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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
ON WRITING TO NEWSPAPERS.
"Aunt Roxana" Has a Few Words of Com
miseration on the Authors.

Aunt Roxana Sheldon laid down the
monthly periodical which she had been
pcrusing and looked over her spectacles at
her niece, who sat crochoting in the other
window. "Vandeely," she said, "whcre
do you suppose the folks that send these
questions 10 the housckeeper's column in
this paper was brought upS"
81 don't know, I'm sure, Aunt Roxy,
replied the niece, with slight blush.
"Vandeely, said Miss Sheldon after an
other keen glance over her spectacles, "hcv
you ever sent any sech eejot questions to
one o them papers?"
"Once l did, " admitted Vandelia meek
ly; "when l was first married an mother
had died But the answers didn't do me
much good. l couldn't get things l was
told to where we lived"
Il presume to say not, said Miss Shell
don somewhat Modified. "You'd ought
to have writ to me, but you wa II t well &C
quainted with your husbands folks then,
an s'pose you didn't feel to. Cyrus orter
have told you to send right on to me
Why. there's woman here wants to know
what'I kill ants, an keep en- out of her
sugar bucket, an so on, an they've give
her receipt that'd take me a good long
spell to study out what with lie of ono
.
/ trust twould be a useless mess when twas
put together I've a notion to write tc
| that poor crcatur myself, only don't know
/ who she is, exccptin that she's signed her
name Glover X. l amt ever met with
many names begin with X outside of the
dictionary, but it seems she's got of en-
An don't know how to get rid of ants!
81 had considerable trouble with ants
/ myself - said Nandplia as Miss ShcldOi
once more turned her searching gaze upcr
her. "That was what / wrote about"
Gan you didn't know that little piece
o. yaller sulphur stick-or powder either
for the matter of that-would send every
one o. them little plaques out into the sane
agin?" calculated Miss Sheldon. AN lik'
as not you didn't know that dough would
ketch rats that wouldn't pay no attention
to cheese nor meat. An presume to 81.
you never hccrd that a tCaspOOnful o. corn
starch in a box o. salt would keep Ii from
cakin up in Jumps. An more n likely you
But there" Miss Sheldon broke off abrupt
", "vou re a rcal well meanin girl, al
, shall feel to be easier on the folks tina
ask them questions after this seeing n
my own niece by marriage has been one O
em But l don't see what Cyrus wa
thin1in of-not but what you re gOO
girl-but l don't see what he was think
in of when he offered himself But then,
concluded Miss Sheldon, "mon's minds ar
made up in sech a queer way that the rei
important things, like ants an rats an ;
on. don't seem to weigh with EN- hardly
+ mite when they como s. gettin married, Il
, Cyrus was Jest like all the rest, presum
= to say "-Youth's Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing syrup mas Deen us
ed by millions OF mothers tor their children
while teethlng II disturbed at night ana
broken OF your rest by Il sick child suffering
and crying with pain of cutting teeth, send M
once and get bottle OF Mrs. Wmslow's
Soothing syrup tor children teething II VIII
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Depend upon II, mothers, there is no mistake
about il. 1t cures diarrhRa, regulates the
stomach and bowels cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums and reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone and e. er9y 10 the whole system
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup tor children
teething Is pleasant to the taste and Is the
prescription and discovery OF one of the old
est and best female physicians and nurses in
the United States. Price twenty-five cents q
bottle. sold bY all drug gists throughout the
world. Be sure and ask Tor "MRs. WINsLOw'i
BOOTHING SYRUP"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
THE TEACHER CHEWED GUM.
Other Methods Had Failed to Break Up
an Epidemic Among the Pupils.

