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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
WHAT BERKSHIRE HAS DONE.
1t Has Wrought Mere Than Its Share to
Shape the Life of the Country.

It is a little land but one which has
contributed more than its share to the
forces which have shaped and are shaping
the life of our country and our time. Be
fore the PHILADELPHIA congress of 1776. or
the famous Mecklenburu convention of
1875, congress of deputies from the sew
eral towns in Berkshire met at Stock
bridge, John Ashley being president.
Theodore Scdpwick secretary. and some 60
delegates being in attendance A covenant
was agreed upon. to be signed by the peo-
pie of the country, engaging "not to i'm
port, purchase or consume or suffer any
person for, by or under them to import.
purchase or consume in any manner what
ever any goods, wares or manufactures
which should arrive in America from
Great Britain from and after the first day
of October next or such other time as
should be agreed upon by the American
congress, nor any goods which should be
ordered from thence from and after that
day until our charter and constitutional
rights should be restored "
Before the battles of Concord and Bunker
Hill regiment of minute men had been
formed and the Berkshire men were on
the march for Cambridge and Bunker Hill
the day after the news of the battle of Lex
ington was received. In the trying times
and critical periods which followed the
Revolution the hardest blow which was
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

There is mystery about many of the
coast names of East Lothian. The inland
names are mostly Anglo-Saxon. Witness
Prestonkirk, Athelstaneford, Tyninghame
Auldame, Salton, Bolton, Dirleton, Fen
ton and the like, but the names of many
places in and en- the sea defy explanation.
Tantallon, the Bass, May, the Leithies,
Milscy bay, the Lamb lin an old map we
find in Bellcndcn), Firdra, Eyebroughy
and the like would puzzle the brains OF
Canon Taylor, Mr.. Johnson of Falkirk, Sir
Herbert Maxwell and othereXpcrts in anti
quarian place names.
1t would seem that tho Anglo-Saxon in
vasion took full possession Of the interior
of the country, obliteraring the older
names, but is it did not master the coast
and the islands the ancient names, derived
probably from various races and languages,
continued to prevail. AS to islands, it
is remarkable that few miles farther up
the firth the names of the islands are con-
structed on a different but more uniform
principle. Inchkeith, Inchcolm, Inch
garvie and Inchmyrkie agree in having
the prefix Inch, but not in any of the Heb
rides, Orkneys or Shetlands. One would
suppose this due to some local fancy
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

A carpenter who was at work in the
New York aquarium at Castle Garden,
and knew thing or two about fishes, took
the skin Of doglish which had died, dried
it and used it as sandpaper. The dogfish
is of the same order as the shark whose
skin is often used as sandpaper. Shark
skin sandpnpcr is fine and uniform. 1t
doesn't scratch, and it is lasting. The
gritty points arc really modified scales.
Fishermen use shark skin rs sandpaper, and
some is sold for that use, not so much,
however, in this country as in Europe
When sold, it is used principally on fine
cabinet work.
In this country sharks are utilized chief
ly for their oil and for the manufacture of
fertilizers. An oil that is used for lubri-
eating purposes is taken from the shark S
liver the rest of the shark, excepting such
skins as there may be other demand for,
being worked up into fertilizer. In Europe
the shark is caught chiefly for its oil and
skin. A handsome leather called shagreen
is made from sharkskin, and this is used
for making purses, cardcases and orna-
mental boxes. Shagrccn is more used in
Europe than here. Many small sharks are
eaten in Europe. In Mediterranean cities
they are common article of food. Now
York sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
National Irrigation Congress.

