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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-19
Notes..

a LAW has been enacted by the Ala
bama legislature fining a man one hun
dred dollars if he gets drunk out of his
own house.
DRUNKARDs now form tifty-fve per
cent of the insane persons in Paris
asylums. In this fact lies whole tenn
perance sermon.
ECONOMY, Penn, has had no saloons,
or liquor sold, during the past fifteen
years, and in all that time there has
not been single arrest for any cause.
IT is noteworthy fact that Jews are
never found engaged in the liquor
traffic. 1t is asserted that of sixty
thousand Hebrews in New York not
one is the keeper of a grog-shop. Tell
it to their credit.
DIR. r. M. HATFIELD well says in the
Adcdnce 1t is important that we
make wise use of the laws we have
for the suppression of intemperance
until we can replace them by better
ones. Just at this point, as il seems
to me, some of our friends act with sin
gular unwisdom. In their zeal to Sc
cure the abstract and ideal, they lose
sight of the practical. They will have
prohibition or nothing. Local option
laws, and laws forbidding the sale of
liquor to minors, and ON the Sabbath,
do not interest them. They render
little or no assistance to those who are
enforcing our present laws to save the
children and youth from becoming
drunkards."
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Recommendations.

1-Transpose part of the body, and
form to disiigure; transpose again, and
form an animal
2-Transpose a male relative, and
form what the lark does in the morning.
3-Transpose to walk with long
strides, and form a garment.
4-Transpose to strike together, as
the teeth, and form suspends.
.5-Transpose to tarry, and form one
who labors.
6-Transpose to take for granted, and
form pleases.
7-Transpose an ancient writer, and
form emptiness.
S-Transpose the cry of an animal,
and form an article found in the dining
room. FARMER JOHN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-19
A NTHONY BENJAMIN's ESTATE.

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier in said Dis
trict on the 3lst day of July, A. ID. 1885:
James Neill Administrator of the estate of An
thony Benjamin. late of fayston, i'll said district de-
ceased presents his administration account for
decree of distribution and partition of the estate of
said deceased. Whereupon, it is ordered by said
Court that said account and said application be re
ferred to session thereof to be held the Probate
Office in said Montpelier the 18th day of August
A. ID. ISIS, for hearing and decision thereon: And
It Is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Vermont Watch
man d. State Jo"rHdi newspaper published at
Montpelier, previous to said time appointed for hear
ing that they may appear at said time and place,
and show cause If any they may have, why said
account should not be allowed, and such decree
made. BY the Court.-Attest,
l2.l4 A. {. ANERILL, Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-19

The relaxing power of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment is almost miracu-
lous. A gentleman whose leg was
bent at the knee and stiff for twenty
years had it limbered by its use, and
the leg is now as good as the other.
THE evil consequences resulting
from impure blood are beyond human
calculation, so are the vast sums ex-
pended in worthless remedies. Par
sons Purgdtive Pills make ne,o, rich
blood, and, taken one night for three
months, will change the entire system.
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for tbe CHILDREN.
The Sleepy Little Sister.

sat one evening, watching
little golden head
That was nodding DER a picture. book.
And pretty soon said,
Come darling, you are sleepy;
Don't you want to go to bed2"
No." she said, " I isn't sleepy.
But can't hold up my head.
" Just now it feels so heavy,
There isn't any use;
Do let me lay 1t down to rest
On dear old Mother Goose.
/ shan't shut up my eyes at all,
And so you need not fears
I'll keep 'em open all the while
TO see this picture here"
And then, as I said nothing,
She settled for nap:
One curl was resting on the frill
of the old ladys cap
Her arms embraced the children small
Inhabiting the shoe.
o dear" thought l, " What shall I say?
For this will never do"
sat awhile in silence
Till the clock struck ding, ding"
And then went around and kissed
The cunning little thing.
The violets unfolded
As kissed her, and she said,
isn't sleepy sister,
But guess I'll go to bed" Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-19
ROBINs0N,s ESTATE.

N COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington Commissioners, to receive, examine, and adj
just all claims and demands of all persons against the
estate of Nathaniel Robinson, late of Marshield, in
said District, deceased, and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto, hereby give notice that will meet
for the purposes aforesaid. at Mrs. Nathaniel Rob
lnsOn's clearinghouse, in said Marshfeld, on the
5th day of September and 18th day of January next
from one O'Clock =. NJ. until four o'clock NJ, each
of said days and that six months from the 18th day of
July A. d. 1885, is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors TO present their claims for ex
animation and allowance.
Dated at Marshfed, this 18th day of July, AID. 1885
I9I, R PR sNcLs Wnni;rrp missioners.
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5---Enigna.

Composed of 2S lettcrs.)
My 10 10 10 20 is a mineral.
My 9 "a is kind of bottle.
My II 2 II Is 16 is a wooden
hammer.
My 10 II Z is bird.
My s IA % is to agitate.
My % q % is frozen water.
My 25 26 p 25 is kind of drink.
The whole is an old saying relating to
the origin of certain large trees.
IIrCY A
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-19
EDwIN G. CROssETT,s ESTATE.

u OF NEKMUN T, NHshlngtOn DlstriCt,
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier. in and for
said District, on the 2gth day of July, A. ID. 1855
William F. Dillingham;, Executor of the last will
and testament of Edwin c. Crossett, late of Dux-
bury, in said district deceased, makes application to
said Court for license to sell part of the real
of said deceased, situated in said Duxbury, wit
About eighty acres of land known the . Holmes
Lot y; one undivided third part of six and one-half
acres of wild land " also eight and one-half lots in
the cemetery at DuXbury Corners representing that
the sale thereof is necessary for the payment of
the debts of said deceased and the expenses of
administration of his estate. Whereupon, it is
ordered by said Court, that said application be
referred to session thereof, to be held the
of August A: d. lss5, for hearing and decision
thereon; and it is further ordered that all persons
OF said application and order thereon, three weeks
Journal a newspaper published AT MontpeIier and
which crcuates in the neighborhood of those inter
ested before said time of hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place and if they cause,
object thereto. By the Court.-Attest,
l2-li A. c. ANERlLL. Register.
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3---DiamOnd.

IA letter from Pensacola.
PA small pointed instrument
3-The appearance of one in faint
ing fit.
1.-The egg of an insect; reversed, it
is metal.
"a letter from the interior of
Bridgewater. LITTLE MAY.
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"A LAWYER in Connecticut, whose
reputation in the community was not
very high, met an old gentleman, one
day, and said to him, edo you know,
Mr.. H., that | am a direct descend
ant from Miles Standish?" sis it
possible?" was the reply. What
descent"
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Qu8sle Corner.
1---CrOss- Word Enigma.

My first is in blister,
So painful and sore;
My next is in knocker,
That hangs on the door;
My third is in pencil
BY artists tits used;
My fourth is in able,
In bee, in abused;
My fifth is in uncle
IT'S also in aunt;
My sixth is in turkey,
In fat and in brant;
My seventh is in angel,
Bright being of heaven;
My whole is a token
OF services given. Rosa d.
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MONTPELIER E. Wells R. R. R
Eeaal Motites.
CALVIN Il. sEAyER'S ESTATE.

y COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Wash
ington Commissioners, to receive examine and ad
Just all claims and demands of all persons against the
estate of Calvin L. Seaver, late of Moretown
in said District deceased and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid at the dwelinghouse of
George A. Thornton, in Moretown, the 5th day of
September and I'D day of January next, from one
O'Clock p. NJ. until five o'clock p. NJ, each of said
days and that six months from the 23d day of July
A. d. 1855 is the time limited by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to for examina
ton and allowance
Dated at MOretown this 23d day of July, A. d. 1885
GEORGE a. THORNTON Commits ioners
1915 +. W. FLANAGAN. COMMISSIONERS.
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sd Beet, (2) Turnip, CD Horse
radish, (4) Celery, (5) Radish, 60 To-
mato, CD Pea, (S) Bean.
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4---COmbined Fractions.
FIRST.

FIRST.
One-eighth of schooner, one-third of
tug, one-ffth of canoe, one-third of ark,
one-fifth of smack, one-siXth of barque
and one-fourth of dory form what
vessel?
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SECOND.

One-fifth of Rocky, one-ffth of At
las, one-fifth of Green, one-tenth of
Appalachian, one-fourth of Ural, one
fifth of White, one-ninth of Allegheny,
one-sixth of Sierra Nevada and one
tenth of Adirondack form what noun
tains? BENNIE BEE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-19
Answers to Puzzles of Last Week.

