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boys and Girls.

One day lately at the breakfast table,
Senator Sprague said to his son, 'yeu must
understand, my boy, that you are the son
Of a poor man, and will have your own way
to make in the world. ! have fifty cents
in my pocket, not a cent more; so after
breakfast think I'll take you out and get
a boot-blacking apparatus for you. You
must learn to black your own boots like
poor mans son." He listened intentlv
then said: swell papa, | can black your
boots and save you something's "Oh, GER
rainly, if you WISH" his father answered.
After breakfast the investment was made.
The next morning the enterprising young
ster rose at daylight, and before anybody
was up and could interfere, had BACKED ev-
cry boot and shoe in the Sprague mansion,
including pair of his mothers which had
been bought recently for $40, and which,
of course were utterly ruined.
A sweet little boy, only eight years old
bless his little heart-walked into the scene
of teachers examination at Oswego, last
week, and bawled out "Annie, your Teller
is down to the housed"
III. H., in her "Bits of Talk" is impressed
with the children of Nova Scotia who are
superior in appearance, size, and health to
the children of the New England and Mid
die States. There was scarcely sckly
one among them; such brilliant cheeks,
such merry eyes, such evident strength
broad.shouldered, straight, and sturdy, and
their faces wore quiet, unembarrassed ex-
preston The climate has undoubtedly
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something 10 do with This. the mir be;ng
moist and the mercury rarely raising above
so doc or falling below 10 doc. There arc
no public schools in Nova Scotia. and in
contrasting the state of the children with n
similar class in the limited States IT. IT..
comes TO the broad conclusion that il is
better to have no schools at all than to have
such public schools as are now killing off
our children. In Massachusetts more than
two-iifths of all the children die before they
are twelve years old. In Nova Scotia the
proportion is less than one.thrd. In Mass
achusetts the mortality from disease of the
brain and nervous system is eleven per
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ART DEPARTMENT, 1874.
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(St. Adams Messenger.)
The New Appraisal.

Editors MESSENGER The near approach
ofour annual Town Meeting induces me to
call the attention of your readers to the fact
that the present year is designated for new
appraisal of Real Estate and it behooves the
taxpayers of Franklin and Chttendcn
counties to be wide awake to the selection
Of their appraisers. We want the best men
IN our several towns for this duty, in order
that in the future we may be relieved from
the oppressive taxation now imposed on us.
We want such counties as Rutland, with
her vast store OF accumulated wealth and
great tract of mineral and fine farming
lands, to pay some fair proportion of our
State expenses. She has thousands ofacres
Of marble as valuable in the market as
though every acre was wanted for building
lots, while much of her farming lands are
as good as any in the stato; and yet, she
stands assessed to-day at about one half the
valuation per acre Of Chittenden county.
and forty per cent. less than our own rough
and uneven county.
am told by well informed residents of
Rutland county that the amount of wealth
already accumulated there from her marble
quarries is beyond computation, while the
business is daily increasing, and through
improved methods of manufacture becom-
ing more and more profitable.
Still, on examination, l find that the
Grand List of that county, so far from bear
ing any just relation to this increase of
wealth, is actually being reduced and not
only in the real estate appraised at less
than II was ten years ago, that there is
diminished return Of personal property
In other words, if we are to take the Grand
List as IA basis of opinion, we may fairly
infer that the wealthy people of Rutland
county are growing poorer day by day
What is true of Rutland is true of Adj
olson, of Windsor, and of other counties
that might be named, and ! sincerely hone
that the people OF these two counties, Frank
lin and Chittenden, will give the matter d e
attention. Patron.
Georgia, Feb 90, 1874
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Railroads.
VERMONT CENTRAL AND RUT.
Y LAND RAILROADS..

