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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-30
KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to Scrofula
because of superstition that it could be
cured by kings touch. The world Is
wiser now, and knows that
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-30
2.-AmputatiOnS.

1-Behead and curtail a vagabond and leave
an animal
2-Behead and curtail sparkles, and leave
scattered rubbish.
3-Behead and curtail provision, and leave
an article used in boating.
4-Behead and curtail frightened, and leave
anxiety. EVA III.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-30
Father is Getting Well.

Father is Getting Well.
MY daughters say:
How much better father Is since he used Hop
Bitters."
He is getting well after his long suffering from
disease declared incurable,
And we are so glad that he used your Bitters."
LADY Of Utica, N. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-30
5.-Hidden Miscellany.

IA useful household article. 1t is in the
house just over the way
PAN article of food. See:him eat 1t.
"a domestic animal. This Is the sixth or
seventh one have seen to-day.
"A public building. There are many in
New York state.
ga mineral. Many metal can exceed it
In hardness.
GA piece of money. The two once had
made sweet music, entertaining me as they
jingled
IAN aid to the sight. / well am pleased
with 1t.
8-Familiar talk. And such talker, too!
9-The writer's assistant. Only think what
he would do without 1t.
10-A tree. For shade tree, many surpass it.
ll-Real estate. Peaceful and contented
should its owner be.
ia part Of the body. 1t may be the in.
strument of either benefit or of harm.
ia color | will agree not to speak OF II
oftener than you see it.
IA weapon. Many mans words are far
sharper.
15-The last. And will endeavor to make
1t brief. LIZARD AMPERsAND.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-30
4.-DiamOnd Puzzle.

IA letter.
"A military title abbreviated.
3-Geometrical solids.
4-Bodices.
5-To urge.
6-Looking obliquely.
IA small table.
8-Three-ffths of siege.
ga letter. EVA II.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-08
SWISS GIRLS.

No sooner are the girls large enough to
possess the requisite physical strength than
they are set to the most servile work the
land affords. The child has pannier-baskei
fitted to her shoulders at the earliest posi-.
BILE moment, and she drops it only when old
age, premature but merciful, robs her OF
power to carry it longer. have seen sweet
little girls, of 10 or ID, staggering down q
mountain side, or along rough pathway,
under the weight of bundles Of fagots as
large as their bodies, which they no sooner
dropped than they hurried back for others.
/ have seen girls of Is or 16 years, bare
footed and bare-headed, in the blistering
rays of an August sun, breaking up the
ground by swinging mattocks heavy enough
to tax the strength Of an able-bodied man.
And have known young miss no older
than these to be employed as porter for
carrying the baggage of travellers up and
down the steepest mountain path in all tho
region round about. She admitted that il
was sometimes very hard to take another
step, but yet she must do il. And she car
ried such an amount of baggagei A stout
limbed guide is protected by the law, 80
that no cannot be compelled 10 carry above
twenty-five pounds, but the limit to the
burdens often put upon girls is their in
ability to stand up under anything more.
But the burden increases with tho age and
strength Of the burden-bearers, till, by tho
time girls have como to womanhood, there
is no sort Of mental toll in which they do
not bear hand and quito commonly tho
chief hand.
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A SILLY FEAT.


Two Of the most silly things person can
10 are TO swim across the Channel and to
cross il in balloon. The former is an in
stance of misdirected muscularity; the lat
Ter has not even this TO be said in its favor.
Colonel Burnaby padded his own balloon,
but since thcn every few months we have
a foolish person, eager for notoriety, hiring
q balloon and an aeronaut, and trusting to
favorable wind to watt him over to France.
His intention is announced in tho papers.
Later on there Is an account Of how the
balloon was filed with gus Gas though gen.
orally they were filed with sand), and then
u last telegram comes in hot haste 10 in
form the world that the balloon has come
down in French village. This in its turn
Ia generally supplemented by recital by
the passenger of what he thought aud what
he did when up in the clouds. 1t Is in
yariably tho same, The ships look very
small the balloon rises, then II falls some-
times 1t remains still, and 1t hovers over the
French coast. The passenger thinks that It
is going again out to sea, but IL does not
the French villagers are surprised, but eager
TO render assistance the balloon bumps
finally 1t is packed up and passenger and
seronaut find their way to o railway station
and return from whence they came. II this
trip amuses an individual by all means let
him cross and recross the Channel In bal
loon every day, but it is about time that we
should cease to be bored with the name Of
every fool who prefers ballooning to other
modes Of progression, and with the most
uneventful details Of his experiences with
the sea below him.-Lond0U Irttth.a
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-08
TRICKS OF TRADE.