1-Cashmere.
2-O Stable, table, able; (2) Swan,
wan, an; CD Blend, lend, end; az
Struck, truck, ruck; (5) Scare, care, are
3-The discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus in fourteen hun
dred ninety-two.
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Waterbury Center. Vt.
Notice

The undersigned is DESTROYS of selling the wooden
MILL or factory, at North Calais (No. l0) said mill
stands at the outlets of two ponds The lower pond
covers one hundred fifty acres; the upper. hun
dred seventy The ponds are forty rods apart, with
stone dams, and never falling water. Said mill is
thirty by forty feet In size three stories high with
six looms -four narrow looms, two broad ooms), two
custom carding machines good rum one factory
set of machines two fulling mills, spinning jack
and all other machinery In good running order. Inn
mediate possession given. Terms easy
0S2O JONAS q. ORMSBEE Proprietor
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INVESTMENTS.

It is well known that the city of St. Paul, Mime
sofa, Is assured OF rapid growth from ON. II
Is today the financial commercial and railroad cen
ter OF the Northwest. Investments made in real
estate, improved or unimproved will pay largely.
Money can be loaned the best real estate security
Tor from six to eight per cent References In st.
raul ana East II desired E. =. NORTON,
SI-3S ST Paul Minnesota
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18
PERSONAL.
a notclP

The settlement OF the estate OF the artist Makart pro
racted for year by auction sales OF his WORKS anu
belongings has finally been compclei ana MS cAlorcn
will Ne comfortably provided for The property after
nov,ueut Of all taxes and assessments amounts 70
about $4,000. IL VIII DC ncld III trust an" l'o ~
the court. ,..
Austr1lia must he a good place to yslt. George
Aueustns Sala writes there that he has aae POI
of money. Oeneyioye Ward has made TJVVVV' anu
Ioucicluit Is dJing u tremendous business
England has been forgetting the great men OF Tue past
at q rattue pace The IT, JaDIcS'S Gose6 says that
Sc Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton. Fisher Ames,
Thomas JcDcrsJn and quincy are ntte Iolc IMAM N''"
To the great majority oil EnGIshllen.
Genera Toombs, al Georgia. stli keeps his hold upon
ufr but Is growing weaker every day.
Tho Rev Dr. Tamag. defines his attitude toward ovo-
lut,u s standing with one foot DIrwLs Origin OF
sn,ci.. and he other on Spencers " Biology" ana
holding hand the Pcntateuch ana In the o'hor tue
Apocalypse. -.
General Beaver has returned from OHIO boiling over
with enthusiasm. and Will 90 into the fehhSJN"ui"
campaign WI;E Ccuewcd spirit
4 nenI who mas Just returned from Vienna tells Ir1n
doulou that the CzarinI ana tho Empress OF Austria
did not ot on we'll together one OF tn august aos Is
passianatcy fond Of She can tire out no END oil
.,.,lcctuV AT the hops which she gets up 20 often
nnta Mt ,a,srhina aud Petersburg The other mates
fine Got dist. atmosphere OF ballroom, and Is bappest
,.u Il e h, acd soon after day break. or cnSaSen III
tr;uiu. horse, ia a mautgc II was difficult Tor mem 20
,ld POINTS ul contact Inc Empress EilLanetD hOt"!'n
standing her wish to DC seductive ydNhcu " kC't "V
,,iuI nrr nm "A last the fair SOFcr'lSils M
mon "A tonic mutual interest IL was TUG sopu oiu
times when they were LoIh young Eiils, V'uue ID
c,utry liz. under, far a. money went eI| cl1Ap'
circumference. The Empress grayliatcd toward tne
Stables Las She MAS obliged To take her Turn Ia uSy
wotk aud housekeeping WIN her ot!er hlssc.e, &C. ~
tz,riun boosted skill "a pastry COOK anu nei
achievement. ia picking and preserving
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18
TIE QUESTION or THIS.

