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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-18

Before making up your mind about
your summer trip send two stamps for
"In Summer Days" an illustrated book OF
summer routes, viathe direct route to
Niagara Falls, Mackinac Island, st, Law
renee and Hudson Rivers, White Mount.
aims and the sea. Address o. W. RUG.
GILES, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, Michigan Central, Chicago.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-18
scorTs EMULSION OF PURE

SCOTS EMULSION OF PURE
Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites.
Tn General Debility, Enaaciation, Con-
sumption and Wasting IN Children.
Is most valuable food and medicine. 1t
creates an appetite for food, strengthens
the nervous system and builds up the
body. 1t is prepared in q palatable
form and prescribed universally by Ply
sicians. Take no other.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Answers to Correspondents.

j. A. S., Middlebury.- pension Office
will not, as matter of course, send out a
pension case to be investigated by special
examiner of the pension office on the request
of the claimant.
o. p. D., Barton Landing.-The pension
Office will change an order for an applicant
for pension to be examined from one med
ical board to another, when good reason
for the change is shown or suggested.
j. b. X, Newton, n. H.-Where the widow
of soldier who died since his service in
the army has been granted pension, dating
from her husbands death, she has the right
to complete any claim for pension that her
husband had made prior to his death and
receive a pension at the same rate per
month that he would have received had he
been granted pension prior to his death
covering the time from his discharge from
the service to death.
G.. W. S., Hyde Park.-A dependent
mother who marries after the death of the
soldier son cannot receive pension after the
date of such marriage Congress would not
be likely to grant pension in such case
Congress recently granted a pension to a
needy lady who took the soldier when very
young, brought him up and afterwards be-
came dependent upon him for her support
before he enlisted and was killed, at the
same rate as is given mother under the
general law.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

disappeared YETI still the mild breezes
tempt one to look about for the beauti-
full roses that bloomed so luxuriantly
only one week ago. There they are, or
what is left of them, dried and shaky,
looking like anything but "the flowers
that bloom in the spring" Only the
violets survive, and they seem to have
lost some of their fragrance from the
trying ordeal through which they have
passed. The old city has grown con-
siderably since a year ago. New build
ings have been erected, new streets
opened, and pipes have been laid for
gas under the patronage of the Stand
ard Oil Company. This modern idea
will rob the city of the romance of MAX
ing evening calls with the aid of Ian
terms, as many now do. The founda-
ton of the new hotel, to be called the
" Ponce de Leon" is being rapidly put
in position, and will soon furnish an
outline of this great and altogether
novel structure, which will occupy two
years in construction and will be the
finest appointed winter hotel in the
South. The hotels are filling with
northern guests at rapid rate, consid-
ering the cold shoulder" they have
just received, and the indications are
that by the middle of February they will
fairly bristle with life and pleasure
81. augustine Correspondent Of Boston
Traveller.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
A Cool ColOred Soldier.

There was a colored man (John
Downs, / believe his name was) who
was cook to one of the companies of the
Seventeenth Virginia Confederate Regi-
ment. Just before the brigade was
ordered into the fight, and they were al
most starved, he came to the front, while
the men were hugging the ground pre-
paratory to forward movement, with
two big pots of soup swinging from
his shoulders by bar. He had scarcely
reached the line when round-shot
struck one of his cans and smashed it
into pieces. With a comical look he
took off his hat and said to the captain
of the company in whose service he
was: 81 suppose you'll have to go on
half rations again. These Yankees
don't want us to eat nothing. That's
the best soup that was split" Now,
although this man was under a heavy
fire at the time-bullets whistling all
around him--he stopped and told the
boys what nice mess of soup he had
made for them, and how he had man.
aged to get the onions, vegetables, ETC.,
which went into its component parts.
He seemed utterly oblivious of the dan
ger he was in, except to look toward
the federal batteries and shake his fist
at them for knocking over his soup-pot.
You may be sure that John was lion
in the regiment.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

