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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

Republican party Of that state, and in 1871
President Grant made him collector of the
port of New York. lie was more surprised
than any one else at his nomination at
Chicago, and accepted the position in the
belief that he could carry his state and thus
save the ticket. He is large man, little
over six feet high, looking different from
his pictures His face is full and fair, his
eyes are GENTLE his voice is low, and his
manner and bearing are gentemanly. He
is widower. lie married Miss Ella L..
IIerndop, daughter Of Lieutenant Herndon
of the navy. She died in New York from
pneumonia, on January II, 1880, leaving
two children, Chester Allan Arthur, now
fifteen, and Allen IIerndon Arthur, now
eight years of age. He lives in modest
house on Lexington avenue, and is believed
by those who know him to be vastly superior
to his reputation in intellectual and execu-
tive ability.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

message:-"Tho President Of the French Republic
10 Mr. arthur, Vicepresident Of he United States,
Washington, ID. C.:-I learn that the president Of
the United States has just died. notwithstanding
the excellent aud intelligent care which he has
received during the long period Of his suffering
BE pleased to convey the expression Of my sym
patty to Mrs. Garfield, his widow, whose carriage
during the painful ordeal to which she has been
subjected has called forth my sincere admiration.
Accept also, In my name and in that Of the French
republic, the expression Of the deep grief which
we feel In consequence Of the fatal result Of the
odious crime to which Mr.. Garfield has fallen
victim GREvy."
THE Prince Of Wales telegraphs to Mr. Lowell
The princess and myself beg you to offer our
sincere coincidence to Mrs. Garfield" Earl Gran
vile, secretary Of state for foreign affairs, tee-
graphed Mr.. Lowell; " ! am deeply grieved." lie
has sent cable message to Washington direct az
follows; " To Secretary Of State: request you
to assure Mrs Garfield and the government Of the
United States OF the grief with which her ma
jesty's government have received the announce.
ment of the presidents death. Parliament s not
sitting and Is thus prevented from giving formal
expression to the sorrow and sympathy univer-
sally felt In the country, feeling which has been
deepened by the long suspense and by the cour-
age, dignity and patience shown by the illus
trious sufferer"
NOTES AND COMMENTS
PRESIDENT GARFIELD died with no clergyman
at his bedside. His pastor was in Washington,
and in the sudden coming Of death there was no
time to call In clergyman. Nor was any needed.
1t is the great principle Of the faith General Gar
EaII f.. 4
man mediation avais when the soul Is face to face
with its maker.
SOME years ago General Garfield, DIR. J. P.
Robson, Rev. DIR. Errett and Chaplain Jones of
General Garfeld's regiment, entered into an agree
ment that when one died the others would attend
his funeral. Dr. Robson received this dispatch
from Mrs. Garfield; "In fulfillment Of the old
promise, please have DIR. Errett, Chaplain Jones
and yourself, meet me at Cleveland"
The demand for black muslin has become enor-
nous. In Washington, the government has
bought sixty miles of mourning cloth for the
public buildings, and the streets are fairly lined
with the somber color The decorations in New
York and other large cities are on an unlimited
scale. The result IL that the muslin markets are
already exhausted, and in many cases costly
Grape is futtering In the breeze. The sales Of
mourning goods In New York in single day
reached $4,000, and prices of all fitting black
goods have gone up a fifth.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

T. D. HOPKINS, whose alleged fraudulent trans
actions, as a member OF the insurance firm OF
Bowman Hopkins, at st. Johnsbury, created
quite sensation in the state in the fall of 1876,
publishes in the Vermont Union a long statement
in which he claims that Bowman so performed
his part OF the bookkeeping of the firm as to Sc
cure wrong appearance of the accounts OF the
firm against Hopkins and In Bowman's favor,
and then put into circulation, by false letters and
statements, fabulous stories of Hopkins enorm-
Gus defalcatlons $4,000 or more), while in fact
he carried with him less than $40, and Mr.. Shaw,
the former owner Of the office, visited him. gave
him money to pay his expenses and repeated his
advice to remain away. Mr.. Hopkins gives, as a
reason for not replying to these charges sooner,
his long-contnued sickness and poverty, he hay
ing been under physicians treatment for brain
and heart disease a long time,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28
Massachusetts Republican Convention.

