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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22
BOOKS IN SETS.

bOOhS LIN SETS.
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Coopers' Novels, 80 origi-
nal illustrations, 500, re-
duced to 1900
Guizot's Celebrated History
of France translated by
Rob't Black, 425 full
page illutrations, beveled
boards, gilt top, 8 vols, 500
McCarthy's History of Our
Own Times, A vols, SIS.
reduced to 1925
Waverly Novels, Is vols,
! reduced to 1900
Thackeray, 10 vols, $15,
reduced to 11.00
Works of Bacon, 2 vols,
So, reduced to 400
SCOTS Select Works, 6
vols, $50, reduced to $50
Macaulay's Essays and Poems,
8 vols, 1915. reduced to 275
Gibbons Rome, Mlman, vols,
50, reduced to $50
Plutarch's Lives, 8 vols, $3.50.
reduced to 800
Knights History of England.s6,
reduced to 400
Works of Chas. Lamb, 8 vols,
| reduced to 800
Rollins Ancient History, vols,
| %, reduced to $50
Gethe's Works. 5 vols, $3.50,
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Mrs. Jameson's Works, 10 vols,
sold separately. $3.50 each,
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Chambers Cyclopedia. 10 vols,
| S15, reduced TO 1000
Farrar's Life of Christ, large
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22
Daily 4snnsbst journal.
Augusta, Monday Morning, Dec %.

Ex-senator Chaffee estimates that 100.-
900 Irish democrats voted for Blaine in
New York State. and that the contribution
OF the South to the democratic campaign
fund reached nearly S2O0.0
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22
Marrtfn.

In Augusta, Dec IA. Robert l.. Brown to Miss
Mary f. Leighton. both Of Hallowell.
In Hallowell Dec. IL, Stanley c. Mariner of
Boston, Mass, to Miss Nellie T. Foote of Haiowell
In Brunswick. Dec 10, Chas. +. Msrston to Miss
Lille Davis, both of Brunswick.
In Bath, Dec. II, DR., Chas. F. Rideout to Jennie
$. Wolston, both of Bath.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

A Stitch in time saves nine and bottle of
Togus Cough Mixture may save your life.
6+&wwtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

Messrs. f. G. kinsman & Co. are always
alive TO their business, and spare no pains to
secure the best of every article in their line
They have secured the agency for the cele.
brsted DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. The only certain cure known for
Consumption, Coughs, colds, Hoarseness.
Asthma. Hsy Fever, Bronchitis, or any affec.
ton of the Throat and Lungs. Sold on a
positive guarantee. Trial bottles free Reg
ular size Sl.00
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Dif1.

In Clinton, Dec. IA, Mrs. Sarah Pratt, aged "a
years.
So years.
In watervile, Dec. 10, james A. Dingley, aged 70
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

Physc is necessary at times for Bilious
ness, Costiveness, &c. Use DR.. Arnold's
Bilious Pills. Csc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

Mothers, teething and fretful children need
DR., ArnOld's Soothing and Quieting Cordial
Druggists 25c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

H-MUsIC LEssoNs.-In classes of three,
"a lessons, $40; at the Hallowell Classical
Academy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

The advice OF the New Age TO have no
troops at the inauguration seem, 70 be IN
needed by the incoming President. The
troops are going 70 be there in large mum
bers This viii spoil the ex-Goyernor's
message Of 1880. and injure the prestige
Of the New Age, but we hope the Union
will survive and the constitution be IN
harmed.
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Tens OF Thoasa&d colds

lead to Consumption, Fevers, Settled Coughs.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Group, whoeping Cough.
&c. Immediate relief by DR.. Seth Arnold's
Cough Killer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

Vegetine has never failed TO effect a cur
of all mercural diseases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

We hope the New Age will give its
opinion next week about the proprietY Of
Cleveland wearing that go pair Of boots
at the Inauguration. VIII il not BE- de-
parture from .Jeffersonian simplicity
70 wear so expensive pair Of brogans
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22
BrOWn'S SarSaparilla.

