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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
GOSSIP AND

Carnivorous plants that lie in wait for and
entrap unsuspecting insects have long been
known. Now Prof Baird sounds a warning
against a voracions fish-eating plant. The
queer feature of the story is that this bladder,
wort has hitherto been carefully introduced
into the Governments carp ponds as food Tor
the fish, nobody surmising that it makes the
fish its own food. The carp might well COM
plain of misplaced confidence against their pro-
~tectors. An old poet notes that plants are,
with constant drinking, fresh and ialr; but IL
is evident that some OF them also eat fish.
1t is SAID that the Kamtchatkans are dying
out and that the race must soon become eX-
tinct. Kamfchatka is larger than France, and
once had a population OF 10000, but there are
now only 5000 left and the mortality Is great.
The people live almost exclusively on hsh.
The country will not admit of agriculture, and
not a kamtchatkan lives with an income Of
over so year.
Mrs Francis Hodgson Burnett, the novelist,
is familiarity called by her Washington friends
That Lass o Lowrie's," from the book which
has brought her the greatest fame. Ihough
English by birth. she has resided so long IN
this country that she looks upon IL almost as
her native land. Mrs Burnett is still Young,
and wears her blonde hair in such . tanglet nat
il is impossible % tell which end grows on her
head. Dr burnett, her husband, has dark hair
and eyes, very fine features and expression
filled with intelligence and goodness. Their
two children, boys Of eight and ten. are beauti-
full beyond compare, with starry brown eyes
and hair like tawny gold. They live in the
open air Ike young Arabs, perfectly untram-
meled.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
IRISH NANCY.

| Have you heard Nancy's sigh? then you've
caught the sad echo
From the wind harp enchantlngly borne.
| Have you heard the girl laugh! then YOU
heard the first cuckoo
Chant the summers delightful return.
And the songs that poor ignorant country-folh
fancy
The lark's liquid raptures on high,
Are lust old Irish airs from the sweet lips o.
Nancy,
Flowing up and refreshing the sky.
And though her foot dances so soft from the
heather
To the discriminating tussocks Of grass,
1t but warns the bright drops to slip closer to-
gether
To image the exquisite lass;
We've no man left among us, so lost to emo.
ton,
Or s%cornful, or cold to her sex,
Who'd resist her if Nancy once took up the no.
ton
To set that soft foot on their necks.
Yet, for all that the bee flies for h~oney-dew fra
grant
To the half-opened flower Of her lips;
And the butterfly pauses, lie purple-eyed va
grant,
To play with her pink finrer-tips;
From all human lovers she locks up the treasure
A thousand are starving to taste;
And the fairies alone know the magical meas
ure
OF the ravishing round of her waist.
-TAlfred Perceyal Graves.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
JUNE DAYS.

Wave on, delicious days of shower and snlne,
Cool. cloudy morns, and noontides whlte anu
warm,
And ewes that melt in azure hyaline-
Wave to midsummer's long, Lethean caiip'
For all the woods are shrill with stress OF song,
Where soft wings fiutter down to new-puil'
nests,
And turbulent sweet sounds are heard day-long,
AS of innumerable marriage feasts.
The flame of flowers is bright along the plain,
The hills are dim beneath pale, brooding
skies;
And. like a kiss that thrills through every. VEN
The warm wind, odor-laden, stirs and signs
Murmuring like music heard afar by night
From boats becalmed on star-lllumlneo
streams,
Sad as the memory of a lost delight,
Sweet as the voices that are heard IN dreams
Wave, siren days, and break the spell ina
wrings
The burGened breast with underlined regret,
Wayward desires, and vain imaginlngs,
The nameless warning and the idle fret.
Wave on! We wake the love that tempts ant
flies;
And where love is, thence peace departs fui
soon;
But. ah. how sweet love is, cen though 1t dles
With thy last roses, o enchantress June!
-TCharles L Hildreth.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
HUMILITY,