VERMONT CENTRAL AND RUT-
' LAND RAILROADS.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
ON and after Monday, Dec. sth, 1913, trains
VIII run us follows, Sundays excepted
GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Rutland at 1880 and 1920 a. H., and 1910
and $40 p III.
ington at $40 a. m, Port Henry at SEQ a. M,
Rutland at 1910 p. m Bellows Falls at 2:3O p.
m, arriving at New London at $3.50 p M, con.
Meeting with steamer for New York.
NEW YORK EXPREsS.-Leaves st Adams at
$50 a. m, Burlington 1905 a. m., arriving in
Rutland at 1880 p. III.
m, Montreal $3.50 pm, St. Adams 1920 p. M, Bur-
lington 9:iO p. m, Rutland 1880 a. M Bellows
Falls, 1925 a. IN. arriving at New London at l1:l5
MIXED TRAIN.-Leaves Burlington at 300 D.
m, arriving IN Rutland at 700 ?. m. Leaves
MIXED TRAIN.-Leaves Rutland at s:4o p. m.
for Bellows Falls ana Bratteboro.
GOING NORTH.
Leaves Rutland at l:4s and $40 a. In, and $3.50
MAIL.-Leaves New London at 800 a. M.
Springfield 500 a. H., Boston 1880 a. M, Bellows
Falls ll:45., Rutland 2:3O p. M, for Port Henry,
Burlington, st. Adams, Montreal and Ogdens,
burg.
EXPREss-Leaves Rutland at sos D. M,
ot Wv htHis at o-Ou p H., AlDdnS AT
1925 p. IN.
NIGHT EXPRESS.-Leaves New London at
2i5 p. M, Springfield at $40 p. m, connecting
with train leaving New York at 300 p. M, Rel
lows Fails ll2O p. M, connecting with train
leaving Boston at $3.50 p. M, Rutland i:43, for
burlington, ST. Albans Montreal Ogdensburg
and the west.
MIXED TRAIN.-Leaves Rutland at $40 a. m. !;
for Burlington, st. Adams, st. Johns and Ma
lone, n. Y.
MIXED TRAIN.-Leaves Bellows Falls at 4so
a. m, arriving In Rutland at $3.50 a. IN.
ACCOMMODATIONS New London n,
$40 a. m, Bellows Falls $3.50 p. M, arriving In
Rutland at ll:00 p. m.
Trains leave Burlington going east, for Mont.
peler, &C., at G:55 a. m, 1920 p m and 1850 D. m
49, Trains leave Bellows Falls going north, foI
White River Junction, &C., at $50 a. IN. and
1850 a.m and $3.50 and ll:2O u. In.
CoNNECfIoNs;-At Rutland with Rensselaer, &
Saratoga and Harlem Extension Railroads al
Bellows Falls with Cheshire Railroad; at South
vernon with Connecticut River Railroad.
20 Sleeping cars are attached to night trains
between ST. Adams and Troy, and Burlington
and Boston, j. W. HOBART
q. .,, Gen'l Supt.
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ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS

TRAINS ARRIVE AT RUTLAND.
From Bellows Falls, lao g. 1920 q. M, 1920 &
burlington 1910 & 'ii.s2 a. IN, 1880 & tIot
d. m.
Port Henry, 'il:32 a. IN and 100 p. IN.
" Bennington, ti2:0s p. m, 1850 q 1920 p
IN.
Saratoga, sii:45 q. M, 900 y. H..
salem. $40 q tlOI5 u. m, tS10 q '4t7 p
m.
TRAINS LEAVE RUTLAND.
sor Bellows Falls, 1850 t32O a. m, 1910 t9:i
y. IN.
burlington, i:50 1910 a. m. $3.50 a 5:o5 p
m.
- Port Henry, $40 a. IN. and 5:05 y. m
" Bennington, il2:30& 900 q. m, q t2:25 +. N
Saratoga, 800 q. M, & $500 p. IN.
Salem 1910 q t5:I0 n. M, 1900 ~ 1900 y. N
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-16
4 Narrow Escape.