This 10 not "quack" preparation lie it patent n
the Stomach Liver and Kidneys which the fountain
compounded from formula Of the late VIM II. Brown NJ
educated physician reputation lar outside the lin
Bo don college si2 and Harvard Medical school, 1850 d
in Europe and he known the talented physician
where medical skiI required He family physi
Of Hon. C. A. Boutelle II. c., Bangor; Hon. +.
RI nd many ofhe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
A New Technical College in California.

We learn from California journals that
Ex-Governor Stanford, president of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, has an.
nounced his intention of founding and
endowing in his state an institution for
free technical education. 1t is to consti-
tute monument to the memory of his
only son, recently deceased. 1t is to be
entirely independent of any other institu-
ton and the founder hopes to establish
it on basis which will make it of prac-
tical character no higher education, as
it is usually defined, being aimed at. To
use the governors own words " propose
that boys and girls (for it is to be for both
sexes) who enter the institution, and who
take full course, shall, when they come
out, know some business or trade 80 thor
oughly that the question of bread and
butter shall not be stumbling block to
them on their entrance into life" This
indicates an intention to give the institu.
ton broad scope as an industrial school.
The governor says that he has met many
young men, highly educated, who knew
no practical thing which would give them
a living, without gaining the experience
at the expense of the employer. He wants
to found school which will give young
persons some practical knowledge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
The World Moves.

Harvard College sends out an announce
ment to the effect that hereafter the pre-
scribed studies for the Freshman year are
Rhetoric and English Composition, Ger
man or French, Physics and Chemistry.
The list of electives is large, and is headed
by Latin, Greek and Mathematics. Latin
aud Greek are still among the require
ments for entrance, but after admission
they are to be pursued only in case the
student chooses to do so. This is certainly
nothing less than revolution. A genera
tion ago the ordinary college course con-
sisted of Latin, Greek and Mathematics
almost exclusively, with the addition of
Mental and Moral Philosophy and Logic,
and possibly course of Christian Evil
dences. History was little taught, except
indirectly, the modern languages and the
physical sciences were either ignored or
very badly taught, while subjects like
Political Economy, Comparative Politics
and Sociology were almost unheard of by
the undergraduate. Now Harvard swings
to the opposite extreme. What used to
be required of all is made elective, and
what was taught to none becomes the re-
quired part of the course.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30

mulched with straw or strawy litter. The
lighter the soil the more important 1t is
not to have a southern exposure for
currants.
2. The Red Dutch and the White Grape
currants are the best currants to grow for
home use or market. The Victoria is
later than these, and is recommended as a
productive aud profitable sort by writers,
but we have not found it 80. On strong,
rich soils the Versailles currant, and even
the Cherry curraut (they are almost, II not
quite, the same), can be grown profitably,
near market that will pay an extra
price for large currants. A new variety,
called Fay's Prolific, has lately been intro
duced, which is as large as the Cherry,
and is said to be as heavy a bearer as the
Red Dutch. This is the third year we
have had it, and 30 far it has confirmed
expectations. Black Naples is the stand
ard black variety.
8. When currant bushes get 80 thick as
to need pruning the older shoots should
be cut out, but this must be done with
moderation, as the older shoots are, up to
certain point, the most productive.
When they begin to appear weak they
should be removed, and good dressing
of manure given. The bushes should be
kept thoroughly free from weeds and
grass at all times. 1t is a good plan not
to run currant plantation more than ten
years, but to have a new one planted out
three or four years previous to take its
place.
4. The cuttings should be made ten inches
long, of strong, close-budded shoots of
the same seasons growth, and set, slightly
slanting, in trench 80 that two or three
inches only of the top of the cutting is left
exposed when the earth is replaced. The
earth should be very firmly trod to these
cuttings, especially at the bottom. In
heavy land, or any likely to heave by
frost, the row of cuttings should be either
we'll mulched, or the earth should be
drawn up to them in ridge so as to en-
tirely cover them, to prevent them being
thrown out by the action of the frost
They should be set as early in the fall as
possible after most of the leaves have
| fallen,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30

