davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-04
AUCTION!

will sell at public auction at nv place in
West Salisbury one half mile east of Salisbury
Depot on the 18th day of November, 1898
the following property, viz:
THIRTEEN DAIRY cows;
four good calves. one 3-year old mare by
Leicester, dam by belongs Ethan, well
broken single and double; one Studebaker
farm wagon, double box and spring seat,
nearly new.
ONE CHAMPION SAP EVAPORATOR
used only two short seasons, capacity $50
tree, as good AS new; about 275 sap buckets,
tin and wooden; one
New "Ideal" Deering Moving Machine,
five feet cut, one ten feet; wood horse rake
in good repair; one road cart; two sets dou-
Bile sleds, one new, heavy, with breaks; horse
fork with pulleys; new com shelter; good
steel cultivatOr; an excellent steel pillow (;
spring tooth harrow with sled frame; II wheel
harrow; set dou lie work harnesses; light
buggy pole; wheeibarrow; caudron kettle; (;
ladders, forks, shovel ana a large variety of
other things that accumulate on II farm, too
numerous TO mention.
TERMS Under $40, cash; over $40, short
time well endorsed paper. sale 10 commence
at 10 o'clock a. IN.
w. Ii. DYER.
NJ. X. MOORE. Auctioneer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-04

Secretary Long will ask congress to
increase the number of sailors allowed
for the navy from l2,500 to 10000.
The war department has issued COM
pilatiOn of notes on the PHILIPPINES, both
historical and geographical.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-04
Brother Cotton
OF Bolton,
Will you step this way
And ptuxrc


OF Bolton,
Will you step this way
And pray?
To which the Rev. Mr.. Cotton I'm
mediately answered, without intending
to perpetrate anything Of the same sort :
MY dear Brother Strong
You do very wrong
To be making rhyme
At such solemn time.
And then DR.. Strong added:
I'm very sorry to see
That you're Just like me
The good men would not for the world
have made jests on such an occasion, but
they could plead the same excuse for
their rhymes that tie boy did for whistl-
ing in school, 81 didn't whistle, sir; it
whistled itset."-Lewiston (Me.) Jour
nal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-04
The Rhyming Ministers.

