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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24
Legislative Notes.

Two or three of the representatives-elect will
not be able to take the new "iron- clad oath,
having been postmasters at the time Of their
election
THE latest news about the sheriff matter in
Bennington county is to the effect that the
secretary Of state made mistake in copying
the vote Of Pownal giving Mccall, the repub-
lican candidate, ten more votes than the certif-
cate from that town shows he had, and that the
result as shown by the returns is a tie II this
should prove to be correct, it will devolve upon
the legislature to make the choice.
WINDSOR JOURNAL: "Mr Bitchelder was
a strong candidate OF the lieutenant governor
ship and the admirable manner in which he
accepted the nomination of Mr.. Ormsbee won
for him many friends, who will gladly avail
themselves Of the opportunity to give him their
support for the speakership. He WAS mem
ber of the house in 1874 and was returned in
1876 He served upon important committees
during both ses ssons, and was frequently
called to the chair which he invariably filed
with great credit to himself He IL the ac-
knowledged leader of the bar in Bennington
county, and is widely known as an able, ener-
getic man, prompt, fearless and resolute, yet
courteous and genial. Possessed of marked
natural ability, and endowed with good sup
ply OF strong, common sense, he Is further
equipped for the Office with liberal education
and thorough knowledge OF parliamentary law
and usage For clerk of the house no name Is
more prominently mentioned than that Of
William W. S.ickney of Ludlow, and no better
choice can be made. Mr.. Stickney WAS second
assistant clerk in 1872, and first assistant in
1873 and 1880. Two years ago he was elected
clerk without opposition, and discharged the
duties OF his office with remarkable ability
His reelection will be deserved compliment,
and will be an earnest OF the determination OF
the members of the house to settle down to
business at once"
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Montpelier.

REV. j. d. BEEMAN will preach at Sutton
Corner, October 9th.
The sessions OF the kindergarten school are
held at Denison Tafts residence
THERE will be a missionary concert at the
Baptist church next Sunday evening.
THE residence OF Peter Badord, on State
street, Is undergoing extensive repairs.
c, A. BEST will occupy the Willard house,
having rented the same for the next four
months.
THERE will be no services at Christ church
next Sunday evening, rs the rector expects to
60 to Waitstield.
QUITE a number went from here to attend
the opening OF the skating rink at Mortified
Thursday evening.
Rev. T. p. FROST delivered an address at the
st. John and Daniel fag-rasing In st. Albans
yesterday afternoon.
MEssRs. GORDON g. GARY, lawyers, have
taken an office in the Freeman building, over
the store OF George w. Wilder.
The Mission Band Of the Baptist Sunday
school will meet with Miss Webster, on Elm
street, next Saturday afternoon at half past
two O'clock
SOME of the New York excurs!onists return cd
Sunday morning. The weather was favorable
throughout the week and they report highly
enjoyable trip.
lT is stated that Hill Co OF Emore are to
erect a steam saw-mil and dry kiln on Heath 3
fiat just above the Montpelier a. Wells River
railroad c)mpany's car shops.
MIR. AND MRS. d. G. FIELD are spending a
couple OF weeks in New York city. 7. Il. Mer-
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Personal.

