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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-04-05
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.

LINZ Rock, Conn, Dec 30, 1870
DR. VAN HuNMELL.--HV Dear Sir When 1 began
your treatment many OF my friends had hope of my
recovery and now they say II does not seem possible
that could he up so comfortable One yoar ago was
so very poorly and had not used your lnhang fluids
and your other remedies, would have been dead long
ago. After began your treatment, rested eontened
for almost confident II would euro II has done
wonders for me. Had Dr. Bssel raised mo up to where
am now, he would have thought he had done remark
ably. But he could not and now think he feel
somewhat chagrined after saying much against you
and your treatment But am thankful did not heed
his words; that had energy and will enough to give
your treatment trial. We never shall regret doing So
By the mercy Of Col and your ilkliHg Fluids my life
has been spared. Very truly yours
ANNA WHITE
My practice being confined TO the Nose Throat and
Lungs my remedies specially designed for local
application TO those refer, by permission To
the following patients WIG have been treated by with
IHhaiing Fluids II. Everett Russell Counseloratlaw,
q Wall Street, New York Mr.. II. ". Williams, 25 East
Fifteenth street, New York Mr. &. S. Orser, 252 West
Seventeenth street, New York Mr. 5. d. Sutton, 66l
broadway, New York j. r. Van Ness, 21j Greenwich
street. New York j. W. Chaco, CASTLE, New York and
many others.
Patients treated by letter at their homes by answering
list Of 81 questions By which the nature and
tent Of the disease Indicated. For information let
Of questions, &c, address
q VAN HUMMEL, NJ D.,
Ci6T 40 West Twenty sixth street, New York.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-04-05
ID o D D S
n Il II V N i
HAS RELIEVED THOUSANDS OF

Cough, Cold Fever, Ague, Headache, Neuralgia Dys
pepsia with loss appetite Datrhma Coust patton Sleep
lesness all Nervous affections Female Weaknesses Ac
Price g. See recommendations with each bottle.
READ WHAT ONE DRUGGIST SAYS
We have sold DODDS NERVINE for tho last six years
aud can rbfHy say 1t has given entire satisfaction In
EVERY INSTANCE, as far as know During the
last year have sold OVER NINETEEN THOUSAND
bottles and consider It's immense sale sufficient proof
Of its reliability. GEO. &. GOODWIN CO., Wholesale
Druggists, Boston, Sold by ALI Drugrists
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-04-05

oyplaying with a son Of Henry Wetherbee,
OF Chester, on Sunday, fired an arrow which en-
tered his eye, and when the arrow was with
drawn the eye ran out.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
TERMS.

EPTwO Dollars foz one wear, Snra-
= Gbly in. odpance; Two Dollars ana
Fifty Gents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out Of the coun-
ty to be paid fer IN adedRce
or Single copies, Ten Gents each.
1D1 Advertisements inserted al One Dollar
ger SO 1aze of Ten Lines or less for ths frs.
insertion; Fifty Gents for each continuance.
P Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
U liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square.
0T The privilege of yearly advertisers Is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
vertising firm is not considered as including
that Of its individual members. OrNO de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
OF Advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered opt, and payment
sxacted.
or No advertisement inserted gratu:tously
bJe Advertisements OF an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
sUs Announcing candidates Five Dollars.
to be paid in advance in every case.
OF bob Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office iu Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
Shall we Send our Chill
dren away from Home
to be Educated.

The College Courant, published
at New Haven, says on the above
subject; The notion is quite pre-
valent that it is good thing for
children to go away from home
while acquiring their education, SO
that they may see the world and
learn how other folks live. There
is doubtless much to be learned in
seeing the world, and we would,
by no means, deprecate the en-
largement of mind which comes
by travel; but the natural place
for children is home, and their
best society that of their parents
and brothers and sisters. The
teacher of a boarding school has
the double office of teacher and
parent, and, however well he may
fill the former, it is impossible for
him to fill the latter to the per-
fection which the parent can, and
often does attain. The child al
most knows iDStinctively that the
love of a parent is disinterested,
that his advice is without any sell
fish motive, and that his command
must be obeyed; he therefore
trusts his parent with a conf
dence, and obeys him with a good
will, which he is not ready to
yield to a stranger. 1t is the du-
ty, therefore, of parents to keep
their sons and daughters together
at home till their minds are we'll
disciplined by study, their princi-
Piles well established, and their
habits formed, and then they can
safely see the world, and profit
by the lessons it teaches, The
high schools enable us thus to dc.
The young men and women grad
dating from our high schools find
the same incentive to action in
society that they found in the
school, and do not leave behind
them the forces which thus far
have impelled them. There is
no such violent change as must oc-
cur when one graduates from a
school exclusively devoted to one
sex.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
Iceland Worthless.

