took first
premium at the State fair last fall, open
to the world, and he started in three
races and secured two first moneys and
one second money and showed himself
to be very fast. lie is chestnut IN color
and stands nearly l6 hands high. lie
will serve a limited number of approved
mares at the stable of j. NJ. Peck, West
Cornwall, VT, and then will be trOtted
at the fall races. Terms, $40 to warrant
In foal. For further particulars call on
or address
j. w. PECK.
10 :l3w. West Cornwall, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-06-15
FAMOUS SALE RING.
REMARKABLE SALES OF TRoTTlNo STOCK
HELD IN THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE
BUILDING.
lCiark's Horse Review,l

The American Institute building has
been pulled down. There may be some
who will say, "What has that to do with
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
A Queer Tribute.

In many instances, particularly in olden
times, large and powerful nations have de-
manded tribute from smaller and weaker
states. This demand was generally COM
piled with by the petty ruler, who fancied
that such a step would render his throne
secure. When a tribute paying king
thought he could whip the other he gen.
orally stopped making any payment, and
then there was fight about it. AS a rule,
the tribute consisted Of SO much gold or
some rich product of the country.
A queer tribute, however, was exacted
by King Edgar, the peaceable, who ruled
over a part of Britain about 800 years ago.
Then there were several petty kings scat
tered here and there, and much larger
number of fierce wolves ran wild. So In
961 King Edgar commanded that all who
paid him tribute should pay it in wolves
heads, and from Wales he demanded Boo
annually AS there were plenty of wolves
this tribute was easily paid at first, and
people in those days did not regard the
selection of wolves heads as at all queer
for the payment of tribute was merely an
acknowledgment of the other nations
strength. So the wolves head tribute was
regularly paid until wolves began to get
pretty well thinned out, and parts of Eng
land were entirely divested of the animals
which perhaps was just what the king
wanted.-Harper's Young People.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
IncreasinR Longevity.

"The threescore and ten years allotted to
man will yet be increased to twice that
number" was the prediction made by DR..
Charles Hienkle. "Instead Of the world
growing weaker and wiser, as the old axiom
puts it, it is growing wiser and stronger
The average length of life is steadily in
creasing. In the days of good Queen Bess
women were considered passe at thirty, and
few men distinguished themselves in state
craft, science or literature after passing
five and sixty. Now woman is in the
heydey of her beauty at thirty, and the
ripest fruits of genius are frequently
plucked at threescore and ten Gladstone,
Bismarck and Blaine are fair examples of
that green and fruitful old age so frequent
in these days. Yet science is but in its in
fancy AS it progresses the waste OF life
and energy will be gradually curtailed.
"Whle the fountain of youth sought by
that interesting old crank, Ponce de Leon,
will probably never be found; while man
will probably never discover the secret OF
remaining an ever young Apollo, nor wom-
an that of being as attractive at sixty as
at sixteen, firmly believe that the merid-
ian of life will yet be raised from thirty
five to seventy; that the day will come
when a man will not be considered back
number when he has reached his 100th
birthday" st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
Cooking and Digestion.

Experiments as to the comparative di-
gestibility of various foods, cooked and
uncooked, tend to show that boiled fish is
less digestible than boiled beef, but many
kinds of fish are as digestible as veal, NUT
ton or fowls. DR.. M. Popof comes to the
following conclusions: l. Beef as well
as fish is better digested raw than cooked.
Cooking diminishes digestibility; its infu-
ence is more marked on beef than on fish.
2. The longer the cooking the worse
the digestion. 8. Beef Except smoked)
is generally better digested than fish, when
cooked in the same manner A. The
smoking of fish facilitates peptonization.
Smoked fish is more digestible than raw or
cooked. On the other hand, beef smoked
is more difficult to peptonize than in any
other condition. 5. 1t is worthy Of men
tion that the fat of fish does not him
der digestibility; its disintegrating action
seems to cause fatty fish to be digested
more easily than lean fish.-Good House
keeping.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26