We believe the following THRILLING in
cident, which is narrated by one of the
/ officers of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
& Baltimore Railroad as recently Occur-
ring near Seakide, Del, has not vet been
published In the early part Of last
month, as the express train from
! Washington Qimited) was approaching
| Seakide, running at about forty
! five or forty-siX miles an hour the
! engineer, Philibert Carmichael, observed
a small object on the track about q mile
ahead, which he quickly recognized as \
child, apparently fascinated with the an
proach Of the rushing train, and dancing
up and down on the track, famine IFS
little hands either in terror or DELIGHT
Mr. Carmichael could not observe which.
The brave engineer reversed the Weston
house vacuum, backed his throttIeyaIvp
and loudly applied the alarm punch
hoping to brighten the child from the
track without losing time His efforts
were, however in vain. The dampness
of the day had fabricated the rails TO
such an extent that it was impossible
fully to arrest the tremendous speed of
the locomotive, although it was greatly
retarded. Another rod and the uncon-
sciOus infant would be crushed beneath
the pOnderous wheels. At this moment
the peril of the child vas discovered by
the mother, who was standing at her
wash-tub at her col tage door. Para
lyzed with terror she was rooted to the
spot, and hid her face in her hands from
the horrible sight. Grinding, grating.
struggling against its almost RESTLESS
momentum, the great engine crept closer
and closer to the prattling, dancing little
creature, and the cold drops of terror
stood upon the grimy brow of the ag-
onized engineer. But just as the fatal
point was reached faint jar from one
of the slight irregularities so rare on that
excellent road dipped the cow-catcher
under the dancing feet Of the child and
landed him gently on the roadside with
out Il scratch And as the brave Car
michael put on his vacuum and dashed
forward on his lightning course, the last
glimpse he had showed him the rescued
infant still tapping his little hands in
childish glee, as if to thank him for the
skill and courage that had saved it from
a dreadful Observation-Disclosures Amerjcun.
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growing cold, and my feet were Jumps of
ice while my head was burning hot.
Fifteen minutes had passed, and the
fire was kindled, but the room was not
warm. The blue flames struggled among
the black Goals, and flung forked tongues
tipped with yellow tints into the room.
There was nothing cheerful about the
stove, though it was Of that open style
now called Franklin. Yet | drew a chair
toward it from habit, and sat with my
feet upon the hearth. | do not know
how long I sat there
Suddenly 1 became aware that [ was
not myself. | was losing my senses. If
unseen hands had been clasped about my
neck, and an unseen knee had been
pressed against my chest, my sensations
could not have been different.
\ thought of the evil spirit which my
friend had suggested family struggled
into my mind. As I staggered to my
feet noise like the roaring of the sea
was in my ears. The flames Of the candle
turned to a great yellow blue. | barely
retained strength enough to stagger to
the window and fling itopen. The fresh,
cold winter air rushed in at it. 1t gave
me intense pain, but it revived me. In a
moment more | was able to Chamber out
OF it upon the shed below.
There | remained until the daydawn.
With my returning senses the truth came
to me. That which had murdered the
three men who had slept before me in
the blue chamber was nothing more or
less than the coal stove.
1t was provided with what is called a
damper, and this being caught in a man
ner which closed it sent the poisonous gas
into the room. It had been kindled as a
wood fire would have been at the hour of
retiring, by one quite ignorant of the
danger possible from coal gas, and they
had slept never to awaken. Had /
thrown myself upon the bed | also
should have been found dead at daylight,
Ill all human probability.
AS for the fact that neither doctor nor
Coroner discovered the truth have but
to say that they were not deeply scien-
titic men-that coal stoves were scarcely
used in the place, and that it had not
been mentioned that the blue chamber
was thus heated
OF course rejoiced the household by
my discovery next morning, and equally,
of course, Madame Matteau, who was not
only freed from all suspicion, but became
the object of universal sympathy. She
was always grateful to me, and she
proved her gratitude by giving me what
[ soon asked for, the hand of her daugh-
ter Gabrielle in marriage.
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The Flower Mission.

THE wide success of this aesthetic charity
in Boston, in the brain of whose daugh-
tiers the plan originated, and its equal sue
cess in New York and other cities, where
it is a more recent experiment, lead all
its friends to hope that its benefcence
may be carried to every part Of the
country. Its simple requirements
depot Of arrangement and distribution
generally convenient church-vestry), a
few willing hands and abundant contri-
buttons OF towers-ought to be easily
obtainable in any town in the land.
4 feeling IS prevalent that the mission
is needed only in the larger centers; but
while their need is greatest, the smaller
towns and even the villages ought not to
be neglected. Manufacturing companies
especially want them, for mill operatives
and factory hands are generally farthest
removed from refining influences. To
the girls confined in the sitting atm0s-
phere OF the weaving and carding rooms
Of cotton and wooden mills the Gift of a
few flowers, though they die in an hour,
is as boon from Heaven.
In many of the missions Il point is
made Of distributing fruit. when it can
be obtained, to poor, sick people: and
the delighted gratitude of the recipients
is one OF the most touching features OF
the charming charity. Pathetic stories
are told OF the regeneration Of spirit
which has been wrought in the wretched
beings to whom growing plants and slips
have been given, and who, perhaps for
the first time in their lives, have been
brought into direct contact with those
blooming messengers of goodwill
If excuse or reason be needed for the
establishment Of a flower and fruit