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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Stray Shots.

The Washington papers publish
report that Commissioner John G. Black
is to be promoted to the vacant Aus
trian mission.
THE official duties of James E. Cur
ran, Esq, special examiner of the
pension office, have called him to Derby
for two weeks.
THE annual convention of the Asso-
citation of EX-Prisoners of War opens
to-day "Wednesday in Buffalo, n. Y,
and closes tomorrow
THE National Encampment refused
to endorse the proposition to pension
all honorably discharged soldiers at the
rate of IS month by vote of eighty
six to three hundred twenty-seven.
THE President approved and signed
Bent of Marshfield; also the bill grant
$l2 month to w. II. II. Buck of
Worcester.
CONGRESS passed only two measures
of general relief in pensions that be-
came laws. These were one increas-
ing widows and dependent relatives
pension from IS to So a month and one
increasing the rates for amputated
limbs.
IT is stated that the Presidents
vetoes of private pension bills were
written for him in the pension Office by
three skilled clerks detailed for that
purpose, and that all he was required
to do was to sign them as presented for
that purpose.
GENERAL EDWARD II. RIPLEY of
Vermont, who commanded the first
brigade of Union troops which entered
Richmond after the flight of the rebels,
has in his possession the flag which
fioated over Libby Prison, the prison
key and the order-book of the officer
in command.
The bill providing for the employ
ment of seven assistants in the interior
department to work on pension appeals
has become a law. There are over
three thousand pension cases on the
appeal dockets of the department and
it is over fourteen months from the
taking of an appeal before the case is
reached for consideration.
AT the last moment both houses of
congress adopted joint resolution ac-
cepting from William II. Vanderbilt
and Julia Dent Grant objects of value
and art presented by various foreign
governments to the late Ulysses S.
Grant. They are accepted with CRATE
full acknowledgment" and are to be
held by the United States and preserved
and protected in the National Museum
for the use ana inspection of the people
of the United States.
SAMUEL j. ALLEN, Md, who has
been president of the board of pension
surgeons at White River Junction for
several years, is dead. He was surgeon
of the Fourth Vermont Regiment for a
time, was promoted to the position of
medical director of the brigade and
afterwards to surgeon-in-chief of the
Second Division of the Sixth Corps.
He was mustered out of service July
10Th, 1865. DR.. Aliens sudden death
will carry sorrow to many old soldiers
hearts who knew and respected him
while in the military service and who
always found a friend and helper in
him since the heroic days in establish
ing just claim to a pension.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Death of an Old COmrade.

Patrick Dillon of Montpelier, a
town charge, who died last week, was a
member of company NJ, First Regiment
of Vermont Cavalry, in the war of the
rebellion. He was wounded in the
army and contracted lung disease there,
but had never received pension. He
returned to Montpelier last winter from
Haverhill, n. H., to have his claim for
pension, which had been pending
many years in the pension office, prose-
cuted. He was unable to labor and had
been an inmate of Montpelier's poor
house, over the hills in Berlin, for some
time when he received an order from
the pension Office to report to the medi-
cal board of surgeons at Montpelier for
examination. He came to the village
three weeks ago to be examined, was
taken worse and was unable to undergo
an examination or to return to the poor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Questions Answered.

G. H., BURLINGToN.-The Concord
pension agency only pays the army pen
sions for New Hampshire and Vermont.
The navy pensions for Vermont are
paid at the Boston agency.
II. A. c., DANvILLE.-Your COM
plant of the examining board of pen
sion surgeons at st. Johnsbury is not
the first we have received. You can
be examined by some other board by
making request to the commissioner
of pensions for a change of your order.
G. A., SOUTH BARRE.-Plenty of
money has been appropriated to pay all
the pensions that have been granted,
or that will be granted during the year
to come. The first two weeks in July
pensions were not paid on account of
some delay in making the appropria-
ton. Since then they have been paid as
promptly as ever.
j. A. S., BRAINTREE.-If depend
ent mother who has been pensioned
dies, leaving the soldiers father sur
viving, the father can obtain pension
by applying to the pension Office and
proving the death of the mother and
his marriage to her. He will also be
required to prove that he is without suf-
ficient means to provide himself COM
Portable support.
G. NJ, DANvILLE. The whole num-
Der of pension certificates issued by the
United States during the year is given
as over eighty thousand. But this large
number includes the increase cases and
reissues to correct the numerous mis-
takes made in the pension certificates.
In fact, such errors-in the spelling of
names and in dates of commencement
of pensions-have occurred so fire.
quently of late as to suggest that they
were purposely made in order to swell
the number of certificates issued or for
some other purpose. There were only
about forty thousand original pensions
granted last year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
A Romance of the War.

