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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-17

East RandoIph.-The little daughter of
Mrs Clara (Johnson) Baldwin has so far re-
covered rs to be able to return to her home in
Chicago. Stephen Hanks and Andrew Wood
worth, two old and respected citizens died last
week. -. Jerome Chesley has taken possession
OF the grist-mill, which he has rented for a
year Mrs. John Dickermsn, who has been
Ill for some time, Ia better. e. The water in
the streams is said by the oldest inhabitants to
be the lowest ever known.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-17

Barre Academy.-The Social Fraternity
met last Friday evening" and the Debating
Club on Monday evening, September Sth. IA
game OF ball was played last Wednesday after
noon between the Academy and Goddard mines,
which resulted in favor Of the former Three
innings were played, at the end OF which the
score stood fifteen to eight. f.. Among the call
ers Of the past week were Miss Myrtle Benja-
min and ii. ii. Bickford, both Of the class of
"a 80. The boarding house parlor has lately
been refurnished, new piano has been pro-
cured, and numerous repairs have been made
about the buildings.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-17
Waterbury.

B. +. PICKETT has sold his Helix needle bust
ness to bis son.in-law, W. J. Bruce VIII. has
rented rooms in Mr. Mobiles house and will soon
be resident of this village again. Mr. Pickett
goes South this fall for the st. Adams Manu-
featuring Company, selling their timber-drying
apparatus.
BY invitation OF Mr.. Barrett, Mr.. and Mrs
George Eimore Of Worthwhile greatly enter
tanned the people of Waterbury Hotel. Satur-
day evening, by their performances on the
violin and harp Their music was very pleas
ant and they had an interested and apprecia-
tive audience.
ABOUT forty persons registered at Water
bury Hotel last Saturday, among them Mr..
A. s. Jewell of Jersey City, maternal uncle Of
the Colby brothers. formerly well-known citi-
zens Of this town. Over fifty dined with mine
host Barrett on Sunday. Among the number
was quite sprinkling Of village people.
Miss MARIA FoRTIER, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs ii. Fortier, was married on Tuesday of
last week by Rev. Father Brerelette to Francois
Caouette of Hartland, VT. Among the presents
was a nice red plush rocking-chair from the
friends of the bride among the servants at the
Pavilion, Montpelier, and Bible for the
groom. High mass was celebrated.
BY B. F. Picketts ndefatigabe solicitation,
one hundred and five dollars have been raised
in sums from twenty five cents to two dollars for
Jacob Pape, the young man who lost leg at
Ridley's station recently. The amount will
doubtless be. increased to one hundred and
twenty-five dollars. The money will be de-
voted to schooling and to otherwise enabling
the unfortunate youth to help himself Jacob
Is now attending school in this village.
Mr.. C. c. WARREN began on Friday N All
his sjlos. the construction Of which was do.
scribed In these items few weeks ago. The
silos, two In number, are built side by side in
the barn, extending from short distance be-
low the ground to the roof Each IL eighteen feet
long, twelve feet wide and twentv.four feet
deer. The walls are about six inches thick
and packed with sawdust. Over the internal
boarding LAYER of building paper ia nlaced
and this is covered again with matched boards
In June last Mr.. Warren put in about eighteen
acres of corn for fodder. using southern corn,
| 1t was sown in drills, enriched with phosphate,
| and every stroke of work upon il has been
done with machinery Notwithstanding the
| extreme dry weather the corn attained a good
| growth, and last week he began to cut il, For
this purpose he used Walter Wood reaper,
| which cut the fodder in fine shape and laid ii
| in gaves upon the ground. This machine
with two horses and one man easily did the
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05

