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The demand OF the people for easier method Of
preparing kidney-wort has induced it's propretors,
the wellknOwn Wholesale druggists Wells, Richard
Co, Of Burlington, to prepare It for sale in Ii
quid well as dry form. II all the labor OF
preparing, and, it IS equally efcient is preferred
by many persons. Kidney-WOrt always and every
where proves itself perfect medy.-BUFdio NeIrs
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DR.. il. HARRINGTON,

ID ENG about to sell out and leave town, hereby in
Id ytes all persons indebted TO him to call and set
tie their accounts at once. Accounts not settled be
fore Saturday Oct. 49, viii be left in the hands Of A.
A. Butterhed Esq, of Jacksonville, for collection.
NOTICE is also hereby given that all my real es-
tate and personal property not previously disposed Of
will be sold at auction on the day above named.
Halifax, VT, oct. A, 1881. 4O-A2
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legal Notices.
CTATE OF VERMOXT, westminster SIS.
OF VRRMONT, MarIboro SIS.

- The Probate Court for said District.
TO all persons interested in the Estate Of ALMIRA
L. LAZELLE READ, late Of Marlboro In said District,
decreased, Greeting
You are hereby notified that this Court will decide
upon the allowance Of the account of VIM. NJ. Cham
berlain administrator with the Win annexed upon said
Estate and decree distribution thereof to the persons
entitled at special session thereof to be held at the
Probate ONCE In BrattlebOro on the last Saturday Of
October, A.D18S1, when and where you may be heard
IN the premises, If you see cause.
IL E.W. sTODDARD, Register.
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I LIBERATION NOTICE.-This certifes
IL that have this day relinqushed to my son, Wal
ter E., the remainder Of his minority and shall claim
Of his wages pay any debts Of his contract
ing, after this date. d. A. HENRY.
Guilford, Oct. 9th, 1881. 4O42
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Vegetine
REGARD AS A VALUABLE
FAMILY MEDICINE.

January LIST, 1878.
MR. II. r. sTEvENs,-Dear Sir; take pleasure in
saying that have used the YEoETINE in my family
with good results and have known Of several re-
markable effected by il. regard it a valua-
bic family medicine. Truly yours,
REV. VIM. MCDONALD.
The Rev. Vim. Mcdonald is well known through the
United States q minister In the NJ. Z. church.
THOUSANDS SPEAK.-vegetine lie acknowledged and
recommended by physicians and apothecaries to be
the best purifier and cleanser Of the blood yet discov
cred and thousands speak In its praise who have been
restored to health.
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old FASHIONED TALL BRASS CLOCK
" WANTRD.-Any one having such clock to sell
can do so by addressing @. NJ. sHEDD, Chaplin Ma.
tional Bank, Springfield Mass. n-l4
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GTUDENTS will find everything they want
- at WINsLOW's, TownRhend.
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Vegetine.
The NJ. DIS have il.


Mn. II. r. srEvESs,-Dear Sir: have sold Vege-
tine for long time and hnd it gives most excellent
satisfaction. s. b. DEPRIEsT, NJ. D., Druggist,
HazletOn, Ind.
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"a Lovely horal, motto hand bouquet chrome cards
JUbeautfule olors name Toe Chas Ray HewHaven, ct.
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AGENTS AND CANvAssRRs

Make from SIS go $50 per week, selling good
for Z. G. RIDEOUT CO., 10 Barclay-st., New York
Send for their Catalogue and Terms H'4I
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Try Dr. EtOn's sulphur Remedy
For the prevention and sure cure Of Diphthera and
Cancers. This remedy destroys the parasite in these
diseases aud cures alterations as If by magic. Pint
bottles rs cents SO per dozen. Agents wanted. For
medicine circulars address DIR. ROE, Gen1 Agent,
1855 Broadway, New YORK CITY.
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COPARTNERsHIP NOTICE.-The under
~ signed have this day formed aoopartnership un-
der the hrm name Of sELLECK DAVIS, for the
transaction of Book and Job Printing and stationery
business. GEO. 4, SELLECK.
L. /, DAVIS,
Brattleboro, Oct 1, 1881. lO-42
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HOUGHTON ! KUECH
Notice