A few weeks ago lady named Mrs.
White wrote from an eastern state
to Assistant Acknowledgement Perrie
Kewen for a record of the enlistment
of her husband as a volunteer in the
war of the rebellion. She stated that
at the breaking out of the war she and
her husband resided in California.
White enlisted, and sent his wife to the
home of her parents in western state.
From that time up to the writing she
had never heard of him. She be-
lieved him numbered among the un-
known dead, and desired to apply for
pension. The assistant acknowledgement
furnished the information and thought
no more of the matter until, a week or
so later, he received letter from Texas
asking for precisely the same informa-
ton. He searched the records and
found there were no two enlistments
under the same name, and he then
made out duplicate of the record fur
nished to Mrs. White and forwarded it
to Texas, stating that the original had
been sent to Mrs. White. The result
was that a few days ago Colonel Kewen
received a letter from New York,
signed by Mr.. and Mrs. White, which
was filled with thanks and blessings for
having brought together the long
separated couple. 1t was stated that
White was wounded in battle and on
recovering received news that his wife
had died. He drifted about, finally to
Texas, and, old age coming upon him,
he decided to apply for pension. His
wife had come to the same conclusion,
and the two applications, coming so
close together, brought about the re-
union. -SdcrdmentO Bee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
They are Going.

:" A full brigade of the old soldiers of
the Union army march off to the eter-
nal camping-grounds every year." This
came from an ex-official of the pension
department, and it was called out by
the remark that since the war one hun
dred fifty prominent officers of the old
Army of the Tennessee had died.
"The boys are going" he continued,
" at the rate of three or four thousand
year, and estimate that every two
weeks full company is mustered for
the last roll-call, and that every three
months full regiment goes over the
line. Four regiments year, forty
regiments in ten years, a grand army
corps of nearly one hundred thousand
men in twenty years-at this rate the
boys will soon be gone. "-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
A Just Rebuke.

An Illinois veteran, having had his
pension of Sl2 a month cut down by
the head of the pension bureau to 81,
writes as follows to Commissioner
Black: "My original pension was
granted for disability incurred in the
1t seems to me small business for
government preserved by the efforts of
its soldiers to insult one of them by Of
fering the scanty pittance granted in
your reissue certificate, and it is be-
meath the pride of one old soldier, al
though needy, to accept it, l would
suggest that you add my S4 per month
to your 500, and if there is no law for
it, perhaps you could have the act of con-
gress granting yourpension so amended
as to admit of it,"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

farm. He was taken to the house of
Mr.. Savage, on Court street, where he
died. No relatives were with him, but
he rejoiced at being where the priest
and the physician could seasonably
visit him, which they could not have
done had he remained at the poor
house. He was anXiously waiting for
the time when Vermont should have q
Soldiers Home, that he might be in
cluded among its inmates
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Gbe Soldiers &uoget.
Pensions Granted.