The republicans Of Massachusetts, held
their state convention on Wednesday, the
2lst instant. AS was anticipated, they nom-
mated the present state officers without dis
sent. Governor Long has made one of the
best governors the old Bay state ever had.
He and his associates will be elected by
something like an old-fashioned republican
majority. Congressman Reed of Maine
made an able address, closing as follows:
"Whether we be at politics or business or pray
ers, our hearts are always turning to the brave
soldier, the accomplished statesman, who lies at
last in peace, after so much suffering, within the
gates OF death. Beside that worn and wasted
Frame with all their wealth, with all their knowl-
edge with all their treasure of love, fifty millions
of people stood poweress. Wealth could do moth
ing; science could do nothing, and love no more.
There could only be patient waiting, and then the
folded hands Had he come back to strength and
vigor the love of whole people would have
made him more than conqueror in all the fields of
honorable duty Even now his life, though cut
off in its golden prime, cannot be wasted. There
are no failures
OF the One Aperiec who whether fails in his work
Builds surely, soleInly up from broken days and
| The infinite purpose of time"
Inc platform adopted reflects distinctly
the sentiments OF the party in regard to
vital issues, approves of General Garfelds
administration, demands civil service reform,
stable Indian policy, the withdrawal of
legal tender notes, and the suppression Of
polygamy. The concluding plank in regard
to President Arthur is hearty and appropri
ate, as follows:
| ITO General Chester A. Arthur, elected by the
republican national convention as the associate OF
| General Garfield on the republican ticket, and
chosen by the people to be his successor in such
case as has arisen, the republicans of Massachu-
sets, in full appreciation OF the peculiar embar
EASEMENTS OF his assumption to the office and in
full expectation Of his fathfulness to the prnci-
pies Of the party and the just anticipation Of the
people of the country, pledge their cordial, con-
sderate and united support"
The convention met under the shadow oil
a great sorrow, and its proceedings through
out were marked by unity, harmony ant
wisdom.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

EXTREME TIRED fEELISG.-A lady tells us
"the first bottle has done my daughter great
deal of good, her food does not distress her now,
nor does she suffer from that ertree tired feeling
which she did before taking Hoods sarsaparila"
A second bottle effected a cure. No other prep.
aratlon contains such concentration Of vitalizing,
enrichng purifying and inyigorating properties
AS Hood = Sarsaparilla.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

LONDON Pal Mall Gazette: ain spite of
all said concerning the defects of the Ameri-
can constitution the absence of any strain in
the substitution OF Arthur for Garfield must
be remembered TO its advantage. The new
president is probably more anxious to prove
by giving the country sound and judicious
administration that he has been beled, than
TO exert his authority for the benefit of the
stalwarts.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

IScREAsE AND DECREASE. The census shows
that the proportion of voters to the population il
! to "A 100, The proportion of persons troubled
with kidney and liver disorders has been alarm
ingly increasing but since the almost universal
use OF Warmers Safe kidney and Liver Cure these
diseases are rapidly diminishing.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

EDWIN p. ABnorr, wealthy and prominent
citizen OF Troy was fatally injured Thursday by
falling upon a pitchfork handle, which passed
into his body eleven inches.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

Late on Monday morning the president ex-
pressed wish to see his daughter Moie. When
the child went into the room she kissed her father
and told him she was glad to see that he was
looking 30 much better. lie said, "You think
do look better, Mollie9' She said I" do, papa"
and then she took chair and sat near the foot OF
the bed. A moment or two after DR.. Boynton
noticed that she was swaying in the chair lie
stepped up to her, but before he could reach her
she had fallen over In dead faint In falling
her face struck against the bedpost, and when
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28
Srafrhmar Dc 1unrraL.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2s. 1881.
A Week OF Mourning.

