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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-14
Funny Sayings OF Children I.

A LITTLE girl of three explains the Col.
den Rule to her older sister: at means
that you must do everything I want you
to, and you mustn't do anything that |
don't want you to-"
A LITTLE girl sat on the floor crying.
After while she stopped and seemed
buried in thought. Looking up suddenly,
she said, Mamma, what was I crying
about ?" Because 1 wouldn't let you
go down town." "Oh, yes" and she set
up a howl.
DR.. MCCosH of Princeton in recent
address to the students said "Our col.
lege is not in good state" This is pre-
cisely what the little Maine girl thought,
who thus flushed her prayer one night:
And now, God, good by for I'm going
to New Jersy for two weeks"
"WoN'T you cut penny open for me,
father ?" said little girl, when she came
home from school one day. "Cut open a
penny What do you want me to do that
for " asked her father. "'Cause,n said
the little girl, sour teacher says that in
every penny there are four farthings, and
| want to see 'em."
LITTLE five-years-old Annie, who was
suffering from bad cold, went to pay
visit to auntie. During the day she re-
lated her various successes at school, and
ended by declaring that she could read a
good deal better than Sabrina, who was
eight years old. "Well,' questioned aun-
tie, wouldn't it sound better if some one
else said that ?" EYES," answered Annie,
with sober countenance, al think it
would; have such bad cold, l can't
say it very well."-Harper's Bazar.
ONE day, Miss Alice Threeyears-old
announced to her father her intention to
grow up with as much haste as possible,
in order to be ga music man and play on
a hand-organ." "And what will your
poor papa do, while you are going about
with your hand-organ far away from
home 2" Miss Alice looked perplexed.
She turned the matter over in her mind
before she made answer; then she said |:
"Oh, dat'll be all right. You shall be my
monkey, and go and get all the pennies"
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TOmmy's Manners.

Little Tommy could never tell which of
his two grandmothers he loved best
Grandma Phelps, who was tall and
straight, with soft gray curls, pretty white
laces, and plain black dresses that were
never wrinkled or mussed; or Grandma
Slater, who was short and stout, wore
funny black caps that were always askew,
and long calico aprons that were never off
duty from morning till night.
Grandma Phelps was always saying :
Tommy, dear, remember to take off your
cap;" or, +" Tommy, dear, you are eating
too FAST" or. "Tommy, my dear, it is
very illmannersd to leave anything on
your plate" But the blue eyes beamed
80 lovingly through the gold-bowed
glasses, and the peppermints in her black
satin bag were 80 big and round, Tommy
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-14

"BosTos, october Is, 1870.
"R. H. Eddy, Esq: Dear Sir-You procured for
me, In ls4o my first patent Since then you have acted
for aud advised In hundreds of procured
many patents reissues and extensions. l have
sionaly employed the best agencies in New York. Phla
delphia and Washington but still give you almost the
whole OF my business. in line. and advise others to
employ you. Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER"
Boston, January !, 1884. 1880
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-14
Rem EN- Der!


For Sugar-cured Dried Beef
and Hams, Breakfast Bacon,
nice Homemade Lard, Sau-
sages, Fresh and Salt Pork,
call at my store, corner Main
and State Streets, or send your
orders by mail and have any
of these goods sent by express,
G. 0. ID. QUALITY GUAR
ANTEED. The order trade a
speciality.
o. d. SCRIBNER,
Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-14

LOTS OF people get bilious, have heavy
headaches, mouth foul, yellow eyes, ETC.,
all the direct result Of impure blood
which can be thoroughly cleansed, re-
newed and enriched with Kidney Wort
1t acts at the same time on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, and has more real vir-
tue in a package than can be found in any
other remedy for the same class of diseases.
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PATENTS!
r. H. EDDY.

r. H. EDDY,
No. 76 State St., opposite Kilby, Boston.
Secures Patents In the United States; also In Great
Britain France and other foreign countries. Copies Of
the claims of any Patent furnished by Temtting one
dollar. Assignments recorded at Washington. No
Agency in the United States possesses superior Idci
ties for obtaining Patents or ascertainin0 the patent
ability Of Intentions.
r. EDDY. Solicitor of Patents.
TESTIMONIALS.
=" regard Mr. Eddy one Of the most capable and
succeVuI practitioners with whom have had official
intercourse.
"CHAs. MASON, Commissioner of Patents"
Inventors cannot employ person more trustworthy
or more capable Of securing for them early and ia
vorable consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner of Patents."
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Central Vermont Railroad.
Eastern Standard Time.
Commencing March 81, 1884.