GOVERNOR PINGREE is recovering from a
recent illness.
CONGRESSMAN CosGRovE of Missouri has
been visiting in Brattleboro
Hon. JOHN W. STExARr of Middebury has
been quite i'll, but is now convalescent.
GEORGE E. STYLES represented the Buring-
ton bicycle club at the Springfield, Mass,
tournament.
Rev. G. w. CLoUGH of Rumney, N. H., has
accepted call to the pastorate of the Baptist
Church in Groton.
CHARLES J. SToDDARD, Esq, of Barnet, has
been appointed special pension examiner for
Vermont, at a salary of 81, 600 per year.
DR.. Fl. II. WHITCoMB, one Of the most sue
cessful physicians in Vermont, died ON Tuesday
OF last week at his home in South Royalton
Hon. JUSTIN S. MORRILL,, United States sen.
ator, will deliver the annual address at the
Orleans county fair at Barton this afternoon.
Hon. LOCKWOOD BARRETT, representative
elect from Rutland, and Abbie E. Osgood of the
same place were united In marriage yesterday
HON. FREDERICK BILLINGS and family have
returned from their trip over the Northern Pa
cifc. Mr.. Billings has been reelected direc
tor OF the road.
RATIO L. STowELL of Shelburn, the vener
able father of Mrs Walter A. Weed died Sun
day morning at the advanced age of eighty
nine years. Mr.. Stowell was a pensioner o.
the war of 1872.
S. w. CUMMINGS OF the Central Vermont
passenger department, was In attendance las
week on the semi-annual meeting OF the ma.
tiona association Of general passenger and
ticket agents at Boston.
REV. N. F, Perry. serving his third year a,
pastor of the Methodist church at st. Albans
died Wednesday night, after short illness
of heart disease He Was BORN in Violet, Can
ada, forty-four years ago, and WAS highly es
teemed member Of the Vermont Conference.
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Wafrhnan d gnnrnaL.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 1884
Montpelier Daily Journal.

The legislature will convene Wednesday,
October 1st. In pursuance of custom the
MONTPELIER DAILY JOURNAL will be pub
lished during the legislative session. 1t will
contain full and accurate reports OF the pro-
ceedings of the general assembly, OF the doings
and reports OF committees, and of all matters
of local or general interest transpiring in con-
nection with the legislative proceedings. Dur
ing the sessions of 1880 and 1882 special atten-
ton was given to this matter and the DAILY
JOURNAL became the recognized authority in
all matters pertaining to the legislature. Its
circulation among members and throughout
the state WAS greatly increased at each Of
those sessions. For the session Of 1884 the
JOURNAL will be materially enlarged, and it
will be printed on new type, increasing the
amount of reading matter furnished and
greatly enhancing its legibility. Besides fur
nishing full, trustworthy and racy reports of
legislative proceedings and doings in and
around the general assembly, the DAILY JOUR-
NAL will report the progress of the national
canvass for president, the result of elections
and the general news of the day, devoting
particular attention to state and local news.
Its editorial department has been conducted
with special reference to subjects of state
interest. 1t has been progressive and inde-
pendent in it's treatment of state matters, and
it will at the coming session continue to make
those matters the objects of its special con-
cern. The publisher Of the DAILY JOURNAL
proposes at the session of 1884 to furnish a
larger paper, with greater amount of valua-
BILE and interesting matter, special and miscel-
laneous, printed in better shape than at any
former session, and at the OLD PRICE of 81. &c
per SINGLE COPY for the session. For five
copies, to one address, $1,25 each; for ten
copies, to one address, 81 each.
Since the legislative session Of 1882 THE YER.
MONT WATcHMAN weekly has been greatly en-.
larged, changed to the quarto form, pasted al
the back and its pages cut. 1t contains a large
amount of well-digested and carefully -edted
reading matter on a great variety of topics
Its news columns, local and general, its mis-
celaneous matter, its agricultural and editoria
departments, are all conducted in a manner
that make it easily the leading newspaper o.
the state. THE WATCHMAN is published every
Wednesday morning, and will contain full
reports OF legislative proceedings for the weeE
ending Tuesday night, making 1t very desira
bic meiium Of information for those who
wish to keep fully posted on both state and
general matters, but who may not wish tt
take the DAILY JOURNAL. Price for the ses
sion, fifty cents; Five copies, to one address
S2 25; ten copies, to one address, S4.
W. w. PRESCOTT, Publisher.
Montpelier, September 3D. 1884.
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East Montpelier.

