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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-10-09

George Campbell. Hopkinsvills. Kentucky
ssys. Burdsck Blood Bittsrs 10 the bost prepn
ariion for the blood and stomach ever nanu'ae'
tured
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-10-09
pEPORT of the Condition OF the
~ pattanLill National Bank of Manchesle nj

REPORT Of the Condition OF the
~ Battenkill National Bank of Manchester. at
Manchester, in the state OF Vermont, at the close
OF business. September 39tb, 1854.
ro.,s and disconnts CSC, 908 rs
[. 49, Bonds to secure circulation, 73.0O0 70
ma from approyed reserve agents, 1910 %
Real estate, furniture and fixtures, 900 90
Gnr,ant exnenaea and taxes paid ala &C
Checks and other cash items, lo7l %
Bills OF other National Banks, l,ao7 w
Fractional paper currency, nlckles and a.
s,ac,e 400 90
legal lender notes, 1000 90
Redemption Fund, U. s. Treasurer
Is her cent Of circulation.) 1915 90
Total S2l8,l3 81
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paidin, $4,000 90
Surplus Fund, l6oo0 oQ
Undivided profits. ssO w
Nstional n M notes outstanding. 67,500 90
Individual deposits subject to check 66095 10
Demand certificates OF deposit 6i7 "
Total $2ls, 1856 CT
STATE OF VERMONT County Of Bennington IS.
l, William A. Black, Cashier OF the Battenkill
National Bank OF Manchester, do solemnly swear
that the above statement 10 true, to the best oil
my knowledge and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Ath
- y 0 w.P. BLACK,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest,
W. p. BLACK,
]. q. MARTIN.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-10-09

Waller ki,teris Re is billed for a con-
n ri Al this place Wednesday evening
G CO. 8.
A sleeps peii wss fsand on the
nounlAie. rolled sp 10 bears style. Some
one il nlnss sheep
We hear some compliant Of foxes rob
bag hen roosis bat f.out bear Of snysns
/, catching fs1es.
Mira Csdvorth bas 50 far recovered
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-10-09

iron her sicknsss that abe hn gene 70
sosih Londonderry to srssa q few days
With ffissdA
Saturday evening gave Us The hsrdes,
thunder slsrm Of the season.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-10-09

special Communication OF Aaoniram
Lodge. Oct. 10 siTF.A Work on 3ra
degree
Deaf fail 10 zee Cotnicsl Brown and
eonpsny Il Estsbrssi's Opera Hoase this
TAnrsday. evening.
The fall saaniaaiion Of teachers b.
The supsTiuissdes, 81 schools. Rev. J. Z
Meiealf. vii be held Al The school ksass
10 fseicfy psisi on Saturday. October Is.
Is0HsaT
Mr.. West ADD lvo soas. Ct MasssSha-
se,is. arc guests ii JsAn hasidoss
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-17
The Practical Life of tho Germans.

There is probably no nation upon the
face of the earth that knows so well
what the enjoyment of life means as the
Germans. They are practical in every
thing they undertake, and make 1t a
part of their business to find out all
the beauty there is in living, and to
make the most of 1t when they do find
it. Their homes are more than mere
places of shelter, to eat and sleep in.
Even in the humblest of these there is
pleasing attempt of the inmates to
spread cheerfulness about them, notably
IN the decoration of their windows with
Towering plants and trailing vines,
They are also practical in their charity,
and such thing as broken limb, fol
the want of a shovelful of ashes or saw.
dust on an icy pavement, does net hap
pen in front of their homes. We Amer
leans might learn little humanity, il
nothing else, from the Germans,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-17
NEWARK NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE MAY IT, 1884.
STARS OF TaE NIGHT.