The tender flowers dream not how sweet they
are.
The buttorcup's wee blossom, bright and gay,
That gems the meadows like a golden star,
Twinllllng with dew nj sunny break OF day,
Knows not how fair 10 makes tis qulet spot
My heart 1t knoweth not, II khowelh ho''
Sweet are the roses In the pasture lane
Like flakes OF sunset dropped from some rich
cloud ).
Oh, sweet, indeed, but not win sweetness Sain'
Nor is the pasture OF their presence proud.
Not for themselves they blossom, bud and
They spring to breathe to man the peace OF God.
I never heard n soncster's lay that told
OF aueht but simple Joy and grateful praise.
The oriole, with throat atlame with gold,
Dreams not he Is q charm TO mortal gaze.
No bird to laud himself hath ever sung;
His song is for the flowers he chirps among.
The rainbow streaming DER the silver mist.
with hines "a sdft as morning-glories bright,
Where by tbt&inking lips OF sunbeams kissed,
The airy cloud 5fblnsh into colored Light
Calls not for praise; but in a little while
Hides in the passing storm its modest smiie'
The mountains, round whose brows the stars
Whose peaks arc hoary with eternal snow,
Look up as IL to listen for that voice
That woke creation, centuries ago.
Thinking perchance its might again may rise
And bid their SUBMITS blossom to the skies.
Go ask the eagle soaring round their hight,
And ask the moon that with her beauty, great
Beams on their silent whiteness through the
night, .
Ife'rc they breathe a whisper OF their state :
Unmindful how the praising world admires,.
They point to God and heaven their dazzling
spires,
The sun that fills the skies with summer calm,
The stars that light unmeasured depths OF
space,
| Like distant suns hat flash reflected charms,
When on the night Jehovah turns his face,-
All these in humbleness their glory wear,
| Grateful. not proud, because heaven made them
fair.
O Wanting man, 90 ponder on these things!
Think-what is glory in thy Makers view :
| Who wins the passing praise the old world
sings,
Not always earns the praise of heaven, too;
/ Thou mayst through life thy name with gods
enroll,
Yet bear rebuke of angels in thy soul.
Oh, to be simple in the lives we lead!
To know that what we hold is not our own!
The lily is as modest as the weed,
The mountain humble as the broken stone.
Since man is proud, how wise it is, how Just,
| That death should come to teach us we are
dust!
-[Ernest w Shurtleff in Youths Companion.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
CARNAC, .JR
Oh
VERMONT MAMBRIN0.
This Young Stallion can be seen at the
STABLE OF H. 5. FROST,
RFJJOWS FAILS. VT.

~ @@-f
And will make the season here, from June l,
to Sept l, 1884.
He is now eight years old. Son of the IA
! nous Carnac; dam, Grey Mare Susie, recently
! sold in Norwich, CT, for Two Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars. She is sired by Pathfinder
bv old Morrill-Susie's Ian said to be by
| Witherell's Messenger Pathfinder as is known
is sire of several %trotters, among them Rather
in the $50 class. -.
Carnac (old) as is well known, was one OF II
| not the best bred stallion in New England. No
| borseman can see his colts as they come to full
| maturity, without being compelled to acknowl-
| edge thew are wonderful animals.
Vermont Mambrino Tor Carnac, Jr) is 10 IL
hands, dark bay, black points, no white, full
name and tail, weighs 1850; like his sire, a
wonderfully intelligent horse of best DISPOSE
! ton, magnificent action, very fast; Cat ais sec
! ond drive on the track, he trotted in a fraction
less than three minutes.) His pedigree shows
| him possessed of the best strains of Ashland
Mambrino blood.
For further particulars and full Pedigree send
to me. | however much prefer to see horsemen
and breeders personally, that they may see this
ROYALTY bred, magnificent horse. and see his ac-
ton. .
Terms: so to warrant a foal, payable April
LIST, 1885. There will be no variation from these
terms. [46m2l
III. s. FROST. Bellows Falls. Vt.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
BROAD BROOK.

All hail!
The dainticst fairy of the vale;
She comes,
Tripping DER the messy stones.
Wa ever such a queenly graccf
Was ever such a sunny face2
Was ever such a voice TO swell
Like distant peal Of silver BELL
All hail!
She comes,
The daintiest fairy OF the vale,
Tripping DER the messy stones
The lowers,
Within a thousand wayside bowers
All seek
IN raze upon her dimpling check,
And catch from the enhancing view
The secret of its sunny hue:
And when the magic art is known
To wear its glory in their own.
The flowers,
All seek
Within a thousand wayside bowers
10 coze mon her dimpling check.
The birds
Their sweetest tenderest mystic words
In song
Are chanting by her path along
TO mingl. with her silvery tone
The warbled sweetness of their own,
And catch and trill DER hill and plain
The silvery cadence of her strain.
The birds
In song
Their sweetest, tcnderest, mystlc woros
Are chanting by her path along.
1t lay,
NV home in childhood by her way;
And bright
l seem to see her form Tonight
Tripping with a dainty air
Down the rocky messy stair;
Or with stately queenly mien
Walking through the meadow green
1t lay
And bright
NV home in childhood, by her way,
/ seem to sec her form tonight
-[virgil w Blanchard, M ID
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
PURPORTS TO BE FUNNY.
A Little Nonsense Now and Then IL isei
ishcd by ihe Wisest Men.