MRS MARGARET BARNUM Is receiving visit
from son who has been away at sea, and was
not heard from for several years.
ELMER SANDERS was out with a meat cart
Saturday, and we hope he will continue at the
business and carry as good meat every time.
G. A. DINGwALL dug forty-four bushels OF
Early Rose potatoes from about one-tenth OF
an acre, last Wednesday, picking them ali up
and carrying twenty-six bushels Of them into
the cellar by hand.
REV. T. P. FRosr's sermon at the Center last
Sunday was upon The peculiar people" and
was decidedly pointed and forceful We have
heard 1t cl issed by several as among the best
sermons they had ever listened to. He is TO
preach here again next Sunday.
AMONG the recent cases Of canker-rash Ia
that OF a child who has had 1t the second time
and came down within two days after 1t was
exposed which somewhat excited our aston
ishment until we learned that the family
consisting usually OF only the mother and two
little children-had used one hundred pounds
oil laId In the past eight months, and now our
wonder is that the child did not have the
canker-rash two days before it was exposed.
Nor long ago we heard little girl tell her
mother that she had studied Ia fractions all
last winter and all this summer and could tell
every rule and knew everything about irac-
tions. What is the rule for multiplying
fraction by fraction?' asked the mother
"What case is that is it case third? II Won tell
me what case it is can tell you right off9'
ut is how to multiply one fraction nv
another How do you multiply one-half by
two-thirds?" again asked the mother. After
an instant the little face frightened, and this
is her reply word for word go, it is divide
the integer by the whole number" We give
this as broad hint to teachers to pay less at
tenton to the number OF the case and more
very much more-at.entien to the principle in
volved.
A. G. TKMPLEToN had nine turkeys stolen
last week. IN. W. johnson has returned
from Burlington, where he has been spending
few months. I'D. W. Clough was visiting in
town last week. He goes back to Boston the
first OF October. Henry Hill of Cabot has
been visiting relations here. Charles Hub
bard returns to Harvard this week.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24

NEwBURY.-Mr. and Mrs. John S Pearsops
OF Evanstown, Illinois, were in town last week
:. Miss Eliza Howe has gone West to visit
her sister, Mrs. Houston, who is very sick and
not expected to recover. ... The new building
for the town clerks Office is nearly COM
pleted. Mrs. John Hale was taken very sick
on Sunday. and the physician reports her no
better. Mrs. T. 2. Keyes has erected
dwelling-house on Main street, which, when
completed, will be the handsomest in town.
Mr.. Abner Bailey, son of the late Nelson
Bailey has been very sick, but is now consid-
week OF typhoid fever. Rev. S. L. Bates is
still ona vacation. His people attended the
Methodist church last Sabbath. :. The school
at the Seminary Is now open and prosperous
-. .Drs. II. A. Cutting, G. B. Hatch and W.
W. Whitcomb OF Burlington are to lecture be-
lore the students the present fall term. Rev.
l.. Ii. Elliott, Vermont Bible agent recently
preached at the Congregational church to q
large and deeply interested congregation -.
The remains OF Mrs. Arhmerst Bailey, for
merly OF this place, were brought from Evans
ton, illinois, last week for interment She
was eighty.six years OF age and had been West
eighteen years She was a sister Of Simeon.
Tappan, Ephraim, DR.. John and Jeffe
Stevens, and also Of the Mrs. Rev. Haynes
johnson: The whole family are now dead, -.
Mr.. Fred Hodgdon, young man living at Dr..
4. V. watkins, had paralytic shock last
week, and is now quite low. His father, from
the state of Maine, visited him Thursday
Mr.. George w. Wilson left last week for
Florida, where he will spend the winter. Mrs.
Wilson will leave for the same place next
month. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Worthen have
gone West to be absent several weeks. Mr.
Henry Johnson and daughter have gone to
live with Mrs. Titus :. Mrs. Isaac Pike and
daughter have returned from Littleton, N. H.,
where they have been spending the summer.
...Dr. George B. Hatch is having all he can
attend to during the present sickly time.
Miss Cora Chamberlin Of Boston is visiting al
Mr.. Edward Hales.
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ligion was to be good, and she was ever ready to
unite In any scheme for the furtherance Of any
moral movement. Realizing that her life would
soon close, she approached the end peacefully
and still patient, still happy and fully recon-
ciled to the change, she passed on to meet her
dear ones who have gone before, leaving the
precious memory Of a sweet and noble life
early closed and the thought that "'Tis not
how long we live, but how WELL"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24

