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Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
COMEDY IN COURTSHIP.

Watch each other through the room,
Hate the gaslight, love the gloom.
Give the bonbon men boom:
Just engaged.
Speak Of Angels without wings"
Watch the style ofwedding rings,
Do thousand foolish things:
Just engaged.
tawns around her brother Mike.
Brings her Dreams by Marvel Ike.
Treats her to ice-cream at night:
He's engaged.
Leaves off smoke and beer from date.
Goes to church to sit with Kate
Puts two dollars in the plate:
He's engaged.
Hasten on her friends to call.
Blithe and gay renounces all
Schemes for keeping Old Maids Hail.
She's engaged.
Chooses bridesmaids ten or eight.
Loads them with an honor great
Buying gowns to deck her fete:
She's engaged.
Goes to plays and opera,
Sing the gobble and the ba,"
Have a fight about Rochat"
Disengaged.
Maiden weeps the long night through.
Lovers beautifully blue.
LIES a tragedy to two:
Not engaged
Deep the chasm tween the twain.
Morning-has it come in vain?
But to rouse despair again?
Not engaged
Hark ringing at the door,
And the voice, - Miss Kitue Moore?
Kisses bridge the chasm DER.
Re-engaged. -Ljfs
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
Tl9 Odd Fellows Cemetery
SMYRNA, DEL.

The Trustees of this Cemetery are now
ready to sell lots and issue deeds for the
same. The size of a whole lot is 3Ox32 feet
and the prices are as follows For whole
lot, $50; half lot, $50; quarter lot, $50.
There is not a badly situated lot in the
Cemetery, but every one has a choice of
location, and there being but one price
according to size enables those first select
ing to get their choice of location. and as
there have been several already sold, we
would advise those who have no place of
burial that it will be to their advantage to
select them as early as possible.
This is undoubtedly the best location in
this vicinity for a Cemetery, being all high
and a nearly level piece of land, beauti-
fully situated on the State road, within
sight of the town, and yet at such a dis
tance from it as to guarantee that it will
never be used for other than Cemetery pur-
poses land the deed Of agreement positively
fOrbids its use for any other purpose than
that Of sepulture). For further particulars
call on or address
L. NJ. FOWLER.
Secretary and Treasurer.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

1t looks as if phonetic spelling were
to have a fair trial at last under the
most favorable circumstances. Bishop
William Taylor, who is about to 90 to
Africa to engage in missionary work,
has determined to teach the natives
English by the phonetic system of Mr..
Elias Longley, of Cincinnati, one of the
Oldest and best known photographers
and spelling reformers of the United
States. He believes that this step will
largely aid the spread of religion. He
quantity says: If taught to read the
old Orthography, as soon as they are
enabled to understand the Holy Scrip
lures, the devil would thrust under
their eyes all manner of infidel and cor
rupting reading matter; but the puri-
ty of the phonetic alphabet has not vet
been defled in that way.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
Cheaper Meat.

The cattle kings" in their recent
convention, at Chicago and St. Louis
naturally, though not perhaps unduly
magnified their Importance to the COM
munity. The business is one of enor-
nous magnitude. The Commissioner
OF Agriculture declaring that the meat
product exceeds in value any other
product of the farm the order of mag
nitude being meats, corn, wheat, hav.
dairy products and cotton. Whether
this estimate be exactly correct or not.
1t is certain that the meat production
is one in which all are interested.
Mr.. LOring estimates the money
value of our cattle at 81, LOG, ,715,7 ,7O3; of
which, say, five hundred and thirty
four millions in value are west of the
Mississippi.
The cattle kings ask for a Nation
al cattle drive over Government and
State lands from the Red River of the
South to the northern boundary of the
United States and they threaten the
railroad corporations with National
law in the matter of Interstate COM
merce, unless they, the railroads, will
make such concessions as to rates as
the cattlemen shall consider Just.
There is to be battle between the
great companies, the result of which
will naturally be, in the end, cheaper
meat
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

1t is reported that great reduction of
wheat acreage will be made the coming
year almost all over the world. Papers
from all parts-the Eastern and Cen
tral States, the Pacific coast and
Europe-are filed with discussions of
the wheat question. In no part of
America or Europe does the price this
year pay for raising. California, one
of the great wheat regions of the world,
is sick of the crop. The Eastern and
Central States lose a good sum on
every bushel raised and even much
land is not plowed, and many intend
to let a part of their farms lie idle next
year, while others will increase the
variety of crops and raise less wheat.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
How to Eat Fashionably.