Comforting n PGetess.
Put your arms around me, dearest,
Draw me closer to your breast;
/ am sad and very weary,
On your true heart ] would rest.
Minnie @ Ballard.
Don't despair, oh, dearest Minnie,
With your request we will comply;
We will put our arms around you,
And we'l-kiss you on the sly.
-[orange Observer.
Minnie, don't you be uneasy,
Rest your head upon this breast;
But II your ringlets should be greasy,
Don't soil our coat, but grease our vest.
= Richmond Baton.
Minnie darling, don't you do it,
These other fellows won be true;
Come to us oh fairy poetess,
We will see you safely through.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
Miss Maud Howe.

The author of ssThe San Rosario Ranch" has
acouired a great deal of what IS known as
| 0manner'' through moving in the best salons OF
this country and Europe. For SO Young a
Yoman-Miss Howe is not more than y, fiatter-
ers would saw 24-this manner is perhaps some
,rbot oyeraccentuated, and indicates a certain
aonrish of rumpets which the most heavenly
nrdoyved serapbs should avoid. The cOunte-
nance Is wholly indicative of intellectual char
acter. il is frank and open, and includes a chin
of surpassing firDIess. A woman Win such a
chin Is apt to be either obstinate or determined,
and her friends prefer TO call Miss Howe the
letter. ewes of violet-blue look out clearly from
4 white brow and the dark hair throws into re-
I;of The vhiteness of the complexion. 1t would
70 hard to decide whether Miss Howe should
called nretty or fine-looking. The present
ser is inclined to the latter adjective, aud
narbans. his choice strengthened when he
hers that the lady is rather tall. Her
,es not disavow the influence of reigning
and vet 1t is sometimes distinctly
fter the pre-Raphaelite, South Ken
1er. Slashed sleeves. a train fall
" folds, and a suggestion of that
0 the cult, the sun. flower, have
mpose her costume on the oc-
street reunion. But it shonld
{ she was conspicuous by
c reception given beneath
II Oak Glen in honor of
whom, in spite of re-
never was, could or
wv, that the weird
lnal mems tailors,
ust of Nero, and
has led to the
london. there
Newport
.ds; be a;
-ssachusetis,
-pw NorL Nav-
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11

HUMAN RLooD.-On the purity and vitality of
The blood depend the vigsr and health Of the whole
system. Disease OF various kinds is often only the
sign that nature is trying to remove the disturbing
cause. a remedy that gives NE ana Vigor TO the
hlood eradirates s~crofula and other impurities
from il, a. Hoods sarsaparilla undoubtedly does,
must DC ike means Of preventing many diseases
that would occur without its use. sold by dealers.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
gY. HS "A FACT.

Hundreds of letters In orr possession copies OF
which may be had by return mail are our au,hor'
itv for The assertion that skin, scalp, and blood hu-
mors, whether scrofulous, inherited or eoh,as'ous'
SOLVENT the new blood purifier, internally, anu
CuTIouRA and CUTlouRA Soar, the great sk,n cures
and beautifers, externally, in one hall the Time anu
at one.half the expense OF any other heasoh'
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11

Almost every persun has some form Of scrofulous
poison latent In his veins Nhen TINS develops in
scrofolous sor,s. ulcers. or eruptions. or takes the
form of rheumatism, or organic diseases, the suffer
ing hat ensues il terrible beyond description.
Hence the gratitude OF those who discover, a.
thousands yearly do. that Ayers Sarsaparilla viii
thoroughly eradicate this evil from the system.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11

