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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-03-11
Brattleboro Ohuroh Directory.

FIRsr BAPTIsT-Aain street. rev. 0ssrge =.
osw. Pastor. Sunday services At 1880 m, 7:s0
Pm; Sunday School, ll:5s . m. Missionary
Prayer meetings on ths other Sunday evenings
vErdi meeting -
Pastor. Sunday services at l:so and 7;4op n;
Sunday School at 2:s0 m: Tuesday and Thurs.
d syenns meetings ssa sse
George Z. Martin. Sunday services, 1880
am. 1850 p m; Sunday School, l2Oom. Mission
oSe evening services on nSef the st and G second
Sundays Of the month respectively. Young peo-
ples meeting Tuesday evening, atlas; prayer
r5asy eSsnnB :. a Rev
Merrill, Pastor. Sunday service-sermon In
No morning at 1890. Prayer meeting every
sing % servic.. Pfsyer meeting tuesday evenings.
Followed by teachers meeting. Young Peoples
meeti ng Thursday evenings
Sunday services Morning prayer and sermon
;sSSs 1RS r., asya.I SsS ;ss $JDls .nd
&sll great festivals. The children Of the pariah
are catechised on the first sunday ua every 4
METHODIST EpIscopAL-Meetings in Lower Town
,QHall. Rev L Miller Pastor. Preaching Sun |
day at 1890 m; Sunday school, u m; prayer |
1fourth Sunday of every month. Glass meeting, |
eTuesday evening; prayer meeting, Friday even |
1 ing. Seats free Pastors residence, 4s High 81.
Lane, Pastor. Sunday services-High mass. i0:Ss
am Vespers and Benediction, 1880 pm
NITARIAN FREE CHURCH-Main street. Rev.
J. b. Green Pastor. Services Sunday forenoon
at 1880; Sunday school and Bible Glass after the
1morning service. Seats free.
CHuRCH-Canal street. Pastor, Rev
K. W. whitney, residence IA Main street. Ser
vices every Sunday at 1890 a m. Sunday SchoO
At II m. Sunday Evening Lectures from Des
LIST to April LIST. Sunday Evening Prayer Meet
ing from Sept. LIST to Dec LIST. Prayer Mestin
in the church vestry every Friday evening =
7.30 o'clock
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-03-11

The dea:h of Lieut.. Archibald Gibson
at St. Louis, recently from Inflammation
of the brain, was traceable to a singular
cause. One day while on parade at
West Point. spider got into one of his
ears. By the rule he was not allowed to
raise his hand. and stood in the ranks
more than an hour. When dismissed
his ear was full of blood, and the insect
could not be removed for two lays.
Gen. Garfield will be the twelfth col
lege educated president. Washington,
Jackson, Van Barren. Harrison, Taylor,
Fillmore, Lincola and johnson never
went to college
Mrs. Mollie Utz, of New Albany. Ind,
a little over year ago, noticed numb
ness in her fingers. Since then her
hands, and arms nearly to the elbows,
have become apparently solid bone. Her
physicians say that ossi6cation will con-
tinue until some vital part is reached,
when death will ensue.
The Baroness Burdett-C Coutts has pre-
seHted her intended husband with
magnificent brace of thorough bred hum
tiers. Her affection for him is a stable
one.
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Blue and Gray.

"oh. mother, what do they mean y blus'
Was heard from the lips Of little child
Az she bounded In from play.
The mothers eyes filled up with tears;
She turned to her darling fair,
And smoothed away from the sunny brow
Its treasures OF golden hair.
"why. mothers eyes are blue, my sweet.
And grandpa's hair Ia gray, AZ
And the love we bear our darling
Grows stronger every day."
"But what did they mean?" perssted the child
"For saw two oripples to day,
And one Of them said he fought for the blue
Tho other, he fought for the gray
.'Now he of the blue had lost q leg,
The other had but one arm,
And both seemed worn and weary and sad.
Yet their greeting was kind and warm.
They told OF battles In days gone BY
TN II made ny yoSSeg eSs gxIIdeTneas pSoa aaht
And the arm on Malvern Hill.
"They sat on the stone BY the farm-ysrd gate.
And talked for an hour or more,
TIL their eyes grew bright and their hearts
seemed warm
With fighting their battles DER;
And parting at last with friendly grasp,
In ki1d1y, brotherly way,
Each GaGed on God 70 speed the time
uniEng the blue an<-gray."
Then the mother thought of other days
Two stalwsrt boys from her riven; y
How they knet at her side, and lisping prayed;
sour Father which art In Heaven"
How one wore the gray and one wore the blue,
How they passed away from sight,
And had gone to land whore the gray and blue
Are merged in colors Of light.
And as she answered her darling with golden hair,
While her heart was sadly wrung
With the thoughts awakened in that sad hour,
BY her innocent prattlng tongue.
"The blue and gray are colors Of God,
They are seen in the sky at even,
And many noble, gallant soul,
Has found them passports to Heaven"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1881-03-11

