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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-28

NE ITSPAPERS nv SCHOOLS.
What the practical teacher has
always done in the spare moments
of his school Gay, educators are
now suggesting as systematic fea-
| ture Of the instruction we give to
| youth. There is an element of
absurdity in acquainting young
minds with the minutiae of classic
history, while permitting them to
remain comparatively, and in many
cases totally, ignorant of contempo-
AIRY events. Perhaps it is due to
this perversion of good s nse that
the very name Of scholar is fire.
quently associated in the public
mind witt a person standing aloof
from living things and absorbed in
the men and affairs of other ages.
This mummified species of classic
ism is going out of favor. The
past and the present are both inter-
esting as battle1elds of the great
war of humanity. But the one is
strewn with mounds and headstones
and crumbling skeletons, the other
with actual breathing men. To be
sure it is c!ouded with the smoke of
conflict and cannot be so distinctly
studied. But there is value in Lead
ing even young children up to the
edge and showing them the fray in
which later they must take part as
combatants.
The proposition has been
made to use the newspapers
as aids in the new course Of instruc-
ton. There are excellent weekly
digests of current affairs which are
worthy in every respect to stand
beside the textbooks commonly
used. The suggestion is interest
ing, both as a sign Of progress in
educational science and as a fresh
recognition Of the position which
journalism couples in modern life
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-28
Notice

Notice
Lafayette, La, Sept. 70, 1895.
The partnership heretofore existing
under the firm name of =. DcManale & Co.
is hereby dissolved by mutual consent-Mr.
Paul DeAlanadc, having acquired all the
assets cic., OF said CO. partnership, will con-
Time the business II, his own name at Oh:
san't: stand and will be alone responsible for
the liabilities.
p. DE:tANADr,
T.. !. H1GcINBorIIAM.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-28

The undersigned will pay $50 bounty to
the persons making the highest number of
points by killing predatory animals and
birds of prey in the parish of Lafayette,
La, before the list day of January, 1896,
follows:
SIS to the one making greatest number 0
points.
SIS to the one making next greatest num-
Der of points.
$40 to the one making next greatest num-
Der Of points.
Value of different heads are to be counted
by points as fellows.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-28
Notice To TaN.DayerS.

Notice is hereby given that the taxrolI
for 1895 is now on file in my office. and all
taxes are due. O, movable property, taxes
will become delinquent on Oct. T. 1905:
anl On nmovablc property they will become
delinquent on Dec. ST.. 1895. To avoid
costs taxpayers arc urged To- settle before
n. above dates. I. \. BRouSsARD,
Sheriff AMI Tax Coli, IF .fayc,.e parish.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-28
NOTICE.

~ polisicai matter OF a personal nature. will be
charged Cents line fer insertion in this pa.
per: resolutions of respect. etc, cents line: an.
nouncemenss of paid entertainments balls. etc. s
cent? line: obituaries lines less free and
OF more than ten lines. cents line
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
commissioners Notice.
Estate of Julius IL. Baker.

the Hon. Probate Court tor the District OF Adj
Olson, Commis siOners, to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate OF Julius Il. Baker. late OF
salisbury, i'm said District. deceased, ana
all claims exhibited in Offset thereto, here
10y give notice that we will meet for the pur-
poses aforesaid, at the store of Dyer n Co,
West Salisbury, Vt, ON the 9lth day of Jan
uaIy and 23d day OF May next from 9
O'Clock a. IN. until 3 o'clock p m, each OF said
days, and that six months from the oath day
of December. 4. n. 1894, j. the time limited by
IN Court for said creditors to present THEN
claims 10 ~ tor examination and allowance.
Dated at West salisbury, Vt, this 2slh day
OF December, a. ID. 1894.
FRANkir C: DYER, Comrs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
AN IOWA BREEDER
JOSEPH BATTELL,
MiddleburV, VT.
OF MoRoANs, AND HIS VIEWS.