FAYsToN Cornelius McMulin and wife OF
Fitchburgh, Mass. are visiting friends In town
The threshers report more grain in town
than In any previous year. The water in
springs has been very low, lower than at any
time during the past thirty years
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24

MIDDLEsEx.-J. ii Try Holden has returned
to his studies at Tufts College. O. II Rich
ardson goes to Massachusetts this week on
business trip, selling lumber, etc. The
greenbackers OF this town had small rally
Saturday evening last, and threw their colors
to the breeze in the shape Of Butler and
West flag There was not much enthusiasm,
but good deal Of pluck on the part of two or
three, who were bound to carry ont their pro-
few in the bar-room of the Washington House
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24

WATsFIELD.-There was no preaching at
the Congregational church last Sunday The
congregation worshiped with the Methodists
and listened to an excellent sermon by Rev.
Mr.. Maxham, brother of the pastor o.
good Joslin is visiting with his brother, C. e.
Joslin.. George Millar, foreman Of the Inter-
national dressing mill at Newport is visiting
friends in this place al r. Joslin has sold
one his four-year old colts for six hundred
dollars -, The crops are generally good The
late warm weather has done much for the corn
and good crop is reported,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24

PLAINFIELD On Saturday evening next
will be held, at the Congregational parsonage,
a meeting for the purpose Of organizing Chau-
tsuqua Literary and Scientific Circle All per-
sons that would like to pursue this course of
study are cordially invited to be present
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24

WARRRN.-Mr. and Mrs. jeremiah Curtin
started for California last week. . Miss Adele
Porter, who has been very sick with typhoid
fever, is better. Mr.. and Mrs Charles Fitch
Of Claremont, N. H., and Mrs Charles Beech
OF Platts6urgh, n Y, are visiting at Mr. and
Mrs. n. L. Dickenson's.. Rev. and Mrs j.
b. Whitney made brief visit to Chittenden
last week. Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Sargent
Of Omaha, Nebraska, have been visiting at C.
Williams Miss Abbie Sleeper of North
field spent last week with her sister, Mrs A.
+: kingsbury. George Loyitt Of Bethel Is
visiting In town. ;. The quarterly meeting
services OF the Wesleyan church will be held
in the church on East Hill Saturday and Sun
day, October 11th and 18th. Rev. Mr.. New
man OF Chittenden is to be present
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MARsHFIELD Rev. ]. D. Bailey has been
quite unwell the past few weeks, and was
hardly able TO attend church last Sunday, but
he did 80 and preached an able sermon :.
Hereafter there will be two services on Sunday
at the Congregational church at the usual
hours, morning aud afternoon. Mrs. E. V.
Spencer has been quite unwell for few days
from the effects Of toothache. The band
promenade was but poorly attended last Sat-
urday, the weather being very bad, but did it
help the boys any in passing the hat as they
did few nights ago?. While Fri and Eddie
Spencer were at the state fair they sold their
pair OF black driving horses for $575 :. The
death OF Austin Spencer occurred at the home
OF George Wheeler, his son-in-law, with whom
he lived. last Monday morning. He has been
IN declining health for several years, but has
been quite comfortable until within a short
time, He received slight fall, the effects of
which, aided by other infrmities, caused his
death. He was about eighty-one years of age.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
Improving Plants by Selection.