The late Senator Carpenter of Wiscon-
sin was a native of Moretown, and the old
people there are telling lots of stories about
him now. He was much opposed to man.
ual labor when boy, and it was said that
his father once left home, telling the future
senator to hoe a certain patch of potatoes
during the day, and giving him a couple
of shillings with which to get some one to
help him. Matt took the money, and buy
ing bottle of rum with one of the shilings,
offered it to an Irishman if he would do the
job. To insure the faithful fulfillment Of
the contract, the youthful contractor would
station himself at one end of the row and
give the lrishman drink as often as he
got around to him. Paddy worked like
hero, the task was soon done, and young
Carpenter was a shilling in pocket without
having done a stroke Of work himself.
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The Enuch of Calaveras.

Well, dog my cats! Say, stranger,
You must have Travelled far!
Just flood your lower lever
And light fresh cigar
Don't tell me In this weather.
You hoofed it all the way7
Well, slice my liver lengthwise!
Why, stranger, what's to pay?
"Huntin' yer wife, you tell mel
Well, now dog-gone my skin
She thought you dead and buried,
And then bestowed her fin
Upon another fellow
Just put it here, old pard !
Some fellows strike the soft things,
But you have hit 1t hard.
''I'm right onto your feelIu,s
Know how 1t would be,
IL my own shrub stopped over
And got away from me.
Say, stranger, that old sage hen
That's cookin' there inside,
Is warranted the nnest wool
And just square yard wide.
81 wouldn't hurt yer, pardnsr,
But tell you no man
Was ever blessed as am
With that old pelican.
It's goin' on some two year
Since she was j'ined to me,
She was widder prior,
Her name was Sophy Lee
'Good God Old man, what's happened?
Her; She? Is that the one 3?
That's herr Your wife you tell mef
Now reach down for your gun.
never injured no man,
And no man me, but squealed,
And any one who takes her
Must do II id well healed
"Listen? Surely Certainly
III let you look at her
Peek through the door, she's in thar.
Is that your furnitur'?
Speak, mani Quick You're mistakenl
MOI Yours! You recognize
Ny wife, your wife, the same one?
The man who says so, lies
"Dont mind what say, pardper.
I'm not much on the gush.
But this thing come down on me
Like fours upon flush.
II that's your wife-hold-steadyi
That bottle. Now my coat.
She'll think me dead as you were
My pipe. Thar I'm afioat.
"But let me leave a message.
No; tell her that died
No, nc; ; not that way, either
Just tell her that cried.
1t don't rain much. Now, pardner,
Be to her what have been,
Or by the God that hates you,
You'll see me back againl"
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AsH:1oNIC

A Perfected Purifier Of tho Systsm.
ToMc.-"Lncrsasing the strength, o6piating ths
t6Setsor DEBILITY, anarssto'Ing healthy functions"
WEBSTER.
For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia,
the many forms of Liver Com
plant, Impure and Impoverished
Blood, and Functional Derange-
ments attendant upon Debility, and
for Building up the weak, ASH
Tonic is doubtless the most prompt
and certain remedy yet devised. In
1-2 lib. bottles, IS cents; Six bottles,
S.. Accredited Physicians apd
Clergymen, who may desire to test
the Tonic, will be supplied with npt
exceeding six bottles, at One-l pf
the retail price, money to accd IN
pany the order. Sdd by DruggiSts,
and by D. B. Dewey & Co, 46 Ity
ST., N. Y.
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Iininl1ent.

