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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
Ellis TinkIIam.

Ellis Tinkham, who died in Pomfret on
the 81 ult., was the olde native inhabi
tant of the town. Born January 18th
| 1898, his life covered period O
mole than four fiflhs of the life of tb+
town from its first settlement, and he wa,
familiar with and was himself a part oil
almost its entire history.
He married Lydia Leonard Novem her
Is h, 1915, and began his family life on
The farm on which he died and which was
then forest. At that time and for some
years after there was no post office in
town Letters were rarely sent or received
and small weekly newsp ,psr was the
only periodical publication 10 be had, and
very few of the people aspired to even
hat luxury When little store was
opened by Nathan Snow in what is now
North Pomfret. the only means of trans
portation TO and from Boston was by
teams and often of oxen, driven the whole
| distance.
Most of this teaming was done in the
winter, when the farmers could best spare
their time and teams to do it, and Mr..
Finkham often drove an OK team to Bos-
ton loaded with produce, taken for goods,
and loaded back with merchandise for the
store. On one of these trips, as he has
told the writer, he started with new pair
of boots, which proved TO be too small,
and taking them off, put on an extra pair
of stockings and travelled the whole dis.
lance with nothing more on his feet. He
lived to see ind enjoy, for many years,
the days of railroads, teegraphs, daily
mails and daily newspapers, and could
appreciate the wonderful change.
Deacon Tinkham was unassuming and
never desired 10 occupy public positions.
but he was good citizen aud neglected
none of his duties as such. To the church
and the town his exemplary life was a
model. II any man ever fully sCcceeded
in glowing his neighbor as himself he
did; and he certainly did obey, to the
fullest extent, the command to olive at
peace with all men,"
Neither the intervention of courts or
referees were ever required TO settle mat
tiers of difference between him and his
fellow men, for no one ever claimed that
Deacon Tinkham had wronged him.
His honesty, sincerity, humanity and
gentle nature were always conspicuous
traits, and his even, peaceful life was like
the gentle stream without falls or rapids,
and its flow % quiet as scarcely to be
noticed, except for the verdure of its
banks.
His stalwart form remained erect, his
mind clear aud his memory unimpaired.
He retained, in remarkable degree, his
youthful spirits, and cheerful and genial
10 The last days of his long life, his COM
pany was always enjoyable by the young
AS well as old. The present generation
will cherish his memory with almost filial
aft ction.
He leaves one son, o. NJ, editor of the
agricultural department Of the GREEN
MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, who resides on the
old homes cad. C.M
Pomfret, October, 1888.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31

n'peIier, assisted by chorus Of AZ
voices OF the b,st talent from this aud
nelghhorlng towns. Among some Of the
celebrates that will DO present. MY he
mentioned Mrs. c. V. Spencer of NJ ush
field. Mr.. F. w. Bancroft of Montpelier,
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Perry of IRE,
Mr.. IL. Z. Whittier of Cabot and many
others. We bespeak for the enterprise a
generous patronage as the object ia very
worthy one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31

A PRIZE Send SIX &c for postage, and reco;-o
fp you th @ fight than T anSth WI
r h, Thc road road e to eortr5s succeed from
81, FT9Gtely sure. At o1ce address TRnrfe
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31

| All hard workers are subject 10 bilious atlIri
whirh may end in dangerous illness. Pa,k'I'.
Ginger Tonic Will keep the kidneys mi liver ar
tive, and by preventing the attack save much sick
ness, loss Of time and expense.-[ Detroit Press
There is untold suffering among the fair sex
which Wheat Biters will relieve a nd turn weakness
into strength.
"a CELEBRATED CASE"
1t seems probable hat Mr.. Michael OConnor, Of
Galesburg, H., is not related TO the celebrated
Charles oConnor. II c says: "Samarit'n Nervinc
cured me of dyspepsia an d general debility" i4wl
Intelligence has been received that Simeon S
Bishop, tho husband of Dr.. julia L. Bishop {.
Bennington, committed suicide by hanging at
Middlebury, Ind, October Goth. His identity was
traced by letters found in his possession. He wen
west about three weeks ago, and acted stFang ely
ut the time.
"Wheat Bitters.' A powerful invigorator in
cases of weakness AMI debility, and is unequ He'd
in Female Complains. Price Sl.O0 bottle. iiwl
There are people who think railroad to the top
Of MI. Equinox would be paying investment. II
would need to he only one.thrd as long as the
railroad to the top Of Mt. Washington and woud
not cost more than onerfourth as much. 1t would
he big attraction for Manchestor.-[M Man chester
Journal.
Excessive use of alcoholic drinks cured by
Wheat Bitlers, prepared by solution and not by
fermentation.
STRENGTH FOR MIND AND BODY.
There Is more strength restoring power in bot
tie of Parker's Ginger Tonic than in bu shel Of
malt or gallon of milk. This explains why Inva.
lids find it such wonderful invigorant for mind
and body. See other column. t3wl
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
SANDWICHES
NO WOMAN