TRRxs-s2OO per year strictly in advance; s2 II not
paid within three months.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

CoLUMNs OF the newspapers are flled with the
messages of sympathy and coincidence from for
eign courts, from foreign municipalities, indlyid-
uals and representative bodies In church and
state, TO all OF which Secretary Blaine has replied
with rare good sense and felicity,
QUEEN VICTORIA telegraphed Minister Lowell
as follows; with deep grief and my children
learn the sad but not unexpected news OF the
fatal termination OF the sufferings OF the presi-
dent His loss is great misfortune. have
learned with deep sorrow that the president has
passed away" The queen also telegraphed Mrs,
Garfield at Long Branch as follows; "words can
not express the deep sympathy feel with you.
May God support and comfort you as he alone
can"
QuEES VICTORIA directed the British minister
to have floral tribute prepared and presented in
her name 1t was placed at the bier Of the presi-
dent 1t Is very large and is AN exquisite speci-
men of the florists art 1t is composed of white
roses, smilax and stephanotis. It is accompanied
by a mourning card bearing the following nscrip-
ton Queen Victoria to the memory OF the late
President Garfield An expression Of her sorrow
aud sympathy with Mrs Garfield and the Ameri-
can nation"
Our ancient friend and ally, our present brother
republic, France, sends the following grateful
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-28

Among the many touching and significant in
cdents to which this great tragedy has given rise
we select the following;
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
Does Her Own Work.

Does her own work; does she !?
What OF it7 Is it any disgrace {!
Is she any less trne woman, less
worthy of respect that she who
sits IN silks aud satins; and is VAIN
of fingers that never labors We
listened to person the other day,
who speaking of newly-wedded
wife, said, sneerinely ly: ooh, she
does her own work" Tho words
and the tone in which they were
uttered, betokened a narrow, igno>
ble mind, better fitted for any place
than a country whose institutions
rest on honored labor as one of the
chief corner~stones. They evinced
a false idea of the true womanhood
of genuine nobility. They showed
the dctestable spirit OF caste or
rank, which certain class are try
ing to establish-a caste whose
sole foundation is monsy, which is
the weakest kind of rank known to
civilization. Mind, manners. NOR
ais, all that enters into a good CHAR
acter, are of no account with these
social snobs. Position in thei
stilted ranks is bought with gold
and every additional dollar is ali.
other round in the ladder by whlcl
elevation IS gained in their esteem
and society.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
NO. So.
Grandpa.


Joeh Billngs.
The grandpa IL an individual,
aged sumwhare between so and
100 years, of a promiskious tenn
permanent, and iz a common occur
renee iii all we'll regulated familys.
Next to a helthy mother-in-law,
they have more aktive Dizziness on
hand than emmy other party in tho
household. They are the standard
authority on all leading topicks,
and what they don't kno about
things that took place slxty-tive
years ago, or will take place for the
next sixty five years to cum, is
damage for enney one to kno.
Grandpas are nct entirely useless,
they are handy TO hold babys, and
feed the pigs, and are very smart
at mending a broken broom handle
and sitting coal ashes, and are good
at putting mp TIL. clothes line ON
washing days. l have seen grand
pas that could churn good, but |
konsider 1t a mighty mean trick to
set an old fellew ov 50 wears to
churning butter. am a grandpa
miseif, but wont churn butter for
no concern. not if understand mi.
self. l am as salid on this konklu-
sion as craven insga. | am
willing to rok baby all the time
while the winmin folks are bileing
sope, l am willing to cut rags, TO
work up into rag karpets, they can
keep me hunting hens eggs wet
days, or picking green currants, or
will even dip HANDLES, or kore ap-
piles for sass, or turn grind stun,
but, bl thunder, l won't churn. l
have examined m;self on this subs
ject, and will bet a jak knife, SO
long az he remains III hiz right
mind, Josh Billings won't churn.
Az general til NJ grandpas ara
a set ov konsaited old phools who
don't seem TO realize that what they
kno themselts IL the result of expo.
rienca, and that younger people
hav got to git their knolledge in
the same way. Grandpas are poor
help at bringing mp children. but
they have got precept and katekism
enuff, but the young ones all seem
to understand that grandpa minds
them a heap more than they mind
grand pa.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
Hiah-Priced Dogs.
Charlotte Observer.