The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Pain-relieving
remedy ever devised by man. 1t
soothes Pain, it allays inflammation,
it heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUMATISM,
Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds,
Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell
ings, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt
Rheum, Itch, h,.Sprains, Calls, and
Lameness from any cause. Suf-
ferers from
PAIN IN THE BACK,
Fever Sores, EruptiOns, Broken
Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu-
ralgia, Palsy or dislOcated limbs;
and owners of horses, planters, me-
chanics, merchants and professional
men everywhere, unite in saying, that
CENTAUR LINIMENT
Orings relief when all other Lini-
ments, Oils, Extracts and Embroca-
ions have failed.
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you hsritics only know the worst side OF
that most unhappy pontiffl Mr.. Win
terheld, we have every reason to believe
that he felt (privately) the truest re-
morse"
"I should require very good evidence
to persuade me Of it,"
This touched Romayne on sad side
of his own personal experience. "Per-
haps," he said, "you don't believe in
remorse%
"Pardon me-" Mr.. Winterfield re-
joined. ~ only distinguish between
false remorse and true remorse. We
will say no more of Alexander the Sixth,
Father Benwell. If We want an illus
tration, will apply it, and give no of
fense. True remorse depends, to my
mind, on q mans actual knowledge OF
his own motives-by no means COM
mon knowledge, in my experience. Say,
for instance, that I have committed
some serious offense-"
Romayne could not resist interrupting
him. "Say you have killed one of your
fellow creatures" he suggested.
every well. If I knew that I eallyr
meant to kill, for some vile purpose of
my own, and if (which by no means
always follow 1 am really capable of
feeling the enormity of my own crime
that is, as I think, true remorse. Muir
derer, as am, have, in that case, some
moral worth still left in me. But, if L
did not mean to kill the man-if his
death was my misfortune as well as his
and if las frequently happens) l am
nevertheless troubled by remorse, the
true cause lies in my own inability fairly
to realize my own motives before look
to results L am the ignorant victim of
false remorse; and if will only ask my
self boldly what has blinded me to the
true state of the case, shall find the
mischief due to that misdirected APP
probation of my own importance, which
is nothing but egotism in disguise"
81 entirely agree with you," said
Father Benwell az have had occasion
to say the same thing in the confess
ional."
Mr.. Winterfeld looked at his dog,
and changed the subject.
ITO be Continued.)
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pay you to make me cat emp One
would think you only wanted an iron
arbor and four small boys climbing over
you to be a grape vine. Where is my
pillp"
you took your pill. dear" replied
his patient wife.
"Oh. of course! A pill is out of sea-
so now. Can't even have a pill when
l feel like it," and Mr.. Spoopendyke
groaned in spirit and looked dismal.
Now sit down and don't move, want
to sleep. Don't you make bit of noise.
ii you want me to live."
And Mrs. Spoopendyke held her
breath and never rustled feather while
her husband lay and glared out of the
window for an hour and half.
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HASH.

"Mr. O'Rafferty," said the Galveston
Recorder, "the witnesses all say you
kicked this gentleman and called him all
manner of vile names" II don't know
what happened. your honor. If did
that | am very sorry, indade." "Yes.
you ought to regre: it very much" II
do. indade. It's only wild me own fam
lily that | take such liberties, and if
have been treatin' such an ill-favored
scoundrel as if he was member of me
own family Ill regret it to the last day
of me life. will"
Writing for the press is like making
sugar, the more you boil it down thesweet-
crit gets. So, in writing for the press, the
more you condence your article, by
throwing out everything that is not
strictly relevant to the subject, the clear.
er and stronger it comes. Brethren. we
don't want 3 hogshead of sap or a bar
rel of molasses, but few pouudA of
prime sugar. Boil it down
The two men whom Ida L,wis saved
the other day were musicians; but let US
not blame the poor girl-she didn't know
it until after the saving was over.-N-
mira Free Press
Kind words never die. An elderly
stranger bought copy of the News from
a uewsboy and handed him qusrter.
but upon the boys hunting for change the
old gentleman said: Never mind the
change sonny. just keep it yourself"
This was probably the first kind word
that had ever been spoken to the home
less, friendless orphan boy since his
mother died, and it completely over
came him. Brushing away tear. he
seized his benefactor's hand. and ex-
claimed "Bully for you. old s.ick-n -the-
mud! l wonder how much reward
there is offered for you by the savings
bank yon used to bp president of.
The NeW York Herald makes sarcastic
comments on Boslonians because they
play whist. Any man who will waste
time Oh whist when he might be play
ing poker with four aces up mis- sleeves,
is despised in New York.-Boston Post.
Stanley says the American nation
could be set down in the heart of Africa
and find itself lost. 1t would not take
great while, though, for lightning rod
peddlers and life insurance agents to
open communication.
"Well MISS" said a knight of the
birch rod ''can you decline kissP" Yes
sir, said the girl. dropping perplexed
courtesy. II can. but l hate to most
piaguily."
You do not like to make calls" said
an uncle to his nephew. But you must
make calls" he continued, "for there is
always pleasure derived, if not when
you enter at least when you come out"
Father" said the bakers girl, II
must marry the man love-" Dough
not do it. my doughter, and you will
never kneed for anything" was the re-
ply of the obstinate old man.
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(aSt0ria-ssn..e. Dose.