supposed that Mr.. Lincoln would make
rather long speech-a half-hour at
least. He took the single sheet of
foolscap, held it almost to his nose and,
in his high, tenor voice, without the
least attempt at effect, delivered that
most extraordinary address which be-
longs to the classics of literature. The
photographer was busting about. pre-
pairing to take the presidents picture
while he was speaking, but Mr. Lincoln
finished before the photographer was
ready. / remember IL was a beautif u
October day, and there were four or
five thousand people present. Very
few heard what Mr.. Lincoln said and
it is curious thing that his remark
able words should have made no par
ticular impression at the time. The
noticeable thing was the anxiety of all
on the platform that the photographer
should be able to get his picture. / re-
member we were all very much disap-
pointed at his failure, and were more
interested in his adventure than in the
address,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
The Girls Of the Marquesas Islands.

AS our men took their meals on the
spar-deck the women, and as many of
the native men as could be provided
for, ate with them. The natives are
not dainty, but cram their mouths full,
and eat voraciously. The women are
very fond of meat, but are not allowed
to eat it on the island, where it is taboo
to them-another instance of the self
ish character of the men. 1t is too
scarce, however, for the men to in
dulge in, except at festival. The
taboo is laid merely by the proclama-
ton of priest. They have pair of
goats on the island, and that they may
increase undisturbedly they are taboo
to all persons for five years. Our dim
ner-table in the wardroom being under
an open hatch, they clustered round
the hatch and watched the manner of
our eating with great delight. Anything
that was handed to one of them from
the table was thankfully received and
divided among the rest, and eaten with
so great satisfaction and greediness
that they reminded us of monkeys.
Once, for curiosity, we took several of
the prettiest and cleanest girls below to
dine with us. They behaved with a
great deal of decorum, and in order that
they might make no mistakes and do
nothing wrong they watched us closely
and did exactly what we did. Each
officer attended to the girl that he
brought down, and he was the model
by which she governed her actions. She
would put no more in her mouth at a
time than he, use her knife and
fork as he, lay them down when he did,
be helped when he was, drink when he
did. One of the officers attending on a
girl had nervous affection in his under
jaw, and every now and then would
screw up his chin and face in very RI
diculous manner, and he was very sensi-
tive of it being remarked on. His girl,
anxious to initiate him in every respect,
to be perfectly decorous, kept an eye on
him all the time, and when he screwed
his mouth to one side she would in
stantly do the same, to our infinite
merriment and no less to his mortifica-
ton
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Gold in the Ocean.

In recent lecture delivered by the
Rev. r. A. Cross of Denver, Col, he
said: " Scientists tell us that the water
of the ocean contains gold at the rate
of one grain, or about four cents worth,
to every ton. At this rate thousand
cubic feet of ocean water contains about
one dollars worth of gold. If the ocean
has an average depth of one mile
0hough it is probably greater), it con-
tains enough gold to furnish S15 900, 900
to every man, woman and child in all the
world, or more than Sl00,000,000 to
every family of seven. AT this rate, if
figures do not lie, cubic mile of ocean
water contains about SAC, 600, 900 worth
of gold. What pity we cannot get it! ,
do you say? Yes, it does seem pity
that you and ! cannot get our shares.
But it would spoil all the fun if all the
other people got their shares, too. Gold
would no longer be precious metal,
and we would have to keep right on
working for living. The ocean is a
rich gold mine, and let me say conf
dentially that there are plenty of I'M
staked claims on it and in it. Two
practical difficulties, however, hinder
the working of those claims. One is
the difficulty of getting the gold out of
the water, and the other is the difficulty
of storing the water already worked
while you are treating the rest. No
doubt Yankee genius will solve even
these problems when the time comes
that the ocean gold is needed"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Stray Shots.

