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Smyrna times., 1897-04-07
ITEMS FROM THE LEDGER.

Before leave you 1 will read few
items from my ledger. I find in look
ing over it that 1 was saving money all
this time, andin the course of a few
years I had saved a thousand dollars.
Now, as to some of my expenses. l
see that from November "a, 1855. to
April, 1856, 1 paid for clothing SO. 90.
l see also, here, another item which |
am inclined to think is extravagant. be-
cause | remember 1 used to wear nit
tens. The item is pair of fur gloves,
for which paid $3.50. In the same
period l find l gave away $3.50. In
one month / gave to foreign mission.
10 cents; to the Mite Society, so cents.
and there is also contribution to the
Five Points Mission. l was not living
then in New York, but suppose I felt
that it was in need of help, so I sent
up 12 cents to the mission. Then 70
the venerable teacher of my class I
gave 35 cents, TO make him a present
To the poor people of the church I
gave 10 cents at this time. and in
January and February following |
gave 10 cents more, and further 10
cents to the foreign missions. These
were small contributions, but all that I
could afford. 1t is a mistake for a man
who wishes for happiness and to help
others to think that he will wait until
he has made a fortune before giving
away money to deserving objects" f"
Smyrna times., 1897-04-07

One of the candidates for mayor of
Chicago, who is Judge, is said to base
his hopes of success largely upon his
having granted twenty-five divorces
inside of five hours, at a single session
OF his court, His bid for popularity is
like that of the members of the Della
ware Legislature.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-07

A joint committee of the French Sen
ate and Chamber of Deputies are max
ing another investigation of the Pan
anna Canal company which has beeen
operating under new management.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-07

The really up-to-date woman carries
note book instead of bundle of sam
pies Of spring dress goods, but she ex-
lists only ON paper.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-07

Greece appears to like the situation
better than any of the other European
nations do.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-07

New Workers think they were quite
speedy in erecting that monument
when they think Of the Washington
monument Philadelphia is going to
unveil this spring.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-07

Congressman Walker, of Mass, says
higher civilization is responsible for
trusts, but the trusts probably strike
most people as a drop in the direction
of feudalism.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-07

Cumberland, Md, has the honor of
having the first blcyclist municipal
ticket in the field, but there will doubt
less be others, mayhap State and nat
ional, as well as municipal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-19
TIE PHONOGRAPH ~ RUSSIA.
From Invention.


Edisons photograph has had a battle royal
with Russian press censorship. gays the Anglo
russian. In the pavilion II the public gardens
VI TaGonrog the machine was exhibited. and at
trac'ed large audiences II played and sang. and
laughed and spoke for some time undsturbcd.
until police officer heard the machine recitng
one of krilOff's famous fables. viz. "D"myan's
Ukha" (soup OF hospitality hut with some vari-
atoms on the original text. The officer got suS-
pcious and not trusting to his memory he ran
at once and got Krilon's book. and came again
TO listen TO the monographs version Of the
fable TO his horror he found the fable repro
duccd not at all as it was passed by the censor
raised at once the higher local authorities
communicated with. and the manager Of the
pavilion. Mr. Parafinovtch. was called upon to
explain the behavior Of that speaking American
beast All the poor manager could do was To
open the mysterious inside Of the criminal ma
chine and hand over to the authorities the in
discreet cylinder which threatened to tell the
peaceful inhabitants 80 many undesirable things
But the arrest Of the chief crimna was con-
sidered insufficient. az it could not have acted
without a human accomplish. So according TO
the "Taganrog Vestnik." the affair has taken its
official course. and the innocent manager Of the
pavilion has lost in the mean time his generally
good appetite and sound sleep as he does not
know in what punishment the official proceed
ings will result and how long he viii have 10
wait until his fate IL decided
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-19

