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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
He Got Even with Her.

"Dont talk of 'forlorn hope. Mr..
Bashleigh, because | have refused
you. There must be other girls in
your mind who could make you
happy"
There were-and | had asked
them! You were the 'forlorn hope!' "
Tit Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Hon. Charles II. Stearns of johnson,
says
My business experience in the
Canadian townships where license
prevails has convinced me beyond the
palpable menace to everyday business as
well as to public morals. | am satisfied
that the present liquor law of Vermont
has Objectionable features, but 90 not
believe that the state can afford the
costly policing of license law. As
among the liquor bills that were SUBJ
mitted to the legislature, am satisfied
that dspensary law on the Battell plan
would fit Vermont conditions best"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The best Christmas or New Years
present you can make an absent friend is
years subscription to the Register. 1t
will remind them - times of your
thoughtfulness and love. 1t will prove
to any former resident of Addison
county a veritable "letter from home"
and it will not fail to come regularly
each week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The net earning of the railroads of the
country for the past year were SGG5 ,GlG,-
795. Five years ago the net earnings
were S33S 100000. This is tabloid
lesson on the wonderful prosperity and
growth Of this country.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

If names count for anything it would
be we'll to keep an eye on the j. p. Nor
gan Comedy Co. now touring the state.
Exchange.
Yet the Hardwick Opera house burned
while this company was playing in it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

"Posterity will discover me-" said
the poet.
"If it docs" replied his wife. who
afford to keep a girl, "it will probably
regret any time. it wasted in doing
so."-Chicago Record Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The Bellows Falls Times gives its
make-up-man mixed two articles and the
Times wants its readers to seperate the
tangle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The future is surcharged with grief,
Ard hope has nigh forsook it,
For if YOU pay the price for beef
You can't buy coal to cook IT,
Was hington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
INCORPORATED 1872.

Deposits made on either of the first four
business day OF any month draw interest
from the lst. Ii made afterward interest
viii commence tn, first ct the following
month.
Interest will be credited to depositors Jan
uary LIST and July LIST, cOmpouding twice
year. There are no stockholders in this bank.
All earnings, less expenses, belong TO de.
positors. The rate OF interest depends on the
earnings but the law fixes the rate that any
savings bank in the state can pay at not to
exceed three and one halt per cent per annum,
until its surplus reaches ten per cent of its
deposit, when special dividend is provided
for.
All taxes in this State are paid by the bank
on deposits of $500 or less. Deposits are
received in sums from ! to $4,000, and no in
terest will be paid on any sum in excess OF
This amount, except on deposits by widows,
orphans, administrators, executors, guar.
lians, charitable or religious institutions or
on trust funds deposited by order OF court
Funds may be sent by Dank check or draft
or postal money order and deposit book will
be returned by next mail.
Applications for loans or for information as
to standing OF the bank may be made to Rufus
Wainwright, Middlebury, or E. C. Dixie,
Bristol.
CHARLES p. SMITH. President
FREDERICK W. WARD Treasurer
= VSHAM. Asst Treas
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

1t is very suggestive that the name of
the member of the Virginia legislature
who introduced bill against kissing
was B. Ware.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

BOOK AND Jon PRINTING in every variety,
at the lowest prices consistent with good
work and quality of stock. For information
in regard to job work, apply to n. A. Sey
mour, second floor, Register Office.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The papers are discussing the question
whether there are too many papers In
the state. When they settle that tackle
the question, Are there not too many
stores?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Hold your breath, the expenses of the
United States will be $3.50, 000,0 900 less
than last year. Who ever heard of such
a thing?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Our old friend, the Congressional
Record is again on our desk. 1t is
crammed full of matter Of great interest
to those who contribute it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Did ii ever occur to you that Commits
sioner Partridge, of New York, never
quailed no matter how loudly his ene-
mics drummed?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

1t is a question in marine circles if the
submarine boat Adder will really prove
deadly adder.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The Register wishes all its readers a
Merry, Merry Christmas, and Happy
New Year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The weather the past week has ar
ranged a study in black and white-snow
and coal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

