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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20
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t. H. HosKINs, Newport. VT, Editor.
THE ARMY OF THE GRASS.

with clover white and clover red,
1t hides the stain where heroes bled,
Its tender secret keeping;
And spreads Its mantle where the dead
In perceful rest are sleeping.
1t finds the graves of blue and gray,
1t comes on decoration day,
With violets and daisies;
1t keeps dead memories green for aye,
Where wild birds sing their praises.
Down the calm vale where waters run,
The grass looks up to greet the sun,
Happy in shining weather;
A million joyous blades, like one,
Rejoice in light together.
The army of the grass is true,
Waving its flowers, red, white and blue,
When called by winds TO rally;
And, like the hosts of Roderick Dhu,
1tsprlngs from hill and valley.
Creeping In silence up the mound,
1t holds Its conquest OF the ground;
Below the captured hill ia;
Its emerald flag embroidered round
With buttercups and lilies.
Like liberty crushed in the dust
BY tyranny, the grass will thrust
The spear that shall discover
The clod, for, like the truth, 1t must
Rise victor by endeavor.
Let flowers of every hue abound
Within the silent camping-ground,
Where rest the brave immortals;
For heaven is near the hero's mound,
And love waits at Its portals.
George ". Bungdy, in Continent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20

If we select from the fifty odd million
people of this country, every successful
man or woman, we shall find them to be
educated in the special branch of labor
Oh business in which they have made a
name or fortune. The successful men
may have been literally educated in all
branches of human learning, but, the
branch most closely connected with his
employment is the one in which he has
axcelled.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20

FRESH DECENTRALIZATION properly
prepared this is a delicious fruit for des-
sert but, as usually served cut round in
slices, it is naught 1t should be carefully
peeled aud all the "eyes taken out in
the morning of the day on which it is to
be used. Leave the topmost plume Of
green leaves, and set the fruit on the dish
in which it is to be served. Then dust
it thickly with powdered sugar and let it
stand until it is to served. Tear it apart
with fork, holding the plume OF green
leaves with the left hand. This mode Of
serving insures the retention of the rich
| inices.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20

order of society," If young man is 60
ing into business, the real question which
he should put to himself is not, Who is
going to serve me Who is going to
make my fortune for me? But the true
question is, What service can render to
others for which they will pay me, because
1 can do something for them better than
they can do it for themselves ?"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20

INDIAN MEAL CRULLERs.-Pour one
and half teacups of boiling milk over
two teacups of sifted Indian meal; stir it
vigorously; when it is cool add two cups
of wheat flour, one cup of butter Cor two.
thirds of cup if you do not care to have
them rich), one and half cups of sugar,
three eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder aud a tablespoonful of nutmeg or
cinnamon. Let this rise till very light
If not stiff enough to roll well, add equal
quantities of meal and -four, roll out in a
sheet about half an inch thick, and cut in
small dimond-shape cakes. Fry in very
hot oil.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20

"M1NIsTER LOWELL is reported under
the weather from govt. His only conso-
lation is the standing one, that it is, at
least, gentlemans disease" So says the
Ploughman. This may do for DIR. Lor-
ing's organ but the cold truth is, that
govt is the disease of wine bibbers only.
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Each Old Subscriber

who presents at one Of the agencies named be-
low receipt for the WATcHMAN up to or
beyond January 1, 1888, and complies with the
conditions of the sale, shall receive the en-
larged WATcHMAN for one year. A WATCH
MAN bearing the subscribers label and indi-
eating that the paper has been paid for up to
or beyond January 1, 1883, is equivalent to a
recent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20
Example!

John Smith has paid for his paper to Feb
ruary, 1882, or James Jones has paid to De-
cember, 1880; either of these subscribers by
paying in full up to January l, 1888, or hey ond,
and by showing his receipt to any of the
dealers named can take advantage of this offer,
and so with any other subscribers in arrears.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20

WE are informed that the report of the
National Academy of Sciences, the delay
of which by the commissioner of agri-
culture has caused so much complaint, is
now slowly passing through the press, and
that it emphatically endorses all of Pro-
lessor Golfers works upon sorghum. No
wonder DR.. Loring has delayed it as long
as he could.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20

IT consists of two pieces of hard wood,
each about ten inches long, sharpened at
one end and having hole bored in the
other. These are to be tied to the legs of
the chickens that infest the gardens. with
the sharp ends of the sticks in such po-
sition that they will drag behind. Then
when the chicken attempts to scratch, the
sharp ends of the pieces of wood will stick
in the ground, and thus walk the chicken
right out of the garden in spite of itself.
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THERE is promise of good fruit year
in the Champlain valley. L. W. Macon
Der writes us from North Ferrisburgh
that plums and peaches have blossomed
full there this spring. Mr.. Macomber
has raised peaches each year for the past
four seasons.
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The Reason Why

the publisher is able to make the above liberal
offer is this: His arrangement with the dealers
named enables him to get from them the price
of the WATCHMAN,-thus advancing at the
same time the interest of the subscriber, the
m archants and the publisher
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-06-20
New Subscribers