SOMETIME from the first to the middle
of February war drama, entitled
" Our Nations Defenders will be
given by the New England Guards at
Mortified.
THE drama entitled enlisted for
the War" was given at the town hall,
Hardwick, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, January 20 and 81, under
the auspices of Colonel Randall Camp,
Sons of Veterans.
AT the last regular meeting of How
ard Post, G. A. r., No. SO, Ludlow
F'ridav evening, January 15th), after
the installation of the officers, r. E.
Hathorn, post commander, having been
installed for his fourth term, was pre-
scented by the comrades of the post with
fine large patent rocker, in hair-cloth
Gone of Towards besD, as token of
their respect and appreciation of his
efficiency and manifest interest as COM
mander and comrade. The most pleas
urable feature of the presentation was
the complete surprise of the COM
mander who, after returning thanks
and testing the chair, decided that it
was much more comfortable than it was
sitting on a Virginia fence-rail, some
twenty years ago.
DAsH1NG Jeb Stewards death-scene
is thus described in the new life of that
raider: " While yet in the ambulance,
Dr. Fontaine and Lieutenant Hulliken
turned the general over on his side, in
order that an examination of the wound
might be made. While this was in
progress he spoke to Hulliken, address
ing him by the pet name he usually
employed: " Honeybun, how do look
in the face?' General replied Hull
ken, you are looking right we'll You
will be all right 'Well, said he,
don't know how this will turn out, but
if it is Gods will shall die, l am ready
In the afternoon he said to DR.. Brewer,
when told that death was close at hand:
am resigned if it be Gods WILL l
would like to see my wife, but Gods
will be done And soon after, the last
words he said: / am going fast now.
| am resigned. Gods will be done.'
And thus he passed away"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Jack Frost i'm Florida.

tits impossible to estimate the amount
of damage the frigid wave has caused
in Florida. The shipment of oranges
has pretty nearly ceased; so much so,
that the Florida Steamship Company,
which has been running two steamers
a couple of round trips per week be-
tween Palatka and Charleston, is con-
|templating the withdrawal of one for
the Nassau route, leaving the other to
do what little business there may be be-
tween Florida and the North. The
orange-trees in this part of Florida are,
to all appearances, dead, and from all |
can learn it is the same throughout the
state, and indeed the South in general.
The leaves, dry and crisp, rustic in the
wind like northern forest of young
oaks in November, and look as though
they had been dried over a hot fire. TO
be sure the fruit is there, but it is as
worthless as the foliage. One of the
chief attractions of Florida is the beau
tiful variety of colors made by the
changing greens of the orange-trees,
lending to the landscape a charm that
is found only in this locality. But,
alas, that has gone for this season, and
no one knows how many young trees
have been cut down by the frost, never
to bloom again. Many orange-growers
claim that they have saved their fruit
but fail to rise and explain " the way
il was done; as the packing-houses in
which most of the fruit was stored were
no protection from the northern breath
The cold snap lasted five days, causing
intense suffering among the poor PEG
pie, who are very insufliciently housed
from such weather Even the grea
hotels, with all their modern appliances
for comfort, failed to protect theil
guests from the inclemency, and l an
told for fact that the steam-heatins
apparatus of one hotel actually froz'
solid. Yesterday and to-day have beer
quite comfortable, though the blue lool
every one has been wearing has hardl,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
A Better Man than He Thought.

On one occasion my file leader, or
the man who stood in front of me in
the ranks, turned and said: If you
see me attempt to run, or if | show the
white feather, knock me down. l feel
now as though l was going to bolt, and
l believe if have a chance l will go
like lightning If l start grab me, kick
me, pound me, but don't let me run"
The fight came on, and the line at the
TANKS bent back and back, and the cen
ter began to falter. The man in front
of me-the man who had been in front
of me-was beside me. AS the sweeping
line came down on us, he said, with
CHASTITY face, Let's meet them half
way" He sprang forward with a whoop,
and that part of the line went with him.
There was an awkward and furious
struggle, but in five minutes we were
pursuing the enemy through the corn
field; and, in rare eXhilaration of spirits,
the man who had been afraid he would
bolt was conducting himself after the
manner of frOlicsome dog. He told
me afterward that he spent in that corn.
field, with bullets whizzing about him,
the happiest minutes of his life. He
was happy because he had proved him
self a better man than he thought he
was. He was Historically happy be-
cause he discovered that after all he
was not a coward, and after that he
never had doubt of himself. He had
none of the daring that made men re-
joice in fight, but he had that sort Of
self-control that made a good sharp
shooter, that made a man to be de
pended on in the crisis of battle, thai
made a good volunteer to charge bat
terry, and he made reputation as mar
of rare and indomitable courage.-Chi
cdgO Inter- Ocean.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
A New Nation.