CREsT0N. Ia, Dee. 10. lS9l'
JOSEPH BATTETL, ESQ,
Dear .Syr :-IIercwith enclosed find
draft for So. for which send me Vol. OF
''The Morgan Horse and Register |
spent two days looking over the Morgan
horses at the Worlds fair; and, by the
way, was in correspondence with the
Little Rock parties for Denning Allen at
the time YOU bought him. Had it not been
for the death of my son about that time
| would probably have been his pur-
chaser. That event broke of the nego-
tiations and you got him. | am breed
ing Morgan horses and my stallion Is by
aerod. He stands over lG hands high
and weighs near 1900 lbs. mention it
because looking the field all over q was
in your State II month last IalD believe
have the largest Morgan stallion in the
country. Haven't |? His produce is
all large from mares that carry more
than 20 per cent of Morgan blood. be-
lieve it possible to breed MOrgans under
my conditions that will weigh close
around 100 lbs If this can be done,
then we have the horse demanded by the
market for roadster and carriage pur-
poses: but the ''little Morgans" won't
do. Don't know as you care for all
this. but | submit the information think
ing YOU would like to know about the
size feature of my Morgans. The par
ties in charge of the different Morgans
at the Worlds fair looked incredulous
when told them of my l20O-lb. Morgan
stallion.
When will the next volume be out?
/ have some 20 head eligible, but will
only register stations and mares.
Yours truly,
j. b. UARSH.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
Rorse 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,tourth
OF HIS blood. All such stations inaled IN or
before 1880 are admitted free. rue Zee lot
reRiste ring stations one year OLD anu over
will be 50 EACH and Mares geldings ana Colts
under one year, 81 each. ,.-...
Any animal in either of the following Two
GLASSES is eligible to registry IN tue Morguh
Register: . A.,
i. Any mcritorious stallion or mare thai
traces In direct male line to the original Jus
Tin Morgan Horse, and has ut least one sixty
fourth OF his blood. -,
3. The produce of sire ana ualh ooI"
registered in the Morgan Register. ,,....
The first volume Is now ready 1or ueINely
Vol. II. is largely ready tor pub icatlon'
JOSEPH BATTELL,
Middleburv, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
BINDING.

Arrangements nave been perfected by
which we can have Magazines bound at the
following rates per volume: Halt canvas, 65
cents; half sheep, s. cents; half roam, 81 hall
morocco, sl.25. These prices are for the
common sized magazines, like the Century"
"Harper's," etc. Publications having a larger
page will, OF course, cost more.
REGISTER co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11

Several species have been found, all
being a little smaller than the mesohip-
pus. There are four well-formed toes
aud the radius and una are distinct.
Still lower in the same formation has
been discovered the genus eohippus, of
which several species have been brought
to light The animal possesses four toes
and rudimentary fifth one. The radius
and ulna are distinct as before. The
final triumph occurred few years ago,
when DR.. Workman discovered in the
Big Horn basin the early ancestor of our
present horse with five fully developed
toes. The name of phenacodus has been
given to this interesting animal.
Such is the story that palaeontclogy
has to tell us of the long struggle that
our domestic animal has gone through
in order to produce such grace and
beauty. and to make himself fit to adj
minister to our comfort and pleasure.
With such an ancestry it is no wonder
that the epithet of "noble' has been APP
piled to the horse.
The person who is not able to admit
such proof as this. which practically
amounts to demonstration, must to say
the least, be persistent type. No won
der that Prof. Huxley. after viewing the
fossil remains Of the horse tribe at the
Yale museum, exclaimed that if there
were any doubt of evolution before, the
collection by Prof Marsh would forever
silence it. Chicago Pest.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
WAR BABIES.

The most gigantic struggle of modern
times was the American civil war. Ia
no other country but ths-with its
breadth of conservativeness and its deaTth
of caste-could the bitterness of such Il
war have been so quickly forgotten. As
it is, in a few more decades, if the same
spirit of good feeling continues to pre-
vail, aud the fanatics be allowed to die a
natural death, it will be a question as to
which side will have the most respect for
the brave men of the other. \ striking
feature of the great war, to us, has
always been the unanimity with which
exception of the military leaders them
selves, expected the war to speedily ter
inmate. In the South the enlisted men
all feared it would end before they had
time to get into rousing good battle,
and the same feeling appears to have eX-
listed among the northern volunteers.
As an illustration of this feeling in the
South, "A gallant cavalryman, belonging
ingly remarked a few weeks ago, that
the greatest number of colts he ever saw
at one time was in a certain Tennessee
cavalry regiment the first year after the
war. "You see,' he said, "none of us
expected the war to last over three or
six months, and meyer dreamed it would
go over year. Nearly every man in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
IMPROvEMENrIN HORSES.