The Bennington Banner has a land
some new head. 1t is neat, novel and at
tractive like the paper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Another war cloud is said to be hover
ing over lIayt. There is always some
thing of the sort lowering there.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
luoolebury REGISTER.
FRIDAY, DEFENDER 2G, 1902

ne YEAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ,..$l.OO
,tsr,r.tr .tANrrrIc
requesting change OF address, subscrib
- must invariably give their old address MS
"a ds the new. Otherwise names cannot be
tied in our lists.
,DvERTIsINu rate-card will be sent on APP
ucahon. Copy must be in the hands OF the
.nters not later than Wednesday noon to
.iure insertion in that weeks issue.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Judging by the crowds of people in the
stores anu on the streets, this promises
to be very Merry Christmas, sure.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Venison is dear in Wisconsin; ten
men have been shot so far this deer sea-
son.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

There is one thing to be thankful for,
beef is better in quality and lower in
price. Oh for coal to broil it on
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Try an adv. In the Want and For Sale
column and note the result.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26

Why does not Venezuela take lessons of
Turkey in lodging paying her bills
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
TAX NOTICE.


All the taxes assessed on
the list of 1902, have this day
been placed in my hands for
collection. The usual discount
will be allowed on all taxes
paid for the period of 90 days,
and warrants will be issued for
al! that are unpaid at the eX-
piration of the said ninety days.
c. f. PINNEY,
Treasurer.
Middleburv Vi Sent 10. 1902
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-26
Treasurer.

Middlebury, VT, Sept. 10, 1902.
The Western news., 1902-10-22
A Preacher on Preaching,

1t Is pleasant sometimes to hear a
man talk shop" especially If he is Il
distinguished man working in a grea
shop. Dean Hole in his book. Then
and Now" has some humorous anu
wise things to say about his own pro-
fession, preaching.
We want more simplicity. he says, IT,
speak in a tongue that is "unders and
ed Of the people," Moliere tried to rea,:
his comedies to an oil uneducated
woman, that he might judge by the
manner in which she was affected how
his wit and humor would be received
by the people. could name some poor
old folks whose opinion should rashe.
have about a sermon of mine than that
of men in high estate.
'Tell me the story simply, as to a lit
tie child! cries the heart that yea ms
for truth; but some preachers take
pleasure in grandiloquence. mysteries,
metaphysics.
A famous classical scholar, preaching
to a small congregation of rustics in
the Lake District, said to them, "In
this beautiful country, my brethren,
you have an apotheosis of nature and
an apodeiknensis of theopratic omnipo
tencev'
The Western news., 1902-10-22

Horace Walpole complained that a
caller at Strawberry Hill broke off the
bill of a beautiful marble eagle, and
then to cover the accident carried the
piece away in his pocket. The modern
sightseer is perhaps more prone to
leave something behind him. The gen.
erous citizen who opens his grounds to
the public is too often repaid with in
gratitude and orange peel" In public
grounds empty bottles are broken into
bits which are dangerous to other pic
nickers and to animals; pieces of paper
are strewn over lawns, flower beds and
ornamental ponds; names are carved on
fences and inscriptions written on sum-
mer houses. To say don't" is ever
thankless task; but II every tourist in
private or public grounds would make
a point of gathering up with glove or
stick a few banana skins, papers and
broken bottles, and hiding them under
The Western news., 1902-10-22

A good many Of the boys and girls
who have taken diplomas from high
schools and academies and colleges this
year have been talked to by various
persons, from the President Of the
United States to the selectmen of the
town, but have had no chance to talk
back" There are still some schools
that cling to the olden fashion of
holding commencement day as the op.
portunity for youth and it's dreams
not for age and it's wisdom. The
commencement program of one New
England academy shows an extraordi-
nary devotion to this idea. The exer-
cises began at half-past nine in the
morning. They consisted first of t~en-
ty-seven essays by members of the
graduating class. Then there was an
intermission, and in the afternoon there
were fifteen more essays. The subjects
covered wide range-eulogies on
George Washington, Hannibal Hamlin,
William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt; studies Of "The Ship Sub
sidy BILL" Of Submarine Navigation"
of THE Marconi System" of 1.-THE
Uses Of Library" of 1.-The Bible in
Tennyson," of 1.-The Holy Grail" and of
Moses OF the forty-two subjects
| there was not one of a trivial or sensa-
| tonal character, not one that would
not invite to fuller knowledge and
promise reward for study. Now, sure
ly, those forty-two boys and girls, In
writing for this notable day with its
rapt audience and friendly applause,
must have gained much good knowl
edge and some power of thinking
clearly and of speaking lucidly and
forcibly. Meantime, widening circle
was instructed and inspired. Mary
does not read and write on 1.-The Holy
Grail" without interesting father,
mother and sister in the mystic story.
John does not study the career of Han.
nibal Hamlin without reviving grand
fathers memories of the stirring COS,
and setting the whole family to read
ing aloud a life of Lincoln. Altogether
Is 1t not probable that the hundreds
of parents and friends who sat patient.
ly through those somewhat long and
arduous hours Of the old-fashioned
commencement had gained somethin.
when the day was over that even the
most polished orator in his happiest pc
RODS might have failed to impart?
The Western news., 1902-10-22