In this queer country there is a funny
side even to funerals. The other day a
sound of music attracted me TO the win
dow, and what do you think l SAW A
mahogany hued peon (peasanD carrying on
his head and outstretched hands pla nix
about five feet long and on the plank a
dead child. The little corpse was that OF
a girl apparently about five years old. 1t
was attired in short frock of red calico.
the legs inclosed in coarse white hose "a
world too wide for the shrunk shank" 10
shoes, the jet black hair smoothly braid ed
and crowned by a jaunty wreath of pa er
roses and the cheeks horribly daubed w tn
vermilion to simulate the hue of health
The plank bearer was closely follow ed
by two women, evidently the mother nd
grandmother of the deceased, and they
walked with an air of conscious impor-
tance, as becomes those who have furnish ed
otra angel ia ('another little angel" as
here dead child is universally oalled), to
swell the heavenly host. Behind the wo-
men marched two men, playing with
might and main, one OH a fiddle, the other
or Ii guitar, each intent ON a tune of his
own regardless of the others performance,
and the rear was brought up by a dozen or
more laughing and chattering men, wo-
men and children, most of whom gave in
dubitable evidence of unwise generosity
on somebody's part in the way of chicha.
the Chilian low class intoxicant.
They were ON the way to the Panthenon
to inter the little angel" over whom
they had been dancing and drinking for
several days, and which possibly had been
lent once or twice in the meantime to
friends who were not so fortunate as to
have a corpse in the family,-Valparaiso
L IAILar
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26

A good many of the bacteria which are
found in all natural surface waters are
expelled or killed when the water freezes,
but as many as 10 per cent, and often
more, may remain alive. A large num-
ber of studies on this subject have shown
that the brbbly and snowy ice is apt to
contain many more bacteria than the clear
ice does. These bacteria in ice have as a
rule no influence whatsoever upon the
health of the Zee consumer if the ice has
been formed on bodies of water which are
clear and pure. But ice which is formed
on sewage polluted or otherwise filthy
water may contain disease producing bac-
terra, and hence be very dangerous for do
nestle use.-T. Mitchell Prudden in Har-
per's.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
The Wrong Person.

An acquaintance said to me the other
day;
my husband has been worrying great
deal about business of late and has had
several mysterious meetings in the parlor
with closed doors.
Last night he was particularly nervous
and kept saying during dinner:
az shall be glad when O'Clock comes,
for expect most important party then. l
think he can make everything all rightP
Just about then the girl came in and
said that she had shown a gentleman into
the parlor.
"'That's he,' said my husband. jumping
up. Now | must go in and introduce my
self. I've never met him.
"'Well, take your coffee first l cried,
but he wouldn't
"He dashed down stairs, and l followed
him unseen, for was anxious too.
"I listened in the back parlor, and this ID
what | heard:
"'Mr. - in my husbands voice.
"'No, SIR was the strangers reply.
"'Well, at least you come from him!'
was the question in an agitated tone.
"'Well, no. was the response. 1 called
to see if you had any old clothes you'd like
to SELL
II didn't wait for the outbreak, but ned
up stars New York Recorder.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
Where the Colonel Had Him.

Colonel Sterrepp is newspaper man and
great reader of standard matter. Not
long ago he met Il young fellow who beat
him out on Il question of Biblical history
and the colonel sought to get even.
"That boy of yours, he said to the young
fellows father, lis a bright one, but !
guess downed him."
"How?" inquired the father with good
deal of curiosity.
"Well, l went home after he faxed me
out on that Biblical point and read up ON
the Peloponnesian war-did you ever hear
of the Peloponnesian WARP"
The father said he had, and the colonel
looked disappointed.
"And," he resumed, "I came at him on
it the next time / had chance and, by
thunder, sir he told me he had not only
school. Say, did you ever hear of the
Peloponnesian war when you was boy3"
The old gentleman confessed that he had,
and again the colonel looked hurt.
"Yes," he went on; "he not only said
that, but he asked me If knew that Lin
coin had got some of the ideas of his fam
GUS Gettysburg speech from the orations
delivered on that war, and that's where /
had him." exclaimed the colonel with a
broad smile of triumph.
"How?" inquired the father.
"Why, SIR" and the colonels face
glowed, 81 know all about that county in
Illinois where Lincoln got his learning,
and there amt man in it ever heard of
the Peloponnesian war;"
The colonel's argument was irresistible
and the father had to confess it.-Detroit
Free Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
Homely American Currency.

