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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Fire Record for the Week.


Vermont.
In GUiLFoRD-J. H. Rchmond's sugar house,
together with his cart wagon and sled, was burned
the other day.
In BENNINGTON CENrRE-A desperate attempt
to burn the old Congregational church in this
place was made on Sunday. Luckily it failed
IN IIyDEvLLE The tenement dwelng-house
OF John Maher was burned the other day. In
sured for $500. Fire supposed to be incendiary.
In JoNEsvILLE. Horace Cutler had his sugar
house, with all its contents burned the first OF last
week, with some two or three hundred pounds OF
maple syrup. Loss $50.
In GAysvILLE. The sugar-house Of Mr.. Charles
Arnold, situated one and one-half miles below
Gaysville, together with new mowing-machine
and other farming tools was consumed by fire on
Thursday night of last week. No insurance.
IN BErHEL.-The farm buildings of Leonard X.
Williams were burned Sunday morning. the oath
instant. The fire is supposed to have originated
from ashes taken up and put in barrel on Sat
urday morning. Loss about $500; no insurance.
In HARDwicK. Gilman T. Magoons house on
the river road south Of East Hardwick village was
burned the 10th. Most Of the furniture and house
hold stuff in the lower rooms was saved lnsur-
ance reported at 500 on all real and personal
property, which must nearly cover the loss.
In EAST CHARLEsroN.-The building owned by
NJ. r. Davis, which was occupied by himself as
dwelling and the basement by Charles II. Gray
as a store, is destroyed by fire. But little of
Mr. Davis effects were saved and Mr. Grays
goods were entirely destroyed. Loss about
$1,000 Insured for 5000
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
$1,000 PER WEEK, in your own town,
Attention, Farmers
COMPTON'S Early FIELD CORN
Largest, Best and Most Prolific

LdTStSIi D6SI dIIU WUSl TTUITIIC
Field Corn raised It will produce one hundred bush
ola Of shelled per acre with common cultivation 1t
rpens good soil in seventysix days from planting Its
worth to the farmers of the frosty North hardly be es-
mated have selected Of the earliest FOR seed
trou field Of THU Corn raised by myself ln Elmore VI
DO not send South for seed when you can get at home
will send package Of the above Corn by mail for twenty
Owe cents Two pounds by mail, sOo. Send for circular
2sal $. -. DOTY, ELNoRE. VT.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27

Is IT possible that Mr. Godfrey up and at work, and
cured by simple remedy2"
assure you is true that he Is entirely cured, and with
nothing but Hop Bes and only days ago his doctors
gave him up and said he must die"
"Wel-a-dayl II that will go this minute and get
some for my poor Geoige. know hops good"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27

Madame Secor's Vegetable Pills
FOR THE BLOOD
WA cure Chronic Con tipatlon, Eruptlons or Dis
celebrations of the skin II your blood has been
taninatcd by feyerr, niaafias o. otherwise, take them.
Sent by mail, postpaid, To any address
PRICE, ONE DOLLAR.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Franklin County.

CHARLES NJ BELKSAr, Of st. Adams, formerly
conductor on the Vermont Central stock train,
had the i'll luck to dslocate a shoulder last
week Wednesday.
j. W, Beatty Of Sheldon, while in his woods
gathering sap the other day, was shot at by some
unknown marksman The ball passed through
his cap, just grazing the top of his head
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27

SEMINARY lIlLL,-fhe term opened with some
eighty or ninety students, and several more
are expected. IA meeting IN elect the Moatpe-
Heridn editors was called last Saturday evening
at seven o clock but those having the matter In
charge neglected ~ obtain permission from the
faculty 10 hold II meeting. As u natural conse.
quence Professor Southworth suddenly appeared
before the students just rs the elections were
about 10 commence and sent them u their rooms
In hurry. Next time they will be pretty apt to
ask permission before they hold double joint
sessions In study hours The present senior
class numbers thirteen, the largest for three ears
However, several members In, taken only "bnsi-
ness or modern COURSES OF one or two years
Professor Southworth levtuIed Mt CRftsDurS
ON Thursday evening Of last week Nv Il
Davenport. a giaduaie in the class Of II and later
q member OF the Boston Theological school, is
yer, sick ut his home in Wilanstown and Is not
expected to recover Mr. Davenport was yeiy
much esteemed by all who knew him on the Hill.
an II is the hope If all that he may he pared E.
The reading-foOm Is not } ct in running Ordero..
The lyceum last Friday evening WAS the bsst
fof months
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Windham County.