Stars Of tho night, sparkling with glory.
Ever resplendent in majesty shine,
Still in soft whispers the unwritten story
Too lofty, In accents for essence like
mine
OF the birth of old time in the uncounted
ages,
When nature first woke in the whirl of
the spheres,
Whose being and end cen uusolved by the
sages,
Exchanging, undying through the pass
ing Of years.
Stars of the night, peacefully cleaning,
Battle the dark face of our shadowy earth
With the same placid brightness, so dis
family streaming,
As shone when this atom first sprang into
birth,
And thus ever will shine, with immutable
spendor,
Till changes have chilled and blackened
our sphere,
And e'en through the darkness, mockingly
tender,
win CLEAN upon ruin that time viii
make here.
Stars of the night. silently stealing
Over the arch of our infinite blue,
Speak to the mind in language revealing
A nature that thought does not dare u
pursue.
Passing, still passing, in beauty increasing
They carry the thoughts of the dreamer
| away,
Till their soft golden light, 70 the eastward
decreasing,
Arouses the world to welcome the day.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-17

For our part we see no more reason why
we should not force nature to give US
carpet beds and mosaic flower gardens
than that flowers should be arranged in
baskets or bouquets or sprinkled around
in certain places on dinner tables or as
festival ornaments. But we should
love to see the beautiful mixed flower
border less forgotten than 1t seems to
be. The hardy herbaceous plant, which
asks little favor and takes care of itse4
with but small encouragement, is capa-.
BILE of giving pleasure at least equal to
any mosaic flower bed, and we should
be glad to see the taste for these revived.
With few fine days in February we
saw large mass of the winter Aeon
ite in full flower in mixed border,
and in March, before the snow was
wholly gone, the bees were at work on
the del.ciously scented, though not
snowy, flowers of the Pachysandra pro-
cumbens-a hard name-but no accept
able common one has yet got the popu-
lar heart. Then the Snowdrop and its
early competitor, the yellow Frittilary,
Anemones, Crowfoot and such like Wis
itors in the earliest spring day who
would be without them who has once
enjoyed their company A few people
who love flowers take delight in getting
some one thing with which they know
they can have thorough success and
make q special feature of 1t on their
ground. Suppose, for instance, one
could learn to grow well the Trailing
Arbutus, and, after thus learning,
make special feature Of itP What
would excite the envy more, IL there is
a pleasure In making ones neighbor en-
vious, than IN having a huge mass Of
this lovely spring flower arranged In
some unique and tasteful plan We do
it with roses, rhododendrons, azaleas
and some other plants, and some of us
90 hundred miles to see some wonder
full pictures Of beauty which these
lovely things present ardent admirers
of Flora. We should be glad to see
more done in this line, though Ia no de-
gree desiring to discourage the now
prevalent taste for massing of leaf plants
in summer gardening.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-17

Contact with the world either breaks
or hardens the heart.
Be the first to hold out the hand Of
peace.
Like piece of steel, that man is the
strongest and most elastic who always
retains his temper,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A teacher defined conscience las
something within you that tells you
when you have done wrong" II had
it once" spoke up young tow-head Of
six summers; ''but they had to send
for the Doctor"
Bridget -''Wot's the most genteel
thing for lady as is lady to carry in
the street. Nora?" Cook-.Sure, thin.
some prefers three volume book; but
prefers roll of music, mesilf, quite
careless and aisy like"
1t is true, generally speaking, that
nothing is impossible with God; but it
Is very nearly II not quite impossible
for God TO make man SO perfect "a
many fellow thinks he is-or rather
tries to make others believe him to be.
Boston Transcript.
There comes time in every little
girls life when she is seized with long
ing to cook. And there comes time
in every big girls life when she is
seized with q longing to hire somebody
else to cook. 1t comes after she gets
married. Detroit Post
An Arkansas man went to church
for the first time in his life. The min
lister had announced through the local
papers that he would discourse on the
''Lost Sheep" and the man hoped to
gain some information regarding .
stray ram of his.-ArkansGw Traveller.
Some strolling thespians we're once
playing Macbeth" in country town.
Their properties were not kept in very
systematic order, for when the hero
OF Shakespeare drama exclaimed. us
that dagger that see before me?" q
shrill voice responded from the ''fies,"
mo, sir; its the putty knife. The
! dagger's lost. "-Erchange.
Brooklyn has the largest tin-box
factory in the country. A feature is
the manufacture of decorated tinware.
This consists of tin plate on whose sur
face there is picture or other design.
The work is done by tin-lithograph-
ing press similar to that employed upon
| paper. The decorated ware costs but
trifle more than the plain, and is in
great demand. Brooklyn EAGLE.
| I'm the midst of loud hum and
buzz of a social gathering one day this
week an impudent fellow suddenly
called out: "Now, let's all stop, catch
our breaths aud go on ahead for the
rest Of the evening telling nothing but
truthful stories and things" The COM
pany grew dumb and soon dispersed.
Too much was required of them.-zhe
ReUieU.
-Dumley had accompanied friend
home to dinner and, as they seated
themselves at the table, the hostess re-
marked: II trust that you will make
allowances, Mr.. Dumley. My girl left
me this morning very unexpectedly,
and / was compelled to cook the dinner
myself" 20, certainly, my dear
madam. certainly" responded Dumley,
with much manner; II can put up with
saythipg. IN J. Graphic,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-22