There is no European quarter in
Kioto, the capital of the Mikados. On
the night of our arrival, says traveller,
we went to barber's shop for shave,
and the excitement at our appearance
increased in intensity. The crowd
blocked up the narrow street, the first
line tlatteDing their noses against the
window and steaming it with their
breath. Inside the shop there was a
reflex of the excitement. The barber
himself, though pale, was collected in
manner, and gave me only one cash.
But his whole family were ranged in a
group in the kitchen, which opened
into the shop. The assistants stood
around, from time to time handing
unnecessary articles to the operator.
The most hopeless case was the small
boy, whose duty it was to stand by and
hand paper, combs, brush, towel, OF
whatever might be needed by the bar
Der. He stood at the elbow of the
char whilst was being shaved, with
his face half foot from mine, his lips
slightly parted, and pair of great
brown eyes unnaturally distended
fixed on my face. / fancy he was in &
condition of modified catalepsy. Al
any rate, he neither moved nor SPOKE
whilst the barber rasped me.
1t was the most villanOus shave
ever suffered. A dinner-knlfe would
have been for the purpose a Luxurious
article compared with ths razor.
besought the barber to let me off, but
without avail. 1t was the opportunity
of a lifetime, and he would not limi
its duration by any voluntary act. W,
had brought Ito, our guide, with us,
necessary precaution; otherwise befor
we could have made our protest under
stood we might have had a few bal,
places artistlcally arranged on on
head ana perhaps our eyebrows shave,
off in the manner of the Japanse
After much haranguing, Ito induces
J the man to let me go, to the nantes
disappointment of the crowd, who wer
only consoled by seeing the young gen
tleman from Glasgow take the chail
Finally the barber charged one an
eightpence for his fiendish work, which
, considering we had left the Unite
, States, seemed dear for a shave. TIL
: price to native would have been TIVE
pence halfpenny at most, and he woult
$ in addition. have had his eaJs and no
n trils shaved and his hair brushed an
t oiled.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05


land those of the dotterel, laid on thu
open beach, are often mentioned as al
instance. The resemblance Of the dotter
els egg to pebble is no greater thai
the resemblance between many eggs lait
in nests. II the white throat eggs wer,
taken from the nest and placed among
parti- colored pebbles such as are com
mon on some shores, 1t would need car,
to distinguish them. II the dotterel'i
eggs were put down among grass, o.
even among the clods of ploughed land
they would be equally difficult to find
You might as well suppose that the
white-throat is aware that nettles will
sting The human hand approaching it,
nest as that eggs are specially colored tC
deceive human eyes. AS for deceivinp
the eyes of those birds that are fond OF
eating eggs, the thing is absurd the
size of the egg alone is sufficient; how
conceal an object Of that size from an
eye that can distinguish insects The
egg takes its chance, colored or not,
Sportsmen would be very glad Il
pheasants would learn by experience
and lay eggs of hue invisible to the
poaching rock or crow. Nor is the nest
that seems 30 delicately made really so
by comparison with its maker. The
bird who built it is smaller than the
nest. The horse-hair an inch or two
long is to the bird what cane three OF
four feet long would be to us. The girls
at Luton perform much more difficult
feats in weaving straw-plait for bonnets
than any bird accomplishes. 10 under
stand birds you must try and see things
as they see them, not as you see them.
They are quite ignorant of your senti-
ments and ideas, and their actions have
no relation to yours. A whole system
of sentiment and conduct has been in
vented for birds and animals based en-
tirely upon the method of attributing
to them conceptions and plans which
might occur to human being. The
long-tailed tit often builds Its nest in
the midst of blackthorn thickets (which
afford it the lichen 1t uses) or in deep
hawthorn bushes. A man comes along,
sees the nest, and after considerable ex-
ertion-having to thrust himself into
the hedge-and after some pain, being
pricked by the thorns, succeeds in OBJ
tanning possession of it. "Ah," he
moralizes, 'what wonderful instinct on
the part of this little C ture to sur
round itself with Eareeba like the
Soudan Arabs. Look at my hands,"
Proof positive to him 4; but not to any
one who considers that through the
winter, up till nesting-time, these little
creatures have been creeping about such
thorns and thickets, and that they had
no expectation whatever of hand be-
ing thrust into the bushes. The spot
which is so difficult of access to a man
is to them easy of entrance. They look
at the matter from a very different
point OF view. The more thoroughly
the artificial system of natural history
ethics is dismissed from the mind, the
more interesting wild creatures will be
found. While it is adhered to veil IS
held before the eyes, and nothing afresh
can ever be discovered. Put it aside, and
there is always something new and as
interesting as fresh nest to a boy.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05