is beautiful with bad skin, covered with pimples
freckles, moth or tan. have been asked many
times what will remove these unsghty blemishes
No face powders or paint will remove them,as they
are caused by impure blood. The only sure rem
edy have ever seen is sulphur Bitters and in
hundred DIS of cases have never known them to fail
-TEditress Fashion Gazette. 43w2
The Fall Mountain paper company of Bellows
Falls have leased their boarding house on the
island to II. g. Moore of Lowell.
That poor bedridden, invalid wife, sister r, mother
or daughter. can be made the picture of health by
few bottles OF Hop Bitters viii you let them
suffer? when so easily cured 43w2
Robert Meader of Danville, who was sent to
state prison year ago last June for three yea RS,
on account of PEI Jury. has been pardoned out.
From Col j. Maidhof, of New York: "a have
suffered severely for the last ten years from Hay
Fever in early and midsummer and in the fall.
desire in the interest of my fellow sufferers 10 tes-
tfy in favor Of Ely's Cream Balm. My short use
of 1t demonstrated 1t efficacy. j. MAIDHOF,
43w2 40l Broadway.
George p Hardy, who has been confined 10 the
house in West Randolph for tho past FIVE weeks,
has far recovered from his sickness as to be able
to walk out.
Mr.. q. johnson, No. !. Faneu II Hall Market, Bos.
ton, says; Elis's SPAWN Cure is all you claim for
1t. 1t cured my horse of SPAWN. It always does
that, reader. 43w2
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
BUSINESS NOTICES

\ big stock of ribbons at Websters.
A new lot OF lace curtains at Webster's.
Get kid gloves, either button or lacine
that are warranted and Mosquetaire kic
alove for IS cents at Websters.
An extra fine lot of white underwear
for ladies', also large stock of Hamburg
edgings at Websters.
Politicians are hunting for tho man
that will get the most votes and that cal
be early approached but the people arr
looking for the pace where they get thu
most goods Tor the least money and the,
sometimes sell goods cheap at Wehster's
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
D e A T Fl S

> = = - - =
IN Montpelier, October eth FRANCIS LABER-
SHIRE, Sr., aged 81 years.
In Berlin, DC ober %. by Rev. A. Ladd, Mr. GEORGE
W. LADD, and Miss LUCY DEWEY, both of Berlin.
In Barre, October "a, DUDLEY TAFT, aged 70 earr
In Barre. October 90 FRANK VI. BENJAMIN a-ed
90 years. $500
In East Montpelier, LOREN GRAY aged "a years.
In Chelsea. October g. S TEPHEN VINCENT, ared
81 years.
In Bethel. October a. JOHN TAYLOR ROOD, aged
SO years and three months
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
ELY'S
Cream Balm

has gained m envlab,r
'erutation W h revp,
nown displariDg al.
ther preparations. An
rt j ! c OF undonbted
merit,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
GUARDIANS NOTICE,
WILLIAM DEWEY S ESTATE,

The IN lersivned having been aprointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Washing
ton Commissioners to receive, examine and adjust All
claims and demands of all persons aEalnst the estate
deceased and all clans exhipied n onset t thereto
nForesaid, at late residence of WI Dewey, N
Berlin, Oh The 18th day of November, 1888 and ieth
/ O'clock. p. NJ each Of said days, and that six
months from the 18TH day Of October Al y, 49, II
TO present their claims to us for examination and
dated at Berlin, this ed day of october. A. D.
lssl -.....z
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
Che 9reemam.
MONTPELIER VT,
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 81, 1883.

