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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02

In driving out into the country on the
Grand River road few days ago, Detroit
lawyer encountered horse and buggy
driven by woman. As she was driving on
the wrong side of the road he made up his
mind not to give up his rights. AS con-
sequence the two horses finally came to
standstill with their noses rubbing each
other. The lawyer stared at the woman
and the woman stared back. Then he pull
ed q newspaper from his pocket and began
reading. In minute she had her knitting
out and was induntriously at work. Ten
long minutes in broiling sun passed away
and the lawyer looked up and asked:
"How long you going to stay herea"
"How long are your"
CAN day." asivi
"And I'll stay here whole week."
He read and she knit for another ten min
utes and then the lawyer called outs
"Do you know that I'm lawyer ?"
"I don't care for that, /" she replied, "Pm
the wife Of Justice of the Peace"
"Oh--ah-excuse me madam Really,
but if I'd known you belonged to the pur-
flesh this would not have happened. Take
this side madam--take the whole road |"
"Ob, no, no, mol Pm sorry detained
you. Here-drive on, and excuse me if l
have been guilty of unprofessional conduct.
Detroit Free Press I. h.al
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02
THE SMALLEST LIVING HORSE.
Born In Detroit and Named After Its Birth.
place--Its Measurements.


One night last week there was birth in
Detroit which will find place in historical
records, according to the testimony of more
than score of expert horsemen who are up
in equine lore. The birth in question oc-
CURED in Prof. Bartholomew's. Equine Par
adox cor, of the Michigan Central Railroad
depot, and the parents are respectively
Pedro, Brazilian pony, and La Petite, an
East Indian pony. Pedro, the father, is 8
years old and weighs 315 pounds Although
he stands as inches high, he is proportion.
ed like thoroughbred, and has short, fine
hnir, with light coat of name and tail. In
color he is q dark bay, with black points.
La Petite, the maternal parent, is an East
Indian, much finer grade of horse than
the Shetland pony, and weighs 800 pounds
She is 81 inches high, and from the tip of
her nose to the end or dock :, of her tail
measures &c inches. OF the two horses
above described, 1t may be said that there
are but very few Brazilian ponies in this
country or anywhere else outside of their
native country, and they are protected by
the Brazilian government because of thei,
diminutiye, yet perfect proportions and
exceptionally intelligent and gentle DISPOSE.
ton. or La Petite it is said that horses of
her breed are also very rare in this country,
and that the East Indian pony is rated
among importers as being many points
superior to the Shetland product.
With such parentage il is not strange that
the tiny colt should be the dainty gem of
equine perfection that It is. The color of
La Petite is very dark gray, while the col,
is brown, with black points. Prof. Barthc.
lomew has named the colt Detroit, in homo,
of its birthplace, and in order that better
estimate may BIO made of the liliputian pro
portions of the youngster, he has furnished
the appended comparative measurements Of
the mother and her offspring
Weight, La Petite, 900 lbs Detroit, 225
lbs. Height, La Petite, 81 in; Detroit, 2O1
in. From nose to tail, La Petite, sc In;
Detroit, so in. Girth, La Petite, As in;
Detroit, 10 in.
A still better idea may be gained by say
ing that the length of Detroit's tail--dock
and harris but inches that the length
of his face, from poll to mouth, is only 9
inches, and that the total length of the little
thing, from shoulder to crupper, is but is
inches, or u feet. The figures above given
are sufficient for believing that Detroit is
not only the smallest specimen of the horse
ever seen in this country, but that he ia as
small horse as was ever born in any coun-
try. 5ffH fses -
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02
She Lost Fnith In pills.