The Chicago Tribune has the follow
ing: /" In the federation of Australia
a new nation has been founded, and
another epoch has been marked in the
worlds history. Victoria, Queensland,
Tasmania are now confederated into a
single nation, and New South Wales
and New Zealand, which have not yet
gone in, owing to the existence of
tariff difficulty and other local di-
verging interests, are free to enter
the new community whenever they
please. Unquestionably it will not be
long before they do so. The advan-
tages which will accrue to the confeder-
ated provinces will be an inducement,
and, if there were no other influence,
the pressure of the greater upon the
smaller would be sufficient to accom-
plish it. The new nation has an area
of 2,743, 423 square miles. If the other
two provinces were included it would
reach 3, 164 1896 square miles, or three
times the area of this country when
our Constitution was adopted in 1857
and as much as our space now. With
the other two provinces it would have
population of nearly 100000. Its
population is fully as large as was ours
when we became nation. 1t is not a
very fertile country, but its resources
are sufficient to support a large future
population" Let us measure the future
influence of ct the new nation" ON the
people of the far East. If the popula-
ton increases as rapidly as that of the
United States, in one hundred years i
will number fifty million souls, an(
will have something to say if France
or Germany or Russia should set uI
their flags " in that part of the Pacific
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

DIR. l. S. JOHNSON & Co. of Boston,
Mass, proprietors of JOhnson's Anodyne
Liniment, will send free to all who will
write for it reliable information how to
prevent diptheria, the most to be
dreaded of all dreadful diseases. Write
your name, post-oflice address, county
and state plainly.
AN English veterinary surgeon, now
in this country, says that Sheridan'S
Caualry Condition PoUderS are superior
to any he knows of in England, as they
are absolutely pure. He denounces
the large package fraud and warns peo-
pie not TO buy them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Lincoln at Gettysburg.

John Russell Young gives the follow
ing account of Lincoln's manner of de-
livering his famous speech at Gettys-
burg: 9" Mr.. Lincoln rose, walked to
the edge of the platform; took out his
glasses and put them on. He was
awkward. He bowed to the assemblage
in his homely manner, and took out of
his coat pocket page of foolscap. In
front of Mr.. Lincoln was a photo
grapher with his camera endeavoring
to take a picture of the scene, We all
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Pensions Granted.

To Edwin Davenport, Mortified, restora-
ton of 81 a month; Edward ID. Lathrop,
Lisbon, n. H., 81 a month and $3.50 arrears
Clarissa Smith, Braintree, IS a month and
S42S arrears John Whitaker, Ascutney-
vile, IS a month and 81 ,l94 arrears; l.. r.
Warren, Chester, S4 month and S1,07J
arrears; II. S. Frink, Bridgewater, 50 a
month and $500 arrears; Thomas II. Gibson
Plainfeld, an increase from So to So a
month and S2SS arrears; Albert G. Lunt
Branch, an increase from So to $40 month
and $3.50 arrears; George Oakland, Water
bury Center, an increase from 81 to ST 6
month.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Gbe Soldiers Budget.
A POEM,