you. But ruby hearts are not the only charm
In the world"
My arm fell on her waist.
Let them find their ruby heart! Let them
chop il in pieces and divide II between them ana
sell the bits" said l. -,
And you are content with what you haveF
she asked
Il am content with what have" answered.
and my other arm went round her.
They never found that ruby heart. though the
poor old house tapped ard tested from top
to bottom. At last, wcared out. they took the
portion of goods that fell unto them and went,
fortunately for us, into far country. Ana
Edith and | married
We didn't go on Il wedding tour. but came
straight back to the dear old house.
on the evening Of our wedding day we walked
in the moonlight through the rose garden TO
listen to the nightingales. | stopped to hold her
in my arms on the very spot whore had hrst
kissed her and the light shawl she wore round
he head and shoulders fell back
What's that you have round your neck!
said for something darkened amid the white
laces her breast.
She did not answer. put up my hand,
touched with a thrill the Wilderness Jf her neck.
and found in my fingers the ruby heart,
Then she gave it to you. | said; IT Is
yours"
she gave II into my keeping" answered
Edith. dropping her chin TIL her lips rested on
my hand: but she left it to the man who should
find it,"
And have found it-here."-dE. Nesbit in
The ArgOsy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-19

Prince-Is this lead miner ,,
Master OF Ceremones-Certainly. Your Majesty
Only This lead Is black and burns easily and Is
generally called coal by the common peopie!-lHu-
moristischo DeutSchland
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO ALL o o TEmPLARs.

Another year with its work is before
US. The order we love is on the march.
We are stronger today than w were
n year ago, but there is yet room for
us to grow and expand. Increase in
numbers does not always insure added
strength; only can we expect strength
added to strength when we use and i'm
prove what we have.
Let us in this year 1897 put our should
er to the wheel, and, as the year rolls
on, strain every effort to advance our
noble order and assail the arch enemy of
mankind, Alcohol, until we may see
him tremble, and fall, before our grand
temperance army. May we not on our
next New Year look back over this year
and with st. Paul txclaim, II have
fought a good fight? God grant it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
QUESTIONS FOR LODGES TO AN
SWER.

/. Why doesn't your correspondent
forward lodge items of interest?
?. Which lodge wants the District
lodge to meet with them Wednesday,
March 3? Send your invitation to w.
F. Bump, D. c. T., Salisbury.
3. Why do not L. DIS correspond
more often with d. d. E. NJ. Day, East
M%iddlebury? Forward your reports
promptly and give him words of en-
enlargement and cheer in his work.
4. Why did not each lodge send a
full delegation to our last District
lodge?
8. What is your lodge doing for the
cause of temperance?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
AUTHOR AND CRITIC.
The Writer Was Not Worrying Much Over
the Terrible Roasting He Got.

The Writer Was Not Worrying Much Over
the Terrible Roasting He Got.
The young author had his feet cooked
up on a table and was enjoying a cigar
when the book reviewer sauntered into the
club.
"You seem wonderfully contented and
at peace with the world for a man who
has been roasted from one end of the coun-
try to the other, " suggested the reviewer,
q trile put out to think that the hard
whacks he had been giving had produced
no appreciable effect.
"My boy, " said the young author con-
descendingly. "those roasts don't worry
me a little bit. All you have to do is to
sit down and reason it out, and you'll find
that I'm all right"
They're the hottest roasts any writer
hAs got this year, ~ returned the reviewer.
"Of course they are" admitted the
young author, "but can't you see they're
not for meg"
"Not for you'll Why, they refer to you by
name"
Every true, but then they fire right over
my head. You should take time to reason,
my boy; you should take time to reason.
Just take your WI review of my books rs
an Illustration. You probably had an idea
V1de YOU MCIo IOobtluB me- DuV JOu WtTo
not"
II wasn't"
"Not "a bit of it, my boy. You said, for
instance, TINT there wasn't a good idea or
a bright bit of writing in the whole book. )"
"That would be enough of a roast for
most people,, " suggested the reviewer sar-
castically.
at would be enough for me, If it hit
me, " replied the author in an Extensively
patronizing manner, but you didn't aim
right. You handled your weapon like a
novice. Why, in the very next paragraph
you proved conclusively, according to your
own statement, that the whole book was
plagiarized from several of the best au-
thors. You said there was hardly an orig
inal line in the whole story. Of course,
that lets me out on the charge that it is
stupid and lacking in ideas, and those old
standard authors are the ones that have a
kick coming. Chicago Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
y. %. o. Q. Column.
EXPLANATORY.