Last winter West Side grammar school
suffered an epidemic of gum chewing.
The disease manifested itself in mild form
at first, and the teachers thought they had
stamped it out by the time honOrcd method
of compelling the children to throw the
gum out of the window. Just as the teach
ers began to congratulate themselves on
their success the disease all at once broke
out again in violent form 1t is compare
lively easy to deal with one culprit, but
when there are 30 lawbreakers among 40
pupils the situation becomes delicate and
requires u high degree of diplomacy. Some
of the teachers tried despotism, with 10Th
| ing to back it up others ridicule and
! sarcasm, another arbitration. with the
! latter the compromise consisted in giving
permission to leave the gum in tho cloak
room. So each girl put her hat on her
own particular hook and stuck her gum
| on the wall above it, and her rights were
respected
But one day one of the boys who was
sent to stand in the cloakroom made a
collection of wads of gum, and the girls
We're beroft After that they Brought their
gum into the schoolrCom and stuck it on
the ink wells. Having the tempting NOR
sells under their eyes all day long was too
much to be resisted, and they soon re-
lapsed into moro hopeless state than be-
fore. In another room the gum chewing
bad gone on unintclTuptcdy for couple
OF weeks the teacher apparently taking
DC notice Of it, This was all the more as
tonishing because she was strict disciple
marian.
One morning when the class was called
to order the teacher was sitting on tho
platform as usual, but with the absent
minded vacuous expression characteristic
of the confirmed gum chewcr on her face
She was chewing gum with variations
all the variations she had seen in the
schoolrCOm She kept this up the whole
day, laying her gum aside with n sigh O
, regret when She had to hear class recitC
| and putting it into her mouth again a.
soon rs the lesson was finished. Not {
word was sud about it. Tho pupils looked
at each Other in silent amazement, bu
never smiled. AT noon they discussed thu
matter amonS themselves In the after
noon some of them appeared without thei
gum. They watched the teacher, and i
t gradually dawned upon them that she wa
5 giving them an object lesson. Did the.
look like that? The next morning Their
5 was no gum in the schoolroom, but tn
l teacher asked the pupils to spare her a
e. much Us possible from talking-her law
were tired. Chicago Zines Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
Commissioners Notice.
Estate of LuciuS &. BarrOWS.

THE undersigned, having been appointed by
he Hon. Probate Court for the district of Adj.
tson, commissioners, to receive, examine
hcius q. Barrows, late of Middlebury in
Md district, deceased, and all claims exhibit
Ii in offset thereto, hereby give notice that
lie will meet tor the purposes aforesaid, at
he late dwelling place of the deceased on the
18th day OF June, and 18th day OF November
|ext, from 10 o'clock a. m. until three o'clock,
M, each of said days, and that Elk months
|om the 18th day of May, A. ID. 1898, is the
line limited by said court for said creditors
present their claims to us tor examination
nd allowance.
Dated at Middlebury, this 22d day OF May,
L d. 1895.
81 J.E. CRANE, lromr,s
CHAS. w. MATHEWS. N'''i %
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
No. 5eO.-PuzzIe Divisions.

[Examplc Divide enemies by ten ant
get certain animals Answer; Foes
foxes.
l. Divide feature by one and obtain
tumult
2. Divide prophet by five and get to
part.
g. Divide hasty by six and have to trans
port with joy.
A. Divide certain tools by 100 and have
ornaments with squares, diamonds OF
cubes.
D. Divide certain agricultural nipple
ments by 900 and make our residences.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
No. 5e1.-Analyzing a Flower.

Analy2c flower composed of pronoun,
proper name and figure of speech and
find:
/. a false step. q a slender piece of
wood. 3. Pleasing expectancy. 4. a sep
arate portion. .. Tho haunch. 6. a con-
spiracy :. \ harbor 8. A large, stout
cord 0. A fairy. 10. The spinal cord
H. An untruth. L. \ hole in the ground.
49, A chid's toy H. a solemn obscrv-
ance Ia \ heap. 16 To assist. II. A
rent IS. To hire out 10. A moose. 20.
To tear off by violence 81 To decay. 22.
A handle. %. Flexible. "a. Accompany.
20. Destitute 26. TO spend time idly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
Estate Of Edgar E. Sticl1ney.

cTATE OF VERMONT The Probate
DDIsTRICT OF ADDISON, s.. Court for the
district of Addison:
To all persons interested IN the estate OF
.dgar f. Stickney, late OF Shoreham, in sald
|istrict deceased. GREETING:
BY the authority OF the State OF Vermont,
lou are hereby notified TO appear before the
hid probate court ut the probate office IN
flddlebury, in said district, on the 10th day ct
'une, A. ID. 1885, at 10 O'Clock n. m, to show
|ause, il any you have, why the account of II.
H. Jones, Administrators of the estate OF
hid licensed, should not be allowed, and
|lso why the residue of said estate should mot
|e distributed to the parties entitled thereto.
Dated at Middleburv, i'm said district this
/ st day of May, a. ID. $3.50.
BY order of court,
2i Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
l7F ::I.. !. lS..!.l9:.i.yl!z.,75Sk
-sa44lSs Is SIN
So y -e~~ '0-~)S~. Y \
No. 51o,-Double Acrostic.