Trains Going South ,ciu Leave Montpelier
as fotto,Cs:
Q0h m MAIL, from st. Adams and Burlington
O'-" Y" "" for Concord, Manchester, Nashua Wor-
ccester, Lowell, fitchbuIg, Boston, Spring.
field, New London and New York.
10 2h m FAST TRAIN from Montreal, Oedens-
'e'oo " '' burg and the West for Boston via Lowell
and New York via Springfield and New
London Pullman Drawing Room Car TO
Boston via Lowell and New York via
Springfield.
6.55 p. m. MIXED to R0'Onry'
In h8 m LOCAL EXPRESS, from st. Albans Rut-
'''oo n 'i' land and Burlington for White River
Junction, Springfield, New London and
New York. Sleeping Car TO Springfield.
~ an m NIGHT EXPRESS, from Montreal Og-
'-''' W "" densburg and the West for Boston via
Lowell, and all points In New England.
Sleeping Cars to Boston via Lowell.
Trains Going North and West:
21h q m NIGHT EXPRESS, from Boston and New
OLD o. ll' York for Montreal, Ogdensburg and the
West. Sleeping Car TO Montreal.
6.45a.m. ACCOMMODATION to st. Adams
O Or q m LOCAL EXPRESS, from White River
o'lJ a. h'' junction for Burlington, st. Adams and
Richford.
Q6n n m DAY EXPRESS, for Burlington, st. Al
J'Ju VI hI' bans, Montreal Ogdensburg and the West
Drawing Room Car to st. Adams.
666 n m CHICAGO EXPRESS. Pullman Sleeping
VJJ " ILL., Car through to Chicago without change.
Trains leave for Barre at 100 q. M, lO.45 q.
m. and Alb D. m.
Through tickets to Chicago and all points West for
sale at the principal stations.
]. W. HOBART, General Manager,
y. W. CUMMINGS, General Passenger Agent.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
Counterfeit Money.

WASHINGTON, March 15.--The Sc
cret Service Division of the Treasury
Department reports that it is believed
that counterfeiters are concerning
measures to simultaneously pass upon
the public, especially in the cities of
the South and West, a twenty dollar
silver certificate. A sample of the
same has just been received at the
Office OF the Secret Service Division.
The issue is of the series Of 1880,
Joseph Gilfillan. Treasurer of the
United States. The paper is thick,
greasy and stiff. The note is one
eighth Of an inch shorter than the
genuine. There is no distributed fiber
orparallel silk threads in the paper as in
the genuine words "silyer certificate
appear in the panels twice in the
upper border and face of the note in
the panel to the left. In tho counter.
felt the letters R I and F in the word
certificate are engraved wrong side
up. In the counterfeit there are no
periods dividing the initials in B. X.
Bruce, the registers signature on the
lower left corner, the check letter G is
without an accompanying number,
and in the name Of Gilfllan only first
The II" is dotted on the back of the
note, and the word taxes is plainly
spelled "tares," anC the word engraved
is spelt "engroved." The color OF the
seal Is brick red, il should be verging
on brown. The foregoing salient
points ii carefully noticed, will for the
present protect the public. While the
notes should not deceive careful hand
lers Of money, especially when the
gcometric lathe work is examined,
vet among the hurried and careless,
because Of its face arprciable, itmay
work great damage.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

"Rhere are more than 100000
iron car wheels III use on American
railroads" said the master mechanic
Of one of the trunk lines, "and it re-
quircs about 525 pounds of pig iron to
make one wheel, About 1,25O,000
wheels are worn out every year, and
the same number of new ones must be
made to take their places, The iron
men are called upon for only a small
proportion Of the 3l2, 500 TONS Of mate
rial required for these new wheels,
however, for nearly 290,0OO tons are
supplied by the wom-out wheels them
selves. Formerly the life of car
wheel was estimated at eight years,
but the reduction OF the railroads
generally to the standard gauge, and
the improvements in loading and I'M
loading facilities, have materially
decreased the service that a wheel
may be depended on to perform. The
uniformity in gauge keeps cars in
more continuous use, while the de-
crease in time in loading and unload
ing enables them to be put to more
active service even where they are run
only on short local routes.
"These figures do not include the
wheels on palace coaches and the
better class Of passenger coaches.
The wheels on that grade of rolling
stock are now made almost exclusive
ly of paper. They are as seryiceable
as iron, and combine lightness with
strength, great desideratum where
speed and economy in motive power
are OF paramount Importance"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
POLK Is DEAD.
Testimony Of Leading Citizens Of
Nashville.

