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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-09
WA N r Z D!

By an old and prominent life company, a
man who has large acquaintance through
this district, and who is energetic, thorough,
and willing to devote his entire time to the
business, to act as general agent. To such a
man rare inducements will be offered, COM
bining salary or guarantee. All policies in
contestable and non-forfeiting by their own
conditions, after three payments. Endowment
policies at life rates. Popular plans. Expe-
rience not necessary, but those who have had
experience, and are successful, and desire to
change will find it greatly to their interest TO
correspond with us before making any arrange
ments. Address
DRAWER 90, ALBANY P. o., NY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-09
Weiu advertisements.
If 1t acre possible

to get the testimony of the multitude who
have used HOOPS SARsAPARILLA for de-
bility, languor, lassitude, and that general
feeling of stupidity, WEAKNESS and exhaus-
tion which every one feels during this season,
we should be able to present to our readers
such an overwhelming mass of commend
atory messages, that the few who have not
tried it would do so at once. 1t Is positive
fact, and has been so effectually demon
strated that no one to-day denies it, that
Hoods Sarsaparilla contains more real med
cinal value than any article before the people.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-09
HOODS sARsAPARILLA

Works through the blood, regulating, toni,g
and invi0orating all the functions of the body.
Sold by druggists. Price 81, or six for So.
CT. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
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Central Vermont Railroad.
Eastern Standard Time.
Commencing June 80, 1884.

Trains Going South ,oiH Leave Montpelier
as foItotcs!
@ 0h m MAIL, from st. Adams and Burlington
0'VO u 'Ii for Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Wor-
eester, Lowell, Fitchburg, Boston, Spring.
Held, New London and New York.
1926 b ba4s ana "a FOR SS.as h qs Sss
and New York Springfield and New
London. Pullman Drawing Room Car to
Boston via Lowell and New York via
Springfield,
ZOO p, m. MIXED to R010ury'
1926 S SDsBnTg Snd rs w from IN MoRtrs o.
Lowell and all points in New England.
Sleeping Cars to Boston via Lowell.
Trains Going North and West.
am m NIGHT EXPRESS, from Boston and New
Juu d. iil' York for Montreal, Ogdensburg and the
West. Sleeping Car to Montreal.
621 m ACCoMMODATIoN, to st. Adams.
@ t Gm9dn of 1O9 st. w xSsnl R Sns
Richford.
$50 RAS HaFHnS fer BaGn sSG At wsst
Drawing Room Car TO st. Adams.
Inn m CHICAGO EXPRESS. Pullman Sleeping
l'Vu ~ lil' Car through to Chicago without change.
Trains leave for Barre at 100 a. m, l0.45 a.
m. and Alb p. m.
Through tickets to Chicago and all points West for
sale at the principal stations.
J. W. HOBART, General Manager.
4. W. CUMMINGS. General Passenger Agent.
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Wew advertisements.
Montpelier & Wells r. r. r.
Taking Effect June 30, 1884.

Trains leave Montpelier as fotlotos.
Mall at 800 A. M Express at S5 p. M, Mixed at 400
P. arrive at Wells River at $50 A. M, $40 P.
NJ, 1920 p. M.
Trains leave Wells RtUer as fottosos.
Mixed at 400 A. NJ, Express at e45 A. NJ Mail
2, $40 P. NJ; arrive at Montpelier at 740 A. NJ,
ll.25 A. NJ, b.25 Pm.
Trains leaving Montpelier at 90 A. NJ and as p. NJ
make close connections at Wells River for all points In
me White Mountains also for Boston and all inerme-
diae points. W. A. STOWELI, Supe,.infendenf
z. W. MORSE. General Passenoer Aaent.
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DRACUT. MASS.

biAht = Aah'''
MRssRs. CT. HOOD & Co.,
Lowell, Mass:
Dear Sirs-I have suf-
fered from kidney COM
plant and blliousness for
fifteen years. Have tried
everything and never got
any good. Last January,
before | commenced taxi
ing HOOPS SARSAPARIT-
La, everything ate bloat-
ed me all up, pain In my
chest and arms, headache
and dizzy poul1 not
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-09

Nitrogen, per cent 100 lbs per ton at lsc.. s26O
Phosphorc acid, per cent so TBS per ton at &c., 4sO
Potash, per cent, or 40 II, per ton, at 5c.. 200
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-09
Value of Cotton Seed Meal.