The Improvement obtained for horses
during the past three hundred years can
readily be understood by anyone who
will recognize facts. When Charles IL.
assembled the throne the native-bred En-
glsh race-horse was easily beaten by the
imported eastern horses. These, when
mated with British stock, with the small
pony and the great horse, gave to their
offspring improved form and quaifica-
tlons. This improved breed, when mix
ed inter Sc, produced "A still better class
OF animal, to which the barley and
Godolphin Arabans gave those excellent
impressions which have resulted in the
ultimate development of the English
thoroughbred. From the days of the
Tudors to the present the race horse has
increased in size, and this has been caus-
ed by crossing and iudicious selection OF
parents.
The late Admiral Rous thought differ
emily. namely, that the English thor
oughbred was pure eastern exotic; that
he was lineal descendant of the Arab,
"without single drop Of English blood
in his veins" and. although he pointed
out how the racer had gradually, from
century to century, increased in height,
he attributed this development to the
effects of our damp foggy climate.
combined with good pasture and iudic-
ious management. He has increased in
size strength aud vigor in these damp,
foggy little islands
If the climate and good pasture caused
all The Improvement which the admiral
admits did occur. how is it that, antece-
dent to Charles HIS day. the small
horses did not increase i'm size: The
climate and pasture played the same
part then as they are said to have done
later on. and surely the Tudors woul
not have enacted laws for the slaughter
of small horses and "unlikely tits" if
they had recognized that good pastures
and humid atmosphere would have pro-
duced greater size. The truth is that
the horses of England at this period had
degenerated. perhaps the result of in
breeding, and worthless progeny had
become too common. an evil which it
only needed a fresh cross of good blood
to remedy; this was obtained from var.
iOus sources, but principally from the
eastern importations.
Every Psychologist knows how some
times in a cross, when two animals are
mated, their offspring will attain greater
size, strength and vigor than either par
ent, and this will take place even if the
colt, during the early periods of its eX-
istence, is subject TO indifferent manage
ment, and is not fed from the best pas
lures. Rich pastures and a moist climate
may play an important part in causing
improvements in our domestic breeds of
animals to remain permanent. but it
never has produced nor could produce
size unless materials for its creation have
been in eXstence.-L Nineteenth Century.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
Guardian Notice to Sell Real
Estate,

GTATE OF VERMONT In Probate
E)DIsrRlCT OF ADDISON, So. Court held at
Middlebury, within ana tor said district. on
the LIST day of January, \. ID. 1873.
Charles d. Lane, guardian OF Mary b.
Cooke OF MiddleOurN, makes application to
said Conrt tor license to sell The following
described real estate OF his said ward, to wit
the house ana lot situated or the north side
of - minary street in the .llage OF Middle.
bury, Vermont rcpres cniing that the sale
thereof is necessary tor the reason that the
personal estate OF the ward is insufficient to
pay the expenses OF the ward and that the
sale would be conducive 10 the interest OF
SAID ward.
Whereupon it is ordered BY said Court that
said application be referred to Il session
thereof TO be held at the Probate Office in
SAID Middlebury on the 2lst day of January,
A. ID. 1895, Tor hearing and decision thereon ;
ana it is further ordered that all persons in
terestcd be notified hereof by publication of
notice OF said application and order thereon,
three weeks successiveiy in the Middlebuiy
REGISTER, printed at Middlebury, before said
time OF hearing that they may appear at said
time and place, and, If they see cause, object
thereto.
BY order of court.
Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE.
Judge of Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
n ZIG TOBACCO BOX.
It Weighs One Hundred Pounds and Is
Carefully Guarded.