~ delicious combination OF az VIII.
ger. CHOICE Anomalies and the best OF
French Brandy. Vastly superior to all other
gingers, all of which are made OF the strongest al
cohol.
Cures Colds. CiiIls, Feverish and Rheu-
matte symptoms, Ague, Pains and Malaria.
Cures DysPepsti, sick headache, sea SICK
ness. flatulency, cramps, cholera morbus, dysen-
terry. and ills incidental to change of climate.
A EYurs &tSEnuiant without alcoholic re-
action, deliciously favored, purely medicinal,
SanfOTd'. Ginger overcomes exhaustion, al
laws nervousness, promotes sleep, eradicates a GRAY,
ing for intoxicants, and strengthens those reduced
by disease, debility and dissipation.
Beware of all gingers SAID to the same or as good
as Sanford's. Avoid mercenaiy dealers, who for a
few cents extra profit try to force upon you their
own or others when you call for Sanford's Ginger.
Sold by all druggists, grocers, etc.
POTTER DRUG N CHEMICAL Co, BOSTON.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
ApMnNR is THE TIME
N1N TO CURE
wv SKIN HUM0RS.- N '

TT a. n, mi, season when the pores open, lieeiy
IA ~ atbe norsniration Is abundant that dislgur-
mo hnmors, humiiiating eruptions, itching orlures'
All rheam or eczema, psoriasis, letter, ringworm
baby humors, s%crofula, scroinlo 0as so sneeies Of Itch
Inv ~ scnlv and pimply Diseases of the skin aha scnlp
an ! most speedily and economically cured oy inc
nrrrr nrMEnIES.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11

Quinsy troubled me for twenty years. Since
I started using DIR Thomas EelectrIe OIL, have
not had an attack. The on cures sore throat
at once. Mrs Letta Conrad, standish, Mich,
Oct "a, 50.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
Grea,tasT on Earth.

CrrrcuRA REMEDIES are the greatest medicines
on earth, Had the worst case salt rheum III ihls
country. My mother had 1t twenty years, ana III
fact died from it. l believe CUTicuRA wouia naso
covered for three years, which nothing relieved OF
cured until / used tho { uTIouRA REsoLvENT inter-
nally, and CurIoURA and CuTIcuRA SOAR eS.er-
noiiyy w j w ADAMS, Newark, ..
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11

al the attention Of our lady readers 70 the
af.emeut in our columns Of James pyle-s
airline. for laundry and kitchen purposes An
article 20 regular and widely circulated, must pos
( So. merits thst commend II 10 the favor Of house.
keepers.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
Great Blood Medicines.

The half has not been told MS TO the grea' 1u. ro
Maid hundreds of dollars for medicines to cure DIS
eases of the b God and skin, and never round any
thing vet to equal the CUTIcURA REMEDIES.
Providence, RI. CHAs y WiLliA"o'
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
Ayers S~arsaparina.


Six months ago l was completely covered with
a terrible humd r and scrofulous sores. h
humor caused an incessant and intolerablo
itching, and the skin cracked so as to cause
the blood to flow in many places whenever
/ moved. My sutferings were great, and my
life a burden. l commenced the use of the
SARsAPARILLA in April last, and have used
it regularly since that time. My condition
began to improve at once. The sores have
all healed, and l feel perfectly we'll in every
respect being now able to do a good days
work, although 70 years of age. Many inquire
what has wrought such a cure in my ease, and
1 tell them, as I have here tried to tell you,
AYERS S~ARsAPARILLA. Glover, VT, Oct.
81, 1882. Yours gratefully,
HIRAM PHILLIPS"
AYERS SARsAPARILLA cures ScrOfula
and all Scrofulous Complaints, Erysip-
elias, Eczema, Ringworm, Blotehes,
Sores, Boils, Tumors, and Eruptions OF
the Skin. 1t clears the blood of all impu-
rites, aids digestion, stimulates the action of
the bowels, and thus restores vitality and
strengthens tho whole system.
PREPARED BIZ
Or. J c. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by ail DRUGGISTS; 81, six bottles for 81.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
Cr7ra in Every Case.

cure III LIVELY 0WVO'
Your CuTIouRA REMEDIES outse all otner meu,
icines keep for skin diseases. My customers anu
patients say they have effected a cure III every :"
AM " INV BRocKwAY, MD.
r,o,bl;n E,;ls. N II.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
1l!hi,> 90

10 IS uNAcouAlnTro WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS ccuN-
ley Will SEE ~ EXAMINING ThIs MAP THAI Ihs
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-12
SANS SISTER JESSIE.
ISan Francisco GALL