The national irrigation congress,
which is to meet at Albuquerque, n
NJ, beginning Sept. 1G, for four days
session, promises to be full of interest
and instruction. There will be review
of the progress Of irrigation during the
years 1894 and 1895, with lectures by
Judge j. S. Emery of Kansas, Hon.
Clark E. Carr of Denmark, Ex-Governor
l.. A. Sheldon of Los Angeles, Z. R.
Moses of Kansas, Thomas Knight of
Missouri, Judge E. T. Kinney of Utah
and others. Lutte Wilcox, editor of the
Denver Field and Farm, is on the pro-
gramme for the second day for talk on
Practical Methods Of Irrigation, with
charts. John A Frost will speak on
COLONIZATION Of Arid Lands " On the
third day Captain W. A Glassford,
United States army, will present pa
per ON "Climatology of the Arid Re
gion." This will be followed by dis
cussion on the scientific aspects of irri-
CATION. The foregoing are a few of the
many good things ON the programme for
this important occasion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
A USEFUL CIGAR.
Its Lighting Was the Means of Adverting
Serious Panic.

Serious Panic.
A good story is told of q sea captain
who died not long ago, and who was for
merly in command of ship in which pas
sCngcrs were carried from London to Lis
bon. On one occasion the ship caught fire,
and the passengers and crew We're com
PEELED to take hurriedly to the boats The
captain remained perfectly cool throughout
all the confusion and fright of the debar
kation, and at last every one except himself
was got safely into the boats.
BY the time he was ready to follow the
passengers were almost wild with fear and
excitement. Instead of htIrrying down the
ladder the captain called out to the sailors
to hold on minute, and taking cigar
from his pocket coolly lighted it with IA bit
of burning rope which had fallen from the
rigging at his feet. Then he descended
with deliberation and gave the order to
push off.
"How could you stop to light a cigar Mt
such momcnt?" he was asked aftcrward
when some of the passengers were talking
over their escape.
Because he answered, II saw that if
l did not do something to divert the minds
of those in the boat there was likely TO be
panic, and, ovcrcrOwdcd as it was, there
was danger Of the boat being upset. The
net took but moment, but it attracted
the attention of everybody. l was not
nearly SO unconccrncd rs | seemed to be-
but was in reality in fever of excitement
My little plan succeeded. You all forgot
yourselves because you were thinking
about my curious behavior. and we got of
safely. "-LondOn Standard
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Notice Of License TO Sell Real Estate.
Estate of Michael Keefe.

CTATE OF VERMONT, ! BE IT remem.
ODIsTRICT OF ADDISON, S., bered, that AT a
session OF the Probate Court holden at Mid
leOury, within and tor said district, on the
9th day OF July, A. d. 1885.
Present; Hon James NJ. Sladc, Judge.
Whereas, Fred +. Plat, administrator of
the estate of Michael keete late OF ShOreham
in said hi strict, deceased, has this day pre-
scented to said court his petition in writing,
setting forth that il will be necessary to sell
part OF the real estate of said deceased tor
the payment OF The debts and charges OF
administration; and also that IL will be bene-
fetal tor all parties interested therein to
sell the whole OF the real estate OF said de-
ceased, To wit, "a farm of one hundred and
siXtylhree acres with buildings situated in
Shoreham Vermont, and therein making APP
plication to said court Tor license TO make
such sale. And said Fred +. Plat having
produced TO said court the assent in writing
OF all the heirs residing In this state, interest
ed IN said real estate
II is ordered, that all persons interested in
the estate of said deceased be notified to APP
pear before said Court at the Probate office
in Middlebury, in said district, on the 29th
day of July, A. ID. 1885, at 10 o'clock a. m by
publication OF this order three weeks success
sively previous thereto, in the Middlebury
REGISTER, newspaper printed at Middlebury
aforesaid, to show cause, II any they may
have, why SAID license should not be granted.
By order OF court.
Attest, JAMES NJ. sLADE.
% Judge OF Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
An Airy Blacksmith Shop.

Probably the highest blacksmith shop in
the city i'm point of elevation is one located
ON the seventh floor of the public building.
Very few people are aware of the existence
of the shop away up under the caves of the
massive building but it is there just the
same, nd If the making Of horseshoes is
excepted it probably turns out as large
and varied an amount Of work as the av-
erage smithv in the city. The shop is To-
Gated on the north corridor, near the west
end, and glowing forge and several ring
ing anvils are kept busy all day long 1t
supplies the need for large amount of
ironwork to be done in the construction of
the remaining rooms and corridors in the
building, and is an Indispensable auxiliary
to the operations. -Philadelphia Record.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Natnral Causes of Lying.

