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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-14

A COMPANY of boys had contracted the
habit of tobacco using, greatly to their
detriment, as all acknowledged. The
habit became 80 strong that few of the
number resolved to try and break off, y
by using less quantity each day until
the end was reached. Nobody succeeded.
With one it was different. He did not
try 10 quit, but quit at once, and 80 made
an end to the matter. What he did in
dividually, the Nation would do if it were
enlightened. 1t is impossible to stop the
train of drunkenness by putting on the
brakes of high license. The engine must
be detached there must be a dead halt
by prohibition and not an inefficient at
tempt to cripple and worry the business.
Union Signal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-14

"WHo held the pass of Therompyle
against the Persian host ?" dem anded the
teacher. And the editors boy at the foot
of the class spoke up and said; Father,
l reckon he holds an annual on every
road in the country that runs passenger
train" He went up head-after the rest
of the class went home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-14
Farm for Sale !

The home farm of IL. O. Jones, late of Barre, de-
ceased nttuing about one hundred and atty acres,
all OF which suitably vded into tlsge. pasture and
wood land said farm IL situated about two mites
eastsy OF Barre village There Is go Nj sugar orchard
he place, and excellent running to both house
and barn. The buildings are in good repair aud the
farm Ia In high state OF cultivation. Terms easy In
quire OF C0RNELlA Il. JONES, Executrix or OF
W. A. 4 o. b. B0YCE.
Barre. VI, November 7, 1883. 2l-tf
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BETWEEN Bohemians "Will it give
you pleasure to breakfast with me ?"
Certainly" "Well, put an extra plate
on your table and in a quarter of an hour
| will be at your room"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-14

THE rain falls alike upon the Just and
the unjust; but it is the unjust VINO steal
the umbrellas and let the Just feel the
rain-New Orleans Picayune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-14
Dnmorsnme.
OLD MRS. GRIMES.

(TUEE: "oLD GRIMES is DEAD.")
Old Mrs. Grimes Ia dead. Alas!
We ne'er shall see her more.
She was the wife of good old Grimes
who died some years before.
very worthy dame il gone,
Since she gave up her BREATH
Her head was white with frosts Of time,
She lived until her death.
Though rough the path, her willing feet
Fer walked where duty led;
And never wore a pair Of shoes
Except when out of bed.
Busy she was, from morn to night,
Spite Of old Times advances,
Although her husband left her here
In easy circumstances.
Good Mrs. Grimes is now at rest,
She'll rest through endless ages;
The sun has set, her work is done,
She's gone to claim her wages.
November Century
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-11-14
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nasal passages of Ca
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laws inflammation, pro-
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from additional colds,
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Beneficial results are re-
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ment will cure Catarrh,
Hay-Fever, etc. I'm
equaled for colds In the
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Apply by the little hnger
into the nostrils. VIII
deliver by mail. Fifty
cents a package-post-
age stamps. Sold by
wholesale and retail
In CO., Owego, n. Y.
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Mail Lettings.
Notice to Contractors!
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., October is, 1888.
Proposals will be received at the Contract ONCE Of
this Department until three NJ. of January 1884, for
carrying the mails of the United States upon the routes
and according to the schedule of arrival and departure
specified by the Department in the State of Vermont,
from July 1884, to June &c. 1885. Lists of routes. with
schedules of arrivals and departures instructions TO
bidders, with forms for and bonds, and all
other necessary information will be furnished upon APP
plication to the Second Assistant Postmaster General
1924 w.Q. GRESHAM, Postmaster General.
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ONE cannot always be hero, but one
can always be man.-Goethe.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07
The Young Ostrich.

He is covered with speckled brown
downy feathers except on the head and
neck and legs; he is as wild, shy and
active as the young antelope fawn, and,
only day old, lisa large as fullgrown
Leghorn hen. Uneasy and restless, in
constant motion and with inquiring eyes,
he no doubt waits impatiently the com
panions who are to join him in his
feather producing career.
Preparatory to any nourishing food
he had placed before him when about
twenty-four hours old a tray of small
gravel stones and crushed sea-shells; sub
sequent to this tonic he had handful of
chopped alfalfa. This lays the founda-
ton for meal of cracked corn and water,
and when this had been eaten the bird is
considered on the straight road to dis
tinction as the first ostrich Matched in
America. (Col.) letter.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07
The War DEPARTMENT,