There is young man in Oakland
who has Young sister by the name ot
Jessie, who was sent to a fashionable
school for young ladies. He said when
she left home he wondered if she would
acquire the airs and affcctations that
certain Young ladies that he knew, had
by attending the fashionable seminary.
After being there year he began to
tiatter himself that his sister was proof
against such nonsense, when he re-
ceived letter signed "Jessica,' in
stead of Jessie, rs heretofore. In an
swering he wrote something like this:
Dear Sister Jessica. Your welcome
letter received. Mammaica and papaica
are well. Aunt Muryicu aud Uncle
Georgia. started for the Santa Cruz
Mountains yesterday. Have bought Il
new horse; it is u beauty; it is named
Maudica etc. Your atfeclionafe broth
| er, Samica" The next letter was
signed Jessie.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-12
MARX TWAIN ON BEEOHER.
From the Buffalo Express.l

The great preacher never sleeps with
his clothes on. Once, when remon-
strated with upon the singularity of
his conduct IN this respect, and the
pernicious effect the example might
possibly have upon the younger mem
bers of his congregation, he replied
with the frank and open candor that al
ways characterized him, that he would
give worlds to be able to rid himself of
the custOm-amd added that the an
guish he had suffered in trying to break
himself of the habit had made him old
before he was ninety. Mr.. Beecher
never wears his hat at dinner. He
not Immediately break down ones COLI
stitution, but is slow and sure. He
knows one case where the man persist
ed in the habit, in spite of the tears
and entreaties of his friends, until it
was too late, and he reaped the due re-
ward of his rashness-for it carried
him off ut last ut the age of LOG. Had
the man listened to reason he might
have lived to be comfort to his par
ents and 4 solace to their declining
years.
Mr.. Beecher never swears. In all
his lite prOfaue expression has never
passed his lips. But if he were to take
it into his head to try it once he would
make even that disgusting habit seem
beautiful-he would handle it as it was
never handled before, and if there was
a wholesome moral lesson hidden away
iu it anywhere he would ferret it out
and use it with tremendous effect.
Panoplied with his grand endowments
his judgment, his discriminating
taste, his felicity of expression, his
graceful fancy-if Mr.. Beecher had a
mind to swear he could throw iuto it
any amount of poetry and pathos, and
splendid imagery and moving earnest
ness and resistless energy, topped off
and climaxed with gorgeous pyro-
technic aud cOnflagration and filigree
and fancy swearing that would astonish
and delight the hearer and forever af-
ter qniver through his bewildered
memory All exquisite confusion of rain
bows and music and thunder and
lightning. A man Of high order Of in
tellect and appreciation could sit and
listen to Mr.. Beecher swear for week
without getting tired.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-12
upon them, until, as Mr.. Rust suggests.

upon them, until. as Mr.. Rust suggests,
4 large proportion OF breeders nave
come TO regard the Seventeen cross,
while representing 10 special type OF
it's own, as opening the door to great
many uncertainties, some OF when
might not be desirable, although pure.
And it seems there must be some such
reason: for there are numberless breed
ers who insist as strenuously as posi-
BILE that the Seventeens are pure bred
and that any prejudice eX-
isting against them is an unjust one,
and, at the same time, stndiously avoid
the introduction OF drop Of that blood
into their own herds
But whatever the reason for it. the
fact exists, and it is quite proper that
new beginners should understand that
If they propose to make their business
the rearing of stock, to be selected as
crosses upon differently bred herds,
they will not be able to sell the animals
showing Seventeen blood. But If
they expect to rear cattle for general
purposes, for use on the farm, for bulls
for the rauchman or for the farmer, then
the Seventeen" blood is not particle
of objection to any otherwise good an
imal. They contain among their num-
ber, and there can be bred from them
with proper care, as good beasts and as
fair to look upon as can be found any
where. And they are now in price,
not above that which precludcs any
farmer from making start in thorough
bred cattle. for farm cattle. And in
view Of this fact, that it has broug Int
good thoroughbred cattle within the
reach of the great mass of general
farmers, we are sometimes disposed to
regard the estimate with which profess
sionai breeders regard the Seventeens
as not entirely devoid of compensa-
tiOns. But no one should expect 10 buy
the cheapest grade of cattle i'll the
market, and work their produce off at
the prices current for other grades,
simply because no one can assign
valid reason why there should be diff
ference in value. Buy according to the
purpose for which the cattle are to be
reared, and stand by that, and good
Seventeens will bring no disappoint-
lnclt.