"The paper money of the United States
is the least handsome in the world" said
the proprietor of a money exchange. THAT
is because this government depends en-
tirely upon the intricacy and elaborateness
of the designs on it's notes and certificates
for protection against counterfeiters. In
foreign countries, on the other hand, much
effort is directed to making their currency
beautiful with pictures and arabesques in
the classical style. Not only are the re-
suits more pretty to look at, but they serve
their chief purpose better, for any practi-
cal engraver will tell you that real art
work on bill is far more difficult to i'm
itate than any purely mechanical effect,
no matter how complicated the latter may
be made by the geometric lathe and other
devices Washington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
A BUSHEl OF CORN,
lts 'rogress From the Farm to the Con-
sumer of Whisky.

:" rom 'ne farm to the Con-
| s""'er oil whisky.
llilnois Is the great corn state, and Peo-
na Is tne center OF Its most prolific belt.
I teoria Is great grain market, and espe-
q elaiiy Tor corn Vast quantities of the
solSeh gram are shipped into this city for
general distribution and loaded into its
mammoth elevators by the hundreds of
. oesAnas Oh bushels. A great deal of corn
enipped rom Peoria, but vast euan-
9is is useu az nome There Is more corn
,sou il feoiia tnan In any three cities In
Mion' eYun 'noagh those cities be
T, Tew iorh, fniiadelphla and Chicago.
,no ioason Is ooNious' feoria Is not only
. .no eon'er VI 'ne great uistilling interests,
ouo neIo are iocateu two OF the greatest
susa' nooses III 'ne country. Down the
oapooiou' ,ia"s Vi .ne great ulstilleries
arc ponreu every uay so,oo0 bushels of
~ nao no sugar houses use from 0 700 to
1V'ooo pusheis more each DAY In the year.
10 oo supply onis demand the product Of
.,voo aores ., ricn corn lands arc duly
s"ippeu inoo eoria io1 nome consumption.
Asiee i,on .nese iuily o,ooo bushels are
asee uany ior o'her purposes. 90 that 1t
saie W eseiinaoe tnat 1ully e,o00,000
onene's VI oo,i' are useo III onis city annu-
mn aniy ior riilanuiaceuring ana other purposes.
, .no erea,er paro Vi ohis Is manufactured
my sPiri.s'
~ IS Monaer,ui 10 consider the changes
suaue W pusnei Vi corn IN lts transition
~ iioin ene oWmer W, erio 10 the glass OF the
s consumer. mess % changes are various and
iai,oaonins' iney are olher than Imam
oia' Duo consider simply the mere ele-
neho VI Naiue' Corn was selling, we Will
say' ior 90 Genus per oushel' lt came all
.ne WY ,ron Neoraska perhaps, where It
orousne ouo 90 cents. IN transit two deal
ers received commission or cent each.
Ihe railroad company received cents for
Its freight and other charges. The distill-
or paid 80 cents. He took and converted
1t into 4 gallons Of finished spirits and
fed one of his steers on the refuse. The
dist1ller sold the spirits to n local dealer
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
AnticaterpiIIar Device,

A device for preventing caterpillars from
climbing trees consists of alternate wires
of copper, which are wound round the tree
trunk at distance of about half an inch
from one another. These wires are in con-
nection with source of electricity, and
when the circuit is completed by the cater
pillar bridging the metals with its body it
receives a shock which either destroys it
or at any rate makes it let go its hold. 1t
may be mentioned that a plan has for a
long time been common of protecting
shrubs and flowers from the incursion of
slugs by placing rings of zinc and copper
round the root. The two metals, when
touched by the moist body of the slug, de-
velop sufficient electricity to cause the
creature to turn back.-Exchange
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
Lord Palmerston's Answer.