We desire to make the FREEMAN particulrly valuA b,
orlts news from all parts of Vermont, and fried
different parts of the State especially in washirg
ton, Orange and Lamoille Counties will confer Rref
favor upon us and our readers by sendinRus loca
Intelligence. Giveus facts and we will arrange then
the parer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
Cetawoyo, the Zulu king. is still alive
"MADE NEW AGAIN"

MRS WIN. u. RYCKMAN. ST. GATHERINGS, Ont
saws: ar. v. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y, | have used
your Pavorite PRESCRIPTION, Golden Medical
the last three months and End myseli-(what shall
say)-"made new again" arc the only words h hal
express It. was reduced to a SKI Teton, could moi
walk across the floor without faintng, could kceu
nothing In the shape of food on nv stomach
Myself and friends had given up ali hone, nv
immediate death seemed certain. / now live ia
the surprise of everybody and am able TO do my
own work"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31
A weather prophet from somewhere in

/ A weather prophet from somewhere in
tn south has thought it necessary to fore
te hat the 9th of November will be a
pretty cold day but fails to finish his
prophecy by naming the party which will
get left"
IF the young band of "United birds and
brothers that has been caught counter
feiting in the Green NJ nln aims h I'D been
started in life as the 'United shingles and
brothers, and then continued as The
faithful knignls of the hoe" they wou Id
not now be fugiiives from Justice
| Springfield Republican.
Popular Science Month'u says that II
ever The great worlds do come crashing
together, "their energy of molar motion
will be converted into various forms Il
molecular and potential energy" All,
yes! now we understand. Something of
that same kind recently happened in
| Ohio.-Burtangton HaWEeye.
Some OF the people of Lakevile, Conn.
appear to be stirring up useless and
unnecessary excitement on sectarian
| issues. L ne COulesl UtShu over tile uSuTc
of Christ as crucified, which the Catholic
priest had raised in front of his church.
Tie figure was offensive to part of the
people, but the priest would not remove
| it on their protest. Then came the de-
mand to dismiss Catholic employees, and
Catholics declined TO purchase goods of
parties who opposed the crucilix. Now
the women have held meeting to form
combination against the Catholic servant
girls (who are not responsible for any
part of the quarrel) and the women
propose to import colored servants.
The Louisville Courier-JournaI says
that it is fact not generally known that
Georgia and Mississippi are the strictest
temperance states in the Union. A gen.
tleman who has spent several months in
those states said recently: There are
eighty seven counties in Georgia where a
man cannot buy, beg or steal a drink of
whisky, and none can be purchased in the
! state except in some of the larger town.
People are fanatical on the subject, and
in Mississippi they have gone to such an
extreme that they tax billiard tables $1,000
apiece, under the opinion that they are a
device for the encouragement of drinking
There are only few foreign-born citizens
in the state, and the native American
voters enact laws satisfactory to them
selves"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-31


O!ice, october 27,ISS3.
LADIEs-Mrs. Alice d. Colby, Miss Ella NJ Eukee
Miss Fannie Munro, Miss Katie Ramsey.
GENrLEMEN VIM. A. Young, S. J. Atkins, Oliver
Blinn, W. II Blodgett, G. s. Daley, 0. II Irish D. NJ
Lane, D. W. Ramsde, Sammie Rowe. Willie smith W
Fl. Stevens, Albert o. Thayer, Wnito x BROS, f. q
Wheeler Marvelle c. Weber.
!E- 70 obtain these letters persons must give the
above date.
j. S PECK p NJ
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Brother Gardner on Ingersoll

Detroit Free Press.
Elder Penstock arose to inquire if any
member of the club had heard whether Bob
Ingersoll was to lecture this winter or not
No one seemed to have heard anything about
it, and the reverend member requested that
the secretary be instructed to write to Inger-
soil direct and ascertain.
What am de object?" queried the presi-
dent
Il propose dat dis club take steps to prove
dat dar' am a hereafter fur the soul"
You do, eh? If de pusson who denies SIGH
a theory am a fool, de pusson who sots out
to prove what seben-eights of de world al
ready believes am mex doah to all idiot. Sot
down an save yor breaf"
But it am my dooty as a Christian man
to controvert IngersolPs arguments"
1T am your dooty as a Christian man to
let Bob Ingersoll have all de rope he wants!
If you has gotde proper faith he can't hurt
We. If your belief won't stan an attack den
it am too weak to stan alone. IT. after men
and women have believed in God am here
arter an heaben for six thousand years a
lawyer wild a snub nose an voice like dog
barkin' in a bar'l kin come along an scare
em into fits, somebody had better 90 to work
an plug up de knot holes and put new rivets
in de jints,"
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THE TAYLOR MONUMENT.
The Shaft Erected to the Memory of Ex-
President Zachary Taylor