$3.50 grammes, the English sovereign
S.136 grammes, the German twenty-mark
piece 1906 grammes. The Italian system
being the same rs the French, the twenty.
FIVE Ira piece must have the same weight,
1904 grammes. 1t follows, therefore, that
with change of weight 30 slight as to be
expressed only by small decimal fraction,
all these countries could coin piece of
precisely grammes weight, without any
other change in their system. Or if En-.
gland should prefer to adhere to her 1l.12
standard of fineness, the weight of the
sovereign could be reduced 1886 of q
gramme, thus making it correspond in
value, though not in weight, to the other
coins. Change in the names of the coins
used in The different countries would be a
most difficult thing to introduce, and hap
PLY the scheme does not contemplate such
a change. The Euglishman would still
have his sovereign, the Frepchman his
franc and the American his dollar. No
change would be made that would be per-
ceptible to the ordinary handler of the
coins, and yet the money of one country
could be instantly reckoned in the money
of another; and all the pieces having the
same value, and the same weight, they
would pass as freely in one country as in
another, whether legal tender or not.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
eTarirnHnraL
L. III. HosKINs. Newport. VT, Editor.
The Dressed Beef Trade.

All our American agricultural journals
have declared, over and over again, that
the American dressed beef sent to En-
gland was equal to the best English beef,
was sold as such there, and could not be
distinguished from it. But now that
Chicago dressed beef is being sold in
eastern cities, I" the boot is on the other
foot" and we are told by the Boston Cut
tivator that "Chicsgo beef has to hang
longer than beef slaughtered here, and be-
comes dry and f,vorless, with less blood
in it, and making lees gravy at the cook
ing than the local product" The Cultivator
also tries to enlist the interest and preju-
dice of eastern farmers against this west
ern beef, saying;
"Those farmers in the North and East
who dispose of their beeves and sheep for
our seaboard markets have direct inter-
est in the war now waging between the
local butchers and the western dealers in
dressed meats. Once close our local
abattoirs and slaughter-houses, once sur
T0uuoI Vic DOCl nhu iuuVVOh iho'ASs w o"N
Chicago butchers, and a serious reduction
is made in the value of eastern aud
northern cattle, and serious blow is
given to the present methods and con-
venience of transacting business"
But what, o what has become, all at
once, of those inevitable claws Of trade"
which ait is vain to combat" and which
have been held up before the eyes of all the
eastern farmers by the city press, when
they have complained of western COMPETE
ton in butter, cheese and all our other
farm productsP These urban pundits will
have to look into the subject again, evil
IDENTIFY, and find out where they made
their mistake. Probably it will not now
be difficult for them to show that there are
no laws of trade, "as Interchangeable as the
law of gravity" as Brother Tinkham once
gravely informed us. English beef will
be sold in England, and Yankee beef in
Boston, long after these wiseacres have
turned up their toes to the daisies.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30

We think it possible that the Mann may
succeed in some parts of the Champlain
Valley, but (unless we did not have it
true) il certainly will not do for North
eastern Vermont. We regret .this, as it
is undoubtedly fine market apple, and a
long keeper.
The Pewaukee originated from a seed
of Duchess of Oldenburg, planted by
George p. PETER, an Intelligent and skill
full Wisconsin pomologist and is undoubt-
eddy a valuable apple where it succeeds.
But unfortunately what it has gained on
its parent in keeping it has lost in hardi-
ness, 80 that even in Wisconsin it is sue
cessful only in favorable localities. We
have given it fair trial, and have dis
tributed good many trees by gift, but
have not dared to sell any, as the young
trees are considerably injured in the
nursery by hard winter. We have had
no success with them in orchard, but some
of the trees given away have grown well
and borne considerable fruit, which is
large and of fair quality. Where it sue
ceeds in Wisconsin it is thought profita.
BILE variety to plant. With us it is decid-
eddy harder than the Mann, yet not hardy
enough.
The Hoas belongs to the Ben Davis
class of apples, being Of southern origin
(Missouri). Like the Davis, it requires a
rich soil and warm season to bring it to
its perfection, and then it is not a very
good eating apple. The tree is just about
as hardy as Ben Davis, but it Is only a
fall apple, and though productive it is not
large enough, handsome enough, or good
enough to be desirable. AS speaker at
the Wisconsin society's meeting said, we
"don't see why anybody who can get the
Wealthy should want the Hoas," and for
our locality, at least, we can say the same
of Mann and Pewaukee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30

Successful we look around at those
who have achieved, or are now achieving,
anything worthy to be called success, it
will be apparent that, whatever else they
may or may not be, they are men of solid
character. They are not sharpers, trick
sters, pretenders, or mercenary adventur-
ers, unscrupulously trading upon false
capital. The lawyers who succeed best
in the long run are men of character. The
statesmen who retain the confidence and
admiration of their country are men of
character. The merchants and bankers
who hold on through long career of pros
perity are true to their own consciences
and keep inviolate faith with their cred
itors.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
Currants.