glass vase, butin crystal dish ofoblong
pattern, which cost from $50 to $50. ac-
cording to the cutting.
Champagne glasses in the fashionable
heaVy cut-glass are no longer in saucer
pattern but are rather slender and as
nigh as an ordinary tumbler.
Not only are the plates of the various
courses different, but, if possible it is
considered desirable to have each in
dividual plate of a dozen as unlike the
others as possible.
Several kinds of glassware are used
on the table at the same time, the COB
lets of one pattern of white or crystal
glass, the claret of another and cham
pagne of a third, and so on. Colored
glass is used only in the most expen-
sive and beautiful kinds, as it ordinarily
has a common and cheap effect.
Table cloths for elegant use are of
satin damask, with one piece of fine
embroidery on one corner; this is
usually the monogram worked in white
or IN white outlined with a yellow silk
thread. Table cloths are worked in
what is known as the French pattern
that is the cloth is folded in three
triangular folds and so ironed. the
creases are in diamond pattern, and
the effect is pretty.
Little walters of polished brass or
copper are used instead of silver.
Few vegetable dishes are used, as
the courses are served a la Russo with
the vegetable on the dish as a graniture
to the meat, game or entree. If, how.
ever, they are served separately the
dishes are of porcelain set in silver
stands.
Since fashion, in an arbitrary fashion,
dictates that cheese should be eaten
with a knife, these tools are made
broader of blade than formerly, and
have no sharp edge with which to en-
danger the mouth.
lce-cream forks are no longer true
forks, but sort of trident, which has
some of both the nature of the fork
and the spoon.
Very stylish and very elegant and
expensive are the silver platters
which are used more and more bv
those who can afford such luxuries.
Meat, game, in fact everything but
fish, is served in these dishes.
Centre-pieces of beautiful Venetian
glass have mirror at the base, sur
rounded with flowers in Venetian
glassworz.
Finger glasses of heavy cut crystal
are now in preference to any others.
Dinner cards of the most recherche
description have the name of the guest
painted in gilt on natural leaves.
Those of the rubber plant and of the
English ivy are most used for this pur-
pose.
Flower favors for ladies at dinner
parties are tied with wide ribbon of
some gay color in harmony with the
color of bouquet. The souvenir de
malmaison" rose is very lovely when
tied with rich crimson. The favorite
jack" is charming with delicate pink
and the Catherine de Mermet with
light blue.
A Little giftisnowratherm more fashion
able than flower favors at dinner par
ties, and may consist of some very sim
pie or some very elaborate gift as the
purse of the hostess will allow. The
only difficulty to overcome is in the
Danger that one should be more attrac- i
i've than the other. For Christmas |
Inner Christmas cards of some pretty {
iesign would be very appropriate and
Ierve double duty. S
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

Some of the Southern papers that
tried year or so ago to put jeff Davis
ON the pension rolls because of his SER
vices in the Mexican war are quite full
some in praising General Grant for de-
clining pension in recognition of his
services in the war for the Uuion.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

The first ailment which threatens to
aftiict the new Administration is too
much Ohio man. 1t is a species of
political collie, harmless, but persistent
and painful.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, drunk again. .
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

The New Jersey Prohibitionists, in
session at Trenton, reafirmed their
faith in the cause and in st. John.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

INFIDEL BOB's QUESTION ANSWER
ED.-Bob Ingersoll wants to know
Which Way?" Straight ahead, Bob
by:
Broad is the road that leads to DEATH
And thousands walk together there;
But wisdom shows a narrow path,
With here and there traveller.
And say, Robert, if you have any
doubt Which Way" trust to the scent
of birthstone in head wind, you
knOw.-Sunday Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17
AAlH STREET opposite tho Smyrna House.
Furniture Of all kinds.

Chains Ion rC..namber Suits Bureaus. Bedsteads,
Beds and evs9. ~ rabies, Stands Mattresses Spring
quality ~ q less than City prices for ne same
jan 2-tf
Smyrna times., 1884-12-17

Marquette, Mich, December II. 1888
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30
A Telegraph Story.

A gentleman of the Western Union
telegraph Office, 145 Broadway, New York,
was sitting in the cable room when tel
egram from Philadelphia, destined for
Paris, came over the wires. This mes
sage, like all others for France, was to go
over the cable via Duxbury, Mass. The
operator called Duxbury few times and
then said "That fellow is asleep evi.
IDENTITY; but the cable men are always
awake-Ill have to get one of them to 60
in and wake him up" So he stepped to
another desk, called Plaisted Cove, in
Newfoundland, and sent the following
message " To cable operator, Duxbury
Please go in and wake up my own true
love-" This message Plaisted Cove has
tened to send across the ocean to Valencia,
Ireland, who in turn crushed it to Lon
don thence it was hurried to Paris, and
still onward to the European end of the
French cable at st. Pierre the operator
there flashed it back to Duxbury. In
less than two minutes by the clock the
message had accomplished its journey of
some eight thousand miles by land and
sea, as was evidenced by the clicking of
the instrument on the Duxbury desk,
which licked out in manner little more
petulant: "That is nice way to do; go
ahead. Your own true Lowell"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30