Testimony Of Leading Citizens Of
Nashville.
NASHVILLE, MARCH 18.-The World
this morning publishes the following
card
We see by your paper OF Sunday
morning sensational article copied
from the Bowling Geeen, Kentucky,
Times, in regard to the late Col. M. T.
Polk, some person by the name OF
Westbrook claiming to have seen
Col. Polk in Texas alive and well.
We hereby brand the statement made
by this person as absolutely false.
For the sake OF humanity snd truth
and for the sake of his heart broken
wife and children we make this state
ment. We, the undersigned, with
many others saw Col. Folks remains
after his death, aided in putting them
in the hearse and delivering them to
the authorities of the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad for shipment to
Boliver, and hereby state most pos
lively that he is dead.
Albert B. Tavel, T. d. Craighead
Hugh McCrea, Geo. w. Earl, ID. W.
Paschall, B. LAMAR, w. M. Duncan
10. F. Foard, JAS. L. Gains, ]. w. Mad.
din, M. d.
was called on by the family of Mr.
Polk to take charge of and prepare
the remains Of Col. Marsh T. Polk fol
burial, which did, and had them in
charge for twenty-four hours after hi,
death and then shipped to Bolivar
and can fully corroborate the state
ment made by the gentlemen above.
w. r. Cornelious,
Undertaken.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

The very decisive action of the
House of Representatives in putting a
quietus on the bill to grant pension
of $500 per annum to the grand
daughter OF Thos Jefferson indicates
that there is no immediate prospect,
as has been feared, of the innaugura-
ton OF an extended civil pension list
in this country. The House expressed
its disapproval Of the measure by a
vote of more than two to one, and
some OF the strongest arguments made
against the measure came from South
ern members. The danger of setting
such precedent as was involved in
the passage of the bin was aptly set
forth. 1t would inevitably lead, it
was contended, to applications for
pensions from the descendants Of all
other Presidents and the door once
opened, the end would be civil PEN
sion list rivaling in onerous proper
tons that OF Great Britain. Several
OF the speakers said that Jefferson
would raise his voice against the
establishment of such a principle.
when beggars die. there are ne
comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth
Che death of princes.
Shakespeare.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

NJ. q. =. LOVE, pubisher.
ROBT. L. TAYL0R,} E,,;,o,s
R0BT. BURR0U', No"0'S'
Samuel J. rilden.

The eyes Of the democracy through.
out the nation are turned toward
Samuel J. Tilden, the great patriot
whom thepc,pleelected in 1876, BY a
quarter Of million majority, but who
by the monumental crime ofour polit-
ical, history,,vas shut out from the
presidential mansion. Though the
fact can not b,tooneealed that his body
is fecbleand fr,il with old age yet "the
mental jewel il clear and undimmed."
His name has more power today than
any other in tile Union. His nomina-
ton, with Hendricks for vice President,
would unite tho party and il he should
die even before his Inauguration, Hen
bricks who is now in the full vigor of
mental and physical manhood could
take his place and safely WELD the
helm ofstate.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
The Lasker Resolutions.

WASHINGTON, MARCH i6.-The sub
committee OF the House committee on
foreign affairs yesterday considered
the Lasker resolution. The action OF
the subcommittee will be submitted
to the full committee Monday. The
resolutions as agreed upon state in
effect that the action Of the House OF
Representatives was simply an ex-
preston Of sympathy with the Ger
man people in their great loss, and
that the House has no concern with
those relations between the legisla-
tive and executive brancecs OF the
German government which prevented
that expression of sympathy from
reaching the body to which it was
addressed
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