The father of George Washington
named Augustine, with Mary, bis wife
settled originally in the county of West
moreland, Va, on the other bank o.
the river, few miles below the present
Fredericksburg, moving later to site
nearly opposite the location Of the
town. 1t was to this new home George
was brought when about six years old
The lad figures in legendary local lore
as having thrown a stone across the
Rappahannock at an incredibly early
age. The fond parent who had enticed
George into the path of truth never
cut a conspicuous figure, and died
young, leaving the care of the boy to
his wife. This was about all he did
leave, except coonskin cap and a
mortgage on the farm.
Mrs. Washington, or Mother Wash
ington, as the natives call her, then
abandoned the old place, and passed
the days of her wldowhood in small
one-story and attic frame that is still
standing on one of the principal streets,
just before you reach the outslznts-a
battered and shaky concern, with a
handbook kitchen attached, in which
two chickens could hardly be cooked
without crowding the accommodations,
Additions have since been made to the
original house, but the old shanty
itself, in all its primitive quaintness, is
now occupied by Mr.. Moon and his
family. matchmaker of the town,
while the corner room, where Mother
Washington died, is now the armament
from which Mrs. Moon sheds her mild
domestic light.
About two hundred yards to the
south of her old rookery stands the
most interesting house of the neighbour
hood, and it explains the residence of
Mother Washington on the south side
Of the river after her husbands death.
She had, among other treasures,
daughter Elizabeth, better known as
Betty, Oh whom Colonel Fielding Lewis
dropped his adoring and practical
gaze. The Colonel was an English
gentleman of culture and family, and
barring an inherited tendency to con-
sumption, which shelved him before
many years, seems to have been most
desirable cavalier of the old school.
He drew his English gold, imported
English architects and bricks, and built
the substantial mansion which is now
the home Of Mr.. William Key Haword,
of Baltimore, and Is still known as
Kenmore House. Its walks and drives
are as lovely as ever, and its spacious
hall and dining-room elegant and i'm
pressive.
Washington's mothers grave, be-
tween her old home and Kenmore
House, is surmounted by pedestal,
without an inscription, and surrounded
by rank weeds. Just at its feet lies a
PROSTATE shaft of undressed marble,
about two feet in length, meant for the
capital of the monument. The storms
Of many years have swept over it, the
sunshine of many summers have rested
their hopeful rays upon its surface, but
no influence in Virginia has been found
strong enough to raise 1t from its de-
graded resting-place and plant it on the
orphaned base. The grounds are still
unkept, overrun with weeds and
thlstles, surrounded with cheap wire
fencing and furnished, for the benefit
of visitors, with tumbledown wooden
style.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05

Frederick the Great, whose brilliant
victories elevated Prussia from an in
feriOr to superior position among Eu-
ropean nationsy was noted for the
strictness of his military discipline. He
trained his army to move like a ma
chine. His soldiers were disciplined 50
to obey orders that they had no will of
their own.
The discipline which the great Fred
erick stamped upon the Prusslan army
remains to-day in all the clearness of
the original impression. Not long ago
little event took place at Powdowsk,
a military station near Berlin, which
shows what is the German soldiers idea
of obeying orders.
The officer in command one morning
posted veteran IN front of his own
residence, with orders to pace up and
down certain distance, and on no ac-
count to lower his gun from the "carry."
The officer, pompous self-important
man, was expecting visitors that day
and he wished to impress them with his
military style. Calling the soldier be.
fore him, he gave his orders.
"You are to pas the distance as.
signed, with your gun at the carry.
Do you understand ?"
"Yes, commander"
"On no account are you to deviatt
from your walk, or remove your weapon
from its position. You understand p
eyes, commander.
"You will observe strict silence. Or
no account are you to speak with an!
one on your beat. You understand p
"Yes, commander.
Every we'll; go and obey -
An hour after, the officers guest
, were ushered into his presence. The,
entered, each with broad grin on hi
, cOuntenanoe.
: ''My FRIEND" asked one of them o
: the host, ''what is this procession il
front of your house r'
5 Procession Procession There l
7 no procession l'' blurted out the host
1 growing red in the face.
l But look for yourself"
I The commander rushed to the win
/ dow. There was the soldier, as stii
! and erect as his own weapon, with eye
5 stolidly staring right ahead, marchin
solemnly up and down his beat. Will
e following him was mob OF youn
street loafers, armed with old broomi
0 sticks, pitchforks and other improvise
e weapons. Seeing that the soldier wa
apparently oblivIous to all around hin
one bold scamp had affixed to the sent
) nel's coat-tail a string, at whose en-
Q dangled a rusty tin can. And tn
l. unique procession had been going Q
y for half an hour, to the intense deligl
i of the populace in the street and Il
u edification of the guests when they a
+ rived. Out rushed the irate office
5 The mob, seeing him, dispersed, and /
u began to vent his anger on the sent
Il mel.
J. ''Idiot Blockhead Senseless WI
1t did you not strike them down, disper
l. them P''
d "The commander forgets. hi
n orders not to remove my gun from po'
E. tion."
D. "True. l am fool But you mig
is have ordered them off,"
s. ''The commander, pardon me, forge
a again. | had orders not to speak -
Is SIT is true. But"
t. "There is no but, You ordered.
lg obeyed. What more can be said ?"
le Indeed, nothing could be said. I
I'd officer swallowed his wrath as best
It. could. 1t would be altogether unmi
a. tary to punish soldier for obeying I
ilders.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05