In recent test Of accuracy in firing
torpedoes the vessels of the torpedo
boat hotilla In the North Atlantic made
some remarkable hits Of floating tar
get 1000 yards away. As each hit
would have meant utter destruction in
time Of actual war the Importance OF
these wasps of the navy is being her
aided abroad as a valuable discovery.
1t is well to shoot straight, Of course,
whether with popgun or with automat.
ic torpedoes, but the main thing in
these high explosive days is to get
close enough to an enemy to lodge a
shot. Long before any torpedo boat
could have approached within Loco
yards Of an enemy 1t would have been
blown out of the water
The Western news., 1902-10-22
PRALlNES OF NEW ORLEANS,
Delicious Candy Which Is Sold on the
Streets Of Old Town,

Delicious Candy Which Is Sold on the
Streets of Old Town.
among lne toothsome memories of
bygone years nothing in the form Of
sweets or candy appeals so keenly to
the Louisianian as the praline," says
Robert Mitchell Floyd. according to the
New York Mail and Express. "A stran
ger visiting the city and desiring to
find some Of this dainty would proba-
bly, go to the first confectioner's shop
to be waved out Of the door by the
hand Of the French maiden in attend
ance. Non monsieur; on vends ca sur
la rue! (No, sir; they sell that in the
streetsD
THE manufacturing Of the real pra-
lines seems to be the accepted right Of
the descendants Of the old Indians
whose blood has been intermingled
with French negroes. The candy Is
always carried about in the morning,
freshly made, OH small neatly covered
trays by men only.
I'm the making Of the pral!ne the In
dian obtains from the hogshead of mo-
lasses the sugar that has granulated
from the liquid and been preciptated
to the bottom. This Is favored more
highly than the ordinary sugar-h house
product, and when reboiled and cooled
has a most attractive and delicious
taste Of its own. Pecan nuts are care
fully cracked and taken from their
shells so that the two halves Of the
nut are unbroken. The boiling thick
sugar Is then poured out on fiat stone
In little puddles Of about three inches
in diameter. into the surface Of which
the pecan nut meats are carefully
punched In conical heaps. with Just
enough Of the hot liquid sugar added
to hold them in place"
The Western news., 1902-10-22
END OF A MOUNTAlN.cLIMBER.