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lin letter at risk with size of shoe usually and
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30
Continued from last Week.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

In 1875, thirteen men comprised the
entire working force used in the manu-
facture of the james Boss Gold Watch Case.
Now over five hundred are employed, and the
number is constantly increasing. The rea-
son of this increase is this: In the james
Boss Gold Watch Case all the metal in sight
and subject to wear is solid COLA, while the re-
mainder, which only lends strength to the
case, is of stronger metal than gold,
giving gold where gold is needed, and
strong, elastic metal where strength and
elasticity are needed, combination pro-
ducing a watch case better than solid gold
and at oNE-HALF the COST nr ~ Macy
Over 100000 of these cases 3 q
have been sold, and every jeweler in the
country can testify to their quality and
merit. ,o
+. W; Marsh of the Democrat, bought Jas. Boss
short time ago. when purchased it, and sold 1t TO a
customer. The case showed no signs of wear except
that natural to any case and am satisfied can be
sold the James Boss GoldWach Case for many years,
and the parties who bought the first ones carry
ing them to-day, well satisfied as though they had
bought solid gold case costing twice the money. L
regard them the only cases of this kind jeweler
should sell who desires to give his customers the
worth Of their money or values his reputation.
WIN j. CUsHwAY, Jetceler.
stamp to Keystone Watch Case Factories, Pha
depha Pa for handsome Illustrated Pamphlet showing how
James Boss and Keystone Watch Cases are made.
(To be Continued)
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OLE THE PAST.

White flowers lie upon her breast;
Her throbbing pulses are ut rest;
Her circlet gllmmers on her head;
She ia queen, and she Ia dead.
Around her all is very still
Unchanged, behind a changeless hill,
The western sun forever dips,
And dying splendors kiss her lips.
Her passive hand sceptre holds;
Her raiment falls in stately folds;
Her lashes slumber on her cheek
The world would listen did she speak.
She will be still for evermore;
Though crowned king or emperor
Made bare his treasury for her,
The quiet lips will never stir,
She will be still. but all around,
Voices. which speak without sound,
Bid tender chords awake and thrill,
Telling of her, though she is still
Telling how days had winged feet,
How childish nights had slumber sweet,
And little many-colored dreams
Shone through the dark in f1tful CLEANS.
Then kindly Nature round us curled,
The skies bent down to clasp the world,
And every star, a beacon-light,
Was steadfast on its stately height.
Content, we fronted wonders new,
Rainbow and thunder, fire and dew,
And deemed the very highway sod
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30

IT makes the everage bachelor mad to
receive from young lady beautiful
pair of cardinal slippers, with gold daises
worked all over them, and find that they
are not made up, but that he must have
soles put on them himself. And it would
make the young lady pretty near crazy if
she should see that bachelor using those
uppers, which she made him at considers
BILE cost and great sacrifice of time, for
lifting hot things with and for wiping
pens on.-Puck.
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EEautho %
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"You are now one," said the minister
to the happy pair he had just tied to,
gether with knot that they never could
undo. (which one 2" asked the bride
You will have to settle that for your.
selves" said the clergyman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30

In recent case of assault, the defend
ant pleaded guilty. al think l must be
guilty." said he, " because the plaintiff
and were the only ones in the room
and the first thing l knew was that was
standing up, and he was doubled over the
table. You'd better call it guilty"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30

VERY rare indeed--Antiquary: "Here
is something very rare, the identical Colts
pistols worn by the great Roland who
was slain at Roncevalles by the Turks"
Customer: "But there were no pistols
in that day. Antiquary; 81 know that,
my dear sir, and that's what makes them
so rare"
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Auction Every Saturday,

At two O'Clock p. NJ. in Carr's Commission House,
Bacon Block. South Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont
Teas, Sugars, Groceries, Provisions, Wooden Ware,
Furniture Tobacco, Cigars, etc. Consignment of goods
solicited Employment furnished, and help secured ut
hort notice.
94-u ID. CARR. Auctioneer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30
New England Agricultural Society

The Annual Meeting of the New England
Agricultural Society will be held at the head
quarters of the society, No, As MIX street, Boston, on
Tuesday, February 8, 1884. at eleven o'clock AN.
DANIEL NEEDHAM, Secretary.
Bostou january l6 1884 1898
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-01-30

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-09
Compromise.