30 cents. 4 MOtherS
remedy for sleepless and irritable
Children. The Recipe of Old DR..
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, CastOria has the larg-
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists.
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On a Sick Bed.
HOW SOME MEN ENJOY IT, AND HOW

HOW SOME MEN ENJOY IT, AND HOW
| THEY ACT.
That's better" groaned Mr.. Spoop
endyke, as his wife arranged the COO
| pillows under his head; "nOw l can die
looking out upon the trees and the sky, >
and Mr.. Spoopendyke assumed re-
signed expression of visage. and gazed
out of the corner of one eye upon bare
ailantus tree and half dozen telegraph
wires
"Ohl surely you won die." said Mrs.
Spoependyke, cheerfully. You are on !.
ly little sick, and you'll get over it,"
That's all you kLow about it,"
snarled Spoopendyke. 10 hear you talk
one would think you only had to be tit-
ted up with little beds and bad smell
to be q government hospi al. I'm
down sick tell ye. and don't want
any fooling about it.
"Wha, should you like dearP" asked
Mrs. Spoopendyke.
Soap, dot gast it! gimme soap, if ye
cannot think Of anything else," demand
cd Mr.. Spoopendyke. "Mabbe you amt
got any soap. At least you would not
have it if wanted it. Got any cher
riesP"
mo. they are out of season too. There
are some grapes in the closet"
Don't want any measly grapes. If
| can't have what want. do not want
it. Where's those drops' Why don't
you give me my medicineP Going TO
lot me die for the ", Mt of little atten-
tionp Want the life insurance, don't
YEP Going to give me those drops be-
fore the next election?"
Mrs. Spoopeudyke lsdled out the dose,
half Of which went down Mr.. Spoopen-
dykes gullet and half over the front OF
his night shirt.
That's it," he howled. spill EN-,
They are for external application. Put
'em anywhere Pour 'em up the chin
ney,n and Mr.. Spoopendyke fired the
spoon across the room.
"Hsve piece Of orange to take the
taste awsy7" asked Mrs. Spoopendyke
mo. l went" objected her spouse.
"Gimme q piece of muskmelon.
Il do not believe they have musk |
melons now," sighed Mrs. Spoopen.
dyke.
"Of course they don't" reasoned NJ.
"They do not have any |
thing when sm sick. Il is wonder
they have houses. IL is q miracle that
they have beds. | am aston shed TO
think they have doctors and drug stores.
have got to hurry up and die. or they
will not have any undertakers, or cofins,
or graves. Gimme piece Of orange,
viii YEP S'Pose am going to lie here
and chsw on the taste of those drops
70. . month";"
You d like those grapes suggested
his wife.
mo. | wouldn't either. What do
you want me to eat 'em lorP Got any
interest in the grape trader Got any
on those grspes7 Anybody
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NO. 80.
Over My Window.
MA1Y MAPLE DODGE.

Over my window the Ivy climbs,
Its roots are in homely Jars;
But all the day 1t looks out at the sun.
And at night looks out at the stars.
The dust OF the room may dim its green;
But call the breezy air
Come in, come in, good friend Of mine,
And make my window fair.
SO the ivy thrves from morn to morn,
Its leaves all turned to the light;
And II gladdens my soul with its tender green
And teaches me day and night.
What though my lot is in lowly place,
And my spirit behind the bars?
All the day long may look at the sun
And at night look out at the stars
What through the dust of earth would dim
There's a glorious outer air
That will sweep through my soul If let 1t in,
And make it fresh and fair.
Dear God let me grow from day TO day.
Clingng, and sunny, and bright,
Though planted in shade, / ny window Is near,
And my leaves may turn to the light.
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Health is Wealth !!

