Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-12-23
CHRISTMAS PERIODICALS.

The quarter centennial number of Signs of
the Times Oakland CALI is q handsome 81
page magazine, finely illustrated. a million
copies were issued on this anniversary oc
casion-the greatest single edition ever put
out by religious journal. The Times de-
votes this issue to a retrospect of the worlds
progress, and an added interest is given to
the subjects treated by the well.chosen illus.
trations.
Clark's Horse Review, one of the very best
papers of its class that comes to our table,
has always led its contemporaries in the pro.
duction OF holiday numbers, but promised
that Its issue to appear on the 18th in st. should
eclipse all former efforts, and from partial
synopsis of the contents we are inclined to
believe 1t has succeeded. Two stories, one
entitled "Sister Ca'line's Enticement," the
other "Their Second Blessing" by that ire.
pressible fun making writer "Trotwood," is
more than worth the quarter that a copy of
the issue costs. Some of the other good
things are "Portraits of the living sons of
Hambletonian," "Growth OF the 2:1O list
"The Imperial Horse Pastures of Japan"
"Horse Worshippers, story of visit to the
tribe of American Indians whose God is the
horse" ain. breeding in the 2;Os list of trot.
ters," "The Toe.Weight and the Trotter,"
"Maine Horses" story of "a Bunch of Pool
Tickets" "a Cheap Starting Judge, amusing
incidents of the '97 campaign in the Wisconsin
Bushes" "Half Century in the Sulkey,"
- L ne .0U llsJ OF 1875 10 ISL arranged under
sires, the worlds records, the leading sires
and the record breakers of 49," several hand
some supplements with portraits of many
leading road riders AMI the horses they drive,
etc. If you are not a subscriber 10 the paper
send % cents to the "Horse Review CO., 2l5
East Madison ST., Chicago" for the Holiday
number.
Harper's Weekly, Christmas number of
1898, contains appropriate stories by Frank
stockton, Hezekiah Butterworth, and John
kendrick Bangs. The number consists of
forty pages and a cover in colors, and is es.
pecially valuable from an artistic point of
view. Howard Pyle has double page in
colors, and drawings by Albert Sterner and
G. Verbeek are in the list of Illustrations.
Gov. c. 5. Page of Hyde Park, has his own
ideas about calendars ana one of these ideas
is that they should be big enough to consult
at distance. This year he has put out one
which, by actual test, can be consulted mt a
distance of over n hundred feet. He adver.
tises the calendar in this issue. From sample
sheets received we can assure our readers
that it is all he claims for it and more.
Walton's Vermont Register, that indispen.
sible handbook tor business and professional
men, has made its yearly appearance. The
calendar pages for daily memoranda, lists of
United states and state officials, officers of
various state associations ana societies, i'm
addition to the business directory and list OF
officers for every town in the state brought
fully up to date, appear as usual a new
feature is a summary of the war revenue
taxes. Although - pages have been added
to the book, the price remains at % cents
1t may be procured of local dealers or viii
be sent, postpaid on receipt OF price, by the
Walton Register company, Burlington, Vt.