Of Iceland we hear but lit
tie, and, speaking generally,
know still less. 1t seems, how
ever, to be losing all value as an
inhabitable country; its winters
are growing colder, its fisheries
failing, and from once being a
timbered country, it is said there
is not a tree found there. The
inhabitants being thus rendered
destitute of the proper means
of sustaining life, and the Dan
ish government having consent
cd, it is proposed to establish
an Icelandic colony in North
ern Wisconsin and Nebraska
AS an experiment to test this
region, some fifteen Icelanders
have already gone to Detroit
and Washington Islands, where
they intend to support them
selves by fishing until they can
learn to farm.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
Gen. Joe Johnston.

The Southern Home, speaking
of ills distinguished General, says
We have always been disposed
to place General Johnston in the
front rank of the great command
ers OF history. His great intel
lect and personal courage won the
admiration of his soldiers, while
his warm, genial nature secured
their love. The veterans of Ma
poleon did not idolize their En-
peror more than did our ragged
rebels the lion-hearted Johnston.
No one now doubts that his poll
cy of disregarding positions and
never suffering an army to be
chopped up, would have saved the
Confederacy, The Franco Prus,
sian war is an eloquent tribute 10
Joe Johnston-Sedan and Stras-
burg were but repetit'ons of the
folly of Vicksburg, Pert Hudson
and Richmond, The star Of the
South set in gloom and disaster
when Johnston was removed at
Atlanta. Sherman exu t d at the
act, and cried out like Napoleon at
Austerlitz, "Now | have them~
The baff1ed "bummer" knew that
his time had come, and clapping
his hands, he said, 81 have fought
hitherto, when Johnston pleased !;
now I'll make Hood fight when l
please"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

quite SO good as receiving a letter.
One man came every day for
three weeks, and made terrible
rumprs every time he came a.
bout the carelessness and inefi-
cheney of the mail service. At
last his important letter arrived,
and it proved to be a patent medi.
cine almanac for last year, but he
had got fifteen or twenty dollars
worth OF information out of me
nothing, and he was accordingly
satisfied.
| like an inquiring friend. 1t
shows research and progress.
1t is the spirit reaching out for
something by which to draw it.
self higher, and it gets hold of a
soft thing when it grabs a deputy
postmaster.
He can get more civil answers
out OF him IN one minute than he
can blast out of all the railroad
conductors in Christendom, and
he gets it for nothing, which is
wrong.
If the government would charge
a farthing for every no that is CIV
en- in answer to the inquiry, "Is
there anything in the Office for
me?" it would pay off the nation
al debt in six weeks; and anoth-
er advantage it would be, their
deputies would not be required to
no SO much, which would give
people of ordinary minds and
women chance to display them
selves.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
where, Where is Oma-
ha ?"

The Sioux City Qowa) Tmes
gets off the following good one
on Omaha.
President Grant arrived here
yesterday at three o'clock, and
started for the Ogden house to
get a square meal.
He was waited upon by May
or Caldwell, ex-Mayor Millard,
General Argur, Senator Hitch
cock, and Hon. John Taffe, M.
C., who, in a very humble and
supplicant address, written by
the ministers and school teach
ers of the West Side, in coun-
Gil assembled, begged His Ex-
cellency to favor Omaha by a
visit if only for five minutes.
Grant, (taking cigar stump
from his lips-"Omaha, Omaha.
where the devil is Omaha?"
Delegation-It's only across
the river, 7 our Imperial Majes-
ty."
Grant, (puff, puff damn il
1 thought Omaha was up in the
Indian Reserve, among the
Blackbird Hills. / have nc
time to switch off and see side
issues"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
A Good One on ThurloW
Weed.
New York correspondence of the Cincinnati
Gazette.