Any individual who applies to one of the
agencies designated below and complies with
the conditions of the sale, will receive the en-
larged WATcHMAN for one year.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON said: /" Let the
farmer forevermore be honored in his
calling, for they who labor in the earth
are the chosen people of God"
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The article on Transplanting," in our
issue of May 9th, should have been cred
tied to Green's Fruit. Gro,Cer.
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notice has been taken of the matter else
where and will answer Mr.. Keeps inquiry.
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BoAz of the Bible had his Ruth, but
modern bores are ruthless.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10
Ducking for a Bride.

BALTIMORE, February 26. Horace
Gardell. a colOred stevedore of Balti--
more, who was deeply smitten with
a charming mulatto girl in Philadel-
phia, had for his rival one George
Smith, with an olive-white tint, who
hawks bottles and rags for living.
The maiden regarded both aspirants
with equal favor. Gardell Twin in
Baltimore. Smith had the advantage
of HIM to- a certain extent; but the
latter is not at adj handsome. and
says he can't help "snickeriDg" in a
very Objectionable way when he
looks girl in the face.
On Sunday last the nren came
to- the conclusion that it would
be as well to have the matter fix
ed Up, once for all. GardeA was
especially ciamorous, as he had
just inherited SS9 from the estate Of
a deceased aunt. and wanted some
me TO help spend it. On the. OF her
hand, Smith tried to coanterbalance
this by representing that he was ma
nipuating for corner in the rag and
bottle market. or something of that
sort, and would soon net several dol
lars. Miss Tack, dressed in red and
green, with blue feathers "to match"
told the pair frankly that they we've.
equally ravishing to her eyes, and
that she could not for the life of her
decide which TO marry.
After much discussion as to how
the question should be decided, it
was at last agreed that the one who
coald hold his head in a bucket of
water the longest on three trials
should be the winner. On Saturday
morning this novel contest came off
in the presence of a hundred specta-
tors, who expressed their delight at
the prosp ect before them. Two min
listers were present on the part of the
two contestants. Time was called
and the two woolly heads were sim
uItaDeously ducked into the buckets.
AT tifty-three seconds Smith with
drew, and five seconds later Gardell
did the same. After an interval of a
minute time was again called, and
Smith won by. second. AT the
third trial Gardell made forty-two.
seconds. against forty 10 Smith, who
came up almost dead. 1t was really
"a walk-over" for the Baltimorean,
and Smith felt so miserable that he
said nothing.
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at work in view of the approaching
completion of the East River Bridge.
A leading real estate man tells me
that in nearly every instance where
desirable property is ipvoled rents
will be raised all the way from ten
to twenty-five per cent. OF course in
the language of the proverb the early
bird catches the worm, but in this
case the very forward spectators are
likely to be beaten. Brooklyn never
has been place much fancied by the
average man or woman accustomed
to New York life. The reason why
so many. people have taken to it as a
place of residence was on account of
the comparative cheapness of rents as
compared with New York. When
this inducement ceases to exert its
influence, the sister city will dwindle
down to its proper level.
An old landmark is about to be
doomed. This is the little coffee and
cake saloon in Chatham Square
known as Hitchcock's. For thirty
years it has welded its benign in
huence over the workers down town.
1t never closes. Its patrons. consist
mainly of car drivers and newspaper
men. Here Greeley and Whitelaw
Reid. Raymond and a host of other
Journalists, artists, musicians and ac-
tors. have sat in the small hours of
the morning after the work was over
discussing the events of the day, over
a fragrant cup of coffee and biscuits,
which were white without the use of
arsenic. All famous restaurants have
some one dish for which they are par
ticularly noted. Hitchcock's is noted
for its coffee and cakes, The proprie-
tor has grown wealthy in dispensing
them, and his guests have gained
in happiness. Chatham Square will
scarcely be itself without the light
streaming on the street from his little
cellar.
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The Changes that Have Been Made in
the Internal Revenue.