The Shaft Erected to the Memory of Ex-
President Zachary Taylor.
Louisville Commercial.
The monument stands near the center of
the Enclosure, to the southeast of the old
family residence, browning knoll surround
ed by a scene of quiet rural beauty, in which
orchards and meadows, woodlands and fields
OF waving corn combine to give color to the
picture. 1t is amid these sights of all the tri-
umphs of peaceful arts of life that the war;
worn hero sleeps as he himself wished to do.
The shaft is quadrangular; of unpublished
gray granite, and bears on its south face,
midway from the crenelated top, a large
bronze medallion of President Taylor, sur
rounded by laurel wreath cut in the granite
face. Thirty feet above the pedestal, which
was draped by large garrison flag, stood
the marble statue of the veteran soldier, of
heroic size, representing him clad in the old
uniform of his beloved Profession and stand
ing erect, with his right foot advanced and
firmly planted, his right hand resting upon
the hip and chapeau and sword held in the
left. The barred head is turned slightly to-
ward the right and wears an expression OF
heroic composure. In the rear of the figure
is dismounted cannon, deeply planted to
the trunnions, mouth downward. As a work
of art andfor its fidelity to nature the statue
is worthy of all praise.
On the south face, near the base of the
shaft carved in bold relief, are the dying
words of the President:
have endeavored to do my duty: am ready
to die. My only regret is for the friends [ leave
behind me.
Below the shaft is a square pedestal of the
same pale gray granite, and unpublished, ex-
cept for narrow lines of ornamentation at
the edges. The north front bears the coat of
arms of the United States in bas-relief the
west has the words
PALO ALTO,
RESACCA DE LA PALMA
MONTEREY,
BUENA VISTA.
On the east side are the names of battles in
which General Taylor was engaged in this
country:
FORT HARRISON,
BLACK HAWK.
OKEECHOBEE.
The southern face bears the inscription:
Major-geReral Zachary Taylor.
Twelfth President
of the
United States,
Born Nov. "a, 1884
Died July 9, 1850"
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Chambord's Widow.

Lucy hooper = Lotler
What an idiot the Countess de Chambord
has made of herself by the insult she has put
upon the brave, intelligent and manly prince
who, by her husbands own recognition, as
well as by the laws of descent was the Counts
heir to whatever rights Henry possessed to
the throne of France! The Count de Paris
has acted with the dignity becoming his char
acter and his position, and the slight thus
put upon him by the bigoted, narrow minded
old lady who, by the grace of God was never
Queen of France, has only served to endear
him the more to the Royalist party. The
fact of the matter is that the Countess de
Chambord, nee Maria Theresa of Modena.
was the daughter of that Duke of Modena
who alone, of all the princes of Europe, re-
fused to acknowledge Louis Philippe as
King of France Hence her dislike
to the grandson of that King and
% the whole house of Orleans as we'll More
over, she is completely under the dominion
OF Don Carlos, that arch plotter who has
IDEAS OF putting forth his pretensions to the
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crown of France, not being able to obtain
that of Spain, and who, as the husband of
the Count de Chambord's favorite neice has
always had good deal of influence with the
family. However, after all, the whole affair
wears very much the aspect of tempest in
a teapot. The action of the lady has done
the Count de Paris no harm, and the insult
she has put upon the French nation in pre-
ferring the Italian and Austrian princes as
chief mourners at her husbands funeral to
the representative of the French royal house
can do her 10 harm. She never was a French
woman, either by ideas or adoption. She
will probably retire into a convent, and
never will be heard of more till the Legiti-
mist papers of France announce the death in
her retirement of the august widow of
Henri V
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who Killed Rose Ambleeq

Detective in Philadelphia Times
Nov, you want my theory. Well, it is
probable that the woman had another adj
mirer. believe that it was to meet him
that she always returned home alone from
her visits to Lewis. She met this man on
that Sunday evening, and they walked up
and down the road for some time. Then they
auarreled, and he pinched her or slapped her
face. She threatened to shout or did So
and in his efforts to stop her cries the man
seized her roughly. Then it was she
screamed murder, and was choked to Insensi-
bility in mad impulse to avoid scandal
The man was married. I should not go out
of Stratford to look for him. Had he been
young man, and single, he would have told
her to shout all she wanted to. The Grim e
belongs to class known rs accidental muir
ders." Much stress has been placed on the
TACT that no attempt was made to hide the
body. This is very silly"
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ouinine from Gas-Tar.