circulating library. That takes six dol
lars out of the forty-three dollars that
was not accounted for. Fortunately
for nv wife, she had great many ac-
auaictances in Brooklyn, and she had
all of the social recreation that she had
time to take. She and | both agree,
however, that it is our duty to save at
least as much as we do. A young man
with small salary and family on his
hands runs great risk in spending all
that he earns. Suppose he should have
a lone fit of sickness. What plight
his family would be in! They would,
in short time. become subjects for the
charity of the neighbors. None OF that
for me, if you please. would rather
deny myself unnecessary comforts and
have the consciousness that if anything
should happen to me, my wife and child
would have little something to fall
back upon"
do your employers allow you q
vacation each year?"
mo. In such large houses as the
one am with there are too many clerks
to make the vacation plan feasible.
Only the heads of departments are
granted leaves of absence with pay. Ii
[ should want to go away for week
this summer might possibly get per
mission to go, as business is rather
dull, but would lose my weeks pay. >
~ Y. Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-22
Dumpy Women.

Women, especially those of the upper
classes, who are not obliged to keep
themselves in condition by work, lose
after middle age, sometimes earlier,
considerable amount of their height,
not by STOPPING, as men do, but by act
uaI collapse, sinking down mainly to
be attributed to the perishing of the
muscles thatsupport the frame, in con-
sequence of habitual and constant pres
sure of stays and dependence upon the
artificial support by them afforded.
Every girl who wears stays that press
upon these muscles and restrict the
free development of the tibres that form
them, relieving them from their natural
duties of supporting the spine, indeed
incapacitating them from so doing, may
feel sure she is preparing herself to be
dumpy woman. A great pity! Fail
ure of health among women when the
vigor of youth passes away is but too
patent and but too commonly caused by
this practice. Let the man who adj
mires the piece of pipe that does duty
for the human body picture to himself
the wasted form and scanned skin.
Most women, from long custom OF
wearing these stays, are really unaware
how much they are hampered and re-
stricted. A girl of twenty, intended by
nature to be one of her finest specimens
gravely assures one that her stays are
not tight, being exactly the same size
as those she was first put into, not
perceiving her condemnation in the fact
| that she has since grown tiyeinches in
height and two in shoulder breadth.
Her stays are not too tight, because the
constant pressure has prevented the
natural development OF the heart and
lung space The dainty waist of the
poets is precisely that flexible slimness
! that is destroyed by stays. The form
resulting from them is not slim, but n
piece of pipe, and as inhexible. But,
while endeavoring to make clear the
outrage upon practical good sense and
sense of beauty, it is necessary to
understand and admit the whole state
of the case. The reason, if not a neces-
sity, for some sort of corset, may be
found when the form is very redundant;
this, however, can not be with the very
young and slight, but all that necessity
could demand and that practical good
sense and fitness would concede, could
be found in strong elastic kind OF
Jersey. sufficiently strong. and even
stiff under the bust to support it, and
sufficiently elastic at the sides and back
to injure no organs and impede nc
functions. Even in the case of the
young and slight an elastic band under
the false ribs would not be injurious,
but perhaps the contrary, serving as 9
constant hint to keep the chest well
forward and the shoulders back; but
every stitf, unyielding machine, crush
ing the ribs and destroying the fiber o.
muscle, will be fatal to health, to free
dom of movement and to beauty; it il
scarcely too much to say that the wear
ing of such amounts to stupidity ii
those who do not know the conse
quences for over and over again warn
ing has been given), and to wickedness
} in those who do.-Lond0n Lancet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-22
THE NOISES or THE NIGHT.