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a specific for Hystera, Dizziness, Convulsiony,
Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss OF
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leads to misery, decay and death. One box will
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dollars; sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
We Guarantee six boxes to cure any case With
each order received by us for six boxes, accompa-
MED with five dollars, we will send the purchaser
our written guarantee to return the money II ihs
treatment does not effect cure. Guarantees is
sued by ii c. WILLARD, Sole Authorized Agent
Propretors, 1sl lss w. Madison ST., Chicago, ILL.,
SMITH, DooLfTTLE & SMITH, Wholesale Agts.,
Boston. eDWlo
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81 am afraid, mamma, you have
been over-exerting yourself, said Stella
"You 60 to too many parties" :"
"Nothing of the sort, my dear I an
as strong as horse. The other night
was waiting for the carriage in draf,
lone Of the most perfect private con.
certs of the season, ending with a de
hghtfully naughty little French play,
and I caught a slight cold. A glass OF
water is all want. Thank you. Ro-
mayne you are looking shockingly Sc
rious and severe our ball will cheer
you. If you would only make bonfire
of all those horrid books you don't know
how it would improve your spirits,
Dearest Stella, l will come and lunch
here to-morrow-you are within such a
nice, easy drive from town-and I'll
bring my visiting-book and settle about
the invitations and the day. Oh, dear
me, how late it is 1 have nearly an
hours drive before I get to my garden
party. Goodbye, my turtle doves, good
bye"
She was stopped on the way to her
carriage by another fit of coughing. But
she still persisted in making light of it.
"Pm as strong as horse, she repeated,
as soon as she could speak-and skipped
into the carriage like a young girl.
"Your mother is killing herself" said
Romayne.
"If could persuade her to stay with
us little WHILE" Stella suggested, "the
rest and quiet might do wonders for her.
Would you object to it, Lewis9"
"My darling, / object to nothing
except giving ball and burning my
books. II your mother will yield on
those two points, my house is entirely at
her disposal"
He spoke playfully-he looked his
best, since he had separated himself
from the painful associations that were
now connected with vange Abbey. Had
"the torment of the voice" been left far
away in Yorkshire? Stella shrank from
approaching the subject in her husbands
presence but she WAS bold enough to
hope. To her surprise Romayne him
self referred to the Generals family.
81 have written to Hynd," he began.
ado you mind his dining with us to-
dayT
"Of course not 7"
81 want to hear il he has anything to
tell me about those French ladies. He
to see them in your absence,
and TO ascertain how He was unable
to overcome his reluctance to pronounce
the next words Stella was quick to
understand what he meant She fin
shsd the sentence for him.
"Yes," he said, / wanted TO hear
aov The boy n getting on, and u ther,
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Why does the bird whip poor win9

WY NecS NuS oiN "hiP PpNA WINS
A child, on being asked what were the
three great feasts of the Jews. promptly
replied; Breakfast, dinner and supper"
.-lUncle Riggsl. We ar inclined to
Passover the idea as quite right-Canl-
bridge Tribune.
All the Greece in Europe has run down
into the Mediterranean Sea--Seasbe,-
riile Herald.-"Beautiful. beauiiful 'ile'
OF the sea.r-Talcco5 SranSs.
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BOOK THE THIRD.
CHAPTER u.-EvENTS AT TIM ACRES.

CHAPTER u.-EvENTs AT TIM ACRES.
There was no obstacle to the speedy
departure of Romayne and his wife from
Vange Abbey. The villa at Highgate-
called Ten Acres Lodge, in allusion to
the measurement of the grounds sur.
rounding the house-had been kept in
perfect order by the servants Of the late
Lady Derrick, now in the employment
Of her nephew.
On the morning after their arrival at
the villa Stella sent note to her mother.
The same afternoon Mrs. Eyrecourt ar.
rived at Ten Acres, on her way to q
garden party. Finding the house, to
her great relief, q modern building,
supplied with all the newest comforts
and luxuries, she at once began to plan
a grand party in celebration of the re.
turn of the bride and bridegroom.
81 don't wish to praise myself" Mrs.
Eyrecourt said; "but If ever there was
. forgiving woman, I am that person.
We will say no more, Stella, about youi
truly contemplate wedding five people
altogether, including ourselves and he
Lorinssl, grand ball lwill set 1euf
right with society. and that is the ole I.
thing needful Tea and coffee, my dear
Romayne, in your study; Coote's quad
rifle band; the supper from Guntersi
the grounds illuminated with colored
lamps; Tyrolese singers among the
trees, relieved by military music-and,
il there are any African or other savages
now in London, there is room enough in
these charming grounds for an encamp-
ment, dances, squaws, scalps, and all the
rest of it, to end in blaze of fireworks"
A sudden fit of coughing seized her,
and stopped the further enumeration Of
at the contemplated ball.
Stella had observed that her mother
looked unusually worn and haggard,
through the DISCUSSES of paint and
powder. This was not an uncommon
result Of Mrs. Eyrecourt's devotion to
the demands of society; but the cough |
was something new as symptom of ex.
haustion.
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THE BLACK ROBE.
BY WILKIK COLLINS.

Author Of "7he Woman in White," "1ns
Aoonstone," "No Name" Nun and
Wye," "Ihe New Magddlen," Etc.
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This thrilling Novel began In No. 1s Of the
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