The value of good article of cotton
seed meal as fertilizer is easily calculated
in comparison with commercial fertile srs,
from the analysis, which is as follows:
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IA MAN

WHO IS uakcouhsTGo WITH The GEOGRAPHY THIS eous
WILL EXAMINING THAT
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Sundries.

THAT teacher is the most successful
who best excites in the scholar the desire
for knowledge.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13

got TO give you this note, Mr.. Creighton.
1t was left here about five minutes ago.
Con took it up and glanced carelessly at
it, dainty little envelope, whose delicate
address he did not recognize, broke the
seal, and read:
"Miss Creighton's compliments to Mr..
Creighton, and desires his immediate pres
ence at the Grand Hotel"
"By Jovel" She'll offer me the post of
footman next, I presume. But I'll go to
her now, and let her see her mistake
So, in anything but an amiable humor,
he wended his way to her immediate
presence"
Miss Creighton is engaged at present,
but will be down in five minutes" the wait
er said And after he had disappeared,
Con began to mutter something contempt
Gus about country charms" " etc.
Then finding he had to wait he resigned
himself to comfortable armchair until a
light step sounded in the hall; until a slight
figure, clouds of golden hair and diaphanous
robes of fleecy gauze, came floating into
the room; until a sweet voice cried out:
'Oh, Con, am so glad to see youl'
Then, while he was staring and wonder
ing, Mabefs two white hands were laid in
lis: Mabels sweet face was upturned to him;
Mabers violet eyes rested upon him, the
tender love-light lurking in their depths.
"Mabel, my darling-my own little Ma
bel, what does this mean?"
"Why, you silly fellow, it means that
I'm your cousin, Mabel Creighton; and
that Tn glad, OIL so glad, Con, that l
didn't take your money never to return it.
And I'm gladder still that we met before
they made this discovery, and that you low
ed me in spite of what people saidl''
He was so stupefed that he could only
manage to say, "Why, did you know what
they said ?"
She drew herself up to her fullest height
and looked him proudly in the face
Certainly didn't know it, or 1 would
have found out the truth and told you all
at the time you asked me to be waiting
your return. 1 always thought l was grand
papa's daughter, for you know when my
mother died we left the place where l was
born and went to the village where you
met me-
He began to realize it then, but still you
can imagine that he felt rather awkward.
"And so my little Mabel is the heiress?''
he began, by way of prelude; but she inter-
rupted him.
"No, Con, I'm not; L don't want the
money, nor grandpa, nor grandma does not
want it. We were happy before and we
can be happy again if"
And then she stopped, the violet eyes
dropped and Con was himself again, as he
stopped toward her, saying, every well,
darling; but I must take you, too, for Sc
curity."
Three months after the security was paid,
and the golden link of the marriage tie
riveted the agreement forever; while with
smiling serenity Mrs. Creighton, senior,
looked on, entirely forgetting her old advO-
cacy of Emily Cummings and her own
aversion to the little country girl, whose
''pretty face" had attracted Cons attentions.
All, well suppose she is pardonable;
and l wonder, in the universal joy, if the
Mable Creighton that slept so peacefully in
the village churchyard knew that her
daughter was happy?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13
A Boys Ambitions.