The young we've admitted along witt
the old to the public tables, and al
though it was understood that the con
versation should be of a kind to elevate
the youthful mind, it was not meant
that the talk to which they might listen
should be made common gossip
Nothing spoken here must ever &C
out there" the old men would say to
their juniors, pointing to the door. BY
all accounts the early Greeks were
vegetarians and were strictly temper
ate. They were satisfied with the
simplest fruits, and their drink was
water. Even when agriculture had
made some progress among them, and
barley bread could be had, the richer
people preferred the old condition of
living. The barley bread must have
been great boom to the poor among
the primitive Greeks, seeing that they
were driven at times to dine on grass
hoppers and leaves. Much the same
conditions prevailed among the Roman
who only on festive occasions partook
Uf animal food, their ordinary repast
consisting wholly of milk, herbs and
roots. There came time, however,
when the Romans went to the opposite
extreme and when the whole Empire
used to be searched, as it were, to
furnish delicacies or novelties for the
table. The Yorkshire pie of the past
was notable for the variety of its con-
tents, but it was simplicity itself COM
pared with the "Trojan horse" of
fashionable Roman banquet. This
dish" was a whole boar, disembowell-
ed and filled with small animals and
birds. Occasionally the removes
were brought in like a pyramid, the
dishes being built up FROM Dashboard
as table. There was not only ex.
travsgance but great waste at
these banquets. Some of the accounts
that have come down to us read as
though the object of the host was to
prepare not for epicures, but for
gluttons. In one instance twelve
guests met to feast on eight boars, and
boars at the time were costly. The
name of Lucullus has become proverb
in connection with feasting; but, in
justice to him, it must be said that he
was not without method in the feasts
he gave. He spent money freely for
good living, but he was sensible enough
to have a scale Of probable costs to go
by, and eventually, tc save himself and
his servants trouble, he gave a distinct
name to each room in his house, and
the purveyors could always tell by the
room selected for feast to what ex-
pense they were to go. Some extra
ordinary mixtures were prepared for
epicures. Thus, Vitellus, in a silver
salver, used to blend the livers of gilt
heads, the brains Of pheasants and pea
cocks, the tongues of phenicopters and
the mills of lampreys. The prepare
tion would at least be edible, which is
more than can be said for the dissolved
pearls Caligula and Clodius gave to
their guests. 1t is related Of Apicius,
that in addition to a considerable
income he laid aside ninety millions of
scsterces in hard cash for no other
purpose but to be devoted to luxurious
living, and he succeeded so well that
he was afraid, when he found he had
only ten millions left, that he would be
starved to death and so he poisoned
himself.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05

The Coco de Mer palm is only found
IN the Seychelle Islands. 1t is from
sixty to one hundred feet high, and Its
trunk is foot in diameter all the way
up to the top, where 1t is crowned with
tuft of huge leaves, some of them as
much as twenty'feet long. The male
and female flowers are produced on diff,
ferent trees. The resulting nut il
about foot long, of irregular shape
and Till the discovery in 1743 of the only
spot in the world where these palms
grew, was believed to be a marine prod
uct. The Malay sailors used to afIirn
that it grew under water in placid bays
but if they dived for it it disappeared
The nuts were highly priced wheI
found floating about on the Indial
Ocean.
Fools rush in where angels fear h
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05

Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05
lake Hens

HOG Sold everywhere, sent by mall for 25c in
lefenasffee, y s. JOHNSON co., Boston, Mas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
GENERAL.