Mr.. 2. a. Tatum, of Reidsville,
made a $4,000 kick last week.
The Dollar Weekly says he kicked
and killed, accidentally a fine
Irish setter, valued at $780,
which, with other bird dogs, was
being trained for Northern hunters
by a man named Martin.
BY the by, it is becoming quite
common to send valuable dogs to
North Carolina to be trained. A
dog-brcedor at Wilmington, Della
ware. has large number Of spurps,
valued from S1C0 to $1,000; and
sends his trainers TO Iredell, Rock
irgham, and other points, each
season, to teach tho pointers to
'set' standing.-Farmer and Me-
chaaic.
There IS a pack of eleven dogs
sent to Greensboro to be trained,
the property of tie owner OF tho
New York Graphie, whieh ara
valued at from $3.50 to 81, 400
How is that for high-prioed dogs Z
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
The Seven Bibles of Inc World.

The Seven Bibles of the world
are the Koran of the Mollamme-
dams, the Tri Pltikes of the Budd-
hist, the Five Kings of the Chinese,
the three Vedas of the Hindoos the
Zendavesta, and the Scriptures of
the Christians. The Koran is tho
most recent of these. dating about
the seventh century after Christ.
1t is compound Of quotations from
the Old and New Testament, the
Talmud and Gospel of S.. Barna-
bas. The Eddas of the Scandina>
vians were first published in the
fourteenth certury. The Pitikes of
the Buddhist contain sublime NOR
ais, and pure aspirations, and their
author lived and died in the sixth
century before Christ. There is
nothing of excellence in these ea-
cred books not found in the Bible.
The sacred writings of the Chinese
are called the Five Kings, the word
"King" meaning web of cloth.
They contain the best sages on the
duties OF life. These sayings can
not be traced farther back than
eleven hundred years before Christ
The three Vedas are the most an
cient books of the Htndoos and
they are believed to date not be-
yond elevon hundred years before
Christ. The Zandavesta of the
Persians is the greatest OF the sa :
cred books next 70 our Bible. To-
roaster, whose sayings it contains
was born in the twelfth century,
Moses lived aud wrote the Penta-
tench fifteen hundred years before
Chriit, therefore that potion of oul
Bible is at least three hundred
years older than the most ancien
of other sacred writings.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
Masonic Capacity TO do Justice 10
all f,fen.
Norfolk Landmark

Norfolk Landmark
One of the counsel for the assas-
sin Guiteau asked every man
brought forward as a possible juror
if he was a Mason, and the object
was to challenge any such person
on the ground that the murdered
President was member Of the
great Brotherhood. This course on
the part Of Mr.. Scoville shows that
he knows nothing about the order.
A good Mason is 4 good citizen,
and capable OF the full and unbi-
ased discharge of his duties rs such,
without regard to the Masonic re-
lations of other persons-moro es-
pecially persons at the bar charged
with an atrocious crlme. One
might as we'll, under such circum-
stances, ask juror if he vas q
Methodist or Baptist, a Catholic
or Jew. Masonry does not pro-
tect any often ders against the laws
of Society, and the brethren of. the
IN ystic Tie" have as full capac-
ity to do justice as Jurors as any
other men under the san.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
Suspicious Symptoms.


! f1iI per y 1'AaS1AiIlS.
A minister who was. perhaps,
not too careful in his habits was
| induced by his friends to take the
teetotal pledge. Lis health ap-
peared to suffer and his doctor or
dered him to take one glass of punch
daily.
"Oh p said he. "I dare not.
Peggy, my old housekeeper, would
tell the whole parish.o
"When do you shave 2" the doc.
tor asked.
g In the morning"
Is I'hen,' said the doctor, g shave
at night, and when Peggy brings
you mp your hot water you can
take your glass Of punch just be-
fore going to bed"
The minister afterward appeared
to improve III health and spirit.
The doctor met Peggy soon after
and said:
I glad to hear. Peggy, that your
master ia better"
Indeed, sir, he's bet er, but his
brains affected ; there's something
wrong with his mind.''
How''
Why, doctor. he used to shave
at night before going to bed, but
now he shaves in the morn, he
shaves before dinner, he shave af-
ter dinner, he shaves III night-he's
aye sllavin'.'' D
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
He DIR KaLL.

my and Navy Journal.
ssPresent arms !' there they are.
Both stretched out to me-
Strong and sturdy, smooth and white.
Fair as arms can be.
"Ground arms - on the floor,
Picking up his toys,
Breaking al within his reach,
Busiest of boys.
'Eight wheel!" off his cart;
LEFT wheel ~ too, is gons;
Horsey's head Is broken Of,
Horsey's tail is torn.
'.Quick step ~ FORWARD march,"
Crying, too, he comes !;
Had & battle with the cat
''sScratchei off bofe my fums ="
sShoulder arms :" here at last
Round my neck they close,
Poor little sold Ter boy
Of to quarters goes.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
Measuring the Baby.