Nearly everybody who is now a man,
says the Through Mail, was once a boy.
All these grown-up boys remember how
they felt the first time they ever saw a
brass band. They felt that the President
of the United States was not to be COM
pared to the editor of the base drum, and
that the drum-major was at least six inches
above George Washington in the temple
of fame. Oh how they did yearn to be-
long to brass band, until circus came
along, and then, how they longed to be the
fearless equestrian or the man In the lion $
cage Congress had no charms for most
of its present members when they were
boys. To be bareback rider or drum
ajor was infinitely greater than to be a
member of Congress in their youthful eyes.
Then came a time when their hearts
were set on becoming brakeman on a
railway train, and when the vision of pro-
motion to the conductorship of train
hoated across their dreamy optics they were
in the fifth heaven of delight. Time wore
on, only to rub the glitter of the railway
service off, and supply its place with grand
aspirations for the position of umpire of a
baseball game, which was rapidly succeeded
by an inordinate ambition to be the victor
Of prize-ring. After being knocked out
in one round by nearly every boy in the
community, ambition again underwent a
metamorphosis, and the one thing of all
things desired was to be the reigning mon
arch of barber-shop, or the untrammeled
commander of volunteer fre-brigade
In due time all the tinsel of these high
callings was but dross to them, and to die
on the battlefield, breathing some patriotic
sentiment as the sands of life ran away,
was the one high aim of existence. After
one encampment with the home militia,
with beans and hardtack for menu, and
hardtack and beans for desert, and finger
accidently shot off for fun, no further anx-
iety to spill blood by the gallon for their
country was manifested, and they longed
for more agreeable pursuits incident to the
tranquil surroundings of peace.
At about this point their desires took a
different turn. Their hearts glowed with
nobler impulse, and there was a trife
more OF u QeUeTmlndUlOu 10 10 III CLelr COIL
position. One determined to teach school,
and did so. To be sure, he was surprised
that life was not one continual round of
uninterrupted joy in his new calling, but
he worries along, and the next spring enters
law Office and becomes disciple of Black
stone. The next autumn he reverts to
school teaching, and school teaching is
sandwiched into his life in various ways
and at numerous periods afterward, until
he becomes an editor, and the prize-ring
experiences of his youth are repeated again.
Some years later he is elected to Congress,
and then the old ambitions are forgotten
and give place to designs upon the Senate.
Only few of them ever get there, and
they at once feel the humming of the
presidential bee in their bonnets, and event
ually become candidates before the national
conventions of the great parties, and all but
two get-left; and when the election is
over one of those two is also left.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13

Terrors was completely destroyed and
nearly torn away from the stern post
Hour after hour passed away without the
least mitigation of the awful circumstances
in which we were placed. Indeed, there
seemed to be but little probability of our
ships holding together much longer, so fire.
quent and violent were the shocks they
sustained. The loud crashing noise of the
straining and working of the timber and
decks, as she was driven against the heavier
pieces, which all the activity and exertions
of our people could not prevent, was sufli-
cient to fill the stoutest heart with dismay."
Whenever the gallant commander got
south Of sixty degrees or so, then the bat
Ting with the ice began again and again.
lie once, as We have said, touched the sew
enty-eighth parallel of latitude, and in all
probability no human being has ever made
a nearer approach to the South Pole-less
by about four hundred miles than the ap-
proach which was recently made to the
North Pole by Lieutenant Lockwood of the
Greely Expedition.
Nothing has been said here about ter
restial magnetism, magnetic meridians, &c,
for in truth that is great scientific subject
in itself. But it may just be remarked
that an object of Sir James Ross expedi-
ton was, if possible, to reach the south
magnetic pole-a different point from the
south terrestrial pole. The great icy bar
rier prevented the realization of that hope.
A few years afterward Lieutenant Moore.
in the Pagoda, set off to make magnetic
observations in parts of the Antarctic circle
that had not been visited; he did so, and
rendered great service to science, but did
not get within l 400 miles of the tantaliz-
ing South Pole.
What we know of the South Pole, then.
is simply this: That nobody has got within
seven or eight hundred miles of it. That
icy barriers were encountered which quite
eclipse anything known in the north frigid
zone; that mountains have been seen, one
shooting forth volcanic flames, loftier than
any discovered by our northern explorers;
that all the land there is covered with snow
at all seasons; that no human being has
been met with beyond fifty-six degrees,
that no vegetable growth, except lichens,
has been seen beyond fifty-eight degrees;
and that no land quadruped is known to
exist beyond sixty-six degrees.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13
Look to the Flues.

Every winter hundreds of farm-houses
are consumed by fire, the only solution to
the origin of which is defective fue.
Very few farmers can ever afford to burn
out, be they ever so well insured. Insur-
ance, at best, is only help in case the
calamity befalls us. One very important
item to be looked after, then, in the ap-
proach of winter, and before the winter
fires are kindled, is the fue. 1t is fire.
quently stated, when house burns, that it
was supposed to be in perfect order, having
been built but few years. Insurance
men understand that all chimneys when
first built are liable to settle If they are
clear the settling can do no harm, but-if
the upper part rests on an offset, or in any
way clings to the walls or rafter, then the
lower part settles away from it, leaves an
opening just where it is the most dangerous.
In this respect comparatively new build
ing is in more danger than an older one
which has years previously done all its set
ting, though in some other respects an old
building may be in more danger. Any
farmer can examine all the chimneys about
his house in less than half hour and if
any openings appear it will seldom take
more than that time to repair them. Can
any one put in the same amount of time to
better advantage? Wepublish these refleeA
tions with the hope that we may save SOM
thoughtless person from one of the saddests
calamities that befalls family in this life,
that of burning out in the dead of winter.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13
Bill Nye as a Lawyer.