To Henry G. Preston, Campton,
N. H., formerly of Marshfield, ga a
month and $500 arrears; Michael Wes-
com, Eden, 81 a month and $500 ar
rears; John u. Clough, Vershire, an
increase from Sc to IS month; Henry
II. Hadaway, West Rupert, an increase
from So to $12 month; Abbott A.
Moore, MiddleseX, an increase from Sc
to IS a month; John Laird, Calais, a
bounty of 500.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

WHY is it that the sale of Hoods
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the conclusive evidence of remarkable
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Send to G. |. Hood q Co., Lowell,
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ments of cures.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
Selected Storm.
Written for the Waterman.
For an Album.

ny MATTE j. TOBIAS BENSON, YORK, NEB.
The purest lives are not exempt from calumnyi
The gayest natures are not proof 'gainst woei
Abundant wealth oft giveth place to poverty,
And envied greatness in the dust may bow
Care sorrow, pain and death are common heritage
OF prince and peasant i'm this Z" vale of tearsi
He only knows abiding happiness
Whose heart the impress of its Savior bears.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

HE thought he heard the angels
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yells from the neXt-door children. He
grew desperate, procured a bottle of
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup and sent it to
Mrs. S. with his compliments. He was
a bachelor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

OFFICE boy (to editor): "There is a
man outside what says he has bill he
wants to present." Editor: g Say to
him that his manuscript is respectfully
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18

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self with towel and came down with
crash. Such leyity is ill-timed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-08-18
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-26

While it was undoubtedly best for the
Democratic party for Mr.. Nealis to de-
cline the nomination for Member Board
Of Public Works, it is certainly unfair,
to say the least, for the Republican press
to attempt to blacken his character.
They harp on Mr.. Nealis' "workhouse
record.n Here it is: In the midst Of
some election excitement Mr.. Nealis
deemed it incumbent upon him to chas-
tise some loud-mouthed Republican.
He was tried for assault and battery and
was fined $25 and sentenced to 80 days
at the ''works.n The day after his sem
tence he was pardoned out by Repub-
licau police board. Since then Mr..
Nealis has served with honor upon the
Cincinnati board Of health.
While it would not do to put the par
ty in position which would look even
q little like defending q blackleg, it is
wrong to vilify Mr.. Nealis. He may not
be the most refined gentleman in the
world, but he is, SO far as honesty is
concerned, the superior Of those Repub-
Iican leaders who saw fit last winter TO
violate their oaths with lmpunity To-
ledo Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-26

The Keynote, founded some three years
since, has long been recognized as the lead
ing musical authority in this country, and
the reliability Of its criticisms, characterized
as they are and have been by sound knowl-
edge and artistic integrity, is universally
acknowledged both in professional and
amateur circles.
Not content with adding new features from
time to time, and establishing literary,
dramatic and art departments, the spirit Of
liberal enterprise that has been displayed
has now reached a climax in the acquisition,
Of d large outlay, OF the sole rights in novel
by the exceedingly popular and eminently
gifted writer, M. French Sheldon. This
author, whose mastery English translation
Of M. Flaubert's stSalammbo'' has created
such an extraordinary sensation, is nov one
of the foremost ''iions'' in the literary world.
The opening chapters of "Our Tangled
World afford indubitable evidence of the
conspicuous ability Of the new writer, as a
creator possessed of strong dramatic instinct.
In addition to this, a marvellous power Of
word-paintfng, incisive analyzation OF
character, and e realism that appeals irresis-
tibly to the mind Of even the dullest reader,
are qualities that compel our admiration
tis, Of course, impossible to anticipate the
development Of the main features OF the
story, but the initial chapters are so power
ful and suggestive that it is safe to anticipate
Al
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-26
The Pensioners.