REV A. G. FIELD, Of the Wilmington Congre-
gational church, closes his pastorate April LIST
OVER twelve tons Of maple sugar have passed
through the Brltteboro express office thus far
this season.
J, Esrry K Co., the Bckford knitting, machine
company and the Devens & Curtis screw company,
all of Bratteboro, are preparing their exhibits
for the Paris exhibition.
The body Of a newborn female infant was
found the 2lst, in the canal near the paper mill at
Bellows Falls. post mortem examination re-
veaed the fact that the child was born alive, and
that the mother was attended by physician.
An investigation will be held.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27

PEAonAM.-1he Cdieionidn says of n late oc-
currence in Peacham; The twenty-ffth anniyer-
sary OF the marriage OF Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Houghton was celebrated on Monday. March 18th,
by pleasant gathering Of nelghbors and friends
at their residence in Peacham. Notwithstanding
the state OF the roads, and the hurry Of the farm
ers in sugar making numerous company brought
their hearty congratulations Oysters were served
at table also bountifuly laden with the fruits of
domestic culinary skill aud music was inter
spersed with quiet social chat; while silver for
the table and the purse with other articles of
value left substantial reminder OF the regard of
both young and old for those who have so hap
PLY passed this way-mark OF life's journey
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Chittenden County.

FRANK LOTHIAN, who was arrested recently
for burglarizipg in Burlington, has been held in
the sum of five hundred dollars.
BURLINGTON Is making an effort to secure the
services of Murphy, the temperance evangelist.
Committees have been appointed to solicit sub
scrptions for paying the expenses of the work
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Vermont State News.
Addison County.


COLONEL Z. S. STowELL. OF Cornwall, has just
sold pair Of Vermont horses to Philadelphia
for sixteen hundred dollars.
A YOUNG lad was arrested in vergennes the
other night for stealing five dollars from young
lady. lie was sent to the Reform School.
A CHILD Of william orcutt of Bristol swal-
lowed thimble the other day, and for some time
life was despared Of but the thimble was finally
removed.
AN eight-year-old daughter Of Dr. Shattuck OF
Bristol, narrowly escaped drowning the other day.
She fell into the river but was rescued by a
twelve-year-od brother.
JUDGE IIEDDEN, Of Salisbury, is said to have ad-
mtted that the release Of Mrs. Champlin was
illegal, and that he would not have released her
at the time had there been any objection made by
the prosecution for the state.
A MAN-oF-wAR sunk over u century ago in Ar
nold's bay on Lake Champlain, about seven miles
from Vergennes, is still visited by relic-hunters
who extract cannon and musket balls from the
timbers and carry off pieces of the hull for canes
and ornaments; while heavy cannon s said TO
be in sight at low water.
THE journal says that dozen cows, in differ
ent herds, at Ferrisburgh and New Haven, have
died within week of some new and mysterious
disease. In most cases the animals die instantly,
are found dead in the morning where they
seemed all right the previous night. The examine
ton of one victim showed dark red streak run
ming parallel to the backbone from the neck to the
rump and when the hide was removed the flesh
came with it, leaving the bones bare
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Bennington County.

Ar North Bennington, recently, delegation Of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union visited
each saloon in the place and requested the keeper
to stop selling liquor At two places where they
found the proprietors in they were met and kindly
received, but at the other three places visited the
propretors either locked their doors or ran away
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27

JonS O'BRrS, of Springfield, said to be over
one hundred years old died at the town farm, the
other day
Miss SARAH LAWRENCE, OF Weston, has in the
past fifteen years. peced sixtyeight bed-quilts of
various designs, many Of them quite elaborate
and of different mateIals-three being silk,
ERNEST SHEDp, brakeman the Rutland di-
vision of the Central Vermont railroad fell of the
saloon-car when going over bridge in Caven-
dish, Il few days ago, and went down through
some twenty-five feet No bones were broken,
but he was considerably bruised.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16