The last contribution OF modern chemis-
try to science is the production of quinine
from gas-tar. Professor Fischer, of Munich,
has succeeded in obtaining from distilled
coal white crystalline powder, which, as
far as regards its action on the human sys-
tenn, cannot be distinguished from ouinine,
except that it assimilates even more readily
with the stomach Its efficacy in reducing
fever heat is said to be remarkable, even
rendering the use of ice unnecessary The
importance of such discovery as this, con-
sists, not so much in the actual fact achieved
as in the stimulus given to scientific research
by the opening up of a new channel of in
vestigation. The romance of gas-tar is evl-
IDENTIFY far from being exhausted. In addi-
ton to the sweetest scents, the most
brilliant dyes, the most powerful disinfect-
ants, and even prussic acid, are some of the
numerous and wonderful products of its de-
composition
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THE KEY FAMILY.

The Tombs and Epitaphs of a Well-Kuown
Family.
Gath in New York Tribune.
At Frederick City, Nd, one of the few
towns in the world which stand at the center
OF fertile and populous country and yet
are not large, is a public cemetery on the
the turnpike to Washington city. This Gem
etery is on the top of hill, and from 1t can
be seen, looking toward Washington, the
Sugar-loaf mountain and its accompanying
range. Toward the west can be seen the Ca
toctin mountain, which rises nearly 1000
feet. In the east are visible the Lnganore
hills, about which lady teaching a seminary
at Frederick has written poem much praised
at Frederick. The Frederick cemetery makes
small pretensions, but has good shade, good
paths and pleasant grass. If a man knew
that the author of The Star-spangled Ban
ner" was buried there, he would probably
spend half day looking for his tomb. The
tomb itself is mere slab, two or three feet
high, inscribed:
Francis Scott Key.
Born August 8. 1850.
Died January IL, 1913,
Right beside this gravestone is another,
simple like itself, and probably worth, at the
present rate of such grave-stones, about 500
the lettering at so much letter. This sec
ond stone says:
Mary Taylor Key.
Born May Goth, 1894
Died May 18th, 1859.
1t therefore appears that Mr.. Key was about
thirty-four years old when he wrote THE
Star-spangled Banner" His wife survived
him sixteen years and died five or six
months before John Brown struck Harper's
Ferry, in the neighborhood OF her home,
A little in the rear of the tOmbs OF the
elder Key and his wife is another small mar
bic stone, hardly three feet high, carrying the
inscription:
Francis Scott Key.
Born October z, 1906.
Died April 4, 1866.
This, hear, was the son of the author OF
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
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Another Possible Corner.



Rufus Hatch, who was clerk in store at
Rockford, ILL.,, thirty years ago, paid flying
visit to that town on Sunday. He went to
the old church and played the old organ
that he used to play over quarter of q
century ago. Jay Gould has been telling
about how he prayed for heavenly wisdom.
Now, Uncles Rufus goes in and worships at
the little old church at home. Something is
up, and two to one it is corner on religion
and a freeze-out for all who do not take
stock in it.
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Gnth New York SpecaI
would not be surprised to find, at no
distant day general check called on for
eign emigration To these shores, attended
with rapid citizenship here. That would not
be so much in the nature ola Know-nothing
movement at present as movement of both
the naturalized and native citizens. When
they are supporting their paupers in many
parts of Europe by turning them into
American citizens it is worth stopping to
consider whether citizenship here is not too
cheap.
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An Arrangement in All Offices.

Louisville Courier-Journal
The exchange fiend has to climb sixty-fiv
steps to reach the editorial rooms OF the Bos-
ton Post. BY the time he gets to the TOP, he
is so out of breath that the smallest writer
easily wipes up the floor with him.
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Burnett's Cocoaine

Promotes a Vigorous and Healthy Growth of the
Hair.
1t has been used in thousands of cases where
the hair was coming out, and has never failed to
arrest its decay.
Use BUnNErPs FLAvORISG ExTRACTs-the
best.