Secretary Lincoln reports the expenditures of the
department for the fiscal year ending June 30, at
s49,I9l ,055, of which 1897 was for public
works. including river and harbor improvements.
The appropriations for the fiscal year 1881 amount
to SSl,I66,952, of which s1,925,s44 is for public
works. The estimates for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1855, are as follows: Salaries, contingent
expenses and postage, including third of the
estimate of the superintendent of the state, war
tary establishment army an military academy,
S2I 1875, 1524l; public works, including river and
harbor improvements 81 $40 049 81: miscellaneous
objects, including signal service, S32IS ,92642 total
S44,3S6,206.TS.
The secretary approves the recommendations of
General sherman that a new organization be
adopted for the regiments of infantry, so that each
shall be composed of twelve companies making
three battaions of four companies each. each
company having one hundred men; and that in time
of peace two of these battalions shall be maintained
perfect war footing, while the other battalion
may be a mere skeleton, with its complement of
officers and be used as n nucleus for recruits. The
great advantage of this change. he says, sug-
geted by the general, is the important one of being
able TO put a large and effective force in the field
upon short notice. by merely ensting sufficient
number of additional private soldiers the officers
and organization being always ready to receive
them.
The secretary also concurs in the recommended
ton OF the adiutant general that Congress be
asked to authorize the retirement of enste | men
who have served faithfully for 1t less than thirty
five years, with full pay OF the grad, held By them
at the time of their nc irement
The chief engineers report on the defense of the
sea coast ana lake frontier says that Tor years no
appropriations have been made for continuing tho
construction of our forts and barbette batteries,
which are rapidly going to ruin Attention is also
called to the necessity for electrical rooms and
cable galleries for the most important of oar
coast works.
The attention of Congress is invited to the sub
ject of giving substantial encouragement to the for
nation OF militia organizations in every State and
in the District of Columbia by liberal appropriate ms
10 supply the necessary arms, equipments, tents,
ammunition and other ordnance stores. "With our
small standing army the secretary says, sour main
dependence for public defence must be on our mill
tia; and the wisdom of the comparatively small ex-
pcnditures which would encourage their organiza.
ton and their efficiency in drill and discipline seems
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07
The Interior Depart nent.

Secretary Teller begins his annual report with the
stateml Mt that it is believed to be quite possible
" with wise and judcious treatment of the lndiln
question, to prevent the recurrence OF hostilties
between the Indian and his white neghbors that
have marked nearly every year OF our history"
The Indian must adopt the "white mans ways " or
he swept away by the vices of savage life, intensi
fled by contact with civilization If the Indian is
to become civilized being says the secretary, il
must be by the aid OF the government, inteligenly
directed, and one OF the first steps is to fix the In
dian in permanent home. To this end the rcser-
walton should be reduced in size commensurate
with the wants OF their occupants, and a fee-siinpe
title thereto given to the tribe, to be held for the
benefit OF the members according to Indian poty,
until such time the Indians themselves
OF such reservations should be bought
by the government and parceled out to actual set
tiers only. The proceeds Of the land sold should
be used, not in providing food only for the Indians,
but In The purchase of stock, farming implements,
and in the education Of tier youth. The Indian
must be taught to la Dor and care for himself, by
persuasion If possible, by compusion If ncces-
sary. If he chooses to be farmer he should re-
ceive suitable assistance in the first instance, with
the understanding that such assistance is only tenn
porary ana must soon cease. he manual labol
schools should instruct the male children to labor
on the farm and in the shops, and the female
in household affairs. should any Indian de
sire to abandon his bal relations and becom,
citizen of the United states he should b,
permitted to do so without losing his interes
in the tribal property Treaties impossible o
fihllmcut, or contrary to the public interest
should be nndifed or Tepeael /: no more treaties
should D. made or statutes enac ell according TO
agreements made with the Indians. II n has more
land than he needs, hu must surrender the excess
and II cannot be left TO him to dec mine either III
amount he ought TO retain or the price he ought &
receive. such matters shruld be det,r mined bl
ine government, or som, tribunal created for lha
buipO c. The Indians should be dl.armed. II 1t
III safe to trust an Indian with gum the very pos
session OF 1t inctes IN him desire to use II. The
secretary renews his suggestion that the Commits
sioner OF Indian Affairs b. authorized 70 purchas
the firearms OF the Indians on fair terms
Al h1uEh tn appropriations last year for thu
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education q Indians we're in the estimation Of