Don't measure the baby. There is
an old superstition that if you do, it
will die before the year is out, and 'tis
always best to be on the safe side.
DO you see that name written in lead
pencil on the door caslogs? Well,
that's where's we measured the baby.
IT you get down on your knees you
will be able to read, g jim; Just so
high" 1t wasn't year ago that We
all come but here, father, mother and
the girls, and got down on the grass
and stood him up there. He was a
sight to look at-all pink and white,
with the softcst rings Of hair and eyes
like vioiets in the spring, and he'd
laugh and tumble down and we'd all
laugh and cheer him up again, and
Jennie LAID the pencil fiat on his head
and notched the wall, and then we
wrote that to mark the spot, but I've
wished many tinle since I'd never
done it. You see, we had been read
very thing, and it just fitted to our
baby exactly in the beginning:
We measured the riotous baby
Against the cottage wall
a lily grew the threshold.
And the boy just tall.
That was so like our baby that cut
that verse out and pasted it on the
blank leaf of the big Bible. Then
Jennie said there we're more verses
that suited him, but after getting the
fall drift of the poetry, most wished
we hadn't seen it, but l took two
more verses and let them 60 with the
others. Here they are:
His eyes were wide as blue bells
CHATS little lin exactly y
HIS mouth like flower unblown
That's MIN aSain,l
1--we little bare feet, like funny white mice,
Peeped out from his snowy 60 wn.
And We thought with thrill of rapture,
That yet had a touch of pain,
When June rolls round with her roses
Wen measure the boy again.
Now, if it had stopped there, as
expected it would, I'd have nothing
to say, and there'd be another mark
on the door casing, $50 much higher,
but--but--well, what is the use Of
beating around the bush in this way
You see there's no mark there. and it
wasn't any superstition after all. l
went to day into the room where he
lay, all white and peaceful like, and
so still that it was sin to cry and
disturb his sleep, and [ added the
rest Of the poetry that Jennie had
kept, without knowing why, to the
old Bible:
We measure I tGe Sleeping baby,
With ribbons white snow,
For the shiny rosewood c2Sket
That waited him below
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
4 Ruined Life.

Washington Republican.
lie was young.
Parents well off.
First-class opportunities.
Dime novels and
Five cent literature
Served up as mental pabulum.
Belt. with pistols and knife.
Cheek pushed ont with a cud.
Lots of swear talk and
Remarks about the girls
Bound to be hero.
He was
Midnight exploits begun.
Enters a neigiiboring store.
Instead of shooting, gets shot.
Ball in brain and he becomes al
iGiot.
Peter Ackerman.
Erie Pa, November 18th.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08

Said Mrs. Smith who had come
to spend the day, TO little Edith /:
" Are you glad to see me again,
Edith o. Edith e Yes, m'm {;
and mamma's glad. tool" Mrs.
Smith: els she 2 Edith: "Y es
MN; she said she hol ed you'd
come to-day, and have it over
with,
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08

Father, did you ever have an
other wife besides mother z" =" No
my boy, what possessed you to ask
such a question % Because [
saw in tI.e old family bibie where
you married Ammo Domini in 1885,
and that isn't mother, for her name
was Sally Smith"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08

When Hartford woman patted
her friends seven year old young
ster on the head, and said 4" l
would like to have such a little
boy as you are," he looked MP into
her face and replied !: & Well, [
guess you can. l don't believe
Gods lost the pattern of me-"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08
Gentility Is neither in the titl'

Gentility is neither in the title,
manner, nor fashion, but in the
mind. A high sense of honor, a
determination never to take advan
tage of another an adherence to
truth delicacy and politeness to-
wards those with whom you have
dealings-are the essential and
chal acteristics of gentleman.
Modes and customs vary, but good
breeding is always the same"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-12-08

" Are yon feeling very i'll 2" ask
ed the physician )" let me see your
tongue please" otis no use, doc
tor, replied the patient "no son-
que can tell how bad | feel.