A prominent family in the city has col
ored domestic whose inability to read came
near costing her her life. The family ply.
stefan prescribed pills of diluted strychnine
Tor one of the family. Another member
was taking quinine pills. Hannah fell
mizzible," and concluded that her system
needed quinine. Having diagnosed her
own case and prescribed for it, she went to
the pill-box to take the prescription. eau
tiously placing pellet on her tongue the
bitter taste satisfied her that il was quinine.
Feeling particularly bad by this time she
swallowed about half box full. She was
thinking about the shady cemetery and a
hearse and other minor funeral arrange
ments, when the doctor arrived. An anti
dote for strychnine was applied and Hannah
was restored, but her faith in pills is less
than it once was.--SaUannah Neos
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02

! A Hungarian statistician has been study.
ing the effect Of comfort on longevity His
tables show that the richest people hive an
average life Of SO years, the middling 49,
and the poor only 4lt. A welLto-do man
Is as liable to infectious diseases as pau
per, while diphtheria, Group, whooping
cough and scarlet fever are more prevalent
among the rich. Consumption and pneu-
uionia claim the poor, who are comparative
ly free from brain fever. Celiar-dwellers
are far more subject TO disease than those
who live above ground, except in diphtheria
and scarlet fever; nor do these diseases
seem greatly advanced by oyercrowding in
tenements. Science.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02
Extent Of Human Travel.

The number of passengers carried by all
the railroads in oil parts of the world in
1882 is estimated at 100000, 900, or an
average of $500, 900 day. The absolute
number of passengers carried on steamers
is smaller but they are carried for longer
distances, and more days journeys, than on
railroads; SO that, estimated by the mile or
the day, the amount of passenger work the
steamers do will appear to much better adj
vantage.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02
Not Handsome Men.

The favorites Of the Yirginians have gen
orally been the reverse of handsome. JET.
ferson, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Zach
Taylor, and Stonewall jackson bore little
resemblance to the Apollo Belsidere. Wash
ington himself was far from being hand
some man in his youth, although old age
mellowed his stern lineaments with the
grandeur which Stuart has idealized for the
deiight Of all coming generations. Robert
e. Lee, II is true, was a very handsome man
and the idol Of his people, but he was an
exception to the rule which governed vir-
ginia for SO many years. --Ne,ober,s (Va.)
Pulaski People.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02
The NIIghty Dollar in the sandwich Island

rhe mighty Doiiar In the sandwich lsinnus.
My visit to the islands was one Of bust
ness, and it was necessary to make q direct
appeal to the King. / obtained q card from
the Chamberlain, and presented myself at
the palace gates. A dusky sentry conduct
cd me to the King. gave the sentry dol
lar, and l noticed that at my exit there were
four soldiers in line, all of whom present
ed arms in the most respectful manner.
The dollar was the key to this military hon
or.-Sdn francisco Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02
Entertaining n. a Newspaper.

Tbs editor of Georgia paper has just ex.
changed his journal for mule. Probably
the mule can kick stronger and longer than
the paper; at any rate the ex-editor can
have considerable quiet fun with the mule.
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-02
The Lightning Ticket seller.


Barnum used to carry round with him his
famous " Lightning Changer" an indiyid-
ual whose mechanism was a side-show in
itself. The man sold the fifty-cent admis-
sion tickets. He would receive the coin,
make change and deliver the tickets to half
q dozen persons at a time. The rapidity of
his hands was so great that their movements
could not be analysed. It seemed to
the dazed observer as If he did nothing but
mako continual +" scooping" movement of
the money into the wagon behind him; but
with all his swiftness he never made IN err
ror in change. The struggling, fighting
crowds would swarm about him, thrusting
in their halves and Tending off the press
about them. Men would cling so tightly to
coin that he would have to bring his fist
down bang upon the fingers to wrench
it out.
There is story related of him that man
once showed in o pile Of pennies to him for
q ticket. 1m a.l
"You don't come that" said the " Light
ming Changer" CHANGING OF the pile and
showering out tickets to others hands.
"Take that away, will your" shouted
the changer, sending the pile in scattered
shower among the crowds there's only
forty-nine cents in that pile. Ingisside.
-----s~---4oH--<>--
TINE TO UPSET Ir:--The familiar old
plea of lawyers, when hard pressed by evil
aence, that ninety-nine guilty men should
escape rather than that one innocent man
should suffer, was, according to the Savarl-
nah Neos, completely upset by q judge
who, in charging the jury, told them the
ninety.nine guilty had long since escaped.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