Astatement prepared at the Pension
Office, by direction of the Chief Of
the Certificate Division, Mr.. j. L.
Smith, shows thereare only 453 pension
ers of this class on the roll who have
lost an arm ut the the shoulder joint or
a leg at the hip joint. The small num-
Der as compared with the number of
pensioners in the other classes indicate
how few survive the amputation Of an
entire limb. There is greater danger at
tendant upon the amputation Of leg
than ofan arm, for there are on the rolls
only 10 pensioners who have lost leg
at the hip joint, while those who have
lost an arm at the shoulder Joint number
443. They receive S45 per month. There
are 3,l05 pensioners who have lost an
arm above the elbow, and 2,641 who
have lost o leg above the knee. Such
pensioners to receive $4,000 per
month, an increase of six dollars.
There are also 839 pensioners who have
lost an arm below the elbow, and 1,1S5
pensioners who have lost q leg below the
the knee. These pensioners are to re-
ceive $50 per month, an increase of So.
The bill further provides "that nothing
contained in this act shall be construct
ed to repeal section 1899 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, or to
change the rate of SIS per month there
in mentioned to be proportionately di-
vided for any degree of disability estab-
blished, for which Section 1895 makes
no provision The list ofpensions now
paid shows that in the higher grades
the number of pensioners is compara-
lively small. For instance, what is
termed total disability, such as the loss
of both arms, both legs, both hands,
both feet, the sight of both eyes, and
insanity, the highest pension is paid,
namely, $72 per month. The number
of pensioners in these classes. is as fol-
lows: lost both arms, 21; both legs, %;
both hands, z; both feet, 80; both eyes, SOL;
insanity, $50. There are only two per-
sons who receive higher pension than
$72 per month, one of whom receives
$75 per month and the other 500, the
latter being Gen. Black, Commissioner
of Pensions, who received this pension
by special act Of Congress. Ofthe $780,
900 and more pensioners now on the
rolls, the largest number, &c, ,268, receive
81 per month; the next highest number,
4,7T5, receive So per month. Then
there are a. $3.50 pensioners who receive
So per month; 26,134 who receive So per
month; 15,480 who receive $12 per
month; 5000 who receive $24 per
month; 9,279 who receive $40 permonth;
1897 who receive $50 per month, and
8, Alb who receive $14 per month. The
grades of pensioners run from 81 per
month to 500, and the above are the
classes which contain the greatest num-
Der of pensioners. In addition there are
s34 who receive $50 per month, and there
is one at $4S, one at SAT, seven at $45,
one at $40 25, one at $42, fourteen at $40,
at $3S so, one at $3S rs, sixty-four al
$37 so, and thirty-six at $3.50.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-26
Richheld GleanIngs.
Flowing is in full blast.

.... Flowing is in full blast.
Time to cut your clover seed.
Jim, Robson has returned from Ala
bama.
W. King and SON visited in Grand
Rapids yesterday.
Everybody goes to the play party at
Curriers' tonight.
,Milt CORN, of Damascus, spent Sunday
with John Mardon.
:. Martin Miller is building the finest res
idence in the twp.
.Messrs. Lownard and Lebay visited the
Monroe convention on last Thursday.
John Roberts had severe attact of
bleeding at the lungs on Friday night.
Quite number of our sporting lads
attended the dance in Malinta Friday night.
Mrs. Mary Beavers is preparing to leave
for Columbus the 18th; we wish her pleas
ant trip.
Messrs. Winner and Edgington sold
the largest drove of fat cattle that was ever
bought in Richfeld.
-. On Thursday last Chas. Sherbrook went
out to shoot a chicken, the gun burst filing
his face and eyes with powder, hurting him
severely but not dangerously.
-. Last Saturday the people of this plact
we're shocked by the death of Miss Millist
Hayes, from paralysis of the heart. She wa'
an active worker in the temperance caus'
and we'll may the Richfeid lodge mourn hel
loss. She was always ready to do her part
yet she was stricken down in her youth; i
may be warning to others, but it does seen
hard to die SO young and gay without a mo
ments warning, but we are in Gods hand
and he doeth all things well.
OBSERVER.
West Hope, Aug. "A, 1886.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-08-26

The following story is told of Miss
Mary Anderson: While she was re-
hearsing the part of Juliet an eminent
physician, an intimate friend, was pres
ent. The performance delighted him
till toward the conclusion Of the play,
when his eountenance wore troubled
expression. When 1t was over he went
upto the actress. "My dear young lady Y
he said, "you are wrong in one Of your
effects; don't you know that corpse
doesn't stiffen for at leastsix hours after
death?', aMy dear doctor,n responded
Mary slowly, speaking in deep, rich
tones, and adopting strong American
twang, "do you think I'm going to keep
my audience waiting for six hours
while stiffen?'