They do say that sales-people in shoe
stores have an unique way of deceiving lady
customers. Their way is to lay aside pair
of shoes to which some trivial objection has
boon made, and bring forth others, which
IRE tried on without success. Then the
sales-person suddenly remembers that few
hours previous there arrived case Of sam
plc shoes which have not yet been put upon
tho market After few moments spent in
another part of the establishment the at
tendant comics forth with the pair of shoes
condemned, done up in an elegant box,
which is unwrapped with due ceremony,
and the shoes held before the customers
eyes in way that is both tempting and
convincing. 'pThis ia n new STYLE" says
the sales person, and one sha. viii become
popular"
Have none of them been sold yet ~ asks
the customer M.
No, madam lot me try this one on you.
All, that's your At, and gives your foot an
uncommonly pretty look!"
Nine times out Of ten the trick does the
work, and the customer makes the purchase,
all unconscious of the fact that she takes
shoew which has been in the store probably for
months, and to which she took exceptions
but short time before. It may be very
wicked to deceive the ladies in this kind OF
style, but the seller eases his conscience
by declaring that is deception which has
done no harm while il aided him to make q
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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LUCKY BALDwIN,s WIFE.

Mrs. Lucky" Baldwin Is the latest SEN
sation ct tho hotol whore she stays. She Is
only 4 feet inches in height, but we'll
formed and rathor pretty. She is nineteen
years old, but looks like girl of twelve,
and dresses like one. Her skirts arc short
and her brown hair hangs down in two
brnids tied ut tho ends with ribbon. Lucky,
her husband, Is sixty-one years old ana q
grandfather. Tho romantic story is told
that the present Mrs. Baldwin studied
architecture In San Francisco with her
father, whose profession II is. He was sum-
monod to appear before n building board in
San Francisco to give his views on ventla-
ton, but being too i'll to do so, his bright
young daughter prepared the report and
read it before the board, of which Mr..
Baldwin was member. So successful did
sho present her plans that the wealthy wild
over fell in love with the young architect,
ccurted her, and in due course of time she
accepted the heart and hand of one of CALI
'ornia's most successful speculators. They
we're married. about two months ago. She
wears scarcely any jewelry, and what she
wears Ia OF the least snowy kind. There
are children here of ten and twelve years
old who look more matronly and dress more
like mature women than does this little
bride. She does not seem TO have had her
head turned in the least by her thus far
successful matrimonial venture, nor by the
attention she attracts during this her first
trip to the East. &
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-08
THE CAT BOAT.

The vessel Of vessels is tho cat-boat. II ia
Ike sailing In spacious piazza. The cat
boat Is as broad as II Is long. Our boat was
broader than IL was long, the dimensions
being thirteen feet by twenty-four. This is
o nautical estimate. On land one would
say, II speaking the truth, that it was twice
as long as 1t was broad. However, the Of
feet Is that ono might as well feel qualms in
drawing-room, and that 1t is impossible
for the boat to capsize. There is but one
man, and he handles the tiller with one
hand, shifts the sheets with the other, and
onteriains you with praises Of his craft.
He affects great indifference as to the
yachts, and says. Eve don't think much
But to be becslmed in cat-boat is an.
other thing. With the sun, every faintes.
zephyr retired to rest. The cat-boat carrie,
but one oar, and, with her great breadth.
does not cleave the water with energy. It
accordingly took couple of hours steady
rowing TO get back to the wharf. But this
Is nothing to the results OF calm ON land.
Almost all the accidents Of life when Affairs
IRE in suspsnss can DO accounted for. But
) beiated sailing party, even on a calm sum.
MGR night, will throw q household into con.
sternation and break up the fountains ID
the deep which lie In woman's eyes. --Eni.e
delphiG Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-08
NOVEL RAILROADS.