"a Subscriber" of Canterbury, N. H.,
asks;
/. What kind of soil is best to raise
currants on ?
2. What varieties are the best
8. How and when should the bushes be
trimmed
A. When is the proper season to start
cuttings, and how should it be done2
ANSWERS BY AGRICULTURAL EDIToR.-
l. A rich, clay soil, with good drainage, is
the best for currants. They will do very
we'll in a rich, moist loan, and even in
sandy land good crops may be grown if it
is rich, and the bushes are kept we'll
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
Those " Laws Of Trade"

To anticipate the inevitable postal card,
which will ask us (apropos of our re-
marks about dressed beef elsewhere) if
we do not believe the declarations of the
political economists, to the effect that
there are laws of trade as Interchangeable as
the laws of nature, we will say plumply
that there are no such laws. What laws
of trade" there are, have no affinity with
what are called natural laws. So far as
they exist they arise out of human nature
the nature of beings having free will, of
beings related to nature and natures laws
only incidentally, and but so far as their
natural bodies are concerned. Man, essen
TALLY, is not natural but a spiritual
being. The laws of trade are the laws of
human intercourse, and of that exchange
of mutual service which is peculiar to man
of all earthly creatures-and peculiar to
him only in his spiritual, immortal ca
pacity.
In order to imagine immutable laws of
trade, the economist has to assume, to start
with, that man is a purely selfish creature
that he will always be sure to act under
the impulse of his material interests. Just
so far as the principles of the Christian
religion prevail, this whole theory loses
its basis, and if we conceive all men as
truly followers of Christ, we at that
moment lose the power of conceiving any
thing like the laws of trade, as laid down
by the English school of economists. In
an atmosphere of mutual goodwill, help
fulness and love, such conception is i'm
possible. 1t was born among people
who seek to make the whole earth tribu-
tary to their greed-who have sucked the
life out of poor Ireland, as they would
have sucked the life out of America, and
out of all their colonies, if America had
not shown the danger of ia nation that
conquered and robbed India, forced the
opium-trade upon China at the lannon's
mouth, sucked the blood of Egypt, Tur-
key, and all the South American republics,
that-pretending to love freedom-has
banded with every tyrant in Europe to
destroy freedom on that continent, and
to-day scours the world for opportunities,
under the pretext of honest trade, to rob
mankind. This "devil-fsh" of nations
has devised its "system of "political
economy to justify its wholesale iniqui-
ties-and American colleges are trying to
make that system the basis of "Greater
Britain on this continent, which shall
under surface of godliness-be as much
wickeder than its parent as it is bigger in
territorial extent. But such is not, we
are thankful to believe, the spirit of the
American people--the first nation strong
enough to tyrannize over the weak which
has never yet sought to do it, Long may
it be before "Jingo" policy receives
favor in the land of the free and the
home of the brave" God grant us an
other Irrational policy THE policy Of
amity and kindly helpfulness toward al
peoples, however weak, however ignorant
however inferior to us in all worldly good
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
An International Coinage.

The change required to bring abo ut an
system is very slight indeed.
France, Italy, Germany and the United
States, in their gold coins adopt the stand
ard of 9.10 fineness; England still clings
TO the Hip standard. Comparing the
coinage of these countries, on the basis of
the 9-l0 standard, 1t appears that the
French twenty-five franc coin weighs
S.O64 grammes, the American half-eagle
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
New Embellishments.
PROBABLY NEVER

In the history of proprietary medicines has
any article met success at lone equal to that
which has been poured upon HOOPS SARsA-
rARILLA. Why, such has been the success
of this article, that nearly every family in
whole neighborhoods have been taking 1t at
the same time. Every week brings new evil
dence of the wonderful curative properties Of
this medicine
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30