have vegetated on that little Illinois
farm all my life"
George went to the window and
watched her as she walked away. There
was look of pain and chagrin on his
handsome face
Il would give thousand dollars this
minute" he said, speaking aloud, " if
1 could only feel that had asked her
out of kindness. / couldn't look her
in the face when she was telling me
about it, and felt as if l deserved a
ducking under the nearest pump. My
conscience will never be easy until /
tell her the truth, though of course she
will despise me forever after"
But though he made it point to see
Debby whenever business took him to
Chicago, he never had the courage to
make his confession. And perhaps it
was just as well that she never heard of
it.-Illustrdted Christian Weekly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

fore, and when you, in the kindness of
your heart, honored me-poor, despised,
and shabbily dressed as / was-with
" first call, - l knew how to appreciate it.
And when you told me afterwards that
1 had surprised you, l made up my
mind to surprise you still more some
day. lived on those words for five
years, studying harder than / had ever
done before, and then the chance came
to me to have the instruction l so ar
IDENTIFY desired. / seized it at once, and
behold me hourishing physician!''
She ended with laugh, but there
were tears in her bright, dark eyes.
/ refuse to take particle of credit
to myself" said George, with great
earnestness. Please don't accord it
to me, even in your thoughts"
60 Honor to whom honor is DUE al
ways" she said, rising to go. eff it
hadn't been for you / should probably
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

JoHNsoN's ANoDYNE LINIMENT is
one of the few really valuable patent
medicines which we always take pleas
ure in calling attention to. 1t is both
for internal and external use, and is
worth more to family than a whole
medicine chest.
IMPURE blood is the cause of more
misery than any other source of dis
ease, but this fact is often overlooked.
Parsons Porgatire Pills will make ne,o
rich blood and will change the blood in
the entire system in three months,
taken one a night.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
4...Pruned Trees.

Remove one letter from a tree,
and leave a girls nickname.
2-Remove one letter from tree,
and leave something used for fastening.
3-Remove one letter from a tree,
and leave two letters used to show that
whatever they are on is all right.
4-Remove one letter from tree,
and leave an exclamation.
5-Remove one letter from a tree,
and leave an animal. LITTLE MAY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

LESS than fifty years ago it cost for a
single letter carried less than eighty
miles ten cents. The lovers of fifty
years ago who resided eighty miles
apart, and kept up an epistolary CORE
spondence for year or so, might have
saved 800 or less by deferring their
communications until the present time,
but we don't suppose they ever thought
of that
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
4maaIe Corner.
1---DiamOnd.


A letter comes first,
And you'll please bear in mind,
That it stands near the head
Of the rest of its kind.
And now just below,
In its order, will come
A word that reminds us
OF sorrow and gloom.
A channel is this,
An example displayed
Where good Mother Nature
Called art to her aid.
This one, am sure,
You can guess if you wish;
IT'S no more nor less
Than three-letter fish.
V.
The last and the least
Forms part of a louise;
You also may see it
Attached to a house. BENNIE B
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
S---DecapitatiOns.

1-Behead the name of a substance
used for a great variety of purposes,
both of use and of ornament q think you
can hardly fail to see through iD, and
a little girl will be left.
2-Behead continuance often used
in connection with the article first be-
headed, and leave that of which it
might be made, or (by using it in the
pluraD that to which it may be reduced.
EYE EN- Els.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

81 WOULDN'T worry about the chol-
era, dear" said wife to her husband I;
" it isn't at all likely that it will reach
this country" GO don't know about
that he replied, nervously. 1t
might break out at any moment, and
we might have frightful time. II
think | had better pay the back pew
rent, anyway"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
3---WOrd Divisions.

divide harmony, and have to read
and rope.
2-Divide to search, and have fled
and garment.
3-Divide alongside, and have to ex-
list and margin. TRoTTIE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
2---Enigma.

Composed of 16 letters.)
My 10 Z 3 13 is the edge.
My a II 8 is kind of preserves.
My 10 s is part of fish.
My Is Z II 2 is number.
My 8 10 6 is a tract Of land in the
country.
My IA II 10 10 is a bird.
The whole was noted printer.
Lucy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
6...Enignna.
Composed of 10 letters.