Old DR.. Strong of Hartford had an
unfortunate habit of saying amusing
things when he didn't mean to do so, as
when he was presiding in meeting of
ministers, and wishing to call one of
them to come forward and offer prayer,
he said:
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sions of rare architectural beauty and
symmetry, and always with view to
the entertainment of their friends and
distinguished visitors, and they were
many. These plantation houses were
given romantic or appropriate names,
such as ''the Briers," 1.-The Forest
"Melrose," "Cherry Grove" Cedar
Grove" and were EMPOWERED in beau
tiful groves, surrounded by well-kept
lawns. The houses in the city were Of
finer architectural finish, but all were
constructed on that southern type
wide verandas and large, white Corin-
THAN pillars. Concord" the residence
of the Spanish governors, is one of the
most interesting landmarks of the city.
monmouth the home Of Gen. John A.
Quitman, is one of the finest build
ings in the city. He had library of
several thousand volumes, which re-
mains intact to this day. "Gloster,"
the residence of Winthrop Sargent,
the first governor of Mississippi, is an
other type of the olden-time southern
mansion. Another is the fine man
sion OF Sargent $. Prentiss, the most
brilliant orator of the southwest in
the days OF oratory. "Montebello'' was
the residence of the Shields family, and
it still stands.
Very few of the descendants of the
early settlers have emigrated. They
have remained and intermarried, and
nearly all of them are related, forming
delightful community verybody
knowing everybody. Many live in their
ancestral homes. The society is pol.
ished and exclusive, based upon good
ancestry, morals and refinement of
manners and intelligence-the only real
aristocracy.
The population of the city is about
10000, the greatest increase having oc.
CURED within the last decade.
]. M. SCANLAND.
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And IN addition to these bat eries the
submarine mines which have been laid
in the channel Of the Potomac would
prove to be powerful enough to de-
stroy any ships OF war in the world.
tlast the national capitals safe from
attack by water. #
During the past two months Of hasty
preparation defenses for our larger
cities have been completed. Because Of
the necessity of this work the presi-
dent has sought delay. He has also
prayed and hoped forSpeace. Our peo-
pie have been too anxious for war, too
anxious to rush into 4hostilities. AS q
matter of fact, if this country had I'M
dertaken to at once .avenge the crime
which was committed in Havana har-
Dor we would have been Inundated by
temporary defeat at the hands of the
perpetrators of that crime. =
Everyone wildly remembers the
shock which filed our land when news
came of the explosion Of the Maine;
and the president was advised by many
men of prominence to at once send our
fleet to lombard Havana, and arbitrate
afterwards. But he wisely forebore and
resisted such counselors. F.> re
Every day of delay made this country
stronger and made Spain weaker. Our
resources were being developed; and
all the while the financially and morally
rotten government at Madrid was grow
ing weaker. The president sought to
quiet our people by automatically over
looking the Maine disaster. But he and
all of us realized that the starvation of
the Cubans was set aside in the public
mind, and the Maine disaster was fore
most. Over all, sternly searching for
the truth, was the piercing eye of the
American eagle.
Finally the senate committee on for
eign relations held an investigation
| which demonstrated and fixed the re-
sponsibility for that awful crime. From
the moment of the publication of that
report there was but one sentiment
among our people, and that was for
revenge. They called not for repa-
ration. The Spaniards might have
given US back our battleship, in effect
by paying indemnity; but the crimi-
nails could not give us back our sailors
Poor fellows! They died in the service
of their country, without having an
opportunity to fire shot in defense OF
themselves, in defense of the flag, OF
in defense of the national honor.
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were the officials The Spanish type
of architecture, coutrasted wit the5few
remaining old French houses and the
more modern American residences, gives
to the little town quaint pict uresque-
ness.
During the Spanish occupation, when
our revolution was at it's height and
worst, many Of the colonists emigra!ed
to the, Mississippi territory, & which
then extended to Georgia. They were
not Of the typical pioneer class who go
to the wilderness to blaze out c way for
civilization, but were wealthy and cul-
tivated, and brought along their lux.
uries, household goods, fine librariesand
#theirsslaves. They wished to escape the
horrors of war, and to save their prop
erty, and some of them were not enc
thusiastic for a separate government.
They came from Virginia, the Carolinas,
Maryland and from the north. They
foated down the river, and from New
Orleans they came gradually up stream
passing the German and French settle
ments, and occupied the rich alluvial
lands fronting the river: A few years
after the close of the revolution, the
Spanish learned that they were beyond
their boundary line-and that this was
not part of West Florida, They only
learned this after the country became
thicl1ly settled with Americans, how
ever. After their departure, a heavy
tide of immigration came, and, the main
body being men of wealth, they natur-
ally selected highly productive land
and plenty of 1t. The strip of country
now comprising the five wealthiest
counties in the state was organized into
Bourbon county. Washington, a viii
lage six miles distant, was the 'capital'
of the mississippi territory Those
coming from the same state located as
nearly AS practicable in the same neigh
borhood, and frequently. gave to that
neighborhood the name of their native
state. Being nearly all wealthy, and
many of them leaders, the country was
divided into clusters of settlements, and
each had society of its own; yet all
mingled on estate occasions" Natchez
was the most aristocratic section of the
teiiltoly, duu tAlS StcClOu cOHtdlue Gu
then, as it did for nearly three-quar-
tiers of century later, the greatest
part of the wealth and intelligence,
and from this city came more political
leaders, and more men who achieved
national reputation, than any other
city of it's size in the United States.
For the half century preceding the
late civil war Natchez had population
of about 5000. Her merchants were
very wealthy and had their summer res
licences, where they lived luxuriously.
The planters built their huge man
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dotted with groves of oak and mag
nolias, in which are half-concealed the
glisien;ng white houses of the planters.
The uplands gradually increase until
Natchez is reached--about ten miles dis
tant. Here the famous "Natchez Hills"
rise to a height Of nearly 800 feet above.
the river. These wildlan rugged hills
are of peculiar rich, marty loan,
and are evidently the result of an earth
quake. They extend back into the in
terror for ten or twelve miles, and those
not under cultivation are clothed with
''forest primeval' of magnolia, oaks,
tulip and black walnut. These hills
are cleft with crevices or canyons,
whose banks are covered with luxuriant
verdure and wild flowers, and through
these riffs course pretty streams in
their mad rush to the great river. The
wild and romantic beauty of the bluffs
upon which Natchez stands becomes
even more picturesque when contrast
ed with the beautiful landscape on the
opposite side of the river. The alluvial
plain, spread out below as carpet, ex-
tends for about so miles, and from these
precipitous bluffs can be seen magnif-
cent sweep of country, coursed by lit
tie '*bayous,' seemingly bright ribbons
flashing in the sun.
Here the river makes a curve, or Obi e
bend," and changing its bed has Gre
ated Lake Concordia." This change
was caused by the caving of the bank,
which is a characteristic of the river,
especially at Natchez, Vicksburg, Grand
Gulf and Lake Providence. Concordia
lake describes almost a complete circle
of about IL miles, and the broad, white
fields which line it's banks present one
of natures prettiest scenes. The lands
are highly productive, and have been
cultivated for nearly century and a
half. Vidalia, the pretty village oppo-
site Natchez, was the country seat of
Don Vidal, one of the earliest Spanish
settlers, and Lake Concordia was so
named from Concord, the home of the
first Spanish governor of Natchez and
the first fine residence built in the
place. From the summit of the Natchez
hills the view of this unbroken plain
and the grand sweep of the river is en-
trancing. But looking up and down the
river, at the bluffs in their ruggedness,
clothed to their submits with forests
of trees and tangled vines, the view
is somber, but grand.
It was but natural that such a pic
turesque country should soon be set
tied, and, upon the arrival of the French
under Lasalle, the explorer, a settle
ment was made. A few years afterward
the capital of the territory was removed
to what is now New Orleans. The
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One of the most effective utterance.
in congress concerning the Maine dis.
aster was delivered by a young con.
gresham from the Mississippi valley
who dramatically quoted these lines Of
Kipling:
Lord, God of Hosts, be with US yet:
Lest we forget; lest we forget"
That sentiment pervaded the land
1t permeated the atmosphere of the
capital city. 1t was on the lips and in
the hearts of all as we calmly awaited
the long delayed report of the naval
court of inquiry. It was repeated to the
president and to the members of the
cabinet. It was recited in our public
schools; and all public men prayed fol-
patience on the part of the people and
for patriotic determination to remem.
Der the crime, and punish it.
After many centuries of misrule, say.
agery, barbarity, there came a time
when vengeance is Mine, I will re.
pay, saith the Lord" was quoted; and
the human instrumentality. for the di
vine vengeance upon a people that
tA44'SO uHOn was ClC republic
which grew upon the soil of the hemis
phere which had been discovered by
Columbus. This vengeance is for the
brutal ingratitude of Spain to the dis
coverer; for the crimes committed by
the freebooters Cortez, Pixarro and
other eminent criminals sent here by
Spain to spread devastation throughout
the land; criminals who marked and
blazed their pathways with the blood OF
innocent aborigines. The original in.
habitants of America were uncivilized;
but it was Spain that made them saw
ages. And now the flag of that country
must leave this hemisphere forever.
Thank God!
When Cuba is free and independent
let us all take day together and sing
the long-meter doxology, with JUNCTION:
praise God, from Whom All BLESSINGS
Flow" SMITH n rpv
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STANDARD OF SPAIN
at Last It Must Leave the Western
Hemisphere Forever.
After Centuries OF savagery and Bar
barity the Cruel Spaniarda Are
About to Receive Their s.
i, 1,a, Just Deserts. &@G q, t., y
{ Especial Washington letter.