MosT people think that education is the
grating of something on the mind, in
stead of evolving fruit from it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
Hoods
SarsapaMMa

as to derive their greatest medicinal effects
with the least disturbance to the whole sys-
TEN. In fact this preparation is so well bal
anced in its action upon the alimentary
canal, the liver, the kidneys, the stomach,
the bowels and the circulation Of the blood,
that it brings about healthy action of the
entire human organism, that can hardly be
credited by those who have not seen the re-
markable results that have followed its use.
If the Sarsaparlla does not prove sufficient
" laxative, take n few doses of HOoD's VEG
ETABLE PILLS. 1t is well in all cases of
biliousness to take these pills in connection
with the Sarsaparilla for the first Ten days.
That dull, sleepy, sick feeling can he wholly
overcome by the use Of these remedies Win
you give them trial and be yourself again?
An eX-alderman of this city says of Hoods
Sarsaparilla, 81 1t is the strongest Sarsapa-
rilla l ever saw"
Each dollar bottle contains one hundred
(averages) doses Sold by all druggists.
Price one dollar, or six for five dollars.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, prepared only Il
I. HOOD & CO., Apothccaries, Lowell, Mass.
~ Use HOODS TooTH-PowDER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
'YTITYTTTYrzrl
.L!vrs OF PAIN
RHEUMATISM and NEURALGIA have
long enough run riot in the human
systPIn.

They have tormented the human family and
defed the medical faculty from time out of memory
they have corrupted the blood demoralzed the joints.
vexed the nerves, agonized the muscles and racked
the brain with wearying pain.
"ATuLoPHoRos" is the enemy OF Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgia, repairs their damages, renews
the blood, the joints, Gains the nerves. soothes
the muscles, gives rest and peace to the troubled
brain, and ensures delightful sleep
"ATHLoPHoRos" is new remedy, but 1t has
been abundantly tried From far and near come tes-
timonials from well-known persons who had long
been sufferers 1t has turned their diseases out 1t
has cured them. That is all,-and that is enough.
ATHLoPHoRos" can do for you what
it has done for those sufferers. 1t can
drive out your Rheumatism and Neuralgia,
and will do so if you give it a fair trial.
"ATHLoPHoRos" has by this time had such
good trial all over the country that its true work is
known, and its true character proved.
"ATHLoPuoRos means 'PriZe- Bearer"
"victor;" Conqueror" 1t carries off the prize as
VIcroR over the attacks of these terrible maadies
and CoHQURRoR of the frightful agones their VIC
tins have endured. Not mere temporary relief,
but permanent, enduring, and triumphant cure
II you cannot get ATHLoPHoRos of your drug
gist we will send it express paid, on receipt OF
regular price-one dollarp per bottle. Weprefer
that you buy It from your druggist, but II he
hasn't 1t, do not be persuaded TO try something
else, but order at once from US as directed
ATHL0PH0R0S co., iI2 WALL ST., NEW YORK.
lAIIlIIIlyiSll1IJlfln. R,IsxsYlEllllsl1kIlIl
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
Montpelier & Wells r. r. r.
Taking Effect July 7, 1884.

Trains leave Montpelier as fottocs:
Mail at 90 A. M Express at 90 P. M Mixed at Q. 30
p. NJ; arrive at Wells River at $50 A. NJ, 2.23 P.
NJ, $50 Pm.
Trains leave Wells River as follotUs:
Mixed at 100 A. NJ, Express at 945 A. NJ. Mail
at 3.45 p. M; arrive at Montpelier at $40 A. NJ,
lbs A. M, 5.25 Pm
Trains leaving Montpelier at 90 A. NJ and 90 P. NJ.
make close connections at Wes River for all points in
the White Mountains also for Boston and all inteme-
diate points. W. A. STOWELL, Superfnt endent
Y. ". MORSE. General PdssenQer AQent.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30
IL IA AN

WHO IS uaAoouAMrSo WITH TIE GEOGRAPHY OF TINS couH
Try W.T. So ny InAMMlAo IAls MAp IAAI IHG
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30

Combines the
BEST Remedies
of the vegetable
kingdom, and in
such proportion