TTNHE taxpayers of Halifax hereby notified that
Il the seleetmen have placed in the hands OF the
treasurer tax-bi for town, state aud state school
taxes for collection, agreeable to Act No. 90 Of 1880
Taxpayers who wish to avail themselves Of the per
cent discount, specified In See. Of said act aud
avoid legal costs, hereby warned to pay 20 the
treasurer Of the town their respective taxes within 90
days from this date. j. l.. HARRINGTON, Treas.
Dated at Halifax this 2Sd day Of September, A. ID.
1881 39-41
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
Fairly Beaten.

Fame has other serious drawbacks
than having ones name wrongly spelled
in the dispatch. Prominent among
them is an endless succession of bores.
Chey are visitors who have no claim to
attention, and call to crafty merely
their curiosity. 1t is not surprising
that amiable tempers grow waspish
and courteous manners take on y rough
edge, under such provocation.
Goethe was one evening interrupted,
while absorbed in literary work, by II
caller from America. When the caller
was asked by servant If he had any
special business, ho replied, "Only to
see the poet"
Goethe was vexed at the interruption.
and showed it plainly. Coming hastily
into the room without word of greet
ing, he seated himself abruptly on d
stool, as if saying, RI ycu only wish
to see me, look ut me-"
The visitor's impudence was sublime.
He proved himself master of the oc-
| casion. In perfect silence, like
Goethe's. he rose. took a lamp from the
table, and walked slowly around the
poet, looking at him from every point
Of view.
Goethe was conquered by this cool
ness. He burst into hearty laugh,
and began to converse in his pleasant.
est style. The visitor proved to be an
agreeable companion, and Goethe was
amused at his Yankee impudence.
1t is no justification for interruptine
q busy man that his fame ia such as tt
excite curiosity to see him. To rot
him of his time is about the same as tc
rob him of his dollars. With hin
time is money.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
More Precious Than Rubies.

Last week the papers told Ms how .
young workingman Of this city found
q diamond breast-pin, worth several
hundred dollars, in an old trunk which
he had purchased out of an ash-csrs
On being assured Of its value by jew.
eler, he refused to consider an offer
to sell it, till he should have made IN
effort to fad the owner. He was oon-
frmed in this resolution by his parents;
his father, q veteran stsge.driver, ener-
getically adding: 81 don't want it in
the house." The pin was ascertained
to have been lost by Mrs. William 81.
Vanderbilt, and returned to her. When
spoken to about reward, he said: {" /
don't want any money, but I would like
to get my father an easier position. ~
he is growing old" We are not ct.
tempting to make q hero Of young
Daniel O'Reilly. Unless We mistake
the tone of the above incident, he would
be the last to claim any sublimity in
his act Of common honesty" And
ne are happy in believing such henssty
7,zSs not JeJ grown unconmon, og akin
to jewels found in ssh-heaps, OF the old
disused trunks of the past. We think,
however, that there are some little
touches in the story. which render it
quite an idyl of city lie and Of the
- short and simple annals Of the poor. -
Out Of our stony and unsavory streets,
it comes like o refreshing Whit of
wholesome air. The little glimpse Of
instructive honor in the boy, the old
mans sturdy terror Of the appearance
of evil" or the harboring Of . tempts-
tion over night, and finally the sons
modest declining of . reward for him
self. and sudden thought only thst here
perhaps waf . chance for "the old
man to get down from his weather
beaten drivers seat, before rheumatism
and old age dethroned him, into aha.
dier corner and easier work. We think
it was not Mrs. Vanderbilt, nor Dan
O'Reilly, but We and the public who are
NEST enriched by such . "fnd."-
Christian Intelligencer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
A Good Joke on a Lawyer.