My primals name those especially re-
membered by soldiers in the latter part Of
May; my finals show for what purpose GER
tain decorations are prepared.
Crosswords: / A fissure. 2. Very cor
pulent. 3. A title of respect given to a
lady. L. A character in one of Shake
speare's plays 3. An autumn flower. g..
A famous city of India. 7. Additional.
g. Part of flower
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
Other WAY Around,

1t is told in recent book of law anec-
dotes that mcmbcr Of the Boston bar
meeting one day Judge Lord, an able and
Conscientious judge, said to him:
Il see, judge, that the supreme court
has overrulcd you in the case of - YER
sus -, but you need feel no concern
about your reputation -
"No, answered the judge, Il don't l
am only concerned about the reputation of
the supreme court. "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
Children Cry for Pitchers CastOria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07

Transpose the letters of the following so
as to make correct words and rcarrange
the words formed so as tomakc II proyerb;
l. 81 Ease oto eh rescue haiti ont 81.
2 Tibnet hys cone ciwte
g. Live vile haiti mih knisth OF.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
No. 52e.-RiddIe-me-ree.

My first is in spindle but not in wheel;
My second is in head, but not in heel;
My third is in shorn, but not in cut;
My fourth is in house, but not in hut;
My fifth Is in buy. but not in sell;
My whole is a flower you know very well
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07

When the five objects in the above illus
tration have been rightly guessed and the
names--each containing the same number
of letters-written one below the other,
the initial letters will spell the name of q
state which was annexed to the Union
about 80 years ago.-St. Nicholas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
BINDING.

Arrangements have been perfected by
which we can have Magazines bound AT the
following rates per volume Half canvas, 90
cents, halt sheep, So cents; hall roam, 81 half
morocco, Si.25. These prices are for the
common sized magazine ike the Century"
"Harper's," etc. Publications having larger
page viii, OF course. cost more.
REGISTER co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-07
No. Establishing RHYMES.


A printer there was yclept -,
And "A halter whose surname was -.
Both had the same -,
Both loved Mrs. -,
Who married a person named -.
Two innocents met with a -;
The scene of their hurt was a -;
The hero named -
On his crown had a -,
The heroine Ness injuredl was -.
There was young pricstess named -
Whose lover $50 constant and u,
Though n swimmer -,
Was eventually -,
When seeking to be to her -
There was good monarch named -,
Whose feet nearly got in -,
When courtier hard -,
To keep tootsicums -,
On the ground, spread part of his -.
An old fox, to the best of his -,
Endeavored for more than an
To obtain some ripe -,
And, when thwartod, the -
Declared it was tasteless and -.
Not Much Wit In These.
The following are said to be the nine
longest words in the English language at
the present writing:
Subconstitu;i0nalist.
IncomprHhensibility.
Observation-Disclosures.
Observation-Disclosures.
Anthropophagcnarian
Observation-Disclosures
locipedestrianistical.
Observation-Disclosures
Proantitransubstantia
Key to the PuzzIer.
No. 513.-Anagram: Justification.
The sun., 1895-05-18
State Care OF the Insnue.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Whatever may be
the outcome OF the pending suit in which New York
city is resisting the payment OF State taxes for the
support OF the insane OF the State while It was at the
same time maintaining its own insane. there can be
no question as to the desrablty Of establishing a
uniform system throughout the State by which New
York city would bear her share OF the burdens md
enjoy her due proportion OF the advantages of an
equitable system OF State and support OF the de-
pendent insane
That the State hospitals have provided better nc.
commodations better food and clothing, better at.
tendants and better facilities for medical treatment
OF the insane than the county asylurns cannot he
denied for $3.50 per week will buy more than CO 80
The former Is the rate OF expenditure in the State
hospitals the latter is the Of the generosity
OF the city.
The Legislature OF 1895, with all its SHORTCOMINGS
has to Its credit that 1t has opened the doors for New
York and Kings counties-the only counties remain.
Ing outside the State system-to avail themselves OF
the advantages OF the State Care at Tho K,ngs
county unauc asylums. with their inmates with the
full approval OF the local authorities have aready
been transferred to the State by chapter 62S Laws OF
1895. The Cantor Conkling bill for tho conversion of
the New York city asyurs for the insane into the
Manhattan State Hospital is now before the Mayor I
hope II Will receive his approval A PHYSICIAN
NEW YORK, Nav II.
The sun., 1895-05-18
The Absence OF Our Holstein Sheriff.