In 1879, when the mercury stood twenty
degrees below zero, train of the Northern
Pacific Railroad passed over the Missouri
River on ice three feet deep. The pressure
which the ice resisted may be estimated
from the fact that the track was laid on
twelve-foot ties, and that the cars carried
over quantity of railroad iron as we'll as o
number of visitors About year ago similar
road was built across the river st. Lawrence
at Hochelaga. In this instance o rough road
bed was first level.ed in the ice then cross
beams were fitted in, and upon these were
placed longitudinal beams which were them
selves crossed by the ties that held tho rails,
water being then pumped over tue whole
structure 10 froeze il down.
Even more novel is the idea of grading
for railroad through forest with cross
cut saw, and lying the ties on the stumps.
This has actually been done in Sonoma
county, California. Hero the trees are saw
ed of and levelled, and the ties are fastcn-
cd on the stumps, two of which are huge
redwoods standing side by side, and sawed
off seventy-fye feet from the ground. So
firm is this support that cars loaded with
heavy logs can pass over with perfect &c.
curity. 1t 10 not generally known that in
1899 no less than fifty-two miles of the pro.
jected road of the Ohio Railroad Company
was laid on wooden piles which were from
seven totwenty eight feet long, and driven ten
feet apart in four rows. No train, however,
Was ever run over this track. Several wood
sn truck railways, on the other hand, are
actually operated in the United States and
Canada. Ono of these in the province OF
Quebec is thirty miles long and is used in
the transportation of timber. The rails are
Of maple, trains are said to run over them
with remarkable smoothness at the rate OF
twenty-five miles an hour. Another wooden
track railway more than fifteen miles long
has been constructed on the gradings of the
abandoned South Carolina Central Railroad
in order to carry the products Of turpentins
distilleries to market.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-08
SUNRISE ON MT. WASHINGTON.

The sunrise and sunset, when viewed
from hero, are wonderfully enhancing when
the weather is favorable; far higher than
the other peaks, we catch the rays of the
sun first, and stand in broad daylight, while
the rest of the world below is yet bathed in
the shadows of the night. Slowly his ma
jesty rises, and inch by inch the shadows
creep down the lower mountains around
and below us until, with a Tremendous leap,
as IT he tired of his slow progress, and wish
ing to show no partially, the sun rises high
in the heavens, and the whole earth is bath
I'D IN the glory of his rays mountains lie
massed against mountains valleys reach
north and south, east and west, far as the
eye can pierce, with silvery streams tumb.
ling along them, or leaping down the sides
of the uplifted hills, while the view with
every moment becomes moro extended and
grander, rs the sun becomes felt and sweeps
away the mists which hide. some of the
more distant scenery. Lovely as the view
is, we cannot enjoy it long, for the morning
air strikes chill here, and we are glad to
hurry in to the hotel and enjoy the grateful
warmth of the huge wood fire, which leaps
and roars in tho cavernous depth of the
hugo chimney, which recalls that of some
old baronial castle. II ID no idle warning
TINT Is conveyed by the cards tackled on the
doors of the bedrooms, which notify us
that persons are not allowed to take tho bed
clothing to use as wrnps when going out
to see the sun and moon rise. On first
noticing 1t persons are apt to ,ridicule the
idea, but when they issue into the darkness
Of the summit, when the keen, cold air bites
like sharp-toothed beast, they realize how
comfortable one Of those warm blankets
would be about the shoulders, and under
stand what weight the warning carries.
Visitors to the summit should not fail to
bring plenty of heavy clothing, for, no
matter how warm ii may be in the valleys,
the cold here is often intense, even in Au.
gust, while the changes are sudden and un-
expected.
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AN OLD TIME TALE.
now the I" Kentucky No. 80 was Weycom.
cd at Hawesville. fat