An honest German lsborer was pass
ing along the street day or two ago,
when small dog rushed out Of u yard
and bit him on the leg, tearing his
pants and leaving the print of his teeth
IN the calf. The German hastened to a
lawyers Office and asked the barrister
if he could not sue the owner OF the
dog for damages. The lawyer agreed
to take the case and made proposition t
for filing suit for So. 900 damages,
alleging that the dog was ferocious
animal, and that plaintiffs flesh had
been terribly lacerated, nect ssitaiing
the expenditure of large sums for medi-
cal attendance and for new pair OF
pants. The client was directed to go
to the house of the owner of tho dog
next day, make demand of So 600,
and ascertain the name of tho defend
ant. He called at the house early the
next morning and asked for the" " boss. y
He was somewhat surprised when the
lawyer presented himself as the owner
of the little dog. The lawyer was no
less surprised to learn that his black
aud-tan was the cause of tho trouble,
and he Informed the client that suit
would not be maintained, ss the injury
doue was a mere triae, and the dog wss
only in fun. The result of the confer
epce was that the lawyer gave the client
65 cents to pay for patching his pants
and took a receipt in full satisfaction
of all claims for damages. Both parties
we're spared the trouble of trying {
vexations aud costly damage suit
[St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
Cast Iron.

Cast iron was not in commercial use
before the year 100, when Abraham
Darby, an intelligent mechanic, who
had brought some Dutch workmen
to establish brass foundry at Bristol,
England, conceived the idea that iron
might be substituted for brass. This
his workmen did not succeed in effect
ing, being probably too much preju-
diced in favor OF the metal with which
they we're best acquainted. A Welsh
shepherd boy named John Thomas had
some little time previous to this. been
received by Abraham Darby into his
distant relative. While looking on
during the experiments of the Dutch
workmen, he said to Abraham Darby
that he thought he saw where they had
missed it. He begged to be allowed to
try; SO he and Abraham Darby re-
mained alone in the workshop all night
struggling with the refractory metal
and imperfect moulds. The hours
passed en- and daylight appeared, but
neither would leave his task; and Just
as morning dawned they succeeded in
casting an iron pot complete. The boy
entered into an agreement with Abra.
ham Darby to serve him and keep the
secret. He was enticed by the offer OF
double wages to leave his master. but
he continued faithful, and from 1909 to
1922 the family of Thomas ;were con.
idential and much valued agents to the
descendants of Abraham Darby. For
more than one hundred years after the
night in which Thomas and his master
succeeded in making an iron casting in
a mould of fine sand contained in frames
and with air holes, the same process
was practiced and kept secret at Cole
brook Dale with plugged keyholes and
barred doors.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
The Revised Testament IN the
Lime Kiln Club.

81 take pleasure an satisfaction
said the President as he held up par
Gel, in informin' you a worthy citizen
of Detroit, who does not car to have
his name menshun'd, has presented dis
revised edishun of de Bible to de
Lime Kiln Club. We do not open our
meetin's wild prayer, nor do we close by
singin' 3e Doxology, but neberdeless
I am suah dis gift will be highly appre
ciated by all. Dar has bin considuble
talk in dis club about dis revised
edishun. Some of you hab got de ideah
dat purgatory has all been wiped out
an heaben enlarged twice ober, an
have heard odders assert dat it didn't
forbid lyin', stealin' and passin' off bad
money. My friends, you am sadly
an heaben hasn't got any mo- room.
In looking ober some of the changes
las night selected out few para
graphs which have a gineral BARN.
Fur instance, it am jst as wicked to
steal watermelyons as it was las var or
de var befo' an de skeercer de crap dc
bigger de wickedness.
"No change has bin made in regard
to loafin' aroun' de streets. De loafer
am considered jist as mean an low as
cher he was, an want to add my be-
lief dat he will grow meaner in public
estimashun all de time.
De ten commandments am all down
heah widout change. Stealth an
lyin' an covetin' an runnin' out nights
am considered jist as bad as eber.
I can't find any paragraph in which
men am excused for psyin' deir honest
debts and supportin' deir fam lies.
81 can't find whar poo man, or a
poo mans wife, white or black, am
'epected to sling on any pertickler style.
"Dog fights, chicken liften', poly
ticks, play in ketrds fur money an
hapgin' around fur drinks an all sich
low bizuess am considered meaner dan
eber. Fact is. l can't fin any ch ange
whatever which let's up on man from
bein' plumb up an DOWN squar' an
honest wild de world. Dey have
changed de word hell to 'hades,' but
at de same time added to de strength of
10 brimstun an de size of de pit, an
We want to keep right on in de straight
path if We would avoid it. Doan' let
any white man make you believe dat
we's lost any Gospel by dis revision. OF
lat Peter or Paul or Moses have under
gone any change Of speerit regardin' de
ways Of libin respectfully an dyin
aonorAbly."-lDe'roit Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
Birch Basket for Ferns.