4 70 ID
From the day of the declaration Of
President Cleveland that the United
States had q right to interfere with
the brutal conduct of the war in Cuba
it was inevitable that the crisis between
Spain and the United States should
some day eliminate. ~
The report of the senate committee
recognizing the independence of the
Cuban republic gave to, the American
people and to the world statements of
facts which had not been developed by
investigation or by the public press.
That report showed to the world that
the warfare of the Spaniards was re-
duced to the savagery CT numbering lit
tie children and torturing innocent
women in a manner too horrible to be
described in polite language.
The fiendishness of the Spanish race
has no parallel in the history of the
civilized world. Those people have had
their churches, their priests, bishops,
their cathedrals and all of the devel-
oped paraphernalia for the dissemina-
ton of the Christian religion-a re-
ligion of love. And yet, as the centuries
passed and intelligence of right was
disseminated, the Spaniards became
worse and apparently less capable of
refinement of feeling.
The crusaders buckled sword in a
cause no more holy than the cause of
humanity which has led the United
States into armed conflict with the as
sassins of our sailors, the torturers of
the Cubans and the murderers of the
AZtecs and Peruvians.
The people of this country have been
impatient and their representatives
have received scores and hundreds of
kilograms and letters manifesting the
Impotence of the people; and for a
time the president himself was assailed
In public prints, on the street corners
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PLIABLE GLASS PLATES.
Makes One of Old Pliny's
Stories Probable.

