Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-11-28
NEWS AND NOTIONS.


Lenoir in that state few days snce-or
might have happened. A gentleman
claiming to be DR.. Fred Morris of Bur-
lington, VT, came there to claim bride
that he had found through matrimon-
lal agency, but failed to connect at the
last moment. She Is Miss Caroline
Bryant. Which one of the duo is the
disappointed one Is not stated, but Nor
ris took the first train out of town after
the meeting.
Mrs. Carrie Nation attended the Mad-
son Square Garden horse show on Thurs
day, and created sensation by confront
ing the Mlstresses Vanderbilt, who
occupied prominent box and saying:
You ought to be ashamed to wear such
disgraceful clothes. Take them of /; take
them off at once and attire yourselves
more modestly." She then attacked the
bar and tried to break bottle of cham
paign, and was put out.
John G.. Whittier must have had a
season like the present in mind when he
penned the following
Through the tall and naked timber,
Column-like and old,
Clean the sunsets of November
From their skies of gold.
A glove firm advertises a "Iid reviv-
err" but 1t is generally understood that
slipper gives satisfactory results.
Worrying is one of the greatest draw
backs to happiness. Most of it can be
avoided if we only determine not to let
trihes annoy us, for the largest amount
of worrying is caused by the smallest
tribes.
In English asylums II per 100 of the
inmates are men and j3 are women. In
Ireland the proportion is reversed-52
are men and As are women.
"That man is phrenologist. Pat" "A
what?" asked Pat, puzzled. "A phren-
ologist." "An' sure, what is that, sorr."
"Why man who can tell, by feeling
the bumps on your head, what kind
of man you are" "Bumps on my head
is it?" exclaimed Pat. "Begorra, then,
| think it would give him more of an
idea what kind of "a woman my wife is. y
"El Queso," a bay gelding owned by
Miss +. +. Webb. of Shelburne, in this
state, was awarded the first prize in the
saddle class at the Madison Square horse
show last week. The animal carried
over 200 pounds weight.
William David Porter, oldcs; son of the
famous American admiral of the same
name, has just died at Petersburg, Va.
The statement is going the rounds of
/ the press that women are being dropped
FROM HE clerkships of the government
offices in Washington. only about 500
remaining out of the ! 600 clerks en-
ployed. While incompetency is given
as the reason Of the decrease of female
clerks, it does not follow that the sex
has much to do with this condition, as
the tact that the appointments are gen.
orally given TO congressman for the rel
atives of their political friends, instead
Of being made after proper examination
for fitness.
Herr Krupp, the famous inventor of
the Krupp gun, died suddenly at his
home in Berlin Sunday, of apopleXy
Besides his widow he is survived by two
daughters. who are at school. one named
Barbara. aged Il, and the second named
Bertha, - years old.
While Uncle Sam is wondering what
to do with his surplus, the German i'm
peria budget shows an apparent deficit
of S37 ,500,0 C0.
Nov, Johnny said the Sunday
school teacher. lean YOU tell me who car.
ried off the gates of Gaza?" mo ma'am,
replied Johnny, II wasn't out with the
boys this Halloween"
Mustard is an excellent roup cure
Take quater pound of ground mustard
half teaspoonful of cayenne pepper anC
enough butter and -four TO work into
pills. Give one pill the size of common
marble every night to each roupy bird
The late Senator McMillan's grand sol
eighteen years old, has had his nam,
changed to James Thayer Mcmillan, hi
parents wishing to perpetuate the givel
name on the family records.
j. j. Hill, the railway king, does no
devote all his time 10 business, bu
spends much of it reading good books
He says in Shakespeare's works he find
advice, consolation and information.
Blanche c. Bruce, the negro who "A
one time was register of the treasury, i
publishing paper in Bond, Miss, il
avowed object being the elevation of tn
colored race on the Booker L. Washing
ton plan.
Joseph A. Farrell one of the publisher
of the Albany,(N. W Times Union, will
forsake the new spaper iield and becOm
Jesuit priest. Hi father, the late JOIN
! Henry Farrell, was one of the founder
of the Daily and Sunday Press, and late
purchased and consolidated the Alban,
, Evening Times with the Daily Union.
F, An intensely cold wave is prevailn,
through Europe, snow having fallen il
Paris, and the creeks, ponds and lakes II
Germany being frozen over so tina
skating in quite general.
The ceremony of depositing the al
legged ashes of Christopher Columbus II
special mausoleum was carried out il
the cathedral at Seville, Spain, las
Tuesday.
Pittsburg, Pa, has 20 banking insttu
lions and stands at the head of cities o
less than million population as tinan
cial center.
The wife of 4. l.. Sparrow, proprieto
of the Montpelier house, died in Bur
lington sentarium last week, and wa
buried at Waterbury.
Segregation is to be inaugurated at In
University of Chicago after the Christ
vaaatinn Anulinatiou of rho idp