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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
His First Pig.

/ was ser to a little outwork on the
borders of %Gorakhpur, as lonely IA spot as
there is in India, and it was there that ]
first encountered the fighting wild boar of
the country. In my first attempt to tackle
him my career was nearly ended in an ig-
nominious manner and l was only saved
by the GOODNESS and courage of a native at
tendant. When word was brought to me
one evening that IA boa had passed through
the factory grounds, l had not a hog spear
in my possession, my only weapons of of
Tense and defense being an old cavalry
sword and the much priced revolver.
Nothing daunted, l determined to come to
close quarters with that pig. so l saddled
one of the horses and followed quickly in
pursuit, the sword dangling by my side,
and revolver in hand. When 1 got on
terms with the boar, he took refuge in a
large piece of scrub jungle. Bursting with
excitement, l dismounted and crept in
after him on my hands and knees. There
he stood, looking at me with those wicked
eyes that a hog hunter learns to love sc
well. SO, resting the revolver on my
naked sword, | took deliberate aim and
shot piggy somewhere about the shoulder.
Then, for the first time, l heard the
sharp loud snort of defiance, and before |
could fire n second time | was on my back,
with the pig standing over me. Fortu'
nately one of the villagers, a fine, stalwart
Rajput armed with a big native spear,
had crept in at my heels and before the
boar could follow up his advantage he wa,
pinned by the spear in time to allow mt
to regain my feet, The native and ther
finished him off between us in the open.
Since then have had many a good gallon
after pigs, but never again got SO com.
pletely mixed up in a rough and tumble
My wide white trousers savet
me, the pig ripping them from top to bot.
tom, and it was fortunate for me that
had not time to get into tight fitting rid
ing gear before leaving the bungalow
Churchman's Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
Profitable Farming.

Most of this improved machinery has
to do with grain growing, and as a o II
sequence grain pays less than almost any
other farm crop. The cry has been for
years that We cannot compete with the
west i'll growing grain crops. Why, then,
do we continue to do it? American Gull
tivator replies Is follows: Mainly be-
cause the majority Of farmers have more
land than they can use i'll any other
way, and besides the commercial ferti-
lizers at small expense will grow Il grain
crop, while to manure for any other
will require a much larger outlay. But
this does not matter, provided the more
expensive crop will sell for more than
enough additional to pay the increased
expense.
MANY farmers are learning this fact.
They are beginning to change from or
binary crops to those grown by market
gardeners, manuring heavily, as they
must, and getting their land i'll much
better condition than it was even in the
days when the forest was newly cleared
off from it. This is a slow process al
first, but every acre so fitted up helps t.
furnish the money to fit more land, I'M
til at last the entire farm can be brought
up to the garden standard, which should
be the ideal Of every farmeh"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

A very eminent London surgeon, one OF
the lights of the profession, one day OBJ
served IL gentleman knocked down by "A
runaway horse. He went to his aid and
found he had broken his leg. 1t was only
a simple fracture, but the man was badly
hurt.
The surgeon used his umbrella as a
splint and with his own hands borrowed
handkerchicfs, bandaged the limb tightly,
put the patient in a cab and drove to the
nearest hospital. There they were received
by "A young medical student.
"YOu've bandaged this pretty well, "
said the youth pltrunizingly.
"Nut at all. - said the other.
81 suppose you've been attending somo
ambulance class. They say n little learn
ing is IA dangerous thing, but the little
you've learnt you've put to good account.
l cant give you your umbrella now, but il
you leave your address it shall be sent to
your house"
II had better give you my card, " said
tho eminent surgeon. And he did So
Pearson's Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

The two great crops for securing prov
ender after July are corn and millct.
The latter is soWn from the first to the
middle of June, starts very slowly, but
is able to grow and flourish admirably
i'll the hot, dry weather Of August. Cut
when fairly green, and cure as ordinary
hay. Do not feed it exclusively.
Corn fodder is a most excellent food
for cattle and horses, unless Ii wants
to use the latter for fast work on the
road. 1t is easily cured and makes a
good forage crop for winter feeding. In
addition to tins, says Country Gentle
man, if a part of the land has been we'll
seeded to clover, the second crop will
be available for the caEle, and may dc
to feed the horses if II does not produce
soldering. Mangcls and both
are relished during the tall and winter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
GROWING PEAS ON A BIG SCALE.
TOW 1t Is Done In South Jersey For New
York and Philadelphia Markets.