Our highly esteemed Middlebury
REGISTER has kindly consented to give
this column to the cause of Good Tenn
plary In Addison county, providing that
material be furnished ready for publica-
ton and that only items of interest to
the several lodges of the order and
others interested in the cause of tenn
perance be sent. Remember that the 1.
o. G.. T. is non-partisan, non-sectarian,
and open to all.
We do not want stories, but articles of
general interest. All articles and cor
respondence for this department must be
sent to WIN. F. Bump, D. c. T., Sails
bury, VT, as early as Saturday of each
week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
GOLD SPRING LODGE, NO.. ga.

Bro. VIM. H. Eldridge of Cold Spring
was home during Christmas time. He is
now In New York city, where he has a
position in one of the branch offices of
the Vermont Marble Co.
Cold Spring celebrated their 2Sth ami
versary recently, instead of the 9th, as
was reported. 1t is still in a very pros
porous condition.
The lodge deputy of Cold Spring
would be pleased to communicate with
the L. d. of Victory lodge.
Bro. James j.. Nancy of Cold Spring
lodge is home on a visit. He has a
position a. Dartmouth college.
Bro. James 2. Kirby of Cold Spring
lodge is in very poor health.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
Estate of Catherine Powers,
Notice of Proof of VIII.

STATE OF VERMONT, BE It remem-
oDIsTRICT OF ADDISON, SIS. bered, that at a
session OF the Probate Court holden at Mid
dlebury, within and for said District, on the
18th day of December, \. ID. 1895.
Present: Hon. James NJ. Slade, Judge.
Whereas, a certain instrument in writing,
under seal, purporting to he the last will and
testament of Catherine Powers, late of
Middlebury I'm said district, deceased, having
been this day presented to SAID court OF pro-
bate, and duly filed IN the probate office /:
Therefore, II is ordered, that all persons
interested in the estate of said deceased, be
notified to appear before said court, at the
probate office in Middlebury, i'm said dis
trict, on the 4th day of January, A. n, 1897,
alto O'Clock n. M by publication of this order
three weeks excessively previous thereto,
in the Middlebury REGISTER. "A newspaper
printed at Middlebury, aforesaid, to show
cause, II any they may have, why said in.
strument in writing should not be proved
and allowed, as the last will and testament
of the said deceased.
By order OF court.
81 Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE,
Judge OF Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
SUSIE FARMER


CHAS. W. FARMER. Dec. Term. A.. d. 1896.
Susie Farmer OF FerrisDurgh in said county,
having filed her petition for a divorce I'm said
court, setting forth that she was married to-
{ harles W. Farmer on the 9Th day OF June A.
D., 1856; that she has resided in said Ferns
burgh tor more than one year last past; that
the said Chas. W, although OF sufficient pecu-
mary or physical ability to provide suitable
maintenance for the said Susie, has grossly,
wantonly and cruelty refused and neglected
so to do; and that the sad Chas. W. has
treated the said Susie with intoleTable sever
ity. Wherefore she prays for Il divorce from
the said Chas. W. and the custody OF their son
Chas. g.. during his minority.
And il appearing that said Chas. W. is with
out said state, so that said petition cannot be
served upon him, said cause is continued tor
notice by publication.
1t Is ordered that said Charles W. Farmer
be summoned. 20 appear ana answer the tore
going petition on the first day of the next
term of said court to be held at Middlebury,
within ana tor said county, on the first Tue -
day of June A. ID. 1897, by the publication of
the substance of said petition together with
this order in the Middlebury REGISTER, pub
lished in Mtddlebury in said count three
weeks successfully, the last of which publ
cations to be ut least six weeks, prior to said
June term OF said court.
50 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Clerk.
BUTTON & BUTTON,
Atty's tor Petitioner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
DeWitt's Collie Sc Cholera Cure.
Pleasant, quick results, safe TO use.
The Morgan Horse and Register
NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.