Hawesville, KY, thirty-flve or forty years
ago, was village whose entire population
depended upon the river for its support in
one way or another. The steamboat was the
connecting link with the outside world, and
when there were no boats Hawesville was
thing apart Everybody in the town knew
the whistle of every boat TINT came and
went as we'll as he knew the familiar voices
of his neighbors, and chief among these was
old man Hawley, deacon in the church,
but inclined to be forgetfuI. The winter
of 1870 was an unusually severe one, and
the river had been 80 full of ice that for
two months no boat had appeared upon the
waters and Hawesyille was in state of
desolation bordering on despair. Finally
the ice thinned out and every one was on
the tiptoe of expectancy for the first steamer
and Hawesville's favorite, the "Kentucky
No. ~ was looked for as eagerly as q lover
seeks his sweetheart. Friday and Saturday
passed, but no Kentucky No. q, and on
Sunday morning the people went to their
one church in sore disappointment. The
house was full, and Deacon Hawley held
his accustomed place in the corner of his
pew, with his hat sitting the aisle at the end
of it, The preacher gave out his text. q Lo
I come quickly and the deacon. thinking
of tho steam boat, shook his head sadly, but
responded fervently Amen" For fifteen
minutes the minister dwelt upon the situa-
ton and grow eloquent, and then sound
was heard from the river. Every ear prev
intent and strained to catch its meaning.
The minister even stopped to listen, and
then Deacon Hawley, with one eye on the
pulpit, reached over the cnd of his pew,
grabbed his hat and fairly shouted:
It's the Kentucky No. 2, by gad.n
It went through the congregation like o
ihunderbolt; the whole house arose with a
yell, and following the Deacon, rushed to
the wharf and gave the old boat such llur.
rah that she shook from jaokstaff to rudder.
Merchant 1rupel,er.
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BREAKFASTS.


Periodically there appears the lament that
We do not more commonly have IN this
country tho . French breakfast" which is
popularity supposed to be o roll and cup
OF coffee, or sugar and water, upon or be-
fore arising-the first meal of the day fol-
lowing at II or 10 o'clock. There is no
doubt that the ordinary heavy breakfast in
this country is o physiological mistake,
especially in the summer time and for those
who do not labor out of doors, and at all
times for those who do not relish or digest
1t. Man Is the only animal that eats when
he is not hungry but II he is hungry,
hearty and rational breakfast is good
thing, An experienced physician once said
that there was q grave waiting not far ahead
for children who are never hungry for
breakfast, his idea being that good MORN
ing appetite is n normal symptom for grow
ing md healthfui children, after IN ALL
nights fast. This ought probably to be the
condition of vigorous adults who have work
TO do, and who go to bed OF seasonable
hour and do not load their stomachs with
food or drink before retiring. The rational
rule would seem to be to eat in the morn
ing, if hungry, of seasonable food that ia
most grateful and re ishable--which does
not ordinarily mean heat producing meat
or fats in the dogdays. Lord Bacon's wise
remark that g mans own observation,
what he finds good of and what no finds
hurt Of, is the best physic to preserve
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-08
MONKEYS AT A BREAKFAST.