York and Philadelphia Markets.
No brush or wires or anything else is
used to hold the vines up. They grow
up, fall over and grow up again, ana by
entwining with each other they support
each other enough to keep the pods from
the ground. The truckers here grow
from 5 to 20 acres apiece each season,
and it would be impossible to put in or
take out the brush, as the peas are grown
either between other crops or to precede
late cabbage, tomatoes, cor or other late
stuff
Fertilizers have replaced stable ma
nure, as the fertilizer costs less and the
labor Of applying it is less. Progressive
truckers use Il brand low in nitrogen and
high in phosphoric acid and potash. The
following mixture has given good salts.
faction Twenty pounds of nitrate OF
soda, 20 of dried blood, 100 of ground
bone, 100 of South Carolina acid phos.
phate, 100 of muria'r If potash. This
analyses about 214 por cent of nitrogen,
1119 phosphoric acid and 1919 potash
Where the peas are lantcd five feet
apart, about 400 pourDs per acre of this
lNIllllE'I dIt N~'Nle NitNl y y NIItN art
planted solid about 500 pounds
A large area Of peos Il rc is planted to
protect other crops Wherever early to-
matocs, citrCn or egg lants ere grown,
early peas are FIRST 81 vu five on SIX ttct
apart ard these crt s. lautcd b.tVCcn
them. The peas serve t. attract the cut
worms, also @ protect e." young tomato
and other plants from the high wind and
driving sand. TLoy arr pick'd carly in
June, the vines plowcd under, and the
whole ground is then occupied by he
later crop. For "A late crop the rows are
made 81 and ! feet apart, and after
picking the vines are plowed under, and
a late crop of tomatoes, cabbage or sweet
corn follows. A plan is now coming in
to practice of following peas with Grim
son clover. AS the peas are marketed in
July, this gives a chance Of sowing the
clover at u time that will insure a crop.
Tho varieties used here are Cleve-
lands First and Best, or some other of
the small early varieties for the first
crop, and for growing between other
crops. For medium. Blue Imperial was
formerly used, but this is now being
superseded by Long Island Mammoth
for solid planting and by Pride of the
Market, a variety with shorter vines,
to plant between field corn. These three
are wrinkled varieties, and of very fine
quality. But by far the largest portion
of the late crop consists Of White and
Black Eyed Marrowfats. These are va
rietics of great vigor and hardness and
heavy yielders, and bring nearly a:
much in market as the finer wrinkleC
varieties. The foregoing is from a soutl
Jersey correspondents letter to Rura.
New Yorker.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
D
Some # the Queerest Recorded In the His
tory of the World.

The late well known archeofogist, AL
bert Way, crossing Pail Mall, cannoned
against an old gentleman. After mutual
apologies cards were exchanged. On each
card was printed mir. Albert Way" The
older gentleman. dying, left his fortune to
the other Albert Way.
The planet Neptune, which had for
countless ages revolved in the heavens un-
seen by any one ON earth, was discovered
simultaneously and Independently In 1916
by Professor Adams INT NJ. Leverrier, tho
two most brilliant astronomers of the day.
Some few years ago a shepherd boy
placed a sleeper on the railway line be-
tween Brighton and Palmer, with the re-
suit that a train eyas thrown off the rails.
One year later to IA day, almost to u min
ute, that same youth was struck by light
ing and in-stantancously kili,u within n
couple of miles of the spot at which the
accident occurred.
Sir Walter Besant tells of the following
curious coincidence which happened to
himself. Il was consulting, he says, 'an
artist with regard to the face and features
of a character which he was illustrating
for me, and l briefly described to him the
kind of face l had in mind. He was mean
while rapidly skotching a face on a piece
Oh plpPf lb nuu DtlOrb nllI. Will lDut
dof' he asked, showing me the eXact por-
trait of the man l had been thinking off,
The four King Georges Of England all
died IN the same day of the week.
In 1890, ~ few weeks before the census
taker began his enumeration of the people
of Elm Grove, Va, the town authuritic,
counted their wv population preparatory
to filing articles of Incorporation. The
following WAS the remarkable result
Number of males over 81 years of age, l4S.
number of males under q years Of age,
14S; number Of females over IS years OF
age, 14S; number of females undor II
years of age. 14S.
Some four years ago in Tehoran an Eng
lish sailor wds caught in the act of carry
ing off some precious stones from Tho
shah's palace. The thief was brought he
fore the "king of kings who sworc that
the next timr tic sailor crossed his path ut
would at once be put to death. 1t is
curious fact that this very sailor was cross
ing the street when the shah was driving
in Berlin, now some years ago, and wa
knocked down and instantaneously killed
Parsons Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