Mr.. Rackstraw, fishmonger, Sussex
Place, Brompton, England, has kindly
presented to Mr.. Edon, for my fish exhi-
bition, the contents of Gods stomach.
This curious object is mass consisting
of tangled mass of horsehair and string,
the fbres of which are matted and inter-
twined well together by means of no less
than ten fsh-hooks. All these are small
hooks except two which are much larger.
1t is remarkable thing that the points
of all these hooks are turned upward. I
confess cannot quite account for the
presence Of so many hooks in the stomach
of this cod, except that the cod who own
ed the stomach had somehow or another
managed to get hold of haddocks or
whiting caught on hooks, and in whose
bodies the hooks still remained. The
flesh of the Writings or haddocks had
been entirely digested by the juices of
the Gods stomach; the horsehair and
metal of the hooks, however, resisted its
action. That haddock and whiting have
frequently hooks left in them is well
known to all those who have the care of
seals. Sea tish-hooks are very cheap,
and the fishermen, rather than take the
trouble to extract the hook from the
tish's mouth, very frequently cut off the
"snood" OF line to which the fish is at
tached, and let the hook remain in stu.
The seal swallows the fish-hook and all,
the hook gets entangled in the poor seals
intestines, and, of course, proves fatal.
The cod is what is generally called a
"voracious" fish. / have now in my
museum a portion of tallow candle,
about seven inches long, that was taken
from q Gods stomach. This was pre-
sented to me by Mr.. Grove, of Charing
Cross. Mr.. Rackstraw has lately sent me
a pair of sailors mits, also taken from q
Gods stomach.
Ling are also very voracious. Mr..
Henry Ffennell, son of the late lamented
Inspector of Fisheries, has in his possess
sion q pewter flask which was found in
the stomach of ling taken off Bandon
Head, County Kerry, Ireland. 1t con-
tanned two glasses Of whisky. How long
it had been in the ling's stomach is not
known. Pike are frequently found with
stones in their stomachs. In fact, both
pike and cod will fly at and swallow any
thing moving or falling quickly through
the water, Frank Bgeklaad.
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PERSONALS ABOUT LADIES.


Janauschek is going to North Carolina.
Mile. Litta, the coming prima-donna, is
an American girl.
Mrs. Aitkin, sister of Thomas Carlyle, is
the wife of house carpenter.
Miss Kellogg contides to an interviewer
that her voice was never better.
Mary Anderson is starring it through the
hearts of the country critics again.
Lotta has been on the stage eighteen
years; she is exceedingly charitable.
The Empress of Austria will spend the
hunting season in County Meath, Ireland.
Rosanna, daughter of Hon. Richard H.
Dana, Jr., was recently married to Henry
Wild, of New York.
Madame Thiers' memoirs of her illus
triouS husband are announced to be pub
lished early in November.
Mile. Yacoubovitch, a young Russian
pianist has appeared in Paris. We don't
know witch of the Yacoubs she is, but she
has made a hit
Miss Ada Cavendish, the visiting actress
from England, says: My idea of man is
that he is the nobcst being in creation
the lion ofCreatures in fact.
Miss Ransom, the painter, says Mrs. Sem
ator Dorsey is the most beautiful lady in
Washington society. Hope she isn't in
debted to the painter for er-RanSom-ness.
Fraulein Fanny Berlin of St. Petersburg,
has obtained lately the degree of doctor
Juris'' in the University of Zurich, after
having passed first-class examination, l. e.,
summa cum laude.
Miss Anna e. Dickinson is being impor-
tuned to lecture during the coming season.
A lecture bureau is said to have offered her
very liberal terms if she would undertake a
tour extending over at least one month.
Lucretia Mott is enjoying excellent
health and journeys every Wednesday
from her home in Shoemakertown to Phil
delphia to attend a Friends meeting. She
is now eighty-fve years of age and weighs
less than that number Of pounds.
Mrs, A. D. r. Whitney has left the field of
fiction and entered upon that of cooking.
She has written a key to the cook books
which she names Just How" and has at
tempted to make cooking so plain and sim
pie that no one can hereafter be justly ex
cused for failures in preparing food for the
table.
Maggie Reed, of Lawrence, Mass, aged
seventeen, wished to die because of the per-
lluy Vi HeF loVeTi puu Sile ulu lo1 Inc w
have the suicide known. So she resolved
on slow poison, and took regular doses for a
week. A physician detected the cause of
her illness in time to expose it, but could
not save her life.
Mrs. Eastaway, residing at Liverpool,
England has written to Baltimore journal
that she is Sanley's mother, and that she
can identify her long-lost son by peculiar
India ink marks on his arms and mole on
his neck. He was born, she says in New
York, in 1843. We always thought the great
explorer had mother.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16