The watchful dog bowls to greet the moon
whene'er he gets peep.
hear him us vainy try to snatch wink OF
Some reveeiler without key is hammering at
/ really think that siumber now win visit me
no more:
And pussies prowl upon the tiles, they cater
O. terrible. indeed, we find the Noises of the
Night.
Some mysteries are on spree, and sing
horrid song;
A newsboy screechcs latestnews that's certain
to be wrong;
iron rods,
Tn certain. by the noise it makes; but. hang
it, what's the odds?
For sleep IS quite impossible, although the
So utterly distracting are the Noises OF the
Night.
They're beating carpets. declare, at night.
CHASTITY freak;
And now that loose old chimney-pot, of course,
begins to creak;
cab stops mt my neighbours house, ana LOUD
Which wakes me when I'd just begun my most
harmonious snore;
It's hard upon nervous man TO wake up IN
fright,
But what can one expect with all the Noises
of the Night.
And, ere the morning light has dawned, the
lively cocks and hens
Emerge "as fresh as paint" know, from Out
adjacent pens;
And then the loud internal crow from tnat Ole
Chanticeer
Comes, banishing all further sleep. upon my
tortured ear;
could not slumber until late, I'm reused
earliest light
of the Night? Punch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-22
The Cabinet Story.

We hardly credit the story, however
well it may seem to be authenticated,
that Butler has been offered seat in
the Blaine Cabinet, provided he will
pull off his coat and help to make
Blaine Cabinet possible Butler has
been guilty of such colossal blunders,
recently-he has reached such sublim-
ity of stupidity that there is hardly any
thing in this line that might not be cred
tied to him. But we should suppose
that the very habit of his life, to say
nothing of his experience and natural
suspiciousness, would defend him
against the subtle bargains that Blaine
is accustomed TO make in advance Of
favors only to repudiate them after their
benefits have been enjoyed. Senator
Conkling and others learned to their
lasting disgust, four years ago, that it
was risky to place any confidence in the
promises of Presidential candidates in q
corner, but if Garfield was not to DO
trusted. how much less can the slippery
man who carries the Republican STAN
dard this year be entitled to have his
word accepted at its face value. But
if, on general principles, this ele-
ment of doubt were not enough, it
must be remembered that the per-
petnal candidate has had some expert
ence already with the good faith of the
plumed knight. He was promised the
Craftsmanship of the Committee on APP
preparations by Speaker Blaine, and lay
in wait for the latter at his very door.
to make him fulfil his part of the agree
meDt. Mr.. Blaine made his escape by
climbing out of q window and scaling
> roof, and was reading off the name Of
another man for the coveted position
when General Butler next heard from
him. We are hardly prepared to be-
lieve that General Buffers brain soften
| ing has progressed SO far that he is
willing to take further promises from
the same source as consideration for the
greatest efforts of his life. He would
do considerable for the sake of revenge,
no doubt, but his greed is as controll-
ing as his spite, and his demand would
be likely to embrace something tangible
something that he could see and feel
especially as Blaine is in . position
where a prospective ally, with real OF
fancied strength, can get from him
definite concessions. Moreover, 4
Cabinet position would hardly be Il
General Buffers liking. - Boston Posi- ),
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-22

The Republican newspapers have
columns about the Morey letter. which
is dead issue, and not word about
Blaine's official record, which is as
thoroughly alive as if it were in its very
prime.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-11-22
Romance and Reality Of the Swiss
Cottage.

"My wife. who has always had
romantic ideas about the Swiss cot
tages, thought she would like to stay
over night in one. l had seen them,
hut she would not believe what l said
about them, so, as our train arrived at
Geneva late at night, we concluded
to stay over in a sweet Swiss village
and get our first peep at Mount Blanc
from the morning train. We stayed in
picturesque Swiss hotel. in lovely
Swiss village. We will never forget it.
The floors were bare and had not seen
water for seventy-two years. The tables
in the dining-room were of dirty pine
without table cloths. About twelve
o'clock we felt something biting us.
NY wife said it is feast
mo, l said, they are bugs!''
"sFleas. I'm sure, said my wife.
"After discussing the question for ten
minues, Igot up and lit tallow candle
and, for the first time in our lives, We
found we agreed perfectly. We were
both right. There were 1876, All fleas
and 1912, 842 bugs in each bed. 1t is
needless to say that we sat up the rest
of the night and went into Geneva the
next morning all jaded out. Since then
my wife has not respected Claude Mel
notes poetic description of his Alpine
home. The Swiss cottage, on close
examination, invariably turns out to be
a great barn full of cattle, hogs and
men. The only exception to this is
when the owner, living near or in town.
has his business in his house. The
wagon-maker. iron-caster and tanner
always lives in one corner of his shop,
foundry or tannery. The brick-maker
even lives in one corner of his kim. -
| Cor. Utica Observer.
-Bartholdi's statue of Lafayette, or
Union Square, New York, is said by 8
Paris correspondent to have been q
present from France to America. or
dered by Theirs, in return for the greal
contributions sent for charity at the
close of the German-French war. II
New York the impression is that tht
French colony here gave the statue :
Nsu York Times,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-26
virgisie's Plague.