1t Is within the power of every farmer
who grows a crop to improve its quality
and produciFeness if he will but care
fully select the best seed from the thrift
est and most productive plants. BY Sc
lecting tomatoes, for instance, from those
portions of the vine that fruit the earliest,
the period of ripening has been materially
shortened, and a particular regard to
saving the seed from those only that were
firm, smooth aud perfect, has resulted in
elevating what was once considered a
weed into one of the most valuable agri-
cultural products. The celebrated FultZ
wheat, OF Pennsylvania origin, is due to
the persistent efforts of a farmer who
went into his wheat field every season in
order to select his seed while the grain
was standing, as it enabled him to OBJ
serve the habit of growth, the straw,
depth of head and size of grain. BY so
doing he largely Increased the yield and,
from his efforts, we have secured a variety
of wheat that has added thousands OF dol
lars to the wealth Of the country. What
this farmer did may be done by others,
and if the practice was universal no one
could estimate the great Importance of
such efforts in its influence upon our ag-
ricultural productions. Corn, which often
fails to ripen in some sections, may be
adapted to any climate by selection, and
If this course were pursued by farmers,
instead of purchasing seed corn every
year, many Of the difficulties in that re-
spect would be avoided.
A case may be mentioned in which the
yield of corn to an acre exceeded $50
bushels, due wholly to careful selection
Of seed for long period; and such was
the experience Of Hon. William Porcher
Miles, formerly a member of Congress
from Charleston, S. c., who removed to
Nelson county, Va. This field of corn
was inspected by a special committee
from Philadelphia, the stalks being on an
average more than thirteen feet in height,
while each stalk bore from three to seven
ears. OF course, the land was very rich
or the corn could not have matured; but
it was the careful selection Of the seed
every year that increased the number Of
ears to the stalk from one or two to seven.
The corn was also accimated, which
proved to be very important matter, for
when the seed was used in other localities
the results were not so satisfactory; and
hence farmers, in selecting from the most
prolific plants, should carefully consider
all the advantages and disadvantages to
be met with from the time the seed is
placed in the ground until 1t is ripened
and harvested. Too much should not be
expected during a single season, but by
perseverance in selection a marked i'm
prOVement may be noticed every year.
PhiLddetDhid Record.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
Work for August.

Crap grass comes to maturity and should
De put up for hay, as also guinea and para
grasses: Some people keep on budding.
but we disapprove of it, as the young buds
VIII be too soft to stand the cold of De
cem6er; better put in dormant buds in
october, to cut of in January, when they
will make vigorous growth.
Pine trees girdled in August willquickly
die, but under the advanced state of agri-
culture, the rude system of deadening has
gone out of use.
Sew onion, cabbage and caulifawer
seeds in boxes or shelter beds, and, after
sowing trample down with a board to
pack the earth over the seed, and water
literally.
sown.
People planting this month are ant to
be disappointed, as the hot suns in Sep
TENDER makes crops rather precarious:
it is better to put all their energies in.
enrlchlng and preparing the soil for fall
crop.
For many years after we came to Flor
ida the natives would not admit that
Northern vegetables could be grown here
with success. The reason of this was
the want OF good fertilizers, as we soon
found out, and ignorance of the nature of
the plants; but those who wish to enter
on market gardening have only to read
the list of reliable fertilizers in our COL
umns and apply them. Better to give
to one acre than spread over
several, for vegetables to be of any value
must be made to grow quick so as to be
tender.
We may look for some bad weather
about the end of the month or beginning
of September.-FtOridG AgricultuTist.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
Absinthe as a Cure for Cholera


As if Frenchmen had not sufficient eX-
cuses for drinking absinthe already,
French priest, fresh from Cochin China,
has supplied them with another. Alb
siuthe, il is now proclaimed, is an infalli-
bic remedy for cholera. A small dose of
absinthe, taken in glass OF claret, will
restore circulation and warmth. With
some patients the cure is as rapid as the
attack; with others it is only accom-
plished after twenty-four hours. In
small parish in Cochin China NJ. Janin,
the priest in question, cured seventy
three cholera patients out of seventy-siX
attacked by the disease. SIX French sol
diers in the fortress Of Soctrang were
cured by the same means, while only one
died, and he was dying before NJ. Janin
came.
Should one dose of absInthe prove in
sufficient, VI. Janin recommends the pa
tieEt to continue taking it; he says of
himself that when attacked by cholera he
drank One-third litre of absinthe in about
ten minutes, after which he slept
and awOke cured. 1t is a curious fact
that after taking five or six doses Of claret
mixed with absinthe, the patients are
rarely intoxicated. If, however, they fall
asleep in a state Of intOXicatiOn they are
saved. In case of an insufficient quantity
being taken death is sure to ensue. In
the long run, however, il is safe to say
that absinthe VIII Kill many more French
men than cholera. a