Written by Mrs. NJ. A. Bingham of Esse,
Junction for the Nineteenth Annual En-
of the Department of Vermont
Grand Army of the Republic, held at Bur
lington January DIST, 1886:
Friends, safe from dread of wars alarms,
within these walls you meet tonight,
Around the tables fifty spread,
Beneath this glowing light.
No more you stand on tented field
Or march beneath southern sun;
No more before murderous fire
See friends fall, one by one.
For these, we know, are days of peace;
The powshare takes the place of sword;
You rest and naught dsturbs your ease,
No fear of wars dscord.
Is this the fare that soldiers know?
Where is the camp-hres fitful light,
And where the boys who ate and drank
With soldiers appetite
When, after many weary march,
Or after fierce and bloody fray,
They snatched an hour of brief repose
Ere dawned another day?
Are these the boys with eager eyes,
The beardless boys in coats of blue?
. Ni' iA,e !" ni' s""' n's"'
"is"' nave spsreu V0"'
,is =. ~ mo-, ~. ~ 20 'i"
- ~ 'ii' '''o 'o"' anu io'A' aio stay
u ~ 1870 'nei" ie''0 "i Ho"eiS
'"'" "'''
And yet this is no time for grief,
No time to waste in vain regret;
"n"' 'iio"en .he ""iuy 'e'eia" nn''
i' es'S WIN 'e"iS "ie wei
anu "'i0 anu 'ieio oi"''n "esee'
an empty sieeEe' "eep scarreu iace'
ia'n mann Vi Naioi III our eyes
'' '"' "''p'i si"'''
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

YEARS have not seen and time shall
not see " the people sit down quietly
to suffer pain when enterprise can af-
ford such panacea as Salvation Oil.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

THE MISSES BRIDGMAN, graduates of the Mon.
roe School of Oratory aud Dramatic Art. are pre-
pared to give instruction In yoiceculture express
sion, gesture and rendition. They will respond to
calls for associations lecture courses literary and
church societies. 7. o. address, Hardwick, Vt
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
FRENCH's BLOCK, BARRE, VT.
INVESTME NTS.

1t is well known that the city of st. Paul, Mime
sofa, is assured of rapid growth from now on. II
is to-day 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
for from six to eight per cent. References In st.
Paul and East III desired IL. =. NORTON,
1888 st. Paul, Minnesota.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
advertisements.

Abundance to cure a score
of colds and the coughing
that often leads the way to
Consumption. IT WILL POS
ITIvELY ease a Cough in IS
minutes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

Plenty to relieve the oppres
sion and wheeling Of the most
severe case OF Asthma. The
direct cures of Asthma by
this medicine is proof that
DR., Thomas Eclectric Oil has
no equal as an Asthma cure.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

More than enough to save
a dozen children Choking with
GROUP. One minute after the
first dose the hardest attack
of Group will be relieved.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-29
LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
N AT PRIVATE SALE.
In the matter of the Estate of James ID.
Chestnut, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of
an order of the Probate Court of Gallatin
County, Montana Territory, made on the Ith
day of December a d 1856, in the matter of
said estate: The undersigned will sell at
private sale to the highest bidder and subject
to confirmation by said Probate Court on or
after Friday, December 3lst, 1856, all the right
title, interest and estate of the said
JAMES d, CHESTNUT,
or his estate in and to the following Real Es-
tate, to wit: That portion of lots nine (9) and
ten Q0) in block OBJ of the original town plat
of BoZeman City, described as follows: Com
mencng at the northeast corner of said
block "B' being the corner OF Main and BOZe-
man streets, thence west along Main street
3i12 feet, thence south 80 feet, thence west IL
feet, thence south So feet, thence east 36 feet,
thence north 50 feet to the place of beginning
together with ali improvements thereon.
Terms and conditions OF sale: Cash in cur
rency of the United Stats, deed at the expense
of purchaser. All bids or offers must be in
writing sealed and filed in the office of the
Probate Judge at BOzeman or delivered to
the undersigned personally.
w. S. McKINZIE, Administrator.
Dated December 4th, 1896.