CteretdHd Sunday Sun.
A dear friend in Pennsylvania writes
me that he has learned casually that some
years ago l was member Of the legal pro-
fession, and he asks me to state, if will,
publicly, whether that is true and, if so,
why | abandoned the profession.
1t is true that 1 did practice law in the
West for short time, in very quiet kind
OF way. After few months, however, I
abandoned my lucrative practice to accept
the portfolio of the Laramie City postofice.
During my brief but tempestuous career
as an attorney I paid out S12O for rent,
and drew chattel mortgage, which was
never paid for, as near as 1 am able to
judge.
My principal reason, however, for aban-
doning the profession was the sudden death
OF my client. When young lawyer has
assiduously sat and looked out of his Office
window for two months, and a client comes
In and shows signs of intrusting actual
business to him, there springs up at on
between the two warm frieRdshiF-.s.sESBadch
was the case with me. AkmidYe-aged
gentleman came into my off one day, and
SAID he had been referred sme by party
In town, and asked me if 4 had leisure to
attend to him, | said that l would lay
aside other matters and attend to him at
once, if he wished. He said it would be a
great accommodation if | would allow my
other clients to accumulate in the hall for
few moments, and in the meantime do
the business that was on his mind. He
had asked Charlie Kitchen, at the Thores-
burgh House, to give him the name of some
Poor young lawyer, and Kitchen had told
him that | was about the poorest lawyer he
knew of, so he had come right to me.
saw at once that he was shrewd bust
ness man: and did all l could to please
him. He was delighted with the prompt
ness with which l had done the work, and
said he would have more for me to do very
soon, as he had purchased the controlling
interest in a new silver mine over at Jelm
Mountain. On the strength of this revival
in trade l went down town and bought half
ton of coal.
| then opened a set of double entry
books, which | still retain, and which are
almost as good as new. L had just got my
new client fairly on the books when he was
killed by falling down shaft distance of
200 feet in a perpendicular direction. L
then said that the practice of law was in
vested with too much sorrow and sadness
for me. | could not endure the constant
sundering of pleasant, friendly ties which
an active practice demanded. 1 sold my
revised statutes to new notary public at
Last Chance, and gave my other law books
to warm personal friend Having thus
disposed of my library 1 retired from the
practice of my profession by taking down
my tin sign and mailing it to the frontdoor
of the post-house at the close of beautiful
summer Cleveland SHlday Snn.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13

JoURNALIsM.-A person may have great
intellectual gifts suited to oratory, states
manship or commerce, and not at all fitted
for newspaper work Journalism makes a
peculiar demand upon the nervous energies
and requires quickness of thought and
action not elsewhere essential There will
be no time for deliberate examination, but
the thought, the decision, the language,
must all be ready at short notice.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13
DRIEF AND TO THE POINT.
BOOTS ND SH ES

Full stock honest made Heavy Boots S1.5O.
Our best old standby, "THE BOSS" $3.50.
A good well-made fine Boot $3.50. Ladies'
every day Shoes at rs cts. to sl.5O. Child
rens heavy pegged Shoes so cts. to 81. We
have everythingyou can ask for in Fine Shoes.
Slesinger's hand made tender-feet Shoes, fol
ladies, misses and children. Mems Gum
Boots S1.5O and up. Ladies' Gum Shoes &c
cts. and up, and everything in the Gum Line
at proportionately low prices. The Finest
Line of Mems and Ladies' Embroidered and
Fancy Slippers shown in the county.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13

Resignation only changes the character
of our suffering, it does not remove it; it
sanctifes sorrow; but it does not lessen our
sense Of loss.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13

Mems Fur and Wool Hats. Mems Soft and
Stiff Hats for the Holidays. New and Nobby
Styles Mems, Boys and Children's Hats, 25
cents and up, at
u. L. REAVER & CO.'S,
First National Bank Building, R. R. Depot,
WESTMINSTER, MD. deco
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13

Man is harvester He begins life at
the cradle; learns to handle the fork; often
has rakish ways andsow wild oats thresh-
es his way through the world and when he
arrives at the sere and yellow leaf, time
mows him down and bis remains are planted
on the hillside
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13

Kindness is slowed away in the heart,
like rose leaves in drawer, to sweeten
every object around it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13
no TO M. C. STRASBURGER
COMBINATION STORE.