The question of tails is one which has
interested mankind both in the semi barbarOus
and the scientific periods. 1t is not Il little
curious that belief in the existence of tailed
men antedatcd by many centuries those cmbry
illogical researches which have 50 recently rein
forced the development theory. To our simple
ancestors the possession of a caudal appendaGc
seemed neither unthinkable nor improbable,
though they certainly regarded it AS dcroga-
tory. There was Il widely accepted legend
to the effect that all Cornishmen had tails.
A similar legend is related by Polydoro
Vergl of Kcntish men. According to that
Trustworthy chrOniclcr, some OF these people
insulted st. Thomas Beckett by cutting of
the tail of his horse, and az ii fitting punish
mcnt for the sacrileee all tho children
bern 10 them were tailed. Later this legend
was applied to the DOrsetshire men, and pres
entity it was bruited over the continent of
Europe that all Englishmen carried this re-
markable appcndasc In the Middle Ages
speculation on the tail question ran wilt but a
Portuguese preacher of emincncc capped the
climax by asserting that Satan bore no tail until
after the Fall, when it was attached to him as
an outward and visible sign of his degcncracy.
Lord Monboddo, as everybody knows, held
stouty that all men were originally intended to
have tails, and that many actually had them.
DR.. johnson, who was ticklcd with the idea,
observed, "Of a standing fact sir, there ought
to be no controversy; if there are men with
tails, catch homo cdudatuSr Travellers con-
tributed to tho controversy statements which
were for the most part rejected. Thus i'll 1850
a Dutchman named John Struys stated that in
the island of Fornosa he had seen a tailed man
who declared that all his tribe were similarly
endowed. Then came various stories of the
Maintains, or tailed savages. said to ihhabit
part of Abyssinia. Hornemann, Discount,
Castelnau, and others added their testimony
to this record, though the various accounts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18
TIE SERVIAN ADVANCE.

A Servian campaign against Bulgaria is a
most unnatural and illogical movement The
two nations are bound together by the closest
ties Servia is the natural centre of the south
ern Savs. It's impulses are generous and its
enthusiasm is quick to take fire III every race
movement. When Prince Milan proclaimed
neutrality in 1875, during the revolt of Bosnia
and the Herzegovina against the Porte, his
subjects lent secret aid to the insurgents, and
were only with great difficulty prevented from
uniting with them and when tidings reached
their ears of the shocking barbarities i'll Bull
garia, year afterward, they sprang to the
rescue and carried their Prince with Them
without regard for advice from Vienna. Rus
sian agents doubtless were intriguing among the
peasantry but the war between ScrvIa and
Turkey had its origin in q national impulse to
protect and avenge fcllOwSlavs. The MEM
ores of that campaign ought now to prevent
the outbreak of hOstilitcs between these Slav
nationalitcs. Servia had nothing to gain by
taking arms in behalf of the victims Of Turk
sh cruelty; It's peasantry were not warikc in
their Instincts its Prince was not ambitious
and it's army was feeble and ill-equippcd. The
disastrous campaign ending i'll the fall Of
Alexiwatz was undertaken from the most
generous motives. The Prince was forced to
head National movement when it was appar-
ent that the Slavonic societies in the north
would furnish few volunteers and that Russian
aid was not to be expected. That feeble little
nation of shepherds and pig keepers, unframed
in war, did what it could to avcnge the
bulgarian atrocities, and was abandoned by
Europe to its fate.
A campaign in Bulgarian territory conducted
by King Milan in person for the avOwcd pur-
pose of despOIling nationality of fellow Slavs
cannot appeal powerfully to the enthusiasm of
the Servians. We do not believe that it will be
seriously undertaken, but consider the advance
of the army a demonstration calculated mainly
for diplomatic effect. The Widn district is
considered by the Servians to belong rightfully
to them, and they may insist upon having ter
ritorial compensations made to them in that
quarter if they are not allowed to invade the
remnant of the Sultan's European possessions.
Their diplOmatists will argue that Prince
Alexander can afford to concede this dis
trict to them when he is enlarg-
ing his dominion southwark with the con-
sent of Europe. Possibly this compromise will
receive the consent of the Powers as the most
practical method of preventing senscess cam
paign, which would inevitably lead to war on
a large scale and might end IN the dissolution
of the Turkish Empire, a result which no
European diplomatist is yet prepared TO con-
template. The advance of the Servian troops
against fellow-Slavs appears to be diplomatic
movement rather than menace Of war. II it
implies determination to embarrass rising
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18
nell should persist in his demands for an lnde-
pendent Ireland