The biggest tobacco box in the world |
or what is fondly believed to be such, is |
carefully guarded by the oversccrs of the
united parishes of st. Margaret and st.
John the Evangelist. Westminster, Eng
land 1t weighs hundrcdwcight, and
1t is n remarkable historical curiosity 1t
is really not a single box, but an agglom
Grafton of them, one outside the other,
like Chinese puzzle or an onion which
has been growing for the last 1S1 years
The original tobacco box, the core, was
the property of old Henry Monck, who dr
cided to perpotuate his memory in this
peculiar way
Tradition hath it that he purchased the
horn tobacco box at Horn fair, Plumstoad,
for the small sum of fourpencC and present
ed the box to u society formed of tho past
and present mcmbcrs Of the parish. Tho
original box is only . inches long by 3M
inches wide, =, inches outside by three
quarters of an inch inside depth, and it
weighs 101s ounces. Tho members were 50
delighted with tho old fellows gilt they
ornamentcd it with silver rim on which
his name was engraved. 1t was religious
ly committed to the custody of the senior
ovcrsccr for the time being, who handed
it to his successor, with some additional
silver ornuniCnt.
So year otter year tho box has grown
bigger ana bigger. The gentlemen vino
| followed Nunck in the Office of oycrscor
| thought III ut tac end of their terms If
/ service to chronicle on tho box events Of
/ Importance which had occurred during
| their terms OF oLicc a similar act has
| been carried on year after year. and the
original i ftuny tobacco box now rests
| within no fewer than six massive cases,
the last one and pedestal being octagunal
| In shape ana constructed out of an oak
beam taken from Westminster abbey. Ii
is sLmountcd by a beautiful chased silver
statuctto of the queen, which cost Gjo
and was added as ncmento to her maj
c-ty's year Of jubilee. The ceremony OF
annually passing over the box from tho
/ outgoing uvCrseer to the incoming one is
very elaborate and has distinctly pleasant
SAVIOR Of tho good old times" 1t takes
place after the customary dinner at the
annual general meeting. York Dis
patch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
Commissioners Notice.
Estate of John Roach.

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the district of Adj
Olson, commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims ana demands of all
persons against the estate OF John Roach,
late OF MiddlebuTy in said district, deceased,
hereby give notice that we will meet Tor the
purposes Aforesaid, at Addison county clerks
office in said MiddlebuTy on the goth day of
January and 18th day OF July next, from two
O'Clock p. IN. until four O'Clock, p. m, each
of said days, ana that six months from the
eth day OF January, A. ID. 1895, is the time
limited by said court for said creditors to
present their claims to us tor examination
and allowance.
Dated at Middlebury, this eth day OF Jan.
uary, A. ID. 1895.
2 RUFUS WAINwRIGHT, lcour,s
HENRY w. HAMMOND. N"iii .
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
EVOLUTION OF The HORSE.

Unlike most QuadIupeds, the modern
horse. instead of having two bones in
the forearm, possesses but one. CORE.
spending to the radius. BY close obser-
walton. however. it is found that rem
nants Of the ends Of the ulna exist. es-
pecially in young foal. similar fact
is presented in the leg Of the hind limb.
only one. the tiba, being present. where
as ordinarily there is another one, the
fibula. i,udiments show ing traces OF
the missing bone are found, As in the
case Of thc forearm The hand or fore
foot. instead of having five fingers, has
Only one, ;he middle digit, but traces
of two other digits are found on each
side, while the hoof is but an enlarged
nail. In the hind foot a similar state OF
affairs exists. There is one principal
bone corresponding to the middle toe
of other five toed mammals, while there
are splits to represent the second and
fourth dlgitS. together with possible
remnant Of the little toe.
Now. the horse as we know him is an
extreme variation from the ordinary
five-tOed animals. The presence of the
rudiments suggests, if evolution be true,
that the modern horse originated from
an ancestor with five toes. Let US now
consult the record.
Remains of the horse tribe are found in
Europe, but the fossils do not extend
farther back than the tlree-toed variety.
having rudiment of IA fourth digit.
The horses contemporary OF the cavemen
in Europe did not differ materially from
those of the present time. Those of the
mammalian age were essentially the
same in structure, but larger in size.
Although ia this country the horse tribe
had for some reason become extinct long
before the arrival of Europeans, yet it
is here that are found the complete
series. The evidence here given is con-
fined to that obtained in America. Going
backward in geological time, we find in
the upper pliucene variety decidedly
equine, but possessing slight modifca-
tons in its limbs aud the rudiments
The animal is know as the pliohip-
pus. In the lower pliocene the series
is representa- hy an animal called pro.
tOhippus, having three toes on all four
feet, but only one of them touching the
ground. The fore arm and leg are SINH
lar to the prece ding, with IA possible
greater extension OF splints representing
the ulna and the iibula. This animal is
about the size of an ass. Next IN the
backward order of time in the miocene
is found the miohippus, an animal hay
ing three toes, with the rudiment of the
third. The two ends of the ulna now
meet, extending along the radius in
very thin splint. This species is a little
smaller than the protohippus. In the
lower miOcene occurs the mesohippus,
an equine ancestor, with three toes, as
before, but the rudimentary fourth one,
standing for the little finger, has increas-
ed in size. The hind limb has three toes.
The ulna and the radius, as well as the
tibia and the fibula, are still united, but
the splits, both in the fore arm and in
the leg, are much thicker. This animal
is about the size of sheep.
In the upper eOcene distinct genus
SCALED orohippus makes its appearance.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11