The Times win enter upon ths new year ssrsng-
er and more prosperous than ever before IN IL
history-more widely read and quoted, more
heartily commended, and more Hereby eriti-
cized, with more complete organization, and
an ADLER staff of contributors-an with The sams
independence and fearlessness that has made d
successful and powerful in the past.
The Times has no party to follow, ne candt.
has ever done, with consistent deyotion 70 The
right to honest government, and the public wei.
fare And, while maintaining Its posltion as the
leading journal of Philadelphia, It win aim 10
be continually In the advance In all thatean etG
value to a newspaper.
The value Of newspaper Is not In il sixs Or
display, but In the intelligence and care the con-
ciseness and freshness with which It 10 edited.
The Times spends lsvishly for news from ali
parts Oh the world, but all Its dispatches are
carefully edited and condensed, In order 10 give
the complete news of the day In the moot cen
else and attractive shape, and with = large
variety OF entertaining and instructive readinK.
The best writer's at home and abroad are en-
ployed TO enrich its columns, and 10 make u 4
journal adapted both to the busy snaa and 70
the leisure " the home circle, ? welcome via
itor to intelligent and honest citizens Of every
political, religious, and social taste. sas i
THE WEEKLY TIMES lie altogether different
from the weekly newspaper of twenty yeGxz aga.
The day Of those papers is gone by. Ths teIs-
graph and better local newspapers seyeFgwhere.
especially In the thriving centcrs Of naFHi pop
ulation, have made the old weekly metfopol1l
tull htNSldp-t uhSatibi1lhBs AAu14 t4@4 Gt1H&
TO their anciant usages have lost their hold ID
our forward-moving people; they are bnt
shadows of their former greatness and thax
have but shadow of their former poWes
Those papers have had their usefulness. hut Il
is gone, and, with II, they are going toe. 10 Was
not the fault of the papers; 1t was the impFoue-
ment OF the country that brought about the
change. Men and woman, wherever sAxy ivx
now require freshcr news; ard they rsqrira
more than news.
THE WEEKLY TINES gathers OF the tssss q
every passing week whatever has lasting Inter
est TO people at large, and sets II before EheM Il
such generosity. Of paper and print ~ woela
have astonished us all twenty years ago. TIT
DAlLY--Twelve cents week. hfty cents 4
month, Sc a year, two cents copy.
SUNDAY-four cents copy. " a'yeak. WI Z Z a
WEEKLy-0ne copy, - year: ave copiss - 4
year: ten copies, SIS year; twenty cop[e4. e.
year, with one copy free to the gettsr-up 81
every club.
THE TINES.
PHiLdpEhf1szA
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

There are twelve thousand brave
r,en in the twelve eastern counties
q Tennessee who have thrice rallied
around us when we bore the banner
of democracy in she shadows of the
mountains and proclaimed its pure
principles in the coves and valleys
from Johnson to Claiborne, and in
the face Of 1000 republican majority.
There are thousands OF hearts outside
of the limits of the first Congression-
al District friendly to us, therefore, let
brainless critics fling, and one-horse
correspondents sling, The COMET will
"fidle and sing" and the merry bells
it will ring until Tilden is president
and Bate is the next governor. And
a long time after.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

he ~ not for Bate because he (Bate)
is q pure man. He is not for hellfo
punishment for the reason that such
a place is against his interest. Speak
ing Of "thin' things, the outside world
thinks the CHRONICLES editor ought to
walk in flannel socks on that subject.
THE COMET will make it so thin"
before the ides Of November next
that it will be difficult for whitewash-
ed rebels t. breathe, Com ct US again,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
The Presidents Costly State Dinners.

WASHINGTON, March 16.-The Pres
ident expects to give one more State
dinner this season, and after Lent one
general reception. The custom he
has set OF inviting all the members of
Congress to dinner once a year,
while very agreeable to members, has
been rather a costly one. The din
ners thus far given have cost over
5000, or more than one-tenth of the
yearly salary. Only two members
have declined to attend these dinners.
One was Senator Riddleberger. He
declined because he received word
-tnat his brothers children were sick
and were probably dying with scarlet
fever, and he expected to go to his
brothers 1T once. Congressman
Frank Hurd declined on account of
Of imperative business on that day.
The President understands fully that
no snub was intended, as has been
reported.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
MONEY FOUND.
The Sheriff Attaches Safe in the
Railroad Office.