Composed of 10 letters.)
My 7 5 10 is song.
My s 3 10 is to approach.
My 2 8 is boys nickname.
My 8 4 is personal pronoun.
The whole is an invitation in the
Bible. ETHYL.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
5---Charade.

My first is a kind of grease;
We buy my next at the store;
The whole, so smooth and cold,
We put down on the floor.
j. O. II. n.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

100 Doses ONE DOLLAR is true
only of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it is an
unanswerable argument as to strength
and economy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
7---WOrd Square.

IA place of abode.
2-Spoken.
"a mallet.
A girls name. LITTLE MAY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29

A. G. BROWN,
Insurance Agent
MONTPELIER, VT.
Capital Represented, $l5O,0OO,0O0
In these days of doubt and uncertainty in
business, especially in the standing and SOL
vency of Fire and Life Insurance Compan-
| les, the attention of insurers is respectfully
called to the following list of reliable and
| substantial companies represented in this
Agency:
The Phoenix Assurance Comply
OF ENGLAND,
Organized in Assets s5l0Il25.
The Imperial Fire Ins. Company
OF ENGLAND,
First National Fire Insurance Co.
OF WORCESTER, MASS,
Organized in Assets, 100000.
The Philadelphia Fire Associat'n
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Organized in Assets, s4,OOOOOO.
Commercial Union Ass'ance Co.
OF ENGLAND,
Organized in Assets, ls35ls7l.
Lancashire Insurance COMPANY
OF ENGLAND,
Organized in s52.,.,.,...Assets, gold, Sl0,00O00O.
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.
OF HARTFORD,
Continental Insurance Company
OF NEW YORK,
The Queen Insurance Company
OF ENGLAND,
Organized in Assets, s5,OoO0Oo.
The Niagara Insurance Company
OF NEW YORK,
Organized in 1856. Assets, sl,sOO,OOo.
Manufacturers Insurance Co.
OF BOSTON
Organized in 1873. 81 200, O00
! The Phenix Insurance Company
OF NEW YORK,
Organized in 1858. Assets 50 ,0O0
: GB~ Large risks placed at moments no.
md OF ta a rQt
c and paid at this office, and due notice of ex-
j. piration of policies given. Correspondence,
and orders by mail or telegraph, promptly
attended to. A. g. BROWN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
Answers to Puzzles of Last Week.

speculate.
2-The multiplication table.
s. r
TEN
VEL
NET
40 Polo, pool; (2) Bread, barred ;
(3) Plaster, psalter; (4) Routed, detour;
90 Scrip, crisp; (6) Toiler, loiter; CD
Babe, bead
sd Chaflinch, (2) Kingfsher, (3)
Paroquet, (D Macaw, (5) Lapwing, (6)
CD Megapode, (S) Nightin-
gale, CO.. Partridge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-29
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Hon. j. l. MITCHELL, United States Senator from
Pennsylvania Washington, ID. G.
Hon. JAMES A WESTON, Guaranty Savings Bank,
Manchester, N IL.
Hon j. G. MOORE. Manchester, \. H.
SAMUEL DAGGY Esq. l3l Walnut ST.. philadelphia Pa
f. A. EATON, Esq, Cashier Second National Bank,
Nashua, \. II.
Prof. L. r. RUGGLEs, Dean of Scientific Faculty
Dartmouth College.
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Hon. G. ii. AMsDEN. ..Penacook, =. H.
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-27