The crimson sunset faded into gray,
Upon the murmurous sea the twilight fen;
The last warm breath Of the delicious day
Passed with mute farsxen.
Above my head, in the soft purple sky,
A wild note sounded like shrill-voiced bellj
Three gulls met. wheeled. and parted with cry
That seemed to say, FAREWELL
watched them-oue sailed east. and one SCARED
west,
And one went floating south; while, like knen,
That mournful cry the empty sky possessed
Farewell, Farewell, FAREWELL
Farewell! thought-it is the esrth's one speech,
All human voices the sad chorus swell;
Though mighty love to Heavens high gate msy
reach,
Yet must he say FAREWELL
The rolling world is girdled with the SOUND
Perpetualy breathed by all who dwell
Upon its bosom, for no place is found
Where is not heard, FAREWELL
FAREWELL FAREWELL from wave to wave It's tossed
From wind to wind earth has one tale to tell;
All other sounds are dulled and drowned and lost
In this one cry, FAREWELL
IN. P. Clipper.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16

THERE is much indignation among
subscribers to the yellow fever fund in
Chicago, because the Citizens Committee
are holding on to the money and waiting
for developments, instead of appropriate
ing it at once to the purposes for which it
was contributed. Up to last Saturday
only 81, 900 had been forwarded to the
stricken cities, while nearly 100000 still
remained in the Chicago banks. The
News attacks the Committee without
gloves, and says that Suggestions, not
entirely disconnected with tar and feath-
ers, are freely made on the streets, and
the fellows who are triAing with the fever
stricken, famished and powerless people
Vi the South will do well to take the
ut"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16

TO show our readers what the curse of
q great army is to nation it is only
necessary to cite single instance. The
grand total of the land and sea forces of
France, according to the Journal of Mill
tary Science, is in round numbers 3,600,-
900 men, equal to about one-tenth the
entire population, or one-half of the able
bodied men of the country. The num-
Der in actual service during time of
peace in both branches is $4,000. The
army reserve numbers 100000, the
naval reserve 10000 men. The terri
torial army and reserve aggregates l.
100000, making in all $780, 900 men. A
similar terrible drain from the resources
of the people prevails in most European
countries. Aside from the business of
hunting a few half starved Indians this
country has little use for standing army
and that business could be let out by
contract to some sporting club at so much
apiece for each dead Indian.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16

ADMITTING everything that may be
said by foreign papers, and the United
States can not present any parable to the
misery and degradation that exists in
the slums of England's large cities or in
her manufacturing districts. Belgium,
France, Holland, Austria, Russia, and
even the free-born mountaineers of
Switzerland show forth a life of their
lower class that would shame the alley
life of any of our American cities In
this country we know fortunately moth
ing of the low grade of European life.
From this it has resulted that Europeans
who have become habituated to the free
dom and privileges of American life,
when going back to the Faderland, soon
become homesick and look longingly to
the shores of the New World for their
final abiding place. As consequences,
we find the most enthusiastic Americans
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16
amongst those who have tasted what no
native-born Americans ever did, to-wit:
the sweets of European despotism.