Alpine Adventure that Caused the
Death Of Four Men.
Owen Glynne Jones. who was killed
with three guides while climbing the
white Tooth" in the Alps three years
ago. was one Of the greatest Of noun
tain-climbers. The details of the ac-
cident which ended his life at 81 are
recounted by Harold Spender in Nc
Clure's Magazine. Jones was u safe and
scientific climber. and his death was
due to no fault Of his own. The five
men in the party, tied together with q
rope thirty feet between man and man.
proceeded In this order: The guides,
Furrer and Zurbriggen, first. then
Glynne Jones, Vuignier. another guide.
and +. w. Hill, who was schoOlmas-
ter like Jones. and who. like him. pur-
sued Notwithstanding as sport.
Coming to difficult buttress ten feet
high. Furrer. who was In advance,
could not find hold. 1t was necessary
for him to mount first, and then pull the
others up when he had secured foot
hold; So Zurbriggen and Jones put an
ice-ax under him to stand on. and
crouched down to hold 1t. AS they
could not see what Furrer was doing
above them. they We're unprepared for
sudden shock.
1t is evident that these men were de-
pending on Furrer's success in getting
he hand hold for which he was reach
ing. Mr.. Hill, who was some feet be-
low the group about the ice-ax. saw
Furrer slip. He fell upon the two OBJ
iivious men beneath him. All three
went, striking Vuignier, who stood be-
tween Hill and the three falling men.
Hill had instinctively turned to the
rock to get a firm hold, expecting to be
carried away with the other men; but
after few seconds he realized that he
was safe and alone. Looking round. he
saw his companions sliding Mt fatal
speed down the rock into the abyss.
Between him and the unfortunate men,
who We're being hurled to sure death,
he saw thirty feet of rope dangling from
his waist. The faithful Vuignier had
fastened it to some point in the rock to
protect his master. The weight Of the
tour bodies had broken the rope, and
this saved Mr.. Hills life.
After two days of hardship, climbing
alone, Mr.. Hill arrived at the hotel.
The lesson here for all climbers. those
who make sport of 1t and jest with
death. and those who, in unsought
predicament, need to know how to
climb, is this: Those men blundered
by allowing the fate of three men to
depend on one mans hand-hold. Again,
so far as is possible, every man In d
climbing party should know what the
others are doing. in order not to be TAX
en- unawares, as We're the unfortunate
men who held the AK under Furrer's
feet.
The Western news., 1902-10-22
THE FOLKS At HOME.

The folks at home believe In me,
The faithful folks at home.
They boast of what I'm going to b
To other folks at home;
And father says to Uncle Cy
That he would like to bet
I'll be great man by and BY
And folks shall see it yet.
he knows full we'll that I'll not shame
The honest folks at home,
Nor will forget the good old name
OF all our folks at home;
For father says he's understood
And said SO ut the store,
When he went down to sell some wood
That nowadays boys need more.
My fathers gran'dad marched away.
Left all his folks at home,
And footed forty miles one day
With other folks from home.
Then in the fight on Bunker Hill
Fought bravely, it is said,
And at the finish lay there still.
Face to the front, stone dead.
God be my help! I'll not forget
The loving folks at home,
Nor cause them shame nor keen regret,
The dear old folks at home.
God grant me strength, and wit, and vii
To do the best can.
As grand dad did at Bunker Hill.
To live and die man.
Boston Transcript.
The Western news., 1902-10-22
QUEER CASE OF HYSTERlA.
Victim Was Distinctly Marked by the
Devil She Thought Possessed Her.

victim was Distinctly Marked by the
Devil She Thought Possessed Her.
A series Of extraordinary events re-
Gently took place at Rodez, France,
which have excited widespread inter-
est among all classes. The circum-
stances were thoroughly investigated
~ representative Of a Paris journal.
The scene Of the occurrences was the
orphan asylum Of Grezes, near Laissac,
md they concerned a member Of this
lsylum, by name Sister Saint Fleuret.
rhe following is the result of the in
restigation, obtained from absolutely
:reditable sources and of which he
guarantees the correctness.
There has been at the orphan asy-
lum for the past twelve years a sister,
originally from the Canton of Bozou.s,
who Is afflicted with species of mad
less which makes her believe that she
possessed by a devil: her sister su-
Derior, the other sisters of the asylum
md nearly all the ecclesiastics of the
country have a similar belief In her
lffliction.
The disease. according to the physi-
lans, is merely a species Of hysteria;
natural predisposition which became
lcute under the influence Of the sur
'ounding atmosphere. But the super
natural features are the result of true
,uto-suggestIon. In her paroxysms the
'ufferer utters piercing cries of such in
enslty that the peasants hear them at
I great distance from the convent. Dur
ng these attacks the patient believes
erself to be bitten or burnt by the
!evil in this or that portion Of her
'ody. The auto-suggestion is so strong
It these times that Immediately upon
he disappearance of the paroxysms
here Is found on that portion Of the
'ody where the suffering is most in
ense, either burn Of the skin or the
imprint of teeth.
Sister Saint -Fleuret has a horror Of
every religious object and the nearby
presence of figure Of Christ. Of book
# devotions, or Of any sacred image
Immediately throws her into an almost
'abid tit. The most curious circum-
+tance is that she need not see these
objects. she feels them, she divines
,hem when they are brought near her
even though carefully hidden, and she
Immediately rushes at them to destroy,
.i'urther, she frequently divines the
thought of persons who speak to her
and she responds to them in their own
language whatever this language may
be. Although she is simple peasant
who has never received the least edu-
cation. Sister Saint-Fleuret in her par
Oxysms speaks Greek, Italian. Russian.
English and German. She always re-
spends fiuently in the language what
ever it may be in which she is ad-
dressed.
The Western news., 1902-10-22