While electioneering at Taunton Lord
Palmerston was greatly troubled by a
butcher who wanted bim to support GER
tain radical policy, At the end of one Of
his lordship's speeches the butcher called
out, Lord Palmerston, will you give me a
plain answer to plain question:" After a
slight pause Lord Palmerston replied, Il
will" The butcher then asked, Twill you
or will you not support this measurea"-a
radical bill.
Lord Palmerston hesitated, and then,
with a twinkle in his eye, replied, II will''-
Then he stopped. Immediately the rad
icals cheered tremendously. "Not"- con-
tinued his lorsdship. Loud conservative
cheers. When this ceased Lord Palmer
ston finished his sentence-"tell you" He
then Immediately retired.-London Stand
,.l
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
Expedient.

The sailors bride, with haggard, anxious
face, gazed across the stormy sea.
At her feet the breakers moaned upon the
rocky reef
Bring him back, bring him back to mep'
she walled
The storm buffeted her, and the spray
dashed over her.
"How can l bring him back?"
And the summer girl, who had CHANGED
to wander near in her reefing jacket and
high rubber boots, suggested:
MAKE him jealous of you"
The wind rose and shrieked.--Detroit
Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
Six Shooters and Bayonets.

General Grant recommended that the
bayonet be abolished in the United States
service and the six shooter be substituted
for close fighting. The recommendation
was good one. While the bayonet is the
most worthless of all weapons invented by
man, the six shooter is the most deadly
short range tool ever devised. Give me a
club three feet long and Pll whip any man
who tries to bayonet me; give me six
shooter and I'll make a bad break in any
column of bayonets.-Interview in St.
Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-26
HE HAD A FAULT.
But Compared with His Virtues It Was
Very Small One.

!
lyon can talk all you want IN abopt
faitbfulness and steadfastness to dnty y
said an old army cantain 10 n number NJ
listeners, .sbut when il comes to bsing
trne To a trust the colored race takes the
blue ribbon eyery time. During the war y
he continued. "a slave came to nv head
quarters and begged me to let him stay and
| make himself generally useful and act as
nv private body guard Well. I didn't
need the fellow. but | sort of took pity ON
him and let him remain. and | was ALWAYS
very glad did. for he would do ANYTHING
told him tn no matter how mucb of an
effort II cost him
ale was nrettv handy as n foraoer and
never seemed tn have much tronbIa In
locating n hon roost W. alw.ys bad
chicken To eat II there was anv in the
country remember one time 7 told him
tn 90 ont and bring in some nonltrv He
said .Au r;gbt massap and startad off
Morning came and he failed to return A
week had nassed and 7 saw nothing moro
of him felt sure he had GROWN tired of
camn life or had been cantnred or k;l1ad
Rnt ono morning ba cama into co,n with
two large roosters. He looked ragged and
worn and ne be threw down bis burden ba
said. .Tbar massa ia we're blame ole
chickens Them rebs got ,tween mo nm
de lines an made me trabble ,bout foab
bun,ed r,iles To CIT vere,
"At another time had stored soma
va,uables in INV tent md op stort;ro ont
With a sl,;rr,isb;no ,,.r+1, ItoId NV ooIorod
nan not 70 allo,r a,v ors to antartha ta,t
We nod no ,noro tb.n ,,ot o,yav ,ybon tho
,nor,v r,5a ;,to oor,1, ood o tools avar,,th;ro
axoant NV font ,uhip,, nv, nolr,o dafandad
oo,o;ps. H. ,,holo on,,,,r o,,a ali haaa,,so
hed tnId hin, ha sbo,,id haar auar, ono o't
T hova thou,rht sinoa that ;fIIad onl,
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t.'aS iu - ato,tod 80 -, foot Ihad
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"non 11M CIV, so'ot"l Ias. NJ,
.ne '.A daS .i,at -. 80, ,.;ii 80,
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on W anooe. S s"oA -. - s.iia..';,. ~ s, T
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Aep. e ;,,re - H. n,,a,,;,'of s",,aua
camp Ju1v oe,o,e VIC IpennH ens, =. hs,, e,e,s
9.'v; aDo, ~, ,,;',ht ato,toa ~, Ia,,-e ,,nah
u.i9 - 80 I;4.5s IT. a4 -, IA
,,,,,ia bad fallen into tho pov,s bands