BUSINESS men who have closely
watched the course of events insist that
Notwithstanding the scourge in the South
which will greatly cripple that section of
the country, we are to have afine fall
trade. Crops of all kindswere excellent,
and the farmers and country merchants
are we'll supplied with money. The re-
peal of the bankrupt law and the rush to
take advantage of it by about all who
were in shaky condition leaves the busi-
ness of the country in better condition
than it has been for years. Business
houses have more confidence in each
other, believing that those which
weathered the storm till no advantage
could be taken of the bankrupt law are
all right. With this improved feeling
there is a general determination on all
sides to push business to the utmost.
Statesmen on the road are giving good re-
ports, and Notwithstanding the presence
of Yellow Jack there are pushing South
with excellent results already. They
will keep towards the Atlantic Coast till
Jack Frost.nips the plague, and then push
into the fever stricken cities to be on
hand when the first work of repairing the
wrecks is commenced.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16

LET it not be forgotten that G. W. G..
Johnston was not nominated by the Dem
ocratic Convention for Sheriff A Ger
man of excellent character and acknowl-
edged fitness for the place was fairly
nominated and received the congratula-
lions of Johnston. After that the tally
sheet was fixed and Johnston was de-
ciared the nominee. The way to veto
such proceeding, is to vote against the
fraudulent nominee.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-16

baby lying Graded in low w-canopied erib
at her side, and spoke in low, hushed
whisper, that had grown to be very sweet
and melodious to her husbands ears
that other people thought dreadful af-
fiction, while they wondered how well
Mrs. Redmond bore it
The doctor leaned over and kissed his
boy, then the mother.
II do not think even young Guy Agin.
court could make me jealous, dear, but l
do want you down stairs to-day. Among
other reasons, it is time you made the ac-
ouaintance of the childrens narsery-
maid, who came the day baby did. I
haven't seen her once, and am sure if it
had not been for cousin Annie's attten-
ton. Mrs. Greyson--shat's her name
would have been miserably lonesome.'
"Annie is always good, and I'll go down,
dear, if you think it BEST and make the
poor woman comfortable, although I
really think you ought to have seen
her."
Doctor Redmond shrugged his broad,
fine shoulders.
"If you knew how busy I've been, and
how miserably hidden the lady keeps
herself, you'd not think so. Then, Ber-
tina, We'll see you at two--the smart,
I. II
1t was one, when Mrs. Redmond went
down stairs, the very idol of dainty,
high-bred lady, in her elegant invalid
costume, and surrounded on every side
by all the luxuries money or taste could
provide.
BERTHE and Ora, her little daughters,
came flying to meet her as she entered
the nursery, on visit preparatory to
dinner.
A tall, plainly dressed woman arose to
check their exuberant delight.
children, don't-good heavens! are
you Mrs. Redmond2"
Bertha smiled and bowed. II am Mrs.
Redmond, Mrs. Grevson. If you know
me you have the advantage, although
although she p"u0ed, and the color
flew to her pale che"ks-"it can not possi-
bly, be that you are Miss st. Symington?"
"Yes, Juanita St. Svmington, who drove
you out of her mothers parlor because
you were nobody but nursery COVER
ness! Mrs. Redmond, this"
She almost gasped the words, in her
painful suspense and bitter remembr-
ance.
Bertha laid her fair, white hand on the
olain sleeve of the woman.
"Try to forget whatever happened un-
pleasant. Remember that this is truly
your home, Mrs. Greyson where you will
be received and treated as an equal, by
myself, husband and guests. And now,
are you ready for dinner? the bell will
ring very SOON"
So, like GOALS of fire, was Bertha's mer-
cy-her sweet, tender womanliness, on
Juanita st. Symington's head; while
among the bitterest drops in Mrs. Grey
sons cup is the bel.ef that by her own
hand she made all the happiness of Mrs.
Redmond's life-a happiness she had
often hoped for, for herself, but that,
with many other good things, had been
denied her, since the day when Fate took
Fortune in hand and banished her from
the home where Bertha Agincourt's des-
tiny began to shape its course.
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nursery-maid, or kitchen girl before
I'll stay here and be insulted by Juanita
st. Symington-insulted because went
into the drawing g-room! If am not good
enough to sit in there, am l fit TO teach
little Waldbery his lettersf"
Poor, innocent, ignorant ehildi she had
yet to learn that this was veyy queeE
world.