Egypt was full Of these mameluke estab-
lishments, from the royal court, with its
elaborate household, numerous officials
and splendid appointments, to the small
emil who kept a band of strong fellows
within the courtyard of this barricaded
house and was ready to throw in his lot
with the strongest faction that happened
to bid for the supreme power. When the
fight came, he would sally out with his
mamelukes and reyel in blood and slaugh-
ter. Then ne would return, perfume his
beard with civet, sprinkle his jubba with
rosewater, call in singing girls and musi
clans and ENJOY a complicated menu, served
in jeweled dishes ON IA kursi Of matohless
silver inlay, to the accompaniment of
Arabian melodies and the pungent fumes
Of the frankincense in the swinging censor.
AS he increased in power and wealth.
and the wealth of many of these quondam
slaves was fabulous-he bethought him of
his immortal soul and devoted immense
sums to the endowment of hospitals and
schools, and the building of those exquisite
mosques which still make Cairo, despite
ali western innovations, one of the lowell
est of cities, for the mosques which en-
trance the artist in Cairo are almost all
the work of the mamelukes, and beneath
their domes sleeps what remains of the
fiery, undisoiplined, sensuous manhood -
london Spectator.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
The CHlLO,S FACE.

There's nothing more pure IN heaven,
And rDthing cn earth more mid,
More full of the light that is all divine.
Than the smile of u little child.
The sinlcss lips. half parted
With breath rs sweet as the mir,
And the ligLt that seems So CAD to shine
In the lold OF the sunny hair
O little one, smile and bless me,
For soi3t howl know not why
/ fec in Ivy soul N.icu children smile
hat angels are pas. ing by.
/ feel thA. TIE ratos ~ heaven
Are nearer than | knew;
That the II lit and thu hope OF that sweete'
word,
Like the dawn, are breaking through.
Now York News Letter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

If you call for tea at "A restaurant in
Caracas, the proprietor will send to the
nearest drug store for it and express IA re-
greet that you are i'll. The native Nenezu-
elan regards tea as IL most unpleasant bev-
erage, and To be used only incidentally. 1t
is not kept in any of the hotels, and when
it is especially ordered the quality is sim
ply abominable-for all the world like IA
dose of SIENNA.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
Old Irish Names

Some of the old time clans of leading
counties of Ireland We're: The MoMuroughs
or Cavanaughs of Hy-kinsellagh; the Nc
Carthys, O'Sullivans and O'Donoghues of
Desmond; the OPTICIANS of Decies; the
O'Carrolls and O'Dwyers Of Ormond; the
O'Melaghlins of Meath; the O'Tooles and
O'Nolans of Dublin and Kildare, and the
O'Briens of Thumund,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
Disnened His Feara.

Old Gentleman-It is folly to talk of
marriage for years yet. My daughter is a
mere child. She knows nothing about the
world and could not manage servants.
Mr.. Slimpurse-Oh, that needn't make
the slightest difference We shan't ave
any London Fun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

A good formula, according to Ameri-
can Gardening, for the liquid spray l.
l pound paris green, 200 gallons OF
water and 2 pounds Of lime. Apply
twice before blossoms open,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
Nruthful Johnnie.

Old Mrs. Chaffie-Johnnie, how many
times have l told you to stop that noiseS
Johnnie (reflectively) Seven Texas
Sitter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

A shoe that costs but 81 80. and withal
is stylish, durable and popular, is to be
had in Lewis Ina Calf shoe. Try a
pair.
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19

burst in tears, and then / told him
who and what was. / said not q
word about money or hunger; | had
forgotten both.
"He said: You need the woods
Did you ever go to camp meeting? |
have tent on the Hudson at the
camp meeting. There's a boat at one
O'Clock; you can catch it. Go oout and
rest, and perhaps you'll enjoy the
sermons too. I'll be out in three
days Then he snatched up a pen
and wrote letter to Christian won.
an, and read il to me before he closed
it: This is my friend, John G. Wool
ley of Minneapolis. Show him my
tent and do for him as you wonld do
for me- Then he slipped five dol.
lar bill into my hand and said, Good
bye; see you Monday and pretend
ing hewas called, was gone before l
said word. call that gospel tenn
perance work, and this incident will
reveal to some of you, the secret Of
my belief in the wood and five dollar
bills as means OF grace. ."-Sel.
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19
He 'srwigsed. Her.