The Morgan Horse and Register, Vol
l., containing history and pedigree OF
Justin Morgan, founder of this remark.
able American breed of horses, and OF
his most noted sons and grandsons, an6
some 5000 other stations foaled before
1881, tracing to him in male line, and
1000 horses registered according to the
rules of the Morgan Register. Also his
tory and breeding of old pacing Pilot
whose blood appears in so many of the
fastest trotters and PAGERS OF the country
with account of the great Canadian
pacing familyfrO which Pilotdescended
also breeding of the famous brood mare
sire, Seely's American Star, sire of dam
of Dexter, ETC.. together with appendiJ
of notable trotters, and other statistics
by JOSEPH BATTELL,--all gathered from
original sources and much of il now for
the first time published. A book OF
about 1900 pages, printed on superior
paper, substantially bound in half
morocco and with about 200 illustrations,
at the popular price of So, sent by mail,
postage-paid, to any address in the United
States or Canada. Local agents wanted
Orders now received. Address
REGISTER PRINTING COMPANY,
MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01

joined to shoulder and effort to effort,
while its feeble hands, gaining strength
from above, reach down into the low
est depths of human misery and sin,
seeking to lift the poor shackled soul
into liberty and light. The beacon light
of the lodge room has Illuminated the
dangerous shores, shedding its light
over the rippled waves of danger and
temptation, until 100000 souls have
been pledged at the altar of Good
%Templarly.
ITO he continued1
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
UNION LODGE. NO. so.

Our lodge is in fine condition and on
the gain numerically and financially.
We have a present membership of IS,
and at a recent oyster-supper and recital
by Miss Gould cleared almost one-half
the indebtedness on our new organ.
We expect soon to have a short course
of lectures for the benefit of the lodge.
Bro. Kelley and wife spent Christmas
in Plymouth, Mrs. Kelley's home.
On account of our members being so
scattered, our lodge meets but twice
each month, on the first and third Friday
evenings, at the town hall, Salisbury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
THE ADVANTAGES AND MOTIVES
OF GOOD TEMPLARY.
By c. A. Bump, p. d. c. 7.

by c. A. Bump, p. d. c. t.
After nearly one-half a century of ex-
~istence, with one of the most remarkable
histories of growth and service in the
category of the different societies and
organizations that have been formed for
a century past, with its broad platform
of principle, its perfect system of work,
its wide extent of domain, its high aim
for the salvation of those sunk low in
the scale of human degradation, and its
platform'for the fa%therhood of God and
the brotherhood of man that so few of
the public are familiar with the scope
and growth, to saw nothing of the object
and design of Good Templary, is a fact
to be lamented and what is still more to
be regretted, that so few members of the
order, either from lack of interest or in
difference, are at all familiar with the
principles enjoined upon them or the ex-
tent of the circle that binds them to-
gether in fraternal bonds of unity, and
makes them partners in the salvation of
humanity.
To those less familiar with the advan-
tages and motives of our order | present
these thoughts
First. We are an international organ
~ization, worldwide in our fraternity.
No society so thoroughly and completely
covers the globe as does ours. 1t exists
in every part of the civilized world.
From the arctic cold of the north to the
tropical heat of the equator, from the
far west of California to the far east of
Hong Kong, in South Africa, Newfound-
land. Australia and New Zealand,
throughout the Dominion of Canada, in
every State of the American republic, in
the great provinces of India, and in all
the countries and colonies forming the
British empire our lodges are carrying
on their beneficent work.
Originating in the State of New York
in the year 1851, scattered as it has like
brands of fire, by the changing popula-
ton, today scarcely a hamlet in all
America has not felt its influence.
Another has said:
sin the cities and villages, on the
farms and in the factories, among the
mountains and in the mines, men are
living truer, better lives, thinking
nobler thoughts and teaching purer
principles because at some time in their
lives they have felt the influence of Good
Templary."
1t is as progressing as the age in which
it hourishes, with a membership close on
70 10000, distributed in 20 different
states and countries, of which Vermont
claims 406G, having 1000 subordinate
lodges, with its ritual printed in Is differ
ent languages. 1t publishes 40 offlcia.
organs. In California and in England
it carries on an Orphans home. 1t has
been one of the principal contributors tC
the London Temperance hospital and the
National Life-boat institution. 1t sup
ports distinct mission work, and has {
missionary constantly employed advo
eating total abstinence principles ant
introducing the order in the various for
eign countries. Thus is the work pro
crossing. The union of hands has sig
nlfed the union OF hearts and purpose
In our great work. Shoulder has beef
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS,