The following experiment has been
successfully tried, and makes as pretty
a fernery as any one could wish. Take
a piece of white birch bark about half
yard square and cut in each corner q
slit Lot more than three inches long,
RAINING from the corner toward the
middle OF the piece. Then lap the
edges CT the slit completely over each
other, thus forming the side of the
basket, which will be about two inches
aud half high. To fssten it, sew it
through several times with waxed
thread; unbleached is best, as it scarce.
ly shows. Each corner must be done
in the same way. A narrow band Of
the bark is fastened all round the upper
edge of the basket to hold it firmly
together. The handle is long strip
measuring eighteen inches in length,
and two aud half in width, and must
be securely fastened to each side Of the
basket. sewing it in the same manner as
the corners. It is now ready for the
ferns. Fill the bottom with the rich leaf
mold found in the woods, and then place
in the plants, choosing the smaller
ones. as they seem to thrive better than
the larger. Select as great variety as
possible, not forgetting the lovely
maiden. hair, also some Of the trailing
vines that are found in the woods, OF
which one of the prettiess is the par.
fridge vine, with its bright red berries
WintergreeH also thrives with the rest
of these plants, and is very beautiful
with its dark green leaves and the
snowy blossom it bears before the scar.
let berries form. A thorough watering
every morning is all the care that il
necessary for it, and its beauty vii
fully repay one for the slight trouble O
making and taking care Of it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
Attempted Suicides.

The first attempt to commit suicide
on the elevated railroad in this city was
made few days ago by young woman
who threw herself from station plat
form in front OF an approaching train.
10 the large cities of the world the
high places accessible to the public
have come to be utilized for the pur-
pose Of suicide. Many persons bent
on self-destruction have leaped from
the parapst of the High Bridge aque-
duet across the Harlem River, and have
been killed by the fall of over one
hundred feet. Superstitious laborers
engaged about the pumping-hOuse
have told stories of phantom shapes
fitting along the capstones OF tho ma.
sonry on moonlight nights, or ascend
ing the flights of stairs without step
ping; and it is told of one OF the men
that though his working hours ceased at
two o'clock in the morning, he would
never cross the bridge to his home till
after daylight. Since drunken man
leaped from above the keystone Of the
central srch, and lived to resume his
occupation of fishing from the neigh.
boring wharf, which exploit has been
folio we'd by descsnts in safety by two
or three venturous persons, the
place has been abandoned for pur.
poses of suicide, as Offering, perhaps,
too many chances of failure. After
the Brooklyn Bridge shall have boen
completed. it will, uHless closely
watched by guards, offer facilities foi
suicide which cannot fail to attrac,
those who lay he tired of life Har
per's Weekly:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
Cervantes' Misjudgment.