He ''Twigged" Her,
The following anecdote Of the
Princess Maud has the distinguished
merit Of being true: Going shopping
one spring morning strictly incog
and attended only by one Of the Ia
dies of the household, Princess Maud
was aooosted by a little street arab
who was the happy possessor of a
pair, of large, pathetic brown eyes
and tangled crop of curly brown
hair. He was busily engaged in the
absorbing task of earning his living,
and perhaps some one else IS as we'll,
by retailing fresh spring flowers,
penny and tuppence a bunch. - The
princess stopped by him, and while
choosing some flowers she was lit
tie startled by the lad saying in an
excited and familiar whisper:
sits all right. miss. knows yer,
but I'll keep it dark and won t split
on yer"
The princess smilingly shook her
head in denial.
"Yes, I do knows YER (more en-
phatically). "Yer Princess Mawd.
I twigged yer directly. !"
Princess Maud was greatly anus
ed, and we can just imagine with
what glee she would tell Of the in
oident.-London Standard.
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19
Just For Carriage Folk.

NO" said the old gentleman
sternly. IT will not do it. Never
have I sold anything by false repre-
sentations, and I will not begin it
now
For q moment he was silent, and
the clerk who stood before him
could see that the better nature of
his employer was fighting strongly
for the right.
mo, the old man cried again.
II will not do it. It is an inferior
grade Of shoe, and I will never pass
1t off as anything better. Mark it,
"A Shoe Fit For Queen and put it
in the window. A queen does not
have to do much walking. "-Chioa-
go Tribune.
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19
STATE OF OHIO, CRY of TOLEDO, -
LUCAS COUNTY, 90

STATE OF OHIO, CRY of TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business
in the city of Toledo, county and
state aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case
of CATARRH that cannot be cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
g., A.. w. GLEASON,
oeai Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best. :
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19

shelterless but for the grace Of cred
itors and Gods canopy that shelters
all, and the future was an infnity of
pitch. But I was sober. If I had
said I had left off drink forever, no
man who knew me would have be-
lieved me-. If I had been able to tele-
graph my wife ] was going home, she
would have answered, though it broke
her heart, "You must not come home.'
If | asked employment no man would
trust me. The asylums would not
receive me, for I was sane; nor the
hospitals, for I was not sick; nor the
morgue, for / was not dead; I had not
been abed, for l had no bed. I remem.
Der nothing of the night before or o1
the morning, but I was sober. ]
thought was going mad. I washed
my face at the fountain in Union
Square, and crossed over to Eighth
Avenue. At the corner of Twenty
first street I saw the undertaker's
sign of Stephen Merritt. You know
him, some of you; all the angels know
him we'll. | had never seen him, but
had heard Of him. It was not food ]
thought Of, but an overwhelming de-
sire filed me to touch the hand of q
good man. entered. A man with
the JOY of the Lord in his face came
to meet me with his yhand extended
and as he grasped mine I said;
don't know why / came The
sentence was never finished, for I
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19
Flash Lights.

A man works hard at hard, muscu-
lar work, earns three dollars, gets the
cash and by some means gets drunk
in saloon, gets put in the lookup for
ten days (or pay ten dollars), has not
ten dollars SO the county pays his
board for ten days, justice and police
fees besides, so that the liquor traffic
may get three dollars. So we have a
disabled, who could have been earn
ing something these ten days, if he
had the ten dollars, but to enforce
the law of the state az he is, in way,
a pauper for ten days.
Is it any wonder there is so much
concern about our financial crisis?
We would ask the bondsmen of these
saloonkeepers of Morris to look at
this picture and keep it before their
eyes. Go into the lookup every day
for ten days and ask yourselves how
far you are responsible for the incar-
ceration of the daily victims of this
cursed traffic. The saloon could not
be opened in Morris without bonds
men, no matter how many votes for
it, or applicants either. H.. -.
What are you going to do about it?
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19
additional Eura1.
DORRELLY,.