Nothing Is more common than to find
children, with an evidently rudimentary
conception of truth, who willfully and Of
ten for no reason make exaggerated or false
statements, who seem really to deceive
themselves as well as others, who make
their relatives miserable by threatened lack
of responsibility, which, spreading out in
many ways, points to an unhappy or dis
graceful life.
This fear is so common that the major
ity of people, l fancy, have felt it more or
less 1t is so natural to regard truth as
the foundation of our whole moral struc-
ture, to look upon it as the loveliest prod
uct of IA fine character, that any deviation
from it must necessarily be held as most
unfortunate l should be similarly i'm
pressed if l did not feel certain that the
fear is often wrongly placed, that this ha-
bitual telling of falsehood has its origin
not in viciousness or IA spontaneous desire
to deceive, but rather in causes for which
the person as not entirely responsible
which, on the contrary, are the natural re-
suits of natural causes.-Popular Science
Monthly
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
HOW 70 PREVENT sWARMiNc.


American Bee journal.
To the apiarist whose chief object is
the production Of honey the prevention
Of increase by natural swarming be-
comes scr nus problem, which is not
satisfactorily solved by many. The bee
keeping fraternity practices various
plans to accomplish this, such as renew
ing or caging the queen, cutting out
queen cells, using entrance guards or
queen traps, extracting or giving sur
honey alone l have attained fair success
along by keeping myself posted concern
irg the condition of the colonies, and
whenever fiud one whose brood cham
Der is getting nearly full land this the
experienced bcekeeper is enabled to tell
at glance on opening the hive by OBJ
serving that the bees have begun to
Written and bulge the combs at tho top
bars) l put on super at once aud put
i'll it two or three partly filed sections
to entice the bees to go to work above,
whichthey will usually do atonce if there
is Il sufficient flow Of nectar. [ observe
that the bees are still hampercd for
room, then put ON another. putting it
beneath the first, which should now be
partly filled. Give the bees just room
enough and then cntice them to go to
work above, and you have accomplished
your object, and thereby increased your
profits and abated the swarming fever.
In addition to the above if it is at a
time of the year when the young bees
reared would mature at a time to assist
in gathering some particular honey
flow, remove the outside frames, which
are usually filled with honey only, and
slip i'll the middle Of the colony con
pie of frames filled with full sheets Of
foundation. This Will give the bees and
queen more room and work for awhile.
But to get at the matter Alright so as
to obtain the best results it becomes nee
essary for us to go further back and see
that we have got strain Of bees whose
energies are spent ON honey gathering
more than ON increase alone There is
without doubt a vast difference III va
rious strains of bees i'll this respect
While some with vim are gathering
in from field and wood the various
sweets which they can find. others, with
equal energy, are bent on increasing
their numbers more than their stores,
and consequently when winter comes
they find that they have swarmed the
harvest time away, so TO speak, and are
without stores for winter.
We should breed only from those
queens whose colonies approach nearest
our ideal Of perfection, considering il
their proper order the qualities Of hardi
ness, honey gathering, gentlencss aud
beauty.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Panorama Three Miles Long.

The most remarkable piece of panoramic
painting ever attempted was 1000 mile
view of scenery along the Mississippi river
which was executed by John Barnard, the
artist, who died at Watertown, :. d., in
the summer of 1891. This wonderful pan
Drama, which gave faithful and clear cut
pictures of bluffs, river mouths, farms,
prairie dclls and wooded promontories
along the Father Of Waters for distance
almost rs great as that which separates
st. Louis from New York, was painted on
Il strip of canvas % feet wide and nearly 3
miles long Nothing similar has over been
attempted on such gigantic scale, and
while Artist Banvard was not known as
"the Michael Angelo of America he will
long be remembered by the lovers of the
curious in either art or nature as the man
who painted the largest painting ever
known.-St. Louis Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Soda and Potash as Plant Food.