A Kansas paper notes that, of the
dozen carloads Of old iron received ev-
cry week at the local junk-yard, "prob-
ably nine-tenths consists Of farming i'm
plements ruined by rust. Many Of the
implements look as If they could still
be saved from the junk pile by black
smith; the farmers thought differently,
and bought new ones" Such are signs
Of that carelessness which sometimes
accompanies prosperity; but the same
thing precedes adversity-and then,
how ugly it looks! If the mortgage also
could be left In the field to gather rust
and ultimately wear out, the condition
of the plow and mower and binder
would not so much matter. Since that
is impervious to moisture, even to tears,
1t would seem business-like to take care
of the machinery that may help to pay
it,
The Western news., 1902-10-22

he found = nlnn stretched across two
seats, asleep. He wakened him. begged
pardon for disturbing him. and asked
for seat. After little time the two
entered into conversation.
At length the man asked, do you
know DR.. Owen North?
Rather astonished. said. "Yes."
"What kind of man Is hep
"Oh. very good fellow"
"He is like all them high-up doctors.
Gets big fees. doesn't heY l want to
know"
mo-" said I. "That is always exag-
gerated. Why do you askY'
"Well, I've had a lot of doctors. and I
amt no better. and now haven't much
money left"
Upon this, my friend confided to me
all his physical woes in detail. w.
parted before daybreak. 1t was toe
dark in the car for either Of us to see
plainly the face Of the other.
About ten the next day the man en-
tered my consulting room. As should
not have known him except for rather
peculiar voice. l. too, remained uniden-
tilted. l could not resist SO excellent
an opportunity. Looking at him, said :
''Sit down. You have a pain In your
back"
That's queer! have"
"And you are blind In the left eye,
and your digestion Is bad" and So l
went on.
At last he said. II never saw doctor
like you! 1t scares a man. most. Can
you cure me?"
said, YES" and wrote out direc-
tions. 1t was really simple case
When he produced a well-worn wallet
l declined to take fee. and said:
Il owe you for the seat and the good
sleep disturbed last night"
"Well, declare! see, now! You
were the man. But law! why did you
give 1t away? I'd have sent you the
whole township"
The Western news., 1902-10-22

Prof. e. BENZ. Andrews declares that
parentage among the poor should be
discouraged. The multiplication Of this
class of citizens Prof. Andrews lists
among the social evils that should be
eliminated. He insists that 1t Is one
Of the duties of society to discourage
the birth Of children under conditions
which render it unlikely that they will
become self-supporting citizens" This
Is a good enough theory to create a
sensation. but beyond that end 1t has
no merit whatever. Had this theory
been in force the world would have had
no Lincoln. no Franklin, no Spurgeon.
no Gladstone, no Homer, no Shak-
speare. The best In literature, philos-
ophy, science, theology, statesmanship,
music, art would be unborn. Erase
from history the names and accom-
plishments Of all born in poverty and
multitudinous volumes would shrink to
a lean pamphlet. The brilliant galaxy
of the worlds luminaries would be OBJ
liberated. their reflected light would be
gone, and remaining would be only in
distinct nebula Of small stars. All life
teaches that the child born healthy has
no limit set upon its opportunities.
None can foretell what strength and
precision Of grasp may be developed in
those tiny hands, what power may
grow in that eager brain. what stamp
may be slowly, surely pressed upon the
character. Poverty is no obstacle to
character building; it is positive help.
Early toll becomes a fixed habit and
deprivation teaches soul deep the di-
vine lessons Of wholesale aspiration, of
self-deniai. Conditions which render
it unlikely that they will become self
supporting citizens" is rot. The elder
Rothschild. the elder Vanderbilt, Jay
Gould. Cyrus w. Field. John w. Mac
kay and host Of others, most eminent
ly capable of sclf-support, We're born
under just such conditions, If there be
such. The unrestrained breeding Of dis
ease and vice is another question, and
one of vital Importance. But poverty
Is not hereditary.