It appears that the Chinese have the
art of making pliable glass plates. They
are not solid, but plated from spun
glass and made gorgeous by brilliant
oriental coloring. The strangest thing
about them is that, although they are
made of glass, one can bend them back,
ward and forward as if they were putty
or pliable clay.
In hearing of these strange plates one
is reminded of a story originally by
Pliny in his Natural History, and pop.
ular during the middle ages. AS mar
rated in the 'Gesta Romanorum''-
strange repository of monlish lore
the tale runs thus: 1T happened that
a certain artifcer fabricated plate
which, being exhibited before the en-
peror (Tiberius), he attempted, but in
effectively, to break it, 1t bent, how.
ever. beneath his efforts, and the ar
tifcer, applying hammer and work.
ing upon the glass as upon copper, pres
emily restored it to it's level. Tiberius
inquired by what art this was effected,
and the other replied that it was Sc
cret not to be disclosed. Immediately
he was ordered to the block, the en-
peror alleging that if such an art should
be practiced gold and silver would be
reckoned as nothing"
The ''Gesta Romanorum" pretends to
he nothing but collection of amusing
stories, and in it Pliny fact and myth
are so mingled that it is hard to sepa-
rate them. In this particular case.
however, it appears that the old Roman
naturalist might have been telling the
truth after all-Strand Mauazinn
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French found here the powerful tribe
of Natchez Indians. who came from
towards the setting sum- and claimed
their descent from the Aztecs. They
were the highest type of civilized In
dams in America. They were fire wor-
shippers, and their chief was called the
''Great Sum-" They massacred the
French garrison, and were finally ex-
terminated. 'Te....i.'
So it will be seen that Natchez is the
oldest white settlement in the south
west. It is also the most historical, and
noted as having been the center of
wealth and intelligence during it's long
history; and as having provided more
brilliant men than any other section of
the southwest. A number of wealthy
French came from New Orleans and
cultivat ting large estates, mainly by slave
labor, lived in elegant ease. They
built their chateaux upon the bluffs,
and reaped fortunes by planting in
digo and tobacco. Next came the Span
iards, also people of education and re-,
finement, the governors De Lemos,
tGayoso, Minor and Don Jose Vidal.
The Spanish settlers were given large.
grants of land, and in order to Guilt
vate them there was renewed activity
in the slave trade-the slaves being
brought from Cuba and San Domingo.
The Spanish aristocracy built NUM-
Der Of fine residences, some Of which
still stand, and are occupied by their.
descendants. The officials dwelt in
what was known as the Court Circle
Of the city, and would not permit any
one else to build a house in that neigh
borhood. Yet there were some fam-s
.iliea who were even Of bluer blood than.
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Laying Down the Inv.

..4.- Laying Down the Law.
McLubberty (angrily)-Moikeyl -S:
Little Mike (who has been tumultu-
ous)-Sorr? - ..5s7 %s@ Gg~E
McLubberty-O how told yes twinty
tonnes ahlready. to stop thot noise;
now, d'yez want me to tell yez the
sicond tonne ?-N. Y. World,
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Modest.

Excuse me- said the clothing sales.
man, 'but wouldn't you like to have me
take the price tag off that suit for you?"
eyes," replied Farmer Corntossel,
"mebbe you'd better. Eff was to go
aroun' advertiser what lot o. money
I paid fur them clothes, p'raps the
neighbors 'ud think I was tryin' to show
off. '-Washington Star.
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The Cheerful Idiot.