A a woman, accompanied BY boy
about ten years OF age, was passing a
store on Michigan avenue the other
dag, a cur dog belonging to the mer-
chant gave the lad a snap on the leg.
A great commotion was at once raised
over the circumstance, and the mer-
chant finally inquired:
How mucu 10 you want to settle
this case:'
Zen yards OF Calico promptly re-
piled the woman.
very well; come 10 ard get It,.
The cloth was torn of and handed
to her, aud mother and son took their
departure. They returned, however,
10 few minutes, and when the mer
chaut asked what was wanted she re-
piled:
It's the boy who is raising a fuss
sir. He says he got the bite and | 90
the dress, and he isn't satisfied
well, what does a wantT
Three sticks of candy will consol'
him, sir, or if they don't he'll have tt
take il out 10 complaining
The sticks were handed out, and a
the boy broke one in two and stuife'
his M outh full he muttered:
You let the next dog bite you anC
III take a suit of clothes and you ma.
have candy.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-09
A Choir Anecdote'

In the April, Century, Rev. Dr.
Charles S. Robinson continues his dis
cu.sion IF the annoyances aud humo1s
of the musical service IN churches anu
rela,es this anecdote: GLORIOUS Easter
was at hand and great preparations
we're made in the rural parish for i's
celebration; boughs were twined in the
arches of the building, flowers swung
n vreaths overhead aud shown In
heautiful baskets among the aI'les;
children had been rehearsing CAROLS
All the town came in on that no'aoie
morning: 1t was scene never u %
forgotten. The minister was raalan''
his eyes beamed with delight. bu'
,h,ucb, struck him: this audience, so
bappy. so generous, so enthusiasuc'-
would they not hear him moment LOT
q stroke OF business? Alter the inVoca-
uon and the first song, be surprlsea
,hem with a proposition to bring 'Eis'
TOR ofrsriugs' now at once 10 Gods al
tar and l!ft the dear old church out Oh
debt: OH, then there would be a resur'
roc,ion The congregation would c'me
-, rroo, under its great stone into
new lite. if they would roll 1t away!
Then the plates went their course aud
heor,s were touched, and purses were
omn,ied. and the heaps of mosey lay
hoeore the moistened eyes OF the rei'' va
nos,or AZ be TREMENDOUSLY thanked a
GOOD God for his peoples hdell'S 10
Tosnonse. The money is here IL
,hors he a little ia arrears, II can 90
a,odo nm in a day, and DOW We are
re,dv heartily 10 go on with the worship
- orr ,iseu Lord So the fixed pro-
oramme proceeded. A little German
had beeu procured from the metrop0.'S
tor an annex to the tenor; bis SOLO
c,me IN at this exact crisis oil 9ra'e'ul
emotion; he rendered it with a iresn
nlomb. though the consonan'' "e''
pmtward. An de det sail be raised
~ def sau be d-an' de dd-an'
do det-sall be raised-sall be raised
in de twiukliug of an ay-ee'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-09
The Plumber was Called.

You see. said the bad boy, we have
been troubled with rats at our heuse,
aud we tried poison, but they got tat on
il. We tried cats and the rats drove
tie cats away. 80 "a went down ana
got some steel traps aod set them
around on the floor Of the basement.-
floor 10 ment, and just as smooth as
can be, and me and my chum 90 down
there aud skate with our roller skates.
This morning pa came dJSn aud
wanted 10 put ou my skates. l told
him be couldn't skate, aud that be
try some other amusement, but be SAID
he knew all about II, aud he dldn't
want no boy to tell him anYthing'-
Well. he wabbed around for lew
minutes, and held ou to things Till he
thought be had got his bearings, when
be struck out for the back end OF the
basement. As be came along by the
furnace one leg began to 90 over to-
wards the eIghbors', and be graooeu
hold of the furnace, swung around De-
hind It, out Of sight, and We heard an
earthquake, and something snapped
like a steel trap, and pa yelled, by
crimnus.' and ma came down and wneh
sbe saw pa said 'Mercfal goodness
and By that time me and my chum bad
got there. Well, you'd a dIde 10 see
na. lie had come down like ton
of coal, right on that steel trap, and
il had spru ng and caught whole
nouthful of pas pants. ., 1t was the
% ost ridiculous position 1 ever saw pa
into, and be got mad and told me TO
uusprlng the trap. He turned him over
and me aud my chum tried our
hest to open the trap, but it was one OIL
those traps With a strong spring aud We
couldn,t. Pa was the only one tnat
,ould unspriug the trap, and be Couldn't
90 around behind himself 10 get at IL,
so told him l would 90 after DOCTOR
but he said this was a case where
doctor vas no good, and be wanted q
plumber or a blacksmith. Pa wanted
to 90 up iu the parlOr and cit on the
sofa while l Was going after the plum
ber. but the trap was chained to the
furnace, and we couldn't get 1t loose'
so pa had 10 lay there on the
cement Aoor till the plumber CAME
The plumOer laughed at pa, and salo
ne had doae all kinds OF plumbing De-
fore. but be never had call like that
-Pecks Sun.