W" 1OAh correspondence VI Tue Nl1ClnnaJl
Gazette.
In Union League Club, the other
evening, l listened to a "good one"
on Thurlow Weed. | don't be-
'lieve even Greedy ever had it. To.
wit:
Weed had about as much sys-
tenn in keeping his accounts land
his money! as Micawber. He
was a little greater man, though,
and had that grain of good sense
which suggested to him the pro-
priety of placing any specific sum
Of money which he didn't want
spent at random in the hands of
some fnancier friend. In 1856
ct. W." came to New York and
received $25, 900 from his Repub-
lican friends-S10,O00 for the
purpose of defeating Fillmore for
President, $10.0 900 for the use of
the Republicans in Albany and
$4,000 for the Evening Journal.
For safe keeping he gave the AL
bsny Central Committee $4,000,
placed $1,000 to the Journals
credit, and requested his partner
(Mr. Sinclair, | believe) to place
the secret $4,000 Ito be used a.
gainst his old friend Fillmore) to
his, Sinclair's, credit in bank,
> which could be drawn as required.
He did so. One fine morning,
Sinclair dropped dead from heart
disease. The $4,000 stood to his
personal credit without word Of
explanation. In vain Thurlow
Weed sought tie ear of the bank
officers. They could do nothing.
The executors of the estate found
the $4,000 TO Mr.. Sinclair's cred
it. They could not, without
proof, hand it over to Mr.. Weed
or his political friends. Thus it
was swept into the dead man's =
estate and into the hands Of his
fascinating widow. Not a dollar
was used to defeat the placid Mil
lard Fillmore. A year thereafter,
the honorable eX. President from
Buffalo and the charming widow
OF Mr.. Weeds partner were at
tracted by the mysterious infu
ence presided over by Venus.
A few months later they were u
nited by the hymeneal knot; and
poor Weed saw his darling ten
thousand dollars, raised to defeat
Mr.. Fillmore, in 1856, diverted
from its original purpose into the
unsuccessful candidates marriage
portion I" 1t is said that Thurlow
Weed tells this good joke on him
self with a relish, and joins as
heartily in the guffaw it never
fails to inspire as he used to, in
those "halcyon days of yore, "
when he told stories on the stage
coaches between this city and the
capital of the Excelsior State.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30
.ernpre Of 5gt Mnses.
90 S49 Hs1lT
q gS
rs E'IVE-ANDTWEN
TY tYEARS.

Sitting upon our cottage stoop,
by autum NAPLES shaded,
call the gentle visions up
That time had nearly faded,
The evening light comes from the west,
In streams of golden glory;
So fold your head, love, on my breast,
And hear my olden story.
IT'S fve-and twenty years, my dear,
Since, hearts and hands together.
We launch d our bark, the ocean clear
And all serene the weather.
With simple trust in Providence,
We set the sails upon her;
My fortune, hope and common sense,
Your dowry, love and honor.
For fve-and-twenty-y my dear,
The billows lightly skimming,
One day the skies grew murk aud drear,
Our eyes and spirits dimming.
How dark the night frown'd overhead,
When hope foresaw no morrow,
And we beside our frstling dead
Drank our first cup of sorrow.
IT'S fve-and-twenty years, my dear,
Yet music's in our dwelling,
The children's prattle that we hear
About our hcarthstone swelling.
God bless them all, the loving band
So glad to call you mother;
With heart to heart and hand to hand
Cinging to one another.
Through five-and-twenty years, my dear,
Wheue'er my arm was weary,
And scarce knew the way to steer,
Your words were ever CHEEKY.
When mid the tempest and the night,
With courage sorely shrinking,
Then on our way God gave US light
That kept our faith from sinking.
Tbs fve-and-twenty years, my dear,
Slight. change in You revealing;
But Ger my brOw-you see them here
The silver hairs are stealing.
Yet let them come, while still thy breast
Retains the fond emotion
That nerved my arm when first we prest
Our way out on life's ocean.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

A New York letter writer
says, that the heaIthiest people
in New York are the physicians,
who see in others the conse-
quence of violating the laws of
nature, and hence are controlled
by caution. Besides this their
daily rides promote health
The next class in point OF hy-
giene is made up of the letter
carriers, who are out all day on
their mail errands, and who de-
rive from this exercise a benefit
which compensates for their
small rate of pay. These men
learn that the outdoor life is
the true method of existence.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

A Louisville wife wishing to get
rid of her husband at short notice,
sent him into the cellar with a
kerosene lamp for pint of cider.
She gave him just time to get the
cider in one hand and the lamp in
the other, and then shouted "mur.
der!" She had calculated well
The doomed man sprang up the
steps, the lamp fell, and-the wo'
man was free
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

The Chicago Republican says
that "when man calls at an in
surance office to purchase pol
icy he is regarded as a distin-
guished visitor, and treated ae-
cordingly. When he returns to
the same establishment after
the fire. to collect what's due
him, he is regarded as a poor re.
lation; his questions are an
swered with insolence, and he is
given pretty loudly to under-
stand that he is a good deal of
an intruder, anyhow"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

A Michigan doctor who was ar
rested because his patient died,
has been acquitted on the ground
that he did the best he could, CIV
ing ell the medicine he knew the
names of.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

a boy Of five summers inNew
England recently, while at his
.devotions, surprised the family
by praying that he might have
sixty brothers and one hundred
sisters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

THERE'S a gentleman in Zanes
vile, Ohio, at the age of 81,
who was bonn when his father
was rs years old. He wants
to learn if there is another per-
son living whose father was
born 165 years ago.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

A man in Ohio, who was acquit
ted of murder on a plea of insani-
ty, secured the lawyers by giving
them a mortgage on his farm ;
but now repudiates the mortgage
on the ground that he was insane
when he made it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

The boys'are advised to get
their smoked glass ready for the
next eclipse. 1t will come off
in June, 1854, and will be total
throughout the United States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-30

Resolutions of "thanks to God
and the police of the city," were
passed at an Indianapolis meeting.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-15
Hearty Suppers.