A few days ago the TRIBUNE an
nounced that Sheriff Gilmore had re-
turned msatisfied an execution for
$4,000 which he held against the
East Tennessee, Virginia, & Georgia
Railroad in favor OF Mrs. Tennie Cur
ley. He found all the property of the
railroad covered with mortgages, and
was compelled to return the papers
with "no property found"
But there is prospect of something
lively in the case yet. Sheriff Gill
more has taken somebody by surprise,
and has attached the large safe in the
Office of the Treasurer of the East
Tennessee Virginia and Georgia rail-
road in this city.
There is a large sum of money in
the safe, probaly several times the
amount nessary to satisfy this judy
ment. 1t is well known that the mon
ey OF the railroad is never deposited
in bank lest it should be secured by
punishment to parties who hold judg-
ments against the road.
We are curious to know how the
Sheriff will manage to get the money
out OF that safe, as the treasurer alone
can open the 'safe.-KnorpiHe Tribune.
LATER.-We are informed that
Judge Hall has granted fat for an
injunction to restrain Sheriff Gilmore
from taking possession OF, or opening
the safe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
at The pooahontas Mines.

The Poeahontas coal mine explo-
sion, perhaps excels in the magnitude
Of its horrible fatality any within the
annals Of the United States. The mum
Der of lives lost is said to be 154, OF
whom 81 were white and l02 blacks.
OF all the men who were in the mine
at the fatal midnight hour between
Wednesday and Thursday not one
escaped. Death was doubtless as in
Simultaneous as II was complete in
numbers. Perhaps all the whites
were foreigners and some SO of them
leave families, none Of whom can speak
the English tongue. They are left
without support i'll strange land.
The company has taken commenda-
Bile means to supply their present
necessities. Many Of the colored men
doubtless leave families also. There
are conflicting accounts as to their
having been premonitory symptoms
of gas, but it is not likely that such
would have been disregarded expert
enced miners of whom there were very
many. Only eight bodies have recov-
ed and it is not likely that any more
will be, as the superintendent earth
was thrown upward and then settled
back, leaving probably space enough
only to facilitate the cremation of the
vast array of bodies which few mo-
ments previous had walked into a
common sepulchre. The power ofthe
explosion is of course inconceivable,
and is but feebly demonstrated by the
dust and few articles which were shot
from that huge excavation half a mile
deep, as from some cannon ofimmeas-
surable size. The theory that the
point of ignition was far toward the
interior limit OF the mine is supported
| by the fact that mono of the bodies
were blown outside, and the fact that
the floor OF the mine gradually aseen
ded from the entrance makes more
difficult the solution of the cause OF
the gas. The disastrous effect of this
unspeakable horror may be even more
far reaching than can be implied from
the mere holocaust which accompan
led it.
! The mine is on fire and though il
has been promptly sealed, there il
really no assurance that the fire car
be extinguished at all. 1t may con
tinue to burn for many years, as some
are now burning in Pennsylvania ant
have been for more than ten years
Ii this should prove true the compa
ny may have to abandon this min,
and push its road some miles furthe
down Bluestone, and Pocahontas be
come an abandoned mining town. /
is however to be hoped this may no
become true. AT present there is M
likelihood that the LAG dead bodies vii
ever be rescued from the subterraneal
fires, and the chances are they will b
burned to ashes and have as the com
; mon monument the wood-coyered hi
which there marks the base of tn
! great Flat Top mountain.-Bris'ol Neu
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
Virginia Democracy.

ALEXANDRIA, VA, March 2O.-The
Democratic State Central Committee
to day resolved to call convention at
Richmond on the 14th of May.
The following resolutions were adop-
ted:
Resolved, that the Democratic State
Committee have observed with grave
concern the division threatening the
Democratic party of the country upon
the tariff, and feel at liberty to express
their opinion individually that the
agitation OF this question at this period
is unwise and should be discouraged,
and that all Democrats should subor-
dinate all differences in concentration
upon the one great issue of the reform
of the government and its restoration
to purity and true constitutional prin-
ciples.
Resolved, that the State Commit
tee earnestly urge the Virginia Demo
cratic delegation in Congress to use
all possible diligence to bring before
the Danyille Investigating Commit
tee, evidence, which is necessary "a
refute the foul and infamous ISLANDERS
which have been given to the public
by the leaders Of the coalition party
in reference to this matter and tina,
this Committee authorize their Chair
man to retain the services OF such
counsel as he may deem necessary in
the premises.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
Truth.

How beautiful, how glorious Is
truth! She is the primo minister Of
almighty God and the executor Of his
immntable laws. She spreads abroad
throughout his boundless realms the
light from his eternal throne against
whose searching powers no lie can
stand, nor all the powers Of darkness
prevail. Her glory fills the earth
God intends that the lives of men shall
reflect her image, that thoir hearts
shall be her temples and their lips her
oracles.