I was married in India. engaged for our
honeymoon o little house--sixteen miles or
30 from any other habitation of white men
that stood on the steep white cliffs of the
Nerbudda River, which here flows through
a canon of pure white marble. Close beside
our house WIS little hut, where q holy
man lived in charge of an adjoining shrine,
earning money for himself and the shrine
by polishing little pieces of marble as me-
mentoes for visitors. 1t was wonderful
place altogether, and, while my wife went
in to change her dress, the servants laid
breakfast on the veranda overlooking the
river At the chatter of tho plates there be-
gan to come down from the big tree that
oyershadowed the house, and up the trees
that grew in the ravine behind it, from tho
house-roof itself, from everywhere, multi
tude of solemn monkeys. They came up
singly and in couples, and in families, and
took their places without noise or fuss on
the veranda, and sat there, like an audience
waiting for on entertainment to commence.
And, when everything was ready, the break
fast all laid, the monkeys all seated, went
in to call my wife.
Breakfast is ready, and they are all
waiting said.
Who are weitingp" she asked, in dis
may. :" thought we were going to be alone,
and | was just coming out in my dressing
gown"
Never mind,' l said. The people
about here are not very fashionnbly dressed
themselves. They wear pretty much the
same things oil the year round"
And SO my wife came out. Imagine, then
herastonishment in the middle of the veran.
da stood our breakfast table, and all the rest
of the space, rs well as the ratings and the
steps, was covered with an immense com.
pany of monkeys, as grave as possible end
as motionless and Silent ns If they were
stuffed. Only their eyes kept blinking and
their little round ears kept twitching,
Laughing heartily-at which the monkeys
only looked all the grayer-iny wife sat
down.
will they eat anything ?" asked she.
Try them," said. =z..
So she picked up q biscuit and threw il
among the company. And the result Three
hundred monkeys jumped up in the air like
one, and just for one instant thore was
riot that dades description. The next in.
slant every monkey was sitting in its place
as solemn and serious rs If it had never
moved. Only their eyes winked and their
cars twitched. s raF#e# Btg
My wife threw them another biscuit, md
again the riot. and then another and an
other and another. But at length we had
given away oil Tint we Ind to give, and got
up to go. The monkeys ut once rose, every
monkey on the veranda, and advancing
srayely to the steps, walked down them In
q solemn procession, old and young togeth-
or, and dispersed for the days occupations.
Chicago Times.
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ALLIGATOR HUNTING.
A "LOols-'em-up,' A s KiIi-'ern-sure - and
n" Dynumite.o

Afew night ago had my slumbers broken
several times by the discharge of guns. On
repairing, to the bank of tho river, the next
morning, 10 ascertain tho cause of the noises
found two young men occupying hastily
constructed palmetto fan camp. Six dead
alligators were lying around the camp,
varying in length from four to eight feet.
The hunters had killed them the previous
night. One of the young men was busy
skinning the alligators, while the other,
with the aid of single cooking utensil,
which answered the purpose OF baking
oven and coffee pot, was preparing frugal
morning meal. The skin is removed from
the belly, the under part of the jaws, and
the inside Of the legs. The skin on the back
is worthless. As soon as the skins are re-
moved they are sailed and packed in bar
rcls, and shipped to New York firm. The
hunters receive 81 piece for all hides four
feet long and upward.
After the skins are removed the hunters
cut off the heads and place them on the
edge of the river, where they remain for
about week. At the end of that time the
teeth become so loose that they can be
readily pulled out with the fingers. The
teeth from half dozen large alligators
weigh about pound, and are worth a.
The two young men killed fifty alligators
in the week that they hunted in this neigh
borhood. They begin hunting as soon as
It becomes thoroughly dark. Their hunt
ing outfit consists Of bulls-eye lantern, in
camp language called look-'em-up,"
double-barreled shotgun, or "a kill sure"
and Ratchet, with which they split the al.
ligator's skull, and to which they have given
the very expressive name of Dynamite
The man who is to do the shooting for the
night fastens the lantern to his forehead
and takes his place in the bow of small
boat His partner paddles the boat cautious.
ly along the stream, while the man in the
bow keeps sharp lookout for alligators'
eyes, which under favorable circumstances
he can shine with his lantern ct dis.
tance Of 200 yards. As soon as they dis
cover pair Of eyes they paddle cautiously
up to within couple of feet of the alliga-
tors head and discharge load Of buckshot
into IT, As soon as the shot is fred the
paddlcr catches the alligator by the jaws,
which he holds together with ono hand,
while he cleaves tho skull open with his
Ratchet.
Sometimes tho alligators retain consider.
able power of action. When such is the
caso it Is rather exciting work getting them
into the boat. Sometimes very large alli-
gators turn tho boat over. II I'LL alligator
is not handled at once after being wounded
he sinks to the bottom and is lost. --NeD
York Sun.