education OF Indians were, In the estimation of
Secretary Teller, far below the actual wants OF the
service, great progress is reported. Ten new day
schools have been established during the fiscal year.
report of the commissioner of the general land Office
shows that the disposal of public lands under all acts
of Congress aggregates 19430,O32 acres, of which
339,235 were Indian lands. he total cash re-
ceps in connection with the disposal of the public
lands amounted to 81 3,SS3IO, OF which SG25,i04 -
q was on account OF the sale of Indian lands The
increase in receipts for the year 1888 over 1882 was
s3,3l9,8OI he Increase in the number of ella ms
corded in 1888 was 55.54S over the number recorded
in 1889, and the number of entries approved during
the year for patenting under various laws, was 3d.
Si7, increase of 26,239 over 1882. The attention
of the department has been called to the frequent
frauds committed by persons securing lands under
existing settlement laws, without compliance
Herewith. In many cases there Is not even at
tempt to comply with the laws.
The report of the commissioner of pensions
shows that at the close Of the last fiscal yeear there
were 1903, G5S pensioners, classified as follows Army
nvalids 19S,r4S; army widows, minor children, and
navy widows, minor children, and dependent rela
tives, 1901; survivors of the of 1872, ASH; Wild
ows of those who served in the of 1912, 81 1886
During the year the names of 3s,16l pensioners
added to the roll and the names of 20 99I were
dropped for various causes. The average annual
value of each pension at the close of the last year
s106.s, and the aggregate value Of all pensions
2,245 1872 43, an increase of nearly 49, 1000
over ths previous year.
The commissioner of railroads reports the in
debtedness OF the several subsidized railroads to the
United States on June So 1SS3, to be as follows:
Union Pacific, t6i 626,6g5 Central Pacific, i52,9I9,-
ASA; Sioux City and Pacific s3,O92,6l7 Central
Branch Union Pacific, S3,149,S0S; total S123, S45.-
COS. Total amounts credited to the roads nlmed
S2l ,469,292.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07
A Boys Battle with an Alligator.

While Captain r. b. Johnson, of
Clinch county, was helping party of
twenty-five or thirty men haul for trout
in a mill-pond the other day, his little
son, Joseph, had a most thrilling expert
ence. Master Joseph carried a bag, or
corn sack, in which to deposit the fish
when caught. When loaded with as
many as he could carry he would take
them out and make deposit and return
for more. In making one of these trips,
while wading through water about three
feet deep, and some distance from the fish
ermen, a monster alligator, said to be of
unusual size, rose suddenly right at the
boy and seized him by the thigh. A
desperate struggle ensued-the boy
battled for his life and the alligator
for his prey. 1t so happened that
the bag, which hung by the boys
side, was caught in the ALI
gators mouth with the thigh, and it
proved a sort of shield -lessening greatly
the missions made by the brute's teeth,
and this, perhaps, prevented shock to
his nervous sys EN- which might have
made him succumb without the struggle
which saved him his life. BY an effort
one of those supcrhuman efforts which
come to men only when facing death
, the boy tore his bleeding flesh from the
alligator's jaws. The monster grimly
held to the sack moment with the delu-
sion, perhaps, that he still had his prey
atrording the boy an opportunity to es-
cape.
He had hardly extricated himself from
the jaws of death before the fishermen,
alarmed by the struggle, were at hand,
and another battle ensued. Thirty men,
armed with gigs, poles, pocket-knives
and such other instruments of war as
were at hand, charged upon the
monster b ing in three feet of water the
gator had considerable advantage, but
those men had their blood up and were
not to be outdone. They poled and
punched and harpooned him until the
brute was almost outdone, when one of
the party made bold to seize him by the
tail This was signal for general as
sault. In less time than it would take to
tell it a number of the more daring had
him by the tail and legs. There were
too many of them for the gator to slap
around with his tail, a peculiar mode of
warfare, and he had to give up the fight.
A harpoon was plunged into his mouth,
and then it was safe to approach him
with pocketknives Soon his head was
severed from his body and the victorious
party marched out of the pond with the
monsters head on a pole. ValdOrta GA.
| Times
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