EAsTLAND, Sept. 5.-[Correspond-
ence. The cotton gin of this place il
kept constantly busy, the cotton crop
proving much better than was OK.
pected.
While other sections arc complain.
ing of sickness aud doctors are reap.
ing rlch harvest OF diseases with long
hard names, The West Ia oppressed
with bouutiiul supply OF good health.
Since tho defeat o. prohibition and
the hog law things have moved on
smoothly and the couoty has not gon e
10 the dogs, az the extreme advocates
OF tho measure seemed to think IL
would. Thee have been no druuks re-
corded and tho town has quite good
reputation i0r so briefly.
A report comes to town of u little
case OF summary justice, or personal
spi,c, heing administered to one
Mr.. Juhn Ratep, who lives on
Sabauo creek, In this county.
IL seems that few nights ago some
parties took him from his house and,
on charge OF boms kind, proceeded
- try hin and assess his punishment,
which was also administered with a
heavy lasn, tho old man being badly
marked. Two mon have been no
cused and put under bond, but no ides
can be formed who the real peSpetra.
tors OF the cr,ne are.
Several stockmen from tho southern
pan OF the cluIty are In town aud 10
port stock water getting scarce In that
section and well digging ss in order.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-27
Notes From Montague,

MONTAGUE, Sept. 5.-ICorrospond
ence.l Cotton and corn continue to
come In In large quantities aud com
mand good prices.
Every preparation is being made for
the opening OF the district court,
which convenes on the 9th of October.
Much interest Is taken in the rece r. :
find OF extensive coal veins by MIR. j .
III. Stephens on his extensive tract of
land, six mtlos southwest of Bowie. L.
Is described "a being 6 four-foot vein
and only four miles from the railroad
Although this discovery was IN .de
within the past week, active work has
boon commenced, and at this writing
force oil mon are busy In the devel-
opment OF what gives every promise
Of being quite a bonanza, Your cor
respondent was shown splendid
specimen of bituminous coal which
had just been brought in froia the mine,
Between tho prospect OF extensive
coal and silver mines in this county
and that of the early building of the
Dallas Il Northwestern railro adj, Mon
tasue IL on a workable boom. Nine
one and two story business houses
were counted by your correspondent
today In actual course of construc.
ton, and numerous other similar en-
terprises are talked Cf
On tho subject of tho Dallas Il North
western people arc more than anxious
ana stand ready, at the word, TO come
down with tho cash to assist in tho
construction Of this necessary enter-
prize. Let Dallas but say tho word
and Montague will be heard frsm.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-27

DRcArsn, Sept. %. - Correspond
once This term OF court has ssen so
far very tsmo AFFAIR. Many cases
hsve oeeu disposed of, but chiefly OF
minor Importance. The divorce
docke, 10 gaining most sppreoiably in
this csunty.
The prohibition law, which gnos
into ensct In this county about Orto
her %, wi be rigidly enforced. Some
OF tho saloon men are preparing To
leave while others will stay and con.
test tho election.
The JUICY in the Ward murder case
s'ter baiug m. all aight aud dscllntng
20 bs dtscnaraed, owing TO inability 10
sgrcs, reported verdict at $3.50 inis
morning, huding tho defend ant guilty
OF assault to murder, and ixiug his
puni .hmons at seven years IN the pen-
itentiarv. M-ssrs. Sparkman and
Wells, attorneys for tho defense, viii
ask for a new trial, ON various
yrpuuds.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-27
Pick-ups From wes,herrord.

WATERFRONT, Sept 25.-[Corre.
spondence. Hon. Barnett Gibbs, OF
Dallas, was In the CITY this morning
en- route Tor 0ranbury to attond to an
important laod case.
DIR. |. G. Mccoy, late OF Abilene, hss
moved with his family here 10 prac.
tice his professions.
Messrs. Ross, Croskmau aud Brat.
ton arrested Ty lor Vaughn on the
head OF Squaw creek this morpinv.
lie IL inuic,ed for stealing cattle. Hn
states that he has been srrested I vie,
before, bnt forfeited his bond,
j.. +. Bfannou, Formerly a resident
and MAYOR OF this city, IL here ON 4
homo.
Miss Loch,e Rankin, who has beeu
In China for tho Lest sevsn yesrs A. :
missionary OF the M. l.. Gnu rcb. 4,
here on visit 10 her sistar. Ma. w.
Il Reeves. Miss Rankir a. a. fsp,,.
Ter with the Chinsss language e Cos
! ice cotton receipts 10 DAY amount.
81 g seous 100 balss. sold from syS
taseneneeR fssiAssrInF sposi y 6s.