Attend the great ball game at Nor
ris next Friday afternoon between
Morris and the Minneapolis league
team.
G. A. Dushek of Morris was a caller
last Thursday.
Miss Mary Rohrenbach and Mrs.
j. S. Welsh did business in Morris on
Saturday.
Anybody wishing fruit of any kind
call on A. 81. Taisey.
A. M. Taisey will start ? meat wag-
on in the near future -
A new store is soon to be opened
in the hotel block by John Nelson &
Co. ...-
A. A. Rohrenbach started up thresh-
ing the first of the week at Albert
Hillas. --. ..-.
A. M. Taisey now runs livery and
sale stable in this place.
Andrew Hellebust is building a
granary on his farm,
David Hartung will fire A. A. Rob-
renbach's engine this season. ...
A few Donnellyites attended the
silver meeting last Saturday evening
in Morris.
Emil Nelson was in Herman on
Saturday last. .s.. -.
Andrew Anderson and wife returned
home from Alexandria last Saturday.
Nels Nelson of Alexandria is the
guest of his brothers John and Emil
of this place. >-. ~, j.
Samuel Acheson of Rendsville yis-
tied in this town Sunday.
Andrew Youngberg Sundayed in
town with John Hilla. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Reker were the
guests. of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hart
ung on Sunday last.
Several horse trades have been
made here the past week.
Say boys let us have rally in the
burg during this campaign. 1t must
be Republican rally to satisfy us.
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19
Look Up, Lift Up.


Mr.. John G.. Woolley tells this true
story of his own wretchedness, and of
the hand that reached him the cup of
cold water in the name of Christ:
II walked the streets of New York
city one August day starving; but I
was sober. It is sometimes an awful
thing to be sober. The play of my
life was over; the light was burned
out. I was ruined man, goddess
and hopeless, and that is hell, wheth-
er it happens to a man in this world
or another. I saw the three witches,
Starvation, Beggary and Crime, stir
ring a black broth for me on the
bleakest moor of life that ever the
fanged hounds of appetite and re-
morse hunted a man over, But 1
was sober.
"'And as "a man with difficult, short
Forespent with toiling, 'scaped from sea
Turns to the perilous wide waste, and
- stands >..- ~ g.
At gaze .ss III
so I looked back upon the wreck of
my life that day. All was lost!
Father had died calling me to come
to him from the saloon and see bim
die. Mother had died calling upon
me to stay out of the saloon and see
her die, Wife was worse than wild
owed, children worse than orphaned,
Morris tribune., 1896-08-19
Seeing by Wire.

Seeing by Wire.
Will it ever be possible to enable
the persons who speak with each
other by telephone to see one anoth-
or at the same time, as "in q glass
darkly" perhaps, but still face to
faoe?" Will it ever be feasible for q
man in London to see opera in La
Scala, or the falls of Niagara, or the
Feast of lanterns in Canton with
out stirring from home? It is cap
tivating idea, and, although we can
not pronounce with certainty, there
is a good deal to be said in favor of
the possibility of it's realization.
To begin with, it is known that
light is merely form of energy, or,
as the late Professor Tyndall would
call it, a mode of motion" It is, in
fact, a wavelike motion in the ex-
quisite medium that we call the In
miniferous ether which is under
stood to permeate all bodies The
waves resemble those set up in wa
ter when stone is dropped into it
that is to say, they are transverse
rays, the particles of water rising
and falling alternately across the
line on which the waves travel. In
this respect light differs from sound,
in which the particles of air convey
ing the sound vibrate to and fro
along the course Of propagation of
the sound. Now it has been found
Of late years that waves similar to
those of light in all but size can be
set up in the luminiferous ether by
oscillatory discharges of electricity
and there is growing evidence to
show that some we'll known effects
Of electricity are the result of wave
motion in the ether of the same
kind as those Of light.
If, therefore, we could find a
means Of transforming the waves of
light into corresponding electric
waves and transmit these to q dis
tance by wire, or even without
wires, then retransform them back
again into light, the problem would
be solved. The progress of electrical
research appears to tend in that di-
reotion. Cassell's Magazine.