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup mas been us
ed by millions of mothers for their children
while teethlng. If disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child suffering
and crying with pain OF cutting teeth, send al
once and get a bottle OF Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup for children teething. 1t will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake
about 1t. 1t cures diarrhGa, regulates the
stomach and bowels cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums and reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone and e orgy to 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 druggists throughout the
world. Be sure and ask for "MRs. WINsLow's
BOOTHING SYRUP"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01

more than that in the first billion.dollar
congress. Since then it has been contln-
ued by the extravaganza of both parties in
voting Money without regard to income.
New York World.
NEW AND USEFUL THINGS IN THE
WORLD OF INVENTION.
One of the marvels Of modern science,
observes Popular Science News, is the
conversion of a beam of light into sound.
The light ray is thrown through a lens
on a glass vessel containing lampblack,
colored silk, worsted or other substances.
A disc having Sits or openings cut in it
is made to revolve swiftly in this beam
of light so as to cut it up, making alter
nate flashes of light and shadow. On
putting the ear to the glass vessel,
strange sounds are heard so long as the
flashing beam is falling upon it. Another
phase of this remarkable discovery is
still more interesting. A beam of sun
light is passed through a prism. The
disc is turned, and the colored light Of
the solar spectrum is made to break
through 1t. If the ear be placed to the
vessel containing the silk, wool, or
other material, as the colored lights fall
upon it, sounds will be given by different
parts of the spectrum, and there will be
silence In some other parts. If the
vessel contains red worsted and the
green light flashes upon it, loud sounds
will be heard. Only feeble sounds will
be heard if the red and blue rays fall up
on it, and other cOlors make no sound
at all. Green silk gives sound best in
red light. 1t is by 40 means improbable
that this discovery foreshadows a new
law of h%armonics, and Remington's
experiments in tone color may possibly,
by this new application of sight and
sound, result in some practical theory
which will give us an entirely new
scheme of music. The thing is but In
its infancy, but the mere fact that such
a discovery has been made, cannot but
forecast important results.
The Inter national Cloud Atlas may
be purchased of NM. Gauthier- Villars ct
Fills, 80 Quai DIES Grandes Augustins,
Paris, for II francs a copy, says Science.
The Atlas which contains % views,
is now the Official cloud atlas of the
world, and the Illustrations in it are the
types to which all cloud forms must
hereafter be referred. 1t is the work of
the international cloud committee, APP
pointed by the international meteoro-
logical conference held at Munich in
1891, and the standard types now adopt
ed were selected from over 300 photo
graphs collected from all parts of the
world.
The big lens for Chicago university on
which the Clarks of Cambridge labored
two and a half years is completed. The
crown piece weighs POS pounds, and the
flint 80; put together in the iron ring,
the total weight with cell is about 1000
pounds. The extreme diameter of the
clear aperture of the lens is 43s inches,
and the focal distance 81 feet. The
original cost of the glass. before grind
ing and polishing, was $4,000; its value
now is more than doubled. Extra
ordinary care will be taken in packing
and transporting it, in a selected Pull
man car, from Cambridge to Lake
Geneva.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01

Excuse me-" observed the man in
spectacles, ''but an a surgeon and that
is not where the liver s." "Never you
mind where his liver is" retorted the
other. 'If it was in his big toe or his
left ear DeWitt's Little Early Risers
would reach it and shake it for him. On
that you can bet your gig-lamps."
ISAAC STERNS. Middlebury.
CLAYTON N. NORTH, Shoreham.
b. F. HASKELL, West Cornwall.
d. H. BENNETT, Bridport.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01

The old way of delivering messages
by post boys compared with the modern
telephone illustrates the old tedious
methods of "~breaking" colds compared
with their almost instantaneous cure by
One Minute Cough Cure.
ISAAC STERNs, Middlebury.
CLAYTON n. NORTH, Shoreham.
b. F. HASKELL, West Cornwall.
d. II. BENNETT, B%ridport.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-01
ORWELrLODGE. NO. 40.

We have a membership of 81 and our
weekly meetings are we'll attended.
Orwell celebrated the I'd anniversary
of the history of our lodge Wednesday
evening. Refreshments were served
and a very interesting programme, con-
sisting of speaking, singing and music,
was rendered.