\ 81. ''The eyes, said the sentimental
boarder, "are the windows Of the soul =
81 am sorry to hear that" said the
Cheerful Idiot, ''for have been taught
that it is extremely unhygienic to
sleep with ones windows tightly
closed. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
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STILL ISTO CR TIC.
.Natchez, Miss, Retains Many Old
Time Pecul1arities.
Settled Originally by Int elligent and
Wealthy People, Il Has Lost
None Of Its Social Charms
r. of YOre.
Especial Natchez (Miss) letter.

Especial Natchez (MissD letter.
= The picturesque little city Of Natchez
is built upon the highest peak Of
the celebrated ''Natchez Hills" AS
cending the Mississippi river from
New Orleans, the first rising ground
is at Baton Rouge Cred Stick,
Louisiana. Below that city the country
is level plain-a beautiful landscape
of plantations of greening sugar cane,
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SURPRISING.

The Young Observation-Disclosures, lit
tie Jack Horner is the most ignorant
boy in our class.
Col. Oldbrand-Is he?
The Young Kentuckian-Yes,i indeed!
The teacher asked to-day how many
gallons in a barrel, and he didn't know.
Puck.
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A QuestiOu of Knowledge

VueSt1OH OF hnO"IeuBee
Her Adorer-May marry your
daughter, sir? Z
Her Father-What do you want to
marry for? You don't know when
you're well off. --.,
Her Adorer--No, perhaps not; but I
know when you're well off.-N. Y.
Truth. y 80
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A Gentle Little Hint.

Mr.. Younghusband (going on a jour,
ney)-Yes, dear; absence makes the
heart grow fonder. When away, dar-
ling, I am constantly thinking of you.
Mrs. Younghusband-And I of you,
love. Not day passes but Pm wonder
ing what little present you will bring
me home.-Tit-Bits. 49, .;.r... -.
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Prehistoric Oak Unearthed.


An extraordinary discovery and ono
which is just now exciting considerable
interest in antiquarian circles in Lam
cashire and Cheshire, has been made at
Stockport. During the excavations i'm
the construction of sewage works for
the town the workmen came across
what has since proved to be massive
oak tree, with two immense branches.
Prof. Boyd Dawkins, the well-known
antiquary, is CT opinion that the tree In
one of the giants, of prehistoric times,
and says thatjt is certainly 10000 years
old. The corporation of Stockport is at
a loss what to do with the gigantic fos-
sill, which is supposed to weigh about
40 tons, and, as it is necessary that Is
should be removed, a proposal has been
made to blow it up with dynamite. This
has aroused the indignation of a large
section of the public, and efforts are be-
ing made to bring pressure to bear upon
the council to preserve the tree for the
benefit Of the town and the county
st. James Budget. %
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with REGRETS.

#5 Clarence What are golden. oppor.
tunities, pa?
81 Mr.. Callipers The ones we HAYS
missed. ~ Ainslee,s Magazine.
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The st1n-Necked Gener.t,o,

Chollie- WEAKLY, Miss Gayleigh, if
you wefuse me Pll-Pll cut me throat,
don 'tcherknow. -
Miss Gayleigh-Well, if you don't do
ityourself pretty quick your collar will
save you the trouble.-N. Y. World.
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Queer Complications OF Names.
a According to the Kansas City Journal
the Garden Of the West has within its
borders q Mr.. Fivecoats and Mr., Few
close.
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Nirm,rIa i ava1v ems

Figurative1y Speaking. 4.
What is 9 figure Of speech, Uncle.
SGeorge?'' s59 sz*.
s ell. it's q 90-pound young man ask,
Ing. a 2oo5pound girl to hy with hin. !" Is.
Chicago Record. b. B.
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At the lunch Count,

waiter, this pork-and- beans is all
right. only there is too little pork and
too few beans.'''' ssss.5 4a4 Y
:, s. DO you expect to get drove Of pigs
in aibean patch for ten cents o. Chica-
20 Tribune. 81 Is,
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Suspicious.

Mother-Where have you been, Liz
zie?
Daughte Only out for a walk in the
park. B. !. 81 s's !
d Who with? ~ ..3 5s.E
No one.',' 5s t+:5
Then explain how you came home
with q walking-stick instead Of an um
brella. Tit Bits. Es$sss Z !
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MONMOUTH.

(The Classic Residence of Gen. John A.
Quitman.)