LYyCHBURG, Va, November 90
I he counties suffering from the new
nd fatal disease before reported are
l. ee and Dickinson and the edge OF
s colt, in Virginia, and Harland, Lee
"A nd the adjoining counties in Ken
u icky. Owing to the isolated posi-
ii on of the district, particulars are
h ard to obtain.
Hundreds are said to haye died,
2 nd allowing for exaggeration, it can
b g affirmed that the mortality is
l. rye.
Postal Clerk Wells, who has Just
n ,tnrned from that section, after hav-
ing had the disease, gives sad ac-
G )unt of the epidemic.
He attributes it to mineral poi.
stn in the drought-dried waters, and
8, lys strong and disagreeable min
el al taste like that Of copperas ex-
is Is.
At the time he left few springs
W ere flowing freely, and the people
~ ere compelled to drink this i'm
D regnated water Although the
IA anne oi the disease is unknown, the
y eople call it cholera, and were it
SD, it could not be more dreaded and
disastrous.
The symptoms are described as
similar to those Of Asiatic cholera,
followed by terrible hemorrhages in
the bowels, and those attacked eth
er die or recover in about week.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-26

HuNTINGDoN, November 20.-The
burning of barns by incendiaries has
be come cult common in this county
1t is but a few weeks since the barn
of A. Davids, in Penn township, with
all its contents, including two hors'
es and this years crop. was burned
Tt lis week three more have been de.
str Dyed in the same way. Tue first
ws that of Simon Bales, in Hender-
soa township. There were in it thret
ho rses, two of which were burned to
de ath and the ether SO badly injur'
that it had to be shot. Itcontained
also. wheat, oats corn, hay gears ant
farming implements. There was ar
ins surance ofS900 on the building
but none on its contents.
The next was the large harm and
stables of Amos Smucker, in Brady
township, which contained thee
draught horses, a young colt, three
cows, seven young cattle, two wag
ong, a buggy, harness and the entire
crop of hay and grain raised thi.
year, all of which were consumed
There was some insurance on the
buildings, but none on the personal
property. The last was the large
bank barn of Jesse McClain, in Tod
township. 1t contained two COW;
and, like the Others, the crops rails
ed by the owner this year, with har
ness, farming implements and othel
articles. All of these fires occurred
in the evening as soon as darkness
covered the movements of the incen
diary. They can be attributed tC
no other cause, as they were at som'
distance from other buildings anC
had neither light nor fire about them
a woman who has been travelin;
over the county selling laces ano
who was arrested here for drunken
ness is detained in the lookup OF
suspicion of having had some con
n ection with these fires because sh,
q enied having been the cause of then
b efore she was either accused o.
81 lsuactpd
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-26
An Insane woman's Leap

MoBERLY, No., Nov. 20.-Mary
Newcomb, an insane woman, q pas
senger on the cannon-ball train
bound for Kansas City, last night
suddenly sprang from her seat while
the train was at full speed between
here and Brunswick, and, CARRYING
her two babes with her, jumped
from the train. The train was
stopped, and the mother WAS found
stunned and unconscious, with the
babies quietly toddling about her
entirely unhurt.
The mother, when restored to con-
scioutness, said that she was the
daughter of a wealthy citizen OF
Leavenworth, Kan, and that her
maiden name was Maggie Ferrel.
In 1861 she eloped with her music
teacher, Augustus Newcomb, and
married him. Her father cast her
off. Her husband failed to support
her and took to drink. She left
him in Mississippi and was on her
way home. 1t was while brooding
over the uncertainty Of the reception
she would receive from her father
that she jumped from the train.
Kindness from the passengers and
a welcoming telegram from her
father have cheered up the unfor-
tunate woman.