There is aD irony worthy of bis own
genius IN the history of Cervantes' at
tack on the books of chivalry. He
gained an immediate popularity by the
part of his work which is now scarcely
understood. When the books he ridi-
culed had fallen into neglect his own
almost shared their fate. 1t was not
until Lord Carteret published his splen-
di edition in London in 1873. and en-
pl Dyed Mayans to write life of the
author, that the Spaniards found out how
great man they had produced. No
great writer has ever had less influence
on his own coun ntry. A sentence at the
end OF his chief work has been made an
excuse for pedantries innumerable.
Because be says that his one intention
was to deride a certain form of bad
literature, commentators have concluded
that he must have meant to teach some
thing which he did not venture to point
out more clearly. More or less, all
great writer's have experienced similar
treatment, but probably none, not even
Ribelais, to the same extent as Ger
vantes. 1t is even permissible to doubt
whether be did not interpret his own
work as badly as any modern critic
whether, in fact. he did not sincerely
value it principally for what is now the
least valuable part of it. He wished to
do his country q service more than to
give picture of life, ard very proba
bly, thought but little Of what is now
the great charm of "Don Quixote -
It's marvellous portraits. They we're
the spontaneous outpouring of thirty
years of thought aud observation. He
thought that the Persiles and Sigis-
munda "a professedly didactic book
was his masterpiece. and it proved IN
readable from the first. In the larger
sense, he failed completely to effect
he object for which he wrote "Don
QuixoIe." Bad taste and extravaganza
and falsity to- nature were destined to
increase with growing rapidity in
Spanish literature, while his own exam
pie and teaching remained barren. He
has produced his main effect on foreign
ers and heretics; while his satire alone
prevents the world from forgetting
that the books he meant to destroy
ever existed.-ISt. James Gazette.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29
How to Weave Combings.

Not long since lady inquired how to
weave combings. As have seen no
answer, will try to give our way:
Across window casing stretch
tightly three strong, wsxed threads,
and fasten them ali to one tack at one
end, and to separate tacks, about two
inches apart, at the other end.
To prepare the hair, take a small
bunch and draw it through the fingers
something as you do molasses candy,
for little, then grasping it firmly at
the middle with the left hand, comb
both ways. You will then have small
bunch, straight, but very uneven. Lay
it aside, and proceed as before. When
you get enough you can even by pull
ing out the longest and laying them
back farther.
When ready to weave, take about .
dozen hairs, more or less, even as before,
take them in the right hand near the
end OF the bunch, then, beginning at
the bottom. and in frort of the lower
thread, weave mp, then down. ups ther'
down. Now draw down so as to leave
about an inch behind the threads, then
slip as close as you can to the end
where the threads meet. Continue
this process. When you have enough
woveH, sew spirally around shoe
string, beginning at the end you wish
for the lower end of the switch, and
keeping the short ends next the string.
This makes one strand.
1t is a tedious process, but if the lady
is as poverty stricken "'as" We girls. I"
che will be very glad to save q few
dollars by making her own "wigs."
We use two switches, two strands each,
for tho fiat style that has prevailed
lately. braiding each with one strand
Of hair. II they fade, as they will, we
color them with weak tea, set with
copperas, drying before washing in
soap'suds.-[Cayuga, in Household.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29

A good why to avoid wasting flour
each time you use your kneading- board
is to brush it carefully off the board
into small sieve, sift out the -four. it
will be good to use again. When
making the crust for pot pie there is
danger, as every cook knows. of the
crust falling when it is cooked in the
kettle with the meat or chicken. II
instead Of doing this you put the crust
on plate and steam it for three-quar-
ters OF an hour it will not be heavy
Be sure to have plenty OF water in the
kettle so that you will not have to take
the steamer eff in order to put more in
Make tho crust just as you do baking
powder biscuit. When the meat il
cooked and the gravy made, drop the
crust into the gravy and leave it there
for minute or two.
CHEESE AND Eco ToAsr.-Put cup
ful OF cheese crumbs into half pint ol
rich milk; boil until it melts. Have
two eggs we'll beaten. Season the mill
with salt, pepper and butter to taste
Turn in the eggs; stir rapidly for a few
minutes; remove from the fire and
spread it over some hot slices Of toasted
bread. Out them in halves and quar-
ters, and serve On hot platter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29

PRESBYTERIAN OR BUTCHER. - DR..
Cuyler had this funny little experience
at Philadelphia: The blue badges
of the members Of the Presbyterian
Council were conspicuous in the streets
and the foreign delegates were CON
stantly stopped to answer questions
about friends in the mother country
When l went into ba. ber's shop in
the morning. the barber, loobiog at my
badge, made the fattering inquiry
Have you come to attend the butch
ers' parade, sir 2
1.-THE Knights of the cleaver aud the
shambles had made their annual dis
play the day before. gave him tt
understand that we had come to enjoy
some roast beef at the council, but no
to slaughter any"