The Brooklyn Young Republicans had hign-
ly successful and enthusiastic meeting III sup
port of the Republican ticket last evening:
Their speakers were Sherman ). Rogers oI
Buffalo, and Theodore Roosevelt, and 1t Woulu
have been hard to make a better selecuoh'
The views and arguments Of these two gentle
men are always sure to appeal with great Iorce
to far-minded men. And they may well at
tract attention everywhere, for the issues VI
this canvass are handled ably anu wei
in both speeches. Mr. Rogers poln'eu
out that State and general interests are no"
identified in New York, and then shower now
all that is good in politics is at present arrayeu
in support of Mr.. Davenport and opposeu 10
all that is bad which is marshalled to uphoiu
Governor Hill. The bearings of the canvass
in questions of municipal reform were also
discussed. Mr. Roosevelt with great energy ad-
vocated the claims ofthe Republican party atthlS
especial time as based on honesty and harness,
and handled without gloves the suppression OF
the negro vote of the South. He denounced II
as a gross and crying evil, and one that mus'
be condemned by every good citizen ana every
friend of decent government. The hypocntlcai
canters who are always framing apologies ior
the reign of force and fraud in the South VIII
find much TO disconccrt them in Mr.. Rooseyclts
vigorous language.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18

nationality, which is entitled to the sympathy
of southern Slavs, it is a most irrational move
ment and can command only temporary sup
port from the Servian peasantry. Apparently
Prince Alexander is unpreDared to defenu
Sophia and the western frontier, and VIII avolu
war by making concessions in the Widin us
tnct. Whether the Porte will permit the TWO
States TO rectify their frontiers by mutual con-
sent remains to be seen.
England's true policy IN the Balkan Is very
plain. 1t is to revive he principles OF Canning
the great statesman, who f0resaw that Greece
would never become the tool of Russia II the
Western Powers shoull give it encouragement
in ITS struggle for independence and perma-
nent support in its diplomacy. E0umanla ser
via and Bulgaria are States which can be de-
pended upon to resist the progress OF either
Russia or Austria toward Constantinople II
they are steadily strengthened. Bulgaria, be-
ing more accessible than Seryla, and more
directly in the line of Russian advance, IS the
State which England should deal with on the
same principles which controlled Canning 5
Greek DOliCy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18

yvere Inv no means harmonious, some asserting
that the tails were only one or two inches long,
while one Dr. Wolf declared they were
connie of feet in length, and so strong that
their owners could knock horse down WIN
them. DR.. Hubsch has given perhaps 'ne mus
detailed and apparently truthful accouh. u
tailed human being. She was Nam Mann
woman who had fallen into the hands Vi
slave trader. Sne was black rs ebony anu u'u
n tail which was Two inches long, sinooth anu
hairless The dispute over the tailed race mas
been carried down to the present time, not"ith-
standing the accumulation of evidence III sup
port of the affirmative proposition.
The embryological hypothesis has been pre-
scented in its most aggressive form by Haechei'
who does not hesitate to assert that the cOccJT III
the human frame "atfords inc0ntrovertlDlo
evidence of the descent of Man and OF Anthr0-
noids from Long-tailed Apes y; and who points
I'm the prrscnce of a genuine tail In the human
embryo during the first months development rs
completely confirming this view. but the reai
nature of the tail-like process in the human
cp,bryo has been matter of controversy lor Il
long time. and it is only now that an end to the
disDntc seems approaching. 1he Ime0c'h
Naturalist for October publishes n translation
If an article by Professor Fol, of Geneva, who
has been making special researches into the tail
question; and that skilled hiStologlSt aihrmS
that he has at last convinced himself Oh the
commences of the embryonic human tall when
he says well deserves the name beng real
tail. and while it remains quite undlstnguish-
able from that of the regular tailed animal
the Naturalist commenting on Professor Oh
.l..t. al
article, observes that "this temporary dccl"-
uons organ which appears for only Driei
period and still comparatively early III emory
oaic life, points Enthusiastically to the origin III
man from some tailed mammal, whether u
monkey, or some less specialized form, possible
allied to that gencralized type, the lcmur.'
And so the question Of tails which has been
agitated so long, appears to be approaching
settlement. though it is not TO be expected mat
the opponents of the evolutionary theory VIII
admit that it determines the ease against them