What has Random done that so many
people shoot at him.
Illuminated manuscript "-that which
is burning with wit.
She is out of print now-the woman
who went back ON calico to wear silk.
1t isn't great ways to the end of a
cats nose, but it's fur to the end of its
tail
The skeleton in the closet" was first
discovered when the hoopskirt was in
vented.
1t is hard to tell when lie, mos
quito or delinquent subscriber is going
to settle.
No Zincola. A man does not receive
a back pension because he was shot in
the back.
How woman can keep on talking
while she twists up her back hair and
has her mouth full of hairpins is a mys-
terry not yet explained.
Japan has n weather bureau also, but
it is wise and discreet, and doesn't pre-
dict rain until after the rain has soaked
things for day or two.
When man finds dog collar in a
piece of mince pie he feels little sorry
for the dog, but his sympathies are
mostly concentrated on himself.
People talk about the new moon"
when there isn't any new moon. 1t is
the same old moon with tallow dip
nose, that has been circling around this
world for ages.
The "laving on of hands cure" is not
the failure some persons believe it to be.
Many wise and excellent mother has
used it with great success in the treat
mcnt of refractory offspring.
" There are 400, 900, 600 people upon
the earth at present, according to the
| latest statistics" said Mrs. Smith, look
ing up from the paper "Only think of
it and we havn't had caller for two
days"
She-'I am fond of poetry" He
care YOU. indecdl So am |. Do you
like Burnsln s,he-''No, indeed; they
troubled much with them, as ma does
all the cooking
A physician said loosely to a police
man one evening: Il always feel safe
when | see policeman in the evening,
for there is no danger about YES,
safer than feel when | have a doctor
about was the bright retort
Sniifen lin his own estimation the ris-
ing poet of America: "Ah, do you
know, Miss Bracing, that my fancie;
always come to me in my dreamsF
Miss Bracing: eyes! that is perhaps
why they make other people so sleepy
Sniffen, after moments hesitation con
cludes that it would be well to retire fol
while.
A young lady, evidently impressed
with the idea that she knows all abou
: it, says: IF IA fellow is desperately il
love with girl and is persistent in hi
, efforts to win her, he is sure to gain ms
suit. Widowers understand this point
I and know exactly how to make love anC
> propose, and you will observe they ar
always successful"
Professor Newton says that the eartl
, receives about 5000, 900, 600 of meteor
,, every year, but they only increase tn
size of the earth one inch in 100, 900, 900
; years. This agrees with our observation
, during the past 100, 600, 900 years in re
gard to the increase in the size of tn
earth, though we never counted AS man
e as 3, 900, 600, 600 meteors in one year.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07
FASHION NOTES.


Ruby and topaz Jewels are the most
fashionable this season.
Necklaces of single string of pearls
are fashionable for young ladies.
Dark cloth walking and calling cos
tunes are trimmed with bands of beaver
or black Russian fur.
Snake necklaces with diamond and
ruby clasps are fashionable, but very few
women care to wear them.
Some dainty new handkerchiefs of
finest cambria are embroidered above the
hem in design of wild roses.
White silk grenadine with cords of
pink, blue or crimson chenille is fash
ionabe material to combine with white
silk.
Little misses not yet in their teens wear
the poke or oldf fashioned calash."
{ These are in felt, with soft velvet crowns,
in full velvet, plush, or Ottoman satin.
The large protruding capote is the
shape most generally adopted by New
York women of fashion this winter, on
all occasions when the Fanchon is not adj
missible.
The straight high dog collar is affected
by ladies with long, slender threats.
These dog collars are generally of dark
velvet, stiff, with gold, silver, steel, OF
pearl embroidery.
Ladies who adopt plaided costumes
avoid the corsage made of the vari-col-
ored material, and join to the plaided
skirts Jersey bodice of monochrome
color, matching exactly one of the shades
of the plaid.
Fichus are long rather than square, and
are most frequently formed of lace or
Grape scarfs, which are kept in the shape
of waistcoat by bands and bows of mar
row ribbon, or metal clasps at the throat
and waist line.
The latest brides dresses are trained
and trimmed with a putting around the
bottom over a simulated skirt of broca-
telle. The opening of the upper skirt
showing the brocatelle is fringed with
light sprays of orange blossoms.
A favorite way of making morning.
gowns is to plat the bodice in fine plaits
from the throat, and imprison the waist
in wide belt of velvet fastened by a
silver buckle; the plating below the belt
forms frill that covers the hips.
A pretty walking dress for a little girl
is made of dark royal blue camcl's-hair
cloth. The edge of the underskirt is
trimmed with two tiny ruffles of dark
blue velvet. Above these is set deep
shirred and plated founce of the camel's-
hair goods. The Jersey bodice, of dark
blue stockinette, is trimmed with a
plastron and collar of velvet
The long, ample apron overskirt which
appears on some of the latest French
dresses, is becoming to figures both slen-
der and stout, and is an agreeable change
from the short, bunchy tunics and
paniers now so fashionable. This style
of overdress is suitable for the most cost
ly evening dresses, as well as for cos
tunes for travelling and the promenade.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-07
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Failing to do this we will positively refund the
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80 cents, obtanable from druggists, sent free by
mail on receipt Of price. Stamps taken.
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