WASHINGTON. March 5.-The Sec
tions of the tariff bill relating to in
ternal revenue are given in full be-
low. The reduction of special inter-
est are those on tobacco. The confer
ence committee changed the law as it
passed the Senate in only three par
ticulars, the most important being
the change of date when the reduc-
ton of tobacco tax goes into effect
from July 1, 1883, to May 1:
Section 1. That the taxes herein
specified, imposed by the laws now
in force, be, and the same are hereby,
repealed, as hereinafter provided,
namely: On capital and deposits of
banks and bankers and national
banking associations, except such
taxes as are now due and payable,
and on and after the LIST day of July,
1888. the stamp'tax on bank checks,
drafts, orders and vouchers and the
tax on matches. perfumery, medi-
cinal preparations, and other articles
imposed by schedule A, following
section 3,437 of the Revised Statutes !;
provided that no drawback shall be
allowed upon articles embraced in
said schedule that shall be exported
on and after the LIST day of July, 1888;
provided further, that on and after
May 10. 1888, matches may be remov-
ed by manufactures thereof from the
place of manufacture to warehouses
within the United States without at
taching thereto the stamps required
by law. under such regulations as may
be prescribed by the commissioner of
internal revenue.
SEC. 2. That on and after the LIST
day of May, 1888, dealers in leaf to-
bacco shall annually pay S12 +; dealers
in manufactured tobacco shall pay
$40; all manufacturers OF tobacco
shall pay S.; manufactures of cigars
shall pay Sc; peddlers of tobacco,
snuff and cigars shall pay taxes as
follows: Peddlers of first class, as
now defined by law, shall pay $50
peddlers of second class shall pay SIS
peddlers of the third class pay $3.50,
and peddlers of the fourth class shall
pay $3.50. Retail dealers in leaf to-
bacco shall pay $3.50, and 80 cents for
each dollar on the amount of their
monthly sales in excess of the rate of
$500 per annum; provided that farm
I ers and producers of tobacco may sell
at the place Of production tobacco of
their own growth and raising at re-
tail, directly to consumers at an
amount not exceeding 500 annually.
Sec. 3. That hereafter the special
tax of a dealer in manufactured to-
bacco shall not be required from any
farmer, planter, or lumberman who
furnishes such tobacco only as rations
or supplies to his laborers or en-
ployees, in the same manner as other
supplies are furnished by him to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10