1t has been demonstrated that soda
cannot in any sense or to any extent take
the place of potash in plant nutrition
On the other hand, soda may sometimes
or often take the place Of potash as d
fertilizer. In such cases it operates indi-
rectly, not - entering itself into the
crop as nccdiul food to the plants, bat
by its action On the soil, making more
rapidly available some other ingredient
of the soil-it may be potash or lime or
nitrOgen-which is there present, but
exists i'll Il comparatively inert state. 1t
is well established that the use Of soda
as a fertilizer has often increased crops,
but experience shows that it is com
monty uncertain and unsafe for applica-
ton to land. In any case it does not en-
rich the soil or increase its stores Of
plant food, but simply facilitates their
soIution, consumption, and, it may easily
be, their waste.
As a rule, soils contain more soda
than potash, and the frequent use Of
soda i'll fertilizers tends to exhaust and
impoverish the land. If soda is to be
used, it is most cheaply supplied i'll nj
trate Of soda, which by its nitrogen may
easily return its entire cost, leaving its
soda in the soil as carbonate. If more
alkali is useful, lime is vastly cheaper
than soda and not whit less efficacious
is, in fact, what soda is not, an essen
tial element of plant nutrition, as well
as the safest and surest means Of fluXing
the inert plant food of the soil and put
ting its boarded capital into active cir
culation Connecticut Station Report.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Estate of Byron Fleming.
Iotice of License to Sell Real Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT, Be 1t remem-
oDTsTRICT OF ADDISON, SIS. bered, that at a
session OF the Probate Court holden at Mid
dlebury, within ana for said District, on the
10Th day OF July, y. ID. 1885.
Present: Hon. James NJ. Slade, Judge.
Whereas, George +. Marshall, al lninistra-
tor OF the estate OF Byron Fleming, late OF
Middlebury IN said District, deceased, has
this dav presented to said Court his petition
in writing, setting forth that it will be neces-
sary to sell the real estate OF said deceased
for the payment of the debts and charges OF
administration; to wit, small piece OF land,
and n barn thereon standing situate in Mid
dleDury Village, VT, and therein making APP
plication to said court Tor license to make
such sale.
II Is ordered that all persons interested in
the estate of said deceased be notified to ap
pear before said Court, at the Probate office
in Middlebury, in said District, on The 18th day
OF August, a. ID. ls9j, at 10 O'Clock IA. m, by
publication of this order three weeks success
lively previous thereto in the Middlebury
REGISTER, IA newspaper printed at Middle
bury aforesaid, 10 show cause II any they
may have, why said license should not be
granted.
By order of court.
30 Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Hay Caps.

A Country Gentleman correspondent
writes from North Carolina My cloth
caps are made six feet square, with
pieces of the same cloth about ten
inches long, doubled about AN inch
wide, sewed on the corners two or three
inches. One person can easily carry 30
from barn to field. They are fastened
securely by twisting the corner strips
round in the hay, making a band or rope
of the latter, which can be quickly run
under or into the shock. Two persons at
opposite corners can cover shocks rapid
ly. Using stones or pegs at the corners
seems clumsy and slow. These caps may
be left ON any length of time, as they
shed the rain almost perfectly and per-
NIT the moisture from within to escape.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
NOT A oUARRELsoMe MAN.


The proposed reform of putting prison
ers upon their oath and letting them speak
for themselves recommends itself i'm many
ways to common sense, but has nevcrthe-
less some serious disadvantages. A reporter
on the Midland Circuit has preserved for
us choice example of oratory of this
kind. The case was that of man charged
with attempt to murder, before Lord
Observation-Disclosures Of the gravest judges
who had permitted him, after he prosecu-
ton closed, to address the jury.
"My lord and gentlemen of the jury,
you see as how l am what is called a peace
able man and was taking my drink quiet
ly, as n man should do, when up comes
this here prosecutor and says he, III have
sup of your beer No., says l, you
shantP Il WILL says he. Then, says
l, if you touch this ere mug Of beer, I'll
smash it on your blessed headP This here
man did take hold of my beer and he got
knock on the head, but it weres his own
fault, as, gentlemen, why should he ha'
provoked a man quietly a-drinlling his
becr2 Now, my lord, turning to the
judge, Il IN sure you likes u drop of good
beer, don't you, my lordY Well, then, my
lord, if your lOrdship had pot o. beer
afore you at this moment and that ere
chap as is a-sitting by the side of you, turn
ing to the high sheriff, "should say, says
he, m take a sup of your beer, and you
said to him. says you, If you do touch
this here beer, I'll punch your blessed
ribs' in course you would, my lord. 3"
[Roars of laughter CHOW, my lord, I've
been called a quarrelsome man; that 5
downright falsity, for, look here, it ain t
likely l can be a quarresome man when
I've been bound over % times TO keep the
blessed peace ILLUSTRATED London News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
Estate of Roger A. WOlcOtt.
81