This was substantially the phraseology Of
the order served upon DAMsEN and ILLING-
WORTH, requiring their joint appearance in
the Court of Oyer and Tcrminer last We'd
nesday let EDWARD j. DAMsEN (or TAM
SEM, Sheriff of the city and county of New
York, and JOHN ILLINGwoRTE, court guard,
appear and show cause why they should
not be punished for contempt of court"
At the time and place designated in the
order, one of the persons described in it was
present, besides several other people. DAM
sen was not there He was constructively
there, but physically he was not. Why was
this? Various reasons some plausible,
some amusing some preposterou5, have
been assigned in justification or xpanation
of DAMsEN's absence OH Wednesday from
the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
FuIloso HOEBER, the Gcrmnn-American
Reform Coroner, who, in the event of COM
mitment OF DAMsEN, would, under our law,
have had the custody OF the Sheriff, WAS at
his post prepared, if necessary, to perform
the irksoIne, but not perilous, duty OF ar
resting his little Holstein compatriot. BY
some it is said that DAMsEN, notwithstand-
ing his record OF service in the Hanseatic
Guards, was afraid of HoEBER. Others aver
that DAMsEN is profoundly reluctant to
visit any OF the criminal courts as a de-
fendant. For the purpose of prosecuting
Others he attends with vigilant alacrity,
but to defend himself against accusations
he Is dilatory He halts. He considers. He
stays away.
Ex-Judge CURTIS, in defending ILLING-
WORTH in the contempt proceedings on
Wednesday before Judge BARRETT, referred
to DAMsEN as "a person unfamiliar with
our laws and with our language" Upon
this chance remark may turn the true ex-
PLANTATION of DAMsEN's absence. 1t Is a fact
well known to those familiar with criminal
Jurisprudence in Germany, that the consta-
BILE of the cities in that country, der Polizet-
bedmtc, has primary jurisdiction. When,
for instance, charge of petty larceny, in
toxication, trespass, or disorderly conduct, is
made against an individual, the Polizei-
bcnmtc then and there hears the accusation
and determines upon his course. Such is
not the rule here. 1t may be that DAMsEN,
familiar with German but unfamiliar with
American methods, may have been waiting
in the Sheritfs Office on Wednesday fore
noon for Judge BAHEETT to come to him.
lie was waiting il may have been, for
Judge BARRETT to show cause why he should
have considered DAMsES's case: and VIC can
well understand with what impatience our
handsome High Sheriff counted the laggard
minutes while Judge BARRETT tarried.
Another theory offered by some in ex-
plana;ion of the absence of DAMsEN on
Wednesday, from the contempt proceedings
in which his name or names figured prom
inently, is that perhaps he was unable to
find the Criminal Courts building,
But perhaps more plausible theory
of DAMsEN's absence is this: DAMsEN
and HoEBER are both members of the
German-American Reform organization.
Since January l the official acts of both
have been diverting and grotesque. But
The sun., 1895-05-18

NOT is not, look upon the question not
only from Canadian, but from an English
point of view, and nothing seems to me
more clear than that the real interest OF
England points to the reunion OF the Eng
disappearing race upon this continent In
hearty amity with their common mother
country, with whom there would thence
forth be no possibility Of quarrel. Colo
NAL dependencies, as Lord BEAcoNsF1ELD
himself said, in his hour of confidential
frankness are millstones around the neck
OF Great Britain. They contribute nothing
TO her armaments; they do not obey her
laws, not even her copyright and marriage
laws; they lay protective duties on her
goods. In case of war, being beyond her
power OF protection and incapable Of pro-
tecting themselves, they would be death
traps for her arms and her honor. have
lived enough among British statesmen to
know that some of the best and most patriotic
among them have been Of this opinion.
GOODWIN SMITH.
The sun., 1895-05-18
"THE ONE STRONG MAN IN A BLA-
T4NT LAND.D
Fine Tribute tby nGli .hman) to tho Hon.
Grover Cleveland.