capital during the entire winter has
taxed the utmost capacity of our
hotels and boarding houses. The
short sessions usually pass without.
attracting large gatherings, but this
year has been a notable exception.
Indeed this city is growing to be a
great winter resort, where those who
seek to escape the rigors of the frigid.
regions of the north may find an at
mosphere mild and healthfui.
The animosities. hates, and disap-'
pointments ofthe Forty: seventh Con-
gress are over. The largest portion
of those who were active participants
were buried in the great tidal wave
last November. Some had not an
opportunity to make maiden speech.
ere they were called to drop their
honors at the very threshold of a Con-
gressional career they had reason to-
believe was to be long and honorable,
Others who had served their consti--
tuents long and faithfully, whose
names had become household words
among the masses, have been left
with stranded hopes and bitter dis
appointments. The popular will is
as memorable as death, and political
wrecks are abundant everywhere.
These disappointed politicians in
their agony have jaundiced view
of sublunary things, and like the wife i
man of old, who knew how it was to-
be beaten in his political schemes,
cry, "Vanity of vanities, all is van
ity." Something of the effect of
these disappointment cropped out in
scenes upon the floor of Congress dur
ing the last days of the session-in
exhibitions of ill temper and bitter,
ness from which even the nations
legislative halls areunfortunately not
exempt. 1t makes them truly sad );
but the country will live, and it's
great future will sweep on in its un--
disturbed affairs. No man is neceS--
sary in this world. He may be con-
venience'for a brief period, but other
hands can weave the threads of his
tory he lets drop and no break will
be visible in the finished fabric.
JUNIUs.
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represent one of the Democratic OBJ
jections to the measure.
This history of the bill shows that,
should the measure satisfy the coun-
try, the Republicans will deserve the
credit therefore should it prove I'M
satisfactory, they will be responsible.
But there is an aspect of the question
which must be borne in mind. There
can be little doubt that the sentiment
of the country is moving in the direc-
ton of low tariffs. The discussions
before the Tariff Commission were
great public educators in way that
had not been expected. For, mas.
much as the commission consisted
only of protectionists, and sat only to
hear the business interests that de-
mand protection, the clash of these
interests was strongly brought out.
1t was seen that to "protect" raw
material laid a tax on manufacture
to "protect" articles of food, such as
rice and sugar, tax the necessities of
the poor. Thus, while great meet
ing was held in New Yoek in favor
of protecting American labor, very
wealthy monopolists and manufac-
turers sat on the platform, and Mr..
Evarts made a great speech. But
few days later a meetir G of working
men in the same city repudiated the
views Of Mr. Eyarts anlde. ttht The her pro-
tectionists. So rapidly is the change
of political sentiment taking place on
this question that the sO-called tidal
wave of last fall was partly due TO it..
Several prominent Republican pa
pers are leading low.tariff line of
thought. There is, thus, danger
that a sudden change of policy may
not only injure American industries
that have long depended upon pro-
lection, but may precipitate period
of dulness and financial depression
like that of 1873. Even if free trade
were demonstrably perfect, it should
not be hastily applied. A gradual
reduction of the tariff would let down
gently the stimulation, and give OPP
portunity for the various industries
to adjust themselves BEAUTIFULLY to
the new conditions. Upon this ground
the present tariff bill may be strongly
defended. 1t makes substantial re-
auctions, and if on one side these re-
ductions are considered too great, on
another side they are considered toe
slight. The error. if any, is upon the
side of caution. If the experience OF
the present year indicates that further
reductions may be safely made, the
next Congress can make them.-B0l-
tin1Ore american.
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them provided, that the aggregate
of the supplies of tobacco so by him
furnished shall not exceed in guam
THY 100 pounds in any one special tax
year, that is, from the first day of
May in any year until the Both day
of April in the next year; and pro-
vided further, that such farmer, plan
ter or lumberman shall not be, at the
time he is furnishing such supplies,
engaged in the general business of
selling dry goods. groceries, or other
similar supplies, in the manner of a
merchant or a storekeeper, to Others
than his own employees or laborers.
SEC. 4. That on and after May 1,
1888. the internal taxes on snuff,
smoking and manufactured tobacco
shall be s cents per pound, and on
cigars which shall be manufactured
and sold or removed for consumption
or sale on and after the 1st day of
July, 1888, there shall be assessed and
collected the following taxes, to be
paid by the manufacturer thereof:
On cigars of all descriptions, made of
tobacco or any substitute thereof, 50
per 1000; on cigarettes weighing not
more than three pounds per 1000, so
cents per 1000; on cigarettes weigh
ing more than three pounds per 200,
SO per 1000; provided that on az.
orr orr *. Ial and unbroken factory pack.
ages of smoking and MANUFACTURED
tobacco and snuff, cigars, cherOts
and cigarettes held oy manufactures
or dealers at the time such redueion
shall go into effect, on which thu tax
has been paid, there shall be allowed
drawback or rebate of tie full
amount of reduction. But tie same
shall not apply in any case where the
claim has not been presented within
60 days following the date Of the re-
duction, and such rebate to manu-
facturers may be paid in stamps at a
reduced rate, and no claim be allow
ed or drawback paid for less amount
than SO.
SEC. 5. That on and after the pas
sage of this act every manufactures OF
tobacco or snuff shall, in addition to
all other requirements of law, print
on each package, or securely affix by
FASTING on each package containing
tobacco or snuff manufactured by or
for him, label, on which shall be
printed the number of the manufac.
tory, the district and State in which
it is situated, and these words: mo.
tice.-The manufacturer Of this to-
bacco has complied with all the re-
quirements of law. Every person il
cautioned, under penalties of law
not to use this package for tobacco
again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10

The Treasury estimate of internal
revenue receipts. on the basis of the
law before revision, placed the in
come from this source for the fiscal
year 1888 at, in round numbers, ST.
100000 less than last year--a small
difference where the figures are so
large. But now Congress has taken
off all the taxation on banks and
bakers except the tax on National
bank circulation the stamp tax on
bank checks, drafts, matches per-
fumery and proprietary medicines.
The tobacco tax is reduced from Is to
8 cents per pound, cigars and cigar
cites in the same proportion. There
is considerable reduction in charges
on dealers in tobacco. Nobody can
foretell the effect of these reductions
in the rates, for nobody can foresee
their effect on consumption, vari-
able quantity affected by many con-
ditions.
The same uncertainty in a greater
degree makes speculation of less value
with regard to the decrease in Gus
toms receipts, S35, 10000 is the gen.
eral estimate-in all, say, SIS, O0O, 900,
from customs and internal revenue
but two material conditions will con-
troll the result, viz: the effect on home
industries of certain tariff reductions,
and the ability of the people to buy
foreign products. The reciprocal re-
lations between these two considera-
lions are well understood. A single
example will make it palmer: If
the iron and steel industry shall suffer
seriously under the new tariff, so that
wages would be largely reduced, or a
large number of workmen thrown
out of employment, there would be
a falling off in the ability of those
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10

SURE CURE FOR CoRNs.-A. G.,
who has tried it, is authority for the
following: Take one fourth cup of
strong vinegar, crumb finely into it
some bread. Let stand half an hour,
or until it softens into good poul-
tice. Then apply, ON retiring at
night. In the morning the soreness
will be gone. and the corn can be
picked out. IF the corn is very OBJ.
stinate one, it may require two or
more applications to effect a cure.-
Scientific American.