our regiment went in on his pet saddle
mare or half thoroughbred, and fully
two-thi"ds of us were horse breeders, Oh
a greater or less scale, while at home.
There were some splendid stations, of
course, in camp, and finding time hang
ing on our hands in the early spring of
1861, and expecting the war to end soon.
nearly all the men bred their mares,
thinking things would be all right soon,
and their breeding operations would not
suffer, even if the war went on few
months longer. But the war went on,
we were ordered here and there, hun
fighting and little else to think Of We
were kept so busy that many of us, in
fact, had forgotten all about the spring
breeding. and would have been glad if it
had forgotten about itself. But not so
the next spring there came the colts
war babies, to be surs-dropped into a
hard world ut a cruel and unmotherly
time, and before we knew it our regi-
ment had more colts than we knew what
to do with. | had to send my mare
home and get fresh mount, and the
others traded around, or left dam AID
colt to shift for themselves in strange
and foreign lands. | have often wonder
ed what became of that crop of colts
the first breeding venture of our regi
ment. and whether or not any of then
ever became fAmous horses.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
VITAL To MANHOOD.

DIR. T.. @. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT
MENT specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Fits, Neu-
ragta, Headache, Nervous Prostitution caused by
alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness Mental Depression
softenng of Brain, causing insanity, misery, decay
Power in either sex Impotency, Leucorrhoea and all
Female Weaknesses, Involuntary Losses, Sperma-
torrhoea caused by over-exertion of brain, Self
abuse, over-Indulgence. months treatment a.
for Is, by mail. With each order for boxes, with
y will send written guarantee to refund If not cured
Guarante es issued by agent. VESTS LIVER PILLS
cures Sick Headache, Biliousness Liver Complaint,
Sour stomach, Dyspepsia and Constipation.
GUARANTEES Issued only by
w. u. SHELDON sole Agent.
Middlebury, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11

The rhinoceros has n perfect passion for
wallowing in the mud and is usually COW
cred with a thick coat of it,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11
FRAZER AXLE
Get the Genuine! In NM
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Estate of VIM. :. Rathbun.
Notice of settlement.
IN 1898.

STATE or VERMONT, ; The Probate
pDIsTmCr OF ADDlsON,ss. Court for the dis
trict OF Addison:
To all persons intert sted I'm the estate OF
VIM, :. Rathbun late of EdgeTton and State
OF ohio, deceased, having property in this
district. GREETING :
BY the authority OF the State OF Vermont
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court. 1T the Probate ONCE in
Middlebuly, I'm said district on the 2Sth day
OF January, \. ID. 1850, at 10 o'clock, \. NJ, to
show cause, II any YOU have, why the account
OF Rufus Wainwright, administrator of the
estate Of said deceased, should not be allow
ed, and also why the residue OF said estate
should not be distributed to the parties en-
titled thereto.
Dated ut Middlebury, i'm said district, this
Sd day of January, A. ID. 1895.
by order of Court,
Attest, JAMES NJ. sLADE, Judge.