It requires about five hours for the stomach to work on an ordinary meal and pass it out of itself, when it falls into state of repose. Hence, if a man eats three times day, his stomach must work fifteen hours of the twenty four
 After nights sleep we wake up with a certain amount of bodily vigor, which is faithfully portioned out to every set of muscles, each its rightful share, the stomach among others. When the exter- nal body gets weary after long day work the stomach bears its share of the fatigue but if, when the body is weary with the days toll, we put it to bed, giving the stomach meanwhile 8 five hours task, which must be performed, we impose upon the very best friend we have; the one that gives the largest amount of earthly enioyments and if this overtaxing is continued it must as certainly wear out prematurely as the body itself will if it is overworked every day. ..
 And if persons eat between meals, then tue stomach has no rest from breakfast in the morning, until one, two, three o1 four o'clock the next day hence it is that so many persons have dyspepsia the stomach is worked so much and so con. stantly, that it becomes too weak to work at all. It is to be hoped that every intel, igent parent will press these things on the attention of their children as matter of conscience, because dyspepsia like consumption, has its foundations laid in large majority of cases during the "teens" of life.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-15
The Unknown Victims,

The New York Tribune reviewing the late sad affair in that city, thinks there are 8 good many Alice Bowlsbys about-only they are not discovered. How many pretty girls it says, respected by their friends and neig ghbors, have carried the same awful secret which Alice Bowlsby kept so long, and sought relief at last from the cursed arts of the creatures like Rosenzweig, Resten and Perry The abortionists of New York are counted by scores. How mary must be their patients. It is not al- ways that the victim dies. The majority may escape with no worse penalty than ruined and hopeless life, and the damning guilt of child murder haunting them forever after; yet the days and nights of mental anguish, the ever present horror of discovery, and the torturing conscience that fancies suspic- ion in every careless look, and the re- morse that can never be stilled-these are the unfailing experiences of the most fortunate of such patients; these are parts of the silent tragedies which we may read between the lines of the "medical' advertisements that kindle just now such general indignation.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-15
The Eight.HOur Law.

The committee appointed to visit the new Post-of1ce building and see if the men were working according to the pro visions of the eight-hour law, report that they had been unable to see the superintendent, he being absent from the city, but they had an interview with the assistant-superintendent and had as- certained that the work had been done by contract, but the contracts had been thrown up and that for some months past the works had been solely. under government control. That the men worked ten and in some cases fifteen hours per day, but were paid by the hour; and the assistant-superintend claimed that the men were better paid than were those working on any similar work anywhere throughout the city. That the work was all being done under in structions from Washington, and no re- ference was made ins those instructions to any given number of hours per day, only they were ordered to be guided as to wages by those given to other parties. The men at work on the buildings were mostly non-union men, for the reason that they did not like to employ others, as they frequently. made trouble. There were eighty one men employed at pre- sent, all told, as the work was delayed for lack of material, but soon a large force will be engaged. The superin- tendent was seen at later interview, and he told the committee that if the eight-hour law was not enforced it was the fault of the working-men themselves, and not his. He should go exactly ac- cording to his orders, and if they wanted any alteration in the manner of working, they must go to Washington for it.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-15
WOmen's Dress.

Harriet N. Austin, M. D., says It is terrible the hardships which women suffer on account of the style of dress which they are almost forced to wear, and some of them feel it to be so. Every woman who does feel it should assert her right so far at least to wear in her home costume in which she can work or rest, stand up, sit down, or lie down, wash or sew, cook or make beds, go up chamber or down cellar, without hindrance or obstruction. We, the women of our home, are determined that we will not be subjected to the impositions of fash ion and custom in this regard, and we have invented style of dress, which we call the American costume, and in the wearing of which we experience i'm measurable comfort and satisfaction. It so comments itself to the judgment and good sense of the women who come to us as patients that it is adopted by them in very large measure, and the opportu- nifty to wear it in peace, they prize as one of the greatest blessings of the in- stitution. The object of this costume is to afford complete protection to every part of the body, while the free, natural action of no muscle or organ is inter- fered with. The costume is fitted nicely, but so easy about the chest and shoulders that the arms can be used freely, the lungs expanded, and the ribs thrown out to the fullest extent without restric- tion; the stomach is free from pressure, all heavy, heating underskirts are dis pensed with, and bands of under-gar- ments removed, skirts and draw CTS being supported by suspenders or buttoning to we'll fitting, complete under-suit. The skirts are short, and the lower limbs are clothed with pantaloons or trousers.