THE MeXicans are making war on niCkels.
Recently refusal to accept them in the
market at the City of Mexico caused quar-
with the nickel" The panic spread and
all business houses were closed. \ mob
passed through the streets breaking lamps
and windows. Troops fired blank car
tridges at the mob and cavalry charged
the crowd, and order was finally restored
without bloodshed.
A JEWISH school and synagogue at
Galatin, suburb of ConStautinOple
turkey, burned recently. Fifteen stu
dents persisted, and the same number were
missing. The directress of the school,
sliced with fright, threw herself from a
window and was killed.
IT is stated that France is determined to
enter into no negotiations for peace with
China until the French occupy Bacninh.
IT was reported that the French Govern
ment had telegraphed to Admiral Courbet,
urging Kim to follow up his victory at
Sontay with the utmost promptnesS and
energy compatible with prudence. 1t was
expected that Admiral Courbet would make
an attack upon Hong Hoa before marching
against Bacninh.
A SERIOUS riot took place ut Harbor
Grace, Newfoundland, recently, occasioned
Ivy an Orange procession being fired upon.
-Four men were killed, eight reported NOR
tally and eighteen to twenty slightly
wounded.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-04
THE Latest.

THE sanitary condition of Havana (Cuba)
is reported to be improving. Only ten
deaths from yellow fever for the week ended
December &c. The cases were scattered
| among the population and not confined to
shipping and military hospitals as they
usually are.
MISS HILL, of Hill-Sharon fame, recently
had Frederick C. Burchard arrested at San
Fran cisco for testifyirg in court that on
April IS, 1881, he was engaged to be mar
ried to her.
IN late interview with Mr.. Morrison,
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, he is quoted as saying that the COM
mittee will report bill making pretty
general edlctiou in existing duties; that
in arranging the provisions of the bill the
committee will look to the possibility of
preparing measure that can pass Con-
gress, but whether or not the bill can get
through the House without being amended
so as to destroy its usefulness, is matter
Of mere conjecture.
THE French Government has decided to
prohibit the importation of American
sailed meats until the Chambers have pro-
nounced upon the bill which the Minister
VI SOuliilcICt Will lulTOuuCe ~ Tue DePlN-
ming of next session. The prohibition does
not apply to the ports of Havre, Nantes
and Bordeaux, where, however, arrivals
are subjected to rigid scrutiny.
THE dead body of Penn Grit, negro
preacher, was found the other day six
miles from Brinkley, Ark, beside 4 hog he
had killed. 1t is believed he was shot i'm
mediately after killing the hog.
THE Trades Congress at Toronto (Ont.),
unanimously resolved that the future wei
fare of the working people of the Dominion
required the prohibition of the importation
of Chinese labor.
UPoN evidence showing fraud in making
entry, the Commissioner of the General
Land Office recently Cancelled twenty-one
entries of public land in Colorado, twelve
III Dakota and seventeen in New Mexico.
JOHN H. DODGE, of Grand Island, Neb.,
recently suicided by shooting himself, at
Omaha, where he had gone TO see his wife,
who had separated from him.
The Secretary of the Navy has issued an
order to suspend work in the Boston Navy
Yard January u and the dismissal of half
of the force. The breaking up of con-
demned vessels will be continued and the
yard be converted into a ropewalk.
ELLEN Bros furniture store, at Eau
Claire, Wis, burned recently. Loss, 49,.
900; insurance, S23 600.
A LATE wind storm destroyed number
of houses in Brooklyn, N. 2, and did much
damage along the coast At Pittsfield,
Mass, it was also quite destructive.
The business failures OF the country for
the week ended December 2Sth were PA, a
large decline from the previous week.