Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-11-21
NEWS AND NOTION S.

hero "1ou are right, my child, sald |
her father, "he mast" And she is still |
wondering just what he meant.
To keep smoked hams and shoulders
free from shippers after smoking, put
them in flour sacks and tie tightly
Take tub of thick lime whitewash and |
dip sacks containing meat into it. Sat
urate them thoroughly and hang up at
once.
A Methodist minister in Detroit is
threatened with removal because he in
sisted on the choir saying "Ah-men,"
instead of "Amen," as they were wont
to do.
1t is estimated that the cost of the
Molneaux trial is at least S500,000.
Kerosene oil for fuel is said to be
cheaper than coal, not only in first cost,
but also in the cost of the labor neces-
sary to handle 1t and in the cleanliness
of the furnace room.
When using oil of red cedar as moth
preventive. pieces of cotton batting
should be wet with the oil and placed in
closets and drawn or tied in the mouths
of bags holding garments or bedding.
The co.called "parlor Matches" that
sputter and throw out sparks when
lighted, have been tabooed by the New
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permitted to be retaled after January
!. 1903.
Congressman Rhea, of the ninth Vr-
ginia district, refuses to accept the office,
because the canvassers threw out some
districts on an informality that would
have elected his opponent. He is
Democrat.
w. j. Bailey and d. j. Hanna, COVER
nor and lieutenant governor-elect of
Kansas, respectively, are threatened with
being kept out of Office because they are
not married men, which the constitution
of that state imposes on the per sOns who
occupy those offices.
A man with broken back was the
latest street novelty in Burlington "A few
DAYS since. He is William Hopworth.
and met with his misfortune in June
last. A collection of small change was
made and the unfortunate carted to the
boat and sent to Pittsburgh.
The labor unions of Barre contributed
1926 to the striking coal miners during
the recent trouble.
At the closing game of football at Bur
lington Saturday, the Vermont defeated
the Union eleven by a score of % to o.
The Dartmouth college team defeated
the Barre Defenders on Saturday by 30
to 0. These games closes the season.
The defence of his son Roland in the
recent murder trial in New York. has
cost General MolineuX, it is said, $780,,
600, and taken one-third of his fortune.
Spots on paint which cannot be stirred
by soap and water, will vanish beneath Il
rag dipped in washing soda or ammonia.
meteor passed oyer portions of
OHIO and Kentucky Sunday night, and
fell near Lexington. The weather
bureau reports that it was consumed at
an altitude of 300 yards when over the
southwestern part of the city. The
light produced was intense for several
seconds.
The new issue of Is cent stamps, bear
ing the portrait of the late President
Harrison, was ready for postmasters
Saturday.
Rugs, mats or carpets can be cleaned
thoroughly by generously sprinkling on
them yellow cornmeal that has been
well dampened in clean soapsuds or
weak ammonia water. Sweep oil In a
few minutes.
A nine year old lad named John
Meelesi ran away from school In Reads
boro last week, and while idling about a
chair factory had one of his hands cut
of Just above the wrist by a planning
machine.
f. 5. James. of Clinton, Iowa, a for
mer Vermonter, died few days since.
Mrs. James and children have been
spending the summer with friends
! around Burlington, but have now re-
turned home.
Veterans of the civil war and the
members of the Gen. Franz Segel as
ISOLATION did honor Sunday at New
York to the memory of the dead soldier
with appropriate exercises at the grave
In Woodlawn.
George Gilbert, bridge builder,
} whose home Is in Glens Falls. was found
unconscious on the Central railroad
] tracks in Rome n. Y, Saturday night.
= He Is believed to be fatally injured.
Mrs. Hattie Sheldon, of Bellows Falls,
picked a full blown dandeliOn blossom
Sunday.
Bedcothes should daily be exposed to
q the direct rays of the sun. 1t gives them
Y a sweetenng that is promotive of quiet
rest and sleep.
Wallace w. Nichols, manager of the
" Hotel Bardwell. Rutland, and trustee of
y the estate has purchased from Sarah c,
I Norton, of Middletown Springs, one
s sixth of the entire property, including
t the hotel, the stables, and all the land
= connected herewith.
0 1t is said that two ounces of permanga
nate of potash thrown into cistern
when the water has become foul will
!, purify it completely.
: Rev. DR.. A. c. Morehouse, of New
York city, 50 years of age, a native of
' Vermont, and who ofliciated at the
funeral of the father of Jay Gould, which
, occurred in this state, has lately beer
obliged to sell at auction his library and
all of his household furniture to pay
some debts. lie is a superannuated
| Methodist clergyman, and has lifted
more mortgages from churches than any
Otherminister known. So says the New
/ York World.
Eighty pound rails are replacing the
! siytV. mound rails in the demon ward Ai