Fine Tribute tby nm En- nGii shman) to tho Hon.
Grover Cleveland.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Permit
me to offer a mild remonstrance against the
policy of THE Sun in impugning the character
OF that robust American. Grover Cleveland.
Tho President is. to my mind, one OF tho most
sensible and moderate statesmen of the century,
and will favorably compare with the greatest
of his predecessors, including Lincoln and even
Washington. He stands out prominently in an
ago of corruption and of turpitude tho one
strong man in blatant land.
What, may l ask. has America to gain by
winking Mt revolution in tho Hawaiian
Islands, or encouraging flibusters in Cuba.
or crack drained annexationists in Canada?
This country has prospered by steadily pursu-
Ing policy OF non-interfcrence and peace. The
Constitution not intended to stand the
strain of extensive colonization. and the coun-
try Is 10 day large enough TO satisfy the most
What the, people want is not moro territory,
but more liberty. We do not want more Rock
efellers TO increase the price Of oil. nor more
Armours to corner meat, nor gamblers to en-
hance the price Of grain: we surely have enough
trusts and tramps and thieves. In fact, 1t would
kings and oil kings and iron kings and politi-
cal bosses all into one decent dictator, or imperi-
av aist ySa CnuId will and create monarchy rfht
ravages In the sweet vineyard of our liberties,
but we cannot watch thousand. We could
$,
slay him upon tho spot. but it seems utterly
impossible TO keep pace. even with the assist
ance OF vigilnnt press upon the myriads Of
petty bosses and ignorant usurpers who have
now fastened themselves upon the nation.
This bugaboo about the kings of feudal ages
cannot be exploded a moment too soon. No mon
arch like Louis XIV. or Charles v. is now pos
sible in any part OF Europe. and in the presence
OF popular suffrage and free press they could
not exist here. or accomplish half the injury
which crowd OF plutocratic Rulchions perform
In the name OF liberty and under the forms of a
republic.
Bah! The other day saw the statue of Lib
erty paraded in the public streets behind a
candy cart! and the Stars and Stripes rolled
around ragged nrchin peddlinE. cheap cigars
on the Bowcry,!, In any monarchy in Europe
these boys would be at school. and II they had
the good fortune to be born in England they
would be taken care Of by some benevolent
legislation or by donor like tho Duchess OF
Montrose, who nobly bequeathed a sum OF 9s5.-
900 the other day TO support the poor of London
What of YOUR Nanderts and your Goulds and
your noneyed arstocracy!
Hurrah for Grover Cleveland! May his
shadow never grow less. and may THE Sun set
some evening never more to rise.
am. sir. an Engislltnan, and proud of 1t.
w EST lsLlP, May 10. GEORGE PnIPPs.
The sun., 1895-05-18
SUyBEAMS.

Central Park is now brilliant with the blossoms Of
tho lilac. the horse chestnut and the wistaria Tho
purple lilac is abundant in the Park The horse
chestnuts in bloom look like enormous candelabra.
The wistarias the r!chest-looking vines OF tho
Park. Half dozen great arbors are now laden with
blossoms and two naples near the Casino for years
in the grasp these almost completely
purpled with bloom.
Perhaps most OF tho railways and street cars
used in South America built In this country One
firm had $780, 900 worth OF such goods n the harbor
of Rio when the lato disturbances broke The
firm executing contract for $3.50 900 worth OF
cars for Chill. The repute OF builders is such
that there is small danger OF foreign competition The
leading characteristics OF the cars are beauty. light
ness. and ingenuity OF construction.
There Is something very like q corner in San Do
mngo mahogany. The wood has been getting scarcsg
year by year. and 1t is said that the only large
stock of It In this country is held by shipbuild
ing concern. The price Is going up and contractors
are looking askance at specifications that call for
Domingo mahogany. Slabs OF the wood found in old
furniture bring high rates, such pieces have the
perfection OF seasoning, and usually sound
new wood.
One OF the pleasant sights OF Central Park break
fast time with the deer. When the attendant that
topour oats Into their trough appears there immed
ate commotion in each pound. The deer leap about
following him toward the house. and then crowdins
about him as he pours IN the later only
the backs and tails visible every is buried
in the trough young buck just getting his
horns carries those tender with great
and seeks the end Of the trough protect them
from possible harm.
1t is a pleasant thing these days to the young
folks coming down Madison avenue on their way to
school They are OF all ages from that go hand
in hand with maid or groom to tall lads on tho
verge of manhood, with fashionable garments and
carefully gloved hands. and girls that have lost tho
careless grace OF childhood but not yet reached the
studied ease OF womanhood. Some walk. some go in
carriages or by the street and many OF each
ride bicycles. IL is noteworthy that most OF the
bicycles new and many Of the riders are awk.
ward. The whining schoolboy mounted his
bicycle. no longer creeps like snail unwlllingly to
school, but glides along ut eight miles hour