CtTATE OF VERMONT The Probate
IODIsTRICT OF ADDISON, IS. Court tor the
District OF Addison
To all persons interested III the estate of
Roger A. Wolcott, late OF Middlebury, in said
district. deceased GREETING;
BY the authority of the State of Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said probate court, at the probate office IN
Mlddlebury, in said district, on the 9th day of
August, A. ID. 1895, AT 10 o'clock "A. M, TO show
cause, il any you have, why the account of
Clark ID. Myrick, administrator of the estate of
said deceased should not be allowed, and
also why the residue OF said estate should
not be distributed to the parties entitled
thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said District, this
18th day OF July, A. ID. 1885.
BY order OF court
20 Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE,
Judge OF Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
ANITA.

SHE'S a pretty puss IN boots,
With a saucy name that suits
Every glance.
Is it whispered, Is it sung,
Still it ripplcs on the tongue
In IA dance.
Oh, she walks so pit-a-paG
And she talks Of this and that
Such way,
just to watch her witching blush
Even Socrates would hush
Half "A day
She is not an angel, no
They are out o. place below,
Let us gricvo
Yet perchance there Is a wing
Hid beneath that puffy thing
Styled a sleeve
Her singing make, me think
OF a triclSsy bobslink
All dcliSht,
With his silvet strain allow
Where the apple blossoms blow
Pink and white
Like a wild rose newly born
Bursting into bloom at morn,
Dew agleam,
So enhancing Is her smile,
10, it haunts me all the while
In dream.
Samuel Minturn Peck IN Century
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

Hogan-Oi have joke on Houghlighan.
They was felly KEN into his place an
took three drinks in rapid secession nv his
whisky an thin pulled gun an shot him
self
Grogan-Oi think the joke is on the
man Fwat for did he go to the trouble
nv usin gun afther three drinks av
Houghlighan'e whiskyf-Cincinnati Trib-
une.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

Every pair of Lewis lima Calf Shoes
has Lewis Cork Filled Soles. which are
impervious to dampness. Better than
clumsy inner soles. a great $3.50
Shoe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

Hard Up-This daily grind of work is
making me awfully dull.
Wiggins-Well if you were the right
kind of metal, grinding would sharpen
you. York Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-23
LETTERS TO PRISONERS.
The House Judiciary Committee Think
Existing Statute Should lie Amended.

The House Judiciary Committee Think
Existing Statute Should lie Amended.
An Illinois court, in one of its decisions,
held that sheriff who opened a letter
addressed to prisoner in his custody be-
fore the letter was delivered to the pris-
oner made himself amenable to the law.
which imposes punishment upon persons
who open letters addressed to others. By
the Introduction of a bill to correct this
unsatisfactory condition of affairs the
matter was brought to the attention of the
House judiciary committee, and in recent
report the latter express their opinion
that il cases where officials who are
charged with the custody of prisoners in
confinement in prison under sentence of
the law, such officials should have the legal
right to inspect correspondence addressed
to such prisoners; If the rule We're 9TH
erwiSe, it is easy to that the discipline
of such prisoners may be in this way Sc
riously impaired and facilities for the
escape of prisoners easily afforded.
Your committee are unanimously Of
opinion that the existing statute should be
amended so that the chief official of penal
institutions may inspect correspondence
addressed to prisoners in their charge IL
they think that any such communications
will imperil the safe custody Of such pris-
oners.'