COMBINATION STORE.
If you know what is good for your pock-
book, and want to save money, then come
and examine our stock of goods, which con-
ssts of
SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS, SPICES,
CANNED GOODS,
N. o. MOLASsES, SYRUP, RAISINs,
CURRANTS, CITRON,
CRANBERRIES, DATES, FIGS,
ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS,
COCOANUTS, CAKES, CRACKERS,
CHEESE, FISH, BACON,
LARD, BOLOGNA SAUSAGE, COAL
OIL, FLOUR, CORNMEAL,
BUCKWHEAT.
A full Stock of pure Confectionery, which
cannot be surpassed in quality or price.
Nuts of all kinds.
A large assortment of Boots and Shoes.
Come and see our So. 90 Waterproof Boot.
Tinware, Glass and Queensware, Wooden
ware and Notions of all kinds.
Our cent Counter is now in full bloom and
well worth looking at.
A FINE STOCK OF LIQUORS OF ALL
KINDS.
A Full Line of Holiday Presents.
OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE
In all its branches, and too numerous to men
ton every article You can find almost any
kind of goods, and need not run from store to
store to supply your wants. Call and see be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
NJ. c. STP PASBURGER,
At the store laten. occupied
by Theodore Derr,
dec 6 WESTMINSTER, MD.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-13

There are 100 persons serving under
life sentences in the Concord Mass. state
prison.
National Republican., 1884-04-07
SOCIETY.
Mrs. McElroy's Luncheon 10 Mrs. Grant
on Saturday.

Mrs. McEIroy's Luncheon 10 Mrs. Grant
on Saturday.
Mrs Grant, who has been tho recipient Of
many pleasant little social attentions from
her friends during her stay here, was ten
dered q lunch party by Mrs. McElroy at tho
white house on Saturday. At 9 o'clock tho
party of twenty ladies was ushered into the
private dining room, which Is by many con-
sidered the most tasteful apartment in tho
mansion. The curtains were drawn and the
room lighted with side gas jets in tinted
bohemian glass sconcos and by wax lights
placed in silver candelabra on the tablo and
sdeboards. The table was decorated with
long oval mound Of jacqueminot
and Marshal Mel roses and two
large gilt baskets filon with roses.
At each lady's plate there was q
large bouquet Of iacqueminot or mermet
roses, tied with satin ribbons of the samo
shade. The favors were large satin eggs
filled with bnn-bons. Four wines and four
teen courses were served, and IL was very
brilliant and enjoyable occasion. Mrs. Nc.
Elroy placed Dlrs. Grant at her right and
Mrs Frolinghuysen at her left, and the other
ladies present were Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs
| Chandler, Mrs. brewster, Mrs. Teller, Mrs
Waite, Mrs. Blstchford, Mrs. Samuel b. Mil
Ter, Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. L. Y, kinsley
Mrs. Arthur Masten, Mrs. Joseph X, Hawley
Mrs. Charles Nordhof, Mrs. sheridan, Mrs
r. II. Hit, Mrs. Isaac Bell, jr., Of New York
Mrs. Clayton McMichael, and Miss Freling-
huysen.
Commissioner and Mrs. Loring gave re-
ception Saturday which was quite numerousy
attended, among the guests being Mrs, Nc
Elroy, Secretary and Mrs. Chandler, and
others prominent in political and social life
The engagement is announced of Prof. G
W. Larned, of the United States military
academy, aud Miss Louise Alexander, daugh
ter of Gen. T. b. Alexander, United State
army.
on account of the funeral of the late Min
lister Hunt to-day Mrs, Selfridge, of Rhod'
Island avenue, will not commence her Mon
day afternoon receptions till next week, Mon
day
National Republican., 1884-04-07

move, and he thought transportation could
have been obtained. There was, however,
small chance of finding De Long. Mr.. Col.
Inns had told him that he was not permitted
to have writing materials.
Mr.. Collins had specified Mr.. Melville and
DR.. Amber as among those who hurt his
feelings. Witness believed Collins's state
mcnts to be true. Tho witness said there
was q feeling of intimidation among tho men.
Tho witness thought tho pay coming to him
t,niod had ho said moro than no was obliged
to. He was under arrest for differences bo-
twoon himself and Mr., Hunt when no went
on the stand.
Tho witness stated that Lieut.. DanenhoweI
had said Capt De Long i'll treated him, and
that if Grant was president when he returned
he would have DE Long broke.
The committee thon adjourned until to-day